Store Cattle

The weekly sale of Store Cattle saw all types sharper which included plenty of men ring side looking for younger grazing stock. Leading the way this week was two year old Limousin bullocks from DE & SM Moorhouse, Natland selling to £1350 with two year old Charolais bullocks from the same home selling to £1300. Aberdeen Angus bullocks topped at £1290, twice, for a pen of four G Sagar & Son, Caton and J & R Waller, Killington. Angus heifers sold to £1260 from G Sagar & Son with heifers from J & R Waller selling to £1240. Other notable prices for the day were Limousin bullocks selling to £1240 from DE & SM Moorhouse and also from R Collinge & Son, Kirkham with other Limousin bullocks selling to £1220 from FK & F Woodhouse, Scorton. Herefords topped at £1200 from G Sagar & Son. Dairy bred bullocks saw Fleckviehs sell to £1140 from H Whiteside, Pilling with other Fleckviehs selling to £1060 from JH Bland & Son, Levens with black and white bullocks selling to £1020, £1010 and £1000.

OTM Cattle

The trade for Cast Cows at Lancaster was very similar to previous weeks with a large entry of beef cows forward, which included feeding cows that were a sharper trade this week. OTM heifers sold to a top of 177.5p/kg for Montbeliardes from JR Pye, Stalmine. Herefords sold to 174.5p/kg from TW Nelson & Son, Stainton and Black and whites sold to 169.5p/kg from GA & A Atkinson, Cantsfield. OTM Black and white heifers topped at £1080 from R & E Ladds, Kendal. Cows sold to a top of 171.5p/kg and 169.5p/kg from RH & C Ayrton, Abbeystead. Other beef cows sold to 151.5p/kg for Limousins from JE & AC Clarke & Son, Melling with 149.5p/kg achieved several times for Bazadaise from FA Nowell & Partners, Bentham, for Limousins from JM & KE Ellis, New Hutton, for British Blues from J & A Smales, Ingleton and for Charolais from M & C Greenwood, Middleton. Black and whites sold to a top of 139.5p/kg from GR Park & Sons, Whinfell, who sold others to 134.5p/kg.

All cows forward sold to a market average of 130p/kg. Cows sold to a top of £1213 for Angus’ from J Clark, Lea with Bazadaise selling to £1158 from FA Nowell & Partners with other Angus’ selling to £1089 from M & C Greenwood. British Blues and Limousins sold to £1062 from JE & AC Clarke & Son and JM & KE Ellis.

Calves and Stirks

There was a smaller entry of calves forward this week which sold to, once again, a strong trade, in which more are required week on week. Leading the way this week was British Blue bull calves from Wallbank Farms, Over Wyresdale selling to £445 with British Blue bulls from J & A Sheerin, Quernmore selling to £440, £425. All British Blue bull calves sold to an average of £395. British Blue heifers topped at £320 from Wallbank Farms who also sold Hereford Bull calves to £280 twice. Angus bull calves topped at £275 twice from FW Park & Son, Ellel. Black and whites this week topped at £112 from Drinkall Bros, Over Wyresdale with all Black and whites forward averaging £90.