Store Cattle

Store cattle sold to a sharper trade than expected with the trade topping at £1260 for British Blue bullocks from R & E Ladds, Kendal. This was closely followed by British Blue bullocks selling to £1230 from MD Close & Son, Arkholme, £1210 from R & E Ladds and £1190 from JM & AG Swarbrick, Out Rawcliffe. Angus’ sold to a top of £1220 from JM & AG Swarbrick with other Angus bullocks selling to £1180 from J Oddie & Son, Blackburn. Limousins sold to a top of £1180 for Bullocks from EE Thornton & Son, Heaton. Numerous pens of beef bullocks sold in excess of the £1100 mark. Heifers topped at £1170 for black and whites from EW & RM Towers, Hornby and Charolais to £1160 from R & EA Gardner, Brigsteer. Angus heifers topped at £1140 from J & R Waller, Killington. Black and white bullocks topped at £1090 from JM & AG Swarbrick.

OTM Cattle

There was a good quality show of Cast Cows at Lancaster today which were met with a strong trade with an overall market average of 128p/kg achieved. There was a larger entry of OTM Heifers and bullocks through the ring today that saw a consignment from R Oldfield, Yealand Redmayne sell Angus heifers to 179.5p/kg or £1134 and 169.5p/kg with Herefords heifers selling to 174.5p/kg. Limousin OTM heifers topped at 169.5p/kg. Black and white steers sold to a top of 167.5p/kg twice, firstly from R & E Ladds, Kendal that achieved £1107 and secondly from EE Thornton & Son, Heaton. Black and white heifers sold to a top of 161.5p/kg or £1177 from AT Burrow & Son, Hornby. Cast cows sold to a top of 151.5p/kg for Charolais from F & JM Mason, Mansergh with other beef cows to 149.5p/kg or £1148 from Barlow Bros, Croston and Limousin to 149.5p/kg from T Longton & Son, Quernmore. Plenty of good quality beef cows easily sold in excess of the 140p/kg mark.

Black and white cows sold to a top of 129.5p/kg numerous times or £1090 from J Bargh & Son, Heaton-with-Oxcliffe.

Cast bulls sold to a top of 124.5p/kg or £1283 for Angus’ from R & E Ladds.

Calves and Stirks

There was a larger entry of calves this week which were met by plenty of interest with fresh purchasers ringside. Calves sold to a top of £380 for Angus’ from JT & B Fox, Quernmore. This was closely followed by British Blue heifers from J & G Thornley Ltd, Kirkham. Hereford bull calves sold to £335 from RA & P Miller, Barnacre with other Hereford bull calves selling to £330 and £300 from Wallbank Farms, Over Wyresdale. British Blue bull calves from RA & P Miller sell to £325 and £300. British Blue heifer calves topped at £280 CR & A Baxter & Son, Middleton. There was s sharper black and white trade this week with a fresh buyer forward. Topping the trade this week at £142 was J Bargh & Son, Heaton with Oxcliffe with others selling to £115 and £102 from Cote Farm Partnership, Nether Kellet. Plenty of nice rearing types sold in the seventies and eighties.

There were a few stirks on offer this week which saw 6 month old British Blue bulls sell to £580 and £520 from A Green, Penrith. A good number of weanlings saw 3 month old Limousin heifers sell to £440 from JR Pye, Stalmine with Charolais bullocks selling to £410 from PS & H Eckersley, Mellor.