Store Cattle

The weekly sale of Store Cattle had exactly 200 forward which sold to impressive market average of £1052. There were some fantastic prices achieved with the market today peaking at £1410 for British Blue bullocks from JM & AG Swarbrick, Out Rawcliffe with other British Blue bullocks selling to £1350 from L & A Duckett, Higher Bartle. Native cattle saw Angus sell to top of £1370 from M & E Forshaw & Son, Longridge with other Angus bullocks selling to £1330 from K & D Woodhouse, Ellel and £1310 from TJ Robinson, Milnthorpe. Beef Shorthorn bullocks sold to a top of £1340 from GR & A Foy, Conder Green. Also selling in excess of the £1300 mark was Simmental bullocks at £1330 from WS Burrow & Sons, Silverdale with Simmental and Limousin bullocks from EJ Ward & Sons, Nether Kellet selling to £1300. There was numerous more pens of bullocks selling in the mid to late twelve hundreds.

The heifer trade peaked at £1240 for a pen of four Angus’ from KH & D Holden & Son, Pilling with another pen of four Angus heifers selling to £1200. A pair of Angus heifers from M & E Forshaw sold to £1200. Plenty of strong heifers sold in the mid to late eleven hundreds.

Dairy bullocks saw black and whites sell to £1180 from JM & AG Swarbrick, Out Rawcliffe with Montbelairdes and Swedish Red Bullocks selling to £1140. Other notable prices for black and white bullocks from ID Bailey & Son, Catforth.

Cast Cows

The weekly sale of cast cows at Lancaster had a slightly smaller entry of 96 forward selling to a very impressive overall market average of 140p/kg. More cast cows are required each week with buyers to suit all specifications of cattle.

OTM heifers sold to a top of 224p/kg or £1230 from M & L Preece, Carnforth. Lancaster continues to have a strong demand for OTM cast steers with Limousins selling to 204.5p/kg or £1098 from RH & RA Fawcett, Burton closely followed by Herefords to 194.5p/kg from DH & M Kellet & Sons, Thurnham with Friesian bullocks topping at 189.5p/kg or £1099 from WS Burrow & Sons, Silverdale. Top price cast steer this week £1329 for an Angus from PG Thornton, Scorton. OTM black and white heifers sold to 174.5p/kg from J Bargh & Son, Heaton with Oxcliffe with black and white OTM heifers peaking at £1098 and £1080 from EE Thornton & Sons, Heaton.

Cast cows this week peaked at 177.5p/kg from R Bryan, Warrington with other beef cows to 169.5p/kg from T Ayrton & Sons, Over Wyresdale with a Limousin. Plenty of beef cows this week sold between 155p/kg and 165p/kg. Beef cows this week topped at an impressive £1447 for an Angus from R & J Parkinson, Preesall.

Best OTM Dairy cows sold to a top of 149.5p/kg from R & AF Bolland & Sons, Ellel, AW & AM Park & Sons, Ellel and SW & K Metcalfe, Whittington with a large number of more well-fleshed dairy cows selling in the mid 140p/kg range. Dairy cows sold to a top price per head of £1187 from A & FM Bolland & Sons, closely followed by £1134 from Wannop Farms, Heaton with Oxcliffe with other noteable prices being £1091 from AW & AM Park & Sons, Ellel and an impressive more 8 dairy cows grossing in excess of £1000. All dairy cows forward averaged 128.44p/kg.

There was just one cast bull forward that sold to 137.5p/kg or £1254 for a Charolais from Messrs Kirkby & Longworth, Ulpha.

Calves & Stirks

There was a much-improved entry of 113 Calves & Stirks at Lancaster that saw something to suit all buyers and requirments. Leading the way this week was J & G Thornley, Kirkham selling Angus bull to £435 who sold British Blue bulls selling to £430 and heifers to £390. Other Angus bull calves sold to £420 from G & ME Woodhouse & Son, Ellel who sold British Blue bulls to £405 and £400. This was closely followed by £415 by AD & R Milner, Claughton on Brock with British Blue bulls with heifers from JP & C Robson, Catterall sell to £410 three times. Charolais bull calves peaked at £410 from JE & S Seedall, Mellor with Limousin bull calves to £405 and £390 from JH Towers & Sons, Tunstall. Many more strong beef calves sold in the mid to late three hundreds with plenty of young beef calves mid to late two hundreds.

There continues to be a very strong demand for black and white bull calves with a lot more on the market today. Weaned black and white calves sold to £250 from Messrs Hey & Sons, Quernmore with rearing calves to £162 from AB & J Parkinson & Sons, Out Rawcliffe. £160, £140 and £135 was achieved from WN & D Smith & Sons, Cocker House with JR Newsham & Son, Conder Green selling to £140.

There was a handful of stirks on offer this week that saw British Blue heifers sell to £610 and £600 from S Ashcroft, Euxton with Hereford bullocks from the same home selling to £570.