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Lancaster Livestock Auction: Lancaster Calves, OTM & Store Cattle - Friday 8th January 2021

Friday 8th January 2021

Calves and Stirks

The opening sale of Calves of 2021 had an entry of 115, with plenty of optimism in the beef industry the calves were met with plenty of demand. Topping the market this week was a Limousin weanling heifer from GJ Dugdale, Barton selling to £500.

Beef bull calves of all sizes were eagerly bid for. Leading the way at £475 was a British Blue bull calf from G & ME Woodhouse & Son, Ellel with others from the same home to £435. This was closely followed by £470 from David and Eileen Wallbank, Over Wyresdale with a British Blue bull calf, with other British Blue bull calves to £430 and £420 from Drinkall Bros, Over Wyresdale. All British Blue bulls averaged £348. Angus bull calves peaked at £460 and £455 from J & G Thornley, Roseacre, with others to £405 from Karen Parkinson, Out Rawcliffe, with plenty of good conformation beef bull calves selling around the four hundred mark.

British Blue heifers sold to a top of £395 from JT & B Fox, Quernmore with others selling to £365 from JP & C Robson, Garstang, with better beef heifer calves often sold in excess of the three hundred pound mark. Native heifer calves were a slightly easier trade today. Black and white weanlings topped at £225 from RE & P Miller, Barnacre with all black and whites forward averaging £93.47.

Store Cattle

The first sale of store cattle of the year saw the weather outside frosty and snowy but the trade inside was scorching hot. Some striking averages for bullocks were £1158 and heifers £1083.

A suckler bred Limousin bullock led the way selling to £1500 from JA & LR Wilson, Millom with others selling to £1410. The consignment from Garlic’s of Freckleton sold Charolais and Limousin bullocks to £1480. The consignment of Limousin bullocks from PM & ST Entwistle, Abbeystead sold to £1440 and £1420 with Charolais bullocks from H Chapman & Son, Middleton selling to £1430 and £1410.

Native bullocks sold to a top of £1400 from L Parsons & Sons, Levens for Angus with others selling to £1350 from KH & D Holden & Son, Pilling and J Hesketh, Hutton with plenty more selling around the £1300 mark. Dairy bullocks topped at £1300 for Montbeliarde also from T & E Garlic & Son, Freckleton. Black and white bullocks topped at £1170 from L Parsons and Sons, Levens.

The heifer trade peaked at £1250 from J & JM Walmsley, Pilling with a Limousin, with Angus heifers from the same home selling to £1200. Other heifers sold to £1200 for British Blues from FI & ME Little, Barrows Green and £1200 for Angus heifers from L Parsons and Sons, Levens.

Cast Cows and OTM Cattle

Lancaster had over 100 cast cows and OTM cattle forward selling to an impressive market average of 130p/kg. Lancaster continues to boast an impressive number of buyers and more cattle are required each week. OTM black and white heifers sold to 169.5p/kg twice from KE Robinson, Farleton and H Wright & Son, Kendal. These peaked at £1169 from H Wright & Son. Limousin cast cows sold to a top of 167.5p/kg or £1209 from M & C Greenwood, Middleton and 164.5p/kg or £1189 from ST Birkett & Son, Carnforth. Best dairy cows sold in excess of 140p/kg regularly topping at £1221 from JH Towers and Son, Tunstall with others selling to £1173 from J Bargh and Son, Heaton with Oxcliffe.

Cast bulls sold to a top of £1293 from Low Moor Howe, Windermere.

Top Prices

Bull Calves

British Blue: £475 Boldens Farm, £470 Tills Farm, £435 Boldens Farm, £430 Catshaw Hall Farm, £420 Derby Lodge Farm, Catshaw Hall Farm, £405 Heaton Hall Farm, Ambrose Hall Farm, Tills Farm. Aberdeen Angus: £460, £455 Derby Lodge Farm, £405, £395 Liscoe Farm,£295 Sweetings Farm, £275 Forton Hall Farm, £265, £260 Sweetings Farm. Limousin: £375 Newhouse Farm. Simmental: £360, £305 Sellerley Farm. Hereford: £, £305 Sellerley Farm, £230 Birkland Barrow. Friesian: £225 Lower Lingart Farm, £210 Boldens Farm, £190, £150 Lower Lingart Farm, £115, £110 Tills Farm.

Heifer Calves

Limousin: £500 Beesleys Farm,£220 Birkland Barrow. British Blue: £395 Blackwood End, £365 Roe Farm, £360 Heaton Hall Farm, £355 Catshaw Hall Farm, £350 Lower Lingart Farm, £340 Ambrose Hall Farm. Hereford: £225 Sellerley Farm. Aberdeen Angus: £210 Heaton Hall Farm, £190 Sweetings Farm, Forton Hall Farm, £180 Sweetings Farm, £140 Fern Hill Farm, £135 Gibsons Farm.

Steer

Limousin: £335, £300 Gibsons Farm. British Blue: £230 Gibsons Farm.

STORE CATTLE - Steers

Limousin: £1500 Dunningwell Farm, £1480 Grange Farm, £1440, £1420 Lentworth Farm, £1410 Dunningwell Farm, £1310 Millbeck. Charolais: £1480 Grange Farm, £1430, £1410 Millbeck, £1270 Langthwaite Heights, £1130 Corney Hill Farm. Aberdeen Angus: £1400 Low Levens, £1350 Middle Grange Farm, £1350 Chestnut House Farm, £1300 Stubb Hall Farm, Higher Lees Farm, £1270 Old Glass Farm. British Blue: £1310 Stubb Hall Farm, £1240 Wood Nook Farm, £1130 Old Glasson Farm, £1110 Yates Farm, £1010 Plumpton , £1010 Plumpton Hall Farm. Montbelliard: £1300 Grange Farm, £1020 Corney Hill Farm, £1000 Sunderland Brows Farm. Swedish Red: £1300 Grange Farm. Hereford: £1220, £1200 Old Glasson Farm, £1170 Stubb Hall Farm, £1120 Holly House Farm, £1090 Windy Hill Farm, £1080, £1070 Corney Hill Farm, £1050 Plumpton Hall Farm. Friesian: £1250 Upper Foxholes Farm, £1170 Low Levens, £1140 Grange Farm, Upper Foxholes Farm, £1090 Grange Farm, £1000 Croft House. Fleckvieh: £980 Cautley Farm. Dairy Shorthorn: £760 Bull Bank Farm.

STORE CATTLE - Heifers

Limousin: £1250 Staffords Farm, £1190 Gibraltar Farm, £1100 Templand Farm, £1070 Lee End Farm. British Blue: £1200 Helm Croft, £1130 Fellside Farm, £1110 Windy Hill Farm, £1000 Park House Farm, £980 Castle Barn. Aberdeen Angus: £1200 Low Levens, Staffords Farm, £1150 Brown Edge, £1140 Outerthwaite Farm, £1100 Croft House, £1080 Raw Head, £1060 Templand Farm. Charolais: £1160 Langthwaite Heights. Hereford: £1130 Brown Edge, £1100 Kays Farm, £1000 Corney Hill Farm, £980 Brow Foot Farm. Stabiliser: £1000 Park House Farms.

OTM Cows

Holstein Friesian: 169.5 Kiln Hall, 159.5 Tunsteads Farm, 154.5 College Green, 147.5 Sweetings Farm, Lawsons Farm, 144.5 Tunstall Hall. Limousin: 167.5 Thornham Fold Farm, 164.5 Hall Croft Barn, 157.5 Little Fell Farm, 151.5 Hall Croft Barn, 149.5 Howriggs, 129.5 Fleets Farm. Bazadaise: 159.5 Thornham Fold Farm. Charolais: 157.5 Howriggs. British Blue: 154.5 Fleets Farm, 151.5 Hall Croft Barn, 144.5 Black Bull Farm, 129.5 Fleets Farm. Simmental: 151.5 Crook Farm. Montbeliarde: 147.5 Birkland Barrow, 139.5, 117.5, 109.5 White Lund Farm. Aberdeen Angus: 144.5 Little Fell Farm, 124.5 The Barn. Ayrshire: 141.5 Sandvilla. Blonde D’Aquitaine: 141.5 Thornham Fold Farm. Flekvieh: 139.5 Holme Head. Jersey: 89.5, 84.5 Hallbeck.

OTM Heifers

Holstein Friesian: 169.5 Berryholme, 164.5 Kiln Hall, 144.5 White Lund Farm, 111.5 Kellbrick Farm, 109.5 Tunsteads Farm.

Cast Bulls

Continental: 149.5 Low Moor Howe Farm. Meuse Rhine Issel: 114.5 Littlewood Hall Farm.

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