Dairy Cattle

The Christmas prize show of dairy cattle at NWA Lancaster saw a high-quality entry forward with an abundance of buyers ring side all keen to secure stock from this popular fortnightly sale. Thanks must go to our sponsors Wadland Finance and Westmoreland Veterinary Group for supporting todays show classes, along side the judge Mr Luke Robinson for giving his time.
The championship rosette was awarded to the first prize heifer Pennine Poppy 1652 from Drinkall Bros, Over Wyresdale which after spirited bidding was secured by the judge for £3600. The reserve champion was the Holstein Friesian heifer Milnthorpe Beckham Gloria 3 from W Garnett & Son, Milnthorpe which sold for a final bid of £2950. The first prize cow Wyredale Attico Tulip 4 shown by MJ& H Atkinson, Quernmore achieved a final bid of £2450. A fast traded was experienced for all classes and types with vendors leaving well suited for prices achieved with an overall market average of £2365.

Stirks

The monthly sale of stirks at Lancaster was moved forward due to the Christmas period. A smaller entry forward saw a very good trade from start to finish in which more could have easily been sold. The consignment from D & J Hay, Cockerham lead the way selling yearling Charolais bullocks to £900 and eight month old British Blue bullocks to £860 with fifteen month old heifers to £840. The consignment 11month old British Blues from G Hodkinson, Great Eccleston selling Bullocks to £800, Bulls to £800 and heifers to £730. Yearling British Blue heifers sold to £745 from Matthew Atkinson, Burneside with others to £715 from I Atkinson and Son, Warton. Younger stirks saw six month old Hereford bullocks to £655 from R & A Jolleys, Cabus.

Calves

The weekly sale of calves saw reduced number forward this week following on from a big number last week. Trade was slightly sharper for younger calves. Weanling Angus calves from Ian Richardson, Catforth saw Angus bulls to £360 and £275. British Blue bull calves sold to £290 from J Bargh and Son, Heaton with Oxcliffe followed by £260 from HJ Robinson, Milnthorpe with plenty more beef bulls in the early two hundreds. British blue heifers sold to £215 from J Bargh and Son. Month old dairy bull calves sold to £95 from D & K Haworth, Hambleton.

Cull Cows

The concluding sale of cull cows at NWA Lancaster saw an overall market average of 162p/kg with a full ring side of buyers competing for all classes and types with many leaving unable to fulfil orders. The sale peaked at 199.5p/kg for a British Blue from EJ Ward & Sons, Nether Kellet with other beef cows achieving 197.5p/kg for a Limousin x from JA&G Gardner, Treales and British Blue from JA&F Nutter, Clitheroe. Well bred beef cows regularly sold at 180-190p/kg with a keen interest for cow suitable for finishing. Dairy cows sold to a top price 191.5p/kg for a Montbeliarde from A&FM Bolland & Sons, Ellel who also sold a Holstein Friesian at 189.5p/kg with British Friesian selling to 177.5p/kg from EE Thornton & Sons, Morecambe and WT Whitaker & Son, Nether Kellet. Top grossing cow today was a Montbeliarde from A&FM Bolland & Son, Ellel achieving £1627. OTM heifers sold to 131.5p/kg and £1423 for a Simmental from EJ Ward & Son, Nether Kellet with dairy heifer selling 229.5p/kg for a Holstein Friesian from JK&B Birkett & Son, Morecambe with Norwegian Reds selling to £1359 from CP&V Cowgill, Bentham. Holstein Friesian steers sold to 174.5p/kg and £1047 from H Kent, Cockerham.

Store Cattle

Store cattle sold to a top price of £1760 for a trio of Limousin x steers from PM&ST Entwistle, Abbeystead. Other heavy well fleshed steers sold to £1700 for Herefords from G Sagar, Caton with others at £1600 from JW Atkinson, Bentham. British Blues sold to £1550 from RC Billington & Son, Garstang and Charollais x to £1530 from EE Thornton & Son, Heaton. Dairy bred steers sold to £1300 for a Fleckvieh from MJ&LC Lund, Quernmore and Friesian to £1290 from EE Thornton & Sons, Morecambe. All steers forward today averaged £1246.
Heifers saw a top price of £1550 from a British Blue from RC Billington & Son, Garstang with a pen of four from Norbreck Genetics, Cockerham achieving £1460 followed by another pen of three from RC Billington & Son selling to £1450. Native sired heifers sold to £1410 for Hereford x from JW Atkinson, Bentham with Aberdeen Angus’s to £1350 from Norbreck Genetics, Cockerham. All heifers forward today averaged £1133.

North West Auctions would like to take this opportunity to thank all our customers for supporting our sales throughout 2022 and wish them a very Happy Christmas.