Calves & Stirks

Bull calves sold to a top price of £500 for a British Blue x from J&G Thornley, Kirkham who sold Charolais at £460 and other British Blues at £440. Month old bull calves sold to £260 for British Blues from H&C Pickervance, Kirkham, who sold others at £230. £200 was achieved for a 16 day old British Blue bull from JR Newsham & Son, Conder Green. An entry of young dairy bulls today saw Holstein Friesians sell to £60 from JR Newsham & Son. Heifer calves peaked at £280 for British Blues from J&G Thornley, Kirkham with younger British Blue heifers to £215 from AD&R Milner, Garstang and £205 from Wallbank Farms Ltd, Over Wyresdale. Native sired calves saw Aberdeen Angus bulls sell to £280 from AD&R Milner, Garstang with Aberdeen Angus heifers to £230 from EW&R Towers, Hornby.
An entry of weaned steer calves from EW&R Towers, Hornby saw British Blues sell to £550 and £530 with Fleckviehs to £470 and Norwegian Reds to £370.
Heifer stirks sold to a top price of £910 for a British Blue from AW&AM Park & Son, Ellel who sold other British Blue heifers to £670 and a ring full of Aberdeen Angus heifers at £660. Six-month-old Simmental x heifers from S Moore, Pilling sold at £570. Younger heifer stirks selling to £650 for British Blues from J&G Thornley, Kirkham with other British Blues at £520 from MD Close & Son, Arkholme and Aberdeen Angus to £500 from WJ&E Woodhouse, Nateby. Hereford x heifers sold to £490 from EM Lund, Ingleton.
Steers stirks sold to £710 for Aberdeen Angus’s from J&R Waller, Killington with others at £690 from R&J Parkinson, Preesall, £680 from WJ&E Woodhouse, Nateby and R Fare, Kirkham. British Blue steers sold to £660 from J&G Thornley, Kirkham with younger Blue steers to £560 from MD Close & Son, Arkholme. Beef Shorthorns sold to £590 from E Lund & Son, Ingleton. Dairy steers sold to £550 for British Friesians from R&J Parkinson, Preesall with Holstein Friesian to £470 from R&J Jolleys, Cabus.
A small number of bull stirks forward sold to £610 for a Fleckvieh from EA&E Lund & Son, Nether Kellet with 4 month old Aberdeen Angus’s selling to £500 from RE&P Miller, Barnacre.

Store Cattle

NWA Lancaster maintained the momentum with an increased number of store cattle selling to a sharper traded with buyers in attendance for all classers and types and many leaving unable to fulfil orders. The sale peaked at £1760 for a pen of five Charolais x steers from RH Dodgson, Burton in Lonsdale. Aberdeen Angus’s sold to £1640 from T&E Garlick & Sons, Freckleton with a pen of five from G Sagar & Son, Caton achieving £1500 and WG&RG Riley selling over aged Aberdeen Angus x steers at £1480. British Blues sold to £1470 from JC Prickett, Mewith with others at £1440 from AJ&D Knowles, New Hutton. Diary bred steers sold to £1330 for Fleckviehs from JC Prickett, Mewith with others at £1260 from AG Pratts, Sedbergh with British Friesians to £1080 from WT Whittaker & Son, Nether Kellett. All steers today averaged £1199.
Store heifers sold to a top price of £1470 for an Aberdeen Angus from WH Swindlehurst, Longton with £1370 achieved for Aberdeen Angus from JK&B Birkett & Son, Morecambe and Limousins from R Capstick & Son, Ingleton. British Blues sold to £1310 from T&E Garlick & Son, Freckleton with Herefords also achieving £1310 from TH Wensley & Son, Kirkham. Over aged heifers sold to £1360 for a Holstein Friesians from H&C Pickervance. All heifers today averaged £1128.
Customers are encouraged to enter cattle with confidence with buyer’s ring side for all classes and types. Catalogue entries are required by 12 noon Monday for next Fridays sale. A special note - Lancaster’s Christmas prize show and sale will take place on Friday 9th December with classes for best pair of heifers and best pair of bullocks and the champion pair receiving the T Owen memorial trophy.

OTM / Cast Cattle

105 OTM cattle sold to an overall market average of 154.5p/kg with over two thirds of the entry being dairy cows. Heavy good confirmation beef cows were in short supply and sold to 237.5p/kg for a Limousin from JM&PK Ion, Holton with a British Blue achieving 207.5p/kg from A Thompson, Carnforth and 197.5p/kg for a Aberdeen Angus from Pilling Hall, Pilling. Heavy weight dairy cows sold to 189.5p/kg for a Holstein Friesians from SW&K Metcalfe & Son, Whittington and F&E Harrison, Wray. Other heavy well fleshed dairy cows were regularly 170-185p/kg with mediums 145-160p/kg and parlour types 105-125p/kg. Top grossing cow today was a Holstein Friesians from P&M Crackles, Burrow achieving £1466.
OTM heifers sold to 241p/kg from JC Prickett, Mewith with others at 209.5p/kg from T&CM Kelsall & Sons, Chipping with the top grossing being £1603 from Lawsons Dairy Ltd, Cockerham.
Steers sold to 229.5p/kg for an Aberdeen Angus from H Birkett & Son, Morecambe and a Limousin from JC Prickett, Mewith. Closely followed by an Aberdeen Angus from A Kirkby & Co, Pilling. Top grossing was an Aberdeen Angus from A Kirkby & Co, Pilling at £1391.
A small entry of Cull bulls sold to 184.5p/kg for a Montbeliarde from J&JM Walmsley, Pilling and £1289 for a Limousin from Messrs Beaty, Troutbeck.