North West Auctions are pleased to report another successful days’ trading at Lancaster Auction on Friday 4th August. Store Cattle sold to a top price of £1820, Cull Cows to £1483 and Calves to £565. Vendors are encouraged to enter stock for Friday 11th, which will include the fortnightly sale of dairy cattle. Please contact the auctioneers or field staff. if you require any assistance with marketing.

STORE CATTLE

Additional buyers ring side saw all classes sell to their full value, despite the falling deadweight prices. Today sale peaked at £1820 for an Aberdeen Angus x steer from R Townsend, Freckleton with a Parthenaise x achieving £1740 from J&H Bland & Son, Levens. A ring full of Aberdeen Angus x steers from T Robson & Son, Singleton achieving £1590 and British Blue x from R&K Jenkinson, Pilling sold at £1550, with others at £1520 from D&N Davis, Nateby. Other well grown steers were regularly £1380 to £1460, to include a ring full of Montbeliarde at £1460 from D&N Davis, Nateby and Holstein Friesians selling to £1410 from BW&G Robinson, Ingleton. All steers forward averaged £1260.
All heifers forward averaged £1185, selling to a top price of £1480 for a Limousin x from J&H Bland & Son Ltd, Levens with Aberdeen Angus x selling to £1470 from L Parsons & Son, Levens and £1460 from FA Nowell, Low Bentham. Other stronger heifers were generally £1300 to £1460, to include British Blue x at £1450 from J&H Bland & Son Ltd, Levens. There was a keen interest in heifers suitable for grazing, selling to £1180 for a pen full of Limousin x from JP&L Eccleston, Grimsargh who sold two ring fulls of Aberdeen Angus x at £1130 and £1120.

CULL & OTM CATTLE

Cull cows sold to an overall market average of 151p/kg and £999, with 90% of the entry being dairy cows. Of the beef cows forward a top price of 224.5p/kg was achieved for an Aberdeen Angus x from SJ Gunn, Milnthorpe who sold others at 214.5p/kg. A top price of £1483 was achieved for a Welsh Black from R&EA Gardner, Briggsteer. Heavy weight dairy cows sold to 174.5p/kg and £1430 for a Holstein Friesian from Lawsons Farm Ltd, Cockerham with other medium dairy cow generally 145p/kg to 165p/kg with the leanest 115p/kg to 130p/kg.
OTM dairy heifers sold to 164.5p/kg and £1135 for a Holstien Friesian from J&N Hull & Sons, Winmarleigh.
Steers sold to 239.5p/kg and £1389 for a British Blue x from AT Burrow & Son, Gressingham with Holstien Friesian stock bulls sold to 179.5p/kg from JE&ME&JP Seed, Claughton on Brock. Other selling to £974 from J Burrow & Son, Barton.

CALVES & WEANLINGS

91 rearing and weaned calves were forward at the popular weekly sale with buyers attracted by the quality and quantity on offer. Rearing bull calves sold to a top price of £400 for a British Blue x from AD&R Milner, Claughton on Brock with Aberdeen Angus x just a bid behind at £395 from T&CM Kelsall & Sons, Pilling with others at £385 from Drinkall Bros, Over Wyresdale. Month old well bred bull calves sold to £330 for a Charolais x from JE&SM Seedall, Mellor with others regularly £290 to £320. Younger bull calves sold to £265 for a three week old British Blue x from RT Halhead, Cockerham with Aberdeen Angus x selling to £250 from Wallbank Farm Ltd, Over Wyresdale and Charolais x £240 from WG Farms, Cockerham. Dairy bulls sold to £200 for a British Friesian from JR Newsham & Son, Conder Green with Holstein Friesians selling to £170 from TE&MM Kidd, Ellel. Other stronger rearers were £80 to £120 and mediums £50 to £70.
Rearing heifers sold to £365 for a Hereford x from Drinkall Bros, Over Wyresdale with six week old Aberdeen Angus x selling to £280 from T&CM Kelsall & Son, Chipping. Younger Charolais x heifers from JE&SM Seedall, Mellor sold at £275 and £270, with month old heifer calves generally £210 to £260 depending on breed and quality. Younger and smaller sorts were £150 to £200.
41 weaned calves were greeted with keen buyer interest, five month old Limousin x bulls from JR Newsham & Son, Conder Green sold to £565. Three month old Limousin x bulls achieving £560 from D&M Foster, Out Rawcliffe. A run of Aberdeen Angus x bulls (4-6 month olds) from J&G Thornley, Kirkham sold to £550 with others generally £470 to £530. Hereford x bulls sold to £480 from JR Newsham & Son, Conder Green with other at £475 from TE&ME Kidd, Ellel.
Weaned heifers sold to £390 for a Hereford x from Drinkall Bros, Over Wyresdale with Charolais x selling to £370 from JR Newsham & Son, Conder Green with ten week old Hereford x heifers selling to £295 from TE&MM Kidd, Ellel.