NWA Lancaster enjoyed a busy and buoyant trade, with all vendors leaving well suited with the prices achieved and many reporting ahead of other local sale centres.

CULL COW

NWA Lancaster once again proved to be the place to sell cull cows with the cattle forward today averaging 158p/kg, well ahead of other local centres. Can you afford not to sell at Lancaster!
Only a handful of beef cows forward, sold to 184.5p/kg for a Limousin x from JE&AC Clark & Son, Melling who sold others at 179.5p/kg. Other beef cows were generally 155p/kg to 175p/kg, with the younger medium beef cows attracting a keen interest from finishers. Top grossing beef cows achieved £1666 and £1633 from JE&AC Clark, Melling with others generally selling at £1150 to £1300. Dairy cows saw 179.5p/kg for a heavy weight Holstine Friesian from J Bargh & Son, Morecambe who sold others at 169.5p/kg with J Lawson & Son, Bentham achieving 164p/kg. Well fleshed dairy cows were generally 150p/kg to 165p/kg, with parlour types 130p/kg to 145p/kg and the very leanest and light weights at realisation. Top grossing dairy cow was a Holstein Friesian from J&G Thornley, Kirkham achieving £1480, closely followed by J Bargh & Son, Morecambe achieving £1470 and £1461.
OTM heifers sold to 239.5p/kg and £1379 for a Simmental x from BW&LM Kirkby, Wennington with Holstein Friesian selling to 211.5p/kg and £1362 from WE&G Hewitt & Sons, Cockerham.
OTM steers sold to 229.5p/kg for an Aberdeen Angus x from RG&B Lewis, Kirkby Lonsdale and £1312 for a Norwegian Red and White from A Kirkby & Co, Pilling.
Cull bulls sold to 199.5p/kg for a British Blue x from W Pinder, Newton in Bowland with Aberdeen Angus achieving £1359 from ME&B Mason & Son, Tatham.

STORE CATTLE

The weekly sale of store cattle at Lancaster saw a rise in trade, with all steers forward averaging £1378 and heifers £1282.
Steers sold to a top price of £1810 for a Beef Shorthorn from EW&CR Clegg & Sons, Stalmine with J&H Bland & Son, Levens selling Charolais x at £1700 and Aberdeen Angus and Limousin x at £1690. Simmental x sold to £1600 from WG&R Riley, Chorley with British Blue x achieving £1580 from J&H Bland & Son, Levens, Hereford x to £1510 from SW&K Metcalfe & Son, Whittington. Dairy steers sold to £1480 for Fleckviehs from JS Clark & Son, Catforth and Holstein Friesians to £1440 from J Prest & Son, Bay Horse. Strong well grown steers were regularly £1400 to £1600, with buyers keen to secure store cattle to fill the fattening sheds.
Heifers sold to £1570 for a ring full of British Blue x from J&H Bland & Son, Levens with another ring full of British Blue x heifers achieving £1500 from SH&LE Birkett, Nether Kellet and AJ&D Knowles, New Hutton. Limousin x heifers sold to £1490 from L Parson & Sons, Levens with native sired heifers sold to £1480 for Aberdeen Angus x from I&ME Askew, New Hutton and Hereford at £1400 from SW&K Metcalfe & Son, Whittington.
An entry of feeding bulls sold to £1100 from Norbreck Genetics, Cockerham who sold others at £1020.

CALVES & WEANLINGS

70 calves were forward at the popular weekly sale with a wide range forward catering for all buyer requirements. Bull calves sold to a top price of £500 for a seven week old British Blue x from JP&C Robson, Garstang with this price also achieved for a nine week old Hereford x from TE&M Kidd, Ellel. Other stronger rearing bull calves were generally £400 to £450. Medium bull calves sold to £395 for a British Blue x from Wallbank Farm Ltd, Over Wyresdale with Charolais x selling to £360 from Drinkall Bros, Over Wyresdale. A consignment of month old calves from Richmond Hall Farm Ltd, Cockerham were well received, selling to £295 for a British Blue x, with others at £275. Native sired rearing calves sold to £380 for an Aberdeen Angus x from W&G Cornthwaite & Son, Claughton on Brock with Hereford x selling to £365 from JR Newsham & Son, Conder Green with month old Aberdeen Angus x selling to £250. Dairy bulls sold to a top price of £210 for an eight week old British Friesian from JR Newsham & Son, Conder Green who sold others at £200 (x2) and £190 (x2). Other nice rearing calves sold to £160 from Drinkall Bros, Over Wyresdale with other generally £120 to £150 and the smallest £50 to £80.
Heifer calves sold to £430 for a ten week old British Blue x from Drinkall Bros, Over Wyresdale who sold younger heifers at £380. Month old beef heifers sold to £295 for British Blue x from C&J Smith, St Michaels and £290 from Wallbank Farms, Over Wyresdale with other generally £220 to £260. Native sired heifers saw six week old Herefords to £270 from TE&M Kidd, Ellel with Aberdeen Angus x selling to £250 from WG Cornthwaite & Son, Claughton on Brock with younger three week old Aberdeen Angus x selling to £175 from RT Halhead, Cockerham.

Several weaned calves forward today saw Limousin x bulls (5 months old) sell to £570, British Blue x (4 months old) sell to £540 with others at £535 and Herefords at £525.
Next weeks sale include the prize show of rearing calves under 56 days, with the show commencing at 10am. Vendors or encouraged to pre enter stock with Matthew Probert on 07540 446667 or Andrew Butler on 07966 556592, to help with the canvassing of buyers.