CALVES

Another strong entry of 92 rearing calves saw an ever expanding ring side of buyer in attendance, attracted by the regularly quality and quantity at Lancaster Auction Mart. The sale peaked at £515 for an 8 week old British Blue x bull from B&JM Crowe, Witherslack who sold others at £485. Other stronger bulls sold at £460 for Aberdeen Angus x from W&G Cornthwaite & Son, Claughton on Brock. Limousin x sold to £454 from CR Ford & Co, Ulverston who sold others at £435 and £425. Other stronger bull calves were regularly £360 to £310. Month old bull calves sold to £295 for a British Blue x from Barber Farms, Claughton on Brock with Limousin x selling to £285 from D&K Haworth, Hambleton. Dairy bulls sold to £260 for Holstein Friesian from Drinkall Bros, Over Wyresdale with other nice rearers generally to £100 to £140, with smaller sorts £30 to £60.
Heifer calves sold to £450 for a British Blue x from RT Halhead, Cockerham with others at £435 from AW&AM Park & Son, Ellel and £425 from JP&C Robson, Garstang. Month old heifers sold to £285 for British Blue x from Barber Farms, Garstang.
Weaned dairy steers from EW&R Towers, Hornby sold to £290 for a Fleckvieh, with others £150 to £180.

CULL / OTM CATTLE

102 cull cows were forward selling to an overall average of 155p/kg, once again proving Lancaster Auction Mart as the chosen place for buyers and sellers. Beef cows sold to 199.5p/kg on two occasions for a Limousin x from T&S Blades, Arkholme and a Simmental x from T&M Halhead, Priest Hutton. Other beef cows were generally 160p/kg to 180p/kg, for an entry of predominately feeding type cows. Top grossing being a Simmental x from T&M Halhead, Priest Hutton achieving £1442. Heavy well fleshed dairy cows were in keen demand selling to 199.5p/kg for a Holstein Friesian from J&G Thornley Ltd, Kirkham who sold others at 189.5p/kg, with others regularly 165p/kg to 178p/kg. A large entry of medium parlour cows were achieving 148p/kg to 160p/kg, with the smaller and leaner cows 110p/kg to 140p/kg and several very light weight cows at realisation. Top grossing dairy cow achieved £1507 from Lawsons Dairy, Cockerham with endless heavy dairy cows exceeding £1100.
OTM beef heifers sold to 229.5p/kg and £1354 for an Aberdeen Angus x from C Bell, Leyburn. Dairy heifers sold to 214.5p/kg for a Norwegian Red and White from HJ Robinson & Son, Milnthorpe and £1249 for a Holstein Friesian from J Huddleston, Brookhouse.
Beef steers sold to 269.5p/kg and £1724 for an Aberdeen Angus x from A Kirkby & Co, Pilling who also sold dairy bred steers to 239.5p/kg and £1460.
Stock bulls sold to 219.5p/kg and £1760 for a Limousin from Wallbank Farms, Over Wyresdale with other beef bulls regularly 160p/kg to 190p/kg, and dairy bulls to 179.5p/kg from WB Richardson & Son, Singleton.

STORE CATTLE

The weekly sale of store cattle saw numbers over 300, with 315 forward with buyers from all corners of the UK present. More weathered cattle forward than seen in previous weeks. Top of the leaderboard today was JS Clark & Sons, Catforth with a well grown Aberdeen Angus steer at £1680, not far behind was JD & CM Bracken, Garstang at £1660 for a pair of Charolais steers. Also at £1660 was H Birkett & Son, Overton with Aberdeen Angus steers. A pen full of well farmed British Blue steers from P Lawrenson & Son, Brindle saw a final bid of £1650. MJ Shepherd, Carnforth with Hereford steers at £1640, R & E Ladds, Scalthwaterigg saw his ring full of Simmental steers to £1460. Dairy bred steers to £1580 for Fleckviehs from JS Clark & Son, Catforth. Half a dozen well done to Montbeliarde to £1440 from DN Davies, Garstang with Friesians to £1180 from regular Lancaster supporters EE Thornton & Son, Heaton with Oxcliffe.
Same story with the store heifers a few more showing signs of the recent wet conditions. Tim Robinson, Milnthorpe saw his run of Aberdeen Angus heifers top at £1540, with other Aberdeen Angus from the same home at £1460. Charolais heifers from JD & GM Bracken, Garstang at £1440. Simmental heifers from EW & CR Clegg & Sons, Stalmine to £1400 who also had British Blues at £1380. Limousin heifers to £1240 from L Parsons & Sons, Levens.
More cattle required next week for a busy ringside of buyers.
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