DAIRY

The fortnightly sale of dairy saw an abundance of buyers in attendance with a 100% clearance rate achieved. Heifers sold to £1950 from W Garnett & Son, Milnthorpe who sold others at £1820. Cows sold to £1720 for a third calver from R&K Jenkinson, Pilling. All heifers forward averaged £1710 and cows £1720.

CALVES & WEANLINGS

Lancaster once again proving consistent with numbers and trade, with 78 calves forward and buyers from far and wide. Best rearing bull calves sold to £530 on two occasions for eight week old British Blue x from JP&C Robson, Garstang who sold others at £520 and £480. Charolais x sold to £480 from JE&S Seedall, Mellor. Month old bull calves sold to £355 twice for Charolais x from GJ&G Billington, Claughton on Brock with British Blue x selling to £295 from Wallbank Farms, Over Wyresdale and Aberdeen Angus x to £250 from AW&AM Park & Son, Ellel. Other younger beef bull calves (2-3 weeks old) were generally selling from £150 to £210, depending on breed and quality. Dairy bulls sold to £75 for a three week old Holstein Friesian from Wallbank Farms, Over Wyresdale with others at £60 from WN&D Smith & Sons, Cockerham.
Weaned bull calves sold to £540 for a three and a half month old British Blue x from Wallbank Farms, Over Wyresdale with Limousin x to £500 from JR Newsham & Son, Conder Green and Aberdeen Angus x to £470 from W&G Cornthwaite, Garstang. Dairy bulls sold to £360 from JR Newsham & Son, Conder Green with Fleckvieh to £300 from JE&S Seedall, Mellor.
Heifer calves sold to £455 for a British Blue x from Wallbank Farms, Over Wyresdale with others at £400 from JR Newsham & Sons, Conder Green who also sold Aberdeen Angus x to £380. Charolais x heifers sold to £355 from EE Thornton & Sons, Morecambe. Younger heifer calves sold to £270 for Charolais x from EE Thornton & Son, Morecambe with other young heifers generally £160 to £220, depending on breed and quality.

STORE CATTLE

Store cattle continue to rise in numbers, with a buoyant trade experienced throughout the sale with all steers forward averaging £1391 and all heifers averaging £1177.
Steers sold to £1820 for a Blonde from GT&C Blezard, Conder Green with Aberdeen Angus selling to £1740 from TC Whiteside & Son, Pilling, Montbeliardes to £1710 from BL&D Banks, Pilling and Limousins to £1710 from MJ Waller, Lupton. Other pens of heavy well grown steers were generally £1550 to £1700, with buyer looking to purchase cattle to go straight in the shed and not showing the effects of the of the recent weather.
Heifers sold to £1510 for a ring full of British Blue x form J&H Bland & Son, Levens with another ring full achieving £1500 from SH&LE Birkett, Nether Kellet. Aberdeen Angus sold to £1430 from RG&B Lewis, Middleton and Limousin x to £1400 from WS Burrow Ltd, Silverdale. Other heavy well grown heifers generally £1200 to £1350, with those in forward condition attracting keenest attention.

CAST / OTM CATTLE

With the weather turning and farmers are looking to off load cows ahead of housing, an entry of 153 cull / OTM cattle were forward today. Selling to an overall market average of 158p/kg, with a large proportion of todays sale being dairy cows direct out of the parlour.
Beef cows sold to a top of 259.5p/kg for a Limousin from J Deacon, Euxton with other Limousins achieving 219.5p/kg from T Sanderson, Accrington and F&JM Mason, Mansergh. Other well fleshed beef cows were regularly 205p/kg to 215p/kg, with feeding type feed cows 180p/kg to 195p/kg, depending on quality and type. Top price beef cows was an Aberdeen Angus from T&M Halhead, Prest Hutton hut achieving £1651, with others at £1584. Dairy cows sold to a top of 224.5p/kg for a Fleckvieh from EW&R Towers, Hornby who sold Montbeliardes at 214.5p/kg. Holstien Friesians sold to 209.5p/kg from Cote Farm Partnership, Nether Kellet. Other heavy well fleshed dairy cows were generally 170p/kg to 185p/kg, with mediums 150p/kg to 165p/kg and the leaner sorts 125p/kg to 145p/kg. Top grossing dairy cow was a Montbeliarde from A&FM Bolland & Sons, Ellel achieving £1419, who sold others at £1406 with Holstein Friesians to £1388 from RH&RA Fawcett, Burton.
OTM beef heifers sold to 246.5p/kg and £1730 for a British Blue x from Wallbank Farms, Over Wyresdale with dairy heifers selling to 229.5p/kg and £1388 from RH&RA Fawcett, Burton.
OTM steers sold to 229.5 p/kg and £1652 for an Aberdeen Angus x from A Kirkby & Co, Pilling who also sold Holstein Friesian at 224.5p/kg, with others achieving £1470 from Wallbank Farms, Over Wyresdale.
Cull bulls sold to 209.5p/kg for an Aberdeen Angus from J Holt, Hambleton with Holstiein Friesians selling to £1565 from JB&C Lamb, Thurnham.