STORE CATTLE

A fierce trade around the store cattle ring, saw all steers averaged £1488 and heifers £1397. Steers sold to £1880 for a Limousin cross from GR Park & Son, Whinfell with British Blue cross to £1840 from SH&LE Birkett, Nether Kellet, Aberdeen Angus cross to £1760 from L Parson & Sons, Levens and TJ Lloyd, Settle. Herefords achieved £1700 from J Tattersall, Leyland. Other well grown short keep steers were regularly £1460 to £1580, with feeding types £1280 to £1400. Top price dairy steers were Black and Whites from GR Park, Whinfell with British Friesian from EE Thornton & Sons, Morecambe achieving £1360.
Heifers sold to £1800 from A&T Smith, Longridge with Aberdeen Angus to £1710 from KH&D Holden, Pilling. British Blue cross sold to £1680 from M Shepherd, Pilling. Herefords to £1640 from J Tatterall, Leyland and Charolais to £1630 from J&MM Cliffe, Forton. Other heavy short keen heifers were £1450 to £1550, with feeding types £1200 to £1350.

CALVES & WEANLINGS

Plenty of fire in the calf ring, with a fast trade from start to finish. Best rearing bulls sold to £530 for an eight week old British Blue cross from JP&C Robson, Garstang with others at £420 to £480. Younger native bulls sold to £350 for Aberdeen Angus cross from CR&A Baxter & Son, Morecambe and three week old Hereford cross at £300 from MJ&H Atkinson, Quernmore. Dairy bulls sold to £230 for weaned Black and Whites from JT&B Fox, Quernmore with rearers to £170 and £150 from Wallbank Farms, Abbeystead.
Heifer calves sold to £435 again for a British Blue cross from JP&C Robson, Garstang with others £375 to £410.
Weaned calves sold to £640 for a four month old British Blue cross bull from JM&MH France & Son, Littledale with others at £580. Weaned British Blue cross heifers from Throstle Nest Farms, Pilling sold to £495 with Aberdeen Angus cross heifers to £415 from AW&AM Park & Son, Ellel.
Several stirks forward sold to £870 for eight month old Aberdeen Angus steers from CD&HL Mason, Hornby and £780 for six month old Hereford cross steers from E Lund & Sons, Ingleton.

OTM / CAST CATTLE

A rise in number with 120 forward, selling to an overall market average of 176p/kg with over two thirds parlour types. Best beef cows sold to 224p/kg for a Limousin cross from JG&PH Thompson & Sons, Selside with other feeding type beef cows generally 190p/kg to 205p/kg. Top grossing being a Limousin from WS Burrow, Silverdale achieving £1605, with other stronger end beef cows £1300 to £1450. Heavy well fleshed dairy cows sold to 204p/kg for a black and white from T Taylor, Woodplumpton with a run of cross breds from EW&R Towers, Hornby selling to 199p/kg. British Friesian sold to 197p/kg from EE Thornton & Sons, Morecambe. Other well fleshed dairy cows were 180p/kg to 192p/kg, parlour types 168p/kg to 180p/kg with only the leanest and lightest less. Top grossing dairy cow was from T Taylor, Woodplumpton who sold a black and white at £1719 and others at £1718. Other heavy dairy cows were regularly £1450 to £1500, with all sold averaged £1145.
OTM beef heifer sold to 259p/kg for an Aberdeen Angus from GR&A Foy, Conder Green and Pilling Hall, Pilling who both sold others to £1634 and £1627. Dairy heifers sold to 251p/kg for a Montbeliarde from A&FM Bolland & Sons, Ellel. Other well fleshed dairy heifers were frequently 230p/kg to 245p/kg, feeding types 190p/kg to 220pkg. Top grossing being a Montbeliarde from A&FM Bolland & Sons, Ellel achieving £1760. Black and Whites sold to £1742 and £1741 from F&SG Sanderson, Woodplumpton. All OTM heifers averaged £1335.
OTM steers sold to 259p/kg for a British Blue cross from A Kirkby & Co, Pilling and £2188 for an Aberdeen Angus cross from F&SG Sanderson, Woodplumpton.
Dairy stock bulls sold to 159.5p/kg and £1065 for a Holstein Friesian from TM Gardner, Tatham.