CALVES & WEANLINGS

A reduced show of calves forward at Lancasters weekly sale, due to many people being busy with seasonal jobs, while the weather allows. Todays high was £565 for a Charolais bull from J&G Thornley, Kirkham with others from this home at £530. Native sired bulls sold to a top of £500 for an Aberdeen Angus from J&R Waller, Killington. The strongest bull on offer today all reached £500. Heifers topped at £740 for a Charolais again from J&G Thornley, Kirkham with much younger British Blue rearers from RT Halhead, Cockerham reaching £325.
Weanling sold to a top of £600 for a pair of Friesian from TD&A Gardner, Larbreck, with all other stirks forward achieving maximum returns.
Many more cattle are needed for next weeks sale. Please remember to inform Will or Andrew of entries to help with advertisement.

OTM / CAST CATTLE

A good entry of 80 OTM cattle were forward today, which all sold to their full potential. Topping the pence per kilo today was a OTM Charolais heifer from J Miller, Brock at 269.5p/kg and grossing £1617. Fleckvieh OTM heifers reached 264.5p/kg from R Packham, Kendal.
OTM steers reached 264.5p/kg for a Friesian from A Kirkby & Co, Pilling with an Aberdeen Angus from T&E Burrow, Slyne reaching 254.5p/kg with this grossing £1710.
W&JE Shuttleworth, Barbon sold the top price pence per kilo cow at 239.5p/kg for a Limousin with this grossing at £1657. AE Atkinson & Son, Kendal sold the top grossing cow at £1696 for a Limousin.
Dairy cows reached 191.5p/kg for a Friesian from R&E Ladds, Kendal with this home also topping the gross prices again with a Friesians at £1595.

STORE CATTLE

Another fast and furious Friday here at Lancaster, with just short of 200 going through the ring. Top of the league table today and well deserved for the quality of cattle he brought in, was David Preston, Caton with a brute of a Limousin steer at £1940. Not far behind was regular Lancaster supporter SH&LE Birkett, Nether Kellet with a pair of British Blue steers at £1900 and a pen of three at £1780. Aberdeen Angus steers topped at £1860 from Pilling Hall, Pilling. Other Angus steers sold to £1770 from EE Thornton, Heaton for a pen of four, with this home also selling a pen of four Friesians at £1500. Dave Preston continued his good day selling Charolais steers to £1880 and Hereford steers to £1640 and £1560. A pair of Simmental steers from DJ&MC Platts, Caton sold to £1840. There were plenty of steers today in the £1500 to £1660 region. Younger steers saw plenty of trade with Charolais steers to £1370 at 13 months old from AVA Thornton, Cockerham. A consignment of Angus steers at 14 months old from JW Thwaites, Tebay topping at £1210, with many more 14-16 months old steers round the £1150 to £1200 mark.
Store heifers were easily as good to sell this week, with a sale average of £1225. Hitting the headlines today was WM&JE Shuttleworth, Barbon with a Limousin at £1860. British Blues sold to £1760 from SH&LE Birkett, Nether Kellet, who also had a pen of four at £1700. JM Haddow, Milnthorpe sold a trio of Charolais heifers to £1710. Angus heifers sold to £1480 from MJ Waller, Carnforth with younger Angus heifer at 14 months to £1230 from JW Thwaites, Tebay.
If you have store cattle, OTM or calves to sell, please contact one of our auctioneers or fields officers who will happily help with marketing advise to get your full value for your cattle.