A 500 plus Friday at Lancaster, with good prices achieved in all three rings.

CALVES & WEANLINGS

109 calves and weanlings were forward today at Lancaster, with all classes selling to a fast trade. Rearing calves sold to a top of £640 and £630 for British Blue bulls from J&G Thornley, Kirkham. Native sired bull calves sold to £580 for Aberdeen Angus cross from Tom Barron Farm, Woodplumpton. JS&KM Wilson, Kendal presented well grown Limousin bulls to £550 and £540. Younger calves were keenly sort after with Barber Farms, Brock selling month old British Blues to £370 and Aberdeen Angus to £350. Dairy bulls sold to £235 for fortnight old Montbeliardes from GJ&G Billington, Garstang.
JS&KM Wilson, Kendal topped the heifer calves at £465 for Limousins with month old British Blues to £370 from Throstle Nest, Pilling and £350 from JH Towers & Sons, Tunstall. Native sired heifers sold to £275 for Aberdeen Angus.
Weanlings were good to sell, topping at £810 for Aberdeen Angus bulls from TD&A Gardner, Great Eccleston. Charollais cross bulls sold to £780 from EW&A Bradshaw, Stalmine. Six month old British Blue bulls sold to £745 from AW&AM Park, Ellel and weaned heifers to £735 for a British Blue from RE&P Miller, Barnacre with this home selling Hereford heifers to £655.

STIRKS & STORE CATTLE

320 through the main ring, with the sale featuring our monthly entry of stirks.
Store trade was every bit as good as recent weeks, with the top spot this week going to DJ Townley, Lancaster for a British Blue bullock realising £1980. GR&A Foy, Conder Green were closely behind at £1940 for their British Blue bullock. Other notable prices were £1850 for a pair of Aberdeen Angus bullocks from EW&CR Clegg, Stalmine and Fleckvieh bullocks to £1500 from EW&RM Towers, Hornby.
DJ Townley, Lancaster also topped the heifers at £1820 for a Limousin, while £1780 was achieved for an Aberdeen Angus heifer from KH&D Holden, Pilling. TE JS & SA Carruthers, Underbarrow achieved £1720 for their trio of Limousin heifers, with a pen of four Aberdeen Angus from EW&CR Clegg, Stalmine at £1680.
The monthly sale of stirks saw all entered keenly bid for, with twelve month old Aberdeen Angus bullocks topping this section at £1060 for a pen of six from JW Thwaites, Tebay. British Blue bullocks sold to £940 from FW Rhode, Ellel and a pen of Black and Whites stirks to £820 from G Rawlinson, Manchester.
Heifer stirks were equally as good with a pen of four Limousins to £1010 from SE&J Gorst, Littledale. Four eight month old Aberdeen Angus sold to £770 from A&J&F Marsh, Garstang.

OTM / CAST CATTLE

Numbers are rising week on week, with todays sale averaging 180p/kg for cows, 240p/kg for OTM heifers and 260p/kg for OTM steers.
The best beef cows sold to 229.5p/kg from RG&H Preece, Roeburndale with other heavy weights 210p/kg to 220p/kg for Stabilisers from A Dixon & Son, Selside. Other better medium beef cows were 190p/kg to 205p/kg, with those suitable for finishing 170p/kg to 190p/kg. Top gross beef cows was a Stabiliser from A Dixon & Son, Selside achieving £1705. Young dairy cows sold to 239.5p/kg for a British Friesian from RG&B Lewis, Middleton, with heavy weight meated Holstein Friesian generally 180p/kg to 195p/kg. Parlour types were 155p/kg to 175p/kg with only the leanest and lighter weights less (120p/kg to 140p/kg). Top grossing dairy cow was a Holstein Friesian from RR&JA Knowles, Docker achieving £1533.
OTM beef heifers sold to 279.5p/kg and £1737 for a Limousin cross from WS Burrow Ltd, Silverdale, with other beef heifers 240p/kg to 270p/kg, being £1450 to £1700. Dairy heifers sold to 264.5p/kg and £1785 for a Montbeliarde from A&FM Bolland & Sons, Ellel with Holstein Friesian to 239.5p/kg from Barker Farms Ltd, Warton and £1358 from J&O Galbraith & Son, Endmoor.
OTM beef bred steers sold to 269.5p/kg for an Aberdeen Angus cross from O Butler, Kirkham and a Luing from D J & A Freeman, Troutbeck. Other Aberdeen Angus cross sold to £1835 from O Butler, Kirkham. Dairy bred steers sold to 269.5p/kg and £1668 from WS Burrow Ltd, Silverdale.
Cull bulls sold to 274.5p/kg for a Limousin from I Atkinson & Son, Warton with British Blue stock bulls selling to 219.5p/kg from W Heaps, Chorley which also was top grossing at £2096.