STORE CATTLE TO £2100, OTM TO 279.5p/kg and £1969, WEANED CALVES TO £570, REARING CALVE £550.

The opening Friday sale at North West Auctions Lancaster saw all classes and types of cattle sell to a fast and competitive trade, with all sellers leaving very suited with trade and new customers in attendance, both buying and selling.

OTM / CULL CATTLE

The sale commenced with 125 cull cows, with an overall market average of 165p/kg achieved. Heavy well fleshed beef cows sold to a top price of 254.5p/kg for a Limousin cross form JG&PH Thompson & Sons, Selside with others at 209p/kg from RG&H Preece, Roeburndale and 199p/kg from B&SE Carter, Ellel. Other were regularly 180p/kg to 195p/kg and medium types 160p/kg to 175p/kg, with a keen interest in those suitable for finishing. Top grossing beef cow was a Limousin cross from JG&PH Thompson& Sons, Selside achieving £1666. Closely followed by another Limousin cross from PJ&ES Rogerson, Appleby at £1643. Dairy cows sold to a top price of 174.5p/kg for heavy well fleshed Holstein Friesian from Lawsons Farm, Cockerham and Lawsons Dairy Ltd, Cockerham and G&ME Woodhouse, Ellel with Montbeliardes from A&FM Bolland & Sons, Ellel. Other well fleshed heavy dairy cows were 155p/kg to 165p/kg, with mediums 140p/kg to 150p/kg, depending on quality and type. The very leanest and lighter weights were 105p/kg to 120p/kg. Top grossing dairy cow was a Holstein Friesian from T Taylor, Woodplumpton achieving £1488, who sold another at £1485. All cull cows forward averaged £1066.
OTM heifers beef heifers sold to 279.5p/kg and £1869 for a Limousin from AR Thompson, Selside with Simmental cross to 264.5p/kg and £1484 from EJ&P Burrow, Storth. Dairy heifers sold to 254.5p/kg for a Montbeliardes from SJ Gunn, Milnthorpe and £1718 from A&FM Bolland & Sons, Ellel.
OTM steers sold to 264.5p/kg and £1969 for Aberdeen Angus cross from J Oddie, Balderstone.
Cull bulls sold to 209.5p/kg for an Aberdeen Angus cross from J&H Bland & Son, Ninezergh with a Blonde to £1700 from MJ Whitworth, Bolton le Sands.
150 cull cows can easily be sold every week, to our large ring side of buyers.

STORE CATTLE

Stores sold to a fast and competitive trade, with buyers eager to fill sheds after the Christmas break. All classes and types sold ahead of vendors expectations, with more needed to satisfy buyer demand. Steers sold to a top price of £1840 for a Limousin cross from H Chapman & Son, Middleton, who also sold a trio of Charolais cross at £1800. British Blue cross sold to £1770 from KG&LM Park, Witherslack with a ring full of Charolais cross from WJ&LA Barker, Arkholme achieving £1700 and Aberdeen Angus cross to £1680 from FJ&R Coar, Clitheroe. Other stronger end steers were regularly £1500 to £1660. Dairy bred steers sold to £1470 for Fleckviehs from R&K Jenkinson, Pilling with others at £1450 from CG Birkett, Carnforth and £1220 for Holstein Friesian from FJ&R Coar, Clitheroe. A keen interest in younger steers selling to £1510 for sixteen month old Limousin cross from R Capstick, Ingleton with sixteen month old Aberdeen Angus cross selling to £1510 form JP&AE Cooper, Tebay and Beef Shorthorns to £1450 from JA&ME Marson, Orton. All steers forward averaged £1424.
Todays sale was topped by KG&LM Park, Witherslack selling a Charolais cross heifer at £2100. Other stronger heifers sold to £1720 for a Charolais cross from WJ&LA Barker, Arkholme who sold others at £1670. Aberdeen Angus cross sold to £1580 from FJ&R Coar, Clitheroe with others also at £1580 from MJ Waller, Lupton. A ring full of Aberdeen Angus cross from T&E Garlick & Son, Freckleton achieved £1550. Other strong heifer were regularly £1380 to £1500.
Younger heifers sold to £1260 for a fifteen month old Aberdeen Angus cross form M&L Preece, Kirkby Lonsdale. British Blue cross sold to £1220 from C Butler, Hambleton. All heifers forward averaged £1258.

CALVES & WEANLINGS

A good start to the year with 112 calves forward, with new customers once again in attendance. Ten week old British Blue bulls from Wallbank Farms, Over Wyresdale sold to £565 with other stronger rearing bull calves to £550 for British Blue cross from JP&C Robson, Garstang. A consignment of Hereford cross from TE&M Kidd, Ellel sold to £550 with others at £545 and £540. Medium rearing bulls sold to £495 for a Limousin cross from JH Towers & Sons, Tunstall who sold month old Charolais cross at £480, with others at £435. Other younger bull calves sold to £365 for a twenty three day old Limousin cross from D&K Haworth, Hambleton. Other month old bull calves were generally £250 to £300.
Weaned bull calves sold to £570 for a five month old Aberdeen Angus cross from JK&B Birkett & Son, Morecambe who sold others at £560 and £550.
A large number of heifer calves forward sold to £355 for a six week old Charolais cross from JH Towers & Son, Tunstall who sold others at £360. British Blue cross sold to £345 from Drinkall Bros, Over Wyresdale and Tom Barron Farms, Woodplumpton. Native heifer calves sold to £345 for an Aberdeen Angus cross from W&G Cornthwaite & Sons, Garstang with others at £320 from AW&AM Park & Sons, Ellel. Other stronger native heifers were generally £260 to £300. Several weaned calves forward sold to £460 for a twelve week old British Blue cross from Drinkall Bros, Over Wyresdale with Hereford cross to £430 from TE&M Kidd, Ellel and Aberdeen Angus from £400 Tom Barron Farms, Woodplumpton.

The weekly sale at NWA Lancaster continues to attract an ever increasing number of customer from throughout the north counties, midlands and Wales, attracted by the quality and quantity of cattle forward. For future information regarding marketing your stock, please do not hesitate to contact our auctioneers and fields officers:

Matthew Probert, Auctioneer 07540 446667
Gary Capstick, Auctioneer 07970 830518
Will Rogerson, Trainee Auctioneer: 07506283587
Andrew Butler, Fields Officer: 07966 556592
Lisa Bennett, Fields Officer: 07971118717