CALVES & WEANLINGS

This week’s sale at Lancaster saw 62 calves and stirks put before a packed ring side of local and travelled buyers. The best of the rearer reached £555 for a British Blue bull from AW&AM Park, Ellel with no less than four Charolais next inline at £530. Native bred bull calves sold equally as well, with these flying to £500 for an Angus bull from J&G Thornley, Kirkham with another close behind at £480 from Tom Barron Farms, Woodplumton. Some well reared bull stirks were forward, with these selling to £780 for an Aberdeen Angus from JR Newsham, Conder Green with Hereford from this home to £740. Some weaned dairy bulls stirks were forward with these selling to £510 for a pair of Friesians from JR Newsham, Conder Green. A few weaned steers forward selling to £760 for Herefords from JR Newsham, Conder Green.
Rearing heifers sold well with a pair of Charolais’s topping this section at £480, with a large quantity of Angus heifers forward with the best of these reaching £390 from Tom Barron Farms, Woodplumpton. Three week old Limousins from A Clark & Johnson, Windermere sold to £290. A good show of heifer stirks sold to £550 for Hereford from J&M Coar, Waddington with Angus’s reaching £530 from JR Newsham, Conder Green.

STORE CATTLE

An increased entry of store cattle saw a fast trade, with buyers all keen to keep their sheds full. Limousins steers sold to a top of £1900 from DE&SM Moorhouse, Natland with others to £1800 and £1760. British Blues topped at £1840 from EW&CR Clegg & Sons, Stalmine with others at £1800. Native sired steers saw a ring full of Angus sell to £1740 from J Hesketh, Hutton with other pens to £1720 and £1690. Dairy steers saw Montbeliardes achieve £1620 from J&S Winstanley, Clifton with Fleckviehs to £1500. A keen interest in steers for summer grazing, saw these regularly £1100 to £1300. All store steers forward averaged £1409.
Store heifers sold to a top of £1580 for Limousins from CG Birkett, Nether Kellet with others to £1560 from M&RW Stirzaker, Milnthorpe. A trio of British Blues achieved £1550 from JD&GM Bracken, Catterall. Native sired heifers saw a pen of four Angus achieve £1510, with others at £1500. Heifers suitable for grazing were frequently £1000 to £1250, with all heifers forward averaging £1302.

OTM / CAST CATTLE

A reduced entry of cast cattle saw an entry of predominantly dairy bred cattle direct from the parlour, sell to an overall market average of 173p/kg. Beef cows saw 211.5p/kg achieved for a British Blue from J H Atkinson & Partners, Selside with Angus’s to 204.5p/kg. Dairy cattle saw black and whites achieve 199.5p/kg from J Whitaker & Son, Nether Kellet with the top grossing Friesian achieving £1735.82 from Lawsons dairy, Cockerham.
OTM beef heifers peaked at 259.5p/kg for a Hereford from A&FM Bolland & Sons, Ellel with the top grossing being a Limousin achieving £1557 from A&M Brennand & Sons, Carnforth. Dairy heifers sold to 229.5p/kg and £1355.
OTM steers achieved 249.5p/kg for a British Blue from JB Moore, Allithwaite with dairy breds to 239.5p/kg.
Cull bulls saw young Stabilisers sell to 249.5p/kg on two occasions, with Friesians selling to a top of £2083.