Friday fever strikes again at NWA Lancaster, with an exceptional trade across all three sale rings.
- Store cattle to £1810.
- OTM’s to 281p/kg and £2036.
- Rearing calves to £440.
- Weaned calves to £855.

CULL / OTM COWS

An increased entry of cull cows forward sold to an overall market average of 188p/kg, with a large proportion of the sale being diary bred cows. Beef cows sold to 244.5p/kg for a Stabiliser from J&A Smales, Ingleton with others generally 195p/kg to 220p/kg. A top price of £1695 was achieved for an Aberdeen Angus from A&P Hodgkinson, Stalmine. Heavy well fleshed diary cows also sold to 244p/kg from EW&CR Clegg & Sons, Stalmine with others regularly 210p/kg to 250p/kg. Top grossing being another from EW&CR Clegg & Sons, Stalmine achieving £1736. Strong parlour type cows were regularly 175p/kg to 190p/kg, achieving regularly £1150 to £1280.
OTM heifers sold to 259p/kg and £1826 for Aberdeen Angus cross from I Atkinson & Son, Warton with dairy heifers to 244.5p/kg and £1907 for a Holstein Friesian from Drinkall Bross, Over Wyresdale. Other diary heifers were generally 195p/kg to 210p/kg.
OTM steers sold to 281.5p/kg for a Limousin from H Chapman & Son, Carnforth with others regularly 240p/kg to 260p/kg. Topping at 236p/kg for an Aberdeen Angus cross from F&SG Sanderson & Son, Woodplumpton.

STORE CATTLE

A real bonanza in the store ring saw all vendors leave well suited with prices achieved. Steers sold to £1810 for a trio of British Blue cross from WT Eastham & Sons, Goosnargh with a trio of Limousins to £1800 from H Chapman & Son, Carnforth and Aberdeen Angus cross £1780 from C Hargreaves & Son, Overton. Other strong steers were regularly £1500 to £1700, with all sold averaging £1322.
Heifers sold to £1800 for British Blue cross from WT Eastham & Sons, Goosnargh with others at £1680 from M Shepherd & Son, Pilling and Limousin to £1660 from L Parson & Son, Levens. Other strong heifer were regularly £1400 to £1450, with all sold averaging £1244.

CALVES & WEANLINGS

98 rearing calves forward today which sold to an extremely fast and competitive trade, with more required every week. Rearing beef bulls sold to £440 for a pair of British Blue cross from JP&C Robson, Garstang with others stronger end £380 to £420. Medium reares sold to £290 from Barber Farms, Garstang. Young Limousin cross sold to £255 from D&K Howarth, Hambleton. Native sired bulls sold to £400 from Miss J Miller, Barnacre with others at £400 from J Bargh & Son, Morecambe. Young Longhorn bulls sold to £250 from JE&S Seedall, Mellor. Dairy bulls sold to £185 from RE&P Miller, Barnacre with others regularly £90 to £130.
Rearing heifer calves sold to £360 for a British Blue cross again from JP&C Robson, Garstang with month old heifers to £355 from J Bargh & Son, Morecambe and Limousins to £340 from Wallbank Farms, Over Wyresdale. Young native sired heifers sold to £330.
54 weaned calves and young stirks sold to a packed ring side of buyers, all keen to purchase ahead of the immediate turnout. Bulls sold to £850 for a six month old Aberdeen Angus cross from CR Dickinson, Thurnham. A consignment of four month old Hereford cross bulls from JR Newsham, Conder Green sold to £660, with others regularly £600 to £640. Younger weaned bulls sold to £565 for a British Blue cross from SH&M Batty & Son, Quernmore who sold others at £500.
Weaned heifers sold to £640 for a four month old British Blue cross from JC Morphet, Hale with others at £615 from J&CG Redmayne, Samlesbury and Aberdeen Angus cross to £580 from CR Dickinson, Thurnham. Stronger heifer stirks sold to £690 and £685 for Hereford cross from AV Bailey, Westhouse.
Weaned steers sold to £650 for British Blue cross from JC Morphet, Hale and J&CG Redmayne, Samlesbury who also sold Aberdeen Angus at £605 and £600. Stronger Hereford cross steer stirks sold to £855 from E Lund & Son, Ingleton who sold others at £800 and £795 for the best from AV Bailey, Westhouse.