DAIRY CATTLE

New calved dairy saw heifers sell to £2050 from J&O Galbraith, Endmoor who sold others at £1900. A pair of cows from Barbers Farms, Claughton on Brock sold to £1500.
A large number of dairy stock are required and available privately, please do not hesitate to contact our auctioneers or field officers.

OTM / CULL COWS

Another rise in the numbers of cull cows forward, with vendors rewarded with a fierce trade and a market average of 178p/kg. The best beef cows sold to 224p/kg for a British Blue cross with other at 210p/kg to 220p/kg and mediums feeding types 185p/kg to 200p/kg. Top grossing being a Hereford achieving £1726. The best dairy cows sold to 219.5p/kg, with other heavy well fleshed cows 185p/kg to 200p/kg. Parlour type cows were 160p/kg to 180p/kg, with the lighter and leaner sorts 130p/kg to 150p/kg. Top gross being a Holstein Friesian at £1617, with another closely behind at £1603.
OTM beef heifers sold to 269.5p/kg and £1650, with others regularly 220p/kg to 240p/kg and £1450 to £1600. Dairy heifers sold to 231.5p/kg and £1460, with other better end cows 185p/kg to 215p/kg, being £1150 to £1350.
OTM steers sold to 249p/kg for both a Holstein Friesian and Limousin, with British Blue cross selling to £1809.
A single cull dairy bull sold to 169p/kg.

STORE CATTLE

A super entry of store cattle saw steers sell to £1750 for Aberdeen Angus cross from KH&D Holden & Son, Pilling. A super run of 40 from K&DE Woodhouse, Ellel sold to £1700 for a ring of British Blue cross, who also sold Aberdeen Angus cross to £1690. Charolais’s sold to £1680 and Limousins £1640. Stronger steers were regularly £1500 to £1650, with medium feeding sorts £1280 to £1400.
Store heifers sold to £1640 for Limousin cross from JT&GV Dobson, Clitheroe with British Blue cross to £1560 and Aberdeen Angus cross £1510. Other stronger end heifers were £1400 to £1500, with medium feeders £1220 to £1350.
The monthly sale of stirks steers saw eight month old Aberdeen Angus cross sell to £870, with Shorthorns £850, British Friesians £840, Herefords £820 and British Blues £800. Younger steers finding keen interest, with these generally £650 to £720.
Heifer stirks sold to £820 for a ring full of 10 month old Limousin cross, with Aberdeen Angus cross to £800. Other heifers were generally £700 to £780 and the younger end £600 to £650.

CALVES & WEANLINGS

The Friday sale of rearing and weaned calves saw again a busy ring side of new and returning buyers. Rearing calves sold to a top of £380 for a three and half week old Limousin from D&K Howarth, Hambleton, with month old Aberdeen Angus from J Bargh, Morecambe also achieving £380. A handful of black and white bulls were forward, with these selling to £250 from Drinkall Bros, Over Wyresdale, the strongest of these were £150 plus.
A strong show of weaned bulls were forward, selling to a top of £640 for an Aberdeen Angus from AW&AM Park & Son, Ellel. Freshly weaned two month old Aberdeen Angus cross reached £500 from Tom Barron Farm, Catforth. A handful of weaned steers were forward which sold to £880 for a British Blue from FW Rhodes, Ellel with others from this home at £730.
Only a few rearing heifer calves were forward, with these selling to £255 for a five week old Aberdeen Angus from Wallbank Farms, Over Wyresdale.
A good show of weaned heifers today, with prices exceeding vendors expectations. Selling to a top of £670 for a pair of British Blues from FW Rhodes, Ellel. Smaller freshly weaned heifers sold equality as well, with a trio of Aberdeen Angus from A Shepherd, Preesall achieving £470 and a Longhorn at £360.