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Lancaster Livestock Auction: Lancaster Auction Mart Sale of Calves, OTM and Store Cattle, Friday 8th November 2024.

Lancaster Auction Mart leads the way at the popular weekly sale.

  • OTM Cattle sell to 300p/kg and £2318
  • Store Bullocks to £1920
  • Store Heifers to £1840
  • Rearing Calves to £600
  • Weaned Calves to £910

CALVES

Nice show of calves in today with all classes and types selling to a competitive ringside of buyers.

Calves to £600 for a Charolais bull from JG Thornley, Kirkham with others to £590 from this home. Next at £530 was a British Blue bull from AD Milner, Brock, one of 3 vendors in the convoy from Claughton this morning. Other British Blue bulls to £465 from JM & MH France, Littledale and natives to £380 from AD Milner, Brock. Dairy bulls to £270 from JR Newsham, Conder Green. Heifer calves to £370 for British Blue also from the Milners with Limousin to £345 from MH & AR Robinson, Holmescales. GP Stott, Parkers Farm also headed north on the A6 selling Angus heifers to £285 at 1 month old and British Blue to £270 at the same age. Stirks were on fire, TD & A Gardner, Great Eccleston selling British Blue bulls to £910 and £850 with Herefords to £620 from JR Newsham. A consignment of fresh weaned Angus heifers sold to £480 from JK & BJ Birkett, Morecambe. Please continue to book calves in with confidence.

STORE CATTLE

The weekly store cattle sale saw a few less about this week with trade up and beyond vendor expectations. Making the headlines today would be regular Lancaster supporters J Lamb, Glasson for a Charolais steer at £1920. Other Charolais steers to £1900 for a trio from GT & CA Blezard, Conder Green with JM Haddow, Milnthorpe at the same price who also had a pair of Angus steers at £1900 with G Sagar & Son, Caton at £1820 for a pen of 4 and L Parsons & Sons, Levens at the same price. R Capstick & Son, Ingleton led the way with Limousins to £1880 with others from JB Moore, Grange over Sands to £1640. G Sagar & Son, Caton continued their good days trading with Herefords to £1810 for a pen of 4. Simmental steers from M & RW Stirzaker, Milnthorpe to £1900. Low Moor Howe, Winster with a pen of 4 to £1740. British Blue steers to £1780 from R & A Easterby, Westhouse. Plenty of other blue steers round the £1700 mark. Friesian steers again a flying trade to £1610 from J Lamb, Glasson with others from L Parsons & Sons, Levens to £1580. All steers averaged £1561.
No let up in trade for heifers, these averaged £1442. Topping this week would be R & DM Rossall, Pilling with a pair of British Blues to £1840, others at £1800 from AT Burrow & Son, Gressingham. Plenty of other blue heifers around the £1700 mark. Aberdeen Angus heifers at £1720 from BW & G Robinson, Carnforth, with others at £1700 from TJ Robinson, Milnthorpe. Plenty of other Angus heifers round the £1500 mark. Limousin heifers to £1660 from MJ Waller, Carnforth with others to £1640 from R & DM Rossall, Pilling. Charolais heifers to £1680 from MJ Waller, Carnforth and Hereford heifers to £1500 from TJ Robinson, Milnthorpe.
More numbers required next week to satisfy buyers demand.

OTM CATTLE

Cull cows from 3 counties descended upon Lancaster auction mart this Friday. With all cows sold averaging a staggering 193p/kg and £1276 with over half the entry being dairy bred and parlour type cows. Best beef cows sold to outstanding top price of 300p/kg from M & RW Stirzaker, Milnthorpe with heavy well-fed Stabilisers from JA & R Geldard, Levens hitting 294.5p/kg on 2 occasions with others at 284.5p/kg. Other strong end beef cows regularly 230-280p/kg to include British Blue x and Limousin x from MA & JA Winn, Burneside, Simmental x from PJ & ES Rogerson, Appleby, Aberdeen Angus x and Shorthorn x from A Guy, Farsley. A staggering 6 beef cows sold over £2000 to include a quartet of Stabilisers from JA & R Geldard, Levens peaking at £2318. A further 15 beef cows sold between £1700-£1950. Dairy cows held their own against their beef counter parts selling to top of 260p/kg on 2 occasions for Montbeliarde and Black and Whites from EW & RM Towers, Hornby with endless heavy well fleshed selling between 210-230p/kg, mediums 185-198p/kg with harder working parlour type cows 130-160p/kg. Dairy cows sold to a top of £2000 for a Montbeliarde from EW & RM Towers, Hornby with Holstein Friesian selling to £1821 from MS & G Mason, Carnforth with other heavy well fleshed cows regularly £1350-£1600.
OTM beef heifers sold to a top of 285p/kg from JC Prickett, Mewith with other better end beef heifers regularly 260-280p/kg. Top grossing being a Limousin x achieving £1774. Dairy heifers sold to top of 255p/kg and £1397 from AT Burrow & Son, Gressingham. OTM beef steers sold to 285p/kg and £1897 for British Blue x from A Knight, Dalston. OTM bulls sold to 259p/kg and £1769 for Hereford x from MS & G Mason, Kirkby Lonsdale with Limousin stock bulls selling to £1450 from EJ & PE Burrow, Milnthorpe.

Top Prices

HEIFER CALF:

British Blue: £370 Lane Head Farm, £270 Parkers Farm. Limousin: £345 Holmescales Farm, £260 Hudsbrook Farm, £235 Hudsbrook Farm, £235 Holmescales Farm, £210 Holmescales Farm, £150 Hudsbrook Farm. Angus: £285 Parkers Farm, £200 Hallbeck, £100 Hallbeck. Hereford: £240 Sellerley Farm, £205 Sellerley Farm, £195 Sellerley Farm, £160 Sellerley Farm, £155 Sellerley Farm, £145 Sellerley Farm. Charolais: £230 Parkers Farm. Friesian: £175 Sellerley Farm.

BULL CALF:

Charolais: £600 Derby Lodge Farm, £590 Derby Lodge Farm, £360 Holmescales Farm, £240 Parkers Farm. British Blue: £530 Lane Head Farm, £465 Newhouse Farm, £430 Newhouse Farm, £425 Newhouse Farm, £390 Holmescales Farm, £320 Holmescales Farm. Angus: £380 Lane Head Farm, £355 Tills Farm, £330 Tills Farm. Limousin: £380 Holmescales Farm, £375 Holmescales Farm, £230 Hudsbrook Farm. Hereford: £275 Sellerley Farm, £220 Sellerley Farm, £190 Sellerley Farm, £170 Sellerley Farm. Friesian: £270 Sellerley Farm, £155 Sellerley Farm, £100 Hudsbrook Farm, £90 Sellerley Farm. Flekvieh: £240 Sellerley Farm.

BULL STIRK:

British Blue: £910 Larbreck Hill Farm, £850 Larbreck Hill Farm. Hereford: £620 Sellerley Farm.

HEIFER STIRK:

Angus: £480 White Lund Farm, £450 White Lund Farm, £320 White Lund Farm, £265 White Lund Farm, £245 White Lund Farm, £190 White Lund Farm.

OTM COW:

Limousin: 299.50 Station Hotel Farm, 269.50 High Underbarrow Farm, 189.50 Manor Farm, 159.50 Hazelslack Tower Farm. Stabilizer: 294.50 Low Foulshaw Farm, 284.50 Low Foulshaw Farm, 279.50 Low Foulshaw Farm, 274.50 Low Foulshaw Farm. British Blue: 279.50 High Underbarrow Farm, 249.50 High Underbarrow Farm. Simmental: 264.50 Mason Gill. Friesian: 259.50 Holme Head, 244.50 Spital Farm, 239.50 Bainsbank Farm, 239.50 New Grange Farm, 229.50 Holme Head, 227.50 Holme Head. Montbelliarde: 259.50 Holme Head, 199.50 Holme Head. Angus: 254.50 New Grange Farm. Shorthorn: 249.50 New Grange Farm. Norwegian: 221.50 Holme Head, 199.50 Dale Barns. Flekvieh: 217.50 Holme Head, 169.50 Sellerley Farm, 154.50 Newfield, 149.50 Newfield. Continental: 159.50 Manor Farm. Jersey: 124.50 Chapel House. 

OTM HEIFER:

Friesian: 284.50 Ghyll Beck Farm, 279.50 Ghyll Beck Farm, 264.50 Ghyll Beck Farm, 254.50 High Snab, 229.50 Hallbeck. Charolais: 279.50 Ghyll Beck Farm, 274.50 Wilmar. British Blue: 279.50 Wilmar, 229.50 Spital Farm, 159.50 Spital Farm. Blonde: 279.50 Ghyll Beck, 239.50 Ghyll Beck. Flekvieh: 149.50 Sellerley Farm.

CAST STEER:

British Blue: 284.50 Wilmar, 279.50 Wilmar.

CAST BULL:

Hereford: 259.50 Spital Farm, 254.50 Spital Farm, 234.50 Spital Farm, 229.50 Spital Farm. Friesian: 179.50 Spital Farm, 159.50 Spital Farm. Stabilizer: 174.50 Old Parkside Farm.

STORE BULLOCK:

Charolais: £1920 Old Glasson Farm, £1900 Scale House Farm, £1900 Viver Mill Farm, £1840 Carlingwha, £1410 Ghyll Beck Farm. Angus: £1900 Viver Mill Farm, £1820 New Parkside Farm, £1820 Low Levens, £1820 Burnt House Farm, £1800 Outerthwaite Farm, £1780 Low Levens. Simmental: £1900 Station Hotel, £1740 High House Farm, £1700 Low Levens, £1660 Station Hotel Farm, £1520 Outerthwaite Farm. Limousin: £1880 Fell End Farm, £1640 Outerthwaite Farm, £1600 North Farm, £1600 Fell End Farm. Hereford: £1810 New Parkside Farm, £1480 Windy Hill Farm, £1380 Ghyll Beck Farm. British Blue: £1780 Fellside Farm, £1740 Wood Nook Farm, £1700 Barn Hill Farm, £1700 Betts Farm, £1680 North Farm, £1560 Yeat House. Friesian: £1610 Old Glasson Farm, £1580 Low Levens. MRI: £1480 Littlewood Hall Farm. Fleckvieh: £1160 Ghyll Beck Farm.

STORE HEIFER:

British Blue: £1840 Abrahams Farm, £1800 High Snab, £1760 Yeat House, £1640, £1620 Betts Farm, £1580 Wood Nook Farm. Angus: £1720 Burnt House Farm, £1700 Rowell Farm, £1580 Grange Farm, £1560 (x2) Rowell Farm, £1480 Snub Snape Farm. Charolais: £1680 Carlingwha, £1290 Parrox Hall Farm. Limousin: £1660 Carlingwha, £1640 Abrahams Farm, £1640 Rowell Farm, £1360 Summerlands. Hereford: £1500 Rowell Farm, £1420 Park Farm Barn. Montbeliarde: £1400 Moss House Farm. Friesian: £1280 Raw End Farm. Fleckvieh: £1260 Carlingwha.

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