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Lancaster Livestock Auction: Lancaster Auction Mart Sale of Calves, OTM Cattle, Stirks & Store Cattle, Friday 27th September 2024.

North West Auctions saw 529 cattle fly through three sale rings in under two hours, with all vendors leaving well suited with prices achieved.

CALVES & WEANLINGS

The largest entry of calves for several months saw 113 forward, with several new faces in attendance both buying and selling, attracted by this popular weekly sale. Strongest bull calves sold to £590 for a three month old British Blue cross from G&ME Woodhouse & Son, Ellel. Other nice rearing bull calves were regularly £380 to £450, with younger sorts £240 to £300. Native sired bull calves sold to £455 for an 8 week old Aberdeen Angus cross from AD&R Milner, Garstang. Hereford bull calves sold to £410 from JR Newsham & Son, Conder Green with an entry of three week old Hereford cross from TL Baldwin & Son, Forton selling to £265, on several occasions. Dairy bull sold to £300 for Fleckvieh from JR Newsham & Son, Conder Green with strongest end black and white £180 to £240, medium sorts £120 to £150, with younger sorts £60 to £90.
51 weaned and reared calves sold to an exceptional trade, with a new sale ring record of £1170 for a pair of British Blue cross bulls from TD&A Gardner, Great Eccleston who sold other bulls to £1020. Younger six month old British Blue cross bulls sold to £840 from Messrs Hey & Sons, Quernmore who also sold Aberdeen Angus cross at £700. Black and whites sold to £630 from AF&BA Dawson, Sedbergh.
Steers sold to £775 for a pair of Aberdeen Angus cross from JE&J Pye & Sons, Quernmore with others at £700 to £750.
Heifers sold to £750 for a British Blue cross from RA Bebbington, Greenhaulgh who sold Charolais cross at £690 and Aberdeen Angus cross at £570. Other younger weaned native heifers were generally £480 to £550.

STORE CATTLE

286 store cattle saw all steers forward average £1304 and all heifers average £1192. Steers sold to a top price of £1980 for an Aberdeen Angus cross from R Townsend, Freckleton with other Aberdeen Angus cross £1900 from L Parson & Sons, Levens and Pilling Hall, Pilling. Simmental cross sold to £1880, as did British Blue cross. Charolais’s to £1800 and Limousin cross £1700. Dairy steers sold to £1740 for Fleckvieh from H Birkett & Son, Morecambe. Strong steers were regularly £1500 to £1700, with farming sorts £1350 to £1500.
Heifers sold to £1820 for a Charolais cross from JM Haddow, Hincaster who sold others at £1660 and Aberdeen Angus cross at £1640. British Blue cross sold to £1620, Hereford cross £1620. Other stronger heifers were £1300 to £1500 and farming sorts £1150 to £1280.

OTM / CAST CATTLE

130 cull cows and OTM cattle were forward today, with beef cows selling to a top of 209.5p/kg and £1916 for an Aberdeen Angus cross from MS&G Mason, Kirkby Lonsdale. Other medium type beef cows were regularly 175p/kg to 190p/kg and £1150 to £1300. Dairy cows sold to a top of 184.5p/kg, on three occasions from WS Burrow Ltd, Silverdale, T&CM Kelsall & Sons, Chipping and B&AC Barnes, Middleton. Top grossing dairy cows was a Holstein Friesian from Richmond Hall, Cockerham totalling £1516. A large number of parlour type dairy cows were generally 160p/kg to 180p/kg and £1050 to £1200, with leaner sorts 125p/kg to 145p/kg and £850 to £1000.
OTM beef heifers sold to 269.5p/kg for a British Blue cross from A&FM Bolland & Sons, Ellel and a Beef Shorthorn cross from GR&A Foy, Conder Green. Top price of £1765 was achieved for a British Blue cross from A&FM Bolland & Sons, Ellel. OTM dairy heifers sold to 239.5p/kg and £1793 for a Holstein Friesian from T&CM Kelsall & Sons, Chipping with other stronger heifers 200p/kg to 220p/kg and £1100 to £1300.
OTM steers sold to 259.5p/kg for a Limousin cross from WS Burrow Ltd, Silverdale and a British Blue from Messrs Atkinson, Skelsmergh. Other stronger fleshed beef steers were 220p/kg to 240p/kg and feeding type 195p/kg to 210p/kg. Today’s sale peaked at £1976 for an Aberdeen Angus cross from MS&G Mason, Kirkby Lonsdale who sold another three over £1900.
Cull stock bulls sold to 269.5p/kg for a young Charolais from J Miller, Claughton on Brock, with Limousins to £1760 from A&MI Robinson, Orton.

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HEIFER CALF:

British Blue: £480 Boldens Farm, £390 Boldens Farm, £385 Boldens Farm,£320 Coldcotes Farm, £300 Hudsbrook Farm. Hereford: £315 Coldcotes Farm, £275 Sellerley Farm, £215 Forton Hall Farm, £210 Forton Hall Farm. Montbelliarde: £240 Myrescough House, £220 Myrescough, £200 Myrescough House, £180 Myrescough House. Angus: £210 Hudsbrook Farm, £165 New Brows Farm, £150 Myrescough House.

BULL CALF:

British Blue: £590 Boldens Farm, £380 Hudsbrook Farm, £375 Boldens Farm, £370 Hudsbrook Farm, £360 Hudsbrook Farm, £330 Hudsbrook Farm. Angus: £455 Lane Head Farm, £400 Boldens Farm, £340 Hudsbrook Farm, £330 Hudsbrook Farm, £320 Coldcotes Farm, £310 New Brows Farm. Hereford: £410 Sellerley Farm, £265 Forton Hall Farm, 3260 Forton Hall Farm. Flekvieh: £300 Sellerley Farm. Friesian: £220 Sellerley Farm, £215 Sellerley Farm, £185 Sellerley Farm, £160 Sellerley Farm, £105 Hudsbrook Farm.

STEER CALF:

British Blue: £790 Moss Gate Farm, £760 Moss Gate Farm, £740 Moss Gate Farm, £660 Moss Gate Farm.

BULL STIRK:

British Blue: £1170 Larbreck Hill Farm, £1020 Larbreck Hill Farm, £840 Higher Hollinhead Farm. Angus: £700 Higher Hollinhead Farm, £600 Walkers I’th Fields, £530 Walkers I’th Fields, £440 Higher Hollinhead Farm, £420 Walkers I’th Fields. Friesian: £630 Rash Mill Cottage, £435 Rash Mill Cottage. Limousin: £520 Higher Hollinhead Farm. Hereford: £500 West View Farm, £320 West View Farm.

HEIFER STIRK:

British Blue: £750 Barncroft Farm, £640 Higher Hollinhead Farm, £560 Walkers I’th Fields, £430 Higher Hollinhead Farm. Charolais: £690 Barncroft Farm. Angus: £570 Barncroft Farm, £535 Gibsons Farm, £520 Walkers I’th Fields. Hereford: £290 West View Farm.

STEER STIRK:

Angus: £775 Gibsons Farm, £750 Batty Hill, £705 Gibsons Farm. Longhorn: £730 Larbreck Hill Farm.

OTM COW:

Angus: 209.50 Spital Farm, 199.50 Underhelm Farm. British Blue: 199.50 Gibraltar Farm, 189.50 Thornbush Farm. Friesian: 184.50 Gibraltar Farm, 184.50 Brown Brook, 179.50 (x2) Gibraltar Farm, 179.50 Ravenscar, 179.50 Benson Hall. Continental: 184.50 Hawkin Hall. Fleckvieh: 179.50 Hawkin Hall, 179.50 Newfield, 177.50 Hawkin Hall. Limousin: 179.50, 174.50, 164.50 (x3) River View, 129.50 Pilling Hall Farm. Shorthorn: 181.50 Lentworth Farm. Hereford: 159.50 Underhelm Farm. Ayrshire: 149.50 Rose Farm, 144.50 Benson Hall.

OTM HEIFER:

British Blue: 269.50, 259.50 Yeat House, 184.50 Thornbush Farm. Shorthorn: 269.50 Parkside Farm. Angus: 244.50 Underhelm Farm. Friesian: 239.50 Ravenscar, 239.50 Brown Brook, 234.50, 219.50 Holmes Farm, 209.50 New Brows Farm, 209.50 Kiln Hall.

CAST STEER:

British Blue: 259.50 Low Groves Farm, 229.50, 224.50, 219.50, 189.50 Spital Farm. Limousin: 259.50 Gibraltar Farm, 224.50 Heber Barn, 194.50 Spital Farm. Angus: 249.50, 219.50, 207.50 Spital Farm. Hereford: 249.50 Gulf Farm, 229.50, 194.50 Spital Farm. Friesian: 229.50 Spital Farm, 229.50 Gibraltar Farm, 214.50, 204.50, 189.50, 179.50 Spital Farm.

CAST BULL:

Charolais: 269.50 Thornlea, 199.50 Little Fell Farm. Limousin: 189.50 Hall Farm.

STORE BULLOCK:

Angus: £1980 Kirkham Road, £1900 Pilling Hall Farm, £1900 Low Levens, £1780 Godson House Farm, £1780 Low Levens, £1700 Grange Farm. British Blue: £1820 Pasture House Farm, £1800 Cracalt Farm, £1690 Lower Castle O Trim, £1680 Thorton Barn Farm, £1590 Throstle Grove Farm, £1580 West Lynn. Simmental: £1820, £1740 Ellers Farm, £1660 West Lynn, £1260, £1140 Moss House Farm. Charolais: £1800 Ellers Farm, £1520 Carlingwha, £1120 Summerlands, £1060 Windy Hill Farm. Fleckvieh: £1740 North Farm, £1580 West Lynn, £1180 Parrox Hall Farm, £1160 Corney Hill Farm. Limousin: £1700 Cracalt Farm, £1680 Fellside Farm, £1640 Thornton Barn Farm, £1570 Bradley Farm, £1380 Lambrigg Head Farm, £1360 Endmoor Farm. Hereford: £1660, £1620 Old Glasson Farm, £1460 Gibraltar Farm, £1360 Corney Hill Farm, £1300 Lentworth Farm, £1260 Corney Hill Farm. Welsh Black: £1660 Kirkham Road. Friesian: £1500 Burnt House Farm, £1420 Old Glasson Farm, £1400 Hall Farm, £1260 Upper Foxholes Farm, £1140 Lambrigg Head Farm, £1060 Plumpton Hall Farm. Montbeliarde: £1480 Staffords Farm. Shorthorn: £1300 Summerlands, £1260 Low Dubbs Farm.

STORE HEIFER:

Charolais: £1820, £1660 Viver Mill Farm, £1360 Carlingwha. Angus: £1640 Viver Mill Farm, £1460 Low Levens, £1450, £1440 Grange Farm, £1380 Pilling Hall Farm, £1370 Bainsbank Farm. British Blue: £1620 Outerthwaite Farm, £1380 Nether Hall Farm, £1180 Plumpton Hall Farm. Hereford; £1520, £1300 Gibraltar Farm, £1180 Ellers Farm, £1130 Holly House Farm, £1000 The Bungalow. Limousin: £1320 Lambrigg Head Farm, £1260 Cracalt Farm, £1260 Lambrigg Head Farm. Fleckvieh: £1180 Carlingwha. Stabiliser: £1160 Hall Bank. Montbeliarde: £950 Moss House Farm.

STORE BULL:

Angus: £960 Well House Farm, £900 Fleets Farm, £880 Well House Farm.

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