CALVES & WEANLINGS

An exceptional strong trade for all calves at NWA Lancaster, with vendors leaving well suited with prices achieved and buyers extremely suited with the quality of cattle presented.
A run of eight week old British Blue cross calves from SH&M Batty, Quernmore sold to £850 for bulls, with others regularly £720 to £800. Heifers from this same good home sold to £730, with others at £670. A trio of eye-catching calves out of Friesian type cows from D&M Foster, Out Rawcliffe saw six week old Limousin cross to £840, with heifers of the same breed achieving £770 and nine week old Hereford cross bulls to £770. Messrs Drinkall Bros, Over Wyresdale sold ten week old Limousin cross bulls to £750, with similar aged British Blue cross bulls £740 and other six to seven week old calves from the same home were £620 to £650. JP&C Robson, Brock sold the best of theirs to £640 for British Blue cross steer, with heifers selling to £560. Native bred reared calves sold to £870 for sixteen week old Aberdeen Angus cross bulls from J&M Coar & Son, Waddington who sold others at £860. RE&P Miller, Barnacre sold thirteen week old Aberdeen Angus cross bulls to £660. Strongest dairy bulls sold to £390 for Holstein Friesians from Drinkall Bros, Over Wyresdale, with medium dairy bulls £160 to £210.
A full row of stirks were well received with the consignment of seven week old British Blue cross steers from Throstle Nest, Pilling selling to £1260, with other from this same home at £1180, £1160 and £1100. Native sire stirks sold to £1110 for Aberdeen Angus cross heifers from J&M Coar, Waddington who sold other at £1100. Younger heifers sold to £960, again for Aberdeen Angus cross from WJ&EA Woodhouse, Nateby who also sold six month old Aberdeen Angus cross steers to £900.

OTM / CAST CATTLE

Cull cows finish the week with an average of 285ppk, with an abundance of buyers keen to secure all classes and types for both further feeding and to meet orders. Beef cows sold to a top of 309ppk for British Blue x from GE JA & J Hayhurst, Ellel with Limousins selling to 229.5ppk from R Collinge & Son, Kirkham, with other beef cows generally 270-290ppk. 72% of the sale consisted of dairy cows which saw a top price of 349.5ppk for a young Holstein Friesian from J & G Thornley Ltd, Kirkham. Other dairy cows sold to 254.5ppk from GA & A Atkinson & Son, Cantsfield. Parlour type cows were regularly 210-240ppk with the lightest and leanest 180-205ppk. Top grossing beef cows another British Blue x from JE JA & J Hayhurst, Ellel achieving £2287, with dairy cows to £2280 for a Holstein Friesian from T Taylor, Woodplumpton.
OTM beef heifers sold to 398.45ppk for British Blue x from Wallbank Farms, Over Wyresdale and a Stabaliser from TJ Robinson, Milnthorpe. Other beef heifers were regularly 350-385ppk. Top grossing Stabaliser achieved £2333. OTM dairy heifers sold to 349.5ppk from H&SD Cornthwaite & Son, Garstang and GA&A Atkinson, Cantsfield with others regularly 310-335ppk. Top grossing totalling £2380.
More cull cows required every week, with buyers also requesting prime cattle at this popular weekly sale.

STORE CATTLE

Total of 165 Store Cattle went through the main ring with vendors having to take a seat as they took in the trade with cattle being up another gear again as demand out strips supply.
• 15 steers over the £2400 barrier
• 50 steers over £2000
• 36 heads over the £2000 mark

As ever at Lancaster, Aberdeen Angus steers led the way to £2800 for EW & CR Clegg & Sons, Stalmine not far behind at £2720 also Aberdeen Angus from WT Eastham & Sons, Goosnargh. Pair of British Blues to £2700 from J & M Cockett, Ingleton. EJ Ward & Sons, Nether Kellet usual run of quality cattle saw a top of £2650 for a pair of Limousin who also had a trio of Simmentals to £2500. Dairy bred steers to £2120 from EW & CR Clegg & Sons, Stalmine for Friesians with others to £1980 from MJ Waller, Lupton. A good entry of younger grazing type steers today saw 16 month old British Blue steers to £1650 from AJ Metcalf, Out Rawcliffe with 12 month old British Blue from G & ID Postlethwaite to £1420. All steers today average £2090.

No let up in trade for store heifers with a pleasing average of £1802. R Capstick & Son, Ingleton hitting the top spot with a grand pair of Limousin heifers to £2380 with his neighbour J & M Cockett & Son not far behind at £2350 also for Limousin. EW & CR Clegg & Sons, Stalmine continued their good days trading with Aberdeen Angus heifers to £2280. J & S Winstanley, Preston saw his British Blue heifers to £2250 with other British Blues to £2200 from MJ Waller, Lupton. Grazing type heifers saw 15-17 month old Aberdeen Angus to £2000 for a pen of six from Charlie Butler, Hambleton with JM & DJ Townley & Sons, Quernmore at the same price also for Aberdeen Angus. G & ID Postlethwaite with British Blue heifers to £1480 for 14 month olds.

Many more cattle required for next weeks sale and buyers requesting more numbers.
Gary Capstick - 07970 830518
Andrew Butler - 07966 556592