CALVES & STIRKS

Numbers rising every week, with Lancaster Auction Mart proving to be the vendors choice locally, and who can blame them, with the trade seen here consistently every week!
Strongest bull calves sold to £930 for a British Blue cross from G&ME Woodhouse, Ellel with others from this same good home £905 and £885. AD&RL Milner, Garstang sold eight week old British Blue cross bulls to £720, with other younger bulls regularly £600 to £700, youngest four week old British Blue cross bulls sold to £590 from Walmsley Beef, Cockerham and Charolais cross £575 from T&CM Kelsall & Sons, Chipping. Month old Herefords sold to £450 from D&K Haworth, Hambleton with others at £350 from MJ&H Atkinson, Quernmore.
Just a handful of heifer calves forward today being predominantly younger sorts selling to £495 for British Blue cross from TL Baldwin, Forton with other continentals £400 to £470 and native to £325 for Aberdeen Angus cross from T&CM Kelsall, Chipping.
Bull stirks sold to £1190 for six month old British Blue cross from TD&A Gardner, Larbreck with Aberdeen Angus cross £1170 from A Fare, Kirkham. Endless pens of well reared bulls (5-7 months) were £1000 to £1120, with the next step down £880 to £950. Dairy bulls sold to £500 for five month old Holstein Friesians.
An eye catching six month old British Blue cross heifer from Throstle Nest Farms, Pilling sold to £1200, with others British Blue cross £1170 and £1120. Limousin cross achieved £1080, and Aberdeen Angus cross £1000. Younger heifer regularly £840 to £950.
A trio of Limousin cross steers from SE&J Gorst, Littledale sold at £1280.

STORE CATTLE

NWA Lancaster once again led the way with its weekly store cattle sale. All stores today averaged £2077, with a larger number being feeding and grazing types this week. Steers sold to £2880 for British Blue cross from K&DE Woodhouse, Ellel with others from this home achieving £2850 and £2750. Other stronger end steers sold to £2850 for Aberdeen Angus cross from CA Blezard & Son, Conder Green who also sold Limousin cross at £2800. PM&ST Entwistle, Abbeystead showed another Limousin cross steer at £2750, with other Aberdeen Angus cross selling to £2720 from SW&K Metcalfe & Son, Whittington and WT Eastham & Sons, Goosnargh. Dairy bred steers sold to £2280 for black and whites from EJ Hodgson & Son, Lambrigg with others achieving £2180 from A&FM Bolland & Sons, Ellel.
Heifers peaked at £2550 for British Blue cross again from K&DE Woodhouse, Ellel with Aberdeen Angus £2520 from WT Eastham & Sons, Goosnargh. Limousin cross achieved £2380 from P Whitton, Kendal and Charolais cross £2350 from DJ Townley, Lancasters. Stronger end heifers were £2200 to £2320, with feeding types £1850 to £2100.
Next sale is Friday 18th April with buyers requesting cattle of all classes and types to fulfil orders. Please advise this office with catalogue entries by Monday 14th April.

OTM / CAST CATTLE

Another pleasing entry of 118 this week, with the market average increasing week on week, this week settling at 229p/kg for cull cows, 303p/kg OTM heifers and 322p/kg OTM bullocks.
Beef cow sold to 294.5p/kg and £1858 for a British blue cross from Dream Farm, Wigan with other mediums 250p/kg to 270p/kg and £1650 to £1750.
A huge number of dairy cows today, which sold to 289.5p/kg for a Fleckvieh from B&AC Barnes, Middleton and EW&RM Towers, Hornby. Holstein Friesian sold to 274.5p/kg from TL Baldwin & Son, Forton. Half meated dairy cows were generally 240p/kg to 260p/kg, with harder worked parlour types 215p/kg to 230p/kg. Top grossing this week was a Fleckvieh from B&AC Barnes, Middleton achieving £2486.
OTM beef heifers sold to 409.5p/kg for a British Blue cross from TJ Robinson, Milnthorpe with other continental and native heifers regularly 345p/kg to 380p/kg. Top grossing being another British Blue cross, this time from CG Birkett, Carnforth totalling £2532.
OTM dairy heifers sold to 369.5p/kg and £2512 for Fleckvieh from EW&RM Towers, Hornby with other better end generally 330p/kg to 350p/kg, with feeding types 260p/kg to 300p/kg.
OTM steers sold to 324p/kg and £1985 from GR Park & Son, Whinfell.