Calves & Weanlings
70 calves were forward with a much improved trade, with fresh faces round the ring looking to purchase all types of calves, British Blue bulls sold to a top of £440 from Gibson & Berry, Endmoor with others selling to £435 from B&JM Crowe, Witherslack. All British Blue bull calves forward averaged £330. Native bred bull calves were a sharper trade with the best selling well over the £300 mark, topping at £345 from S&M Blease, Carnforth. British Blue heifers were keenly bid for selling to a top of £410 from C Parsons, Old Hutton. A young show of Black and Whites forward sold to a top of £100 from B&JM Crowe, Witherslack with medium types either side of £50.
50 stirks were forward once again selling to a full ring side of buyers, top price for Aberdeen Angus bullocks from M Forbes, Ecclefechan sold to £740 with other Aberdeen Angus bullocks selling to £710. British Blue heifers sold to a top of £710 from BJ&M Tomlinson, Salwick. A run of Fleckvieh weanling bulls from EW&RM Towers, Hornby were keenly bid for with a full pens selling to a top of £380 at 3-4 months old.

Store Cattle
The fortnightly sale of store cattle at Junction 36 continues to have a fast trade with many more needed to fulfil the orders of our busy ring side of buyers. 12 month old Limousin bullocks sold to a top of £1420 from A&P Hodgkinson, Poulton in Fylde. A run of strong Charolais heifers from JM Haddow, Hincaster sold to £1390 with other from the same home selling to £1330. Aberdeen Angus bullocks sold to a top of £1290 from G Cuthbertson, New Hutton with British Blue bullocks selling to £1270 from JG&BJ Escolme, Killington. Native heifers were in strong demand with Herefords selling to £1230 from S&M Cooper, Leece with others at 15 months old from GM Redmayne, Ings.

Beef Breeding
The August sale of beef breeding cattle saw a top price £2220 achieved for a Simmental x heifer with a Limousin x heifer calf from R&E Ladds, Kendal. The sale comprised of predominately old cows with calves which saw British Blue cows with Limousin x calves sell at £1780 and £1750 from CG Birkett, Carnforth who sold others at £1620 and £1580 with Angus x calves.

OTM / Cast Cattle
Cull cows sold to a top price of 229.5p/kg for a young Stabiliser cow from A Dixon & Son, Selside who sold other at 219p/kg and 209p/kg. Other heavy beef cows sold to 204.5p/kg for a British Blue x from G&ID Postlethwaite, Howgill and Limousin x to 199.5p/kg from TMW&H Hodgson, Ulverston with Charollais x to 184.5p/kg from GU & D Swarbrick, Meathop. Heavy well fleshed dairy cows continue to sell to a premium with Fleckvieh to 174.5p/kg from JJ&MA Park & Son, Sizeigh with Holstein Friesians to 171.5p/kg from Jenkincragg Farms, Kendal and 169.5p/kg from Messrs Sowerby, Drybeck. Top grossing cow today was a Stabiliser from A Dixon & Son, Selside achieving £1580 with others from this same home achieving £1537 and £1498. Other beef cows sold to £1419 for a British Blue x from G&ID Postlethwaite, Howgill with dairy cows to £1405 from a Holstein Friesians form Messrs Sowerby, Drybeck.
OTM heifers sold to 239.5p/kg and £1525 for a Limousin x from JH Farming, Kendal who sold others at 234.5p/kg and £1521. Dairy heifers sold to 171.5p/kg and £902 for a Holstein Friesian from M Forbes, Ecclefechan.
OTM steers sold to 224.5p/kg and £1542 for British Blue x from JW Robinson & Son, Farlton.
Cull bulls sold to 189.5p/kg and £2023 for a Limousin from M Gibson, Sedbergh with a Luing from G Graham, Windermere achieving 164.5p/kg and £1376.
All cull cows today averaged 172.5p/kg with seven active buyers ring side competing for all classes and types.