11 July 2024

J36 Crooklands Livestock Auction: J36 Fortnightly Sale of Calves, Stirks, Beef Breeding Cattle, OTM and Store Cattle, Thursday 11th July 2024.

CALVES & WEANLINGS

136 rearing calves once again saw new and additional local and travelled customers, both buying and selling. Bull calves sold to £530 for a British Blue cross with others at £505 and numerous others £455 to £490. Other bull calves sold to £470 for Charolais and Hereford cross with Aberdeen Angus cross to £435. Other stronger end month to six week old bull calves were £310 to £370, with only the very smallest and youngest less. Dairy bulls sold to £180 for a Holstein Friesian, with other mediums £120 to £150 and the younger end £70 to £100.
Heifer calves sold to £480 for a British Blue cross with other stronger Continental heifers £380 to £450, with Herefords to £400 and month old Charolais’s to £345. Other nice rearing heifer calves (4-6 weeks old) were generally £240 to £280, with the younger end £120 to £170.
56 weaned calves and stirks saw 20 bulls forward, selling to £1110 for a Limousin cross with six month old Blondes selling at £890. British Blues sold to £800 and five month old suckler bred Aberdeen Angus £780. 4 month old Aberdeen Angus bulls sold to £550.
Steers sold to £700 for 6 month old Aberdeen Angus cross, with younger recently weaned Aberdeen Angus cross £570 and Charolais’s £530.
Heifer stirks sold to £990 for 10 month old British Blue cross, with other stronger end 6-8 month olds £680 to £750. Younger Charolais cross were £545, Aberdeen Angus £530 and Limousins £505.

STORE CATTLE

A pleasing entry of 150 store cattle were put before both local and travelled buyers, ensuring a sharp trade was seen. Charolais bullocks sold to £1530 from Moorhouse Farms, Isle of Man with dairy bred British Blues to £1410 from M Bateman & Son, Firbank. Aberdeen Angus sold to £1350 from AJ&H Clark, Sedbergh. A run of 14-15 month old Fleckvieh bullocks from RW&S Nicholson, Lupton sold to a top of £1330. Yearling suckler bred bullocks sold to £1300 from M&S Blease, Carnforth with the best end regularly £1250 to £1300. Nice grazing sorts were £1000 to £1100.
Heifers saw a top of £1450 for diary bred British Blues from K Armer, Boston with a tremendous yearling Charolais heifer to £1410 from J&A Smales, Ingleton. Other Charolais’s sold to £1390 from Moorhouse Farms, Isle of man. Younger grazing heifers were the trade of the day, with new buyers around the ring looking for these sorts, with these selling to £1160 from JA&CA Gibson, Selside.
Fewer bulls forward but all achieving maximum prices, with Limousins to £1260 from JM&NJ Strickland, Whinfell and Blonde to £1180 from MJ Whitworth, Bolton le Sands.

OTM / CAST CATTLE

87 cull cows were forward with a market average of 177p/kg achieved, with a large proportion of the sale being dairy bred. The best beef cows sold to 219p/kg for Aberdeen Angus cross with others regularly 205p/kg to 215p/kg and medium beef cows 185p/kg to 198p/kg. Top grossing beef cows was a Limousin at £1842, with another at £1713 and Aberdeen Angus at £1674. Dairy cows sold to 214p/kg for a Holstein Friesian, with other heavy well fleshed diary cows 190p/kg to 202p/kg with mediums parlour types being the bulk of the sale at 170p/kg to 185p/kg. Top grossing dairy cows achieved £1589 for a Holstein Friesian, with others at £1533.
OTM heifers sold to 239p/kg for a Limousin, with Hereford cross £1528.
OTM steers sold to 219p/kg and £1049 for a Highland.
Cull stock bulls sold to 209p/kg and £1412 for a Simmental, with Holstein Friesians selling to 174.5p/kg and £1338.

Top Prices

OTM COW:

Angus: 219.5, 211.5 Archers Hall, 191.5 High Wray Farm, 184.5 Capplerigg, 181.5 Moorhouse Farm, 147.5 Holmelands. Friesian: 214.5 Strickland Hill, 201.5 Scales Park Farm, 194.5 Hawes Farm, 187.5 Bridge End Farm, 184.5 Old Hall Farm, 181.5 Hawes Farm. Belted Galloway: 214.5 Holmelands, 169.5 Somme Avenue. Limousin: 211.5, 209.5, 194.5 Arklid Farm, 191.5 Moorhouse Farm, 189.5 High Wray Farm, 189.5 Southways. Charollais: 199.5 , 187.5, 184.5 Moorhouse Farm. Simmental: 197.5, 189.5 High Wray Farm. British Blue: 191.5 Woodside Farm, 179.5 Stribers Farm, 179.5 Woodside Farm, 149.5 Black Bull Farm. Hereford: 189.5, 187.5 (2) Natland Mill Beck, 179.5, 177.5, 174.5 Riddings. Norweigian: 177.5 Cracalt Farm. Highland: 169.5, 159.5 Tottlebank. Continental: 167.5, 159.5 (2) Nibthwaite Grange Farm.

OTM HEIFER:

Hereford: 239.5, 229.5 Natland Mill Beck. Limousin: 239.5 Moorhouse Farm. Charollais: 239.5 Moorhouse Farm.

CAST STEER:

Highland: 219.5 Moorhouse Farm.

CAST BULL:

Simmental: 209.5 Moorhouse Farm. Friesian: 174.5 Halforth Farm.

STORE BULLOCK:

CHAROLAIS: £1530, £1300, £1210, £1130, £1120, £880 Mount Gawne. BRITISH BLUE: £1410 Moors Farm, £1240 Tarnside Farm, £1140 Green Lane End Farm. ANGUS: £1350 High Hollins, £1230, £1070 Tarnside Farm, £980 School Hill, £820 Rankthorn. FLECKVIEH: £1330, £1230, £1070 Green Lane End Farm. LIMOUSIN: £1300 The Barn, £1150 Tarnside Farm, £960 Mount Gawne, £870 Scroggs Farm. FRIESIAN: £1270 Tarnside Farm. HEREFORD: £1230, £1090 Green Lane End Farm.

STORE HEIFER:

BRITISH BLUE: £1450, £1360 (x2), £1350 Bowston Hall, £1290 Green Lane End Farm, £1260 High Hollins. CHAROLAIS: £1410 Braida Garth, £1390, £1340 Mount Gawne, £1340, £1280 Braida Garth, £1130 Tarnside Farm. ANGUS: £1380, £1280 Bowston Hall, £1160 Tarnside Farm, £1140 Moors Farm, £1140 The Barn, £1050 Tarnside Farm. SIMMENTAL: £1240 Somme Aveune, £880 School Hill. HEREFORD: £1180 Bowston Hall, £1060 Green Lane End Farm, £1010 Little Fell Farm, £970 Tarnside Farm, £960 Little Fell Farm. LIMOUSIN: £1180 Tarnside Farm, £1160, £1080, £1050 Longwell, £960 Scroggs Farm. SHORTHORN: £1150, £1130 Gordale. PARTHENAISE: £990, £950 (x2) Garden Terrace.

STORE BULL:

LIMOUSIN: £1260 The Borrans. BRITISH BLUE: £1250 The Borrans. BLONDE: £1180 Mount Pleasant Farm. ANGUS: £1040 High Hollins.

BULL CALF:

British Blue: £530 Flooder Hall, £505 Coldcotes Farm, £490 Hagg Farm, £485 Borrans Farm, £470 Elm Tree Farm, £455 Borrans Farm. Hereford: £470 Coldcotes Farm, £170, £145 (2), £140 (2) Cairnhead Farms. Charollais: £470, £405, £375 Bambers Farm. Angus: £435, £430 Hallbeck, £330, £310, £205, £200 Bambers Farm. Limousin: £185 Halforth Farm. Friesian: £180 Low Audlands, £160, £150, £145 Old Hall Farm, £145 Low Audlands, £115 Old Hall Farm.

HEIFER CALF:

British Blue: £480 Flodder Hall, £470 Elm Tree Farm, £400 Hallbeck, £380 Coldcotes Farm, £255 Bambers Farm. Hereford: £400 Bambers Farm, £140 Cairnhead Farms. Charollias: £345, £310, £305, £270 (2), £265 Bambers Farm. Angus: £300 (2) Hallbeck, £300, £235 Raw End Farm, £185 Old Hall Farm, £170 Bambers Farm.

BULL STIRK:

Limousin: £1110 Far Orrest. Blonde: £890 Mount Pleasant Farm. British Blue: £800 Foreslack Farm. Angus: £780 Foreslack Farm, £760 Nibthwaite Farm, £705 Foreslack Farm, £700 Kitchlow Farm, £550 Raw End Farm, £460 The Barn. Continental: £620 Kitchlow Farm.

HEIFER STIRK:

British Blue: £990 Sclaes Park Farm, £800 The Barn, £670 Kitchlow Farm, £575, £480 West View Farm. Limousin: £785 Kitchlow Farm, £505 High Farm. Blonde: £640 Mount Pleasant Farm. Charollais: £545 Meathop Park Farm. Angus: £530 Foreslack Farm. Angus: £530 Foreslack Farm, £485 West View Farm, £390 Field House Farm, £385 Raw End Farm.Hereford: £435, £390, £370 Field House Farm.

STEER STIRK:

Angus: £700, £520 The Barn. Charollais: £530 Meathop Park Farm. Limousin: £420 High Farm.

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J36 Crooklands Livestock Auction: J36 Fortnightly Sale of Calves, Stirks, Beef Breeding Cattle, OTM and Store Cattle, Thursday 11th July 2024.

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