CALVES

The fortnightly sale of calves at Junction 36 saw the trade go up another gear. British Blue bulls were the pick of the day with the sale topping twice at £540 for five to six week olds from Dolphenby Farming Ltd, Penrith and A Pickthall, New Hutton. Numerous British Blue rearing bulls broke the £500 barrier. Charolais bulls sold to £490 from JH Towers & Sons, Tunstall with Limousins at £455 and Aberdeen Angus at £435 from this good home. A few younger bulls forward sold to £270 for three week old British Blues from TK Robinson & Sons, Old Hutton. A handful of dairy bred bulls in today sold to £270 for a Fleckvieh from R Heath, Bootle with black and whites £100 to £150.
Heifer calves sold to a top of £530 for a cracking Limousin from R&J Dodgson, Natland followed by Charolais’s at £485 from JH Towers & Sons, Tunstall and month olds sold to £335 for British Blues from HJ Robinson & Son, Preston Patrick with Simmentals at the same price from MH&AR Robinson, Old Hutton.

STIRKS

An entry of over seventy reared and weaned calves saw a full ring side of local and travelled buyers, all keen to secure stock for turnout. Steers sold to £860 for a pen full of British Blue cross, with others at £820 and £810. Native sired steers sold to £790 for Aberdeen Angus with young suckler breds to £760. Dairy breds sold to £710 for Fleckviehs. Younger recently weaned steers sold to £690 for Aberdeen Angus cross with Limousin cross to £600 and Holstein Friesian selling to £490.
Heifer stirks sold to £840 for British Blue cross with stronger six month olds heifers regularly £600 to £750. Younger native heifers sold to £650 for Aberdeen Angus cross, with other at £550 and Hereford cross also £550. Younger recently weaned British Blue cross heifer sold to £540. The best six month old British Blue cross bulls sold to £720 with four month old Aberdeen Angus cross bulls to £560 and a ring full at £510.

PEDIGREE BEEF BREEDING CATTLE

The annual May show and sale of pedigree bulls and females saw a strong trade for all sold. Pedigree Charolais bulls sold to 3500gns for Trefaldwyn Tokyo consigned by RA Owen, who sold others at fourteen months to 2700gns. An eight year old Limousin bull Whittakerhall Navigator consigned by DP Escolme sold to 2500gns. Native sired bull saw Herefords sell to 2600gns from B&S Milby, with Amberfield 1 Wizard to 2500gns consigned by Messrs Hewson.
A consigned of Charolais heifers with calves from GJ&G Billington, Garstang saw their best sell to 3600gns and 3200gns with a heifer calves at foot.

BEEF BREEDING CATTLE

The first cow and calf sale of the spring saw plenty of interest with Saler heifers with Limousin calves selling to £2500 from JE&DJ Hutchinson, Sedbergh who sold others to £2200. First cross British Blue heifers with month old Limousin heifer calves sold to £2200 from CD Slinger & LJ Eaton, Sedbergh with the same home selling others to £2100. An eight year old cow with an Aberdeen Angus heifer calf sold to £1500 from R&SA Rawsthorne, Cark in Cartmel.
Entries are wanted for our next beef breeding sale on Thursday 13th June.

OTM CATTLE

An increases number of cows forward, sold to an overall 178p/kg, for an entry of predominantly dairy cows. Of the few beef cows forward, these sold to a top 234p/kg for Aberdeen Angus cross from TM&D Dobson, Crosthwaite. Other stronger end beef cows were regularly 200p/kg to 220p/kg, with feeding types 185p/kg to 200p/kg. Top grossing being an Aberdeen Angus from MW&PA Rollason, Meathop achieving £1809. Dairy cows sold to 209p/kg for a Holstein Friesian from Strickland Hill Farm, Witherslack with other stronger end dairy cross 185p/kg to 200p/kg, with the best parlour types 170p/kg to 185p/kg and lighter weight and leaners sorts 145p/kg to 160p/kg. Top grossing Black and White being a Holstein Friesian from Jenkin Cragg, Kendal achieving £1832.
OTM steers averaging 208p/kg, selling to 214p/kg for a Belted Galloways from S&A Gardner, Carnforth and £1164 for a Hereford from S&M Carter, Witherslack.
OTM heifers sold to 229.5p/kg for an Aberdeen Angus cross from RA&E Edmondson, Levens with dairy heifers to 219.5p/kg and £1376 for a Holstein Friesian from RR&JA Knowles, Docker.
Cull stock bulls sold to 209.5p/kg and £2055 for a Limousin from J&SE Woof, Dent with Herefords to 174.5p/kg and £1832 from DJ Dickinson, Ulverston.

STORE CATTLE

With the grass growing outside, trade heated up. Aberdeen Angus bullocks sold to £1740 from BJ Bowness, Kendal who sold others to £1730. The strongest bullocks were regularly £1560 to £1600. Yearling bullocks saw plenty of demand, with Blondes selling to £1440 from SJ&NS Wood, Windermere. A pair of Luings sold to £1370 from JW&TE Sharp, Lyth with Limousins to £1320 from S Wood, Hawkshead. Grazing bullock as were regularly selling at £950 to £1050.
Limousin heifers sold to £1590 from TW Nelson & Son, Stainton with British Blue heifers to £1380 from W Garnett & Son, Milnthorpe who sold large pens to £1310. The strongest heifers sold at £1300 to £1400. Yearling grazing heifers were well sort after, with the best to £1300 from WA Hodgeson, Selside. Aberdeen Angus sold to £1260 from T&D Wright, Wray with the youngest smart bred sorts £900 to £1000.
A small show of bulls forward today, with new men round the ring ensuring a strong trade was seen. Eight month old South Devon bulls sold to £1070 from AT Threlkeld, Satterthwaite with Shorthorns to £1060 for JK Higgs, Ulverston.