NWA Lancaster sold 503 head of cattle at its popular weekly sale, with trade across all sale rings continuing the upwards trend.

CALVES & WEANLINGS

Rearing calves sold to £445 for an Aberdeen Angus cross from T&CM Kelsall & Sons, Chipping who also sold British Blues to £400. Younger beef bulls sold to £375 for British Blue cross from MH&AR Robinson, Kendal and £355 from Walmsley Beef, Cockerham. Mediums beef bulls were generally £300 to £370, with younger rearers £220 to £280. Dairy bulls sold to £140 for a Holstein Friesian.
Heifer calves sold to £355 for a British Blue cross from Walmsley Beef, Cockerham who sold other to £320. Other younger beef heifers were generally £220 to £280, with the very smallest £160 to £200. A large entry of 70 reared and weaned calves were greeted by a large crowd of buyers, which saw Aberdeen Angus cross bulls sold to £800 from AW&AM Park, Ellel with Hereford cross to £750 from JR Newsham & Son, Conder Green and British Blue cross £730 from FW Rhodes & Son, Ellel. Steers sold to £740 for British Blue cross from JR Newsham & Son, Conder Green with other at £720 from J&CG Redmayne, Samlesbury and others £680 from I Slater, Claughton on Brock. Recently weaned Aberdeen Angus bulls sold to £515, with others regularly £470 to £500. Heifers sold to £720 for a British Blue cross from AW&AM Park & Sons, Ellel who also sold Aberdeen Angus cross at £700. British Blues sold to £680 from RW Rhodes & Son, Ellel. Younger heifers were generally £380 to £450.

STORE CATTLE

Feeding bulls sold to £1700 from WR&CM Lawrenson, Winmarleigh. Steers sold to £1900 for a pair of Limousins from H Chapman & Son, Middleton who sold others at £1790. Other strong steers were £1750 to £1700. Dairy bred steers achieved £1530 for Fleckviehs from EJ Hodgson & Son, Lambrigg who also sold Black and Whites at £1440.
Heifers sold to £1700 for a pair of Aberdeen Angus cross from F&SG Sanderson, Woodplumpton with others at £1680 from A&P Hodgkinson, Stalmine. Well grown heifer sold to £1400 to £1600.
A keen interest in younger stores saw Charolais cross to £1380 from P&ME Higginson, Pilling with British Blue cross to £1380 from I Slater, Claughton on Brock, with others £1200 to £1350.
Younger heifers sold to £1240 for Aberdeen Angus cross from Throstle Nest Farms, Pilling with others generally £1100 to £1200.
The monthly sale of stirks saw yearling British Blue steers sell to £1170 from JE&J Pye, Quernmore. Hereford cross sold to £1000 from MJ &LC Lund, Quernmore with other nine to twelve month olds regularly £900 to £1000, with younger steers £700 to £850.
Heifer stirks sold to £1160 for Limousin cross from I Atkinson & Son, Warton with other stronger heifers £880 to £950. Younger summering heifers were £680 to £750.

OTM / CAST CATTLE

Beef cows sold to 229.5p/kg for a Limousin cross from A Prickett, Farleton and a British Blue from T&D Wright, Roeburndale. Top grossing being an Aberdeen Angus cross from R&B Parker, Killington achieving £1748. Dairy cows sold to 219p/kg for a Montbeliarde from A&FM Bolland & Sons, Ellel. Meated dairy cows were 190p/kg to 200p/kg, mediums sorts 170p/kg to 185p/kg with leaner parlour types 130p/kg to 150p/kg. Top grossing being a Holstein Friesian from AW&AM Park & Sons, Ellel at £1645 with other at £1637 from PW&JM Norris & Son, Hornby. All cull cows forward averaged 185p/kg.
OTM heifers sold to 269p/kg for a Limousin from T&D Wright, Roeburndale with other beef heifers at £1595 for an Aberdeen Angus from CM&CA Jackson, Caton. Dairy heifers sold to 259.5p/kg and £1717 for a Montbeliarde from A&FM Bolland & Sons, Ellel.
Beef steers sold to 269p/kg for a British Blue cross from A Kirkby & Co, Pilling with a Longhorn from F&SG Sanderson & Son, Woodplumpton achieving £2120. Dairy steers sold to 244p/kg and £2012 from F&GS Sanderson & Son, Woodplumpton.
Cull bulls sold to 219p/kg and £2096 for a Limousin from R&A Easterby, Westhouse.