CALVES & WEANLING

Lancasters weekly show of calves and stirks saw an increased entry of 90 forward, with some real quality on offer today. Two outstanding Charolais’s from JH &Towers & Sons, Tunstall topped the bull calf section at £620 and £610. British Blues from JP&C Robson, Garstang reached £565, with other British Blues at £545 from GH Sanderson & Family, Catforth. Limousins sold to £520 from D&M Foster, Out Rawcliffe. An Angus from JP&C Robson, Garstang and a Hereford from JR Newsham, Conder Green topped the natives at £495.
Heifer calves sold equally as well, with these topping at £530 for a British Blue from JP&C Robson, Garstang followed by a Charolais at £510 from JH Towers, Tunstall. Month old British Blue heifers sold to £395 on two occasions, first from TL Baldwin & Son, Forton and secondly from GH Sanderson & Family, Catforth. Natives sold to £380 for a Hereford from JR Newsham, Conder Green. All calves forward sold to a market averaged of £361.
A good show of weaned calves and stirks were forward, with these topping at £810 for a British Blue bull from TD&A Gardner, Larbreck with this home also selling Montbeliarde bulls to £750. Freshly weaned British Blue heifers sold to £570 from JC Morphet, Hale with steers from this home at £560.

STORE CATTLE

A catalogue entry of 185 store cattle sold to a trade similar on the week, with all steers today averaging £1471.57 and heifers £1275.41. Top price of the day came from J&H Bland & Son, Ninezergh for a Hereford steers reaching £1780. Next was £1760 achieved for both a trio of British Blues also from the Bland Family and a pen of four Aberdeen Angus from T Robson & Son, Singleton. Numerous other pens of well grown store steers easily surpassed the £1700 mark.
Heifers reached £1610 on two occasions both from J&H Bland & Son, Ninezergh. Followed by a pair of British Blues from CG Birkett, Carnforth at £1470, with a pair of Limousins to the same price.

OTM / CAST CATTLE

The weekly sale of OTM cattle at Lancaster saw a reduced number forward, with farmers taking advantage of the better weather at long last. Two thirds of today’s entry was dairy bred and straight out of the parlour, with a market averaged of 165p/kg achieved.
Topping the trade both per kilo and lump was R & M Lohr-Crawford, Selside with a Limousin cow at 229.5p/kg or £1606. Friesian cows topped at £1518 or187.5p/kg from PW&JM Norris & Son, Hornby with other diary cows to184.5p/kg from Lawsons Dairy, Cockerham. Good Friesian cows were regularly away around the 175p/kg to 180p/kg range.
Beef bred cows saw plenty of interest with D&C Miller, Cloughton on Brock at 229.5p/kg and other beef bred cows round the 210p/kg to 220p/kg mark.
OTM heifer saw A&V&A Thornton, Cockerham at 229.5p/kg for a Charolais, with Friesians at 219p/kg from WG Farms, Cockerham. Other Friesian heifers were around the 190p/kg to 210p/kg range.
More numbers are required next week, with buyers and facilities to handle 150 plus cows every week.