LANCASTER: Friday, September 18.

Store Cattle. A mixed show of cattle forward this morning. Cattle carrying flesh sold well, topping at £1410 for a trio of Limousins from MS Dugdale & Son, Tewitfield. Native bred bullocks topped at £1380 from the same home, with a 26month Angus. Native bred heifers to £1120 from Redmayne Bros, Cuerdale Hall. A run of yearling Angus Bullocks from J Ridding sold to £730. Friesian bullocks to £1070 for the second to last bullock through the ring from A Kirkby & Co, Pilling.

Cast Cows. A mixed show of cast cows forward this morning at Lancaster with plenty of parlour cows about. More meaty cows forward in comparison to last week, selling to a sharper trade. Topping the sale was R Oldfield with a Limousin cast heifer realising 194.5ppk. Top gross came from EJ Ward & Sons, Nether Kellet with a Blonde bull achieving £1332. Dairy cows sold to a top of 149.5ppk from J & G Thornley Ltd, Kirkham, dairy heifers also sold to the same price from Messers Drinkall Bros. Overall average of 105.38ppk for all forward.

Rearing Calves and Stirks: A nice show of calves forward this morning saw calves top at £388 for a Blue Heifer from D Wightman and Blue Bulls to £385 from new vendors Kevin and Dorothy Kelsall, Chipping. A good run of Angus and Hereford calves sold to £380 for Angus Bulls, £318 for Angus Heifers, both from David & Eileen Wallbank. Herefords sold to £295 for both Heifers and Bulls from Steve Mason. Black and Whites faster this morning topping at £145 again from Messers Kelsall, best calves in escess of £100 with nice rearing calves £50-£80 depending on size. Overall average of £97 for all B&Ws forward. A run of stirks saw Charollais at 4months sell to £630 for heifers and £600 for Bullocks from TW & BH Woodhouse, Roeburndale.

Top Prices. Store cattle: FRI: £1070 Gulf Farm; £1020 Low Levens; £1000 Park Farm. Ang: £1380 Tewitfield Farm; £1300 Bainsbank Farm. Sho: £500 Springfield Farm. MRI: £940 Littlewood Hall Farm. Lim: £1410 Tewitfield Farm. Other: £830 Bibbys Farm; £720 Holme Head. Char: £1370 Low Levens; £1340 Kilburn House; £1180 Jolley Fold Farm. Here: £1160 Hill Top; £1100 High House Farm. Sim: £900 Overhouses; £750 Stonehead. Brit blue: £1300 Greenbank Farm; £1300 Throstle Grove Farm; £1270 Church Street. Mon: £1210 North Farm; £1090 Middle Grange Farm; £880 Holme Head. Nor: £910 Nineezergh; £720 Holme Head. Fkv: £1090 Ninezergh; £1070 Carlingwha. Blo: £1170 Kilburn; £1020 Hoskinshire. Hfr: Fri: £640 Tunsteads Farm. Ang: £1220 Cuerdale Hall Farm; £1080 Blakey Hey Farm; £1040 Kimberley Avenue. Lim: £1120 Greenlands Farm; £1080 Brow Foot Farm; £1070 Lodge Cottage. Char: £1260 Elmridge Farm; £900 Higher Broomfield. Here: £1090 Brow Foot Farm; £1040 Mill House Farm; £870 High House Farm. Sim: £1050 Jolley Fold Farm; £1040 Kimberley Avenue; £880 Corney Hill Farm. Brit blue: £1200 Sowermire; £1140 Hill Top; £1020 Slack Farm. Bull: £550 Greenhurst Farm. OTM Cows Fri: 149.5 Derby Lodge Farm; 141.5 Norbreck Farm; 137.5 Old Hall Farm. Ang: 169.5 Steel Croft; 54.5 Middle Slater. Lim: 147.5 Red Scar; 141.5 Lane Head Farm. Here: 139.5 High House Farm. Sim: 127.5 Hartrigg; 111.5 Lane Head Farm. SRW: 77.5 Manor House Farm. BB: 129.5 Botton Hall Farm; 79.5 Farleton House.

OTM Hfr: Fri: 149.5 Catshaw Hall Farm; 144.5 Holly House Farm; 139.5 Lane Ends Farm. Lim: 194.5 Brow Foot Farm. Cast Steer: Fri: 114.5 Cliftons Farm. Cast Bull: 139.5 Intack Farm. Hfr Calf: £318 Tills Farm. Here: £295 Birkland Barrow. Brit Blue: £388 Moss Side Farm. Bull Calf: Fri: £145 Little Blindhurst; £138 Brown Brook. Ang: £430 Muffys Platt Farm; £380 Tills Farm; £360 Moss Side Farm. Here: £295 Birkland Barrow. Brit Blue: £440 Muffys Platt Farm; £385 Little Blindhurst. Mon: £440 Muffys Platt Farm. Bull Stirk: Char: £555 Middle Salter. Hfr Stirk: Lim: £380 Middle Salter. Str Stirk: Char: £600 Middle Salter.

Friday, September 11.

788 head of cattle and sheep pass through 4 rings at busy Lancaster Weekly Sale.

Cast Cows A big entry of 113 cows this morning, however, a somewhat plain show with a very big shortage of meaty cows. Topping the day was C Hargreaves & Son, Middleton, with a Blue Bull realising 184.5ppk. Top gross was Ballacutchel farms with a Simmental Bull totalling just shy of £1350. Friesian cows sold to a top of 129.5ppk on three occasions from Drinkall Bros, JS & KM Wilson & Son and J & G Thornley Ltd.

Store Cattle A good show of store cattle forward today with some cracking runs of cattle form a number of vendors. The edge ever so slightly off today, with one or two buyers missing ringside due to harvest commitments. Opening the sale was a run of cows and calves, selling to a top of £1280 for a Simmental cow and bull calf. Charollais’ led the way in the store sale, with the top price coming from GB, JE & DJ Platts, Caton with a 23month bullock achieving £1480. Angus bullocks to £1400 for a pair from Joe Davis, Weavers Farm. Heifers sold to £1240 for a pair of Blues from Jim Cottam. A run of pure Limousins from Nether Hall Farms sold to £1150 at 16months for bullocks.

Calves A better show of calves this week, with buyers present for all classes. A run of blues from S & IA Robinson sold to £420 for Bulls and £405 for Heifers. Native bred calves to £395 for Hereford Bulls from Drinkall bros and £340 for Angus Bulls from David Wallbank. Black and Whites to a top of £120 again from Messers Wallbank. Best B&Ws in advance of £90 with nice rearing calves £50-£80, an overall average of £82 for all Holstein calves forward.

Store Lambs A good show of store lambs forward at the fortnightly Lancaster Sale, with 169 going under the hammer. Texels sold to a top of £53 for a pen of 8 from G & D Ball & Son, Great Eccleston, with others to £51.50 from Peter Pye, Abbeystead. Mules from the same home to £47.50. overall average of £43.50 for all lambs forward.

Top Prices STORE BULLOCKS – CH: £1480 Greenbank Farm; £250 Crooklands Farm; £1170 Lodge Farm. AA: £1400 Weavers Farm; £1280 Godson House Farm; £1260 Cuerdale Hall Farm. LIM: £1320 Forton Bank Farm; £1300 Kilburn House; £1290 Lynwood. BRB: £1300 Godson House Farm; £1250 Crooklands Farm; £1220 Gibraltar Farm. FKV: £1260 Daniel Fold Farm; £1060 Carlingwha. SIM: £1210 King Bank Farm; £1200 Clawthorpe Lodge; £1160 Myerscough Hall. HE: £1200 Daniel Fold Farm; £1110 North Farm; £1100 Low Barrows Green. MO: £1150 North Farm; £940 Carlingwha. WB: £1130 Forton Bank Farm. SHO: £970 Deansbiggin; £850 Jolley Fold Farm. FR: £940 Wyre Farm; £920 Yew Tree Farm; £900 Low Levens.

STORE HEIFERS – BRB: £1240 Hill Top; £1080 Adamsons Farm; £1040 Hawkrigg End. LIM: £1130 High Underbrow Farm; £1100 Low Levens; £1070 Church Street. AA: £1100 Low Levensl £1080 Beaumont Gate; £1080 Forton Bank Farm. SIM: £1070 Bull Bank Farm; £1030 King Bank Farm; £1020 Moss View. WB: £1050 Croppers Farm. CH: £1000 High House; £980 Lane House; £900 Old Hall Farm. HE: £960 Moss View; £920 Windy Hill Farm; £920 Mill House Farm. FR: £940 High House; £850 Downlands Farm.

CAST COW – LIM: 174.5 Nether Hall Farm; 147.5 Red Scar; 127.5 Ballacutchel Farms Ltd. BRB: 147.5 Red Scar; 117.5 Ballacutchel Farms Ltd. FR: 144.5 Tunstall Hall; 129.5 Derby Lodge; 129.5 High House. SD: 139.5 Goose Green. AA: 121.5 Ballacutchel Farms Ltd.

CAST HEIFER – BRB: 181.5 Sunderland Brows Farm. AA: 139.5 Sunderland Bros Farm. FR: 119.5 Sunderland Brows Farm; 107.5 Higher Shuttlingfields Farm.

CAST STEER – BA: 169.5 Bradlow Farm. FR: 139.5 Sunderland Brows Farm. LIM: 124.5 Bradlow Farm.

CAST BULL – SIM: 139.5 Ballacutchel Farms Ltd. CH: 129.5 Ballacutchel Farms Ltd. AA: 104.5 Ballacutchel Farms Ltd. FR: 99.5 Fleets Farm. HEIFER CALF – BRB: £405 Longber Farm; £280 Stubb Hall Farm. LIM: £228 North Farm.

BULL CALF – BRB: £420 Longber Farm; £375 Stubb Hall Farm. HE:£395 Catahaw Hall Farm. AA: £340 Tills Farm. FR: £305 Tills Farm; £112 Whinney Carr Farm; £112 Knowsley Farm. LIM: £265 Ballacutchel Farms.

BULL STIRK: FR: £315 Hall o’th Hill Farm; £185 Sandvilla. MO: £460 Hall o’th Hill Farm. SRW: £140 Sandvilla.