KENDAL (J36) - Thursday, 4 February. Weekly sale of calves and stirks had an entry of 62 forward. Certainly more interest around the ring today with fresh and returning buyers looking for all types of calves.  Well-grown beef calves at just shy of two months old, sold to £370 twice from RW Nicholson of Lupton, with British Blue and Limousin bull calves.  A lot of young beef calves saw nice types selling between £220 and £260.  Black and Whites had a sharper trade with a lot of young calves forward, with fleshed calves definitely selling to a premium today and vendors were very pleased with their black and white trade.  Black and whites topped at £125 from Messrs Sowerby of Appleby. A small selection of stirks forward today saw 8 month old Black and whites sell to £455 from RH & RA Fawcett of Burton.  

Top Prices- Bull Calves: Lim £370 Green Lane End, £220 Paddock View; BrB £370 Green Lane End, £235 High Barns; AA £250, £230 Heaton Hall Farm, £220 Mount Pleasant; FR £125 £100 Town Head Farm. Heifer Calves: BrB £265 Lupton Hall, £260 Elm Tree Farm; Lim £255, £250 Paddock View; AA £220 Strickley. Bull Stirks: Lim £580 Green Dragon Farm; FR: £455 £355 £290 Green Dragon Farm. Heifer Stirks: Lim £360 Green Dragon Farm.

OTM Cattle - there was 27 Cast Cows & Bulls forward. A smaller show in today due to recent TB outbreak in the area.  The overall average for Cast Cows was 103.5p/kg. The top price was 183.5p for a Limousin heifer from A Dixon & Son, Kit Crag which was sold to Plumgarths Farm Shop.

Top Prices - Clean Heifers: Lim 183.5p 163.5p Kit Crag; Fri 127.5p Beckfoot. Young Bulls: AA 151.5P High Aulthurtside. Cast Cows: Lim 131.5p Greenwood Haw; Cont 121.5p 117.5p Greenwood Haw; HolsFri 129.5p 123.5p Lupton Hall; BrFr 107.5p Mire House; AA 113.5p Ellers Farm. Cast Bulls: Lim 100p Singleton Park.

Store Cattle - there were 52 Store Cattle at the fortnightly sale. Store Cattle easily sold, and more could have been sold, to a good ringside of buyers. The top price was £900 for a 10 month old Charolais bullock from A W Irvine, High Wray Farm.

Top Prices - Store Bullocks: Char £900 High Wray; Lim £870 Ashstead; AA £830 Barkin House Barn; Char £810 £800 Barkin House Barn. Store Heifers: Char £900 Laverock Bridge; AA £800 Hawkrigg; Char £760 Tock Howe; Here £750 Stockber; Cont £750 Tock Howe, High Arnside. Store Bulls: Lim £730 Low Newton; BB £680 Low Newton.