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Anniversary Show And Sale Of Prime Pigs

JUDGE- GARY WATKINSON

SPONSOR- HC AIREY & SONS FARM SHOP

CLASS 1- PAIR OF PRIME PIGS

1st J Stott Jnr with a pair of Gilts weighing 110kg selling for £340

2nd W Stamper with a pair of Gilts weighing 108kg selling for £220

3rd BR Harrison with a Pair of Gilt weighing 90kg selling for £195

Champion- J Stott Jnr with a pair of Gilts weighing 110kg selling for £340

Prime Hoggs

A special show for prime hoggs to celebrate this occasion was kindly judged by Dave Morland of Westmorland Services Ltd, Tebay who had twenty show pens presented before him. The championship rosette was awarded to a pair of Beltex x hoggs showed by Mr A Butler, Hambleton which later sold for £180 each to Mr J Blenkhorn on behalf of Yorkshire Halal Meats Ltd. The reserve championship rosette was won by EW&JR Parkinson, Clitheroe showing a pair of Beltex hoggs which were later purchased by the judge for £142. The show classes for five prime hoggs saw GM&A Jackson, Little Eccleston awarded first prize with a pen of five Texel x hoggs achieving £128. R Lawrence, Grange Over Sands topped the Mule class with the pure hill class won by AEA Harrison, Kentmere for a pen of Rough Fells.

1162 prime hoggs were forward at the weekly sale with heavy weight and well finished hoggs continuing to sell to a premium. Away from the show heavy weight hoggs sold to £150 for Texel x from MW&MR Black, Staveley who sold others at £147. Suffolk x hoggs sold to £145 from G Rylie, Carnforth with Texel x selling to £141 from T&CM Kelsall & Sons, Chipping, with others at £140 from MW&PA Rollason, Meathorp and J&E Nuttall, Old Hutton. Heavy weight Mules sold to £127 from T&CM Kelsall & Sons, Chipping with Cheviots selling to £122 from Stockdale Farms, Sedbergh and Charollais x to £121 from LF Horton & Son, Leigh.

Standard weight well finished hoggs sold to £120 for Texel x from M Bennett, Penrith with others at £116 from J&E Nuttall, Old Hutton and Mules to £99 from GM&A Jackson, Little Eccleston.

A large proportion of lighter weight hoggs saw Continentals sell to £97 from D&J Woof, Sedbergh with Cheviots to £85 from GR Park & Sons, Whinfell, Gritstone to £83 from GJ&G Ibbetson, Wray and Herdwicks to £73 from Messrs Clegg & Bennett, Broughton in Furness. Well-bred and finished Continental hoggs regularly achieved 250-275p/kg with first cross lambs 230-245p/kg and pure hill lambs 205-220p/kg depending on wight and finish.

Prime Hoggs Top Prices: Beltex: £180 Park Farm Barn, £142 Hareden Farm, £130 Park Farm Barn, £125 Hareden Farm, £125, £122 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage. Continental: £150 Scroggs Farm, £128 Brown Brook, £127, £121 Heath Lodge Farm, £119 Brown Brook , £118 Heath Lodge Farm.Texel: £147 Scroggs Farm, £141 Brown Brook, £140 Low Bendrigg Farm, £140 Kendal House Farm, £136 Marsh House Farm, £131 Low Bendrigg Farm. Suffolk: £145 Maddison Avenue, £135 Heath Lodge Farm, £130 Low Shaw Farm, £125 Kendal House Farm, £125 Hill Park, £120 The Glen. Mule: £127 Brown Brook, £112 The Glen, £110 Swallowmire, £109 Barrowfield, £109 Wilcocks Farm, £108 Greaves Farm. Cheviot: £122, £118 Bowers Farm, £114 Oak Avenue, £114 Bowers Farm, £107 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage.

Charollais: £109 Holmelands. Rough Fell: £104 Millbeck, £96 Millriggs, £90 Marsh House Farm, £90 Milriggs. Scotch: £99 Helm Croft, £92 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £82 Low Garths. Swaledale: £98 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £93

Wilcocks Farm, £86 Middale Farm, £82 Green Cottages, £80 Yoad Pot. Gritstone: £83 Higher Salter. Horned: £80 Higher Salter.

PRIME HOGG SHOW: JUDGE- DAVID MORLAND: SPONSOR- CAFÉ AMBIO

CLASS 1- PAIR OF BELTEX SIRED HOGGS

1st AG Butler with pair of Beltex Hoggs weighing 47kg selling for £180

2nd EW & JR Parkinson with pair of Beltex Hoggs weighing 47kg selling for £142

3rd AG Butler with pair of Beltex Hoggs weighing 47kg selling for £130

CLASS 3- 5 LOWLAND HOGGS

1st GM & A Jackson with 5 Texel weighing 47kg selling for £128

2nd JA & KJ Allen with 5 Texel weighing 39kg selling for £106

3rd J Longworth with 5 Texel weighing 41kg selling for £100

CLASS 4- 5 MULE/MASHAM HOGGS

1st R Lawrence with 5 Mules weighing 47kg selling for £108

2nd J Longworth with 5 Mules weighing 45kg selling for £94

3rd DR & JE Wood with 5 Mules weighing 50kg selling for £109

CLASS 5- 5 HORNED HOGGS

1st AEA Harrison with 5 Rough Fell weighing 45kg selling for £96

2nd RA Clegg and LD Bennett with 5 Herdwick weighing 37kg selling for £73

3rd AJ & CM Harrison with 5 Rough Fell weighing 41kg selling for £88

CLASS 6- 5 CHEVIOT HOGGS

1st GM & A Jackson with 5 Cheviot weighing 43kg selling for £107

CHAMPION- AG Butler with pair of Beltex Hoggs weighing 47kg selling for £180

RESERVE CHAMPION- EW & JR Parkinson with pair of Beltex Hoggs weighing 47kg selling for £142

Cast Sheep

A lesser show of ewes were forward with meat selling to a massive premium and many more could have easily been sold. The star of the show was a pair of Charollais ewes from B&D Willison & Son, Tebay selling to £170. Pure bred ewes were regularly selling at the £150-£160 mark. A run of Texel x Mule ewes from B&D Willison & Son, Tebay peaked at £128. Mule ewes sold to £116 twice from DE&SM Moorhouse, Natland and DC D & JD Taylor, Skelsmergh. The best end Mules were regularly selling at the £110 plus. Medium fit Mule ewe were regularly selling well over the £90 mark. Hill ewes would be a bid or two dearer on the week, Cheviots sold to a top of £112 from CG Taylor, Skelsmergh with Rough Fells selling to £84 from Fishwick Brothers, Longsleddale. Swaledales topped at £83 from B&D Willison & Son, Tebay with the best regularly selling over the £70 mark.

Cast Ewes Top Prices: Charollais: £170 Bybeck, £118 Station Hotel Farm.Texel: £128 Moffinber, £119 Old Glasson Farm, £114 Garnett Folds, £106 High Wray Farm, £104 Meadow View, £97 High Wray Farm. Continental: £123 Hallbeck, £114 Station Hotel Farm. Mule: £116 Garnett Folds, £116 High House Farm, £110 Meadow View, £107 High Wray Farm, £106 Low Shaw Farm, £100 Grate Farm. Cheviot: £112 Meadow View, £84 Hill Top Farm, £77 High Arnside Farm. Suffolk: £112 Borrow Bridge House, £86, £85 Garnett Folds. Leicester: £106 Low Newton Farm. Kerry Hill: £86 Low Garths. Rough Fell: £84 Middle Sadghyll, £83 Swallowmire, £73 Millbeck. Swaledale: £83 Moffinber, £74 Middle Sadghyll. Scotch: £81 Low Garths. Masham: £77 Grate Farm. Herdwick: £70 Thwaite End.

Cast Ram Top Prices: Texel: £100 Bybeck. Leicester: £96 Yoad Pot, £94 Low Newton Farm. Cheviot: £92, £68 Low Newton Farm. Rough Fell: £65 Borrow Bridge House. Swaledale: £64 Howe Farm.

J36 Rural Auction Centre: Fortnightly Sale of Calves, Stirks, OTM and Store Cattle, Thursday 16th February 2023.

Calves & Stirks

All calves sold to their full value once again at junction 36, selling to a top of £300 for British Blue bulls from JW&TE Sharp, Lyth with other British Blue bulls selling to £290 from A Pickthall, Middleton. Native bulls sold to £255 for Aberdeen Angus’s from TW&CL Long, Ulverston with other Angus bulls selling to £250 from A Pickthall.

Heifers sold to a top of £255 for British Blues from FB Dunnings & Sons, Orton with Continental bred heifers selling well over the £200 mark. Friesian bulls sold to a top of £80 from JR Robinson & Son, Nook with rearing types at the £40-£50 mark.

Limousin stirks topped at £880 for a bullock from M Kitchen & S Smith, Kirkby Stephen. Aberdeen Angus bullocks sold to a top of £765 from AE&PC Capstick, Milnthorpe with British Blue heifers selling to a top of £765 from F&TE Park, Crook. Limousins sold to £745 from M Kitchen & S Smith.

Heifer Calf Top Prices: British Blue: £255 Raisgill Hall, £215 Flodder Hall, £215, £210 Borrans Farm, £200 Flodder Hall. Angus: £180, £100 Old Hall Farm. Galloway: £120 Craketrees.

Bull Calf Top Prices: British Blue: £300 Flodder Hall, £290 Borrans Farm, £265 Flodder Hall, £200 Elm Tree Farm, £195 Old Hall Farm. Angus: £255 Old Hall Farm, £250 Borrans Farm, £240, £225 Sunny Bank, £220 Old Hall Farm, £215 Sunny Bank.

Heifer Stirk Top Prices: Blonde: £850 Ashstead. British Blue: £765 Cragg House Farm, £650 Park House Farm.

Limousin: £745 New House Farm, £700 Cragg House Farm. Angus: £600 Cragg House Farm, £555 Moss End Farm. Hereford: £355, £240 Bandrake Farm.

Bull Stirk Top Prices: Angus: £690 Grahamsfield. Limousin: £560 Grahamsfield. British Blue: £430 Grahamsfield.

Steer Stirk Top Prices: Limousin: £880 New House Farm. Angus: £765, £730 Park House Farm, £580 Moss End Farm. Shorthorn: £690 New House Farm.

Store Cattle

Seeing is believing as trade goes up through the gears, with cattle £50-£100 dearer on the fortnight. The heifer trade was outstanding with 20-month-old British Blue heifers selling to £1460 from C Wilson, Witherslack with Limousin heifers selling to £1330 from Brown Brothers, Dent. Strong meated heifers were regularly away, selling at the £1350-£1400 mark. Yearling heifers saw another level today, topping at £1390 for a British Blue from Brown Brothers, Dent with Saler yearlings selling to £1130 from JJ&J Woof & Sons, Dent. Grazing heifers saw a top of £955 for eight month old Limousins from AP&RL Crowe, Ulverston.

Bullocks saw a top of £1400 from TW Nelson, Kendal with Hereford bullocks selling to £1390 from DJ Dickinson, Haverthwaite and Limousin bullocks selling to £1340 from DM Bargh, Morecambe. Yearling bullocks were another sharp trade with many more needed to fulfil buyers requirements. Salers sold to a top of £1190 from JJ&J Woof, Dent who sold others to £1175 with Limousins selling to £1190 for a pen of five from MW&M Hodgson, Grange

Over Sands. A run of dairy bred British Blue bullocks from G&SM Stephenson sold to £960 at eight months old with dairy bred Hereford from the same home selling to £900.

Please note the next sale will be the March show and sale on Thursday 2nd March. Vendors please enter the cattle with confidence for our ever increasing ring side of buyers.

Store Bullock Top Prices: British Blue: £1400 Cockrigg Farm, £1360 Broughton House Farm, £1180 Cockrigg Farm, £1000 Broughton House Farm. Hereford: £1390 Lane Ends Farm. Limousin: £1340 Bradlow Farm, £1090 Swallowmire. Angus: £1270 Bradlow Farm, £1195 Bleaswood Road, £1190 Park House Farm, £1100 Birks Farm. Saler: £1190, £1175, £1125 Millbeck. Meuse Rhine Issel: £990 Piked Howe. Friesian: £970 Park House Farm. Charolais: £890 Bowston Hall.

Store Heifer Top Prices: British Blue: £1460 Nether Hall Farm, £1390 West Clint Farm, £1220 Broughton House Farm, £1080 Rankthorn, £1080, £1075 West Clint Farm. Limousin: £1430 West Clint, £1320 Nether Hall Farm, £1310 Cockrigg Farm, £1290 Raygill Farm, £1180 Birks Farm, £1140 West Clint Farm. Angus: £1380 Archers Hall, £1360 Cockrigg Farm, £1190 Bouthwaite Farm. Saler: £1130 Millbeck. Shorthorn: £1040 Rankthorn. Charolais: £870 Bowston Hall, £800 Lower Hawthwaite.

OTM and Cast Cattle

The fortnightly sale of cull cows saw an overall market averaged of 185p/kg achieved with again over half the entry being dairy cull cows. Beef bred cows sold to a top price of 249.5p/kg for a young Stabiliser cow from A Dixon & Son, Selside with a ten year old Limousin x cow from T Metcalfe, Sedbergh achieving 224.5p/kg with other well fleshed beef cows regularly 200p/kg -210p/kg. Medium beef cows suitable for finishing sold to 199.5p/kg on three occasions for a British Blue x from PW Clarke, Crossthwaite, a Blonde from R Keith, Briggsteer and a Longhorn x from E Taylforth, Hawkshead. Other beef cows suitable for finishing were generally 180p/kg-195p/kg. Top grossing beef cow today was a Stabilisers from A Dixon & Son, Selside achieving £1684 who sold others at £1672 with Hereford cow from G&ID Postlethwaite, Howgill achieving £1613.

Dairy cows sold to 197.5p/kg for a Holstein Friesian from Messrs Dennison, Ulverston and for a dairy Shorthorn from J&SA Barton, Claughton on Brock.

Other heavy well fleshed dairy cows were regularly 185p/kg-195p/kg. Medium cows were 170p/kg-185p/kg with parlour type cows 145p/kg160p/kg. Top grossing dairy cow was a Holstein Friesian from Messrs Dennison, Ulverston achieving £1728 with another Holstein Friesian selling to £1644 from JR Robinson & Son, Nook and £1332 from S&M Cooper, Ulverston.

A dedicated section for TB 1 restricted cull cows saw a top price of 187.5p/kg and £1490 for a Fleckvieh from R&J Dodgson, Natland with Holstein Friesian and Montbeliarde selling to 177.5p/kg from B&MJ Nelson & Son, Heversham and JJ&MA Park & Son, Helsington.

OTM heifers sold to 221p/kg for an MRI from J&H Bland & Son Ltd, Levens who sold Holstein Friesains to £1534. Steers sold to 239.5p/kg and £1393 for a Limousin from MW&M Hodgson, Cartmel Fell.

Cull bulls sold to 219.5p/kg for a Hereford from J&H Bland & Son, Levens and £2156 from JJ&MA Park & Son, Helsington.

Eleven active buyers were ring side today, all keen to secure cattle of all classes and types with over 100 cattle easily sold.

OTM Cow Top Prices: Stabiliser: 249.50, 219.50, 214.50, 209.50 Kit Cragg.

Limousin: 224.50 Raygill Farm, 209.50 Tongue House Farm, 177.50 High Wray

Farm. Blonde: 199.50 Crow Wood. British Blue: 199.50 Woodside Farm. Hereford: 199.50 Riddings, 184.50 Lane Ends Farm, 169.50 New House Farm. Longhorn: 199.50, 189.50, 187.50 Field Head. Dairy Shorthorn: 197.50 Stirzaker House Farm. Friesian: 197.50, 191.50 Scales Park Farm, 189.50 Hollins Farm, 184.50 Tarnside Farm, 181.50 Hollins Farm.

Angus: 189.50, 184.50, 179.50 Field Head, 179.50, 159.50 Milton Mill. Fleckvieh: 187.50 Cracalt Farm. Montbeliarde:

177.50 Low Sizergh Farm. Swedish Red: 167.50, 144.50 Low Sizergh Farm. Belted Galloway: 164.50 Field Head.

Shorthorn: 149.50 Field Head. Norwegian Red: 127.50 Cracalt Farm.

OTM Heifer Top Prices: Meuse Rhine Issel: 221.50 Ninezergh. Friesian: 219.50 Ninezergh, 189.50, 179.50 Tarnside Farm. Hereford: 184.50 The Old Parsonage.

Cast Steer Top Prices: Limousin: 239.50 Swallowmire. Friesian: 161.50 Tarnside Farm.

Cast Bull Top Prices: Hereford: 219.50 Ninezergh, 184.50 Low Sizergh Farm.

Lancaster Auction Mart: Weekly Sale of Calves, OTM's and Store Cattle, Friday 17th February 2023.

Calves & Weanlings

Calf numbers and the trade is on the rise at NWA Lancaster, with several new and returning customers in attendance. Weanable calves continue to attract the strongest bidding, this week selling to £470 for a twelve week old Charolais x from WG Farms Ltd, Cockerham. British Blues sold to £435 from Tom Barron Farms Ltd, Woodplumpton and Aberdeen Angus’s to £410 from F&JM Kelsall & Son, Bleasdale. Medium beef bull calves for rearing sold to £400 for a Charolais x from JE&S Seedall, Mellor with Aberdeen Angus achieving £385 from F&JM Kelsall & Son, Bleasdale and British Blue x at £365 from Tom Barron Farms Ltd. There was a large number of young bull calves forward which sold to £300 for a month old British Blue x from Barber Farms Ltd, Claughton on Brock with Charolais x selling to £300 from WG Farms, Cockerham. British Blue x sold to £295 from J Bargh &

Son, Morecambe and Aberdeen Angus x to £290 from Cote Farm Partnership, Nether Kellet. An eye-catching Beef Shorthorn from WB Winder & Co, Broughton in Furness sold at £255 with young Limousin to £230 from D&K Howarth, Hambleton. Dairy bull calves, all being sold under a month old, sold to £125 from Stanworth Agricultural Ltd, Chipping with Holstein Friesian £65 from JE&J Pye & Son, Quernmore and C&J Smith, St Michaels.

Weanable heifer calves sold to £420 from WG Farms Ltd, with Aberdeen Angus x selling to £300 from F&JM Kelsall, Bleasdale. Younger heifer calves sold to £275 for a Charolais x from JE&S Seedall, with British Blues x to £270 from Tom Barron Farms Ltd, who sold others at £260. The youngest heifer calves were generally £140 to £180 depending on breed and quality. Bull stirks saw six month old Holstein Friesians selling to £400 from RE&P Miller, Barnacre and H&SD Cornthwaite & Son, Garstang with four mouth olds selling to £375. Six month old Aberdeen Angus x heifer sold to £500 from RE&P Miller, Barnacre.

Heifer Calves Top Prices: Charolais: £420, £280 Lathwaite Farm, £275 Bolton

Fold Farm. Angus: £300 Little Blindhurst, £160, £150 Wall End Farm, £150 Rose Farm, £130, £120 Wall End Farm. British Blue: £270, £260, £235, £230, £225, £205 Poultry Farm. Limousin: £170 Rose Farm.

Bull Calves Top Prices: Charolais: £470 Lathwaite Farm, £400 Bolton Fold Farm, £370, £330, £265 Lathwaite Farm. British Blue: £435 Poultry Farm, £410 Little Blindhurst, £365, £340, £330 The Poultry Farm, £300 Manor House Farm. Angus: £410, £385 Little Blindhurst, £335, £290 Cote Farm, £220, £210 Wall End Farm. Shorthorn: £255 Wall End Farm. Limousin: £230 Rose Farm. Montbeliarde: £150, £125, £120 Blackmoss Farm.

Bull Stirk Top Prices: Friesian: £400 Lower Lingart Farm, £400 Kirkwood Lodge Farm, £375 Lower Lingart Farm, £350 Kirkwood Lodge Farm.

Heifer Stirk Top Prices: Angus: £500, £425, £360 Lower Lingart Farm. Store Cattle

Trade which has to be seen to be believed at NWA Lancaster, with all steers today averaged £1332 and heifers £1210. Buyers ring side keen to secure additional and replacement stock on the back of the high prime cattle trade. 300 plus store cattle can be easily sold every week at Lancaster and are required to satisfy buyers demand. Steers sold to £1740 for a pair of British Blues from returning vendor D&N Davis, Nateby closely followed by Limousin x at £1700 from H Chapman & Son, Middleton with Blonde d'Aquitaine selling to £1670 from SA Hill, Slyne and Charolais’s at £1660 from H Chapman & Son, Middleton. Native sired steers sold to £1660 for Aberdeen Angus’s and Herefords from J Oddie & Son, Blackburn with other Aberdeen Angus achieving £1320 from MG&J Parker, Wennington and £1600 from J Prest & Son, Bay Horse. Dairy bred steers sold to £1630 for Montbeliardes from D&N Davis, Nateby who sold others at £1440. Holstein Friesian sold to £1400 from MJ Shepherd, Newbiggin with British Friesians selling to £1380 from EE Thornton & Son, Morecambe. Buyers are now looking to purchase cattle ahead of spring turn out with a ring full of 15 month old British Blue x steers from JA&ME Mawson, Penrith selling at £1180 and Aberdeen Angus’s achieving £1140 from V&S Fitzell, Wigan. Heifers sold to £1700 for Aberdeen Angus’s from J Oddie & Son, Blackburn with British Blues selling to £1520 from MJ Shepherd & Son, Pilling and Limousins at £1460 from MG&J Parker, Wennington and a pen full of Charolais x from WA Hodgson, Whinfell achieving £1440. Heifers purchased ahead of turnout sold to £1550 for

Aberdeen’s from B Wood, Out Rawcliffe who also sold Charolais x at £1100 with Hereford x also selling at £1100 and £1050 from R&D Kellet, Cockerham.

Store Bullocks Top Prices: British Blue: £1740 Cragg Farm, £1650 Endmoor Farm, £1610 Stubb Hall Farm, £1610 Foredales Farm, £1580 Park House, £1540 Stubb Hall Farm. Limousin: £1700, £1640, £1580 Millbeck, £1570 Endmoor Farm, £1520 Park House, £1480 Lodge Farm. Blonde: £1670 Beaumont Grange, £1630 Outerthwaite Farm, £1600 Beaumont Grange Farm, £1260, £1170 Half Way House. Angus: £1660 Cheetham House Farm, £1620 Lodge Farm, £1600 Upper Foxholes Farm, £1590 Park House, £1580 Foredales Farm, £1580 Park House. Charolais: £1660 Millbeck, £1540 Downlands Farm, £1130 Middle Ridge Farm. Hereford: £1660 Cheetham House Farm, £1580 Outerthwaite Farm, £1370 Lynwood. Simmental: £1460 Hazelslack Tower Farm. Friesian: £1400 Gaskell House, £1380, £1340, £1310 Downlands Farm, £1300 Gaskell House, £1230 Lodge Farm. Montbeliarde: £1630, £1440 Cragg Farm, £1220, £1160, £1060 Rose Hill Farm. Fleckvieh: £1080 Mill House Farm.

Store Heifers Top Prices: Angus: £1700 Cheetham House Farm, £1430 Park House, £1400 Pasture House Farm, £1150 Middle Ridge Farm. British Blue: £1520 Pasture House Farm, £1390 Lower Swainhead Farm, £1280 Stubb Place Farm, £1110 Plumpton Hall Farm. Limousin: £1460 Lodge Farm, £1340 Sykes Fold Farm. Charolais: £1440 Whelpside Farm, £1350 Downlands Farm, £1280 Outerthwaite Farm, £1100 Middle Ridge Farm. Simmental: £1340 Sykes Fold Farm. Blonde: £1320 Beaumont Grange Farm. Welsh Black: £1290 Outerthwaite Farm. Hereford: £1100, £1050 Mill House Farm.

OTM Cattle

Cull cows were again an extremely fast trade with an overall market average of 185p/kg and £1178 with a large proportion of today’s sale being dairy cows straight out of the parlour. Can you afford not to sell at North West Auctions?

Only nine beef cows were forward today, selling to an exceptionally high trade. Topping at 259.5p/kg and £2283 for a Limousin from JG&PH Thompson, Selside closely followed by Charolais x cow from GR Bargh & Co, Caton selling at 239.5p/kg and £1901. Other beef cows were generally 215p/kg-230p/kg with those suitable for finishing keenly sort after. Dairy cows sold to 214.5p/kg for a Holstein Friesian from AT Burrow & Son, Hornby with others at 209.5p/kg from RT Halhead, Cockerham and 207.5p/kg from PW&JM Norris & Son, Lancaster and 207.5p/kg to JT Wilson, Bay Horse. Medium dairy cows were in the region of 170p/kg - 190p/kg with the next step down 145p/kg - 165p/kg. Top grossing dairy cows was a Holstein Friesian from JT Wilson, Bay Horse achieving £1629 with others over £1600 from AT Burrow & Son, Hornby, PW&JM Norris & Son, Lancaster and H&A Stephenson, Tunstall. The very plainest cows sold to realisation.

Beef heifers sold to 239.5p/kg and £1535 from AJ Pye, Preesall. Dairy heifers sold to 231.5p/kg from H&C Pickervance, Kirkham with others in the region of 210p/kg - 225p/kg. Top grossing dairy heifer was a Holstein Friesian from I Atkinson & Son, Carnforth achieving £1651 who sold others at £1560. Steers sold to 249.5p/kg for a Montbeliarde from D&N Davis, Nateby with Aberdeen Angus x selling to £1899 from A Kirkby & Co, Pilling.

Cull bulls sold to 294.5p/kg and £1743 for a thirty four month old Limousin from M&L Preece, Kirkby Lonsdale. Fairy bull sold to 199.5p/kg from H Kent, Cockerham and £1385 from PW&JM Norris & Son.

OTM Cow Top Prices: Limousin: 259.50, 229.50 Poppy Farm, 224.50 High House Farm. Charolais: 239.50, 234.50 Rye

Close. British Blue: 234.50 Springfield House. Shorthorn: 219.50 Cote Farm. Friesian: 214.50 High Snab, 209.50

Norbreck Farm, 209.50 High Snab, 207.50 Priory Farm, 207.50 Centre Farm, 199.50 Barnfield Farm. Angus: 204.50

Woodstock. Hereford: 199.50 Meadow Croft. Fleckvieh: 197.50 Newfield, 194.50 Holme Head, 161.50 Newfield.

Simmental: 189.50 Braida Garth.