Top price at Lancaster’s August Sale was £2620 for Lordsplain Steady Brandy from David Martin. Tapped out by judge Matthew Harper as pre-sale champion she is by Stantons Steady and out of two generations of Very Good or Excellent dams with her dam an Alpag Iron Tempting daughter.

Second top at £2300 was Witherslack Shottle Lola from Strickland Hill Farming. This two year old heifer is out of a homebred dam by Buckeye.

Alandrew Winners Melda from G and A E Smith is an October 2011-born Gillette Winners daughter out of a dam by Charpentier Margot. She sold away at £2250.

Just behind that at £2220 was the July calved Stardale Savard Millie from James Burrow. Sired by Savard she is out of a VG86 classified Talent daughter who is backed by a further four generations of Very Good or Excellent dams.

Making £2200 was W and G Cornthwaite’s Garsby Ross Sylvia 2, a July calved Alta Ross daughter. Her dam is by Sunspark Destiny that classified GP84 as a heifer with six generations of dams scored in the top two grades behind her.

Fresh calved cows sold to £2080 for the reserve champion Witherslack G Jordan Rose from Stickland Hill Farming. This second calved Gillette Jordan gave 9123kg at 3.69%bf and 3.09%p and sold one week fresh giving 46 litres.

Averages: Cows in milk £1485, heifers in milk £1810 (North West Auctions)