Weekly Report and Newsletter - 6th October 2023
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Annual Show and Sale of Bluefaced Leicester Females and Rams. Monday 2nd October 2023.
NWA J36 ANNUAL SHOW & SALE OF BLUEFACED LEICESTER RAMS & FEMALES, MONDAY 2ND OCTOBER 2023
JUDGE- RICHARD HARGREAVES
CLASS 1- FEMALE
1st Lot 16 from RS & BA Harker, Overthwaite Farm- £300
2nd Lot 8 from CM & J Stott & Son, Laund Farm
3rd Lot 22 from P & A Fell, Castle Hill Farm- £300
CLASS 2- AGED RAM
1st Lot 150 from AR Edmondson, Hawkswell Farm- £600
2nd Lot 260 from A Price, Bradley- £1000
3rd Lot 298 from W Allen, The Old Chapel- £600
CLASS 3- SHEARLING RAM
1st Lot 146 from AR Edmondson, Hawkswell Farm- £1200
2nd Lot 76 from R Lawrence, Greaves Farm- £1400
3rd Lot 148 from AR Edmondson, Hawkswell Farm- £800
CLASS 4- RAM LAMB
1st Lot 233 from J Bell, Burney Hall Farm- £800
2nd Lot 231 from J Bell, Burney Hall Farm- £1800
3rd Lot 305 from JC & E Pedley & Sons, Yore House- £1200
CHAMPION- Lot 233 from J Bell, Burney Hall Farm- £800
RESERVE CHAMPION- Lot 231 from J Bell, Burney Hall Farm- £1800
Ram Lamb Top Price: Leicester: £5200 Millstone Moor, £4200 Lands Farm, £2700 Carry House, £2200 Harkerside Place, £2100 (x2) Ouzelthorn Farm.
Shearling Ram Top Prices: Leicester: £2800 The Old Chapel, £1800 Yoad Pot, £1800, £1500, £1400 Greaves Farm, £1300 Low Kinmont.
Aged Ram Top Prices: Leicester: £1400 Flodder Hall, £1000 Bradley, £500 Thistle House, £500 Overhouses, £500 Hill Park.
Gimmer Shearling Top Prices: Leicester: £500 Yore House, £400 Overthwaite Farm, £320 Yore House, £300 Castle Hill Farm, £300, £250 Overthwaite Farm.
Lancaster Auction Mart: Weekly Sale of Prime Lambs and Cast Sheep. Monday 2nd October 2023.
Prime Lambs
Numbers and prices are rising at NWA Lancaster with an entry just short of 600 forward, selling to an overall market average of 258p/kg. Heavy well finished lambs sold to a top of £149 for a pen of Texel cross from HJ&BE Kelsall, Gressingham with others regularly £125 to £135. Standard weight lambs sold to £127 for Beltex x from A&E Clarkson Ltd, Thurnham with others also achieving £127 from GR&A Foy, Conder Green and D&K Swarbrick, Out Rawcliffe. Well bred light weight lambs sold to £110 from J Gardner, Bay Horse. Today sale peaked at 305p/kg for Beltex x lambs from GR&A Foy, Conder Green with other pure and ¾ bred lambs regularly 275p/kg to 290p/kg. The best first cross lambs were 250p/kg to 270p/kg. Light weight lambs sold to 282p/kg from J Gardner, Bay Horse. Hill lambs are coming forward in greater numbers, with Masham’s selling to £110 from S&J France, Over Wyresdale with Mules to £109 from D&D Huddleston, Wray and Cheviots to £106.
Prime Lamb Top Prices: Texel: £149 Walnut Tree Cottage. £141 Park Farm Barn, £134 Parkside Farm, £133 Hutton Roof Hall, £129.50 Far Orrest, £129 Far Orrest. Beltex: £134 Parkside Farm, £132 Park Farm Barn, £130 Mearsbeck Farm, £127 Cock Hall Farm, £127 Bensons Farm, £127 Parkside Farm. Dorset: £126 Corney Hill Farm, £106.50 Corney Hill Farm, £105 Corney Hill Farm. Charollais: £117 North Farm, £101.50 Castle O Trim, £100.50 Castle O Trim. Suffolk: £117 North Farm. Masham: £110 Kays Farm, £104 Kays Farm. Mule: £109 Botton Hall Farm, £107 Yates Farm, £107 Botton Hall Farm, £103 High House Farm, £101 Yates Farm. Continental: £107 Oak Avenue. Hampshire: £102 Castle O Trim, £100 Castle O Trim.
Cast Sheep
Cull ewes sold to £118 for a Texel cross from KA Purtill, Wigan with other stronger cross bred ewes £105 to £116. Mules sold to £90 from A&E Clarkson Ltd, Thurnham with hill ewes selling to £105 for Cheviots from TR Prickett, Hutton Roof. Swaledales sold to £63 from M&L Preece, Kirkby Lonsdale and Dalesbred to £57 from A&M Wright, Roeburndale.
Vendors are encouraged so bring lambs in a finished condition to achieve maximum return, with under finished lambs perhaps more suited to the buoyant store market.
Cast Ewes Top Prices: Beltex: £113 Parkside Farm, £109 Parkside Farm. Leicester: £106 High House Farm. Cheviot: £105 Hutton Roof Hall, £92 Hutton Roof Hall. Texel: £118 Oak Avenue, £113 Hutton Roof Hall, £109 Hutton Roof Hall, £100 Cock Hall Farm. Dorset: £90 Corney Hill Farm, ££85 Corney Hill Farm, £80 Corney Hill Farm. Mule: £90 Cock Hall Farm, £88 North Farm, £84 Cock Hall Farm. Swaledale: £63 High House Farm. Dalesbred: £57 Stauvins Farm.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Weekly Sale of Prime Lambs and Cast Sheep, Tuesday 3rd October 2023.
Prime Lambs
1262 lambs sold to a fast trade with all keenly bid for, in front of our ringside of ten active buyers. Heavy lambs once again sold to a premium at J36, with Texels selling twice to £157 from M&RW Stirzaker, Milnthorpe with Beltexs selling to £154 from JD&M Capstick, Bootle. Meny pens of well meated heavy lambs were regularly selling at £130 to £135. Smart bred lambs sold to a sharper trade with 41kg Beltexs selling at £128 from WS Burrow, Silverdale with other pens selling to £126 for 40kg lambs from RT Colbear, Appleby. More hill bred lambs were
on offer today with Mules selling to £117 from JD&M Capstick, Bootle with others pens to £112 twice from JF&AW Sutton, Longsleddale. Cheviots sold to £110 from JG&PH Thompson & Sons, Selside with Swaledales topping at £108 from JD&M Capstick, Bootle. Best bred lambs sold to 300p/kg from WS Burrow, Silverdale with Texels to 292p/kg from Messrs Young, Lindale. Continental export type lambs were regularly 260p/kg to 270p/kg.
Prime Lambs Top Prices: Continental: £152 Ashbank, £149 Poppy Farm, £117 Benson Hall, £111 Poppy Farm, £105 Ashbank, £103 Cracalt Farm. Texel: £157 Station Hotel Farm, £154 Fellside Farm, £147 Ashbank, £144 Stubb Farm, £143 Far Orrest. Suffolk: £146 Mill Cottage, £133 Low Groves Farm, £132 Poppy Farm, £128 Smithy Green Farm, £128 Meadow View, £128 Meadow View. Dutch Spotted: £137, £127 Grayrigg Foot, £127 Curlew Rock, £119 Grayrigg Foot, £117 Crook Hall Farm, £117 Curlew Rock. Beltex: £137 Gibraltar Farm, £126 Heights Farm, £126 Gibraltar Farm, £126 Heights Farm, £126 Low House, £125 Holmelands. Charollais: £130 Head House, £91 Brown Brook. Mule: £117 Fellside Farm, £112 Nether House Farm, £107 Brown Brook, £105 Middle Sadgyhll, £104 Overthwaite Farm. Cheviot Mule: £110 Seedhowe Cottages. Cheviot: £110 Poppy Farm, £100 Low Waterside. Swaledale: £108 Fellside Farm. Zwartble: £107 High Farm. Horned: £106 Low Deepslack. Masham: £105 Mealriggs Farm. Hampshire: £98 Endmoor Farm.
Cast Sheep
654 cull ewes were forward being a noticeably leaner entry of pronominally hill bred ewes. Heavy well bred ewes were in short supply, selling to £158 for a Texel cross ewe from DJ&A Douthwaite, Penrith with others at £156 from D&C Middleton, Carnforth and £148 from JM&NJ Strickland, Kendal. Heavy cross bred ewes sold to £128 for a Suffolk cross from S&B Capstick, Old Hutton. Texel cross sold to £117 from JG&PH Thompson & Sons, Selside. Mules sold to £94 from GR Wilson, Natland, with an entry of predominately light weight to medium ewes £70 to £85. Hill ewes sold to £99 for a pen of Cheviots form C Wilson, Witherslack with Lleyns to £92 from RJ&R Holden, Millom. Gritstones sold to £80 from CG&KE Heeley, Penrith, Swaledales sold to £73 from N Burton, Sedbergh and Rough Fells £67 from W Beck & Son, Tebay. A large proportion of the sale today comprised of lean head work Swaledale and Herdwick ewes with the best selling to £46 from Messrs Clegg & Bennett, Broughton in Furness, with the better end £40 to £30 and smallest £18 to £25. A special mention to a pen of nanny goats from CM Crayton, Seascale which sold at £98.
Cast Ewes Top Prices: Texel: £158 Red Squirrel House, £156 Johnson House Farm, £148, £125 The Borrans, £117 Poppy Farm, £108 High Wray Farm. Suffolk: £128 Low House. Leicester: £100 Benson Hall, £98 Tongue House Farm. Cheviot: £99 Nether Hall Farm, £90 Ashstead, £80 The Park, £76 Nether Hall Farm, £76 Johnson House Farm, £71 Low Waterside. Mule: £94 Larkrigg, £84 Burnt House Farm, £84 Ashbank, £81 Red Scar Farm, £81 Johnson House Farm. Zwartble: £93 Crook Hall Farm. Lleyn: £92, £84 Newcross House Farm. Cheviot Mule: £88 Tottlebank.
Continental: £81 Tarnside Farm, £75 Hall Farm. Gritstone: £80, £78 Town Head Farm. Swaledale: £73 Low Haygarth Farm. Rough Fell: £67 Barugh House, £66 Howes Lodge.
Cast Ram Top Prices: Texel: £101 Tottlebank, £90 Cantsfield. Cheviot: £94 Forest Hall.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Sale of Gimmer Lambs and Store Lambs, Thursday 5th October 2023.
Store Lambs
The largest entry to date of store lambs saw 5657 forward, achieving an overall market average of £81.47, with a large proportion of the sale being long keep hill bred lambs. The sale peaked at £121 for a pen of Beltex lambs from JM Smith, Cartmel Fell, with other well bred Continental lambs regularly £100 to £112. First cross lambs sold to £107 for Texel cross from Coward Brothers, Kirkby in Furness with others at £106 from JA&CA Gibson, Selside. Suffolks sold to £102 from Coward Brothers, Kirkby in Furness. Large pens of level well drawn lambs
attracted keen buyer attention, nicely selling at £91 to £99. Mules sold to £93 from Messrs Beaty, Windermere with others at £91 from JF Robinson, Broughton in Furness. Other stronger pens £86 to £90 and mediums £75 to £82 depending on quantity and strength. Other hill bred lambs sold to £97 for Cheviots from JW Hodgson, Ambleside. Medium keep lambs were generally £82 to £88, with smaller lambs £72 to £84 and the very smallest £55 to £66.
The next sale of store lambs is on Thursday 19th with another large entry required to satisfy nation wide buyer interest.
Store Lambs Top Prices: Beltex: £121 Lileyaks, £116 High Biggarsbank, £99.50 High Wray Farm, £99 Farelton House, £93 Mosergh Farm, £91 Barncroft. Texel: £116 Farleton House, £110 Somme Aveune, £107 Kirkby Hall, £106 Lileyaks, £106 Longwell. Dorset: £115 Highfield Road, £98 Corney Hill Farm, £86 High Biggarsbank. Suffolk: £102 Kirkby Hall, £98 Hare Tarn Farm, £95 High Farm, £94 Mislet Farm, £93 Kirkby Hall, £91 Crabtree Farm. Continental: £98.50
Hazelwood, £98 Farleton House, £96 Moss Side Farm, £94 High Wardses Farm, £94 Cold Seat Barn, £92 West Lodge. Charollais: £98.50 Dawson Fold, £96 Lowther Street, £95.50 Oxen Park Farm, £92.50 Lowther Street, £91.50 Dawson Fold, £88.50 Faribank Farm, Cheviot: £97 Dale End, £89.50 Weasdale Farm, £89.50 Fairbank Farm, £89 Old School House, £87.50 Dale End, £87 Thorn Cottage. Cheviot Mule: £96 Killerwick Grange, £88 Somme Aveune, £87.50
Killerwick Grange. Mule: £93 Long Green Head, £91 Moss Side Farm, £87.50 Greaves Farm, £86.50 Longwell, £86 Somme Aveune, £86 Gunner Fleet Farm. Masham: £81 Saddlers Croft, £80.50 Marsh Grange Farm. Rough Fell: £65, £65 Wasdyke Farm. Swaledale: £60 Howe Farm. Horned: £60 Low Haygarth Farm.
Gimmer Lambs
The second sale of gimmer lambs saw a packed ring side of travelled and local buyers. The sale peaked at £146 for a pen of Lleyn Mules from P Knowles, New Hutton who sold others at £144 and £140. North Country Mules sold to £134 from JF&AW Sutton, Longsleddale with others a £132 from R&EA Gardner, Briggsteer and £103 from RI Dixon, Low Newton. Stronger North Country Mules achieved £120 to £130, with an entry of predominately running type lambs selling at £98 to £106 with the very smallest £85 to £92. An overall market averaged of £96.82.
The next sale of breeding sheep is on Saturday 21st October being the Lakeland Fair, and the concluding breeding sheep sale of the season.
Gimmer Lamb Top Prices: Mule: £146, £144, £140 Cragg Farm, £134 Nether House Farm, £132 Barrowfield, £130 Low Newton. Cheviot Mule: £116 Yealand Manor, £114 Moorcock Hall Farm, £110, £108 Killerwick Grange, £106 Ashstead. Texel: £113, £108 Strong Hill, £104 Poppy Farm, £102 Causeway Farm, £102 Poppy Farm, £99 Thornbush Farm. Blue Texel: £94 School Hill.
Lancaster Auction Mart: Sale of Calves, OTM's, Dairy and Store Cattle. Friday 6th October 2023.
Dairy Cattle
New calved cows sold to £1620 from R&K Jenkinson, Pilling with heifers selling to £1580 from France Bros, Littledale.
Calves & Weanlings
Calves saw the stronger bull calves sell to £405 from Drinkall Bros, Abbeystead with other stronger beef bulls £300 to £380. Mediums calves were regularly £240 to £280, with the very youngest £120 to £200. Heifers sold to £450 and £440 for Hereford x from TE&M Kidd, Ellel, with other nice rearing heifers £300 to £370, with the younger heifers £220 to £280 and the very smallest and youngest £110 to £140.
Bull Calves Top Prices: British Blue: £405 Catshaw Hall Farm, £335 New Brows Farm, £275 Richmond Hall Farm, £255 New Brows Farm, £250 Richmond Hall Farm, £200 New Brows Farm. Angus: £400, £340, £320, £315, £275 Derby Lodge Farm, £240 Myerscough House. Hereford: £370, £350 Booth Hall, £345 Birks Farm, £305 Booth Hall. Charolais: £280 Myerscough House. Shorthorn: £260 Warton Hall Farm. Friesian: £150 Warton Hall Farm, £150 Newhouse Farm.
Heifer Calves Top Prices: Hereford: £450, £440, £260, £240 Booth Hall. British Blue: £440, £405 Newhouse Farm, £390 Wyre Bank, £305 Birks Farm, £240 Catshaw Hall Farm. Simmental: £365 Myerscough House. Charolais: £330 Myerscough House. Angus: £285 Warton Hall Farm, £185 Catshaw Hall Farm, £170 Forgelands Estate, £150 Wyre Bank, £110, £100 Rose Farm. Shorthorn: £275, £205 Warton Hall Farm. Welsh Black: £120 Warton Hall Farm.
Store Cattle
NWA Lancaster once again proved to be the chosen place to sell store cattle, with a large ring side of buyers in attendance for all classes and types. The best well grown steers regularly sold at £1500 to £1700. This week peaking at £1760 from JD&GM Bracken, Garstang. Heifers saw top price of £1620 for a Charolais x from TJ Robinson, Milnthorpe with other stronger heifer regularly £1300 to £1500. All steers today average £1266 and all heifers averaged £1154.
Store Heifers Top Prices: Charolais: £1620 Rowell Farm, £1280 High Road, £1050 Little Crimbles. Limouisn: £1600 Rowell Farm, £1400 Bradley Farm, £1350 Linghaw Farm, £1150, £1140 Brantbeck Farm, £1140 Ellers Farm. Angus: £1550 Rowell Farm, £1400 Low Levens, £1380 Rowell Farm, £1380 Sweetings Farm, £1360 Braddup House Farm, £1340 Outerthwaite Farm. Simmental: £1500 Rowell Farm, £1500 Yew Tree Farm, £1460 Low Levens. British Blue: £1360 Pasture House Farm, £1300 Lodge Cottage, £1280 Outerthwaite Farm, £1210 Abbotson Farm, £1180 Bainsbank Farm, £1160 High Road. Hereford: £1210 Holly House Farm, £1190 Brantbeck Farm, £1180 Sewage Farm, £1120 Ghyll Beck Farm. Shorthorn: £1120 Brantbeck Farm.
Store Bullocks Top Prices: Charolais: £1760 Greenlands Farm, £1660 Upper Foxholes Farm, £1560 Greenlands Farm, £1340 Barn Hill Farm, £1280 Broughton House Farm, £1240 Greenlands Farm. British Blue: £1700 Abrahams Farm, £1620 Station Hotel Farm, £1570 Squires Gate Farm, £1550 North Farm, £1500, £1480 Upper Foxholes Farm. Angus: £1640 Upper Foxholes, £1620 Yew Tree Farm, £1580 Ghyll Beck Farm, £1570 Low Levens, £1570 North Farm, £1560 Parkside Farm. Simmental: £1640 Upper Foxholes Farm. Limousin: £1620 North Farm, £1540 Yew Tree Farm, £1430 Upper Foxholes Farm, £1420 North Farm, £1300 Ghyll Beck Farm, £1300 Thornton Barn Farm. Montbeliarde: £1570, £1460 Squires Gate Farm, £1380 North Farm, £1350 Squires Gate Farm. Shorthorn: £1530 Parkside Farm. Fleckvieh: £1520, £1400 Upper Foxholes Farm, £1230, £1180, £1170 Corney Hill Farm, £1080 Netherbeck Barn. Hereford: £1400 Upper Foxholes Farm, £1080 Thornbush Farm. Welsh Black: £1360 Abrahams Farm. Friesian: £1300 Low Deepslack, £1240 Green Dragon Farm, £1090 Parrox Hall Farm, £1090 Hall Farm, £1040 Green Dragon Farm, £1030 Staffords Farm. MRI: £1140 Littlewood Hall Farm.
Store Bull Top Prices: British Blue: £1340, £1300 The Grange.
OTM Cattle
Cull cows saw an overall market averaged of 154p/kg, with an entry of predominately dairy bred cows. Beef cows sold to 219.5p/kg from TW Gorst, Crook and £1633 from JE&AC Clarke & Son, Melling. Dairy cows sold to 189.5p/kg from SW&K Metcalfe & Son, Whittington and £1470 from MD Close & Son, Arkholme. Medium cows were generally 155p/kg to 170p/kg, with the leaner end 130p/kg to 150p/kg. OTM heifers sold to 227.5p/kg for a Holstein Friesian from R&K Jenkinson, Pilling and £1417 from J Huddleston, Brookhouse.
OTM steers sold to 284.5p/kg and £1820 for a Charolais x from A Kirkby & Co, Pilling. Cull bulls sold to 199.5p/kg from JR&S Handley, Milnthorpe and £1422 from J Whittaker & Son, Nether Kellet.
OTM Cow Top Prices: Limousin: 219.50 Gilpin Farm, 194.50 Red Scar Farm, 187.50 Gilpin Farm, 184.50 Hill Park, 179.50 Cringleber, 174.50 Thornbush Farm. British Blue: 189.50, 174.50 Stoneybank Philpin Farm, 171.50, 169.50 Cringleber, 119.50 The Howes. Friesian: 189.50 Holme House Farm, 184.50 Derby Lodge Farm, 184.50 Higher Broomfield, 179.50 Docker Hall Farm, 179.50 Tills Farm, 174.50 Lane Ends Farm. Other: 179.50 Docker Hall Farm, 107.50 Yeat House. Angus: 174.50, 169.50 Forgelands Estate, 164.50 Well House Farm. Montbeliarde: 164.50 Yeat House, 164.50 Low Sizergh Farm, 154.50 Yeat House, 139.50 Low Sizergh Farm. Hereford: 164.50 Well House Farm, 159.50 Holmfields. Simmental: 161.50 Gilpin Farm, 144.50 The Howes, 134.50 Botton Hall Farm. Norwegian Red: 129.50 Low Sizergh Farm. Saler: 129.50 Poppy Farm. Ayrshire: 109.50 Rose Farm. Swedish Red: 107.50 Docker Hall.
OTM Heifer Top Prices: Friesian: 227.50, 221.50 Holmes Farm, 219.50 Ravenscar, 211.50 New Brows Farm, 191.50 Rose Farm, 179.50 New Brows Farm. Angus: 199.50 Well House Farm.
Cast Steer Top Prices: Limousin: 284.50 Red Scar Farm, 249.50 Poppy Farm. Fleckvieh: 269.50, 229.50 Gulf Farm.
Charolais: 239.50 Gulf Farm. British Blue: 234.50 Ghyll Beck Farm. Friesian: 199.50 Moss House Farm.
Cast Bull Top Prices: Friesian: 199.50 College Green Farm. Hereford: 159.50 Dale Barns. Angus: 129.50 Raw Head.
Next Week's Upcoming Sales
Monday 9th
Lancaster: 10:30am Weekly Sale of Prime Lambs and Cast Sheep
J36: Online Machinery Sale concludes
Tuesday 10th
J36: 9am-4pm Machinery Collection
10:30am Sale of all classes of Pigs
1pm Weekly Sale of Prime Lambs and Cast Sheep
Wednesday 11th
J36: 9am-4pm Machinery Collection
Thursday 12th
J36: First Show & Sale of Suckler Calves
10am Fortnightly Sale of Calves and Stirks
10.30am Fortnightly Sale of OTM/Cast Cattle
11:15am Fortnightly Sale of Store Cattle and Suckler Calves
Friday 13th
Lancaster: 10:15am Weekly Sale of Calves, and Cast/OTM Cattle
11:15am Weekly Sale of Store Cattle
Saturday 14th
J36: 11am Rough Fell Rams and Charmoise Rams