The trade peaked at £138 for 55kg Texels from WI&A Atkinson & Son, Bleasdale with heavy weigh Continentals to £134 from RW&FW Rhodes & Son, Quernmore. Followed by £132 from MJ&LC Lund, Quernmore and £131 from R&DL Cornthwaite, Nateby. Better confirmation lambs were eagerly bid for with Texels to 287p/kg or £121 from JR&LA Capstick, Killington. Followed by other Texels to 280p/kg or £126 from J Bargh, Heaton with Oxcliffe. Mule lambs peaked at £114 from WI&A Atkinson & Son, Bleasdale.
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Livestock equipment sold to a top price of £3,600 for a cattle crush, 2 x 14ft feed troughs £620, molasses tank £540, 15ft sheep race £500, sheep dressing stand £440, portable milking machine £440 and a sheep turnover crate £400.
Prime Lamb Top Prices: Texel: £138 Holme House Farm, £132 Corney Hill Farm, £131 Humblescough Farm, £129 Beckside, £129 Forgelands, £128 Holme House Farm. Continental: £134 Low Moor Head Farm, £117 Askew Hill, £114 Old Glasson Farm, £110 Appletree Farm, £106 Askew Hill, £103 Old Glasson Farm. Charolais: £128, £114 Brabiner
Well maintained seasonal equipment always sells well with a Straightman Diet Feeder at £4,000, 12T rear discharge spreader £4000, Bamford Hedgecutter £2,800, hydraulic post knocker £2,700, 2T tipping trailer £2,200, Teagle straw chopper £1,800 and a Major muckspreader £1,650.
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Other items of interest included a Collinson 24T feed bin achieving £5,000, Claas rake £2,700, Ifor Williams 12ft livestock trailer £2,500, 54 x 10ft roof sheets £2,200, flat topper £1,800, cement mixer £1,000, Lunar caravan £800, 5f plough £750.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Online Machinery Sale, Friday 2nd September to Monday 5th September 2022.
The weekly sale of prime lambs in Lancaster had an increased entry of 830 forward selling to an overall market average of 233p/kg. The trade today saw well meated lambs continue to be eagerly bid for by a busy active ring of buyers with lean types of lambs getting penalised. Weight continues to be in big demand with lambs in excess of 52kg averaging 244p/kg.
Lancaster Auction Mart: Weekly Sale of Prime Lambs and Cast Sheep, Monday 5th September 2022.
This popular sale once again saw both national and international interest with several loads heading across the water to Ireland and Poland. Vehicles once again led the way with a very clean Kubota M7040 tractor with loader achieving £21,900, a JCB Loadall achieved £9,300 and a Volvo EC25 digger £6,800. DAF 7.5T horsebox £6,500 and a MF298 4WD tractor £5,900 and an original Landrover Defender 110 £4,800.
Cast Sheep
The cast sheep trade remains very similar topping with Texels selling to £120 from JM Sanderson, Halton. Continental ewes sold to £114 from DJ&MC Platts, Caton with plenty of pens of continental ewes selling in the early hundreds. Mule ewes topped at £100 from JM Sanderson with plenty of pens of strong Mule ewes selling into the nineties.
Breeding Sheep
Gimmer Shearlings Top Prices: Mule: £150 Longstripes Farm, £150, £148, £140 Hall Trees Farm.
Aged Ram Top Prices: Beltex: £300 Hallbeck. Charolais: £220 Hallbeck.
Prime Lambs
House Farm, £114 Head Farm, £109, £104 Brabiner House Farm. Suffolk: £127 Hallbeck, £124 Maddison Avenue, £111 Oakhead Farm, £104.50 Station Hotel Farm, £101 Lower Highfield. Beltex: £121 Cragg End, £110 Oak Avenue. Mule: £114 Holme House Farm, £107.50, £100 Catshaw Hall Farm. Cheviot: £111 Corney Hill Farm. Dorset: £108 Corney Hill Farm.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Weekly Sale of Prime Lambs and Cast Sheep, Tuesday 6th September 2022.
Cast Sheep Top Prices: Texel: £120, £106, £100 Lower Highfield Farm. Continental: £114 Greenbank Farm, £108, £104 Mill Farm, £98, £90 Oak Avenue, £90 Greenbank Farm. Charolais: £104 Brabiner House Farm. Mule: £100, £92, £91 Lower Highfield Farm, £90 North Farm, £90 Greenbank Farm. Suffolk: £100 Lodge Cottage, £96 Beech House. Zwartble: £91 Beech House.
Prime Lamb Top Prices: Texel - £156 Kingsland, £135, £133 Netherhouses Farm, £129 Far Orrest, £128 Arklid Farm. Hampshire - £139, £107 Red Syke Lodge. Dorset - £137 Bradleyfield House, £135 Great House Farm, £108 Bradleyfield House. Suffolk - £131 Netherhouses Farm, £129, £126,5 Lane Ends Farm, £125, £123 Dunningwell Farm. Charollais -
Cast Ram Top Prices: Suffolk: £114 Lower Highfield Farm.
The second sale of breeding sheep at Lancaster Auction saw the sale commence with breeding rams selling two sheared Beltex x Texel tups to £300 and 3 shear Charolais rams to £220 from J&R Waller, Killington. Mule gimmer shearlings twice peaked at £150 from W Pinder Jnr, Newton in Bolland with other pens to £150 from R&E Dean, Chipping.
The weekly sale of prime lambs at J36 had a reduced entry forward selling to an overall market average of 230p/kg. Once again well fleshed lambs continue to be in most demand with weight continuing to be adding up best. The sale peaked at a top of £156 for heavy weight Texel lambs from John Stott, Crosscrake. Heavy weighted native lambs were well bid on J36 selling to £139 for Hampshire from A & S Miles, Ulverston with Dorsets to £137 from J Doidge, Kendal and £135 from GB Holt, Rossendale. A good run of heavyweight Texel and Suffolk lambs from F & SA Edmondson, Ulverston sold to £135, £133 and £131. Heavy weight mules from the same home sold to £114. Plenty of pens sold in the one hundred and twenties.
Handy weighted lambs trade dependent upon the quality and finish, better confirmation lambs regularly sold to 250p/kg and in excess for Beltex types peaking at 285p/kg from JG & PH Thompson, Selside.
Cast Sheep Top Prices: Cheviot - £148 Lane House Farm, £118 Rathvale Farm, £111 Lane House Farm, £90 Gilsmere Farm. Texel - £138 Stubb Farm, £119 Steel Croft, £118 Low Tarn Green, £118 Oak Avenue, £116 Gilsmere Farm. Beltex£132 Poppy Farm. Charollais - £120 Low Foulshaw Farm. Suffolk - £118 Lane House Farm. Zwartble - £118 Lane House Farm. Mule - £104 Great House Farm, £102 Arklid Farm, £100 Oak Avenue, £95 Arklid Farm. Continental - £102 Low Tarn Green, £98 High Gregg Hall. Lleyn - £102 Low Foulshaw Farm. Masham – £101, £93 Low Audlands. Cheviot Mule - £99, £98 Lower Core. Leicester - £96 Burnhead Farm. Dorset - £95 Burnhead Farm. Rough Fell - £94 Cotegill Farm. Swaledale - £75 Benson Hall, £74 High Borrans Farm.
£122 Main Street, £122 Crosscrake Farm. Beltex - £120 Poppy Farm. Continental - £117 Hollins Farm, £109 Netherhouses Farm, £109 Hawes Farm. Mule - £114 Netherhouses Farm. Leicester - £100 Rathvale Farm.
Store Lamb Top Prices: Texel - £92.5 Carlton House, £91.5 High House, £91 Valley View, £90.5 Corney Hill Farm, £90 Garnett Folds. Beltex - £90 Jackson Ground, £80 The Park. Suffolk - £90 Sunny Brow, £89.5 Raw Head, £85 Crabtree Farm, £84 Sunny Brow. Charollais - £85 High Farm, £80 Hazelwood. Mule - £83.5 Middle Sadghyll, £82 Woodside Farm, £81 High Borrowbridge, £80 Sowermire Farm, £79 High Borrans Farm. Cheviot Mule - £82.5 High Borrowbridge. Cheviot - £80 Jackson Ground, £79.5 Nibthwaite Grange Farm, £79, 378 Forest Hall, £77 Heip Hill House. Hampshire - £78 Nun House. Dutch Spotted - £76 The Park. Continental - £75.5 Hazelwood, £75.5 Lane House Farm, £75 Hazelwood, £72 West View Farm.
Store Lambs
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Fortnightly Sale of Store Lambs, Thursday 8th September 2022.
Cast Ram Top Prices: Charollais - £159 Low Audlands. Texel - £146 The Barn, £100 Gilpin Farm. Swaledale - £116 Rathvale Farm, £98 High Borrans Farm. Hampshire - £100 Red Syke Lodge.
500 cast sheep forward selling to an improved trade, with Texels selling to a top of £138 from AE Atkinson & Son, Endmoor. Beltex ewes sold to £132 from AR&BJ Thompson, Selside with the best continental bred ewes regularly selling to £125-130. Mule ewes sold to £104 from G&B Holt, Lancs with the best regularly selling either side of £100. Hill ewes sold to keener interest with Cheviots to £148 from G Nelson, Brigsteer with other Cheviots to £118 from GG&MA Long, Ulverston. Rough Fell ewes sell to £94 from K&E Bland, Gaisgill. More cast tups on the market today, with Charolais selling to £159 from Gibson & Berry, Endmoor and Texels selling to £146 from M&S Blease, Carnforth.
Cast Sheep
The fortnightly sale of store lambs experienced a two-tier trade with strong short keep lambs regularly selling in excess of the £80 mark. Texel lambs topped the market at £92.50 from F Blenkharn, Milnthorpe, £91.50 from G&SA Edmondson, Holme, £91 from JB Dixon, Longsleddale, £90.50 from MJ&LC Lund, Quernmore with plenty more selling around the £90 mark. Suffolk lambs peaked at £90 from J&R Bell, Crook with others Suffolk lambs to £89.50 from I&ME Askew, New Hutton. Beltex lambs sold to £90 from WI Barrow & Sons, Broughton in Furness. Mule lambs peaked at £83.50 for a pen of 50 strong lambs from Fishwick Bros, Longsleddale. Pens of strong Mules regularly sold in the eighties. Cheviot Mules sold to £82.50 from TLB&J Knowles, Selside. Longer term lambs regularly sold around the seventy pound mark, the overall market average today was £75.96.
Heifer Calves Top Prices: British Blue: £345 North Farm, £335 Cotestone Farm, £295 Birks Farm, £270 Elm Tree Farm, £265 North Farm, £260 Elm Tree Farm. Hereford: £200, £170 Booth Hall. Angus: £125 North Farm.
The weekly sale at Lancaster saw 62 calves forward with the entry being predominately younger 4-6 weeks olds. Bull calves sold to £635 for a British Blue x from JP&C Robson, Garstang who sold others at £355 followed by GH Sanderson & Family, Catforth also selling British Blues at £355 and J Bargh & Son, Morecambe to £350. Simmental x bull calves sold to £320 from TM Townley, Over Wyresdale. Month old Charolais x bull calves from JE&S Seedall, Mellor sold to £280 and £270. Native sired bull calves sold to £320 from TE&M Kidd, Ellel who sold others at £300 with young Aberdeen Angus x bull calves achieving £200 from Wallbank Farms, Over Wyresdale. Dairy bull calves today sold to £200 for a Montbeliarde from T&G Parkinson, Out Rawcliffe with Holstein Friesians to £110 from AD&R Milner, Garstang. Heifer calves sold to £345 for a British Blue x from J Bargh & Son, Morecambe with others at £335 from Barker Farms, Carnforth and £295 from B&JM Crowe, Witherslack. Hereford x heifers from TE&M Kidd, Ellel sold to £200.
Lancaster Auction Mart: Weekly Sale of Calves, OTM's and Store Cattle. Fortnightly Sale of Dairy Cattle, Friday 9th September 2022.
Bull Calves Top Prices: British Blue: £365, £355 Roe Farm, £355 Blackleach House Farm, £350 North Farm, £345, £340 Elm Tree Farm. Hereford: £320, £300, £290, £285, £280, £275 Booth Hall. Simmental: £320 Knowlsey Farm. Charolais: £280, £270 Bolton Fold Farm. Angus: £200 Tills Farm, £175 North Farm, £130 Birks Farm, £128 Walkers I’th Fields. Montbeliarde: £200 Quakers Farm. Friesian: £110 Lane Head Farm, £105 Tills Farm.
Store cattle numbers are increasing week on week with 348 forward, the sale peaked at £1800 for a trio of Simmental x steers from RH Dodgson, Burton in Lonsdale who sold another trio at £1760, this was closely followed by a pair of Charolais x from R&EA Gardner, Kendal achieving £1710. Limousin x steers sold to £1660 from J Prest & Son, Bay Horse with British Blues to £1560 from Pilling Hall, Pilling. Native sired steers sold to £1700 for a Hereford x from RH Dodgson, Burton in Lonsdale with Aberdeen Angus x selling to £1600 from J Hartley, Woodplumpton. Dairy bred steers sold to £1380 for a Montbeliarde from A&B Pickthall, Milnthorpe, with Holstein Friesian to £1220 from J Hartley, Woodplumpton. All steers forward today averaged £1124. Store heifers sold to £1440 from a trio of Aberdeen Angus x from J Tattersall, Lytham and a pair of British Blue x from JD&GM Bracken, Catterall. Charolais sold to £1420 from JW&L Barker, Arkholme with Limousins to £1320 from T&E Garlick & Son, Freckleton, British Blue x achieved £1350 from J Harley & Son, Woodplumpton and Hereford x also achieving £1350 from JW Atkinson, Bentham. All heifers averaged £1120.
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shortage of quality or demand at the fortnightly sale of dairy cattle, with several purchasers leaving empty handed. Heifers sold to a top price of £2480 for a two week calved pedigree heifer from JE&J Pye, Quernmore. This was closely followed by Andrew Swale, Blackburn selling a 34 litre pedigree heifer at £2400. A heifer from B&V Swan, Chorley sold to a final bid of £2020. All heifers averaged £2300. The next dairy sale in on Friday 23rd September to include the Autumn prize show for cows and heifers, open to all vendors. This day will also feature the 1st part dispersal of the milking portion of the herd, on behalf of WA Gardner & Son, Lytham who are retiring from milking.
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Cull bulls sold to 144p/kg and £1307 for a Hereford from Ballacutchel Farms, Isle of Man and 129p/kg and £1529 for a Holstein Friesian from Messrs Gibson & Berry, Endmoor.
OTM steers sold to 204.5p/kg and £1312 for a Holstein Friesian from DR Preston, Caton who sold others at 201.5p/kg and £1279.
Cast Steer Top Prices: Friesian: 204.50, 201.50, 199.50 Elllers Farm. Angus: 187.50, 161.50 Cliftons Farm.
OTM heifers sold to a top price of 217.5p/kg for a Holstein Friesian from J Bargh & Son, Morecambe with beef heifers selling to 214.5p/kg for a Aberdeen Angus x from Messrs Holgate, Silverdale. Top grossing heifer was a Holstein Friesian from GH Sanderson & Family, Catforth achieving £1385.
Store Bullock Top Prices: Simmental: £1800, £1760 Kilburn House, £1590 North Farm, £1280 Hazelslack Tower Farm, £1250 Littlewood Hall Farm, £1030 Little Crimbles. Charolais: £1710 Barrowfield, £1350 Holme House Farm, £1140 Corney Hill Farm, £1040 Outerthwaite Farm. Hereford: £1700 Kilburn House, £1600, £1550 Upper Foxholes Farm, £1500 Batty Farm, £1260 Deansbiggin, £1250 Holly House Farm. Limousin: £1660 Upper Foxholes Farm, £1640 Red Scar Farm, £1610 Upper Foxholes Farm, £1550 Pilling Hall Farm, £1390 Bradley Farm, £1380 Grange Farm. British Blue: £1650 Pilling Hall Farm, £1480 Batty Farm, £1460 Upper Foxholes Farm, £1420 North Farm, £1400 Kilburn House, £1370 Lower Castle O Trim. Angus: £1600 Threlfalls Farm, £1580 Upper Foxholes Farm, £1390 Hazelslack Tower Farm, £1380 Low Levens, £1360 North Farm, £1350 Snub Snape Farm. Montbeliarde: £1380 Bradley Farm, £1220 Threlfalls Farm, £1190 Godson House Farm, £1090 Corney Hill Farm. Friesian: £1220 Threlfalls Farm. MeuseRhine-Issel: £1140 Littlewood Hall Farm. Fleckvieh: £1090 Corney Hill Farm, £1000 The Hill.
Store Heifers Top Prices: Angus: £1440 Snub Snape Farm, £1350 Low Levens, £1300 Yew Tree Farm, £1260 Grange Farm, £1230 Yew Tree Farm, £1190 Sunderland Brows Farm. British Blue: £1440 Greenlands Farm, £1350 Threlfalls Farm, £1300 Endmoor Farm, £1200 Brown Edge, £1170 Windy Hall Farm, £1160 Ellers Farm. Charolais: £1420 Brown Edge, £1280, £1210 Downlands Farm, £1130 Ellers Farm, £1060 Downlands Farm. Limousin: £1370 Grange Farm, £1350 Low Levens, £1320 Endmoor Farm, £1250 High House Farm, £1240 Linghaw Farm, £1060 Hall Farm. Hereford: £1350 Batty Farm, £1200 Threlfalls Farm, £1180 Holly House Farm, £1060 High Lane. Welsh Black: £1070 Steadbank. Friesian: £1060 The Hill.
OTM Cattle
OTM Cow Top Prices: Limousin: 214.50 Red Scar Farm. Friesian: 197.50 Barnfield Farm, 189.50 Kitchen Ground Farm, 189.50 High Snab, 184.50 Sweetings Farm, 184.50 Tills Farm, 184.50 Holme House Farm. Simmental: 197.50 Brookside, 191.50 Mount Murray. British Blue: 174.50 Brookside. Fleckvieh: 169.50 Holmes Farm. Hereford: 169.50 Mount Murray. Norwegian Red: 169.50 Ninezergh, 134.50 Spital Farm, 129.50 Ninezergh.
117 OTM cattle sold to an overall market average of 154.6p/kg with a large number of dairy cows now coming forward ahead of lying in. Beef cows sold to a top price of 214p/kg for a Limousin x from TE JS & SA Carruthers, Underbarrow. Other heavy beef cows sold to 197p/kg for a Simmental from WK&R Harrison, Arkholme. Beef cows suitable for further finishing were regularly 150-180p/kg depending on quality and type. Dairy cows sold to 197.5p/kg for a young Holstein Friesian from H&A Stephenson, Carnforth with others achieving 189.5p/kg from AT Burrow & Son, Hornby and K&DE Woodhouse, Ellel. Heavy well fleshed dairy cows were generally 160180p/kg with mediums 130-150p/kg and parlour types 105-130p/kg depending on quality and type. Top grossing today was a Holstein Friesian from SW&K Metcalfe & Son, Whittington achieving £1564 closely followed by another Holstein Friesian from Lawsons Farm ltd, Cockerham and a Simmental from Ballacutchel Farms, Isle of Man at £1453.
OTM Heifer Top Prices: Friesian: 217.50, 211.50, 204.50 North Farm, 201.50 The Hill. Angus: 214.50, 204.50 Middlebarrow Plain. Hereford: 207.50, 204.50, 189.50 Middlebarrow Plain.
1st Lot 50 from BJ Bainbridge selling for £84 2nd Lot 10 from DR Law selling for £78
Gimmer Lamb Top Prices: Mule - £200 Highfield, £175 Greaves Farm, £168 Highfield, £155 Moss Howe Farm, £152 Greaves Farm. Rough Fell Mule - £165, £125 High Borrowbridge, £112 Borrow Bridge House, £106 Millriggs, £102 High Borrowbridge. Cheviot Mule - £152 High House Farm, £135 Poppy Farm, £127, £122 High House Farm, £122 Peel View Bungalow. Texel - £137 Wath Farm, £136 Arklid Farm, £115 Low Longmire, £115 Arklid, £112 Birch Bank. Masham£120 Saddlers Croft, £114, £98 Middale Farm. Cheviot - £88 Rankthorn.
NWA J36 Ambleside Fair, Friday 9th September 2022
Judges: Jim Finlayson & Ian Lancaster
Class 1- 10 Mule Gimmer Lambs
Class 2- 10 Rough Fell Mule Gimmer Lambs
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Ambleside Fair, Friday 9th September 2022.
North West Actions were proud to host the annual Ambleside Fair show and sale of North of England Mule gimmer lambs, Scotch Mules, Rough Fell Mules, Cheviot Mules and Continental gimmer lambs. The show and sale was kindly sponsored by Avant plant and machinery, Wadland Finance, Carrs Billington, Mcveigh Parker. The pre-sale show was judged by Ian Lancaster, Clitheroe and Jim Finlayson, Dumfries. North of England Mules saw the first prize rosette awarded to Jimmy Bell and Rachel Buckle, Carnwath which went on to be awarded the champion pen of the day. They went on to sell for the top price of the day of £200 with the second pen selling to £168. The second and third prize rosettes were awarded to Bob Lawrence and Emma Hand-ley, Grange Over Sands which went onto sell for £175 and £152. The sale was mainly consisting of running lambs saw a market average of £95.57 with purchasing looking for strong shearling making sheep. The sale of Rough Fell mule gimmer lambs saw a sticky trade with strong tuppers wanted but southern buyers cautious with the on going draught conditions in the south. The championship rosette was awarded to TLB & J Knowles, Selside that topped the market at £165. Cheviot Mules saw well grown tupping gimmer lambs selling between the £120-£130 mark. A top price of £152 was achieved by Low Moor Howe Farm, Winster with other top pens selling to £135 from AR & BJ Thompson, Selside with running types selling around the £100-£105 mark. The sale concluded with Continental gimmer lambs which saw a pen of ¾ bred Texels from P Wilson, Newbiggin on Lune selling at £137 with other smart pens from TMW & H Hodgson, Nibthwaite selling to £136. Strong tupping sorts sold between the £120-£130 mark.
1st Lot 125 from J Bell selling for £200 2nd Lot 81 from R Lawrence selling for £175 3rd Lot 82 from R Lawrence selling for £152
Cast Bull Top Prices: Hereford: 144.50 Mount Murray. Friesian: 129.50 Low Audlands.
1st Lot 144 from TLB & J Knowles selling for £165 2nd Lot 139 from I Mallinson selling for £112 3rd Lot 151 from FB Dunning selling for £100
Class 3- 10 Masham Gimmer Lambs
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Great Annual Show & Sale of 8000 North of England Mule Gimmer Lambs, Saturday 10th September 2022.
Class 4- 10 Cheviot Mule Gimmer Lambs
Individual Mule Gimmer Lambs Top Prices:£720 Strickland Hill, £400 Thursgill, £400 Dunkenshaw Farm, £360 High Borrowbridge, £320 High Borrans Farm, £300 Yates Farm.
1st Lot 193 from Low Moor Howe Farm Ltd selling for £152 2nd Lot 181 from AR &BJ Thompson selling for £135 3rd Lot 182 from AR &BJ Thompson selling for £121
Pens of Mule Gimmer Lambs Top Prices: £390 Greenhow Farm, £360 Ouzelthorn Farm, £310 High Borrans Farm, £300 Dunkenshaw Farm, £275 Longwell, £270 Yates Farm.
Champion- Lot 125 from J Bell selling for £200 Reserve Champion- Lot 81 from R Lawrence selling for £175
North West Auctions were proud to host the annual show and sale of NEMSA Mule gimmer lambs on behalf of the Kendal NEMSA branch, a special mention goes to all the pre-sale show and sale sponsors; Wynnstay, New Breeds UK, Ladds of Benson Hall, Farm Gate Vets, GW Taylor Haulage, NFU Mutual Kendal and Alan Myerscough Ltd. The pre-sale show evening had a very impressive entry of twenty-five pens of ten and twelve pens of twenty, with credit going to the vendors for the quality on offer. A special mention goes to our judges Mr Joe Townley, Caton and Mr Ashley Purchase, Barnstaple. The JE Goad Trophy for the Champion pen of ten Mule Gimmer lambs was awarded to a stylish pen from RH&C Ayrton, Abbeystead which went on to sell for £360 purchased by the judge Joe Townley. The Jim Gibson Memorial cup for the first prize pen of twenty was awarded to A&H Watson, Kirby Lonsdale. The ‘Stars in Their Eyes’ competition was deemed a great success once again, with a special thank you going to the sponsors Bulmans Bulk and our judges for the evening Josh and Rebecca Geary, Milton Keynes. The Champion rosette and winning the Dixon Family Bowl was the Inman Family of Strickland Hill, who very kindly donated their lamb for the Crook YFC charity, selling to a new centre record of £720 purchased by B&JM Crowe, TheWitherslack.annualsale of Mule gimmer lambs sold to an overall market average of £117.86, £7 down on the year. The trade in general today saw good quality top pen lambs regularly sell in the region of £200 upwards. Strong tupping lambs were in big demand with buyers eager to purchase, regularly selling between £130 and £160, with small tuppers and big runners often between £110 and £120. The market peaked at £390 from S Allan & Sons, Appleby with other leading prices £310 from Messrs Hodgson, High Borrans, £300 AC&K Pye, Abbeystead, £275 JA&CA Gibson, Selside, £275 T Ayrton & Sons, Over Wyresdale. The Bruce Willison Trophy for the best run of lambs was awarded to RH&C Ayrton, Abbeystead, who sold there run of lambs to average £147.75 per head. A special thanks goes to our judge Mr V Smith for his time and Aexpertise.bigthank you goes to our vendors for the quality of lambs put forward for this sale, our loyal travelled and local buyers, as well as a number of new faces. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank our yard and clerical staff for their continued hard work to make this popular sale a great success.
1st RH&C Ayrton, Ouzelthorn Farm selling for £360
1st A&H Watson, Middleton Hall selling for £162
6th Inman Family, Strickland Hill Farm selling for £140
4th J&JA Burrow, Thursgill - £400
2nd S Allan & Sons, Greenhow Farm selling for £390
5th T Ayrton & Son, Yates Farm selling for £270
SHOW PENS OF TWENTY
4th JA&CA Gibson, Longwell selling for £275
3rd PE&M Capstick, Whicham Hall Farm selling for £140
5th TA&J Dixon, Yoad Pot selling for £149
NEMSA SHOW
5th Messrs Hodgson, High Borrans - £320
6th D&CE Marston, Easgill Farm - £200
4th AC&K Pye, Dunkenshaw Farm selling for £135
1st Inman Family, Strickland Hill Farm - (Sold for the Christie Charity Fund) £720
3rd RI Dixon, Low Newton Farm selling for £200
6th T Ayrton & Son, Yates Farm selling for £190
STARS IN THEIR EYES - Individual Lambs
2nd TLB&J Knowles, High Borrowbridge - £360
3rd AC&K Pye, Dunkenshaw Farm - £400
SHOW PENS OF TENS
2nd S Allan & Sons, Greenhow Farm selling for £130
Saturday 17th
J36: 10:30am Sale of all classes of Pigs
Lancaster: 10.30am Weekly Sale of Spring Lambs and Cast Sheep.
1pm Weekly Sale of Spring Lambs and Cast Sheep.
Lancaster: 10:30am Great Annual Show & Sale of Mule Gimmer Lambs.
Lancaster: 10:15am Sale of Calves and Cast Cattle.
11am Great Annual Show & Sale of Continental Store Cattle.
10:15am Sale of OTM and Cast Cattle.
Friday 16th
12noon Sale of Store Lambs.
11.15am Annual Prize Show & Sale of Store Cattle.
Thursday 15th
Monday 12th
Next Week's Upcoming Sales
J36: 10am Sale of Calves and Stirks.
Tuesday 13th
Wednesday 14th
J36: 10am Pedigree Sheep Day, followed Second Sale of Breeding Ewes and Gimmer Shearlings.