Weekly Report and Newsletter - 10th February 2023
Lancaster Auction Mart: Weekly Sale of Prime Hoggs and Cast Ewes, Monday 6th February 2023.
Prime Hoggs
There was an entry of 580 prime hoggs forward at Lancaster, selling to an overall market average of 219p/kg. Heavy weight hoggs continue to add up best, peaking at £142 from Sam Ayrton, Thurnham for Texels who sold other Texel to £129 twice and also topped the Suffolk section at £121.50. Heavy weight Texels from AG Butler, Hambleton peaked at £140, who also sold other heavy weight Texels to £123 and £120. Heavy weight Texels from J&E Nuttall, Old Hutton sold to £133. 48kg Texels sold to £125 from JS Horner, Ingleton who sold another pen of 45kg Texels to £120. Plenty more pens sold in the mid to late teens. Continental lambs peaked at 282p/kg for 43kg hoggs from AG Butler, Hambleton grossing at £121. Plenty more pens sold around the 250p/kg mark.
Once again, a good showing of upland hoggs in Lancaster today with heavy weight Mashams peaking at £120 from T&D Wright, Roeburndale East followed by other pens to £117 from A&MA Wright, Roeburndale East. Heavy weight Mules twice peaked at £119 from T&H Drinkall, Oakenclough with other pens of Mules to £103 from WI&A Atkinson & Son, Bleasdale and £112.50 from JW Cornall & Sons, Bleasdale. Horned hoggs saw Swaledales sell to £95.50 at 43kg from WI&A Atkinson & Son, Bleasdale.
Prime Hogg Top Prices: Texel: £142 Meadow Croft, £140 Park Farm Barn, £133 Low Bendrigg Farm, £129 Meadow Croft, £125 Ingleborough Park Drive. Suffolk: £121.50 Meadow Croft, £116, £115 Morrock Hall Farm, £110, £109 North Farm, £98 Cobble Hey Farm. Beltex: £121 Park Farm Barn. Masham: £120 Allcocks Farm, £117 Stauvins Farm, £110 Allcocks Farm, £109 Holme House Farm, £105.50 Stauvins Farm, £102 Allcocks Farm. Mule: £119 Calderside Farm, £113 Holme House Farm, £112.50 Higher Fair Snape Farm, £108 Overhouses, £108 Higher Fair Snape Farm. Dorset: £113, £102, £85, £75 Corney Hill Farm. Continental: £104 Meadow Croft, £92 Quarry House Farm. Cheviot: £99 Moorcock Hall Farm, £96 School Lane. Swaledale: £90.50 Holme House Farm, £87 Sykes Farm, £80 Yates Farm.
Cast Sheep
An entry just shy of 100 cast sheep were forward today which sold to a very similar trade to the previous weeks as the numbers of ewes nationwide remain firm. A pure Texel ewe from Niyah Johnston, Bay Horse sold to the top price of the day of £154. This was followed by the consignment from W&A Cornall, Barnacre selling Texel x ewes to £142 and Leicesters to £130 with plenty more Continental ewes selling between £100 and £120 pounds. Texel tups sold to a top of £120 from D&J Hay, Cockerham. Cheviot Mule ewes peaked at £92 from T&L Kirkham, Eccleston with Mule ewes selling to the same price from Sam Ayrton followed by other Mule ewes to £90 from T&L Kirkham. Swaledale ewes peaked at £50 from W&A Cornall.
Cast Ewe Top Prices: Texel: £154 Haversham House Farm, £142 Bank Farm, £113, £110 Lower Swainhead Farm, £106 Ingrave Farm, £97 Allcocks Farm. Continental: £118 Meadow Croft, £103 Walker House Farm, £100 Meadow Croft,
£100 Haversham House Farm, £100 School Lane. Leicester: £130, £80 Bank Farm. Cheviot: £92, £83 Ingrave Farm. Mule: £92 Meadow Croft, £90 Ingrave Farm, £83, £80 Meadow Croft. Suffolk: £91 Lower Swainhead Farm.
Cast Ram Top Prices: Texel: £120 Birch House Cottage.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Weekly Sale of Prime Hoggs and Cast Sheep, Tuesday 7th February 2023.
Prime Hoggs
The weekly sale of prime hoggs had a reduced entry of prime hoggs forward this week with a slightly sharper trade seen later in the day on Monday. Defiantly more interest this week from buyers with well finished hoggs continuing to sell to a premium. Heavy weight hoggs continue to in demand at J36 with numerous buyers for this specification of hoggs. They sold to a top of £140 for heavy weight Texels from JB Airey, Kendal which were purchased by Dave Moreland of Westmorland Services with others from the same home to £137. Other leading prices for heavy weight Texels where £138 from Jack Turnbull, Meathop followed by £133 and £131 from J & E Nuttall, Kendal with plenty more pens in the mid to late one hundred and twenties. Heavy weight suffolks peaked at £129 from DM & D Cook, Ulverston. Heavy weight upland hoggs sold to a top of £126 for Cheviots from AA Bentham, Dent. Heavy weight mules at 54kg from RM & D Dixon, Longsleddale sold to £113 with 52kg Mules to £111 from TA & J Dixon, Selside. Better confirmation hoggs continue to be in demand selling to a top of 295p/kg from J & E Nuttall, Kendal with others to 288p/kg from M & YS Barker. Well fleshed handy weighted continental hoggs sold in the region of 240-250p/kg. Horned hoggs peaked at £100 from Stockdale Farms with Swaledales selling to £98 from TA & J Dixon, Selside. In side fed light weight continental hoggs meeting some demand and well bid for as many consignors coming to the latter of there crop of lambs.
Prime Hoggs Top Prices: Texel: £140 Mint Close, £138 Meathop Park Farm, £137 Mint Close, £135 Halton Park Farm, £133, £131 Frog Lane Farm. Suffolk: £129 Smithy Green Farm, £124 Yoad Pot, £121 Smithy Green Farm, £119 Milestones Cottage, £116 Lower Hawthwaite, £113 Smithy Green Farm. Continental: £129 Moors Cottage, £105 High House, £104.50 High Woodend, £99 Langhorn Farm, £96 Yoad Pot. Cheviot: £126, £113, £110, £107 Outrake Foot, £106 The Old Vicarage, £106 Harden Farm. Mule: £113 Well Foot, £111 Yoad Foot, £111 Yoad Pot, £106 Low Longmire, £103.50 Harden Farm, £99.50 Langhorn Farm, £97 Higher Core Farm. Leicester: £102 Yoad Pot. Horned: £100 Bowers Farm, £90 High Woodend. Swaledale: £98, £89 Yoad Pot, £71.50 Higher Core Farm. Gritstone: £97 Higher Core Farm. Rough Fell: £85 Marsh House Farm.
Cast Sheep
Cull ewes were eagerly bid for with the trade being a pound or two dearer than previous weeks. Texels sold to a top of £142 from E&H Winder, Ravenstonedale with Texels out of Mules selling to £130 from J&O GalbrIaith, Endmoor. First cross Continental ewes were regularly selling at the £115-£125 mark. Mule ewes saw a top of £116 from J BL&I Ellis, New Hutton with the best selling at £110 plus and medium fit types £90 plus. Cheviots topped the hill section at £100 from J&T Hunter, Dent with other Cheviot ewes selling to £95 from AJ Carr, Grange Over Sands. Rough Fells sold to £87 from L Potter, Orton with Swaledales topping twice at £63 from J&CA Gibson, Selside and SM Watson, Finsthwaite.
Cast Ewes Top Prices: Texel: £142 Little Close, £130, £125, £124 Endmoor Farm, £120, £106 The Plough Inn. Suffolk: £126 Hawkrigg End, £125, £98, £80 Moors Cottage. Charollais: £122 The Old Vicarage, £72 Thwaite End. Mule: £116 Hawkrigg End, £107 The Old Vicarage, £107 Low Croft, £96 Hawkrigg End, £96 Howes Lodge, £92 Endmoor Farm. Leicester: £112 Hill Park, £109 Longwell. Beltex: £110 Poole Bank Farm. Cheviot: £100 Moser Hill, £95 Holker Farm
Cottages. Dorset: £90 Warth Sutton Farm. Rough Fell: £87 Howes Lodge, £72, £70 Borrow Bridge House. Lleyn: £82 Cragg Farm, £80 Low Longmire Farm, £71 Low Longmire Farm. Dalesbred: £74 Higher Salter.
Cast Ram Top Prices: Texel: £120 Longwell, £90 Howes Lodge, £70 Warth Sutton Farm. Leicester: £114 High Borrowbridge. Horned: £108 Old School House. Cheviot: £89 Brow Head, £80 Langhorn Farm. Rough Fell: £86 Boundary Beck. Swaledale: £79 Yoad Pot, £75 Old School House. Dalesbred: £78 Roundthwaite.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Special Sale of In Lamb and Breeding Sheep followed by Fortnightly Sale of Store Hoggs, Thursday 9th February 2023.
In Lamb Breeding Sheep
The February sale of in-lamb breeding sheep saw a selective ring side of buyers with the consignment from B Lowes, Grange Over Sands leading the way selling in-lamb Texel ewes to £138, £135 and £128. This was followed by the consignment of Texel x ewes from DJ&A Douthwaite, Kirkby Thore selling to £135, £130 and £125. Swaledale gimmer shearlings sold to £75 in lamb to the Leicester from F Carr, Arkholme.
In Lamb Ewes Top Prices: Texel: £138 Yew Tree Farm, £135 Red Squirrel Terrace, £135 Yew Tree Farm, £130 Red Squirrel Terrace, £128 Yew Tree Farm, £125 Red Squirrel Terrace. Dorset: £122, £90 Yew Tree Farm. Swaledale: £71 Low Stennerley.
In Lamb Shearling Top Prices: Swaledale: £75 Nissan Huts.
Store Hoggs
The Fortnightly sale of store hoggs saw a much improved trade with a market average of £75.61, as the trade starts to move in the right direction and the weather beginning to feel a little bit more like spring. Best quality short keep Continental hoggs were often sold around the £90 mark with the trade peaking at £93.50 from B&D Willison & Son, Tebay with a pen of 24 Texels. A pen of 23 from the same home sold to £91 with a pen of 93 also selling to £91. Texel hoggs sold to £91.50 from High Wardses Farm, Cautley and £90.50 from JH Atkinson & Partners, Selside with plenty more pens in the late eighties. Beltex hoggs peaked at £92.50 from BJ Bowness, Kendal. Suffolk hoggs sold to a top of £84.50 from N Moloney, Troutbeck. Mule hoggs peaked at £90 from High Wardses Farm with others pens to £84.50 from KJ Knight, Kirkby in Furness with plenty more pens of strong Mules selling around the eighty pound mark. Horned hoggs peaked at £62.50 from KJ Knight with Scotch Blackface x hoggs to £51 from Coward Brothers. The next sale of in-lamb sheep and store hoggs is on the Thursday 23rd February with all entries of breeding sheep and store hoggs invited.
Store Hoggs Top Prices: Continental: £93.50 Bybeck, £86.50 Mosergh Farm, £85.50, £82 Hartrigg, £73 Botton Hall Farm, £72 High Wardses Farm. Texel: £92.50 Blea Tarn Road, £91 Bybeck, £90.50 Mosergh Farm, £90.50 High Wardses Farm, £89 Blea Tarn Road. Mule: £90 High Wardses Farm, £84.50 Little Guards, £80.50 Bybeck, £75.50
Little Guards, £69 Botton Hall Farm. Suffolk: £84.50 Old School, £83 Mosergh Farm, £79.50 Cragg House, £78.50 Hyning Holme Farm, £75 West Plain Farm, £70.50 Cinder Barrow. Charollais: £78, £67 High Underbrow Farm. Beltex: £64 Dove Nest Lane, £49 North Lodge. Horned: £62.50 Little Guards. Swaledale: £51 Kirkby Hall. Herdwick: £50.50 Little Guards. Rough Fell: £40 Wasdyke Farm.
Lancaster Auction Mart: Weekly Sale of Calves, OTM's and Store Cattle. Fortnightly Sale of Dairy Cattle, Friday 10th February 2023.
Calves
Bull calves sold to a top price of £530 for a reared British Blue x from J&G Thornley Ltd, Kirkham with Charolais x bull calves selling to £460 from WG Farms Ltd, Cockerham. Other reared and weaner bull calves were selling in the region of £380 to £420. A nice entry of younger British Blue x bull calves sold to £280 for a 6 week old from JP&C Robson, Garstang with others at £270 from J Hoggarth & Son, Slyne and a 4 week old to £240 from WR Clarke & Partners, Carnforth. Native sired bull calves sold to £220 for an Aberdeen Angus x from Wallbank Farm Ltd, Over Wyresdale. An entry of younger dairy bull calves sold to £80 for a Holstein Friesian from WG Farms Ltd, Cockerham.
Heifer calves sold to £440 for a nicely reared British Blue x from J&G Thornley, Kirkham who sold Charolais x at £340. Younger heifer calves sold to £265 for a Charolais x from JE&S Seedall, Mellor with British Blue x to £240 from Wallbank Farms Ltd, Over Wyresdale. Native sire heifer calves sold to £225 for a Beef Shorthorn x from JE&S Seedall, Mellor with others at £180 from Cornthwaite Moors Ltd, Hambleton.
A pen full of stirks from RE&P Miller, Garstang saw 6 month old Aberdeen Angus x bulls sell to £580 with heifers selling to £600 for British Blue x and £460 for Aberdeen Angus’s.
Heifer Calf Top Prices: British Blue: £440 Derby Lodge Farm, £240, £230 Tills Farm, £225 Roe Farm, £205, £200 Belmont Farm. Charolais: £340 Derby Lodge Farm, £265 Bolton Fold Farm. Shorthorn: £225 Bolton Fold Farm, £180 Moors Farm, £155 Bolton Fold Farm.
Bull Calf Top Prices: British Blue: £530, £400 Derby Lodge Farm, £280, £270 Roe Farm, £270 Belmont Farm, £240 Cinder Barrow. Charolais: £460, £390 Lathwaite Farm. Angus: £220 Tills Farm, £135 Lathwaite Farm.
Bull Stirk Top Prices: Angus: £580 Lower Lingart Farm.
Heifer Stirk Top Prices: British Blue: £600 Lower Lingart Farm. Angus: £460 Lower Lingart Farm.
Dairy Cattle
Dairy Cattle today sold to a top price of £2000 for a heifer from AE&A Swale, Rishton closely followed by a fresh second calved cow achieving £1980 from R&K Jenkinson, Pilling. Plenty of buyer’s were ring side looking for additional and replacement stock with more required to fulfil requirements.
Store Cattle
Trade remained fast and furious with a top price of £1900 for a pair of Limousin x steers from DE&SM Moorhouse, Kendal with a pen of four Aberdeen Angus x steers from TC Whiteside & Son, Pilling achieving £1770. British Blue x steers sold to £1740 from H Chapman & Son, Middleton and other Aberdeen Angus x steers to £1720 from Pilling Hall, Pilling with Blonde de Aquitaine to £1660 from SA Hill, Slyne. Dairy bred steers sold to £1570 for a Montbeliarde from J&JM Walmsley, Pilling who sold Holstein Friesian at £1440 with other Friesains achieving £1380 from EE Thornton & Son, Morecambe and Fleckviehs to £1350 from MJ&LC Lund, Quernmore. All steers today averaged £1343. Heifers sold to a top price of £1590 for a Charolais x from J&JM Walmsley, Pilling with British Blue x heifers from JM&A Wallbank & Son, Wray selling at £1490 with others at £1460 from AJ&D Knowles, Kendal. Native sired heifers sold to £1440 on three occasions for an Aberdeen Angus x from JB Moore, Allithwaite, JM&A Wallbank & Son, Wray and KH&D Holden & Son, Pilling. Other strong heifers were regularly £1350 to £1400. All
heifers today averaged £1248. Vendors are encouraged to enter cattle with confidence with buyers ring side keen to secure replacement stock for both feeding and turnout.
Store Bullocks Top Prices: Limousin: £1900 High House, £1660 Millbeck. Angus: £1770 New Ridge Farm, £1720 Pilling Hall Farm, £1610 Hazelslack Tower Farm, £1480 Staffords Farm, £1460, £1430 Downlands Farm. British Blue: £1740 Millbeck, £1510 Stubb Place Farm, £1300 Plumpton Hall Farm, £1300 Buck Bank Farm, £1260, £1240 Sproat Ghyll. Charolais: £1740 High House Farm, £1640, £1600 Downlands Farm, £1560, £1480, £1460 Whelpside Farm. Blonde: £1660, £1600, £1500 Beaumont Grange Farm. Montbeliarde: £1570 Staffords Farm. Hereford: £1480 Holly House Farm, £1390 Hipshow Farm, £1380 Ivy Barn, £1200, £1180, £1140 Corney Hill Farm. Friesian: £1440 Staffords Farm, £1380, £1320 Downlands Farm, £1170 Barn Hill Farm, £1160 Park Farm Barn, £1100 Plumpton Hall Farm. Simmental: £1420 Kate Farm. Fleckvieh: £1350, £1340 Corney Hill Farm.
Store Heifers Top Prices: Charolais: £1590 Staffords Farm, £1140 Park Farm Barn. British Blue: £1490 Park House, £1460 Windy Hill Farm, £1450 Chestnut House Farm, £1390 Outerthwaite Farm, £1380 Stubb Place Farm, £1370 Barnfield Farm. Angus: £1440 Chestnut House Farm, £1440 Park House, £1440, £1400 Outerthwaite, £1400 Bank Field Farm, £1360 Park Farm Barn. Limousin: £1430 Gibraltar Farm, £1420 Chestnut House Farm, £1410 Peall House, £1290 Stubb Place Farm, £1290 Barnfield Farm, £1090 Middle Ridge Farm. Blonde: £1400 Beaumont Grange Farm, £1380 Half Way House. Hereford: £1350 Hipshow Farm, £1280 Lynwood. Shorthorn: £1140 Hudsbrook Farm.
OTM Cattle
NWA Lancaster remains the place to be to sell your cull cows with an overall market averaged of 185p/kg for all sold, with other half the entry again being dairy cows. Beef cows sold to a top price of 259.5p/kg for a young Stabiliser from M Allen, Carnforth with well-fed British Blue x cows from JE&AC Clarke & Son, Melling selling to 234p/kg and 231p/kg, with Limousin x from the same home achieving 227p/kg. Heavy well fleshed beef cows were regularly in excess of 210p/kg with medium types suitable for finishing 180-205p/kg. Top grossing beef cow today was a British Blue from JE&AC Clarke achieving £1819 with others from the same home at £1740 and Limousin x at £1649.
Heavy well fleshed dairy cow sold to 229p/kg from a British Friesian from JE ME & JP Seed, Garstang, Holstein Friesian to 224p/kg from T&CM Kelsall & Son, Chipping with a Montbeliarde to 217p/kg from A&FM Bolland & Sons, Ellel, Norwegian Red also at 217p/kg from MD Close & Son, Arkholme and Fleckvieh to 211p/kg from DJ A & L Sutcliffe, Winmarleigh. The best dairy cows were regularly 180-195p/kg with medium types 155-175p/kg and the leanest parlour types 110-140p/kg. Top grossing dairy cow today was a Montbeliarde achieving £1891 from A&FM Bolland & Sons, Ellel who sold others at £1729 with Holstein Friesian to £1668 from RG&B Lewis, Middleton and £1666 from I Atkinson & Son, Warton.
Beef Heifer sold to 249p/kg and £1414 for a Limousin x from Pilling Hall, Pilling. Dairy heifers sold to 239p/kg from a British Friesian from EE Thornton & Sons, Morecambe with Holstein Friesian to 217p/kg from S&HM Batty & Sons, Quernmore and 214p/kg from H Wright & Son, Kendal. Top grossing OTM dairy heifer was £1573 from I Atkinson & Son, Warton who sold others at £1554 and £1518.
Aberdeen Angus steers sold to 249p/kg and £1749 from A Kirkby & Co, Pilling. An entry of Limousin bulls from P Cummings, Carnforth sold to 264.5p/kg twice and also achieving £1653 and £1639.
NWA Lancaster continues to be the place to sell all classes of cattle with its popular weekly sale continue to attracted new customers from throughout the Northern counties and beyond with prices achieved continuing to exceed other local centres. If you require a visit from our auctioneers or field staff, please do not hesitate to get in touch.
Matthew Probert: 07540 446667
Bradley Thompson: 07867 000244
Andrew Butler: 07966 556592
Lisa Bennett: 07971118717
OTM Cow Top Prices: Stabiliser: 259.50, 224.50 Yealand Manor. British Blue: 234.50, 231.50 Cringleber, 179.50 Cheetham House Farm. Friesian: 229.50 Ducketts Farm, 224.50 Brown Brook, 221.50 Throstle Nest Farm, 209.50
Friars Moss, 209.50 Throstle Nest Farm, 207.50 Docker Hall Farm. Limousin: 227.50 Cringleber, 194.50 Potts Yeats, 184.50 High House Farm. Angus: 217.50 Yealand Manor, 217.50 Cringleber, 209.50 Pilling Hall Farm. Montbeliarde: 217.50, 214.50 Yeat House, 159.50 Newfield. Norwegian Red: 217.50 Docker Hall Farm. Fleckvieh: 211.50 Throstle Nest Farm, 191.50, 159.50 Newfield. Saler: 194.50 Yealand Manor. Hereford: 174.50 Nether Hall Farm.
OTM Heifer Top Prices: Limousin: 249.50 Pilling Hall Farm. Friesian: 239.50 Downlands Farm, 217.50 Friars Moss, 214.50 Berryholme, 214.50 Downlands Farm, 211.50 Boon Town Farm, 209.50 Downlands Farm. Norwegian Red: 209.50, 207.50 Cinder Barrow. Hereford: 169.50 Sellerley Farm.
Cast Steer Top Prices: Angus: 249.50 Gulf Farm.
Cast Bull Top Prices: Limousin: 264.50, 257.50, 239.50 Peall House.
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Next Week's Upcoming Sales
Monday 13th
Lancaster: 10:30am Weekly Sale of Prime and Store Hoggs and Cast Sheep.
J36: 9-4pm Small Tools Online Machinery Drop off.
Tuesday 14th
10th Anniversary Show & Sale of Prime Pigs and Prime Hoggs
J36: Small Tools Online Machinery Sale commences.
10:30am Sale of all classes of Pigs.
1pm Weekly Sale of Prime Hoggs and Cast Sheep.
Thursday 16th
J36: Small Tools Online Machinery Sale concludes.
10am Sale of Calves and Stirks followed by Store Cattle.
10:15am Sale of Cast/OTM Cattle.
Friday 18th
J36: 9am-4pm Small Tools Online Machinery Sale collection. Lancaster: 10:15am Weekly Sale of Calves, and Cast/OTM Cattle.
11:15am Weekly Sale of Store Cattle.