Weekly Report and Newsletter - 13th September 2024
Lancaster Auction Mart: Sale of Prime Lambs & Cast Sheep. Monday 9th September 2024.
NWA Lancaster catches the trade again, with the new start time of 10am.
Prime Lambs
Vendors from the three local counties descending on Lancaster and were duly rewarded, with a market average of 297.25p/kg for all lambs sold, ranging from 33kg to 55kg. Once again, well bred and well finished lambs were keenly sort after selling to a top price of 414p/kg and £182 for Charollais cross Beltex lambs from CF Hargreaves, Overton with other best bred lambs regularly selling at 340p/kg to 365p/kg and £150 to £170 per head. Well finished first cross lambs sold to 355p/kg for Texel cross from DR Preston, Caton who sold others at £170. Other well finished first cross lambs were regularly 300p/kg to 320p/kg, depending on weight and finish, this equating to £122 to £135. Light weigh lambs sold to 324p/kg for Texel cross from R Collinge & Son, Kirkham who sold other at £120, with other well bred light weight lambs 290p/kg to 300p/kg, being £98 to £110. Hill bred lambs are now coming forward in greater numbers, with Mules selling to £134.50 and 284p/kg, with others 275p/kg to 285p/kg depending on weight and finish. More lambs are required every week to satisfy the expanding ring side of buyers.
Prime Lambs Top Prices: Charollais: £182 The Crest, £156 Cragg Farm, £148 The Crest, £146, £112 Yealand Manor. Texel: £174 Cock Hall Farm, £170, £161 Ellers Farm, £158 Botton Hall Farm, £155 Oak Aveune, £153 Halton Park Farm. Beltex: £165 Stonehead, £152 Oak Aveune, £147 Stonehead. £142 Cragg End, £137 Yealand Manor, £135 Oak Aveune. Zwartble: £158 Cottam Farm. Suffolk: £148.50 Halton Park Farm, £129.50 Beaumont Gate, £116.50 Oak Aveune, £110 Quarry House Farm. Continental: £145 Oak Aveune, £143, £123 Quarry House, £119 Oak Aveune, £117 Bensons Farm. Mule: £134.50 Stonehead, £125 Beaumont Gate, £121.50 Ellers Farm, £115 Cragg Farm, £112 Ouzelthorn Farm, £109.50 Cragg End. Horned: £117 Cottam Farm.
Cast Sheep
Cull ewes sold to a top price of £192 for a Texel cross from S Rossall, Over Wyresdale with other medium first cross ewes £130 to £145. Best heavy Mules sold to £136, with medium types £90 to £110 and leaner grazing types £75 to £88. Hill ewes sold to £100 for Cheviot, with lighter and leaner Swaledales selling to £58. Thank you to all vendors for the cooperation with allowing the earlier start time of 10am.
Cast Ewes Top Prices: Continental: £192 Stonehead. Texel: £143, £140 The Dingle, £110 Oak Aveune, £99 Ellers Farm, £99, £96 The Dingle. Mule: £136 The Dingle, £120 Ellers Farm, £107 Bensons Farm, £90 Burns Farm, £80 Low Burns Farm. Cheviot: £100, £78, £72 Cragg Farm. Dorset: £88, £86, £78 Corney Hill Farm.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Sale of Pigs, Prime Lambs & Cast Sheep, Tuesday 10th September 2024.
Pigs
An increased entry of 129 prime and store pigs forward today, seeing trade marginally easier than previous sales. The sale topped at £280 for a pair of prime hogs from JM Navesey, Darwen, with Wendy Stampers pair of gilts next in line reaching £265. Stronger better finished pigs regularly breaking the £200 barrier. Large show of cull sows was forward, these topping at £100. Store pigs topped at £85 for a pen of 6 and weaners reached £70 for pen of 5.
A few less lambs were forward with the ongoing breeding sheep sales, with once again all buyers wanting meated / fed lambs and these a pleasure to sell. A super pen of heavy Texel lambs from IM Jaeban, Isel sold to a top of £192 with others selling to £189 from the same home. Pens of Suffolks sold to £170 from J&R Waller, Killington with others at £168 from S Coward, Allithwaite. Heavy bred lambs were regularly £140 plus. Best bred lambs saw Texels to 348p/kg from J&R Waller, Killington with Beltex to 340p/kg from M&RW Stirzaker, Milnthorpe. The best bred lambs were regularly 325p/kg to 330p/kg with nice bred commercial sort 290p/kg to 300p/kg. More Mules on the market now with a ring full to £130 from Drinkall Bros, Lancaster with other pens to £129 from R Capstick & Son, Ingleton.
Prime Lambs Top Prices: Texel: £192, £189, £185, £173 Forth House Farm, £171 Hallbeck, £167 Cowran Estate. Suffolk: £170 Hallbeck, £168 Grindelwald, £148 Station Hotel Farm, £144 Hallbeck, £133 Calderside Farm, £132.50 Station Hotel Farm. Beltex: £154 Station Hotel Farm, £140.50 Low Hall Farm, £138 Low Hall Farm, £128 Station Hotel Farm. Mule: £130 Catshaw
Hall Farm, £129 Fell End Farm, £109 Mosergh Farm. Dutch Spotted: £125, £118 Curlew Rock. Continental: £119 Hawkrigg End, £114 Low Croft, £110.50 Rhumes, £108 Hawkrigg End. Cheviot: £92 Turners Farm.
Cast Sheep
Numbers rising week on week with several additional grazing orders now ringside and will continue to be for the foreseeable future. Just a handful of the very strongest ewes forward selling to a top of £224 for a Texel from J Stott Jnr, Crosscrake with other pure and pedigree regularly £180-£210. Best first cross ewes sold to £178 for a Texel x with other stronger end £150-£165, mediums £125-£140 with keenest interest in grazing types £98-£115. Mules saw a top of £180 for Cheviot Mules with medium cheviot mules £120-£140, with North Country Mules £120-£135 with mediums £90-£108 and light weight mules £75-88. Pure hill ewes sold to £126 for Cheviots, with other stronger end £105-£120. Medium hill ewes selling to £88 for Scotch Blackface, £78 for Rough Fell, £68 for Swaledales. Smaller hill ewes £55-£65 with the very smallest and leanest generally £30-£45.
Consignment of goats sold to top price of £100. Cull rams sold a top price of £200 for a Texel from IM Jaeban.
Cast Ewes Top Prices: Texel: £224 Crosscrake, £178 Hare Tarn Farm, £178 Crosscrake Farm, £175 Bandrake Farm, £162 Hallbeck, £160 High Wray Farm. Cheviot Mule: £180 Kingsland. Continental: £165 Steel Croft, £136 Raw Foot, £130 Sproat Ghyll, £112 Westmorland Chapel Farm, £109 Sproat Ghyll, £108 The Borrans. Suffolk: £154 Ackenthwaite Farm, £140 (2) Netherhouses Farm, £122 Sproat Ghyll, £120 Ackenthwaite Farm, £100 Netherhouses Farm. Charollais: £154, £152 Crosscrake Farm, £130 Hare Tarn Farm. Mule: £128 Lindal Moor Farm, £124 New Parkside Farm, £119 Low House, £118 Arklid Farm, £113 Crabtree Farm, £109 Westmorland Chapel Farm. Cheviot: £120 Green Lane End Farm, £116 Yarlsber, £114 Oakfield, £108 Hare Tarn Farm, £107 Seedhowe Cottages, £102 Green Lane End Farm. Masham: £118 Low Audlands, £116 Grate Farm. Ryeland: £100 Mill Gate.Goat: £98 Wall End. Leicester: £88 Tak Leaf.
Cast Ram Top Prices: Continental: £200 Forth House Farm. Texel: £100 Steel Croft.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Fortnightly Sale of Store Lambs. Thursday 12th September 2024.
Store Lambs
An ever-increasing ring side of local and travelled buyers were in attendance, all keen to secure lambs and take advantage of the recent flurry of grass. The best bred lambs were in short supply and keenly competed for, selling to £130 for Texel cross, with other at £123 and £122. Other pens of well grown continental lambs were regularly £105 to £118, with medium longer keep lambs £92 to £104. Suffolks sold to £109, with other medium keep lambs £92 to £101. Hill bred lambs are coming forward in greater numbers, North County Mules to £99 and Cheviot Mules £96. A large proportion of medium longer keen Mules forward today were £86 to £91. Cheviots sold to £93, Gritstones to £89 and Herdwicks to £85. Younger and smaller hill bred lambs were generally £50 to £65, depending on breed and quality. An overall market average of £91.31 was achieved, for a sale of true store lambs. Next sale is on Thursday 26th September with an anticipated entry of 4000 to 5000, please contact the office with entries.
Store Lambs Top Prices: Texel: £130 Kell Springs, £123 Ashes, £122 Kell Springs, £118.50 Bowers Farm, £117 High Underbrow Farm, £115.50 Kell Springs. Suffolk: £109 Streatlam Grange, £98.50 West Lodge, £97.50 High Underbrow Farm, £93.50 High Farm, £88 Grate Farm, £87.50 Naddle Farm. Dutch Spotted: £103 High Farm, £96 The Park. Mule: £99 Middle Sadghyll, £93.50 Main Street, £89.50 Bradleyfield Farm, £89 Somme Aveune, £87.50 Scar Sykes Farm, £86 Somme Aveune. Continental: £97 West Lodge, £97 West Fell View, £95 Corney Hill Farm, £94 Church Brow, £92.50 Egerton Lodge Farm, £92.50 Hall Farm. Beltex: £96 Ellergill. Cheviot Mule: £96 Scar Sykes Farm. Cheviot: £93 Melbourne House, £88 Nun House, £86 Braestead, £81.50 Naddle Farm, £75 Nun House, £70 The Park. Gritstone: £89 (x2), £68 (x2) The Park. Herdwick: £85, £83.50 Lane End, £82.50, £74 Gill Head, £72 Hawthorn Barn, £64 Wath Farm. Zwartble: £82 Melbourne House. Swiss Valais Blacknose: £75 Mill Gate. Rough Fell: £56 The Park.
Lancaster Auction Mart: Sale of Calves, OTM's & Store Cattle. Friday 13th September 2024.
Calves & Weanlings
58 were forward in the calf section today at Lancaster, with trade remaining firm for all types.
Rearers sold to £630 from J&C Thornley, Kirkham with this run of British Blue bulls also reaching £600 and £595, with younger British Blue bulls to £575 from JP&C Robson, Brock. Native sired bulls sold to £470 from JR Newsham, Conder Green with this home producing the top price black and whites at £310. Rearing heifers reached equal interest, with these reaching £480 and £450 for Charolais cross from GP Stott, Claughton on Brock. British Blues sold to £430 from G&ME Woodhouse, Ellel and Hereford to £370 from JR Newsham, Conder Green.
Weaned calves sold to £700 for Aberdeen Angus bulls from J&G Thornley, Kirkham with a run of Herefords from TE&M Kidd, Ellel reaching £585.
Heifer Calves Top Prices: Charolais: £480 Parkers Farm. British Blue: £430 Boldens Farm, £250 Wyre bank, £230 Westfield House Farm. Hereford: £370 Sellerley Farm.
Bull Calves Top Prices: British Blue: £630 Derby Lodge Farm, £590 Boldens Farm, £575 Roe Farm, £490 Boldens Farm. Hereford: £470 Sellerley Farm, £215 Westfield House Farm. Limousin: £330 Norbreck Farm Friesian: £310 Sellerley Farm. Angus: £300 Brown Brook. Charolais: £300 Norbreck Farm.
Bull Stirk Top Prices: Angus: £700 Derby Lodge Farm, £375 Post Farm. Hereford: £585 Booth Hall, £580 Larbreck Hill Farm, £555 Booth Hall. Friesian: £270 Booth Hall.
Heifer Stirk Top Prices: Hereford: £390 Booth Hall.
Store Cattle
The weekly sale of store cattle at Lancaster saw 300 through the main ring, with trade very similar on the week. A good show of strong steers and heifers were out in front of a large ringside of buyers, all eager to keep fattening pens full of cattle. Steers today averaged £1430 and heifer £1349. Making the headlines this week with his regular consignment of quality cattle was JM Haddow, Hincaster with a trio of Charolais steers at £1970 and a pair of Charolais steers at £1910. Achieving the same price was both B&J Preston, Caton for a single Aberdeen Angus and RH Dodgson, Carnforth with a pen of five well farmed Charolais steers. Not far behind was TE JS &SA Carruthers, Underbarrow at £1900 for a stylish Limousin steer. A pair of Simmental steers sold to £1870 from EJ&PE Burrow, Storth with other Simmentals from R&E Ladds, Kendal. Friesian steers sold to £1440 for a pen of four from loyal Lancaster supporter EE Thornton & Son, Heaton, with others at £1430 x5 from the same good home. Plenty of other 22-24 month old steers were around the £1680 to £1800 region.
Store heifers saw plenty of demand with P Whitton & Son, Kendal to £1680 for Limousins, with TE JS & SA Carruthers, Underbarrow at the same price also for a Limousin. Simmental heifers from EJ&PE Burrow, Storth sold to £1640, with other Simmental heifer to £1560 for a pen of four at twenty months old from R&E Ladds, Kendal. Aberdeen Angus heifers always create plenty of interest at Lancaster and this week was no exception, with a trio to £1540 from AT Burrow, Gressingham and M Shepherd & Sons, Pilling. British Blue heifers saw MJ Waller, Lupton to £1530 for a pair, who also had Charolais heifers to £1520.
Entries are required for next weeks catalogue, please contact the office or Andrew Butler.
Store Bullocks Top Prices: Charolais: £1970 Viver Mill Farm,£1910 Kilburn House, £1910 Viver Mill Farm, £1700 Downlands Farm, £1680 Manor Farm. Angus: £1910 Ellers Farm, £1820 New Ridge Farm, £1740 Low Levens, £1680 Staffords Farm, £1670 Bradley Farm. Limousin: £1900 Red Scar Farm, £1770 Endmoor Farm, £1540 North Farm, £1520 Red Scar Farm, £1480 High Tenement Farm. Simmental: £1870 Hazelslack Tower Farm, £1850 Benson Hall, £1820 Viver Mill Farm, £1640 Greenbank Farm, £1610 Ellers Farm. British Blue: £1850 Pasture House Farm, £1770 Old Glasson Farm, £1720 Billinge Hall, £1580 Lower Castle o Trim, £1520 Ninezergh. Hereford: £1590 Boundary House, £1540 Lentworth Farm, £1500 Moss Croft, £1380 Savick Brook Farm, £1350 Windy Hill Farm, £1270 Lentworth Farm. Norwegian Red: £1480 Ellers Farm, £1300 Ninezergh. Friesian: £1440 Downlands farm, £1350 Ninezergh, £1340 Plumpton Hall Farm, £1250 Hill Top Farm, £1180 Boundary House. Shorthorn: £1310 Summerlands, £1280 Staffords Farm. Fleckvieh: £1440 Holme Head.
Store Heifers Top Prices: Limousin: £1680 High Tenemant Farm, £1680 Red Scar Farm, £1430 Carlingwha, £1430 Ninezergh, £1190 Ellers Farm, £1170 Whinney Garth. Simmental: £1640 Hazelslack Tower Farm, £1560 Benson hall, £1470 Low Levens, £1430 Ninezergh. Charolais: £1570 Manor Farm, £1570 Ellers Farm, £1520 Carlingwha, £1270 Holme House Farm, £1240 Windy Hill Farm, £1020 Little Crimbles. Angus: £1540 High Snab Farm, £1540 Pasture House Farm, £1460 Manor House Farm, £1450 Pasture House Farm, £1440 Bainsbank Farm, £1420 Benson Hall. British Blue: £1530 Carlingwha, £1530 Ninezergh, £1480 Whinney Garth, £1470 High Snab, £1400 Barn hill, £1380 Hillam House Farm. Hereford: £1100 Holme House Farm.
OTM Cattle
88 OTM cattle were forward, with OTM steers topping the p/kg a 274.5 for an Aberdeen Angus cross from Pilling Hall, Pilling. OTM heifers sold to 264.5p/kg from Wallbank Farms, Over Wyresdale. Cows sold to 249.5p/kg and 239.5p/kg both for Simmentals, with these achieving top grossing cows at £1796 and £1793. Black and White cows sold to 217.5p/kg from PW&JM Norris & Son, Hornby with plenty over 190p/kg. Top grossing price was a cast bull from SW&K Metcalfe, Whittington reaching £2032. Dairy cows sold to £1676.50 from P&M Crackles, Carnforth with many the top side of £1480.
OTM Cow Top Prices: Friesian: 217.50 Priory Farm,191.50 Cote Farm, 189.50 High Snab Farm, 189.50 Yew Tree Farm, 189.50 Rosecare Hall. Limousin: 209.50 Ballam Farm, 207.50 Brookside, 169.50 Pilling Hall. Continental: 204.50 Poole Bank Farm, 187.50 Town End, 184.50 Poole Bank Farm, 179.50 Town End, 174.50 Poole Bank Farm. Angus:199.50 Brookside, 177.50 Gibsons Farm, 154.50 Pilling Hall. British Blue: 189.50 Botton Hall Farm, 184.50 Brookside. MRI: 181.50 Littlewood Hall Farm. Shorthorn: 164.50 Ballam Farm.
OTM Heifer Top Prices: Friesian: 264.50 Tills Farm, 239.50 Mill Farm, 239.50 Tills Farm. Continental: 194.50 Poole Bank Farm.
Cast Steer Top Prices: Angus: 274.50 Pilling Hall. Hereford: 259.50 Gulf Farm. Friesian: 139.50 Holme House Farm.
Cast Bull Top Prices: Montbeliarde: Moss House Farm. Angus: 204.50 Holme House Farm, 189.50 Bates Farm. Simmental: 187.50 West View Farm.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Ambleside Fair. Friday 13th September 2024.
The Ambleside Show and Sale of Gimmer Lambs had a nice entry of 1500 lambs with a real buzz around the ring of both local and travelled buyers. The pre-sale show was kindly judged by Tom Proll from Devon and sponsored by RE Consultants, MB Nutrition, Carrs Billington and The Milking Parlour.
Mr Proll awarded the rosettes to:
CLASS 1 – 10 MULE GIMMER LAMBS
1st – R Lawrence (Pen 86)
2nd – R Lawrence (Pen 85
3rd – AC & K Pye (Pen 84)
CLASS 2 - 10 ROUGH FELL MULE GIMMER LAMBS
1st – I 7 J Mallinson (Pen 92)
2nd – FB Dunning & Son (Pen 90)
3rd – FB Dunning & Son (Pen 91)
CLASS 3 - 10 MASHAM GIMMER LAMBS
1st – BJ Bainbridge – Pen 80
2nd – BJ Bainbridge – Pen 79
CLASS 4 –CHEVIOT AND MLLEYN MULE GIMMER LAMBS
1st - P Knowles (Pen 98)
2nd – JG & PH Thompson & Sons (Pen 97)
3rd – B Wilson & Sons (Pen 96)
CHAMPION – R Lawrence (Pen 86)
RESERVE CHAMPION – P Knowles (Pen 98)
The Champion pen of lambs sold to a top price of £275 from R Lawrence, Field Broughton. This cracking run of lambs also saw other pens sell to £200. A pen of sweet running lambs from AC & K Pye sold to £160, with the nicer pens regularly selling at £140 - £150. With smaller runners regularly selling at £128 - £132.
Rough Fell Mules saw more interest than in previous years with the best pens selling to £160 from I & J Mallinson, Selside with other pens to £142 from TLB & J Knowles, Selside. A lovely run of Lleyn Mules from P Knowles, New Hutton saw a top of £192 with others selling to £170, with Cheviot Mules selling to £160 from JD & PH Thompson & Sons, Selside.
An overall average was achieved of £128, this being £27.50 up on the year.
Gimmer Lamb Top Prices: Mule: £275, £200, £166, £162 Greaves Farm, £160 Dunkenshaw Farm, £150 Middle Sadghyll, £146 Calderside Farm, £142 Burnhead Farm, £140 Hudsbrook Farm, £140 Drinkall Bros.Cheviot Mule: £192, £170, £162 Cragg Farm, £160 Poppy Farm, £158, £150 Cragg Farm, £150 Poppy Farm, £142 Ashstead, £132, £122 High Borrowbridge. Rough Fell Mule: £160 Borrow Bridge house, £142 High Borrowbridge, £134 Borrow Bridge House, £134 High Borrowbridge, £130 Raisgill Hall, £128 Sowermire Farm, £120, £118 Raisgill Hall.
Next Week's Upcoming Sales
Monday 16th
Lancaster: 10:30am Weekly Sale of Prime Lambs, Cast Sheep & Store Lambs
Tuesday 17th
J36: 1pm Weekly Sale of Prime Lambs & Cast Sheep
Wednesday 18th
J36: 10:30am Second Sale of Breeding Rams, Ewes & Shearlings
11am Annual Show & Sale of Gimmer Lambs
Thursday 19th
J36: Show & Sale of Continental Store Cattle
10am Fortnightly Sale of Calves
10:30am Fortnightly Sale of OTM/Cast Cattle
11:15am Fortnightly Sale of Stirks & Store Cattle
Friday 20th
Lancaster: 10:15am Weekly Sale of Calves, and OTM/Cast Cattle
11am Fortnightly Sale of Dairy Cattle
11:15am Weekly Sale of Store Cattle
Saturday 21st
J36: 10am Second Sale of Breeding Ewes & Gimmer Shearlings
10:30am Pedigree Sheep Day
