Weekly Report and Newsletter- 14th June 2024
Lancaster Auction Mart: Weekly Sale of Prime Lambs, Prime Hoggs, Cast Sheep & Sheep with Lambs at Foot, Monday 1oth June 2024.
Prime Lambs
Spring lambs seeing a little resistance in trade on the week, with may outlets concentrating on ewes and hoggs, for the upcoming festival. 412 lambs sold to a top of £190 for a super Beltex cross lamb from D&K Swarbrick, Out Rawcliffe. Suffolks sold to £186 from RC Billington & Son, Claughton on Brock. Texels sold twice to £182 from D&K Swarbrick, Out Rawcliffe and KA Purtill, Wigan. Best bred lambs sold to 435p/kg from D&K Swarbrick, Out Rawcliffe, with others to 428p/kg for Texels from KA Purtill, Wigan. The best bred lambs were regularly 400p/kg to 410p/kg, with first cross Mule types, full of meat regularly selling 375p/kg to 385p/kg.
Prime Lamb Top Prices: Beltex: £190 Bensons Farm. Suffolk: £186 Stubbins Farm, £171 Cocker House Farm, £165.50 Kays Farm, £154 Stubbins Farm, £150 Bailey Hey Farm, £149 Kays Farm. Texel: £182 Bensons Farm, £182 Oak Aveune, £177 Bensons Farm, £171 Little Fell, £170 Stubbins Farm, £168 Cock Hall Farm. Continental: £181, £175, £169, £167 Cocker House Farm, £165 North Farm, £162.50 Cocker House Farm. Dutch Spotted: £166, £132 Fern Bank Farm. Ryeland: £162 North Farm.
Prime Hoggs
150 hoggs were forward, with once again well meated and fed hoggs meeting eager bidding, with leaner types to realisation. Texels sold to £172 from AG Butler, Hambleton and Beltexs sold to £160 from T&E Burrow, Slyne. Horned hoggs sold to £148 from S Bosworth, Burnley with Mules to £133 from A&L Huddleston, Wray and Swaledales to £130 from KM&KJ Curwen, Abbeystead.
Prime Hogg Top Prices: Texel: £172 Park Farm Barn, £160 Throstle Grove Farm, £150 Merryfield, £150, £148 Throstle Grove Farm, £146 Merryfield. Continental: £152 Burrow Heights Farm, £150, £100 Park Farm Barn. Beltex: £146 Merryfield. Horned: £140 Lower Oakeneaves Farm. Dutch Spotted: £140 Park Farm Barn, £134, £103 (x2) Overhouses. Mule: £133, £126 Overhouses, £122 Quarry House, £110 Moss Gate Farm, £110 Overhouses. Suffolk: £132 Merryfield, £130 Park Farm Barn, £128 Merryfield. Swaledale: £130, £128, £116 (x3), £112.50 Marshaw Farm. Herdwick: £126, £114, £90 Park Farm Barn. Cheviot: £120 Marshaw Farm. Dalesbred: £90 Stauvins Farm.
Cast Sheep
170 ewes were forward selling to an overall averaged of £149.15. Texels sold to £200 from DR&BE Rolfe, Scorton and a pen of Beltex to £195 from M Coxhead, Little Hool. A pen of first cross Texel ewes sold to £190 from A&E
Clarkson, Thurnham. Mules sold to £182 from H Birkett & Son, Overton. 73 Mule ewes were forward averaging £151. Horned ewes sold to £141 for Lonks from S Bosworth, Burnley with Cheviots to £138 from KA Purtill, Wigan and Dalesbreds £122 from WI&A Atkinson, Bleasdale.
Cast Ewes Top Prices: Texel: £200 Potters Hill Farm, £195 Hill View Farm, £194, £190 Oak Aveune, £190 Cock Hall Farm, £190 Oak Aveune. Mule: £182 North Farm, £168 Cock Hall Farm, £166 Little Fell, £164 Oak Aveune, £164 Kays Farm, £164 Deep Clough. Suffolk: £162 Ingrave Farm, £142 Oak Aveune, £136 Swainhead Hall Farm. Beltex: £160 Whittingham Lane. Masham: £142 Kays Farm. Horned: £141 Deep Clough, £139, £134, £131, £120 Low Oakenaves Farm. Cheviot: £136 Oak Aveune. Dalesbred: £122 Holme House Farm. Swaledale: £96 Thornbush Farm.
Cast Ram Top Prices: Texel: £177 Cock Hall Farm. Charolais: £126 Low Croft
Sheep with Lambs at Foot
The closing sale of ewes and lambs attracted a busy ringside of buyers, ensuring all types sold to a flying trade. Aged Cheviot ewes with Texel twin lambs from SE&J Gorst, Littledale sold to £268, with other pens to £262.
Ewe & Lamb Top Prices: Cheviot: £268, £262 Cragg Farm.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Sale of Pigs, Sheep with Lambs at Foot, Prime Lambs, Prime Hoggs and Cast Sheep, Tuesday 11th June 2024.
Pigs
A fast trade for prime pigs with best gilts selling to £245 and 250p/kg from JM Navesey, with other gilts and hoggs regularly £195 to £225 (190p/kg-205p/kg). Lighter weight prime pigs sold to £200 and 250p/kg. Coloured boars sold to £185 and gilts £175. A single cull sow sold at £122 (49p/kg).
Bidders galore with Saddleback store hoggs and gilts selling to £92, with others at £72. Gloucestershire old spot weaner gilts sold to £65, with younger weaners £50 and £42.
Prime Lambs
705 spring lambs were forward, which sold to an overall average of 394p/kg and £168.50 per head. Heavy lambs were once again a good trade, topping at £213 for Texels from DE&SM Moorhouse, Natland with Charollais to £209 from RJ Stott, Stainton and Suffolks to £209 from TA&JA Dixon, Selside. Medium weight lambs would be the sharpest trade of the day, with these regularly selling over 400p/kg. Texel cross Dorset lambs weighing 44kg from S Proctor, Selside sold to £187, with Beltex cross to the same price from W Garnett & Son, Milnthorpe.
Prime Lamb Top Prices: Texel: £213 High House Farm, £209 Crosscrake Farm, £204 Birks Farm, £196 Low Foulshaw Farm, £195 High House Farm. Suffolk: £209 Yoad Pot, £205 £197 Station Hotel Farm, £202 Lane Ends Farm, £196 High House Farm, £194 Hallbeck. Charolais: £198 £190 £181 Crosscrake Farm. Continental: £187 £171 Hazelslack Tower Farm, £155.50 £150 Green Farm. Dorset: £187 £175 £171 £170 High Biggarsbank. Dutch Spotted: £174 £149 Curlew Rock. Ryeland: £164 £162 £159 Old Byre Barn. Beltex: £135 £124 Kirket Nook. Cheviot: £127 Kirket Nook.
Prime Hoggs
510 hoggs were forward, with vendors awarded for well fed hoggs. Beltexs sold to £208 from A Thompson, Carnforth with Charollais’s to £202 from SH&LE Birkett, Nether Kellet and Texels to £192 from FI&ME Little, Barrows Green. Many pens of continent heavy hoggs were £170 to £200. Hill bred hoggs saw Herdwicks sell to £174 from M&YS Barker, Halton with Mules to £170 from RJ&OB Simpson, Longsleddale. Cheviots sold to £164
from SH&LE Birkett, Nether Kellet. A ring full of Cheviot hoggs from GM&A Jackson, Little Eccleston sold to 400p/kg or £156, with pens of Swaledales to £148 from M&YS Barker, Halton.
Prime Hogg Top Prices: Beltex: £208 Southways. Charolais: £202 Stubb Hall Farm, £148 Tailbert. Texel: £192 Helm Croft, £188 Milestones Cottage, £186 Stubb Hall Farm, £182 Cragg House Farm, £180 Park Farm Barn, £176 Halton Park Farm. Cheviot: £190 Bowers Farm, £164 £154 Stubb Hall Farm, £150 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage. Horned: £174 Halton Park Farm, £134 Low Carlingill. Mule: £170 High Swinklebank Farm, £162 Halton Park Farm, £155 £140 Docker Farm, £148 Helm Croft, £136 High House Farm. Herdwick: £162 Paddock Cottage, £132 Halton Park Farm, £130 Park Farm Barn. Suffolk: £161 Angerton Hall Farm, £140 Birks Farm, £130 The Bungalow. Blue Texel: £154 Cragg House Farm. Continental: £152 £149 £138 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £135 £132 Halton Park Farm. Swale: £148 £138 Halton Park Farm, £136 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £130 Barras Farm, £116 High Swinklebank Farm. Scottish Black: £142 £140 £115 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage. Dalesbred: £138 £132 Ubarrow Hall, £126 £122 Low Carlingill, £112 Tailbert. Cheviot/Mule: £132 Poppy Farm.
Cast Sheep
A larger number of 719 cast sheep were forward, selling to an overall average of £122, with a large proportion of the sale being leaner hill ewes. Best pure ewes sold to £270 for Texels, with other mediums £190 to £250 and the smaller better end £150 to £180.
First cross ewes sold to £198 for Texel cross, £180 for Suffolk cross and £175 for Charollais cross. Other better end ewes were regularly £170 to £190, with mediums £150 to £170. Mules sold to £176, with heavies £155 to £170, meated mediums £140 to £155 and lighter weights £100 to £135. Pure hill ewes sold to £158 for Cheviots, £140 Rough Fells, £130 Swaledales, £126 Gritstone and £126 for Herdwicks. Medium hill ewes were £85 to £100, with smaller and leaner sorts £55 to £70.
A consignment of goats sold to £134, with others £128, £124 and £120.
Cull rams sold to £180 for medium Continentals with others £160 to £175, with the smaller and leaner end £110 to £150. Hill rams sold to £144 for Cheviots, with medium horned rams £100 to £115.
Cast Ewes Top Prices: Texel: £270 Whitbarrow View, £240 Cottage Farm, £225 Whitbarrow View, £218 Kendal College, £210, £198 Spital Farm. Beltex: £230 Cragg House Farm, £148, £88 Yealand Manor. Continental: £186 Brown Edge, £172 Woodside, £156 Millbeck, £150 Curlew Rock, £148 Woodside, £148 Holmelands. Suffolk: £180, £160, £158 Oak Aveune, £156, £145, £138 Near Scholes Farm. Cheviot Mule: £176 Bowers Farm, £149 Kendal College, £146 Swallowmire, £146 Kendal College, £140, £136 Yealand Manor. Blue Texel: £164 Cragg House Farm. Mule: £162 Oak Aveune, £154 Boundary Beck, £154 Holmelands, £152 Slack Farm, £152 Crabtree Farm, £148 High Biggarsbank. Dorset: £158 High Biggarsbank, £140 Floraire, £134 High Biggarsbank, £122 Floraire, £120 Brow Head. Cheviot: £158, £142 Red Squirrel Terrace, £134 Woodside, £124 Bowers Farm, £114 Red Squirrel Terrace. Zwartble: £150 Low Foulshaw Farm, £120 Curlew Rock. Rough Fell: £140 Barugh House, £138 High Borrowbridge, £112 Boundary Beck, £80, £85 Boundary Beck. Charolais: £140, £132 Floraire, £114 Kendal College. Goat: £134, £128, £124, £120, £98 Raines Hall. Swaledale: £130 Nether House Farm, £120 Barras Farm, £120 Yoad Pot, £116 High Birk Howe Farm, £110 Nether House Farm, £102 Arklid Farm. Leicester: £128 Poppy Farm, £100 High Borrowbridge. Gritstone: £126 Waltham Nursey. Herdwick: £126 High Birk Howe, £80 Aughton Hall Farm. Horned: £118 The Bungalow, £98 Woodside, £88 The Bungalow. Masham: £112 Near Scholes Farm, £112 Higher Standen Drive. Scotch Blackface: £108, £82 Meadow Wood. Jacob: £100 Moor Gill.
Cast Rams Top Prices: Texel: £180 Crabtree Farm, £172 Oakfield Farm, £142 Cottam Farm, £114 The Bungalow, £92 Crabtree Farm, £92 Thistle House. Beltex: £160
Deansbiggin, £144 Holmelands. Cheviot: £144 High Borrowbridge. Leicester: £126 Red Scar Farm, £80 Blea Cragg. Rough Fell: £112 Barugh House. Swaledale: £96 Arklid Farm.
Sheep with Lambs at Foot
A bigger show of sheep with lambs, with 250 lives forward. Aged Texel ewes sucking Texel twin lambs sold to £360 from B Holland, Lowgill. Other Texel ewes sold to £340 from JM&NJ Strickland, Whinfell who sold tremendous singles to £330. Mule shearlings sucking Texel twins sold to £275 from JM&NJ Strickland, Whinfell with Cheviot ewes sucking single lambs sold to £185 from Kirkby & Longworth, Kentmere.
Ewe & Lamb Top Prices: Texel: £360 Southmire Farm, £340, £330 The Borrans, £280 Aisgill Farm, £270 Southmire Farm, £245 Aisgill Farm. Mule: £245, £235, £200 Southmire Farm, £150, £135 Bank End. Swaledale: £188 Low Waterside, £172, £138 Benson Hall. Continental: £185 Sella Farm, £160, £150, £140, £130, £125 Bank End. Masham: £148, £145 Helm Croft. Herdwick: £130, £125 Sella Farm.
Shearling & Lamb Top Prices: Mule: £275, £228 The Borrans.
Hoggs & Lamb Top Prices: Continental: £175 Helm Croft. Texel: £175, £165, £155 Helm Croft.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Annual Show & Sale of Calves at Foot. Fortnightly Sale of Calves, Stirks, OTM Cattle & Store Cattle, Thursday 13th June 2024.
Calves
The fortnightly sale of calves and stirks was put before an increased ring side of buyers. Rearers were a flying trade, with these topping at £500 for a British Blue bull from DW&EA Cottam, New Hutton. A month old British Blue sold at £475 from HJ Robinson & Son, Preston Patrick. Aberdeen Angus sold to £450 from W&S Airey, Whittington and month old Limousins sold to £445 from R&JE Wharton & Son, Appleby. A few dairy bulls were forward, which sold to £70 and £65 for fortnight olds.
Rearing heifers sold to £450 from SW Atkinson & Son, Kendal for a Limousin, with British Blues at £415 from DW&EA Cottam, New Hutton.
Heifer Calves Top Prices: Shorthorn: £500 Coldcotes Farm, £195 Bandrake Farm. Continental: £450 Capplerigg Farm. Angus: £400 West Hall, £400 West Hall, £390 West Hall, £390 West Hall, £295 Mount Pleasant, £235 Elm Tree Farm. British Blue: £255 Coldcotes Farm, £415 Hagg Farm, £255 Greaves Farm. Hereford: £210 Wraysholme Tower. Limousin: £195 High Farm.
Bull Calves Top Prices: British Blue: £555 Coldcoates Farm, £500 Hagg Farm, £475 Elm Tree Farm, £270 Greaves Farm, £250 Elm Tree Farm. Angus: £450 West Hall, £430 Elm Tree Farm, £430 Elm Tree Farm, £305 Greaves Farm, £250 Greaves Farm. Limousin: £445 Mount Pleasant, £205, Halforth Farm. Hereford: £340 Wraysholme Tower, £340 Wraysholme Tower, £215 Greaves Farm. Friesian: £330 Coldcotes Farm.
Heifer Stirk Top Prices: Hereford: £600 Barnetts Barn Farm. Angus: £560 Field House Farm, £500 Field House Farm, £440 Field House Farm. Belted Galloway: £460 Field House Farm.
Bull Stirk Top Prices: Limousin: £1310 The Howes, £1140 The Howes, £1070 The Howes.
Steer Stirk Top Prices: Blonde: £940 Low Garths Farm. British Blue: £790 Swallowmire.
Store Cattle
A seasonal show of store cattle were forward, with new purchasers around the ring ensuring a fast trade was achieved for all sold. Limousin bullocks at 16 months sold to £1430 from J Moorhouse & S Richardson, Broughton Field. Other Limousins sold to £1380 from JM Haddow, Hincaster. The strongest bullocks were regularly £1300 plus. Yearling bullocks saw Limousins sell to £1320 from G&C Rylands, Underbarrow with Charolais’s to the same price from AW&AM Clarke, Windermere. Nice bred yearling bullocks were regularly £1100 to £1200.
Aberdeen Angus heifers sold to a top of £1280 from Norbreck Genetics, Cockerham. British Blues sold to the same price from FW Park, Windermere. A ring full of yearling Limousins sold to £1240 from JB Airey, New Hutton. Nice grazing heifers were regularly either side of the £1000 mark.
More bulls were forward today with all selling to there full value. Limousins sold to £1220 from GB&EA Metcalfe & Son, Mansergh, who sold other pens of young bulls to £1030.
Store Bullock Top Prices: Limousin: £1430 £1240 Broughton House Farm, £1380 £1370 Viver Mill Farm, £1320 £1280 Tullithwaite Hall Farm, £1280 Bouthwaite Farm. Charolais: £1320 £1150 Low Longmire, £1060 Tongue House Farm. Angus: £1290 £1150 Lockbank Farm, £1110 £1000 Back O’the Fell Road, £965 Bouthwaite Farm, £940 Crabbtree Farm, £940 School Hill. Blonde: £1270 Tullithwaite Hall Farm. Continental: £1110 Back O’the Fell Road. Hereford: £1080 Crabtree Farm, £860 Low Longmire. Belted Galloway: £1060 Waltham Nursery. Dairy Shorthorn: £1050 Lockbank Farm. British Blue: £1020 Scroggs Farm, £950 School Hill. Fleck: £990 Crabtree Farm. Friesian: £880 High Roosebeck Farm. Shorthorn: £780 Greenwood Haw.
Store Heifer Top Prices: Angus: £1280 £940 Norbreck Farm, £920 High Roosebeck Farm, £860 Back O’the Fell Road, £790 Crabbtree Farm. British Blue: £1280 The Howes, £1150 £1020 Norbreck Farm, £1040 Lockbank Farm, £1010 Crabb Tree Farm, £970 Bouthwaite Farm. Limousin: £1240 £1040 Old Croft, £1080 Tullithwaite Hall Farm, £940 Back O’the Fell, £925 St Annes Farm. Hereford: £1090 Back O’the Fell Road, £900 Low Longmire. Shorthorn: £1070 £850 Tullithwaiite Hall Farm. Charolais: £940 Low Longmire. Continental: £800 Greenwood Haw.
Store Bull Top Prices: Limousin: £1220 £1030 £1020 Holme House Farm. Angus: £900 £880 Holme House Farm. Hereford: £850 Holme House Farm. Simental: £850 Holme House Farm.
Breeding Cattle
The annual show and sale of breeding cattle was kindly sponsored by WCF Fuels, MB Nutrition, Farmers Guardian, City & Guilds, the Milking Parlour and Campbell, Crossley and Davis. The judging was in the capable hands of Richard and Carole Benson. A small but quality show of breeding bulls attracted plenty of interest ensuring all were sold. Charolais bulls sold to £4800 from JE Gaunt, Huddersfield with Limousin bulls selling to £4200 from C Schofield, Manchester. Cows / heifers and calves attracted plenty of interest from a packed ringside of buyers. A home bred Limousin heifer with Limousin calf sold to £3450 from J Woodburn & Partners, Ulverston, who also sold other outfits to £3400. A pure Limousin second calver with pure Limousin heifer calf from LM Staley, Kirkby Stephen sold to £3200. Saler heifers with a Limousin bull calf from JE&DJ Hutchingson, Cautley sold at £3000. The run of home bred Limousin heifers with Limousin calves from EJ Hodgson & Son, Lambrigg saw his best sell twice to £2800. British Blue cows with Limousin calves sold to £2500 from JA&CA Gibson, Selside.
The next sale of beef breeding is on the 11th July, with plenty of buyers interest expected.
CLASS 1 – COW WITH CALF AT FOOT
1ST – JA & CA GIBSON, LONGWELL- £2500
2ND - JA & CA GIBSON, LONGWELL- £2250
3RD - E & T RICHARDSON, STIRZAKER HOUSE- £2000
CLASS 2 – HEIFER WITH CALF AT FOOT
1ST - J WOODBURN & PARTNERS, MANSRIGG HALL- £3450
2ND - J WOODBURN & PARTNERS, MANSRIGG HALL- £3400
3RD - JE & DJ HUTCHINSON, HEBBLETHWAITE HALL FARM- £3000
CHAMPION - J WOODBURN &PARTNERS, MANSRIGG HALL
RESERVE CHAMPION - JA & CA GIBSON, LONGWELL
OTM Cattle
A quality entry of 52 cull cows sold to a market average of 185p/kg, with half the entry being dairy bred cows. Best beef cows sold to 221.5p/kg for Blonde cross from PJ&ES Rogerson, Appleby, with other heavier end continentals 205p/kg to 220p/kg and mediums 185p/kg to 200p/kg. Top grossing being a Hereford cross from RJ&J Gardner, Kendal at £1841. Closely followed by a Blonde at £1834 from PJ&ES Rogerson, Appleby. Dairy cows sold to 197.5p/kg for a British Friesian from RJ&ML Lowery, Holker. Other mediums were 175p/kg to 190p/kg, with leaner parlour types 150p/kg to 170p/kg. Top grossing being another British Friesian from RJ&ML Lowery, Holker totalling £1398.
A single OTM Holstein Friesian heifers sold to 199.5p/kg and £1228 from C&AJ Woodhouse, Millom.
Cull stock bulls sold to 187.5p/kg and £1888 for a Hereford from JL Bird, Flookburgh with Stabiliser to 177.5p/kg and £1691 from M Allen, Carnforth.
OTM Cow Top Prices: Blonde: 221.50 Mason Gill. Simmental: 217.50 Capplerigg Farm, 204.50 Mason Gill, 179.50 Somme Avenue. Limousin: 211.50 Fold Farm, 209.50 Old Croft, 20750 Boundary Beck, 07.50 Mireside Farm, 204.50 Capplerigg Farm, 189.50 Low Longmire. Angus: 211.50 Croft Closes Farm, 201.50 Croft Closes Farm, 194.50 Holmelands, 189.50 Capplerigg, 184.50 Kendal House Farm, 184.50 Holme Farm. Galloway: 201.50 Boundary Beck, 184.50 Greenwood Haw. Hereford: 199.50 Natland Mill Beck Farm, 197.50 Natland Mill Beck Farm, 194.50 Natland Mill Beck Farm, 174.50 Kendal House Farm. Friesian: 197.50 Shorthorn Farm, 194.50 Shorthorn Farm, 189.50 Shorthorn Farm, 177.50 Scales Park Farm, 177.50 Cockrigg Farm, 174.50 Scales Park Farm. Charolais: 194.50 Kendal House Farm. Stabiliser: 189.50 Yealand Manor. Belted Galloway: 174.50 Waltham Nursery. Ayrshire: 161.50 Birkland Barrow. Jersey/Guernsey: 139.50 Birkland Barrow.
OTM Heifer Top Prices: Friesian: 199.50 Stubb Place Farm.
Cast Bull Top Prices: Hereford: 187.50 West Plain Farm. Stabiliser: 177.50 Yealand Manor.
Lancaster Auction Mart: Sale of Calves, OTM Cattle, Dairy Cattle & Store Cattle. Friday 14th June 2024.
Dairy Cattle
A second calved Ayrshire sold to £1380, with more required to fulfil buyers requirements. Already entered for next fortnights sale are five new calved cows.
Calves & Weanlings
The weekly sale of calves at Lancaster were put before a packed ringside of buyers, with a fast trade seen from start to finish. Topping the sale at £690 was a Charolais bull from regular supporters J&G Thornley, Kirkham, who also sold an Aberdeen Angus at £580. Slightly younger sorts sold to £470 for a British Blue, £445 for a Limousin and £440 for a Hereford. A handful of diary bulls were forward, which sold to £180 for a Friesian from Drinkall Bros, Over Wyresdale, with others at £145 from D&K Howarth, Hambleton.
A handful of bull stirks were forward sold to £550 for Hereford form FW Rhodes, Ellel and £520 for Aberdeen Angus from RE&P Miller, Barnacre. A ring full of four Aberdeen Angus steers sold to £605 from J&M Coar & Son, Waddington. Heifer calves sold equally as well, with these reaching £500 for a British Blue from JP&C Robson, Garstang and a trio of Aberdeen Angus heifers at £420 from A Shepherd, Preesall. Month old heifer calves reached £405 for a Charolais from Drinkall Bros, Over Wyresdale. Heifer stirks achieved £565 for a British Blue from FW Rhodes, Ellel, with this home also selling heifers at £495.
Heifer Calves Top Prices: British Blue: £565 Barrow Greaves Farm, £540 Poplar Grove Farm, £500, £450 Roe Farm, £320 Westfield House Farm. Hereford: £495, £490, £420 Barrow Greaves Farm, £400 Lower Lingart Farm. Angus: £475 (x3) Poplar Grove Farm, £420 (x3) Muffys Platt Farm. Charolais: £405 Catshaw Hall Farm. Stabiliser: £210, £200 (x2), £195, £175, £150 Bamcroft Farm.
Steer Calf Top Prices: Angus: £605 (x4) Fields Farm, £580, £540 Poplar Grove Farm. Hereford: £600 (x2), £470 Poplar Grove Farm.
Bull Calves Top Prices: Charolais: £690 Derby Lodge Farm, £420 Norbreck Farm. Angus: £580 Derby Lodge Farm, £520 Lower Lingart Farm, £520 Roe Farm, £510 Poplar Grove Farm, £475 Roe Farm, £375 Kirkwood Lodge Farm. Hereford: £550 Barrow Greaves Farm, £440 Catshaw Hall Farm, £330 Westfield House Farm.
British Blue: £470 Roe Farm, £440 Kirkwood Lodge Farm, £375, £350 Westfield House Farm. Limousin: £445 Lower Lingart Farm. Stabiliser: £200, £190, £180 (x2), £160 Bamcroft Farm. Friesian: £180 Catshaw Hall Farm, £145 Rose Farm.
Store Cattle
An entry of predominately stronger store cattle saw Charolais steers to £1800, Limousins £1790 and Aberdeen Angus £1710. Other stronger steers were generally £1560 to £1680. Longer keep feeding type steers were £1280 to £1450.
Heifers sold to £1580 for Aberdeen Angus cross, with others at £1560. Both Charolais and Simmentals sold to £1500. Other better end mediums sorts were £1300 to £1450, longer keep feeding types were £1200 to £1250.
Store Bullocks Top Prices: Charolais: £1800 Scale House Farm, £1480 Holme House Farm, £1370 Windy Hill Farm. Limousin: £1790 Croftlands, £1420 High Snab, £1340 Kays Farm. Angus: £1710 Chesnut House Farm, £1700 Croftlands, £1700 Hudsbrook Farm, £1690 Fairfield, £1600 Bainsbank Farm, £1600 Billinge Hall. Shorthorn: £1550 Scale House Farm, £1300 Hudsbrook Farm. British Blue: £1470 Staffords Farm, £1400 Windy Hill Farm, £1330 (x2) Park House Farm, £1280 Parrox Hall Farm, £1180 Plumpton Hall Farm. Hereford: £1360 Holly House Farm, £1180, £1120 Well House Farm. Fleckvieh: £1340 Outerthwaite Farm, £1270 Hornby Bank. Simmental: £1280 Park House Farm. Friesian: £1270 Benson Hall, £1210 Plumpton Hall Farm, £1180 Hornby Bank, £1160 Hudsbrook Farm.
Store Heifer Top Prices: Angus: £1580 Chestnut House Farm, £1560 Cheetham House Farm, £1470 Bowlands Gardens, £1410 Holme House Farm, £1320 Lane Head Farm, £1300 Holly House Farm. Charolais: £1500 High Snab, £1460 Holme House Farm, £1430 Hall Croft Barn. Simmental: £1500 High Snab, £1300 Park House Farm, £1140 Littlewood Hall Farm. British Blue: £1460, £1450 Greenlands Farm, £1420, £1380 Hare Field House, £1360 Windy Hill Farm, £1350 Park Lane Farm. Hereford: £1460 Bowlands Gardens, £1250 Holly House Farm.
OTM Cattle
Another pleasing entry of cast cattle were forward, averaging 178p/kg. The best beef cows sold to 227.5p/kg and £1708, with diary cows to 207p/kg and £1741. Medium cows of all breeds were regularly 170p/kg to 190p/kg, with lighter and leaner 140p/kg to 160p/kg. Plenty of cows were regularly £1180 to £1300.
OTM beef heifers sold to 269.5p/kg and £1744, with OTM dairy heifers to 237.5p/kg and £1592. Other OTM heifers were regularly 210p/kg to 220p/kg and £1100 to £1350.
OTM steers sold to 249.5p/kg and £1427.
OTM Cow Top Prices: Limousin: 227.50 Fell End Farm, 224.50 Hall Croft Barn, 224.50 Fell End Farm, 224.50 Littlewood Hall Farm, 214.50 Hall Croft Barn, 209.50 Mosergh Farm. Simmental: 214.50 Littlewood Hall Farm, 181.50 West View Farm. British Blue: 211.50 Howriggs. Friesian: 207.50 Benson Hall, 199.50 Lower Lingart Farm, 199.50, 197.50 Priory Farm, 191.50 Derby Lodge Farm, 191.50 Warton Hall Farm. Angus: 194.50 West View Farm, 191.50 Braeslacks.
OTM Heifer Top Prices: British Blue: 269.50 Howriggs, 254.50 Outerthwaite Farm. Charolais: 239.50 Mill House Farm. Friesian: 237.50 Low Audlands, 229.50 Tills Farm, 227.50 Derby Lodge Farm, 224.50 Hall Farm, 217.50 (x2) Low Audlands. Simmental: 227.50 Hazelslack Tower Farm. Angus: 217.50, 214.50, 204.50 Norbreck Farm. Meuse-RhineIssel: 187.50 Littlewood Hall Farm. Jersey: 149.50 Moss House Farm.
Cast Steer Top Prices: Angus: 249.50 Tills Farm, 169.50 Middleton Hall.
Next Week's Upcoming Sales
Monday 17th
Lancaster: 10:30am Weekly Sale of Prime Lambs, Prime Hoggs & Cast Sheep
Tuesday 18th
J36: 11am Weekly Sale of Sheep with Lambs at Foot 1pm Weekly Sale of Prime Lambs, Prime Hoggs & Cast Sheep
Friday 21st
Lancaster: 10:15am Weekly Sale of Calves & OTM/Cast Cattle
11:15am Weekly Sale of Store Cattle