Weekly Report and Newsletter - 16th September 2022
Cast Sheep
The cast sheep trade remains very similar with a big pure Texel ewe selling to £160 from MP&P Berry, Stalmine with other Texel x ewes to £124 from PJ&SM Woodhouse, Forton. Strong sheep continue to sell in excess of the £100 mark. Mule ewes peaked at £98 from Myerscough College with others to £95 from the same home. Followed by £94 from WJ&E Woodhouse, Nateby. Plenty of strong ewes sold around the ninety-pound mark. Horned ewes saw Jacobs to £76 from KP Dagger, Catterall. Dalesbreds sold to £69 from T&D Wright, Roeburndale East.
Lancaster Auction Mart: Weekly Sale of Prime Lambs and Cast Sheep. Fortnightly Sale of Store Lambs, Monday 12th September 2022.
Cast Sheep Top Prices: Texel: £160 Highgate Farm, £124 The Martins, £120 Highgate Farm, £98 Oak Avenue. Continental: £110 Fern Hill Farm. Dutch Spotted: £100, £92 Conway Close, £80 The Martins. Mule: £98, £95 Myerscough Hall, £94 Gibsons Farm, £88 Oak Avenue, £88 Walnut Tree Cottage, £88 Oak Avenue. Masham: £80 Gibsons Farm.
Prime Lambs
The weekly sale of prime lambs at Lancaster saw an entry of 684 forward, selling to an overall market average of 230p/kg. Heavy weight well fleshed lambs continue to be a good trade with 65kg Texels selling to £148 from W&D Bradley, Goosnargh. Heavy weight Texel lambs from T&H Drinkall, Oakenclough sold to £146 and £138. The consignment from JET & AAE Hull, Winmarleigh sold to £134 and £129. Also at £134 were Texel lambs from J&CG Redmayne, Samlesbury followed by £132 from C&B Lowther, Over Wyresdale. Best confirmation lambs sold in the region of 300p/kg, firstly from Ian Richardson, Catforth followed by 295p/kg from M Allen, Carnforth and JS Horner, Ingleton. Well fleshed standard weighted lambs saw Texels regularly sold around the 250p/kg mark.
Prime Lamb Top Prices: Texel: £148 Whittingham Lane, £146, £138 Calderside Farm, £134 Cuerdale Hall Farm, £134 Gibstick Hall Farm, £132 Lower Castle O Trim. Beltex: £121 Yealand Manor, £118, £116, £112 Ingleborough Park Drive, £110, £109 West View Farm. Mule: £113 Brown Brook, £109 Calderside Farm, £98 Kays Farm. Charolais: £110 Whittingham Lane, £109 Bensons Farm, £97 Oak Avenue, £96 Broseley Hall Farm. Continental: £106 Askew Hill, £104 Fern Hill Farm, £102 Bensons Farm, £100 Wilson Wood, £97.50 Annasghyl, £93 Wilson Wood. Cheviot: £105.50 School Lane, £94 Cragg Farm, £90 School Lane. Dutch Spotted: £102, £100 Conway Close. Suffolk: £101.50 Walnut Tree Cottage, £94 Middle Lee Farm, £90 Old Glasson Farm. Masham: £99 Kays Farm. Dalesbred: £90 Kays Farm.
Cast Ram Top Prices: Dutch Spotted: £120 Conway Close.
Again another large entry of culls forward with sows selling to £65 and 27p/kg and boars to £80 and 26p/kg. 105 weaners were presented at todays sale with a large number of buyers looking to purchase, well-bred large whites from J. GE Heseltine & Son, Skipton sold to £50 with others at £43. Younger weaners sold to £19 for Duroc x from Dyfodol Pedigree Livestock, Babell who sold others at £16. We politely ask pig vendors to pre-enter pigs to assist with canvassing buyers, over half the entry today was unentered, help us to help you!!
North West Auctions weekly sale of prime lambs had an entry in excess of 1200 forward, the offering today saw a full variety with well fleshed lambs continuing to be in the strongest demand. J36 continues to be renowned for a strong trade for heavy well finished lambs, they peaked today at £150 for a Suffolk lamb from DE&SM Moorhouse, Natland which David very kindly donated to the crook YFC charity being purchased by John Geldard on behalf of Plumgarths Farm Shop. Heavy weight Beltex lambs sold to 285p/kg or £139 from WS Burrow & Sons, Silverdale. This was followed by heavy weight Texels twice selling to £138 from D Wightman & A Mason, Milnthorpe with others to the same price from JB Jackson & Son, Grange Over Sands. Plenty of heavy weight lambs selling around the £130 mark. The trade for handy weighted lambs very much depending on finish and quality with good types selling in excess of 250p/kg, leaner lambs were financially punished. The overall market average was 229p/kg.
sell to £210 at NWA J36
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Weekly Sale of Prime Lambs and Cast Sheep. Sale of all classes of Pigs, Tuesday 13th September 2022.
An abundance of prime pigs today sold to a fast trade from start to finish with a top price of £210 for a trio of Pietrain x saddlebacks from J Stott, Kingsland. This was followed by JM Navesey, Blackburn selling large white x hogs at £178 and gilts at £155. Other pens of well finished pigs nicely selling at £110- £125 and 95p/kg-115p/kg with an overall market average of 114p/kg.
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Prime Lambs
Prime Lamb Top Prices: Suffolk: £150 High House Farm, £128, £124.50 Lane Ends Farm, £123 High House Farm, £120.50 Hawkrigg End, £119 Hebblethwaite. Beltex: £139 Gibraltar Farm, £132 Holmelands, £128 Hill Top Farm, £116 Gibraltar Farm. Texel: £138 Templand Farm, £138 Moss Side Farm, £133 Crossgates Farm, £132 Meathop Park Farm Lodge, £131 Far Orrest. Charolais: £123 The Old Vicarage, £107 Moss Side Farm, £102 Slack Farm, £95 Rakesmoor Farm. Continental: £122 Templand Farm, £117 Ellerbeck, £115 Hawkrigg End, £113 Moss Side Farm, £113 Ellerbeck Farm, £105.50 Hawkrigg End. Leicester: £106 Bowkerstead Farm. Cheviot: £102 Nibthwaite Grange Farm. Mule: £96 Lower Core, £94 Low Longmire, £94 Lunesdale House, £93 Botton Hall Farm, £92 Yealand Manor, £86 Botton Hall Farm. Masham: £92, £82 Steps Farm.
Store Lambs
Store Lamb Top Prices: Texel: £92 West View Farm, £85, £83.50 Myerscough Hall, £79 West View Farm, £76, £73 Wyre Farm. Beltex: £90 West View Farm, £74 Wyre Farm. Dutch Spotted: £83.50 Myerscough Hall.
The fortnightly sale of store lambs at Lancaster sold to an overall market average of £80.54, the consignment of Beltex x store lambs from Ian Richardson led the way selling to £92 and £90. The run of Texel cross Mules sold to £85 and £83.50 from Myerscough College with Dutch Spotted x to £82.50 from the same home.
Cast Ram Top Prices: Texel: £122 Wreay Syke, £86 High Biggarsbank. Continental: £117 Arnside Tower Farm. Herdwick: £80 Killington Hall Farm. Leicester: £78 Ashstead. Rough Fell: £78 The Park. Mule: £77 Yealand Manor, £68 The Borrans.
Cast Goat Top Prices: £88, £60, £35 Rathvale Farm.
Cast Sheep
A consignment of goats from GG&MA Long, Ulverston sold to £88.
Cull rams were lacking in any power and strength this week, selling to £122 from Texels, with Romneys to £117. All 22 rams sold averaged £81.
Lancaster Auction Mart: Annual Show and Sale of Mule Gimmer Lambs, Wednesday 14th September 2022.
708 cull sheep forward today continue to sell to a strong and competitive trade with several customer ring side looking for ewes suitable for future finishing. No real heavy ewes forward today however a top price of £148 was achieved for a pen of Texel x from E Dodgson, Kendal closely followed by a pen of Lleyn achieving £142 from RJ&R Holden, Millom. Stronger well fleshed ewes today generally achieving £115-£135 depending on breed and quality. Mule ewes sold to £112 from M&R Stirzaker, Milnthorpe with Mashams to £97 from JE Atkinson, Milnthorpe. All Mules and Mashams forward averaged £97. Pure hill ewes sold to £96 for Cheviots from J Potter, Orton. Dales breds to £90 from BD Gill, Ingleton, Swaledales to £86 from TA&JA Dixon, Selside and Rough Fells £87 from CP Bateman, Docker.
Cast Sheep Top Prices: Texel: £148 Spital Farm, £137 Ashtree Cottage, £131 Hawes Farm, £131 Moss Side Farm, £127 Spital Farm, £125 Ashstead. Lleyn: £142, £118 Newcross House Farm. Beltex: £140 Moss End Farm. Continental: £124, £109, £87 Arnside Tower Farm, £82 Croft Foot Farm, £80 Moss End Farm, £79 Croft Foot Farm. Leicester: £121 Whicham Hall, £120 Ashstead. Charolais: £115 Station Hotel Farm. Mule: £112 Station Hotel Farm, £109, £108 Capplerigg Farm, £107 Low House, £95 Fairfield, £95 Burnt House Farm. Suffolk: £110, £97 Moss Side Farm. Masham: £97 Nibthwaite Grange Farm, £88 Grate Farm, £81 Adamthwaite, £80 High Underbrow Farm, £77 Nibthwaite Grange Farm. Cheviot: £96 The Park, £88 Croft Foot Farm, £87, £84 Lane End, £81 The Park, £79 Whelpside Farm. Dalesbred: £90 Yarlsber. Rough Fell: £87 Croft Foot Farm, £87 Blackmoss Farm, £79 Adamthwaite, £74 Blackmoss Farm, £74 The Park. Hampshire: £86 Jackson Ground. Swaledale: £86 Yoad Pot, £79 Whicham Hall, £75 Middle Sadghyll, £73 Yoad Pot, £73 High Farm. Cheviot Mule: £82 Old Hutton Farm. Herdwick: £70 Middle Fell.
North West Auctions Lancaster were proud to host its annual show and sale of 1500 Mule gimmer lambs, consisting of a large quantity of NEMSA lambs. There was plenty of strong tupping lambs on offer today with a good ringside of buyers from local and far away. The pre-sale show was kindly judged by Andrew Geary, Milton Keynes and Derek Clarke, Barnacre who we thank for their time and expertise. A special mention goes to our sale sponsor Wadland Finance. The Alf Burrow cup for the champion pen of ten Mule gimmer lambs was awarded to T Ayrton & Son, Over Wyresdale which went on the sell for £175. The first prize pen of twenty was awarded to W&A Cornall, Barnacre which went on to sell for £155. Top pens of ten were in big demand with plenty of people looking to purchase good quality breeding sheep. The sale peaked at £180 on three occasions from RH&C Ayrton, Abbeystead, B&SE Carter, Ellel and W&A Cornall, Barnacre. Other leading prices saw AC&K Pye, Abbeystead sell to £172, A&L Huddleston, Wray to £162 and Drinkall Bros, Over Wyresdale to £160. Plenty more pens of strong tupping lambs sold between the £130-£150 mark. The overall market average was £120.33. The fifty pound prize for the vendor with the highest average for a run of fifty lambs, not to include a prize winning pen was awarded to WI&AM Atkinson & Son, Bleasdale selling fifty lambs to average £143.20.
3rd W&A Cornall selling for £180
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Annual Show and Sale of Store Cattle, and Sale of Calves, Stirks and OTM Cattle, Thursday 15th September 2022.
1st W&A Cornall selling for £155
3rd RH&C Ayrton selling for £180
Class 2- 20 Mule Gimmer Lambs
4th T Ayrton & Sons selling for £120
1st T Ayrton & Sons selling for £175
Calves & Stirks
Class 1- 10 Mule Gimmer Lambs
2nd AC&K Pye selling for £172
4th B&SE Carter selling for £180
2nd W&A Cornall selling for £145
Mule Gimmer Lambs Top Prices: £180 Ouzelthorn Farm, £180 Cragg End, £180 Bank Farm, £175 Yates Farm, £172 Dunkenshaw Farm, £162 Overhouses, £160 Catshaw Hall Farm, £155 Sykes Farm, £155 Holme House Farm, £155 Bank Farm.
Show Results
70 calves forward sold to the usual strong trade at J36, with British Blue bulls leading the way selling to £425 from GCL Stephenson, Kirkby Lonsdale with others to £410 from JW&TE Sharpe, Lyth. Native bred bull calves continue to be well bid for with Aberdeen Angus’s selling to £245 from JS&IM Wilson, Whitbeck. A younger show of heifer calves were forward with British Blues selling to £280 from A Pickthall, New Hutton, other British Blue heifers sold to £220 from HJ Robinson & Son, Preston Patrick. Dairy bred bull calves sold to a faster trade with
Bull Stirk Top Price: Hereford: £430 Gillfoot Farm.
Bull Calf Top Prices: British Blue: £425 Deansbiggin, £410 Flodder Hall, £375 Borrans farm, £330 Deansbiggin, £295 Borrans Farm, £290 Flodder Hall. Limousin: £300 Low Stangerthwaite, £240 High Foulshaw Farm, £230 Deansbiggin, £210 High Foulshaw Farm. Angus: £245 £195 Monk Foss Farm, £170 Birks Farm. Dairy Shorthorn: £110 £105 £90 Strickley. Montbelliarde: £90 Moss House Farm, £80 Monk Foss Farm. Shorthorn: £80 Strickley. Fleckvieh: £72 Audlands. Friesian: £70 Cinderbarrow, £60 Halforth Farm, £55 Low Brundrigg. Norweigian Red: £50 Cinderbarrow.
Outside of the show, trade was buoyant for well bred and finished cattle with harder summered cattle meeting less demand. Leading the way today was a shapey Limousin heifer from AR&BR Thompson, Selside selling to £1700. Strong British Blue heifers sold to £1690 from FI&ME Little, Barrows Green. A fantastic run of 13-15 month old Limousin bullocks from TA Chapman & Son, sold to £1420. Limousin yearling bullocks sold to £1380 from MW&M Hodgson, Cartmel Fell with the best regularly selling at the £1250 and £1300 mark. New customers around the ring ensured the heifer trade was sharp from start to finish, with the best end regularly over the £1400 mark. British Blues sold to £1490 from MJ&JM Winn, Burneside. Limousin sold to £1490 from AR&BJ Thompson, Selside. A few store bulls forward, sold to a straight trade. Limousin sold to £1130 from PW Clarke, Crossthwaite and Parthenaise to £1100 from S Geldard, Ulverston.
Heifer Calf Top Price: British Blue: £280 Borrans Farm, £240 Elm Tree Farm, £215 Flodder Hall, Hereford: £170 Sleetburn Farm. Limousin: £140 High Foulshaw Farm. Angus: £140 Monk Foss Farm, £125 Flodder Hall, £100 Monk Foss Farm, £100 Moss House Farm. Montbelliarde: £90 Moss House Farm. Shorthorn: £55 Far Audlands.
The catalogue entry of 500 store cattle saw a full ring side of buyers from near and fair, ensuring vendors left with a smile of their face. The pre-sale show was kindly judged by Mr David Moorhouse who we thank for his time and expertise. We would also like to say a big thank you to our sale sponsors BB Dairy’s Ltd and the North West Limousin Club. The show line up of cattle was a credit to all the vendors, after much time and deliberation the judge awarded the championship rosette to the first prize British Blue bullock which went on to sell for £1580 from MA&JA Winn, Burneside. Rounding off a brilliant day for the Winn family, they were also awarded the reserve champion rosette for the 1st prize Limousin bullock selling to £1560.
Steer Stirk Top Price: British Blue: £704 Grace Mire Farm. Angus: £510 Moss End Farm. Friesian: £380 Moss End Farm. Dairy Shorthorn: £350 High Carlingill.
Store Bullock Top Prices: British Blue: £1560 High Underbrow Farm. Limousin: £1580 High Underbrow Farm, £1420 Lane Head Farm, £1380 Red Scar Farm, £1380 Swallomire, £1380 Swallomire. Parthenaise: £1450 High Underbrow Farm. Charolais: £1180 Sykes Fold Farm, £1140 Bandrake Head, £1140 Dawson Fold, 1100 Homelands . Simmental: £1180 Sykes Fold Farm. Angus: £1175 Back Homelands , £1170 Bellart Howe. Blonde: £1060 Mount Pleasant Farm. Shorthorn: £1050 Low Stangerthwaite. Saler: Nook Farm. Freisian: £875 Bellart Howe. Continental: £875 Rye Close. Ayrshire: £400 Coat Green Farm. Dairy Shorthorn: £400 Coat Green Farm. Fleckvieh: £390 Coat Green Farm.
Store Cattle
Dairy Shorthorns selling to £110 from Messrs Robinson, Old Hutton who sold others to £105. An overall averaged for 20 Black and White calves was £48.
Heifer Stirk Top Price: Shorthorn: £595 Flodder Hall, Angus: £570 Foreslack Farm. Hereford: £480 High Carlingill.
3rd Lot 146 from MW&M Hodgson selling for £1380
NWA J36 Annual Show of Store Cattle, Thursday 15th September 2022. Judge- David Moorhouse
1st Lot 314 from MA&JA Winn selling for £1560
58 cull cows sold to an overall market average of 175p/kg and £1201, with a large number of dairy cows within the Heavysale. well fleshed beef cows sold to a top price of 229.5p/kg for a pedigree Limousin from T Atkinson, Ulverston. Closely followed by another pure Limousin from NW&EM Mason & Son, Middleton achieving 224.5p/kg with a British Blue x achieving 221.5p/kg from GH Jones, Ambleside. Heavy well fleshed beef cows were regularly 195p/kg-220p/kg with cows suitable for finished 175p/kg-195p/kg. Dairy cows sold to a top price of 191.5p/kg for a Fleckvieh from JA&DE Batty & Son, Burneside. Holstein Friesian selling to 174.5p/kg from EA&E Lund & Son, Nether Kellet. Heavy well fleshed dairy cows were regularly 155p/kg-175p/kg with mediums types 130p/kg150p/kg and parlour types 85p/kg-115p/kg.
1st Lot 315 from MA&JA Winn selling for £1490
Class 1- Best Limousin Bullock
OTM Cattle
2nd Lot 318 from MA&JA Winn selling for £1580
Store Bull Top Prices: Blonde: £1145 Mount Pleasant farm. Limousin: £1130 Woodside Farm, £1100 Homelands , £1080 Woodside Farm. Parthenaise: £1100 Garden Terrace. Angus: £1050 Homelands
Top grossing cow today was a Limousin from K Thomas, Sedbergh achieving £1761 with a Stabiliser from JA&R Geldard & Sons achieving £1640. Top grossing dairy cow was £1669 for a Fleckvieh from JA&D Batty & Son, Burneside with Holstein Friesian to £1306 from PW&D Swindlehurst, Underbarrow. OTM heifers sold to a top price of 211.5p/kg and £1264 for a British Blue x from PW Clarke, Crossthwaite. Dairy heifers sold to 197.5p/kg and £1194 for a Swedish Red from A&B Pickthall, Milnthorpe. Cull bulls sold to a top price of 169.5p/kg and £1461 for a Blonde from TW&C Shepherd, Underbarrow wit others achieving 159.5p/kg and £1411 from JA&J Harper, Sedbergh.
2nd Lot 213 from AR&BJ Thompson selling for £1440
Class 2- Best Limousin Heifer
3rd Lot 210 from AR&BJ Thompson selling for £1480
OTM Cow Top Prices: Limousin: 229.50 Newlan View, 224.50 High Green Farm, 214.50 Hill Top Farm. Belgium Blue: 221.50 Fold Farm. Saler: 214.50 Fairbank Farm. Stabaliser: 214.50 low Foulshaw Farm. British Blue: 199.50 Fold Farm, 174.50 High Biggarsbank. Angus 194.50 Bank Ground, 189.50 Mireside, 184.50 Foreslack Farm. Charolais: 191.50 The Borrans. Fleckvieh: 191.50 Laithwaite Farm, 167.50 High Biggarsbank. Simmental: 177.50 Cooper House, 154.50 High Biggarsbank. Friesian: 174.50 Pump House Farm, 167.50 Tranthwaite Hall, 161.50 Laiithwaite Farm. Shorthorn: 169.50 Cooper House. Hereford: 147.50 Sandham Farm.
Store Heifer Top Prices: Limousin: £1700 Poppy Farm, £1320 Nook Farm. British Blue: £1690 Helm Croft, £1490 High Underbarrow Farm, £1185 Lockbank Farm. Charolais: £1360 Viver Mill Farm. Angus: £1300 Bank Ground. Blonde: £1150 Nook Farm. Longhorn: Tarnside Farm. Hereford: £1100 Rowell Farm, £1070 Poppy Farm. Simmental: £1100 Braida Garth. Stabaliser: £1100 Cooper House.
1st Lot 316 from MA&JA Winn selling for £1580
Class 3- Best British Blue Bullock
1st Lot 317 from MA&JA Winn selling for £1450
Class 8- Best Pair of Any Other Breed
3rd Lot 229 from J Twigge selling for £1140
Class 4- Best British Blue Heifer
1st Lot 153 from J&A Smales selling for £1280
The weekly sale of calves saw a bit more life in the trade around the ring with more buyers looking to rear calves, the consignment of Charollais bull calves from TM Townley, Over Wyresdale led the way selling to £440, £410 and £370. A British Blue weanling bull calf from SHS&HJ Raby, Preesall sold to £400 and £340. Other prices for British Blue bull calves sold to £310 and £300. Aberdeen Angus calves sold to a top of £320 from AD&R Milner, Claughton on Brock. British Blue heifers peaked at £300 from JT&B Fox, Quernmore. Plenty of beef calves sold in to mid to late two hundreds.
Heifer Calves Top Prices: British Blue: £300 Blackwood End, £275 Tills Farm, £265 Roe Farm, £220 Wyre Bank. Limousin: £265, £200 Myerscough House. Angus: £155 Blackwood End, £155, £150 Knowsley Farm. Hereford: £115 Brades Farm.
Class 6- Best Any Other Breed Heifer
3rd Lot 313 from TW Gorst selling for £1180
1st Lot 243 from FI&ME Little selling for £1690
Class 7- Best Pair of Limousins
2nd Lot 230 from J Twigge selling for £1140
Class 5- Best Any Other Breed Bullock
1st Lot 286 and 288 from TA Chapman & Son selling for £1420
1st Lot 528 and 234 from J Twigge selling for £1100
Champion- Lot 316 from MA&JA Winn selling for £1580
2nd Lot 312 from TW Gorst selling for £1400
Calves & Weanlings
Lancaster Auction Mart: Sale of Calves, OTM's and Store Cattle, Friday 16th September 2022.
Reserve Champion- Lot 314 from MA&JA Winn selling for £1560
Cull cows sold to an overall market averaged of 167p/kg with 80% of todays sale being dairy cows, the sale peaked at 209.5p/kg for a Fleckvieh from B&AC Barnes, Kirkby Lonsdale who sold others at 207.5p/kg, with this price also achieved by J&G Thorley Ltd, Kirkham. Other heavy well fleshed dairy cows sold to 201.5p/kg from JH Towers, Tunstall with a trio all achieving 197.5p/kg from Lawsons Dairy Ltd, Cockerham. Medium dairy cows
Store Cattle
Bull Calves Top Prices: Charolais: £440, £410, £370 Knowsley Farm, £285 Myerscough House. British Blue: £400, £340 Fern Hill Farm, £310, £300 Catshaw Hall Farm, £280 New Brows Farm, £265 Fern Hill Farm. Angus: £320 Lane Head Farm. Limousin: £260 Myerscough House.
The weekly sale of store cattle at Lancaster had an entry of in excess of 200 forward that saw strong short keep cattle in big demand selling to a strong trade. Simmental bullocks led the way selling to £1630 from TJ Lloyd Farm, Settle with other Simmental bullocks to £1600 from Cowell & Moore, Woodplumpton. This was followed by other Simmental bullocks to £1500 from T&M Halhead, Priest Hutton. Charollais bullocks peaked at £1480 from Cowell & Moore, Woodplumpton followed by £1440 from EE Thornton & Sons, Heaton. British Blue bullocks peaked at £1460 for a pen of three from C&B Lowther, Over Wyresdale followed by £1430 from MJ Waller, Lupton. Native bullocks always meet plenty of demand in Lancaster with the consignment from TJ Lloyd Farm, Settle leading the way selling Aberdeen Angus’s to £1500 and Herefords to £1480. Other leading prices saw Aberdeen Angus bullocks to £1480 from T&M Halhead, Priest Hutton followed by others to £1470 from JD&GM Bracken, Catterall. Plenty more pens of strong bullocks regularly sold around the £1400 mark.
Store Heifers Top Prices: Limousin: £1550 Red Scar Farm, £1400 Brown Edge. British Blue: £1380 Greenlands Farm, £1360 Stubb Hall Farm, £1220 Holmes Farm, £1190 Carlingwha, £1080 Braddup House Farm. Angus: £1360 Stubb Hall Farm, £1330 Holmes Farm, £1330 Holme House Farm, £1270 Old Hall Farm, £1230 Steadbank, £1190 Sunderland Brows Farm. Charolais: £1360, £1240 Downlands Farm, £1200 Holme House Farm. Hereford: £1350 Brown Edge, £1130 Threlfalls Farm.
OTM Cattle
The heifer trade peaked at £1550 for a pair of Limousins from TE JS SA Curruthers, Underbarrow. This was followed by other Limousin heifers to £1400 from WJ&L Barker, Arkholme. British Blue heifers sold to a top of £1380 from JD&GM Bracken, Catterall. This was followed by £1360 from SH&LE Birkett, Nether Kellett who topped he Angus heifer trade at £1360. Forward well fleshed dairy bullocks were in big demand, peaking at £1300 for a pen of three black and whites from GR Park & Sons, Whinfell with others to £1290 from EE Thornton & Son, Heaton and £1250 from G Atkinson & Son, Caton. Montbeliardes sold to £1290 from J&JM Walmsley, Pilling. The autumn show for pens of four bullocks saw the first prize rosette awarded to J Lamb, Old Glasson with a pen of 23 month old British Blue bullocks selling to £1340.
Store Bullocks Top Prices: Simmental: £1630 Proctors Row, £1600 Newsham Hall Farm, £1500 Upp Hall, £1320 Steadbank, £1270 Carlingwha. Angus: £1500 Proctors Row, £1480 Upp Hall, £1470 Greenlands Farm, £1430 Godson House Farm, £1380 Staffords Farm, £1370 Greenlands Farm. Charolais: £1480 Newsham Hall Farm, £1440 Downlands Farm, £1180 Rye Close. Hereford: £1480, £1430, £1360, £1290, £1210 Proctors Row, £1010 Overhouses. British Blue: £1460 Lower Castle O Trim, £1430 Carlingwha, £1410 Moss House Farm, £1390 Kitchen Ground Farm, £1350 Stubb Hall Farm, £1340 Old Glasson Farm. Limousin: £1400 High Snab, £1280 Holmes Farm, £1180 The Hill, £1130 Hacking Drive, £1100 Overhouses, £1100 The Hill. Friesian: £1300 Low Deepslack, £1290 Downlands Farm, £1250 Old Hall Farm, £1220 Downlands Farm, £1130 Kitchen Ground Farm, £1110 New Laund Farm. Montbeliarde: £1290 Staffords Farm, £1070 Parrox Hall Farm.
OTM Heifer Top Prices: Limousin: 231.50 Hatters Farm. Montbeliarde: 209.50 Hatters Farm. Friesian: 197.50 Hare Apple Tree, 157.50 Fern Hill Farm.
Cast Steer Top Prices: Hereford: 237.50, 227.50 High Snab. Friesian: 197.50 Hall Farm.
J36: 10:30am Fortnightly Sale of Store Lambs.
were generally 145-175p/kg with the leaner parlour types 95-120p/kg, the very leanest sorts at realisation. Beef cows sold to 197.5p/kg for a Limousin x from T&M Halhead, Priest Hutton with British Blues to 171.5p/kg from MJ&LC Lund, Quernmore. Top grossing cow today was a Fleckvieh from B&AC Barnes, Kirkby Lonsdale achieving £1743 who sold others at £1635. All cull cows averaged £1089.
Monday 19th
OTM Cow Top Prices: Fleckvieh: 209.50, 207.50 Hawkin Hall. Friesian: 207.50 Derby Lodge Farm, 201.50 Tunstall Hall, 197.50, 194.50 Bank End Farm. Limousin: 197.50 Upp Hall. British Blue: 171.50 Croney Hill Farm. Angus: 159.50 Corney Hill Farm.
Tuesday 20th
Friday 23rd
11am Show and Sale of Dairy Cattle.
Next Week's Upcoming Sales
OTM heifers sold to 231.5p/kg and £1551 for a Limousin x from JR Pye, Stalmine who sold Montbeliarde at 209.5p/kg and £1206. Other dairy heifers sold to 197.5p/kg and £991 for a Holstein Friesian from J&CW Metcalfe & Son, Quernmore.
Steers sold to 237.5p/kg and £1005.55 for a Hereford x from AT Burrow & Son, Hornby with Holstein Friesian selling to 197.5p/kg and £1165 from A&MI Robinson, Penrith.
A single cull bull today sold to 139.5p/kg and £1251 for a Limousin from W Richardson & Son, Kendal.
Land Auction, Sale Result Thursday 15th September 2022
NWA Property and professional conducted an evening auction of 2.36acres of meadow and pasture land which is situated at Milnthorpe. This land attracted keen interest from a full room of ‘lifestyle’ purchases alongside local agriculturally interested parties. This land saw a successful final bid of £34,000. The land and property market continues to be buoyant, and should you wish for a marketing appraisals of any land or property please do not hesitate to contact us on 015395 66215.
Saturday 17th
Lancaster: Closed for the Queens Funeral.
Thursday 22nd
11.15am Weekly Sale of Store Cattle.
J36: 10am Draft Ewe Day.
J36: 10am Pedigree Sheep Day, followed by Second Sale of Breeding Ewes and Shearling.
Lancaster: 10:15am Weekly Sale of Calves, also Sale of Cast and OTM Cattle.
J36: 1pm Weekly Sale of Prime Lambs and Cast Sheep.