Lancaster Auction Mart: Weekly Sale of Prime Lambs and Cast Sheep, Monday 12th December 2022.
Prime Lambs
Lancaster Monday morning saw the trade less, as seen at many markets towards the end of the previous week with an overall averaged of 229p/kg for 937 lambs forward. Heavy weighted lambs continue to add up best, peaking at £138 from Sam Ayrton, Thurnham for Texel lambs who also sold heavy weight Suffolks to £129. Cheviots topped at £130 from P Prickett, Hutton Roof. Plenty of pens sold heavy weight lambs regularly in the one hundred and thirties. Heavy weight upland lambs saw Mashams to £122.5 from T&D Wright, Roeburndale East and Mules to £118 from JR&LA Capstick, Killington. Better quality lambs sold to 285p/kg or £130 from AG Butler, Hambleton.
Texel - £138 Meadow Croft, £130 Park Farm Barn, £128 Vicarage Avenue, £127 Meadow Croft, £127 Hutton Roof Hall, £126.50 Stubb Hall Farm. Cheviot - £130 Hutton Roof Hall, £104 School Lane, £104 Hutton Roof Hall. Suffolk - £129, £127 Meadow Croft, £125 Hudsbrook, £117 Park Farm Barn, £117 Meadow Croft, £108.50 North Farm. Dorset - £121 Corney Hill Farm. Mule - £118 Beckside, £115 Park Farm Barn, £105 Sykes Farm, £100 Lower Brow Top, £100 Brown Brook £100. Charollais - £116.50 Broseley Hall Farm, £104.50 North Farm, £103.50 Broseley Hall Farm. Continental: £109 Throstle Croft, £108 North Farm, £104 School Lane. Dutch Spotted - £90 Corney Hill. Swaledale - £85 Hudsbrook Farm, £82 Yates Farm.
Cast Sheep
All buyers were present for cast sheep today which saw a sharper trade. Charollais rams sold to £140 from P Lawrenson & Son, Chorley who also sold Texel x ewes to £128. A run of Texel x ewes from TR Prickett, Hutton Roof sold to £127 and £120. Mule ewes peaked at £108 from WJ Standen, Daisy Bank with other Mule ewes to £104 from T&CM Kelsall & Sons, Chipping. Horned ewes peaked a £72 from G Blacklidge, Chorley followed by Swaledales to £70 from RH&C Ayrton, Abbeystead.
Cast Ewes Top Prices: Texel - £128 Walmsley Fold, £127, £120 Hutton Roof Hall, £112, £108 Walmsley Fold. Mule£108 New Bungalow, £104 Brown Brook, £100 New Bungalow. Suffolk - £102 Walmsley Fold. Scottish Blackface - £72, £67 Dove Cote Farm. Swaledale - £70 Ouzelthorn Farm.
Cast Rams Top Prices: Charollais - £140 (2) Walmsley Fold. Teeswater - £110 Middle Lee Farm.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Weekly Sale of Prime Lambs and Cast Sheep, Tuesday 13th December 2022.
Prime Lambs
A slightly reduced entry of prime lambs were forward at J36, as a result of the recent change in weather. Well finished lambs of all weights and breeds continue to sell to a premium with under finished lambs a more cautious trade and perhaps worth more in the buoyant store market.
Lambs today sold to a top price of £150 for heavy weight Blue Faced Leicester from R&PE Hargreaves & Son, Barley closely followed by heavy weight Texels selling to £149 from HR&HV Knowles, Docker and LE&A Ridding, Selside. Heavy weight Suffolks sold to £146 from WT Whittaker & Son, Nether Kellett with Charollais to £144 from JC Walling & Son, Lyth. Well bred and well finished lambs continued to sell to a premium with Beltex lambs to £136 from SH&LE Birkett, Nether Kellet and Texels to £146 from TA Teasdale, Grange Over Sands. Hill bred lambs sold to £123 for Cheviots from S Crawford, Staveley with Mules achieving £114 from B Wilson & Sons, Selside, Swaledales to £95 from FE&CE Hodgson, Pennington and Rough Fells to £93 from AEA Harrison, Kentmere.
Top pence per kilo of 297p/kg was achieved for a Beltex x lamb from T&PL Edmondson Ltd, Kirkby in Furness with other pure bred continentals 265-280p/kg. Well finished first x lambs sold to 264p/kg for Texel x from J Gibson, Kendal with Charollias’s achieving 255p/kg from RR&JA Knowles, Docker and Suffolks to 251p/kg from WT Whittaker & Son, Nether Kellet. Mule sold to 231p/kg from TA&JA Dixon, Selside with Rough Fells to 211p/kg from GR Parkinson, Whinfell and Swaledales to 209p/kg from J Longworth, Kentmere. An increased number of lightweight lambs being predominantly hill breeds selling to £80.50 from V&S Inman, Coniston for a ring full of Swaledales. An overall market average today 233p/kg.
Prime Lambs Top Prices: Leicester: £150 Meadow Bank, £120 Meadow Bank, £116 Arklid Farm. Texel: £149 Steel Croft, £149 Low Barns Farm, £148 Lane Ends farm, £148 Mint Close, £146 Head House, £140 Slack farm. Suffolk: £146 lane Ends Farm, £140 Cumbrae, £128 High House Farm, £128 Lane Ends Farm, £126 Lower Hawthwaite, £116 Hill Park. Charolais: £144 Dawson Fold, £114 Homelands, £111.50 Dawson Fold. Continental: £138 Myers Farm, £122 Stubb Hall Farm, £114 High Ground Farm, £108 Old Glasson Farm. Beltex: £136 Stubb Hall Farm, £123 Methop Park Farm, £119 Greaves Farm, £108 Homelands. Dorset: £131 Cumbrae. Cheviot: £123 Seedhowe Cottages, £89 Low Deepslack. Mule: £114 Ashstead, £107 Greaves Farm, £104.50 Hill Park, £100.50 Poppy Farm, £95.50 Low Hall Farm, £92.50 Yoad Pot. Swaledale: £95 Rowe End Farm, £90 Low Deepslack, £88 Millriggs, £87.50 Yoad Pot, £80.50 High Ground Farm. Cheviot Mule: £94 Poppy Farm. Rough Fell: £93 Millriggs, £89 Deepslack. Herdwick: £72 Green Cottages. Gritstone: £84.50 Low Waterside. Zwartble: £80 Benson Hall. Horned: £72 Brow Head
Cast Sheep
Cull sheep saw a top price of £170 for Texel ewes from AR&BJ Thompson, Poppy Farm with generally a plainer show of ewes forward today. Other heavy weight ewes sold to £132 for Suffolks from J Park, Kendal and Texels to £130 from J Woodburn &Partners, Ulverston. A large proportion of Mule and Mashams ewes were forward today which saw North Country Mules sell to £118 from RF&CE Hodgson, Pennington, Mashams to £94 from JA Bennet, Longsleddale and Cheviot Mules £90 from PA&D Slater, Garstang. Pure hill ewes sold to £108 for Cheviots from J Allonby & Son, Greyrigg, £87 for Rough Fells from W Beck & Son, Tebay, Swaledales to £86 from RF&CE Hodgson, Pennington and Herdwicks to £58 from S Crawford, Staveley All ewes today averaged £70.50 with over half the entry being pure hill breeds. No real power and strength in the cull rams today with those forward selling to £148 for a Texel from WH&G Hodgson, Patton with other stronger rams sold between £105-£120. Pure hill rams sold to £110 for Rough Fells from I&J Mallinson, Selside. 28 cull rams forward today averaged £98.68.
Cast Ewes Top Prices: Texel - £170 Poppy Farm, £130 Mansrigg Hall, £127 Hall Bank, £120 Mansrigg Hall, £118 Green Head, £114 Killington Drive. Suffolk - £132, £114, £102, £98 Whitbarrow Cottage. Mule - £118 Rowe End Farm, £114 Mansrigg Hall, £112 Cracalt Farm, £98 Lockbank, £96 High Birk Howe Farm, £96 Bleaswood Road. Leicester - £108 Yoad Pot. Cheviot - £108 Green Head, £91 Wellfoot. Lleyn - £97, £86 Briar Cottage. Masham - £94 Middale Farm, £93 Marsh Grange Farm, £89 Killington Drive, £88 Brown Brook. Cheviot Mule - £90 Slack Farm. Rough Fell - £87, £86 Barugh House, £67 Killington Drive, £63 High Borrowbridge. Swaledale - £86 Rowe End Farm, £76 Middale Farm, £75 Meadow Bank. Continental - £79 Crozier Croft, £68, £64 Flakebridge. Jacob - £76 Broadhead. Herdwick - £58 Seedhowe Cottages, £51 High Birk Howe.
Cast Ram Top Prices: Texel - £148 Mint View, £120 Marsh Grange Farm, £118 Birch Bank, £118 Cumbrae, £116 Guides Farm, £112 Broadhead. Leicester - £120 Seedhowe Cottages. Beltex - £110 Flakebridge, £100 Low Hall Farm. Rough Fell - £110 Borrow Bridge, £98 Seedhowe Cottages. Suffolk - £86 Rowe End
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Special
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followed by Fortnightly Sale 0f Store Lambs, Thursday 15th December 2022.
All classes of calves saw a keen interest from a full ring side of buyers resulting in a sharp trade. Month old Blue bulls sold to £310 from A Pickthall, New Hutton. With other young Blue bulls selling to £290 from DR&C Galbraith, Grayrigg. This good home also topped the heifer section selling Blue heifers to £280 with HJ Robinson & Son, Preston Patrick selling Blue heifers to the same price. A very young show of black & whites forward with new buyers around the ring ensuring a nice trade was seen. Three week old bulls from MH&SJ Morris, Allithwaite sold to £40.
Calf Top Prices: British Blue: £310 Borrans Farm, £290 £280 Sunny Bank, £280 Elm Tree Farm, £265 Sunny Bank, £220 Borrans Farm. Angus: £90 £70 Elm Tree Farm. Friesian: £40 Wraysholme Tower.
Store Lambs
A few less store lambs forward with the freezing weather conditions. Just over 2000 store lambs forward, averaging £68.17. Trade today saw nicely bred and well fleshed lambs as well as lambs that had come customed to hard feed once again saw keen interest from all buyers with smaller leaner lambs harder to place. Beltex lambs led the way selling to £105 for a full pen from BJ Bowness, Kendal. Who also sold other to £100. Texel lambs sold to £104 from J&M Wilson, Selside. With other pens of Texels selling to £95 twice, RJ&OB Simpson, Longsleddale and AW&AM Clarke, Windermere. Good pens of Texel cross lambs were regularly selling to the high £80’s into the early £90’s. Medium bred fit continental lambs were selling between the £75£80 mark. Mule lambs saw a top of £90 from SJ&M Richardson & Son, Lupton. With other strong pens selling to £88 from AW&AM Clarke, Windermere. Medium mule lambs were selling around the £75 mark. Hill bred lambs saw Herdwicks sell to £75 from DH Holmes, New-on-Lune with this home selling a full pen of cheviots selling to £66. Rough Fells selling to £62.50 from J Hodgson, Penrith. Swaledales sold to a top of £50.50 twice from the same home of SG Sibson, Bassenthwaite. The next sale of store hoggs is on Thursday 12th January 2023, please advise the office with entries.
With this been the final store lamb sale of the year at Junction 36, North West Auctions would like to take this opportunity to thank new and returning customers and wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Store Lambs Top Prices: Beltex: £105 £100 £96 Blea Tarn Road, £77.50 Old Witherslack Farm. Texel: £104 Cooper House, £95 Low Longmire, £95 High Swinklebank Farm, £91 Cooper House, £89.50 Hollowmire Farm. Continental: £99 The Borrans, £90 Lakeber Avenue, £90 The Borrans, £78 Botton Hall Farm, £78 Ninezergh. Mule: £90 High Row, £88 Low Longmire, £86 Low Newton, £82.50 Mosergh Farm, £81.50 Butterwick, £80 Quarry Top. Sufolk: £89 Wyke Farm, £88 Hollowmire Farm, £74.50 Middle Birkby Farm, £64.50 Mosergh Farm, £63.50 Hole House Farm, £62 The Howes. Zwartable: £88 £70 Castle Syke Farm, £55 Mireside Farm. Teeswater: £73 Middle Lee Farm. Herdwick: £75 Weasdale Farm. Charollais: £67 Green lane End, £58 Barker Knott. Cheviot: £66 £64 Weasdale Farm, £61.50 Green Lane End. Rough: £62.50 Gill Head, £58 Weasdale Farm. Leicester: £60 Castle syke Farm, £51 Farleton House. Ryeland: £58 The Plough.
Lancaster Auction Mart: Christmas Show and Sale of Dairy Cattle. Weekly Sale of Calves, OTM's and Store Cattle, Friday 16th December 2022.
Calves
The weekly sale of calves saw reduced number forward this week following on from a big number last week. Trade was slightly sharper for younger calves. Weanling Angus calves from Ian Richardson, Catforth saw Angus bulls to £360 and £275. British Blue bull calves sold to £290 from J Bargh and Son, Heaton with Oxcliffe followed by £260 from HJ Robinson, Milnthorpe with plenty more beef bulls in the early two hundreds. British blue heifers sold to £215 from J Bargh and Son. Month old dairy bull calves sold to £95 from D & K Haworth, Hambleton.
Heifer Calves Top Prices: Angus: £265 West View Farm. British Blue: £215, £170 North Farm, £145 Elm Tree Farm. Limousin: £100 Rose Farm.
Bull Calves Top Prices: Angus: £360 West View Farm, £240, £230, £200 North Farm. British Blue: £290 North Farm, £260 Elm Tree Farm, £250, £235 North Farm, £180 Tills Farm, £145 Elm Tree Farm. Limousin: £215, £150 Rose Farm.
Steer Calves Top Prices: Angus: £275 West View Farm
Stirks
The monthly sale of stirks at Lancaster was moved forward due to the Christmas period. A smaller entry forward saw a very good trade from start to finish in which more could have easily been sold. The consignment from D & J Hay, Cockerham lead the way selling yearling Charolais bullocks to £900 and eight month old British Blue bullocks to £860 with fifteen month old heifers to £840. The consignment 11month old British Blues from G Hodkinson, Great Eccleston selling Bullocks to £800, Bulls to £800 and heifers to £730. Yearling British Blue heifers sold to £745 from Matthew Atkinson, Burneside with others to £715 from I Atkinson and Son, Warton. Younger stirks saw six month old Hereford bullocks to £655 from R & A Jolleys, Cabus
Bull Stirk Top Prices: British Blue: £800 Gradwell Farm. Friesian: £310, £295 Hawkrigg Farm.
Heifer Stirk Top Prices: British Blue: £840 Birch House Cottage, £745 Low Underbrow, £730 Gradwell Farm. Charolais: £605 Middle Lee Farm.
Steer Stirk Top Prices: Charolais: £900 Birch House Cottage, £680 Middle Lee Farm. British Blue: £860 Birch House Cottage, £800 Gradwell Farm, £680 Docker Hall Farm. Hereford: £655 Marlholes Farm. Store Cattle
Store cattle sold to a top price of £1760 for a trio of Limousin x steers from PM&ST Entwistle, Abbeystead. Other heavy well fleshed steers sold to £1700 for Herefords from G Sagar, Caton with others at £1600 from JW Atkinson, Bentham. British Blues sold to £1550 from RC Billington & Son, Garstang and Charollais x to £1530 from EE Thornton & Son, Heaton. Dairy bred steers sold to £1300 for a Fleckvieh from MJ&LC Lund, Quernmore and Friesian to £1290 from EE Thornton & Sons, Morecambe. All steers forward today averaged £1246. Heifers saw a top price of £1550 from a British Blue from RC Billington & Son, Garstang with a pen of four from Norbreck Genetics, Cockerham achieving £1460 followed by another pen of three from RC Billington & Son selling to £1450. Native sired heifers sold to £1410 for Hereford x from JW Atkinson, Bentham with Aberdeen Angus’s to £1350 from Norbreck Genetics, Cockerham. All heifers forward today averaged £1133.
North West Auction would like to take this opportunity to thank its customers for supporting its sales throughout 2022 and with them a happy Christmas.
Store Bullocks Top Prices: Limousin: £1760 Lentworth Farm, £1470 Cockrigg Farm, £1470 Birch Croft, £1370 Ninezergh, £1340 Linghaw Farm, £1120 Ghyll Beck Farm. Hereford: £1700 New Parkside Farm, £1600, £1550 Batty Farm, £1250 Carlingwha, £1240 Underhelm Farm, £1100 Corney Hill Farm. British Blue: £1550 Stubbins Farm, £1510, £1380 Stubb Hall Farm, £1370 Ninzergh, £1250 Cocklake, £1150 Pump House Farm. Charolais: £1530 Downlands Farm, £1500, £1460 Brown Edge, £1370 Dowlands Farm, £1120 Ghyll Beck Farm. Angus: £1500 Stubb Hall Farm, £1430 Grange Farm, £1420 Cockrigg Farm, £1390, £1370, £1350 New Parkside Farm. Fleckvieh: £1300, £1190 Corney Hill Farm. Friesian: £1290, £1250 Downlands Farm, £1240 Carlingwha, £1140, £1100 Barn Hill Farm, £1030 Downlands Farm. Simmental: £1290 Corney Hill Farm. Bazadaise: £1240 Ellers Farm. Blonde: £1190 Ninezergh. Shorthorn: £1190 Ghyll Beck Farm.
Store Heifers Top Prices: British Blue: £1550 Stubbins Farm, £1460 Norbreck Farm, £1450 Stubbins Farm, £1320 Carlingwha, £1170 Windy Hill Farm, £1170 Windy Hall Farm. Hereford: £1410 Batty Farm. Limousin: £1410 Ninezergh, £1380 Linghaw Farm, £1310 Ghyll Beck Farm, £1280 Ninezergh, £1230 Grange Farm, £1200 Linghaw Farm. Angus: £1350 Norbreck Farm, £1230, £1160 Grange Farm, £1070 Higher Hud Lee Farm, £1040 Plumpton Hall Farm. Friesian: £1310 Ghyll Beck Farm. Charolais: £1270, £1170, £1160 Downlands Farm. Blonde: £1190 Ninezergh, £1190 Half Way House.
OTM Cattle
The concluding sale of cull cows at NWA Lancaster saw an overall market average of 162p/kg with a full ring side of buyers competing for all classes and types with many leaving unable to fulfil orders. The sale peaked at 199.5p/kg for a British Blue from EJ Ward & Sons, Nether Kellet with other beef cows achieving 197.5p/kg for a Limousin x from JA&G Gardner, Treales and British Blue from JA&F Nutter, Clitheroe. Well bred beef cows regularly sold at 180-190p/kg with a keen interest for cow suitable for finishing. Dairy cows sold to a top price 191.5p/kg for a Montbeliarde from A&FM Bolland & Sons, Ellel who also sold a Holstein Friesian at 189.5p/kg with British Friesian selling to 177.5p/kg from EE Thornton & Sons, Morecambe and WT Whitaker & Son, Nether
Kellet. Top grossing cow today was a Montbeliarde from A&FM Bolland & Son, Ellel achieving £1627. OTM heifers sold to 131.5p/kg and £1423 for a Simmental from EJ Ward & Son, Nether Kellet with dairy heifer selling 229.5p/kg for a Holstein Friesian from JK&B Birkett & Son, Morecambe with Norwegian Reds selling to £1359 from CP&V Cowgill, Bentham. Holstein Friesian steers sold to 174.5p/kg and £1047 from H Kent, Cockerham.
OTM Cow Top Prices: British Blue: 199.50 Intack Farm, 197.50 Manor Farm, 187.50 Thornbush Farm, 184.50 Moss House Farm. Limousin: 197.50 Moss House Farm, 181.50, 174.50 Potts Yeats. Angus: 194.50, 189.50 Intack Farm. Montbeliarde: 191.50 Yeat House. Friesian: 189.50 Yeat House, 177.50 Lane Ends Farm, 177.50 Downlands Farm, 177.50 High Cark Farm, 174.50 Boundary House, 171.50 Langthwaite Heights. Hereford: 169.50 Boundary House. Ayrshire: 164.50 Hawkrigg Farm. Continental: 129.50 Poole Bank Farm. Galloway: 117.50 Near Orrest. Jersey: 114.50 High House Farm.
OTM Heifer Top Prices: Simmental: 231.50 Intack Farm. Friesian: 229.50, 217.50 White Lund Farm. Norwegian Red: 207.50 Oakhead Farm.
Cast Steer Top Prices: Friesian: 174.50 Abbey House
Dairy Cattle
The Christmas prize show of dairy cattle at NWA Lancaster saw a high-quality entry forward with an abundance of buyers ringside all keen to secure stock from this popular fortnightly sale. Thanks must go to our sponsors Wadland Finance and Westmoreland Veterinary Group for supporting todays show classes, along side the judge Mr Luke Robinson for giving his time. The championship rosette was awarded to the first prize heifer Pennine Poppy 1652 from Drinkall Bros, Over Wyresdale which after spirited bidding was secured by the judge for £3600. The reserve champion was the Holstein Friesian heifer Milnthorpe Beckham Gloria 3 from W Garnett & Son, Milnthorpe which sold for a final bid of £2950. The first prize cow Wyredale Attico Tulip 4 shown by MJ& H Atkinson, Quernmore achieved a final bid of £2450. A fast traded was experienced for all classes and types with vendors leaving well suited for prices achieved with an overall market average of £2365.
