Weekly Report and Newsletter - 17th January 2025
Lancaster Auction Mart: Sale of Prime Hoggs & Cast Sheep, Monday 13th January 2025.
Prime Hoggs
No winter blues at NWA Lancaster, a sharp rise in trade saw an SQQ 352p/kg and an overall average of 350p/kg. The sale peaked at £190 for a pen of three Beltex cross hoggs from AG Butler, Hambleton, which sold early in the sale and set the tone for the rest of the day. Others sold at £180 for a ring full from JE Parkinson & Son, Quernmore, £179 from KA Purtill, Wigan, £179 from J Twigge, Lindale and £178 GM&A Jackson, Little Eccleston. Well finished hoggs were greatly appreciated by the buyers, with a prompt start and a fast trade seen all day. Well finished hoggs were regularly selling at £120 to £135 over weight. Hill bred hoggs are coming forward in greater numbers, selling to £161 for standard weight Cheviots from KM&KJ Curwen, Abbeystead with Mules to £150 from GM&A Jackson, Little Eccleston and lighter weight Swaledales to £113. Today’s sale peaked at 413p/kg for another pen of Beltex cross hoggs from AG Butler, Hambleton with others at 409p/kg, 407p/kg,405p/kg and regularly selling at 380p/kg plus. The best first cross lambs sold to 395p/kg from M&S Purtill, Wigan with other pens 360p/kg to 380p/kg, with standards nicely 340p/kg to 355p/kg. Hill bred lambs sold to 359p/kg for Cheviots from P Prickett, Hutton Roof with others at 358p/kg from KM&KJ Curwen, Abbeystead. Mules sold to 328p/kg and horned lambs to 308p/kg. This popular early Monday sale continues to attract new and additional customers, along side the loyal locals. For all Monday morning sales enquires please contact Matthew Probert or Andrew Butler.
Prime Hoggs Top Prices: BELTEX: £190 Park Farm Barn, £180 Castle Mill Farm, £179 Holmelands, £175 Oak Aveune, £174 Holmelands, £170 Oak Aveune. TEXEL: £179 Oak Aveune, £178 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £177 Park Farm Barn, £176 North Farm, £174 Pilling Hall Farm, £173 North Farm. ZWARTBLE: £179 Holmelands. CONTINENTAL: £176 Bensons Farm, £176 Wyre Farm, £169 Park Farm Barn, £168 Bensons Farm, £166 Holmelands, £165 Pilling Hall Farm. SUFFOLK: £174 Homlelands, £170 Park Farm Barn, £164 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £160 Beaumont Gate. CHAROLLAIS: £165 Park Farm Barn, £142 Thornbush Farm. CHEVIOT: £161 Marshaw Farm, £160, £159 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £158 Hutton Roof Hall, £136, £129 Yarslber. MULE: £150 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £135 Burrow Heights Farm, £134 Nottington Place, £133 Hare Apple Tree, £123 Thornbush Farm. SWALEDALE: £113 Marshaw Farm, £106 Thornbush Farm.
Cast Ewes
Cull sheep experienced another rise in trade, spirited bidding for all sheep produced an overall market average of £166. Several pure and ¾ bred ewes forward today, sold to a top of £268 for a Beltex cross from D&K Swarbrick, Out Rawcliffe. Texels sold to £242 from G Hargreaves, Scotford and R&DL Cornthwaite, Nateby, other mediums were regularly £205 to £220. First cross continental ewes sold to £206 from Bargh Contractors, Morecambe with other at £204 and £202, with best from CJ Metcalf, Ingleton achieving £200. Other better mediums were £170 to £195, with leaner sorts £130 to £160. Mashams sold to a top of £206 from WJ&EA Woodhouse, Nateby with North Country Mules to £204 from R&DL Cornthwaite, Nateby. Other strong heavy weight Mules were regularly £180 to £195, better end mediums were £140 to £170, with only the smaller sorts less. Pure hill ewes sold to £130 for Rough Fells from WJ&EA Woodhouse, Nateby, Dalesbred to £122 from DM Eames, Abbeystead, Cheviots £121 from JE Parkinson & Son, Quernmore and Swaledales £118 from RH&C Ayrton, Abbeystead. Just a handful of rams forward sold to £182 for Cheviots from RH&C Ayrton, Abbeystead with a large number of leaner hard worked continental £110 to £140. All classes and types of cull sheep are required every Monday to satisfy buyers requirements.
Cast Ewes Top Prices: TEXEL: £268 Bensons Farm, £242 Humblescough Farm, £242, £216 Ivy Bank Farm, £216, £212 Humblescough Farm. MASHAM: £206 Gibsons Farm. MULE: £204 Humblescough Farm, £190 Gibsons Farm, £188 Middle Lee Farm, £188 Bensons Farm, £176 Pilling Hall Farm, £170 Yarlsber. TEESWATER: £158 Middle Lee Farm. ROUGH FELL: £130 Gibsons Farm. DALESBRED: £122 Middle Lee Farm. CHEVIOT: £121 Castle Mill Farm. CONTINENTAL: £121 Bradlow Farm. SWALEDALE: £118 Ouzelthorn Farm. JACOB: £114 Gibsons Farm.
Cast Ram Top Prices: CHEVIOT: £182 Ouzelthorn Farm. TEXEL: £128 Gibsons Farm. LEICESTER: £126, £122 Ouzelthorn Farm. SWALEDALE: £108 Ouzelthorn Farm.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Sale of Pigs, Prime Hoggs & Cast Sheep, Tuesday 14th January 2025. Pigs
J36’s first pig sale of 2025 saw the trade increase on the previous year.
A cracker of a gilt from local finisher PK&R Woof, Stainton topped the days trading at £250 with a further three from this home at £220. Another J36 regular J Stott, Kingsland produced a trio of hogs to £220. The highest p/kg coming from the Whitehaven based A Preston, this home reaching 220p/kg or £220. Boars sold to £175 from CR Dickinson, Thurnham. Stores and weaners continued to generate interest here at J36. These reaching £100 for a pen of boars from R Ellison, Ulverston with the best of the weaners to £58 from S Whitley, Harrogate.
Prime Hoggs- FLYING TRADE
The take off continues at Junction 36 as prime hoggs hit the clouds once again, with demand showing no let up.
Texel sold to £198 from F&SA Edmondson, Ulverston.
Suffolks sold to £196 from F&SA Edmondson, Ulverston.
Beltex sold to £190 from A Thompson, Carnforth.
Charollais sold to £180 from S Crowe, Stainton.
Mules sold to £176 from WI&AM Atkinson, Bleasdale.
BFL sold to £171 from RI Dixon, Levens.
A particularly large amount of light weight hoggs about, were met with what can only be classed as a heavy weight trade. A pair of 36kg Texels from A Thompson, Carnforth hit 394.4p/kg. Even hill sheep saw the same treatment, as 30kg Herdwicks sold to 340p/kg this was for a pen of five from SW&A Hoggarth, Broughton in Furness. Handy weight hoggs saw endless bidding throughout. 44kg Texels from RC Morphet, Hornby totalled at £166 or 377.3p/kg. Three Blue Texels at the same weight made £1 less or 375p/kg. A pen of three Beltex from A Thompson, Carnforth weighed 46kg and totalled at £176 per head or 382.6p/kg. 48kg Texels went to £181 or 377.1p/kg from PJ&ES Rogerson, Appleby. The heavier end (in the 55kg to 60kg category) saw anywhere from 325p/kg to 330p/kg, for the most solid end. An SQQ average of 341p/kg was achieved, which saw trade a good bit up on the week, due to the number of hill bred and horned hoggs on offer today.
Please contact our auctioneers ahead of next week and take advantage of the current highs in the sheep world.
Prime Hoggs Top Prices: Texel: £198 Netherhouses Farm, £183 Southways, £182 Mint Close, £181 £180 Mason Gill, £180 Head House, £179 Mint Close. Suffolk: £196 £172 Netherhouses Farm, £189 Station Hotel Farm, £170 Helm Croft, £168 Swallowmire, £164 £163 Netherhouses Farm. Beltex: £190 £176 Southways, £146 Back O’The Fell. Charolais: £180 The Green, £168 Park Farm Barn, £159 Hampsfield Hall, £157 £152 Arklid Farm, £148 Dale End. Mule: £175 £167 £161 Holme House Farm, £161 Greaves Farm, £159 Netherhouses Farm, £159 Arklid Farm, £155 High Tenement Farm. Leicester: £171 £164 Low Newton Farm, £137 Longwell. Blue Texel: £165 Hampsfield Hall. Continental: £160 Holmelands, £155 Endmoor Farm, £136 Low House, £119 Tongue House Farm. Cheviot: £159 High Tenement Farm, £157 Seedhowe Cottages, £146 Park Farm Barn, £144 Croziers Croft, £141 £136 Seedhowe Cottages. Rough Fell: £156 Woodside, £140 Mill Riggs, £131 Seedhowe Cottages, £129 High Borrowbridge, £128 Mill Riggs. Hampshire: £154 £150 Endmoor Farm, Swale: £152 £150 Netherhouses Farm, £145 Arklid Farm, £137 Well Foot, £135 Green Cottages, £126Dale End. Dutch Spotted: £145 Hampsfield Hall, £127 high Mill Farm. Zwartble: £128 Oak Avenue. Herwick: £126 £122 Dale End, £104 Green Cottages, £102 Far Kiln Bank. Jacob: £123 High Mills Farm.
Cast Ewes
Cull sheep continue to sell to the recent high rates for all classes and types, with ten buyers ringside at Junction 36 eager to fill orders.
Best end continentals were regularly £220 to £250, with the strongest £260 to £290, topping at £300 for Texels from RK&R Woof, Stainton. Strongest cross bred ewes sold to £214 for Suffolk cross from E&A Thompson, New Hutton with others £200 to £210. Texel cross sold to £200 from R Harker & Son, Grayrigg. Mules continue to rise week on week, with a pen full of heavy weight North Country Mules from DS Harper, Lyth selling to £212, with other heavy North Country Mules regularly £170 to £200. Cheviot Mules sold to £198 from Kendal College, Kendal with others £170 to £190. Medium ewes were nicely £140 to £165, with smaller leaner sorts £110 to £130.
Pure hill ewes sold to £170 for Cheviots from CM&J Stott, Chipping, Lleyns £158 R Howard, Ulverston, Rough Fells £152 EJ Hodgson & Son, Lambrigg, Dalesbred £140 R Capstick & Son, Ingleton , Swaledales £130 WI&AM Atkinson, Bleasdale and Herdwicks £117 SW&A Hoggarth, Broguhton in Furness. Medium hill ewes were £80 to £110, with leaner sorts £60 to £78. Cull rams sold to £232 for Charollais’s from AT Threlkeld, Ulverston with other medium continental £170 to £220, leaner sorts £120 to £150. Hill rams sold to £140 for Rough Fells, £138 Herdwicks and £128 Swaledale’s.
Cast Ewes Top Prices: Texel: £300 £268 £266 £254 Storth End Farm, £272 £262 Thrimby Hall. Suffolk: £214 High Butterbent, £210 West Plain Farm, £206 Hill Park, £198 Kendal College, £176 Hill Park. Charolais: £232 £170 Bowkerstead Farm. Mule: £212 Flodder Hall, £196 Woodside, £194 £188 High Butterbent, £184 Tarnside Farm, £180 Deansbiggin, £178 Station Hotel Farm. Leicester: £172 Low Fold, £84 High Skelghyll. Cheviot: £170 £160 Laund Farm. Continental: £170 Lambrigg Head Farm, £155 Crag House Farm. LLeyn: £158 £128 Low Longmire Farm. Hampshire: £156 High Farm. Horned: £152 Lambrigg Head Farm. Masham: £150 High Swinklebank Farm. Rough Fell: £140 Woodside, £135 £125 High Swinklebank Farm, £124 Low Fold, £124 Mill Cottage, £110 Riddings. Dales: £140 £126 Fell End Farm, £134 x2 Farleton House. Herdwick: £138 Middle Fell, £117 Far Kiln Bank, £116 Dale End, £102 Farleton House. Gritstone: £132 High Farm. Swale: £130 £124 Holme House Farm, £128 Grayrigg Hall, £127 Well Foot, £125 Grayrigg Hall, £120 Mill Cottage, £120 Wood Broughton Barn. Goat: £82 Lunesdale House. Jacob: £130 High Mill Farm.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Fortnightly Sale of Store Hoggs, Thursday 16th January 2025.
Breeding Sheep
The opening sale of in lamb breeding sheep saw a packed ring side of local and travelled buyers in attendance, keen to secure additional and replacement stock. Today’s sale topped at £260 on two occasions for Mule shearlings and one crops carrying twins, due mid-March onwards. Others were regularly £225 to £250, with medium Mules scanned at 150% generally £200 to £222. Several pens of older sheep saw aged Mules scanned at 195% sell at £225, with sheep carrying triples to £220 and broken mouthed Mules £170.
The next sale of breeding sheep will take place on Saturday 25th January, to include 200 Mule ewes and shearling from several consignors. In lamb sheep will then be sold fortnightly thereafter, with the next sale being Thursday 30th January at 10.30am. Please contact Matthew Probert 07540 446667for all breeding sheep enquiries.
Store Hoggs
An increasing trade for store hoggs for the second week running at Junction 36, with an entry of 2000 head creating an overall average if £118.63. There was plenty of customers for all categories of hoggs. Medium term keep hoggs were probably the most sort after, with the overall average reflecting this.
Topping todays trade was eight quality Texel hoggs were courtesy of D Philips, Gatebeck making £151. There was a large proportion of continental Suffolks hoggs over £140. Mules topped at £140, with demand for the breed remaining high, this price was achieved by T Longton, Quernmore. The average for Mules was just shy of £120. Demand was also high for good hill hoggs. A special mention to Alan Lambert, Lupton who reached £125 for a pen of twelve quality Charmoise.
Store Hogg Top Prices: Texel: £151 Gate Beck Cottages, £149 Steel Croft, £148 White House, £148 Birks Farm, £145 Woodside Farm, £145 Owlnook. Beltex: £145 Crakehall, £142 Croup Farm. Continental: £142 Bowness Farm, £135 Moss Side, £133 Bowness Farm, £130 Higher Watson House, £130 Moss Side, £124 Bowness Farm.Suffolk: £140 Hill Cottage, £140 Tranthwaite Hall, £140 Gaskell House, £136 Hollowmire Farm, £129 Fairfield, £126 Strickland Hill.Mule: £140 Rooten Brook, £138 Hegdale, £136 Strickland Hill, £125 Thornbush Farm, £122 Skelwith Fold Farm, £122 Hawes Farm. Zwartble: £138 Birks Farm, £124 Bowness Farm, £122 Birks Farm. Dutch Spot: £131 Croup Farm.Swaledale: £124 Hegdale, £118 Ashtead, £112 Hegdale, £102 Higher Watson House, £95 Hegdale, £88 Tarn Foot. Chamois: £123, £98 Brow Head. Cheviot: £121 Barker Knott, £121 Castle Green Lane, £99 Botton Hall Farm. Gritstone: £121, £117 Castle Green Lane. Cheviot Mule: £120 Woodside Farm. Jacob: £119 High Mill Farm, £77 Bank Ground. Leicester: £116 Longwell. Dalesbred: £104 Roundthwaite. Scottish Blackface: £102 (2) Audlands Park. Roughfell: £81 Greenside Farm. Herdwick: £78 Tarn Foot, £68 Long Green Head.
Lancaster Auction Mart: Sale of Calves, OTM Cattle & Store Cattle. Friday 17th January 2025.
Calves & Weanlings
80 calves and weaned stirks forward today, saw trade up another gear for all goods with all calves sold today averaging £454. Rearers flew to a top of £640 for six week old British Blue bulls from Lancaster regulars JP&C Robson, Brock. Aberdeen Angus not far behind at £585 for the Barbers of Manor House, Brock. Aberdeen Angus cross were possibly the trade of the day with other bulls to £580 and £545 from I Richardson, Catforth & H&SD Cornthwaite, Garstang respectively. Rearing Heifers topped at £541 for an Aberdeen Angus cross from I Richardson, Catforth with others from this good farming at £485 x2. JE&J Pye, Quernmore treated us to a very sweet pen of Aberdeen Angus heifers selling to £475 and £465. British Blues sold to £340 for a young sweet pair from JP&C Robson, Brock with month old Limousins to £315 from MH&AR Robinson, Holmescale. Weaned stirks sold to £840 for a trio of Hereford cross steers from D&J Hay, Cockerham with bulls to £750 for British Blues from AW&AM Park, Ellel. Slightly older black and white bulls from TD&A Gardner, Great Eccleston sold to £740. Heifer stirks had to be seen to be believed, with A Shepherd, Preesall selling Aberdeen Angus cross to £725 and £715 x2, at just five months old.
Heifer Calves Top Prices: ANGUS: £510, £485 (X2) West View Farm, £475, £465, £440 Gibsons Farm. CHAROLAIS: £400 Newsham Hall Farm. BRITISH BLUE: £340 Kirkwood Lodge Farm, £340 (x2) Roe Farm. LIMOUSIN: £315, £285, £210 Holmescales Farm. LONGHORN: £285 Newsham Hall Farm. SHORTHORN: £205, £145 Bolton Fold Farm. HEREFORD: £195 Bolton Fold Farm.
Bull Calves Top Prices: BRITISH BLUE: £640 Roe Farm, £585 Manor House Farm, £490, £345, £200 Holmescales Farm. ANGUS: £580 West View Farm, £545, £475 Kirkwood Lodge Farm, £465 Walkers I’th Fields, £455 West View Farm, £435 Walkers I’th Fields. FLECKVIEH: £360 Sandvilla. LIMOUSIN: £350, £310, £300, £170 Holmescales Farm. HEREFORD: £175 Bolton Fold Farm. FREISIAN: £100 (x2) Gibsons Farm.
Steer Calves Top Prices: ANGUS: £515, £495 Gibsons Farm.
Bull Stirk Top Prices: BRITISH BLUE: £750, £700, £570 Walkers I’th Fields. FRIESIAN: £740 (x3) Larbreck Hill Farm.
Heifer Stirk Top Prices: ANGUS: £725, £715 (x2), £690 Muffys Platt Farm, £620, £600 Walkers I’th Fields. HEREFORD: £710 Birch House Cottage. LONGHORN: £670, £650 Muffys Platts Farm. BRITISH BLUE: £420 Muffys Platts Farm.
Steer Stirk Top Prices: HEREFORD: £840 (x2) Birch House Cottage. FRIESIAN: £470 Muffys Platt Farm.
Store Cattle
Leading averages:
R&DM Rossall & Son, Pilling (x3) £2303
A&E Clarkson, Thurnham (x5) £2174
H Chapman & Son (x4) £2170
DE&SM Moorhouse, Natland (x4) £2160
J Prest & Son, Bay Horse (x15) £2080
J&M Cockett, Ingleton (x5) £2056
Store cattle prices continue to flourish here at Lancaster’s weekly sale, with bullocks selling to average a genuine £1822.02 and an overall market average of £1702.28, for a predominantly dairy bred show.
No less than 34 of the 200 stores on show sold over £2000, however it was Lancaster stalwart A&E Clarkson, Thurnham who came out on top with his British Blue bullock reaching the day’s top price of £2350. Other bullocks saw R&DM Rossall, Pilling sell pair of British Blues to £2320 and Aberdeen Angus cross to £2300, with Charolais also to £2300 from J Prest & Son, Bay Horse. Limousins sold to £2280 from DE&SM Moorhouse, Natland, while top price dairy bullock was an Ayrshire at £1920. Heifers sold to a top of £1970 for a British Blue cross from JD&GM Bracken, Garstang with TJ Robinson, Milnthorpe producing two close behind, with Hereford at £1960 and Aberdeen Angus cross at £1900. Also at £1900 was a trio of British Blue cross from the Garsdale based TG&B Todd, with a further twenty heifers selling over £1800.
Store Bullocks Top Prices: BRITISH BLUE: £2350 Cock Hall Farm, £2320 Abrahams Farm, £2240 Millbeck, £2240 Upper Foxholes Farm, £2200 Cock Hall Farm, £2140 Upper Foxholes Farm. ANGUS: £2300 Abrahams Farm, £2040 Upper Foxholes Farm, £2040 Foredales Farm, £2000 Hill House Farm, £2000 Lodge Farm, £1980 Wood Nook Farm. CHAROLAIS: £2300 Upper Foxholes Farm, £2280 Millbeck, £1980 Upper Foxholes Farm. LIMOUSIN: £2280 High House Farm, £2240 Millbeck, £2120 High House Farm, £2020, £1960 Hall Farm, £1920 Millbeck. AYRSHIRE: £1920 Cock Hall Farm. HEREFORD: £1920 Rowell Farm. SIMMENTAL: £1800 Newlands Farm. GALLOWAY: £1580 Upper Foxholes Farm. CONTINENTAL: £1520 Newlands Farm. SHORTHORN: £1480 Stirzaker House. FRIESIAN: £1460 Newlands Farm, £1450 Plumpton Hall Farm, £1340 Parrox Hall Farm. OTHER: £1060 Springfield House.
Store Heifer Top Prices: BRITISH BLUE: £1980 Greenlands Farm, £1900 Blades Farm, £1860 Stubb Hall Farm, £1820 Braddup House Farm, £1720 Boldens Farm, £1680 Hare Field House. HEREFORD: £1960, £1880 Rowell Farm, £1800 Hill House Farm, £1680 Rowell Farm, £1560 Braddup House Farm, £1540 Park Farm Barn. ANGUS: £1900 Rowell Farm, £1880 Foredales Farm, £1840 Hare Field House, £1820 Hill House Farm, £1820 Thursgill, £1800 Chesnut House Farm. LIMOUSIN: £1740 Lodge Farm, £1700 Wood Nook Farm, £1600 Windy Hill Farm, £1600 Barker Knott. FRIESIAN: £1660, £1260 Lodge Farm. DAIRY SHORTHORN: £1160 Craketrees. SHORTHORN: £1120 Stirzaker House.
OTM Cattle
Lancaster’s popular weekly sale of OTM cattle saw new vendors joining the party and being well satisfied with the trade. Just short of 100 cattle went through the bottom ring today, with all classes a sharper trade and overall average of 207.5p/kg. Cast steers today would see a top grossing price of £2222.81 for an Aberdeen Angus from O Butler, Esprick who sold three other Angus OTM steers over £2000 or 324.5p/kg. Regular vendors EE Thornton & Son, Heaton saw their Friesian cast steers sell to £1773 or 299.5p/kg.
OTM heifers saw local vendors A&FM Bolland & Sons, Ellel over £2000 (x2) or 304.5p/kg for a Hereford and Montbeliarde, with Friesian OTM Heifers to £1560.55 or 264.5p/kg from G&ME Woodhouse, Ellel.
No let up in trade on the OTM cow front, with GJ&GB Billington, Garstang topping at £2146.07 for a Charolais cow. Other better-bred cows sold to £1774.06 from G Metcalfe & Son, Gressingham for an Aberdeen Angus. Friesian cows from PW&JM Norris & Sons, Hornby sold to £1937, with other Friesian cows sold to £1823 from A Grimshaw, Bolton. Fleckvieh bred cows sold to £1798 or 239.5p/kg from B&AC Barnes, Middleton.
Just a handful of cast bulls in today sold to £1588.14 or 264.5p/kg for a Hereford from MS&G Mason, Kirkby Lonsdale.
Many more OTM cattle can be handled on a Friday morning at Lancaster, with buyers for all types eager to fill order books.
OTM Cow Top Prices: FRIESIAN: 279.50, 269.50 Bowsber Farm, 249.50 Downlands Farm, 244.50, 219.50 Harricroft Farm, 217.50 Priory Farm. CHAROLAIS: 259.50 Myerscough House. HEREFORD: 244.50, 234.50, 199.50, 189.50 Little Crimbles, 179.50 Leighton House. FLECKVIEH: 239.50 Hawkin Hall. LIMOUSIN: 229.50, 214.50 Howriggs, 174.50 Leighton House. ANGUS: 229.50 Fleets Farm, 189.50 Spital Farm, 179.50 Higher Salter. CONTINENTAL: 217.50 Hawkin Hall, 149.50, 139.50 Higher Salter. PIEMONTESE: 207.50 Little Crimbles. SHORTHORN: 143 Newsham Hall Farm. BRITISH BLUE: 139.50 LEIGHTON HOUSE.
OTM Heifer Top Prices: MONTBELIARDE: 304.50, 294.50 Yeat House. HEREFORD: 289.50 Yeat House, 259.50 Gibraltar Farm. FRIESIAN: 264.50 Boldens Farm, 259.50 Myers Farm, 239.50 Heaves Farm, 234.50 Benson Hall, 229.50 Stubb Place Farm, 224.50 Heaves Farm.
Cast Steer Top Prices: ANGUS: 329.50, 324.50, 319.50 (x2) Elm Bank Farm. FRIESIAN: 299.50, 264.50 Downlands Farm, 209.50, 189.50, 179.50 Spital Farm.
Cast Bull Top Prices: HEREFORD: 269.50, 259.50, 249.50 Spital Farm.
Next Week's Upcoming Sales
Monday 20th
Lancaster: 10am Weekly Sale of Prime Hoggs & Cast Sheep
Tuesday 21st
J36: 1pm Weekly Sale of Prime Hoggs & Cast Sheep
Thursday 23rd
J36: 10am Fortnightly Sale of Stirks
10:30am Show & Sale of Feeding Bulls
10:30am Fortnightly Sale of OTM/Cast Cattle
11am Fortnightly Sale of Store Cattle
11:30am Fortnightly Sale of Rearing Calves
Friday 24th
Lancaster: 10:15am Weekly Sale of Rearing & Weaned Calves
10:30am Weekly Sale of OTM/Cast Cattle
11:15am Weekly Sale of Store Cattle
Saturday 25th
J36: 10am Diamond Delights
On Farm: 10:30am S & J France, Kays Farm, Over Wyresdale Farm Sale
