Weekly Report and Newsletter- 17th May 2024
Lancaster Auction Mart: Weekly Sale of Prime Lambs, Prime Hoggs & Cast Sheep, Monday 13th May 2024.
Prime Lambs
More spring lambs were forward, meeting a sharp trade with an overall averaged of 438p/kg achieved. Suffolk lambs sold to £207 from WN&D Smith & Sons, Cockerham who sold other pens to £206. Smart bred Texel lambs sold to £196 from A&E Clarkson, Thurnham or 490p/kg. Other smart bred lambs were regularly selling at 475p/kg to 480p/kg. More spring lambs are required on a weekly basis, with new outlets keen to purchase.
Prime Lamb Top Prices: Suffolk: £207, £206, £203 Cocker House Farm, £191, £174, £136 Woodstock. Texel: £196, £192, £191, £190 (x2) Cock Hall Farm, £189 Little Fell. Charolais: £192, £190, £180, £179, £174 Redbank Farm. Continental: £191 Cocker House Farm, £189 Woodstock. Beltex: £151, £142 Woodstock.
Prime Hoggs
Hoggs saw well meated and fed hoggs in keen demand, with an overall market average of 367p/kg achieved for all sold. Leaner type hoggs met less demand. Texel hoggs sold twice to £206 from AG Butler, Hambleton with Beltexs from the same good home to £204. Heavy Suffolk hoggs sold to £201 from J Bargh & Son, Morecambe with heavy hogg regularly £190 to £200. A large show of hill bred hoggs saw Mule to £172 from KA Purtill, Wigan with Cheviots to £170 from Barker Farms, Cockerham and a ring full of 43kg Cheviot to £166 from the same home. Pens of Herdwicks sold to £161 from LA Bradshaw, Stalmine with Rough Fells to £155 from the same home.
Prime Hogg Top Prices: Charolais: £206 Park Farm Barn, £175 Oak Aveune. Texel: £206, £204, £192, £191, £190 Park Farm Barn, £186 Moorville. Suffolk: £201 North Farm, £179 Stubbins House Farm, £161 North Farm, £154, £148, £110 Little Crimbles. Beltex: £198, £185, £172, £171, £170 Moorville, £146 Oak Aveune. Continental: £190 Corney Hill Farm, £180, £169, £157 Oak Aveune, £119 Little Crimbles. Mule: £172 Oak Aveune, £150 North Farm, £149 Oak Aveune. Cheviot: £170, £166, £164, £159 (x2) Hillam House Farm, £143 Cragg Farm. Herdwick: £161 Moss House Farm, £133 Lee End Farm, £120, £117 Moss House Farm. Rough Fell: £155 Moss House Farm. Dorset: £151, £102 Corney Hill Farm.
Cast
Sheep
Less ewes were forward today with the trade being a little less than recent highs, but still adding up nicely with an overall market average of £114 achieved. Texels sold to £186 from R&D Kellet, Cockerham with Charolais’s to £175 from MJ&JC Lund, Quernmore. Cheviots sold to £168 from R&D Kellet, Cockerham with Mules to £138 from the same home. Heavy Mules were regularly £120 to £135. Swaledales sold to £112 from T Ayrton & Son, Over Wyresdale.
Cast Ewes Top Prices: Texel: £186 Mill House, £175 Corney Hill Farm, £136, £82 Low Pleasant. Charolais: £170 Corney Farm. Dorset: £160, £108 Corney Hill Farm. Cheviot: £146, £126, £86 Marshaw Farm. Mule: £138 (x2), £128 Mill House Farm, £102 Low Pleasant, £98 Mill House Farm, £98 Knotts Farm. Swaledale: £112 Yates Farm, £94 Marshaw Farm.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Sale of Pigs, Sheep with Lambs at Foot, Prime Lambs, Prime Hoggs and Cast Sheep, Tuesday 14th May 2024.
Pigs
A much-improved quality entry of prime pigs saw gilts sell to £220 with others at £212, £208, £205 and £202. Other well finished white pigs were regularly £180 to £200, with colour pigs £160 to £180, depending on quality and type. A pen full of Large White cross gilts topped the market at 210p/kg, with other well finished gilts and hoggs 180p/kg to 200p/kg and boars at 150p/kg to 175p/kg. Cull sows sold to £100 or 45p/kg. A keen interest in store pigs saw boars sell to £70, with others at £59 and Tamworth’s to £56.
Prime Lambs
100 spring lambs were forward, with all selling to a shaper trade then first expected. Texels sold to £234 from W Garnett & Son, Milnthorpe with other pens to £233 from M&RW Stirzaker, Milnthorpe who also sold pens of Suffolks to the same price. Hampshire’s sold to £224 from J&O Galbraith, Endmoor. Dorsets sold to £216 from S Procter, Selside. The best bred lambs saw Texel cross Dorset’s to 482p/kg from S Procter, Selside with others to 480p/kg from JE Wightman, Lupton. An overall market average of 440p/kg was achieved.
Prime Lamb Top Prices: Texel: £234 Ackenthwaite Farm, £233 Station Hotel Farm, £228 Ackenthwaite Farm, £206 (x2) Endmoor Farm, £200 Bouthwaite Farm. Suffolk: £233, £210 (x2), £199, £198 Station Hotel Farm, £197 Birkrigg Park Cottage. Continental: £228 Ackenthwaite Farm, £210, £190 (x2) Hawkrigg End, £188 Crabtree Farm, £186 Hawkrigg End. Hampshire: £224 Endmoor Farm, £221 Cantsfield Hall, £183 Endmoor Farm. Dorset: £220, £216, £212, £196, £186 High Biggarsbank.
Prime Hoggs
A mixed show of 500 hoggs were forward, with once again meat and weight selling to a strong trade. Texel hoggs sold to £238 from J Woodburn & Partners, Ulverston with others to £230 from PJ&ES Rogerson, Great Asby with this good home also selling other pens twice to £228. Cheviot hoggs sold to £200 from SH&LE Birkett, Nether Kellet with mules to £189 from JF&AW Sutton, Longsleddale. SBF hoggs sold to £179 from J Woodburn & Partners, Ulverston. Pens of Herdwicks sold to £174 from AG Butler, Hambleton. Teeswaters sold to £168 from DE&J Waine, Longsleddale with Swaledales to £165 from WI&AM Atkinson & Son, Bleasdale. There is still plenty of interest for hoggs in the upcoming weeks from our ring side of eight buyers, with an overall average of 352p/kg achieved.
Prime Hogg Top Prices: Texel: £238 Mansrigg Hall, £230, £228 (x2) Mason Gill, £224 Upp Hall, £206 Angerton Hall Farm. Continental: £214, £212 Mansrigg Hall, £190 Nibthwaite Grange Farm, £180 Upp Hall, £167 Low House Beck, £161 Nibthwaite Grange Farm. Cheviot: £200, £195, £191, £182 Stubb Hall Farm, £176 Wilcocks Farm, £170 Greenhills Farm. Teeswater: £190, £168, £130 Murthwaite. Mule: £189 Nether House Farm, £185 Wilcocks Farm, £181 Swallowmire, £170 High House Farm, £161 Wilcocks Farm, £161 Angerton Hall Farm. Beltex: £186 Angerton Hall Farm. Suffolk: £180 Hill Farm, £179 Guides Farm, £140 Mire House Farm. Scotch Blackface: £179 Mansrigg Hall, £159, £151 Greenhills Farm, £150 Mansrigg Hall, £140 Sands Road, £116 Greenhills Farm. Herdwick: £174 Park Farm Barn, £154 (x2) Meadowbank Farm, £146 Murthwaite, £117, £105 Hazel Head Farm. Swaledale: £165 Holme House Farm, £164 Thorn Cottage, £156 Nether House Farm, £152 Hazel Head Farm, £150 Grove Farms, £144 Holme House Farm. Rough Fell: £164 Boundary Beck. Leicester: £158 Murthwaite, £147 Wilcocks Farm, £120, £110 Somme Aveune. Dalesbred: £153 Holme House Farm. Zwartble: £142 Park Farm Barn. Horned: £130 Greenhills Farm.
Cast Sheep
Another large entry of local farmer ewes sold to an animated trade, with an overall market averaged of £111.11. The best heavy pure ewes were in short supply, selling to £280 for heavy Texels with plenty of medium pure ewes and best first cross ewe £190 to £230. The strongest Mules sold to £168, with other heavy Mules £150 to £160, best mediums £125 to £140 with lighter weights £95 to £110. Pure hill sheep sold to £180 for Cheviots, £158 SBF, £148 Rough Fells, £140 Lleyns, £140 Swaledales and Herdwicks to £114. Mediums horned ewes were generally £80 to £95, with the smaller leaner end and several lambing casualties forward at realisation. Rams sold to £195 with other mediums weights generally £145 to £170. The best hill rams sold to £145 for Cheviots and horned rams £122.
Cast Ewes Top Prices: Texel: £280 Low Field Farm, £280 Mansrigg Hall, £205 Brown Brook, £202 Low Field Farm, £200 Cragg House Farm, £198 Mason Gill. Suffolk: £225 Mansrigg Hall, £215, £200 Low field farm, £195 Bouthwaite Farm, £158, £152 Hollowmire Farm. Continental: £208 Millbeck, £182 Endmoor Farm, £158, £156 Hollowmire Farm, £150 West Plain Farm, £144 Somme Avenue. Leicester: £195 Wilcocks Farm, £172 Greaves Farm, £162 Wilcocks Farm, £120 Burnhead Farm. Beltex: £180, £130 Corner Cottage, £100 Somme Avenue. Cheviot: £180 Swallowmire, £130 Forest Hall, £130 Low Gregg Hall, £126 Bowers Farm, £120 Swallowmire, £116 Naddle Farm. Mule: £168 Brown Brook, £168 Head House, £162 Crabtree Farm, £160 Station Hotel Farm, £160 Marsh Grange Farm, £160 Nether House Farm. Cheviot Mule: £160 Oak Avenue, £152 Low Tarn Green, £136 Nun House, £135 Low Tarn Green. Scottish Blackface: £158 Mansrigg Hall, £122 Chapel Island View. Rough Fell: £148 Mansrigg Hall, £130 Oak Avenue, £128 Boundary Beck, £116 Swallowmire, £95 Killington Drive. Teeswater: £148 Murthwaite. Lleyn: £140 Raw Foot. Swaledale: £140, £128 Catshaw Hall Farm, £125 Barbon Fell House, £120, £116 Nether House Farm, £110 Middle Sadghyll. Charollais: £132 Bradlow Farm. Herdwick: £114 Lane End, £90 Hartsop Hall, £85 High Borrans. Masham: £112 Grate Farm, £95 Marsh Grange Farm. Dalesbred: £112 Brown Brook, £105 Holme House Farm. Swiss Valley Blacknose: £106 Low Field Farm.
Cast Rams Top Prices: Texel: £195 High House Farm. Dorest: £170 Greaves Farm. Leicester: £155, £128 Catshaw Hall Farm. Zwartble: £155, £125 Low Field Farm. Cheviot: £155 Somme Avenue, £145, £130 Forest Hall. Suffolk: £145 Mansrigg Hall. Continental: £124 Swallowmire. Swaledale: £122 Nether House Farm, £120, £100 Ashstead.
Sheep
with Lambs at Foot
A strong entry of 320 ewes with lambs were forward with the majority hill bred. Aged Texel ewes with single Beltex cross lambs sold to £282 from CR Alderson & Son, Kirkby Stephen with Texel ewes with twins to £280 from AT Bainbridge, Kirkby Stephen. Mule ewes with Dutch Spotted twin lambs sold to £260 from S&W Dickinson, Tebay. Texdale ewes with Texel lambs sold to £210 from C&S Dickinson, Ulverston with Texel cross Herdwick ewes with smart Beltex lambs selling to £185 from Messrs Hodgson, Rydal. Aged Cheviot ewes with Suffolk cross single lambs sold to £142 from Naddle Farms, Bampton. Swaledale ewes with single lambs sold to £138 from NA Allen, Winster.
Vendors are encouraged to enter sheep with lambs for the catalogue for next week’s sale, to help with canvasing of buyer’s.
Ewe & Lamb Top Prices: Texel: £282 Aisgill Farm, £270 Little Musgrave Farm, £268 Aisgill Farm, £260 Little Musgrave Farm, £240, £235 Heights Farm. Suffolk: £260 High Woodend. Mule: £248 Chapel Island View, £248, £240 The Steading, £232 High Carlingill, £215 The Steading, £210 High Woodend. Continental: £210 Abbott Park, £202 High Woodend, £192 Eskew Beck, £192 Boundary Beck, £188 High Woodend, £185 Hart Head Farm. Cheviot: £150, £142 Naddle Farm, £140 (x2) Overbeck, £140 Chapel Island View, £132 Naddle Farm. Teeswater: £145 Chapel Island View. Swaledale: £138 High House Farm, £125 Yewbarrow, £122, £102 High House Farm. Scotch Blackface: £130, £105 Chapel Island View.
Shearling & Lamb Top Prices: Texel: £280, £275 Little Musgrave Farm, £255 Heights Farm, £245 Chapel Island View, £220 Little Musgrave Farm, £200 Heights Farm. Mule: £225, £210, £200 Stamp Hill Farm, £182 Boundary Beck, £152, £148 Chapel Island View. Continental: £178 Low Newton Farm, £168 Abbott Park. Swaledale: £130 High House Farm.
Hoggs & Lamb Top Prices: Mule: £214, £212 High Field, £198 Stamp Hill Farm.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Pedigree Beef Day and Fortnightly Sale of Calves, Stirks, OTM Cattle and Store Cattle, Thursday 16th May 2024.
Calves
The fortnightly sale of calves at Junction 36 saw the trade go up another gear. British Blue bulls were the pick of the day with the sale topping twice at £540 for five to six week olds from Dolphenby Farming Ltd, Penrith and A Pickthall, New Hutton. Numerous British Blue rearing bulls broke the £500 barrier. Charolais bulls sold to £490 from JH Towers & Sons, Tunstall with Limousins at £455 and Aberdeen Angus at £435 from this good home. A few younger bulls forward sold to £270 for three week old British Blues from TK Robinson & Sons, Old Hutton. A handful of dairy bred bulls in today sold to £270 for a Fleckvieh from R Heath, Bootle with black and whites £100 to £150.
Heifer calves sold to a top of £530 for a cracking Limousin from R&J Dodgson, Natland followed by Charolais’s at £485 from JH Towers & Sons, Tunstall and month olds sold to £335 for British Blues from HJ Robinson & Son, Preston Patrick with Simmentals at the same price from MH&AR Robinson, Old Hutton.
Heifer Calves Top Prices: Limousin: £530 Cracalt Farm, £380 Tunstall Hall. Charolais: £485 Tunstall Hall. British Blue: £390 £360 Townhead Farm, £350 £345 £330 Dolphenby Farm, £350 Hagg Farm, £335 Elm Tree Farm. Angus: £375 Tunstall Hall, £240 £220 Elm Tree Farm. Simental: £335 Holmescales Farm. Hereford: £170 Dolphenby Farm. Blonde: £100 £80 Midtown Farm.
Bull Calves Top Prices: British Blue: £540 £530 Dolphenby Farm, £540 Borrans Farm, £520 Townhead Farm, £500 Borrans Farm. Charolais: £490 Tunstall Hall, £ 430 Holmescales Farm. Limousin: £455 £450 £365 Tunstall Hall, £180 Holmescales Farm. Angus: £435 Tunstall Hall. Blonde: £340 £230 £180 Midtown Farm. Fleckvieh: £270 £220 Midtown Farm. Friesian: £160 Holmescales Farm, £115 Low Brundrigg.
Heifer Stirk Top Prices: British Blue: £840 £720 £660 Holme House Farm, £650 £560 Crosby Ravensworth, £540 £460 Crest Farm. Limousin: £760 Holme House Farm, £660 High Farm. Angus: £610 Holme House Farm, £560 Moss End Farm, £550 Bank Farm. Hereford: £550 Coldcotes Farm. Friesian: £190 Bank Farm.
Bull Stirk Top Prices: Charolais: £770 Cragg House Farm. British Blue: £720 Townhead Farm. Angus: £560 £510 Hill Crest Farm. Limousin: £350 Hill Crest Farm.
Steer Stirk Top Prices: British Blue: £860 £820 £810 Holme House Farm. Angus: £790 Holme House Farm, £690 Moss End Farm. Limousin: £760 High Farm, £720 Holme House Farm, £600 Hill Crest Farm. Fleckvieh: £710 £670 £500 Holme House. Friesian: £490 Holme House Farm, £370 Moss End Farm.
Store Cattle
With the grass growing outside, trade heated up. Aberdeen Angus bullocks sold to £1740 from BJ Bowness, Kendal who sold others to £1730. The strongest bullocks were regularly £1560 to £1600. Yearling bullocks saw plenty of demand, with Blondes selling to £1440 from SJ&NS Wood, Windermere. A pair of Luings sold to £1370 from JW&TE Sharp, Lyth with Limousins to £1320 from S Wood, Hawkshead. Grazing bullock as were regularly
selling at £950 to £1050.
Limousin heifers sold to £1590 from TW Nelson & Son, Stainton with British Blue heifers to £1380 from W Garnett & Son, Milnthorpe who sold large pens to £1310. The strongest heifers sold at £1300 to £1400. Yearling grazing heifers were well sort after, with the best to £1300 from WA Hodgeson, Selside. Aberdeen Angus sold to £1260 from T&D Wright, Wray with the youngest smart bred sorts £900 to £1000.
A small show of bulls forward today, with new men round the ring ensuring a strong trade was seen. Eight month old South Devon bulls sold to £1070 from AT Threlkeld, Satterthwaite with Shorthorns to £1060 for JK Higgs, Ulverston.
Store Bullock Top Prices: Angus: £1740 Blea Tarn Road, £1300 Low Groves Farm, £1260 £1150 £1120 Birks Farm, £1010 Crabtree Farm. Blonde: £1440 £1290 £1260 Causeway Farm. Continental: £1370 £1010 Flodder Hall. British Blue: £1330 Broughton House Farm, £1310 Ackenthwaite Farm ,£1140 Villa Farm, £940 Scroggs Farm. Limousin: £1320 Hawkshead Hall Farm, £1290 Cockrigg Farm, £1230 Ackenthwaite Farm, £1200 £1130 Scroggs Farm, £1140 Causeway Farm. Charolais: £1280 The Bungalow, £1150 £1060 Meathop Park Farm Lodge. Hereford: £1270 West Plain Farm, £960 Crabtree Farm, £800 Old School. Simmental: £1220 Kate Farm, £870 Bellart Howe, £650 Keld Farm. Shorthorn: £1180 Beckside Road, £1040 Meathop Park Farm. South Devon: £1100 Bowkerstead Farm. Friesian: £900 Birks Farm, £870 Back O’The Fell Road. Fleckvieh: £890 Back O’The Fell Road. Saler: £880 £840 Fell House. Norwegian Red: £870 Back O’The Fell Road.
Store Heifer Top Prices: Limousin: £1590 Cockrigg Farm, £1300, £1230 Whelpside Farm, £1220 Ackenthwaite Farm, £1110 Scroggs Farm, £1100 Fold Farm, £1080 Borwick Lodge Farm, £1070 Allcocks Farm. British Blue: £1380 Ackenthwaite Farm, £1280 Cockrigg Farm, £1280 Birks Farm, £1270 Bouthwaite Farm, £1200 Cockrigg Farm, £1190 Birks Farm, £1090 Crabtee Farm, £980 Villa Farm. Angus: £1260 Allcocks Farm, £1200 Archers Hall, £1160 Crabtree Farm, £1110 Bleaswood Road, £1090 Low Groves Farm, £1060 Crabtree Farm, £1050 Archers Hall, £1000 Crabtree Farm. Shorthorn: £1260 East Backstone Gill Cottage. Simmental: £1220 Kate Farm, £800 High Skelghyll. Hereford: £1160 East Backstone Gill Cottage, £1100, £1070 West Plain Farm, £1020 Bouthwaite Farm, £980 Mireside Farm, £950 Coldcotes Farm, £900 Mireside Farm. Charolais: £1140, £1020 Dawson Fold, £940 Birch Bank, £930 Angerton Farm, £880 Meathop Park Farm Lodge. Blonde: £950 Causeway Farm. Saler: £880 Hill Farm. Jersey: £800 Low Sizergh Farm. Continental: £800 Low Sizergh Farm.
Store Bull Top Prices: South Devon: £1070 Bowkerstead Farm. Shorthorn: £1060 Beckside Road. Simmental: £970 Keld Farm.
OTM Cattle
An increases number of cows forward, sold to an overall 178p/kg, for an entry of predominantly dairy cows. Of the few beef cows forward, these sold to a top 234p/kg for Aberdeen Angus cross from TM&D Dobson, Crosthwaite. Other stronger end beef cows were regularly 200p/kg to 220p/kg, with feeding types 185p/kg to 200p/kg. Top grossing being an Aberdeen Angus from MW&PA Rollason, Meathop achieving £1809. Dairy cows sold to 209p/kg for a Holstein Friesian from Strickland Hill Farm, Witherslack with other stronger end dairy cross 185p/kg to 200p/kg, with the best parlour types 170p/kg to 185p/kg and lighter weight and leaners sorts 145p/kg to 160p/kg. Top grossing Black and White being a Holstein Friesian from Jenkin Cragg, Kendal achieving £1832.
OTM steers averaging 208p/kg, selling to 214p/kg for a Belted Galloways from S&A Gardner, Carnforth and £1164 for a Hereford from S&M Carter, Witherslack.
OTM heifers sold to 229.5p/kg for an Aberdeen Angus cross from RA&E Edmondson, Levens with dairy heifers to 219.5p/kg and £1376 for a Holstein Friesian from RR&JA Knowles, Docker. Cull stock bulls sold to 209.5p/kg and £2055 for a Limousin from J&SE Woof, Dent with Herefords to 174.5p/kg and £1832 from DJ Dickinson, Ulverston.
OTM Cow Top Prices: Angus: 234.5 189.5 Yak Leaf, 224.5 219.5 Black Bull Cottage, 189.5 Kendal House Farm, 184.5 Cooper House. British Blue: 214.5 High Borrowbridge, 20405 Riddings, 204.5 Field Head. Friesian: 209.5 Strickland Hill, 199.5 Mire House Farm, 194.5 191.5 Jenkin Crag, 191.5 Myers Farm, 191.5 Wall End Farm. Limousin: 209.5 Kendal House Farm, 204.5 Long Green Head, 191.5 Cooper House, 191.5 Ploveriggs Farm, 189.5 High Farm. Saler: 204.5 Millbeck. Hereford: 194.5 Riddings, 189.5 Kendal House Farm. Simmental: 194.5 Kendal House Farm. Continental: 184.5 Wasdyke Farm. Belted Galloway: 179.5 Back O’The Fell Road. Galloway: 171.5 Long Green Head. Fleckvieh: 167.5 Cracalt Farm. Brown Swiss: 139.5 Longworth Farm.
OTM Heifer Top Prices: Angus: 229.5 High Barnes. Friesian: £219.5 Myers Farm, 191.5 Heathwaite Farm, 149.5 High Barnes. Limousin: 189.5 Borwick Lodge Farm.
Cast Steer Top Prices: Belted Galloway: 214.5 Rose Cottage, 204.5 199.5. Hereford: 201.5 Black Bull Cottage.
Cast Bull Top Prices: Limousin: 209.5 Rhumes. Hereford: 174.5 Lane Ends Farm.
Pedigree Beef
The annual May show and sale of pedigree bulls and females saw a strong trade for all sold. Pedigree Charolais bulls sold to 3500gns for Trefaldwyn Tokyo consigned by RA Owen, who sold others at fourteen months to 2700gns. An eight year old Limousin bull Whittakerhall Navigator consigned by DP Escolme sold to 2500gns. Native sired bull saw Herefords sell to 2600gns from B&S Milby, with Amberfield 1 Wizard to 2500gns consigned by Messrs Hewson.
A consigned of Charolais heifers with calves from GJ&G Billington, Garstang saw their best sell to 3600gns and 3200gns with a heifer calves at foot.
Pedigree Bull Top Prices: Charolais: 3500gns, 2700gns Llwyn Y Gog. Hereford: 2600gns Coppice, 2500gns Burgh Head Farm. Limousin: 2500gns Audlands Park, 2000gns, 1080gns Mouse Syke. Montbeliarde: 1720gns Myerscough House.
Pedigree Heifer & Calf Top Prices: Charolais: 3600gns, 3200gns, 2600gns Myerscough House.
Pedigree Cow & Calf Top Prices: Shorthorn: 3000gns Sandwick Farm.
Pedigree In Calf Heifer: Hereford: 1200gns Pollards Farm.
Beef Breeding Cattle
The first cow and calf sale of the spring saw plenty of interest with Saler heifers with Limousin calves selling to £2500 from JE&DJ Hutchinson, Sedbergh who sold others to £2200. First cross British Blue heifers with month old Limousin heifer calves sold to £2200 from CD Sligher & LJ Eaton, Sedbergh with the same home selling others to £2100. An eight year old cow with an Aberdeen Angus heifer calf sold to £1500 from R&SA Rawsthorne, Cark in Cartmel.
Entries are wanted for our next beef breeding sale on Thursday 13th June.
Heifer & Calf Top Prices: Saler: £2500 Hebblethwaite Hall Farm. British Blue: £2200, £2100, £2050 Holme Farm.
Cow & Calf Top Prices: Saler: £2200 Hebblethwaite Hall Farm. British Blue: £1500 Mill Barn. Angus: £1400 Mill Barn.
Lancaster Auction Mart: Weekly Sale of Calves, OTM Cattle and Store Cattle, Friday 17th May 2024.
Calves and Weanlings
40 weaned and reared calves, sold to a packed auditorium of bidders. Six month old British Blue cross bulls sold to £760, with others at £710 and younger recently weaned bulls were £450 to £550. Steers sold to £710 for five month old Aberdeen Angus cross, with other younger Aberdeen Angus to £620 and dairy steers to £480. Heifers sold to £640 for five month old British Blue cross with younger native sired heifers regularly £420 to £480. A nice entry of rearing calves were forward in Lancaster today, with a strong trade witnessed for all types and classes. The sale topped at £580 for a Charolais bull calf from JM&MH France & Son, Littledale with Aberdeen Angus cross close behind at £545 from J&G Thornley Ltd, Kirkham. All strongest bull calves of all breeds broke the £500 barrier. An increased entry of dairy bulls were forward this week, with these selling to £250 for a Friesian from Barber Farms, Claughton on Brock. Numerous strong Friesian bulls make in excess of £200. A nice show of heifer calves were forward, with these selling to £440 for a Charolais from JM&MH France & Son, Littledale with this home also selling British Blues to £410. An abundance of heifer calves made £300 plus, with Charolais at £395 from JT&B Fox, Quernmore and Blues at £355 from AD&RL Milner, Claughton on Brock and Herefords at £340 from Drinkall Bros, Over Wyresdale. A good trade was seen for the youngest calves with three week old British Blue heifers selling to £280 from MJ&H Atkinson, Quernmore.
Heifer Calves Top Prices: Charolais: £440 Newhouse Farm, £395 Blackwood End. British Blue: £410 Newhouse Farm, £355, £340 Lane Head Farm, £280 Westfield House Farm, £230, £185 Myerscough House. Angus: £350, £330 Derby Lodge Farm, £295 Rose Farm, £240 Catshaw Hall Farm. Hereford: £340 Catshaw Hall Farm, £240 Church Farm, £230 Westfield House Farm, £195 Catshaw Hall Farm. Limousin: £255 (x2), £230, £205 Rose Farm. Montbeliarde: £210 Myerscough House. Friesian: £135 Myerscough House.
Bull Calves Top Prices: Charolais: £580 Newhouse Farm. Angus: £545 Derby Lodge Farm, £510 Newhouse Farm, £440 Derby Lodge Farm, £385 Manor House Farm. Hereford: £355, £340, £305 Church Farm, £275, £105 Westfield House Farm. British Blue: £310 Manor House Farm, £270, £110 Myerscough House. Friesian: £250 Manor House Farm, £240 Derby Lodge Farm, £220 Newhouse Farm. Shorthorn: £250 (x2) Bolton Fold Farm.
Bull Stirk Top Prices: British Blue: £760 (x2), £710 Barrow Greaves Farm, £600, £350, £320 Walkers I’th Fields. Angus: £450, £430 Walkers I’th Fields. Friesian: £260 Barrow Greaves Farm.
Heifer Stirk Top Prices: British Blue: £640 Barrow Greaves Farm. Angus: £450 (x5) Cuerdale Hall Farm, £425 Gibsons Farm. Hereford: £360 Barrow Greaves Farm.
Steer Stirk Top Prices: Angus: £710, £620 (x3) Cuerdale Hall Farm. Friesian: £480 (x4) West View Farm.
Store Cattle
No let up in the store cattle trade, with all steers forward averaged £1335 and all heifers averaging £1285.
Strongest steers sold to £1900 for a Simmental cross with others regularly £1600 to £1750. The next draw down, suitable for grazing, were £1320 to £1500 with buyers ringside keen to fill the sheds and the fields.
Heifer sold to a top price of £1700 for British Blue cross, with other stronger end heifer regularly £1400 to £1500. Younger heifers were £1150 to £1300. More cattle are required every week to fulfil buyer requirements.
Store Bullocks Top Prices: Simmental: £1900, £1780 Hazelslack Tower Farm, £1190 Black Bull Farm. Angus: £1740 Chestnut House Farm, £1700 Thornton Barn Farm, £1680 Low Deepslack, £1670 Ivy Barn, £1630 Middleton Hall,
£1600 Thornton Barn Farm. British Blue: £1710 Pilling Hall Farm, £1700 Wood Nook Farm, £1560 Stubb Hall Farm, £1500 Staffords Farm, £1460 Windy Hill Farm, £1450 Barn Hill Farm. Shorthorn: £1570 Proctors Row. Hereford: £1480 Gibraltar Farm, £1460 Proctors Row, £1410 Windy Hill Farm, £1280 Corney Hill Farm. Fleckvieh: £1480
Lambrigg Head Farm, £1250 Corney Hill Farm, £1170 Parrox Hall Farm. Limousin: £1470 Holly Grove, £1400 Elston Old Hall, £1330 Angerton Hall Farm, £1300 Middleton Hall, £1200, £1160 Abbotson Farm. Charolais: £1440
Carlingwha, £1070 Middle Ridge Farm. Friesian: £1390 Gaskell House, £1340 Low Deepslack, £1280 Elston Old Hall, £1270 Hall Farm, £1240 Plumpton Hall Farm, £1070 Holly House Farm. Montbeliarde: £1350 Carlinghurst. Longhorn: £960 Whelpside Farm.
Store Heifer Top Prices: British Blue: £1700 Carlinghurst, £1600 Carlingwha, £1430 Nether Hall Farm, £1360 Greenalls Farm, £1360 Lynwood, £1300 Roseacre Hall. Charolais: £1670 Carlingwha, £1350, £1170 Ivy Farm. Limousin: £1600 Carlingwha, £1480 Lambrigg Head Farm, £1320 Outerthwaite Farm, £1110 Park House Farm. Angus: £1480 Chesnut House Farm, £1440 Greenalls Farm, £1190 Parks Farm Barn, £1160 Black Bull Farm, £1140 Ivy House, £960 Outherthwaite Farm. Hereford: £1440, £1370 Lynwood, £1300 Windy Hill Farm, £1140 Park House Farm. Montbeliarde: £1440 Carlinghurst.
OTM Cattle
Another quality entry of cull cows, saw all cows averaged 181p/kg with over three quarter being dairy cows. Only a handful of beef cows forward today, selling to 224p/kg for a Limousin cow from RM Wilson, Selside and 221p/kg from B&SE Carter, Ellel. Other beef cows were generally 195p/kg to 210p/kg. Top grossing being a British Blue cross from G Beresford & Son, Kirkby in Furness grossing at £1727. The better end of the dairy cows sold to 197.5p/kg for a Holstein Friesian from SW&K Metcalfe & Son, Carnforth and RR&JA Knowles, Docker. Others sold to 185p/kg to 195p/kg, best parlour types 175p/kg to 185p/kg with lighter weight and the leanest 140p/kg to 160p/kg. Top grossing diary was a Fleckvieh from EW&R Towers, Hornby grossing £1595. OTM heifers sold to 269.5p/kg for a Limousin cross from WS Burrow Ltd, Silverdale with other better end beef and dairy bred heifers 225p/kg to 240p/kg, medium 205p/kg to 220p/kg. Top grossing being a black and white from Drinkall Bros, Over Wyresdale achieving £1664. All Holstein Friesian averaged 225p/kg.
OTM steers sold to 264.5p/kg and £1631 for Aberdeen Angus from A Kirkby & Co, Pilling.
OTM Cow Top Prices: Charolais: 249.50 Whelpside Farm. Limousin: 224.50 Gill Garth, 221.50 Cragg End, 221.50, 217.50 Gill Garth, 189.50 Cragg End. British Blue: 214.50 Outherthwaite Farm, 209.50 Oxenforth Green Farm, 199.50 Angerton Hall Farm. Friesian: 197.50 Holme House Farm, 197.50 Myers Farm, 194.50 Higher Broadwood Farm, 194.50 Myers Farm, 194.50 Sweetings Farm. Montbeliarde: 191.50 Holme Head. Fleckvieh: 191.50 Holme Head. Angus: 191.50 Little Crimbles, 189.50 Park House Farm. Hereford: 174.50 Little Crimbles. Ayrshire: 169.50, 154.50 Bolton Fold Farm. Continental: 121.50 Higher Salter.
OTM Heifer Top Prices: Limousin: 269.50, 259.50, 257.50 Gibraltar Farm, 219.50 Hazelslack Tower Farm. Continental: 244.50 High House. British Blue: 239.50 Low Groves Farm. Friesian: 239.50 Higher Broadwood Farm, 239.50 Roe Farm, 237.50 High Snab, 234.50 Catshaw Hall Farm, 231.50, 229.50 Lane Ends Farm. Shorthorn: 229.50 High House. Fleckvieh: 199.50 Holme Head.
Cast Steer Top Prices: Angus: 264.50 Gulf Farm. Limousin: 259.50 Gibraltar Farm
Cast Bull Top Prices: Continental: 224.50 219.50 Hartrigg. Friesian: 177.50 High House.
Next Week's Upcoming Sales
Monday 20th
Lancaster: 10:30am Weekly Sale of Prime Lambs, Prime Hoggs & Cast Sheep
11:30am Weekly Sale of Sheep with Lambs at Foot
J36: 9am-4pm Online Vintage Sale Drop Off
Tuesday 21st
J36: 9am-4pm Online Vintage Sale Drop Off
11am Weekly Sale of Sheep with Lambs at Foot
1pm Weekly Sale of Prime Lambs, Prime Hoggs & Cast Sheep
Thursday 23rd
J36: Online Vintage Sale Commences
Friday 24th
Lancaster: 10:15am Weekly Sale of Calves & OTM/Cast Cattle
11:15am Weekly Sale of Store Cattle
