Report and Newsletter- 19th April 2024
Lancaster Auction Mart: Weekly Sale of Spring Lambs, Prime Hoggs, Cast Sheep & Sheep with Lambs at Foot, Monday 15th April 2024.
Spring Lambs
A small entry of spring lambs were forward, selling to £169 for Suffolk cross from WN&D Smith & Sons, Cockerham with Dorsets to £152 from MJ&LC Lund, Quernmore.
Spring Lamb Top Prices: Suffolk: £169 Cocker House Farm, £169 Cocker House Farm. Texel: £161 Cocker House Farm. Dorset: £152 Corney Hill Farm, £150 Corney Hill Farm, £150 Corney Hill Farm.
Prime Hoggs
No Monday morning blues at NWA Lancaster with buyers ringside keen to fulfil early Monday morning orders. Best bred well finished hoggs sold to £252 for Charollais cross from T Taylor, Woodplumpton who sold others at £250, £250, £246 and £238. A run of heavy well finished Texel cross hoggs from GH Sanderson & Family, Preston sold to £240, with others at £238, £232 and £230. Other heavy well finished hoggs were regularly £200 plus, to include pure Cheviots from J&H Davis, Cabus at £214. Standard weight hoggs sold to £196 for a pen full of Texel cross from AG Butler, Hambleton who sold others at £188, £182 and £180 from S&JE Cornthwaite, Brookhouse. Heavy hill bred hoggs sold to £179 for Dalesbreds from A&AM Wright, Roeburndale who sold Mashams at £169, with Mules to £167 from J Bargh, Morecambe. Lighter weight hoggs were keenly competed for, selling to £138 from T&E Burrow, Slyne with others at £129 from S Wilson & Son, Scotforth who also sold Herdwicks at £112.
An overall market averaged of 388p/kg was achieved, topping at 452p/kg for Charollais cross from T Taylor, Woodplumpton who old others at 449p/kg. Texels sold to 445p/kg from AG Butler, Hambleton. Other well bred well finished hoggs were regularly 400p/kg to 420p/kg. Hill bred hoggs sold to 404p/kg for Cheviots from J&H Davis, Cabus with Mules to 390p/kg from J Smith, Brookhouse. Other well finished hoggs were 380p/kg to 400p/kg.
Prime Hogg Top Prices: Continental: £252 Midge Hall Farm, £250 Midge Hall Farm, £250 Midge Hall Farm, £246 midge Hall Farm, £238 Midge Hall Farm, £226 Midge Hall Farm. Texel: £240 Blackleach House Farm, £238 Blackleach House Farm, Blackleach House Farm, Blackleach House Farm, £232 Blackleach House Farm, £230 Blackleach House Farm. Cheviot: £214 Weavers Farm, £214 Weavers Farm, £197 Weavers Farm, £196 Weavers Farm, £169 Moorcock Hall Farm. Horned: £206 Moorcock Hall Farm. Beltex: £204 Wyre Farm. Dalesbreds: £179 Stauvins Farm, £133
Stauvins Farm. Suffolk: £176 Maddison Avenue, £174 Maddison Avenue, £160 Moorcock Hall Farm. Masham: £169
Stauvins Farm. Charollais: £168 Lane House. Mule: £167 Cottam Farm, £166 Quarry House, £156 Moorcock Hall Farm, £152 Quarry House. Herdwick: £144 Lee End Farm.
Cast Sheep
Cull ewes achieved an overall market average of £108, with over half the entry being leaner light weight hill ewes. Heavy pure ewes sold to £290 for a Texel from PD Anderton, Scorton with other heavy ewes regularly £180 to £210. Mules sold to £159 from S Wilson & Son, Scotforth with others at £148 from D&K Swarbrick, Out Rawcliffe.
All Mules forward averaged £118. Hill ewes sold to £118 for Dalesbreds from S&J France, Over Wyresdale. A large entry of leaner hill ewes were generally £75 to £90, depending on breed and quality. Only the smallest and leanest were less.
Cast Ewes Top Prices: Texel: £290 Wyre Farm, £200 Old Woodhouse, £172 Burrow Heights Farm, £150 Old Woodhouse, £120 Longstripes Farm, £108 Quarry House Farm. Charolais: £180 Bensons Farm. Suffolk: £170 Moorcock Hall Farm, £168, £132 Burrow Heights Farm. Continental: £162 Bensons Farm. Leicester: £160, £98 Yates Farm. Mule: £159 Burrow Heights Farm, £148 Bensons Farm, £136 Wyre Farm, £130 Burrow Heights Farm, £130 Yates Farm, £128 Burrow Heights Farm. Dalesbred: £118, £108, £96 Kays Farm. Swaledale: £84 Highfield Farm, £70 Moorcock Hall Farm.
Sheep with Lambs at Foot
The largest show of sheep with lambs were forward at our annual show and sale kindly sponsored by MB Nutrition, which saw the winning rosette award to Myerscough College for a pen of Mule ewes with Texel lambs. The sale peaked at £380 (£190 per life) for a pure Badger Face Texel shearling with gimmer lamb at foot from M Gorst, Dolphinholme who sold other twin outfits at £300 to £340. Texel ewes with twin Texel lambs sold to £340 from TR Gorst, Bay Horse with other outfits from this same good home to £335 and £320. Buyers are now looking for younger sheep for flock replacements, with one crop Continental ewes with twin lambs selling to £310 from J Smith, Brookhouse. Others were regularly £270 to £300. Mule shearling with twin lambs sold to £260 from M Gorst, Dolphinholme with two crop ewes with Texel lambs selling at £250 T Ayrton & Sons, Over Wyresdale. Aged Mule ewes with twins sold to £235 from Myerscough College. Older ewes were generally £80 to £85 per life. The first hoggs of the season were forward today and sold to £225 for pure Blue Texels with single lambs from M Gorst, Dolphinholme.
Hogg & Lamb Top Prices: Blue Texel: £225 Dolphinholme House.
Shearling & Lamb Top Prices: Blue Texel: £380, £310, £225, £205 Dolphinholme House. Texel: £265 Myerscough Hall, £250, £205 Cottam Farm. Mule: £260, £235 Dolphinholme House, £225, £220, £190 Forgelands Estate, £190 Dolphinholme House.
Ewe and Lamb Top Prices: Texel: £340, £335, £320 Hole of Ellel, £310 Moorcock Hall Farm, £260 Hole of Ellel, £220 Longstripes Farm. Suffolk: £300 Moorcock Hall Farm, £240 Myerscough Hall. Mule: £250 Yates Farm, £235, £230 Myerscough Hall, £225, £215 Longstripes Farm, £185 Yates Farm.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Weekly Sale of Sheep with Lambs at Foot, Spring Lambs,
Prime Hoggs and Cast Sheep, Tuesday 16th April 2024.
Spring Lambs
A small show of spring lambs saw light weights sell to £145 from P&C Parker, Preston.
Spring Lamb Top Prices: Dutch Spotted: £145 Fern Bank.
Prime Hoggs
A mixed show of hoggs forward which saw hard fed and well meated hoggs sell to a super trade, with leaner types a little harder to place and an overall averaged of 384p/kg achieved. The sale peaked at £252 for Texels from JB Airey, Kendal with pens of Beltexs to £246 from JA Airey, New Hutton. Suffolks sold to £245 from L McCarrick, Chorley. Heavy well finished hoggs were at the £220 to £240 mark. Best bred hoggs were keenly sort after, with 45kg Texel cross hoggs to £224 from AG Butler, Hambleton who sold other pens to £222. Mule hoggs sold to £214 from N Barker, Burton in Kendal with 46kg hoggs selling to £184 from AW&AM Clarke, Windermere. Cheviot hoggs sold to £185 from SH&LE Birkett, Nether Kellet who sold other pens to £182. Pens of Swaledales sold to £179 from AW&AM Clarke, Windermere with others to £170 from EW&JR Parkinson, Dunsop Bridge with a pen of 41kg Dalesbered hoggs to £153 from R Capstick & Son, Ingleton.
More hoggs are needed on a weekly basis to fulfil our active ring side of ten buyers requirements.
Please note it was noted from many buyers that they are now requiring hoggs to be either Farm Assured and VAN accredited.
Prime Hogg Top Prices: Continental: £252 Mint Close, £232 Brow Head, £230 Hill Top Farm, £24 Park Farm Barn, £220 Dalton Old Hall. Texel: £246 Old Croft, £244 Bowers Farm, £242 Mint Close, £242 Longfield Manor, £242 Ashtree Cottage. Suffolk: £245 Longfield Manor, £190 Gowan Bank Farm, £187 Low Longmire, £172 Mire House Farm, £172 Gowan Bank Farm. Beltex: £192 Stubb Farm, £186, £150 Scronkey Farm. Leicester: £188, £168 High House Farm.
Cheviot: £185, £182 Stubb Hall Farm, £178 Dalton Old Hall, £175 Slack Farm, £164 Low Levens. Mule: £184 Low Longmire, £184, £179 Fell End Farm, £170 Park Farm Barn, £163 Hareden Farm. Swaledale: £179 Low Longmire, £170
Hareden Farm, £147 Park Farm Barn, £135 Bowers Farm. Rough Fell: £160 Low Deepslack. Dales Bred: £153 Fell End Farm. Herdwick: £136 Cinderbarrow Farm, £136 The Parsonage Farm. Dorset: £120 Fell View Farm.
Cast Sheep
The weekly sale of cull ewes saw an overall average of £118 achieved, with a large proportion of the sale being leaner hill type ewes. The sale peaked at £210 for Suffolk ewes from MW&PA Rollason, Meathop with other heavier end ewes £175 to £200. Mules sold to a top of £174, with other heavy Mules regularly £155 to £165. Medium sized well meated ewes of all breeds were generally £120 to £140, with the smaller and leaner end £95 to £115.
Pure hill ewes sold to £154 for a Rough Fell from WJ Dawson, Sedbergh with Cheviots to £150 from TJ Winder, Tebay, Swaledales sold £128 WJ&LA Barker, Arkholme and Scotch Black Face £118 from G&ID Postlethwaite, Riddings. Medium hill ewes regularly £90 to £105, with the smallest and leanest sorts seeing a sharp rise generally £75 to £90, with only the very smallest less.
Cull rams sold to £218, with other stronger end £170 to £210. Leaner Continental rams were £130 to £150. Hill rams sold to £152 for Cheviots and £146 for Rough Fells.
Cast Ewes Top Prices: Suffolk: £210 Kendal House Farm, £190 Smithy Green Farm, £174 Hollin Hall, £166 Smithy
Green Farm. Texel: £196 Orchard Cottage, £182 Lundholme Farm, £175 Hare Tarn Farm, £174 Cold Seat Barn.
Continental: £182 Cooper House, £160 Bleaswood Road, £158 Brow Head, £154 Woodbine Lane. Cheviot: £178
Meadow View, £176 Cooper House, £150 Gaisgill Row Farm, £140 Orchard Cottage. Mule: £174 Kendal House Farm, £164 Hollin Hall, £158 College Green, £156 Ashtree Cottage, £150 Longfield Manor. Lleyn: £160, £130 Cragg Farm.
Rough Fell: £154 Rash Mill Cottage, £142 Tottlebank, £140 Dunsabank Farm. Masham: £146 Mosergh Farm. Swaledale: £128 Brown Edge, £116 Stribers Farm, £114 Flodder Hall, £114 Longwell. Jacob: £124 Orchard Cottage. Scotch: £118
Riddings. Dales Bred: £116 Fell End Farm. Kerry Hill: £110 Killington Hall Farm, £102 Slack Farm. Leicester: £94 Low Newton Farm.
Cast Rams Top Prices: Texel: £218, £190, £180 Sunny Bank, £164 High House Farm. Continental: £160 Orchard
Cottage. Cheviot: £152 High House Farm, £152 Bowers Farm, £134 High House Farm. Leicester: £150 Middle Sadghyll.
Rough Fell: £146 Low Deepslack. Swaledale: £112 Middle Sadghyll.
Sheep with Lambs at Foot
The annual show and sale of ewes and shearlings with lambs at foot attracted a large number of local and travelled buyers, which ensured a fast trade from start to finish. The pre sale show was kindly sponsored by Greencoat Farm, Carrs Billington and City and Guilds, with the judging in the capable hands of Lewis and Luke McCarrick, Chorley, who awarded the results as followed:
FIVE MULE SHEARLINGS WITH LAMBS AT FOOT
1st G&KM Atkinson, Green Farm
FIVE CONTINENTAL SHEARLINGS WITH LAMBS AT FOOT
1st G&KM Atkinson, Green Farm
2nd CI Briggs, High Wray Farm
FIVE EWES WITH LAMBS AT FOOT
1st R T Colbear, Heights Farm
2nd G&KM Atkinson, Green Farm
3rd JC&E Pedley, Wood House Farm
Champion: G&KM Atkinson, Green Farm
Reserve Champion: G&KM Atkinson, Green Farm
An outstanding run of fully vaccinated shearlings and ewes from G&KM Atkinson, Colby stole the show with the champion pen of Mule shearling with twin Texel lambs selling to £360. Texel shearlings with twin Texel lambs from the same good home sold to £355, with a pen of ten Mule shearlings with Texel twin lambs selling to £335. Aged Texel ewes with twin lambs from M&S Leech, Flookburgh sold to £350 with Beltex ewes with Beltex cross lambs to £345 from JC&E Pedley & Sons, Kirkby Stephen. A ring full of aged Texel ewes with Beltex twin lambs from RT Colbear, Colby sold to £310 with others from the same home to £305. Mule shearlings with Texel lambs sold to £275 from TH Gibson & son, Staveley. Texel shearlings with single lambs selling to £255 from DW Parsons, Ackenthwaite. The first hoggs of the season saw a ring full from RC Wharton & Son, Appleby sell to a top of £240, with others from the same home to £215.
Ewe & Lamb Top Prices: Continental: £350 Somme Avenue, £250 Rock Villa. Beltex: £345 Wood House Farm. Mule: £320 Green Farm, £320 Green Farm, £250 Somme Avenue, £250 Briar Cottage, £250 Wood House Farm, £245 Briar
Cottage. Texel: £310 Heights Farm, £305 High Wray Farm, £300 Heights Farm, £300 Heights Farm, £292 Wood House Farm, £290 Little Musgrave Farm. Suffolk: £265 Tottlebank, £235 Tottlebank.
Shearling & Lamb Top Prices: Mule: £360 Green Farm, £355 Green Farm, £335 Green Farm, £275 Seedfield, £245 The Glen, £240 The Borrans. Texel: £340 High Field, £295 Green Farm, £272 High Wray Farm, £255 Highfield, £215 Little Musgrave Farm. Zwartble: £240 Somme Avenue. Cheviot: £145 Fell View Farm, £130 Fell View Farm. Dorset £132 Fell View Farm.
Hoggs & Lamb Top Prices: Mule: £240 High Field, £215 High Field.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Fortnightly Sale of Calves, Stirks, OTM Cattle and Store Cattle, Thursday 18th April 2024.
Calves
106 rearing calves saw the strongest Continental bulls sell to £555 for a British Blue cross from AE Luffman, Sedbergh with others at £510 from Langley Park Farms, Millom and £495 from DW&EA Cottam, New Hutton. Stronger medium bulls were regularly £480 to £420, with month olds generally £280 to £340. Only the youngest rearing bull calves were £180 to £230.
Heifer calves sold to £420 for a Limousin cross from Langley Park Farm, Millon. British Blue cross sold to £350 from A Pickthall, New Hutton, £340 from HJ Robinson & Son, Preston Patrick and Charolais to £330 from MH&AR Robinson, Old Hutton. Other medium heifers were generally £250 to £300, with younger heifers £180 to £220.
35 weaned calves saw seven month old Limousin cross steers from WJ Dawson, Sedbergh sell at £1040 with Aberdeen Angus cross selling to £880 from PW&D Swindlehurst, Underbarrow. Younger Aberdeen Angus steers from Messrs Young, Lindale sold at £620.
Heifer stirks sold to £810 from WJ Dawson, Sedbergh with younger Aberdeen Angus cross selling to £540 from Messrs Young, Lindale with others £470 to £520.
Bull stirks sold to £920 for Limousin cross from FW Park, Windermere with younger four month old British Blue cross bulls selling to £560 from W Samper, Chipping.
Heifer Calves Top Prices: Limousin: £420, £260 Langley Park, £250 Mount Pleasant, £250 Langley Park, £200 Mount Pleasant, £195 Holmescales Farm. British Blue: £350 Borrans Farm, £340 Elm Tree Farm, £295 Raisgill Hall, £285 Elm Tree Farm, £275 Dolphenby Farm, £265 The Bramery. Charolais: £330 Holmescales Farm. Simmental: £300 Holmescales Farm. Angus: £235 Raisgill Hall, £210 Beckside. Hereford: £150 Dolphenby Farm.
Bull Calves Top Prices: British Blue: £560 Coldcotes Farm, £555 Beckside, £510 Langley Park, £495 Hagg Farm, £470 Elm Tree Farm, £440 Borrans Farm. Limousin: £455 (x2), £450, £420, £375 Langley Park, £285 Holmescales Farm.
Angus: £400 Elm Tree Farm, £400, £280 The Bramery, £230 Kiln Hall, £190 The Bramery. Charolais: £375 Holmescales Farm. Hereford: £305, £300, £290 (x2) Dolphenby Farm. Shorthorn: £108 Far Audlands.
Heifer Stirk Top Prices: Hereford: £810, £710 Rash Mill Cottage. British Blue: £650 Grace Mire Farm. Angus: £540 Moss End Farm, £450 Field House Farm. Limousin: £450 Field House Farm. Blonde: £450 Field House Farm.
Bull Stirk Top Prices: Limousin: £920 The Howes. British Blue: £560, £470 Coldcotes Farm. Angus: £470 Field House Farm. Montbeliarde: £435 Coldcotes Farm.
Steer Stirk Top Prices: Limousin: £1040 Rash Mill Cottage. Angus: £880 Tranthwaite Hall, £620 Moss End Farm.
British Blue: £830 Tranthwaite Hall, £700 Grace Mire Farm.
Store Cattle
A keen ringside of local and travelled buyers ensured a strong trade was achieved, a pair of Simmental bullocks from LA&M Lambert, Lupton sold to £1760 with others from the same home to £1680. Native bullocks saw Aberdeen Angus to £1550 from KG&LM Park, Witherslack. Many of the stronger end bullocks were regularly £1400 to £1500. Friesians sold to £1400 from S&M Cooper, Leece.
Yearling bullocks were in high demand with the best selling to £1400 from JT Proctor, Flookburgh. Limousins sold to £1330 from GB&EA Metcalfe & Son, Kirkby Lonsdale with Charolais to the same price from HR&KA Hodgson, Barbon. Grazing bullocks were regularly selling at £1000 to £1100.
A pen of three heifers sold to £1500 for British Blues from KG&LM Park, Witherslack with Simmental heifers to £1460 from LA&M Lambert, Lupton. Yearlings saw a pen of smart home bred heifers sell to £1330 from FW Park, Windermere with others selling to £1270 from SW Atkinson & Son, Crook. Grazing types were regularly £980 to £1550.
A nice show of bulls were forward, which saw Limousins sell twice to £1270 from Thrimby Farms, Penrith with Charolais from the same home to £1260. Many more bulls could have easily been sold to the vendors advantage.
Store Bullock Top Prices: Simental: £1760 £1680 £1450 Brow Head, £1180 Howriggs. Angus: £1550 Low Fell End, £1330 Shorthorn Farm, £1300 Birks Farm, £1250 Bouthwaite Farm, £1230 Bradlow Farm. British Blue: £1470 £1260
Bouthwaite Farm, £1270 Holmelands, £1200 Villa Farm, £1150 Greenside Farm, £1140 Holme House Farm. Friesian: £1400 Tarnside Farm, £960 Holmelands. Limousin: £1400 £1290 Mireside Farm, £1370 Villa Farm, £1330 £1260
Holme House Farm. Hereford: £1470 £1200 West Plain Farm, £1080 £1050 Houkler Hall Barn, £850 Yates Farm.
Charolais: £1330 Howriggs, £1310 Villa Farm, £1240 £1210 Meathop Park Lodge, £1190 Ashes. Blonde: £1300 £1150 £1140 Causeway Farm. Shorthorn: £1190 Meathop Park Farm Lodge. Saler: £1060 Holme House Farm. Belted
Galloway: £900 Holme House Farm. Galloway: £880 Holme House Farm. Mont: £850 Holmelands.
Store Heifer Top Prices: British Blue: £1500 £1040 Low Fell End, £1150 Bouthwaite Farm, £1100 Villa Farm, £1090
Greenside Farm, £1070 Howriggs. Simental: £1460 £1440 £1340 Brow Head. Limousin: £1330 £1270 Capplerigg Farm, £1330 The Howes, £1130 Capplerigg. Blonde: £1190 £1090 Mount Pleasant Farm. Charolais: £1090 £1080 Howriggs, £1080 £1075 Low Woodhouse. £940 Lower Hawthwaite. Angus: £1040 Birks Farm, £1010 Shorthorn Farm, £990 Cooper House, £940 Holme House Farm, £730 School Hill. Hereford: £1050 Tarnside Farm. Belted Galloway: £830 Holem House Farm.
Store Bull Top Prices: Limousin: £1270 £1180 £1130 Thrimby Hall, £1260 The Howes, £1020 Stribers Farm. Charolais: £1260 Thrimby Hall. Hereford: £1220 Houkler Hall Barn, £900 Thrimby Hall. British Blue: £990 Thrimby Hall, £980 Holme House Farm, £880 £790 Riddings.
OTM Cattle
57 cull cows and OTM cattle were forward, with all cows selling to a market average of 171p/kg. Feeding type beef cows sold to 209p/kg for a British Blue cross from G&C Rylands, Under Barrow with others at 207p/kg from FW Park, Windermere. Other beef cows were generally 185p/kg to 200p/kg. Topping at £1610 for a Stabiliser from JA&R Geldard & Sons, Levens who sold other at £1555. An entry of parlour type dairy cows sold to 184.5p/kg from Jenkin Cragg Farms, Kendal who sold others at £1383, with medium diary cows generally 165p/kg to
180p/kg and the lightest and leanest generally 110p/kg to 140p/kg, depending on quality.
OTM heifers sold to 211p/kg and £1288 for a Holstein Friesian from Messrs Sowerby, Appleby.
OTM steers sold to 244.5p/kg and £1707 for British Blue cross from JW Robinson & Son, Farleton.
Cull bulls sold to 184p/kg and £1664 for an Aberdeen Angus from Messrs Ellwood, Kirkby in Furness.
Our next sale is the great annual grass day sale on Thursday 2nd May, please inform the office of catalogue entries by Wednesday 24th April.
OTM Cow Top Prices: British Blue: 209.50 Tullithwaite Hall Farm, 197.50 Ashstead, 189.50 Tullithwaite Hall Farm, 189.50 Cockrigg Farm, 171.50 Swallowmire, 164.50 Swallowmire. Limousin: £1060 Ellerbeck Farm, 207.50 The Howes, 194.50 High Farm, 187.50 Stribers Farm, 184.50 High Farm. Stabiliser: 201.50, 189.50 Low Foulshaw Farm.
Continental: 197.50 Nibthwaite Grange Farm, 181.50, 179.50 Moor House, 174.50 Nibthwaite Grange Farm, 164.50, 149.50 Moor House. Hereford: 187.50 Luneside. Friesian: 184.50 Jenkin Crag, 177.50 Bridge End Farm, 174.50 Jenkin Crag, 174.50 Bridge End Farm, 174.50 Hawes Farm, 174.50 Bridge End Farm. Fleckvieh: 179.50, 159.50 Hawkrigg Farm. Norwegian Red: 159.50 Hawkrigg Farm.
OTM Heifer Top Prices: Friesian: 211.50 Townhead Farm. Fleckvieh: 187.50 Far Audlands.
Cast Steer Top Prices: British Blue: 244.50, 241.50, 229.50 Green Close. Limousin: 224.50, 219.50 Tricket Drive.
Galloway: 211.50, 199.50 Tricket Drive.
Cast Bull Top Prices: Angus: 184.50 Heathwaite Farm.
Lancaster Auction Mart: Weekly Sale of Calves, OTM Cattle and Store Cattle, Friday 19th April 2024.
The sun shined bright on NWA Lancaster at its popular weekly cattle sale, with all sellers extremely well suited with prices achieved.
OTM Cattle to 264p/kg and £1887
Store Steers to £1880
Store Heifers to £1700
Weaned Calves to £880
Rearing Calves to £545
Dairy Heifers to £1900
Calves and Weanlings
Packed ringside of buyers saw best rearing bull calves sell to £545 for a Limousin x from D & M Foster with sold others at £525 with British Blue x from £490 from JP & C Robson, Garstang. Other medium beef bulls £320-£400 with younger rearers £260-£300. Dairy bulls sold to £185 for a Holstein Friesian from J & G Thornley, Kirkham with other medium rearers generally £80-£120. Rearing heifer calves sold to £565 for Charolais x from Wallbank Farms, Over Wyresdale with a super of entry of British Blue x heifers (6 week old) from J Bargh & Son, Morecambe regularly £300-£370, with younger heifers £240-£300. Several weaned calves forward today saw 7 month old British Blue steers from Throstle Nest Farms, Pilling sell to £880 who also sold British Blue x heifers sold to £790 and £760. 4 month old British Blue x heifers from WG Farms Ltd, Cockerham sold to £615 for a ring full with other regularly £550-£600. 12 week old Aberdeen Angus bulls from J & G Thornley, Kirkham sell to £500 with others £470-£490.
Already entered for next week: 50 weaned (3-5 month old) from several local farms to include Hereford x, Charolais x, Aberdeen Angus x and British Blue x bulls, heifers and steers.
Heifer Calves Top Prices: British Blue: £790 (x2), £760 Throstle Nest Farm, £615 (x3) Lathwaite Farm. Angus: £585 (x2) Throstle Nest Farm, £410 Derby Lodge Farm. Charolais: £535 Tills Farm. Montbeliarde: £330, £270 (x4), £260 Myerscough House.
Bull Calves Top Prices: Limousin: £545, £525 Church Farm. Angus: £540 (x2)
Lathwaite Farm, £500, £495, £480, £400 Derby Lodge Farm. British Blue: £490, £430, £385 Roe Farm, £360 Hudsbrook Farm. Hereford: £340 Church Farm, £170
Cocker House Farm. Friesian: £185 Derby Lodge Farm, £130 Cocker House Farm, £120 Tills Farm
Steer Calf Top Prices: British Blue: £880 (x2), £670 Throstle Nest Farm, £480 (x3) The Bungalow.
Store Cattle
Store cattle sold to another exceptional trade, with steers averaging £1368 and heifers £1242 for an entry compromising of a larger number of summering type cattle. Best steers sold to £1880 for Hereford x from M Shepherd & Sons, Pilling with Aberdeen Angus x to £1760, Simmental to £1760, British Blue x to £1730, Limousin x to £1720 and Charolais x to £1640. Dairy steers sold to £1450 for Black & Whites with others £1420 and £1400. Younger steers generally £1200-£1350. Heifers sold to £1700 for Aberdeen Angus x again from M Shepherd & Sons, Pilling with other Aberdeen Angus x to £1600, Simmental x to £1550, British Blue x to £1520, Charolais x to £1510. Younger heifers generally £1180-£1300.
Store Bullocks Top Prices: Hereford: £1880 Pasture House Farm, £1580 Windy Hill Farm, £1480 Old Glasson Farm, £1390 Rylstone Barn, £1360 Longmeanygate, £1300 Hipshow Farm. Angus: £1760 Low Levens, £1710 Chestnut House Farm, £1700 Linghaw Farm, £1680 Low Levens, £1620 New Ridge Farm, £1590 Wood Nook Farm. Simmental: £1760
Stubb Hall Farm, £1480 Old Glasson Farm, £1380 Sykes Fold Farm. British Blue: £1730 Stubb Hall Farm, £1350
Gaskell House, £1280 Outerthwaite Farm, £1240 Sproat Ghyll, £1210 Moss House Farm, £1200 Mill House Farm.
Limousin: £1720 Gibraltar Farm, £1620 Low Levens, £1610 Snub Snape Farm, £1440 Downlands Farm, £1400
Middleton Hall. Charolais: £1640 Downlands Farm, £1600 Holme House Farm, £1560 Rylstone Barn. Welsh Black: £1620 New Ridge Farm. Friesian: £1450 Low Deepslack, £1420 Gaskell House, £1380, £1310 Downlands Farm, £1300
Plumpton Hall Farm, £1290 Barn Hill Farm. Meuse-Rhine-Issel: £1400 Littlewood Hall Farm. Swedish Red: £1300
Grange Farm. Montbeliarde: £1100 Angerton Hall Farm.
Store Heifer Top Prices: Angus: £1700 Pasture House Farm, £1600 Low Deepslack, £1560 Linghaw Farm, £1540 Low Levens, £1460, £1450 Rowell Farm. Simmental: £1550 Stubb Hall Farm, £1520 Low Levens, £1400 Sykes Fold Farm.
British Blue: £1520 Windy Hill Farm, £1510 Wood Nook Farm, £1470 High House Farm, £1440, £1320 Park Lane Farm, £1300 Nether Hall Farm. Charolais: £1510 High House Farm, £1380 Holme House Farm. Limousin: £1500
Bowlands Gardens. Hereford: £1430 Snub Snape Farm. Meuse-Rhine-Issel: £1220 Littlewood Hall Farm. Fleckvieh: £1120 Angerton Hall Farm.
OTM Cattle
Overall market averaged of 185p/kg achieved for all cull cows forward. 75% being dairy cows. Beef cows sold to a top of 264.5p/kg for Limousin from T Ayrton & Sons, Over Wyresdale with other Limousin selling to £1806 from A & P Hodgkinson, Stalmine. Other heavy well fleshed beef cows regularly 190-210p/kg and £1200-£1400. Heavy well fleshed dairy cows sold to 244.5p/kg for a young Holstein Friesian from WG Farms Ltd, Cockerham with
others 195-215p/kg, medium types 175-190p/kg with leaner parlour type cows 130-150p/kg. Top grossing being a Holstein Friesian from Barker Farms, Carnforth achieving £1818 with other stronger end dairy cows £1350£1500. OTM dairy heifers sold to 239.5p/kg on 3 occasions with others regularly 205-230p/kg topping at £1544 with others at £1524 and £1463. OTM steers sold to 229.5p/kg and £1168. Stock bulls selling to 224.5p/kg for a British Blue and £1887 for Aberdeen Angus.
OTM Cow Top Prices: Limousin: 264.50 Yates Farm, 249.50 Bank Field Farm, 244.50 Low Pleasant, 169.50 New Hall Farm. Friesian: 244.50, 239.50, 224.50, 219.50 Lathwaite Farm, 204.50 Derby Lodge Farm, 201.50 Lathwaite Farm. Fleckvieh: 209.50, 177.50 Holme Head. Stabiliser: 209.50, 174.50 Braida Garth. Montbeliarde: 204.50 Docker Hall Farm. British Blue: 191.50 Pilling Hall Farm, 181.50 Low Pleasant. Norwegian Red: 191.50 Holme Head, 141.50 Greenalls Farm. Meuse-Rhine-Issel: 189.50 Littlewood Hall Farm. Shorthorn: 184.50 Lathwaite Farm. Continental: 181.50 Poole Bank Farm. Dairy Shorthorn: 169.50, 109.50 Docker Farm. Ayrshire: 167.50 Rose Farm. Simmental: 159.50 Braida Garth.
OTM Heifer Top Prices: Friesian: 239.50 Sandbeds Farm, 239.50 Lawsons Farm, 239.50 Lathwaite Farm, 234.50 Kirkwood Lodge Farm, 229.50 New Brows Farm, 224.50 Sandbeds Farm.
Cast Steer Top Prices: Friesian: 229.50 Barn Hill Farm. Jersey: 189.50 Barn Hill Farm.
Cast Bull Top Prices: British Blue: 224.50 Far Orrest. Angus: 199.50 Lathwaite Farm.
Next Week's Upcoming Sales
Monday 22nd
Lancaster: 10:30am Weekly Sale of Spring Lambs, Prime Hoggs & Cast Sheep
11:30am Weekly Sale of Sheep with Lambs at Foot
Tuesday 23rd
J36: 10:30am Sale of all classes of Pigs
11am Weekly Sale of Sheep with Lambs at Foot
1pm Weekly Sale of Spring Lambs, Prime Hoggs & Cast Sheep
Friday 26th
Lancaster: 10:15am Weekly Sale of Calves & OTM/Cast Cattle
11:15am Weekly Sale of Store Cattle & Stirks
Saturday 27th
J36: The National Beef Association Expo
On Farm: 1pm Farm Sale of behalf of RE & A Gardner
