Weekly Report and Newsletter - 19th July 2024
Lancaster Auction Mart: Weekly Sale of Prime Lambs & Cast Sheep. Monday 15th July 2024.
Prime Lambs
A few less lambs were forward with a sharper trade seen than in previous weeks for all classes. Again, the best fed lambs met the most demand, with some buyers still cautious over under finished lambs. Texel lambs sold to £158 from DM Eames, Abbeystead with Beltex to £155 from D&D Huddleston, Wray and Suffolks £144 from DM Eames, Abbeystead. Best bred lambs were regularly 320p/kg to 330p/kg, topping at 338p/kg from JM Kelsall & Son, Quernmore with nice bred continental lambs regularly 295p/kg to 300p/kg.
Prime Lambs Top Prices: Texel: £158 Middle Lee Farm, £145 North Farm, £140 Stubbins Farm, £140 Appletree Farm, £139, £137 Stubbins Farm. Beltex: £155 Botton Hall Farm. Suffolk: £144 Middle Lee Farm, £138 Cocker House Farm, £130, £128 Beaumont Gate, £126 Bailey Hey Farm, £124 Middle Lee Farm. Continental: £140 Stubbins Farm, £135, £132 Cocker House Farm. Mule: £133, £125, £122 Yates Farm. Charollais: £117 Low Pleasant.
Cast Sheep
A bumper entry of 215 cast ewes were forward, with all selling to a high demand. Texel ewes sold to £180 from C Ellison, Pilling with first cross Texel ewes to £163 from JE Harrison, Winmarleigh. Masham ewes sold to £140 from S&J France, Over Wyresdale with Mule ewes to £132 from RH&C Ayrton, Abbeystead. The strongest end Mules were £125 to £130. More hill ewes coming forward now with Cheviots selling to £124 from D&D Huddleston, Wray with Lonks to £102 from W Huddleston, Wray, Dalebreds to £92 from S&J France, Over Wyresdale and a ring full of Swalesdale to £90 from RH&C Ayrton, Abbeystead. Medium fit Swaledales were regularly £60 to £70 a head.
Cast Ewes Top Prices: Texel: £180 Lingrow, £163 Smithy Lane Farm, £156 Stubbins Farm, £154 Cock Hall Farm, £154 The Barn, £150 Lingrow. Masham: £140, £112 Kays Farm. Mule: £132 Ouzelthorn Farm, £130 North Farm, £123 Oak Aveune, £120 North Farm, £118 Cock Hall Farm, £110 Oak Aveune. Cheviot: £124 Botton Hall Farm. Continental: £106 Deep Clough. Horned: £102, £95 Botton Hall Farm, £76 Deep Clough. Dalesbred: £92, £84, £78, £70 Kays Farm Swaledale: £90 Ouzelthorn Farm. Leicester: £90 Ouzelthorn Farm.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Weekly Sale of Prime Lambs & Cast Sheep, Tuesday 16th July 2024.
Prime Lambs
More lambs were forward with1180 going through the ring, and a pleasing averaged of 305p/kg achieved for all forward. Once again, all buyers were looking for well meated lambs, with under finished sorts still harder to place. The best bred lambs sold to 372p/kg from WS Burrow & Son, Silverdale, with these regularly over the 350p/kg mark. Nice commercial types were regularly 305p/kg to 315p/kg.
- Texels sold to £211 from PK&R Woof, Stainton.
- Suffolks sold to £178 from DE&SM Moorhouse, Natland.
- Beltex sold to £171 from WS Burrow & Son, Silverdale.
- Charollais sold to £171 from E Dodgson, Kendal.
- Mules sold to £141 from S&B Capstick, Old Hutton.
Prime Lambs Top Prices: Continental: £211 Storth End Farm, £176 Storth End Farm, £168 Gibraltar Farm, £164 Gibraltar Farm, £161 Mansrigg Hall, £161 Storth End Farm. Texel: £178 High House Farm, £171 Overthwaite Farm, £171 Spital Farm, £171 Gibraltar Farm, £170 High House Farm, £169 Mansrigg Hall. Suffolk: £162 Heathwaite Farm, £161 Netherhouses Farm, £158 High Underbrow Farm, £156 Yoad Pot, £156 Ackenthwaite Farm, £153 Hodgsons Green Farm. Charollais: £142 Strickland Hill. Mule: £141 Low House. Hampshire: £133 Endmoor Farm, £131 Endmoor Farm, £126 Endmoor Farm. Zwartble: £128 x2 Birks Farm.
Cast Sheep
338 cast sheep were forward, selling to a top of £218 for a Texel from Thrimby Farms, Penrith, with others at £216 from E&H Winder, Kirkby Stephen. Suffolk ewes sold equally as well, reaching £188 from F&SA Edmondson, Ulverston. All powerful pure bred sheep exceeded the £180 mark. JA&R Geldard, Levens sold Lleyns to £162, with Drinkall Bros, Over Wyresdale topping the Mules at £158. All well fleshed Mules were regularly £130 upwards. Hill ewes sold to a top of £125 for Cheviots from J
Brown, Ambleside, with Swaledales to £120 from Drinkall Bros, Over Wyresdale and Rough Fells to £114 from EJ Hodgson, Lambrigg. All well meated horned ewes surpassed the £90 mark, with the next grade down £60 to £80.
Cast Ewes Top Prices: Texel: £218 Thrimby Hall, £216 Little Close, £188 Ackenthwaite Farm, £186 Thrimby Hall, £180 Endmoor Farm. Suffolk: £188 £176 Netherhouses Farm, £160 Mansrigg Hall, £122 Thrimby Hall, £110 Mearsbeck Farm. LLeyn: £162 £136 £108 £94 Low Foulshaw Farm. Mule: £158 Catshaw Hall Farm, £140 Netherhouses Farm, £137 Thrimby Hall, £134 Green Farm, £132 Rash Mill Cottage. Beltex: £144 £138 Thrimby Hall, £100 Greaves Farm. Cheviot Mule x: £125 Keen Ground Bungalow. Swale: £120 £110 £94 Catshaw Hall Farm. £94 Botton Hall Farm, £92 Strickland Hill. Cheviot: £115 Thrimby Hall, £72 Botton Hall Farm, £48 Keen Ground Bungalow. Rough: £114 £110 Lambrigg Head Farm, £100 £81 Spice Gill Farm. Horned: £108 £60 Hall Drive, £60 Cragg Bank Lane. Leicester: £80 Millbeck. Continental: £78 Thrimby Hall, £58 Spice Gill Farm, £56 Hall Farm, £50 Hill Farm. Zwartble: £62 Birks Farm. Herdwick: £23 Birks Farm.
Cast Ram Top Prices: Texel: £90 £56 Mearsbeck Farm. Rough: £82 Spice Gill Farm. Leicester: £44 Red Scar Farm.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Opening Fortnightly Sale of Store Lambs. Thursday 18th July 2024.
Store Lambs
The opening sale of store lambs at Junction 36 saw a quality selection of all breeds and sizes put before a ringside of new and existing buyers. The sale achieved an overall average of £92.50, an increase of £15 on the year, with many more lambs could have been sold to the vendor’s advantage. The sale peaked at £136 for Texels from B Wilson & Son, Selside with a ring full from RI Dixon, Newton selling to £117.50. All Texel lambs with size and potential surpassed the £100 mark. Suffolks sold to £99 for a pen of thirty from AT Threlkeld, Ulverston. Cheviot Mules sold to £94 from JT&A Armistead, Selside and North of England Mules sold to a top of £86.50 for a ring full from B Wilson & Son, Selside. A few smaller long keep lambs were forward today, with these looking as good a trade as any, regularly selling between £80 to £90.
Sale statistics:
- Texels averaged £93.59.
- Suffolks averaged £92.73.
- Mules averaged £85.20.
Store Lambs Top Prices: Texel: £136 Ashstead, £117.50 Low Newton Farm, £115 Tottlebank, £114 Ashstead, £113 Ivy Bank Farm, £112.50 Tottlebank. Suffolk: £99 Bowkerstead Farm, £94 Lower Hawthwaite, £91 Sunny Brow, £90 Bouthwaite Farm, £84, £80.50 Wath Farm. Continental: £98.50 Garnett Folds, £82 Tottlebank. Cheviot Mule: £94 Bouthwaite Farm, £90.50 Scar Sykes Farm. Swiss Valais Blacknose: £87 Mint View. Mule: £86.50 Ashstead, £85 Sowermire Farm, £84 Scar Sykes Farm. Horned: £80 Low Barns Farm. Zwartble: £64 (x2) High Hencroft.
Lancaster Auction Mart: Sale of Calves, OTM's & Store Cattle. Friday 19th July 2024.
Calves & Weanlings
Lancasters weekly show of calves and stirks saw an increased entry of 90 forward, with some real quality on offer today. Two outstanding Charolais’s from JH &Towers & Sons, Tunstall topped the bull calf section at £620 and £610. British Blues from JP&C Robson, Garstang reached £565, with other British Blues at £545 from GH Sanderson & Family, Catforth. Limousins sold to £520 from D&M Foster, Out Rawcliffe. An Angus from JP&C Robson, Garstang and a Hereford from JR Newsham, Conder Green topped the natives at £495.
Heifer calves sold equally as well, with these topping at £530 for a British Blue from JP&C Robson, Garstang followed by a Charolais at £510 from JH Towers, Tunstall. Month old British Blue heifers sold to £395 on two occasions, first from TL Baldwin & Son, Forton and secondly from GH Sanderson & Family, Catforth. Natives sold to £380 for a Hereford from JR Newsham, Conder Green. All calves forward sold to a market averaged of £361.
A good show of weaned calves and stirks were forward, with these topping at £810 for a British Blue bull from TD&A Gardner, Larbreck with this home also selling Montbeliarde bulls to £750. Freshly weaned British Blue heifers sold to £570 from JC Morphet, Hale with steers from this home at £560.
Heifer Calves Top Prices: Charolais: £550 Tunstall Hall. Limousin:£540 Highthorn Farm, £225 Rose Farm. British Blue: £570 Field House, £530 Roe Farm, £410 Blackleach House Farm, £410 Roe Farm,£400 Blackleach House Farm, £395 Forton Hall Farm. Angus:£455 Post Farm, £375 Gibsons Farm, £345 Matshead Farm, £330 Church Farm. Hereford: £380 Sellerley Farm. Steer Calf Top Prices: British Blue: £560 Field House. Angus: £485 Gibsons Farm. Friesian: £290 Gibsons Farm. Friesian: £390 Field House.
Bull Calves Top Prices: British Blue: £810 Larbreck Hill Farm, £565 Roe Farm, £545 Blackleach House Farm, £500 Roe Farm, £460 Manor House Farm, £455 Blackleach House Farm. Charolais: £620 Tunstall Hall. Angus: £555 Post Farm, £495 Roe Farm, £405 Park Farm. Hereford: £390 Arnside Tower Farm. Limousin: £520 Church Farm, £415 Roe Farm. Friesian: £185 Sellerley Farm.
Store Cattle
A catalogue entry of 185 store cattle sold to a trade similar on the week, with all steers today averaging £1471.57 and heifers £1275.41. Top price of the day came from J&H Bland & Son, Ninezergh for a Hereford steers reaching £1780. Next was £1760 achieved for both a trio of British Blues also from the Bland Family and a pen of four Aberdeen Angus from T Robson & Son, Singleton. Numerous other pens of well grown store steers easily surpassed the £1700 mark. Heifers reached £1610 on two occasions both from J&H Bland & Son, Ninezergh. Followed by a pair of British Blues from CG Birkett, Carnforth at £1470, with a pair of Limousins to the same price.
Store Bullocks Top Prices: Hereford: £1780 Ninezergh, £1360 Windy Hill Farm, £1350 Ellers Farm. Angus: £1760 Fairfield, £1750 Raw Head, £1750 Pilling Hall Farm, £1650 Raw Head, £1600 Grange Farm, £1500 Bainsbank Farm. British Blue: £1760, £1600 Ninezergh, £1570 Hall Bank, £1560 Netherbeck Barn, £1560 Carlingwha, £1400 Savick Brook Farm. Norwegian Red: £1710 Ninezergh. Fleckvieh: £1710, £1700, £1600 Ninezergh. Limousin: £1710 Ninezergh, £1700 High Snab, £1670 Lambrigg Head Farm, £1540 Ninezergh. Charolais: £1710, £1700 Ninezergh, £1560 Carlingwha, £1360 Hall Bank, £1000 Middle Ridge Farm. Simmental: £1710, £1700 Ninezergh, £1500 Ellers Farm, £1460 Moss Edge Farm, £1260 Park House Farm, £1250 Moss Edge Farm. Friesian: £1440 Lambrigg Head Farm. Montbeliarde: £1290 Carlinghurst. Longhorn: £1160 Moss Edge Farm.
Store Heifers Top Prices: British Blue: £1610 Ninezergh, £1470 Netherbeck Barn, £1460 Carlinghurst, £1380 Lower Castle O Trim, £1290 Hatters Farm, £1260 Barn Hill Farm. Limousin: £1470 Kapallon, £1430 Bradley Farm, £1420 Netherbeck Barn, £1320 Moss Edge Farm, £960, £940 Cunnliffe Moss Farm. Charolais: £1450 Carlingwha, £1080 Middle Ridge Farm. Simmental: £1370 Moss Edge Farm, £1300 Park House Farm. Angus: £1340 Raw Head, £1330 Moss Edge Farm, £1330 Park House Farm, £1310 Bradley Farm, £1270 Grange Farm, £1260 Barn Hill Farm. Friesian: £1320 Lambrigg Head Farm, £1240 Bradley Farm. Hereford: £1300 Moss Edge Farm, £1200 Windy Hill Farm, £1140 Moss Edge Farm, £1010 Well House Farm.
OTM Cattle
The weekly sale of OTM cattle at Lancaster saw a reduced number forward, with farmers taking advantage of the better weather at long last. Two thirds of today’s entry was dairy bred and straight out of the parlour, with a market averaged of 165p/kg achieved.
Topping the trade both per kilo and lump was R & M Lohr-Crawford, Selside with a Limousin cow at 229.5p/kg or £1606. Friesian cows topped at £1518 or187.5p/kg from PW&JM Norris & Son, Hornby with other dairy cows to184.5p/kg from Lawsons Dairy, Cockerham. Good Friesian cows were regularly away around the 175p/kg to 180p/kg range.
Beef bred cows saw plenty of interest with D&C Miller, Cloughton on Brock at 229.5p/kg and other beef bred cows round the 210p/kg to 220p/kg mark.
OTM heifer saw A&V&A Thornton, Cockerham at 229.5p/kg for a Charolais, with Friesians at 219p/kg from WG Farms, Cockerham. Other Friesian heifers were around the 190p/kg to 210p/kg range.
More numbers are required next week, with buyers and facilities to handle 150 plus cows every week.
OTM Cow Top Prices: Charolais: 229.50 (x2) Cobble Hey Farm. Limousin: 229.50 Highthorn Farm, 204.50 Mireside Farm. Shorthorn: 219.50 Little Crimbles. Frieisan: 187.50 Priory Farm, 184.50 Sweetings Farm, 179.50 Cotestone Farm, 179.50 Higher Broadwood Farm, 179.50 Richmond Hall, 174.50 Derby Lodge Farm. Hereford: 181.50, 171.50 Cobble Hey Fam, 149.50 Highthorn Farm. Montbeliarde: 164.50 Walkers I’th Fields. Simmental: 111.50 Hazelslack Tower Farm.
OTM Heifer Top Prices: Charolais: 229.50 Little Crimbles. Friesian: 219.50 Lathwaite Farm, 209.50 (x2) Derby Lodge Farm, 199.50 Lathwaite Farm, 194.50 Roseacre Hall, 191.50 High Snab. Highland: 164.50 Kapallon. Norwegian Red: 129.50 Elm Tree Farm.
Next Week's Upcoming Sales
Monday 22nd
Lancaster: 10:30am Weekly Sale of Prime Lambs & Cast Sheep
Tuesday 23rd
J36: 10:30am Sale of All Classes of Pigs
1pm Weekly Sale of Prime Lambs & Cast Sheep
Thursday 25th
J36: 10am Fortnightly Sale of Calves
10:30am Fortnightly Sale of OTM/Cast Cattle
11:15am Fortnightly Sale of Stirks & Store Cattle
Friday 26th
Lancaster: 10:15am Weekly Sale of Calves, and OTM/Cast Cattle
11am Fortnightly Sale of Dairy Cattle
11:15am Weekly Sale of Store Cattle & Stirks
