North West Auctions were proud to host the Annual Show and Sale of 336 pedigree Texel rams and females on behalf of the North West Texel Breeders Club. The sale continues to go from strength to strength gaining a strong reputation amongst breeders, attracting purchasers from far and wide. This years sale boasted one of the strongest pre-sale shows seen at North West Auctions with credit going to the vendors for the quality on offer. A big thank you to the sponsors Agri Lloyd for their continued support. A special mention goes to our pre-sale judge Mr C Boden of the Sportsman and Mellor flocks, who we thank for his time and expertise and to Miss R Boden for judging the Young Handlers.
Weekly Report and Newsletter - 19th August 2022
J36 Rural Auction Centre: North West Texel Breeders Club Annual Show & Sale of Texel Rams and Females, Sunday 14th August 2022.
The Championship rosette was awarded to a much admired ram lamb from M Evans of the Rhaeadr flock. This ram lamb Rhaeadr Fire Power sired by Sportsmans Enforcer and dam sired by Teiglum Young Gun, with the dam being full sister to the £125,000 Rhaeadr Best of the Best. It went on to smash all previous records at the North West Texel Breeders Club sale at J36 selling to 7500gns, purchased by H Griffies of the Cairngryffe flock. A strong class of 26 ram lambs saw the second prize rosette awarded to AJ Clark with Teiglum Fletcher which was sired by Knock Eastwood and went on to sell at 2400gns. The Reserve Championship rosette was awarded to GL Riby of the Stonehills flock with a Craig Douglas Dancer sired gimmer shearling, this stylish sheep attracted much interest selling to 1500gns to JS Lodge. The first prize shearling ram was awarded to Whitbarrow Excellent from Harry Geldard which went on to sell at 900gns. Taking the first prize rosette in the ewe lamb class was Leigh Smith and Joanne Huddart of the Majestic flock with a powerful and bright lamb sired by Strawfrank Cardhu which went on to sell for 1050gns. A buoyant trade throughout the sale, with buyers forward from nationwide ensuring a successful clearance rate of 86%. A successful day for the Uppermill flock from David J McKerrow peaking at 2300gns with Uppermill Fabio sired by Ettrick Earthquake, purchased by Proctors Farms with others from the same home selling to 2200gns with Uppermill Fernando, sired by the same Ettrick ram. This sale has a strong reputation for being a strong gimmer sale peaking at 2000gns from H Griffies of the Cairngryffe flock which was sired by Kingspark Diamond and out of one of the best breeding lines. Ewe lambs peaked at 1750gns from Leigh Smith and Joanne Huddart of the Majestic flock after some intense internet bidding. Shearling rams peaked at 1300gns with Cambwell Eejit from T&R Laird with this Waen Déjà Vu sired ram. Shearling rams sold to 1300gns and averaged £771, Ram lambs sold to 7500gns and averaged £707, Gimmer shearlings sold to 2000gns and averaged £619, and Ewe lambs sold to 1750gns and averaged £522.
3rd Place- Procters Farm Ltd with Lot 258 Procters
5th Place- Firm of G Gray with Lot 125 Ettrick Fivestar selling for 1000gns
Show Results, Kindly Sponsored by Agri Lloyd Class 1 Shearling Ram
6th Place- C Cornthwaite with Lot 38 Stump Cross Ernie selling for 950gns Class 2 Ram Lamb
3rd Place- D J Mckerrow with Lot 114 Uppermill Fabio selling for 2300gns
5th Place- J Porter with Lot 297 Saltcotes selling for 1000gns
1st Place Katie Aiken 2nd Place Lili Shuttleworth 3rd Place Harry Geldard 4th Place Megan Clarke 5th Place Murray Clarke Champion M Evans with Lot 110 Rhaeadr Fire Power selling for 7500gns
3rd Place-TA & R Laird with Lot 10 Cambwell Eejit selling for 1300gns
4th Place- Firm of G Gray with Lot 18 Ettrick Euros selling for 1000gns
4th Place- E Vaughan with Lot 122 Partridge Nest Forceful selling for 1000gns
1st Place- L Smith & J Huddart with Lot 307 Majestic selling for 1050gns
3rd Place- L Smith & J Huddart with Lot 308 Majestic selling for 1750gns
1st Place- M Evans with Lot 110 Rhaeadr Fire Power selling for 7500gns
1st Place- RH & L Geldard with Lot 41 Whitbarrow Excellent selling for 900gns
2nd Place- G L Riby with Lot 261 Stone Hills selling for 1200gns
5th Place- G Reed with Lot 336 Alpha 6th Place- A & G Brown with Lot 324 Brookhill selling for 380gns Class 5 Young Handlers 8 Years & Under
1st Place Alexander Clarke 2nd Place Ruaridh Clarke Class 6 Young Handlers 9-16 Years
4th Place- PK & R Woof with Lot 214 Stainton selling for 380gns
2nd Place- CH Bellis with Lot 314 Peniel selling for 400gns
2nd Place- A Clark with Lot 51 Teiglum Fletcher selling for 2400gns
6th Place- PK & R Woof with Lot 1091 Stainton Fire Cracker selling for 580gns Class 3 Shearling Gimmer 1st Place- G L Riby with Lot 260 with Stonehills selling for 1500gns
2nd Place- AF Harker with Lot 36 Bendgate Expert selling for 1100gns
4th Place- W Holden & Sons with Lot 320 Bold Venture selling for 350gns
5th Place- D Gray with Lot 14 Tima Eurostar selling for 650gns
6th Place- CH Bellis with Lot 276 Cosyn selling 800gns Class 4 Ewe Lamb
Reserve Champion G L Riby with Lot 260 with Stonehills selling for 1500gns Lancaster Auction Mart: Weekly Sale of Prime Lambs and Cast Sheep. Opening Sale of Store Lambs, Monday 15th August 2022.
Cast Sheep Top Prices: Texel: £132 Hutton Roof Hall, £118 Wyre Farm, £117 Oak Tree Farm, £107 West View. Continental: £120 Swainshead Hall Farm, £103 Hill View Farm, £98 Swainshead Hall Farm, £96 West View, £91 Hill View Farm, £90 Oak Tree Farm. Mule: £113 Yeat House, £110 Lower House Farm, £105 Walnut Tree Cottage, £100 Wyre Farm, £100, £98 Oak Tree Farm, £98 Middle Lee Farm, £94 Lower House Farm, £92 Swainshead Hall Farm.
Prime Lambs
The weekly sale of prime lambs at Lancaster had an entry of over 600 forward which with were met with plenty of demand with eight active buyers forward, all looking to secure lambs with well finished lambs in the strongest demand and an overall market average of 245p/kg achieved. Heavy weight lambs continue to create plenty of competition between the buyers at Lancaster with Texel peaking at £146 from H Birkett, Overton closely followed by £145 from B&J Preston, Caton. Plenty more pens of heavy weight lambs sold in excess of the £130 mark. Handy weight lambs from 40-44kgs regularly sold at 250p/kg. Well finished and better confirmation ones peaking at 290p/kg for Beltexs from KA Purtill, Wigan with Texels to 285p/kg from TR Prickett, Hutton Roof. More hill lambs are starting to come forward now with Mules peaking at £109 at 45kgs at from G&K Richmond, Inglewhite.
Prime Lamb Top Prices: Texel: £146 North Farm, £145 Ellers Farm, £135 Walnut Tree Cottage, £133 Sandfield Cottage, £132 Hutton Roof Hall, £132 Ellers Farm, £131.50 Low Bendrigg Farm, £130 North Farm, £128 Bensons Farm, £126 Low Moor Head Farm. Continental: £122 Bensons Farm, £120 Lower Oakeneaves Farm, £105 Low Moor Head Farm, £105 Fern Bank Farm, £100.50 Burrow Heights Farm, £100 Bensons Farm. Suffolk: £119 Old Parkside Farm, £108 Fell End Farm, £100 Old Parkside Farm. Beltex: £110 Burrow Heights Farm. Mule: £109 Lodge Cottage, £102 Ouzelthorn Farm. Cheviot: £101 Fern Bank Farm. Charollais: £96 Low Pleasant. Cast Sheep As seen nationwide cast sheep are a slightly easier trade but still remaining strong for the time of year, leading the way was Texel x ewes achieving £132 from TR Prickett, Hutton Roof with Continental ewes to £120 from MB Flatman & Son, Over Wyresdale. Plenty of pens of Continental ewes sold in the hundreds and teens. Mule ewes peaked at £113 from A&FM Bolland & Sons, Ellel with two further pens to £110 from M&JM Redmayne, Bolderstone. Big Mule ewes sold in excess of the one hundred pound mark. Horned ewes saw well fleshed Swaledales sell to £84 from JW Cornall & Sons, Bleasdale with others to £82 from G&K Richmond, Inglewhite.
Teesdale: £104, £90 Middle Lee Farm. Suffolk: £96 Lodge Cottage, £94 Middle Lee Farm. Swaledale: £84 Higher Fair Snape Farm, £82 Lodge Cottage. Cast Ram Top Prices: Texel: £130, £120, £118 Bensons Farm. Suffolk: £112 Walnut Tree Cottage.
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Store Lamb Top Prices: Texel: £87.50 Haversham House Farm, £84 Myerscough Hall, £83.50 Woodstock, £83 Wyresdale Park, £82.50 West View Farm, £82 Myerscough Hall. Suffolk: £86, £82, £79, £69 Fell End Farm. Cheviot: £83.50 Woodstock. Charollais: £76 Woodstock. Ryeland: £74 West View Farm.
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J36 Rural Auction Centre: Weekly Sale of Prime Lambs and Cast Sheep, Tuesday 16th August 2022. Prime Lambs The weekly sale of prime lambs at J36 had an increasing entry of 1463 forward selling to an overall market average of 245p/kg. Well fleshed prime lambs continue to be in big demand and regularly selling in excess of 250p/kg with smaller leaner types possibly worth more in the store market. Heavy weights continued to be eagerly sought after at J36, with numerous buyers for this specification of lamb. Heavy weights peaked at £149 at 57kg with Charollais from M Moorhouse, Grange over Sands who sold 55kg Texels to £142. This was followed by other Texels to £138 from DM & D Cook, Ulverston. With other heavy weight Texels to £137 from R Lawrence, Grange over Sands. Suffolk lambs peaked at £141 from WP Brewer & Sons, Bleasdale. This is followed by other Suffolks to £132 from DC, D & J Taylor, Kendal. Plenty of pens of heavy weight lambs regularly selling round the £130 mark. Beltex lambs peaked at £131 from WS Burrow & Sons, Silverdale. Beltex lambs peaked at 295p/kg from John Twigge, Lindale. With plenty of pens of tidy confirmation lambs selling in the region of 270p/kg. More hill lambs beginning to come forward. Cheviot mules peak at £117.50 at 47kg from J&M Wilson, Selside, who sold mules to £110.
Prime Lamb Top Prices: Charollais: £149, £131 Hampsfield Hall, £130, £128.50 Low Barns Farm, £121.50, £116 Myers Farm. Texel: £142 Hampsfield Hall, £138 Smithy Green Farm, £134 Ashtree Cottage, £132 Arklid Farm, £131 Johnson House Farm, £130 Hill Top Farm. Suffolk: £141 Lower Core, £132 Garnet Folds, £130 Whinfell Terrace, £130 Calderside Farm, £125 Low Groves Farm, £124 Scagill. Continental: £137, £124 Greaves Farm, £115 Cracalt Farm, £115 High Biggarsbank, £113 Hill Park, £112.50 Bradlow Farm. Beltex: £131 Gibraltar Farm, £120 Holmelands, £117 Bramaskew. Cheviot Mule: £117.50 Cooper House. Zwartble: £117 Catshaw Hall Farm. Mule: £110 Cooper House, £106 Calderside Farm, £105 Fell End Farm, £97 Greaves Farm, £90 Millriggs, £90 Castle Syke Farm. Hampshire: £94 Croft Foot Farm. Dorset: £90, £89 High Biggarsbank. Cast Sheep The weekly sale of cast sheep at J36 boasted in entry in excess of 550. As seen at many markets nation-wide, trade is slightly easier than the dizzy heights that we have enjoyed throughout the summer. Leading the way was Texel ewes from CG Taylor, Kendal selling to £146 with other Texel ewes to £138 from Barlow Brothers, Crosston. Heavy weights Mule ewes peaked at £137 from KE Richards & Son, Howgill. With other mules to £129 from TE & A Galbraith, Crooklands. Plenty of pens of Mules ewes sold in the late hundred and teens. Best Swaledale ewes sold to £95 from WJ & L Barker, Arkholme. With pens of well fleshed horned ewes selling in the £70’s and early £80’s.
sale of store lambs had over 200 forward meeting plenty of demand, selling to an overall market averaged of £80.58. Leading the way at £87.50 was a pen of ¾ bred medium keep Texel lambs from J Gardner, Bay Horse. Suffolk lambs sold to £86 from FK&F Woodhouse, Scorton. Other leading prices saw Texels at £84 from Myerscough College and £83 from SE Whewell, Scorton. A consignment from G&D Ball & Son, Little Eccleston sold Texels to £83.50 and Cheviot x’s to £83.50. Entries are now being taken for the next sale on Monday 29th August.
Cast Ram Top Prices: Swaledale: £104 The Borrans, £78 Low Hall Farm. Cheviot: £98 Knittleton Cottage. Herdwick: £86 Wilcocks Farm.
Lancaster Auction Mart: Great Annual Show of 1500 Mule, Masham & Continental Breeding Ewes & Gimmer Shearlings Wednesday 17th August 2022.
North West Auctions held its annual show and sale of 1504 Mule and Continental ewes and gimmer shearlings, the pre-sale show was kindly sponsored by Wadland Finance and judged by Stuart and Ellie Garth, Bleasedale, who we thank for there time and expertise. The championship rosette was awarded to the first prize pen of Mules from P&M Crackles, Burrow which went on to sell for £210 purchased by the judge. The reserve champion rosette was awarded to the first prize pen of Continental or any other breed from JS&KM Wilson & Son, Kendal with a pen of Cheviot Mules which went on to sell for £230. The sale saw a two tier trade with good quality sheep in big demand with purchasers looking to buy shearlings that had lambed and been double abortion vaccinated. Second quality sheep were met with selective demand, as many purchasers were willing to pay that little bit extra for quality. Topping the trade at £320 was a pair of pedigree bred Suffolk gimmer shearlings from EW&A Bradshaw, Stalmine. Mule gimmer shearlings peaked at £220 from JS&KM Wilson & son, Kendal with others from the same home to £200. A run of lambed Mule gimmer shearlings from M&YS Barker, Halton sold to £200 with others to £190 from the same home. The run from N Barker, Burton in Kendal sold to £195 and £190. The consignment from JK&BE Townley, Brookhouse sold to £195 with other leading prices being £190 from E Parker, Mewith. All Mule gimmer shearlings forward averaged £166.70. The ewe trade was very similar to the shearling trade with purchasers looking to buy quality. Texel x one crops sold to £180 and £172 from PF Lee, Over Wyresdale. Powerful three crop Mule ewes, sold to £178 from Robert Slater, Barnacre with one crop Mule ewes twice selling to £170 from N Barker, Burton in Kendal. Breeding Ewes Top Prices: Texel: £180, £172 Lower Swainhead Farm, £165, £160, £152, £140 Wyre Farm. Mule: £178 Slack Farm, £170 (2) Dalton Old Hall, £145 Slack Farm. Suffolk: £152, £150 The Coach House. Cheviot Mules: £140, £138 Wyre Farm. Charollais: £125 Oak Avenue. Gimmer Shearlings Top Prices: Suffolk: £320 The Old Stable. Cheviot Mule: £230, £195 High House, £160 High Tenement Farm. Mule: £220 High House, £210 Mill Farm, £200 Halton Park Farm, £200 High House, £195 Mearsbeck House, £195 Dalton Old Hall. Texel: £155 (2), £152 Wyre Farm. Charollais: £155 Wyre Farm. Masham: £155 Longstripes Farm.
Cast Ewe Top Prices: Texel: £146 Meadow View, £138 Littlewood Hall Farm, £132 Cooper House, £125 Preston Patrick Hall, £118 Hill Park, £116 Tranthwaite Hall. Mule: £137 Crook O Lune Farm, £129 The Coach House, £122 Myers Farm, £119 Mint View, £116 Ashtree Cottage, £116 Oak Avenue. Cheviot Mule: £130 Gibraltar Farm, £117 Holmelands, £110 Bradlow Farm, £100 Borrans Farm, £85, £78 Marsh House Farm. Suffolk: £110 Hill Park, £104 Oak Avenue. Swaledale: £95 Brown Edge, £81 Overthwaite Farm, £72 Lunesdale House, £70 Castle Syke Farm, £70 The Borrans. Beltex: £80 Oakfield Farm. Herdwick: £76 High Biggarsbank. Hampshire: £75 Salisbury. Rough Fell: £74 Marsh House Farm. Cheviot: £72 Knittleton Cottage, £71 Holmelands.
2nd – JS&KM Wilson & Son, High House
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Summer Show of Calves under 56 days followed by Sale of Calves, Stirks, OTM and Store Cattle, Thursday 18th August 2022.
3rd – JK&BE Townley, Mearsbeck Class Two: 10 Continental & Any Other Breed Class –1st – JS&KM Wilson & Son, High House
Calves & Stirks
The summer show of calves had a nice entry of 90 calves forward, we would like to take this time to thank our sponsors Semex and Norbreck Genetics. Our pre sale judging was in the capable hands of Stan Allan, who we thank for his time and expertise. After much time and deliberation, the Champion rosette was awarded to the first prize Continental bull calf from JH Towers & Son, Tunstall, after fierce bidding this Charolais bull calf when on to achieve £530. The reserve champion went to the first price continental heifer from B&JM Crowe, Witherslack this heifer went on to achieve £320. Out of the show the calf trade was fast from start to finish with Charolais calves selling to £505 from JH Towers & Sons, Tunstall. British Blue bulls sold to a top of £450 twice from B&JM Crowe, Witherslack with all British Blue bulls averaging £330. Limousin bulls sold to a top of £415 from WS&IM Wilson, Whitbeck. Heifer calves were a sharper trade Charolais sold to a top of £425 from JH Towers & Sons, Tunstall with many of the best regularly selling over the £300 mark. Dairy bred bulls sold to a top of £380 for a run of Montbeliarde bulls from JS&IM Wilson, Whitbeck who sold others to £250. Pure Friesian bulls topped at £250 from AK&BM Robinson & Son, Arkholme. Another nice trade in the stirks section and with buyers paying a premium for these, Charolais heifers at six months old sold to £830 from R&BJ Cleasby, Broughton in Furness. Limousin heifers sold to £680 from G&ID Postlethwaite, Howgill who sold a pen of Hereford bullocks to £680. Summer Show of Calves under 56 days, sponsored by Semex & Norbreck Genetics, Results: Class 1 – Continental Bull Calf: 1st lot 57 JH Towers & Sons, Tunstall Hall £530 2nd lot 50 B&JM Crowe, Birks Farm £450 3rd lot 64 B&JM Crowe, Birks Farm £450
Show Results Class One: 10 Mule Shearlings1st- P&M Crackles, Mill Farm
2nd – J&H Huddleston, Annasghyl 3rd– J&H Huddleston, Annasghyl Champion – P&M Crackles, Mill Farm Reserve Champion – JS&KM Wilson & Son, High House
Bull Stirk Top Price: British Blue - £610 Sella Farm. Limousin - £570, £550 Moss House Farm. Aberdeen Angus - £510 Moss House Farm, £500 Gillfoot Farm. Hereford – £510 Gillfoot Farm. Heifer Stirk Top Price: Charolais - £830 Lower Hawthwaite. Limousin - £680 Riddings. Aberdeen Angus - £600 Gillfoot SteerFarm.Stirk Top Price: Hereford - £690 Riddings. Limousin - £650 Riddings.
Bull Calf Top Prices: Charolais - £530, £505 Tunstall Hall. British Blue - £450 Birks Farm, £450, £390 Elm Tree Farm, £375 Tunstall Hall. Limousin - £415 Monk Foss Farm, £325, £305 Deansbiggin, £2800 Tunstall Hall. Aberdeen Angus - £285, £250, £240 The Barn, £215 Elm Tree Farm. Montbeliard - £280, £250, £240 Monk Foss Farm. Hereford - £260 Wraysholme Tower, £250 Monk Foss Farm. Friesian - £250 Kitchlow Farm. Heifer Calf Top Price: Charolais - £425, £320 Tunstall Hall. British Blue - £320 Birks Farm, £260, £220 Ravens Lodge, £200 Rowe End Farm. Limousin - £290 Monk Foss Farm, £230 Deansbiggin, £195 Tunstall Hall, £180 Monk Foss Farm. Hereford - £230, £205 Wraysholme Tower. Aberdeen Angus - £160 Rowe End Farm.
Class 2 – Continental Heifer Calf: 1st lot 63 B&JM Crowe, Birks Farm £320 2nd lot 61 JH Towers & Sons, Tunstall Hall £320 3rd lot 60 JH Towers & Sons, Tunstall Hall £195 Class 4 – Native Heifer Calf: 1st lot 15 JW&TE Sharp Ltd, Flodder Hall £130 2nd lot 42 RF&CR Hodgson, Rowe End Farm £160 Champion – lot 57 JH Towers & Sons, Tunstall Hall Reserve Champion – lot 63 B&JM Crowe, Birks Farm
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OTM Cow Top Prices: Limousin – 207.5 High Underbrow Farm, 199.5 Ghyll Farm, 184.5 Lower Hawthwaite, 181.5 Barbon Fell House, 174.5 The Howes. Aberdeen Angus – 204.5 Capplerigg, 189.5 Ghyll Farm. Charolais – 204.5, 177.5 Kate Farm, 169.5 Guest Fold. Hereford – 177.5 Borwick Lodge Farm. British Blue – 174.5 Barbon Fell House, 154.5 Borwick Lodge Farm, 141.5 Aisgill Farm. Simmental – 169.5 Sella Farm. Continental – 161.5, 144.5 Beach House Cottage. Shorthorn – 161.5, 154.5 Moss Hall Farm. Friesian – 154.5, 149.5, 144.5 Stirzaker House Farm, 149.5, 137.5 Townhead Farm. OTM Heifer Top Prices: British Blue – 229.5 Green Close. Friesian – 149.5 High Barnes. Cast Steer Top Prices: British Blue – 219.5, 217.5 Green Close. Hereford – 174.5 Bradlow Farm. Cast Bull Top Prices: Aberdeen Angus – 164.5 Wall End Farm.
Store Bullock Top Prices: Aberdeen Angus - £1345 Capplerigg, £1300 Warth Sutton Farm, £1280 Heathwaite Farm, £1270, £1250 Warth Sutton Farm. Longhorn - £1315 Bouthwaite Farm. Blonde - £1280, £1075 Mount Pleasant Farm. Limousin - £1180 Hawkrigg End, £1070 Bellart Howe. Hereford - £1095 Brow Foot Farm. Continental - £1080 Beach House Cottage. Friesian - £1060 High Roosebeck Farm. Fleckvieh - £940 Netherbeck Barn. Store Heifer Top Prices: Limousin - £1300, £1065 Holmelands, £1025 Roosebeck Farm. British Blue - £1235 Bouthwaite Farm, £1230 Hawkrigg End, £1050 Brow Foot Farm, £1040 Hebblethwaite. Blonde - £1200 Mount Pleasant Farm. Aberdeen Angus - £1130 Holmelands, £1005, £1000 Warth Sutton Farm. Hereford - £1130 Brow Foot Farm. Stabilizer – £980, £945 Kit Cragg. Charolais - £975 Holmelands.
Store Bull Top Prices: Limousin - £650 Burney End. Aberdeen Angus - £630 Bellart Howe. Fleckvieh - £615 Bellart Howe. OTM AberdeenCattleAngus cows led the way selling to £1622 from JW&E Woof & Son, Firbank. Other Aberdeen Angus cows sold to £1569 from G Cuthbertson, New Hutton with Limousin cows selling to 207.5p/kg from MA&J Winn, Selside with the best end beef cows regularly selling over the 200p/kg mark. Friesian cows sold to a top of £1205 from Messrs Sowerby, Drybeck. JW Robinson & Son, Farlton sold OTM heifers to 229.5p/kg or £1553. They also sold cast British Blues to 219.5p/kg or £1495. All cast cows continue to be a strong trade at junction 36.
bullocks sold to a top of £1345 from G Cuthberson, New Hutton with a pen full of sixteen month old bullocks form FE&CM Robinson & Son, Crooklands selling to £1300. Longhorn bullocks sold to a top of £1315 from JT&A Armistead, Selside. A run of nine month old Blonde bullocks from MJ Whitworth, Bolton Le Sands sold to £1280 twice. Heifers were keenly bid for with Limousins selling to £1300 from J Twigge, Lindal. British Blue heifers sold to £1235 from JT&A Armistead, Selside, other British Blue heifers sold to £1230 from JBL&I Ellis, New Hutton. MJ Whitworth had another good trade in the heifers section with nine month old Blonde heifers sold to £900. J36 is host to a keen ring side of buyers for all classes and types of cattle, the next sale is on Thursday 25th August.
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Lancaster held its annual Lancaster Lads show and sale of terminal sire breeding rams. The pre sale show saw local young shepherd Daniel Pye, Abbeystead take charge of the judging. He awarded his championship rosette to the first prize Texel shearling from S&G Mellor, Stock on Trent which went on to sell for £900 with others from the same home selling to £700. The reserve championship rosette was awarded to the Beltex x from A Fare, Blackpool which sold to £580. A special mention goes to the pre-sale show sponsors Wadland Finance and WCF TheFuels.sale this evening saw big powerful big confirmation tups in big demand and good to sell, a consignment of pure Texel tups from Harry Carter, Ellel sold to £900, £850 and £750. A run of Texel and Beltex x tups from ST Birkett & Son, Carnforth sold to £750, £720, £680 and £620. Suffolk shearlings sold to £600 from S&G Mellor, Stoke on Trent with other Suffolk tups to £580 from RA&L Hodgson, Kendal. Aged tups saw Texel three shears sold to £480 from PF Lee, Over Wyresdale. Just a handful of tup lambs forward saw Suffolks twice sell to £400 from G&K Richmond, Inglewhite. Lads Show
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The weekly sale of calves saw a much improved trade than seen in recent weeks, with more buyers round the ring all keen to buy. Topping the trade today was EW&RM Towers, Hornby with a weaned British Blue achieving £500 with Fleckvieh bulls to £465 from the same home. Younger British Blue bull calves saw J Bargh & Son, Heaton to £370, also achieving £370 was Tom Barron Farms, Woodplumpton for a British Blue bull whom also sold Aberdeen Angus bulls to £365. Heifer calves today were much sort after achieving £390 for British Blues with other British Blues from Tom Barron Farms, Woodplumpton at £290. A good run of Limousin calves from A&L Gardner, Quernmore saw bulls to £320 and heifers to £260. A mixed bag of Friesian bull calves saw the best selling to £190 from EW&RM Towers, Hornby with lesser sorts £80 - £112. Heifer Calves Top Prices: British Blue: £390, £320, £315 Holme Head, £290 Ambrose Hall Farm, £275 North Farm. Limousin: £260 Redfields. Angus: £215 North Farm, £190, £170, £165 Ambrose Hall Farm. Charolais: £140, £110 Parkers Farm.
Lancaster Auction Mart: Sale of Calves, Stirks, OTM's and Store Cattle, Friday 19th August 2022. Calves & Weanlings
2nd Lot 17 S&G Mellor 3rd Lot 23 RA & L Hodgson selling for £580 Class 7- Suffolk Lamb Ram 1st Lot 13 G&K Richmond selling for £400 2nd Lot 12 G&K Richmond selling for £400 Champion Texel- Lot 29 S&G Mellor selling for £900 Reserve Champion- Lot 63 A Fare selling for £580 Champion Suffolk- Lot 13 G&K Richmond selling for £400 Shearling Ram Top Prices: Texel- £900 Windicott Farm, £900, £850, £750 Cragg End, £720 Hall Croft Barn, £700 Norcross, £700 Windicott, £680, £620 Hall Croft Barn, £600 Windicott. Beltex - £750, £650 Hall Croft Barn, £580 Norcross, £500 (2), £400 Curwen Hill, £350 Norcross. Suffolk - £600 Windicott, £580 Patton Hall, £480 Calderside Farm, £420, £400 (2) Patton Hall. Charollais- £300 Wyre Farm. Aged Ram Top Prices: Texel: £480 Lower Swainhead Farm. Ram Lamb Top Prices: Suffolk - £400 (2) Lodge Cottage, £250 (2) The Old Stable.
Bull Calves Top Prices: British Blue: £500, £455 Holme Head, £370 North Farm, £370 Ambrose Hall Farm, £365, £355 Roe Farm. Fleckvieh: £465, £390 Holme Head, £380 White Lund Farm, £360, £350, £310 Holme Head. Angus: £365 Ambrose Hall Farm, £350 White Lund Farm, £340 Knowsley Farm, £310, £275, £230 Ambrose Hall Farm. Charolais: £340 Bolton Fold Farm. Limousin: £330, £320 Redfields. Friesian: £190 Holme Head, £112 Catshaw Hall Farm.
TheStirksmonthly sale of stirks at Lancaster today saw an entry of just short of a hundred forward with stronger sorts in high demand. MD Close & Son, Arkholme came out on top in both the steers and heifer section selling British Blue steers at £900 and heifers to £780. Twelve month old Aberdeen Angus steers peaked at £840 from R&J Parkinson, Preesall with other well grown Aberdeen Angus steers at £830 from G Rawlinson, Manchester. D&J Hay, Cockerham had a good day with twelve month old Hereford steers to £805. A good number of Limousin steers on the market today saw ST Birkett & Son, Carnforth sell to £760 for an eight month old with others from Jones, Cockerham at £710 with DJ Clarks, Barnacre to £685. A pen full of twelve month old solid British Friesians steers from R&J Parkinson, Preesall to £705. Aberdeen Angus heifers saw trade peak at £670 for a pen of five eleven month olds from CJ&MH Parry, Cockerham with others at £660 from Jones, Cockerham. DJ Clark continued his good day with ten month old Limousin heifers to £630. Our next sale of stirks is on Friday 30th September.
Bull Stirk Top Prices: British Blue: £660 Barrow Greaves Farm, £470 Walkers I’th Fields. Angus: £355 White Lund Farm. Fleckvieh: £270 White Lund Farm. Heifer Stirk Top Prices: British Blue: £780, £765 Docker Hall Farm. Angus: £670 Hilliam Lane Farm, £660 Sandvilla. Limousin: £630, £580 Kellibrick Farm. Hereford: £600 Sandvilla. Steer Stirk Top Prices: British Blue: £930, £920 Docker Hall Farm. Angus: £840 Springfield House, £840 Docker Hall Farm, £830 Redchalis Farm, £800 Birch House Cottage, £780 Birch House Cottage. Hereford: £805 Birch House Cottage. Limousin: £760 Hall Croft Barn, £710 Sandvilla, £685 Kellbrick farm, £550 Hare Apple Tree. Friesian: £705 Springfield House, £540 Sandvilla. Dairy Shorthorn: £650 Sandvilla. Saler: £610 Sandvilla. Simmental: £570 Hare Apple Tree. Store Cattle 225 store cattle through the main ring today under the watchful eye of auctioneer Gary Capstick, with all types a firmer trade with steers averaging a fantastic £1260 and heifers a magnificent £1195. It was T&M Halhead, Priest Hutton hitting the high notes today with Simmental steers to £1730 for a pen of three, not far behind was regular loyal Lancaster supporters Pilling Hall, Pilling with a cracking pair of Limousin steers at £1710. Also hitting the £1700 barrior with Limousins was T&JS&SA Carruthers, Underbarrow with another pair to £1660. A pair of British Blue steers from JD&GM Bracken, Garstang sold to £1620 with Aberdeen Angus from the same home to £1560. JS Clark, Catforth was not far behind with a pen of four to £1550. Monstrous Montbeliardes sold to £1560 from BL&D Banks, Pilling. Store heifers saw no let up in trade with JA&F Nutter, Hust Green selling Charolais heifers to £1480 with others to £1480 from SW&K Metcalfe, Whittington. British Blue heifers always good to sell at Lancaster and this week was no exception, topping at £1350 for a pair from SH&LE Birkett, Carnforth. A pen of three from V&S Fitzell, Much Hoole selling to £1320. Aberdeen Angus heifers from SW&K Metcalfe & Son, Whittington and MJ
More cattle is required for next weeks sale with vendors urged to take advantage of the current good trade. Store Bullocks Top Prices: Simmental: £1730 Upp Hall, £1310 Manor Farm, £1160 Little Crimbles. Limousin: £1710 Pilling Hall Farm, £1700, £1660 Red Scar Farm, £1390 Fellside Farm, £1380 Downlands Farm, £1350 Fellside Farm.
OTM Cattle A sharper trade in the OTM ring at Lancaster saw beef cows break the two thousand barrier with a 4 year old Limousin cow from ST Birkett & Son, Carnforth achieved 231.5p/kg grossing at a colossal £2002.48. British Blues cows from the same good home went on to sell to 221.5p/kg or £1772.00. Native beef cows sold to a top of £1663.88 from T&M Halhead, Priest Hutton. In the dairy department a Friesian from PW&JM Norris & Son, Hornby sold to £1633.88 with others from the same home achieving £1482.09. Others Friesians went on to sell for £1519.79 from R&E Ladds, Kendal and £1480.0 from ME&B Mason & Son, Tatham. Fleckvieh cows sold to 231.5p/kg from B&A Barnes, Carnforth. OTM heifers saw a top pence per kilo of 244.5p achieved by EJ Ward & Son, Nether Kellet with this Limousin grossing at £1430.33. A run of Friesians from AT Burrow & Son, Gressingham sold to the top of £1619.80 at 227.5p/kg with others to 224.5p/kg. Montbeliardes sold to 234.5p/kg grossing at £1465.63 from A&B Pickthall, Milnthorpe. All OTM heifers forward averaged 225.4p/kg or £1370.46. A small entry of cast steers forward saw JH Towers & Sons, Tunstall with an Aberdeen Angus top at 234.5p/kg or £1407. OTM Cow Top Prices: Fleckvieh: 231.50, 201.50 Hawkin Hall, 167.50 Moss House Farm. Limousin: 231.50 Hall Croft Barn, 211.50 Cragg End, 179.50 Yates Farm, 174.50 Potts Yeats. British Blue: 221.50 Hall Croft Barn. Angus: 217.50 Upp Hall, 207.50, 197.50 Bazil Farm. Frieisan: 209.50 High Snab, 197.50 Strickland Hill, 197.50 North Farm, 197.50 Priory Farm, 194.50 Downlands Farm. Norweigean Red: 187.50 Raw Head. Montbeliarde: 177.50 Yeat House. Hereford: 147.50 Salisbury Road. OTM Heifer Top Prices: Limousin: 244.50 Intack Farm, 194.50 Yates Farm. Montbeliarde: 234.50 Bradley Farm. Frieisan: 227.50 High Snab, 224.50 High Snab. Angus: 217.50 Lambrigg Farm. Cast Steer Top Prices: Angus: 234.50 Tunstall Hall. Friesian: 199.50 Downlands Farm.
British Blue: £1620 Greenlands Farm, £1510 Cock Hall Farm, £1480 Parkside Farm, £1460 Windy Hill Farm, £1440 Stubb Hall Farm, £1390 Outerthwaite Farm. Angus: £1560 Greenlands Farm, £1550 Godson House Farm, £1510 Downlands Farm, £1480 Parkside Farm, £1480 Staffords Farm, £1470 Fellside Farm. Montbeliarde: £1560, £1450 Squires Gate Farm, £1400 Staffords Farm, £1170 Cock Hall Farm. Charolais: £1550 Manor Farm, £1500 Downlands Farm, £1490 Lower Castle O Trim, £1470 Dowlands Farm, £1450 Carlingwha, £1350 Manor Farm. Shorthorn: £1480 Parkside Farm. Fleckvieh: £1370 West Lynn. Hereford: £1310 Carlingwha, £1050 Brow Foot Farm. Friesian: £1290 Dowlands Farm, £1280 Benson Hall, £1140 Grizdale, £1130 Barn Hill Farm, £1130, £1120 Benson Hall.
Store Heifers Top Prices: Charolais: £1480 Manor Farm, £1430 Holme House Farm, £1380 Downlands Farm. Norwegian Red: £1360, £1180 Holme Head. British Blue: £1350 Stubb Hall Farm, £1320 Moss House Farm, £1080 Plumpton Hall Farm, £1050 Salisbury Road. Angus: £1290 Gaskell House, £1290 Holme House Farm, £1240 Outerthwaite Farm, £1240 New Elmridge Farm, £1190 Brow Foot Farm, £1190 Gaskell House. Hereford: £1250 Holme House Farm, £1140 Toulbrick Farm, £1070 Steadbank. Limousin: £1160 Toulbrick Farm, £1130 Greenways, £1080 Brow Foot Farm, £1060 Salisbury Road, £1040 Bull Bank Farm. Simmental: £1050 Toulbrick Farm.
Shepherd, Carnforth achieved £1290, with regular vendor JB Moore, Allithwaite not far behind at £1240 and GF&EE Holt also achieving the same price.
Cast Bull Top Prices: Montbeliarde: 194.50 Squires Gate Farm.
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Saturday 20th J36: 10am Great Annual Show & Sale of 5000 Breeding Ewes and Gimmer Shearlings.
Next Week's Upcoming Sales
Friday 26th Lancaster: 10am Summer Show and Sale of Calves under 56 days. 10:15am Sale of Cast and OTM Cattle. 11am Fortnightly Sale of Dairy Cattle. 11.15am Weekly Sale of Store Cattle.
Thursday 25th J36: 10:30am Special Show & Sale of Continental & Suffolk Gimmer Lambs followed by Fortnightly Sale of Store Lambs.
Saturday 27th J36: 10:30am Sale of Rare and Minority Breeds. 2pm Reduction Sale of the Willowsway Stud.
Monday 22nd Lancaster: 10.30am Weekly Sale of Prime Lambs and Cast Sheep. J36: 10:30am Whiteley Hey Flock Production Sale on behalf of Mr Paul Slater.
Tuesday 23rd J36: 10:30am Fortnightly Sale of all Classes of Pigs. 1pm Weekly Sale of Prime Lambs and Cast Sheep.
