Lancaster Auction Mart: Sale of Prime Lambs & Cast Sheep. Monday 16th December 2024.
Prime Lambs
Monday 16th December normal business resumed at NWA Lancaster, with an increased number of lambs forward, selling to an improved trade, averaging 310p/kg. The sale peaked at £172 for Beltex cross lambs from J Bargh & Son, Morecambe with heavy weight Suffolk cross to £169 from S&JE Cornthwaite, Brookhouse. Texels sold to £164 from JM&MH Frace & Son, Littledale, with other well finished heavy weight lambs generally £150 to £160. The best standard weights sold to £162 for Beltex cross from KA Purtill, Wigan. Charollais cross sold to £157 from Wellington Cragg Farms, Bay Horse. Others meeting buyers requirements were nicely £140 to £152. Lighter weight lambs sold to £134.50 for Texel cross from TR Prickett, Hutton Roof, with other better finished lambs £115 to £125. Beltex cross lambs from KA Purtill, Wigan led todays sale achieving 377p/kg, with other premium prime lambs 330p/kg to 355p/kg. The best first cross lambs were generally 305p/kg to 320p/kg, with grass finished lambs 290p/kg to 305p/kg. Heavy weights sold to 348p/kg for Beltex from J Bargh, Morecambe with light weights to 324p/kg from J Gardner, Brookhouse. Hill bred lambs sold to a top price of £157.50 for heavy weight Cheviots from P Prickett, Hutton Roof. Standard weights sold to £120 from the same good home, with others 310p/kg to 315p/kg.
Prime Lambs Top Prices: BELTEX: £172 North Farm, £162 Oak Aveune, £160 North Farm, £155 Park Farm Barn, £153 North Farm, £152 Oak Aveune.
SUFFOLK: £169, £158, £144.50, £144 Lane House, £135.50 Wellington Crag Farm, £135 Pilling Hall Farm.
TEXEL: £164 Newhouse Farm, £159 Hutton Roof Hall, £159, £158 Birch House Cottage, £157.50 Walmsley Fold, £157 Park Farm Barn. CHEVIOT: £157.50, £144, £141 Hutton Roof Hall, £132.50 Marshaw Farm, £117.50 School Lane, £110 Little Crimbles. CHAROLLAIS: £157 Wellington Crag Farm, £144, £139, £129.50 Broseley Hall Farm, £120 School Lane. CONTINENTAL: £151 Wellington Crag Farm, £149.50 Burns Farm, £145, £144 Park Farm Barn, £140 Meadowside, £138.50 North Farm. MULE: £130 High House Farm, £110 Birch House Cottage.
SWALEDALE: £100 Marshaw Farm. MASHAM: £97, £90 Kays Farm.
Cast Sheep
Cull ewes were an exception trade, with all sold averaging £139.41. The strongest Continental sold to £220 for Texels from H Birkett & Son, Overton with others at £205 from TR Prickett, Hutton Roof. The best first cross sold to £170 from KA Purtill, Wigan with Mules to £168 from D&K Swarbrick, Out Rawcliffe. Other strongest end ewes were £140 to £155 and medium £128 to £138. Horned ewes sold to £104 for Dalebreds. Several hill bred cull rams sold to £164 for Cheviots from KM&KJ Curwen, Abbeystead, with others at £154 and Swaledales to £100.
NWA Lancaster will be business as usual next Monday (23rd), please contact Matthew Probert or Andrew Butler with any enquires.
Cast Ewes Top Prices: TEXEL: £220 North Farm, £205, £170 Hutton Roof Hall, £170 Oak Aveune, £164 The Dingle, £162 Hutton Roof Hall. MULE: £168 Bensons Farm, £140 North Farm, £132 Lee End Farm, £128 Moss Gate Farm. CONTINENTAL: £162 Bensons Farm, £154, £144, £140 Oak Aveune, £132 Lower Swainhead Farm. CHAROLLAIS: £160 Bensons Farm. CHEVIOT: £140 Hutton Roof Hall, £114 Oak Aveune. MASHAM: £130 Bensons Farm. DALESBRED: £104, £102, £96, £86 Kays Farm.
Cast Ram Top Prices: CHEVIOT: £164, £154 Marshaw Farm. TEXEL: £145 Marshaw Farm. SWALEDALE: £100, £90 Marshaw Farm.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Sale of Pigs, Prime Lambs & Cast Sheep, Tuesday 17th December 2024.
Pigs
40 prime and store pigs forward today. It was once again J&JR Stott, Kingland leading the way selling gilts to £170, with PK&R Woof, Stainton next at £165. Store pigs sold to £85 from C Woodhouse, Nateby and weaners to £60 from J Collier, Oakworth.
Prime Lambs
Prime lamb trade sparkles before Christmas!
A larger show of lambs forward again this week, meets a nice increase in trade for the better end of sheep and the in-specification lambs.
Wall to wall with sheep saw an increase in average, even with a massive entry of heavy lambs- over 50% falling into this category! A further 500 lambs weighing on the very light side. The Mule trade here continues to delight vendors, with the biggest show of them through the ring to recent date.
Two very large heavy Texel lambs top the sales pound per head at £218 from PK&R Woof, Stainton. A pen of six continental lambs hit £200 from JB Airey, Kendal. PK&R Woof had a further two pair of Texels sell to £196. Cheviot lambs sold to £192.00 from P Whitton & Son, Burneside, while the Suffolk trade peaked at £190 from Stockdale Farms, Sedbergh.
49kg Texels from KA Purtill, Wigan sold to 365.3ppk. 47kg Beltexs from J Twigge, Lindal sold to 361.7ppk for a pen of three.
Our next sale at Junction 36 is NOT on the usual Tuesday, and instead falls on the Friday between Christmas and New Year. Friday the 27th December commencing at 1pm.
Prime Lambs Top Prices: TEXEL: £218.00 Storth End Farm, £196.00 Storth End Farm, £184.00 Helm Croft, £180.00 Park farm Barn, £179.00 Oak Avenue, £176.00 Mason Gill. CONTINENTAL: £200.00 Mint Close, £155.00 The Howes, £150.00 High Tenement, £150.00 Low Croft, £144.00 Ashtree Cottage, £143.00 Lunesdale House. CHEVIOT: £192.00 High Tenement Farm, £162.00 High Tenement Farm, £161.00 Bowers Farm, £147.00 Bowers Farm, £142.00 High Ground, £138.00 Far High Field. SUFFOLK: £190.00 Bowers Farm, £175.00 Helm Croft, £167.00 Bowwers Farm, £164.00 Far Orrest, £150.00 Mansrigg Hall, £149.00 Hazelslack Tower. BELTEX: £170.00 Holmelands, £170.00 Holmelands, £166.00 The Borrans, £161.00 Holmelands, £150.00 Longwell, £145.00 Holmelands. MULE: £165.00 High Tenement Farm, £149.00 Holme House Farn, £145.00 Holme House Farm, £144.00 Greaves Farm, £144.00 Mansrigg Hall, £144.00 Mansrigg Hall. DUTCH
SPOTTED: £162.00 Holemlands, £129.00 Holmelands. CHAROLLAIS: £154.00 Birks Farm, £150.00 The Green, £141.00 High Snab, £134.00 Birks FARM, £125.00 Lane Ends Farm, £117.00 Kiln Beck. LLEYN: £136.00 Low Gregg Hall, £126.00 Low Gregg Hall. LEICESTER: £132.00 Low Newton Farm, £129.00 Yoad Pot, £127.00 Low Newton Farm. HERDWICK: £124.00Low Greenholme, £103.00 Cockley Beck Farm, £101.00 Cockley Beck farm.
GRITSTONE: £121.00 Low Sizergh Farm. HAMPSHIRE: Bradleyfield House, £109.00 High Gregg Hall.
DALESBRED: £116.00 Fell End Farm. ZWARTABLE: £112.00 Birks Farm. SWALEDALE: £98.00 Cockley Beck Farm, £96.00 Middale Farm, £90.00 Yoad Pot.
Cast
Sheep
Ewes sell to £222 at NWA Junction 36.
The call for cull sheep was answered with 710 forward, averaging a superb £107, with over half the entry being leaner pure hill ewes.
Only a handful of the heavier, better end ewes today and selling to £222 for Texels from J Woodburn & Partners, Ulverston. Others were nicely £190 to £210 and the mediums £145 to £160. Heavier Cheviot Mules sold to £202, with North Country Mules £170 and others £145 to £160, medium Mules were £120 to £140 with the next draw down £105 to £118. Pure hill ewes saw Cheviots sell to £166, Herdwicks £120, Swaledale £114 and Rough Fells £110. Nice meated horned ewes were £88 to £105, mediums £75 to £85 and the leaner and lighter end £62 to £75.
A consignment of yearling goats sold at £134.
Cull rams sold to £178, with other better mediums £150 to £175, harder worked continentals were £120 to £145, with hill rams £80 to £115.
Cast Ewes Top Prices: TEXEL: £222.00 Mansrigg Hall, £208.00 Timber Hill, £178.00 The Barn, £174.00 Endmoor Fram, £174.00 Storth end, £172.00 Mansrigg Hall. CHAROLLAISXMULE: £202.00 Gibraltar Farm, £174.00 Gibraltar Fram, £166.00 Mansrigg Hall, £134.00 Grange Farm, £124.00 Gibraltar Farm.
LEICESTER:£194.00 Holme House Farm, £138.00 Hill Park, £112.00 Meadow Wood. MULE: £170.00 Mansrigg Hall, £168.00 Howriggs, £164.00 Timber Hill, £160.00 Rowe End Farm, £156.00 Hill Top farm, £154.00 Howriggs. CHAROLLAIS: £168.00 Gibraltar Farm, £162.00 Gibraltar Farm, £140.00 Oldfield Farm, £118.00 Nibthwaite Grange Farm. CHEVIOT: £166.00 Mansrigg Hall, £118.00 Low Gregg Hall, £114.00 Thrimby Hall, £98.00 Brow Head. DORSET: £144.00 High Biggarsbank. HAMPSHIRE: £138.00Endmoor Farm.
CONTINENTIAL: £138.00 Gibraltar Farm, £128.00 Killington Drive, £128.00 Dawson Fold, £124.00 Killington
Drive, £118.00 Howriggs, £110.00 Dawson Fold. LLEYN: £136.00 Newhouse Farm. GOAT: £134.00 Sheepfileds. MASHAM: £132.00 Killington Drive, £124.00 Low Audlands, £120.00 Grate Farm, £114.00 Killington Drive, £112.00 Low Audlands. HERDWICK: £120.00 Place Farm, £116.00 Moss Howe Farm, £92.00 High Ground, £86.00 High Birk Howe Farm. SWALEDALE: £114.00 Catshaw Hall Farm, £114.00 Holme House Farm, £114.00 Birk Howe Farm, £110.00 Holme House Farm, £108.00 Mill Cottage, £108.00 Gaskell House. ROUGH FELL: £110.00 Ghyll Farm, £110.00 Mill Cottage. ZWARTABLE: £102.00 Somme Avenue. DALESBRED: £94.00 Fell End Farm, £90.00 Low Audlands. TEESWATER: £88.00 Low Audlands.
Cast Ram Top Prices: CHEVIOT: £178.00 Mansrigg Hall, £138.00 Audlands Park. CHAROLLAIS: £174.00 Red Scar Farm. SUFFOLK: £170.00 Rowe End Farm. TEXEL: £160.00 Rowe End Farm, £158.00 Rowe End Farm, £158.00 Arklid Farm, £155.00 Hill Park, £142.00 Fold Farm, £100.00 Mireside Farm. LEICESTER: £160.00 Skelghyll, £94.00 Audlands Park, £76.00 Audlands Park, £76.00 Low Hall Farm. TEESWATER: £122.00 Low Audlands. CONTINENTIAL: £122.00 Killington Drive. BELTEX: £108.00 Belle Vue Cottage. Swaledale: £98.00 Hareden Farm. HERDWICK: £90.00 Cockley Beck farm.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Special Sale of Calves followed by Sale of Store Lambs. Thursday 19th December 2024.
Calves
The additional sale of calves today saw all goods sell to their full potential. Aberdeen Angus cross bull calves from W&S Airey, Whittington lead the way reaching £420, with a very sweet one month old British Blue heifer from DR&C Galbraith, Grayrigg next at £415. Younger calves sold to £380 for British Blue bulls from HJ Robinson, Preston Patrick and £260 for a twenty day old Aberdeen Angus from Colby Farms, Appleby. Dairy bulls hit £160 and £155 from AE & MK Hayhurst, Natland. Bull Calf Top Prices: Angus: £420, £415, £410, £370 West Hall, £270 Elm Tree Farm, £260 Colby Farm.British Blue: £380 Elm Tree Farm, £360 Strickley, £325 Elm Tree Farm.Friesian: £160, £155 Natland Park Farm. Heifer Calf Top Prices: British Blue: £415, £375 Sunny Bank, £320 Elem Tree Farm.Angus: £350 West Hall, £250 Colby Laithes.
Store Lambs
The concluding sale of store lambs saw all classes and types presented for sale, with buyers competing for every lot, with an overall market average of £100.20 achieved. The best continental lambs sold to a top of £145 for ¾ Beltex from R Allen, Staveley. Other strongest pens of well-drawn lambs sold to £137 for Suffolks from J&R Bell, Crook, Texel to £132 from C Head, Kendal with others £131 from A Barnes, Haversham and £129 from JA&KJ Allen, Ings. Other stronger end pens were £112 to £121, mediums keep £99 to £108, with only the smallest long-term lambs £75 to £88. Mules sold to a top of £117 from JF&SW Sutton, Longsleddale with other stronger pens £102 to £110, with medium £91 to £98. Other hill bed lambs saw Cheviots to £116 from TLB&J Knowles, Selside with others at £103 form Shuttleworth & Brown, Sedbergh. Charollais cross Herdwicks sold to £99 for a ring full from A Knowles, Broughton in Furness with Swaledale’s to £94 from Clegg & Bennet, Seathwaitee. Rough Fells sold to £88 and Herdwicks to £69.
The next sale of store lambs is on Thursday 2nd January, with keen buyer interest already experienced. Vendors are encouraged to enter sheep with confidence, please note catalogue entries close on Monday 23rd December.
Store Lamb Top Prices: BELTEX: £145 Corner Cottage, £129 St Annes Farm, £114, £111 (2) Barn Croft.SUFFOLK: £137 Sunny Brow, £124 Thrang Crag, £121 High Fell Gate, £117 Marsh Grange Farm, £112 Cliftons Farm, £107 Roundthwaite. TEXEL: £132 Killington Drive, £131 Moss Side Farm, £128 The Borrans, £128 Middlebarrow Plain, £126 Oswalds View, £125 The Borrans, £125 Middlebarrow Plain. CONTINENTAL: £128 Fell View Farm, £119 The Borrans, £116 High Borrowbridge, £110 Crabtree Farm, £108 Myerscough Hall, £107 The Borrans. LEICESTER: £127 The Borrans. ZWARTABLE: £121, £120 Rocklands Farm. MULE: £117, £111 Nether House Farm, £102 Low Newton Farm, £102 Somme Avenue, £100 Birch Bank, £100 Shaw Paddock. CHEVIOT: £103 Shaw Paddock, £93 Illingworth Cottage, £89 Thrang Crag, £85 Illingworth Cottages, £78 Old School House. DUTCH SPOTTED: £102 Barn Croft. DORSET: £94 Cumbrae, £90 Corney Hill Farm. CHEVIOT MULE: £99 Somme Avenue. CHAROLLAIS: £99 Timber Hill. SWALEDALE: £94 Tongue House Farm, £86 Shaw Paddock, £77 Drovers Pass, £73 Ashstead, £69 Drovers Pass, £69 Tongue House.ROUGH FELL: £88 Tock How Farm. HERDWICK: £69 High Biggarsbank, £66 Town End, £64 Low Fields.
Next Week's Upcoming Sales
Saturday 21st
J36: 10:30am Dressed Poultry Sale
Monday 23rd
Lancaster: 10am Prime Lambs & Cast Sheep
Tuesday 24th
J36: No Sale
Wednesday 25th
Offices closed
Thursday 26th
J36: No Sale
Friday 27th
Lancaster: No Sale
J36: 1pm Prime Lambs & Cast Sheep
Monday 30th
Lancaster: 10am Prime Lambs & Cast Sheep
Tuesday 31st
J36: No Sale
Thursday 2nd
J36: 10am Fortnightly Sale of Store Hoggs
Friday 3rd
Lancaster: 10:15am Rearing & Weaned Calves
10:15am OTM & Cast Cattle
11:15am Store Cattle
Saturday 4th
J36: New Year Pedigree Day- North West Texel Breeders Club Annual Show & Sale, Beltex Sheep Society Show & Sale, Badger Face Texel Society Show & Sale, Dutch Spotted Society Show & Sale. Also Sale of In Lamb Females for Blue Texels & Other Breed
