Weekly Report and Newsletter - 22nd September 2023
Lancaster Auction Mart: Weekly Sale of Prime Lambs, Cast Sheep and Store Lambs. Monday 18th September 2023.
Prime Lambs
1055 sheep went through the ring this morning at Lancaster Auction Mart. Prime lambs saw a little lift in trade on the week, with once again heavy and smart bred lambs achieving maximum prices. Texel lambs sold to £144 from CD&HL Mason, Caton with other Texels to £142 from JS Horner, Ingleton. Beltex lambs sold to £140 from R&DL Cornthwaite, Nateby. Heavy Continental bred lambs were regularly selling at £130 to £135. A keen interest in all butcher type lambs, saw Beltex sell to 305p/kg for from M Coxhead, Preston with Texels selling to 300p/kg from JS Horner, Ingleton. The best bred lambs regularly selling at 280p/kg to 285p/kg. Medium weight lambs, full of meat were keenly bid for, with 43kg Texel lambs from M Coxhead selling to £126. Tthers at the same weight sold to £124 from TR Prickett, Hutton Roof. More hill lambs were forward, with all selling to their full value. Cheviots sold to £110 from G&D Ball, Little Eccleston, Masham to £109 from S&J Frace, Over Wyresdale and Mules to £106 from T Ayrton & Sons, Over Wyresdale. 699 lambs sold to a market averaged of 244p/kg.
Prime Lamb Top Prices: Texel: £144 Mearsbeck Farm, £142 Ingleborough Park Drive, £140 Humblescough Farm, £138 Ingleborough Park Drive, £137 Humblescough Farm, £137 Oak Aveune. Continental: £138 Park Farm Barn, £110 Cliftons Farm. Beltex: £128, £126, £121, £120 Hill View Farm, £114 Haversham House Farm, £110 Oak Aveune. Suffolk: £125, £109 Cliftons Farm. Dutch Spotted: £115, £100 Conway Close. Cheviot: £110 Woodstock. Masham: £109, £105 Kays Farm, £103 Middle Lee Farm. Mule: £106 Yates Farm, £105.50 Cragg End, £103.50 Ouzelthorn Farm, £103 Cottam Farm, £101 Yates Farm. Horned: £104 Blackwood End. Charollais: £100 Woodstock. Hampshire: £96 The Hawthornes.
Cast Sheep
Ewes saw a two tiered trade, with meated strong ewes continuing to sell well and the leaner types harder to place. Texel ewes saw a top of £138 from JS Horner, Ingleton with Texel tups selling to £127 from JE Parkinson & Son, Quernmore. Cheviot Mules sold to £116 from G&D Ball & Sons, Little Eccleston. More Mule ewes on offer today, with the best selling to £106 twice from Pilling Hall, Pilling. Hill ewes saw a top of £86 for Herdwick from D Hough, Dolphinhome with a full ring full of Swaledale ewes selling to £55 from RH&C Ayrton, Abbeystead.
Cast Ewes Top Prices: Texel: £130 Ingleborough Park Drive, £124 Cottam Farm, £118 Hutton Roof Hall, £118 Cottam Farm, £112 Smithy Lane Farm, £110 Ouzelthorn Farm. Continental: £126 Park Farm Barn, £80 Oak Aveune. Charollais: £120 Park Farm Barn. Mule: £116 Woodstock, £106 Pilling Hall Farm, £106 Yew Tree Cottage, £99 Ouzelthorn Farm, £86 Pilling Hall Farm, £85 Ouzelthorn Farm. Dutch Spotted: £110, £84 Conway Close. Leicester: £92 High House Farm.
Cast Rams Top Prices: Texel: £127 Castle Mill Farm. Herdwick: £86 Wellington Crag Farm.
Store Lambs
200 store lambs forward averaged £78, with the majority being longer keep lambs. Suffolks sold to £99 from PG Thornton, Scorton with Texels to £97.50 from SE&J Gort, Littledale. Hill lambs saw Masham sell to £84.50 from DM Eames, Abbeystead with pure Cheviots to £79 from SE&J Gorst, Littledale.
Store Lambs Top Prices: Suffolk: £99 Cliftons Farm, £81 Middle Lee Farm. Texel: £97.50 Cragg Farm, £94 Cliftons Farm, £94 Cragg Farm, £86, £84.50 Middle Lee Farm, £84 Botton Hall. Continental: £84, £77 Hall Drive, £74 Wyresdale Estate, £72 Woodstock. Cheviot: £79 Cragg Farm.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Weekly Sale of Prime Lambs and Cast Sheep, Tuesday 19th September 2023.
Prime Lambs
1325 lambs averaged 246p/kg
• Texel to £159 from WT Whitaker & Son
• Suffolk to £152 from WT Whitaker & Son
• Beltex to £145 from AW & AM Clarke
• Charollais to £139 from J Stott Jnr
• Cheviot Mule to £112 from GM Metcalfe
• Cheviots to £108.50 from WA Hodgson
• Mules to £108.50 from R Capstick & Son and JD & EM Capstick
Prime Lambs Top Prices: Texel: £159 Lane Ends Farm, £145, £139 Low Longmire Farm, £139 Kingsland, £138 Arklid Farm, £136 Lane Ends Farm. Suffolk: £152 Lane Ends Farm, £135 High House Farm, £134 Low Barns Farm, £132.50 Lane Ends Farm, £129 High House Farm, £118 Hill Park. Charollais: £120 Crosscrake Farm, £116 Low Barns Farm, £116 Deep Clough, £108 Crosscrake Farm, £101, £97 Winterscales Farm. Beltex: £116.50 Holmelands, £115 Hill Park, £112 Oldfield End, £110, £104 Stubb Farm, £98 Warth Sutton Farm. Continental: £116 Myers Farm, £90 Green Close, £88 Steps Farm. Mule: £113 Tottlebank, £108.50 Fellside Farm, £108.50 Fell End Farm, £107.50 Hill Park, £106 Nether House Farm, £104 Tottlebank. Cheviot Mule: £112 Low Gregg Hall, £98.50 Poppy Farm. Dutch Spotted: £109.50 Quarry House. Cheviot: £108.50 Whelpside Farm, £97 Lower Oakeneaves Farm. Leicester: £103 Hill Park, £96 Longwell. Dorset: £99, £96.50 Warth Sutton Farm. Horned: £96 Lower Oakeneaves Farm.
Cast Sheep
762 ewes forward today
• Beltex to £152 from CM Jennings
• Texel to £150 from SJ & NS Wood
• Charollais to £130 from JE Wightman
• Cheviot Mules to £108 from JC Dunning
• Mules to £100 from JA & CA Gibson
• Rough Fell to £90 from J Whitton
• Swaledale to £76 from JF & AW Sutton
Cast Ewes Top Prices: Texel: £150 Causeway Farm, £142 Westmorland Chapel Farm, £142 Underly Road, £135 Hill Top Farm, £130 Headless Close. Continental: £130 Stubb Farm, £112 Homelands, £108 Broomfield, £100 Westmorland Chapel Farm. Charollais: £120 Castle Garth, £108 Capplerigg Farm. Cheviot Mule: £108 Westmorland Chapel Farm.
Leicester: £102 Hill Park, £86 Wood Broughton Barn, £80 Longwell, £76 Low Garths. Mule: £100 Longwell, £90 Crabtree Farm, £89 Nether Hall Farm, £88 High House Farm, £86 Barrowfield, £86 Raw Foot Farm. Hampshire: £90 Winterscales Farm. Rough Fell: £90 Tottlebank. Masham: £82 High Farm, £68 Grate Farm. Suffolk: £81 Mountain View. Swaledale: £76 Nether House Farm, £67 Middle Sadghyll, £64 Eskew Beck. Cheviot: £75 School House, £73 Hill Park. Horned: £73 Gunnerwell. Herdwick: The Height, £66 Main Street. Dorset: £62 Warth Sutton Farm.
Cast Ram Top Prices: Beltex: £150 Crake Hall. Texel: £150 Warth Sutton Farm, £120 Bleaswood. Continental: £106 Broomfield.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Fortnightly Sale of Store Lambs, Thursday 21st September 2023.
Store Lambs
J36 boasted 5241 store lambs which were put before a full ring side of new and returning buyers, achieving an impressive averaged of £84. The sale peaked at £110 for Texel lambs from W Garnett & Son, Milnthorpe with Beltex lambs to £109 from AC&K Pye, Abbeystead. A further 25 pens sold over £100. Strong first cross Texels were keenly bid for, with these types regularly selling at £90 to £95. Many runs of medium bred Continental lambs sold at £80 to £82. Mule lambs saw the biggest lift on the fortnight with the best selling to £101 from JR Robinson & Son, Nook and a ring full selling to £100 from RI Dixon, Low Newton. 805 Mule wethers averaged an impressing £82. More hill lambs are coming forward now, with Cheviots selling to £96 from S Proctor, Selside and Scotch Black Face £93 from G&ID Postlethwaite, Howgill. A pen of impressive Rough Fells selling to £93 from J Graham, Windermere.
The next sale of store lambs on Thursday 5th October includes the second sale of gimmer lambs, please advise the office with entries by Wednesday 27th October.
Store Lambs Top Prices: Texel: £110 Ackenthwaite Farm, £108 Town End, £105 Garnett Folds, £104 Bandrake Farm, £101 Crabtree Farm, £101 School House. Continental: £109 Dunkenshaw Farm, £102 Ackenthwaite Farm, £102 Dragon Croft, £96.50 The Borrans, £95, £94 Hollins Farm. Mule: £107 Riddings, £101 Hollins Farm, £100 Low Newton Farm, £97 Howes Lodge, £93.50 Middle Sadghyll, £91.50 Borrow Bridge House. Suffolk: £106.50 Ackenthwaite Farm, £99 Rosewood Farm, £94 Sunny Brow, £90 Lower Hawthwaite, £89.50 Greenbank Farm, £89 Low Groves Farm. Beltex: £103 Fairbank Farm, £100 High Biggarsbank, £97 High Borrans Farm, £87 Yealand Manor, £80 High Borrans. Cheviot: £96 High Biggarsbank, £92 Low Garths Farm, £89 Borrow Bridge House, £87 Scar Sykes Farm, £85.50 Nun House, £84 The Park. Zwartble: £95 Castle Syke Farm. Rough Fell: £93 Wasdyke Farm, £90.50 Blackmoss Farm, £80, £77 Wasdyke Farm, £76 Blackmoss Farm. Scotch: £93, £83, £72.50 Riddings. Charollais: £86 Marsh Grange Farm, £85 Streatlam Grange, £72, £67 Cow Bank. Leicester: £84 Borrow Bridge House. Kerry Hill: £77 Gate Beck Cottage. Masham: £74, £70 Steps Farm, £68 Middle Lee Farm. Herdwick: £62 Cow Bank.
Lancaster Auction Mart: Sale of Calves, OTM's, Dairy and Store Cattle. Friday 22nd September 2023.
Dairy Cattle
The fortnightly sale of dairy saw an abundance of buyers in attendance with a 100% clearance rate achieved. Heifers sold to £1950 from W Garnett & Son, Milnthorpe who sold others at £1820. Cows sold to £1720 for a third calver from R&K Jenkinson, Pilling. all heifers forward averaged £1710 and cows £1720.
Calves & Weanlings
Lancaster once again proving consistent with numbers and trade, with 78 calves forward and buyers from far and wide. Best rearing bull calves sold to £530 on two occasions for eight week old British Blue x from JP&C Robson, Garstang who sold others at £520 and £480. Charolais x sold to £480 from JE&S Seedall, Mellor. Month old bull calves sold to £355 twice for Charolais x from GJ&G Billington, Claughton on Brock with British Blue x selling to £295 from Wallbank Farms, Over Wyresdale and Aberdeen Angus x to £250 from AW&AM Park & Son, Ellel. Other younger beef bull calves (2-3 weeks old) were generally selling from £150 to £210, depending on breed and quality. Dairy bulls sold to £75 for a three week old Holstein Friesian from Wallabank Farms, Over Wyresdale with others at £60 from WN&D Smith & Sons, Cockerham.
Weaned bull calves sold to £540 for a three and a half month old British Blue x from Wallbank Farms, Over Wyresdale with Limousin x to £500 from JR Newsham & Son, Conder Green and Aberdeen Angus x to £470 from W&G Cornthwaite, Garstang. Dairy bulls sold to £360 from JR Newsham & Son, Conder Green with Fleckvieh to £300 from JE&S Seedall, Mellor.
Heifer calves sold to £455 for a British Blue x from Wallbank Farms, Over Wyresdale with others at £400 from JR Newsham & Sons, Conder Green who also sold Aberdeen Angus x to £380. Charolais x heifers sold to £355 from EE Thornton & Sons, Morecambe. Younger heifer calves sold to £270 for Charolais x from EE Thornton & Son, Morecambe with other young heifers generally £160 to £220, depending on breed and quality.
Bull Calves Top Prices: British Blue: £540 Tills Farm, £530, £520, £480, £470 Roe Farm. Limousin: £500 Sellerely Farm. Angus: £470 Matshead Farm, £250 Walkers I’th Fields, £220 Tills Farm, £200 Myerscough House, £150 Walkers I’th Fields. Charolais: £450 Bolton Fold Farm, £355 Myerscough House. Friesian: £360, £275 Sellerely Farm. Hereford: £360 Sellerely Farm. Fleckvieh: £300 Bolton Fold Farm.
Heifer Calves Top Prices: British Blue: £445 Tills Farm, £400 Sellerly Farm, £355 Walkers I’th Fields, £320 Roe Farm, £235, £225 Walkers I’th Fields. Angus: £380 Sellerley Farm, £320 Matshead Farm, £245 Walkers I’th Fields, £150 Tills Farm, £120 High Foulshaw Farm, £115 Myerscough House. Charolais: £355, £300, £280, £270, £200, £165 Downlands Farm. Hereford: £285, £265, £260, £230, £215 Sellerley Farm.
Store Cattle
Store cattle continue to rise in numbers, with a buoyant trade experienced throughout the sale with all steers forward averaging £1391 and all heifers averaging £1177.
Steers sold to £1820 for a Blonde from GT&C Blezard, Conder Green with Aberdeen Angus selling to £1740 from TC Whitside & Son, Pilling, Montbeliardes to £1710 from BL&D Banks, Pilling and Limousins to £1710 from MJ Waller, Lupton. Other pens of heavy well grown steers were generally £1550 to £1700, with buyer looking to purchase cattle to go straight in the shed and not showing the effects of the of the recent weather.
Heifers sold to £1510 for a ring full of British Blue x form J&H Bland & Son, Levens with another ring full achieving £1500 from SH&LE Birkett, Nether Kellet. Aberdeen Angus sold to £1430 from RG&B Lewis, Middleton and Limousin x to £1400 from WS Burrow Ltd, Silverdale. Other heavy well grown heifers generally £1200 to £1350, with those in forward condition attracting keenest attention.
Store Heifers Top Prices: British Blue: £1510 Ninezergh, £1500 Stubb Hall Farm, £1380 Meadow Top Farm, £1360
Throstle Nest Farm, £1280 Hall Farm, £1260 Hallbeck. Angus: £1430 Bainsbank Farm, £1290 Moss House Farm, £1280 White Lund Farm, £1270 Old Hall Farm, £1270 Moss House Farm, £1260 Silk Hall Farm. Limousin: £1400
Gibraltar Farm, £1400 Ninezergh, £1370 Gibraltar Farm, £1300 Hall Farm, £1290 Moss House Farm, £1270 Hall Farm.
Fleckvieh: £1300, £1120, £1000 Holme Head. Hereford: £1290 Carlingwha, £1160 Silk Hall Farm. Friesian: £1220
Holme Head, £1160 Hare Apple Tree, £1120 Holme Head, £1040 Hallbeck. Charolais: £1120 Downlands Farm, £1070
Lee End Farm, £1060, £980 Downlands Farm. Simmental: £1060 Park House Farm. Saler: £920 Lee End Farm.
Store Bullocks Top Prices: Blonde: £1820 Scale House Farm. Angus: £1740 New Ridge Farm, £1680 Low Levens, £1670
Lower Castle O Trim, £1660 Pilling Hall Farm, £1660 Low Levens, £1640 Fell End Farm. Limousin: £1710 Carlingwha, £1660 Red Scar Farm, £1540 Lodge Farm, £1520, £1510 Gibraltar Farm, £1220 Cracalt Farm. Montbeliarde: £1710, £1680, £1600 Squires Gate Farm, £1340 Parrox Hall Farm. Charolais: £1700 Scale House Farm, £1660 Barrowfield, £1600 Carlingwha, £1270 Sunnyside Farm, £1180 Lee End Farm. Parthenaise: £1640 Ninezergh. British Blue: £1640 Pasture House Farm, £1570 Ninezergh, £1550 Pasture House Farm, £1520 Birch Croft, £1480 Lower Castle O Trim, £1470 Windy Hill Farm. Hereford: £1510 Hall Oth Hill Farm, £1490 West Lynn, £1450 Ninezergh, £1360 Chestnut House Farm. Simmental: £1510 Ninezergh, £1420 Hall Oth Hill Farm. Meuse Rhine Issel: £1390 Littlewood Hall Farm, £1320 Ninezergh. Friesian: £1360 Low Deepslack, £1320 Ninezergh, £1260 Hall Oth Hill Farm, £1260 Benson Hall, £1240 Lodge Farm, £1130 Lane Head Farm.
OTM Cattle
With the weather turning and farmers are looking to off load cows ahead of housing, an entry of 153 cull / OTM cattle were forward today. Selling to an overall market average of 158p/kg, with a large proportion of todays sale being dairy cows direct out of the parlour.
Beef cows sold to a top of 259.5p/kg for a Limousin from J Deacon, Euxton with other Limousins achieving 219.5p/kg from T Sanderson, Accrington and F&JM Mason, Mansergh. Other well fleshed beef cows were regularly 205p/kg to 215p/kg, with feeding type feed cows 180p/kg to 195p/kg, depending on quality and type.
Top price beef cows was an Aberdeen Angus from T&M Halhead, Prest Hutton hut achieving £1651, with others at £1584. Dairy cows sold to a top of 224.5p/kg for a Fleckvieh from EW&R Towers, Hornby who sold Montbeliardes at 214.5p/kg. Holstien Friesians sold to 209.5p/kg from Cote Farm Partnership, Nether Kellet. Other heavy well fleshed dairy cows were generally 170p/kg to 185p/kg, with mediums 150p/kg to 165p/kg and the leaner sorts 125p/kg to 145p/kg. Top grossing dairy cow was a Montbeliarde from A&FM Bolland & Sons, Ellel achieving £1419, who sold others at £1406 with Holstein Friesians to £1388 from RH&RA Fawcett, Burton.
OTM beef heifers sold to 246.5p/kg and £1730 for a British Blue x from Wallbank Farms, Over Wyresdale with dairy heifers selling to 229.5p/kg and £1388 from RH&RA Fawcett, Burton.
OTM steers sold to 229.5 p/kg and £1652 for an Aberdeen Angus x from A Kirkby & Co, Pilling who also sold Holstein Friesian at 224.5p/kg, with others achieving £1470 from Wallbank Farms, Over Wyresdale. Cull bulls sold to 209.5p/kg for an Aberdeen Angus from J Holt, Hambleton with Holstiein Friesians selling to £1565 from JB&C Lamb, Thurnham.
OTM Cow Top Prices: Limousin: 259.50 Woodcock Farm, 219.50 Mireside Farm, 219.50 Meadow Top Farm, 209.50, 199.50, 197.50 Lane Head Farm. Fleckvieh: 224.50, 214.50 Holme Head, 174.50 Holmes Farm. Angus: 214.50, 204.50 Upp Hall, 164.50 Little Fell Farm, 154.50 Croft Closes Farm. Montbeliarde: 214.50 Holme Head, 194.50, 189.50, 179.50, 174.50 Yeat House. Simmental: 209.50 Upp Hall. Friesian: 209.50 Cote Farm, 204.50 Tills Farm, 194.50 Ackenthwaite Farm, 187.50 Green Dragon Farm, 184.50 Sweetings Farm, 184.50 Holme Head. Hereford: 179.50 Little Fell Farm, 174.50 Lodge Farm. Norwegian Red: 174.50 Lower Langthwaite, 174.50, 171.50, 149.50 Holme Head. Blonde: 159.50 Little Fell Farm. Ayrshire: 129.50 Rose Farm. Dairy Shorthorn: 111.50 Pilling Hall Farm.
194.50 Lower Langthwaite Farm, 189.50 Westfield House Farm.
Next Week's Upcoming Sales
Monday25th
Lancaster:10:30amWeeklySaleofPrimeLambsandCastSheep
J36:OnlineFellPonySalefinishes
Tuesday26th
J36:OnlineHorsesalefinishes
10:30amSaleofallclassesofPigs
1pmWeeklySaleofPrimeLambsandCastSheep
6pmBoysareBackinTown
Thursday28th
J36:AnnualShow&SaleofContinentalStoreCattle
10amFortnightlySaleofCalvesandStirks
10.30amFortnightlySaleofOTM/CastCattle
11:15amFortnightlySaleofStoreCattle
Friday29th
Lancaster:10:15amWeeklySaleofCalves,andCast/OTMCattle
11:15amWeeklySaleofStoreCattleandStirks
Saturday30th
OnFarm:10:30amFarmSaleonbehalfofPFLee,OverWyresdale