Lancaster Auction Mart: Weekly Sale of Prime Hoggs, Store Hoggs and Cast Sheep, Monday 19th February 2024.
Prime Hoggs
An increased entry of hoggs forward, which saw all types sell to a sharper trade on the week. Heavy hoggs saw Texels sell to £161 from SH&LE Birkett, Nether Kellet who sold other pens to £159 and £158. Charollais sold to £157 from Cardwell Farms, Stalmine. Heavy Continental hoggs were regularly £150 plus. Beltex hoggs sold to £157 from KA Purtill, Wigan who sold others to £154. Best pens sold to 365p/kg from AG Butler, Hambleton who sold other pens to 360p/kg. The best bred hogg were regularly 340p/kg to 360p/kg. A ring full of Mashams sold to £148.50 from T&D Wright, Wray with Cheviots to £147 from SH&LE Birkett, Nether Kellet. A pen of 40kg Mules from S Wilson & Son, Scotforth sold to £127.50 or 319p/kg.
Light weight hoggs were in keen demand with these regularly selling at 310p/kg to 330p/kg. A pen of 39kg Texels from S Rossall, Over Wyresdale sold to £126.
Prime Hogg Top Prices: Texel: £161, £159, £158, £157 Stubb Hall Farm, £151 Ellers Farm, £151 Burrow Heights Farm. Beltex: £157, £154 (x2), £150 (x2) Oak Aveune, £149 Oak Aveune. Charollais: £157, £156, £145, £130, £126 Inverbervie. Masham: £148.50 Allcocks Farm. Cheviot: £147 Stubb Hall Farm, £138 Little Crimbles, £114 Burrow Heights Farm, £107 Wellington Crag Farm. Continental: £147 Inverbervie, £141, £133, £127 Little Crimbles, £114 Quarry House, £105.50 Moss House Farm. Suffolk: £140 Little Crimbles. Dutch Spotted: £137 Burrow Heights Farm. Swaledale: £106 Marshaw Farm. Herdwick: £101 Moss House Farm. Rough Fell: £95 Moss House Farm. Horned: £95 Quarry House.
Cast Sheep
More ewes forward today, with all selling to a fast trade on the week. Texels sold to £182 from Cardwell Farms, Stalmine who sold other pens to £180. First cross Texel ewes sold to £170 from CD&HL Mason, Caton. Gritstone sold to £130 from Cardwell Farms, Stalmine with Mules to £128 from S Rossall, Over Wyredale. The best Mules were generally £110 to £115. A ring full of Cheviots sold to £101 from SE&J Gorst, Littledale with medium weight Swaledale ewes selling to £55 from D Gardner, Lancaster.
Cast Ewes Top Prices: Texel: £182, £180, £170 Inverbervie, £170 Mearsbeck Farm, £135 Inverbervie, £124 Old Glasson Farm. Gritstone: £130, £94, £68 Inverbervie. Leicester: £128 Stonehead, £70 Stonehead. Cheviot: £101 Cragg Farm, £90 Wellington Crag Farm, £86, £84, £69 Cragg Farm, £62 Marshaw Farm. Mule: £98 Mearsbeck Farm, £86 Rooten Brook, £82 Stonehead, £70 Rooten Brook, £60 Old Glasson Farm. Swaledale: £55 Quarry House, £50 Rooten Brook.
Cast Ram Top Prices: Cheviot: £86 Cragg Farm.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Weekly Sale of Prime Hoggs and Cast Sheep, Tuesday 20th
February 2024
Prime Hoggs
1212 sheep were forward at the weekly sale at Junction 36, with all types being a shade sharper on the week. An active ring side of nine buyers, saw lambs sell to an overall market averaged of 318p/kg, with a top price of 400p/kg or £190 a head.
Top Price per head:
- Suffolks to £190 from L McCarrick, Chorley.
- Texels to £187 from L McCarrick, Chorley.
- Charollais to £197 from M&YS Barker, Halton.
- Cheviots to £166 from Stockdale Farms, Sedbergh.
- Beltexs to £165 from ST Birkett & Son, Carnforth.
- Ryelands to £156 form T&E Redmayne, Carlisle.
- Mules to £153 from RJ&OB Simpson, Longsleddale.
- Mashams to £150 from WI&A Atkinson & Son, Bleasdale.
- Rough Fells to £146 from RJ&OB Simpson, Longsleddale.
- Leicesters to £144 from RA Clegg & LD Bennet, Broughton.
- Scottish Blackface to £140 from GM&A Jackson, Little Eccleston.
- Swaledales to £138.50 from WI&A Atkinson & Son, Bleasdale.
Top Pence Per Kilo:
- Beltexs to 400p/kg from GM&A Jackson, Little Eccleston.
- Texels to 395p/kg from GM&A Jackson, Little Eccleston.
- Cheviots to 350p/kg from Stockdale Farms, Sedbergh.
- Charollais to 344p/kg from AG Butler, Hambleton.
- Mules to 330p/kg from RJ&OB Simpson, Longsleddale.
- Scottish Blackface to 324p/kg from B&JI Williams & Son, Kirkby Stephen.
- Swaledales to 323p/kg from TMW&H Hodgson, Ulverston.
- Rough Fells to 319p/kg from RJ&OB Simpson, Longsleddale.
Prime Hogg Top Prices: Suffolk: £190 Longfield Manor, £177 Longfield Manor, £163 The Glen, £145 Halton Park Farm, £136 The Glen, £128 Fairfield. Texel: £187 Longfield Manor, £179 Halton Park Farm, £170 Helks Farm, £169 The Glen, £169 Park Farn Barn, £169 Mint Close. Cheviot: £166 Bowers Farm, £156.50 Bowers Farm, £150 Whinfield Farm, £139 Outrake Foot, £137 The Glen, £136 Outrake Foot. Beltex: £165 Hall Croft Barn, £160 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £155 Hall Croft, £150 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £146 Holmescales Farm, £140 Hall Croft Barn. Ryeland: £156 Old Byre Barn, £156 Old Byre Barn. Charollais: £155 Redbank Farm, £155 Park Farm Barn, £151 Brow Head, £145 Low Foulshaw Farm, £137 Redbank Farm. Mule: £153 High Swinklebank Farm, £149 The Glen, £149 Halton Park Farm, £148 High Sinklebank Farm, £145 Holme House Farm, £144 The Glen. Masham: £150 Holme House Farm. Rough Fell: £146 High Sinklebank Farm, £146 High Sinklebank Farm, £141 Borrow Bridge House, £140 High Sinklebank Farm, £139
Boundary Beck, £138 Boundary Beck. Leicester: £144 Tongue House Farm. Scotch Black Face: £140 Little Eccleston Hall, £139 Adamthwaite, £128 Adamthwaite, £125.50 Whinfield Farm. Swaledale: £138.50 Holme House Farm, £134
Tongue House Farm, £134 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £133 Arklid Farm, £130 Holme House Farm, £129 Arklid Farm. Dalesbred: £138 Holme House Farm. Continental: £136 Winterscales Farm, £136 Greenlands Farm, £134 Low Fold, £129 Brow Head, £118 Low Fold. Dorset: £130 Leighton Drive. Dutch Spotted: £128 Millriggs, £120 Millriggs.
Cast Sheep
Another increased number of ewes forward sold to an average of £92 a head, with over half the entry being horned and hill bred ewes. Stronger end pure and first cross ewes sold to £160 for Beltexs from RT Colbear, Appleby with Suffolks to £159 from RA&L Hodgson, Patton. Others were regularly £138 to £150. Blue Face Leicesters sold to £157 from Bank House Farms, Leck. Mediums cross bred ewes regularly £108 to £125, depending on quality and type, with leaners sorts £85 to £98. Pure hill bred ewes sold to £152 for Cheviots from M&C Booth, Kentmere with Dalebreds to £110 from WI&A Atkinson, Bleasdale, Rough Fells to £103 from AEA Harrison, Kentmere, Swaledales to £89 and Herdwicks to £70 both from CS Long & RH Knipe, Back Barrow. Stronger end hill ewes were regularly £87 to £90, with mediums £66 to £75 and only the smallest and leanest £40 to £50. Heavy Mules sold to £123 from ST Birkett & Son, Carnforth with others at £118 from AW&D Brown, Pennington and £117 from DE&SM Moorhouse, Natland. Other stronger end ewes were £108 to £115, medium types £90 to £102 with the smaller meatier end £80 to £90.
A smaller number of cull rams forward sold to £165 for Dorset’s from D Black, Milnthorpe with Continentals to £160 from RT Colbear, Appleby. Hill rams sold to £90 for Rough Fells from I&J Mallinson, Selside.
Cast Ewes Top Prices: Beltex: £160 Heights Farm, £146 Knowles Wood Farm, £140 Ellers Farm, £138 Knowles Wood Farm, £130 Heights Farm, £118 Whinfield Farm. Suffolk: £159, £146, £131 Patton Hall, £130 Low House Beck, £125
The Glen, £108 Patton Hall. Leicester: £157 Bank House. Texel: £155 Curlew Rock, £148, £145 The Glen, £143 Hall Croft Barn, £142 The Glen, £141 Heights Farm. Ryeland: £129, £120 (2) Old Byre Barn. Charollias: £140 Low House
Beck. Cheviot: £125 Hartrigg, £116 The Glen, £100 (2), £94 Hartrigg, £89 Ellers Farm. Mule: £123 Hall Croft Barn, £118 Whinfield Farm, £117 High House Farm, £114 Poppy Farm, £111 Knowles Wood Farm, £109 Ellers Farm. Zwartable: £120 Patton Hall. Continental: £120 The Borrans, £118 Curlew Rock, £118 Ellers Farm, £106 Thwaite End. Dorset: £112 Leighton Drive. Dalesbred: £110, £90 Holme House Farm. Masham: £108 Adamthwaite. Rough Fell: £103 Millriggs, £96 Poppy Farm, £94 Millriggs, £85 Sowermire Farm, £83 Thwaite Farm, £82 Low Deepslack. Swaledale: £98 The Glen, £96 Bank House, £75 Holme House Farm, £75 Middle Sadghyll. Herdwick: £70 The Glen.
Cast Rams Top Prices: Dorset: £165 Leighton Drive. Texel: £160, £150, £148 Heights Farm, £120 Greaves Farm. Suffolk: £130 Patton Hall. Rough Fell: £90 Borrow Bridge.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Fortnightly Sale of Calves, Stirks, OTM Cattle and Store Cattle, Thursday 22nd February 2024.
Calves
107 rearing calves saw the strongest bull calves sell to £570 for a Charolais from AK&BM Robinson & Son, Arkholme with a Limousin cross to £565 from M Forbes, Ecclefechan. Younger best rearers saw British Blue cross at £445 from JM Barton & Son, Lupton with other at £380 to £420. The best youngest bull calves were £270 to £340. Native sired calves sold to £280 for an Aberdeen Angus from J&R Waller, Killington. Dairy bulls sold to £195 for black and whites from J&R Waller, Killington with others at £180 from AE Luffman, Sedbergh. Heifer calves sold to £495 from AK&BM Robinson & Son, Arkholme with the best youngest heifers to £350 for a Limousin cross from AE Luffman, Sedbergh and British Blue cross £345 from FB Dunning & Son, Orton. Others were regularly £260 to £320 with a keen interest in those suitable for sucker replacements.
Heifer Calves Top Prices: Angus; £240.00 Bambers Farm, £225.00 Borrans Farm, £210.00 Lupton Hall, £210.00 Lupton Hall, £155.00 Raw End Farm, £155.00 Far Audlands. Shorthorn; £105.00 Far Audlands. Limousin; £495.00 Kitchlow Farm, £375.00 Langley Park, £350.00 Beckside, £340.00 Beckside, £310.00 Langley Park, £285.00 Langley Park. Hereford; £100.00 Wraysholme Tower. British Blue; £345.00 Raisgill Hall, £305.00 Elm Tree Farm, £305.00 Borrans Farm, £300.00 Elm Tree Farm, £300.00 Wall End Farm, £275.00 Elm Tree Farm.
Bull Calves Top Prices: Friesian; £195.00 Hallbeck, £180.00 Beckside, £155.00
Hallbeck, £100.00 Lupton Hall. Angus; £280.00 Hallbeck, £270.00 Bambers Farm, £250.00 Raw End Farm, £250.00 Raw End Farm, £245.00 Raw End Farm, £240.00
Raw End Farm. Shorthorn; £245.00 Far Audlands. Continental; £570.00 Kitchlow Farm. Limousin £565.00 Grahamsfields, £360.00 Langley Park, £350.00 Langley
Park, £345.00 Langley Park, £295.00 Langley Park, £290.00 Langley Park. Hereford; £165.00 Wraysholme Tower. British Blue £275.00 Lupton Hall, £405.00
Elm Tree Farm, £400.00 Wall End Farm, £395.00 Borrans Farm, £395.00 Moss House Farm.
Stirks
Limousin cross stirks sold to £870 from Bambers Farm Ltd, Cockerham. Other seven to eight month old beef stirks were regularly £720 to £800. Diary steers sold to £840.
Bull stirk sold to £700 from TW Handley, Sedbergh with a ring full of British Blue cross selling at £625 from M Forbes, Ecclefechan.
Only a handful of heifer stirks forward sold to £950 for an eight month old British Blue cross, with other heifers generally £750 to £820. Younger recently weaned stirks were £520 to £600.
Heifer Stirk Top Prices: Angus; £670.00 Bambers Farm, £660.00 Tullithwaite. Limouisin; £890.00 Tullithwaite, £880.00 Bambers Farm, £790.00 Bambers Farm, £450.00 Field House Farm. Charollais; £750.00 Cragg House Farm. Hereford; £390.00 Field House Farm. British Blue; £950.00 Tullithwaite Hall, £580.00 Wall End Farm, £480.00 Field House Farm.
Bull Stirk Top Prices: Limousin; £700.00 Pedgecroft. Hereford; £600.00 Pedgecroft. British Blue; £540.00 High Carlingill. Flekvieh; £250.00 Field House Farm.
Steer Stirk Top Prices: Friesian; £840.00 Bambers Farm, £730.00 Bambers Farm. Murray Grey; £810.00 Tullithwaite. Limousin; £870.00 Bambers Farm, £705.00 Grahamsfield, £300.00 Scar Sykes Farm. Hereford; £640.00 Tullithwaite. British Blue; Tullithwaite, £625.00 Grahamsfield. Swedish Red and White; £340.00 Pedgecroft.
Store Cattle
The sale of 250 store cattle was met with a busy ring side of buyers, ensuring a sharp trade was achieved. Limousin bullocks sold to £1680 from W Garnett & Son, Milnthorpe with Aberdeen Angus bullocks selling to £1490 from D&E Whittaker, Quernmore. A pen of ten diary bred Limousins bullocks from W Garnett & Son, Milnthorpe sold to £1480. Yearling bullocks were in keen interest with a pair of Charolais’s to £1400 from AW&AM Clarke, Windermere. Other Limousins achieved £1390 from M Wood, Hawkshead. Best yearling bullock were around the £1300 to £1400 mark.
Heifers saw British Blues sell to £1340 from T&D Wright, Roeburndale with Limousins achieving the same price from GH Jones, Ambleside. A pen of sixteen month old Simmental heifers sold to £1310 from G GU&D Swarbrick, Meathop. Yearling heifers sold to £1310 for Limousins from GH Jones, Ambleside. Ten month old British Blues sold to £1290 form W Heaps, Charnock. Diary bred heifers saw British Blues at sixteen month sell to £1300 from S&M Cooper, Leece with other pens to £1290 from TW Nelson & Son, Stainton. Charollais heifers sold to £1260 from H Halhead & Son, Carnforth.
Limousin bulls sold to £1100 from M Wood, Hawkshead.
Vendors are urged to enter cattle with confidence at our next sale on 7th March, which includes a show for under twelve months suckler bred stores.
Store Bullocks Top Prices: Limousin: £1680, £1480 (x2) Ackenthwaite Farm, £1390 Hawkshead Hall Farm, £1350 Yates Farm, £1350 Moss House Farm. Angus: £1490 Little Fell Farm, £1130 Tarnside Farm, £1090 Little Fell Farm, £830
Bellart Howe. British Blue: £1460 Cockrigg Farm, £1350 Low Longmire, £1290 Riddings, £1240 Moss House Farm, £1210 Crabtree Farm, £1160 Riddings. Charolais: £1400, £1210 Low Longmire, £1200 Ridding Side Farm, £1160
Tongue House Farm, £975 Cragg House Farm. Simmental: £1310 Kate Farm, £1010 Keld Farm. Hereford: £1250
Crabtree Farm, £1200, £980 Little Fell Farm. South Devon: £1140 Bowkerstead Farm. Saler: £950, £890, £850 Fell House. Other: £940 Keld Farm. Friesian: £850 Ellers Farm. Norwegian Red: £850 Ellers Farm.
Store Heifer Top Prices: British Blue: £1340 Allcocks Farm, £1300 Tarnside Farm, £1290 Cockrigg Farm, £1290, £1280
Derbyshire Farm, £1170 Riddings. Limousin: £1340 Fold Farm, £1320 Allcocks Farm, £1310 Fold Farm, £1310 Allcocks
Farm, £1230 Cockrigg Farm, £1220 Allcocks Farm. Simmental: £1280 Kate Farm, £1140 Keld Farm, £860 School Hill.
Charolais: £1260 Lawsons Farm, £1130 Low Longmire, £1120, £1090, £1070 Ridding Side Farm. Angus: £1190 Lawsons Farm, £1040 Bellart Howe, £1020, £960 Crabtree Farm, £920 Kendal House Farm, £860 Bellart Howe. Hereford: £1160 Lawsons Farm, £1110 Crabtree Farm. South Devon: £1065 Bowkerstead Farm. Other: £850 Keld Farm.
Shorthorn: £840, £830 Bridge Stone Lane.
Store Bull Top Prices: Limousin: £1100 Hawkshead Hall Farm. Charolais: £850 Braida Garth.
OTM Cattle
A fast trade was seen for all classes and types of cull cows, with an overall average of 161p/kg. Best beef cows sold to 199.5p/kg for a Limousin from R Allen, Ings with others regularly 175p/kg to 185p/kg. Other beef cows were regularly £1100 to £1130. Dairy cows sold to 199.5p/kg for a young Holstein Friesian from Jenkin Cragg Farm, Kendal with other heavy cows regularly 170p/kg to 185p/kg and parlour type cows 150p/kg to 165 p/kg. Top grossing being a Holstein Friesian from RR&JA Knowles, Docker achieving £1409.
OTM heifers sold to 229.5p/kg and £1397 for a Holstein Friesian from B&JM Crowe, Witherslack. Cull bulls sold to 169.5p/kg and £1969 for a Stabiliser from JA&R Geldard & Sons, Levens with others at 159p/kg and £1937 for a Hereford from Jenkin Cragg Farms, Kendal.
OTM Cow Top Prices: Frieisan: 199.50 Jenkin Cragg Farm, 177.50 Jenkin Cragg Farm, 174.50 Lupton Hall, 174.50 Shorthorn Farm. Limousin: 199.50 Corner Cottage, 181.50 St Annes Farm. British Blue: 174.50 Ashstead. Norwegian: 141.50 Cracalt Farm. Flekveih: 184.50 Far Audlands, 179.50 Tottlebank, 144.50 Tottlebank. Belted Galloway: 139.50 Garnett House Farm. Dairy Shorthorn: 134.50 Craketrees.
OTM Heifer Top Prices: Friesian: 229.50 Birks Farm, 204.50 Wraysholme Tower, 139.50 Birks Farm.
Cast Bull Top Prices: Hereford;159.50 Jenkin Cragg Farm. Stabiliser; 169.50 Foulshaw Farm.
Lancaster Auction Mart: Weekly Sale of Calves, OTM Cattle and Store Cattle. Fortnightly Sale of Dairy Cattle, Friday 23rd February 2024.
Another 500 plus Friday at NWA Lancaster which saw calves sell to £600, store cattle to £2000, OTM cattle to 281p/kg and £2000.
Dairy Cattle
An in-calf dairy heifer due March to the Aberdeen Angus sold at £1400.
Calves and Weanlings
A large entry of 140 calves were forward with customers in attendance from far and wide, proving Lancaster to be the chosen calf market in the local area. The strongest beef calves sold to £585 for a Charolais from SW&K Metcalfe, Whittington with the strongest British Blue cross regularly £500 to £570. Aberdeen Angus cross were frequently £460 to £500, with nice medium rearers regularly £300 to £360. Younger month old calves were £260 to £300. Dairy bulls sold to £230 for a Holstein Friesian from JH Towers & Sons, Tunstall with other stronger end calves regularly £140 to £180. Weaned bulls sold to £590 for five month old Aberdeen Angus cross.
Strongest heifer calves sold to £470 for a British Blue cross, with Aberdeen Angus cross also achieving £470 and Charolais cross to £445. The best rearers were regularly £320 to £360, with younger heifers £270 to £310. Several weaned heifers forward sold to £600 for a British Blue cross with Aberdeen Angus cross selling at £560.
Heifer Calves Top Prices: British Blue: £600 (x2), £560 Low Moor Farm, £520 Walkers I’th Fields, £500 (x2) Low Moor Farm. Angus: £560 (x3), £470 (x2), £430 Low Moor Farm. Charolais: £445, £375, £320 (x2) Holme House Farm, £270 Norbreck Farm, £240 Holmescales Farm. Hereford: £350 Coldcotes Farm, £345, £275 Lower Lingart Farm, £210 Westfield House Farm. Limousin: £300 Tills Farm, £300 Tunstall Hall, £250 Tills Farm, £240, £220 Holmescales Farm.
Bull Calves Top Prices: Angus: £590 (x2), £475 (x3) Low Moor Farm, £460 Matshead Farm. Charolais: £585, £425 Holme House Farm, £395 Norbreck Farm, £360 Tunstall Hall, £330 Holme House Farm, £175 Norbreck Farm. British Blue: £575, £545 Low Moor Farm, £530 Nobreck Farm, £530 (x2) Low Moor Farm, £500 Hudsbrook Farm. Hereford: £465 Lower Lingart Farm, £425 Colcotes Farm, £405, £385 Lower Lingart Farm, £260, £210 Westfield House Farm. Limousin: £410, £350 Tunstall Hall, £350 Tills Farm, £350 Tunstall Hall, £340 Tills Farm. Friesian: £230 Tunstall Hall, £170 Kirkwood Lodge Farm, £115 Wyre Bank, £100 Tills Farm.
Store Cattle
303 store cattle continued to sell to an extremely strong and competitive trade with all vendors leaving well suited with prices achieving. Today’s sale peaked at £2000 on two occasions for Limousin cross steers from J Prest & Son, Bay Horse and PM&ST Entwistle, Abbeystead. Other strong steers were regularly £1800 to £1900, to include native sire stores peaking at £1900 for Aberdeen Angus cross from J Clark Ltd, Preston. Good yarding steers were generally £1550 to £1750, include the top price diary steers achieving £1680 for Fleckviehs from TJ Lloyd, Settle.
Younger steers sold to a top price of £1600 for a pen of British Blue cross from P Whittle, Bolton. Other younger British Blues sold to £1250 from JA&ME Mawson, Orton.
Heifers sold to £1800 for a pair of British Blue cross from M Shepherd & Sons, Pilling with Aberdeen Angus selling to £1780 from J Clark Ltd, Preston. Other stronger end heifers were regularly £1500 to £1650. Younger heifers sold to £1280 for Aberdeen Angus cross from R&E Ladds, Kendal and £1160 for Beef Shorthorns from JA&ME Mawson, Orton.
The sale concluded with 87 stirks which saw nine month old Aberdeen Angus cross steers sell to £1040 from G&D Ball & Son, Little Eccleston and British Blue cross to £900 from RW Rhodes & Son, Ellel. Beef Shorthorns sold to £880 from E&T Richardson, Garstang. Younger steers sold to £860 for Aberdeen Angus cross from S&J France, Over Wyresdale with others regularly £800 to £850. Young dairy steers sold to £520 from I Richardson, Catforth. Heifer stirks sold to £960 for British Blue cross from W Pinter Jnr, Clitheroe with Aberdeen Angus £910 from R&J Parkinson, Preesall. Other young heifers were £740 to £820 with well reared six month old heifers £600 to £700.
An entry of 27 feeding bulls sold to a top price of £1680 from WR&CL Lawrenson, Winmarleigh with ten month old Beef Shorthorns selling to £1010 from E&T Richardson, Garstang. Well reared British Blue cross sold to £840 from W Pinder, Clitheroe with seven month old British Blue cross £800 from Throstle Nest Farms, Pilling.
The weekly sale at NWA Lancaster continues to attract an ever increasing number of customer from throughout the north counties, midlands and Wales, attracted by the quality and quantity of cattle forward. For future information regarding marketing your stock, please do not hesitate to contact our auctioneers and fields officers:
Matthew Probert, Auctioneer 07540 446667
Gary Capstick, Auctioneer 07970 830518
Will Rogerson, Trainee Auctioneer: 07506283587
Andrew Butler, Fields Officer: 07966 556592
Lisa Bennett, Fields Officer: 07971118717
Store Bullocks Top Prices: Limousin: £2000 Lentworth Farm, £2000 Upper Foxholes Farm, £1860 High Tenement Farm, £1800, £1770 Millbeck, £1760 Woodlands Farm. British Blue: £1900 Lentworth Farm, £1890 Upper Foxholes Farm, £1860 Woodlands Farm, £1760 Stubb Hall Farm, £1750 Upper Foxholes Farm, £1700 Hall Bank. Angus: £1900, £1880, £1860 New Hall Farm, £1780 Snub Snape Farm, £1700 Lentworth Farm, £1600 Thornton Barn Farm.
Simmental: £1730 Stubb Hall Farm, £1400 Old Glasson Farm, £1310 Park House Farm. Fleckvieh: £1680 Proctors Row, £1260 Throstle Nest Farm. Charolais: £1660 Carlingwha. Hereford: £1660 Hall Bank, £1540 Windy Hill Farm, £1400
Snub Snape Farm, £1400 Longmenygate, £1170 Parrox Hall Farm, £840 Barrow Greaves Farm. Norwegian Red: £1550, £1380, £1360 Proctors Row. Friesian: £1500 Proctors Row, £1380 Downlands Farm, £1300 Proctors Row, £1240
Downlands Farm, £920 Plumpton Hall Farm, £800 Throstle Nest Farm. Blonde: £1400 Half Way House. Montbeliarde: £1240 Holly Grove. Dairy Shorthorn: £1010 Middle Ridge Farm, £800 Redchalis Farm. Other: £980 Throstle Nest Farm. Shorthorn: £880 Stirzaker House, £860 Sproat Ghyll.
Store Heifer Top Prices: British Blue: £1800, £1700 Pasture House Farm, £1460 Hall Bank, £1460 Windy Hill Farm, £1350 Mill House Farm, £1300 Thursgill. Angus: £1780, £1700 New Hall Farm, £1480 Plumpton Hall Farm, £1460
Thursgill, £1400 Snub Snape Farm, £1280 Benson Hall. Limousin: £1740, £1720, £1600 Whinney Carr Farm, £1480
Carlingwha, £840 Boon Town Farm. Simmental: £1700 (x2) Bensons Hall, £1280 Park House Farm. Charolais: £1580
Whelpside Farm, £1520 Carlingwha, £1380, £1180, £1100 Moss Edge Farm. Friesian: £1460 Staffords Farm. Shorthorn: £1160 (x2), £940 Sproat Ghyll. Blonde: £1100 Half Way House.
Store Bull Top Prices: Montbeliarde: £1680, £1520, £1380 Cumming Carr Farm. Hereford: £1160 Willow Tree Cottage.
Shorthorn: £1010 Stirzaker House. British Blue: £840 Longstripes Farm, £800 Throstle Nest Farm. Limousin: £800 Longstripes Farm.
OTM Cattle
All cull cows forward averaged 166p/kg, topping at 254p/kg for a young Holstein Friesian from T&CM Kelsall & Sons, Chipping with Montbeliarde to 199.5p/kg from WR&CM Lawrenson, Winmarleigh. Other heavy well finished dairy cows were regularly 185p/kg to 195p/kg with mediums types 165p/kg to 185p/kg and cows from the parlour 145p/kg to 160p/kg, depending on quality and type. Top grossing being a young Montbeliarde from WR&CM Lawrenson, Winmarleigh achieving £1830, with Holstein Friesian selling to £1559 from Lawsons Dairy Ltd, Cockerham. Only handful of beef cows forward, with all selling to a keen interest for finishing. Beef cows sold to 204p/kg on three occasions for Limousin cross cows, with other beef cows regularly 180p/kg to 200p/kg. Top grossing being a Limousin cross at £1554 from HR&KA Hodgson, Barbon.
OTM prime heifers sold to 271p/kg from R&K Jenkinson, Pilling with other beef heifers regularly 240p/kg to 270p/kg and dairy heifers 225p/kg to 240p/kg. Top grossing being a Holstein Friesian from J Huddleston, Brookhouse achieving £1578.
OTM steers sold to 281p/kg and £1759 for an Aberdeen Angus cross from O Butler, Kirkham. Cull bulls sold to 181p/kg for a Limousin cross from RG&L Holmes, Warton with others at £2000 from HR&KA Hodgson, Barbon. Diary bulls sold to 159p/kg and £1437 from PW&JM Norris & Son, Hornby.
OTM Cow Top Prices: Friesian: 254.50 Brown Brook, 189.50 Bank End Farm, 184.50 Cinder Barrow, 184.50 Docker Hall Farm, 179.50 Benson Hall, 179.50 Throstle Nest Farm. Limousin: 204.50 Elm Bank Farm, 204.50 Howriggs, 204.50 Dubside, 184.50 Rooten Brook. Montbeliarde: 199.50, 194.50, 189.50 Cumming Carr Farm, 179.50 Holme Head, 177.50 Cumming Carr Farm. Angus: 194.50 Cragg Farm, 189.50 Rooten Brook, 181.50, 161.50 Cragg Farm, 139.50 Rooten Brook. Fleckvieh: 179.50 Holme Head, 169.50 Throstle Nest Farm. Norwegian Red: 177.50, 174.50 Holme Head.
Other: 174.50 Docker Hall Farm. Shorthorn: 171.50 Hudsbrook Farm. Ayrshire: 154.50 (x2) Bolton Fold Farm.
OTM Heifer Top Prices: Fleckvieh: 271.50 Holmes Farm. Angus: 269.50 Elm Bank Farm, 239.50 Mill House Farm. Norwegian Red: 241.50 Cinderbarrow. Friesian: 234.50 Holmes Farm, 231.50 Ravenscar, 227.50 Cinder Barrow, 209.50 Ravenscar, 159.50 Oxenforth Green Farm, 157.50 Batty Hill.
Cast Steer Top Prices: Angus: 281.50, 279.50 Elm Bank Farm.
Cast Bull Top Prices: Limousin: 181.50 Howriggs, 181.50 Croftlands. Hereford: 179.50 Helks Farm. Friesian: 159.50, 144.50 Priory Farm.
Next Week's Upcoming Sales
Monday 26th
Lancaster: 10:30am Weekly Sale of Prime Hoggs and Cast Sheep
Tuesday 27th
J36: 10:30am Sale of all classes of Pigs
1pm Weekly Sale of Prime Hoggs and Cast Sheep
Thursday 29th
J36: 10:30am Fortnightly Sale of In Lamb Sheep & Store Hoggs
Friday 1st
Lancaster: 10:15am Weekly Sale of Calves and OTM/Cast Cattle
11:15am Weekly Sale of Store Cattle
