A slightly lighter show of lambs forward this week, which were met by a strong trade. Lambs saw a peak of £152 for Texels from J Singleton, Great Eccleston with Beltexs selling to £146 from E Lund & Son, Ingleton. Many pens of heavier lambs sold at £138 to £145 per head. Beltex lambs saw a top of 354p/kg from CP&V Cowgill, Bentham with plenty of the better bred lambs regularly selling at 315p/kg to 330p/kg. First cross Suffolk / Texels were
regularly selling 295p/kg to 305p/kg. An overall market average of 288p/kg was achieved. Many more lambs are required each week, to fulfil the Monday morning orders of our ten active buyers.
Prime Lamb Top Prices: Texel: £152 Stonelands, £146 Lundholme Farm, £143.50 Stonelands, £142 Keepers Cottage, £140 Ingleborough Park, £139 Burrow Heights Farm. Dorset: 143.50 High Hallbeck, £125 Corney Hill farm. Suffolk: £136 Oakhead Farm, £129.50 Beaumont Gate, £124.50 Bailey Hey Farm, £121.50 Greenbank Farm, £119.50 Lundholme Farm, £119.50 Beaumont Gate. Beltex: £134 Oak Avenue. Charollais: £123 Jacksons Farm. Continental: £116 Greenbank Farm, £110 North Farm.
Prime Hoggs
Still plenty of demand for all hoggs, will Texels selling to a top of £137 from JE Parkinson & Son, Quernmore. Suffolks at £125 from DJ&MC Platts, Caton and Swaledales sold to £117 from A&L Huddleston, Wray.
Prime Hoggs Top Prices: Texel: £137 Castle Mill Farm, £124.50 Marl House, £120 Overhouses. Suffolk: £125 Greenbank Farm. Horned: £120 Overhouses. Swaledale: £117 Overhouses, £106 Thornbush Farm. Charollais: £117 Cock Hall Farm. Mule: £104 Thornbush Farm, £97 Marl House, £95 Overhouses. Herdwick: £98 New Bungalow. Cheviot: £91 Marl House
Cast Sheep
All ewes forward averaged another impressive market average of £102. Texels sold to £138 from DR&BE Rolfe, Scorton with a full pen of Beltex ewes from KA Purtill, Wigan selling to £137. Suffolks sold to £133 from DR&BE Rolfe. Mules topped at £114 from H Birkett & Son, Overton. The best Mules sold either side of £110 mark.
Cast Ewes Top Prices: Texel: £138 Potters Hill Farm, £135 Smithy Lane Farm, £134 Potters Hill Farm, £128 Burns Farm, £126 Oak Avenue, £124 Ingleborough Park. Beltex: £137 Oak Avenue, £130 Castle Mill Farm. Dorset: £128 Corney Hill Farm. Suffolk: £124 Potters Hill, £116 North Farm, £115 Ivy Farm, £112 Oak Avenue. Mule: £114 North Farm, £112 Thornfield, £110 North Farm, £108 Smity Lane Farm. Continental: £78 Potters Hill Farm. Ryeland: £72 Potters Hill Farm.
Cast Ram Top Prices: Hampshire: Suffolk: £134 Potters Hill Farm. £128 Potters Hill Farm. Herdwick: £112 Thornfield.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Weekly Sale of Prime Lambs, Prime Hoggs and Cast Sheep, Tuesday 20th June 2023
Prime Lambs
Prime Lamb numbers continue rise at J36 with just over 900 selling to 13 active ringside buyers, with an overall marker average of 297p/kg for lambs ranging from 31kg-57kg. Trade bouncing back from the fall seen from late last week with well finished continental lambs regularly 305-325p/kg peaking at 330p/kg for a pen of Texel x from D & K Swarbrick, Out Rawcliffe, with others at 327p/kg from E Dodgson, Kendal. Peaking today’s trade was 50kg Texel lambs selling to £169 from TA Teasdale, Cartmel. With a pen of well-bred lambs from E Dodgson, Kendal selling to £167, with Beltex lambs seeing a peak of £165 from D&K Swarbrick, Out Rawcliffe. All sale long, heavy lambs selling between the £145-£155 mark easily. Lighter weight well finished lambs attracting keen interest selling to £109 for 34kg from A Taylor & Son, Eyemouth who sold other at £103 with a ring full of 33kg Texel x from Hornby Hall Farms, Penrith selling at £97. For marketing advice please contact any of our auctioneers and fieldpersons.
Prime Lamb Top Prices: Texel: £169 Head House, £167 Spital Farm, £165 Bensons Farm, £163 Low Groves Farm, £158 Spital Farm. Suffolk: £162 Tunstall Hall, £148 Benson Hall, £141 Cracalt Farm, £140, £135 Tunstall Hall, £135 Cockrigg Farm. Hampshire: £157 Benson Hall, £146 Endmoor Farm, £140 Benson Hall, £137 Endmoor Farm. Continental: £156 Tunstall Hall, £149.50 Hill Park, £145 Hawkrigg End, £144 Cracalt Farm, £144 Low Stangerthwaite, £141 High Biggarsbank. Dorset: £146 Bouthwaite Farm, £133 High Biggarsbank. Zwartble: £136 Benson Hall, £123 Bowston Hall. Charollais: £127 Low Foulshaw Farm, £118.50 Old Glasson Farm.
Prime Hoggs
Seasonal entry of Prime Hoggs saw 218 forward, selling to an overall average of 214p/kg with well finished standard weight hoggs selling to a premium regularly achieving 270-300p/kg. Topping at 304p/kg for Continental x from GM & A Jackson, Little Eccleston. Well fleshed heavy weight hoggs sold to £158 from JA Airey, New Hutton with others regularly £135-£148. Hill bred hoggs sold to a top of £126 for heavy weight Swaledales from TA & J Dioxn, Selside with Herdwicks to £112 from GM & A Jackson, Little Eccleston and Rough Fells also achieving £112 from A Guy, Langdale.
Prime Hoggs Top Prices: Beltex: £158 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage. Texel: £158 Old Croft, £150, £149 Brown Brook, £146 Old Croft, £144 Holmescales Farm, £144 North Farm. Suffolk: £138 North Farm, £130 Ackenthwaite Farm, £113 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £110 Ackenthwaite Farm, £99 Bradlow Farm. Charollais: £136 Dawson Fold. Swaledale: £126 Yoad Pot, £100 Higher Salter, £94 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage. Mule: £122 North Farm, £99 Little Eccleston Hall. Continental: £112 Ackenthwaite Farm, £104 Low Audlands, £95 High Gregg Hall Farm. Herdwick: £112, £109 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage. Cheviot: £110 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage.
Cast Sheep
459 local farmer ewes sold to a top of £175 for Texels from T & CM Kelsall & Sons, Chipping. With others at £166 from High Wardses Farm, Sedbergh. Other heavy weight pure ewes generally achieving £140-£160. Mule ewes sold to a top price of £115 from D & K Swarbrick, Out Rawcliffe with others at the same price from JW & TE Sharp, Lyth. Other heavy mules regularly £105-£112. Hill bred ewes sold to £110 for cheviots from CP Bateman, Docker with Swaledales to £109 from Drinkall Bros, Abbeystead. Buyers showing caution to over fat ewes with medium ewes attracting keenest interest often only a few bids behind the over fat ewes. Overall market average of £78 was achieved, reflecting a high proportion of lean hill bred ewes coming forward. Cull rams sold to £199 for a Texel from T & CM Kelsall & Sons, Chipping. A larger proportion of leaner medium rams forward sold to £117 for Blueface Leicester from TA & J Dixon, Selside with Charollais to £116 from Messrs Gibson, Endmoor. Shorn ewes attracting more interest compared to those in the wool.
Cast Ewes Top Prices: Texel: £175 Brown Brook, £166 High Wardses Farm, £164 Whitbarrow View. Leicester: £165
Calderside Farm, £126 Meadow Wood. Charollais: £140 Low Foulshaw Farm. Hampshire: £133 Bouthwaite Farm.
Suffolk: £128 Ackenthwaite Farm, £124 Bouthwaite Farm,£119 Deansbiggin, £116 Oak Avenue, £110 Deansbiggin, £108
Home Farm. Zwartble: £127 Catshaw Farm. Lleyn: £122 Low Foulshaw. Teeswater: £121 Low Audlands. Mule: £115
Flodder Hall, £115 Bensons Farm, £115 Springs Farm, £108 Oak Avenue, £108 Flodder Hall, £106 Endmoor Farm.
Dorset: £113 High Biggarsbank, £112 Burnhead Farm, £109 Birch Bank, £102 Belle Vue Cottage, £100 Benson Hall.
Cheviot: £110 Croft Foot Farm, £100 Moss End Farm. Swaledale: £109 Catshaw Hall Farm. Dalesbred: £80 Brown Brook. Rough Fell: £74 Millriggs.
Cast Ram Top Prices: Texel: £199 Brown Brook. Leicester: £117 Yoad Pot. Charollais: £116 Low Audlands
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Fortnightly Sale of Calves, Stirks, OTM Cattle and Store Cattle, Thursday 22nd June 2023.
Calves & Stirks
The calf trade continued to fly at Junction 36. A run of Limousin calves from Langley Park Farms, Millom saw six bull calves from this good home all selling at £480, with British Blue bulls selling to the same price from JW&TE Sharpe, Lyth. The best Continental bred bull calves sold regularly at £400 plus. Aberdeen Angus bulls sold to a top of £420 from N Howard, Darlington.
Heifer calves sold to a top of £450 for Limousins from Langley Park, Millom with British Blues selling to £445 from JW&TE Sharpe, Lyth. A four week old British Blue heifer from A Pickthall & Son, New Hutton sold to £350. Dairy bred bulls continue to sell to a nice trade with the best selling to £220 from Langley Farms, Penrith. Rearing Black and Whites were either side of the £100 mark. 65 stirks were forward with all selling to their full value. A pair of Limousin bullocks from JH Atkinson, Selside achieved £975. Other Limousin bullocks sold to £800 from A Taylor & Sons, Berwick upon Tweed. The heifer trade saw dairy bred Aberdeen Angus’s sell to £690 from D Jordan, Bishop Auckland. An increased entry of young bulls were forward, selling to a sharp trade. topping at £770 for a Limousin from FW Park, Windermere.
Heifer Calves Top Prices: Limousin: £450 Langley Park, £400 Langley Park, £395 Langley Park, £270 Homescales Farm, £210 Langley Park. British blue: £445 Flodder Hall, £420 Field House Farm, £375 Homescales Farm, £370 Homescales Farm, £350 Borrans Farm, £340 Low Audlands. Angus: £180 Raw End Farm, £160 Whitestone Farm, £155 Raw End Farm, £140 Whitestone Farm, £140 Whitestone Farm, £130 Raw End Farm. Shorthorn: £135 Far Audlands, £130 Far Audlands. Hereford: £105 Greaves Farm.
Bull Calves Top Prices: Limousin: £480 Langley Park Farms, £480 Langley Park Farms, £480 Langley Park Farms, £480 Langley Park Farms, £480 Langley Park Farms, £480 Langley Park Farms. British Blue: £480 Flodder hall, £390 Elm Tree Farm, £370 Low Audlands, £365 Hagg Farm, £370 Low Audlands, £365 Hagg Farm, £200 Field House Farm, £115 Greaves Farm. Charolais: £260 Homescales Farm. Friesian: £220 Whitestone farm, £130 House Farm, £120 Low Audlands. Shorthorn: £210 Stirzaker House, £210 Stirzaker House, £210 Stirzaker House. Angus: £210 Hagg Farm, £200 Elm Tree Farm, £160 Whitestone Farm, £160 Raw End Farm, £115 Elm Tree Farm, £105 Raw End Farm. Dairy Shorthorn: £210 Stirzaker house, £185 Wyke Farm. Hereford: £180 Wraysholme Tower, £155 Wraysholme Tower.
Steer Stirk Top Prices: Limousin: £975 Mosergh Farm. Stabiliser: £715 Yealand Manor. Angus: £540 West View Farm, £465 Moss End Farm. Friesian:£280 Moss End Farm.
Bull Stirk Top Prices: Limousin: £800 Hopestead, £770 The Howes, £750 Hopestead, £740 The Howes, £630 High Gregg Hall Farm. Angus: £660 High Greg Hall Farm, £460 Raw End Farm, £460 Raw End Farm, £395 Raw End Farm. British blue: £545 Kitchlow Farm. Continental: £360 Arnside Tower Farm, £290 Arnside Tower Farm. Friesian: £285 Kitchlow Farm, £245 Kitchlow Farm.
Heifer Stirk Top Prices: British Blue: £690 West View Farm, £530 Kitchlow Farm, £500 Kitchlow Farm, £445 Gill foot Farm. Limousin: £690 Mosergh Farm. Angus: £620 West View Farm, £600 West View Farm, £440 Raw End Farm, £420 Gillfoot Farm, £410 Moss End Farm, £400 Raw End Farm. Stabiliser: £615 Yealand Manor. Hereford: £510 Kitchflow Farm. Continental: £300 Arnside Tower Farm.
Store Cattle
There was no let up in the store cattle trade today, with a full ringside of buyers bidding eagerly through out the sale. British Blue heifers saw a top of £1460 from MJ Waller, Lupton with yearling Charolais heifers from HR&K Hodgson, Barbon selling to £1390. The best end heifers were regularly selling at £1300 plus. Grazing heifers were regularly selling at £950 to £1000.
Bullocks peaked at £1400 for a pen of three Herefords from MJ Waller, Lupton. Yearling Limousin steers sold to £1350 twice, first for a Limousin from JA&KJ Allen, Ings and then from J Miller, Claughton on Brock. Plenty of suckler bred yearling steers sold at £1100 to £1200. More bulls forward today which sold to a sharp trade. Aberdeen Angus’s sold at £1300 from MJ&JD Handley, Sedbergh. Eight month old Limousins sold to £1100 from A Airey, Old Hutton. More Friesian bullocks were forward with sixteen month old Friesian bullocks selling to £950 from J Twigge, Lindale and a pen of seven twelve month old bullocks selling to £820 from ME&PC Capstick, Milnthorpe.
Store Bullocks Top Prices: Hereford: £1400 Carlingwha. Limousin: £1350 St Annes Farm, £1180 Cockrigg Farm, £1130 St Annes Farm, £1100 Howriggs, £1080 Corner Cottage. Angus: £1320 Cockrigg Farm, £1145 Shorthorn Farm, £1085 Hawkrigg Farm, £1055 Moss Side Farm, £1040 Mislet Farm, £1005 Hawkrigg Farm. British Blue: £1100 Howriggs, £1050 Moss Side Farm. Simmental: £1050 Outerthwaite Farm, £770 Bellart Howe. Friesian: £950 Homelands, £820 Park House Farms. Shorthorn: £950 Yealand Manor. Stabaliser: £930 Yealand Manor. Fleckvieh: £880 Hawkrigg Farm, £880 Homelands, £835 Park House Farms. Montbeliarde: £880 Homelands. Continental: £860 Millbeck. Charolais: £720 Carlingwaha.
Store Bull Top Prices: Angus: £1300 £1200 Archers Hall. Limousin: £1050 £900 Old Croft, £780 Stribers Farm. Blonde: £800 Greenwood Haw. Friesian: £680 £620 Rakesmoore Farm.
Store Heifers Top Prices: British Blue: £1460 Carlingwha, £1370 Cockrigg Farm, £1140 Bowston Hall. Charolais: £1390 Howriggs, £1350 Thornlea, £1200 Bowston Hall. Angus: £1240 Tarnside Farm, £1140 Moss Side Farm, £1080 Low Fell Gate Farm, £1040 Bellart Howe. Hereford: £1240 Tarnside Farm. Limousin: £1180 Howriggs, £1150 Yealand Manor, £1100 St Annes Farm, £1090 Yealand Manor, £1080 low Fell Gate. Simmental: £935 Outerthwaite Farm. Saler: £910 Millbeck. Stabaliser: £840 Yealand Manor.
OTM Cattle
A mixed entry of 70 cull cows saw an overall market average of 180p/kg and £1109 achieved, with a large proportion of leaner dairy cows direct out of the parlour.
Beef cows led the sale topping at 229.5p/kg for a Bazadaise x from NP&CE Buckley, Staveley with others at 224.5p/kg for a Simmental x from SW Atkinson & Son, Crook, 219.5p/kg from M Allen, Carnforth and JW&M
Taylor & Son, Dent. Feeding type beef cows were generally 195p/kg to 210p/kg, depending on quality and type.
Top grossing beef cow was an Aberdeen Angus x from M Allen, Carnforth totalling £1909 with £1833 achieved twice for a Bazadaise x from NP&CE Buckley, Staveley and Charolais from M Allen. Other heavier and well fleshed beef cows were regularly £1400 to £1600, with feeders £1200 to £1400.
Dairy cows sold to 190.5p/kg for a Fleckvieh from T Atkinson, Ulverston with others medium cows generally 175p/kg to 188p/kg. Leaner cows were 150p/kg to 170p/kg, with the very leanest and light weights at realisation.
Top grossing dairy cow was a Holstien Friesian from JR Robinson, Carnforth totalling £1354.
Cull bulls sold to 199.5p/kg for a Limousin from W Beck & Son, Tebay.
OTM Cow Top Prices: Bazadaise: 229.50 Fairbank farm, 189.50 The Howes. Simmental: 224.50 Capplerigg farm, 209.50 Old school house, 177.50 West plain farm. Limousin: 219.50 High Laning farm, 217.50 Caplerigg farm, 217.50 Fell Gate, 204.50 Mouse Skye, 204.50 Mouse Skye, 204.50 Caplerigg. Saler: 219.50 Yealand manor, 209.50 Fairbank
farm. British Blue: 217.50 Yealand Manor, 214.50 Lower Hawthwaite, 211.50 Mireside Farm, 194.50 Old school house, 184.50 Swallowmire, 179.50 Fell Gate. Charolais: 217.50 Yealand manor, 207.50 Yealand manor, 164.50 Cleasby. Hereford: 214.50 West plain farm, 207.50 The Howes. Angus: 214.50 Yealand manor, 189.50 Yealand manor, 127.50 Old school house.
Stabiliser: 204.50 Kit Cragg, 189.50 Kit Cragg, 174.50 Kit Cragg. Longhorn: 204.50 Kate Farm, 189.50 4 Station Lane. Flekvieh: 190.50 Newland View, 185.50 Newland View, 174.50 Newland View, 174.50 Newland View, 164.50 Newland View. Friesian: 179.50, Moss house farm, 177.50 Hollins Farm, 177.50 Hollins farm, 177.50 Hollins farm, 177.50 Homescales farm, 169.50 Capplerigg. Montbeliarde: 144.50 Moss house farm. Galway: 159.50 Craketrees, 159.50 Craketrees, 145.50 Mouse Skye, 139.50 Craketrees.
OTM Heifer Top Prices: Friesian: 169.50 Cockrigg Farm.
Cast Bull Top Prices: Limousin: 199.50 Barugh Farm, 129.50 Beckfoot Farm.
Lancaster Auction Mart: Weekly Sale of Calves, OTM and Store Cattle, Friday 23rd June 2023.
Another busy Friday sale at NWA Lancaster with 315 cattle sold in just over two hours through three sale rings. Store cattle to £1670, OTM to 269.5p/kg and £1802, Calves to £450.
Calves & Weanlings
A smaller entry of 71 rearing and weaned calves saw a large crowd of farmer buyers, keen to secure replacement stock. Weaned calves sold to £450 for a British Blue x bull from RT Halhead, Cockerham with Hereford x selling to £410 and £400 from TE&M KLidd, Ellel. Aberdeen Angus x sold to £390 from J&G Thornley Ltd, Kirkham. Rearing bull calves sold to £365 for a British Blue x from Lawson Farm Ltd, Cockerham. Younger Continental bull calves were £260 to £300. A large number of native sired bull calves forward, sold to £350 on three occasions, with others at £340, £335 and £300 from Tom Barron Farms, Ltd Cockerham. Younger native sired bulls sold between £220 and £280. Weaned heifer calves sold to £350 for a Hereford x from TE&M Kidd, Ellel with British Blue x at £340 from J&G Thornley Ltd, Kirkham. Rearing heifer calves sold to £310 on two occasions from EE Thornton & Sons, Thornton with Lawsons Farm Ltd, Cockerham selling British Blue x to £300 with others at £290 and £280. Native sired heifers sold to £280 for an Aberdeen Angus x from Tom Barron Farms, Catforth. Month old Herefords sold to £240 from MJ&H Atkinson, Quernmore. Other younger native heifers were £160 to £210.
Heifer Calves Top Prices: Hereford: £350 Booth Hall, £240 Westfield House Farm, £220 Westfield House Farm. British Blue: £340 Derby Lodge Farm, £300 Sweetings Farm, £290 Sweetings Farm, £290 Sweetings Farm, £280 Sweetings Farm, £250 Sweetings Farm. Angus: £310 Poultry Farm, £280 Poultry Farm, £235 Downlands Farm, £230 Poultry Farm, £210 Downlands Farm, £185 Poultry Farm. Charolais: £310 Downlands Farm, £310 Downlands Farm, £300 Dowlands Farm.
Bull Calves Top Prices: British Blue: £450 Norbreck Farm, £400 Sweetings Farm, £365 Sweetings Farm, £310 Walkers
I’th Fields, £290 Tunstall Hall. Hereford: £410 Booth Hall, £400 Booth Hall, £400 Booth Hall. Angus: £390 Derby Lodge Farm, £390 Derby Lodge Farm, £380 Derby Lodge Farm, £350 Poultry Farm.
Store Cattle
Despite the report of downward pressure on the beef price, buyers were ring side keen to secure replacement stock to keep sheds full. The sale peaked at £1670 for a trio of Aberdeen Angus x steers from J&H Davis, Cabus.
British Blue x at £1650 from Mason & Gardner, Ingleton with Aberdeen Angus x achieving £1600 from RG&B
Lewis, Kirkby Lonsdale and GT&GV Dobson, Clitheroe. Limousin x steers sold to £1560 from J Lamb, Glasson and WS Burrow Ltd, Silverdale. Closely followed by a trio of Limousin x form EJ&P Burrow, Storth achieving £1560. Dairy steers sold to £1290 for British Friesians from EE Thornton & Sons, Heaton with others at £1270 from EJ Hodgson & Son, Lambrigg. All steers forward averaged £1345.
Heifers sold to a top of £1490 for a pair of Simmental x from EW&A Bradshaw, Stalmine. Closely followed by British Blue x from GT&GV Dobson, Clitheroe at £1470 and Aberdeen Angus x also achieving £1470 from WS Burrow Ltd, Silverdale. Other stronger heifers were regularly £1300 to £1400. Yearling pure Limousin heifers from P Cummings, Burton in Kendal sold to £1220. All heifers forward today averaged £1171.
Store Bullocks Top Prices: Angus: £1670 Weavers Farm, £1600 Hill House Farm, £1600 Bainsbank Farm, £1590 Godson House Farm, £1540 North Farm. British Blue: £1650 Stoneybank Philpin Farm, £1560 Hill House Farm, £1480 Elston Old Hall, £1370 North Farm, £1300 Plumpton Hall Farm, £960 Lodge Hall. Limousin: £1560 Gibraltar Farm, £1560 Old
Glasson Farm, £1550 Elston Old Hall, £1390 The Dingle, £1380 Downlands Farm, £1360
Thornton Barn Farm. Simmental: £1550 Hazelslack Tower Farm. Charolais: £1470 Old
Glasson Farm. Parthenais: £1330 Half Way House. Friesian: £1290 Downlands Farm, £1270 Lambrigg Head Farm, £1160 Green Dragon Farm, £1080 Moss Gate Farm. Hereford: £1290 Windy Hill Farm.
Store Heifers Top Prices: Simmental: £1490 The Old Stable, £1330 The Old Stable. Angus: £1470 Gibraltar Farm, £1440
Fairfield, £1400 Staffords Farm, £1350 Hill House Farm, £1290 Snub Snape Farm, £1270 Staffords Farm. British Blue: £1470 Hill House Farm, £1450 Hill House Farm, £1430 Wood Nook Farm, £1370 Windy Hill Farm, £1360 Hill House
Farm, £1340 Lowther Castle O Trim. Charolais: £1260 Downlands Farm. Parthenais: £1260 Half Way House. Paranthaise: £1260 Half Way House. Hereford: £1440 Gibraltar Farm, £1290 Pasture House Farm. Limousin: £1220 Peall House, £1180 Whittingham Lane, £1080 Peall House, £1000 Dowlands Farm. Blonde: £1160 Half Way House.
OTM Cattle
The sale commenced with cull cows which saw a top price of 234.5p/kg for an Aberdeen Angus X from GR Bargh & Co, Caton with others at 229.5p/kg for a Limousin x from A&P Hodgkinson, Stalmine and 224.5p/kg from Mason & Gardner, Ingleton. Other medium beef cows were generally 195p/kg to 215p/kg, depending on quality and type. Top grossing beef cow was a Limousin from Mason & Gardner, Ingleton totalling £1733, with A&P Hodgkinson, Stalmine achieving £1562. A much leaner show of dairy cows saw a top price of 201.5p/kg for a Holstein Friesian from H Halhead & Son, Nether Kellet with others at 197.5p/kg from TA&RM Dawson, Quernmore, 194.5p/kg from WE&G Hewitt & Sons, Cockerham and GA&A Atkinson, Cantsfield. A much plainer show of day cows saw those direct ex parlour selling at 165p/kg to 180p/kg, with the very leanest and lightest at realisation. Top grossing dairy cow as a Holstein Friesian from WE&G Hewitt & Sons, Cockerham achieving £1569 who also sold others at £1599 and £1511.
Heifers sold to 259.5p/kg for a British Blue x from M Shepherd & Sons, Pilling with others at 239.5p/kg for a Limousin from JH Atkinson & Partners, Selside and 237.5p/kg for a Hereford x from WS Burrow Ltd, Silverdale. Dairy heifers sold to 251.5p/kg for a Montbeliarde from JR Newsham & Son, Conder Green who sold others at 239.5p/kg. Holstein Friesian achieving 229.5p/kg from J&G Thornley Ltd, Kirkham. Beef heifers sold to £1655 for a British Blue x from MJ Shepherd & Son, Pilling with diary heifer selling to £1651 for a Holstein Friesian from WN&D Smith & Sons, Cockerham.
Steers sold to 269.5p/kg and £1802 for a British Blue x from A Kirkby & Co, Pilling with Aberdeen Angus x selling to 247.5p/kg and £1710 from WS Burrow Ltd, Silverdale. Other steers were generally 220p/kg to 230p/kg. All culls today averaged 185.5p/kg and £1138.
OTM Cow Top Prices: Angus: 234.50 Rye Close, 229.50 Rye Close, 224.50 Rye Close, 184.50 Rye Close, 119.50 Mosergh Farm. Limousin: 229.50 Bank Field Farm, 224.50 Stoneybank Philpin Farm, 219.50 Hill Park, 219.50 Hill Park, 204.50 Cragg House farm, 204.50 Hill Park. Friesian: 201.50 Lawsons Farm, 197.50 Lower Brow Top, 194.50 Batty Hill, 194.50
Lawsons Farm, 194.50 Abbotson Farm, 194.50 Batty Hill. Simmental: 197.50 Far Orrest. Brown Swiss: 189.50 Lambrigg
Head Farm, 181.50 Lambrigg Head Farm, 157.50 Sellery Farm. Montbeliarde: 179.50 Sellery Farm. Fleckvieh: 169.50 Hilliam Lane Farm, 144.50 High House, 124.50 Walkers I’th Fields.
OTM Heifer Top Prices: British Blue: 259.50 Pasture House Farm, 219.50 Station Hotel Farm. Montbeliarde: 251.50 Sellerley Farm, 239.50 Sellerley Farm. Limousin: 239.50 Mosergh Farm. Hereford: 237.50 Gibraltar Farm. Friesian: 229.50 Derby Lodge Farm, 227.50 Derby Lodge Farm, 224.50 Walkers I’th Fields, 214.50 Derby Lodge Farm, 214.50 Low Audlands, 211.50 Derby Lodge Farm. Flekvieh: 227.50 Sellerley Farm.
Cast Steer Top Prices: Angus: 247.50 Gibraltar Farm, 234.50 Black Bull Farm, 227.50 Black Bull Farm, 224.50 Station Hotel Farm, 219.50 Gibraltar Farm, 217.50 Black Bull Farm. Limousin: 247.50 The Granary. Friesian: 189.50 Black Bull Farm.
Cast Bull Top Prices: Angus: 211.50 Shorrocks Farm.
Next Week's Upcoming Sales
Monday 26th
Lancaster: 10:30am Weekly Sale of Prime Lambs, Prime Hoggs and Cast Sheep
Tuesday 27th
J36: 10:30am Sale of Pigs
1pm Weekly Sale of Prime Lambs, Prime Hoggs and Cast Sheep
Thursday 29th
J36: 4pm Farm Sale on behalf of P & M Asbury, Abbeystead
Friday 30th
Lancaster: 10:15am Weekly Sale of Calves, and Cast/OTM Cattle
11am Fortnightly Sale of Dairy Cattle
11:15am Weekly Sale of Store Cattle followed by Stirks
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