Lancaster Auction Mart: Weekly Sale of Prime Lambs and Cast Sheep. Fortnightly Sale of Store Lambs, Monday 21st November 2022.
Prime Lambs
A good yard of 1050 prime lambs sold to a keen and competitive trade averaging 245ppk with well finished lambs selling to a premium. Heavy weight lambs sold to a top price of £149 for Beltex cross lambs from WA Cornall, Barnacre. With Suffolk’s to £145 from M&YS Barker, Halton. And Texel cross lambs to £142 from HJ & BE Kelsall, Gressingham. Plenty of heavy weight continental bred lambs regular selling between £135-£145 mark. Well bred lambs were keenly bid for once again at Lancaster with Beltexs selling to a top of 286ppk from B&SA Cater, Ellel. A large show of hill bred lambs were forward with meat once again keenly bid for. Mules sold to a top of £138.50 from GF&EE Holt, Chipping with others at £137 from TA&RM Dawson, Quernmore. Light weight lambs saw a jump in prices in the previous weeks with 37-41kg regular selling to the 245-250ppk mark.
Prime Lamb Top Prices: Beltex: £149 Bank Farm, £136, £133 Oak Avenue, £129 Stonehead, £129 Oak Aveune, £128 Cragg End. Suffolk: £145 Halton Park Farm, £134.50 Oak Avenue, £129 New Elmridge Farm, £129 Walnut Tree Cottage, £129 £125.50 Park Farm Barn, £116 Cobble Hey Farm. Texel: £142 Walnut Tree Cottage, £141, £139 Park Farm Barn, £139 Halton Park Farn, £137 Park Farm Barn, £137 Oak Avenue. Mule: £138.50 New Elmridge Farm, £137 Lower Brow Top, £125.50 Holme House Farm, £121.50 Bank Farm, £119.50 Holme House Farm. Cheviot: £115 Hutton Roof Hall. Cheviot Mule: £110 Botton Hall Farm. Masham: £110, £108 Cobble Hey Farm. Continental: £104 Stonehead, £101 Mill House Farm.
Cast Sheep
80 ewes forward at Lancaster today.Texel tups led the way today selling to £188 from G Blacklidge, Chorley. Texel’s sold to £142 from Helme&Procter, Grimsargh. Abit more life in the mule ewes today with a full pen from KA Purtill, Wigan selling to £100. 18 strong Swaledale ewes from WA Cornall, Barnacre sold to £77.
Cast Sheep Top Prices: Continental: £142 Brabiner House Farm. Mule: £100 Oak Avenue, £85 Walnut Tree Cottage, £84, £72, £70 Low Moor Head Farm. Texel: £100 Oak Avenue. Swaledale: £98 Holme House Farm, £77 Bank Farm, £68 Lower Brow Top. Cheviot: £96 Dove Cote Farm. Scotch Blackface: £71 Dove Cote Farm.
Cast Ram Top Prices: Texel: £188, £100 Dove Cote Farm, £90 Ellers Farm.
Store Lambs
170 store lambs forward sold to a full ring side of buyers sold to an average of £82. Texel lambs sold to £102 from PG Thornton, Scorton who also sold others pens at £100.50.
Store Lambs Top Prices: Texel: £102, £100.50 Cliftons Farm, £90 Wyre Farm, £89 Marl House, £89 Cliftons Farm, £87 Low Pleasant. Suffolk: £100 Cliftons Farm. Continental: £73 Haversham House Farm. Dutch Spotted: £72 West View Farm. Beltex: £71 West View Farm. Cheviot: £71 Marl House.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Weekly Sale of Prime Lambs and Cast Sheep. Sale of all classes of Pigs, Tuesday 22nd November 2022.
Pigs
A shortage of well finished prime pigs today saw buyers leave empty handed and unable to fulfil orders. A top price of £178 was achieved by MP Tattersall, Langholm for Duroc x gilts. Closely followed by Pietrain x gilts from TS Wilson, Cockermouth achieving £170. Prime boars sold to £160 for Duroc x from MP Tattersall, Landholm with others at £150 from TS Wilson. Prime hogs sold to £145 for Large White x from GG&MA Long, Pennington. Top pence per kilogram today was 181p/kg achieving by TS Wilson selling gilts. Other well finished pigs generally achieving 140p/kg to 170 p/kg depending on breed and type. A huge entry of over 100 store and weaner pigs saw a top price of £63 achieved for Pietrain x gilts from M Skillings, Rosendale who sold others at £146. Weaners sold to £30 for Large White x from J GE Heseltine & Son, Skipton and Dumfries House Farm, Dumfries. The youngest weaners sold to £17 for Gloucester all Spots from MK&LK Whitley & Son, Summerbridge.
Prime Lambs
An entry of 1438 prime lambs sold to an overall market average of 246p/kg for lambs ranging from 31kg to 60kg with over a third of the entry being heavy weight lambs (49kg plus). Well-bred heavy weight lambs sold to a top price of £162 for three quarter bred Texel’s from R Allen, Ings with Suffolk x selling to £149 from WT Whittaker & Son, Nether Kellet, with £148 achieving by F&SA Edmondson, Ulverston and TMW&H Hodgson, Ulverston selling Texel x. Heavy weight lambs regularly sold at £132-£145. Standard lambs sold to £133 for Texel x from Wannops Farms Limited, Morecambe. Beltex x archived £132 from JG&PH Thompson, Selside with others regularly achieving £112-£122. Top pence per kilogram today was a 308p/kg achieved for a pair of Beltex x lambs from AE Atkinson & Son, Endmoor. Beltex lambs achieving 292p/kg from JG&PH Thompson and Texel to 280p/kg from AJ&SE Burrow, Milnthorpe. Wellbred three quarter and pure bred lambs nicely selling at 260p/kg to 280p/kg. Hill lambs are now coming forward in greater numbers selling to £138 for Cheviots from Stockdale Farms, Sedbergh and Messers J Allonby & Sons, Grayrigg. Mules sold to £132 from F&SA Edmondson, Ulverston.
Well finished light weight lambs continue to sell to a premium, selling to £101 for Texel x from EM Standing, Witherslack with others at £98 from M Allen, Yealand. Hill lambs sold to £77 for Swaledales and £68 for Rough Fells. Light weight lambs regularly achieving 225-240p/kg depending on breed, quality and finish.
Prime Lamb Top Prices: Texel: £162 St Annes Farm, £148 Arklid Farm, £146 Burnt House Farm, £142 Birks Farm, £141 Low Stangerthwaite, £141 Ashstead. Suffolk: £149 Lane Ends Farm, £148 Netherhouses farm, £142 Lane Ends Farm, £141 Low Shaw Farm, £130 Newton, £129 Low Shaw Farm. Continental: £138 Low Shaw Farm, 124 Lambrigg Head Farm, £122 Dawson Fold, £120 Poppy Farm, £118 Red Scar Farm. £117.50 Ambleside Farm. Cheviot: £138 Bowers Farm, £138 Green Head, £137 £135 Mansrigg Hall, £129 Green Head, £128.50 Bowers Farm. Beltex: £132 Poppy Farm, £125 Hallbeck, £124 Methop Park Farm Lodge, £120 Oldfield End, £120 Poppy Farm, £120 Benson Hall. Horned: £124 Dove Nest. Dorset: £119 Hallbeck, £100.50 Yealand Manor. Zwartble: £115 Birks Farm. Leicester: £112.50 Yoat Pot. Charollais: £108 Fairbank Farm. Cheviot Mule: £106.50 Poppy Farm. Lleyn: £100.50 Low Foulshaw Farm. Swaledale: £77 High Greenside, £74 Low Deepslack.
Cast Sheep
- 650 ewes were forward today at Junction 36.
- Suffolks topped at £146 from F&SA Edmondson, Ulverston.
- Leicesters sold to ££140 from R Harker & Son, Grayrigg.
- DM Bargh, Heaton achieved £132 for Texels.
- Mule topped at £116 on two occations from WT Whittaker & Son, Nether Kellet and JW Thwaites, Penrith followed by £115 from M Allen, Carnforth.
- Cheviot Mules sold to £115 from TH&D Cornthwaite, Grange Over Sands.
- Hill bred sheep saw Swaledales to £90 from I Clarke, Crosthwaite, £85 from F&SA Edmondson, Ulverston and £85 from JW Thwiates, Penrith.
Cast Rams
- Cast rams topped at £140 for Suffolks from A Clarke & Johnson, Windermere.
- Leicesters sold to £140 from RS&BA Harker, Holme.
- Cheviots topped at £110 from JW&E Woof & Son, Firbank.
Cast Sheep Top Prices: Suffolk: £146 Netherhouses Farm, £116 Bradlow Farm, £114 Dawson Fold, £102 Yew Tree House, £97 Ninezergh, £90 Yew Tree Farm. Beltex: £140 St Annes Farm, £134 St Annes Farm, £130 St Annes Farm, £112 St Annes Farm. Leicester: £140 Grayrigg Hall, £116 Grayrigg Hall, £110 Burnt House Farm. Texel: £132 Bradlow Farm, £128 Low Gregg Hall, £125 Candy slack, £120Burnt House Farm, £118 Low Gregg Hall, £118 Candy Slack. Mule: £116 Lane End Farm, £116 Eskew Beck, £115 Yealand Manor, £112 Guards Farm, £111 Mountbarrow Farm, £110 Mountbarrow Farm. Dorset: £114 Yealand Manor, £92 Yealand Manor. Teeswater: £112 Foulstones Farm. Cheviot: £93 Swallowmire, £90 Yealand Manor, £81 Heaton Hall Farm, £80 Rathvale Farm, £77 Lane End, £76Heaton Hall Farm. Rough Fell: £91 Ghyll Farm, £82 Ghyll Farm, £82 Ghyll Farm, £78 Low Deepslack. Swaledale: £90 Woodside Farm, £85 Eskew Beck, £85 Netherhouses Farm, £83 Grayrigg Hall, £74 High Tenement Farm, £67 Burnt House Farm Continental: £90 Lyne Garth, £63 Little Guard, £55 Coat Green Farm. Zwartble: £74 Corner Cottage. Gritstone: £64 Yealand Manor. Herdwick: £64 Little Guards, £60 Coat Green Farm.
Cast Ram Top Prices: Suffolk: £156 Yoad Pot. Texel: £140 Far Orrest, £134 Eskew Beck, £130 Bowers Farm, £128 Newton, £128 Bowers Farm. Leicester: £140 Overthwaite farm. Cheviot: £110 Ghyll Farm. Swaledale: £100 Little Gaurds, £85 £78 Overthwaite. Hampshire: £94 Yealand Hall. Rough Fell: £76 Woodside. Herdwick: £82 Little Guards. Horned: £66 Greenlands.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Sale of Calves, Stirks, OTM and Store Cattle, Thursday 24th November 2022.
Calves & Stirks
90 calves were forward at J36 today with a very mixed show of calves forward, as many vendors are saving calves for the Christmas show and sale in a fortnight’s time. Weaned calves once again met plenty of bidding with Limousin bulls selling to £390 from Langley Park, Millom who sold others to £380. British Blue bulls saw a top of £370 from JS&IM Wilson, Whitbeck. Continental bred bull calves were regularly selling at £250£300. Native bred bull calves saw a mixed trade with Herefords selling to a top of £245 from J Hornby & Sons, Stank. British Blue heifers sold to £350 from HJ Robinson & Son, Preston Patrick with other British Blues selling to £300 from A Pickthall, New Hutton. Dairy bulls saw a steady trade with Friesians selling to £62 from Whitestone Farms, Fleckviehs to £60 from RG&JA Clarke, Endmoor with younger bulls meeting realisation. Please can we remind vendors to enter stirks for the catalogue, to assist with conversing for buyers. British Blue bulls sold to a top of £690 from RJ Robinson & Son, Preston Patrick. Shorthorn bullocks sold to £620 from J&E Lancaster, Ulverston. A full pen of six-month-old Aberdeen Angus bullocks from C Greenwood, Crompton sold to £595. The heifer trade topped at £680 from F&TE Park, Crook.
Bull Calf Top Prices: Limousin - £390, £380, £330, £220 Langley Park Farms. British Blue - £370, £345 Monk Foss Farm, £220 Elm Tree Farm. Hereford - £245 Bousfield Farm. Aberdeen Angus - £115 Whitestone Farm.
Heifer Calf Top Prices: British Blue - £350 Elm Tree Farm, £300 Borrans Farm, £260 Langley Park Farms, £245 Monk Foss Farm. Limousin - £190 Langley Park Farms.
Bull Strirk Top Prices: British Blue - £690 Elm Tree Farm. Aberdeen Angus - £450 Audlands Park.
Heifer Stirk Top Price: Aberdeen Angus - £680 Cragg House Farm.
Steer Stirk Top Prices: Shorthorn - £620 Bandrake Farm. Aberdeen Angus - £595 Top Greenhill Farm, £570 Raw End Farm.
Store Cattle
The store cattle trade improves on the fortnight with many more needed to satisfy our good ring side of buyers at J36. Limousin bullocks led the way at £1390 from T Metcalfe, Garsdale with Montbeliarde bullocks selling to £1210 from JE Wightman, Lupton, who also sold a full pen of Aberdeen Angus bullocks sold to £1180. British Blue bullocks sold to a top of £1175 from T&SB Proctor, Great Musgrave who also sold others to £1150. Galloway bullocks sold to £1150 from KD&L Armer, Newbiggan on Lune. The heifer trade topped at £1210 from A Cottam, Crossthwaite for a British Blue who sold others to £1200. A nice run of heifers from A Riley, Nether Kellet saw a pen of four Limousin sell to £1150. Native bred heifers were keenly bid for with Hereford heifers selling twice to £1150 from CP Bateman, Docker and A Riley.
Store Bullock Top Prices: Limousin - £1390 Raygill Farm, £1135 Mireside Farm, £1090 Croft Foot Farm, £1070 Crabtree Farm, £970 Westfield Farm. Montbeliard - £1210 Crabtree Farm. Aberdeen Angus - £1180 Crabtree Farm, £1165 Mireside Farm, £1090 College Green Farm, £1030 Broughton House Farm, £1000 Bellart Howe. British Blue£1175, £1150 Villa Farm, £1130 Crabtree Farm, £1090 School Hill, £1020 College Green Farm. Belted Galloway - £1150 Scar Sykes Farm. Hereford - £1120 Houkler Hall Barn, £1090 Broughton House Farm, £1090 Houkler Hall Barn, £1065 Croft Foot Farm. Friesian - £960 Low Gregg Hall.
Store Heifer Top Prices: British Blue - £1210, £1200 Yew Tree Farm, £1000 Villa Farm. Hereford - £1150 Westfield Farm, £1150 Croft Foot Farm, £1070 Crabtree Farm, £1060 Westfield Farm. Limousin - £1150 Westfield Farm, £1070 Crabtree Farm. Aberdeen Angus - £1050, £1040, £1010 Crabtree Farm.
OTM Cattle
Dairy cows sold to a top price of 187p/kg for a Holstein Friesian from JM Barton & Son, Lupton with other Holstein Friesian to 181.5p/kg from WH Ktichen & Son, Helsington and 177.5p/kg from AE&MK Hayhurst, Natland. Other dairy cows sold to 177.5p/kg for Fleckviehs from SJ&J Hodgson & Son, Colton and 164.5p/kg for a dairy Shorthorn from JR Handley, Whinfell. Very few beef cows forward today with a top price of 177.5p/kg for a Limousin from T Metcalfe, Sedbergh with British Blues to 164.5p/kg from GM Redmayne & Son, Ings and Aberdeen Angus’s to 151.5p/kg from W Caley & Sons, Windermere. Top grossing cow today was a Holstein Friesian from JM Barton & Son, Lupton achieving £1421. All cull cows today averaged 152p/kg. OTM heifers sold to 114.5p/kg for a Limousin x from E Dodgson, Kendal with a British Blue x to 207.5p/kg from WH Kitching & Son, Helsington and an Aberdeen Angus to 194.5p/kg from BJ Bowness, Kendal. Dairy heifer sold to 167.5p/kg for a Holstein Friesian from DR&C Galbraith, Grayrigg. Top grossing heifer was a heifer from BJ Bowness, Kendal achieving £1449.
OTM steers sold to 207.5p/kg and £1218 for a Hereford from GM Redmayne, Ing. Cast bulls sold to 129.5p/kg and £1178 for a Beef Shorthorn from D&T Wood, Haverthwaite.
OTM Cow Top Prices: Limousin – 214.5 Spital Farm, 177.5 Raygill Farm, 164.5 Chapel House, 157.5 West Plain Farm. Friesian – 187.5 Lupton Hall, 181.5 Hawes Farm, 177.5 Natland Park Farm, 171.5 Lupton Hall, 169.5 Hawes Farm. Aberdeen Angus – 184.5 Bellart Howe, 151.5 High Skelghyll. Fleckvieh – 177.5, 149.5 Tottlebank. British Blue – 164.5 Gowan Bank Farm. Shorthorn – 164.5 Craketrees. Simmental – 129.5 West Plain Farm.
OTM Heifer Top Prices: British Blue – 207.5, 194.5 Hawes Farm. Aberdeen Angus – 194.5 Blea Tarn Road. Friesian –167.5, 159.5 Sunny Bank, 159.5 Far Audlands.
Cast Steer Top Prices: Hereford – 207.5 Gowan Bank Farm.
Cast Bull Top Prices: Shorthorn – 129.5 Abbots Reading Farm.
Lancaster Auction Mart: Sale of Calves, Stirks, OTM's and Store Cattle, Friday 25th November 2022.
Calves and Stirks
Bull calves sold to a top price of £500 for a British Blue x from J&G Thornley, Kirkham who sold Charolais at £460 and other British Blues at £440. Month old bull calves sold to £260 for British Blues from H&C Pickervance, Kirkham, who sold others at £230. £200 was achieved for a 16 day old British Blue bull from JR Newsham & Son, Conder Green. An entry of young dairy bulls today saw Holstein Friesians sell to £60 from JR Newsham & Son. Heifer calves peaked at £280 for British Blues from J&G Thornley, Kirkham with younger
British Blue heifers to £215 from AD&R Milner, Garstang and £205 from Wallbank Farms Ltd, Over Wyresdale. Native sired calves saw Aberdeen Angus bulls sell to £280 from AD&R Milner, Garstang with Aberdeen Angus heifers to £230 from EW&R Towers, Hornby. An entry of weaned steer calves from EW&R Towers, Hornby saw British Blues sell to £550 and £530 with Fleckviehs to £470 and Norwegian Reds to £370.
Heifer stirks sold to a top price of £910 for a British Blue from AW&AM Park & Son, Ellel who sold other British Blue heifers to £670 and a ring full of Aberdeen Angus heifers at £660. Six-month-old Simmental x heifers from S Moore, Pilling sold at £570. Younger heifer stirks selling to £650 for British Blues from J&G Thornley, Kirkham with other British Blues at £520 from MD Close & Son, Arkholme and Aberdeen Angus to £500 from WJ&E Woodhouse, Nateby. Hereford x heifers sold to £490 from EM Lund, Ingleton. Steers stirks sold to £710 for Aberdeen Angus’s from J&R Waller, Killington with others at £690 from R&J Parkinson, Preesall, £680 from WJ&E Woodhouse, Nateby and R Fare, Kirkham. British Blue steers sold to £660 from J&G Thornley, Kirkham with younger Blue steers to £560 from MD Close & Son, Arkholme. Beef Shorthorns sold to £590 from E Lund & Son, Ingleton. Dairy steers sold to £550 for British Friesians from R&J Parkinson, Preesall with Holstein Friesian to £470 from R&J Jolleys, Cabus. A small number of bull stirks forward sold to £610 for a Fleckvieh from EA&E Lund & Son, Nether Kellet with 4 month old Aberdeen Angus’s selling to £500 from RE&P Miller, Barnacre.
Heifer Calves Top Prices: British Blue: £280 Derby Lodge Farm, £215 Lane Head Farm, £205, £170 Tills Farm, £170 Roseacre Hall, £165 Tills Farm. Angus: £230 Holme Head, £170 Tills Farm.
Bull Calves Top Prices: British Blue: £500, £440 Derby Lodge Farm, £260, £230 Roseacre Hall, £200 Sellerley Farm, £175 Roseacre Hall. Charolais: £460 Derby Lodge Farm. Angus: £280 Lane Head Farm.
Steer Calf Top Prices: British Blue: £550, £530, £480 Holme Head. Fleckvieh: £470, £360, £350, £250, £220 Holme Head. Norwegian Red: £370 Holme Head. Angus: £320 Holme Head. Friesian: £180 Holme Head.
Bull Stirk Top Prices: Fleckvieh: £610 Pump House Farm. Angus: £500, £470 Lower Lingart Farm.
Heifer Stirk Top Prices: British Blue: £910, £670, £630 Walkers I’th Fields. Angus: £660 Walkers I’th Fields. Simmental: £570 Longwood House. Hereford: £490 Lundholme Farm, £450 Coventry Farm. Limousin: £450 Fell End Farm.
Steer Stirk Top Prices: Angus: £710 Hallbeck, £690 Springfield House, £680 Gibsons Farm, £680 Post Farm. British Blue: £660 Derby Lodge Farm, £590 Post Farm, £580 Derby Lodge Farm, £560 Docker Hall Farm. Shorthorn: £590 Lundholme Farm.Friesian: £550 Springfield House, £470, £390 Marlholes Farm. Hereford: £480 Marlholes Farm.
Store Cattle
NWA Lancaster maintained the momentum with an increased number of store cattle selling to a sharper traded with buyers in attendance for all classers and types and many leaving unable to fulfil orders. The sale peaked at £1760 for a pen of five Charolais x steers from RH Dodgson, Burton in Lonsdale. Aberdeen Angus’s sold to £1640 from T&E Garlick & Sons, Freckleton with a pen of five from G Sagar & Son, Caton achieving £1500 and WG&RG Riley selling over aged Aberdeen Angus x steers at £1480. British Blues sold to £1470 from JC Prickett, Mewith with others at £1440 from AJ&D Knowles, New Hutton. Diary bred steers sold to £1330 for Fleckviehs from JC Prickett, Mewith with others at £1260 from AG Pratts, Sedbergh with British Friesians to £1080 from WT Whittaker & Son, Nether Kellett. All steers today averaged £1199. Store heifers sold to a top price of £1470 for an Aberdeen Angus from WH Swindlehurst, Longton with £1370
achieved for Aberdeen Angus from JK&B Birkett & Son, Morecambe and Limousins from R Capstick & Son, Ingleton. British Blues sold to £1310 from T&E Garlick & Son, Freckleton with Herefords also achieving £1310 from TH Wensley & Son, Kirkham. Over aged heifers sold to £1360 for a Holstein Friesians from H&C Pickervance. All heifers today averaged £1128.
Customers are encouraged to enter cattle with confidence with buyer’s ring side for all classes and types.
Catalogue entries are required by 12 noon Monday for next Fridays sale. A special note - Lancaster’s Christmas prize show and sale will take place on Friday 9th December with classes for best pair of heifers and best pair of bullocks and the champion pair receiving the T Owen memorial trophy.
Store Bullocks Top Prices: Charolais: £1760 Kilburn House, £1210 Scotch Green Farm, £1040 Green Lane Farm. Angus: £1640 Grange Farm, £1500 Cheetham House Farm, £1500 New Parkside Farm, £1480 Hall Oth Hill Farm, £1470 New Parkside Farm, £1460 Roman Road Farm. British Blue: £1470 Ghyll Beck Farm, £1440 Windy Hill Farm, £1430, £1400 Station Hotel Farm, £1290 Scotch Green Farm, £1240 Throstle Grove Farm. Hereford: £1400 Hall Oth Hill Farm, £1330 Ghyll Beck Farm, £1250 Windy Hill Farm, £1230 Chestnut House Farm, £1220 Snub Snape Farm, £1120 Boundary House. Limousin: £1400 Ghyll Beck Farm, £1390 Fell End Farm, £1330, £1280 Ghyll Beck Farm, £1260 North Farm, £1170 Ghyll Beck Farm. Fleckvieh: £1330 Ghyll Beck Farm, £1260
Buck Bank Farm. Saler: £1170 Ghyll Beck Farm. Friesian: £1080, £990 Lane Ends Farm, £920 Boundary House.
Store Heifers Top Prices: Angus: £1470 Bar Gap, £1370 White Lund Farm, £1360 Cheetham House Farm, £1300 Hare Field Farm, £1260 Snub Snape Farm, £1240 Chestnut House Farm. Limousin: £1370 Fell End Farm, £1240 Grange Farm, £1160 Endmoor Farm. Friesian: £1360, £1210, £1070, £910 Roseacre Hall. British Blue: £1310 Grange Farm, £1290 Moors Farm, £1280, £1260 Staffords Farm, £1250, £1220 Mearsbeck Farm. Hereford: £1310 Plumpton Hall Farm, £1070 Boundary House.
OTM Cattle
105 OTM cattle sold to an overall market average of 154.5p/kg with over two thirds of the entry being dairy cows. Heavy good confirmation beef cows were in short supply and sold to 237.5p/kg for a Limousin from JM&PK Ion, Holton with a British Blue achieving 207.5p/kg from A Thompson, Carnforth and 197.5p/kg for a Aberdeen Angus from Pilling hall, Pilling. Heavy weight dairy cows sold to 189.5p/kg for a Holstein Friesians from SW&K Metcalfe & Son, Whittington and F&E Harrison, Wray. Other heavy well fleshed dairy cows were regularly 170185p/kg with mediums 145-160p/kg and parlour types 105-125p/kg. Top grossing cow today was a Holstein Friesians from P&M Crackles, Burrow achieving £1466 OTM heifers sold to 241p/kg from JC Prickett, Mewith with others at 209.5p/kg from T&CM Kelsall & Sons, Chipping with the top grossing being £1603 from Lawsons Dairy Ltd, Cockerham. Steers sold to 229.5p/kg for an Aberdeen Angus from H Birkett & Son, Morecambe and a Limousin from JC Prickett, Mewith. Closely followed by an Aberdeen Angus from A Kirkby & Co, Pilling. Top grossing was an Aberdeen Angus from A Kirkby & Co, Pilling at £1391. A small entry of Cull bulls sold to 184.5p/kg for a Montbeliarde from J&JM Walmsley, Pilling and £1289 for a Limousin from Messrs Beaty, Troutbeck.
OTM Cow Top Prices: Limousin: 237.50 Avondale, 184.50 Thornbush Farm, 184.50 Pott Yeats, 179.50 Pilling Hall Farm, 179.50 Pott Yeats, 174.50 Thornbush Farm. British Blue: 207.50 Southways, 189.50 Bar Gap. Angus: 197.50 Pilling Hall Farm, 127.50, 114.50 Cragg Farm. Simmental: 194.50, 181.50 Park House Farm. Friesian: 189.50 Holme House Farm, 189.50 Birks Farm, 187.50 Brown Brook, 184.50 Low Deepslack, 184.50 Sweetings Farm, 181.50 Birks
Farm. Continental: 169.50 Higher Salter. Hereford: 159.50 Higher Salter, 139.50 Riddings, 139.50 Hall Bank, 137.50, 134.50 Riddings, 129.50 Hall Bank. Jersey: 151.50, 119.50 Dale Barns. Norwegian Red: 107.50 Dale Barns.
OTM Heifer Top Prices: Friesian: 241.50 Ghyll Beck Farm, 209.50, 199.50 Brown Brook, 199.50 Bank End Farm, 197.50 Hallbeck, 177.50 Green Dragon.
Cast Steer Top Prices: Angus: 229.50 North Farm, 224.50 Gulf Farm, 189.50 Birch Croft. Limousin: 229.50 Ghyll Beck Farm. Friesian: 207.50 Boundary House, 181.50 Green Dragon Farm.
Cast Bull Top Prices: Montbeliarde: 184.50 Staffords Farm. Limousin: 157.50 Long Green Head.
Next Week's Upcoming Sales
Monday 28th
Lancaster: 10:30am Weekly Sale of Prime Lambs and Cast Sheep.
J36: 9-4:30pm Machinery Drop off.
Tuesday 29th
J36: 9-4:30pm Machinery Drop off.
1pm Weekly Sale of Prime Lambs and Cast Sheep.
Wednesday 30th
J36: 9-4:30pm Machinery Drop off.
Thursday 1st
J36: 11am Fortnightly Sale of Store Lambs.
Friday 2nd
Lancaster: 10:15am Sale of Calves, also Sale of Cast and OTM Cattle.
11am Fortnightly Sale of Dairy Cattle.
11.15am Weekly Sale of Store Cattle.
J36: 9-4:30pm Machinery Viewing, and Online Machinery Sale Starts.
Saturday 3rd
J36: 9-12noon Machinery Viewing.