Weekly Report and Newsletter - 26th April 2024
Lancaster Auction Mart: Weekly Sale of Spring Lambs, Prime Hoggs, Cast Sheep & Sheep with Lambs at Foot. Monday 22nd April 2024.
Spring Lambs
500 sheep came through the gates this morning, cracking off with spring lambs. Just a handful of spring lambs were forward with S Wilson & Son, Scotforth topping at £175 on four occasions for Dorsets. Suffolks from G&D Ball, Great Eccleston achieved £165.
More spring lambs are required next week to fulfil buyers orders.
Spring Lambs Top Prices: Dorset: £175, £174, £165 Burrow Heights Farm. Texel: £175 Burrow Heights Farm, £134 Woodstock. Suffolk: £165, £157, £149 Woodstock. Continental: £158 Woodstock.
Prime Hoggs
A larger show of hoggs were forward on the week, with many vendors on their last round ups, which reflects in the overall average of 360p/kg. The sale topped at 430p/kg for a pair of Beltex hoggs from AG Butler, Hambleton. S Rossall, Over Wyresdale hit the headlines today achieving £236 on three occasions for heavy quality hoggs. JW Cornall, Bleasdale also sold heavy Texels to £214. A trailer load of well fed hoggs from F&SG Sanderson, Preston saw their best Mules to £197 with Mashams to £190 from T&E Wright, Wray.
Handy weighted hoggs from Barker Farms, Cockerham saw Cheviots to £171. Herdwicks sold to £134 from LA Bradshaw, Stalmine.
Prime Hoggs Top Prices: Texel: £236, £222 Stonehead, £214 Higher Snape Farm, £211, £209 Cross House Farm, £193 North Farm. Suffolk: £213 Cross House Farm, £173 Little Crimbles, £167 Hudsbrook Farm, £164 Little Crimbles, £162 Hillam House Farm. Mule: £197 Cross House Farm, £190 Cottam Farm, £187 Cross House Farm, £184 (x2) Higher Snape Farm, £180 Cross House Farm. Continental: £196 Cross House Farm, £194 Thornton Barn Farm, £193 Cross House Farm, £185 Oak Aveune, £181 Cross House Farm, £175 North Farm. Cheviot: £193 Park Farm Barn, £191, £190 (x3), £171 Hillam House Farm. Masham: £190, £172 Allcocks Farm. Charolais: £178 Park Farm Barn. Beltex: £172, £167 Park Farm Barn, £166 Hillam House Farm. Dalesbred: £148 Allcocks Farm. Herdwick: £134, £124 Moss House Farm. Dorset: £131 Ivy Bank Farm. Horned: £100 West View.
Cast Sheep
Cast ewes and rams saw no let up in trade with Suffolks from G Riley, Bolton Le Sands to £208. Other Suffolks sold to £184 from J Gardner, Bay Horse. S Wilson & Son, Scotforth sold Cheviot Mules to £198 and Texels to £172. The best big Mules sold to £154 from D&K Swarbrick, Out Rawcliffe with others to £152 from JE&J Pye, Quernmore. Swaledales ewes sold to £104 from Ivan Slater, Garstang. Dalebreds from T&D Wright, Wray sold to £88.
Just a handful of cast rams today, which sold to £146 from D&K Swarbrick, Out Rawcliffe for a Texel.
Cast Ewes Top Prices: Suffolk: £208 Maddison Aveune, £184 Burrow Heights Farm, £184 Haversham House Farm, £174 Maddison Aveune, £170 Burrow Heights Farm, £166 Maddison Aveune. Cheviot: £198, £152 Burrow Heights
Farm. Texel: £172 Burrow Heights Farm, £165 Old Woodhouse, £152 Haversham House Farm, £152 Ashton Hall Estate, £140 Haversham House Farm, £138 Burrow Heights Farm. Mule: £154 Bensons Farm, £152 Gibsons Farm, £150 Burrow Heights Farm, £134 Thornton Barn Farm, £128 Haversham House Farm, £126 Burrow Heights Farm. Masham: £116 Longstripes Farm. Swaledale: £104 Hudsbrook Farm, £62 High Fair Snape Farm. Dalesbred: £88 Allcocks Farm. Horned: £75 Longstripes Farm.
Cast Ram Top Prices: Texel: £146, £134 Bensons Farm. Teeswater: £130 Allcocks Farm.
Sheep with Lambs at Foot
Ewes with lambs saw a mixed entry of mainly older ewes with younger lambs forward today. The sale topped at £265 for Texel cross ewes with twin Texel lambs from W Pinder, Clitheroe. Mules with twins from the same good home sold to £235. Aged Texel ewes with single Texel lambs sold to £200 from J Gardner, Bay Horse. Other aged single Texels ewes sold to £195 from G Hargreaves, Lancaster. More ewes and lambs required next week with buyers today going home with empty trailers.
If you wish to discuss marketing your stock, please do not hesitate to contact either Bradley Thompson 07867 000244 or Ander Butler 07966 556592.
Ewe & Lamb Top Prices: Texel: £265, £238, £234 Longstripes Farm, £218 Ivy Bank Farm, £200 Haversham House Farm, £195 Ivy Bank Farm. Mule: £235 Longstripes Farm. Continental: £202 Longstripes Farm. Masham: £200 Longstripes Farm.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Sale of Pigs. Weekly Sale of Sheep with Lambs at Foot, Spring Lambs, Prime Hoggs and Cast Sheep, Tuesday 23rd April 2024.
Pigs
A much-reduced entry of prime pigs sold to an increased crown of buyers and sold to the strongest trade for several sales. The best prime pigs were regularly £215 to £245, with other lighter weighs £155 to £180. The best finished prime pigs were 175p/kg to 210p/kg, with an overall average of 169p/kg. A single cull sow sold to £150 and 63p/kg. The largest entry of store and weaner pigs this year saw store gilts sell to £90, with others at £72. Weaners sold to £45, with others generally £25 to £30.
Spring Lambs
A small entry of spring lambs were forward, with all buyers keen to purchase. The sale topped at £215 for Texel cross lambs from D&K Swarbrick, Out Rawcliffe with others from the same home at £204. More lambs are now required on a weekly basis.
Spring Lambs Top Prices: Texel: £215, £204 Bensons Farm.
Prime Hoggs
As seen nationally the trade for hoggs was a little less, with many vendors last draws forward and an overall market averaged of 365p/kg achieved. Heavy hoggs sold to £246 for Texels from M Stringman, Preston with others regularly £220 to £230. Smart bred hoggs sold to £224 from N Barker, Burton in Kendal or 470p/kg from GM&A Jackson, Little Eccleston. Thirty pens sold over £200. A large show of hill bred hoggs were forward with Cheviots to £192 from SH&LE Birkett, Nether Kellet with other pens of Cheviots to £190 from HR&KA Hodgson, Barbon. A ring full of 44kg Cheviots sold to £182 from GM&A Jackson, Little Eccleston with pens of Scotch Black Face to £143 from the same good home. Rough Fells sold to £169 from SM Watson, Ulverston. Pens of Mules sold to £167 from TW Wilson, Flookburgh.
Prime Hoggs Top Prices: Texel: £246 Sandringham, £224 Dalton Old Hall, £222 Sandringham, £216 Park Farm Barn, £212 Netherbeck Barn, £206 Storth End Farm.
Continental: £222 Netherbeck Barn, £218 Little Eccleston Hall, £218 Stubb Hall Farm, £206 Dugg Hill, £200 Little Eccleston Hall. Suffolk: £208 Netherbeck Barn, £120 Low House Beck.Dorset: £206 The Steading.Cheviot: £192 Stubb Hall Farm, £190 Howriggs, £182 Howriggs, £182 Howriggs, £181 Stubb Hall Farm, £178 Little Eccleston Hall.
Charollais: £190 Park Farm Barn. Scotch Blackface: £173 Little Eccleston Hall, £125 The Parsonage Farm. Mule: £172 Chapel Island View, £166 Angerton Hall Farm. Rough Fell: £169 Old School House, £152 Boundary Beck, £137 Old School House, £137 Boundary Beck, £110 Steps Farm. Dutch Spotted: £166 Midtown Farm, £162 Midtown Farm, £111 Low House Beck, £111 Midtown Farm.Swaledale: £158 Little Eccleston Hall, £149 Old School House, £143 High House Farm, £142 Park Farm Barn, £126 Old School House. Dalesbred: £155 Accraplatts, £150 Accraplatts, £127 Fell End Farm. Herdwick: £135 Brow Head, £121 Old School House, £108 Old School House. Horned: £128 Old School House, £115 Higher Salter, £102 Townend.
Cast Sheep
An entry of 443 genuine farmer cull ewes sold to an overall averaged of £112, with two thirds of the sale being leaner hill bred ewes. The best Continental ewes sold to £275 for Texels with Hampshires at £225. Other medium pure ewes were generally £190 to £220. The best end first cross ewes sold to £212 for Texel cross and £198 for Suffolk cross with others regularly £160 to £180. Medium meated ewes were £140 to £160, with the smaller meated end £110 to £125. Mules sold to £168, with others at £166 and £164. Cheviot Mules sold to £154 and £148. Heavy Mules were regularly £140 to £155, with strong mediums £118 to £130. Pure hill ewes sold to £154 for Cheviots with Lonks to £138, Rough Fells £130, Swaledale £124 and Herdwicks £116. Meaty medium sized hill ewes were generally £85 to £100, with smallest leaner end £55 to £70.
Billy goats sold to £135, with yearling goats to £120.
Cull rams sold to £215 for BFL’s with other stronger end rams £170 to £210, medium types were £140 to £175, with smaller leaner hill bred rams £100 to £120.
Cast Ewes Top Prices: Texel: £275, £220, £216 Storth End Farm, £212 Low House Beck, £210 Ashstead, £194 Head House. Hampshire: £225 Endmoor Farm, £162 Midtown Farm, £160 Endmoor Farm, £138 Midtown Farm. Leicester: £200 Low Newton Farm, £168, £138 Blea Tarn, £138 Ashstead. Suffolk: £198 IOM, £178 High House, £160 Low House Beck, £158 High House, £138 Low House Beck. Continental: £180 Dugg Hill, £154 Lodge Bank Farm, £150 Fairview House, £148, £144 Preston Patrick Hall, £138 Deansbiggin. Mule: £168 Sunny Brow, £166 Low Netwon Farm, £164 Lane Ends Farm, £162 Hill Top Farm, £158 Carlton House, £146 Hill Top Farm. Horned: £165, £138 Templand Farm, £120 Townend. Zwartble: £162 Sheepfields. Charolais: £158, £116 Lodge Bank Farm. Beltex: £155 Poppy Farm. Cheviot: £154 Low Tarn Green, £148 Howriggs, £144 Braida Garth, £140 Kirket Nook, £128 Whelpside Farm, £126 School House. Cheviot Mule: £154, £146 Low Tarn Green, £140 Sheepfields, £110 Low Tarn Green, £100 Tailbert. Goat: £135, £120 Sheepfields. Jacob: £132 Sheepfields, £85 School House. Rough Fell: £130 Greenside Farm, £126, £106 Marsh Grange Farm, £88 Greenside Farm, £82 High Carlingill. Swaledale: £124 High House Farm, £120, £112 Yewbarrow, £108 Low Newton Farm, £102 The Borrans, £96 Whelpside Farm. Kerry Hill: £118 Sheepfields. Herdwick: £116, £92, £90, £78 Middle Fell. Scotch Blackface: £100 Low Garth Farm. Dalesbred: £94 Braida Garth.
Cast Ram Top Prices: Leicester: £215 Ashstead, £215, £170 Fellside Farm, £140 High House Farm, £130 Yewbarrow, £98 Low Garths Farm. Suffolk: £202, £190, £158, £115 Borrans Farm. Beltex: £170 Low Garths Farm, £150 Townend. Rough Fell: £108 Boundary Beck. Kerry Hill: £92 Low Garths Farm.
Sheep with Lambs at Foot
The largest show of breeding sheep forward so far this season, with 580 lives put before our busy ringside of local and travelled buyers, ensuring a strong trade was seen for all. A pen of Mule shearlings with Texel lambs from
G&KM Atkinson, Colby sold to £315 twice with elevens Texel shearlings with Beltex cross single lambs from R Allison & Son, Kirkby Stephen selling to £275. Aged Texel ewes with Beltex cross lambs sold to £302 from JC&E Pedley & Son, Kirkby Stephen. Three crop Mule ewes with Texel twins sold to £288 from WH&G Hodgson, Patton. More hoggs and lambs were on offer today with Mule hoggs with Suffolk lambs selling to £218 from RC Wharton & Son, Drybeck.
Please can vendors advise the office of sheep and lamb entries for the catalogue, to assist with canvassing of buyers. The great annual show and sale of hoggs with lambs at foot will take place on Wednesday 8th May.
Hogg & Lambs Top Prices: Mule: £218 £212 High Field. Dutch Spotted: £198 Midtown Farm.
Shearling & Lambs Top Prices: Mule: £315 Green Farm, £245 High Field, £230 Forgelands Estate. Texel: £275 Windygate, £265 Little Musgrave Farm, £230 £225 Lackslot.
Ewe & Lambs Top Prices: Texel: £302 Wood House Farm, £295 Little Musgrave Farm, £275 £270 £250 Heights Farm, £265 The Steading, £265 Forgelands Estate, £240 Ghyll Farm. Mule: £288 Mint View, £282 £230 Wood House Farm, £242 High Woodend, £228 Forgelands Estate, £215 The Borrans. Dutch Spotted: £272 Midtown Farm. Suffolk: £230 The Steading, £225 Lackslot. Gritstone: £225 Barncroft. Scottish: £145 £142 Chapel Island View. Rough: £138 £125 Wasdyke Farm. Cheviot: £130 Fairview House.
Lancaster Auction Mart: Sale of Calves, OTM's, Stirks & Store Cattle. Friday 26th April 2024.
NWA Lancaster sold 503 head of cattle at its popular weekly sale, with trade across all sale rings continuing the upwards trend.
Calves & Weanlings
Rearing calves sold to £445 for an Aberdeen Angus cross from T&CM Kelsall & Sons, Chipping who also sold British Blues to £400. Younger beef bulls sold to £375 for British Blue cross from MH&AR Robinson, Kendal and £355 from Walmsley Beef, Cockerham. Mediums beef bulls were generally £300 to £370, with younger rearers £220 to £280. Dairy bulls sold to £140 for a Holstein Friesian. Heifer calves sold to £355 for a British Blue cross from Walmsley Beef, Cockerham who sold other to £320. Other younger beef heifers were generally £220 to £280, with the very smallest £160 to £200. A large entry of 70 reared and weaned calves were greeted by a large crowd of buyers, which saw Aberdeen Angus cross bulls sold to £800 from AW&AM Park, Ellel with Hereford cross to £750 from JR Newsham & Son, Conder Green and British Blue cross £730 from FW Rhodes & Son, Ellel. Steers sold to £740 for British Blue cross from JR Newsham & Son, Conder Green with other at £720 from J&CG Redmayne, Samlesbury and others £680 from I Slater, Claughton on Brock. Recently weaned Aberdeen Angus bulls sold to £515, with others regularly £470 to £500. Heifers sold to £720 for a British Blue cross from AW&AM Park & Sons, Ellel who also sold Aberdeen Angus cross at £700. British Blues sold to £680 from RW Rhodes & Son, Ellel. Younger heifers were generally £380 to £450.
Heifer Calves Top Prices: British Blue: £830 Sellerly Farm, £720 Wlakers I’th Fields, £700 Sellerley Farm, £680 Barrow Greaves Farm.Angus: £700 Walkers I’th Fields, £570 Hudsbrook Farm, £550 West View Farm. Hereford: £600 Sellerly Farm, £250 Church Farm.Limousin: £235 Forton Hall Farm, £160 Holmscales Farm. Charolais: £215 Holmscales Farm.
Bull Calves Top Prices: Angus: £800 Walkers I’th Fields, £720 Lane Head Farm, £620 Walkers I’th Fields, £520 Parkers Farm. Hereford: £750 Sellerley Farm.
British Blue: £730 Barrow Greaves Farm, £660 Walkers I’th Fields, £500 Laithwaite Farm. Fleckvieh: £690 Sellerley Farm. Friesian: £550 Sellerley Farm, £220
Laithwaite Farm, £140 Richmond Hall Farm. Limousin: £390 Laithwaite Farm, £305 Forton Hall Farm, £270 Rose Farm, £250 Homescales Farm. Montbelliarde:£340 Parkers Farm. Simmental: £255 Holmscales Farm.
Steer Calf Top Prices: British Blue: £740 Sellerley Farm, £720 Cuerdale Hall Farm, £680 Hudsbrook Farm, £620 Cuerdale Hall Farm. Angus: £670 Cuerdale Hall Farm, £650 West View Farm, £630 Cuerdale Hall Farm. Friesian: £250 Barrow Greaves Farm.
Store Cattle
Feeding bulls sold to £1700 from WR&CM Lawrenson, Winmarleigh. Steers sold to £1900 for a pair of Limousins from H Chapman & Son, Middleton who sold others at £1790. Other strong steers were £1750 to £1700. Dairy bred steers achieved £1530 for Fleckviehs from EJ Hodgson & Son, Lambrigg who also sold Black and Whites at £1440.
Heifers sold to £1700 for a pair of Aberdeen Angus cross from F&SG Sanderson, Woodplumpton with others at £1680 from A&P Hodgkinson, Stalmine. Well grown heifer sold to £1400 to £1600.
A keen interest in younger stores saw Charolais cross to £1380 from P&ME Higginson, Pilling with British Blue cross to £1380 from I Slater, Claughton on Brock, with others £1200 to £1350.
Younger heifers sold to £1240 for Aberdeen Angus cross from Throstle Nest Farms, Pilling with others generally £1100 to £1200.
The monthly sale of stirks saw yearling British Blue steers sell to £1170 from JE&J Pye, Quernmore. Hereford cross sold to £1000 from MJ &LC Lund, Quernmore with other nine to twelve month olds regularly £900 to £1000, with younger steers £700 to £850.
Heifer stirks sold to £1160 for Limousin cross from I Atkinson & Son, Warton with other stronger heifers £880 to £950. Younger summering heifers were £680 to £750.
Store Bullocks Top Prices: Limousin: £1900, £1790 Millbeck, £1700 Lambrigg Head Farm, £1690 Hall Farm, £1320 Angerton Hall Farm, £1060 Far Orrest. British Blue: £1700, £1660 Stubb Hall Farm, £1630 Windy Hill Farm, £1600 Gibsons Farm, £1590 Thornton Barn Farm, £1290 Plumpton Hall Farm. Angus: £1620 Thornton Barn Farm, £1550 Barn Hill Farm, £1380 Plumpton Hall Farm, £1320 Staffords Farm, £1270 Holly Grove, £1260 Shaws Farm. Hereford: £1550 Lynwood, £1520 Thornton Barn Farm, £1390 Holly House Farm, £1290 Holly Grove, £1150, £1120 Middlebarrow Plain. Fleckvieh: £1530 Lambrigg Head Farm. Friesian: £1440 Lambrigg Head Farm, £1300 Plumpton Hall Farm, £1270 Toulbrick Farm, £1200 Barn Hill Farm, £1110 Staffords Farm, £1060 Shore Top Farm. Montbeliarde: £1270 Toulbrick Farm. Blonde: £1210, £1200, £100 Half Way House. Shorthorn: £1160 (x2) Sproat Ghyll, £1150
Hudsbrook Farm, £1100 Toulbrick. Swedish Red: £1110 Staffords Farm.
Store Heifers Top Prices: Angus: £1700, £1680 Cross House Farm, £1440 Newsham Hall Farm, £1360 Holly House Farm, £1350 Hare Field House, £1350 Ellers Farm. Limousin: £1680 Bank Field Farm, £1610 Hall Farm, £1180 Abbotson Farm, £1160, £1000 Boon Town Farm. British Blue: £1560 Windy Hill Farm, £1440 Gibsons Farm, £1380 Hare Field House, £1380 Hudsbrook Farm, £1320 Thursgill, £1240 Savick Brook Farm. Charolais: £1380 Ivy Farm. Hereford: £1360 Savick Brook Farm, £1360 Parks Farm Barn, £1300 Park Lane Farm, £1280 Holly House Farm. Shorthorn: £1140, £1100 Sproat Ghyll, £1070 Kays Farm. Blonde: £1140 (x3), £1100, £1070 Half Way House, £940 Newsham Hall Farm.
Store Bull Top Prices: Montbeliarde: £1700, £1440 Cumming Carr Farm.
OTM Cattle
Beef cows sold to 229.5p/kg for a Limousin cross from A Prickett, Farleton and a British Blue from T&D Wright, Roeburndale. Top grossing being an Aberdeen Angus cross from R&B Parker, Killington achieving £1748. Dairy
cows sold to 219p/kg for a Montbeliarde from A&FM Bolland & Sons, Ellel. Meated dairy cows were 190p/kg to 200p/kg, mediums sorts 170p/kg to 185p/kg with leaner parlour types 130p/kg to 150p/kg. Top grossing being a Holstein Friesian from AW&AM Park & Sons, Ellel at £1645 with other at £1637 from PW&JM Norris & Son, Hornby. All cull cows forward averaged 185p/kg.
OTM heifers sold to 269p/kg for a Limousin from T&D Wright, Roeburndale with other beef heifers at £1595 for an Aberdeen Angus from CM&CA Jackson, Caton. Dairy heifers sold to 259.5p/kg and £1717 for a Montbeliarde from A&FM Bolland & Sons, Ellel.
Beef steers sold to 269p/kg for a British Blue cross from A Kirkby & Co, Pilling with a Longhorn from F&SG Sanderson & Son, Woodplumpton achieving £2120. Dairy steers sold to 244p/kg and £2012 from F&GS Sanderson & Son, Woodplumpton.
Cull bulls sold to 219p/kg and £2096 for a Limousin from R&A Easterby, Westhouse.
OTM Cow Top Prices: Limousin: 229.50 Farleton House. British Blue: 229.50 Allcocks Farm. Montbelliarde: 219.50
Yeat House, 199.50 Cumming Carr Farm. Angus: 214.50 High Hallbeck. Friesian: 201.50 Walkers I’th Fields,194.50
Strands Farm, 191.50 Midge Hall Farm, 191.50 Strands Farm. Hereford: 194.50 Brown Edge, 189.50 Holmfields.
OTM Heifer Top Prices: Limousin: 269.50 Allcocks Farm, 189.50 Rowell Farm. Angus: 259.50 Woodstock, 239.50 Rowell Farm, 229.50 Forgelands Estate. Montbelliarde: 259.50 Yeat House. Friesian: 244.50 Hole of Ellel, 214.50
Hudsbrook Farm, 199.50 Deerslet Farm, 189.50 Hole of Ellel, 184.50 Deerslet Farm, 181.50 Hole of Ellel. Norwegian Red: 234.50 White Lund Farm.
Cast Steer Top Prices: British Blue: 269.50 Gulf Farm. Longhorn: 249.50 Cross House Farm. Friesian: 244.50 Cross House Farm, 189.50 Spital Farm.
Cast Bull Top Prices: Limousin: 219.50 Fellside Farm.
Next Week's Upcoming Sales
Monday 29th
Lancaster: 10:30am Weekly Sale of Spring Lambs, Prime Hoggs & Cast Sheep
11:30am approx Weekly Sale of Sheep with Lambs at Foot
J36: 9am-4pm Machinery Drop Off
Tuesday 30th
J36: 9am-4pm Machinery Drop Off
11am Weekly Sale of Sheep with Lambs at Foot
1pm Weekly Sale of Spring Lambs, Prime Hoggs and Cast Sheep
Thursday 2nd
J36: Great Annual Grass Day
10am Fortnightly Sale of Calves
10:30am Fortnightly Sale of OTM/Cast Cattle
11:15am Fortnightly Sale of Stirks & Store Cattle
Friday 3rd
Lancaster: 10:15am Weekly Sale of Calves, and OTM/Cast Cattle
11am Fortnightly Sale of Dairy Cattle
11:15am Weekly Sale of Store Cattle
J36: 9am-4pm Machinery Viewing
Online Machinery Sale commences
Saturday 4th
J36: 9am-12noon Machinery Viewing
