NWA Newsletter, 26th May 2023

Weekly Report and Newsletter - 26th May 2023

Lancaster Auction Mart: Weekly Sale of Spring Lambs, Prime Hoggs and Cast Sheep, Monday 22nd May 2023.

Spring Lambs

A competitive trade was seen for all spring lambs forward with the weekly ringside of buyers in attendance and a competitive trade for all classes and types. The sale topped at £180 for pure Charollais lambs from S Wilson & Sons, Scotforth. Smart bred Texel lambs from J&S Horner, Ingleton sold to £165, with Beltexs from the same good home selling to £163. Plenty of interest was shown in heavy lambs at Lancaster market with a full pen of 52kg Hampshire lambs selling to £159 from DR&BE Rolfe, Scorton with many pens selling at £150 plus. Lighter lambs saw an improved trade with 40kg Texel lambs from RA Holmes, Inskip selling to £150 with these type of lambs regularly selling at 350p/kg plus.

Spring Lamb Top Prices: Charollais: £180 Burrow Heights Farm, £161 Ingleborough Park, £125 Bensons Farm. Texel: £165 Ingleborough Park, £160 Keepers Cottage, £159 Bensons Farm, £159 Bensons Farm, £158 Ingleborough Park, £157 Keeper Cottage. Beltex: £163 Ingleborough Park, £130 Burrow Heights. Hampshire: £159 Potters Hill Farm, £138 Potters Hill Farm. Suffolk: £151.50 Cocker House Farm, £151.50 Cocker House Farm, £147 Stubbins Farm, £142.50 Cocker House Farm, £142.50 Cocker House Farm, £141 Potters Hill Farm. Continental: £143 Potters Hill Farm, £121 Potters Hill Farm.

Prime Hoggs

A good entry for the time of year with 450 hoggs forward, with once again meated hoggs selling to a premium and leaner types harder to place on the day. The sale topped at £164 from AG Butler, Hambleton with a pen of ten Texel hoggs from GH Sanderson & Family, Catforth selling to £150. Heavy hoggs were regularly selling at £140£150. Mules sold to a top of £145 with Cheviots selling to £144 from J&H Davis, Garstang. An overall market averaged of 258p/kg was achieved.

Prime Hoggs Top Prices: Texel: £164 Park Farm Barn, £155 Park Farm Barn, £150 Blackleach House, £150 Moorville, £147 Blackleach House Farm. Charollais: £153 Walker House Farm, £143 Low Pleasant, £136 Merryfield, £101 Low Pleasant. Beltex: £150 Little Eccleston Hall, £150 Little Eccleston Hall £148 Little Eccleston Hall, £137 Little Eccleston Hall, £135 Ingleborough Park, £130 Moorville. Continental: £145 Stubbins House Farm, £145 Stubbins House Farm, £142 Stubbins House Farm, £139.50 Cross House Farm, £138.50 Cross House Farm, £130 Stubbins House Farm. Mule: £145 Walker House Farm, £138 Meadow Croft, £132 Overhouses, £131 Stubbins House Farm, £129 Cross House Farm, £125 Meadow Croft. Cheviot: £144 Weavers Farm, £144 Weavers Farm, £116.50 Brabiner House Farm, £100 Cragg Farm. Suffolk: £140 Meadow Croft, £140 Walnut Tree Cottage, £130 Walnut Tree Cottage, £129 Meadow Croft, £125 Meadow Croft. Swaledale: £121 Holme House Farm, £120 Holme House Farm, £103 Holme House Farm, £100 Holme House Farm, £98 Lower Brow Top, £94 Holme House Farm. Rough Fell: £100 Park Farm Barn. Scottish Black Face: £98 Park Farm Barn.

Cast Sheep

A flying trade for all ewes forward with Texels selling to £180 from JS Horner, Ingleton and Charollais from the same home to £178. The best Continental bred ewes were regularly £150 plus, with Mules selling to a top of £138 twice from T&E Burrow, Slyne and PD Anderton, Scorton. Mashams sold to £130 from W Pinder, Clitheroe, Swaledale sold to a top of £110 from JA Simpson, Barnacre with other pens of Swaledales to £105 from WI&AM Atkinson & Son, Bleasdale. Many more ewes could be sold to the vendors advantage in the coming weeks.

Cast Ewes Top Prices: Texel: £180, £174 Ingleborough Park Drive, £174 Stubbins Farm, £148 Ingleborough Park Drive, £144 Moorville, £142 Cock Hall Farm. Charollais: £178 Ingleborough Park Drive. Beltex: £144, £112 West View. Mule: £138 Wyre Farm, £138 Throstle Grove Farm, £133 Cock Hall Farm, £130 Walnut Tree Cottage, £128 Holme House Farm, £122 Dunkenshaw Farm. Continental: £137, £130 Low Pleasant, £96 Longstripes Farm, £92, £88 Low Pleasant. Masham: £130, £128, £102, £75 Longstripes Farm. Swaledale: £110 Millstones, £105 Holme House Farm, £70 Lower Brow Top. Cheviot: £105 Cragg Farm, £70 Longstripes Farm. Horned: £79 Longstripes Farm.

Cast Ram Top Prices: Charollais: £90 Low Pleasant. Texel: £90 Throstle Grove Farm.

J36 Rural Auction Centre: Sale of Pigs, Sheep with Lambs at Foot, Spring Lambs, Prime Hoggs and Cast Sheep, Tuesday 23rd May 2023

Pigs

A sale made up of entirely prime pigs today, saw a top price of £222 for a pen of four Large White x pigs from JM Navesey, Darwen who sold others at £182. Prime gilts sold to £205 for heavy weight Large White x from W Stamper, Chipping with other heavy weight pigs selling to £182 from D Lord, Preesall and £180 from T Hornsby, Silloth. Light weight pigs sold to £175 for Pietrain x gilts from W Stamper. Top pence for kilo this week was 206p/kg achieved by JM Navesey, Darwen for Large White x hoggs and gilts, with other well finished Large White x pigs generally 165p/kg-185p/kg.

A small entry of cull sows sold to £100 and 45p/kg from JM Navesey, Darwen. A large crowd of buyers in attendance with many leaving empty handed and keen to return at the next pig sale on Tuesday 13th June.

Spring Lambs

Trade improves week on week in the spring lamb section with more needed to satisfy our strong ringside of buyers at Junction 36. The sale topped at £188 for a pair of Beltex x lambs from D&K Swarbrick, Out Rawcliffe with Texel lambs selling to £183 from S Wilson & Son, Scotforth. Heavy lambs were keenly sort after and regularly selling at £165-£170. An improved trade for meated lighter lambs, with these types regularly selling at 345-360p/kg. Top pence per kilogram was 385p/kg attained by D&K Swarbrick, Out Rawcliffe. Butch type lambs were frequently selling at 370p/kg-380p/kg.

Spring Lamb Top Prices: Texel: £188 Bensons Farm, £183 Burrow Heights, £179 Bensons Farm, £173 Bensons Farm, £170 Bensons Farm, £165 Bensons Farm. Dutch Spotted: £173 Small Holding. Suffolk: £170 Station Hotel Farm, £169 Candy Slack, £169 Station Hotel Farm, £161 Old Byre Barn, £149 Lane Ends Farm, £149 Lane Ends Farm. Zwartbel: £165 Small Holding. Continental: £162 Redbank Farm, £159 Woodside, £156 Woodside, £153 Howriggs, £151 Bensons Farm, £149 Howriggs. Hampshire: £160 Endmoor Farm. Cheviot: £158 Swallowmire. Dorset: £155 High Biggarsbank. Charollais: £139 Oak Avenue, £135 Burrow Heights, £133 Redbank Farm. Ryeland: £116 Old Byre Barn.

Sheep With Lambs At Foot

Breeding sheep would be the dearest seen all season, a cracking run of Mule hoggs from Messrs Hayton, Colby saw a pen of twelve with Texel lambs sell to £260, with other pens of ten from the same good home selling to £240. RC Wharton & Son, Drybeck continue to bring smart bred hoggs which saw their best sell to £220. The on-going flock reduction from P Mason, Burton in Kendal saw aged Texel ewes with Beltex twins sell to £300. Texel ewes from JM&NJ Strickland, Whinfell sold to £275. A pen of ten Mule ewes sucking Texel twin lambs form P Mason, Burton in Kendal sold to £240. Ewes sucking single lambs were in keen demand with the best seeing aged Texel ewes from JM&NJ Stickland, Whinfell sell to £205. With the continued good weather and the grass growing, there is still plenty of demand for sheep with lambs at foot. Next week’s sale includes the second show for hoggs with lambs at foot, please contact the office with entries by Wednesday 23rd May.

Hoggs with Lambs at Foot: Mule: £260, £240 Penny Hill, £220, £215 High Field. Continental: £135, £100 Harbarrow Farm. Texel: £120 Harbarrow Farm.

Shearling with Lambs at Foot: Texel: £275 The Borrans. Continental: £252 Ghyll Farm, £140 Old School House. Charolais: £245 The Borrans. Mule: £245 Riddings, £205 Old Hutton Farm, £170 The Borrans.

Ewes with Lambs at Foot: Continental: £300 Coat Green Farm, £255 Bowers Farm, £235 Herschell Terrace, £230 Bowers Farm, £182 Old Hutton Farm, £178 High Greenside. Suffolk: £230 Townend, £180 High Woodend. Mule: £260 Penny Hill, £240 Coat Green Farm, £222, £220 Bowers Farm, £215 Dunkenshaw Farm. Texel: £205 The Borrans, £202 Coat Green Farm, £140 Harbarrow Farm. Herdwick: £115 Sella Farm, £108 Middle Fell. Swaledale: £110 Townend, £102 High Greenside.

Prime Hoggs

Once again a two tier trade was seen with meat keenly bid for and leaner grassy type hoggs meeting less demand. Texel hoggs sold to a top of £167 from E Dodgson, Kendal with others to £158 from WH Kitchen & Son, Helsington with heavy meated hoggs regularly selling at the £140-£150 mark. Mule saw a top of £147 from J&J Huck, Burneside with Cheviots selling to £140 from TE JS SA Carruthers, Underbarrow. A tremendous run of well finished hoggs from GM&A Jackson, Little Eccleston saw a ring full of Scotch hoggs at 42kg sell to £130.50. Meated hoggs are needed for the upcoming weeks, please advise Bradley Thompson with numbers.

Prime Hoggs Top Prices: Texel: £167 Spital Farm, £158 Hawes Farm, £158 Hawes Farm, £150 Guards Farm, £150 Moss House Farm, £142 Ashstead, £141 Park House Farm. Continental: £151 Red Scar Farm, £137 Red Scar Farm, £115 Hawes Farm, £113 Red Scar Farm. Cheviot: £149 Nibthwaite Grange Farm, £140 Harbarrow Farm, £140 Red Scar Farm, £139 Harbarrow Farm, £135 Little Eccleston Hall, £134 Harbarrow Farm. Suffolk: £148 Yew Tree House, £145 Poppy Farm, £138 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £134 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £130 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage. Mule: £147 Oak Fold, £141 Old Hutton Farm, £140 Old Hutton Farm, £128 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £127 Red Scar Farm, £124 Grayrigg Hall. Swaledale: £130 Grayrigg Hall, £124 Grayrigg Hall, £112 Grayrigg Hall, £105 Little Eccleston Hall. Scottish Black Face: £130.50 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £109 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage. Rough Fell: £117 Borrow Bridge House, £94 Steps Farm. Herdwick: £114 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage. Horned: £110 Marsh Grange Farm.

Cast Sheep

The weekly sale of cull ewes continue to sell at a fast trade, with all classes and types required to satisfy buyers demand. Heavy pure bred ewes sold to £172 for a Texel from E Dodgson, Kendal with Dutch spotted selling to £168 from AJ&EJ Platt, Barrow in Furness. Other Texels at £166 from Messrs Wightman & Mason, Burton and Beltexs achieving £158 from K Kenyon, Slaidburn. First x ewes sold to £146 for Suffolk x from JG&BJ Escolme, Killington and Texel x £146 from E Dodgson, Kendal. Cheviot Mules sold to £138 from TH&D Cornthwaite & Son, Cartmel Fell and North Country Mule to £114 from TH Garnett & Son, Stank. Hill bred ewes sold to £128 for Rough Fells from BJ Bainbridge, Shap, Cheviots to £112 from M Allen, Carnforth and Swaledales £104 from D Sharp, Lyth. Scotch Black Face £100 from G&ID Postlethwaite, Howgill and Herdwicks £96 from AT Threlkeld, Ulverston. All classes and types of ewes are good to sell, with mediums regularly £85-£100 and the leanest £60£70, depending on breed and quality.

Cull rams sold to £166 for a Charolais from R&EM Gardner, Briggsteer with Beltex x selling to £156 from AE Atkinson & Son, Endmoor and Texels £150 from A Wilson, Tebay. Hill bred rams sold to £112 for Rough Fells from S&W Dickinson, Tebay with Cheviots £106, Swaledales £90 and Herdwicks £80. The cull ewe trade is forecast to remain strong, with sellers encouraged to take advantage of the strong trade.

Cast Ewes Top Prices: Texel: £172 Spital Farm, £166 West Lodge, £148 Flass Lane, £146, £144 Spital Farm, £138 Flooder Hall. Dutch Spotted: £168, £136 Flass Lane Blue Texel: £158 Townend. Zwartble: £150 Flass Lane. Suffolk: £146 Low Stangerthwaite, £140 New Close, £138 Ackenthwaite Farm, £138 Low Longmire Farm, £136 Oak Aveune, £128 West Lodge. Cheviot Mule: £138, £126 Low Tarn Green, £98 Swallowmire Farm. Charollais: £134, £128, £112 Oak Aveune. Beltex: £128, £100 Poppy Farm. Rough Fell: £128 Steps Farm, £102 Marsh Grange Farm, £100 Borrow Bridge House, £98, £92 Steps Farm. Mule: £114 New Close, £112 Low Tarn Green, £112, £110 Moss Side, £108 Riddings, £108 Barrowfield. Cheviot: £112 Park House Farm, £112 Yealand Manor, £102 Borrow Bridge House, £90 Poppy Farm.

Swaledale: £104 Flodder Hall, £102 Barrowfield, £100 Low Newton Farm, £98 Swallowmire Farm, £96 Grayrigg Hall. Scotch Blackface: £100 Riddings. Leicester: £100 Well Foot. Herdwick: £96 Bowkerstead Farm.

Cast Ram Top Prices: Charollais: £166 Barrowfield. Texel: £156 Stubb Farm, £150 Castle Garth, £140 Low Stangerthwaite, £134 The Borrans, £108 Castle Garth, £106 Cantsfield Hall. Suffolk: £134 New Close. Leicester: £124 Ashstead, £100 High Row. Rough Fell: £112 High Woodend. Cheviot: £106 Nibthwaite Grange Farm. Swaledale: £90 Grayrigg Hall.

J36 Rural Auction Centre: Fortnightly Sale of Calves, Stirks, OTM Cattle and Store Cattle, Thursday 25th May 2023.

Calves & Stirks

Another fast trade for all classes of calves, with more required to fulfil the ever increasing ring side of buyers. The strongest bull calves sold to £595 for a Limousin x from MH&AR Robinson, Old Hutton with British Blue x achieving £525 from JW&TE Sharp Ltd, Lyth. Other stronger bull calves included Charolais x achieving £520 from MH&AR Robinson, Old Hutton. Rearing calves sold to £390 for a British Blue x from HJ Robinson & Son, Preston Patrick with others generally £320-£360. Native sired bull calves sold to £330 on three occasions from Whitestone Farm, Penrith. Nice rearing Beef Shorthorn x bull calves sold to £265 from RG&J Clarke, Endmoor. Dairy bull calves sold to £145 for a Holstein Friesian with Dairy Shorthorns to £130. A keen interest in heifer calves, especially those suitable for suckler replacement with MH&AR Robinson, Old Hutton selling British Blue x at £555, Charolais x at £500 and Limousin x at £480. Rearing heifer calves sold to £400 for a British Blue x from A Pickthall, New Hutton with others at £355 from FB Dunning & Son, Orton. Native sired heifers sold to £290 for an Aberdeen Angus x from Whitestone Farm, Penrith with Hereford x achieving £255.

Bull Stirks sold to £710 for a pair of Aberdeen Angus x from RF&CE Hodgson, Ulverston with British Blue x selling to £630 from W Stamper, Chipping. Steers sold to £730 for a Simmental x from MW&PA Rollason, Meathop who sold Aberdeen Angus x at £710. Others at £670 from Messrs Young, Lindale. Heifers sold to £660 for Aberdeen Angus x from JJ&J Towers, Lowick who sold others at £600. Younger sorts achieved £555 from Messrs Young, Lindale.

Heifer Calves Top Prices: British Blue: £555 Holmescales Farm, £400 Borrans Farm, £355 Raisgill Hall, £350 Holmescales Farm, £300 Raisgill Hall, £300 Elm Tree Farm. Charolais: £500 Holmescales Farm. Limousin: £480, £465, £330, £310 Holmescales Farm, £295 Cockley Beck Farm, £215 Holmescales Farm. Angus: £290, £200 Whitestone Farm. Hereford: £255 Stirzaker House Farm, £200, £120 Wraysholme Tower.

Bull Calves Top Prices: Limousin: £595 Holmescales Farm, £490 Flodder Hall, £440, £345 Holmescales Farm, £190, £175 Halforth Farm. British Blue: £525 Flodder Hall, £495, £455, £395 Holmescales Farm, £390 Elm Tree Farm, £360 Holmescales Farm. Charolais: £520, £435, £420 Holmescales Farm. Angus: £330, £290 Whitestone Farm, £230 Far Audlands, £230 Whitestone Farm. Shorthorn: £265, £220, £185 Far Audlands. Hereford: £200, £185, £175, £150 Wraysholme Tower. Friesian: £145 Whitestone Farm. Dairy Shorthorn: £130 Craketrees.

Bull Stirk Top Prices: Angus: £710 Rowe End Farm. British Blue: £630, £560 Coldcotes Farm.

Heifer Stirk Top Prices: Angus: £660, £600 Low Stennerley, £555 Moss End Farm, £460 Kendal House Farm.

Steer Stirk Top Prices: Simmental: £730 Kendal House Farm. Angus: £710 Kendal House Farm, £670 Low Stennerley, £670 Moss End Farm.

Store Cattle

A large entry of store cattle was forward at the late May sale, with a busy ring side of buyers in attendance keen to secure additional stock and take advantage of the high beef trade. Steers sold to a top price of £1540 for a Beef Shorthorn from JW&TE Sharp Ltd, Lyth. An Aberdeen Angus sold to £1510 from GM Metcalfe, Underbarrow who sold other Limousins and Angus’s at £1475 and £1470. A run of well farmed steers from Lowther Park, Penrith sold to £1470 for Aberdeen Angus’s with others at £1440. British Blue steers sold to £1440 from TW Nelson & Son, Stainton. Hereford x sold to £1350 from MJ Waller, Lupton with Charolais from JC Walling & Son, Lyth achieving £1270. Yearling steers sold to £1230 for a Limousin x from HR&KA Hodgson, Barbon closely followed by Blonde x achieving £1220 from SJ&NS Wood, Windermere. Charolais heifers sold to £1180 from J Turnbull, Meathop. Younger suckler bred steers sold to £1160 for Limousin x from GM Jones, Ambleside with others at £1100 from F&JM Mason, Kirkby Lonsdale. Dairy bred steers sold to £1200 for Fleckviehs and Montbeliardes from JE Wightman, Lupton who sold other at £1125. Holstein Friesian sold to £900 from RJ&R Holden, Millom. Younger Holsteins achieved £800 with £705 achieved for eight month old Montbeliarde from Low Borrowbridge, Tebay.

Suckler bred bulls sold to £1405 for a pure Limousin from P Cummings, Burton in Kendal with others at £1370 from JM Airey, New Hutton and an Aberdeen Angus to £1135 from MW&PA Rollason, Meathorp. Heifer sold to £1390 for a Charolais x from MJ Waller, Lupton with Limousin x selling to £1340 from JM&NJ Strickland, Whinfell and JA&J Harper, Sedbergh also achieving this price for a Blonde x. Aberdeen Angus x heifers sold to £1290 from GM Metcalfe, Underbarrow with British Blue to £1280 from TW Nelson & Son. Yearling heifers sold to £1200 for a Limousin x from HR&KA Hodgson, Barbon with Blondes to £1180 from JA&J Harper, Sedbergh. Younger heifers sold to £1070 for Charolais x from RC&SC Cleasby, Broughton in Furness with others at £1050 from AW&AM Clarke, Windermere. Other heifers (8-10 months) generally £800-£900.

Store Bullocks Top Prices: Shorthorn: £1540 Flodder Hall, £1195 Lowther Park Farm, £1170, £1100 Meathop Park Farm

Lodge, £1090 Lowther Park Farm, £970 Meathop Park Farm Lodge. Angus: £1510, £1470 Low Gregg Hall, £1470

Lowther Park Farm, £1460 Low Gregg Hall, £1440, £1340 Lowther Park Farm. Limousin: £1475, £1410 Low Gregg Hall, £1340 Barbon Fell House, £1270 Lambrigg Head Farm, £1230 Howriggs, £1160 Fold Farm. British Blue: £1440, £1390

Cockrigg Farm, £1380 Carlingwha, £1170 Coat Green Farm, £1070, £1050 Lowther Park Farm. Hereford: £1350

Carlingwha, £970 Bradlow Farm. Charolais: £1270, £1230 Dawson Fold, £1180 Meathop Park Farm Lodge, £1090

Angerton Farm, £980 Newcross House Farm. Blonde: £1220, £1040 Causeway Farm. Fleckvieh: £1200, £1125 Crabtree Farm. Montbeliarde: £1200 Crabtree Farm. Simmental: £1160 Crabtree Farm, £985 Lowther Park Farm, £970 Bradlow Farm. Saler: £1005 Bank Farm.

Store Bull Top Prices: Limousin: £1405 Peall House, £1370, £1160, £1090 Old Croft, £940 Peall House, £920 Tricket Drive. Angus: £1135 Kendal House Farm, £1050 Mireside Farm.

Store Heifers Top Prices: Charolais: £1390 Carlingwha, £1170 Dawson Fold, £1070 Angerton Farm, £1050 Low Longmire, £1050 Angerton Farm, £990 Meathop Park Farm Lodge. Blonde: £1340, £1180 Capplethwaite Hall, £960 Causeway Farm. Limousin: £1340 The Borrans, £1290 Capplethwaite Hall, £1290 Low Gregg, £1200 Howriggs, £1200 Fold Farm, £1160 Barbon Fell House. Angus: £1290 Low Gregg Hall, £1200 Barbon Fell House, £1110 Mireside Farm, £1100 Crabtree Farm. British Blue: £1280 Cockrigg Farm, £1190 Carlingwha, £980 Newcross House Farm. Hereford: £1190 Bleaswood Road, £985 Templand Farm. Shorthorn: £1180 Meathop Park Farm Lodge, £920 Flodder Hall.

OTM Cattle

All cull cows today averaged 196p/kg with an entry of predominately dairy bred cows. No real strength in the beef cow section today, with feeding types selling to 231.5p/kg for a Limousin x from JM&NJ Strickland, Whinfell with other feeding cows generally 215p/kg to 230p/kg. Top grossing beef cow today was a heavy weight Aberdeen Angus from BJ Bowness, Kendal closely followed by a Saler from M&M Carr, Carnforth achieving £1920. Dairy cows sold to 189.5p/kg for a Holstein Friesian from C Preston, Millom with others selling to £1383 from JG&BJ Escolme, Killington. Other dairy cows were generally achieving 180p/kg-190p/kg. Cull bulls sold to 214.5p/kg or £1981 for Limousin from JA&J Harper, Killington with others selling to 199.5p/kg from K Wrathall, Broughton in Furness or £1935 from J Turnball, Meathorp.

OTM Cow Top Prices: Limousin: 231.50 The Borrans, 209.50 Crow Wood, 207.50 Blea Tarn Road, 199.50 Hopestead. Angus: 229.50 Park House Farm, 219.50, 211.50 Ellers Farm, 209.50 Blea Tarn Road, 191.50 Ellers Farm. Saler: 229.50 Alby Wood, 224.50, 214.50 Millbeck. Hereford: 221.50 Riddings. Simmental: 219.50 Alby Wood. British Blue: 209.50 High Borrowbridge, 209.50 Greenside Farm, 204.50 Lane End, 200. Alby Wood, 199.50 Swallowmire, 199.50 Alby Wood. Shorthorn: 209.50, 199.50 Sayles Farm, 194.50 Cockley Beck Farm. Friesian: 189.50, 184.50 Mire House Farm, 184.50 Low Stangerthwaite, 184.50 High House Farm, 177.50 Low Sizergh Farm, 169.50 Scales Park Farm. Belted Galloway: 174.50, 169.50 Scar Sykes Farm. Norwegian Red: 164.50 Low Sizergh Farm. Continental: 154.50 Millbeck.

OTM Heifer Top Prices: Angus: 179.50 Park House Farm.

Cast Steer Top Prices: Charolais: 224.50 Tricket Drive.

Cast Bull Top Prices: Limousin: 214.50 Capplethwaite, 199.50 Cockley Beck Farm. Shorthorn: 194.50 Meathop Park Farm Lodge.

Lancaster Auction Mart: Weekly Sale of Calves, Stirks, OTM's and Store Cattle, Friday 26th May 2023.

Calves & Weanlings

Trade remains very strong for an entry of predominately younger calves this week. Bull calves sold to £375 for month old British Blue x from J Bargh & Son, Morecambe who sold others at £370, as did Wallbank Farms Ltd, Over Wyresdale.

A run of month old Charolais x from WG Farms Ltd, Cockerham sold to £345, £340 and £335. Reared bull calves sold to £555, from a wonderful run of Hereford x from TE&M Kidd, Ellel who sold others at £540. Reared Aberdeen Angus bulls sold to £455 from J&M Coar & Son, Clitheroe who sold others at £425.

Heifer calves sold to £325 for British Blue x from J Bargh & Son, Morecambe with other British Blue x from WG Farms Ltd also achieved £325. Charolais x from the same home sold at £310. Reared heifers sold to £550 and £520 for Aberdeen Angus’s from IT Richardson, Catforth with Hereford x to £455 from TE&M Kidd, Ellel. Dairy bulls sold to £300 for a weaned Swedish Red & White with Brown Swiss selling to £195.

Heifer Calves Top Prices: Angus: £550, £520 West View Farm. Hereford: £455, £320, £310, £300 Booth Hall. British Blue: £325 North Farm, £325 Lathwaite Farm, £315 Tills Farm Charolais: £310, £300, £285 Lathwaite Farm.

Bull Calves Top Prices: Hereford: £560, £555, £540, £450, £395 Booth Hall. Angus: £455, £425, £395 Fields Farm, £250 Lathwaite Farm. British Blue: £375, £370 North Farm, £370 Tills Farm, £325, £300 North Farm. Charolais: £345, £340, £335, £245 Lathwaite Farm. Brown Swiss: £195 Lathwaite Farm.

Steer Calf Top Prices: Swedish Red: £300 West View Farm.

Store Cattle

A high quality entry of store cattle was forward at the popular weekly sale at Lancaster, with a red hot trade seen just like the weather outside. Steers sold to a top price of £1940 on two occasions for British Blue x and Limousin x from GT&C Blezard, Conder Green. Other heavy well finished steers sold to £1900 for Simmental x from TJ Lloyd, Settle with others regularly £1580 to £1700. Native sired steers peaked at £1920 for an Aberdeen Angus x from J&JM Walmsley, Pilling with other Aberdeen Angus £1780 from L Parsons & Sons, Levens. A ring full of Hereford x achieved £1490 from J Lamb, Lancaster. Dairy bred steers sold to £1640 for British Friesians from GR Park & Sons, Whinfell with others at £1260 from TJ Lloyd Settle. A keen interest in steers suitable for turn out saw British Blue x sell to £1390 from V&S Fitzell, Much Hoole with British Blue x to £1300 from JA&ME Mawson, Penrith with others regularly £1100-£1250. Heifers sold to £1840 for a trio of Charolais x from R&EA Gardner, Brigsteer with Limousin x selling to £1600 from L Parsons & Sons, Levens and British Blue x to £1410 from AJ&D Knowles, New Hutton. Native sired heifers sold to a top price of £1660 for a Hereford x from J&JM Walmsley, Pilling with Aberdeen Angus x selling to £1410 from M Huck, Burneside. Heifers suitable for summer grazing sold to £1210 for Aberdeen Angus x from C Butler, Hambleton with British Blue x selling to £1200 from J&A Sheerin, Quernmore with others £1000£1100.

Stirks and Young Stores

The popular sale of young stores and stirks attracted a large crowd of buyers keen to secure replacement stock. Bulls sold to a top price of £1480 for a British Blue x from J Burrow & Son, Barton who sold others at £1380. Yearling suckler bred bulls sold to £1300 for Limousins from P Cummings, Burton in Kendal. Dairy bulls sold to £880 for Fleckviehs from P&ME Higginson, Pilling with younger six month old bulls selling to £660 from JR Newsham & Sons, Conder Green.

Steer stirks sold to £1240 for an Aberdeen Angus from R&D Kellet, Cockerham closely followed by a Simmental x from AJ Metcalfe, Out Rawcliffe achieving £1210. A large entry of predominately eight -ten month old steers sold to £1020 for a ring full of Aberdeen Angus x from JW Thwaites, Tebay with others at £980 from G&D Ball & Son, Little Eccleston. British Blue x sold to £940 from FW Rhodes & Son, Ellel who also sold Hereford x at £880. Younger steers (6 months) sold to £680 for Hereford x and Aberdeen Angus x from J&M Coar & Son, Clitheroe. Heifer stirks sold to £1240 for a Simmental x from AJ Metcalfe, Out Rawcliffe. Well reared heifer stirks (seventen months) sold to £890 for British Blue x from FW Rhodes & Son, Ellel with Aberdeen Angus x from JW Thwaites, Tebay at £80 and British Blue to £770 from ST Pye, Great Eccleston. The next catalogued sale of stirks, young stores and feeding bulls is on Friday 30th June. Vendors are encouraged to enter all classes of stock with confidence for the next weekly sale.

Store Bullocks Top Prices: British Blue: £1940 Scale House Farm, £1680 Foredales Farm, £1430, £1390, £1380 Moss House Farm, £1360 Old Glasson Farm. Limousin: £1940, £1840 Scale House Farm, £1400 Holmes Farm, £1310 Middleton Hall. Angus: £1920 Staffords Farm, £1780 Low Levens, £1740 Foredales Farm, £1740 Staffords Farm, £1700 Ivy Barn, £1700 Staffords Farm. Simmental: £1900 Procotors Row, £1680 Hazelslack Tower Farm, £1480 Billinge Hakk, £1210 Moss Gate Farm.

Charolais: £1680 Foredales Farm. Friesian: £1640, £1280 Low Deepslack, £1260 Proctors Row, £1180 Steel Croft, £1140 Holmes Farm. Hereford: £1490 Old Glasson Farm, £1380 Lynwood, £1380 Procotors Row, £1370 Windy Hill Farm, £1240 Hoghton Road, £1220 Lynwood. Continental: £1160, £1120 Steel Croft.

Store Heifers Top Prices: Charolais: £1840 Barrowfield, £1440 Mill House Farm. Hereford: £1660 Staffords Farm.

Limousin: £1600 Low Levens, £1580 Marshaw Farm, £1410 Oak Fold, £1230, £1040 New House Farm. Angus: £1410 Oak Fold, £1390 Mill House Farm, £1350, £1340, £1290 Raw Head, £1210 Park Farm Barn. British Blue: £1410 Windy Hill Farm, £1380 Moss House Farm, £1300 Ivy House, £1290 Plumpton Hall Farm, £1240 Moss House Farm, £1200 Knotts Farm. Simmental: £1240 Moss Gate Farm. Longhorn: £1150 Park Farm Barn.

Store Bull Top Prices: British Blue: £1480, £1380 Tunsteads Farm. Limousin: £1300, £1180 Peall House.

OTM Cattle

Once again Lancaster Action Mart leads the way, with an overall market average of 205p/kg.

Beef cows sold to 269p/kg and £2075 for a Limousin from Z Ward, Carnforth with others selling to 254p/kg for British Blue from AE&PC Capstick, Heversham and £1820 for an Aberdeen Angus from G Mayor, Tarleton. Dairy cows peaked at 229p/kg for a Holstein Friesian from WG Farms, Cockerham and £1797 from Lawsons Dairy Ltd. Medium sorts were 195p/kg to 210p/kg, with leaner parlour sorts 150p/kg to 170p/kg.

OTM heifers sold to 264p/kg for an Aberdeen Angus x from JE Catterall & Family with other selling to £1683 from W&A Cardwell, Stalmine. Other well fleshed heifers were 230p/kg to 250p/kg with dairies selling to 254p/kg for Holstein Friesians from G&ME Woodhouse & Son, Ellel and others £1608. Steers sold to 294p/kg and £1702 for a Limousin and 229p/kg and £1374 for a Holstein Friesian.

Nine stock bulls sold today with a top price of 214p/kg for Limousin from EJ Ward & Son, Nether Kellet with others regularly 180p/kg to 195p/kg. Top grossing being an Aberdeen Angus x from JF&J Hewitt & Family, Nateby totalling £2157.

OTM Cow Top Prices: Limousin: 269.50 Intack Farm, 241.50 High House Farm, 234.50 Ouzelthorn Farm, 234.50 Mireside Farm, 204.50 Castle Mill Farm, 199.50 Dubside. British Blue: 254.50 Park House Farm. Angus: 244.50 Toad Hall Farm, 227.50, 219.50 Netholme Farm, 194.50 Braeslacks, 189.50 Well House Farm, 149.50 Mosergh Farm.

Charolais: 239.50, 214.50 Kate Farm. Simmental: 239.50 Intack Farm. Friesian: 229.50 Lathwaite Farm, 214.50 Barnfield Farm, 211.50 Bank End Farm, 207.50 North Farm, 207.50 Bank End Farm, 204.50 North Farm. Shorthorn: 204.50 Kate Farm. Fleckvieh: 197.50 High House. Brown Swiss: 159.50 Lathwaite Farm. Jersey: 159.50 Lathwaite Farm.

OTM Heifer Top Prices: Angus: 264.50 Toad Hall Farm, 249.50 Low Groves Farm, 231.50 Well House Farm, 229.50 Park House Farm, 224.50 Well House Farm. British Blue: 259.50 Boldens Farm. Friesian: 254.50, 237.50 Boldens Farm, 237.50 Little Town Farm, 229.50 Gibstick Hall, 229.50 Barnfield Farm, 229.50 Boldens Farm. Simmental: 224.50 Hazelslack Tower Farm. Limousin: 199.50 Mosegh Farm.

Cast Steer Top Prices: Limousin: 294.50 Intack Farm, 279.50 Lodge Hall. Friesian: 229.50 Tills Farm.

Cast Bull Top Prices: Hereford: £1820 Holly House Farm, 189.50 Holme House Farm. Limousin: 214.50 Intack Farm, 199.50 Wilson Wood. Friesian: 179.50 Abbey House, 169.50 Lathwaite Farm, 159.50 Knotts Farm, 149.50 Oxenforth Green Farm. Angus: 179.50 Park Farm.

NWA FARM SALES

Thursday 29th June- P&M Asbury, Gilbertons Farm, Abbeystead

Saturday 15th July- Messrs Robinson, Longlands Farm, Dalton in Furness

Saturday 29th July- JM Taylor & Son, Russell Farm, Burton in Kendal

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Next Week's Upcoming Sales

Monday 29th

Lancaster: 10:30am Weekly Sale of Spring Lambs, Prime Hoggs and Cast Sheep.

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.

Wednesday 31st

J36: 9am-4pm Machinery Drop Off

Friday 2nd

Lancaster: 10:15am Weekly Sale of Calves, Store and Cast/OTM Cattle.

11am Fortnightly Sale of Dairy Cattle

11:15am Weekly Sale of Store Cattle

J36: Online Machinery commences 9am-4pm Machinery Viewing

Saturday 3rd

J36: 9am-12noon Machinery Viewing

Weekly Report and Newsletter - 26th May 2023

Lancaster Auction Mart: Weekly Sale of Spring Lambs, Prime Hoggs and Cast Sheep, Monday 22nd May 2023.

Spring Lambs

A competitive trade was seen for all spring lambs forward with the weekly ringside of buyers in attendance and a competitive trade for all classes and types. The sale topped at £180 for pure Charollais lambs from S Wilson & Sons, Scotforth. Smart bred Texel lambs from J&S Horner, Ingleton sold to £165, with Beltexs from the same good home selling to £163. Plenty of interest was shown in heavy lambs at Lancaster market with a full pen of 52kg Hampshire lambs selling to £159 from DR&BE Rolfe, Scorton with many pens selling at £150 plus. Lighter lambs saw an improved trade with 40kg Texel lambs from RA Holmes, Inskip selling to £150 with these type of lambs regularly selling at 350p/kg plus.

Spring Lamb Top Prices: Charollais: £180 Burrow Heights Farm, £161 Ingleborough Park, £125 Bensons Farm. Texel: £165 Ingleborough Park, £160 Keepers Cottage, £159 Bensons Farm, £159 Bensons Farm, £158 Ingleborough Park, £157 Keeper Cottage. Beltex: £163 Ingleborough Park, £130 Burrow Heights. Hampshire: £159 Potters Hill Farm, £138 Potters Hill Farm. Suffolk: £151.50 Cocker House Farm, £151.50 Cocker House Farm, £147 Stubbins Farm, £142.50 Cocker House Farm, £142.50 Cocker House Farm, £141 Potters Hill Farm. Continental: £143 Potters Hill Farm, £121 Potters Hill Farm.

Prime Hoggs

A good entry for the time of year with 450 hoggs forward, with once again meated hoggs selling to a premium and leaner types harder to place on the day. The sale topped at £164 from AG Butler, Hambleton with a pen of ten Texel hoggs from GH Sanderson & Family, Catforth selling to £150. Heavy hoggs were regularly selling at £140£150. Mules sold to a top of £145 with Cheviots selling to £144 from J&H Davis, Garstang. An overall market averaged of 258p/kg was achieved.

Prime Hoggs Top Prices: Texel: £164 Park Farm Barn, £155 Park Farm Barn, £150 Blackleach House, £150 Moorville, £147 Blackleach House Farm. Charollais: £153 Walker House Farm, £143 Low Pleasant, £136 Merryfield, £101 Low Pleasant. Beltex: £150 Little Eccleston Hall, £150 Little Eccleston Hall £148 Little Eccleston Hall, £137 Little Eccleston Hall, £135 Ingleborough Park, £130 Moorville. Continental: £145 Stubbins House Farm, £145 Stubbins House Farm, £142 Stubbins House Farm, £139.50 Cross House Farm, £138.50 Cross House Farm, £130 Stubbins House Farm. Mule: £145 Walker House Farm, £138 Meadow Croft, £132 Overhouses, £131 Stubbins House Farm, £129 Cross House Farm, £125 Meadow Croft. Cheviot: £144 Weavers Farm, £144 Weavers Farm, £116.50 Brabiner House Farm, £100 Cragg Farm. Suffolk: £140 Meadow Croft, £140 Walnut Tree Cottage, £130 Walnut Tree Cottage, £129 Meadow Croft, £125 Meadow Croft. Swaledale: £121 Holme House Farm, £120 Holme House Farm, £103 Holme House Farm, £100 Holme House Farm, £98 Lower Brow Top, £94 Holme House Farm. Rough Fell: £100 Park Farm Barn. Scottish Black Face: £98 Park Farm Barn.

Cast Sheep

A flying trade for all ewes forward with Texels selling to £180 from JS Horner, Ingleton and Charollais from the same home to £178. The best Continental bred ewes were regularly £150 plus, with Mules selling to a top of £138 twice from T&E Burrow, Slyne and PD Anderton, Scorton. Mashams sold to £130 from W Pinder, Clitheroe, Swaledale sold to a top of £110 from JA Simpson, Barnacre with other pens of Swaledales to £105 from WI&AM Atkinson & Son, Bleasdale. Many more ewes could be sold to the vendors advantage in the coming weeks.

Cast Ewes Top Prices: Texel: £180, £174 Ingleborough Park Drive, £174 Stubbins Farm, £148 Ingleborough Park Drive, £144 Moorville, £142 Cock Hall Farm. Charollais: £178 Ingleborough Park Drive. Beltex: £144, £112 West View. Mule: £138 Wyre Farm, £138 Throstle Grove Farm, £133 Cock Hall Farm, £130 Walnut Tree Cottage, £128 Holme House Farm, £122 Dunkenshaw Farm. Continental: £137, £130 Low Pleasant, £96 Longstripes Farm, £92, £88 Low Pleasant. Masham: £130, £128, £102, £75 Longstripes Farm. Swaledale: £110 Millstones, £105 Holme House Farm, £70 Lower Brow Top. Cheviot: £105 Cragg Farm, £70 Longstripes Farm. Horned: £79 Longstripes Farm.

Cast Ram Top Prices: Charollais: £90 Low Pleasant. Texel: £90 Throstle Grove Farm.

J36 Rural Auction Centre: Sale of Pigs, Sheep with Lambs at Foot, Spring Lambs, Prime Hoggs and Cast Sheep, Tuesday 23rd May 2023

Pigs

A sale made up of entirely prime pigs today, saw a top price of £222 for a pen of four Large White x pigs from JM Navesey, Darwen who sold others at £182. Prime gilts sold to £205 for heavy weight Large White x from W Stamper, Chipping with other heavy weight pigs selling to £182 from D Lord, Preesall and £180 from T Hornsby, Silloth. Light weight pigs sold to £175 for Pietrain x gilts from W Stamper. Top pence for kilo this week was 206p/kg achieved by JM Navesey, Darwen for Large White x hoggs and gilts, with other well finished Large White x pigs generally 165p/kg-185p/kg.

A small entry of cull sows sold to £100 and 45p/kg from JM Navesey, Darwen. A large crowd of buyers in attendance with many leaving empty handed and keen to return at the next pig sale on Tuesday 13th June.

Spring Lambs

Trade improves week on week in the spring lamb section with more needed to satisfy our strong ringside of buyers at Junction 36. The sale topped at £188 for a pair of Beltex x lambs from D&K Swarbrick, Out Rawcliffe with Texel lambs selling to £183 from S Wilson & Son, Scotforth. Heavy lambs were keenly sort after and regularly selling at £165-£170. An improved trade for meated lighter lambs, with these types regularly selling at 345-360p/kg. Top pence per kilogram was 385p/kg attained by D&K Swarbrick, Out Rawcliffe. Butch type lambs were frequently selling at 370p/kg-380p/kg.

Spring Lamb Top Prices: Texel: £188 Bensons Farm, £183 Burrow Heights, £179 Bensons Farm, £173 Bensons Farm, £170 Bensons Farm, £165 Bensons Farm. Dutch Spotted: £173 Small Holding. Suffolk: £170 Station Hotel Farm, £169 Candy Slack, £169 Station Hotel Farm, £161 Old Byre Barn, £149 Lane Ends Farm, £149 Lane Ends Farm. Zwartbel: £165 Small Holding. Continental: £162 Redbank Farm, £159 Woodside, £156 Woodside, £153 Howriggs, £151 Bensons Farm, £149 Howriggs. Hampshire: £160 Endmoor Farm. Cheviot: £158 Swallowmire. Dorset: £155 High Biggarsbank. Charollais: £139 Oak Avenue, £135 Burrow Heights, £133 Redbank Farm. Ryeland: £116 Old Byre Barn.

Sheep With Lambs At Foot

Breeding sheep would be the dearest seen all season, a cracking run of Mule hoggs from Messrs Hayton, Colby saw a pen of twelve with Texel lambs sell to £260, with other pens of ten from the same good home selling to £240. RC Wharton & Son, Drybeck continue to bring smart bred hoggs which saw their best sell to £220. The on-going flock reduction from P Mason, Burton in Kendal saw aged Texel ewes with Beltex twins sell to £300. Texel ewes from JM&NJ Strickland, Whinfell sold to £275. A pen of ten Mule ewes sucking Texel twin lambs form P Mason, Burton in Kendal sold to £240. Ewes sucking single lambs were in keen demand with the best seeing aged Texel ewes from JM&NJ Stickland, Whinfell sell to £205. With the continued good weather and the grass growing, there is still plenty of demand for sheep with lambs at foot. Next week’s sale includes the second show for hoggs with lambs at foot, please contact the office with entries by Wednesday 23rd May.

Hoggs with Lambs at Foot: Mule: £260, £240 Penny Hill, £220, £215 High Field. Continental: £135, £100 Harbarrow Farm. Texel: £120 Harbarrow Farm.

Shearling with Lambs at Foot: Texel: £275 The Borrans. Continental: £252 Ghyll Farm, £140 Old School House. Charolais: £245 The Borrans. Mule: £245 Riddings, £205 Old Hutton Farm, £170 The Borrans.

Ewes with Lambs at Foot: Continental: £300 Coat Green Farm, £255 Bowers Farm, £235 Herschell Terrace, £230 Bowers Farm, £182 Old Hutton Farm, £178 High Greenside. Suffolk: £230 Townend, £180 High Woodend. Mule: £260 Penny Hill, £240 Coat Green Farm, £222, £220 Bowers Farm, £215 Dunkenshaw Farm. Texel: £205 The Borrans, £202 Coat Green Farm, £140 Harbarrow Farm. Herdwick: £115 Sella Farm, £108 Middle Fell. Swaledale: £110 Townend, £102 High Greenside.

Prime Hoggs

Once again a two tier trade was seen with meat keenly bid for and leaner grassy type hoggs meeting less demand. Texel hoggs sold to a top of £167 from E Dodgson, Kendal with others to £158 from WH Kitchen & Son, Helsington with heavy meated hoggs regularly selling at the £140-£150 mark. Mule saw a top of £147 from J&J Huck, Burneside with Cheviots selling to £140 from TE JS SA Carruthers, Underbarrow. A tremendous run of well finished hoggs from GM&A Jackson, Little Eccleston saw a ring full of Scotch hoggs at 42kg sell to £130.50. Meated hoggs are needed for the upcoming weeks, please advise Bradley Thompson with numbers.

Prime Hoggs Top Prices: Texel: £167 Spital Farm, £158 Hawes Farm, £158 Hawes Farm, £150 Guards Farm, £150 Moss House Farm, £142 Ashstead, £141 Park House Farm. Continental: £151 Red Scar Farm, £137 Red Scar Farm, £115 Hawes Farm, £113 Red Scar Farm. Cheviot: £149 Nibthwaite Grange Farm, £140 Harbarrow Farm, £140 Red Scar Farm, £139 Harbarrow Farm, £135 Little Eccleston Hall, £134 Harbarrow Farm. Suffolk: £148 Yew Tree House, £145 Poppy Farm, £138 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £134 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £130 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage. Mule: £147 Oak Fold, £141 Old Hutton Farm, £140 Old Hutton Farm, £128 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £127 Red Scar Farm, £124 Grayrigg Hall. Swaledale: £130 Grayrigg Hall, £124 Grayrigg Hall, £112 Grayrigg Hall, £105 Little Eccleston Hall. Scottish Black Face: £130.50 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £109 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage. Rough Fell: £117 Borrow Bridge House, £94 Steps Farm. Herdwick: £114 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage. Horned: £110 Marsh Grange Farm.

Cast Sheep

The weekly sale of cull ewes continue to sell at a fast trade, with all classes and types required to satisfy buyers demand. Heavy pure bred ewes sold to £172 for a Texel from E Dodgson, Kendal with Dutch spotted selling to £168 from AJ&EJ Platt, Barrow in Furness. Other Texels at £166 from Messrs Wightman & Mason, Burton and Beltexs achieving £158 from K Kenyon, Slaidburn. First x ewes sold to £146 for Suffolk x from JG&BJ Escolme, Killington and Texel x £146 from E Dodgson, Kendal. Cheviot Mules sold to £138 from TH&D Cornthwaite & Son, Cartmel Fell and North Country Mule to £114 from TH Garnett & Son, Stank. Hill bred ewes sold to £128 for Rough Fells from BJ Bainbridge, Shap, Cheviots to £112 from M Allen, Carnforth and Swaledales £104 from D Sharp, Lyth. Scotch Black Face £100 from G&ID Postlethwaite, Howgill and Herdwicks £96 from AT Threlkeld, Ulverston. All classes and types of ewes are good to sell, with mediums regularly £85-£100 and the leanest £60£70, depending on breed and quality.

Cull rams sold to £166 for a Charolais from R&EM Gardner, Briggsteer with Beltex x selling to £156 from AE Atkinson & Son, Endmoor and Texels £150 from A Wilson, Tebay. Hill bred rams sold to £112 for Rough Fells from S&W Dickinson, Tebay with Cheviots £106, Swaledales £90 and Herdwicks £80. The cull ewe trade is forecast to remain strong, with sellers encouraged to take advantage of the strong trade.

Cast Ewes Top Prices: Texel: £172 Spital Farm, £166 West Lodge, £148 Flass Lane, £146, £144 Spital Farm, £138 Flooder Hall. Dutch Spotted: £168, £136 Flass Lane Blue Texel: £158 Townend. Zwartble: £150 Flass Lane. Suffolk: £146 Low Stangerthwaite, £140 New Close, £138 Ackenthwaite Farm, £138 Low Longmire Farm, £136 Oak Aveune, £128 West Lodge. Cheviot Mule: £138, £126 Low Tarn Green, £98 Swallowmire Farm. Charollais: £134, £128, £112 Oak Aveune. Beltex: £128, £100 Poppy Farm. Rough Fell: £128 Steps Farm, £102 Marsh Grange Farm, £100 Borrow Bridge House, £98, £92 Steps Farm. Mule: £114 New Close, £112 Low Tarn Green, £112, £110 Moss Side, £108 Riddings, £108 Barrowfield. Cheviot: £112 Park House Farm, £112 Yealand Manor, £102 Borrow Bridge House, £90 Poppy Farm.

Swaledale: £104 Flodder Hall, £102 Barrowfield, £100 Low Newton Farm, £98 Swallowmire Farm, £96 Grayrigg Hall. Scotch Blackface: £100 Riddings. Leicester: £100 Well Foot. Herdwick: £96 Bowkerstead Farm.

Cast Ram Top Prices: Charollais: £166 Barrowfield. Texel: £156 Stubb Farm, £150 Castle Garth, £140 Low Stangerthwaite, £134 The Borrans, £108 Castle Garth, £106 Cantsfield Hall. Suffolk: £134 New Close. Leicester: £124 Ashstead, £100 High Row. Rough Fell: £112 High Woodend. Cheviot: £106 Nibthwaite Grange Farm. Swaledale: £90 Grayrigg Hall.

J36 Rural Auction Centre: Fortnightly Sale of Calves, Stirks, OTM Cattle and Store Cattle, Thursday 25th May 2023.

Calves & Stirks

Another fast trade for all classes of calves, with more required to fulfil the ever increasing ring side of buyers. The strongest bull calves sold to £595 for a Limousin x from MH&AR Robinson, Old Hutton with British Blue x achieving £525 from JW&TE Sharp Ltd, Lyth. Other stronger bull calves included Charolais x achieving £520 from MH&AR Robinson, Old Hutton. Rearing calves sold to £390 for a British Blue x from HJ Robinson & Son, Preston Patrick with others generally £320-£360. Native sired bull calves sold to £330 on three occasions from Whitestone Farm, Penrith. Nice rearing Beef Shorthorn x bull calves sold to £265 from RG&J Clarke, Endmoor. Dairy bull calves sold to £145 for a Holstein Friesian with Dairy Shorthorns to £130. A keen interest in heifer calves, especially those suitable for suckler replacement with MH&AR Robinson, Old Hutton selling British Blue x at £555, Charolais x at £500 and Limousin x at £480. Rearing heifer calves sold to £400 for a British Blue x from A Pickthall, New Hutton with others at £355 from FB Dunning & Son, Orton. Native sired heifers sold to £290 for an Aberdeen Angus x from Whitestone Farm, Penrith with Hereford x achieving £255.

Bull Stirks sold to £710 for a pair of Aberdeen Angus x from RF&CE Hodgson, Ulverston with British Blue x selling to £630 from W Stamper, Chipping. Steers sold to £730 for a Simmental x from MW&PA Rollason, Meathop who sold Aberdeen Angus x at £710. Others at £670 from Messrs Young, Lindale. Heifers sold to £660 for Aberdeen Angus x from JJ&J Towers, Lowick who sold others at £600. Younger sorts achieved £555 from Messrs Young, Lindale.

Heifer Calves Top Prices: British Blue: £555 Holmescales Farm, £400 Borrans Farm, £355 Raisgill Hall, £350 Holmescales Farm, £300 Raisgill Hall, £300 Elm Tree Farm. Charolais: £500 Holmescales Farm. Limousin: £480, £465, £330, £310 Holmescales Farm, £295 Cockley Beck Farm, £215 Holmescales Farm. Angus: £290, £200 Whitestone Farm. Hereford: £255 Stirzaker House Farm, £200, £120 Wraysholme Tower.

Bull Calves Top Prices: Limousin: £595 Holmescales Farm, £490 Flodder Hall, £440, £345 Holmescales Farm, £190, £175 Halforth Farm. British Blue: £525 Flodder Hall, £495, £455, £395 Holmescales Farm, £390 Elm Tree Farm, £360 Holmescales Farm. Charolais: £520, £435, £420 Holmescales Farm. Angus: £330, £290 Whitestone Farm, £230 Far Audlands, £230 Whitestone Farm. Shorthorn: £265, £220, £185 Far Audlands. Hereford: £200, £185, £175, £150 Wraysholme Tower. Friesian: £145 Whitestone Farm. Dairy Shorthorn: £130 Craketrees.

Bull Stirk Top Prices: Angus: £710 Rowe End Farm. British Blue: £630, £560 Coldcotes Farm.

Heifer Stirk Top Prices: Angus: £660, £600 Low Stennerley, £555 Moss End Farm, £460 Kendal House Farm.

Steer Stirk Top Prices: Simmental: £730 Kendal House Farm. Angus: £710 Kendal House Farm, £670 Low Stennerley, £670 Moss End Farm.

Store Cattle

A large entry of store cattle was forward at the late May sale, with a busy ring side of buyers in attendance keen to secure additional stock and take advantage of the high beef trade. Steers sold to a top price of £1540 for a Beef Shorthorn from JW&TE Sharp Ltd, Lyth. An Aberdeen Angus sold to £1510 from GM Metcalfe, Underbarrow who sold other Limousins and Angus’s at £1475 and £1470. A run of well farmed steers from Lowther Park, Penrith sold to £1470 for Aberdeen Angus’s with others at £1440. British Blue steers sold to £1440 from TW Nelson & Son, Stainton. Hereford x sold to £1350 from MJ Waller, Lupton with Charolais from JC Walling & Son, Lyth achieving £1270. Yearling steers sold to £1230 for a Limousin x from HR&KA Hodgson, Barbon closely followed by Blonde x achieving £1220 from SJ&NS Wood, Windermere. Charolais heifers sold to £1180 from J Turnbull, Meathop. Younger suckler bred steers sold to £1160 for Limousin x from GM Jones, Ambleside with others at £1100 from F&JM Mason, Kirkby Lonsdale. Dairy bred steers sold to £1200 for Fleckviehs and Montbeliardes from JE Wightman, Lupton who sold other at £1125. Holstein Friesian sold to £900 from RJ&R Holden, Millom. Younger Holsteins achieved £800 with £705 achieved for eight month old Montbeliarde from Low Borrowbridge, Tebay.

Suckler bred bulls sold to £1405 for a pure Limousin from P Cummings, Burton in Kendal with others at £1370 from JM Airey, New Hutton and an Aberdeen Angus to £1135 from MW&PA Rollason, Meathorp. Heifer sold to £1390 for a Charolais x from MJ Waller, Lupton with Limousin x selling to £1340 from JM&NJ Strickland, Whinfell and JA&J Harper, Sedbergh also achieving this price for a Blonde x. Aberdeen Angus x heifers sold to £1290 from GM Metcalfe, Underbarrow with British Blue to £1280 from TW Nelson & Son. Yearling heifers sold to £1200 for a Limousin x from HR&KA Hodgson, Barbon with Blondes to £1180 from JA&J Harper, Sedbergh. Younger heifers sold to £1070 for Charolais x from RC&SC Cleasby, Broughton in Furness with others at £1050 from AW&AM Clarke, Windermere. Other heifers (8-10 months) generally £800-£900.

Store Bullocks Top Prices: Shorthorn: £1540 Flodder Hall, £1195 Lowther Park Farm, £1170, £1100 Meathop Park Farm

Lodge, £1090 Lowther Park Farm, £970 Meathop Park Farm Lodge. Angus: £1510, £1470 Low Gregg Hall, £1470

Lowther Park Farm, £1460 Low Gregg Hall, £1440, £1340 Lowther Park Farm. Limousin: £1475, £1410 Low Gregg Hall, £1340 Barbon Fell House, £1270 Lambrigg Head Farm, £1230 Howriggs, £1160 Fold Farm. British Blue: £1440, £1390

Cockrigg Farm, £1380 Carlingwha, £1170 Coat Green Farm, £1070, £1050 Lowther Park Farm. Hereford: £1350

Carlingwha, £970 Bradlow Farm. Charolais: £1270, £1230 Dawson Fold, £1180 Meathop Park Farm Lodge, £1090

Angerton Farm, £980 Newcross House Farm. Blonde: £1220, £1040 Causeway Farm. Fleckvieh: £1200, £1125 Crabtree Farm. Montbeliarde: £1200 Crabtree Farm. Simmental: £1160 Crabtree Farm, £985 Lowther Park Farm, £970 Bradlow Farm. Saler: £1005 Bank Farm.

Store Bull Top Prices: Limousin: £1405 Peall House, £1370, £1160, £1090 Old Croft, £940 Peall House, £920 Tricket Drive. Angus: £1135 Kendal House Farm, £1050 Mireside Farm.

Store Heifers Top Prices: Charolais: £1390 Carlingwha, £1170 Dawson Fold, £1070 Angerton Farm, £1050 Low Longmire, £1050 Angerton Farm, £990 Meathop Park Farm Lodge. Blonde: £1340, £1180 Capplethwaite Hall, £960 Causeway Farm. Limousin: £1340 The Borrans, £1290 Capplethwaite Hall, £1290 Low Gregg, £1200 Howriggs, £1200 Fold Farm, £1160 Barbon Fell House. Angus: £1290 Low Gregg Hall, £1200 Barbon Fell House, £1110 Mireside Farm, £1100 Crabtree Farm. British Blue: £1280 Cockrigg Farm, £1190 Carlingwha, £980 Newcross House Farm. Hereford: £1190 Bleaswood Road, £985 Templand Farm. Shorthorn: £1180 Meathop Park Farm Lodge, £920 Flodder Hall.

OTM Cattle

All cull cows today averaged 196p/kg with an entry of predominately dairy bred cows. No real strength in the beef cow section today, with feeding types selling to 231.5p/kg for a Limousin x from JM&NJ Strickland, Whinfell with other feeding cows generally 215p/kg to 230p/kg. Top grossing beef cow today was a heavy weight Aberdeen Angus from BJ Bowness, Kendal closely followed by a Saler from M&M Carr, Carnforth achieving £1920. Dairy cows sold to 189.5p/kg for a Holstein Friesian from C Preston, Millom with others selling to £1383 from JG&BJ Escolme, Killington. Other dairy cows were generally achieving 180p/kg-190p/kg. Cull bulls sold to 214.5p/kg or £1981 for Limousin from JA&J Harper, Killington with others selling to 199.5p/kg from K Wrathall, Broughton in Furness or £1935 from J Turnball, Meathorp.

OTM Cow Top Prices: Limousin: 231.50 The Borrans, 209.50 Crow Wood, 207.50 Blea Tarn Road, 199.50 Hopestead. Angus: 229.50 Park House Farm, 219.50, 211.50 Ellers Farm, 209.50 Blea Tarn Road, 191.50 Ellers Farm. Saler: 229.50 Alby Wood, 224.50, 214.50 Millbeck. Hereford: 221.50 Riddings. Simmental: 219.50 Alby Wood. British Blue: 209.50 High Borrowbridge, 209.50 Greenside Farm, 204.50 Lane End, 200. Alby Wood, 199.50 Swallowmire, 199.50 Alby Wood. Shorthorn: 209.50, 199.50 Sayles Farm, 194.50 Cockley Beck Farm. Friesian: 189.50, 184.50 Mire House Farm, 184.50 Low Stangerthwaite, 184.50 High House Farm, 177.50 Low Sizergh Farm, 169.50 Scales Park Farm. Belted Galloway: 174.50, 169.50 Scar Sykes Farm. Norwegian Red: 164.50 Low Sizergh Farm. Continental: 154.50 Millbeck.

OTM Heifer Top Prices: Angus: 179.50 Park House Farm.

Cast Steer Top Prices: Charolais: 224.50 Tricket Drive.

Cast Bull Top Prices: Limousin: 214.50 Capplethwaite, 199.50 Cockley Beck Farm. Shorthorn: 194.50 Meathop Park Farm Lodge.

Lancaster Auction Mart: Weekly Sale of Calves, Stirks, OTM's and Store Cattle, Friday 26th May 2023.

Calves & Weanlings

Trade remains very strong for an entry of predominately younger calves this week. Bull calves sold to £375 for month old British Blue x from J Bargh & Son, Morecambe who sold others at £370, as did Wallbank Farms Ltd, Over Wyresdale.

A run of month old Charolais x from WG Farms Ltd, Cockerham sold to £345, £340 and £335. Reared bull calves sold to £555, from a wonderful run of Hereford x from TE&M Kidd, Ellel who sold others at £540. Reared Aberdeen Angus bulls sold to £455 from J&M Coar & Son, Clitheroe who sold others at £425.

Heifer calves sold to £325 for British Blue x from J Bargh & Son, Morecambe with other British Blue x from WG Farms Ltd also achieved £325. Charolais x from the same home sold at £310. Reared heifers sold to £550 and £520 for Aberdeen Angus’s from IT Richardson, Catforth with Hereford x to £455 from TE&M Kidd, Ellel. Dairy bulls sold to £300 for a weaned Swedish Red & White with Brown Swiss selling to £195.

Heifer Calves Top Prices: Angus: £550, £520 West View Farm. Hereford: £455, £320, £310, £300 Booth Hall. British Blue: £325 North Farm, £325 Lathwaite Farm, £315 Tills Farm Charolais: £310, £300, £285 Lathwaite Farm.

Bull Calves Top Prices: Hereford: £560, £555, £540, £450, £395 Booth Hall. Angus: £455, £425, £395 Fields Farm, £250 Lathwaite Farm. British Blue: £375, £370 North Farm, £370 Tills Farm, £325, £300 North Farm. Charolais: £345, £340, £335, £245 Lathwaite Farm. Brown Swiss: £195 Lathwaite Farm.

Steer Calf Top Prices: Swedish Red: £300 West View Farm.

Store Cattle

A high quality entry of store cattle was forward at the popular weekly sale at Lancaster, with a red hot trade seen just like the weather outside. Steers sold to a top price of £1940 on two occasions for British Blue x and Limousin x from GT&C Blezard, Conder Green. Other heavy well finished steers sold to £1900 for Simmental x from TJ Lloyd, Settle with others regularly £1580 to £1700. Native sired steers peaked at £1920 for an Aberdeen Angus x from J&JM Walmsley, Pilling with other Aberdeen Angus £1780 from L Parsons & Sons, Levens. A ring full of Hereford x achieved £1490 from J Lamb, Lancaster. Dairy bred steers sold to £1640 for British Friesians from GR Park & Sons, Whinfell with others at £1260 from TJ Lloyd Settle. A keen interest in steers suitable for turn out saw British Blue x sell to £1390 from V&S Fitzell, Much Hoole with British Blue x to £1300 from JA&ME Mawson, Penrith with others regularly £1100-£1250. Heifers sold to £1840 for a trio of Charolais x from R&EA Gardner, Brigsteer with Limousin x selling to £1600 from L Parsons & Sons, Levens and British Blue x to £1410 from AJ&D Knowles, New Hutton. Native sired heifers sold to a top price of £1660 for a Hereford x from J&JM Walmsley, Pilling with Aberdeen Angus x selling to £1410 from M Huck, Burneside. Heifers suitable for summer grazing sold to £1210 for Aberdeen Angus x from C Butler, Hambleton with British Blue x selling to £1200 from J&A Sheerin, Quernmore with others £1000£1100.

Stirks and Young Stores

The popular sale of young stores and stirks attracted a large crowd of buyers keen to secure replacement stock. Bulls sold to a top price of £1480 for a British Blue x from J Burrow & Son, Barton who sold others at £1380. Yearling suckler bred bulls sold to £1300 for Limousins from P Cummings, Burton in Kendal. Dairy bulls sold to £880 for Fleckviehs from P&ME Higginson, Pilling with younger six month old bulls selling to £660 from JR Newsham & Sons, Conder Green.

Steer stirks sold to £1240 for an Aberdeen Angus from R&D Kellet, Cockerham closely followed by a Simmental x from AJ Metcalfe, Out Rawcliffe achieving £1210. A large entry of predominately eight -ten month old steers sold to £1020 for a ring full of Aberdeen Angus x from JW Thwaites, Tebay with others at £980 from G&D Ball & Son, Little Eccleston. British Blue x sold to £940 from FW Rhodes & Son, Ellel who also sold Hereford x at £880. Younger steers (6 months) sold to £680 for Hereford x and Aberdeen Angus x from J&M Coar & Son, Clitheroe. Heifer stirks sold to £1240 for a Simmental x from AJ Metcalfe, Out Rawcliffe. Well reared heifer stirks (seventen months) sold to £890 for British Blue x from FW Rhodes & Son, Ellel with Aberdeen Angus x from JW Thwaites, Tebay at £80 and British Blue to £770 from ST Pye, Great Eccleston. The next catalogued sale of stirks, young stores and feeding bulls is on Friday 30th June. Vendors are encouraged to enter all classes of stock with confidence for the next weekly sale.

Store Bullocks Top Prices: British Blue: £1940 Scale House Farm, £1680 Foredales Farm, £1430, £1390, £1380 Moss House Farm, £1360 Old Glasson Farm. Limousin: £1940, £1840 Scale House Farm, £1400 Holmes Farm, £1310 Middleton Hall. Angus: £1920 Staffords Farm, £1780 Low Levens, £1740 Foredales Farm, £1740 Staffords Farm, £1700 Ivy Barn, £1700 Staffords Farm. Simmental: £1900 Procotors Row, £1680 Hazelslack Tower Farm, £1480 Billinge Hakk, £1210 Moss Gate Farm.

Charolais: £1680 Foredales Farm. Friesian: £1640, £1280 Low Deepslack, £1260 Proctors Row, £1180 Steel Croft, £1140 Holmes Farm. Hereford: £1490 Old Glasson Farm, £1380 Lynwood, £1380 Procotors Row, £1370 Windy Hill Farm, £1240 Hoghton Road, £1220 Lynwood. Continental: £1160, £1120 Steel Croft.

Store Heifers Top Prices: Charolais: £1840 Barrowfield, £1440 Mill House Farm. Hereford: £1660 Staffords Farm.

Limousin: £1600 Low Levens, £1580 Marshaw Farm, £1410 Oak Fold, £1230, £1040 New House Farm. Angus: £1410 Oak Fold, £1390 Mill House Farm, £1350, £1340, £1290 Raw Head, £1210 Park Farm Barn. British Blue: £1410 Windy Hill Farm, £1380 Moss House Farm, £1300 Ivy House, £1290 Plumpton Hall Farm, £1240 Moss House Farm, £1200 Knotts Farm. Simmental: £1240 Moss Gate Farm. Longhorn: £1150 Park Farm Barn.

Store Bull Top Prices: British Blue: £1480, £1380 Tunsteads Farm. Limousin: £1300, £1180 Peall House.

OTM Cattle

Once again Lancaster Action Mart leads the way, with an overall market average of 205p/kg.

Beef cows sold to 269p/kg and £2075 for a Limousin from Z Ward, Carnforth with others selling to 254p/kg for British Blue from AE&PC Capstick, Heversham and £1820 for an Aberdeen Angus from G Mayor, Tarleton. Dairy cows peaked at 229p/kg for a Holstein Friesian from WG Farms, Cockerham and £1797 from Lawsons Dairy Ltd. Medium sorts were 195p/kg to 210p/kg, with leaner parlour sorts 150p/kg to 170p/kg.

OTM heifers sold to 264p/kg for an Aberdeen Angus x from JE Catterall & Family with other selling to £1683 from W&A Cardwell, Stalmine. Other well fleshed heifers were 230p/kg to 250p/kg with dairies selling to 254p/kg for Holstein Friesians from G&ME Woodhouse & Son, Ellel and others £1608. Steers sold to 294p/kg and £1702 for a Limousin and 229p/kg and £1374 for a Holstein Friesian.

Nine stock bulls sold today with a top price of 214p/kg for Limousin from EJ Ward & Son, Nether Kellet with others regularly 180p/kg to 195p/kg. Top grossing being an Aberdeen Angus x from JF&J Hewitt & Family, Nateby totalling £2157.

OTM Cow Top Prices: Limousin: 269.50 Intack Farm, 241.50 High House Farm, 234.50 Ouzelthorn Farm, 234.50 Mireside Farm, 204.50 Castle Mill Farm, 199.50 Dubside. British Blue: 254.50 Park House Farm. Angus: 244.50 Toad Hall Farm, 227.50, 219.50 Netholme Farm, 194.50 Braeslacks, 189.50 Well House Farm, 149.50 Mosergh Farm.

Charolais: 239.50, 214.50 Kate Farm. Simmental: 239.50 Intack Farm. Friesian: 229.50 Lathwaite Farm, 214.50 Barnfield Farm, 211.50 Bank End Farm, 207.50 North Farm, 207.50 Bank End Farm, 204.50 North Farm. Shorthorn: 204.50 Kate Farm. Fleckvieh: 197.50 High House. Brown Swiss: 159.50 Lathwaite Farm. Jersey: 159.50 Lathwaite Farm.

OTM Heifer Top Prices: Angus: 264.50 Toad Hall Farm, 249.50 Low Groves Farm, 231.50 Well House Farm, 229.50 Park House Farm, 224.50 Well House Farm. British Blue: 259.50 Boldens Farm. Friesian: 254.50, 237.50 Boldens Farm, 237.50 Little Town Farm, 229.50 Gibstick Hall, 229.50 Barnfield Farm, 229.50 Boldens Farm. Simmental: 224.50 Hazelslack Tower Farm. Limousin: 199.50 Mosegh Farm.

Cast Steer Top Prices: Limousin: 294.50 Intack Farm, 279.50 Lodge Hall. Friesian: 229.50 Tills Farm.

Cast Bull Top Prices: Hereford: £1820 Holly House Farm, 189.50 Holme House Farm. Limousin: 214.50 Intack Farm, 199.50 Wilson Wood. Friesian: 179.50 Abbey House, 169.50 Lathwaite Farm, 159.50 Knotts Farm, 149.50 Oxenforth Green Farm. Angus: 179.50 Park Farm.

NWA FARM SALES

Thursday 29th June- P&M Asbury, Gilbertons Farm, Abbeystead

Saturday 15th July- Messrs Robinson, Longlands Farm, Dalton in Furness

Saturday 29th July- JM Taylor & Son, Russell Farm, Burton in Kendal

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Next Week's Upcoming Sales

Monday 29th

Lancaster: 10:30am Weekly Sale of Spring Lambs, Prime Hoggs and Cast Sheep.

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.

Wednesday 31st

J36: 9am-4pm Machinery Drop Off

Friday 2nd

Lancaster: 10:15am Weekly Sale of Calves, Store and Cast/OTM Cattle.

11am Fortnightly Sale of Dairy Cattle

11:15am Weekly Sale of Store Cattle

J36: Online Machinery commences 9am-4pm Machinery Viewing

Saturday 3rd

J36: 9am-12noon Machinery Viewing

Weekly Report and Newsletter - 26th May 2023

Lancaster Auction Mart: Weekly Sale of Spring Lambs, Prime Hoggs and Cast Sheep, Monday 22nd May 2023.

Spring Lambs

A competitive trade was seen for all spring lambs forward with the weekly ringside of buyers in attendance and a competitive trade for all classes and types. The sale topped at £180 for pure Charollais lambs from S Wilson & Sons, Scotforth. Smart bred Texel lambs from J&S Horner, Ingleton sold to £165, with Beltexs from the same good home selling to £163. Plenty of interest was shown in heavy lambs at Lancaster market with a full pen of 52kg Hampshire lambs selling to £159 from DR&BE Rolfe, Scorton with many pens selling at £150 plus. Lighter lambs saw an improved trade with 40kg Texel lambs from RA Holmes, Inskip selling to £150 with these type of lambs regularly selling at 350p/kg plus.

Spring Lamb Top Prices: Charollais: £180 Burrow Heights Farm, £161 Ingleborough Park, £125 Bensons Farm. Texel: £165 Ingleborough Park, £160 Keepers Cottage, £159 Bensons Farm, £159 Bensons Farm, £158 Ingleborough Park, £157 Keeper Cottage. Beltex: £163 Ingleborough Park, £130 Burrow Heights. Hampshire: £159 Potters Hill Farm, £138 Potters Hill Farm. Suffolk: £151.50 Cocker House Farm, £151.50 Cocker House Farm, £147 Stubbins Farm, £142.50 Cocker House Farm, £142.50 Cocker House Farm, £141 Potters Hill Farm. Continental: £143 Potters Hill Farm, £121 Potters Hill Farm.

Prime Hoggs

A good entry for the time of year with 450 hoggs forward, with once again meated hoggs selling to a premium and leaner types harder to place on the day. The sale topped at £164 from AG Butler, Hambleton with a pen of ten Texel hoggs from GH Sanderson & Family, Catforth selling to £150. Heavy hoggs were regularly selling at £140£150. Mules sold to a top of £145 with Cheviots selling to £144 from J&H Davis, Garstang. An overall market averaged of 258p/kg was achieved.

Prime Hoggs Top Prices: Texel: £164 Park Farm Barn, £155 Park Farm Barn, £150 Blackleach House, £150 Moorville, £147 Blackleach House Farm. Charollais: £153 Walker House Farm, £143 Low Pleasant, £136 Merryfield, £101 Low Pleasant. Beltex: £150 Little Eccleston Hall, £150 Little Eccleston Hall £148 Little Eccleston Hall, £137 Little Eccleston Hall, £135 Ingleborough Park, £130 Moorville. Continental: £145 Stubbins House Farm, £145 Stubbins House Farm, £142 Stubbins House Farm, £139.50 Cross House Farm, £138.50 Cross House Farm, £130 Stubbins House Farm. Mule: £145 Walker House Farm, £138 Meadow Croft, £132 Overhouses, £131 Stubbins House Farm, £129 Cross House Farm, £125 Meadow Croft. Cheviot: £144 Weavers Farm, £144 Weavers Farm, £116.50 Brabiner House Farm, £100 Cragg Farm. Suffolk: £140 Meadow Croft, £140 Walnut Tree Cottage, £130 Walnut Tree Cottage, £129 Meadow Croft, £125 Meadow Croft. Swaledale: £121 Holme House Farm, £120 Holme House Farm, £103 Holme House Farm, £100 Holme House Farm, £98 Lower Brow Top, £94 Holme House Farm. Rough Fell: £100 Park Farm Barn. Scottish Black Face: £98 Park Farm Barn.

Cast Sheep

A flying trade for all ewes forward with Texels selling to £180 from JS Horner, Ingleton and Charollais from the same home to £178. The best Continental bred ewes were regularly £150 plus, with Mules selling to a top of £138 twice from T&E Burrow, Slyne and PD Anderton, Scorton. Mashams sold to £130 from W Pinder, Clitheroe, Swaledale sold to a top of £110 from JA Simpson, Barnacre with other pens of Swaledales to £105 from WI&AM Atkinson & Son, Bleasdale. Many more ewes could be sold to the vendors advantage in the coming weeks.

Cast Ewes Top Prices: Texel: £180, £174 Ingleborough Park Drive, £174 Stubbins Farm, £148 Ingleborough Park Drive, £144 Moorville, £142 Cock Hall Farm. Charollais: £178 Ingleborough Park Drive. Beltex: £144, £112 West View. Mule: £138 Wyre Farm, £138 Throstle Grove Farm, £133 Cock Hall Farm, £130 Walnut Tree Cottage, £128 Holme House Farm, £122 Dunkenshaw Farm. Continental: £137, £130 Low Pleasant, £96 Longstripes Farm, £92, £88 Low Pleasant. Masham: £130, £128, £102, £75 Longstripes Farm. Swaledale: £110 Millstones, £105 Holme House Farm, £70 Lower Brow Top. Cheviot: £105 Cragg Farm, £70 Longstripes Farm. Horned: £79 Longstripes Farm.

Cast Ram Top Prices: Charollais: £90 Low Pleasant. Texel: £90 Throstle Grove Farm.

J36 Rural Auction Centre: Sale of Pigs, Sheep with Lambs at Foot, Spring Lambs, Prime Hoggs and Cast Sheep, Tuesday 23rd May 2023

Pigs

A sale made up of entirely prime pigs today, saw a top price of £222 for a pen of four Large White x pigs from JM Navesey, Darwen who sold others at £182. Prime gilts sold to £205 for heavy weight Large White x from W Stamper, Chipping with other heavy weight pigs selling to £182 from D Lord, Preesall and £180 from T Hornsby, Silloth. Light weight pigs sold to £175 for Pietrain x gilts from W Stamper. Top pence for kilo this week was 206p/kg achieved by JM Navesey, Darwen for Large White x hoggs and gilts, with other well finished Large White x pigs generally 165p/kg-185p/kg.

A small entry of cull sows sold to £100 and 45p/kg from JM Navesey, Darwen. A large crowd of buyers in attendance with many leaving empty handed and keen to return at the next pig sale on Tuesday 13th June.

Spring Lambs

Trade improves week on week in the spring lamb section with more needed to satisfy our strong ringside of buyers at Junction 36. The sale topped at £188 for a pair of Beltex x lambs from D&K Swarbrick, Out Rawcliffe with Texel lambs selling to £183 from S Wilson & Son, Scotforth. Heavy lambs were keenly sort after and regularly selling at £165-£170. An improved trade for meated lighter lambs, with these types regularly selling at 345-360p/kg. Top pence per kilogram was 385p/kg attained by D&K Swarbrick, Out Rawcliffe. Butch type lambs were frequently selling at 370p/kg-380p/kg.

Spring Lamb Top Prices: Texel: £188 Bensons Farm, £183 Burrow Heights, £179 Bensons Farm, £173 Bensons Farm, £170 Bensons Farm, £165 Bensons Farm. Dutch Spotted: £173 Small Holding. Suffolk: £170 Station Hotel Farm, £169 Candy Slack, £169 Station Hotel Farm, £161 Old Byre Barn, £149 Lane Ends Farm, £149 Lane Ends Farm. Zwartbel: £165 Small Holding. Continental: £162 Redbank Farm, £159 Woodside, £156 Woodside, £153 Howriggs, £151 Bensons Farm, £149 Howriggs. Hampshire: £160 Endmoor Farm. Cheviot: £158 Swallowmire. Dorset: £155 High Biggarsbank. Charollais: £139 Oak Avenue, £135 Burrow Heights, £133 Redbank Farm. Ryeland: £116 Old Byre Barn.

Sheep With Lambs At Foot

Breeding sheep would be the dearest seen all season, a cracking run of Mule hoggs from Messrs Hayton, Colby saw a pen of twelve with Texel lambs sell to £260, with other pens of ten from the same good home selling to £240. RC Wharton & Son, Drybeck continue to bring smart bred hoggs which saw their best sell to £220. The on-going flock reduction from P Mason, Burton in Kendal saw aged Texel ewes with Beltex twins sell to £300. Texel ewes from JM&NJ Strickland, Whinfell sold to £275. A pen of ten Mule ewes sucking Texel twin lambs form P Mason, Burton in Kendal sold to £240. Ewes sucking single lambs were in keen demand with the best seeing aged Texel ewes from JM&NJ Stickland, Whinfell sell to £205. With the continued good weather and the grass growing, there is still plenty of demand for sheep with lambs at foot. Next week’s sale includes the second show for hoggs with lambs at foot, please contact the office with entries by Wednesday 23rd May.

Hoggs with Lambs at Foot: Mule: £260, £240 Penny Hill, £220, £215 High Field. Continental: £135, £100 Harbarrow Farm. Texel: £120 Harbarrow Farm.

Shearling with Lambs at Foot: Texel: £275 The Borrans. Continental: £252 Ghyll Farm, £140 Old School House. Charolais: £245 The Borrans. Mule: £245 Riddings, £205 Old Hutton Farm, £170 The Borrans.

Ewes with Lambs at Foot: Continental: £300 Coat Green Farm, £255 Bowers Farm, £235 Herschell Terrace, £230 Bowers Farm, £182 Old Hutton Farm, £178 High Greenside. Suffolk: £230 Townend, £180 High Woodend. Mule: £260 Penny Hill, £240 Coat Green Farm, £222, £220 Bowers Farm, £215 Dunkenshaw Farm. Texel: £205 The Borrans, £202 Coat Green Farm, £140 Harbarrow Farm. Herdwick: £115 Sella Farm, £108 Middle Fell. Swaledale: £110 Townend, £102 High Greenside.

Prime Hoggs

Once again a two tier trade was seen with meat keenly bid for and leaner grassy type hoggs meeting less demand. Texel hoggs sold to a top of £167 from E Dodgson, Kendal with others to £158 from WH Kitchen & Son, Helsington with heavy meated hoggs regularly selling at the £140-£150 mark. Mule saw a top of £147 from J&J Huck, Burneside with Cheviots selling to £140 from TE JS SA Carruthers, Underbarrow. A tremendous run of well finished hoggs from GM&A Jackson, Little Eccleston saw a ring full of Scotch hoggs at 42kg sell to £130.50. Meated hoggs are needed for the upcoming weeks, please advise Bradley Thompson with numbers.

Prime Hoggs Top Prices: Texel: £167 Spital Farm, £158 Hawes Farm, £158 Hawes Farm, £150 Guards Farm, £150 Moss House Farm, £142 Ashstead, £141 Park House Farm. Continental: £151 Red Scar Farm, £137 Red Scar Farm, £115 Hawes Farm, £113 Red Scar Farm. Cheviot: £149 Nibthwaite Grange Farm, £140 Harbarrow Farm, £140 Red Scar Farm, £139 Harbarrow Farm, £135 Little Eccleston Hall, £134 Harbarrow Farm. Suffolk: £148 Yew Tree House, £145 Poppy Farm, £138 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £134 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £130 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage. Mule: £147 Oak Fold, £141 Old Hutton Farm, £140 Old Hutton Farm, £128 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £127 Red Scar Farm, £124 Grayrigg Hall. Swaledale: £130 Grayrigg Hall, £124 Grayrigg Hall, £112 Grayrigg Hall, £105 Little Eccleston Hall. Scottish Black Face: £130.50 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £109 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage. Rough Fell: £117 Borrow Bridge House, £94 Steps Farm. Herdwick: £114 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage. Horned: £110 Marsh Grange Farm.

Cast Sheep

The weekly sale of cull ewes continue to sell at a fast trade, with all classes and types required to satisfy buyers demand. Heavy pure bred ewes sold to £172 for a Texel from E Dodgson, Kendal with Dutch spotted selling to £168 from AJ&EJ Platt, Barrow in Furness. Other Texels at £166 from Messrs Wightman & Mason, Burton and Beltexs achieving £158 from K Kenyon, Slaidburn. First x ewes sold to £146 for Suffolk x from JG&BJ Escolme, Killington and Texel x £146 from E Dodgson, Kendal. Cheviot Mules sold to £138 from TH&D Cornthwaite & Son, Cartmel Fell and North Country Mule to £114 from TH Garnett & Son, Stank. Hill bred ewes sold to £128 for Rough Fells from BJ Bainbridge, Shap, Cheviots to £112 from M Allen, Carnforth and Swaledales £104 from D Sharp, Lyth. Scotch Black Face £100 from G&ID Postlethwaite, Howgill and Herdwicks £96 from AT Threlkeld, Ulverston. All classes and types of ewes are good to sell, with mediums regularly £85-£100 and the leanest £60£70, depending on breed and quality.

Cull rams sold to £166 for a Charolais from R&EM Gardner, Briggsteer with Beltex x selling to £156 from AE Atkinson & Son, Endmoor and Texels £150 from A Wilson, Tebay. Hill bred rams sold to £112 for Rough Fells from S&W Dickinson, Tebay with Cheviots £106, Swaledales £90 and Herdwicks £80. The cull ewe trade is forecast to remain strong, with sellers encouraged to take advantage of the strong trade.

Cast Ewes Top Prices: Texel: £172 Spital Farm, £166 West Lodge, £148 Flass Lane, £146, £144 Spital Farm, £138 Flooder Hall. Dutch Spotted: £168, £136 Flass Lane Blue Texel: £158 Townend. Zwartble: £150 Flass Lane. Suffolk: £146 Low Stangerthwaite, £140 New Close, £138 Ackenthwaite Farm, £138 Low Longmire Farm, £136 Oak Aveune, £128 West Lodge. Cheviot Mule: £138, £126 Low Tarn Green, £98 Swallowmire Farm. Charollais: £134, £128, £112 Oak Aveune. Beltex: £128, £100 Poppy Farm. Rough Fell: £128 Steps Farm, £102 Marsh Grange Farm, £100 Borrow Bridge House, £98, £92 Steps Farm. Mule: £114 New Close, £112 Low Tarn Green, £112, £110 Moss Side, £108 Riddings, £108 Barrowfield. Cheviot: £112 Park House Farm, £112 Yealand Manor, £102 Borrow Bridge House, £90 Poppy Farm.

Swaledale: £104 Flodder Hall, £102 Barrowfield, £100 Low Newton Farm, £98 Swallowmire Farm, £96 Grayrigg Hall. Scotch Blackface: £100 Riddings. Leicester: £100 Well Foot. Herdwick: £96 Bowkerstead Farm.

Cast Ram Top Prices: Charollais: £166 Barrowfield. Texel: £156 Stubb Farm, £150 Castle Garth, £140 Low Stangerthwaite, £134 The Borrans, £108 Castle Garth, £106 Cantsfield Hall. Suffolk: £134 New Close. Leicester: £124 Ashstead, £100 High Row. Rough Fell: £112 High Woodend. Cheviot: £106 Nibthwaite Grange Farm. Swaledale: £90 Grayrigg Hall.

J36 Rural Auction Centre: Fortnightly Sale of Calves, Stirks, OTM Cattle and Store Cattle, Thursday 25th May 2023.

Calves & Stirks

Another fast trade for all classes of calves, with more required to fulfil the ever increasing ring side of buyers. The strongest bull calves sold to £595 for a Limousin x from MH&AR Robinson, Old Hutton with British Blue x achieving £525 from JW&TE Sharp Ltd, Lyth. Other stronger bull calves included Charolais x achieving £520 from MH&AR Robinson, Old Hutton. Rearing calves sold to £390 for a British Blue x from HJ Robinson & Son, Preston Patrick with others generally £320-£360. Native sired bull calves sold to £330 on three occasions from Whitestone Farm, Penrith. Nice rearing Beef Shorthorn x bull calves sold to £265 from RG&J Clarke, Endmoor. Dairy bull calves sold to £145 for a Holstein Friesian with Dairy Shorthorns to £130. A keen interest in heifer calves, especially those suitable for suckler replacement with MH&AR Robinson, Old Hutton selling British Blue x at £555, Charolais x at £500 and Limousin x at £480. Rearing heifer calves sold to £400 for a British Blue x from A Pickthall, New Hutton with others at £355 from FB Dunning & Son, Orton. Native sired heifers sold to £290 for an Aberdeen Angus x from Whitestone Farm, Penrith with Hereford x achieving £255.

Bull Stirks sold to £710 for a pair of Aberdeen Angus x from RF&CE Hodgson, Ulverston with British Blue x selling to £630 from W Stamper, Chipping. Steers sold to £730 for a Simmental x from MW&PA Rollason, Meathop who sold Aberdeen Angus x at £710. Others at £670 from Messrs Young, Lindale. Heifers sold to £660 for Aberdeen Angus x from JJ&J Towers, Lowick who sold others at £600. Younger sorts achieved £555 from Messrs Young, Lindale.

Heifer Calves Top Prices: British Blue: £555 Holmescales Farm, £400 Borrans Farm, £355 Raisgill Hall, £350 Holmescales Farm, £300 Raisgill Hall, £300 Elm Tree Farm. Charolais: £500 Holmescales Farm. Limousin: £480, £465, £330, £310 Holmescales Farm, £295 Cockley Beck Farm, £215 Holmescales Farm. Angus: £290, £200 Whitestone Farm. Hereford: £255 Stirzaker House Farm, £200, £120 Wraysholme Tower.

Bull Calves Top Prices: Limousin: £595 Holmescales Farm, £490 Flodder Hall, £440, £345 Holmescales Farm, £190, £175 Halforth Farm. British Blue: £525 Flodder Hall, £495, £455, £395 Holmescales Farm, £390 Elm Tree Farm, £360 Holmescales Farm. Charolais: £520, £435, £420 Holmescales Farm. Angus: £330, £290 Whitestone Farm, £230 Far Audlands, £230 Whitestone Farm. Shorthorn: £265, £220, £185 Far Audlands. Hereford: £200, £185, £175, £150 Wraysholme Tower. Friesian: £145 Whitestone Farm. Dairy Shorthorn: £130 Craketrees.

Bull Stirk Top Prices: Angus: £710 Rowe End Farm. British Blue: £630, £560 Coldcotes Farm.

Heifer Stirk Top Prices: Angus: £660, £600 Low Stennerley, £555 Moss End Farm, £460 Kendal House Farm.

Steer Stirk Top Prices: Simmental: £730 Kendal House Farm. Angus: £710 Kendal House Farm, £670 Low Stennerley, £670 Moss End Farm.

Store Cattle

A large entry of store cattle was forward at the late May sale, with a busy ring side of buyers in attendance keen to secure additional stock and take advantage of the high beef trade. Steers sold to a top price of £1540 for a Beef Shorthorn from JW&TE Sharp Ltd, Lyth. An Aberdeen Angus sold to £1510 from GM Metcalfe, Underbarrow who sold other Limousins and Angus’s at £1475 and £1470. A run of well farmed steers from Lowther Park, Penrith sold to £1470 for Aberdeen Angus’s with others at £1440. British Blue steers sold to £1440 from TW Nelson & Son, Stainton. Hereford x sold to £1350 from MJ Waller, Lupton with Charolais from JC Walling & Son, Lyth achieving £1270. Yearling steers sold to £1230 for a Limousin x from HR&KA Hodgson, Barbon closely followed by Blonde x achieving £1220 from SJ&NS Wood, Windermere. Charolais heifers sold to £1180 from J Turnbull, Meathop. Younger suckler bred steers sold to £1160 for Limousin x from GM Jones, Ambleside with others at £1100 from F&JM Mason, Kirkby Lonsdale. Dairy bred steers sold to £1200 for Fleckviehs and Montbeliardes from JE Wightman, Lupton who sold other at £1125. Holstein Friesian sold to £900 from RJ&R Holden, Millom. Younger Holsteins achieved £800 with £705 achieved for eight month old Montbeliarde from Low Borrowbridge, Tebay.

Suckler bred bulls sold to £1405 for a pure Limousin from P Cummings, Burton in Kendal with others at £1370 from JM Airey, New Hutton and an Aberdeen Angus to £1135 from MW&PA Rollason, Meathorp. Heifer sold to £1390 for a Charolais x from MJ Waller, Lupton with Limousin x selling to £1340 from JM&NJ Strickland, Whinfell and JA&J Harper, Sedbergh also achieving this price for a Blonde x. Aberdeen Angus x heifers sold to £1290 from GM Metcalfe, Underbarrow with British Blue to £1280 from TW Nelson & Son. Yearling heifers sold to £1200 for a Limousin x from HR&KA Hodgson, Barbon with Blondes to £1180 from JA&J Harper, Sedbergh. Younger heifers sold to £1070 for Charolais x from RC&SC Cleasby, Broughton in Furness with others at £1050 from AW&AM Clarke, Windermere. Other heifers (8-10 months) generally £800-£900.

Store Bullocks Top Prices: Shorthorn: £1540 Flodder Hall, £1195 Lowther Park Farm, £1170, £1100 Meathop Park Farm

Lodge, £1090 Lowther Park Farm, £970 Meathop Park Farm Lodge. Angus: £1510, £1470 Low Gregg Hall, £1470

Lowther Park Farm, £1460 Low Gregg Hall, £1440, £1340 Lowther Park Farm. Limousin: £1475, £1410 Low Gregg Hall, £1340 Barbon Fell House, £1270 Lambrigg Head Farm, £1230 Howriggs, £1160 Fold Farm. British Blue: £1440, £1390

Cockrigg Farm, £1380 Carlingwha, £1170 Coat Green Farm, £1070, £1050 Lowther Park Farm. Hereford: £1350

Carlingwha, £970 Bradlow Farm. Charolais: £1270, £1230 Dawson Fold, £1180 Meathop Park Farm Lodge, £1090

Angerton Farm, £980 Newcross House Farm. Blonde: £1220, £1040 Causeway Farm. Fleckvieh: £1200, £1125 Crabtree Farm. Montbeliarde: £1200 Crabtree Farm. Simmental: £1160 Crabtree Farm, £985 Lowther Park Farm, £970 Bradlow Farm. Saler: £1005 Bank Farm.

Store Bull Top Prices: Limousin: £1405 Peall House, £1370, £1160, £1090 Old Croft, £940 Peall House, £920 Tricket Drive. Angus: £1135 Kendal House Farm, £1050 Mireside Farm.

Store Heifers Top Prices: Charolais: £1390 Carlingwha, £1170 Dawson Fold, £1070 Angerton Farm, £1050 Low Longmire, £1050 Angerton Farm, £990 Meathop Park Farm Lodge. Blonde: £1340, £1180 Capplethwaite Hall, £960 Causeway Farm. Limousin: £1340 The Borrans, £1290 Capplethwaite Hall, £1290 Low Gregg, £1200 Howriggs, £1200 Fold Farm, £1160 Barbon Fell House. Angus: £1290 Low Gregg Hall, £1200 Barbon Fell House, £1110 Mireside Farm, £1100 Crabtree Farm. British Blue: £1280 Cockrigg Farm, £1190 Carlingwha, £980 Newcross House Farm. Hereford: £1190 Bleaswood Road, £985 Templand Farm. Shorthorn: £1180 Meathop Park Farm Lodge, £920 Flodder Hall.

OTM Cattle

All cull cows today averaged 196p/kg with an entry of predominately dairy bred cows. No real strength in the beef cow section today, with feeding types selling to 231.5p/kg for a Limousin x from JM&NJ Strickland, Whinfell with other feeding cows generally 215p/kg to 230p/kg. Top grossing beef cow today was a heavy weight Aberdeen Angus from BJ Bowness, Kendal closely followed by a Saler from M&M Carr, Carnforth achieving £1920. Dairy cows sold to 189.5p/kg for a Holstein Friesian from C Preston, Millom with others selling to £1383 from JG&BJ Escolme, Killington. Other dairy cows were generally achieving 180p/kg-190p/kg. Cull bulls sold to 214.5p/kg or £1981 for Limousin from JA&J Harper, Killington with others selling to 199.5p/kg from K Wrathall, Broughton in Furness or £1935 from J Turnball, Meathorp.

OTM Cow Top Prices: Limousin: 231.50 The Borrans, 209.50 Crow Wood, 207.50 Blea Tarn Road, 199.50 Hopestead. Angus: 229.50 Park House Farm, 219.50, 211.50 Ellers Farm, 209.50 Blea Tarn Road, 191.50 Ellers Farm. Saler: 229.50 Alby Wood, 224.50, 214.50 Millbeck. Hereford: 221.50 Riddings. Simmental: 219.50 Alby Wood. British Blue: 209.50 High Borrowbridge, 209.50 Greenside Farm, 204.50 Lane End, 200. Alby Wood, 199.50 Swallowmire, 199.50 Alby Wood. Shorthorn: 209.50, 199.50 Sayles Farm, 194.50 Cockley Beck Farm. Friesian: 189.50, 184.50 Mire House Farm, 184.50 Low Stangerthwaite, 184.50 High House Farm, 177.50 Low Sizergh Farm, 169.50 Scales Park Farm. Belted Galloway: 174.50, 169.50 Scar Sykes Farm. Norwegian Red: 164.50 Low Sizergh Farm. Continental: 154.50 Millbeck.

OTM Heifer Top Prices: Angus: 179.50 Park House Farm.

Cast Steer Top Prices: Charolais: 224.50 Tricket Drive.

Cast Bull Top Prices: Limousin: 214.50 Capplethwaite, 199.50 Cockley Beck Farm. Shorthorn: 194.50 Meathop Park Farm Lodge.

Lancaster Auction Mart: Weekly Sale of Calves, Stirks, OTM's and Store Cattle, Friday 26th May 2023.

Calves & Weanlings

Trade remains very strong for an entry of predominately younger calves this week. Bull calves sold to £375 for month old British Blue x from J Bargh & Son, Morecambe who sold others at £370, as did Wallbank Farms Ltd, Over Wyresdale.

A run of month old Charolais x from WG Farms Ltd, Cockerham sold to £345, £340 and £335. Reared bull calves sold to £555, from a wonderful run of Hereford x from TE&M Kidd, Ellel who sold others at £540. Reared Aberdeen Angus bulls sold to £455 from J&M Coar & Son, Clitheroe who sold others at £425.

Heifer calves sold to £325 for British Blue x from J Bargh & Son, Morecambe with other British Blue x from WG Farms Ltd also achieved £325. Charolais x from the same home sold at £310. Reared heifers sold to £550 and £520 for Aberdeen Angus’s from IT Richardson, Catforth with Hereford x to £455 from TE&M Kidd, Ellel. Dairy bulls sold to £300 for a weaned Swedish Red & White with Brown Swiss selling to £195.

Heifer Calves Top Prices: Angus: £550, £520 West View Farm. Hereford: £455, £320, £310, £300 Booth Hall. British Blue: £325 North Farm, £325 Lathwaite Farm, £315 Tills Farm Charolais: £310, £300, £285 Lathwaite Farm.

Bull Calves Top Prices: Hereford: £560, £555, £540, £450, £395 Booth Hall. Angus: £455, £425, £395 Fields Farm, £250 Lathwaite Farm. British Blue: £375, £370 North Farm, £370 Tills Farm, £325, £300 North Farm. Charolais: £345, £340, £335, £245 Lathwaite Farm. Brown Swiss: £195 Lathwaite Farm.

Steer Calf Top Prices: Swedish Red: £300 West View Farm.

Store Cattle

A high quality entry of store cattle was forward at the popular weekly sale at Lancaster, with a red hot trade seen just like the weather outside. Steers sold to a top price of £1940 on two occasions for British Blue x and Limousin x from GT&C Blezard, Conder Green. Other heavy well finished steers sold to £1900 for Simmental x from TJ Lloyd, Settle with others regularly £1580 to £1700. Native sired steers peaked at £1920 for an Aberdeen Angus x from J&JM Walmsley, Pilling with other Aberdeen Angus £1780 from L Parsons & Sons, Levens. A ring full of Hereford x achieved £1490 from J Lamb, Lancaster. Dairy bred steers sold to £1640 for British Friesians from GR Park & Sons, Whinfell with others at £1260 from TJ Lloyd Settle. A keen interest in steers suitable for turn out saw British Blue x sell to £1390 from V&S Fitzell, Much Hoole with British Blue x to £1300 from JA&ME Mawson, Penrith with others regularly £1100-£1250. Heifers sold to £1840 for a trio of Charolais x from R&EA Gardner, Brigsteer with Limousin x selling to £1600 from L Parsons & Sons, Levens and British Blue x to £1410 from AJ&D Knowles, New Hutton. Native sired heifers sold to a top price of £1660 for a Hereford x from J&JM Walmsley, Pilling with Aberdeen Angus x selling to £1410 from M Huck, Burneside. Heifers suitable for summer grazing sold to £1210 for Aberdeen Angus x from C Butler, Hambleton with British Blue x selling to £1200 from J&A Sheerin, Quernmore with others £1000£1100.

Stirks and Young Stores

The popular sale of young stores and stirks attracted a large crowd of buyers keen to secure replacement stock. Bulls sold to a top price of £1480 for a British Blue x from J Burrow & Son, Barton who sold others at £1380. Yearling suckler bred bulls sold to £1300 for Limousins from P Cummings, Burton in Kendal. Dairy bulls sold to £880 for Fleckviehs from P&ME Higginson, Pilling with younger six month old bulls selling to £660 from JR Newsham & Sons, Conder Green.

Steer stirks sold to £1240 for an Aberdeen Angus from R&D Kellet, Cockerham closely followed by a Simmental x from AJ Metcalfe, Out Rawcliffe achieving £1210. A large entry of predominately eight -ten month old steers sold to £1020 for a ring full of Aberdeen Angus x from JW Thwaites, Tebay with others at £980 from G&D Ball & Son, Little Eccleston. British Blue x sold to £940 from FW Rhodes & Son, Ellel who also sold Hereford x at £880. Younger steers (6 months) sold to £680 for Hereford x and Aberdeen Angus x from J&M Coar & Son, Clitheroe. Heifer stirks sold to £1240 for a Simmental x from AJ Metcalfe, Out Rawcliffe. Well reared heifer stirks (seventen months) sold to £890 for British Blue x from FW Rhodes & Son, Ellel with Aberdeen Angus x from JW Thwaites, Tebay at £80 and British Blue to £770 from ST Pye, Great Eccleston. The next catalogued sale of stirks, young stores and feeding bulls is on Friday 30th June. Vendors are encouraged to enter all classes of stock with confidence for the next weekly sale.

Store Bullocks Top Prices: British Blue: £1940 Scale House Farm, £1680 Foredales Farm, £1430, £1390, £1380 Moss House Farm, £1360 Old Glasson Farm. Limousin: £1940, £1840 Scale House Farm, £1400 Holmes Farm, £1310 Middleton Hall. Angus: £1920 Staffords Farm, £1780 Low Levens, £1740 Foredales Farm, £1740 Staffords Farm, £1700 Ivy Barn, £1700 Staffords Farm. Simmental: £1900 Procotors Row, £1680 Hazelslack Tower Farm, £1480 Billinge Hakk, £1210 Moss Gate Farm.

Charolais: £1680 Foredales Farm. Friesian: £1640, £1280 Low Deepslack, £1260 Proctors Row, £1180 Steel Croft, £1140 Holmes Farm. Hereford: £1490 Old Glasson Farm, £1380 Lynwood, £1380 Procotors Row, £1370 Windy Hill Farm, £1240 Hoghton Road, £1220 Lynwood. Continental: £1160, £1120 Steel Croft.

Store Heifers Top Prices: Charolais: £1840 Barrowfield, £1440 Mill House Farm. Hereford: £1660 Staffords Farm.

Limousin: £1600 Low Levens, £1580 Marshaw Farm, £1410 Oak Fold, £1230, £1040 New House Farm. Angus: £1410 Oak Fold, £1390 Mill House Farm, £1350, £1340, £1290 Raw Head, £1210 Park Farm Barn. British Blue: £1410 Windy Hill Farm, £1380 Moss House Farm, £1300 Ivy House, £1290 Plumpton Hall Farm, £1240 Moss House Farm, £1200 Knotts Farm. Simmental: £1240 Moss Gate Farm. Longhorn: £1150 Park Farm Barn.

Store Bull Top Prices: British Blue: £1480, £1380 Tunsteads Farm. Limousin: £1300, £1180 Peall House.

OTM Cattle

Once again Lancaster Action Mart leads the way, with an overall market average of 205p/kg.

Beef cows sold to 269p/kg and £2075 for a Limousin from Z Ward, Carnforth with others selling to 254p/kg for British Blue from AE&PC Capstick, Heversham and £1820 for an Aberdeen Angus from G Mayor, Tarleton. Dairy cows peaked at 229p/kg for a Holstein Friesian from WG Farms, Cockerham and £1797 from Lawsons Dairy Ltd. Medium sorts were 195p/kg to 210p/kg, with leaner parlour sorts 150p/kg to 170p/kg.

OTM heifers sold to 264p/kg for an Aberdeen Angus x from JE Catterall & Family with other selling to £1683 from W&A Cardwell, Stalmine. Other well fleshed heifers were 230p/kg to 250p/kg with dairies selling to 254p/kg for Holstein Friesians from G&ME Woodhouse & Son, Ellel and others £1608. Steers sold to 294p/kg and £1702 for a Limousin and 229p/kg and £1374 for a Holstein Friesian.

Nine stock bulls sold today with a top price of 214p/kg for Limousin from EJ Ward & Son, Nether Kellet with others regularly 180p/kg to 195p/kg. Top grossing being an Aberdeen Angus x from JF&J Hewitt & Family, Nateby totalling £2157.

OTM Cow Top Prices: Limousin: 269.50 Intack Farm, 241.50 High House Farm, 234.50 Ouzelthorn Farm, 234.50 Mireside Farm, 204.50 Castle Mill Farm, 199.50 Dubside. British Blue: 254.50 Park House Farm. Angus: 244.50 Toad Hall Farm, 227.50, 219.50 Netholme Farm, 194.50 Braeslacks, 189.50 Well House Farm, 149.50 Mosergh Farm.

Charolais: 239.50, 214.50 Kate Farm. Simmental: 239.50 Intack Farm. Friesian: 229.50 Lathwaite Farm, 214.50 Barnfield Farm, 211.50 Bank End Farm, 207.50 North Farm, 207.50 Bank End Farm, 204.50 North Farm. Shorthorn: 204.50 Kate Farm. Fleckvieh: 197.50 High House. Brown Swiss: 159.50 Lathwaite Farm. Jersey: 159.50 Lathwaite Farm.

OTM Heifer Top Prices: Angus: 264.50 Toad Hall Farm, 249.50 Low Groves Farm, 231.50 Well House Farm, 229.50 Park House Farm, 224.50 Well House Farm. British Blue: 259.50 Boldens Farm. Friesian: 254.50, 237.50 Boldens Farm, 237.50 Little Town Farm, 229.50 Gibstick Hall, 229.50 Barnfield Farm, 229.50 Boldens Farm. Simmental: 224.50 Hazelslack Tower Farm. Limousin: 199.50 Mosegh Farm.

Cast Steer Top Prices: Limousin: 294.50 Intack Farm, 279.50 Lodge Hall. Friesian: 229.50 Tills Farm.

Cast Bull Top Prices: Hereford: £1820 Holly House Farm, 189.50 Holme House Farm. Limousin: 214.50 Intack Farm, 199.50 Wilson Wood. Friesian: 179.50 Abbey House, 169.50 Lathwaite Farm, 159.50 Knotts Farm, 149.50 Oxenforth Green Farm. Angus: 179.50 Park Farm.

NWA FARM SALES

Thursday 29th June- P&M Asbury, Gilbertons Farm, Abbeystead

Saturday 15th July- Messrs Robinson, Longlands Farm, Dalton in Furness

Saturday 29th July- JM Taylor & Son, Russell Farm, Burton in Kendal

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Next Week's Upcoming Sales

Monday 29th

Lancaster: 10:30am Weekly Sale of Spring Lambs, Prime Hoggs and Cast Sheep.

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.

Wednesday 31st

J36: 9am-4pm Machinery Drop Off

Friday 2nd

Lancaster: 10:15am Weekly Sale of Calves, Store and Cast/OTM Cattle.

11am Fortnightly Sale of Dairy Cattle

11:15am Weekly Sale of Store Cattle

J36: Online Machinery commences 9am-4pm Machinery Viewing

Saturday 3rd

J36: 9am-12noon Machinery Viewing

Weekly Report and Newsletter - 26th May 2023

Lancaster Auction Mart: Weekly Sale of Spring Lambs, Prime Hoggs and Cast Sheep, Monday 22nd May 2023.

Spring Lambs

A competitive trade was seen for all spring lambs forward with the weekly ringside of buyers in attendance and a competitive trade for all classes and types. The sale topped at £180 for pure Charollais lambs from S Wilson & Sons, Scotforth. Smart bred Texel lambs from J&S Horner, Ingleton sold to £165, with Beltexs from the same good home selling to £163. Plenty of interest was shown in heavy lambs at Lancaster market with a full pen of 52kg Hampshire lambs selling to £159 from DR&BE Rolfe, Scorton with many pens selling at £150 plus. Lighter lambs saw an improved trade with 40kg Texel lambs from RA Holmes, Inskip selling to £150 with these type of lambs regularly selling at 350p/kg plus.

Spring Lamb Top Prices: Charollais: £180 Burrow Heights Farm, £161 Ingleborough Park, £125 Bensons Farm. Texel: £165 Ingleborough Park, £160 Keepers Cottage, £159 Bensons Farm, £159 Bensons Farm, £158 Ingleborough Park, £157 Keeper Cottage. Beltex: £163 Ingleborough Park, £130 Burrow Heights. Hampshire: £159 Potters Hill Farm, £138 Potters Hill Farm. Suffolk: £151.50 Cocker House Farm, £151.50 Cocker House Farm, £147 Stubbins Farm, £142.50 Cocker House Farm, £142.50 Cocker House Farm, £141 Potters Hill Farm. Continental: £143 Potters Hill Farm, £121 Potters Hill Farm.

Prime Hoggs

A good entry for the time of year with 450 hoggs forward, with once again meated hoggs selling to a premium and leaner types harder to place on the day. The sale topped at £164 from AG Butler, Hambleton with a pen of ten Texel hoggs from GH Sanderson & Family, Catforth selling to £150. Heavy hoggs were regularly selling at £140£150. Mules sold to a top of £145 with Cheviots selling to £144 from J&H Davis, Garstang. An overall market averaged of 258p/kg was achieved.

Prime Hoggs Top Prices: Texel: £164 Park Farm Barn, £155 Park Farm Barn, £150 Blackleach House, £150 Moorville, £147 Blackleach House Farm. Charollais: £153 Walker House Farm, £143 Low Pleasant, £136 Merryfield, £101 Low Pleasant. Beltex: £150 Little Eccleston Hall, £150 Little Eccleston Hall £148 Little Eccleston Hall, £137 Little Eccleston Hall, £135 Ingleborough Park, £130 Moorville. Continental: £145 Stubbins House Farm, £145 Stubbins House Farm, £142 Stubbins House Farm, £139.50 Cross House Farm, £138.50 Cross House Farm, £130 Stubbins House Farm. Mule: £145 Walker House Farm, £138 Meadow Croft, £132 Overhouses, £131 Stubbins House Farm, £129 Cross House Farm, £125 Meadow Croft. Cheviot: £144 Weavers Farm, £144 Weavers Farm, £116.50 Brabiner House Farm, £100 Cragg Farm. Suffolk: £140 Meadow Croft, £140 Walnut Tree Cottage, £130 Walnut Tree Cottage, £129 Meadow Croft, £125 Meadow Croft. Swaledale: £121 Holme House Farm, £120 Holme House Farm, £103 Holme House Farm, £100 Holme House Farm, £98 Lower Brow Top, £94 Holme House Farm. Rough Fell: £100 Park Farm Barn. Scottish Black Face: £98 Park Farm Barn.

Cast Sheep

A flying trade for all ewes forward with Texels selling to £180 from JS Horner, Ingleton and Charollais from the same home to £178. The best Continental bred ewes were regularly £150 plus, with Mules selling to a top of £138 twice from T&E Burrow, Slyne and PD Anderton, Scorton. Mashams sold to £130 from W Pinder, Clitheroe, Swaledale sold to a top of £110 from JA Simpson, Barnacre with other pens of Swaledales to £105 from WI&AM Atkinson & Son, Bleasdale. Many more ewes could be sold to the vendors advantage in the coming weeks.

Cast Ewes Top Prices: Texel: £180, £174 Ingleborough Park Drive, £174 Stubbins Farm, £148 Ingleborough Park Drive, £144 Moorville, £142 Cock Hall Farm. Charollais: £178 Ingleborough Park Drive. Beltex: £144, £112 West View. Mule: £138 Wyre Farm, £138 Throstle Grove Farm, £133 Cock Hall Farm, £130 Walnut Tree Cottage, £128 Holme House Farm, £122 Dunkenshaw Farm. Continental: £137, £130 Low Pleasant, £96 Longstripes Farm, £92, £88 Low Pleasant. Masham: £130, £128, £102, £75 Longstripes Farm. Swaledale: £110 Millstones, £105 Holme House Farm, £70 Lower Brow Top. Cheviot: £105 Cragg Farm, £70 Longstripes Farm. Horned: £79 Longstripes Farm.

Cast Ram Top Prices: Charollais: £90 Low Pleasant. Texel: £90 Throstle Grove Farm.

J36 Rural Auction Centre: Sale of Pigs, Sheep with Lambs at Foot, Spring Lambs, Prime Hoggs and Cast Sheep, Tuesday 23rd May 2023

Pigs

A sale made up of entirely prime pigs today, saw a top price of £222 for a pen of four Large White x pigs from JM Navesey, Darwen who sold others at £182. Prime gilts sold to £205 for heavy weight Large White x from W Stamper, Chipping with other heavy weight pigs selling to £182 from D Lord, Preesall and £180 from T Hornsby, Silloth. Light weight pigs sold to £175 for Pietrain x gilts from W Stamper. Top pence for kilo this week was 206p/kg achieved by JM Navesey, Darwen for Large White x hoggs and gilts, with other well finished Large White x pigs generally 165p/kg-185p/kg.

A small entry of cull sows sold to £100 and 45p/kg from JM Navesey, Darwen. A large crowd of buyers in attendance with many leaving empty handed and keen to return at the next pig sale on Tuesday 13th June.

Spring Lambs

Trade improves week on week in the spring lamb section with more needed to satisfy our strong ringside of buyers at Junction 36. The sale topped at £188 for a pair of Beltex x lambs from D&K Swarbrick, Out Rawcliffe with Texel lambs selling to £183 from S Wilson & Son, Scotforth. Heavy lambs were keenly sort after and regularly selling at £165-£170. An improved trade for meated lighter lambs, with these types regularly selling at 345-360p/kg. Top pence per kilogram was 385p/kg attained by D&K Swarbrick, Out Rawcliffe. Butch type lambs were frequently selling at 370p/kg-380p/kg.

Spring Lamb Top Prices: Texel: £188 Bensons Farm, £183 Burrow Heights, £179 Bensons Farm, £173 Bensons Farm, £170 Bensons Farm, £165 Bensons Farm. Dutch Spotted: £173 Small Holding. Suffolk: £170 Station Hotel Farm, £169 Candy Slack, £169 Station Hotel Farm, £161 Old Byre Barn, £149 Lane Ends Farm, £149 Lane Ends Farm. Zwartbel: £165 Small Holding. Continental: £162 Redbank Farm, £159 Woodside, £156 Woodside, £153 Howriggs, £151 Bensons Farm, £149 Howriggs. Hampshire: £160 Endmoor Farm. Cheviot: £158 Swallowmire. Dorset: £155 High Biggarsbank. Charollais: £139 Oak Avenue, £135 Burrow Heights, £133 Redbank Farm. Ryeland: £116 Old Byre Barn.

Sheep With Lambs At Foot

Breeding sheep would be the dearest seen all season, a cracking run of Mule hoggs from Messrs Hayton, Colby saw a pen of twelve with Texel lambs sell to £260, with other pens of ten from the same good home selling to £240. RC Wharton & Son, Drybeck continue to bring smart bred hoggs which saw their best sell to £220. The on-going flock reduction from P Mason, Burton in Kendal saw aged Texel ewes with Beltex twins sell to £300. Texel ewes from JM&NJ Strickland, Whinfell sold to £275. A pen of ten Mule ewes sucking Texel twin lambs form P Mason, Burton in Kendal sold to £240. Ewes sucking single lambs were in keen demand with the best seeing aged Texel ewes from JM&NJ Stickland, Whinfell sell to £205. With the continued good weather and the grass growing, there is still plenty of demand for sheep with lambs at foot. Next week’s sale includes the second show for hoggs with lambs at foot, please contact the office with entries by Wednesday 23rd May.

Hoggs with Lambs at Foot: Mule: £260, £240 Penny Hill, £220, £215 High Field. Continental: £135, £100 Harbarrow Farm. Texel: £120 Harbarrow Farm.

Shearling with Lambs at Foot: Texel: £275 The Borrans. Continental: £252 Ghyll Farm, £140 Old School House. Charolais: £245 The Borrans. Mule: £245 Riddings, £205 Old Hutton Farm, £170 The Borrans.

Ewes with Lambs at Foot: Continental: £300 Coat Green Farm, £255 Bowers Farm, £235 Herschell Terrace, £230 Bowers Farm, £182 Old Hutton Farm, £178 High Greenside. Suffolk: £230 Townend, £180 High Woodend. Mule: £260 Penny Hill, £240 Coat Green Farm, £222, £220 Bowers Farm, £215 Dunkenshaw Farm. Texel: £205 The Borrans, £202 Coat Green Farm, £140 Harbarrow Farm. Herdwick: £115 Sella Farm, £108 Middle Fell. Swaledale: £110 Townend, £102 High Greenside.

Prime Hoggs

Once again a two tier trade was seen with meat keenly bid for and leaner grassy type hoggs meeting less demand. Texel hoggs sold to a top of £167 from E Dodgson, Kendal with others to £158 from WH Kitchen & Son, Helsington with heavy meated hoggs regularly selling at the £140-£150 mark. Mule saw a top of £147 from J&J Huck, Burneside with Cheviots selling to £140 from TE JS SA Carruthers, Underbarrow. A tremendous run of well finished hoggs from GM&A Jackson, Little Eccleston saw a ring full of Scotch hoggs at 42kg sell to £130.50. Meated hoggs are needed for the upcoming weeks, please advise Bradley Thompson with numbers.

Prime Hoggs Top Prices: Texel: £167 Spital Farm, £158 Hawes Farm, £158 Hawes Farm, £150 Guards Farm, £150 Moss House Farm, £142 Ashstead, £141 Park House Farm. Continental: £151 Red Scar Farm, £137 Red Scar Farm, £115 Hawes Farm, £113 Red Scar Farm. Cheviot: £149 Nibthwaite Grange Farm, £140 Harbarrow Farm, £140 Red Scar Farm, £139 Harbarrow Farm, £135 Little Eccleston Hall, £134 Harbarrow Farm. Suffolk: £148 Yew Tree House, £145 Poppy Farm, £138 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £134 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £130 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage. Mule: £147 Oak Fold, £141 Old Hutton Farm, £140 Old Hutton Farm, £128 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £127 Red Scar Farm, £124 Grayrigg Hall. Swaledale: £130 Grayrigg Hall, £124 Grayrigg Hall, £112 Grayrigg Hall, £105 Little Eccleston Hall. Scottish Black Face: £130.50 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £109 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage. Rough Fell: £117 Borrow Bridge House, £94 Steps Farm. Herdwick: £114 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage. Horned: £110 Marsh Grange Farm.

Cast Sheep

The weekly sale of cull ewes continue to sell at a fast trade, with all classes and types required to satisfy buyers demand. Heavy pure bred ewes sold to £172 for a Texel from E Dodgson, Kendal with Dutch spotted selling to £168 from AJ&EJ Platt, Barrow in Furness. Other Texels at £166 from Messrs Wightman & Mason, Burton and Beltexs achieving £158 from K Kenyon, Slaidburn. First x ewes sold to £146 for Suffolk x from JG&BJ Escolme, Killington and Texel x £146 from E Dodgson, Kendal. Cheviot Mules sold to £138 from TH&D Cornthwaite & Son, Cartmel Fell and North Country Mule to £114 from TH Garnett & Son, Stank. Hill bred ewes sold to £128 for Rough Fells from BJ Bainbridge, Shap, Cheviots to £112 from M Allen, Carnforth and Swaledales £104 from D Sharp, Lyth. Scotch Black Face £100 from G&ID Postlethwaite, Howgill and Herdwicks £96 from AT Threlkeld, Ulverston. All classes and types of ewes are good to sell, with mediums regularly £85-£100 and the leanest £60£70, depending on breed and quality.

Cull rams sold to £166 for a Charolais from R&EM Gardner, Briggsteer with Beltex x selling to £156 from AE Atkinson & Son, Endmoor and Texels £150 from A Wilson, Tebay. Hill bred rams sold to £112 for Rough Fells from S&W Dickinson, Tebay with Cheviots £106, Swaledales £90 and Herdwicks £80. The cull ewe trade is forecast to remain strong, with sellers encouraged to take advantage of the strong trade.

Cast Ewes Top Prices: Texel: £172 Spital Farm, £166 West Lodge, £148 Flass Lane, £146, £144 Spital Farm, £138 Flooder Hall. Dutch Spotted: £168, £136 Flass Lane Blue Texel: £158 Townend. Zwartble: £150 Flass Lane. Suffolk: £146 Low Stangerthwaite, £140 New Close, £138 Ackenthwaite Farm, £138 Low Longmire Farm, £136 Oak Aveune, £128 West Lodge. Cheviot Mule: £138, £126 Low Tarn Green, £98 Swallowmire Farm. Charollais: £134, £128, £112 Oak Aveune. Beltex: £128, £100 Poppy Farm. Rough Fell: £128 Steps Farm, £102 Marsh Grange Farm, £100 Borrow Bridge House, £98, £92 Steps Farm. Mule: £114 New Close, £112 Low Tarn Green, £112, £110 Moss Side, £108 Riddings, £108 Barrowfield. Cheviot: £112 Park House Farm, £112 Yealand Manor, £102 Borrow Bridge House, £90 Poppy Farm.

Swaledale: £104 Flodder Hall, £102 Barrowfield, £100 Low Newton Farm, £98 Swallowmire Farm, £96 Grayrigg Hall. Scotch Blackface: £100 Riddings. Leicester: £100 Well Foot. Herdwick: £96 Bowkerstead Farm.

Cast Ram Top Prices: Charollais: £166 Barrowfield. Texel: £156 Stubb Farm, £150 Castle Garth, £140 Low Stangerthwaite, £134 The Borrans, £108 Castle Garth, £106 Cantsfield Hall. Suffolk: £134 New Close. Leicester: £124 Ashstead, £100 High Row. Rough Fell: £112 High Woodend. Cheviot: £106 Nibthwaite Grange Farm. Swaledale: £90 Grayrigg Hall.

J36 Rural Auction Centre: Fortnightly Sale of Calves, Stirks, OTM Cattle and Store Cattle, Thursday 25th May 2023.

Calves & Stirks

Another fast trade for all classes of calves, with more required to fulfil the ever increasing ring side of buyers. The strongest bull calves sold to £595 for a Limousin x from MH&AR Robinson, Old Hutton with British Blue x achieving £525 from JW&TE Sharp Ltd, Lyth. Other stronger bull calves included Charolais x achieving £520 from MH&AR Robinson, Old Hutton. Rearing calves sold to £390 for a British Blue x from HJ Robinson & Son, Preston Patrick with others generally £320-£360. Native sired bull calves sold to £330 on three occasions from Whitestone Farm, Penrith. Nice rearing Beef Shorthorn x bull calves sold to £265 from RG&J Clarke, Endmoor. Dairy bull calves sold to £145 for a Holstein Friesian with Dairy Shorthorns to £130. A keen interest in heifer calves, especially those suitable for suckler replacement with MH&AR Robinson, Old Hutton selling British Blue x at £555, Charolais x at £500 and Limousin x at £480. Rearing heifer calves sold to £400 for a British Blue x from A Pickthall, New Hutton with others at £355 from FB Dunning & Son, Orton. Native sired heifers sold to £290 for an Aberdeen Angus x from Whitestone Farm, Penrith with Hereford x achieving £255.

Bull Stirks sold to £710 for a pair of Aberdeen Angus x from RF&CE Hodgson, Ulverston with British Blue x selling to £630 from W Stamper, Chipping. Steers sold to £730 for a Simmental x from MW&PA Rollason, Meathop who sold Aberdeen Angus x at £710. Others at £670 from Messrs Young, Lindale. Heifers sold to £660 for Aberdeen Angus x from JJ&J Towers, Lowick who sold others at £600. Younger sorts achieved £555 from Messrs Young, Lindale.

Heifer Calves Top Prices: British Blue: £555 Holmescales Farm, £400 Borrans Farm, £355 Raisgill Hall, £350 Holmescales Farm, £300 Raisgill Hall, £300 Elm Tree Farm. Charolais: £500 Holmescales Farm. Limousin: £480, £465, £330, £310 Holmescales Farm, £295 Cockley Beck Farm, £215 Holmescales Farm. Angus: £290, £200 Whitestone Farm. Hereford: £255 Stirzaker House Farm, £200, £120 Wraysholme Tower.

Bull Calves Top Prices: Limousin: £595 Holmescales Farm, £490 Flodder Hall, £440, £345 Holmescales Farm, £190, £175 Halforth Farm. British Blue: £525 Flodder Hall, £495, £455, £395 Holmescales Farm, £390 Elm Tree Farm, £360 Holmescales Farm. Charolais: £520, £435, £420 Holmescales Farm. Angus: £330, £290 Whitestone Farm, £230 Far Audlands, £230 Whitestone Farm. Shorthorn: £265, £220, £185 Far Audlands. Hereford: £200, £185, £175, £150 Wraysholme Tower. Friesian: £145 Whitestone Farm. Dairy Shorthorn: £130 Craketrees.

Bull Stirk Top Prices: Angus: £710 Rowe End Farm. British Blue: £630, £560 Coldcotes Farm.

Heifer Stirk Top Prices: Angus: £660, £600 Low Stennerley, £555 Moss End Farm, £460 Kendal House Farm.

Steer Stirk Top Prices: Simmental: £730 Kendal House Farm. Angus: £710 Kendal House Farm, £670 Low Stennerley, £670 Moss End Farm.

Store Cattle

A large entry of store cattle was forward at the late May sale, with a busy ring side of buyers in attendance keen to secure additional stock and take advantage of the high beef trade. Steers sold to a top price of £1540 for a Beef Shorthorn from JW&TE Sharp Ltd, Lyth. An Aberdeen Angus sold to £1510 from GM Metcalfe, Underbarrow who sold other Limousins and Angus’s at £1475 and £1470. A run of well farmed steers from Lowther Park, Penrith sold to £1470 for Aberdeen Angus’s with others at £1440. British Blue steers sold to £1440 from TW Nelson & Son, Stainton. Hereford x sold to £1350 from MJ Waller, Lupton with Charolais from JC Walling & Son, Lyth achieving £1270. Yearling steers sold to £1230 for a Limousin x from HR&KA Hodgson, Barbon closely followed by Blonde x achieving £1220 from SJ&NS Wood, Windermere. Charolais heifers sold to £1180 from J Turnbull, Meathop. Younger suckler bred steers sold to £1160 for Limousin x from GM Jones, Ambleside with others at £1100 from F&JM Mason, Kirkby Lonsdale. Dairy bred steers sold to £1200 for Fleckviehs and Montbeliardes from JE Wightman, Lupton who sold other at £1125. Holstein Friesian sold to £900 from RJ&R Holden, Millom. Younger Holsteins achieved £800 with £705 achieved for eight month old Montbeliarde from Low Borrowbridge, Tebay.

Suckler bred bulls sold to £1405 for a pure Limousin from P Cummings, Burton in Kendal with others at £1370 from JM Airey, New Hutton and an Aberdeen Angus to £1135 from MW&PA Rollason, Meathorp. Heifer sold to £1390 for a Charolais x from MJ Waller, Lupton with Limousin x selling to £1340 from JM&NJ Strickland, Whinfell and JA&J Harper, Sedbergh also achieving this price for a Blonde x. Aberdeen Angus x heifers sold to £1290 from GM Metcalfe, Underbarrow with British Blue to £1280 from TW Nelson & Son. Yearling heifers sold to £1200 for a Limousin x from HR&KA Hodgson, Barbon with Blondes to £1180 from JA&J Harper, Sedbergh. Younger heifers sold to £1070 for Charolais x from RC&SC Cleasby, Broughton in Furness with others at £1050 from AW&AM Clarke, Windermere. Other heifers (8-10 months) generally £800-£900.

Store Bullocks Top Prices: Shorthorn: £1540 Flodder Hall, £1195 Lowther Park Farm, £1170, £1100 Meathop Park Farm

Lodge, £1090 Lowther Park Farm, £970 Meathop Park Farm Lodge. Angus: £1510, £1470 Low Gregg Hall, £1470

Lowther Park Farm, £1460 Low Gregg Hall, £1440, £1340 Lowther Park Farm. Limousin: £1475, £1410 Low Gregg Hall, £1340 Barbon Fell House, £1270 Lambrigg Head Farm, £1230 Howriggs, £1160 Fold Farm. British Blue: £1440, £1390

Cockrigg Farm, £1380 Carlingwha, £1170 Coat Green Farm, £1070, £1050 Lowther Park Farm. Hereford: £1350

Carlingwha, £970 Bradlow Farm. Charolais: £1270, £1230 Dawson Fold, £1180 Meathop Park Farm Lodge, £1090

Angerton Farm, £980 Newcross House Farm. Blonde: £1220, £1040 Causeway Farm. Fleckvieh: £1200, £1125 Crabtree Farm. Montbeliarde: £1200 Crabtree Farm. Simmental: £1160 Crabtree Farm, £985 Lowther Park Farm, £970 Bradlow Farm. Saler: £1005 Bank Farm.

Store Bull Top Prices: Limousin: £1405 Peall House, £1370, £1160, £1090 Old Croft, £940 Peall House, £920 Tricket Drive. Angus: £1135 Kendal House Farm, £1050 Mireside Farm.

Store Heifers Top Prices: Charolais: £1390 Carlingwha, £1170 Dawson Fold, £1070 Angerton Farm, £1050 Low Longmire, £1050 Angerton Farm, £990 Meathop Park Farm Lodge. Blonde: £1340, £1180 Capplethwaite Hall, £960 Causeway Farm. Limousin: £1340 The Borrans, £1290 Capplethwaite Hall, £1290 Low Gregg, £1200 Howriggs, £1200 Fold Farm, £1160 Barbon Fell House. Angus: £1290 Low Gregg Hall, £1200 Barbon Fell House, £1110 Mireside Farm, £1100 Crabtree Farm. British Blue: £1280 Cockrigg Farm, £1190 Carlingwha, £980 Newcross House Farm. Hereford: £1190 Bleaswood Road, £985 Templand Farm. Shorthorn: £1180 Meathop Park Farm Lodge, £920 Flodder Hall.

OTM Cattle

All cull cows today averaged 196p/kg with an entry of predominately dairy bred cows. No real strength in the beef cow section today, with feeding types selling to 231.5p/kg for a Limousin x from JM&NJ Strickland, Whinfell with other feeding cows generally 215p/kg to 230p/kg. Top grossing beef cow today was a heavy weight Aberdeen Angus from BJ Bowness, Kendal closely followed by a Saler from M&M Carr, Carnforth achieving £1920. Dairy cows sold to 189.5p/kg for a Holstein Friesian from C Preston, Millom with others selling to £1383 from JG&BJ Escolme, Killington. Other dairy cows were generally achieving 180p/kg-190p/kg. Cull bulls sold to 214.5p/kg or £1981 for Limousin from JA&J Harper, Killington with others selling to 199.5p/kg from K Wrathall, Broughton in Furness or £1935 from J Turnball, Meathorp.

OTM Cow Top Prices: Limousin: 231.50 The Borrans, 209.50 Crow Wood, 207.50 Blea Tarn Road, 199.50 Hopestead. Angus: 229.50 Park House Farm, 219.50, 211.50 Ellers Farm, 209.50 Blea Tarn Road, 191.50 Ellers Farm. Saler: 229.50 Alby Wood, 224.50, 214.50 Millbeck. Hereford: 221.50 Riddings. Simmental: 219.50 Alby Wood. British Blue: 209.50 High Borrowbridge, 209.50 Greenside Farm, 204.50 Lane End, 200. Alby Wood, 199.50 Swallowmire, 199.50 Alby Wood. Shorthorn: 209.50, 199.50 Sayles Farm, 194.50 Cockley Beck Farm. Friesian: 189.50, 184.50 Mire House Farm, 184.50 Low Stangerthwaite, 184.50 High House Farm, 177.50 Low Sizergh Farm, 169.50 Scales Park Farm. Belted Galloway: 174.50, 169.50 Scar Sykes Farm. Norwegian Red: 164.50 Low Sizergh Farm. Continental: 154.50 Millbeck.

OTM Heifer Top Prices: Angus: 179.50 Park House Farm.

Cast Steer Top Prices: Charolais: 224.50 Tricket Drive.

Cast Bull Top Prices: Limousin: 214.50 Capplethwaite, 199.50 Cockley Beck Farm. Shorthorn: 194.50 Meathop Park Farm Lodge.

Lancaster Auction Mart: Weekly Sale of Calves, Stirks, OTM's and Store Cattle, Friday 26th May 2023.

Calves & Weanlings

Trade remains very strong for an entry of predominately younger calves this week. Bull calves sold to £375 for month old British Blue x from J Bargh & Son, Morecambe who sold others at £370, as did Wallbank Farms Ltd, Over Wyresdale.

A run of month old Charolais x from WG Farms Ltd, Cockerham sold to £345, £340 and £335. Reared bull calves sold to £555, from a wonderful run of Hereford x from TE&M Kidd, Ellel who sold others at £540. Reared Aberdeen Angus bulls sold to £455 from J&M Coar & Son, Clitheroe who sold others at £425.

Heifer calves sold to £325 for British Blue x from J Bargh & Son, Morecambe with other British Blue x from WG Farms Ltd also achieved £325. Charolais x from the same home sold at £310. Reared heifers sold to £550 and £520 for Aberdeen Angus’s from IT Richardson, Catforth with Hereford x to £455 from TE&M Kidd, Ellel. Dairy bulls sold to £300 for a weaned Swedish Red & White with Brown Swiss selling to £195.

Heifer Calves Top Prices: Angus: £550, £520 West View Farm. Hereford: £455, £320, £310, £300 Booth Hall. British Blue: £325 North Farm, £325 Lathwaite Farm, £315 Tills Farm Charolais: £310, £300, £285 Lathwaite Farm.

Bull Calves Top Prices: Hereford: £560, £555, £540, £450, £395 Booth Hall. Angus: £455, £425, £395 Fields Farm, £250 Lathwaite Farm. British Blue: £375, £370 North Farm, £370 Tills Farm, £325, £300 North Farm. Charolais: £345, £340, £335, £245 Lathwaite Farm. Brown Swiss: £195 Lathwaite Farm.

Steer Calf Top Prices: Swedish Red: £300 West View Farm.

Store Cattle

A high quality entry of store cattle was forward at the popular weekly sale at Lancaster, with a red hot trade seen just like the weather outside. Steers sold to a top price of £1940 on two occasions for British Blue x and Limousin x from GT&C Blezard, Conder Green. Other heavy well finished steers sold to £1900 for Simmental x from TJ Lloyd, Settle with others regularly £1580 to £1700. Native sired steers peaked at £1920 for an Aberdeen Angus x from J&JM Walmsley, Pilling with other Aberdeen Angus £1780 from L Parsons & Sons, Levens. A ring full of Hereford x achieved £1490 from J Lamb, Lancaster. Dairy bred steers sold to £1640 for British Friesians from GR Park & Sons, Whinfell with others at £1260 from TJ Lloyd Settle. A keen interest in steers suitable for turn out saw British Blue x sell to £1390 from V&S Fitzell, Much Hoole with British Blue x to £1300 from JA&ME Mawson, Penrith with others regularly £1100-£1250. Heifers sold to £1840 for a trio of Charolais x from R&EA Gardner, Brigsteer with Limousin x selling to £1600 from L Parsons & Sons, Levens and British Blue x to £1410 from AJ&D Knowles, New Hutton. Native sired heifers sold to a top price of £1660 for a Hereford x from J&JM Walmsley, Pilling with Aberdeen Angus x selling to £1410 from M Huck, Burneside. Heifers suitable for summer grazing sold to £1210 for Aberdeen Angus x from C Butler, Hambleton with British Blue x selling to £1200 from J&A Sheerin, Quernmore with others £1000£1100.

Stirks and Young Stores

The popular sale of young stores and stirks attracted a large crowd of buyers keen to secure replacement stock. Bulls sold to a top price of £1480 for a British Blue x from J Burrow & Son, Barton who sold others at £1380. Yearling suckler bred bulls sold to £1300 for Limousins from P Cummings, Burton in Kendal. Dairy bulls sold to £880 for Fleckviehs from P&ME Higginson, Pilling with younger six month old bulls selling to £660 from JR Newsham & Sons, Conder Green.

Steer stirks sold to £1240 for an Aberdeen Angus from R&D Kellet, Cockerham closely followed by a Simmental x from AJ Metcalfe, Out Rawcliffe achieving £1210. A large entry of predominately eight -ten month old steers sold to £1020 for a ring full of Aberdeen Angus x from JW Thwaites, Tebay with others at £980 from G&D Ball & Son, Little Eccleston. British Blue x sold to £940 from FW Rhodes & Son, Ellel who also sold Hereford x at £880. Younger steers (6 months) sold to £680 for Hereford x and Aberdeen Angus x from J&M Coar & Son, Clitheroe. Heifer stirks sold to £1240 for a Simmental x from AJ Metcalfe, Out Rawcliffe. Well reared heifer stirks (seventen months) sold to £890 for British Blue x from FW Rhodes & Son, Ellel with Aberdeen Angus x from JW Thwaites, Tebay at £80 and British Blue to £770 from ST Pye, Great Eccleston. The next catalogued sale of stirks, young stores and feeding bulls is on Friday 30th June. Vendors are encouraged to enter all classes of stock with confidence for the next weekly sale.

Store Bullocks Top Prices: British Blue: £1940 Scale House Farm, £1680 Foredales Farm, £1430, £1390, £1380 Moss House Farm, £1360 Old Glasson Farm. Limousin: £1940, £1840 Scale House Farm, £1400 Holmes Farm, £1310 Middleton Hall. Angus: £1920 Staffords Farm, £1780 Low Levens, £1740 Foredales Farm, £1740 Staffords Farm, £1700 Ivy Barn, £1700 Staffords Farm. Simmental: £1900 Procotors Row, £1680 Hazelslack Tower Farm, £1480 Billinge Hakk, £1210 Moss Gate Farm.

Charolais: £1680 Foredales Farm. Friesian: £1640, £1280 Low Deepslack, £1260 Proctors Row, £1180 Steel Croft, £1140 Holmes Farm. Hereford: £1490 Old Glasson Farm, £1380 Lynwood, £1380 Procotors Row, £1370 Windy Hill Farm, £1240 Hoghton Road, £1220 Lynwood. Continental: £1160, £1120 Steel Croft.

Store Heifers Top Prices: Charolais: £1840 Barrowfield, £1440 Mill House Farm. Hereford: £1660 Staffords Farm.

Limousin: £1600 Low Levens, £1580 Marshaw Farm, £1410 Oak Fold, £1230, £1040 New House Farm. Angus: £1410 Oak Fold, £1390 Mill House Farm, £1350, £1340, £1290 Raw Head, £1210 Park Farm Barn. British Blue: £1410 Windy Hill Farm, £1380 Moss House Farm, £1300 Ivy House, £1290 Plumpton Hall Farm, £1240 Moss House Farm, £1200 Knotts Farm. Simmental: £1240 Moss Gate Farm. Longhorn: £1150 Park Farm Barn.

Store Bull Top Prices: British Blue: £1480, £1380 Tunsteads Farm. Limousin: £1300, £1180 Peall House.

OTM Cattle

Once again Lancaster Action Mart leads the way, with an overall market average of 205p/kg.

Beef cows sold to 269p/kg and £2075 for a Limousin from Z Ward, Carnforth with others selling to 254p/kg for British Blue from AE&PC Capstick, Heversham and £1820 for an Aberdeen Angus from G Mayor, Tarleton. Dairy cows peaked at 229p/kg for a Holstein Friesian from WG Farms, Cockerham and £1797 from Lawsons Dairy Ltd. Medium sorts were 195p/kg to 210p/kg, with leaner parlour sorts 150p/kg to 170p/kg.

OTM heifers sold to 264p/kg for an Aberdeen Angus x from JE Catterall & Family with other selling to £1683 from W&A Cardwell, Stalmine. Other well fleshed heifers were 230p/kg to 250p/kg with dairies selling to 254p/kg for Holstein Friesians from G&ME Woodhouse & Son, Ellel and others £1608. Steers sold to 294p/kg and £1702 for a Limousin and 229p/kg and £1374 for a Holstein Friesian.

Nine stock bulls sold today with a top price of 214p/kg for Limousin from EJ Ward & Son, Nether Kellet with others regularly 180p/kg to 195p/kg. Top grossing being an Aberdeen Angus x from JF&J Hewitt & Family, Nateby totalling £2157.

OTM Cow Top Prices: Limousin: 269.50 Intack Farm, 241.50 High House Farm, 234.50 Ouzelthorn Farm, 234.50 Mireside Farm, 204.50 Castle Mill Farm, 199.50 Dubside. British Blue: 254.50 Park House Farm. Angus: 244.50 Toad Hall Farm, 227.50, 219.50 Netholme Farm, 194.50 Braeslacks, 189.50 Well House Farm, 149.50 Mosergh Farm.

Charolais: 239.50, 214.50 Kate Farm. Simmental: 239.50 Intack Farm. Friesian: 229.50 Lathwaite Farm, 214.50 Barnfield Farm, 211.50 Bank End Farm, 207.50 North Farm, 207.50 Bank End Farm, 204.50 North Farm. Shorthorn: 204.50 Kate Farm. Fleckvieh: 197.50 High House. Brown Swiss: 159.50 Lathwaite Farm. Jersey: 159.50 Lathwaite Farm.

OTM Heifer Top Prices: Angus: 264.50 Toad Hall Farm, 249.50 Low Groves Farm, 231.50 Well House Farm, 229.50 Park House Farm, 224.50 Well House Farm. British Blue: 259.50 Boldens Farm. Friesian: 254.50, 237.50 Boldens Farm, 237.50 Little Town Farm, 229.50 Gibstick Hall, 229.50 Barnfield Farm, 229.50 Boldens Farm. Simmental: 224.50 Hazelslack Tower Farm. Limousin: 199.50 Mosegh Farm.

Cast Steer Top Prices: Limousin: 294.50 Intack Farm, 279.50 Lodge Hall. Friesian: 229.50 Tills Farm.

Cast Bull Top Prices: Hereford: £1820 Holly House Farm, 189.50 Holme House Farm. Limousin: 214.50 Intack Farm, 199.50 Wilson Wood. Friesian: 179.50 Abbey House, 169.50 Lathwaite Farm, 159.50 Knotts Farm, 149.50 Oxenforth Green Farm. Angus: 179.50 Park Farm.

NWA FARM SALES

Thursday 29th June- P&M Asbury, Gilbertons Farm, Abbeystead

Saturday 15th July- Messrs Robinson, Longlands Farm, Dalton in Furness

Saturday 29th July- JM Taylor & Son, Russell Farm, Burton in Kendal

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Next Week's Upcoming Sales

Monday 29th

Lancaster: 10:30am Weekly Sale of Spring Lambs, Prime Hoggs and Cast Sheep.

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.

Wednesday 31st

J36: 9am-4pm Machinery Drop Off

Friday 2nd

Lancaster: 10:15am Weekly Sale of Calves, Store and Cast/OTM Cattle.

11am Fortnightly Sale of Dairy Cattle

11:15am Weekly Sale of Store Cattle

J36: Online Machinery commences 9am-4pm Machinery Viewing

Saturday 3rd

J36: 9am-12noon Machinery Viewing

Weekly Report and Newsletter - 26th May 2023

Lancaster Auction Mart: Weekly Sale of Spring Lambs, Prime Hoggs and Cast Sheep, Monday 22nd May 2023.

Spring Lambs

A competitive trade was seen for all spring lambs forward with the weekly ringside of buyers in attendance and a competitive trade for all classes and types. The sale topped at £180 for pure Charollais lambs from S Wilson & Sons, Scotforth. Smart bred Texel lambs from J&S Horner, Ingleton sold to £165, with Beltexs from the same good home selling to £163. Plenty of interest was shown in heavy lambs at Lancaster market with a full pen of 52kg Hampshire lambs selling to £159 from DR&BE Rolfe, Scorton with many pens selling at £150 plus. Lighter lambs saw an improved trade with 40kg Texel lambs from RA Holmes, Inskip selling to £150 with these type of lambs regularly selling at 350p/kg plus.

Spring Lamb Top Prices: Charollais: £180 Burrow Heights Farm, £161 Ingleborough Park, £125 Bensons Farm. Texel: £165 Ingleborough Park, £160 Keepers Cottage, £159 Bensons Farm, £159 Bensons Farm, £158 Ingleborough Park, £157 Keeper Cottage. Beltex: £163 Ingleborough Park, £130 Burrow Heights. Hampshire: £159 Potters Hill Farm, £138 Potters Hill Farm. Suffolk: £151.50 Cocker House Farm, £151.50 Cocker House Farm, £147 Stubbins Farm, £142.50 Cocker House Farm, £142.50 Cocker House Farm, £141 Potters Hill Farm. Continental: £143 Potters Hill Farm, £121 Potters Hill Farm.

Prime Hoggs

A good entry for the time of year with 450 hoggs forward, with once again meated hoggs selling to a premium and leaner types harder to place on the day. The sale topped at £164 from AG Butler, Hambleton with a pen of ten Texel hoggs from GH Sanderson & Family, Catforth selling to £150. Heavy hoggs were regularly selling at £140£150. Mules sold to a top of £145 with Cheviots selling to £144 from J&H Davis, Garstang. An overall market averaged of 258p/kg was achieved.

Prime Hoggs Top Prices: Texel: £164 Park Farm Barn, £155 Park Farm Barn, £150 Blackleach House, £150 Moorville, £147 Blackleach House Farm. Charollais: £153 Walker House Farm, £143 Low Pleasant, £136 Merryfield, £101 Low Pleasant. Beltex: £150 Little Eccleston Hall, £150 Little Eccleston Hall £148 Little Eccleston Hall, £137 Little Eccleston Hall, £135 Ingleborough Park, £130 Moorville. Continental: £145 Stubbins House Farm, £145 Stubbins House Farm, £142 Stubbins House Farm, £139.50 Cross House Farm, £138.50 Cross House Farm, £130 Stubbins House Farm. Mule: £145 Walker House Farm, £138 Meadow Croft, £132 Overhouses, £131 Stubbins House Farm, £129 Cross House Farm, £125 Meadow Croft. Cheviot: £144 Weavers Farm, £144 Weavers Farm, £116.50 Brabiner House Farm, £100 Cragg Farm. Suffolk: £140 Meadow Croft, £140 Walnut Tree Cottage, £130 Walnut Tree Cottage, £129 Meadow Croft, £125 Meadow Croft. Swaledale: £121 Holme House Farm, £120 Holme House Farm, £103 Holme House Farm, £100 Holme House Farm, £98 Lower Brow Top, £94 Holme House Farm. Rough Fell: £100 Park Farm Barn. Scottish Black Face: £98 Park Farm Barn.

Cast Sheep

A flying trade for all ewes forward with Texels selling to £180 from JS Horner, Ingleton and Charollais from the same home to £178. The best Continental bred ewes were regularly £150 plus, with Mules selling to a top of £138 twice from T&E Burrow, Slyne and PD Anderton, Scorton. Mashams sold to £130 from W Pinder, Clitheroe, Swaledale sold to a top of £110 from JA Simpson, Barnacre with other pens of Swaledales to £105 from WI&AM Atkinson & Son, Bleasdale. Many more ewes could be sold to the vendors advantage in the coming weeks.

Cast Ewes Top Prices: Texel: £180, £174 Ingleborough Park Drive, £174 Stubbins Farm, £148 Ingleborough Park Drive, £144 Moorville, £142 Cock Hall Farm. Charollais: £178 Ingleborough Park Drive. Beltex: £144, £112 West View. Mule: £138 Wyre Farm, £138 Throstle Grove Farm, £133 Cock Hall Farm, £130 Walnut Tree Cottage, £128 Holme House Farm, £122 Dunkenshaw Farm. Continental: £137, £130 Low Pleasant, £96 Longstripes Farm, £92, £88 Low Pleasant. Masham: £130, £128, £102, £75 Longstripes Farm. Swaledale: £110 Millstones, £105 Holme House Farm, £70 Lower Brow Top. Cheviot: £105 Cragg Farm, £70 Longstripes Farm. Horned: £79 Longstripes Farm.

Cast Ram Top Prices: Charollais: £90 Low Pleasant. Texel: £90 Throstle Grove Farm.

J36 Rural Auction Centre: Sale of Pigs, Sheep with Lambs at Foot, Spring Lambs, Prime Hoggs and Cast Sheep, Tuesday 23rd May 2023

Pigs

A sale made up of entirely prime pigs today, saw a top price of £222 for a pen of four Large White x pigs from JM Navesey, Darwen who sold others at £182. Prime gilts sold to £205 for heavy weight Large White x from W Stamper, Chipping with other heavy weight pigs selling to £182 from D Lord, Preesall and £180 from T Hornsby, Silloth. Light weight pigs sold to £175 for Pietrain x gilts from W Stamper. Top pence for kilo this week was 206p/kg achieved by JM Navesey, Darwen for Large White x hoggs and gilts, with other well finished Large White x pigs generally 165p/kg-185p/kg.

A small entry of cull sows sold to £100 and 45p/kg from JM Navesey, Darwen. A large crowd of buyers in attendance with many leaving empty handed and keen to return at the next pig sale on Tuesday 13th June.

Spring Lambs

Trade improves week on week in the spring lamb section with more needed to satisfy our strong ringside of buyers at Junction 36. The sale topped at £188 for a pair of Beltex x lambs from D&K Swarbrick, Out Rawcliffe with Texel lambs selling to £183 from S Wilson & Son, Scotforth. Heavy lambs were keenly sort after and regularly selling at £165-£170. An improved trade for meated lighter lambs, with these types regularly selling at 345-360p/kg. Top pence per kilogram was 385p/kg attained by D&K Swarbrick, Out Rawcliffe. Butch type lambs were frequently selling at 370p/kg-380p/kg.

Spring Lamb Top Prices: Texel: £188 Bensons Farm, £183 Burrow Heights, £179 Bensons Farm, £173 Bensons Farm, £170 Bensons Farm, £165 Bensons Farm. Dutch Spotted: £173 Small Holding. Suffolk: £170 Station Hotel Farm, £169 Candy Slack, £169 Station Hotel Farm, £161 Old Byre Barn, £149 Lane Ends Farm, £149 Lane Ends Farm. Zwartbel: £165 Small Holding. Continental: £162 Redbank Farm, £159 Woodside, £156 Woodside, £153 Howriggs, £151 Bensons Farm, £149 Howriggs. Hampshire: £160 Endmoor Farm. Cheviot: £158 Swallowmire. Dorset: £155 High Biggarsbank. Charollais: £139 Oak Avenue, £135 Burrow Heights, £133 Redbank Farm. Ryeland: £116 Old Byre Barn.

Sheep With Lambs At Foot

Breeding sheep would be the dearest seen all season, a cracking run of Mule hoggs from Messrs Hayton, Colby saw a pen of twelve with Texel lambs sell to £260, with other pens of ten from the same good home selling to £240. RC Wharton & Son, Drybeck continue to bring smart bred hoggs which saw their best sell to £220. The on-going flock reduction from P Mason, Burton in Kendal saw aged Texel ewes with Beltex twins sell to £300. Texel ewes from JM&NJ Strickland, Whinfell sold to £275. A pen of ten Mule ewes sucking Texel twin lambs form P Mason, Burton in Kendal sold to £240. Ewes sucking single lambs were in keen demand with the best seeing aged Texel ewes from JM&NJ Stickland, Whinfell sell to £205. With the continued good weather and the grass growing, there is still plenty of demand for sheep with lambs at foot. Next week’s sale includes the second show for hoggs with lambs at foot, please contact the office with entries by Wednesday 23rd May.

Hoggs with Lambs at Foot: Mule: £260, £240 Penny Hill, £220, £215 High Field. Continental: £135, £100 Harbarrow Farm. Texel: £120 Harbarrow Farm.

Shearling with Lambs at Foot: Texel: £275 The Borrans. Continental: £252 Ghyll Farm, £140 Old School House. Charolais: £245 The Borrans. Mule: £245 Riddings, £205 Old Hutton Farm, £170 The Borrans.

Ewes with Lambs at Foot: Continental: £300 Coat Green Farm, £255 Bowers Farm, £235 Herschell Terrace, £230 Bowers Farm, £182 Old Hutton Farm, £178 High Greenside. Suffolk: £230 Townend, £180 High Woodend. Mule: £260 Penny Hill, £240 Coat Green Farm, £222, £220 Bowers Farm, £215 Dunkenshaw Farm. Texel: £205 The Borrans, £202 Coat Green Farm, £140 Harbarrow Farm. Herdwick: £115 Sella Farm, £108 Middle Fell. Swaledale: £110 Townend, £102 High Greenside.

Prime Hoggs

Once again a two tier trade was seen with meat keenly bid for and leaner grassy type hoggs meeting less demand. Texel hoggs sold to a top of £167 from E Dodgson, Kendal with others to £158 from WH Kitchen & Son, Helsington with heavy meated hoggs regularly selling at the £140-£150 mark. Mule saw a top of £147 from J&J Huck, Burneside with Cheviots selling to £140 from TE JS SA Carruthers, Underbarrow. A tremendous run of well finished hoggs from GM&A Jackson, Little Eccleston saw a ring full of Scotch hoggs at 42kg sell to £130.50. Meated hoggs are needed for the upcoming weeks, please advise Bradley Thompson with numbers.

Prime Hoggs Top Prices: Texel: £167 Spital Farm, £158 Hawes Farm, £158 Hawes Farm, £150 Guards Farm, £150 Moss House Farm, £142 Ashstead, £141 Park House Farm. Continental: £151 Red Scar Farm, £137 Red Scar Farm, £115 Hawes Farm, £113 Red Scar Farm. Cheviot: £149 Nibthwaite Grange Farm, £140 Harbarrow Farm, £140 Red Scar Farm, £139 Harbarrow Farm, £135 Little Eccleston Hall, £134 Harbarrow Farm. Suffolk: £148 Yew Tree House, £145 Poppy Farm, £138 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £134 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £130 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage. Mule: £147 Oak Fold, £141 Old Hutton Farm, £140 Old Hutton Farm, £128 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £127 Red Scar Farm, £124 Grayrigg Hall. Swaledale: £130 Grayrigg Hall, £124 Grayrigg Hall, £112 Grayrigg Hall, £105 Little Eccleston Hall. Scottish Black Face: £130.50 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £109 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage. Rough Fell: £117 Borrow Bridge House, £94 Steps Farm. Herdwick: £114 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage. Horned: £110 Marsh Grange Farm.

Cast Sheep

The weekly sale of cull ewes continue to sell at a fast trade, with all classes and types required to satisfy buyers demand. Heavy pure bred ewes sold to £172 for a Texel from E Dodgson, Kendal with Dutch spotted selling to £168 from AJ&EJ Platt, Barrow in Furness. Other Texels at £166 from Messrs Wightman & Mason, Burton and Beltexs achieving £158 from K Kenyon, Slaidburn. First x ewes sold to £146 for Suffolk x from JG&BJ Escolme, Killington and Texel x £146 from E Dodgson, Kendal. Cheviot Mules sold to £138 from TH&D Cornthwaite & Son, Cartmel Fell and North Country Mule to £114 from TH Garnett & Son, Stank. Hill bred ewes sold to £128 for Rough Fells from BJ Bainbridge, Shap, Cheviots to £112 from M Allen, Carnforth and Swaledales £104 from D Sharp, Lyth. Scotch Black Face £100 from G&ID Postlethwaite, Howgill and Herdwicks £96 from AT Threlkeld, Ulverston. All classes and types of ewes are good to sell, with mediums regularly £85-£100 and the leanest £60£70, depending on breed and quality.

Cull rams sold to £166 for a Charolais from R&EM Gardner, Briggsteer with Beltex x selling to £156 from AE Atkinson & Son, Endmoor and Texels £150 from A Wilson, Tebay. Hill bred rams sold to £112 for Rough Fells from S&W Dickinson, Tebay with Cheviots £106, Swaledales £90 and Herdwicks £80. The cull ewe trade is forecast to remain strong, with sellers encouraged to take advantage of the strong trade.

Cast Ewes Top Prices: Texel: £172 Spital Farm, £166 West Lodge, £148 Flass Lane, £146, £144 Spital Farm, £138 Flooder Hall. Dutch Spotted: £168, £136 Flass Lane Blue Texel: £158 Townend. Zwartble: £150 Flass Lane. Suffolk: £146 Low Stangerthwaite, £140 New Close, £138 Ackenthwaite Farm, £138 Low Longmire Farm, £136 Oak Aveune, £128 West Lodge. Cheviot Mule: £138, £126 Low Tarn Green, £98 Swallowmire Farm. Charollais: £134, £128, £112 Oak Aveune. Beltex: £128, £100 Poppy Farm. Rough Fell: £128 Steps Farm, £102 Marsh Grange Farm, £100 Borrow Bridge House, £98, £92 Steps Farm. Mule: £114 New Close, £112 Low Tarn Green, £112, £110 Moss Side, £108 Riddings, £108 Barrowfield. Cheviot: £112 Park House Farm, £112 Yealand Manor, £102 Borrow Bridge House, £90 Poppy Farm.

Swaledale: £104 Flodder Hall, £102 Barrowfield, £100 Low Newton Farm, £98 Swallowmire Farm, £96 Grayrigg Hall. Scotch Blackface: £100 Riddings. Leicester: £100 Well Foot. Herdwick: £96 Bowkerstead Farm.

Cast Ram Top Prices: Charollais: £166 Barrowfield. Texel: £156 Stubb Farm, £150 Castle Garth, £140 Low Stangerthwaite, £134 The Borrans, £108 Castle Garth, £106 Cantsfield Hall. Suffolk: £134 New Close. Leicester: £124 Ashstead, £100 High Row. Rough Fell: £112 High Woodend. Cheviot: £106 Nibthwaite Grange Farm. Swaledale: £90 Grayrigg Hall.

J36 Rural Auction Centre: Fortnightly Sale of Calves, Stirks, OTM Cattle and Store Cattle, Thursday 25th May 2023.

Calves & Stirks

Another fast trade for all classes of calves, with more required to fulfil the ever increasing ring side of buyers. The strongest bull calves sold to £595 for a Limousin x from MH&AR Robinson, Old Hutton with British Blue x achieving £525 from JW&TE Sharp Ltd, Lyth. Other stronger bull calves included Charolais x achieving £520 from MH&AR Robinson, Old Hutton. Rearing calves sold to £390 for a British Blue x from HJ Robinson & Son, Preston Patrick with others generally £320-£360. Native sired bull calves sold to £330 on three occasions from Whitestone Farm, Penrith. Nice rearing Beef Shorthorn x bull calves sold to £265 from RG&J Clarke, Endmoor. Dairy bull calves sold to £145 for a Holstein Friesian with Dairy Shorthorns to £130. A keen interest in heifer calves, especially those suitable for suckler replacement with MH&AR Robinson, Old Hutton selling British Blue x at £555, Charolais x at £500 and Limousin x at £480. Rearing heifer calves sold to £400 for a British Blue x from A Pickthall, New Hutton with others at £355 from FB Dunning & Son, Orton. Native sired heifers sold to £290 for an Aberdeen Angus x from Whitestone Farm, Penrith with Hereford x achieving £255.

Bull Stirks sold to £710 for a pair of Aberdeen Angus x from RF&CE Hodgson, Ulverston with British Blue x selling to £630 from W Stamper, Chipping. Steers sold to £730 for a Simmental x from MW&PA Rollason, Meathop who sold Aberdeen Angus x at £710. Others at £670 from Messrs Young, Lindale. Heifers sold to £660 for Aberdeen Angus x from JJ&J Towers, Lowick who sold others at £600. Younger sorts achieved £555 from Messrs Young, Lindale.

Heifer Calves Top Prices: British Blue: £555 Holmescales Farm, £400 Borrans Farm, £355 Raisgill Hall, £350 Holmescales Farm, £300 Raisgill Hall, £300 Elm Tree Farm. Charolais: £500 Holmescales Farm. Limousin: £480, £465, £330, £310 Holmescales Farm, £295 Cockley Beck Farm, £215 Holmescales Farm. Angus: £290, £200 Whitestone Farm. Hereford: £255 Stirzaker House Farm, £200, £120 Wraysholme Tower.

Bull Calves Top Prices: Limousin: £595 Holmescales Farm, £490 Flodder Hall, £440, £345 Holmescales Farm, £190, £175 Halforth Farm. British Blue: £525 Flodder Hall, £495, £455, £395 Holmescales Farm, £390 Elm Tree Farm, £360 Holmescales Farm. Charolais: £520, £435, £420 Holmescales Farm. Angus: £330, £290 Whitestone Farm, £230 Far Audlands, £230 Whitestone Farm. Shorthorn: £265, £220, £185 Far Audlands. Hereford: £200, £185, £175, £150 Wraysholme Tower. Friesian: £145 Whitestone Farm. Dairy Shorthorn: £130 Craketrees.

Bull Stirk Top Prices: Angus: £710 Rowe End Farm. British Blue: £630, £560 Coldcotes Farm.

Heifer Stirk Top Prices: Angus: £660, £600 Low Stennerley, £555 Moss End Farm, £460 Kendal House Farm.

Steer Stirk Top Prices: Simmental: £730 Kendal House Farm. Angus: £710 Kendal House Farm, £670 Low Stennerley, £670 Moss End Farm.

Store Cattle

A large entry of store cattle was forward at the late May sale, with a busy ring side of buyers in attendance keen to secure additional stock and take advantage of the high beef trade. Steers sold to a top price of £1540 for a Beef Shorthorn from JW&TE Sharp Ltd, Lyth. An Aberdeen Angus sold to £1510 from GM Metcalfe, Underbarrow who sold other Limousins and Angus’s at £1475 and £1470. A run of well farmed steers from Lowther Park, Penrith sold to £1470 for Aberdeen Angus’s with others at £1440. British Blue steers sold to £1440 from TW Nelson & Son, Stainton. Hereford x sold to £1350 from MJ Waller, Lupton with Charolais from JC Walling & Son, Lyth achieving £1270. Yearling steers sold to £1230 for a Limousin x from HR&KA Hodgson, Barbon closely followed by Blonde x achieving £1220 from SJ&NS Wood, Windermere. Charolais heifers sold to £1180 from J Turnbull, Meathop. Younger suckler bred steers sold to £1160 for Limousin x from GM Jones, Ambleside with others at £1100 from F&JM Mason, Kirkby Lonsdale. Dairy bred steers sold to £1200 for Fleckviehs and Montbeliardes from JE Wightman, Lupton who sold other at £1125. Holstein Friesian sold to £900 from RJ&R Holden, Millom. Younger Holsteins achieved £800 with £705 achieved for eight month old Montbeliarde from Low Borrowbridge, Tebay.

Suckler bred bulls sold to £1405 for a pure Limousin from P Cummings, Burton in Kendal with others at £1370 from JM Airey, New Hutton and an Aberdeen Angus to £1135 from MW&PA Rollason, Meathorp. Heifer sold to £1390 for a Charolais x from MJ Waller, Lupton with Limousin x selling to £1340 from JM&NJ Strickland, Whinfell and JA&J Harper, Sedbergh also achieving this price for a Blonde x. Aberdeen Angus x heifers sold to £1290 from GM Metcalfe, Underbarrow with British Blue to £1280 from TW Nelson & Son. Yearling heifers sold to £1200 for a Limousin x from HR&KA Hodgson, Barbon with Blondes to £1180 from JA&J Harper, Sedbergh. Younger heifers sold to £1070 for Charolais x from RC&SC Cleasby, Broughton in Furness with others at £1050 from AW&AM Clarke, Windermere. Other heifers (8-10 months) generally £800-£900.

Store Bullocks Top Prices: Shorthorn: £1540 Flodder Hall, £1195 Lowther Park Farm, £1170, £1100 Meathop Park Farm

Lodge, £1090 Lowther Park Farm, £970 Meathop Park Farm Lodge. Angus: £1510, £1470 Low Gregg Hall, £1470

Lowther Park Farm, £1460 Low Gregg Hall, £1440, £1340 Lowther Park Farm. Limousin: £1475, £1410 Low Gregg Hall, £1340 Barbon Fell House, £1270 Lambrigg Head Farm, £1230 Howriggs, £1160 Fold Farm. British Blue: £1440, £1390

Cockrigg Farm, £1380 Carlingwha, £1170 Coat Green Farm, £1070, £1050 Lowther Park Farm. Hereford: £1350

Carlingwha, £970 Bradlow Farm. Charolais: £1270, £1230 Dawson Fold, £1180 Meathop Park Farm Lodge, £1090

Angerton Farm, £980 Newcross House Farm. Blonde: £1220, £1040 Causeway Farm. Fleckvieh: £1200, £1125 Crabtree Farm. Montbeliarde: £1200 Crabtree Farm. Simmental: £1160 Crabtree Farm, £985 Lowther Park Farm, £970 Bradlow Farm. Saler: £1005 Bank Farm.

Store Bull Top Prices: Limousin: £1405 Peall House, £1370, £1160, £1090 Old Croft, £940 Peall House, £920 Tricket Drive. Angus: £1135 Kendal House Farm, £1050 Mireside Farm.

Store Heifers Top Prices: Charolais: £1390 Carlingwha, £1170 Dawson Fold, £1070 Angerton Farm, £1050 Low Longmire, £1050 Angerton Farm, £990 Meathop Park Farm Lodge. Blonde: £1340, £1180 Capplethwaite Hall, £960 Causeway Farm. Limousin: £1340 The Borrans, £1290 Capplethwaite Hall, £1290 Low Gregg, £1200 Howriggs, £1200 Fold Farm, £1160 Barbon Fell House. Angus: £1290 Low Gregg Hall, £1200 Barbon Fell House, £1110 Mireside Farm, £1100 Crabtree Farm. British Blue: £1280 Cockrigg Farm, £1190 Carlingwha, £980 Newcross House Farm. Hereford: £1190 Bleaswood Road, £985 Templand Farm. Shorthorn: £1180 Meathop Park Farm Lodge, £920 Flodder Hall.

OTM Cattle

All cull cows today averaged 196p/kg with an entry of predominately dairy bred cows. No real strength in the beef cow section today, with feeding types selling to 231.5p/kg for a Limousin x from JM&NJ Strickland, Whinfell with other feeding cows generally 215p/kg to 230p/kg. Top grossing beef cow today was a heavy weight Aberdeen Angus from BJ Bowness, Kendal closely followed by a Saler from M&M Carr, Carnforth achieving £1920. Dairy cows sold to 189.5p/kg for a Holstein Friesian from C Preston, Millom with others selling to £1383 from JG&BJ Escolme, Killington. Other dairy cows were generally achieving 180p/kg-190p/kg. Cull bulls sold to 214.5p/kg or £1981 for Limousin from JA&J Harper, Killington with others selling to 199.5p/kg from K Wrathall, Broughton in Furness or £1935 from J Turnball, Meathorp.

OTM Cow Top Prices: Limousin: 231.50 The Borrans, 209.50 Crow Wood, 207.50 Blea Tarn Road, 199.50 Hopestead. Angus: 229.50 Park House Farm, 219.50, 211.50 Ellers Farm, 209.50 Blea Tarn Road, 191.50 Ellers Farm. Saler: 229.50 Alby Wood, 224.50, 214.50 Millbeck. Hereford: 221.50 Riddings. Simmental: 219.50 Alby Wood. British Blue: 209.50 High Borrowbridge, 209.50 Greenside Farm, 204.50 Lane End, 200. Alby Wood, 199.50 Swallowmire, 199.50 Alby Wood. Shorthorn: 209.50, 199.50 Sayles Farm, 194.50 Cockley Beck Farm. Friesian: 189.50, 184.50 Mire House Farm, 184.50 Low Stangerthwaite, 184.50 High House Farm, 177.50 Low Sizergh Farm, 169.50 Scales Park Farm. Belted Galloway: 174.50, 169.50 Scar Sykes Farm. Norwegian Red: 164.50 Low Sizergh Farm. Continental: 154.50 Millbeck.

OTM Heifer Top Prices: Angus: 179.50 Park House Farm.

Cast Steer Top Prices: Charolais: 224.50 Tricket Drive.

Cast Bull Top Prices: Limousin: 214.50 Capplethwaite, 199.50 Cockley Beck Farm. Shorthorn: 194.50 Meathop Park Farm Lodge.

Lancaster Auction Mart: Weekly Sale of Calves, Stirks, OTM's and Store Cattle, Friday 26th May 2023.

Calves & Weanlings

Trade remains very strong for an entry of predominately younger calves this week. Bull calves sold to £375 for month old British Blue x from J Bargh & Son, Morecambe who sold others at £370, as did Wallbank Farms Ltd, Over Wyresdale.

A run of month old Charolais x from WG Farms Ltd, Cockerham sold to £345, £340 and £335. Reared bull calves sold to £555, from a wonderful run of Hereford x from TE&M Kidd, Ellel who sold others at £540. Reared Aberdeen Angus bulls sold to £455 from J&M Coar & Son, Clitheroe who sold others at £425.

Heifer calves sold to £325 for British Blue x from J Bargh & Son, Morecambe with other British Blue x from WG Farms Ltd also achieved £325. Charolais x from the same home sold at £310. Reared heifers sold to £550 and £520 for Aberdeen Angus’s from IT Richardson, Catforth with Hereford x to £455 from TE&M Kidd, Ellel. Dairy bulls sold to £300 for a weaned Swedish Red & White with Brown Swiss selling to £195.

Heifer Calves Top Prices: Angus: £550, £520 West View Farm. Hereford: £455, £320, £310, £300 Booth Hall. British Blue: £325 North Farm, £325 Lathwaite Farm, £315 Tills Farm Charolais: £310, £300, £285 Lathwaite Farm.

Bull Calves Top Prices: Hereford: £560, £555, £540, £450, £395 Booth Hall. Angus: £455, £425, £395 Fields Farm, £250 Lathwaite Farm. British Blue: £375, £370 North Farm, £370 Tills Farm, £325, £300 North Farm. Charolais: £345, £340, £335, £245 Lathwaite Farm. Brown Swiss: £195 Lathwaite Farm.

Steer Calf Top Prices: Swedish Red: £300 West View Farm.

Store Cattle

A high quality entry of store cattle was forward at the popular weekly sale at Lancaster, with a red hot trade seen just like the weather outside. Steers sold to a top price of £1940 on two occasions for British Blue x and Limousin x from GT&C Blezard, Conder Green. Other heavy well finished steers sold to £1900 for Simmental x from TJ Lloyd, Settle with others regularly £1580 to £1700. Native sired steers peaked at £1920 for an Aberdeen Angus x from J&JM Walmsley, Pilling with other Aberdeen Angus £1780 from L Parsons & Sons, Levens. A ring full of Hereford x achieved £1490 from J Lamb, Lancaster. Dairy bred steers sold to £1640 for British Friesians from GR Park & Sons, Whinfell with others at £1260 from TJ Lloyd Settle. A keen interest in steers suitable for turn out saw British Blue x sell to £1390 from V&S Fitzell, Much Hoole with British Blue x to £1300 from JA&ME Mawson, Penrith with others regularly £1100-£1250. Heifers sold to £1840 for a trio of Charolais x from R&EA Gardner, Brigsteer with Limousin x selling to £1600 from L Parsons & Sons, Levens and British Blue x to £1410 from AJ&D Knowles, New Hutton. Native sired heifers sold to a top price of £1660 for a Hereford x from J&JM Walmsley, Pilling with Aberdeen Angus x selling to £1410 from M Huck, Burneside. Heifers suitable for summer grazing sold to £1210 for Aberdeen Angus x from C Butler, Hambleton with British Blue x selling to £1200 from J&A Sheerin, Quernmore with others £1000£1100.

Stirks and Young Stores

The popular sale of young stores and stirks attracted a large crowd of buyers keen to secure replacement stock. Bulls sold to a top price of £1480 for a British Blue x from J Burrow & Son, Barton who sold others at £1380. Yearling suckler bred bulls sold to £1300 for Limousins from P Cummings, Burton in Kendal. Dairy bulls sold to £880 for Fleckviehs from P&ME Higginson, Pilling with younger six month old bulls selling to £660 from JR Newsham & Sons, Conder Green.

Steer stirks sold to £1240 for an Aberdeen Angus from R&D Kellet, Cockerham closely followed by a Simmental x from AJ Metcalfe, Out Rawcliffe achieving £1210. A large entry of predominately eight -ten month old steers sold to £1020 for a ring full of Aberdeen Angus x from JW Thwaites, Tebay with others at £980 from G&D Ball & Son, Little Eccleston. British Blue x sold to £940 from FW Rhodes & Son, Ellel who also sold Hereford x at £880. Younger steers (6 months) sold to £680 for Hereford x and Aberdeen Angus x from J&M Coar & Son, Clitheroe. Heifer stirks sold to £1240 for a Simmental x from AJ Metcalfe, Out Rawcliffe. Well reared heifer stirks (seventen months) sold to £890 for British Blue x from FW Rhodes & Son, Ellel with Aberdeen Angus x from JW Thwaites, Tebay at £80 and British Blue to £770 from ST Pye, Great Eccleston. The next catalogued sale of stirks, young stores and feeding bulls is on Friday 30th June. Vendors are encouraged to enter all classes of stock with confidence for the next weekly sale.

Store Bullocks Top Prices: British Blue: £1940 Scale House Farm, £1680 Foredales Farm, £1430, £1390, £1380 Moss House Farm, £1360 Old Glasson Farm. Limousin: £1940, £1840 Scale House Farm, £1400 Holmes Farm, £1310 Middleton Hall. Angus: £1920 Staffords Farm, £1780 Low Levens, £1740 Foredales Farm, £1740 Staffords Farm, £1700 Ivy Barn, £1700 Staffords Farm. Simmental: £1900 Procotors Row, £1680 Hazelslack Tower Farm, £1480 Billinge Hakk, £1210 Moss Gate Farm.

Charolais: £1680 Foredales Farm. Friesian: £1640, £1280 Low Deepslack, £1260 Proctors Row, £1180 Steel Croft, £1140 Holmes Farm. Hereford: £1490 Old Glasson Farm, £1380 Lynwood, £1380 Procotors Row, £1370 Windy Hill Farm, £1240 Hoghton Road, £1220 Lynwood. Continental: £1160, £1120 Steel Croft.

Store Heifers Top Prices: Charolais: £1840 Barrowfield, £1440 Mill House Farm. Hereford: £1660 Staffords Farm.

Limousin: £1600 Low Levens, £1580 Marshaw Farm, £1410 Oak Fold, £1230, £1040 New House Farm. Angus: £1410 Oak Fold, £1390 Mill House Farm, £1350, £1340, £1290 Raw Head, £1210 Park Farm Barn. British Blue: £1410 Windy Hill Farm, £1380 Moss House Farm, £1300 Ivy House, £1290 Plumpton Hall Farm, £1240 Moss House Farm, £1200 Knotts Farm. Simmental: £1240 Moss Gate Farm. Longhorn: £1150 Park Farm Barn.

Store Bull Top Prices: British Blue: £1480, £1380 Tunsteads Farm. Limousin: £1300, £1180 Peall House.

OTM Cattle

Once again Lancaster Action Mart leads the way, with an overall market average of 205p/kg.

Beef cows sold to 269p/kg and £2075 for a Limousin from Z Ward, Carnforth with others selling to 254p/kg for British Blue from AE&PC Capstick, Heversham and £1820 for an Aberdeen Angus from G Mayor, Tarleton. Dairy cows peaked at 229p/kg for a Holstein Friesian from WG Farms, Cockerham and £1797 from Lawsons Dairy Ltd. Medium sorts were 195p/kg to 210p/kg, with leaner parlour sorts 150p/kg to 170p/kg.

OTM heifers sold to 264p/kg for an Aberdeen Angus x from JE Catterall & Family with other selling to £1683 from W&A Cardwell, Stalmine. Other well fleshed heifers were 230p/kg to 250p/kg with dairies selling to 254p/kg for Holstein Friesians from G&ME Woodhouse & Son, Ellel and others £1608. Steers sold to 294p/kg and £1702 for a Limousin and 229p/kg and £1374 for a Holstein Friesian.

Nine stock bulls sold today with a top price of 214p/kg for Limousin from EJ Ward & Son, Nether Kellet with others regularly 180p/kg to 195p/kg. Top grossing being an Aberdeen Angus x from JF&J Hewitt & Family, Nateby totalling £2157.

OTM Cow Top Prices: Limousin: 269.50 Intack Farm, 241.50 High House Farm, 234.50 Ouzelthorn Farm, 234.50 Mireside Farm, 204.50 Castle Mill Farm, 199.50 Dubside. British Blue: 254.50 Park House Farm. Angus: 244.50 Toad Hall Farm, 227.50, 219.50 Netholme Farm, 194.50 Braeslacks, 189.50 Well House Farm, 149.50 Mosergh Farm.

Charolais: 239.50, 214.50 Kate Farm. Simmental: 239.50 Intack Farm. Friesian: 229.50 Lathwaite Farm, 214.50 Barnfield Farm, 211.50 Bank End Farm, 207.50 North Farm, 207.50 Bank End Farm, 204.50 North Farm. Shorthorn: 204.50 Kate Farm. Fleckvieh: 197.50 High House. Brown Swiss: 159.50 Lathwaite Farm. Jersey: 159.50 Lathwaite Farm.

OTM Heifer Top Prices: Angus: 264.50 Toad Hall Farm, 249.50 Low Groves Farm, 231.50 Well House Farm, 229.50 Park House Farm, 224.50 Well House Farm. British Blue: 259.50 Boldens Farm. Friesian: 254.50, 237.50 Boldens Farm, 237.50 Little Town Farm, 229.50 Gibstick Hall, 229.50 Barnfield Farm, 229.50 Boldens Farm. Simmental: 224.50 Hazelslack Tower Farm. Limousin: 199.50 Mosegh Farm.

Cast Steer Top Prices: Limousin: 294.50 Intack Farm, 279.50 Lodge Hall. Friesian: 229.50 Tills Farm.

Cast Bull Top Prices: Hereford: £1820 Holly House Farm, 189.50 Holme House Farm. Limousin: 214.50 Intack Farm, 199.50 Wilson Wood. Friesian: 179.50 Abbey House, 169.50 Lathwaite Farm, 159.50 Knotts Farm, 149.50 Oxenforth Green Farm. Angus: 179.50 Park Farm.

NWA FARM SALES

Thursday 29th June- P&M Asbury, Gilbertons Farm, Abbeystead

Saturday 15th July- Messrs Robinson, Longlands Farm, Dalton in Furness

Saturday 29th July- JM Taylor & Son, Russell Farm, Burton in Kendal

MYERSCOUGH COLLEGE

Milkers &

Farmworkers

Looking for work in Lancaster and Preston

A new cohort of mature workers will be put through a fully funded skillscamp to become general farm workers or milkers. This is an 8 week programme starting 5th June. We are particularly looking at the Preston and Lancaster area as we have a number of promising individuals looking for work. If you are farm (or know of a neighbouring farm) looking for staff, then this is an ideal opportunity.

Please contact Dee Park on 07901253087 or skillsbootcamp@myerscough.ac.uk to receive further information.

JOB ADVERT

General Farm Worker required, experience preferred Dairy, Beef and Sheep Farm

Full Time or Part Time considered

Kendal Area

If interested please call: 07976884168

Next Week's Upcoming Sales

Monday 29th

Lancaster: 10:30am Weekly Sale of Spring Lambs, Prime Hoggs and Cast Sheep.

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.

Wednesday 31st

J36: 9am-4pm Machinery Drop Off

Friday 2nd

Lancaster: 10:15am Weekly Sale of Calves, Store and Cast/OTM Cattle.

11am Fortnightly Sale of Dairy Cattle

11:15am Weekly Sale of Store Cattle

J36: Online Machinery commences 9am-4pm Machinery Viewing

Saturday 3rd

J36: 9am-12noon Machinery Viewing