NWA Newsletter, 27th September 2024 by North West Auctions

Report and Newsletter - 27th September 2024

J36 Rural Auction Centre: Second Sale of Breeding Ewes & Shearlings and Autumn Pedigree Sheep Day. Saturday 21st September 2024.

Ring 1 Commercial Sheep

The second sale of breeding sheep saw a large crowd of local and travelled buyers in attendance, keen to secure additional and replacement stock. Mule shearlings sold to a top of £242 on three occasions from N Barker, Burton in Kendal and M&YS Barker, Halton with other strongest end shearlings £220 to £242, nice farming sorts £195 to £210, with all Mule shearlings averaging £197. An eye-catching pen of Aberfield cross shearlings from J Harrison, Slaidburn sold at £245. Texel shearlings sold to £270 from P&BA Langhorn, Ulverston, with other farming sorts generally £185 to £210, all sold averaging £190. Cheviot Mule shearlings sold to £190 and Suffolk cross to £182.

A keen interest in breeding ewes saw the flock dispersal on behalf of CF Hoggarth & Son, Burneside sell one crop Mules to £185, with others at £170 from FI&ME Little, Barrows Green who also sold two crops at £160. Other two and three crop Mules were regularly £140 to £160, with full mouth Mules to £140 from TMW&H Hodgson, Ulverston. Cheviot Mule ewes sold to £190 from KA Purtill, Wigan. Texel cross ewes sold to £180 from CR Alderson & Son, Mallerstang. Other continental ewes were generally £140 to £160.

The next sale of breeding ewes is on Saturday 19th October being, the Lakeland Fair sale for all classes of breeding ewes, shearlings, gimmer lambs and rams.

Gimmer Shearling Top Prices: Charollais: £280 Higher Broach Farm. Texel: £270 Springfield, £218 Lyndarick, £212 Braida Garth, £205 Springfield, £205 The Hills, £185 Braida Garth.Continental: £245 Harrop Hall Farm, £115 Holly Bank.Mule: £242 Dalton Old Hall, £242 Halton Park Farm. Cheviot Mule: £210 Lyndarick, £180 Barn Croft. Beltex: £190 Barn Croft. Suffolk: £182 Gowan Bank Farm. Dutch Spotted: £160 Halton Park Farm, £135 Summer Hill.

Ewe Top Prices: Cheviot Mule: £190 Oak Avenue. Texel: £180 Aisgill Farm, £175 Oak Avenue, £175 Harrop Hall, £160 Helm Croft, £150 Oak Avenue. Masham: £190 Low Underbrow, £125 Oak Avenue. Mule: £185 Low Hundhowe, £170 Helm Croft, £165 Hazelwood, £160 Low Hundhowe. Dutch Spotted: £165 Dutch Spotted, £125 Woodside. LLeyn: £150 Birch Bank. Beltex: £150 Barn Croft, £105 Oak Avenue. Cheviot: £120 Oak Avenue, £100 Woodside. Continental: £130 Oak Avenue. Jacob: £115 Birch Bank

RING 2 – Pedigree Sheep

Dutch Spotted shearling gimmers to 1050gns

Dutch Spotted shearling rams to 900gns

Dutch Spotted gimmer lambs to 850gns

Dutch Spotted ram lambs to 680gns

Beltex shearling rams to 650gns

Badger Face Texel to 650gns

Blue Texel shearling rams to 480gns

Blue Texel gimmer shearlings to 420gns

The autumn fair of pedigree sheep saw a selective trade with purchasers looking to secure only the best genetics and quality. The Dutch Spotted sale topped at 1050gns for the pre sale show reserve overall and female champion from I&G Lloyd, Tyn Twll. DA Dixon, Grayrigg Foot were awarded male and overall champion with this animal going to sell for 900gns. Gimmer lambs sold to 850gns for lot 122 from J Stead, Richmond, with ram lambs to 680gns for the first prize ram from C Harding, Elm Farm. Beltex sold to 700gns for a shearling ram from A Hewson, Burgh Head with others to 600gns from R Garth, Peaks View.

Badger Face Texels achieved an 100% clearance, topping at 650gns from B Dakin, Ravenshaw Farm.

Blue Texels sold to 480gns for the overall champion. Shearling rams from J&A Gargett, Wayside with others to 480gns from the same home.

Pedigree Gimmer Lamb Top Prices: Dutch Spotted: 850gns Middlemoor Farm, 650gns Merryboro Farm, 600gns Birch Bush, 520gns Springfield.

Pedigree Gimmer Shearling Top Prices: Blue Texel: Ravenshaw Farm. Dutch Spotted: 280gns Myreside, 200gns Little Mark Farm.

Pedigree Ewe Top Prices: Dutch Spotted: 1050gns Tyn Twll, 800gns Grayrigg Foot, 780gns Ingledene, 700gns Grayrigg Foot, 500gns Linburn Head Farm. Badger Texel: 650 gns Ravenshaw Farm.

Pedigree Ram Lamb Top Prices: Dutch Spotted: 680gns Elm Farm, 500gns Middlemoor Farm, 350gns Green Cottages, 350gns Crook Hall, 320 gns Tyn Twll. Blue Texel: 380gns Wayside Cottages.

Pedigree Shearling Ram Top Prices: Dutch Spotted: 900gns Grayrigg Foot. Beltex: 700gns Burgh Head Farm, 600gns Peaks View, 400gns Crake Hall. Blue Texel: 480gns Wayside Cottages.

BELTEX SHEEP SOCIETY SHOW & SALE

Judge: Iain Dinsdale (Highfield Flock)

Sponsored by: Carrs Billington

Shearling Ram

1st J & A Gargett- Nantyderri Heineken

2nd J & A Gargett- Rooke Blues Hudson

3rd Becki Dakin- Rathbone

Ram Lamb

1st Master F Bedell- Hugh Jack

2nd J & A Gargett- Rookie Blues Jobo

3rd J & A Gargett- Rookie Blues Jaws

4th Master F Bedall- Hugh Jan

Shearling Ewe

1st Becki Dakin- Rathbone

2nd J & A Gargett- Rookie Blues Honeydew

3rd J & A Gargett- Rookie Blues Hannah

4th Becki Dakin- Rathbone

Male Champion- J & A Gargett- Nantyderri Heineken

Reserve Male Champion- J & A Gargett- Rooke Blues Hudson

Female Champion- Becki Dakin- Rathbone

Reserve Female Champion- J & A Gargett- Rookie Blues Honeydew

Overall Champion- J & A Gargett- Nantyderri Heineken

Reserve Champion- Becki Dakin- Rathbone

DUTCH SPOTTED SHEEP SOCIETY SHOW & SALE

Judge: Andrew Beattie (Carlaustan Flock)

Sponsor: Carrs Billington

Aged Ram

1st D Riley- Brackenbarrow Flynn

Shearling Ram

1st Jack Dixon- Carlaustan Gott Bay

2nd RM & PJ Eminson & A & NJ Eminson-Smith- Highclose Gascoigne

3rd D Riley- Shorefield Goodfells

Ram Lamb

1st Chloe Harding- Dustland Horlics

2nd A Metcalfe- Crook Hall Hell Boy

3rd I & G Lloyd- Nant-Y-Rhiw- Hulk

4th J Stead- Middlemoor Harrison

Aged Ewe

1st SA Clarke- Sass Fay

2nd SA Clarke- Sass Foxglove

pShearling Ewe

1st I & G Lloyd- Nant-Y-Rhiw Girl on Fire

2nd M Veitch & E Harrison- Fell View Gaga

3rd Jack Dixon- Grayrigg Foot Gumball

4th Jack Dixon- Grayriig Foot Glitzy

Ewe Lamb

1st Tom & Louise Nash- Merryboro Happy

2nd D Mattia- How Caple Harmony

3rd N Foster- Outberry Hendrika

4th J Stead- Middlemoor Hetty

Male Champion- Jack Dixon- Carlaustan Gott Bay Reserve Male Champion- Chloe Harding- Dustland Horlics

Female Champion- I & G Lloyd- Nant-Y-Rhiw Girl on Fire Reserve Female Champion- Tom & Louise Nash- Merryboro Happy Overall Champion- Jack Dixon- Carlaustan Gott Bay

Reserve Overall Champion- I & G Lloyd- Nant-Y-Rhiw Girl on Fire

Lancaster Auction Mart: Sale of Prime Lambs & Cast Sheep. Monday 23rd September 2024.

Monday morning once again proving popular with vendors, with lambs selling to £175 and 365p/kg and cull sheep to £258.

Prime Lambs

Monday morning once again proving popular with vendors with 726 forward, selling to an overall market average of 280p/kg for lambs ranging from 29kg to 67kg. Well finished pure and three quarter bred lambs, were once again easily sold to an appreciative crowd of buyers. Topping at £175 from JR&LA Capstick, Killington with others at £168 from I Richardson, Catforth and T&E Burrow, Slyne. Numerous others in the chasing pack were £150 to £158. Well finished first cross lambs with weight and meat were regularly £136 to £145, with lighter weights £118 to £126. Mules sold to a top of £133, with other heavy weights at £131 and well finished standard weights £122 to £128. Several pens of light weight lambs saw the best Beltex to £120, with others £101 to £110. Super light weights sold at £82.50, with others £75 to £80. A top price of 365p/kg was achieved for a Beltex cross from JR&LA Capstick, Killington, with others at 335p/kg from M Coxhead, Little Hool and J Twigge, Lindale. Other well finished pure and three quarter bred lambs were regularly 320p/kg to 340p/kg. Well finished first cross lambs were 290p/kg to 305p/kg, with grass finished lambs 270p/kg to 285p/kg. Best light weight lambs sold to 343p/kg, with others 290p/kg to 310p/kg.

Vendors are encouraged to feed lambs to ensure maximum returns. #LAMBS2LAM

Prime Lambs Top Prices: Beltex: £175 Beckside, £168 West View Farm, £168 Throstle Grove Farm, £156 Hill View Farm, £156 Holmelands, £153 West View Farm. Texel: £156.50 Park Farm Barn, £155 Botton Hall Farm, £154.50, £154 Cottam Farm, £154 (x2) Mearsbeck Farm. Continental: £153 Mearsbeck Farm, £125 Holmelands, £101 Woodfold Lane. Dutch Spotted: £145 Holmelands. Charolais: £143 Throstle Grove Farm, £138 Holmelands, £136 Throstle Grove Farm, £133.50 Holmelands. Suffolk: £138 Park Farm Barn, £134 Maddison Aveune, £130 Walnut Tree Cottage, £130 Calderside Farm, £129 Maddison Aveune, £125 Wellington Crag Farm. Mule: £133 Burrow Heights Farm, £131 Park Farm Barn, £128.50 Calderside Farm, £122 Oak Aveune, £118.50 Botton Hall Farm, £114 High House Farm. Teeswater: £109 Middle Lee Farm. Masham: £106 Middle Lee Farm.

Cast Sheep

137 cull sheep were forward today, which sold to an exceptional trade, with many saying ahead of other local centres. Best continental ewes sold to £222 for a Texel from J&S Winstanley, Clifton. Other continental cross ewes were regularly £135 to £155, with mediums £118 to £130. Mules sold to a top of £131 from J Pinder & Sons, Newton with other mediums Mules generally £100 to £115, with leaner types £75 to £90. Pure hill ewes sold to £122 for Lonks from J Pinder & Sons, Newton with Cheviots to £110 and Swaledale to £90. Medium hill ewes sold at £60 to £70, with leaner and lighter weights £45 to £55.

Cull rams sold to £258 for a Texel from T Carter, Bolton. More ewes are required every week, to fulfil buyer demand.

Cast Ewes Top Prices: Texel: £222, £156 Savick Brook, £150 Hill Farm (x2), £145 Hill View Farm, £140 Old Waterslack Farm. Suffolk: £132, £131 Old Waterslack Farm. Mule: £131 Boarsden Farm, £120 Botton Hall Farm, £117 Maddison Aveune, £114 (x2) Walnut Tree Cottage, £108 Millbeck. Horned: £122, £102 Boarsden Farm. Continental: £115, £87 Old Waterslack Farm. Cheviot: £110 Savick Brook Farm, £85 Old Waterslack Farm. Swaledale: £90 Millbeck, £74, £69, £68 Marshaw Farm. Rough Fell: £60 Millbeck.

Cast Ram Top Prices: Texel: £258 Hill Farm.

J36 Rural Auction Centre: Sale of Pigs, Prime Lambs & Cast Sheep, Tuesday 24th September 2024.

Pigs

105 pigs forward today, with trade much more cautious than previous weeks. A trio of gilts topped at £160 from J Mayall, Rossendale. Store pigs sold to £60 from J GE Heseltine, Skipton. On the whole trade was easier but buyers were still looking for the best quality goods.

Prime Lambs

The weekly sale of prime lambs saw 1490 forward, with as seen nationally trade a little less on the week. A full ring side of buyers were all competing finished / fed lambs, with under finished lambs meeting a lot less demand and looking better suited to the store market. Heavy first cross Texels sold to £166 from M Salton, Burneside, with pure Texels selling to £159 from J Handley, Chaple le Dale. Heavy bred continental lambs were regularly £145 to £150. Beltex cross lambs sold to 325p/kg from MA&JA Winn, Burneside with other pens to 321p/kg from JE Atkinson & Son, Endmoor. The best end lambs were regularly 310p/kg plus, with first cross types full of meat 285p/kg to 295p/kg, under finished lambs were 250p/kg to 260p/kg. More hill lambs forward today, with Mules to £130 for a ring full from Drinkall Bros, Over Wyresdale and other lighter pens to £123 from RHM&S Boyren, Colton.

Prime Lambs Top Prices: Texel: £166 Oswalds View, £159 Gunner Fleet Farm, £155 Hill Park, £151 Hill Top Farm, £150 Park Farm Barn, £149 Arklid Farm. Continental: £150 Myers Farm, £144 £132 Howriggs, £143 £140 Swallowmire, £137.50 Bowers Farm. Beltex: £148 £146 £139 £130 High Underbrow Farm, £132 Holme Park, £131 Crake Hall. Suffolk: £149 Hallbeck, £144 Bowers Farm, £140.50 £140 High House Farm, £136 Hallbeck, £135 Swallowmire. Dorset: £136 Hallbeck. Mule: £130 Catshaw Hall Farm, £123 Hill Park, £122 Middle Sadghyll, £120.50 Fell End Farm, £116 Woodside Farm. Hampshire: £123, £117, £115.50 Endmoor Farm. Rough: £118 Mill Riggs. Gritstone: £116 Yew Tree Close, £104 Town Head Farm. Masham: £111 Mealriggs Farm. Cheviot: £110 Audlands Park. Swaledale: £87 Meadow View.

Cast Sheep

Cull ewe numbers remain strong, although now coming forward in a leaner more hard working condition. The best continentals sold to £228 for a Texel from T Wilson, Selside with others at £210 from AW Crowe, Witherslack. The best heavy first cross ewes were regularly £140 to £160, medium £120 to £135 with a keen interest in those suitable for grazing at £90 to £105 and leanest sorts £60 to £80. Mule and Masham ewes sold to a new market record of £200 from JE Read, Hutton Roof. Other strongest end Mules were £130 to £145, well fleshed mediums £95 to £110, with grazing type Mule ewes £70 to £85, depending on quality and type. Pure hill ewes sold to £138 for Cheviots from J&M Wilson, Selside. Rough Fells sold to £134 from JE Read, Hutton Roof. Lleyn sold to £94 from R Howard, Ulverston, Swaledale to £81 from Fishwick Bros, Longsleddale and SBF £86 from H Cook, Witherslack. Medium Swaledales were generally £50 to £70, with lighter leaner weights £35 to £45, only the smallest and leanest selling at realisation. Medium cull rams sold to £140 from JM&NJ Strickland, Whinfell with others £110 to £135.

Cast Ewes Top Prices: Texel: £228 Ashstead, £210 Ashtree Cottage, £196 Whinfield Farm, £186 Ashstead, £172 Ashtree Cottage, £168 Holme Park. Masham: £200, £143 Mealriggs Farm, £112 Angerton Farm, £90 Grate Farm. Beltex: £188 Crake Hall, £136 Whinfield Farm, £90 Angerton Hall Farm. Charolais: £170 Whinfield Farm, £136, £132 Summer Hill, £121, £70 Whinfield Farm. Continental: £145 Whinfield Farm, £122, £108 Springfield, £102 Howriggs, £76 Steel Croft, £70 Whinfield Farm. Mule: £142 Hill Park, £132 Capplerigg Farm, £124 Myers Farm, £119 Cooper House, £110 Angerton Hall Farm, £110 Ashstead. Cheviot: £138, £133 (x2), £79 Cooper House, £75 Outrake Foot, £69 Cooper House. Rough Fell: £124 Mealriggs Farm, £100 Middle Sadghyll, £79 High Green Farm, £64 Steps Farm, £63 Low Carlingill. Leicester: £120 Ashstead, £102 Low Newton Farm, £84 (x2) Hill Park, £64, £57 Low Newton Farm. Cheviot Mule: £110 Low Barns Farm, £70 Whinfield Farm. Lleyn: £94 Low Longmire Farm, £80 Fenay Bank, £76 Low Longmire Farm. Suffolk: £90 The Howes, £86, £70 Low Shaw Farm. Zwartble: £82 Sedbergh Road. Swaledale: £81 Middle Sadghyll, £76 Cooper House, £66 Wood Broughton Barn, £63 Ashstead. Scotch Blackface: £76 Moss Howe Farm. Ryeland: £70 Dovehouse Farm.

Cast Ram Top Prices: Texel: £140 The Borrans, £130 Oswalds View.

J36 Rural Auction Centre: Fortnightly Sale of Store Lambs. Thursday 26th September 2024.

Store Lambs

Lambs forward in greater numbers, with every pen in the market full and buyers ringside from throughout the northern countries, north Wales and midlands. All keen to secure lambs of all classes and types. Well grown level drawn pens of lambs attracted keenest interest, selling to a top of £127 for Texels from High Wardses Farm, Cautley, with others regularly £110 to £118. Nice farming sorts were £98 to £108, with healthy longer keep continental cross lambs £92 to £97, with the smallest and youngest £75 to £85. Mules saw an increased audience of keen buyers selling to £118 from RI Dixon, Low Newton for a ring full. Other strong Mules were £106 to £112, with farming sorts £90 to £98 and longer keep Mules £82 to £86. Suffolks sold to £116, with other strong pens £110 to £115. More pure hill bred lambs were forward, with Cheviots to £97 and others at £91, longer keep sorts £80 to £88. Rough Fells sold to £80 and Herdwicks to £77.

Sales Statistics:

Suffolks sold to £116 and average £100.70. Mules sold to £118 and averaged £91.03. Horned sold to £80 and average £51.10. Cheviots sold to £97.53 and averaged £84. Texel x sold to £127 averaged £97.87. Overall market average of £90.04.

The next sale of store lambs is on Thursday 10th October, which will include the second prize show and sale of gimmer lambs.

Store Lambs Top Prices: Texel: £127 High Wardses Farm, £125 Howes Lodge, £125 High Wardses Farm, £121 High Wray Farm, £118 Farleton House, £115 High Wray Farm. Mule: £118 Low Newton Farm, £114.50 Longwell, £110 (x2) Low Newton Farm, £109 Tottlebank, £109 Riddings. Beltex: £118, £113.50, £87 Farleton House. Suffolk: £116 Hill Cottage, £112 Wath Farm, £112 Sunny Brow, £110 Bowkerstead Farm, £109.50 Mislet Farm, £104 Sunny Brow. Charollais: £111 Main Street, £93 The Old Vicarage, £89.50 Marsh Grange Farm. Continental: £100, £98.50 Somme Aveune, £97 Hall Farm, £92.50 Ellergill, £92, £89 Marsh Grange Farm. Dutch Spotted: £98, £95 Summer Hill, £94 (x2) Corney Hill Farm, £79 Hazelwood, £69 The Old Vicarage. Cheviot Mule: £97 High Borrowbridge. Cheviot: £91 Barker Knott, £91 Nun House, £89 The Old Vicarage, £86 Rankthorn, £81.50 Nun House, £81 Audlands Park. Zwartble: £90 Castle Syke Farm, £77 Applegarth. Rough Fell: £80 Blackmoss Farm, £78 Wasdyke Farm, £65 Blackmoss Farm, £60 Wasdyke Farm. Teeswater: £79 Middle Lee Farm. Herdwick: £77 Dale End, £68, £62 Farleton House. Hampshire: £74 Westmorland Chapel Farm. Swaledale: £60 Archer Hill.

Lancaster Auction Mart: Sale of Calves, OTM's, Stirks & Store Cattle. Friday 27th September 2024.

North West Auctions saw 529 cattle fly through three sale rings in under two hours, with all vendors leaving well suited with prices achieved.

Calves & Weanlings

The largest entry of calves for several months saw 113 forward, with several new faces in attendance both buying and selling, attracted by this popular weekly sale. Strongest bull calves sold to £590 for a three month old British Blue cross from G&ME Woodhouse & Son, Ellel. Other nice rearing bull calves were regularly £380 to £450, with younger sorts £240 to £300. Native sired bull calves sold to £455 for an 8 week old Aberdeen Angus cross from AD&R Milner, Garstang. Hereford bull calves sold to £410 from JR Newsham & Son, Conder Green with an entry of three week old Hereford cross from TL Baldwin & Son, Forton selling to £265, on several occasions. Dairy bull sold to £300 for Fleckvieh from JR Newsham & Son, Conder Green with strongest end black and white £180 to £240, medium sorts £120 to £150, with younger sorts £60 to £90.

51 weaned and reared calves sold to an exceptional trade, with a new sale ring record of £1170 for a pair of British Blue cross bulls from TD&A Gardner, Great Eccleston who sold other bulls to £1020. Younger six month old British Blue cross bulls sold to £840 from Messrs Hey & Sons, Quernmore who also sold Aberdeen Angus cross at £700. Black and whites sold to £630 from AF&BA Dawson, Sedbergh.

Steers sold to £775 for a pair of Aberdeen Angus cross from JE&J Pye & Sons, Quernmore with others at £700 to £750.

Heifers sold to £750 for a British Blue cross from RA Bebbington, Greenhaulgh who sold Charolais cross at £690 and Aberdeen Angus cross at £570. Other younger weaned native heifers were generally £480 to £550.

Heifer Calves Top Prices: British Blue: £480 Boldens Farm, £390 Boldens Farm, £385 Boldens Farm,£320 Coldcotes Farm, £300 Hudsbrook Farm. Hereford: £315 Coldcotes Farm, £275 Sellerley Farm, £215 Forton Hall Farm, £210 Forton Hall Farm. Montbelliarde: £240 Myrescough House, £220 Myrescough, £200 Myrescough House, £180 Myrescough House. Angus: £210 Hudsbrook Farm, £165 New Brows Farm, £150 Myrescough House.

Bull Calves Top Prices: British Blue: £590 Boldens Farm, £380 Hudsbrook Farm, £375 Boldens Farm, £370 Hudsbrook Farm, £360 Hudsbrook Farm, £330 Hudsbrook Farm. Angus: £455 Lane Head Farm, £400 Boldens Farm, £340 Hudsbrook Farm, £330 Hudsbrook Farm, £320 Coldcotes Farm, £310 New Brows Farm. Hereford: £410 Sellerley Farm, £265 Forton Hall Farm, 3260 Forton Hall Farm. Flekvieh: £300 Sellerley Farm. Friesian: £220 Sellerley Farm, £215 Sellerley Farm, £185 Sellerley Farm, £160 Sellerley Farm, £105 Hudsbrook Farm.

Steer Calf Top Prices: British Blue: £790 Moss Gate Farm, £760 Moss Gate Farm, £740 Moss Gate Farm, £660 Moss Gate Farm.

Bull Stirk Top Prices: British Blue: £1170 Larbreck Hill Farm, £1020 Larbreck Hill Farm, £840 Higher Hollinhead Farm. Angus: £700 Higher Hollinhead Farm, £600 Walkers I’th Fields, £530 Walkers I’th Fields, £440 Higher Hollinhead Farm, £420 Walkers I’th Fields. Friesian: £630 Rash Mill Cottage, £435 Rash Mill Cottage. Limousin: £520 Higher Hollinhead Farm. Hereford: £500 West View Farm, £320 West View Farm.

Heifer Stirk Top Prices: British Blue: £750 Barncroft Farm, £640 Higher Hollinhead Farm, £560 Walkers I’th Fields, £430 Higher Hollinhead Farm. Charolais: £690 Barncroft Farm. Angus: £570 Barncroft Farm, £535 Gibsons Farm, £520 Walkers I’th Fields. Hereford: £290 West View Farm.

Steer Stirk Top Prices: Angus: £775 Gibsons Farm, £750 Batty Hill, £705 Gibsons Farm. Longhorn: £730 Larbreck Hill Farm.

Store Cattle

286 store cattle saw all steers forward average £1304 and all heifers average £1192. Steers sold to a top price of £1980 for an Aberdeen Angus cross from R Townsend, Freckleton with other Aberdeen Angus cross £1900 from L Parson & Sons, Levens and Pilling Hall, Pilling. Simmental cross sold to £1880, as did British Blue cross. Charolais’s to £1800 and Limousin cross £1700. Dairy steers sold to £1740 for Fleckvieh from H Birkett & Son, Morecambe. Strong steers were regularly £1500 to £1700, with farming sorts £1350 to £1500. Heifers sold to £1820 for a Charolais cross from JM Haddow, Hincaster who sold others at £1660 and Aberdeen Angus cross at £1640. British Blue cross sold to £1620, Hereford cross £1620. Other stronger heifers were £1300 to £1500 and farming sorts £1150 to £1280.

Store Bullocks Top Prices: Angus: £1980 Kirkham Road, £1900 Pilling Hall Farm, £1900 Low Levens, £1780 Godson House Farm, £1780 Low Levens, £1700 Grange Farm. British Blue: £1820 Pasture House Farm, £1800 Cracalt Farm, £1690 Lower Castle O Trim, £1680 Thorton Barn Farm, £1590 Throstle Grove Farm, £1580 West Lynn. Simmental: £1820, £1740 Ellers Farm, £1660 West Lynn, £1260, £1140 Moss House Farm. Charolais: £1800 Ellers Farm, £1520 Carlingwha, £1120 Summerlands, £1060 Windy Hill Farm. Fleckvieh: £1740 North Farm, £1580 West Lynn, £1180 Parrox Hall Farm, £1160 Corney Hill Farm. Limousin: £1700 Cracalt Farm, £1680 Fellside Farm, £1640 Thornton Barn Farm, £1570 Bradley Farm, £1380 Lambrigg Head Farm, £1360 Endmoor Farm. Hereford: £1660, £1620 Old Glasson Farm, £1460 Gibraltar Farm, £1360 Corney Hill Farm, £1300 Lentworth Farm, £1260 Corney Hill Farm. Welsh Black: £1660 Kirkham Road. Friesian: £1500 Burnt House Farm, £1420 Old Glasson Farm, £1400 Hall Farm, £1260 Upper Foxholes Farm, £1140 Lambrigg Head Farm, £1060 Plumpton Hall Farm. Montbeliarde: £1480 Staffords Farm. Shorthorn: £1300 Summerlands, £1260 Low Dubbs Farm.

Store Heifers Top Prices: Charolais: £1820, £1660 Viver Mill Farm, £1360 Carlingwha. Angus: £1640 Viver Mill Farm, £1460 Low Levens, £1450, £1440 Grange Farm, £1380 Pilling Hall Farm, £1370 Bainsbank Farm. British Blue: £1620 Outerthwaite Farm, £1380 Nether Hall Farm, £1180 Plumpton Hall Farm. Hereford; £1520, £1300 Gibraltar Farm, £1180 Ellers Farm, £1130 Holly House Farm, £1000 The Bungalow. Limousin: £1320 Lambrigg Head Farm, £1260 Cracalt Farm, £1260 Lambrigg Head Farm. Fleckvieh: £1180 Carlingwha. Stabiliser: £1160 Hall Bank. Montbeliarde: £950 Moss House Farm.

Store Bull Top Prices: Angus: £960 Well House Farm, £900 Fleets Farm, £880 Well House Farm.

OTM Cattle

130 cull cows and OTM cattle were forward today, with beef cows selling to a top of 209.5p/kg and £1916 for an Aberdeen Angus cross from MS&G Mason, Kirkby Lonsdale. Other medium type beef cows were regularly 175p/kg to 190p/kg and £1150 to £1300. Dairy cows sold to a top of 184.5p/kg, on three occasions from WS Burrow Ltd, Silverdale, T&CM Kelsall & Sons, Chipping and B&AC Barnes, Middleton. Top grossing dairy cows was a Holstein Friesian from Richmond Hall, Cockerham totalling £1516. A large number of parlour type dairy cows were generally 160p/kg to 180p/kg and £1050 to £1200, with leaner sorts 125p/kg to 145p/kg and £850 to £1000.

OTM beef heifers sold to 269.5p/kg for a British Blue cross from A&FM Bolland & Sons, Ellel and a Beef Shorthorn cross from GR&A Foy, Conder Green. Top price of £1765 was achieved for a British Blue cross from A&FM Bolland & Sons, Ellel. OTM dairy heifers sold to 239.5p/kg and £1793 for a Holstein Friesian from T&CM Kelsall & Sons, Chipping with other stronger heifers 200p/kg to 220p/kg and £1100 to £1300.

OTM steers sold to 259.5p/kg for a Limousin cross from WS Burrow Ltd, Silverdale and a British Blue from Messrs Atkinson, Skelsmergh. Other stronger fleshed beef steers were 220p/kg to 240p/kg and feeding type 195p/kg to 210p/kg. Today’s sale peaked at £1976 for an Aberdeen Angus cross from MS&G Mason, Kirkby Lonsdale who sold another three over £1900. Cull stock bulls sold to 269.5p/kg for a young Charolais from J Miller, Claughton on Brock, with Limousins to £1760 from A&MI Robinson, Orton.

OTM Cow Top Prices: Angus: 209.50 Spital Farm, 199.50 Underhelm Farm. British Blue: 199.50 Gibraltar Farm, 189.50 Thornbush Farm. Friesian: 184.50 Gibraltar Farm, 184.50 Brown Brook, 179.50 (x2) Gibraltar Farm, 179.50 Ravenscar, 179.50 Benson Hall. Continental: 184.50 Hawkin Hall. Fleckvieh: 179.50 Hawkin Hall, 179.50 Newfield, 177.50 Hawkin Hall. Limousin: 179.50, 174.50, 164.50 (x3) River View, 129.50 Pilling Hall Farm. Shorthorn: 181.50 Lentworth Farm. Hereford: 159.50 Underhelm Farm. Ayrshire: 149.50 Rose Farm, 144.50 Benson Hall.

OTM Heifer Top Prices: British Blue: 269.50, 259.50 Yeat House, 184.50 Thornbush Farm. Shorthorn: 269.50 Parkside Farm. Angus: 244.50 Underhelm Farm. Friesian: 239.50 Ravenscar, 239.50 Brown Brook, 234.50, 219.50 Holmes Farm, 209.50 New Brows Farm, 209.50 Kiln Hall.

Cast Steer Top Prices: British Blue: 259.50 Low Groves Farm, 229.50, 224.50, 219.50, 189.50 Spital Farm. Limousin: 259.50 Gibraltar Farm, 224.50 Heber Barn, 194.50 Spital Farm. Angus: 249.50, 219.50, 207.50 Spital Farm. Hereford: 249.50 Gulf Farm, 229.50, 194.50 Spital Farm. Friesian: 229.50 Spital Farm, 229.50 Gibraltar Farm, 214.50, 204.50, 189.50, 179.50 Spital Farm.

Cast Bull Top Prices: Charolais: 269.50 Thornlea, 199.50 Little Fell Farm. Limousin: 189.50 Hall Farm.

Next Week's Upcoming Sales

Monday 30th

Lancaster: 10:30am Weekly Sale of Prime Lambs & Cast Sheep

J36: 9am-4pm Machinery Drop Off

Tuesday 1st

J36: 9am-4pm Machinery Drop Off

1pm Weekly Sale of Prime Lambs & Cast Sheep

Thursday 3rd

J36: First Show & Sale of Suckler Calves

10am Fortnightly Sale of Calves

10:30am Fortnightly Sale of OTM/Cast Cattle

11:15am Fortnightly Sale of Suckler Calves, Stirks & Store Cattle

Friday 4th

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

11:15am Weekly Sale of Store Cattle

J36: Online Machinery Sale commences

9am-4pm Machinery Viewing

Saturday 5th

Lancaster: 10am Hill Fair Day

J36: 9am-12noon Machinery Viewing