Weekly Report and Newsletter - 29th September 2023
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Draft Ewe Day, Friday 22nd September 2023.
Draft Ewe Day
• 2555 Swaledale ewes averaged £117.36
• 820 Swaledale shearlings averaged £124.00
• Swaledale ewes topped at £350 from E&A Wear, Patterdale
• £250 E&A Wear, Patterdale
• £195 R Marwood & Son, Richmond.
• Shearling £200 M&ME Wilson, Middleton In Teesdale
• £185 MP&A Capstick, Newbiggin On Lune
• £180 MP&A Capstick, Newbiggin On Lune
• 400 Rough Fell ewes averaged £120.50
• Topping at £270 NC& Dodd, Kirkby Stehpen
• £250 NC&C Dodd, Kirkby Stephen
• £220 from P&S Hogarth, Howgill
• 120 Rough Fell Shearlings averaged £136
• Topping at £220 P&S Hoggarth, Howgill
• £205 MP&A Capstick, Newbiggin On Lune
SWALEDALES
CLASS 1 – 10 SWALEDALE EWES (3 CROP UPWARDS)
• 1st Drinkall Bros £175
• 2nd JE & DJ Hutchinson £165
• 3rd D Stephenson £175
CLASS 2 – 10 SWALEDALE EWES (1 & 2 CROP)
• 1st E & A Wear £350
• 2nd R Marwood & Son £195
• 3rd R & A Taylforth £170
CLASS 3 – 10 SWALEDALE GIMMER SHEARLINGS
• 1st M & EM Wilson £200
• 2nd MP & A Capstick £185
• 3rd N Richardson £170
CLASS 4 – 10 SWALEDALE GIMMER LAMBS
• 1st Forest Hall Farm LLP £45
• 2nd Forest Hall Farm LLP £75
CHAMPION – E & A Wear £350
RESERVE CHAMPION – R Marwood & Son £195
ROUGH FELLS
CLASS 1 – 10 ROUGH FELL EWES
• 1ST P & S Hoggarth £180
• 2nd WE Beck £130
• 3rd P & S Hoggarth £160
CLASS 2 – 10 ROUGH FELL GIMMER SHEARLINGS
• 1st P & S Hoggath £240
• 2nd K Milburn £110
CLASS 3 – 10 ROUGH FELL GIMMER LAMBS
• 1st William Dawson £50
CLASS 4 – PAIR OF ROUGH FELL EWES
• 1st N Dodd £250
• 2nd N Dodd £270
• 3rd V Guy £150
CHAMPION – P & S Hoggarth £180
RESERVE CHAMPION – P & S Hoggarth £240
Gimmer Lamb Top Prices: Rough Fell: £160 Rose Cottage, £75 St Annes Farm, £52 Brockstones. Swaledale: £82 Middle Sadghyll, £75 Forest Hall Farm, £75 Bybeck, £72 Middle Sadghyll.
Ewes Top Prices: Swaledale: £350 £250 Grove Farm, £195 Hill Top Farm, £175 Catshaw Hall Farm, £175 The Gables, £175 Grove Farm.Rough Fell: £270 £250 Manor Court, £220 £180 Birkhaw Farm, £165 Manor Court, £160 Birkhaw Farm. Cheviot: £112 Hartrigg, £110 Croziers Croft, £105 Totterbank, £102 Hartrigg. Herdwick: £105 Height of Winder, £105 Woodhouse.
Gimmer Shearling Top Prices: Rough Fell: £240 Birkhaw Farm, £205 £190 High lane, £160 Birkhaw Farm, £145 Whinfell Terrace. Swaledale: £200 Arngill House, £185 High Lane, £180 Barras Farm, £180 Arngill Farm, £170 Big Fernyfold Farm. Cheviot: £175 Green Head, £168 School Lane. Herdwick: £110 Woodhouse.
Lancaster Auction Mart: Weekly Sale of Prime Lambs and Cast Sheep, Monday 25th September 2023.
Prime Lambs & Cast Sheep
Prime Lamb Top Prices: Texel: £151 Wyre Farm, £140 Catshaw Hall Farm, £136 Oak Avenue, £135 Bensons Farm, £134
Park Farm Barn, £133 Catshaw Hall Farm. Beltex: £135 Oak Avenue, £135 Bensons Farm, £129 Botton Hall Farm, £127 Oak Avenue, £127 Bensons Farm, £121 Ivy Bank Farm. Continental: £134, £106 The Crest, £105 Marshaw Farm, £103.50 Gibsons Farm, £101 The Crest. Suffolk: £123 Oak Avenue, £120.50 Beaumont Gate, £109.50 North Farm.
Mule: £109 Botton Hall Farm, £108 Lower Brow Top, £105.50 Yates Farm, £102.50 Botton Hall Farm. Cheviot: £106 Botton Hall Farm, £105.50, £101.50 (2) Marshaw Farm. Swaledale: £100 Marshaw Farm.
Cast Ewes Top Prices: Texel: £116 Ivy Bank Farm, £105 Wyre Farm, £100 Oak Avenue. Cheviot: £104 Oak Avenue.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Sale of Pigs, Prime Lambs, Cast Sheep and Boys are Back in Town, Tuesday 26th September 2023.
Pigs
Prime pigs sold to an exceptional trade for perhaps one of the best quality shows of pigs for several months. A top price of £245 and 258p/kg was achieved on two occasions, firstly for a trio of Large White x gilts from JM Navesey, Darwen followed by a pair of Pie Train x gilts from W Stamper, Chipping. Other well bred and well finished prime gilts and hogs regularly sold from £220 to £230. Prime boars sold to £200 for a Pie Train x from W Stamper, Chipping with others at £190 from D Nicholson, Cockermouth. Cull sows sold to £190 for a Saddleback from JM Navesey, Darwen with others at £150 from W Stamper, Chipping. Weaners and stores attracted a large crowd of competitive bidders with well bred stores selling to £120 from B Capstick, Sedbergh and weaners selling to £58 from W Wilson & Co, Carlisle and £55 from G Malpass, Sedbergh.
Prime Lambs
1505 lambs forward sold to an overall averaged of 248p/kg, with heavy weight paying at Junction 36, new buyers ensured all lambs were keenly bid for. A pen of Beltex lambs sold to a top of £152 from A Thompson, Carnforth with Texels selling to £150 from L Beck, Heversham. Heavy pens of Charollais lambs sold to £149 from JM&NJ Strickland, Whinfell. Suffolk lambs topped at £139 from J&R Waller, Killington. Heavy bred Continental lambs were regularly selling at £128 to £132. A sharper trade was seen for medium weight lambs with 40kg to 42kg lambs frequently selling to 250p/kg to 260p/kg or £108 to £115 per head. Best bred lambs saw Beltex sell to 330p/kg from A Thompson, Carnforth with heavy bred Texel lambs selling to 291p/kg from TMW&H Hodgson, Nibthwaite. More hill lambs were on offer today, with all meeting plenty of demand. Mules sold to £113 from JA Bennet, Longsleddale with others at £111 from JF&AW Sutton, Longsleddale. A full ring of Cheviot sold to £108.5 from Stockdale Farms, Sedbergh.
Prime Lamb Top Prices: Beltex: £152 Southways, £145 The Borrans, £138 Southways, £110 Templand Farm, £107 Millbeck. Texel: £150 Dugg Hill, £144 Middale Farm, ££140 Dugg Hill, £140 Arklid Farm, £137 Helm Croft, £135 Hill Top Farm. Continental: £149 The Borrans, £128.50 High Biggarsbank, £122 Smithy Green Farm, £117 Hawkrigg End, £116 Smithy Green Farm, £115 Smithy Green Farm. Suffolk: £139 Hallbeck, £131 Hallbeck, £124 Nether House Farm, £114 Main Steet, £113 Hawkrigg End, £113 Smithy Green Farm. Charollais: £137 Brow Head, £119.50 The Old Vicarage, £107 The Old Vicarage, £103 The Old Vicarage, £102 Yealand Manor. Mule: £113 Middale Farm, £111 Nether House Farm, £110 Barrowfield, £110 Fell End Farm, £107 The Borrans, £105 Overthwaite. Cheviot: £108.50 Bowers Farm, £106.50 Bowers Farm. Hampshire: £107 Endmoor Farm. Dorset: £98 Leighton Drive. Horned: £90 Turners Farm. Rough Fell: £86 Galloper Park.
Cast Sheep
A record entry of 916 cull sheep forward which sold to a full ring side of buyers, with all classes and types competed for to satisfy orders. Well bred ewes sold to £150 for a Beltex x from AW&D Brown, Pennington with Texel x selling to £143 from TH&D Cornthwaite & Son, Cartmel Fell. Other heavy meated ewes were generally £120 to £140. Mules sold to £116 for a pen of Cheviot Mules from TH&D Cornthwaite & Son with others at £114 from M Allen, Carnforth. North Country Mules sold to £97 from SW Atkinson & Son, Crook. Plenty of interest in ewes suitable for feeding, with the stronger pure and cross breds £80 to £90 and hill ewes £40 to £60, depending on breed and quantity. Hill ewes sold to £98 for Cheviots from Stockdale Farms, Sedbergh with others at £92 from JW&E Woof & Son, Sedbergh, Swaledales to £68 from D & A Nicholson, Ulverston, Herdwicks to £78 from AJ&SM Harrison, Kentmere and Rough Fells to £78 from PE Allen, Ings. A large entry of lean hard worked hill ewe were generally £30 to £40. depending on quality and type. Cull rams sold to £124 for BFL’s from RS&BA Harker, Carnforth.
Cast Ewes Top Prices: Texel: £150 Whinfield Farm, £143 Low Tarn Green, £143 Low Tarn Green, £134 Capplerigg Farm, £132 Troughton Hall, £126 High Biggarsbank. Beltex: £134 Corner Cottage. Suffolk: £120 Waterhouse Close, £118 Whinfield Farm, £114 Smithy Green Farm, £112 Castle Garth, £102 Waterhouse Close, £98 Cockrigg Farm. Cheviot Mule: £116 Low Tarn Green, £114 Yealand Conyers, £84 Yak Leaf. Leicester: £116 Overthwaite. Ryeland: £100 Whinfield Farm. Continental: £100 Waterhouse Close, £74 Inglebrough View Barn. Cheviot: £98 Bowers Farm, £92 Ghyll Farm, £87 Poole Bank Farm, £86 Low House. Mule: £97 Capplerigg Farm, £94 Grayrigg Hall, £90 Low Groves Farm, £90 Low Groves Farm, £87 Low House. Horned: £80 Cockrigg Farm. Rough Fell: £78 St Annes Farm. Swaledale: £68 Birch Bank, £60 Overthwaite Farm. Herdwick: £56 Inglebrough View Barn. Goat: £90 Wall End.
Cast Rams Top Prices: Leicester: £124 Overthwaite. Zwartble: £98 Somme Avenue. Herdwick: £68 Byre Cottage. Swaledale: £78 Grayrigg Hall.
Boys are Back in Town
The second evening sale of breeding rams saw a top price of £950 achieved for a Texel shearling from A&HC Smith, Hawick with others Texel shearlings selling at £850 twice from SW Huck, Kirkby Stephen. Suffolks sold to £750 from TH Garnett & Son, Stank. Charollais x Beltex at £750 from JA&R Geldard & Sons, Levens. Strong well bred shearling rams of all breed were regularly £500 to £650. Two shear Suffolk x rams sold to £500 from J Smith, Brookhouse and Texel four shears selling to £450 from TMW&H Hodgson, Nibthwaite. A Blue Faced Leicester shearling from Messrs Hewson, Carlisle sold to £500. Ram lambs sold to £450 for a Suffolk from Messrs Hewson, Carlisle who sold Texels at £400.
The final sale of breeding rams is on Saturday 21st October being the Lakeland fair, entries for this sale close on Wednesday 3rd October.
Ram Lamb Top Prices: Suffolk: £450, £350 Burgh Head Farm, £300, £280 Reeds Gardens. Texel: £400, £350 Burgh Head Farm, £300, £250 Dale View, £120 Lackslot.
Shearling Ram Top Prices: Texel: £950 Crumhaughill Farm, £850 Dale View, £720, £700, £650 Crumhaughill Farm. Suffolk: £750, £650, £600 New Close, £550 Reeds Gardens, £500 Patton Hall. Charollais: £750, £500, £480 Low Foulshaw Farm. Beltex: £580, £500 Corney Hall Farm, £480 Low Flan Farm, £450 Corney Hall Farm, £450 Low Flan Farm. Leicester: £500 Burgh Head Farm. Blue Texel: £300 Intake Farm.
Aged Ram Top Prices: Suffolk: £500, £420 Moorcock Hall Farm, £280, £250 Gowan Bank Farm, £220 Hare Tarn Farm, £220 Gowan Bank Farm. Texel: £450 Arklid Farm. Blue Texel: £280 Winsbury House, £120 Totterbank. Charollais: £220 Gowan Bank Farm.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Fortnightly Sale of Calves, Stirks, OTM Cattle and Store Cattle, Thursday 28th September 2023.
Rearing and Weaned Calves
A large number of rearing calves (95) were forward which sold to a packed ringside of buyers. Bull calves sold to £480 for a Charolais x from JH Towers & Sons and British Blue x from A Pickthall. Other stronger rearing bull calves were £400 to £470. Younger calves sold to £420 from HJ Robinson & Son, with others at £300 to £380.
Native sired bulls sold to £375 for Aberdeen Angus x from RF&CE Hodgson with others at £340 from JH Towers & Son. Dairy bulls sold to £355 for a Montbeliarde from Colby Farms Ltd with Black and Whites selling to £180 from Gibson & Berry.
Heifer calves sold to £485 for a Charolais x from JH Towers & Sons with others achieving £385. British Blue heifers sold to £355 from W&S Airey, with others at £350 from A Pickthall. Stronger heifers were £290 to £340,
with the younger end £200 to £250. Native sired heifers sold to £310 for Aberdeen Angus x from M&S Blease, with others at £260 from Colby Farms Ltd. Weaned calves and stirks saw 108 forward. The strongest steers sold to £1130 for a Simmental from S&M Carter with 8 month old British Blue x selling to £920 from J James and Bambers Farm Ltd. Younger steers sold to £750 for Limousin x from Bambers Farm Ltd, who sold others at £740. Recently weaned steers sold to £660 for Charolais x from C Slater, with Hereford x £640 from W Stamper. Dairy steers sold to £530 for a ring full from Messrs Halpin. Heifer stirk sold to £750 for British Blue x from J James, Simmental x £720 from S&M Carter with others £620 to £700. A ring full of Limousin x heifers (6 month old) from Bambers Farms Ltd sold at £575, with others at £530.
Bull stirks sold to £640 for Hereford x from JM Simpson, who sold Aberdeen Angus at £630 and £610. Dairy bulls sold to £400 for black and whites from Whitestone Farm.
Heifer Calves Top Prices: Charolais: £485, £385, £360 Tunstall Hall. British Blue: £355 West Hall, £355 Tunstall Hall, £355 West Hall, £350 Borrans Farm, £345 West Hall, £340 Borrans Farm. Angus: £310 The Barn, £260, £240 Colby Laithes, £215 Borrans Farm, £135 West Hall, £130 Colby Laithes. Hereford: £130, £110, £100 Wraysholme Tower.
Bull Calves Top Prices: Charolais: £480, £470, £460, £400 Tunstall Hall, £360 The Barn. British Blue: £480, £470, £465 Borrans Farm, £455 West Hall, £435 Colby Laithes, £425 Flodder Hall. Angus: £375 Rowe End Farm,£340 Tunstall Hall, £235 Rowe End Farm. Montbeliarde: £355, £165, £125 Colby Laithes. Limousin: £355, £350 Tunstall Hall. Fleckvieh: £180, £140 Rowe End Farm. Friesian: £180 Low Audlands, £155 Rowe End Farm, £140 Green Dragon Farm, £130 Low Audlands, £100 Borrans Farm. Hereford: £175, £165, £120 Wraysholme Tower. Shorthorn: £145 Far Audlands.
Heifer Stirk Top Prices: Limousin: £750 New Village, £620 Poppy Farm, £575, £530 Bambers Farm, £500 Coat Green Farm, £490 Moss End Farm. Simmental: £720 Black Bull Cottage. British Blue: £660 New Village, £595 Bambers Farm. Angus: £575 Bambers Farm, £430 West View Farm, £430 Moss End Farm, £400 Whitestone Farm, £390 Moss End Farm, £340 Whitestone Farm. Devon: £280 Piked Howe.
Steer Stirk Top Prices: Simmental: £1130, £880 Black Bull Cottage, £580 Bellart Howe. British Blue: £920 Bambers Farm, £920 New Village, £660 West Lodge. Friesian: £820 Bambers Farm, £530 Rakesmoor Farm, £460 Bellart Howe, £330 Moss End Farm. Limousin: £750, £740, £630, £555 Bambers Farm. Angus: £725, £580, £555, Bambers Farm, £510 Coldcotes Farm, £500 Moss End Farm, £460 West View Farm. Charolais: £660 Bellart Howe. Hereford: £640 Coldcotes Farm. Montbeliarde: £210 Mouse Syke. Devon: £200 Mouse Syke. Ayrshire: £120 West View Farm.
Bull Stirk Top Prices: Hereford: £640 High Gregg Hall Farm. Angus: £630, £610, £560 High Gregg Hall Farm, £400, £320 Poppy Farm, £310 Whitestone Farm. Continental: £500 Mouse Syke. Friesian: £400, £150 Whitestone Farm.
Store Cattle
The autumn prize show and sale of store cattle saw buyers in attendance from Scotland, Wales, Midlands and the Northern Counties, attracted by the quality and quantity on offer. The show was kindly judged by Mr M Wilcock, Wigan who awarded the champion rosette to a Parthenais x steer from MA&JA Winn, who was also awarded the reserve champion rosette for a British Blue x steer. Our thanks also goes to our kind and regularly show sponsors BB Dairy Ltd. The show results are as follows:
CLASS 1- BEST LIMOUSIN HEIFER
1st MA & JA Winn- £1720
2nd NA & J Temple- £1640
CLASS 2- BEST LIMOUSIN BULLOCK
1st MA & JA Winn- £1620
2nd MA & JA Winn- £1600
3rd MW & M Hodgson- £1640
CLASS 3- BEST BRITISH BLUE HEIFER
1st FI & ME Little- £1480
CLASS 4- BEST BRITISH BLUE BULLOCK
1st MA & JA Winn- £1850
2nd MA & JA Winn- £1750
3rd A & P Hodgkinson- £1490
CLASS 5- BEST ANY OTHER BREED HEIFER
1st JC Walling & Son- £1360
2nd JC Walling & Son- £1040
CLASS 6- BEST ANY OTHER BREED BULLOCK
1st MA & JA Winn- £1950
2nd JC Walling & Son- £1390
3rd JC Walling & Son- £1250
CLASS 7- BEST PAIR OF LIMOUSIN
1st TA Chapman & Son- £1570
CLASS 8- BEST PAIR OF ANY OTHER BREED
1st J Twigge- £1200
CHAMPION- MA & JA Winn- £1950
RESERVE CHAMPION- MA & JA Winn- £1850
Vendors must be complimented on the quality of cattle forward, and were rewarded with a fast and competitive trade. The sale peaked at £1950 for the champion, with the reserve achieving £1850. Other strong steers sold to £1800 for a Charolais x from JM Haddow with Limousin x to £1650 from PW Clarke and £1640 from MW&M Hodgson. Well grown steers were regularly £1450 to £1600 and yearlings £1200 to £1400.
Heifers sold top £1720 for a Limousin x from MA&JA Winn with others at £1640 from NA&J Temple and £1620 from PW Clarke. Charolais x sold to £1600 JM Haddow and British Blue to £1480 from FI&ME Little. Other well grown heifers were regularly £1300 to £1450 and yearlings £1100 to £1250.
Bulls sold to £790 for a 6 month old Hereford x from RJ&J Gardner.
Sales Statistics:
Store steers sold to £1950 and averaged £1165
Store heifers sold to £1720 and averaged £1080
Store bulls sold to £790 and averaged £788
Store Bullocks Top Prices: Parthenaise: £1950 High Underbrow Farm, £1050 Tarnside Farm. Charolais: £1800 Viver Mill Farm, £1480 Holmelands, £1390 Dawson Fold, £1270 Barrowfield, £1250 Dawson Fold, £1150 Angerton Farm. British Blue: £1850, £1750, £1690, £1600 High Underbrow Farm, £1490 Bank Field Farm. Limousin: £1650 Woodside Farm, £1640 Swallowmire, £1620, £1600 High Underbrow Farm, £1570 Lane Head Farm, £1570 Woodside Farm.
Simmental: £1460, £1315 Castle Syke Farm, £1190 Holmelands. Blonde: £1430 Nook Farm, £1350 Holmelands, £1340, £1270 Nook Farm. Angus: £1280 Crabtree Farm, £1210 Heathwaite Farm, £1170 Birch Bank, £1170 Bradley Farm, £1150, £1145 Holmelands. Saler: £1250 Nook Farm. Shorthorn: £1215 Barrowfield, £1200, £1190 Holmelands.
Hereford: £1185, £1150 Crabtree Farm. Friesian: £1080 Syke House Farm. Continental: £1090 Tarnside Farm.
Store Heifer Top Prices: Limousin: £1720 High Underbrow Farm, £1640 Black Hall Farm, £1620 Woodside Farm, £1460 Nook Farm, £1440 Poppy Farm, £1400 Colton Farm. Charolais: £1600 Viver Mill Farm, £1520 Braida Garth, £1360 Dawson Fold, £1310, £1220 Braida Garth, £1150 Barrowfield. British Blue: £1480 Helm Croft, £1200, £1160
Greenside Farm, £1050 Tarnside Farm, £1000 Crabtree Farm. Angus: £1450 Bank Ground, £1450 Viver Mill Farm, £1320 Poppy Farm, £1170 Crabtree Farm, £1120 Bradley Farm, £1090 Heathwaite Farm. Blonde: £1200 Nook Farm. Hereford: £1175, £1170 Crabtree Farm, £1160 Angerton Farm. Parthenaise: £1160, £1150 Tarnside Farm, £1060 Garden Terrace. Shorthorn: £1140 Barrowfield.
OTM Cattle
Cull cows and OTM cattle saw 87 forward, selling to a market average of 152p/kg. Heavy and well fleshed cows attracted the keenest attention, selling to 229.5p/kg for a Limousin from S Whitehead, with others 219.5p/kg from GH Jones. Other beef cows were 180p/kg to 195p/kg, with mediums 150p/kg to 175p/kg. Top grossing achieved £1681 for a Limousin from GH Jones.
Dairy cows sold to 179.5p/kg from J&H Bland & Son, with other well fleshed cows 160p/kg to 170p/kg. A large proportion of the sale being leaner parlour types, selling at 130p/kg to 150p/kg with some very small and lean cows at realisation. Top grossing achieved £1195 from J&H Bland & Son Ltd. Heifers sold to 219.5p/kg and £1202 for Stabilisers from J&A Smales, with others also 219.5p/kg from TW Wilson. Dairy heifers sold to 197.5p/kg and £1050 for Fleckvieh from SJ&J Hodgson & Son. Steers sold to 224.5p/kg and £1569 for British Blue x from JW Robinson & Son, with bulls to 229.5p/kg and £1753 for a Limousin from LA&M Lambert.
OTM Cow Top Prices: British Blue: 224.50 (2), 219.50 Green Close, 179.50, 164.50 Tullithwaite Hall Farm, 159.50 Woodside Farm. Limousin: 229.50 Brow Head, 229.50 Low Waterside, 219.50 Fold Farm, 219.50 Cracalt Farm, 169.50 Brow Head. Stabilizer: 219.50 Braida Garth. Continental: 219.50, 217.50, 209.50, 204.50, 184.50 Chapel Island, 174.50 Wasdyke Farm. Fleckvieh: 197.50, 149.50 Tottlebank. Angus: 189.50 Woodside Farm, 169.50 (4), 157.50 High Biggarsbank. Norwegian Red: 179.50 Ninezergh. Friesian: 179.50 Spout House, 174.50 Laithwaite Farm, 159.50
Shorthorn Farm, 159.50 Lupton Hall, 154.50 Low Stangerthwaite, 154.50 Lupton Hall. Hereford: 164.50 (2), 157.50
Gowan Bank Farm, 154.50 High Biggarsbank, 144.50, 139.50 Gowan Bank Farm. MRI: 164.50 Ninezergh. Shorthorn:
161.50 High Biggarsbank, 151.50 Tarnside Farm, 149.50, 144.50 Abbots Reading Farm. Galloway: 159.50 (2), 144.50 High Wallabarrow Farm. Simental: 154.50 Old School House.
OTM Heifer Top Prices: Limousin: 219.50 Cracalt Farm. Stabiliser: 219.50 Bradia Garth. Continental: 219.50, 217.50, 209.50, 204.50, 184.50 Guides Farm. Fleckvieh: 197.50 Tottlebank. British Blue: 179.50 Tullithwaite Hall Farm.
Friesian: 174.50 Laithwaite Farm, 149.50 Lupton Hall. Galloway: 159.50 High Wallabarrow Farm.
Cast Steer Top Prices: British Blue: 224.50, 219.50 Green Close. Friesian: 179.50 Spout House.
Cast Bull Top Prices: Limousin: 229.50 Brow Head.
Lancaster Auction Mart: Weekly Sale of Calves, OTM, Store Cattle and Stirks, Friday 29th September 2023.
NWA Lancaster had 718 cattle forward at its popular weekly sale, with all three sale rings attracting new customers from far and wide with trade reported as being well ahead of other local centres.
Calves & Weanlings
Calf numbers continue to rise with 118 sold today, to an ever expanding ring side of buyers. Bull calves sold to a top price of £585 for a pair of one month and twenty eight day old British Blue x bulls from JP&C Robson, Garstang. Aberdeen Angus x sold to £560 from Tom Barron Farms Ltd, Woodplumpton with other British Blue x at £555 from G&ME Woodhouse & Sons, Ellel and a two month three day old Charolais x bull from Lawson Farms, Cockerham achieving £520. Other strong bull calves were regularly £400 to £500. Six week old bull calves were £320 to £400, with only the youngest £260 to £300.
Dairy bulls sold to £245 for a British Friesian from AD&RL Milner, Garstang with others at £185 from G&ME Woodhouse & Sons and £175 from J Bargh & Son, Morecambe and Drinkall Bros, Over Wyresdale. Other nice rearing black and whites were generally £90 to £120. Several weaned bull calves forward sold to £590 for a Limousin x from JH Towers & Son, Tunstall, with Simmental x to £515 from MH&AR Robinson, Old Hutton. Black and whites sold to £320 from A&MI Robinson, Orton with others at £295 from RE&P Miller, Barnacre.
Heifer calves sold to a top price of £405 for a two month and one day old British Blue x from Wallbank Farms, Over Wyresdale with other at £400 from SW&K Metcalfe, Whittington and G&ME Woodhouse & Sons, Ellel. Limousin x heifers sold to £390 from JH Towers & Sons, Tunstall who sold others at £385. A two month and nine day old Charolais sold at £335 from Lawsons Farm, Cockerham, with other at £295 from MH&AR Robinson, Old Hutton. Nice rearing sorts were generally £280 to £340, with younger sorts £200 to £265 and the youngest and smallest £150 to £200. Several weaned heifers forward sold to £490 for a Charolais from MH&AR Robinson with British Blue x selling to £465 form G&ME Woodhouse, Ellel and Aberdeen Angus x at £450 from JH Towers & Sons, Tunstall.
Heifer Calves Top Prices: Charolais: £490 Holmescales Farm, £335 Sweetings Farm, £295 Holmescales Farm. British Blue: £465, £440, £435 Boldens Farm, £415 Holme House Farm, £405 Tills Farm, £400 Holme House Farm. Angus: £450 Tunstall Hall, £445, £395, £240, £220, £200 Poultry Farm. Limousin: £390, £385 Tunstall Hall.
Bull Calves Top Prices: Limousin: £590 Tunstall Hall, £375 Rose Farm, £250 Holmescales Farm. British Blue: £585 Roe Farm, £555, £490 Boldens Farm, £445 Birks Farm. Angus: £560, £525, £505, £455, £425, £400 The Poultry Farm. Charolais: £520 Sweetings Farm. Simmental: £515 Holmescales Farm. Friesian: £320 Hall Farm, £295, £260 Lower Lingart Farm, £245 Lane Head Farm, £230 Lower Lingart Farm. Hereford: £205 Birks Farm. Montbeliarde: £110 Parkers Farm.
Store Cattle
445 store cattle saw a top price of £1980 achieved for a Charolais x steer from JM Haddow, Milnthorpe who sold others at £1880 and £1820. Limousin x steers sold to £1900 from DJ Townley, Lancaster with others at £1740 from H Birkett & Son, Morecambe. Heavy well grown short keep steers were regularly £1500 to £1700, which included Montbeliardes at £1680 from BL&D Banks, Pilling, Beef Shorthorns at £1620 from GR & A Foy, Conder Green and Aberdeen Angus at £1590 from CE&MA Hewitt, Forton. A keen interest in younger steers for over
wintering with Aberdeen Angus x selling to £1370 from EE Thornton & Sons, Morecambe, with fourteen month old Simmental x from AVA Thornton, Cockerham selling at £1160.
Heifers sold to a top price of £1760 for a Charolais x from JM Haddow, Milnthorpe who sold others at £1580.
Aberdeen Angus x heifers sold to £1550 form GR&A Foy, Conder Green with British Blue x achieving £1480 from JD&GM Bracken, Garstang and Simmental x £1400 from EW&A Bradshaw, Stalmine. Heavy well grown heifers were regularly £1300 to £1450.
The monthly sale of stirks immediately followed store cattle, with buyers keen to secure replacement stock ahead of winter housing. Steers sold to a top price of £1000 for a British Blue x from I Atkinson & Son, Carnforth with others at £980 from MD Close & Son, Arkholme and £900 for Shorthorns x from J&T Hunter, Dent. A large number of younger steers forward saw eleven month old British Blue x sell to £890 from I Atkinson & Son, Carnforth. Aberdeen Angus x sold to £860 from Mason Birkland Barrow, Over Kellet with others at £850 from A Prickett, Farleton and Charolais x sold to £840 from G&MA Smith, Samlesbury. Dairy bred steers sold to £650 for a British Friesians from R&J Parkinson, Preesall.
Heifer stirks sold to a top price of £710 for ten month old British Blue x heifers from J&R Waller, Killington with Charolais x selling to £700 from G&MA Smith, Samlesbury and Aberdeen Angus x to £670 for eight month olds from AW&AM Park, Ellel. Younger heifers were generally £550 to £620, depending on breed and quality.
Bull stirks sold to a top price of £670 for a consignment of Stabilisers from M Allen, Carnforth.
Store Bullocks Top Prices: Charolais: £1980, £1880, £1820 Viver Mill Farm, £1720 Kilburn House, £1680 North Farm, £1540 Lawsons Farm. Limousin: £1900 Whinney Carr, £1740 North Farm, £1680 Steadbank, £1450 Downlands Farm, £1250 Bradley Farm, £1230 Ellers Farm. Montbeliarde: £1680 (2), £1610, £1460 Squires Gate Farm, £1310 Hall Bank, £1300 Ellers Farm. Shorthorn: £1620 Parkside Farm, £1380, £1180 Brantbeck Farm. Angus: £1590 North Farm, £1590 Steadbank, £1580 Yew Tree Farm, £1570, £1560 Old Glasson Farm, £1550 Low Levens. Simental: £1580 Low Levens, £1500 (3) The Old Stable, £1480 Stubb Hall Farm, £1480 Low Levens. British Blue: £1580 Fell End Farm, £1560 Midge Hall Farm, £1550 Outerthwaite Farm, £1520 Stubb Hall Farm, £1480 Greenlands Farm, £1420 Holmes Farm.
Hereford: £1500 Station Hotel Farm, £1440 North Farm, £1120 Lawsons Farm, £1120 Greenbank Farm. Fleckvieh: £1500 North Farm, £1480 Holmes Farm, £1220 Ellers Farm, £1160, £1140 High Road. Continental: £1470 Steadbank.
Friesian: £1400 North Farm, £1280 Downlands Farm, £1240 Higher Lees Farm, £1220 Winney Carr Farm, £1190, £1180 Downlands Farm. Parthenaise: £1140 Hall Bank. Jersey: £1060 Moss House Farm.
Store Heifers Top Prices: Charolais: £1760 Viver Mill Farm, £1500 Greenlands Farm, £1160 Lawsons Farm, £1060 Greenlands Farm. Angus: £1550 Parkside Farm, £1470 Sweetings Farm, £1420 Low Levens, £1400 Yew Tree Farm, £1370 Higher Lees Farm, £1360 High Road. British Blue: £1480 Greenlands Farm, £1460 Thursgill, £1460 Holmes Farm, £1380 Bainsbank Farm, £1380 Bowlands Gardens, £1350 Stubb Hall Farm. Simmental: £1400 The Old Stable.
Fleckvieh: £1360 Holme Head. Hereford: £1280 Brantbeck Farm, £1240 Little Fell Farm, £1220 Holly House Farm, £1100 Lawsons Farm, £1100 Hipshow Farm. Limousin: £1260 Brantbeck Farm, £1250 Bradley Farm, £1140 Brantbeck Farm. Jersey: £1150 Moss House Farm. Shorthorn: £1080 Brantbeck Farm. Montbeliarde: £1080 Hall Oth Hill Farm.
Cast/ OTM Cattle
Another large entry of 155 cows were forward, as farmers look to offload stock ahead of winter housing. All cows today averaged 150p/kg, with 85% of the sale being dairy cows. Heavy well fleshed cows of all breeds attracted the keenest bidding, with dairy cows selling to 219.5p/kg for a Holstein Friesian from Strickland Hill Farming, Witherslack and beef cows selling to 214.5p/kg for a Limousin from TS&HJ Park, Cowin Bridge. Other beef cows were generally 180p/kg to 200p/kg with the better end of dairy 160p/kg to 175p/kg, parlour types 140p/kg to 150p/kg, lean dairy cows 100pkg to 125p/kg with the very leanest at realisation. Top grossing beef cow was a Simmental from Barlow Bros, Croston achieving £1604 with dairy selling to £1563 from K&DE Woodhouse, Ellel and £1561 from J&G Thornley Ltd, Kirkham. Beef heifers sold to 254.5p/kg and £1626 for a Limousin x from DJ Townley, Lancaster with dairy heifers selling
to 229.5p/kg for a Fleckvieh from P Knowles, New Hutton and £1668 for a Holstein Friesian from Lawsons Dairy, Cockerham.
Beef steers sold to 284.5p/kg for a Limousin x from M&RW Stirzaker, Milnthorpe with others selling to £1708 for a Limousin x from J Lamb, Glasson. Dairy bred steers sold to 189.5p/kg for a Holstein Friesian from JH Atkinson & Partners, Selside and £1169 from TM Gardner, Tatham. Cast bulls sold to 149.5p/kg for a Limousin from J Bell Jnr, Wennington and £1553 for a Holstein Friesian from D Fox & Co, Bay Horse.
OTM Cow Top Prices: Friesian: 219.50 Strickland Hill, 184.50 Sweetings Farm, 184.50, 179.50 Derby Lodge Farm, 179.50 Kitchen Ground Farm, 177.50 Crook Farm. Limousin: 214.50 Todgill Farm, 199.50 Red Scar Farm, 197.50
Aikengill Farm, 189.50 Lane Head Farm, 189.50 Red Scar Farm. British Blue: 209.50 Lane Head Farm. Simmental:
194.50, 169.50 Littlewood Hall Farm, 154.50, 151.50 Todgill Farm. White Park: 189.50 Moser Hill. Angus: 189.50
Aikengill, 154.50 Hartrigg. Montbeliarde: 181.50, 174.50, 169.50, 154.50, 149.50 Holme Head. Continental: 169.50,
164.50, 154.50, 149.50 Poole Bank Farm. Fleckvieh: 169.50 Hawkin Hall, 167.50 Holme Head, 147.50 Hawkin Hall. Norwegian Red: 167.50 High House Farm, 151.50, 147.50 Holme Head. Shorthorn: 161.50 Springfield Farm. MRI: 154.50 Littlewood Hall Farm. Dairy Shorthorn: 141.50 Hall Farm. Ayrshire: 129.50 Rose Farm. Jersey: 111.50 Moss View.
OTM Heifer Top Prices: Limousin: 254.50 Whinney Carr Farm. Fleckvieh: 229.50 Cragg Farm. Friesian: 219.50, 214.50 Bank End Farm, 204.50 Parrox Hall Farm, 204.50 Bank End Farm, 201.50 Walkers I’th Fields, 199.50 Parrox Hall Farm. Simmental: 189.50 Black Bull Farm. Angus: 181.50, 179.50 Black Bull Farm, 159.50 Snub Snape Farm, 149.50 Black Bull Farm.
Cast Steer Top Prices: Limousin: 284.50, 279.50 Station Hotel Farm, 269.50 Old Glasson Farm. Angus: 254.50 Gulf Farm, 244.50 Kilburn House, 239.50 Gulf Farm, 184.50 Midge Hall Farm, 169.50 Black Bull Farm. Friesian: 189.50, 189.50, 179.50 Mosergh Farm, 174.50, 161.50 Greenside Farm. Simmental: 149.50 Black Bull Farm.
Cast Bull Top Prices: Limousin: 149.50 Bull Bank Farm. Friesian: 134.50 Holly House Farm.
Next Week's Upcoming Sales
Saturday 30th
10:30am PF Lee Farm Sale
Monday 2nd
Lancaster: 10:30am Weekly Sale of Prime Lambs and Cast Sheep
J36: 9am- 4pm Machinery Drop Off
3:30pm Bluefaced Leicester Females and Rams
Tuesday 3rd
J36: 9am-4pm Machinery Drop Off
1pm Weekly Sale of Prime Lambs and Cast Sheep
Thursday 5th
J36: 10:30am Second Sale of Gimmer Lambs followed by Fortnightly Sale of Store Lambs
Friday 6th
Lancaster: 10:15am Weekly Sale of Calves, and Cast/OTM Cattle
11am Fortnightly Sale of Dairy Cattle
11:15am Weekly Sale of Store Cattle
J36: Online Machinery Sale commences 9am-4pm Machinery Viewing
Saturday 7th
J36: 9am-12noon Machinery Viewing
Lancaster: 10:30am Hill Fair Day