Weekly Report and Newsletter- 29th November 2024
Countryside Stewardship Capital Grants
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Lancaster Auction Mart: Sale of Prime Lambs, Cast Sheep & Store Lambs, Monday 25th November 2024.
Prime Lambs
The prime sheep trade at Lancaster takes a nice jump in the right direction, with a pleasing average of 315p/kg.
Good quality 43kg Texel lambs sold to 377p/kg from M&S Purtill, West Houghton. KA Purtill, Wigan sold heavier 46kg Beltexs to 370p/kg, again for top quality sheep. M&S Purtill also sold Beltexs to £165 for a pen of two.
Mules sold to £157 for a pair from Messrs Kelsall & Sons, Chipping. Lighter weight lambs hit 338p/kg for 38kg Beltexs from Messrs Metcalfe, Ingleton who also had other 37kg lambs at £121. Messrs Rogerson, Appleby received £156 for a nice pen of eight Texels, while the same good home had lighter 42kg lambs to £148.
Prime Lamb Top Prices: BELTEX: £170 Oak Aveune, £165 The Hawthornes, £152, £150 Hill View Farm, £150, £149 Oak Aveune. TEXEL: £167 High Tenement Farm, £162 The Hawthornes, £158 Wyre Farm, £158 Park Farm Barn, £157 North Farm, £156 Oak Aveune. MULE: £157, £147 Brown Brook, £140 Old Parkside Farm, £135 High Tenement Farm, £132 Old Parkside Farm, £129 Thornbush Farm. SUFFOLK: £151 Oak Aveune, £150 Wyre Farm, £141 Maddison Aveune, £134 Old Parkside Farm, £128 Wellington Crag Farm, £124 Maddison Aveune. CHEVIOT: £144 Millbeck, £131 North Farm, £118, £115 Yarlsber, £110 Greenwoods. CONTINENTAL: £143, £141 Broseley Hall Farm, £141 Millbeck, £138 Thornton Barn Farm, £137 (x2) Broseley Hall Farm. CHAROLLAIS: £136 Wellington Crag Farm.
Cast Ewes
A smaller show of ewes was also met with a good trader, with numbers clearly running out! All cast sheep forward averaged £110.
Cast Ewes Top Prices: SUFFOLK: £156 Bensons Farm, £135 Oak Aveune. TEXEL: £156, £140 Haversham House Farm, £136, £120 Cock Hall Farm, £118 Old Parkside Farm, £110 Cock Hall Farm. CONTINENTAL: £142 Lower Castle O Trim. ROUGH FELL: £140, £90 Millbeck. MULE: £138 Lower Castle O Trim, £138 Cock Hall Farm, £135 Maddison Aveune, £134 Moss Gate Farm, £123 Lower Castle O Trim, £120 Millbeck. CHEVIOT: £128 Yarlsber, £92 Millbeck, £88 Yarlsber, £82 Greenwoods. Cast Ram Top Prices: TEXEL: £144 Millbeck. SWALEDALE: £98 Thornbush Farm.
Store Lambs
Store lambs at the end of the sale were phenomenal trade, acting as the cherry on top for the day and proving evidence of the massive demand for sheep going forward. Store lambs averaged £93, for a show which included a lot of longer keep lambs.
Store Lambs Top Prices: SUFFOLK: £112 Cliftons Farm. TEXEL: £103 Low Pleasant, £99 Overhouses, £88, £85, £82, £79 Haversham House. DUTCH SPOTTED: £96 Overhouses. MULE: £93 Overhouses, £88, £85 Haversham House Farm. CONTINENTAL: £91 Higher Hollinhead Farm.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Sale of Pigs, Prime Lambs & Cast Sheep, Tuesday 26th November 2024.
Pigs
J36 sale of prime pigs and store pigs saw a two-tier trade with the best-bred finished pigs selling to a fast trade.
Prime pigs hit £270 for a pair of 90kg gilts from J Stott, Kingsland with hogs from this home at £250 for the same weight. MP Tattersall was well rewarded for his trip down from Langholm selling a pair of prime gilts to £255. Lightweight boars sold to £145 from Hannah Kent, Cockerham with others reaching £140.
Stores and weaners continue to sell well, with a pen of 10 weaners selling to £88 from HA Sawrey, Ulverston while MP Tattersall, Langholm continuing their good days trading selling 11 weaners to the same price.
Next week sees our Christmas show of pigs (prime pigs only). Classes for over and under 90kg.
The next sale for all classes of pigs will be 17th December.
Prime Lambs
The upward trend continues
Up significantly on the week, a mixy and some what weathered show of prime lambs were met with much enthusiasm from an ever growing ringside of buyers at J36. Every bit of weight counts and is counted on at our Tuesday fat sales with vendors ever pleased with price per head of sheep sold.
An overall average exceeding £140 per head provides more evidence of the trade heading in the right direction. 315sqq and 311ppk average of all shapes and sizes also encouraging.
• Charollais top at £194 from Messrs Woof, Storth End Farm
• Texels top at £181 from JB Airey, Mint Close
• Beltex top at £180 from J Twigge, Holmelands
• Mules top at £174 from Messrs Edmondson, Netherhouses
• Texels top at 374ppk from J Twigge, Holmelands
• Beltexs top at 360ppk from J Twigge, Holmelands
• Cheviots top at 333ppk from AA Bentham, Outrake Foot
• Continentals to 366ppk from JJ France, Lynacres
Next weeks sale includes our Christmas show with all vendors encouraged to bring sheep, making the most of an ever healthly ringside and trade.
Prime Lamb Top Prices: CHAROLLAIS: £194 Storth End Farm, £173, £164 Crosscrake Farm, £160 Holmelands. TEXEL: £181, £174 Mint Close, £173 Netherhouses Farm, £171 Arklid Farm, £169, £167 Mason Gill. BELTEX: £180, £172 Holmelands. MULE: £174, £166, £153, £146 Netherhouses Farm, £143 Fellside Farm, £142 Arklid Farm. CONTINENTAL: £173 Halton Park Farm, £165 Curlew Rock, £157 Mansrigg Hall, £157 Marshside, £151 Holmelands, £151 Marshside. SUFFOLK: £168 Sandscale Farm, £167 Netherhouses Farm, £165 Sandscale Farm, £159 Netherhouses Farm, £156 Yoad Pot, £154 Oak Aveune. LEICESTER: £165, £138 Arklid Farm. CHEVIOT: £161 Mansrigg Hall, £150 Marshside, £146 Seedhowe Cottages, £146 Low Gregg Hall, £140 Low Stangerthwaite, £140 Seedhowe Cottages. LLEYN: £156, £139 Low Foulshaw Farm. HORNED: £139 Rowe End Farm. ZWARTBLE: £138, £130 Birks Farm. BLUE TEXEL: £136 Oak Aveune. GRITSTONE: £134 Higher Salter. MASHAM: £134, £131 Mealriggs Farm. DUTCH SPOTTED: £120 Curlew Rock.
Cast Sheep
Culls sell to £242
Not to be out done the cull sheep sold to a fast trade for all classes and types with vendors highly suited with prices achieved. Best continental ewes sold to £242 with others £200-£230, first cross ewes to £205 with heavies £170-£200, meated mediums £145-£165 with others regularly £120-£140. Mules sold to £183 for North Country Mules, £164 Cheviot Mules and £158 for Rough Fell Mules. Heavies £145-£165, mediums £118-£130 with lighter weights £95-£110. Pure Hill ewes saw Lleyns sell to £151, Cheviot to £146, Lonk to £128, Rough Fell to £125, Scotch Blackface to £120 and Swaledale to £98.
An abundance of cull rams saw continentals sell to £198 with mediums generally £150-£180. Hill bred rams to £170 with others £110-£150.
Several goats were forward selling to £155 Keep these ewes coming- more needed every week for increasing buyers demand. Contact Matthew on 07540446667 with any enquiries.
Cast Ewes Top Prices: TEXEL: £242 Low Foulshaw Farm, £230 North Lodge, £205 Mill Beck, £204 Storth End Farm, £202 Millbeck, £200 North Lodge. BELTEX: £194, £168 North Lodge. MULE: £183, £160 Rowe End Farm, £155 Myers Farm, £150, £144 Cold Seat Barn, £144 Low Barns Farm. SUFFOLK: £178 Curlew Rock, £148 Lane End, £120 Low House Beck. CHEVIOT MULE: £164 Ghyll Farm, £162 Manriggs Hall, £149, £148 Low Tarn Green. GOAT: £155, £89 Wall End. LLEYN: £151, £147, £140 Low Foulshaw Farm, £99 Near Scholes Farm, £79 Birch Bank. CHEVIOT: £146, £133 Rankthorn, £133 Mansrigg Hall, £120 Seedhowe Cottages, £108 Low Gregg Hall, £104 High Arnside Farm. CONTINENTAL: £130 (x2) Swainhead Hall Farm, £122 Birks Farm, £110 Near Scholes Farm, £100 High Arnside Farm. HORNED: £128, £85 Higher Salter, £70 Cold Seat Barn, £61 Higher Salter. ROUGH FELL: £125 Mealriggs Farm, £108 Cold Seat Barn, £92 Low Fold, £88 Old School House, £70 Mill Cottage. SCOTCH BLACKFACE: £120, £108, £92 Mansrigg Hall. LEICESTER: £118 Near Scholes Farm. SWALEDALE: £98 Rowe End Farm, £95 Hareden Farm, £84 Higher Salter, £80 Mansrigg Hall, £80 Middale Farm, £78 Arklid Farm. GRITSTONE: £78 Near Scholes Farm. JACOB: £78 Lane End. DALESBRED: £75 Millriggs Farm.
Cast Rams Top Prices: TEXEL: £198, £190 Salisbury Farm, £185 Mason Gill, £160 Hill Farm, £150 Swallowmire, £110 Plough Inn. CHEVIOT: £170 Thorn Cottage. HAMPSHIRE: £170 Salisbury Farm. DUTCH SPOTTED: £160 Curlew Rock. ROUGH FELL: £156, £90 Seedhowe Cottages. BELTEX: £150 Mason Gill. LEICESTER: £75 Plough Inn.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Sale of Calves, Stirks, OTM/Cast Cattle & Store Cattle, Thursday 28th November 2024.
Calves
A nice show of calves forward today with all classes possibly dearer on the fortnight, six bull calves achieved over £500 today, topping at £570 for a six week old Charolais from Gibson & Berry, Endmoor. This home produced another in the £500 club at £510. AE Luffman, Howgill was next highest at £530 for a belter of Limousin also at six weeks old. British Blues sold to £525 from JB Morley, Great Asby. Other British Blues sold to £510 from AK&BM Robinson, Arkholme. Messrs Sowerby, Appleby produced the sixth over £500, selling their one month and three day old Charolais to £505. Native sired bulls reached £450 for an Aberdeen Angus from AK&BM Robinson, Arkholme with a good show of Black and Whites selling to £300 from this home. Black and Whites also sold to £300 from J&B Morley, Great Asby with this home producing others to £290 and £280. Heifer calves also keenly sought after, selling to £500 for a peach of a British Blue from A Pickthall, Kendal. Next at £400 was another two British Blues this time from J&R Waller, Killington. Two Charolais sold to £370 from Gibson & Berry, Endmoor. Younger month old heifers sold to £370 for a British Blue from TK Robinson, Old Hutton with real younger Aberdeen Angus to £195 from FB Dunning, Orton. Next fortnight sees our Christmas show of calves, with classes for native and continental bulls and heifers. Judging at 9.30am prompt.
Heifer Calves Top Prices: BRITISH BLUE: £500 Borrans Farm, £400 (x2) Hallbeck, £370 Greaves Farm, £340, £320 Elm Tree Farm. CHAROLAIS: £370 (x2) Far Audlands, £310 Townhead Farm. ANGUS: £195 Raisgill Hall, £165 Far Audlands, £135 Colby Laithes, £135 Hallbeck. BLONDE: £195, £115 High Cark Farm.
Bull Calves Top Prices: CHAROLAIS: £570, £510 Low Audlands, £505, £480, £460, £340 Townhead Farm. LIMOUSIN: £530 Beckside, £220 Colby Laithes. BRITISH BLUE: £525 Hadderdale Farm, £485 Sunny Bank, £460 Scales Park Farm, £420 Borrans Farm, £410 Colby Laithes, £250 Hallbeck. ANGUS: £350 Borrans Farm, £225 Raisgill Hall, £210 Strickley, £180, £160 Far Audlands. FRIESIAN: £300, £290, £280, £150 Hadderdale Farm. OTHER: £275 Hadderdale Farm. BLONDE: £255 High Cark Farm. HEREFORD: £255 Greaves Farm. FLECKVIEH: £195 Far Audlands. SHORTHORN: £185 Far Audlands. DAIRY SHORTHORN: £145, £100 Strickley.
Stirks
Stirks continue to descend on Junction 36 to take advantage of our regular consignment of buyers. Bullocks sold to £1060 for a Bazadaize from Ireland Farms, Kirkby Lonsdale with this home providing Hereford cross to £920. JR Robinson, Kendal turned out three nicely grown bullocks selling to £850 for Simmental and a pair of British Blues at £830. A pen of four British Blues from JR Pye, Stalmine sold to £820 at six months old while an Aberdeen Angus bullocks topped at £800 twice from S Cleasby, Broughton in Furness and WH Kitching, Sedgwick.
Bull stirks sold to £820 for Charolais from R&BJ Cleasby, Broughton in Furness with younger three month olds to £700 from WH Kitchen, Sedgwick.
Heifer stirks were also easy to place, selling to £740 at 4 to 5 months old for a pair of Angus from R&B Parker, Killington. Next at £680 was a pair of six month old British Blues from JR Pye, Stalmine followed by a trio of Aberdeen Angus to £650 from S Cleasby, Broughton in Furness. More stirks are needed every fortnight.
Heifer Stirk Top Prices: ANGUS: £740 High Hallbeck, £650 Angerton Farm, £580, £570 Thornham Fold Farm, £530 Moss End Farm. BRITISH BLUE: £680 Hatters Farm. CONTINENTAL: £630 Mouse Syke.
Bull Stirk Top Prices: CHAROLAIS: £820 Lower Hawthwaite. ANGUS: £800, £700 Hawes Farm, £450 Kitchlow Farm. BRITISH BLUE: £510, £470 Kitchlow Farm. FRIESIAN: £300, £185, £120 (x2) Kitchlow Farm.
Steer Stirk Top Prices: BAZADAISE: £1060, £830, £760, £730, £690 Biggins Lodge Farm. HEREFORD: £920 Biggins Lodge Farm. SIMMENTAL: £850 Hollins Farm. BRITISH BLUE: £830 Hollins Farm, £820 Hatters Farm. ANGUS: £800 Angerton Farm, £790 Thornham Fold Farm, £700 Moss End Farm, £680 Thornham Fold Farm.
Store Cattle
Exceedingly strong store cattle trade continues to excite.
New heights being reached fortnightly at Junction 36, with a very powerful cattle trade marching onwards and upwards. Once again, a busy ringside witnessed a variety of types, all exceed expectations. Also included in today’s sale was a section for later born suckler calves, these types were met with more demand than ever. Bullocks topped at £1840 for an Aberdeen Angus from BJ Bowness, Kendal. Another Angus steer sold to £1820 at seventeen months old from JE Wightman, Lupton. The same home also sold a pen of four Limousin bullocks to the £1820 mark. M Howard, Grange Over Sands received £1780 for four Angus bullocks. BJ Bowness, Kendal also had one at this money. British Blue heifers sold to £1700 from RJ&D Holden, Broughton in Furness. Bulls hit £1610 from TD ME & GE Todd, Sedbergh for an Angus while a thirteen month old Blonde bull made £1600 from SJ&NS Wood, Windermere.
The late born calf section also saw some fantastic prices, a seven month old British Blue heifer sold to £1160 from Slinger and Eaton, Middleton. The same home had another one at the same money, this time for a Limousin. Slinger and Eaton also sold a younger bulls to £1170. A five month old bull fetched £1100 from J Knipe, Kendal. Our next sale is in two weeks time on the 12th December, which is sure to provide sellers with some early gifts and Christmas cheer. Don’t miss out!
Store Bullock Top Prices: ANGUS: £1840 Blea Tarn Road, £1820 (x2) Crabtree Farm, £1780 Blea Tarn Road, £1780 (x2) Oversands View.LIMOUSIN: £1820 Crabtree Farm, £1590 Villa Farm, £1480 Cockrigg Farm, £1360 Tarnside Farm. SHORTHORN: £1760 Bowston Hall, £1100, £1020 (x2), £980, £940 Boundary Beck. BRITISH BLUE: £1620 Syke House Farm, £1620 Villa Farm, £1520 Moors Farm, £1390 Holmelands, £1370 Cold Seat Barn, £1230 Holme House Farm.
HEREFORD: £1490 Holme Farm, £1130 Holme House Farm. CHAROLAIS: £1420 Holmelands, £1380, £1290 Dawson Fold. BAZADAISE: £1000 Holmelands. SIMMENTAL: £960 School Hill.
Store Heifer Top Prices: BRITISH BLUE: £1700 Syke House Farm, £1560 Villa Farm, £1280 Riddings, £1270 Cold Seat Barn, £1270 Cockrigg Farm, £1260 Riddings. LIMOUSIN: £1440 Villa Farm, £1360 Cockrigg Farm, £1310 Tullithwaite Hall Farm, £1290 Bradley Farm, £1160 Holme Farm, £1120 Tullithwaite Hall Farm. ANGUS: £1240 Broughton House Farm, £1040 Holme House Farm. SIMMENTAL: £850 School Hill. BLONDE: £840 Tullithwaite Hall. CHAROLAIS: £810 School Hill.
Store Bull Top Prices: ANGUS: £1610 Holme Farm. BLONDE: £1600 Causeway Farm. SOUTH DEVON: £1200 Bowkerstead Farm. LIMOUSIN: £1170 Holme Farm, £1100 Todds Farm, £1080 Holme Farm, £880, £780, £710 Todds Farm.
OTM Cattle
80 cull cows forward today with numbers continuing to come here to Junction 36.
Top pence per kilo today was an OTM steer from JW Robinson, Farleton reaching 274.5p/kg and grossing at £1743.08. Next at 269.5p/kg was a Blonde bull from SJ&NS Wood, Windermere with this grossing £2050.90. Cows reached 209.5p/kg for a South Devon from AT Threlkeld, Ulverston grossing £1520.97, with most sucklers surpassing the 200p/kg mark. A show of hard worked dairy cows today, saw these topping at 189.5p/kg from PW&D Swindlehurst, Kendal. Some good gross prices achieved today, reaching £2710.43 for a Limousin bull from TA Atkinson, Ulverston with South Devon bulls to £2390.62 from AT Threlkeld, Ulverston. Cows topped at £1741.64 for Beef Shorthorn from I&AJ Armer, Burneside with the best of the dairy cows reaching £1425 from PW&D Swindlehurst, Kendal.
OTM Cow Top Prices: LIMOUSIN: 209.50 (x2) St Annes Farm, 174.50 Dawson Fold, 139.50 Fairbank Farm. SOUTH DEVON: 209.50, 204.50, 189.50 Bowkerstead Farm. BRITISH BLUE: 199.50 (x2), 191.50, 184.50, 179.50 The Howes, 174.50 Hawes Farm. SHORTHORN: 199.50 Bowston Hall. SALER: 199.50 Rhumes, 184.50 New Hall, 184.50, 179.50 Rhumes, 159.50 New Hall. CONTINENTAL: 189.50 Wasdyke Farm, 109.50 Spice Gill Farm. FRIESIAN: 189.50 Tranthwaite Hall, 184.50 Green Dragon Farm, 184.50 Strickland Hill, 181.50 Tranthwaite Hall, 179.50 Green Dragon Farm, 177.50 Moss House Farm. DAIRY SHORTHORN: 164.50 Craketrees. BAZADAISE: 159.50 Fairbank Farm. HEREFORD: 159.50 Hawes Farm. MONTBELIARDE: 154.50 Bank Farm. BELTED GALLOWAY: 154.50, 134.50 High Row.
OTM Heifer Top Prices: BRITISH BLUE: 239.50 Carlingwha. ANGUS: 189.50, 169.50 Forgelands Estate. FRIESIAN: 184.50 Hollins Farm, 164.50 Scales Park Farm.
Cast Steer Top Prices: BRITISH BLUE: 274.50, 259.50, 249.50 Green Close. CONTINENTAL: 194.50, 159.50, 154.50 Whinfield Farm.
Cast Bull Top Prices: BLONDE: 269.50 Causeway Farm. LIMOUSIN: 254.50 Newland View, 234.50 Lower Hawthwaite. ANGUS: 189.50 Heathwaite Farm. SOUTH DEVON: 174.50 Bowkerstead Farm. HIGHLAND: 169.50 Dovehouses Farm.
Lancaster Auction Mart: Sale of Calves, OTM Cattle & Store Cattle. Friday 29th November 2024.
A 500 Friday here at Lancaster with all three rings leaving vendors delighted. Calves & Weanlings
87 calves and weanlings were forward today, with rearers to £600 for a British Blue from RE&P Miller, Barnacre with others to £540 from Drinkall Bros, Over Wyresdale. Aberdeen Angus sold to £495 from Wallbank Farms, Over Wyresdale. One month old Herefords achieved £330 from JR Newsham, Conder Green and best of the black and whites sold to £160 from Drinkall Bros, Over Wyresdale.
A younger show of heifer calves saw T&CM Kelsall, Chipping lead the way with their British Blues making £310, other British Blues achieved £290 from Throstle Nest, Pilling and Angus led the natives at £280 from both Wallbank Farms and T&CM Kelsall.
Weanlings were easy to place, reaching £780 for a pair of Angus bullocks from Mason Birkland Barrow, Over Kellet. AN Ball, Little Eccleston achieved £770 for their Angus bullocks, while E Lund, Ingleton produced Hereford to £750. A nice run of British Blues from J&O Galbraith, Endmoor saw a pair of bullocks to £730, with this home also selling British Blue heifers to £665. However, it was in fact JR Pye, Stalmine claiming top spot selling a trio of Limousin heifers to £680. Dairy bred weanlings were good to sell, a pair of bulls achieved £630 from TD&A Gardner, Gret Eccleston with others to £540 from JR Newsham, Conder Green.
Heifer Calves Top Prices: HEREFORD: £480 West View Farm, £210 Sellerley Farm. ANGUS: £400 West View Farm, £280 Tills Farm, £280 Brown Brook, £270 Tills Farm, £270 Throstle Nest Farm, £190 Brown Brook. BRITISH BLUE: £310 Brown Brook, £290 Throstle Nest Farm, £280 Brown Brook, £280, £270 (x2) Throstle Nest Farm.
Bull Calves Top Prices: BRITISH BLUE: £600 Lower Lingart Farm, £540 Catshaw Hall Farm, £230 Lower Lingart Farm. ANGUS: £495 Tills Farm, £470 West View Farm, £430 Tills Farm, £390, £380 North Farm, £365 Brown Brook. HEREFORD: £330, £280 Sellerley Farm. FRIESIAN: £160 Catshaw Hall Farm, £160, £120 Sellerley Farm, £100 Brown Brook. Steer Calf Top Prices: BRITISH BLUE: £730 (x2) Endmoor Farm.
Bull Stirk Top Prices: HEREFORD: £690 Booth Hall, £590 Sellerley Farm, £570 Booth Hall, £520, £500 Lower Lingart Farm, £390 Sellerley Farm. FRIESIAN: £630 (x2) Larbreck Hill Farm, £540, £490, £380 (x2) Sellerley Farm. ANGUS: £605 (x2), £570 Lower Lingart Farm.
Heifer Stirk Top Prices: HEREFORD: £690 Booth Hall, £590 Sellerley Farm, £570 Booth Hall, £520, £500 Lower Lingart Farm, £390 Sellerley Farm. LIMOUSIN: £680 (x3) Hatters Farm. BRITISH BLUE: £665, £650, £620 (x2) Endmoor Farm.
ANGUS: £590 Birkland Barrow, £510 (x5) Gibsons Farm. HEREFORD: £380 Booth Hall, £360 Sellerley Farm, £350 Booth Hall.
Steer Stirk Top Prices: ANGUS: £780 (x2) Birkland Barrow, £770 Woodstock, £670 (x2) Gibsons Farm. HEREFORD: £750 (x2) Lundholme Farm. BRITISH BLUE: £690 (x2), £590 Gibsons Farm.
Store Cattle
Store cattle had to be seen to be believed, 271 went under the hammer with sixteen selling over £2000 and a further seventeen over £1900. After spirited bidding from start to finish it was in fact TJ Lloyd, Settle claiming top spot with their Aberdeen Angus steers at £2100. J Lamb, Glasson was close behind reaching £2080 for his British Blue, with this home producing two of the four steers at £2060 today. The other two coming from K&DE Woodhouse, Ellel who’s run of cattle saw others to £2040 (x3) and £2000 (x3). DE&SM Moorhouse, Natland sold a pair of Limousins to £2000 with R&DM Rossall, Pilling selling British Blues to the same price. Black and white steers possibly seeing the biggest lift, with these selling to £1900 for a trio from TJ Lloyd, Settle with others to £1820 from K&DE Woodhouse, Ellel. Heifers sold to £1980 for an Aberdeen Angus with a pair of Angus close behind at £1960, all produced by K&DE Woodhouse, Ellel. British Blue sold to £1900 from JD&GM Bracken, Catterall with two at £1860 in this consignment. M&RW Stirzaker, Milnthorpe reached £1900 for their Limousin with too many prices to mention top side of £1700. Today incorporated the monthly sale of stirks, with trade for these being strong following a buoyant sale of stores. Top price in this section was a pair of Limousins from J Mellin, Long Preston achieving £1300, with a pen of nine Hereford from R&J Holgate, Yealand next at £1180.
Store Bullocks Top Prices: ANGUS: £2100 Proctors Row, £2040, £2000, £1960 Kitchen Ground Farm, £1850 Godson House Farm, £1810 Billinge Hall Farm. BRITISH BLUE: £2080, £2060 Old Glasson Farm, £2060 Kitchen Ground Farm, £2000 Abrahams Farm, £2000 (x2) Kitchen Ground Farm. LIMOUSIN: £2000 High House Farm, £1720 Snub Snape Farm, £1660 Staffords Farm, £1340 Moss Gate Farm, £1300 Mill House Farm. FRIESIAN: £1900 Proctors Row, £1820 Kitchen Ground Farm, £1650 Downlands Farm, £1460 Moss House Farm, £1420 Low Deepslack, £1380 Plumpton Hall Farm, OTHER: £1810 Grange Farm. CONTINENTAL: £1750 High House Farm. SIMMENTAL: £1750 High House Farm, £1520 The Old Stable. MONTBELIARDE: £1760 Grange Farm, £1720 Ellers Farm, £1680 Grange Farm, £1500 North Farm. NORWEGIAN RED: £1580 Proctors Row. HEREFORD: £1520 Windy Hill Farm, £1180 Edenmount Well Lane. DAIRY SHORTHORN: £1180 Redchalis Farm.
Store Heifer Top Prices: ANGUS: £1980, £1960, £1880 Kitchen Ground Farm, £1660, £1620, £1600 Grange Farm. LIMOUSIN: £1900 Station Hotel Farm, £1760 Ninezergh, £1760 Station Hotel Farm, £1740 Ninezergh, £1660, £1620 Fellside Farm. BRITISH BLUE: £1900, £1860 Greenlands Farm, £1860 Kitchen Ground Farm, £1800, £1760 Ninezergh, £1740 Whinney Carr. FRIESIAN: £1640 Kitchen Ground Farm. HEREFORD: £1640 Whinney Carr Farm, £1260 Boundary House, £1080 Buck Bank Farm, £1050, £1020 Boundary House, £1000 The Old Stable. SIMMENTAL: £1640 The Old Stable, £1600 Ninezergh, £1570, £1520 The Old Stable. CHAROLAIS: £1580, £1570, £1240 The Old Stable, £1080 Buck Bank Farm.
Store Bull Top Prices: BRITISH BLUE: £1400 Old Glasson Farm.
OTM Cattle
150 OTM’s put before nine active buyers, ensuring a trade for all. Top pp/kg today was an OTM steer from O Butler, Kirkham achieving 304.5p/kg, this run of steers sold to average 299.5p/kg. Cows sold to a top of 289.5p/kg for a cracking Limousin from R Harker & Son, Grayrigg. Four cows from this good home averaged 271.5p/kg or £2096.11. OTM Heifers sold to 284.5p/kg for British Blues from DJ Clarke, Barnacre with Friesians to 279.5p/kg from GA&A Atkinson, Cantsfield. Parlour cows sold to 249.5p/kg for a Friesian from EE Thornton, Heaton with harder worn sorts 180p/kg to 195p/kg.
Gross prices saw top prices of £2305.80 and £2262.84 for Limousin cows from R Harker & Son, Grayrigg with next top being a Limousin bull from T Ayrton & Son, Over Wyresdale achieving £2257.98. SA Hill, Slyne sold OTM Blonde heifers to £1933.63, while OTM Friesian heifers reached £1902.14 from JI Whitaker, Clapham. Top gross dairy cow this week was a Friesain from T Taylor, Woodplumpton which sold for £1529.34.
Vendors are politely reminded that the gates are open from 7am and all cattle should be forward by 10am. There are now only two more Friday sales before Christmas, please contact the office with store cattle entries for the next sale, thank you.
OTM Cow Top Prices: LIMOUSIN: 289.50, 274.50, 264.50, 259.50 Grayrigg Hall, 244.50, 229.50 Hutton Roof Hall. FRIESIAN: 249.50 Dowlands Farm, 229.50 Higher Broomfield, 191.50, 189.50 Lower Langthwaite Farm, 189.50 Bowsber Farm, 189.50 Catshaw Hall Farm. SHORTHORN: 239.50, 234.50 Manor House Farm. MURRAY GREY: 219.50 Old Parkside. HEREFORD: 214.50, 204.50 Dalton Old Hall, 159.50 New Hall Farm. SIMMENTAL: 214.50 Littlewood Hall Farm, 189.50 Todgill Farm, 189.50 Littlewood Hall Farm, 179.50 Todgill Farm, 149.50 Lundholme Farm, 149.50 Todgill Farm. ANGUS: 211.50 (x2), 199.50 (x2), 189.50, 184.50 Top O’th Heights Farm. BRITISH BLUE: 194.50 Myerscough House. FLECKVIEH: 189.50 Hill Top Farm, 159.50 Docker Hall, 139.50 Ducketts Farm. CHAROLAIS: 184.50 Hill Top Farm. NORWEIGEAN RED: 171.50 Greenalls Farm.
OTM Heifer Top Prices: BRITISH BLUE: 284.50 Kellbrick Farm. FREISIAN: 279.50 Abbotson Farm, 269.50 North Farm, 259.50 (x2) Bowsber Farm, 259.50 Warton Hall Farm, 249.50 Liscoe Farm. BLONDE: 249.50 Beaumont Grange Farm. ANGUS: 209.50 Holme House Farm.
Cast Steer Top Prices: ANGUS: 304.50, 299.50 (x2), 294.50 Elm Bank Farm. FRIESIAN: 264.50 (x2) Downlands Farm. FLECKVIEH: 264.50 North Farm.
Cast Bull Top Prices: LIMOUSIN: 249.50 Yates Farm.
Next Week's Upcoming Sales
Monday 2nd
Lancaster: Christmas Show of Prime Lambs
10am Weekly Sale of Prime Lambs & Cast Sheep
J36: 9am-4pm Machinery Viewing
Tuesday 3rd
J36: Butchers Bonanza- Prime Pigs, Cattle & Lambs
9am Online Machinery Sale concludes
10:30am Prime Pigs
12noon Prime Cattle
1pm Weekly Sale of Prime Lambs & Cast Sheep
Wednesday 4th
J36: 9am-4pm Machinery Collection
Thursday 5th
J36: 10:30am Fortnightly Sale of Store Lambs
Friday 6th
Lancaster: 10:15am Weekly Sale of Calves & OTM/Cast Cattle
11:15am Weekly Sale of Store Cattle
J36: 9am-4pm Machinery Collection
