J36 Rural Auction Centre: Online Reduction Sale of the Drybarrows and Bracklinn Studs. Drybarrows and Bracklinn Studs attract International Attention at the Online Sale.
North West Auctions had the pleasure of conducting an online auction sale of registered Fell ponies on behalf of the Drybarrows stud of David Thompson, Bampton, Penrith and the Bracklinn Stud on behalf of Alistair Smith, Dunblane. This much anticipated sale attracted international interest with successful purchases going as far afield as Germany and America and all over the United Kingdom. This sale attracted over 150 active bidders and over 25 successful purchasers which included nine ponies finding new homes abroad.
Stealing the headlines at £5,500 was the much-admired Drybarrows Harmony, a black filly foal, this sweet foal with lovely temperament and conformation is sired by Bluecap Gilbert and dam is Drybarrows Distinction, which finds a new home in a South Cumbrian stable with Ms Colquhoun. This was followed by £4,900 for Drybarrows Hallmark, this June born black colt foal caught the eye of many on the open day with show and stallion potential. This colt was once again sired by Bluecap Gilbert selling into the south of England to Ms Fouch. Foals then sold to £3,700 for Drybarrows Havana whom was sired by Drybarrows Dynamic. This very special filly foal whom was full of quality found a new home over the water selling to an American buyer Ms Snar. Drybarrows Hot Stepper, a show quality black filly foal sold to £3,500 full of potential and sired by Drybarrows Bowie, selling to Riverwind Stables in South Carolina, America.
Foals from the Bracklinn Stud topped at £3700 with a black filly, Bracklinn Violet. This foal sired by Carrock I’m Yer Man out of Bracklinn Alice was also sold into South Carolina, America to Riverwind Stables. Colt foals from the same home sold to £2,700 with Bracklinn Hotshot whom was a son of the renowned Bracklinn Jackpot.
The sale also included a selection of yearlings upwards with these peaking at £4,300 for a 3-year-old black filly, Drybarrows Edelwiss, sired by Drybarrows Bowie with its mother being Holling Tara. With great broodmare potential, heading to Germany to Ms Wohlfarth. The much admired, yearling colt Drybarrows Guardian, who is one of the last opportunities to purchase offspring of the renowned Bracklinn Jackpot sold for a final bid of £2,900.
A grey yearling filly from the Bracklinn Stud saw Bracklinn Clemmie achieved £3,400, this lovely moving filly, sired by Carrock I’m Yer Man sold to the Riverwind Stables.
All foals forward in the sale averaged £2,412.22. Yearlings and older ponies averaged £2,418. North West Auctions would like to thank all the bidders for their support in this sale and wish the purchasers good luck with their new ponies.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Draft Ewe Day, Friday 23rd September 2022.
North West Auction’s Annual Draft Ewe Sale of Swaledales, Rough Fells, Cheviots, Herdwicks and Other Hill Going Breeds, saw a record catalogued entry of 5600. The sale created much interest with interest from throughout England, Wales and Scotland. Swaledales
The largest entry of Swaledales seen at J36 saw good quality sheep trade sell to a similar trade as last year with some runs of best quality sheep averaging more then the previous year. Second quality sheep selling to less money this year as to be expected, keeping in line with breeding sheep trends.
The pre-sale show was kindly sponsored by Carrs Billington and the Lake District National Park. A special mention goes to our pre-sale judges Christopher Ryder, Blubberhouses and Martin Cragg, Sedbergh who we thank for their time and expertise. A wonderful line up were forward for our judges to cast their eye over, saw the Champion rosette and the Farming in the North Trophy awarded to E & A Wear, Hartsop for the nineth year in a row with his winning pen of 1 and 2 crop Swaledale ewes. They saw eager bidding ringside, selling to a top price of the day of £390. This much-admired run of sheep sold two crop ewes to £220, £220 and £190. One crops from the same home to £175 and shearlings to the same price. The second prize pen of one and two crop ewes was awarded to R & A Taylforth, Patterdale which went on to sell to £190.
The first prized pen of Swaledale gimmer shearlings was awarded to Antony Hartley, Broughton in Furness which went on to sell for £320 with others from the same home selling to £230. The second and third prize rosette gimmer shearlings were awarded to debutant at J36, N Richardson, Buxton selling to £290 and £170. The first prized pen of three crop ewes and upwards was awarded to Thomas and Helen Drinkall, Oakenclough with a powerful pen of sheep selling £200. The first pen of gimmer lambs was awarded to R Marwood & Son, Richmond selling to £110 whom enjoyed a successful day with the consignment selling ewes to £280 and gimmer shearlings to £280.
Other leading prices saw a pen of gimmer shearlings from JA Alderson, Barras sell to £240. This was followed by other pens of gimmer shearlings selling to £195 from Fishwick Bros, Longsleddale and £190 from MP & A Capstick, Kirkby Stephen. There were plenty of pens of good quality sheep sold in excess of the one-hundred-andfifty-pound mark. All Swaledale ewes forward sold to an overall market average of £118.74. Gimmer shearlings sold to an overall market average of £127.
Rough Fell
The annual show and sale of Rough Fell breeding females on behalf of the Rough Fell Sheep Breeders Association, was met with a fierce trade from start to finish. All vendors leaving with a smile on their face.
The pre-sale show was in the capable hands of Mr John Capstick, Sedbergh and we thank him for his time and expertise. The North Sheep Trophy for the Champion pen of Rough Fells was awarded to VR Guy, Tebay which went on to sell for £180. The Edmund Capstick Trophy for the best pen of 10 Shearlings was awarded to VR Guy also, going on to sell for £115.
In general, Rough Fell draft ewes showing strength and power were regularly selling £125 - £135, with pens outside the show selling to £160 twice from NC & S Dodd, Kirkby Stephen. 314 ewes averaged £116.09 up £17.58 on the year.
Shearlings would be the trade of the day with many new customers forward looking to purchase young replacement stock. Selling to a top of £152 from P & S Hoggarth, Howgill. Other nice pens sold to £150 from NC & S Dodd, Kirkby Stephen. All shearlings forward averaged an impressive £124.94 up £22.82 on the year.
Gimmer lambs saw keen interest from purchasers with a top of £90 from J Hunter, Tebay with the first prize pen of 10 from A EA Harrison, Kentmere selling to £88.
Herdwick
Herdwick ewes sold to £105 from G & SM Stephenson, Ravenstonedale with others achieving £100 from J Willis, Grayrigg. Shearlings sold to £90 from J Willis, Grayrigg who also sold gimmer lambs at £42.
Cheviots
There was keen interest in Cheviots which saw shearlings sell to £170 and £168 from J Allonby, Grayrigg. Others sold to £138 from JW & SE Drinkwater and KM & KJ Curwen. Older ewes sold to £150 from KM & KJ Curwen who sold others at £132. Gimmer lambs sold to £92 from HE & MJ Henderson with others at £70.
Other Breeds
A consignment of Welsh Hill Speckled Faced ewes from JE Handley sold at £92, with gimmer lambs selling to £118.
Breeding Ewe Top Prices: Swaledale: £390 Grove Farm, £280 Hill Top, £240 Side Farm, £220, £200 Grove Farm. Rough Fell: £180 Whinfell Terrace, £160 (2) £138 Manor Court, £130 (2) Birkhaw Farm. Cheviot: £149 £131 £121 £119 Marshaw Farm, £105 Crozier Croft. Herdwick: £105 The Gables, £100 Beck House Cottage, £95 Killington Hall Farm.
Gimmer Shearlings Top Prices: Swaledale: £320 Turner Hall Farm, £290 Big Fernyford Farm, £280 Hill Top Farm, £240 Barras Farm, £230 Turner Hall Farm. Cheviot: £170 £168 £160 Green Head, £138 Conder Mill, £137 Marshaw Farm. Rough Fell: £152 Birkhaw Farm, £150 £145 Manor Court, £140 £135 Birkhaw Farm, £125 Galloper Park. Herdwick: £90 Beck House Cottage.
Gimmer Lamb Top Prices Top Prices: Swaledale: £110 Hill Top Farm, £82 £75 Forest Hall Farm, £75 Green Cottages, £71 Bridge End Farm. Cheviot: £92 £70 £62 Nun House, £60 Gilberton Farm. Rough Fell: £90 Galloper Park, £88 Millrggs, £70 £65 Brockstones. Herdwick: £42 Beck House Cottage, £35 Killington Hall Farm.
Swaledale Show:
Class 1 – 10 Swaledale Ewes
1st – T&H Drinkall, Calderside Farm - £200
2nd – G&SM Stephenson, The Gables -£170
3rd – JE&DJ Hutchinson, Hebblethwaite Hall - £170
Class 2 – 10 Swaledale Ewes 3crop & upwards
1st – E&A Wear, Grove Farm - £390
2nd – RA Taylforth - £190
Class 3 – 10 Swaledale Gimmer Shearlings
1st – A Hartley, Turner Hall - £320
2nd – N Richardson, Big Fernyford Farm - £290
3rd - N Richardson, Big Fernyford Farm - £170
Class 4- 10 Swaledale Gimmer Lambs
1st – R Marwood, Hill Top Farm - £110
2nd – KM&KJ Curwen, Marshaw Farm - £59
3rd - G&SM Stephenson, The Gables - £58
Champion – E&A Wear, The Groves - £390
Rough Fell Show:
Class 1 – 10 Rough Fell Ewes
1st – VR Guy, Whinfell - £180
2nd – P&S Hoggarth, Birkhaw Farm - £130
3rd - P&S Hoggarth, Birkhaw Farm - £130
Class 2 – 10 Rough Fell Gimmer Shearlings
1st - VR Guy, Whinfell - £115
2nd – NC&S Dodd, Manor Court - £145
3rd - P&S Hoggarth, Birkhaw Farm - £152
Class 3 – 10 Rough Fell Gimmer Lambs
1st – AEA Harrison, Millriggs - £88
2nd RC Lowery, Town End Hall – £50
Champion – VR Guy, Whinfell - £180
Lancaster Auction Mart: Weekly Sale of Prime Lambs and Cast Sheep, Monday 26th September 2022.
Prime Lambs
Lancaster saw an increased entry of 1005 prime lambs forward today, with the market trend remaining similar. Good confirmation, well finished and heavy weight lambs continue to be eagerly bid for by our busy active ring of nine buyers with leaner lambs penalised.
The market peaked at £157 for a heavy weight Suffolks from RC Billington & Son, Claughton on Brock whom sold Texel to £148, £146 and £134. Texel peaked at £148 from J&L Howard, Cockerham with Suffolks from the same home to £144 and £140. Heavy weight Texel from JM&MH France & Son, Littledale sold to £146, £140 and £134. Other leading prices for heavy weight lambs saw Texels to £144 from David Hough, Dolphinholme with Continentals to £136 from JET&AEA Hull, Winmarleigh. Shapier 50kg Texels sold to £132 from B&SE Carter, Ellel followed by £130 from J Pinder & Sons, Clitheroe. Plenty more pens of lambs regularly sold in the one twenties for lambs with weight and well finished, this speciation of lambs averaging 242p/kg. Best confirmation lambs sold to 291p/kg for Texels from JR&LA Capstick, Killington followed by Dutch Spotties to 291p/kg from AD&EJ Leak, Conder Green. Better confirmation lambs sold in excess of 270p/kg. There was a larger quantity of hill lambs forward today which saw 51kg Mules to £114 from WI&A Atkinson & Son, Bleasdale with 50kg Mules to £110 from T&H Drinkall, Oakenclough. Swaledale lambs forward today saw 40kg tups to £79 from KM&KJ Curwen, Abbeystead.
Prime Lamb Top Prices: Suffolk: £157 Stubbins Farm, £144, £140, £133 Harestones House, £127 North Farm, £127 Bridge Farm. Texel: £148 Stubbins Farm, £148 Harestones Farm, £146 Stubbins Farm, £146 Newhouse Farm, £144 Wellington Crag Farm, £140 Newhouse Farm. Continental: £136 Gibstick Hall Farm, £130 Boarsden Farm, £124, £104.50 Gibstick Hall Farm. Beltex: £127 Stubbins Farm. Zwartble: £116 Mill Farm. Charolais: £114 Bridge Farm. Mule: £114 Holme House Farm, £110 Calderside Farm, £100 Cragg End.
Cast Sheep
The cast sheep trade has turned a corner with the trade slightly sharper today in Lancaster, pure Telex ewes sold to £150 from B&M Slater, chipping with Texel x ewes to £148 twice and £130 from AG Butler, Hambleton. Plenty of Continental ewes sold in the region of one hundred and twenty pounds. Heavy weight Mules sold to £109 from Pilling Hall, Pilling with other strong Mule ewes around the £100 mark. There was a large quantity of goats on the market selling to £98 from M&L Cooper, Preesall.
Cast Sheep Top Prices: Texel: £150 Daub Hall Farm, £148 Park Farm Barn, £126 Daub Hall Farm, £118 Park Farm Barn, £114 North Farm, £110 Park Farm Barn. Beltex: £148, £130 Park Farm Barn. Continental: £120 Ivy Bank Farm, £114 Ellers Farm, £90 Oak Avenue. Mule: £109 Pilling Hall Farm, £98 Little Fell, £91 Ouzelthorn Farm, £90 Daub Hall Farm.
Cast Goat Top Prices: £98 Hillside, £64 Cockerham Boers, £60 Wellington Crag Farm, £54 Hillside.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Weekly Sale of Prime Lambs and Cast Sheep. Sale of all classes of Pigs, Tuesday 27th September 2022. Pigs
Prime pigs sell to £205 at NWA J36.
Another super entry of prime pigs were once again a pleasure to sell with buyers in attendance keen to secure prime pigs for a range of outlets. For the second sale in a row prime pigs from J Stott, Crosscrake topped the market with an impressive trio of Pietrain x Saddleback gilts and hogs achieving £205. This was closely followed by CR Dickinson, Thurnham selling large white x gilts and hogs at £198, £192, £185. Other heavy white gilts from E Spedding & Son, Egremont. Medium weighted pigs sold to £158 from M & S Blease, Carnforth with others at £142 from AP Smith, Brookhouse and £138 GG & MA Long, Pennington. Top p/k this week was 195p/kg from J Stott, Crosscrake. All prime pigs today averaged 156p/kg.
Several cull sows forward selling to £100 and 37p/kg from Messrs Edmondson, Ambleside with lighter weights to £55 and 31p/kg from B Capstick, Sedbergh.
Store Pigs sold to £50 for large white from E Spedding, Egremont with others at £45 from E & K Thorpe, Waterfoot. Weaners sold to £45 for GOS x from MK & LK Whitley & Son, Harrogate who sold others at £43. Coloured weaners sold to £19.
Prime Lambs
The weekly sale of prime lambs at J36 had an netry of 1226 forward selling to a very two tiered trade lambs well finished and heavy continue to be in strong demand and eagerly bid for with a larger qyuantity of leaner grass feds types of lambs being penalised by buyers ringside. Heavy weights continue to see good returns topping at £139 from Richard Batty, Heversham with Texel lambs. This was followed by £136 twice from J & R Waller, Killington and Jack Turnbull, Meathop both consignors with Texels. The trade for heavy weight Suffolk’s peaked at £133.50 from WT Whittaker & Son, Nether Kellet. Plenty more pens sold in the mid to late one hundred and twenties.
There was an overall market average of 218p/kg.
Prime Lamb Top Prices: Texel: £139 Dugg Hill, £136 Hallbeck, £136 Meathop Park Farm, £130 Poppy Farm, £130 Meathop Park Farm, £129 Tarnside Farm. Suffolk: £133.50 Lane Ends Farm, £125 Slack Farm, £121 Hawkrigg End, £119 Lane Ends Farm, £117 Hawkrigg End, £114 Larkrigg. Dorset: £122 Belle Vue Cottage, £90 Warth Sutton Farm.
Beltex: £121 Oldfield End, £120 Gibraltar Farm, £115 Hawkrigg End, £106 Oldfield End, £100 High Wray Farm.
Continental: £120.50 Ackenthwaite Farm, £114 Border Cottage, £110 High Foulshaw Farm, £106 Hallbeck, £106 Main Street, £105 Hawkrigg End. Dutch Spotted: £108 Crook Hall Farm.Mule: £96.50 High Row, £95 Higher Core Farm, £94 Wilcocks Farm, £92 Middale Farm, £90 Main Street.Cheviot: £94 Kate Farm, £90 Dove Nest Lane.
Cast Sheep
800 cast sheep saw well meated sheep one again sell to a premium with many more needed to fulfil buyers requirements. Leaner ewes sold to a little less demand today. Beltex ewes sold to a top of £220 from MA&JA
Winn, Burneside. Texel ewes selling to £140 from Archers, Bolton Le Sands. Many of the best Texel ewes sold around the £120-£130 mark. Mule ewes top at £111 from Archers, Bolton Le Sands. There wasn’t as much steam in the Mule ewe trade today, with the best regally selling at £90-£95. A larger show of hill ewes were forward with Cheviots selling to £76 from J&A Smales, Ingleton.
Cast Sheep Top Prices: Beltex: £220 High Underbrow Farm, £126 Poppy Farm. Texel: £140, £132 Redbank Farm, £122 The Borrans, £118 Birks Farm, £116 Town Head Farm. Continental: £125 Redbank Farm. Mule: £111 Redbank Farm, £94 Birks Farm, £91 Redbank Farm, £90 Low House, £88 Wyke Farm, £87 Castle Garth. Leicester: £111, £87, £82 Grayrigg Hall. Charollais: £110 Redbank Farm. Cheviot Mule: £108 High Butterbent, £94 Chapel House. Suffolk: £108 Croftlands, £108 Castle Garth, £106 Bradlow Farm, £98 Low House, £92 Tarnside Farm.Teeswater: £104 Gowan Bank Farm.
Cast Ram Top Prices: Texel: £130 Highfield. Zwartble: £100 Castle Syke Farm, £80 Tarnside Farm.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Boys are Back in Town, Tuesday 27th September 2022.
The new format of the Boys are back in town sale of terminal sire breeding tups was deemed a great success by vendors and buyers a like with a wonderful atmosphere throughout the evening. Purchasers were looking to purchase good quality rams with power and confirmation. The sale peaked £850 for a Texel shearling from Josh Capstick, Ingleton with others from the same home selling to £700. Other leading prices for Texel shearling tups was £750 from TH Garnett & Son, Stank followed by the consignment of Texel shearling tups from RG Blackburn, Penrith selling to £720, £700 and £620. This was followed by £650 from GR & RA Surtees, Lancaster. Aged texel tups sold to £550 from M Johnston, Heversham with a three shear. A consignment of Texel tup lambs from Messrs Hewson, Carlisle sold to £500, £400 and £380 twice.
Beltex cross shearling tups peaked at £800 from G Sowerby, Appleby followed by Beltex cross Charollais tups selling to £700 and £600 twice from JA & R Geldard & Sons, Levens. Plenty more continental tups saw strong tups regularly selling in the region of six hundred pound.
Suffolk breeding rams in big demand and short of supply in which more could have easily been sold to the advantage of the vendors. Suffolks peaked at £680 for a tup lamb from Messrs Hewson, Carlisle with Suffolk shearlings selling to £550 from J & L Howard, Cockerham. Blue Texel breeding rams sold to a top of £480 for a two shear from Joe and Emily Bargh, Heaton with Oxcliffe.
The next sale of breeding rams at J36 Rural Auction Centre is the “Lakeland Fair” on Saturday 22nd October. Entries for this sale close on Wednesday 5th October.
Ram Lambs: Top Prices Suffolk: £680 Burgh Head Farm, £300, £280 Fleetwood Road South. Texel: £500, £400, £380 Burgh Head Farm. Rouge: £280, £250, £200 Crawfordhill. Blue Texel: £180 Moors Farm. Dutch Spotted: £140, £135 Midtown Farm.
Shearling Ram Top Prices: Texel: £850 Fell End, £750 New Close, £720 Chapel House, £700 Fell End, £700 Chapel House, £650 The Barn. Beltex: £800 Terrys Farm, £700 Low Foulshaw Farm, £500 Low Flan Farm, £420, £400 Old Woodhouse, £380 Low Flan Farm. Charolais: £600 Low Foulshaw Farm. Suffolk: £550, £350 Harestones House, £320 Oak Lea Farm. Continental: £450, £380, £300 Killerwick Grange. Lleyn: £300 Low Foulshaw Farm. Blue Texel: £220, £150 North Farm. Rouge: £180 Crawford Hill. Leicester: £150 Longwell.
Aged Ram Top Prices: Texel: £550 Highfield, £400 Croziers Croft, £320 Hampsfield Hall. Blue Texel: £480 North Farm.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Sale of Calves, Stirks, OTM and Store Cattle, Thursday 29th September 2022.
Calves & Stirks
90 calves forward with new buyers round the ring ensuring a flying calf trade, British Blue bulls topped at £490 from J Hornby & Son, Stank. Other British Blue bulls sold to £485 twice at four weeks old from A Pickthall, New Hutton. All British Blue bulls forward averaged £310. Limousin bulls sold to £450 from J Hornby & Son, Stank. British Blue heifers sold twice to £470 from A Pickthall, New Hutton and AK&BM Robinson & Son, Arkholme. Limousin heifers sold to £380 from J Hornby & Son, Stank who sold others to £370. Black and Whites met a nice trade with the best rearers selling over the £100 mark topping at £155 from J Hornby & Son, Stank.
A mixed offering of 70 stirks were forward, a run of suckler bred 4 month old stirks from M&S Blease, Carnforth sold to £710 for Limousin bullocks with others from the same home selling to £690. Limousin bullocks sold to £690 from S Whitehead, Middleton. Hereford bullocks sold to £680 from W Stamper, Chipping. Continental bred bullocks at 4-6 month old and well grown were regularly selling at the £550-£650 mark.
Bull Calf Top Prices: British Blue: £490 Bousfield Farm, £485 Borrans Farm, £465, £400, £390 Bousfield Farm.
Limousin: £450, £390, £360 Bousfield Farm, £220, £200 Tunstall Hall. Charollais: £300, £280 Tunstall Hall. Hereford: £245 Kitchlow Farm. Angus: £210 Kitchlow Farm, £170 Kiln Hall. Friesian: £155 Bousfield Farm, £115, £105 Kitchlow Farm.
Heifer Calf Top Price: British Blue: £470 Kitchlow Farm, £470, £460 Borrans Farm, £410 Bousfield Farm, £410 Borrans Farm, £400 Bousfield Farm. Limousin: £380, £370 Bousfield Farm, £185, £155 Low Stangerthwaite, £125 Tunstall Hall. Charollais: £270 Tunstall Hall. Angus: £170, £130 Flodder Hall. Hereford: £125 Bousfield Farm.
Bull Stirk Top Price: Limousin: £710, £690, £650, £540 The Barn, £490 Moss House Farm. British Blue: £530 Holme Head, £530 Low Waterside. Fleckvieh: £440 Gillfoot Farm, £370 Holme Head. Hereford: £350 Gillfoot Farm. Friesian: £270 Holme Head, £100 Greenlands Farm. Norwegian Red: £270 Holme Head.
Heifer Stirk Top Price: British Blue: £435 Holme Head, £340 High Carlingill. Friesian: £400 The Cottages. Angus: £240 Moss End Farm. Hereford: £140, £100 The High Farm. Welsh Black: £100 The High Farm.
Steer Stirk Top Price: Limousin: £690 Low Waterside. Hereford: £680 Coldcotes Farm, £250, £230, £180 The High Farm. British Blue: £630, £600 Hallbeck, £380 High Carlingill. Angus: £610 Coldcotes Farm, £580 Hallbeck, £530 Coldcotes Farm, £490, £485 Moss End Farm, £350 Coldcotes Farm. Fleckvieh: £415 Holme Head. Friesian: £300 Holme Head. Welsh Black: £140 The High Farm.
Store Cattle
A seasonal entry of store cattle, now starting to show the signs of the change in weather saw buyers showing the keenest interest in the well-bred and those that have been feed. Steers sold to a top price of £1355 for an Aberdeen Angus x from JM Haddow, Hincaster. Closely followed by Limousin x steers from JA Barnes, Whinfell achieving £1265. Other stronger steers generally sold from £1100 to £1200 which included a Hereford x at £1135 from ST Birkett & Son, Carnforth. Younger Steers sold to £995 for a Hereford x from Ireland Farm, Kirkby Lonsdale followed by £970 achieved for 13 month old British Blue x from ST Birkett & Son. Dairy bred steers sold to £890 for a Holstein Friesian from CR Ford & Son, Ulverston who also sold Montbeliarde at £870.
Heifers saw a top price of £1180 achieved by JM Haddow, Hincaster for a Charolais. Limousin x sold to £1105 from Pearson & Jackson, Crook with others at £1100 from D&D Huddleston, Wray. Native sired heifers sold to £1000 for a Hereford x from CR Ford & Son, Ulverston with Aberdeen Angus x selling to £980 from AJ&H Clarke, Sedbergh.
Store Bullock Top Prices: Angus: £1355 Viver Mill Farm, £1150 Hawkrigg Farm, £1140, £1060 Bradlow Farm, £960 Hawkrigg Farm, £945 Bradlow Farm. Limousin: £1265 Guestford. Hereford: £1135 Hall Croft Barn, £995 Biggings Lodge Farm. Charollais: £1045 Viver Mill Farm. British Blue: £1005, £970 Hall Croft Barn. Friesian: £890, £800, £680, £650 High Roosebeck Farm, £440 Greaves Farm. Montbeliarde: £870 High Roosebeck Farm.
Store Heifer Top Prices: Charollais: £1180 Viver Mill Farm. Limousin: £1105 Ellerbeck, £1100 Botton Hall Farm, £1060, £1040 Ellerbeck Farm, £1030 Botton Hall Farm. British Blue: £1020, £1010 Yew Tree Farm, £1000 High Roosebeck Farm. Hereford: £1000 High Roosebeck Farm, £935, £915 Holme Farm. Angus: £980 High Hollins, £970 Holme Farm, £960 Hawkrigg Farm, £960, £945 Netherbeck Barn.
OTM Cattle
Numbers continue to raise at this popular fortnightly sale with 87 forward today, selling to an overall market average of 171p/kg. Heavy well finished beef cows sold to a top of 221.5p/kg for a British Blue x from A Winder & Son, Kirkby Stephen. A Limousin x cow from BJ Bowness, Kendal achieved 209.5p/kg. A Stabiliser from A Dixon & Son, Selside achieving 204.5p/kg, as did JF&C Saunders selling a Simmental cow. Other cows to break the £2 barrier included a Blonde from JA&J Harper, Sedbergh, with a Hereford from GM Redmayne falling just short at 199.5p/kg. A keen interest in cows suitable for finished regularly achieving 180-195p/kg depending on quality and type. Dairy cows sold to a top of 191.5p/kg for a British Friesian from JW Hargreaves, Broughton in Furness with a Holstein Friesian selling to 181.5p/kg from Jenkin Cragg Farms, Kendal with others to 174.5p/kg from W Beck & Son, Tebay. Medium dairy cows generally were between 145-160p/kg with leaner and parlour types 120140p/kg. Top grossing cow today was a heavy weight Aberdeen Angus from RJ&J Gardner, Natland achieving £1771, this was closely followed by JF&C Sanders, Marton selling a Simmental at £1740 with Stabiliser to £1666 and £1637 from A Dixon & Son, Selside. British Blues sold to £1587 from S Whitehead, Middleton. Dairy cows sold to a top price of £1482 for a Holstein Friesian from Jenkin Cragg Farms, Kendal with others at £1465 from W Beck & Son, Tebay.
OTM heifers saw a top price of 224p/kg for a British Blue x from A Winder & Son, Ravenstonedale with Stabilisers to 209.5p/kg from A Dixon & Son, Selside and Limousins to 204.5p/kg from AP&R Crowe, Rusland. Dairy heifers sold to 197.5p/kg for a Friesian from JW Hargreaves, Broughton in Furness. Top grossing heifer was a Stabilisers achieving £1330 with others at £1309 from A Dixon & Sons, Selside and diary heifers sold to £1155 for a Holstein Friesian from KT Robinson, Farlton. OTM steers sold to 194.5p/kg and £1058 for a Friesian from B Wilson, Crossthwaite. Cull bulls sold to 184.5p/kg from a Limousin from SJ&NS Wood, Windermere with an Aberdeen Angus from HMP Wymott, Kirkham achieving £1739. This sale concluded with a dedicated section for untested cattle from TB1 parishes which saw cows sell to 209.5p/kg and £1552 for a Limousin x, others sold at 184.5p/kg and £1518.
OTM Cow Top Prices: British Blue: 224.50, 221.50 Greenside Farm, 199.50 Capplethwaite Hall, 194.50 Low Waterside, 184.50 Blea Tarn Road, 157.50 Swallowmire. Limousin: 209.50 Blea Tarn Road, 194.50 Maidenlands Tarn, 191.50, 177.50 Arklid Farm, 134.50, 127.50 Sella Farm. Stabiliser: 209.50, 204.50, 197.50, 194.50, 191.50 Kit Cragg. Simmental: 204.50, 194.50, 184.50 Maidenlands Tarn. Blonde: 201.50 Capplethwaite Hall. Hereford: 199.50, 194.50 Gowan Bank Farm, 189.50 Natland Mill Beck Farm, 184.50 Gowan Bank Farm, 181.50, 169.50 Natland Mill Beck Farm. Friesian: 197.50, 191.50 Bridge End Farm, 187.50 Kiln Hall, 184.50 Bridge End Farm, 181.50 Jenkin Crag. Angus: 169.50 Natland
Mill Beck Farm, 139.50 Stribers Farm, 139.50, 134.50 Sandham Farm. Charollais: 164.50 The Borrans. Longhorn: 151.50, 129.50 Station Lane.
OTM Heifer Top Prices: Limousin: 204.50 Greenside Farm, 204.50, 189.50 Hall Farm. Friesian: 179.50 The Cottages, 174.50 Sunny Bank, 174.50 The Cottages, 169.50 Kiln Hall, 144.50, 141.50 Stirzaker House Farm.
Cast Steer Top Prices: Friesian: 194.50, 189.50 Spout House, 149.50 Park House Farms.
Cast Bull Top Prices: Limousin: 184.50 Causeway Farm. Angus: 139.50 Moss Lane.
Lancaster Auction Mart: Sale of Calves, Stirks, OTM's and Store Cattle, Friday 30th September 2022.
Calves and Stirks
Lancaster enjoyed a busy day with a bumper entry of 288 stirks, weanlings and calves forward with buyers in the market for all specifications. The trade today for the stirks saw the best bred and fed in big demand and easily sold with leaner types eagerly bid for but meeting realisation.
The stirk trade peaked at £870 for an Aberdeen Angus heifer from K McBride, Astley. Strong bullocks were in big demand with a pen of three Hereford yearling selling to £860 from JR Pye, Stalmine followed by a pen of three yearling bullocks to £850 from G Rawlinson, Astley. Other leading prices saw Aberdeen Angus bullocks from SE&J Gorst, Littledale to £830 with ten month old Hereford bullocks to £800 from R&A Jolleys, Cabus.
Continental bullocks saw yearling British Blues sell to £800 and £790 from JR Pye, Stalmine with nine month old British Blue bullocks to £790 from D&J Hay, Cockerham. This was followed by others to £750 from MD Close & Son, Arkholme. Fourteen month old black and white bullocks sold to £730 from K McBride, Astley with nine month old British Blue bulls sold to £650 from FW Rhodes & Son, Ellel.
A large number of weanlings forward today in the calf ring saw well grown quality ones in plenty of demand, peaking at £605 for a pen of three five month old British Blue bulls from J&G Thornley, Roseacre whom sold another pen to £560. Weanling Friesian bull calves sold to £385 from EW&R towers, Hornby with Fleckviehs to £375 and £370 twice.
The calf trade peaked at £360 for a British Blue from Barber Farms, Claughton on Brock. Aberdeen Angus bull calves topped at £350 from Tom Barron Farm, Woodplumpton who sold others to £340. Plenty of strong good quality calves regularly sold around the £300 mark with a busy ring side of buyers in the market today
Heifer Calves Top Prices: Angus: £495 Derby Lodge Farm, £355 Holme Head £200 Brown Brook. British Blue: £490 £400 Derby Lodge Farm,£310 Brown Brook, £280 Manor House Farm.
Bull Calves Top Prices: British Blue: £605 £560 Derby Lodge Farm, Friesian: £385 £335 £235 Holme Head. Flekvieh: £375 £370(2) £360 Holme Head. Limousin: £230 Rose Farm. Shorthorn: £200 Bolton Bold Farm. Hereford: £105 Sellerly Farm.
Bull Stirk Top Prices: British Blue: £650(3) £600 Barrow Greaves Farm. Hereford: £540 Barrow Greaves Farm. Angus: £430 Cote Farm, £350 Barrow Greaves Farm. Flekvieh: £350 White Lund Farm.
Heifer Stirk Top Prices: Angus: £870 £760 Rockway Farm, £690 (2) £600 (2)Cragg Farm. British Blue: £650 (3) £640(3) Boon Town Farm. Charolais: £640 Birch House Cottage. Hereford: £580 £400(3) Marlholes Farm. Longhorn: £535 (4) Millbeck Farm. Limousin: £530 (2) Hare Apple Tree. Shorthorn: £480 (2) Beesleys Farm.
Steer Stirk Top Prices: Hereford: £860 (3)Hatters Farm, £800 Marlholes Farm. Angus: £850 (3) Redchalis Farm, £830 Cragg Farm. British Blue: £800 Hatters Farm, £790 (2) Birch House Cottage, £750 (2) Docker Hall Farm. Friesian: £730 (2) Rockway Farm, £540 Docker Hall Farm. Limousin: £690 (4). Flekvieh: £620 (2) Cragg Farm, £570 Docker Hall Farm. Norwegian Red: £480 £450 £350 Docker Hall Farm. Store Cattle
Heavy well fleshed steers continue to sell to a premium today, peaking at £1720 for an Aberdeen Angus x from R Townsend, Freckleton. This was closely followed by Pilling Hall, Pilling selling an Aberdeen Angus and a Limousin to £1650 with others at £1580 from J Prest & Son, Bay Horse and TJ Lloyd, Setting. Other notable prices included Salers at £1560 from M&M Carr, Carnforth, Fleckviehs to £1540 from J Prest & Son, Bay Horse who also sold British Blue x at £1500. Charolais x sold to £1490 from L Goodier & Son, Lea. All steers forward today averaged £1202. Heifers sold to £1640 for a Limousin x from TJ Lloyd, Settle who sold others at £1620 with British Blue x selling to £1580 from GR&A Foy, Conder Green. The Charollais section topped at £1380 from DR Preston, Caton with Aberdeen Angus’s to £1270 from B&J Preston, Caton. All heifers today averaged £1070.
Store Bullocks Top Prices: Angus: £1720 Kirkham Road, £1650 Pilling Hall Farm, £1580 Upper Foxholes Farm, £1400 North Farm, £1380 Grizdale, £1370 Downlands Farm. Limousin: £1650 Pilling Hall Farm, £1580 Upper Foxholes Farm, £1580 Proctors Farm, £1500 Kirkham Road, £1440 Proctors Farm, £1380 Rylstone Barn. Saler: £1560 Alby Wood, £1370 Sykes Farm. Fleckvieh: £1540 Upper Foxholes Farm, £1360 Old Glasson Farm, £1300 Docker Hall, £1260 Old Glasson Farm. British Blue: £1500 Upper Foxholes Farm, £1430 Stubb Place Farm, £1410 North Farm, £1390 Docker Hall, £1370 Stubb Place Farm. Montbeliarde: £1500 Upper Foxholes Farm. Charollais: £1490 Old Hall Farm, £1360 Downlands Farm, £1240 Toulbrick Farm, £1180 Holme House Farm. Hereford: £1400 Proctors Farm, £1360 Old Glasson Farm, £1320 Old Hall Farm, £1160 Holly House Farm, £1140 Holme House Farm, £1050 Holly House Farm. Norwegian Red: £1380 Old Glasson Farm, £1130 Rylstone Barn. Shorthorn: £1300 Yew Tree Farm. Stabiliser: £1270 Old Glasson Farm. Brown Swiss: £1240 Lambrigg Head Farm. Friesian: £1230 Downlands Farm, £1220 Upper Foxholes Farm, £1200 Lambrigg Head Farm, £1180 Downlands Farm, £1170 Scale House Farm, £1140 Old Hall Farm. Continental: £1100 High Lickbarrow Farm. Simmental: £1060 Ingleborough Park.
Store Heifers Top Prices: Limousin: £1640, £1620 Proctors Row, £1300 Mearsbeck Farm, £1250 Proctors Row, £1000, £980 Proctors Row. British Blue: £1580 Parkside Farm, £1340 Stubb Place Farm, £1310 Nether Hall Farm, £1300 Ellers Farm, £1290 Stubb Hall Farm, £1270 Carlingwha. Charollais: £1380, £1300 Ellers Farm, £1200 Downlands Farm, £1190, £1180 Toulbrick Farm, £1180 Brown Edge. Angus: £1270 Ellers Farm, £1190 Yew Tree Farm, £1190 Ellers Farm, £1110 Lower House Farm, £1100 Old Hall Farm, £1090 Holme House Farm. Shorthorn: £1240 Parkside Farm. Hereford: £1180, £1140, £1090 Old Hall Farm.
OTM Cattle
This week saw another increased entry of cull cows with 165 forward, due to the change in weather and many farmers now looking to turn in. Once again, a shortage of heavy and well finished cows with these types today selling to 221.5p/kg for a Limousin x from RG&L Holmes, Warton. Other Limousins sold to 219.5p/kg from JE&AC Clarke, Melling, British Blues also achieving 219.5p/kg from TE JS & SA Carruthers, Underbarrow. Other heavy and well flesh beefs cows regularly sold at 185-205p/kg with feeding types 165-185p/kg. Dairy cows peaked at 194.5p/kg for a Holstein Friesian from Cote Farm Partnership, Nether Kellet and Fleckviehs to 191.5p/kg from EW&R Towers, Hornby. Other heavy cows were generally 175-190p/kg with medium types 145-170p/kg with the leanest and direct out of parlour types 110-135p/kg, depending on quality and type. Top grossing beef cow today was a Limousin x from JE&AC Clarke & Son, Melling achieving £1546 with diary cows peaking at £1532 for a Holstein Friesian from J Bargh & Son, Morecambe. All cull cows forward today averaged 161p/kg.
24 OTM heifers sold to 217.5p/kg for a Hereford x from AT Burrow & Son, Gressingham with another Hereford x from G Atkinson & Son, Quernmore achieving 207.5p/kg. Dairy heifers sold to 204.5p/kg for a British Friesian from WT Whitaker & Son, Nether Kellet with Holstein Friesian to 194.5p/kg from Lawsons Dairy Ltd, Cockerham. Top grossing beef heifer was a Hereford x achieving £1381 from AT Burrow & Son, Gressingham who also sold the top price dairy heifer at £1293.
14 steers sold to 217.5p/kg for a Hereford x from D Burrow, Arkholme with beef shorthorns also achieving 217.5p/kg from JF&HE Caton, Cowan Bridge, Dairy steers sold to 211.5p/kg for a Friesian from DR Preston, Caton. Top grossing steer being a Hereford x from D Burrow, Arkholme achieving £1679.
A single cull bull forward today being an Aberdeen Angus x from S&J France, Over Wyresdale achieved 174.5p/kg and £1736.
Vendors are encouraged to have cull cows forward by 10am to allow all stock to be lotted and imputed, to allow for a prompt 10.15am sale start.
OTM Cow Top Prices: Limousin: 221.50 Croftlands, 219.50, 214.50 Cringleber, 209.50, 201.50 Mearsbeck Farm, 194.50 Potts Yeats. British Blue: 219.50 Red Scar Farm, 211.50, 179.50, 169.50 Handlesteads Farm, 161.50 Croftlands. Friesian: 194.50 Cote Farm, 191.50 North Farm, 189.50 Priory Farm, 189.50 North Farm, 189.50 Strickland Hill, 189.50
Sweetings Farm. Fleckvieh: 191.50 Holme Head. Hereford: 187.50, 184.50, 181.50, 169.50, 114.50 Little Crimbles. Angus: 174.50 Cringleber, 149.50 Parkside Farm, 109.50 Millbeck Farm. Montbeliarde: 174.50, 164.50 Holme Head.
Norwegian Red: 174.50, 169.50 Dale Barns. Simmental: 174.50 Croftlansd, 134.50, 121.50 Hartrigg. Ayrshire: 159.50 Sunny Bank, 111.50 Knotts Farm. Shorthorn: 131.50, 129.50 Millbeck Farm. Longhorn: 124.50, 119.50 Millbeck Farm.
OTM Heifer Top Prices: Hereford: 217.50 High Snab, 207.50, 194.50 Old Hall Farm.Friesian: 204.50 Lane Ends Farm, 194.50 Bank End Farm, 194.50 North Farm, 194.50 High Snab, 189.50 North Farm, 189.50 Gibstick Hall. Longhorn: 174.50, 169.50, 159.50, 154.50, 139.50, 139.50 Millbeck Farm.
Cast Steer Top Prices: Hereford: 217.50 Border Rigg, 179.50, 174.50 Spa House. Shorthorn: 217.50 Long Streets Farm. Angus: 211.50, 209.50 Long Streets Farm, 199.50 Holme House Farm, 184.50 Croftlands. Friesian: 211.50, 204.50, 199.50 Ellers Farm. Longhorn: 189.50, 161.50, 149.50 Millbeck Farm.
Cast Bull Top Prices: Angus: 174.50 Kays Farm.
Next Week's Upcoming Sales
Saturday 1st
Lancaster: 10:30am Hill Fair Day.
Monday 3rd
Lancaster: 10:30am Weekly Sale of Prime Lambs and Cast Sheep.
J36: 9-4:30pm Machinery Drop off.
2:30pm Annual Show & Sale of Bluefaced Leicester Rams and Females.
Tuesday 4th
J36: 9-4:30pm Machinery Drop off.
1pm Weekly Sale of Prime Lambs and Cast Sheep.
Wednesday 5th
J36: 9-4:30pm Machinery Drop off.
Thursday 6th
J36: 10:30am Second Sale of Gimmer Lambs followed by Fortnightly Sale of Store Lambs.
Friday 7th
Lancaster: 10:15am Weekly Sale of Calves, also Sale of Cast and OTM Cattle.
11am Fortnightly Sale of Dairy Cattle.
11.15am Weekly Sale of Store Cattle.
J36: 9-12noon Machinery Viewing, and Online Machinery Sale starts.