Weekly Report and Newsletter - 31st March 2023
Lancaster Auction Mart: Weekly Sale of Prime Hoggs, Cast Sheep and Sheep with Lambs at Foot, Monday 27th March 2023.
Prime Hoggs
All classes of hoggs were once again in strong demand at Lancaster with 728 forward averaging 254p/kg. Heavy hoggs were keenly bid for, selling to a top of £144 twice firstly for Suffolks from S Ayrton, Thurnham and secondly for Texels from RE&P Miller, Barnacre. Continental bred heavy hoggs were regularly £130£135 per head. Beltex hoggs are aways in strong demand at Lancaster, topping at £143 for 43kg hoggs form LA Bradshaw, Stalmine. Standard weigh export type hoggs were regularly selling at the 260-270p/kg mark. There was a bigger show of Mule hoggs forward with the best peaking at £118 from J Fryers, Kirkham with heavy Mule hoggs regularly selling at £115 plus. Cheviot sold to a top of £117 from J Bargh, Heaton with Oxcliffe. Horned hoggs saw Swaledales sell to £108 twice at 46kg from WI&A Atkinson & Son, Bleasdale. Fit horned hoggs regularly sold at the 220-235p/kg mark.
Prime Hoggs Top Prices: Suffolk: £144 Meadow Croft, £134 Rivers Hill Farm, £132 Cobble Hey Farm, £119.50, £118.50 Little Crimbles, £117 Cobble Hey Farm. Texel: £144 Lower Lingart Farm, £143 Carr House Farm, £141 Westfield Farm, £139 Carr House Farm, £137, £136 Park Farm Barn. Beltex: £143 Moss House Farm, £138 Carr House Farm, £137, £135 Oak Aveune. Continental: £133 Deep Clough, £119 Lower Lingart Farm. Mule: £118 Medlar Hall Farm, £115.50 Higher Snape Farm, £115 North Farm, £115 Little Fell, £114.50 Cobble Hey Farm, £114.50 North Farm. Cheviot: £117 North Farm, £115 Lower Lingart Farm, £113 Hillam House Farm, £112.50, £111.50, £111 Stubbins Farm. Masham: £115.50 Stauvins Farm, £113, £105.50 Medlar Hall Farm. Dutch Spotted: £108 Oak Aveune, £102 Overhouses. Swaledale: £108 Holme House Farm. Dalesbred: £105 Holme House Farm.
Sheep with Lambs at Foot
Thirty outfits were on offer today at Lancaster with all selling to a competitive trade. Aged Texel ewes with Texel twin lambs from TR Gorst, Bay Horse topped at £260 twice. Aged Mule ewes with Texel twins from B&J Preston, Caton sold to £230. Buyers are showing a keen interest for all types of ewes and lambs at Lancaster, please enter with confidence.
Sheep with Lambs at Foot Top Prices:
Texel with Twins: £260, £255 Hole of Ellel, £232, £230 Myerscough Hall, £210 Fern Bank Farm. Mule with Twins: £230, £218 Ellers Farm, £190 Hole of Ellel, £188 Myerscough Hall.
Cast Sheep
One hundred and thirty ewes were forward with the edge just off the trade, Texel ewe sold to a top of £138 from EM Cooper, Thornton who sold others to £134. The best of the Mule ewes were regularly £100 plus, topping at £124 from PJ&SM Woodhouse, Forton. There were more hill ewes on offer today which saw Dalebred sell to £89 from RG Woodhouse, Scorton with the best Horned ewe frequently £70 plus. All ewes forward averaged £82, with over half the sale being hill bred sheep.
Cast Ewes Top Prices: Texel: £138, £134 Rivers Hill Farm, £130 Stubbins Farm, £128 Rivers Hill Farm, £126 Stubbins Farm, £116 Carr House Farm. Suffolk: £130, £110 Burrow Heights Farm. Mule: £124 The Martins, £112 Rivers Hill Farm, £107 Stubbins Farm. Continental: £119 Stubbins Farm. Leicester: £112 Yates Farm. Dalesbred: £89 Fell End Farm. Swaledale: £70 Wyresdale Estate.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Weekly Sale of Prime Hoggs, Cast Sheep and Sheep with Lambs at Foot. Sale of Pigs, Tuesday 28th March 2023.
Pigs
• Top price per head was £235 for Prime Gilts from D Nicholson, Cockermouth weighing 108kg and also CR Dickson, Thurnham weighing 109kg.
• Top price per kg was 228p/kg for a Prime Gilt weighing 90kg from T Hornsby, Silloth.
Sheep With Lambs At Foot
• Continental Ewes topped at £325 with twin lambs at foot from JC&E Pedley & Sons, Sedbergh.
• Mule Ewes topped at £255 with twin lambs at foot from JC&E Pedley & Sons, Sedbergh.
• Texel Ewes topped at £245 and £240 with twin lambs at foot from J&R Waller, Killington.
• Cheviot Ewes topped at £202 with twin lambs at foot from JW&E Woof & Son, Sedbergh.
Shearlings and Lambs Top Prices: Mule: £232 High Roans. Cheviot: £155 Midtown Farm.
Ewes and Lambs Top Prices: Continental: £325 Yore House. Texel: £260 Woodside, £245 Hallbeck. Mule: £255 Yore House, £238 Woodside, £230 Halbeck. Cheviot: £202 Ghyll Farm. Dorset: £170 Burnhead Farm. Suffolk: £140 Burnhead Farm.
Prime Hoggs
• 964 forward with a overall average of 254p/kg and a SQQ of 257p/kg.
• Texel hoggs peaked at £154 from DE&J Waine, Longsleddale, £151 from LA&M Lambert, Lupton and £151 from GM&A Jackson, Little Eccleston.
• Suffolks hoggs topped at £139 from Cornthwaite Moors, Hambleton.
• Hill hoggs sold to a top of £139 for Cheviots from GM Metcalfe Jnr, Underbarrow.
• Teeswater hoggs topped at £136 from DE&J Waine, Longsleddale.
• Scotch Blackface hoggs sold to £132 from GM&A Jackson, Little Eccleston.
Prime Hoggs Top Prices: Texel: £154 Murthwaite, £151 Brow Head, £151 Little Eccleston Hall, £146 Back O’The Fell Road, £143 High House Farm, £141 Brow Head. Cheviot: £139 Low Gregg Hall, £126 Outrake Foot, £122 Bowers Farm, £122 Little Eccleston Hall, £118 High Borrowbridge. Suffolk: £139 Moors Farm, £129 Maddison Avenue, £125 Halton Park Farm, £125 Sowerby Lodge, £124 Cockrigg Farm. Teeswater: £136 £126 £125 Murthwaite. Scottish Blackface: £132 Little Eccleston Hall, £112 Adamthwaite. Leicester: £127 Murthwaite. Mule: £126 Hill Top Farm, £125 Murthwaite, £123 Moors Farm, £120 Thursgill, £119 Swallowmire. Continental: £123 Bowers Farm, £110 Moss House Farm, £106 Hall Farm. Beltex: £114 Yew Tree Close. Dalesbred: £113 Accraplatts. Swaledale: £110.50 Yoad Pot, £106.50 Nether House Farm, £100 Little Eccleston Hall, £97 High House Farm. Dorset: £109 Brow Head. Charollais: £106.50 Moss House Farm. Rough Fell: £101 High Woodend, £98 Riddings. Herdwick: £97 Tongue House Farm.
Cast Sheep
• £173 was the top price today for a Leicester from A Troughton, Firbank.
• Texel ewes topped at £142 from J Twigge, Lindale, with Blue Texels topped at £138 from TA & J Dixon, Selside.
• Mule Ewes peaked at £120 from G Riley, Bolton le Sands.
• Hill Ewes saw Swaledales at £114 from R Lawrence, Grange over Sands.
• Small group of Cast Rams forward which averaged £108.
• Charollais Rams at £155 from M Cook, Ulverston.
• Texel Rams at £130 from MA&M Richards, Kirkby in Furness.
Cast Ewes Top Prices: Leicester: £173 Moors Farm, £105 Garnett Folds, £85 Blea Crag, £79 Garnett Folds. Texel: £142 Holmelands, £138 Brookfield, £136 Holmelands, £123 Low Gregg Hall, £122, £120 Holmelands. Blue Texel: £138 Yoad
Pot. Mule: £120 Maddison Aveune, £118 Low Mill House, £116 Hollin Hall, £115 High House Farm, £113 Gaskell House, £109 Hill Top Farm. Suffolk: £114 Brown Edge Farm. Swaledale: £114 Greaves Farm, £98 Thursgill. Cheviot: £113 Cooper House, £109 Low Mill House, £86 High House Farm. Rough Fell: £96 Holmelands, £85 High Green Farm. Dalesbred: £88 Higher Salter. Horned: £86 Riddings.
Cast Ram Top Prices: Charolais: £155 Hollin Hall, £130 Marshside. Texel: £130 Marshside. Leicester: £121 High Borrowbridge. Cheviot: £120 Riddings. Scotch Blackface: £104 Adamthwaite, £90 Riddings. Suffolk: £100 Station Hotel Farm. Swaledale: £88 High Green Farm, £80 Hall Farm. Beltex: £83 Rydal Farm.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Fortnightly Sale of Calves, Stirks, OTM and Store Cattle, Thursday 30th March 2023.
Calves & Stirks
Native bred calves continue to be a strong trade at Junction 36, Aberdeen Angus bulls sold to £370 from Colby Farms, Appleby who sold others to £330. British Blue bulls topped at £335 from TK Robinson & Sons, Old Hutton. Six week old British Blue bulls sold twice to £300 from DR&C Galbraith, Grayrigg and HJ Robinson & Son, Preston Patrick. Continental bred bulls were regularly at £250-£280 for 4-6 weeks old’s. Limousin heifer sold to a top of £265 from Colby Farms with 4 week old British Blue heifer at £240 from JW&TE Sharp, Lyth. Dairy bred bulls saw Friesians sell to £100 from Messrs Wilson, Alithwaite with the best rearing types £70 plus. 80 stirks were forward for a full ring side of buyers, all keen to purchase replacement stock. A run of suckler bred six month old Simmental bullocks from A&M Carter, Witherslack peaked at £870 with Blonde bullocks selling to £850 from B Wilson & Sons, Selside. Dairy bred British Blue bullock from MW&M Hodgson, Cartmel Fell sold to £800. Heifers peaked at £780 from B Wilson & Sons, Selside with dairy bred Limousins selling to £700 from M&S Blease, Carnforth. Friesian bullocks sold to £615 from AE&PC Capstick, Heversham. A run of four month old Limousin bullocks from Colby Farms, Appleby peaked at £540 for a pen of four.
Heifer Calf Top Prices: Angus: £280 Old Hall Farm, £250 Colby Laithes. Limousin: £265 Colby Laithes. British Blue: £240 Floddder Hall, £235 Raisgill Hall. Galloway: £125 Craketrees.
Bull Calf Top Prices: Angus: £370 £330 £260 Colby Laithes, £235 Raisgill Hall, £170 Hyning Home Farm. British Blue: £335 Greaves Farm, £300 Sunny Bank, £300 Elm Tree Farm, £290 Sunny Bank, £290 Greaves Farm, £245 Flodder Hall. Dairy Shorthorn: £105 Craketrees. Friesian: £100 Wyke Farm.
Heifer Stirk Top Prices: Blonde: £780 Ashstead. Simmental: £710 Hyning Home Farm. £680 Black Bull Cottage.
Limousin: £700 Hyning Home Farm, £420 Colby Laithes. Angus: £575 £560 Hyning Home Farm, £480 Park House Farm, £400 Colby Laithes. Friesian: £450 High Gregg Hall Farm.
Bull Stirk Top Prices: Angus: £800 High Gregg Hall Farm. Limousin: £570 High Gregg Hall Farm.
Steer Stirk Top Prices: Simmental: £870 £790 Black Bull Cottage, £680 Hyning Home Farm. Blonde: £850 Ashstead. Limousin: £820 Hyning Home Farm, £775 Southways. British Blue: £800 Swallowmire, £745 Southways, £720 Swallowmire, £610 Park House Farm, £600 Low Brooms Farm. Hereford: £680 Swallowmire. Friesian: £635 Low Brooms Farm, £615 Park House Farm. Angus: £500 Park House Farms, £500 £490 Hyning Home Farm, £460 Colby Laithes, £450 Hyning Home Farm, £440 Colby Laithes. Shorthorn: £305 Stirzaker House Farm.
Store Cattle
A pleasing entry of 250 store cattle were forward. A run of strong cattle from RJ&R Holden, Silecroft saw Charollais top at £1790 with Whitebred Shorthorns from the same home selling to £1740. Dairy bred British Blue bullocks sold to £1650 from TW Nelson & Son, Stainton with heifers peaking at £1620 for Limousins from T&SB Proctor, Kirkby Stephen. Yearling heifers saw Blonde sell to £1390 from MJ Whitworth, Bolton le Sands. Yearling grazing bullocks were regularly selling at the £1000-£1100 mark. Bulls saw a top of £1290 for Limousins from JM Harrison, Broughton in Furness. With turning out just round the corner, we have new and returning buyers in attendance at every sale looking for cattle to fulfil orders. Please enter cattle with confidence.
Store Bullock Top Prices: Charolais: £1790 Newcross House Farm, £1155, £1140, £1120 Ridding Side Farm, £1090 High Wray Farm, £1085 Ridding Side Farm. Hereford: £1700 Newcross House Farm, £1230 Tarnside Farm. British Blue: £1650 Cockrigg Farm, £1450 Newcross House Farm, £1230 Greenside Farm, £1140 Netherbeck Barn, £1050 Sowermire Farm, £1020 Greenside Farm. Limousin: £1650 Newcross House Farm, £1550 Angerton Farm, £1360 Newcross House Farm, £1300 Villa Farm, £1240 Cockrigg Farm, £1240 Newcross House Farm. Blonde: £1530 Newcross House Farm. Angus: £1310 Villa Farm, £1225 Crabtree Farm. Galloway: £1135 Moors Farm. Shorthorn: £1110, £1020 Sandgate Farm, £1000 Lane Ends Farm. Continental: £1080 Nibthwaite Grange Farm. Stabiliser: £1080 Holmelands.
Store Heifer Top Prices: Limousin: £1620 Villa Farm, £1350 Rowell Farm, £1340 Villa Farm, £1205 Poppy Farm, £1040 Tarnside Farm, £1000 Gilsmere Farm. Angus: £1460, £1380, £1320, £1280 Rowell Farm, £1220 Moss Lane, £1080 High House Farm. Blonde: £1390, £1160, £1145 Mount Pleasant Farm. British Blue: £1290 Nether Hall Farm, £1290 Villa Farm, £1195 Netherbeck Barn, £1070 High Borrowbridge, £1040 Holmelands. Hereford: £1270 Lane Ends Farm, £1125 Tarnside Farm, £1075 Holmelands. Belted Galloway: £1120, £990, £940, £900 Haycote Cottage. Saler: £1020 Holmelands.
Store Bull Top Prices: Limousin: £1290, £1170 Lane End, £1020 Coat Green Farm.
OTM and Cast Cattle
47 cows were forward, with another impressive overall average of 191p/kg. Top price of the day was £1685 for a Limousin from S Whitehead, Middleton. Friesian cows sold to £1514 from Jenkin Cragg Farms, Kendal with others selling to £1505 from S&M Cooper, Leece. The best Friesian cows were frequently selling at 195-200p/kg. Beef bred cows sold to a top of 230p/kg from S Whitehead, Middleton. Meated beef bred cows were regularly selling at 200p/kg plus. J36 boasts a busy ring side of buys for all types of cast cows with more needed at the fortnight sales.
OTM Cow Top Prices: Limousin: 229.50 Low Waterside, 194.50 Swallowmire, 189.50 Cockley Beck Farm. Friesian:
209.50 Shorthorn Farm, 204.50 Jenkin Crag, 204.50 Shorthorn Farm, 197.50, 194.50 Tarnside Farm. Simmental:
207.50 High Wray Farm. Hereford: 199.50, 189.50 Gowan Bank Farm, 179.50 Thrang. Shorthorn: 199.50 Bandrake Farm. Angus: 187.50 Milton Mill. British Blue: 181.50 Swallomire, 179.50 Beckfoot Farm. Montbeliarde: 171.50 Low Sizergh Farm. Fleckvieh: 164.50 Hawkrigg Farm. Norwegian Red: 147.50 Hawkrigg Farm. Ayrshire: 141.50 Hawkrigg Farm.
OTM Heifer Top Prices: Friesian: 214.50 Kiln Hall, 204.50 Tarnside Farm, 177.50 Halforth Farm.
Lancaster Auction Mart: Weekly Sale of Calves, OTM's and Store Cattle. Monthly Sale of Stirks, Friday 17th March 2023.
Calves & Weanlings
The weekly sale of calves at Lancaster saw less numbers about, after last weeks bumper entry. However, there was still a respectable 58 through the ring, with most of the entry being a lot younger and not as much strength as seen in previous weeks. Top of the leaderboard today goes to local and loyal Lancaster supporter JR Newsham & Son, Conder Green with a Hereford bull at £410 who sold other Hereford bulls at £405. Not far behind was WG Farms, Cockerham with a Charolais heifer at £400. Other younger Charolais heifers sold at £300. Aberdeen Angus calves always have a good following at Lancaster, CJ&MH Parry topped this today with bulls at £340 and heifers from the same home at £200. British Blue heifers achieved £360 from JP&C Robson and bulls to £350 from Barber Farms, Claughton on Brock with others from this good home to £340. Just a few Friesians in today saw WG Farms, Cockerham at £170 and £160.
Heifer Calves Top Prices: Charolais: £400, £300, £270, £240 Lathwaite Farm. British Blue: £360 Roe Farm, £285 Sellerley Farm, £275 Manor House Farm, £270 Tills Farm, £260 New Bros Farm, £255 Manor House Farm. Simmental: £265 Hillam Lane Farm. Hereford: £230, £205 Sellerley Farm. Angus: £200, £160 Hillam Lane Farm, £145 North Farm.
Bull Calves Top Prices: Hereford: £410, £405, £350 Sellerley Farm. British Blue: £350, £340 Manor House Farm, £335 Tills Farm, £295 North Farm, £280 Lathwaite Farm, £260 North Farm. Charolais: £350, £200 Lathwaite Farm. Angus: £340, £275 Hillam House Farm, £250 New Hall, £225 Tills Farm, £220 Hillam House Farm, £215 New Brows Farm. Friesian: £170, £160, £140 Lathwaite Farm. Shorthorn: £140, £130 Hudsbrook Farm.
Young Stores & Farmer Stirks
The last Friday of the month means stirk sale day at Lancaster, with a rather disappointing entry of 50 now through the main ring. What was not disappointing was the trade! Three times as many could have easily been sold with many buyers going home with empty trailers. Hitting the top spot today was regular stirk vendor G&D Ball & Sons, Little Eccleston at £960 for Aberdeen Angus steers. Other Aberdeen Angus steers saw R&J Parkinson, Preesall sell to £900. G&D Ball continued their good day with Aberdeen Angus heifers to £840. Also selling heifers was WJ&EA Woodhouse, Nateby with 12 month old heifers to £760 for a pen of four. W Pinder, Newton saw his well grown Charolais heifers to £700, who also had well done to Limousin heifers at the same price. JR Thornton, Winmarleigh saw his quality run of stirks sell to £790 for a pen of 6 month old British Blue steers, with 6 month old Herefords from the same home at £760. Other Hereford steers were at £700 from SE&J Gorst, Littledale. Just a handful of Friesian stirks in today from R&J Parkinson, Preesall sold to £690 for a pen of four 10 month olds. Bull stirks sold to £910 for both a Montbeliarde and British Blues from P&ME Higginson, Out Rawcliffe.
Our next stirks sale is on Friday 28th April, with vendors urged to enter cattle with confidence.
Store Cattle
The renowned weekly Store Cattle sale at Lancaster saw a few more numbers through the main ring with the entry being mainly younger and smaller on offer. The trade took no harm at all with buyers round the ring for all grades of cattle on a weekly basis at Lancaster.
EJ Ward & Sons, Nether Kellet took the honours today of top price, with a Charolais steer at £1960, with other Charolais steers from the same good home at £1640. Not far behind was P Metcalfe, Denny Beck with British Blue steers at £1600. Other British Blue steers achieved £1540 from SH&LE Birkett, Nether Kellet. Native Cattle always are a good trade at Lancaster and today was no exception with Herefords steers at £1820 and Aberdeen Angus steers £1640 from J Tattersall, Preston. A trio of Friesian steers sold to £1410 from GR Park & Son, Whinfell with others at £1300 from EE Thornton & Son, Heaton with Oxcliffe. TJ Robinson, Milnthorpe saw his run of heifers sell to £1560 twice for Limousins. British Blues from M Shepherd & Sons, Pilling achieved £1540 with other British Blue heifers to £1510 from SH&LE Birkett, Nether Kellet. TM Townley, Over Wyresdale saw his Charolais heifers to £1420. Aberdeen Angus heifers sold to £1400 from CG Birkett, Carnforth with others at £1380 from R&DM Rossall, Pilling.
Good Friday sees business as usual at Lancaster, with all buyers present. Please enter cattle with confidence.
Store Bullocks Top Prices: Charolais: £1960 Intack Farm, £1640 Intack Farm, £1200 Mearsbeck Farm, £1180 Yates Farm. Hereford: £1820 Wood Nook Farm, £1450 Pasture House Farm, £1320 Plumpton Hall Farm, £1260 High Moorhead. Limousin: £1740 Kirkland Hall Farm, £1700 Gibralter Farm, £1640 Intack Farm, £1580 Low Fell End, £1440 Downlands Farm. Angus: £1640 Snub Snape Farm, £1600 Gibsons Farm, £1540 Wood Nook Farm, £1520
Higher Lees Farm, £1480 Old Parkside Farm. British Blue: £1600 Old Parkside Farm, £1540 Stubb Hall Farm, £1500
Low Fell End, £1480 Old Parkside Farm, £1380 Windy Hill Farm. Simmental: £1580 Park House Farm, £1460 Barker Knott, £1380 Park House Farm, £1090 Barker Knott. Welsh Black: £1560 Abrahams Farm. Friesian: £1410 Low
Deepslack, £1300 Downlands Farm, £1240 Old Parkside Farm, £1200 Savick Brook Farm, £1140 High Moorhead.
Fleckvieh: £1320 Netherbeck Barn. Montbeliarde: £1260 High Moorhead. Belted Galloway: £960 Barn Hill Farm
Shorthorn: £900 Hudsbrook Farm.
Store Heifers Top Prices: Limousin: £1560 Rowell Farm, £1480 Linghaw Farm, £1460 Gibralter Farm. British Blue: £1540 Pasture House Farm, £1510 Stubb Hall Farm. £1510 Wood Nook Farm, £1490 Windy Hill Farm, £1480 Gibsons Farm, £1450 Pasture House Farm. Charolais: £1420 Knowsley Farm, £1240 Mearsbeck Farm. Angus: £1400
Netherbeck Barn, £1380 Abrahams Farm, £1380 Rowell Farm, £1350 Brown Edge, £1320 Knowsley Farm, £1300
Gibsons Farm. Parthenais: £1220 Half Way House. Hereford: £1660 High Moorhead, £830 Barrow Greaves Farm. Simmental: £1080 Crosslands Farm. Shorthorn: £890 Hudsbrook Farm.
Store Bull Top Prices: Montbeliarde: £910 Ivy Farm. British Blue: £910 Ivy Farm.
OTM Cattle
A slightly reduced entry on the week saw 82 OTM / Cull cattle through the ring, with an overall market average of 190p/kg achieved for all cattle forward. Beef cows led the way this week selling to 244.5p/kg and 234.5p/kg for Limousins from GA&A Atkinson, Carnforth. Also achieving 234.5p/kg was P Metcalfe, Denny Beck with a Charolais. Numerous beef cows sold between 215-235p/kg mark. Breaking the two thousand barrier was a shapey Charolais from P Metcalfe, Denny Beck achieving £2089.40, closely followed by a Limousin from GA&A Atkinson, Carnforth achieving £2051.36.
In the dairy department, Friesian cows reached 224.5p/kg from J Bargh & Son, Heaton with Oxcliffe and 221.5p/kg from Lawsons Dairy, Cockerham. Top grossing dairy cow was a Friesian achieving £1808.10 from T Taylor, Woodplumpton with this home also selling other to £1734.38. Other dairy cows sold to £1756 from J&M Robinson, Over Kellet.
There was an increased entry of OTM heifers forward this week with the majority forward being dairy bred, averaging an impressive 210.84p/kg. Friesians sold to 227.5p/kg from JE&J Pye & Son, Quernmore, 224.5p/kg from J Bargh & Son, Heaton with Oxcliffe and 221.5p/kg from J&M Robinson, Over Kellet. Top grossing was a Friesian heifer from J&M Robinson, Over Kellet realising £1756 followed by £1642.55 from JE&J Pye & Son, Quernmore and £1597.80 from J&M Robinson, Over Kellet.
Only a handful of cast steers were forward this week which saw a Hereford from R Esclome, Bay Horse achieve 234.5p/kg or £1407. Beef cast bulls realised a top price of £1593.70 for a Limousin from M&RW Stirzaker, Milnthorpe.
OTM Cow Top Prices: Limousin: 244.50, 234.50 Abbotson Farm, 227.50 Intack Farm, 219.50 Narrow Gate Farm, 214.50 Todgill Farm, 209.50 Narrow Gate Farm. Charolais: 234.50 Old Parkside Farm. Friesian: 221.50 Bank End Farm, 217.50 Kitchen Ground Farm, 211.50, 207.50 North Farm, 207.50, 204.50 Bank End Farm. Simmental: 209.50, 199.50 Low Crompton Farm, 189.50 Intack Farm, 169.50 Todgill Farm. Hereford: 204.50, 199.50 Whinney Garth, 194.50 Well House Farm, 189.50 Sunderland Brows Farm. British Blue: 201.50 Narrow Gate Farm, 194.50 Intack Farm, 189.50, 171.50 Mount Pleasant Farm. Angus: 197.50 Sunderland Brows Farm, 184.50 Narrow Gate Farm, 179.50 Biggings Lodge Farm, 179.50 The Old Stable, 174.50 Sunderland Brows Farm. Parthenaise: 169.50 Narrow Gate Farm. Jersey: 149.50 Sellerley Farm. Norwegian Red: 144.50 Greenalls Farm.
OTM Heifer Top Prices: Friesian: 227.50 Gibsons Farm, 224.50 North Farm, 221.50, 219.50 Hoggetts Lane Farm, 199.50 Gardners Farm. British Blue: 209.50 Mill House Farm. Angus: 139.50 Brown Edge.
Cast Steer Top Prices: Hereford: 234.50 Spout House. Angus: 179.50 Windy Hill Farm.
Cast Bull Top Prices: Limousin: 189.50 Station Hotel Farm. Friesian: 169.50 Abbey House.
Next Week's Upcoming Sales
Monday 3rd
Lancaster: Easter Spring Lamb Show and Sale
10:30am Weekly Sale of Prime Hoggs and Cast Sheep.
12noon Weekly Sale of Sheep with Lambs at Foot.
Tuesday 4th
J36: Easter Spring Lamb Show and Sale
11am Weekly Sale of Sheep with Lambs at Foot.
1pm Weekly Sale of Prime Hoggs and Cast Sheep.
Friday 7th
Lancaster: 10:15am Weekly Sale of Calves, and Cast/OTM Cattle.
11am Fortnightly Sale of Dairy Cattle.
11:15am Weekly Sale of Store Cattle.