Weekly Report and Newsletter- 31st May 2024
Lancaster Auction Mart: Weekly Sale of Prime Lambs, Prime Hoggs, Cast Sheep & Sheep with Lambs at Foot, Monday 27th May 2024.
Prime Lambs
A bigger show of 204 spring lambs were forward, with the best bred lambs continuing to sell to a fast trade, however more commercial type lambs sold to a little less than in previous weeks. Texels sold to £200 from D&K Swarbrick, Out Rawcliffe with other well bred lambs to £198 for Texels from JE Harrison, Winmarleigh. Pens of heavy Suffolks sold to £196 from WN&D Smith & Sons, Cockerham. An overall averaged of 401p/kg was achieved.
Prime Lamb Top Prices: Texel: £200 Bensons Farm, £198 Smithy Lane Farm, £196 Cocker House Farm, £194 Bensons Farm, £192 Cocker House Farm, £192 Potters Hill Farm. Mule: £194 Cocker House Farm. Hampshire: £190, £177, £174 Potters Hill Farm. Suffolk: £189 Cocker House Farm, £177, £175 Knowsley Farm, £171 Oak Aveune. Charolais: £181 Bensons Farm. Beltex: £176 Oak Aveune. Dorset: £168 The Steading. Continental: £155 Burrow Heights Farm.
Prime Hoggs
214 hoggs were forward, as seen nationally selling to a lesser trade. Texels sold to £190 from T Taylor, Woodplumpton who sold other pens to £182. A ring full of Texels sold to £181 from GH Sanderson & Family, Catforth. Hill bred hoggs saw Cheviots sell to £172 from AJ Cardwell, Pilling with pens of Gritstones selling to £142 from Cardwell Farms, Stalmine and Mules to £140 from KA Purtill, Wigan.
Prime Hogg Top Prices: Continental: £190, £182, £176, £160 Midge Hall Farm, £97 Park Farm Barn. Texel: £181 Blackleach House Farm, £175 Rose Haven, £174 Blackleach House Farm, £172 Ash Dene, £171, £170 Blackleach House Farm. Cheviot: £172 Rose Haven, £171, £170 Inverbervie, £161, £159 Rose Haven, £150 Burrow Heights Farm. Suffolk: £149 Rose Haven, £148 Inverbervie, £120 Maddison Aveune. Dorset: £145 The Steading. Gritstone: £142, £125 Inverbervie. Mule: £140 Oak Aveune, £127 Park Farm Barn. Dutch Spotted: £124 Oak Aveune. Herdwick: £116, £108 Smithy Lane Farm. Swaledale: £106, £99 Marshaw Farm.
Cast Sheep
Just over 100 ewes were forward, selling to another strong trade with all forward averaging £127. The sale topped at £194 for Texelw cross ewes from JA Lambert, Out Rawcliffe with Suffolks to £172 from KA Purtill, Wigan. Cheviots sold to £166 from J&SJ Risebrough, Silverdale. Mules sold to £160 from D&K Swarbrick, Out Rawcliffe, with 45 Mules forward selling to an overage £131 a head. A run of Dalesbreds from S&J France, Over Wyresdale saw their best sell to £122. More ewes are needed on a weekly basis here at Lancaster.
Cast Ewes Top Prices: Texel: £194 Jacksons Farm, £170 Oak Aveune, £160 Midge Hall Farm, £152, £150 Old Glasson Farm, £148 Old Waterslack Farm. Suffolk: £172, £170 Oak Aveune. Cheviot: £166, £132 Old Waterslack Farm, £84 Wellington Crag Farm. Mule: £160 Bensons Farm, £158, £152 Little Fell, £146 Bensons Farm, £145 Little Fell, £144 Kays Farm. Dorset: £142 The Steading. Charolais: £122 Moss Gate Farm. Dalesbred: £122, £106 Kays Farm. Continental: £114 School Villas. Masham: £112 Old Glasson Farm.
Sheep with Lambs at Foot
A busy ring side of buyers ensured all ewes and lambs sold to a strong trade. Dorset ewes with young Texel twin lambs sold to £250 from S Hadwin, Millom. Aged Cheviot ewes with Texel twin lambs sold to £225 and £222 from SE&J Gorst, Littledale.
Ewe & Lamb Top Prices: Dorset: £250 The Steading. Cheviot: £225, £222 Cragg Farm. Continental: £118 The Steading.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Sale of Pigs, Sheep with Lambs at Foot, Prime Lambs, Prime Hoggs and Cast Sheep, Tuesday 28th May 2024.
Pigs
Todays sale of pigs saw 72 forward, with these selling to a top price of £228 for prime gilts from C Woodhouse, Nateby. The next down was again prime gilts from J McEwan, Dunfries at £205. A top of 188p/kg was achieved for prime gilt from P Martin, Balderdale with this home selling boars to 142p/kg. The best of the prime boars sold to £185. A handful of culls were making £50 to £75. Store pigs topped at £88 for a pen of five and weaners sold to £55.
Prime Lambs
255 spring lambs were forward, selling to a averaged of 402p/kg. Heavy lambs were well sort after, selling to £209 for Texels from RA Holmes, Inskip with Beltexs to £207 from GR Geldard, Gilpin Bridge. Suffolks sold to £207 from WT Whittaker & Son, Nether Kellet. The best heavy lambs were regularly £190 to £200. Export lambs saw 43kg Beltexs to £180 from WJ&L Barker, Carnforth with Texels to the same price from D&K Swarbrick, Out Rawcliffe. A ring full of 39kg Texels sold to £171 from Kendal College, Kendal. All types and weights of spring lambs are needed on a weekly basis to fulfil buyers requirements.
Prime Lamb Top Prices: Texel: £209 Keepers Cottage, £207 Low Foulshaw Farm, £206 Ellers Farm, £203, £190 Ackenthwaite Farm, £190 Bouthwaite Farm. Suffolk: £207, £203 Lane Ends Farm, £196 (x2) Station Hotel Farm, £192 Near Scholes Farm, £188 Lane Ends Farm. Dorset: £184, £176, £175, £166 High Biggarsbank. Continental: £181, £175, £169 Redbank Farm, £159 Crabtree Farm. Beltex: £180 Brown Edge. Hampshire: £170, £167 Endmoor Farm. Cheviot: £168 Cinderbarrow Farm.
Prime Hoggs
A very much a two tiered trade was seen, with fed and meated hoggs meeting demand and leaner sorts now discounted. Heavy Texel hoggs sold to £211 from RT&ME Sutton, Stainton with other pens of Texels selling to £210 from RL&ML Lowery, Holker. Suffolks sold to £207 from M&RW Stirzaker, Milnthorpe. Mules sold to £204 from TW Nelson & Son, Stainton. A run of well fed hoggs from GM&A Jackson, Little Eccleston sold SBF’s to £169 or 360p/kg, with ring fulls of Cheviots to the same price or 376p/kg and other pens to £168 on numerous occasions.
Prime Hogg Top Prices: Lleyn: £211 Crosscrake Farm. Texel: £210 Shorthorn Farm, £202 Low Gregg Hall, £200 £196 Ellerbeck Farm, £180 Low House Beck. Suffolk: £207 Station Hotel Farm, £205 Guides Farm, £201 Crosscrake Farm, £171 Lodge Bank Farm, £156 Cobble Hey Farm. Mule: £204 Cockrigg Farm, £161 £158 High Greg Hall Farm, £148 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £128 Cobble Hey Farm, £125 Low Carlingill. Beltex: £174 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage. Continental: £172 House Holme Farm, £160 Low Levens, £153 £149 Park Farm Barn, £150 Mire House Farm, £148 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage. Scottish Blackfaced: £169 £165 £161 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage. Cheviot: £169 £168
£163 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £168 Low Gregg Hall. Herdwick: £158 Paddock Cottage, £154 £140 £120 Meadowbank Farm. Swale: £150 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £122 £115 Holme House Farm, £113 Cobble Hey Farm, £104 Higher Salter, £98 Low Haygarth Farm. Horned: £141 £99 Low Carlingill, £111 Low Haygarth Farm, £98 Higher Salter, £91 House Holme Farm. Rough: £129 Low Carlingill. Masham: £105 Cobble Hey Farm, £98 Low Audlands. Gritstone: £96 Town Head Farm. Jacob: £84 Byresteads Farm.
Cast Sheep
A fast trade was seen for all classes and types of cull sheep, with more required every week to fulfil buyer requirements. The sale peaked at £300 for a Texel ewes from R&E Ladds, Kendal with other better end pure and three quarter bred ewes £260 to £290. The best first cross ewes sold to £214 from JW&TE Sharp, Lyth. Other heavy first cross ewes were £170 to £190, mediums £140 to £165 and smaller meated sorts £120 to £140. Mules sold to £178 from WJ&L Barker, Carnforth with other heavy Mules £155 to £175, mediums £120 to £140 with smaller leaner sorts £100 to £115. Pure hill ewes sold to £190 for Cheviots from DR Preston, Caton with Lleyns to £156, Swaledale £138, Dalebreds £118, Rough Fells £110 and Herdwicks to £90. Medium hill ewes were nicely selling at £85 to £110, with the smallest and leanest £60 to £75. All ewes forward averaged £128.
Cull rams are coming forward in greater numbers every week, selling to £215 for a Texel from RI Dixon, Low Newton. Other better end Continentals were £175 to £200 with mediums £140 to £165. Pure hill breds sold to £150 for Cheviots, £132 for Herdwicks and £114 for Swaledales.
Cast Ewes Top Prices: Texel: £300 Benson Hall, £290 Benson Hall, £214 Flodder Hall, £192 Bouthwaite Farm, £190 Benson Hall, £188 Far Highfield. Charollais: £215 Keepers Cottage, £112 Cumbrae. Suffolk: £195 Holmelands, £190 Bouthwaite Farm, £182 Near Scholes Farm, £168 Cockrigg Farm, £168 Reeds Gardens, £160 Ackenthwaite Farm. Cheviot: £190 Ellers Farm, £140 Whinfield Farm. Mule: £178 Brown Edge, £176 Tranthwaite Hall, £175 Ellers Farm, £170 Holmelands, £168 Oak Avenue, £166 Flodder Hall. Dorest: £165, £135 High Biggarsbank. Cheviot Mule: £160
Holmelands, £140 Kendal College. Lleyn: £156, £154 Blea Tarn Road, £150 Low Foulshaw Farm, £145 Blea Tarn Road, £134 Low Foulshaw Farm. Masham: £154, £154, £126, £122 Low Audlands. Beltex: £142 High Low Wood. Swaledale: £138, £126 Flodder Hall, £125 Nether House Farm, £124 Holme House Farm, £118 Cobble Hey Farm, £112 Brown Edge.
Continental: £132 Whinfield Farm, £128 Blea Tarn Road, £122, £120 Hall Farm, £116 Low Audlands, £110 High Standen. Dalesbred: £118 Cobble Hey Farm, £110 Low Audlands. Horned: £112 Higher Salter. Rough Fell: £110 Holmelands, £102 High Farm, £95 Steps Farm. Herdwick: £90 Cragg House Farm.
Cast Rams Top Prices: Texel: £215 Low Newton Farm, £210 Causeway Farm, £190 Yak Leaf, £180 Holme House Farm, £170 Yak Leaf, £152 Causeway Farm. Charollais: £190 Whinfield Farm. Continental: £185, £160 Whinfield Farm. Teeswater: £166 Holme House Farm. Cheviot: £150 (2) Wall End Farm. Herdwick: £132, £122 High Biggarsbank, £118 Wall End Farm. Zwartble: £115 High Farm. Swaledale: £114 Wall End Farm.
Sheep with Lambs at Foot
The second show and sale of hoggs with lambs was met by a packed ringside of buyers, ensuring a strong trade was seen. The pre sale show was kindly sponsored by Road Runner Tyres and Grace Dobson (Laurence Pierce Wool Merchants) and judged by Ian Dixon, who awarded the following results:
Class 1- 5 Mule Hoggs with Lambs at Foot
1st JH & JE Taylor, The Harras- £280
2nd DR Preston, Ellers Farm- £280
3rd DR Preston, Ellers Farm- £280
Class 2- 5 Continental Hoggs with Lambs at Foot
1st DR Preston, Ellers Farm- £300
2nd JH & JE Taylor, The Harras- £295 3rd Stockdale Farms, Bowers Farm- £255
Champion- JH & JE Taylor- £280 Reserve Champion- DR Preston- £300
The sale peaked with a tremendous pure Texel hogg with pure Texel lambs from IM Jaeban, Cockermouth selling to £400. First cross Texel hoggs with Beltex cross lambs from DR Preston, Caton sold to £300. Three quarter bred Texel hoggs with Texel lambs selling to £295 from JH&JE Taylor, Ainstable with other pens to £290. All continental bred hoggs forward averaged £272 per unit.
Mule hoggs with lambs were a brisk trade with the best selling to £282 from DR Preston, Caton, who sold other pens twice to £280. Also achieving £280 was JH&JE Taylor, Ainstable. Other pens sold to £275 twice, firstly from RH&C Ayrton, Abbeystead and G&KM Atkinson, Colby. All Mules hoggs forward averaged £268 forward. Ewes and lambs were the fastest trade seen all season, with aged Texel ewes with young Beltex single lambs selling to £306 from JM&NJ Strickland, Whinfell. Other single outfits sold to £285 from CR Alderson & Son, Kirkby Stephen. A run of aged Texedale ewes with Beltex twin lambs sold to £280 from Shuttleworth & Brown, Sedbergh. Broken mouth Herdwick ewes suckling young Texel twin lambs sold to £160 from Kirkby & Longworth, Kentmere with singles to £110 from the same home.
Ewe & Lamb Top Prices: Texel: £305 The Borrans, £285 (x2) Aisgill Farm, £275, £235 The Borrans. Continental: £280 Shaw Paddock. Mule: £275 The Borrans. Rough Fell: £255 Rose Cottage. Herdwick: £160, £110 Sella Farm.
Shearling & Lamb Top Prices: Mule: £275 The Borrans.
Hoggs & Lamb Top Prices: Texel: £400 Forth House Farm, £300 Ellers Farm, £295 The Harras, £290 The Harras, £270 Ellers Farm, £250 The Harras. Mule: £282 Ellers Farm, £280 The Harras, £280 (x2) Ellers Farm, £275 Green Farm, £275 Ouzelthorn Farm. Suffolk: £265 (x2) Yoad Pot. Continental: £255, £245 Bowers Farm.
Geld Hogg Top Prices: Texel: £200, £190 Forth House Farm. Continental: £185 Forth House Farm.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Fortnightly Sale of Calves, Stirks, OTM Cattle and Store Cattle, Thursday 30th May 2024.
Calves
The fortnightly sale of calves and weanlings at Junction 36 saw an entry of 93 sell to an increased ringside of buyers.
The best of the rearers sold to £560 on two occasions for British Blues bulls both from JW&TE Sharp, Lyth with Limousins at £540 from Langley Park Farms, Millom. Charolais’s sold to £500 from Gibson & Berry, Endmoor. Month old calves sold to £410 for a British Blue and £370 for an Aberdeen Angus both from A Pickthall, New Hutton. Black and whites sold to £220, with others at £200, the strongest of these were £150 upwards.
Weaned bulls sold to £970 for a Limousin from PJ Holt & Sons, Blackpool with freshly weaned Aberdeen Angus’s at £650 from Millfield Stud, Giggleswick.
A handful of weaned steers sold to £1090 for a Limousin from FW Park, Windermere with other Limousins from PJ Holt & Sons, Blackpool at £860 and £850 twice.
A good show of heifers was forward, with buyers seeking future suckler replacements, ensuring a good trade. Rearers sold to £500 for a British Blue from Gibson & Berry, Endmoor with this home selling one of two
Charolais’s to make £460. The other coming from Bambers Farm, Thurnham. Month olds sold to £340 for British Blues from HJ Robinson & Son, Milnthorpe and £310 for Limousins from R&JE Wharton & Son, Appleby. Weaned heifers sold well to £870 for a Limousin from PJ Holt & Sons, Blackpool with a trio of freshly weaned Aberdeen Angus’s at £570 from Messrs Young, Lindale.
Heifer Calves Top Prices: British Blue: £500 Low Audlands, £460 Bambers Farm, £440 Bambers Farm, £440 Flodder Hall, £390 Hagg Farm, £340 Elm Tree. Charolais: £460 Bambers Farm, £460 Low Audlands, £390 Low Audlands. Angus: £420 Bambers Farm, £250 Hawkrigg Farm, £220 Hawkrigg Farm, £200 Hawkrigg Farm. Limousin: £360 Langley Park, £325 Langley Park, £310 Mount Pleasant, £300 Langley Park. Shorthorn: £260 Flodder Hall.
Bull Calves Top Prices: British Blue: £560 Flodder Hall, £560 Flodder Hall, £500 Hagg Farm, £440 Elm Tree, £410 Borrans Farm, £410 Bambers Farm. Limousin: £540 Langley Park, £420 Langley Park, £350 Langley Park, £300 Mount Pleasant, £265 Langley Park, £220 Langley Park.
Charolais: £500 Low Audlands. Simmental: £410 Bambers Farm. Shorthorn: £390 Flodder Hall, £330 Flodder Hall. Hereford: £370 Wraysholme Tower, £370 Wraysholme Tower, £330 Wraysholme Tower, £165 Wraysholme Tower. Angus: £370 Borrans Farm, £260 Moss House. Friesian: £220 Low Audlands, £200 Low Audlands, £170 Low Audlands, £140 Flodder Hall, £135 Low Audlands, £100 Low Audlands. Norweigan: £80 Hawkrigg Farm.
Heifer Stirk Top Prices: Limousin: £870 Breedy Butts Farm, £860 Breedy Butts Farm, £800 Breedy Butts Farm, £760 Breedy Butts Farm, £480 Coldcotes Farm, £480 Coldcotes Farm. Charolais: £720 Cragg House Farm. Angus: £570 Moss End Farm, £480 Coldcotes Farm. Longhorn: £540 Bambers Farm. British Blue: £490 Coldcotes Farm, £490 Coldcotes Farm.
Bull Stirk Top Prices: Limousin: £970 Breedy Butts Farm. Angus: £650 Croft Closes Farm. British Blue: £500 Coldcotes Farm.
Steer Stirk Top Prices: Limousin: £1090 The Howes, £860 Breedy Butts Farm, £850 Breedy Butts Farm, £850 Breedy Butts Farm. Charolais: £720 Bambers Farm. Angus: £630 Croft Closes Farm, £630 Moss End Farm. Longhorn: £560 Bambers Farm, £550 Bambers Farm.
Store Cattle
A packed ring side of new and loyal buyers ensuring a fast trade was seen, many more cattle could have been sold to the vendors advantage. Limousin bullocks sold to £1680 from AE Atkinson & Son, Endmoor. Aberdeen Angus bullocks sold to £1550 from BJ Bowness, Kendal with others to £1460 from the same home. Yearling bred bullocks sold to another fast trade, with Limousins to £1410 from HR&KA Hodgson, Barbon and Blondes to £1400 from SJ&NS Wood, Windermere. The best end were regularly £1300 to £1400, with nice grazers selling over the £1000 mark. A ring full of first cross 12 to 14 month old British Blue bullocks from G&ID Postlethwaite, Howgill sold to £1240.
The heifer trade saw a top of £1600 for Limousins from AJ&L Birkett, Little Langdale with Aberdeen Angus heifers to £1560 from BJ Bowness, Kendal. Strong heifers were regularly £1400 to 1500. Yearlings saw the best Limousins sell to £1380 from JA&J Harper, Killington with Charolais’s to £1340 from HR&KA Hodgson, Barbon. Good grazing heifers were regularly £1050 to £1100.
Store Bullock Top Prices: Limousin: £1680 Stubb Farm, £1410, £1380 Howriggs, £1320 Greenside Farm, £1250 Barbon Fell House, £1180 Asby Mill. Angus: £1550, £1460 Blea Tarn Road, £1370 Bleaswood Road, £1280 Low Groves Farm, £1090, £1030 Hawkrigg Farm. Charolais: £1440 Oversands View. Blonde: £1400, £1220, £1160, £1130, £1070 Causeway Farm. Hereford: £1350 Oversands View. British Blue: £1340 Bouthwaite Farm, £1240, £1160 Riddings,
£1100 Cockrigg Farm, £1090 Crabtree Farm, £1020 Riddings. Simmental: £1280 Kendal House Farm. Stabiliser: £1160 Gill Bank.
Store Heifer Top Prices: Limousin: £1600, £1500, £1490, £1390 High Birk Howe Farm, £1380, £1250 Capplethwaite Hall. Angus: £1560, £1500, £1480, £1460 Blea Tarn Road. Charolais: £1340 Howriggs. British Blue: £1300 Bouthwaite Farm, £1000 Riddings, £900 Asby Mill. Blonde: £1210 Capplethwaite Hall, £1120, £1040 Causeway Farm.
OTM Cattle
An increased number of cull cows were forward, as farmers look to take advantage of the current high trade. All forward averaged 178p/kg.
The best beef cows sold to 219.5p/kg for a Limousin from RHM&S Boyren, Colton. Other stronger end native and continental cows were 190p/kg to 210p/kg, with medium cows for finishing 175p/kg to 190p/kg. Top grossing beef cows was an Aberdeen Angus from G Cuthbertson, New Hutton achieving £1671, with another at £1664 from JT Procter, Flookburgh. The best dairy cows sold to 204.5p/kg for a British Friesian from Mason Birkland, Over Kellet. Other better end dairy cows were 175p/kg to 190p/kg, with parlour types 160p/kg to 180p/kg and lighter and leaner sorts generally 140p/kg to 155p/kg. Top grossing dairy cow was a Holstein Friesian from TW&CA Long, Ulverston achieving £1561, with other better end diary cows £1200 to £1300.
OTM heifers sold to 244p/kg and £1786 for an Aberdeen Angus cross from BJ Bowness, Kendal with other beef heifers regularly 205p/kg to 220p/kg or £1400 to £1600.
Several cull bulls forward today sold to 189.5p/kg for a Belted Galloway, with others generally 160p/kg to 180p/kg and selling to £1320 for a Hereford.
Our next cattle sale is on Thursday 13th June, which will include our annual show and sale of beef breeding cattle. Catalogue entries are required by Wednesday 5th June.
OTM Cow Top Prices: Limousin: 219.5 Hill Park, 214.5 Troughton Hall, 214.5 Hill Park, 209.5 Troughton Hall, 199.5 Hill Park, 189.50 Mireside Farm. Angus: 207.5 Blea Tarn, 201.5 Mireside Farm, 199.5 Capplerigg, 179.5 Gill Bank. Friesian: 204.5 Birkland Barrow, 187.5 (2) Old Hall Farm, 184.5 Jenkin Crag, 181.5 Heathwaite Farm, 179.5 Jenkin Crag. Montbeliarde: 194.5 Ninezergh. Hereford: 189.5 Natland Mill Beck, 187.50, 169.5 Lower Hawthwaite. British Blue: 189.5 Stribers Farm, 181.5 Scar Sykes Farm. Fleckvieh: 189.5 Tottlebank, 154.5 Far Audlands, 149.5, 144.5 Tottlebank, 144.5 Moss House Farm, 137.5 Ninezergh. Norwegian: 181.5 Ninezergh. Dairy Shorthorn: 179.5 Craketrees. Longhorn: 149.5 (2) Gill Bank. Jersey: 139.5 Jenkin Crag.
OTM Heifer Top Prices: Angus: 244.5, 204.5 Blea Tarn. Hereford: 234.5 Blea Tarn, 191.5 Natland Mill Beck Farm. Limousin: 209.5 Mireside Farm. Friesian: 164.5 Old Hall Farm.
Cast Bull Top Prices: Belted Galloway: 189.5, 151.5 Gill Bank. Hereford: 181.5 Natland Mill Beck Farm. Whitebred Shorthorn: 164.5 Nibthwaite Grange Farm.
Lancaster Auction Mart: Sale of Calves, OTM Cattle, Dairy Cattle, Store Cattle & Stirks. Friday 31st May 2024.
Dairy Cattle
New calved dairy saw heifers sell to £2050 from J&O Galbraith, Endmoor who sold others at £1900. A pair of cows from Barbers Farms, Claughton on Brock sold to £1500.
A large number of dairy stock are required and available privately, please do not hesitate to contact our auctioneers or field officers.
Calves and Weanlings
The Friday sale of rearing and weaned calves saw again a busy ring side of new and returning buyers. Rearing calves sold to a top of £380 for a three and half week old Limousin from D&K Howarth, Hambleton, with month old Aberdeen Angus from J Bargh, Morecambe also achieving £380. A handful of black and white bulls were forward, with these selling to £250 from Drinkall Bros, Over Wyresdale, the strongest of these were £150 plus.
A strong show of weaned bulls were forward, selling to a top of £640 for an Aberdeen Angus from AW&AM Park & Son, Ellel. Freshly weaned two month old Aberdeen Angus cross reached £500 from Tom Barron Farm, Catforth. A handful of weaned steers were forward which sold to £880 for a British Blue from FW Rhodes, Ellel with others from this home at £730.
Only a few rearing heifer calves were forward, with these selling to £255 for a five week old Aberdeen Angus from Wallbank Farms, Over Wyresdale.
A good show of weaned heifers today, with prices exceeding vendors expectations. Selling to a top of £670 for a pair of British Blues from FW Rhodes, Ellel. Smaller freshly weaned heifers sold equality as well, with a trio of Aberdeen Angus from A Shepherd, Preesall achieving £470 and a Longhorn at £360.
Heifer Calves Top Prices: British Blue: £670 (x2) Barrow Greaves Farm, £250 Lower Lingart Farm, £200 North Farm. Angus: £560 South Lakeland House, £470 (x3) Muffys Platt Farm, £390 (x2) Muffys Platt Farm. Longhorn: £360 Muffys Platt Farm. Charolais: £240 Catshaw Hall Farm. Hereford: £240 Higher Hollinhead Farm. Friesian: £185 The Poultry Farm.
Steer Calf Top Prices: British Blue: £880, £730 (x2) Barrow Greaves Farm, £680 Hudsbrook Farm. Angus: £670 Barrow Greaves Farm. Hereford: £660 (x2) Lundholme Farm. Friesian: £330 South Lakeland House.
Bull Calves Top Prices: Angus: £640 Walkers I’th Fields, £500 The Poultry Farm, £470 The Lead, £460 (x2) The Poultry Farm, £440 Walkers I’th Fields. British Blue: £500 Walkers I’th Fields. Limousin: £440 Higher Hollinhead Farm, £400 Rose Farm. Friesian: £250, £170, £100 Catshaw Hall Farm. Shorthorn: £200 Bolton Fold Farm.
Store Cattle
A super entry of store cattle saw steers sell to £1750 for Aberdeen Angus cross from KH&D Holden & Son, Pilling. A super run of 40 from K&DE Woodhouse, Ellel sold to £1700 for a ring of British Blue cross, who also sold Aberdeen Angus cross to £1690. Charolais’s sold to £1680 and Limousins £1640. Stronger steers were regularly £1500 to £1650, with medium feeding sorts £1280 to £1400.
Store heifers sold to £1640 for Limousin cross from JT&GV Dobson, Clitheroe with British Blue cross to £1560 and Aberdeen Angus cross £1510. Other stronger end heifers were £1400 to £1500, with medium feeders £1220 to £1350.
The monthly sale of stirks steers saw eight month old Aberdeen Angus cross sell to £870, with Shorthorns £850,
British Friesians £840, Herefords £820 and British Blues £800. Younger steers finding keen interest, with these generally £650 to £720.
Heifer stirks sold to £820 for a ring full of 10 month old Limousin cross, with Aberdeen Angus cross to £800. Other heifers were generally £700 to £780 and the younger end £600 to £650.
Store Bullocks Top Prices: Angus: £1750 Chestnut House Farm, £1690 (x2), £1660 Kitchen Ground Farm, £1640 Chesnut House Farm, £1640 Well House Farm. British Blue: £1700 Kitchen Ground Farm, £1680 Wood Nook Farm, £1610 High House Farm, £1560 Windy Hill Farm, £1500 Old Hall Farm, £1460 Peninne Way. Charolais: £1680 Scale House Farm, £1500 Carlingwha. Limousin: £1640 High Snab, £1640 Wood Nook Farm, £1440 Lodge Farm, £1160 Hatters Farm, £980 Moss View. Friesian: £1420 Kitchen Ground Farm, £1260 Plumpton Hall Farm, £1250 Kitchen Ground Farm. Fleckvieh: £1280
Thornton Barn Farm. Hereford: £1080 Moss View. Shorthorn: £1020 Sproat Ghyll. Montbeliarde: £980 Mill House Farm.
Store Heifer Top Prices: Limousin: £1640, £1500 Hill House Farm, £1320 Carlingwha, £1250 Hill House Farm, £1180 Lodge Farm, £920 Abbotson Farm. British Blue: £1560 High Snab, £1500 High House Farm, £1480 Gaskell House, £1480 Kitchen Ground Farm, £1470 Hare Field House, £1400 High House Farm. Angus: £1510 Fairfield, £1500 (x2) Kitchen Ground Farm, £1470 Cheetham House Farm, £1460 Old Hall Farm, £1360 Snub Snape Farm. Charolais: £1410 Windy Hill Farm. Fleckvieh: £1410 Holme Head. Hereford: £1360 Bull Bank Farm, £1350 Pasture House Farm, £1270 Lynwood, £1060 Bull Bank Farm, £930 Moss View. Friesian: £1160 Kitchen Ground Farm. Shorthorn: £960 Sproat Ghyll.
Store Bull Top Prices: British Blue: £1380, £1270 Kitchen Ground Farm. Hereford: £1110 Thornton Barn Farm.
OTM Cattle
Another rise in the numbers of cull cows forward, with vendors rewarded with a fierce trade and a market average of 178p/kg. The best beef cows sold to 224p/kg for a British Blue cross with other at 210p/kg to 220p/kg and mediums feeding types 185p/kg to 200p/kg. Top grossing being a Hereford achieving £1726. The best dairy cows sold to 219.5p/kg, with other heavy well fleshed cows 185p/kg to 200p/kg. Parlour type cows were 160p/kg to 180p/kg, with the lighter and leaner sorts 130p/kg to 150p/kg. Top gross being a Holstein Friesian at £1617, with another closely behind at £1603.
OTM beef heifers sold to 269.5p/kg and £1650, with others regularly 220p/kg to 240p/kg and £1450 to £1600. Dairy heifers sold to 231.5p/kg and £1460, with other better end cows 185p/kg to 215p/kg, being £1150 to £1350. OTM steers sold to 249p/kg for both a Holstein Friesian and Limousin, with British Blue cross selling to £1809. A single cull dairy bull sold to 169p/kg.
OTM Cow Top Prices: British Blue: 224.50 Breedy Butts Farm, 199.50, 197.50 Fellside Farm, 184.50 Riddings. Limousin: 221.50 Gill Garth, 214.50 Riddings, 207.50 Breedy Butts Farm, 189.50 Riddings. Friesian: 219.50, 197.50 Sweetings Farm, 197.50 Abbotson Farm, 197.50 Hall Farm, 194.50 Low Levens, 194.50 Stauvins Farm. Hereford: 211.50 Hill House Farm, 194.50, 189.50 Riddings, 187.50 Moss View, 184.50 Little Crimbles, 181.50 Riddings. Whitebred Shorthorn: 211.50 Hill House Farm. Simmental: 194.50 Riddings. Angus: 189.50 Riddings. Fleckvieh: 174.50 Docker Farm. Dairy Shorthorn: 124.50 Docker Farm.
OTM Heifer Top Prices: British Blue: 269.50 Hill House Farm, 227.50, 219.50 Causeway Farm. Limousin: 267.50 Gill Garth, 209.50 Kapallon. Friesian: 231.50, 229.50 Walkers I’th Fields, 227.50 High Snab, 221.50 (x2) North Farm, 221.50 Walkers I’th Fields. Angus: 219.50 Cheetham House Farm, 194.50 Kapallon. Hereford: 211.50 Moorside House Farm. Ayrshire: 139.50 Bolton Fold Farm.
Cast Steer Top Prices: Friesian: 249.50 Gulf Farm. Limousin: 249.50 High Snab. British Blue: 237.50 Low Groves Farm. Shorthorn: 189.50 Kapallon.
Cast Bull Top Prices: Friesian: 169.50 Docker Farm.
Next Week's Upcoming Sales
Monday 3rd
Lancaster: 10:30am Weekly Sale of Prime Lambs, Prime Hoggs & Cast Sheep
11:30am Weekly Sale of Sheep with Lambs at Foot
J36: 9am-4pm Machinery Drop Off
Tuesday 4th
J36: 9am-4pm Machinery Drop Off
11am Weekly Sale of Sheep with Lambs at Foot
1pm Weekly Sale of Prime Lambs, Prime Hoggs & Cast Sheep
Friday 7th
Lancaster: 10:15am Weekly Sale of Calves & OTM/Cast Cattle
11:15am Weekly Sale of Store Cattle
J36: Online Machinery Sale commences
9am-4pm Machinery Viewing
Saturday 8th
J36: 9am-12noon Machinery Viewing
