Weekly Report and Newsletter - 4th April 2025
Lancaster Auction Mart: Sale of Prime Hoggs, Cast Sheep & Sheep with Lambs. Monday 31st March 2025.
Prime Hoggs- Prime Hoggs sell to £211 & 421p/kg
A sharp rise in numbers forward today and despite reports elsewhere of a falling trade a very respectable SQQ of 325p/kg was achieved for an entry of predominantly grass finish hoggs, heavies perhaps the least desirable with many customers presenting the last of their hoggs, hoggs today ranged from 28kg-70kg. Well finished standard weight hoggs remain the strongest trade selling to £184 (409p/kg) for Beltex x from D&K Swarbrick with others £181 (411p/kg M & YS Barker. The sale topped at £211 for heavy weight Texel x from GH Sanderson & Family. Nicely finished light weights £125-£132.
Kevin Purtill returned to the top of the board today selling Beltex x hoggs to 421p/kg with other better end 380p/kg – 410p/kg and grass finished hoggs 340-360p/kg. Heavy weights generally 290p/kg-310p/kg.
Prime Hoggs Top Prices: Texel: £211 Blackleach House Farm, £187 Park Farm Barn, £184 Bensons Farm, £182 Halton Park Farm, £182 Blackleach House Farm. Beltex: £192 £182 Ingleborough Park Drive, £181 Halton Park Farm, £168 The Hawthornes, £167 Bensons Farm, £167 Burrow Heights, £164 Oak Avenue. Charolaise: £180 Park Farm Barn, £162 Ingleborough Park, £158 Throstle Grove Farm, £156 Bensons Farm, £150 Throstle Grove Farm. Suffolk: £173 £153 £150 Halton Park Farm, £147 The Hawthornes, £146 Little Crimbles, £144 Burrow Heights Farm. Continental: £171 £160 Blackleach House Farm, £157 Cross House Farm, £140 Burrow Heights Farm, £136 Medlar Hall Farm, £134 Little Crimbles. Leicester: £152 Ouzelthorn Farm. Cheviot: £150 Hillam House Farm, £144 Burrow Heights Farm, £144 Hillam House Farm, £137 Medlar Hall Farm, £137 Little Crimbles. Mule: £148 Cross House Farm, £146 Thornbush Farm, £145 Ouzelthorn Farm, £144 Medlar Hall Farm, £136 High House Farm. Masham: £145 £137 £134 medlar Lane. Swale: £138 Thornbush Farm, £134 High House Farm, £130 Appletree Farm, £122 High House Farm, £119 Marshaw Farm.
Cast Sheep- Cull Sheep to £248
Cull sheep remained a strong trade with a top prize of £248 achieved for a BFL ram from RH & C Ayrton Ltd, Abbeystead. Ewes sold to £232 for cheviot mules from G&D Ball & Son, Little Eccleston with other stronger end ewes generally £185-£210, mediums £155-£180 with the leaner end £125-£140. Hill ewes sold to £176 for cheviots with others £145-£165. Just a handful of horned ewes being smaller mediums to £102.
Cast Ewes Top Prices: Leicester: £248 £196 £180 Ouzelthorn Farm. Mule: £232 Woodstock, £190 Burrow Heights, £162 Bensons Farm, £158 Burrow Heights, £158 Appletree Farm. Texel: £182 Burrow Heights, £176 Greenbank Farm, £174 Fairhurst Farm, £162 Church Brow, £162 Lundholme Farm. Cheviot: £176 Woodstock, £158 Yealand Manor, £156 £136 Hillam House Farm. Dorset: £168 £140 Fairhurst Farm. Continental: £164 Lundholme Farm, £122 £98 High House Farm. Charolaise: £158 Arna Wood Farm, £100 Woodstock. Suffolk: £128 Woodstock. Swale: £102 Marshaw Farm, £82 Ouzelthorn Farn, £52 Marshaw Farm. Jacob: £92 Gibsons Farm. Kerry Hill: £26 Gibsons Farm.
Sheep with Lambs at Foot- Breeding Sheep to £415 & £415/life.
This popular weekly sale saw another rise in numbers forward with an ever expanding ringside of buyers in attendance for all classes and types.
Continental ewes with texel x twins sold to £415 from TR Gorst, Ellel who sold others at £410 with ewes with younger lambs generally £330-£360. Another entry of 2/4 crop mule ewes with twin texel lambs from DJ Casson & Son, Slyne sold to £405 with others at £380 twice. Cheviot mule ewes from M Allen, Carnforth sold to £390 with twin Beltex x lambs. Ewes with singles sold to £290 for Cheviot mules with Beltex x lambs from M Allen, Carnforth with continentals £285, £280 from T Gorst, Ellel and £260 JM & NJ Strickland, Mules with single sold to £255 from DJ Casson & Son, Slyne. Already entered for next week 50+ families.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Sale of Prime Hoggs, Cast Sheep & Sheep with Lambs at Foot, Tuesday 1st April 2025.
Sheep with Lambs at Foot
Ewes and Lambs – Overall average £348.38 per family.
Sheep and lambs flying today at Junction 36.
A larger show than previous weeks and numbers are looking greater still for next week.
Singles in particular were in demand today, with a top price of £380 from MW&HE Pedley for single Texel outfits with Texel lambs. This was closely followed by another pen at £385 from the same home. The same home also had the joint top price for twins achieving £420 for the same goods, this price was shared with AP Metcalfe, Kendal for a pen of Dutch Spotted and JM Livestock, Ayrshire with a pen of Suffolks with Charollais cross Beltex lambs. Quality twins were available in abundance today, with the £400 barrier being broken regularly. Mules were a solid trade once again with a large cliental after this category, topping at £340 from Bob Lawrence for a pen with twin Texel lambs.
As the weather and grass yield improves, the ewe and lamb season is well away. Demand is increasing, so do not hesitate to get entries in. All are welcome, contact the office or auctioneer for more information. Office 01539566000, Robert Cloughton 07867000244
Texels with twins - £420 MW&HE Pedley
Texels with singles - £380 MW&HE Pedley
Suffolks with twins - £420 JM Livestock
Suffolks with singles - £385 JM Livestock
Mules with twins - £340 R Lawrence
Mules with singles - £270 R Lawrence
Cheviots with singles - £280 Kendal College
Dutch Spotted with twins - £420 AP Metcalfe
Dutch Spotted with single - £205 AP Metcalfe
Ewe & Lamb Top Prices: Dutch Spotted: £420, £405, 3390 Curlew Rock. Suffolk: £420, £410, £400, £295, £285 Roan Farm. Texel: £420, £410, £385 High Ploughlands, £385 Kendal College. Mule: £340 Greaves Farm, £325 High Ploughlands, £320 Kendal College, £275 Lower Hawthwaite, £270 Greaves Farm. Cheviot: £280 Kendal College. Leicester: £270 Kendal College.
Shearling & Lamb Top Prices: Texel: £250, £245 Woodhouse Farm.
Prime Hoggs- Smorgasbord of Prime Hoggs
A diverse show of sheep were on offer today at J36 ranging from 17 to 73kg. Along side the usual abundance of breeds including Shetlands, Dorsets and many Herdwicks & Swales. Varity however is the spice of life and for many of the sheep sold today a very tasty trade was met. 40-45kg sheep regularly sold between £150 and £160. 47kg hoggs hit £181 from AT Burrow & Son for a Beltex. The same home got £161 for 44s. Lighter 37kg Beltex from DJ Clarke made £143. The same home then had a pen of 5 32kp hoggs hit £122 or 383.1ppk. Messrs Little of Helm Croft also got £161 for 43kg Texels which proved around the ideal weight of the day. Heavy hoggs still not quite as desirable for buyers currently however handy weights were fought for hard from the offset. The next slae of Prime Sheep is in a weeks time on the 8th April. Don’t hesitate to get in touch call Joel on 07920009097.
Prime Hoggs Top Prices: Beltex: £181 High Snab, £147 Dalton Old Hall, £143 Thistle House. Texel: £172 Dalton Old Hall, £171 Keepers Cottage, £168 Old Croft, £167 Keepers Cottage. Horned: £164 Helm Croft, £145, £132 Fellside Farm, £120 Arklid Farm. Suffolk: £162 Helm Croft, £150 Stephens Way, £145 Lane Ends Farm. Cheviot: £157 Bowers Farm, £145 Moors Farm, £139 Swallowmire, £135 Green Lane End Farm. Continental: £155 helm Croft, £152 High Snab, £147 Helm Croft, £146 Boon Town, £142 Turner Hall Farm. Dutch Spotted: £151 High Snab. Herdwick: £142 Turner Hall Farm, £121 Millriggs. Mule: £141 Wilcocks Farm, £140, £137 High Swinklebank Farm, £136 Burnt House Farm. Rough Fell: £139 High Swinklebank Farm, £127 Boundary Beck, £126 Blackmoss Farm. Dorset: £138, £129 Brow Head. Swaledale: £136 Arklid Farm, £135, £132 Fellside Farm, £130 Rydal Farm. Masham: £130 Keepers Cottage. Charollais: £129 Arklid Farm. Dales Bred: £118 Millriggs Farm.
Cast Sheep
There was no fooling around today in the cast sheep sale ring, with another fast and competitive trade for all classes and types. Once again, a large proportion of the sale was made up of pure hill bred ewes with the strongest ewes in short supply. Just a handful of pure ewes forward today sold to £300 and £280 for Texels from Harry Geldard, Levens with the best first cross to £230 from Messrs Threlkeld, Carnforth and £220 from E Dodgson, Kendal. Endless pens of cross bred ewes £170 to £200. Mules sold to £180 for North Country Mules from DE&SM Moorhouse, Natland with other stronger pens £170 to £180, mediums £140 to £160 and smaller meated ewes £140 to £160. Pure hill bred ewes sold to £120 for Cheviots, £148 Herdwicks and £134 Swaledales. Well fleshed hill ewes were £100 to £125, mediums £80 to £95 with only the smallest and leanest less. Just a handful of cull rams forward, selling to £185, with mediums £160 to £180 and hill rams £110 to £130.
Cast Ewes Top Prices: Texel: £300, £280 Whitbarrow View, £230 Holme Park Farm, £220 Spital Farm. Suffolk: £180 High House Farm, £168 Mosergh Farm. Mule: £180 High House Farm, £178 Low Groves Farm, £178 Lane Ends Farm, £174 Hagg Farm, £174 Longwell. Cheviot: £170, £146 Bowers Farm, £140 Green Lane End Farm, £138 Brow Head, £132 Green Lane End Farm. Leicester: £160 Strickland Hill, £155 Longwell. Herdwick: £148 Turner Hall Farm. Swaledale: £134 Strickland Hill, £124 Turner Hall Farm, £120 Strickland Hill, £116 Longwell. Continental: £120 Low House Beck, £114 Spice Gill Farm.
Cast Ram Top Prices: Leicester: £185 Longwell. Continental: £175 Bainbridge Gate, £140 Dalton Old Hall. Lleyn: £174 Low
Foulshaw Farm Texel: £150 Whitbarrow View. Herdwick: £130, £120 Turner Hall Farm. Swaledale: £124 Turner Hall Farm.
Suffolk: £122 High House Farm.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Sale of Calves, OTM Cattle & Store Cattle. Thursday 3rd April 2025.
Calves- 160 forward
Bulls:
British Blue cross to £920 – BR Butterfield & Son, Milnthorpe
Charolais cross to £890 – JH Towers & Son, Tunstall
Aberdeen Angus cross to £880 – W&S Airey, Whittington
Limousin cross to £840 – Langley Park, Millom
Hereford to £470 – R&JE Wharton, Appleby
Dairy Shorthorn to £230 – Messrs Wilson, Allithwaite
Black & White to £215 - AE&MK Hayhurst, Natland
Heifers:
Aberdeen Angus cross to £790 – W&S Airey, Whittington
Charolais cross to £760 – JH Towers & Son, Tunstall
Limousin cross to £740 – Langley Park Farms, Millom
British Blue cross to £550 – DW&EA Cottam, New Hutton
Hereford cross to £330 – Dolphenby Farm, Penrith
Black & Whites to £290 – G&F Barnes, Clitheroe
The numbers keep rolling in here at Junction 36, as yet more new faces are presenting both buying and selling. The trade was lit up by a cracker of a British Blue bull from BR Butterfield & Son, Burton in Kendal when it reached new heights of £920.
Charolais bulls from JH Towers & Son, Tunstall reached £890, with a further two at £860. Aberdeen Angus bulls were a marvellous trade with these topping at £880 and £870 from W&S Airey, Whittington. Limousins from Langley Park Farms, Millom sold to £840 and £810. Younger month old sorts topped at £780 for a British Blue from HJ Robinson, Kendal with Limousin at this age to £680 from AE Luffman, Sedbergh. Two week old bulls sold to £470 for a British Blue from Dolphenby Farming, Penrith.
Heifer calves were equally as nice to sell, topping at £790 for an Aberdeen Angus cross from W&S Airey, Whittington with other Aberdeen Anus cross to £770 from both SW&K Metcalfe, Whittington and CR Dickinson, Thurnham. Charolais heifers to £760 and £740 from JH Towers & Son, with Limousins to £740 from Langley Park Farm, Millom. British Blue cross sold to £550 for six week olds from DW&EA Cottam, New Hutton with thirty day old British Blues to £510 from Dolphenby Farming, Penrith and twenty eight day old Herefords to £330 from this same good farming. The consignment of Holstein heifers from G&F Barnes, Clitheroe sold to £290, with others at £140 and £240 at just three weeks of age.
Bull Calf Top Prices: British Blue: £920 Moss House, £780 Elm Tree Farm, £760 Throstle Croft, £470 Dolphenby Farm. Charolais: £890 £860 Tunstall Hall. Angus: £880 £870 West Hall, £840 Tunstall Hall, £830 West Hall, £800 Holme House Farm. Limousin: £840 £810 £740 Langley Park, £680 Beckside, £590 Langley Park. Hereford: £470 Mount Pleasant, £400 Dolphenby Farm, £350 Natland Park Farm, £320 Dolphenby Farm, £310 Natland Park Farm. Shorthorn: £305 Far Audlands. Friesian: £245 Far Audlands, £215 Natland Park Farm, £210 Langley Park, £180 Natland Park. Dairy Shorthorn: £230 £205 Wyke Farm. Fleck: £210 Natland Park Farm.
Heifer Calf Top Prices: Angus: £790 West Hall, £770 Throstle Croft, £770 £750 Holme House Farm, £640 £630 West Hall. Charolais: £760 £740 Tunstall Hall. Limousin: £740 £640 £630 Langley Park, £400 Mount Pleasant. British Blue: £550 Hagg Farm, £510 Dolphenby Farm, £500 Holmescales Farm, £490 Hagg Farm, £470 Elm Tree Farm. Hereford: £330 £310 Dolphenby Farm, £145 £140 Coat Green Farm. Friesian: £290 £250 £240 Withgill Farm. Stirks
A pleasing entry of 94 forward today, with an abundance of customers in attendance all keen to secure stock ahead of turn out.
A mixed entry of bulls saw a top price of £1660 for a nine month old Limousin cross from B Heys, Mossborough. A run of South Devons (8 months) sold to £1640 and £1600 from AT Threlkeld, Ulverston. Other bulls sold to £1500 for a Limousin cross from D&A Nicholson, Subberthwaite with nine month old Hereford cross selling to £1480 from J&JR Stott, Kingsland. Young well reared bulls sold to £860 for a four month old Limousin cross from Langley Park Farm, Millom. Plenty of interest in steers ahead of turn out, with six to ten month old steers from BR Butterfield & Son, Burton in Kendal selling to £1380, £1360 and £1280. British Blue cross sold to £1310 from AT Bainbridge, Kirkby Stephen. Suckler bred steers sold to £1380 for nine month old Limousin cross from SW Atkinson & Son, Crook with others at £1330 from D&A Nicholson, Ulverston. Native sired steers sold £1300 for a Luing cross (nine months) from SW Atkinson, Crook with eleven month old Aberdeen Angus cross £1290 from AT Bainbridge, Kirkby Stephen. Yearling Whitebred Shorthorn steers from JE Atkinson, Ulverston sold at £1180. Younger reared Aberdeen Angus cross steers from Messrs Young, Lindale sold at £900. Heifers sold to £1490 for eleven months old Limousin cross from SW Atkinson & Son, Crook who sold ten month olds at £1390. Other nine to eleven month old first cross heifers were £1120 to £1250. An entry of predominantly weaned heifers sold to £850 for four to five month old Limousin cross from Langley Park Farms, Penrith with Aberdeen Angus £800 (five months old) from Messrs Young, Lindale, Hereford cross (five months old) sold to £680 from W Stamper, Chipping.
The next sale of stirks is on Thursday 17th April, to include a prize show. Vendors are encouraged to entre cattle with confidence. Please contact Matthew Probert with enquires 07540446667.
Bull Stirk Top Prices: Limousin: £1660 Mossborough Bungalow, £1500 Birch Bank. South Devon: £1640 Bowkerstead Farm. Hereford: £1480 Kingsland. British Blue: £1410 Mosergh Farm. Angus: £1100 High Gregg Hall, £800 Langley Park, £680 Coolna Marra.
Heifer Stirk Top Prices: Limousin: £1490 Capplerigg Farm, £1270 Little Musgrave Farm, £1270 Capplerigg Farm, £1190 Little Musgrave Farm. Norwegian Red & White: £1120 Moss House Farm. Angus: £1060 moss House Farm, £940 High Gregg Hall, £920 Little Musgrave Farm, £800 Moss End Farm, £780 Forgelands Estate. British Blue: £1050 Little Musgrave Farm. Hereford: £680 Coldcotes Farm.
Steer Stirk Top Prices: Angus: £1290 Little Musgrave Farm.
Limousin: £1380 Capplerigg Farm, £1380 Moss House Farm. Norwegian Red & White: £1380 Moss House Farm. British Blue: £1310 Little Musgrave Farm. Continental: £1300 Capplerigg Farm. Whitebred Shorthorn: £1180 Nibthwaite Grange Farm. Hereford: £840 Mireside Farm.
Store Cattle
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? … no, it’s the sky high trade at Junction 36!
We aim for the moon at Kendal Auction Mart where the ozone layer has been broken yet again for store cattle. The stratospheric trade leaves vendors lightheaded, as bodies adjust to unknown levels of altitude.
Twenty month old Aberdeen Angus bullocks from JE Wightman, Lupton sold to £2480. The same good home then sold another pen to £2300. Charolais bullocks topped at £2370 at just sixteen months old from J Turnball, Grange Over Sands. Even younger British Blue bullocks made £2160 at twelve month old from TW Nelson, Kendal.
Heifers hit £2300 for a Simmental from JF&C Saunders, Ulverston. A Limousin heifer from JE Wightman, Lupton sold to £2130, while a pair of Aberdeen Angus heifers at around the twenty month mark made £2000 from the same home. Yearling British Blue heifers from A Winder & Son, Kirkby Stephen achieved £1900.
Pick up the phone now with any questions, queries and entries for our next sale, which is on the 17th April. The skies the limit!
Joel Mcgarva 07920009097
Store Bullock Top Prices: Angus: £2480 £2300 Crabtree Farm, £1880 Mireside Farm, £1830 Bradlow Farm, £1750 Lodge Bank Farm, £1740 School Hill, £1700 Mireside Farm. Charolais: £2370 £1950 £1840 Meathop Park Farm. British Blue: £2160 Cockrigg Farm, £2090 Birks Farm, £2060 Yates Farm, £2050 Broughton House Farm, £1950 School Hill, £1840 Far Hills. Limousin: £2090 Yates Farm, £1940 Top Thorn Farm, £1790 Far Hills, £1780 Greenside Farm, £1720 Mireside Farm. Shorthorn: £1840 £1700 Tarnside Farm. Hereford: £1840 West Plain Farm, £1600 Tarnside Farm, £1330 Far Hills. Blonde: £1840 Causeway Farm. Belted Gall: £1760 Tarnside Farm. Dairy Shorthorn: £1700 Tarnside Farm. Parthanaous: £1670 Top Thorn Farm. Devon: £1380 Tarnside Farm. Ayrshire: £1240 Far Hills.
Store Heifers Top Prices: Simental: £2300 £1420 Maidenlands Tarn. Limousin: £2130 Crabtree Farm, £1800 Scroggs Farm, £1670 Scar Sykes Farm, £1600 Westfield Farm, £1550 Mireside Farm, £1490 Westfield Farm. Angus: £2000 Crabtree Farm, £1900 Old School, £1630 £1550 Birks Farm, £1400 Kendal House Farm, £1380 Far Hills, £1320 Lodge Bank Farm. British Blue: £1900 Greenside Farm, £1840 Maidenlands Tarn, £1840 Far Hills, £1780 Scroggs Farm, £1780 Greenside Farm, £1660 School Hill, £1560 Far Hills. Blonde: £1760 Half Way House. Hereford: £1660 West Plain Farm, £1600 School Hill, £1050 £850 Carruthers. Longhorn: £1260 Far Hills.
Store Bull Top Prices: British Blue: £1400 £1180 Scroggs Farm. Angus: £1180 Spital Farm, £1000 Bradlow Farm.
OTM Cattle
Cull cows sold to a phenomenal trade, with over half the entry being parlour type dairy cows still achieving a respectable market average of 260.98p/kg.
Young beef cows sold to 379p/kg for a Limousin from S Whitehead, Middleton with other well-bred half meated beef cows regularly 260p/kg to 300p/kg, with feeding types 240p/kg to 260p/kg. Top grossing was a Limousin achieving £2394, with Charolais to £2392. Endless beef cows were £1800 to £2200. Dairy cows sold to 279.5p/kg for a Holstein Friesians from Jenkin Cragg, Kendal with other well meated dairy cows regularly 240p/kg to 260p/kg, parlour types 210p/kg to 230p/kg and only the very leanest 190p/kg to 205p/kg. Top grossing was a Holstein Friesians from W Garnett & Son, Milnthorpe at £2088, with other at £2052 and £2033.
Cull bulls to 289p/kg from JC Morphett, Hale and £2865 from J&J Beary, Orton.
An entry of OTM dairy heifers sold to 354p/kg from JM Barton & Son, Lupton with other at £1924 from W Garnett & Son, Milnthorpe.
OTM steers sold to 359p/kg and £2006 for Belted Galloway from Low Borrowbridge Farms, Tebay.
OTM Cow Top Prices: Limousin: 379.5 Low Waterside, 299.5 Mossborough Bungalow, 284.5 Birch Bank, 284.5 279.5 Mossborough Bungalow. British Blue: 289.5 Lane End, 269.5 Kingsland. Friesian: 279.5 264.5 Jenkin Crag, 259.5 Old Hall Farm, 259.5 Scales Park Farm, 254.5 Tarnside Farm, 254.5 Wyke Farm. Charolais: 279.5 Angerton Farm. Shorthorn: 269.5 Tarnside Farm. Continental: 264.5 Flodder Hall. Angus: 259.5 Mireside Farm.
Cast Steer Top Prices: Belted Galloway: 339.5 Low Borrowbridge. Highland: 244.5 Pure Leisure.
Cast Bull Top Prices: Highland: 289.5 Pure Leisure. Angus: 254.5 Gaythorne Hall.
Lancaster Store Cattle: Sale of Calves, OTM Cattle & Store Cattle. Friday 4th April 2025. Calves & Stirks
An exceptional strong trade for all calves at NWA Lancaster, with vendors leaving well suited with prices achieved and buyers extremely suited with the quality of cattle presented.
A run of eight week old British Blue cross calves from SH&M Batty, Quernmore sold to £850 for bulls, with others regularly £720 to £800. Heifers from this same good home sold to £730, with others at £670. A trio of eye-catching calves out of Friesian type cows from D&M Foster, Out Rawcliffe saw six week old Limousin cross to £840, with heifers of the same breed achieving £770 and nine week old Hereford cross bulls to £770. Messrs Drinkall Bros, Over Wyresdale sold ten week old Limousin cross bulls to £750, with similar aged British Blue cross bulls £740 and other six to seven week old calves from the same home were £620 to £650. JP&C Robson, Brock sold the best of theirs to £640 for British Blue cross steer, with heifers selling to £560. Native bred reared calves sold to £870 for sixteen week old Aberdeen Angus cross bulls from J&M Coar & Son, Waddington who sold others at £860. RE&P Miller, Barnacre sold thirteen week old Aberdeen Angus cross bulls to £660. Strongest dairy bulls sold to £390 for Holstein Friesians from Drinkall Bros, Over Wyresdale, with medium dairy bulls £160 to £210.
A full row of stirks were well received with the consignment of seven week old British Blue cross steers from Throstle Nest, Pilling selling to £1260, with other from this same home at £1180, £1160 and £1100. Native sire stirks sold to £1110 for Aberdeen Angus cross heifers from J&M Coar, Waddington who sold other at £1100. Younger heifers sold to £960, again for Aberdeen Angus cross from WJ&EA Woodhouse, Nateby who also sold six month old Aberdeen Angus cross steers to £900.
Heifer Calf Top Prices: ANGUS: £1110, £1000 (x2), £890 (x3) Fields Farm. LIMOUSIN: £770 Church Farm. BRITISH BLUE: £730, £670 Friars Moss, £560 Roe Farm, £550 Friars Moss, £540 Catshaw Hall Farm, £540 Friars Moss.
Bull Calf Top Prices: ANGUS: £870, £860 Fields Farm, £660, £520, £510 Lower Lingart Farm, £440 Roe Farm. BRITISH BLUE: £850, £800 Friars Moss, £740 Catshaw Hall Farm, £730, £510 Friars Moss. LIMOUSIN: £840 Church Farm, £750, £650 Catshaw Hall Farm. HEREFORD: £770 Church Farm. FRIESIAN: £390, £190 Catshaw Hall Farm.
Steer Calf Top Prices: BRITISH BLUE: £660 Roe Farm.
Heifer Stirk Top Prices: ANGUS: £960, £900 (X3) Gibsons Farm.
Steer Stirk Top Prices: BRITISH BLUE: £1260, £1180, £1160 (x2), £1110 (x2) Throstle Nest Farm. ANGUS: £900 (x2) Gibsons Farm.
Store Cattle
Total of 165 Store Cattle went through the main ring with vendors having to take a seat as they took in the trade with cattle being up another gear again as demand out strips supply.
• 15 steers over the £2400 barrier
• 50 steers over £2000
• 36 heads over the £2000 mark
As ever at Lancaster, Aberdeen Angus steers led the way to £2800 for EW & CR Clegg & Sons, Stalmine not far behind at £2720 also Aberdeen Angus from WT Eastham & Sons, Goosnargh. Pair of British Blues to £2700 from J & M Cockett, Ingleton. EJ Ward & Sons, Nether Kellet usual run of quality cattle saw a top of £2650 for a pair of Limousin who also had a trio of Simmentals to £2500. Dairy bred steers to £2120 from EW & CR Clegg & Sons, Stalmine for Friesians with others to £1980 from MJ Waller, Lupton. A good entry of younger grazing type steers today saw 16 month old British Blue steers to £1650 from AJ Metcalf, Out Rawcliffe with 12 month old British Blue from G & ID Postlethwaite to £1420. All steers today average £2090. No let up in trade for store heifers with a pleasing average of £1802. R Capstick & Son, Ingleton hitting the top spot with a grand pair of Limousin heifers to £2380 with his neighbour J & M Cockett & Son not far behind at £2350 also for Limousin. EW & CR Clegg & Sons, Stalmine continued their good days trading with Aberdeen Angus heifers to £2280. J & S Winstanley, Preston saw his British Blue heifers to £2250 with other British Blues to £2200 from MJ Waller, Lupton. Grazing type heifers saw 15-17 month old Aberdeen Angus to £2000 for a pen of six from Charlie Butler, Hambleton with JM & DJ Townley & Sons, Quernmore at the same price also for Aberdeen Angus. G & ID Postlethwaite with British Blue heifers to £1480 for 14 month olds. Many more cattle required for next weeks sale and buyers requesting more numbers. Gary Capstick - 07970 830518 Andrew Butler - 07966 556592
Store Bullock Top Prices: ANGUS: £2800 Yew Tree Farm, £2720 Wood Nook Farm, £2550 Gibraltar Farm, £2450 Foredales Farm, £2380 Carlingwha, £2350 Wood Nook Farm. BRITISH BLUE: £2700 Foredales Farm, £2200, £1820 Smardale Mill, £1700 Moss House Farm, £1650 Moss Gate Farm, £1420 Riddings. LIMOUSIN: £2650 Intack Farm, £2550 Foredales Farm, £2480 Wood Nook Farm, £2400 Yew Tree Farm, £2350 Thornbush Farm, £2250 Birch Croft. HEREFORD: £2550 Gibraltar Farm, £2420 (x2) Birch Croft, £2380 Proctors Row, £2380, £2300 Yeat House. SIMMENTAL: £2500 Intack Farm. SHORTHORN: £2320 Proctors Row, £1920 Whinney Garth. FRIESIAN: £2120 Yew Tree Farm, £1980 Carlingwha, £1950 Staffords Farm, £1950 Upper Foxholes Farm, £1800 Yew Tree Farm, £1520 Whinney Garth. DAIRY SHORTHORN: £1950 Upper Foxholes Farm. MONTBELIARDE: £1700 Moss House Farm, £1680 Staffords Farm, £1320 Moss House Farm. FLECKVIEH: £1150 Whinney Garth. BLONDE: £1580 Half Way House.
Store Heifer Top Prices: LIMOUSIN: £2380 Fell End Farm, £2350 Foredales Farm, £1750 Ghyll Beck Farm, £1320 Riddings. ANGUS: £2280 Yew Tree Farm, £2100 Carlingwha, £2050 Moss House Farm, £2000 Pasture House Farm, £2000 Park Farm Barn, £2000 Greenalls Farm. BRITISH BLUE: £2250 Savick Brook Farm, £2200 Outerthwaite Farm, £2200 Savick Brook Farm, £2200 Carlingwha, £2120 Windy Hill Farm, £1480 Riddings. HEREFORD: £2100 Pasture House Farm, £2020 Savick Brook Farm, £1320 Whinney Garth. CHAROLLAIS: £1880, £1800 Greenbank Farm, £1700 Parrox Hall Farm, £1300 Riddings. BLONDE: £1380 Sewage Farm.
OTM Cattle
Cull cows finish the week with an average of 285ppk, with an abundance of buyers keen to secure all classes and types for both further feeding and to meet orders. Beef cows sold to a top of 309ppk for British Blue x from GE JA & J Hayhurst, Ellel with Limousins selling to 229.5ppk from R Collinge & Son, Kirkham, with other beef cows generally 270-290ppk. 72% of the sale consisted of dairy cows which saw a top price of 349.5ppk for a young Holstein Friesian from J & G Thornley Ltd, Kirkham. Other dairy cows sold to 254.5ppk from GA & A Atkinson & Son, Cantsfield. Parlour type cows were regularly 210-240ppk with the lightest and leanest 180-205ppk. Top grossing beef cows another British Blue x from JE JA & J Hayhurst, Ellel achieving £2287, with dairy cows to £2280 for a Holstein Friesian from T Taylor, Woodplumpton.
OTM beef heifers sold to 398.45ppk for British Blue x from Wallbank Farms, Over Wyresdale and a Stabaliser from TJ Robinson, Milnthorpe. Other beef heifers were regularly 350-385ppk. Top grossing Stabaliser achieved £2333. OTM dairy heifers sold to 349.5ppk from H&SD Cornthwaite & Son, Garstang and GA&A Atkinson, Cantsfield with others regularly 310335ppk. Top grossing totalling £2380.
More cull cows required every week, with buyers also requesting prime cattle at this popular weekly sale.
OTM Cow Top Prices: Friesian: 349.5 Derby Lodge Farm, 254.5 Abbotson Farm, 249.5 Midge Hall Farm, 239.5 Holly House Farm, 239.5 Lower Lingart Farm, 229.5 Midge Hall Farm. British Blue: 309.5 Brunstow. Angus: £269.5 Sunderland Brows Farm. Limousin: £229 The Dingle. Fleckvieh: 199.5 Duckets Farm.
OTM Heifer Top Prices: Stabaliser: 389.5 Rowell Farm. British Blue: 389.5 Tills Farm. Angus: 384.5 Rowell Farm, 369.5 Tills farm, 369.5 Rowell Farm, 334.5 Sunderland Brows Farm. Friesian: 349.5 Abbotson Farm, 349.5 Kirkwood Lodge Farm, 344.5 Liscoe Farm, 339.5 Holme House Farm, 339.5 Kirkwood Lodge Farm, 334.5 Knowsley Farm.
Cast Steer Top Prices: Charolais: 389.5 Tills Farm.
Next Week's Upcoming Sales
Monday 7th
Lancaster: 10am Prime Hoggs & Cast Sheep
11am Sheep with Lambs at Foot
J36: 9am-4pm Machinery Viewing
Tuesday 8th
J36: From 9am Online Machinery Sale concludes 10:30am Pigs
11am Sheep with Lambs at Foot 1pm Prime Hoggs & Cast Sheep
Wednesday 9th
J36: 9am-4pm Machinery Collection
Friday 11th
Lancaster: 10:15am Calves & OTM Cattle
11:15am Store Cattle
