Weekly Report and Newsletter - 7th February 2025
Lancaster Auction Mart: Sale of Prime Hoggs & Cast Sheep. Monday 3rd February 2025.
No messing on Mondays at NWA Lancaster - Prime hoggs to £190 and 418p/kg, Cull ewes to £140.
Prime Hoggs
The call for prime hoggs was answered, a larger entry forward was greeted by a fast and competitive trade with an SQQ of 343p/kg. Standard weight hoggs sold to an extremely competitive trade, with over weights perhaps seeing the greatest level of resistance.
Well fed and well-bred hoggs continue to sell to a premium, topping at £190 for a pair of Beltex cross from KA Purtill, Wigan with other at £184 from GM&A Jackson, Little Eccleston and J Twigge, Lindale. Others were regularly £170 to £180. A top of 418p/kg was achieved by GM&A Jackson, Little Eccleston selling Beltex cross. Others exceeding the 400p/kg barrier was KA Purtill, Wigan and ST Birkett & Son, Carnforth with endless other pens 375p/kg to 395p/kg.
Well finished first cross hoggs were regularly £155 to £165 and 340p/kg to 365p/kg. Hill bred hoggs sold to £159 and 335p/kg for Cheviots.
Mule/Mashams sold to £151 and 322p/kg, Herdwicks to £144 and 272p/kg, with others horned hoggs to £130. Several pens of lighter weight hoggs forward sold to £152, with other pens of well-bred Continentals £128 to £136, ranging from 300p/kg to 360p/kg.
Keep these hoggs coming, with additional buyer enquires coming forward ahead of next week.
Prime Hoggs Top Prices: BELTEX: £190 Oak Aveune, £184 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £179 Oak Aveune, £175 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £175 The Hawthornes, £172 Oak Aveune. TEXEL: £184, £180 Holmelands, £179 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £178 Holmelands, £178 Park Farm Barn, £176 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage. CHAROLAIS: £177 Holmelands. CONTINENTAL: £171 Holmelands, £151 Bensons Farm, £150 Park Farm Barn, £150 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £148 Low Croft, £147 Holmelands. SUFFOLK: £170 Low Croft, £167 Oak Aveune, £164 Low Croft, £156, £154 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £149 Pilling Hall Farm. ZWARTBLE: £166 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage. CHEVIOT: £159, £151, £138, £134 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £134 Marshaw Farm. DORSET: £153 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage. MASHAM: £151 Low Croft, £150, £148 Allcocks Farm. MULE: £146, £139 Park Farm Barn, £136 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £133 Brown Brook, £130 Overhouses, £115 Old Parkside Farm. HERDWICK: £144 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage. SCOTCH BLACKFACE: £136 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage. HORNED: £130 Overhouses. LEICESTER: £120 Old Parkside Farm. SWALEDALE: £118, £105 Marshaw Farm, £90 Old Parkside Farm.
Cast Sheep
Cast sheep saw a rise in price with all sold average £136, the best continentals sold to £240 for Texel from R&DL Cornthwaite, Nateby with others at £220 from D&K Swarbrick, Out Rawcliffe and £194 from J Gardner, Bay Horse. Heavy weight Mules sold to £159 again from R&DL Cornthwaite, with others £140 to £152. Medium ewes of all breeds were regularly £128 to £140. Several pens of hill ewes forward saw Cheviot to £141 and £140 from CJ Metcalfe, Ingleton with Swaledales to £97 from KM&KJ Curwen, Abbeystead.
Cast Ewes Top Prices: TEXEL: £240, £234 Humblescough Farm, £220 Bensons Farm, £208 Humblescough Farm, £194, £186 Haversham House Farm. MULE: £159 Humblescough Farm, £150 Moss Gate Farm, £150 Bensons Farm, £144, £134, £130 Low Moor Head farm, CHEVIOT: £141, £140, £126, £102 Yarlsber. SWALEDALE: £97, £78 Marshaw Farm.
Store Hoggs
A seasonal entry of store hoggs sold to a top of £102 with all sold average £97, for predominantly long keep continentals.
Store Hoggs Top Prices: CONTINENTAL: £102 Low Pleasant. TEXEL: £100, £98, £91 Low Pleasant.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: February Online Machinery Sale, Tuesday 4th February 2025.
The popular monthly online sale of machinery at NWA J36 once again saw a wide range of vehicles, machinery and equipment on sale and selling to buyers from throughout the United Kingdom.
Several tractors forward this month with a Case JX90 comes with loader achieving £11,300, JCB Fastrac at £7900, John Deere 2650 at £6000, other vehicles included a Ford Ranger pickup at £4250, Hitchi Digger at £4200, Forklift truck at £4000 and a Ford Transit Van at £3500.
Seasonal machinery was extremely well sought after with a McHale Straw Chopper at £6000, Primex Tanker at £4100, Power Harrows at £3000, Teagle Chopper at £2300 and Slurry Stirrer at £1900!
Other items of interest included an Ifor Williams Plant Trailer at £5100, Catering trailer at £3700, Kubota RTV at £3000, calf trailer at £2000, Honda quad bike at £1550 and bale trailer at £1350.
Prime Hoggs- Trade strengthens yet again
February 2025.
Prime hoggs take another lift on the week, with a new gear found for the best and fittest end of sheep.
A pair of Charollais topped today’s sale from TA Teasdale, Grange Over Sands at £224.
A pair of Texels from F&SA Edmondson, Ulverston hit £220.
A group of three Texels from PJ&ES Rogerson, Appleby sold to 415p/kg.
Many more sheep sold over the two-hundred-pound mark or just short of it, more than seen in a long time, accompanied with huge numbers selling between 380p/kg to 400p/kg.
Horned and hill sheep were also dearer on the week for the most part, with good meat selling whatever the breed.
Cheviots sold to 355p/kg from Stockdale Farms, Sedbergh.
Hardwicka sold to 330p/kg from JJ France, Caton.
Dalesbreds sold to 328p/kg from R Capstick, Ingleton.
Handy weight sheep were again in most demand. A 37kg Texel from JE Wightman, Lupton sold to £140, and another the same weight made the same money from JJ France, Caton. A pen of eight 38kg hoggs from MW&MR Black, Kendal sold at £143. 41kg hoggs from KA Purtill, Wigan sold to £162 or 395p/kg, while a pen of eight Charollais at 44kg hit £169. Heavier hoggs from PJ&ES Rogerson, Appleby achieved £202 at 49kg, while 48kg hoggs from the same home made £189. Even heavy sheep were dearer again, with 54kg from the same home reaching £195 or 361.1p/kg. All in an overall market average of 337p/kg was achieved, with buyers still hungry for more at the final whistle. For more info call Joel McGarva on 07920009097.
Prime Hoggs Top Prices: Charolaise: £224 Head House, £180 Riverside Cottage, £169 £142 Lane Ends Farm, £141 Arklid Farm, £136 Lane Ends Farm. Texel: £220 Netherhouses Farm, £212 High Swinklebank Farm, £202 Mason Gill, £197 Nook Farm, £196 Head House, £196 Gaskell House. Suffolk: £209 £188 Netherhouses Farm, £180 Helm Croft, £179 £171 Netherhouses Farm, £170 Helm Croft, £163 Yoad Pot. Mule: £171 Holme House Farm, £165 Hareden Farm, £163 Tailbert, £159 Helm Croft, £158 Holme House Farm. Continental: £169 Scar Farm, £155 Gibraltar Farm, £146 Meadow Croft, £144 Bouthwaite Farm. Masham: £169 Holme House Farm. Dutch Spotted: £158 £145 £139 Lane Ends Farm. Cheviot: £157 Low Barrows Green Farm, £155 £138 Bowers Farm, £121 High Farm. Swale: £150 £140 £139 Netherhouses Farm, £138 Wilcocks Farm, £134 Arklid Farm, £125 Yoad Pot, £124 Dale End. Dalesbread: £147 Bouthwaite Farm, £139 £138 Dale End, £129 Lynacres, £128 Dale End, £126 Farleton House. Beltex: £140 Gibraltar Farm. Rough: £134 Riverside Cottage, £121 Millriggs. Scottish: £134 Farleton House. Dorset: £126 Station Hotel Farm. Leicester: £125 Hillcroft. Hampshire: £121 High Farm.
Cast Sheep- Culls cruise at NWA J36
Cull sheep of all classes and types took a sharp rise in trade, with ten buyers ringside all keen to fill ordered and asking for more each week. Several stronger and pure ewes sold to £300 for Texels, with others £250 to £290 and the mediums £175 to £210. First cross ewes sold to £250 for Texel cross, other stronger end ewes were £170 to £200, mediums £140 to £165 and the leaner end £110 to £130. Mules sold to £192 for Cheviot Mules, £180 North Country Mules, £170 Herdwick Mules and £168 Rough Fell Mules. Endless stronger pens were £145 to £160, mediums £130 to £140 and the leaner end £110 to £125. Pure hill ewes sold to £170 for Cheviots, £142 Dalesbreds, £142 Rough Fells, £132 Swaledales, £126 Lonks and £96 Herdwicks. Meated horned ewes were £100 to £115, mediums £90 to £100 with leaner framed ewes £80 to £90. The smallest sorts were regularly £70 to £80, with only the smallest less.
Several yearling goats sold to £102. Cull rams sold to £195 for the best medium continentals, with others £160 to £190. Hill rams sold to £160 for SBF and £132 for Swaledale’s.
For all cast sheep sales enquiries, please contact auctioneer Matthew Probert.
Cast Ewes Top Prices: Texel: £300, £298, £250 Storth End Farm, £230 Meadow View, £200 Station Hotel Farm, £194 Gibraltar Farm. Cheviot Mule: £192 Low Barrows Green Farm, £186 Green Lane End Farm. Mule: £180 Far Kiln Beck, £170 Netherhouses Farm, £168 Myers Farm, £166 Woodside, £162 Meadow View, £156 Low Newton Farm. Continental: £170 Low Barrows Green Farm, £164 Meadow View, £160 Bowers Farm, £150 Cumbrae, £148 Head House, £136 Nook Farm. Leicester:
£170 Hill Park, £164, £158 Yoad Pot, £150 Low Newton Farm, £138 Low Longmire, £124 Ashstead. Cheviot: £170 Low Brundrigg, £168 Green Lane End Farm, £168 Ashstead, £148 Low Gregg Hall, £138 Meadow View, £134 Whelpside Farm. Suffolk: £164 Meadow View. Dalesbred: £142 Brown Brooks, £138 Fell End Farm, £130 Brown Brook. Rough Fell: £142 Bowers Farm, £136 Howes Lodge. Dorset: £138, £120 Farleton House, £116 Cumbrae. Swaledale: £132 Netherhouses Farm, £130 Low Longmire, £128 Hillcroft, £118 Yoad Pot, £102, £98 Whelpside Farm. Horned: £126 The Howes, £116 High Green Farm, £89 (2) Higher Salter, £86 High Green Farm. Goat: £102 Burnhead Farm. Herdwick: £96 Far Kiln Beck, £88 Hoses Farm, £76 Gilpin Farm.
Cast Ram Top Prices: Suffolk: £195 Calderside Farm. Texel: £180 High Greenside, £172 Lockbank, £170, £160 Bowers Farm, £126 Low Longmire, £112 The Plough Inn. Leicester: £160 Calderside Farm, £122 Low Longmire. Scottish Blackface: £160 Riverside Cottage. Swaledale: £132 Calderside Farm, £108 Burnhead Farm. Continental: £126 The Plough Inn. Beltex: £125, £120 The Plough Inn, £120 High Greenside. Dutch Spot: £112 The Plough Inn.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Sale of Calves, OTM Cattle & Store Cattle. Thursday 6th February 2025.
Calves- “New ring takes trade to new levels”
92 forward
Just look at these averages:
• Bull calves: £513.59
• Heifer calves: £469.39
• Black & Whites: £257.35
Bull calves sold to £730 for British Blue from JB Morley, Appleby with Charolais to £710 and £700 from JH Towers & Son, Tunstall. 3 more British Blues at £670 to include 1 month old and 4 days old from JW & TE Sharp Ltd, Lyth. Aberdeen Angus to £650, £620 and £610 for JH Towers & Son, Tunstall with younger end to £550 from W & S Airey, Whittington. Sub 30 days calves to £530 for Charolais from JN & DJ Bowes, Crook and £470 for Messrs Sowerby, Appleby. Heifer calves sold to £670 with the top spot shared by JB Morley for British Blue and JH Towers & Son, Tunstall for Charolais with others at £650 from this same home. 4–5-week British Blue from JW & TE Sharp to £640, £610 and £600. Aberdeen Angus to £580 twice from JH Towers & Son, Tunstall and Hereford to £510 from AK & BM Robinson, Arkholme. Sub 30 days heifers sold to £480 for Charolais from Messrs Sowerby, Appleby. More black and white calves forward, selling to £325 from AK & BM Robinson, Arkhome with 6 week old to £285 from DW & EA Cottam, New Hutton.
Contact Will Rogerson with any calf enquiries on 07506283587
Bull Calf Top Prices: British Blue: £730 Hadderdale Farm, £670 Hadderdale Farm, £670 Flodder Hall, £620 Hadderdale Farm, £580 Hadderdale Farm. Charolais: £710 Tunstall Hall, £700 Tunstall Hall, £530 Low Brundrigg, £500 Townhead Farm, £470 Townhead Farm. Angus: £650 Tunstall Hall, £620 Tunstall Hall, £610 Tunstall Hall, £550 West Hall, £540 West Hall, £520 West Hall. Limousin: £610 Tunstall Hall, £410 Moss House Farm, £390 Holmescales Farm, £380 Holmescales Farm, £350 Holmescales Farm. Friesian: £480 Kitchlow Farm, £360 Tunstall Hall, £325 Kitchlow Farm, £285 Hagg Farm, £180 Old Hall Fam, £180 Low Brundrigg. Dairy Shorthorn: £160 Wyke Farm.
Heifer Calf Top Prices: Charolais: £670 Tunstall Hall, £650 Tunstall Hall, £620 Tunstall Hall £510 Holmescales Farm, £480 Townhead Farm. British Blue: £670 Hadderdale Farm, £640 Flodder Hall, £610 Flodder Hall, £600 Tunstall Hall, £600 Flodder Hall, £590 Elm Tree Farm. Angus: £580 Tunstall Hall, £560 Tunstall Hall, £510 West Hall, £470 Old Hall Farm, £460 Old Hall Farm. Hereford: £510 Kitchlow Farm, £460 Kitchlow Farm. Shorthorn: £450 Flodder Hall. Limousin: £440 Moss House Farm, £395 Holmescales Farm, £340 Moss House Farm.
Stirks- The Robinson ring roars with stirks selling to new heights.
The ever-increasing popular sale of weaned calves and stirks saw the largest entry to date, with 156 forward and sold. New and additional buyers were in attendance from the northern counties, midland and Wales, all keen to return well suited with the quality of cattle presented.
Steers sold to a top price of £1360 for a pen of four seven month old Limousin steers from PJ Holt & Sons, Blackpool. B Heys, Mosborough sold nine month olds at £1240. Messrs Barker, Penrith sold seven month old Charolais cross at £1210, with endless pens of seven to ten month old steers £1000 to £1180. Dairy bred steers sold to £970 for ten month old British Blue cross from S Cleasby, Brough on Furness, who also sold Aberdeen Angus cross at £960. Younger native sired steers were generally £800 to £880, topping at £890 for Aberdeen Angus cross from T Parker, Bentham. Dairy steers sold to £950 for twelve month old black and whites from JR Robinson & Son, Nook.
Heifer stirks sold to £1140 for a pair of eight month old Limousin cross from B Heys, Mosborough with seven month olds to £1090 from PJ Holt, Blackpool and six month old Blonde and Limousin £1010 from JA&J Harper, Sedbergh. Other six to seven month old suckler bred heifers were generally £850 to £990. Diary bred British Blue cross heifers sold to £870 from M Gibson, Sedbergh who sold others at £810. Younger native sired heifers were £550 to £700.
Bull stirks saw a top price of £1220 for a pair of six month old Charolais cross bulls from AG&ME Clarkd, Grange Over Sands with others £1150 from J Turnball, Meathop. Five month old Blondes were £970 from JA&J Harper, Sedbergh. A ring full of six month old Stabilisers from M Allen, Yealand sold at £880. Younger six month old dairy bred bulls were generally £650 to £800.
The prompt 10.15am start was greeted by buyers approval, who are all keen to attend the next sale of Thursday 20th February. Vendors are encouraged to enter all classes of stirks with confidence, please contact auctioneer Matthew Probert with any stirk enquires on 07540 446667.
Bull Stirk Top Prices: Charolais: £1220 Cartmel Fell, £1150 Meathop Park Farm Lodge. Blonde: £970 Capplethwaite Hall. Stabilizer: £880 Yealand Manor. Hereford: £870 Higher Salter. British Blue: £870 Bow Bridge, £850 Capplethwaite Hall, £700 Coldcotes Farm. Angus: £630 Coldcotes Farm.
Heifer Stirk Top Prices: Limousin: £1140 Mossborough, £1090 Breedy Butts Farm, £1010 Capplethwaite Hall, £990 Mossborough, £970 Mossborough, £890 Mossborough. Blonde: £1010 Capplethwaite Hall. Charolais: £970 Noran Bank Farm, £910 Noran Bank Farm, £810 Somme Avenue. British Blue: £870 Mouse Syke, £810 Mouse Syke, £710 Mouse Syke. Angus: £770 Angerton Farm, £550 Deerslet Farm.
Steer Stirk Top Prices: Limousin: £1360 Breedy Butts Farm, £1240 Mossborough, £1140 Mossborough, £1090 Mossborough, £1080 Little Musgrave, £1070 Mossborough. Charolais: £1210 Noran Bank Farm, £1190 Noran Bank Farm, £1170 Noran Bank Farm, £970 Noran Bank Farm. Angus: £1180 Little Musgrave Farm, £100 Black Bull Farm, £960 Angerton Farm, £890 The View, £740 The View, £650 Deerslet Farm. Simmental: £1100 Black Bull Farm, £900 Black Bull Farm. Shorthorn: £1080 Low Barrows Green Farm. British Blue: £970 Angerton Farm. Friesian: £950 Hollins Farm. Hereford: £840 The View.
Beef Breeding Cattle
North West Auctions had the pleasure of conducting the 5th annual production sale of Sim Luing heifers on behalf of Low Moor Howe, Winster. Which saw buyer interest from all four nations all keen to secure these high health status replacements, which have proved themselves over recent years. This sale peaked at £3000 for a single heifer, being one of the best ever presented. Closely followed by a pair at £2850 and a trio at £2700. Others from this consignment were regularly £2300 to £2500, with an overall average of £2504.
Bulling Heifers Top Prices: Simmental: £3000 High House Farm, £2850 High House Farm, £2700 High House Farm, £2500 High House Farm, £2450 High House Farm, £2400 High House Farm.
Store Cattle- Unprecedented gains
The remarkable surge in store cattle prices continues! Those not bidding on cattle stood and watched with mouths wide open. The new era of cattle trading is upon us and is truly eye watering.
Twenty one month old Charolais bullocks sold to £2260 from H Morgan, Stalmine. Eleven month old Charolais bullocks sold to £1700 from WA Atkinson, Ulverston.
Seven month old Limousin bullocks sold to £1620 from JT Proctor, Grange Over Sands. Whether big or small, old or young, another new gear was found at Junction 36 today.
Other bullocks sold to £2100 at twenty one months from H Morgan, Stalmine. Two more Limousins from FW Park, Windermere achieved £2060 at twenty months old. Hereford bullocks hit £2040 from JL Bird, Grange Over Sands. Limousin heifers at nineteen and twenty months from FW Park, Windermere reached £1960. Even younger British Blues sold to £1820 from TMW&H Hodgson, Ulverston. Twelve month old Limousins from D&A Nicholson, Ulverston hit £1660. Runs of cattle at ten to eighteen months sold fiercely from start to finish, ranging from £1600 to £1800.
Entries are now accepted for our next sale in two weeks’ time, which also features a section for store bulls, which was very successful last time out and is definitely worth getting in touch about. Prize money will be awarded to the top price bull and the top price pen of three or more bulls. For further enquires please call Joel McGarva on 07920009097.
Store Bullock Top Prices: Charolais: £2260 West Lynn, £1880 Ridding Side Farm, £1790 Cockrigg Farm, £1750 Mount Gawne Road, £1740 Mount Gawne Road, £1700 Ridding Side Farm. Limousin: £2100 West Lynn, £2060 The Howes, £1980 The Howes, £1790 Arklid Farm. Hereford: £2040 West Plain Farm, £1900 Blea Tarn Road, £1760 Gowan Bank Farm, £1760West Plain Farm, £1730 Gowan Bank Farm. British Blue: £1900 Scroggs Farm, £1740 Birks Farm, £1440 Riddings, £1350 Cold Seat Barn, £1180 School Hill. Angus: £1880 Bradley Farm, £1720 Tarnside Farm, £1690 Arklid Farm, £1630 Bouthwaite Farm, £1500 Little Fell Farm. Continental: £1760 Capplerigg Farm, £1350 Higher Salter. Bazadaise: £1700 Bouthwaite Farm. Friesian: £1380 Arklid Farm. Simmental: £1580 Nun House. Shorthorn: £1560 Holmelands, £1140 Mount Gawne Road, £980 Cartmel Fell. Highland: £1400 Mount Gawne Road, £1140 Mount Gawne Road. Dairy Shorthorn: £1140 Mount Gawne Road.
Store Heifers Top Prices: Limousin: £1960 The Howes, £1920 The Howes, £1750 Birch Bank, £1680 Cockrigg Farm, £1660 Birch Bank, £1660 Mount Gawne Road. British Blue: £1820 Arklid Farm, £1720 Skye House Farm, £1700 Tarnside Farm, £1680 Riddings, £1590 Riddings, £1550 Riddings. Charolais: £1750 Mount Gawne Road, £1700 Angerton Farm, £1700 Low Longmire, £1680 Mount Gawne Road, £1560 Mount Gawne Road. Hereford: £1720 Low Longmire, £1600 Little Fell Farm, £1300 West Plain Farm, £1100 Rankthorn, £1040 Coldcotes Farm, £960 Nun House. Angus: £1680 Bradley Farm, £1680 Bouthwaite Farm, £1660 Arklid Farm, £1620 Tarnside Farm, £1590 Little Fell Farm, £1510 Birks Farm. Blonde: £1500 Mount Pleasant Farm, £1440 Mount Pleasant Farm. Simmental: £1370 Nun House. Highland: £1330 Holmelands. Longhorn: £1230 Bouthwaite Farm. Galloway: £1100 Rankthorn.
Store Bull Top Prices: Friesian: £1120 Scales Park Farm. Galloway: £880 High Wallabarrow Farm.
OTM Cattle- Cull cows trade fast and furious at NWA J36
The ever-popular sale of cull cows saw all cows forward sell to an average of 221p/kg. OTM heifers averaged 267p/kg and OTM steers 285p/kg.
The best of the beef cows sold to 279.5p/kg for a Limousin from Lakeland Farm Visitor Centre, Ings. Others achieved 269.5p/kg for a Limousin from JA&J Harper, Sedbergh and P&TL Edmondson, Kirkby in Furness. Endless medium cows were 230p/kg to 250p/kg, with leaner feeding types 200p/kg to 225p/kg. Top grossing beef cows was a South Devon from AT Threlkeld, Ulverston achieving £2066. An Aberdeen Angus cow from PC Sansom, Underbarrow achieved £1934 with endless beef cows £1550 to £1800. Dairy cows sold to 244.5p/kg for a British Friesian from RJ&ML Lowery, Cartmel. An entry of predominately parlour type cows were 190p/kg to 215p/kg. Top grossing being a British Friesian again from RJ&MJ Lowery, Ulverston at £1857, with other dairy cows generally £1200 to £1380.
OTM heifers sold to 294.5p/kg and £1802 for a Black and white from B&JM Crowe, Witherslack with beef heifers to 279.5p/kg and £1802 for Hereford from RJ&J Gardner, Natland.
OTM steers sold to 299.5p/kg and £2009 for an Aberdeen Angus cross from BJ Bowness, Kendal. More cows are required at each sale to satisfy buyers requirements.
OTM Cow Top Prices: Limousin: 279.50 Lakeland Farm, 269.50 Capplethwaite Hall, 264.50 St Annes Farm, 254.50 Lakeland Farm, 249.50 Scroggs Farm, 249.50 Troughton Hall. British Blue: 269.50 Low Hall Farm, 244.50 Lane End, 219.50 Lower Hawthwaite. Angus: 249.50 Mislet Farm, 244.50 Scarfoot, 239.50 Mislet Farm. Friesian: 244.50 Shorthorn Farm, 214.50 Shorthorn Farm, 204.50 Mire House Farm, 199.50 Scales Park Farm, 184.50 Scales Park Farm, 184.50 Mire House Farm. Simmental: 244.50 Maidenlands Tarn.Shorthorn: 239.50 Low Barrows Green Farm, 229.50 Low Barrows Green Farm. South Devon: 239.50 Bowkerstead Farm. Hereford: 239.50 Lane Ends Farm, 224.50 Lane Ends Farm, 189.50 Lane Ends Farm. Flekvieh: 224.50 Wyke Farm, 204.50 Wyke Farm. Continental: 224.50 Maidenlands Tarn, 149.50 Spice Gill Farm. Galloway: 199.50 High Wallabarrow Dairy Shorthorn: 189.50 Craketrees. Longhorn: 184.50 Kate Farm. Jersey: 154.50 High House Farm.
OTM Heifer Top Prices: Friesian: 294.50 Birks Farm, 279.50 Birks Farm. Hereford: 279.50 Natland Mill Beck Farm, 259.50 Natland Mill Beck Farm. Limousin: 189.50 Mossborough.
Cast Steer Top Prices: Galloway: 269.50 Lane End.
Cast Bull Top Prices: Continental: 234.50 Holmelands.
Lancaster Store Cattle: Sale of Calves, OTM Cattle & Store Cattle. Friday 7th February 2025.
Fast and furious Fridays at NWA Lancaster saw prices across all three sale rings rise again, with many customers reporting trade well ahead of other local centres.
Calves & Stirks- Weaned stirks to £1070 and calves to £740.
70 calves and weaned stirks in today’s sale, with trade continuing to rise.
Bull calves sold to £740 for a Limousin cross from Drinkall Bros, Over Wyresdale, with Aberdeen Angus cross close behind at £700 from I Richardson, Catforth. Herefords sold to £600 from JR Newsham, Conder Green with younger British Blues to £570 for Barber Farms, Claughton on Brock, £550 from JP&C Robson, Garstang and £530 from Wallbank Farms, Over Wyresdale. Black and Whites sold to £430 from JR Newsham, Conder Green with others to £420 from this home. Heifer calves sold to £690 for one of three very sweet British Blues from RE&P Miller, Barnacre with the remainer achieving £670 and £650. A&T Smith, Longridge sold British Blues to £525 for six week olds, with JP&C Robson, Garstang selling to £500 for the same age. Aberdeen Angus cross sold to £420 from Wallbank Farms, Over Wyresdale with the very youngest to £350 from J Bargh & Son, Morecambe.
Weaned stirks were a phenomenal trade, reaching £1070 for Aberdeen Angus cross bullocks from J&M Coar, Waddington. This same home sold Aberdeen Angus cross to £1000 and Hereford cross to £910. Younger freshly weaned sorts from AJ Metcalfe, Out Rawcliffe sold away to £710 for Aberdeen Angus cross bullocks and £620 for Aberdeen Angus cross heifers.
Heifer Calf Top Prices: British Blue: £690 Lower Lingart Farm, £670 Lowe Lingart Farm, £650 Lower Lingart Farm, £525 Carlinghurst, £500 Roe Farm, £480 Roe Farm. Angus: £620 Moss Gate Farm, £420 Tills Farm, £410 Tills Farm, £350 North Farm, £345 North Farm, £280 North Farm. Limousin: £410 Catshaw Hall Farm, £380 Catshaw Hall Farm.
Bull Calf Top Prices: Limousin: £740 Catshaw Hall Farm, £640 Catshaw Hall Farm. Angus: £700 West View Farm, £660 Catshaw Hall Farm, £500 West View Farm, £480 West View Farm, £460 Lane Head Farm, £450 Walkers I’th Fields. Hereford: £600 Sellerly Farm, £440 Sellerly Farm, £400 Bolton Fold Farm, £370 Bolton Fold Farm. British Blue: £600 Walkers I’th Fields, £570 Manor House Farm, £550 Roe Farm, £530 Tills Farm, £530 Roe Farm, £470 Walkers I’th Fields. Friesian: £430 Sellerly Farm, £420 Sellerly Farm. Ayrshire: £170 Bolton Fold Farm.
Steer Calf Top Prices: Angus: £710 Moss Gate Farm, £640 Moss Gate Farm, £505 Carlinghurst, £480 West View Farm.
Heifer Stirk Top Prices: Angus: £1000 Fields Farm. Hereford: £910 Fields Farm.
Steer Stirk Top Prices: Angus: £1070 Fields Farm, £890 Fields Farm, £830 Fields Farm. Hereford: £890 Fields Farm.
Store Cattle
All classes of store cattle once again sold to new levels, with all steers averaging £1832, all heifers £1673 and bulls £1623. Endless pens of steers were £2000 to £2250, with a top price of £2350 achieved for a pair of Aberdeen Angus cross steers from T&E Garlick & Son, Freckleton and a pair of Charolais cross steers from EE Thornton, Heaton who also sold Aberdeen Angus steers to £2320. Stronger feeding steers were £1700 to £1950, to include top price dairy steers being a ring full of British Friesian achieving £1820. Younger steers sold to £1550 for fourteen month old British Blue cross, with others generally £1380 to £1500.
Heifers sold to a trop of £2340 for a trio of British Blue cross from R&DM Rossall & Son, Pilling. A Limousin achieved £2200 from PM&ST Entwistle, Abbeystead with others breaking the £2000 barrier from Barlow Bros, Croston and HR&KA Hodgson, Barbon. Stronger end feeding heifers were regularly £1680 to £1900, with the younger end selling to £1600 and regularly £1280 to £1450. The sale commenced with several feeding bulls which saw Aberdeen Angus cross sell to £1700 and Montbeliarde to £1600 from WR&CM Lawrenson, Winmarleigh.
Vendors are encouraged to enter cattle with confirmed for this popular weekly sale, catalogue entries are required by 12 noon each Monday.
Store Bullock Top Prices: Angus: £2350 Grange Farm, £2320 Downlands Farm, £2200 Lane Head Farm, £2120 Pasture House Farm, £2000 Grange Farm, £1960 Snub Snape Farm. Charolais: £2350 Downlands Farm, £2220 Fell End Farm, £1880 Ghyll Beck Farm. Limousin: £2280 Lentworth Farm, £2250 Howriggs, £2200 Wilmar Farms, £2180 Fell End Farm, £2150 Wilmar Farms, £1720 Wilmar Farms. British Blue: £2280 Birch Croft, £1900 Fell End Farm, £1880 Outerthwaite Farm, £1800 Thursgill, £1780 Windy Hill Farm, £1680 Carlinghurst. Friesian: £1820 Downlands Farm, £1680 Lane Head Farm, £1680 Wilmar Farms, £1550 Hall Farm, £1550 Plumpton Hall Farm. Montbelliarde: £1680 Carlinghurst, £1480 Moss House Farm. MRI: £1600 Littlewood Hall Farm. Hereford: £1550 Ghyll Beck Farm, £1480 Mealbank, £1320 Birkland Barrow, £1050 Middle Ridge Farm.
Store Heifer Top Prices: British Blue: £2340 Abrahams Farm, £1880 Sewage Farm, £1750 Barn Hill Farm, £1700 Thursgill, £1680 High House Farm, £1520 Abbotsons Farm. Limousin: £2200 Lentworth Farm, £1920 Hall Farm, £1880 Fellside Farm, £1800 High House Farm, £1700 High House Farm, £1700 Ghyll Beck Farm. Simmental: £2050 Littlewood Hall Farm, £1800 Thursgill. Charolais: £2020 Whelpside Farm, £1680 Windy Hill Farm. Angus: £1980 Betts Farm, £1920 Grange Farm, £1850 Outerthwaite Farm, £1850 Grange Farm, £1850 Thursgill, £1760 Snub Snape Farm. Hereford: £1920 Betts Farm, £1850 Pasture House Farm, £1700 St Johns Avenue, £1600 St Johns Avenue, £1600 Park Farm Barn, £1480 Sewage Farm. Montbelliarde: £1700 Yeat House. Flekvieh: £1620 Wilmar Farms, £1580 Holme Head. Shorthorn: £1600 Park Farm Barn, £1550 Rowell Farm. Friesian: £1480 Tunstead Farm, £1480 Quakers Farm. Store Bull Top Prices: Angus: £1720 Thornton Barn Farm, £1700 Cumming Carr Farm. Montbelliarde: 31600 Cumming Carr Farm, £1360 Cumming Carr Farm.
OTM Cattle
The renowned Friday sale commenced with cull cows, which saw an average 234p/kg, for an entry of predominately parlour type dairy cows.
Of the few beef cows forward a top price of 269.5p/kg and £2196 was achieved for a Charolais from MJ Waller, Lupton. Other beef cows were regularly 240p/kg to 260p/kg and £1450 to £1600, for predominately feeding types. The best of the dairy cows sold to 231.5p/kg for a Montbeliarde from WR&CM Lawrenson, Winmarleigh and 225p/kg on three occasions for Holstein Friesians. Top grossing being £1804 for a Holstein Friesian from Lawsons Farm, Cockerham with other heavier diary cows £1400 to £1600 and parlour types £1150 to £1300.
OTM beef heifers sold to 329.5p/kg for a Limousin from Wilmar Farms, Great Eccleston. Top grossing being a Holstein Friesian from JH Towers, Tunstall totalling £2120.
OTM beef steers sold to 329.5p/kg and £2362 for British Blue cross from A Kirkby & Co, Pilling.
OTM Cow Top Prices: Charolais: 269.50 Carlingwha, 259.50 Middle Ridge Farm. Limousin: 259.50 Cragg End, 259.50 Carlingwha, 249.50 Fellside Farm, 249.50 Howriggs, 239.50 Cragg End. Simmental: 239.50 Fellside Farm. British Blue: 239.50 Fellside Farm, 224.50 Middle Ridge Farm. Angus: 239.50 Carlingwha, 229.50 Middle Ridge Farm, 229.50 Botton Head, 219.50 Botton Head. Friesian: 234.50 Bracken Hill, 229.50 Lane Head Farm, 229.50 Batty Hill, 229.50 Gardners Farm, 224.50 Sweetings Farm. Montbelliarde: 231.50 Cumming Carr Farm, 179.50 Cumming Carr Farm. MRI: 229.50 Littlewood Hall Farm. Other: 184.50 Walkers I’th Fields. Shorthorn: 179.50 Bracken Hill.
OTM Heifer Top Prices: Limousin: 329.50 Wilmar Farms. Friesian: 294.50 Tunstall Hall, 269.50 Wilmar Farms, 234.50 Batty Hill, 224.50 Bracken Hill, 189.50 Bracken Hill, 179.50 Bracken Hill.
Cast Steer Top Prices: British Blue: 329.50 Gulf Farm.
Next Week's Upcoming Sales
Monday 10th
Lancaster: 10am Prime Hoggs & Cast Sheep
Tuesday 11th
J36: 10:30am Pigs
1pm Prime Hoggs & Cast Sheep
Thursday 13th
J36: 10:30am In Lamb Breeding Sheep & Store Hoggs
Friday 14th
Lancaster: 10:15am Calves & OTM Cattle
11:15am Store Cattle
