North West Auctions Weekly Report and Newsletter – 10th December
Weekly report & newsletter Prime Stock Show & Sales NWA Lancaster The annual Christmas Prime Lamb show on at Lancaster had the strongest show of lambs out for some years. Thanks goes to our judge Andrew Finch of Dunbia and todays sponsor Jim Peet Agriculture. The Champion pen of Lambs was awarded to GR & A Foy of Parkside with a pen of Beltex. The champion lambs went onto sell for £120 to the judge. A strong trade throughout with a market average of 193ppk and SQQ of 194ppk for a larger entry of over 1,000 lambs forward. Best quality lambs sold 220ppk plus easily topping at 286ppk for the prize pen from GR & A Foy. First cross lambs sold around the 200ppk mark with a larger entry of hill bred lambs forward. Mules sold around 190ppk with horned lambs selling in and around the mid 180ppk.
Show Results: Texel/Beltex 1st GR & A Foy - £120 2nd GR & A Foy - £116 rd 3 EJ Ward & Son - £103
Mule/Masham 1st AG Butler - £84 2nd RH & C Ayrton - £83.50 rd 3 EN Wright & Son - £93
Horned 1st T & CM Kelsall - £77 2nd D France - £81 rd 3 JS & S Atkinson - £72.50
Suffolk 1st J Bargh & Son - £85.50
A fantastic entry of Prime Cattle forward for the Christmas show. Frank Towers of Curwin Hill expertly judged and awarded the Champion rosette to Barbara Rayton of Winston with a British Blue heifer. Reserve Champion was the second prized heifer and was awarded to a stylish Limousin heifer from Kerry Foster of Tarleton. The first prized steer was won by Richard Preece of Thornbush and Brian Carter of Cragg End won the Bull class with a Limousin. Some tremdous cattle forward for the show was met by equally as strong trade. Clean cattle eagerly sort after with the champion heifer weighing 560kg and selling for 315ppk to Country Style Meats of Lancaster who also bought the reserve champion at 298ppk. A strong entry of prime bulls topped at 201.5ppk for the first prized bull from Brian Carter of Cragg End and a market average of 185ppk.
Show Results: Champion Res Champion
Barbara Rayton - British Blue Heifer – 315ppk Kerry Foster – Limousin Heifer – 298ppk
Prime Heifer 1st Barbara Rayton, Winston BRB 2nd Kerry Foster, Beach House LIM 3rd Barbara Rayton, Winston BRB
315ppk 298ppk 242ppk
Prime Bulls 1st B & SE Carter, Cragg End LIM 201.5ppk 2nd S & BM Lawrenson & Son, Northwoods Farm LIM
199.5ppk
Prime Heifers 1st RG & H Preece, Thornbush Farm LIM 220ppk
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Tuesday 9th December saw the weekly sale of primestock held at J36, where a fantastic show of 3,200 prime sheep were forward. This included our annual Christmas Show of Prime Lambs This year the judging duties were in the very capable hands of Mr Andrew Dawson of Sedbergh. An outstanding show of 50 pens of show sheep were forward over 5 classes and, after judging the classes, Andrew awarded the championship rosette and the Jack Ireton Trophy to a cracking pen of Beltex x lambs from Messrs M E Wannop & Sons of Heaton Hall. These went on later to sell for the top price of the day at £155/head to Mr Robert Skelton. Trade was fantastic from start to finish with the smart end of the lambs topping at 329.8p/kg, but regularly 230-260p/kg. Commercial first cross lambs were 210-225p/kg. Once again a good show of well finished hill lambs were forward. Mule lambs regulary £38-£42 over the weight. Horned lambs topped out at 201.4p/kg from Fishwick Brothers of Longsleddale for a pen of Swaledale lambs with the majority 185195p/kg. Trade ended up at 193.67p/kg for all sold, with half the lambs forward being hill bred. A big thank you to all vendors for the top quality show of lambs presented for sale to an active ringside of 15 buyers
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Show Results: Class 1 – Lowland sired lambs 1st – Fishwick Farms, Bank House, 46kg, £100 to Woodhead Brothers 2nd – J G & P H Thompson, Poppy Farm, 45kg, £99 to A Dawson on behalf of Vivers Scotlamb 3rd – Fishwick Farms, Bank House, 46kg, £91 to R Skelton Class 2 – Beltex sired lambs – Class kindly sponsored by the Northern Beltex Society 1st – M E Wannop & Sons, Heaton Hall, 47kg, £155 to R Skelton 2nd – Fishwick Farms, Bank House, 45kg, £104 to A Dawson on behalf of Vivers, Scotlamb 3rd – J G & P H Thompson, Poppy Farm, 39kg, £101 to A Dawson on behalf of Vivers, Scotlamb Class 3 – Mule Lambs 1st – P & T L Edmondson, Low Hall, 48kg, £86 to R Skelton 2nd – P & T L Edmondson, Low Hall, 48kg, £84.50 to R Skelton 3rd – F & S A Edmondson, Nether Houses Farm, 51kg, £87 to M Lomax
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Class 4 – Pure Hill Bred Lambs 1st – Low Moor Howe Farms, Winster, (Chev) 41kg, £84 to A Dawson 2nd – J J & M Metcalfe & Sons, Orchard House (Chev), 39kg, £73 to Woodhead Brothers 3rd – A W & A M Clarke, Low Longmire (Swale), 43kg, £75 to Dunbia Class 5 – Rough Fell Lambs Class kindly sponsored by the Rough Fell Sheep Breeders Association 1st – G H Capstick & Sons, Birkhaw, 50kg, £82 to Lancashire Halal Direct 2nd – T,L, B & J Knowles, High Borrowbridge, 44kg, £78 to R Skelton 3rd – A E A Harrison, Boundary Beck, 40kg, £72 to Lancashire Halal Direct.
Champion pen – M E Wannop & Sons, Heaton Hall, 47kg, £155 (329.8p/kg) to R Skelton
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NWA Lancaster Sale Reports Friday 5th December Some fantastic cattle forward today and a real credit to vendors for the annual Christmas show and sale of Store Cattle. Thanks go to our judges David and Martin Wilcock who did a good job of placing what was an impressive show, with a dozen pairs of steers out to show and a strong entry of pairs of heifers. Winning the Tom Owen Memorial Trophy for the Champion pair of steers and retaining the title for a second year was J Capstick and Sons of Whicham Hall with a pair of Limousins. The heifer class was won by R Capstick and Son of Fell End Farm with a pair of British Blues. A big thank you goes to our show and sale sponsor HSBC Bank and there representative Mark Pearson. Plenty of good cattle on offer today sold to a strong trade throughout. The prize winners from J Capstick & Sons of Whicham Hall reached £1510 after some frantic bidding to Rod Owen of Bold. David Moorhouse of High House Farm sold a pair of Limousins to £1490 with plenty of other good steers selling over the £1250 mark. Charolais heifers sold to a top of £1300 from JD & GM Bracken of Greenlands Farm. There was a strong demand around the ring for all classes of cattle with Black and whites selling well and young growy cattle frantically bid after with more needed to meet a strong demand.
Store Cattle Show Results: Pair of Bullocks 1st J Capstick & Son, Whicham Hall £1510 2nd J Bargh, Old Woodhouse £1230 3rd A Edmondson, Hawkswell Farm £1280 Pair of Heifers 1st R Capstick, Fell End Farm £1200 2nd K Thomas, Hill Top £1180 3rd JD & GM Bracken, Greenlands Farm £1300
Store Cattle Top Prices: STORE BULLOCKS – FR- £1010 Outerthwaite Farm; £1000 Old Glasson Farm. AA- £1230 High Green; £1200 Croppers Farm; £1190 New Ridge Farm; £1170 Moss View. SHO- £1210 Far Mount Barrow; £1170 Lundholme Farm; £1160 Cock Hall Farm. GA- £520 Mellings Barn. WB- £670 Coventry Farm. LIM- £1510 Whicham Hall; £1490 High House Farm; £1380 Thornbush Farm. PA- £1120 Meolgate Av. CH- £1380 Meolgate Av; £1190 Brown Edge; £1190 Tarnwater Farm. HE- £1250 Whicham Hall; £1140 Far Mount; £960 Lower Castle O Trim. SIM- £1190 North Farm; £1100 West View Farm. BRB- £1320 Whicham Hall; £1280 Hawkswell Farm; £1230 Old Wood house. MO- £1290 Old Glasson Farm; £1120 North Farm; £1070 Cock Hall Farm; £1040 Fanny House Farm. SRW- £690 Knotts Farm. BA- £1220 The Dell; £1190 Tarnwater Farm; £1120 Meolgate Av. STORE HEIFERS – FR- £640 Higher Brundhurst Farm. AA- £1140 Underhelm Farm; £1060 Bouthwaite Farm; £1060 Windy Hill Farm. WB- £560 Coventry Farm. LIM£1230 Mee Farm; £1180 Hill Top; £1140 Cragg Farm; £1100 Bouthwaite Farm. CH- £1300 Greenlands Farm; £1070 Daniel Fold Farm; £980 Hill Top. HE- £1080 Windy Hill Farm. SIM- £1200 Church Street; £860 West View Farm. ST- £720 Knotts Farm. BRB- £1200 Fell End Farm; £1050 High House; £1020 Hill Top. MO- £910 Higher Brundhurst Farm. BAZ- £1100 Bouthwaite Farm; £870 Knotts Farm. BULLS – FR- £570 Dungeon Farm.
A nice entry of Cast Cows forward this morning saw well fleshed cows sell well. Topping the sale was JJ & MA Park selling a Frieisan heifer to 164.5ppk. Beef Cows sold to a top of 159.5ppk for a Limousin from JE Bracken, St Michaels. Black and White Cows sold to 129.5ppk from TE Kidd, Quernmore. Top price per head of £1403 from M & L Preece for a Blue Bull. Cast Cow Top Prices: CAST COWS – FR- 129.5 Booth Hall; 127.5 Chapel House; 124.5 Blackwood End. AA- 139.5 Braida Garth. LIM- 159.5 New House Farm; 149.5 Hawkswell Farm; 139.5 Braida Garth; 104.5 Leighton House. SIM- 149.5 New House Farm; 119.5 Marsh House Farm. MO- 79.5 Hawkin Hall; 69.5 Lane House. SRW- 151.5 Hillam Lane Farm. BRB- 127.5 The Dell; 69.5 Chapel House. CAST HEIFERS – FR- 164.5 Low Sizergh Farm; 114.5 Hazleslack Tower Farm; 94.5 Greaves Farm. AA- 139.5 Mee Farm. CAST/PRIME BULLS & BULLOCKS – FR- 139.5 Tunsteads Farm. AA- 109.5 Sandvilla. BRB- 141.5 High House Farm.
A good entry of Calves this morning with 70 forward to a very busy ring full of buyers for all classes of calves leading to a very strong trade. The Christmas Show this morning saw a very nice show of calves put before judges John & Thomas Kelsall, Ingleton. Champion Calf was awarded to Eileen and David Wallbank, a British Blue Bull at 1m 11days, which later went on to sell for the day’s top price of £500. Credit goes to Eileen and David Wallbank for turning out a fantastic pen of show calves, winning 4 of the 5 show classes as well as the Champion and Reserve. Native bred calves sold well, topping at £370 for bulls and £250 for heifers. Away from the show, Montbelliardes sold to £180 and Limousins to £350 both from David Townley, Winney Carr. A nice Charollais bull at 12weeks selling to £450. Black and White calves were a strong trade topping at £115 with other strong calves regularly £70-£98. Smaller younger B&W calves a considerably better trade, £40-£60. Stirks sold to a strong trade topping at £670 for a suckler bred Blue bullock at 7months from RH & C Ayrton. Bulls sold well with, Limousins to £515 and Blues to £480 from R Simm, St Helens.
Calf Show Results: Champion 554 Wallbank Farms LTD £500 British Blue Calf Reserve Champion 559 Wallbank Farms LTD £450 British Blue Calf Continental Bull 1st 554 Wallbank Farms LTD £500 2nd 559 Wallbank Farms LTD £450 3rd 530 AJ & AJ Gibbons £380
Continental Heifer 1st 553 Wallbank Farms LTD £360 2nd 528 AJ & AJ Gibbons £340 3rd 529 AJ & AJ Gibbons £330
Native Heifer 1st 555 Wallbank Farms LTD £250 2nd 551 Lawsons Farm LTD £210 3rd 550 Lawsons Farm LTD £240
Black & White 1st 532 T & CM Kelsall £98 2nd 557 Wallbank Farms LTD £115 3rd 531 T & CM Kelsall £58
Native Bull 1st 556 Wallbank Farms LTD £370 2nd 549 Lawsons Farms LTD £320
Calf Top Prices: BULL CALF – FR- £260 Old Holly Farm; £115 Tills Farm. AA- £370 Tills Farm; £320 Sweetings Farm; £265 Sandvilla. LIM- £350 Whinney Carr Farm; £288 Old Holly Farm. CH- £450 Stubb Hall Farm. BRB-£500 Tills Farm; £380 Catteralls Farm; £280 North Farm. MO- £180 Whinney Carr Farm. SRW- £230 Old Holly Farm. BULL STIRK – FR- £120 Sandvilla. LIM- £515 Grange Farm. BRB- £480 Grange Farm. HEIFER CALF – AA- £250 Tills Farm; £240 Sweetings Farm. LIM- £255 Old Holly Farm. BRB- £360 Tills Farm; £340 Catteralls Farm. HEIFER STIRK- £310 Sandvilla. BULLOCK STIRK- £670 Ouzelthorn Farm.
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NWA Lancaster Sale Reports Monday 8th December Continued from page one Cast Sheep sell to recent high prices and plenty more could of easily been sold today. Fit ewes regurly sold to the late eighties and into the early nineties. Mules sold to £91 from TE Kidd of Booth Hall and Texel ewes to the same price from WM Pye of Tarnwater.
Prime Lamb Top Prices: SUFF- £95.50 Old Grange Farm; £84 Tarnwater Farm. MASH- £96 Allcocks Farm. MULE- £86.50 Brown Brook; £84.50 Holme House; £84 Parks Farm Barn; 83.50 Ouzelthorn Farm. HB- £40 Tarnwater Farm. HORN- £83 Hall Croft Barn; Thank you to County Style Meats of Lancaster £81 Isle of Skye Farm; £78 Holme House. CH-£97.50 Walker House Farm; £96 Walmsley Fold; £92 Old Grange for purchasing todays champion Heifer Farm. TEX- £120 Parkside Farm; £103 Intack Farm; £100 New House Farm; £97.50 Walmsley Fold. SUFF£97.50 Walker House Farm; £89 Bambers Farm; £89 Booth Hall. MASH- £85 Holme House. MULE- £85 North 1080 Prime Lambs to £120 & 286.0p/kg Farm; £83.50 Isle of Skye Farm; £84.50 Bank Farm.
Cast Sheep Top Prices: MULE- £91 Booth hall; £76 Tarnwater Farm; £75 Low Kit Brow. CH- £90 Throstle Grove Nest. TEX- £91 Tarnwater Farm; £87 Newhouse Farm. LEI- £90 Isle of Skye Farm.
Prime Cattle Top Prices: Prime Bulls – FR- 119.5 Holmescales Farm. LIM- 201.5 Cragg End; 119.5 Northwoods Farm. BS- 189.5 Calcalds Farm. BRB- 194.5 Calcalds. MO- 171.5 Lane House.
Weights Standard 32 ½ -39 Medium 39 ½ -45 ½ Heavy 46 - 51 ½
Top 208.0 286.0 232.0
Av. 190.0 195.9 192.0
22 Prime Cattle to 315.0p/kg, £1764 Class Top Av. Prime Heifers 315.0 218.5 Prime Bullocks 220.0 220.0 Prime Bulls 201.5 184.3
NWA J36 Sale Reports Thursday 4th December STORE LAMBS SELL TO £90 at J36 The weekly sale of Store Lambs saw a fast trade with a large crowd of local and travelled buyers and sellers in attendance. The best bred lambs continue to sell to a premium topping at £90 for Beltex x from RA & C Benson, Gamswell Farm with others £85. Strong meated sorts sold from £68 to £75. Medium keep lambs generally £58 to £65 with harder bred long keep / small lambs £48 to £55. Ram lambs sold to £75 for Charollais x from Ashton Agriculture, medium keep £55 to £60. Small and hill bred £42 to £47. A few ewe lambs still forward selling to £81 for Mashams from RA Batty, Redhills. Vendors - please declare ram lambs at time of sale.
Store Lamb Top Prices: Beltex: £90 & £85 Gamswell Farm; £79 Goose Howe Barn. Texel: £75 Gamswell Farm; £74.50 Sunny Bank; £74 Brow Head; £72 Fell House; £71 Audlands Park; £70.50 High Wray Farm. Suff: £75 Mealrigg; £68 Barker Knott; £65 Cragg House; £63.50 Grate Farm. Masham: £81 (gimmers) Redhills. Mule: £67 High Borrowbridge; £64.50 Singleton Park; £63 Holker; £60 Roundthwaite Abbey, Lunesdale House. Swale: £56 Brockstones; £49.50 Ashlack Hall; £48.50 Rash Mill; £47 Mouse Syke. Rough Fell: £66 Steps Farm; £42.50 Rash Mill; £41 Murthwaite. Scotch B/F: £47 (gimmers) Roundthwaite Abbey. Horned: £59.50 Borwick Fold. Char: £75 Ashslack Hall; £68 Fell House; £67 Abbots Reading; £62 Barker Knott. Chev: £61.50 School House; £53 Fell House; £49.50 Ewan Mill. Herdwick: £45 Borwick Fold Farm; £38 Cockley Beck.
The weekly sale of Calves at J36 had a reduced entry forward with many vendors holding back their calves for next weeks Christmas Show. As per usual at J36 plenty of buyers around the ring helped the calves forward sell to a strong trade. Limousin heifer sold to £240 from C Parsons of Town House. The entry of calves forward was mainly made up of Black and Whites selling to a sharp trade topping at £55 for 13 day olds from FG & MR Martin of Lords Plain. Christmas Show is next week. Thursday 11th December 2014 show at 9.30am sale at 10.15am. Show classes for Calves 56 days and under.
Calf Top Prices: Bull Calf – Fri £55, £40 Lords Plain, £35 Birks Farm Heifer Calf – Lim £240 Town House Farm
Tuesday 9th December Continued from page one Cast sheep. Once again as numbers remain tight, cast sheep saw a very firm trade with all classes seeing a rise on the week. Texels regularly £112-£120. Mule ewes met a particulary strong trade, with meated ewes £85-£94, with leaner sorts £70-£75. Horned ewes to £78 for Rough Fells and Swaledales to £69
1916 Prime Lambs to £95 & 219.5p/kg Weights Top Av. Standard 32 ½ -39 205.9 175.0 Medium 39 ½ -45 ½ 198.0 178.0 Heavy 46 - 51 ½ 182.2 167.0
Prime Lamb Top Prices: Hamp: £88 Red Lode. Suff: £96 Mansrigg Hall; £93 Netherhouses Farm; £92.50 Fellside Farm; £92 Smithy Green Farm. Mule: £87, £86 Netherhouses Farm; £86.50 Strickland Hill; £86 Low Hall, Low Swinklebank. Swal: £77 Middale Farm; £75 Brown Edge, Low Longmire; £74 Town End, Ashstead. Rgh Fell: £82 Birkhaw; £78 High Borrowbridge; £75.50, £74.50 Boundary Beck. Char: £97 Mansrigg Hall; £95 Gibraltar Farm; £94 Floraire. Chev: £86, £83 Orchard House; £85.50 Crooklands Farm; £84 High House Farm; £82 Philpin. Tex: £102 Mansergh Hall; £100 Bank House Farm, Smithy Cottage, Heaton Hall. Leic: £80 Scargill Farm. Herd: £63 High Borrans Farm. Belt: £155 Heaton Hall; £104 Bank House Farm; £101 Poppy Farm; £98 Town End; £94 Mansrigg Hall.
Cast Sheep Top Prices: Hamp: £92 Endmoor Farm. Mule: £94 High Foulshaw Farm; £91 New Close; £90 Underley Estate, Town House; £89 Scargill Farm. Swale: £69 Scargill Farm; £67 Skelwith Fold Farm; £66 Overthwaite Farm; £60 Middale Farm; £55 Thursgill. Rgh Fell: £78, £73 Boundary Beck; £72 Bark House. Lonk: £60 Moss End Farm. Chev: £96 Underley Estate; £95, £84 Green Lane End Farm; £84 Spital Farm. Tex: £120 Poppy Farm; £115, £113 Spital Farm; £115 Todds Farm; £112 School House. Leic: £102 Hillcroft; £95 Overthwaite Farm. Jac: £79 Bark House. Herd: £65 Moss House Farm; £50 Moss Side; £43 High Wallabarrow Farm. Zwart: £82 New Close; £72 Jackson Ground.
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North West Auctions J36 Charity Carol Concert Monday 8th December saw the annual Christmas Carol Concert take place at J36 Rural Auction Centre, where a packed ringside of people turned out for this festive event in aid of RABI. A fantastic amount of £2200 was raised from the evening with a secial thank you to Barclays Bank who also gave a very generous donation. Thank you to everyone who supported the event or helped out especially to Kirkby Lonsdale Brass Band and the Children who performed the Christmas Nativity.
Don’t forget our annual Christmas sales of Dressed poultry take place on Monday 22nd December at 12 noon at Lancaster Auction Mart and 6pm at J36 Rural Auction Centre. Some great entries of turkey and geese already entered, prizes will be awarded for the most festively dressed male and female customers at both sales.
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