North West Auctions Weekly Report and Newsletter – 11th June 2014
Weekly report & newsletter
BUCKETS OF KNOWLEDGE Landlord and Tenant Within our team, we deal with many tenancy issues, including rent reviews, notice to quit and succession, which is an extremely complicated process. If you are a landlord or a tenant and have any concerns with regards to your tenancy please do not hesitate to contact the office.
FINDING YOU PASTURES NEW FOR SALE BY PRIVATE TREATY MEADOW CROFT FARM GOOSNARGH, PRESTON
Utility Companies Recently, we have seen an increase in the number of utility companies such as National Grid (gas and electric), UU and BT wanting access to land. It is important that proper terms are agreed beforehand and so, if you have been approached by any companies and have any concerns, please let us know. Usually, our fees are paid by the acquiring authority
(catalogue entries close 2pm Monday 16thth June)
A brick under slate roof detached farmhouse, stables, sand paddock, steel framed general purpose building (20.5m x 12m approx.) and paddocks extending to 7.88 ac/3.19 ha or thereabouts. Guide Price – Offers around £825,000
Sale by private treaty of
The services offered include:Drawing and design work for barn conversions. Farm diversification. Planning applications. Listed building applications. Feasibility studies. New build houses. New building agricultural, commercial and industrial property. Renovation, alteration and extension of existing buildings. Building regulation applications. Deed plans for land and property sales. Planning notification applications for agricultural development.
Monday 16th June 9am – Show & Sale of Prime Lambs, Prime Hoggs & Cast Sheep. 10.30am – Prime Bulls & Prime Ca&le Also at 11.15am Monthly Sale of Pedigree & Commercial Dairy Ca&le Friday 20th June – weekly sale 10.15am – 100 Cast Cows & OTM Clean Ca&le 10.15am – 60 Rearing Calves & S2rks 11.15am - STORE & BREEDING CATTLE
On instructions from Mr. & Mrs. A. Gibbs
NWA Architectural is a building design and planning service offered by NWA Professional and is managed by Greg Gilding, Chartered Building Surveyor.
LANCASTER AUCTION MART
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Environmental Stewardship Our team is busy with ELS and HLS schemes at present. With a variety of options to suit all land and farming practices if you are interested in putting your farm in a scheme or if you are in an existing scheme which is due for renewal and you would like us to help please just ring the office.
Forthcoming Sales
18.69 acres/7.565 hectares of sound and productive meadow and pasture land being part of HORNSBARROW FARM, LUPTON Lot 1 – 15.03 acres/6.084 hectares of pasture with natural water. Asking price - £80,000 Lot 2 – 3.66 acres/1.481 hectares of fertile meadow with mains water. Asking price - £28,000
Full details from NWA Property Tel: 015395 66222
Please call
If any of our Professional or Property team can be of help, please do not hesitate to give us a call on
015395 66222
015395 66222 or 01524 63308
for details.
Michael Mashiter 07713 787511 John Hughes 07970 830517
Wednesday 25th June @ 10.30am Collec2ve Sale of Tractors, Farm Machinery, Equipment, Tools & Timber (early entries invited)
ONON-FARM DISPERSAL SALES Saturday 21st June @ 10.30am On-Farm Dispersal Sale of Farm Machinery at Sullom Side, Barnacre, Garstang Details on back page of newsle!er
J36 RURAL AUCTION CENTRE Tuesday 17th June 12 Noon – Sheep with Lambs at Foot (Please advise the Office of Entries) 1.45pm – Show & Sale of Prime Lambs, Prime Hoggs & Cast Sheep Thursday 26th June – fortnightly sale 10.15am – 60 Rearing Calves & S2rks 10.30am – 60 Cast Cows, OTM & Prime Ca&le 11am – Newly Calved Dairy Cows & Heifers £50 Genus voucher will be awarded to the vendor of the highest priced dairy animal sold at J36 each month
Followed by Store Ca&le (catalogue entries close Thursday 19th June)
NWA LIVESTOCK MOBILE NUMBERS Bill Nelson: 07785 542738 Gary Capstick: 07970 830518 Matthew Probert: 07760 557932 Richard Gardiner: 07713 787510 George Harryman: 07759 278741 Will Alexander: 07976 646035 Ian Atkinson: 07766 521472
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NWA J36 - Thursday 5th June - Beef Breeding Sale ANNUAL BEEF BREEDING CATTLE SALE A packed ringside of buyers from throughout the Northern Counties, Midlands & Scotland were present at the Annual Sale of Beef Breeding Cattle held at J36 Rural Auction Centre on Thursday. A pedigree Charolais bull from A Dixon & Son, Kitcragg sired by ‘Digger’ and traceable back to the ‘Talisman’ family sold first to a final call of £1800. Cows and calves sold to £2400 from RT & J Gorst with others at £2280, £2200 & £2100. Heifers with Calves sold to £1900 from EJ Hodgson & Son. The production sale of Stabiliser x cows saw fourth calved cows sell to £1550 & £1500 with buyers keen to purchase cattle from this popular sale. In-calf cattle sold to £1320 for best Limousin x heifers from T,L,B & J Knowles.
Top Prices to Note Char Breeding Bull Heifers with Heifer Calves Heifers with Bull Calves Cows with Heifer Calves Cows with Bull Calves
£1800 £1900, £1820, £1800 £1780 £2400, £2280, £2200, £1850 £2100, £2050, £2000
NWA LANCASTER - Friday 6th June - Weekly Sale
Cattle Vendors - Please Note
Store Cattle Buyers Want Farm Assured Cattle, it is A plainer show of store cattle forward today at Lancaster sold to a slightly harder trade this week with another drop in dead weight price next week. Quality bred suckler grazing cattle and advantageous to be Farm Assured to realise decent sorts of dairy bred cattle a strong trade with plenty of people in the market to buy them the best prices possible. sorts. The top price of £1260 was achieved by a couple of vendors, firstly by Mark Whitton of Grange over Sands with a Charolais steer and British blue steers from JM & AG Swarbrick of Out Rawcliffe. Angus steers sold to a top price of £1140 for a pen of four from JH Woof & Son of Oxenholme. Heifers sold to a top price of £1040 with a 20 month old Hereford heifer from F Barton & Sons. Congratulations to J Gerrard & Son of Crook Farm for winning the prize draw of a £15 lunch voucher for lotting four or more cattle together. OTM and Cast Cattle OTM cattle continue to be a strong trade considering yet another drop in beef prices. A smaller entry of 45 cattle forward today with the good weather having an effect on the numbers forward as many try to get some silage. Cast cows sold to a top price of 147.5ppk from RH & C Ayrton & Son of Ouzel Thorn with a British Blue. Cast heifers twice sold to 137.5ppk firstly from GA Haston & Son with a Montbeliarde and E Lund & Son with a Shorthorn heifer. All cast cows forward averaged 121ppk. Rearing Calves & Stirks Once again better weather comes on the Friday with many vendors catching grass when they can. An entry of only 35 calves and stirks forward this morning, comprising of manly continental calves and black and white stirks sold to a top of £280 on two occasions both for month old Blue heifers from J Bargh & Son, Heaton. Young Angus bulls from JE & J Pye, Quernmore sold to £232 with Herefords from J Hoggarth selling to £245. Stirks sold well with younger 5month black and whites realising £185 & £182 from I Atkinson & Son, Warton. Older stronger sorts from B Butterfield & Son, Burton in Kendal sold to £272 (x2) & £258 (x3). Once again many more calves could have been sold to a ring full of farmer buyers, eagerly looking for all classes.
Top Prices STORE BULLOCKS – CH - £1260 Aynsome Manor Farm; £930 Ivy Cottage. BRB - £1260 £1140 Bensons Carlinghurst; £760 Wilson House Farm. BA - £1210 Old Woodhouse; £940 Staffords Farm. LIM £1180 Whelpside Farm; £1170 £1150 2 Church Street; £1130 Old Woodhouse; £1080 2 Old Woodhouse; £1060 Rowell Farm; £1000 Lentworth Farm. AA - £1140 Underhelm Farm; £1060 Park Farm; £1050 £1030 Hankinson House Farm. SIM - £1120 Rowell Farm; £1090 Aynsome Manor Farm; £680 Ivy Cottage. HE - £1080 Cock Hall Farm. ST - £950 Aynsome Manor Farm. CON - £910 Cock Hall Farm. MO - £910 Old Woodhouse; £860 Cock Hall Farm; £540 Carlinghurst. HF - £880 Rowell Farm; £750 Staffords Farm; £750 Fleets Farm; £720 £640 Stephens Farm; £700 Wyre Farm. SHO - £790 Sandholme Farm; £630 Cabus Nook Farm. SRW - £700 Wyre Farm; £500 Middle Ridge Farm. STORE HEIFERS – HE - £1040 Park Farm. SIM - £1010 Cragg Farm; £970 11 Kimberley Avenue; £880 Brow Foot Farm. AA - £990 £970 Cragg Farm; £970 11 Kimberley Avenue; £910 Jolley Fold Farm; £890 Manor House Farm. LIM - £970 11 Kimberley Avenue; £930 Brow Foot Farm; £890 £860 Sandholme Farm; £890 £840 Manor House Farm. CH - £930 Kitchen Ground Farm; £640 The Borrans. BRB - £930 Manor House Farm; £930 £900 Cragg Farm; £860 Park Farm; £760 Sandholme Farm; £660 Tunstead Farm. BA - £600 Sandholme Farm. BULLS – AA - £850 Underhelm Farm. LIM - £610 £600 Yeat House. HF - £440 Yeat House. CAST COWS – BRB – 147.5 Ouzelthorn Farm; 141.5 139.5 High Green. AA – 139.5 Cove Road; 121.5 Higher Hollinhead Farm. LIM – 139.5 High Green; 137.5 134.5 Low Woodedge Farm; 129.5 Fellside Farm; 129.5 Lune View. HF – 137.5 131.5 High House; 127.5 Lane House; 127.5 Boon Town Farm; 124.5 Allcocks Farm; 124.5 Holmes Farm; 124.5 Catshaw Hall Farm; 121.5 Hallbeck. SIM – 127.5 Low Woodedge Farm. SHO – 109.5 Abbots Reading Farm. CAST HEIFERS – MO – 137.5 Lane House. SHO – 137.5 Lundholme Farm. HF – 134.5 131.5 Gilbraltar Farm; 114.5 109.5 Muffys Platt Farm. BULL CALF – BRB - £260 North Farm; £180 Brown Brook. HE - £245 Manor House Farm. AA - £232 Gibsons Farm. LIM - £225 North Farm. HF - £115 Catshaw Hall Farm; £90 Blackleach House Farm; £65 Brown Brook. BULL STIRK – HF - £272 £258 Moss House Farm; £185 Boon Town Farm. HEIFER CALF – BRB - £280 £275 North Farm. LIM - £220 North Farm. AA - £195 Gibsons Farm.
Farm; £950 Croft House; £780 Ivy Cottage; £760
Wednesday 25th June at 10.30 Collec2ve Sale of Tractors, Farm Machinery, Equipment, Tools & Timber at
Lancaster Auc2on Mart Entries to date include Kverneland 3132 10ft Off-set Mower – Only done 1 season and C/W a seasons warranty Vicon RF2235 round Baler (Done approx. 20,000 bales) McHale HS2000 Round Bale Wrapper Bomford Conventional Hay Baler Krone 30ft tedder PZ Haybob Kuhn tedder 6ft Pasture topper MF Cutter Bar Lamb Creep Feeder Please see www.nwauctions.co.uk for more entries and photos
NWA Junction 36 Crooklands - Tel: 015395 66200
NWA LANCASTER - Monday 9th June - Prime Stock Bumper entry of over 1300 Spring lambs forward sold to a strong trade Spring Lambs A strong entry of 1309 spring lambs forward averaging a very good 245ppk considering the numbers of lambs coming forward now. The top price of the week again came from Andy Wilson of Burrow Heights selling a heavy weight lamb to £124 with a Texel Cross and Suffolk lambs sold to £116 from WN & D Smith & Sons of Cockerhouse. Selling to a top price of 290ppk was EE Thornton & Sons of Downlands with a cracking Beltex lamb. First mules of the season seen it the market today from Jonathan Smith of Stanley Farm selling 35kg mules to £71.
1309 Prime Lambs to £124 & 290.0p/kg Weights Top Av. Standard 32 ½ -39 290.0 246.0 Medium 39 ½ -45 ½ 268.0 246.0 Heavy 46 - 51 ½ 246.0 227.0
Monday 16th June is the early Summer show of Prime Lambs
Classes: 5 Suffolk Lambs. 5 Texel/Continental Lambs (Show Lambs to be penned by 8am ready for judging) Hoggs Hoggs continue to come forward in small numbers with decent well fleshed hoggs still selling around the £2 a kilogram mark topping at £96 from R Capstick & Son of Fell End farm with a Dalesbred.
42 Prime Hoggs to £94 & 219p/kg av. 197p/kg
Cast Ewes Cast sheep continue to sell to a firm trade at Lancaster with a plainer show on offer today at Lancaster as there was many ewes in that have been suckling lambs. Selling to a top price of £96 today from WG & E Sutcliffe of Lathwaithe Farm. Best mule ewes selling in and around the eighty pound mark with all mules forward today averaging £69. Prime Bulls A stronger entry of 19 bulls forward this week. Suckler bred continental bulls sold to a good trade at Lancaster with Black and white bulls continuing to be harder to place. A good Limousin bull from HR & KA Hodgson of Howriggs selling for 201.5ppk. Bulls sold to a top price of £1183.58 for a Limousin from S & BM Lawrenson & Son of Northwoods Farm. Black and white bulls sold to a top price of 121.5ppk from J & D Barton of Calcalds. Continental bulls averaged 166ppk with black and white bulls averaging 114ppk.
19 Prime Bulls to 201.5p/kg, £1183.58 Class Top Av. Prime 201.5 182.0 Others 147.5 121.9
Top Prices PRIME LAMBS – SUFFOLK - £116 Cocker House Farm; £110 Beaumont Gate; £107 Kitchen Ground Farm; £106 New Parkside Farm; £105 Tarnwater Farm; £104 Downlands Farm; £104 Booth Hall; £103 Highfield Farm. MULE - £93 3 The Maltings; £71 Stanley Farm Ltd. CHAROLLAIS - £107 £98 Beaumont Gate; £100 Burrow Heights Farm; £96 £83 Springfield Farm; £92 Cobble Hey Farm. TEXEL - £124 £106 Burrow Heights Farm; £113 Stirzaker Farm; £113 Downlands Farm; £107 £106 Tarnwater Farm; £107 Old Woodhouse; £105 Greenbank Farm; £105 Hazelslack Tower Farm; £105 Hall Croft Barn; £105 Bambers Farm. PRIME HOGGS – HORNED - £94 Fell End Farm; £74 Hare Apple Tree. CHEVIOT - £93 £85 Sandvilla. TEXEL - £79 Farleton House. JACOB - £92 £83 Gibsons Farm. GRITSTONE - £72 Inverbervie. HERDWICK - £81 Lee End Farm. CAST SHEEP – SUFFOLK - £92 Hawes House Farm; £84 £64 Knowsley Farm; £82 £66 Hawes House Farm; £74 3 The Maltings. MULE - £84 £80 Downlands; £77 Hallbeck; £73 Wyre Farm; £72 Gibsons Farm; £72 Lee End Farm. HORNED - £70 Fell End Farm; £57 Hare Apple Tree. CHAROLLAIS - £72 Lathwaite Farm. CHEVIOT - £73 £66 Sandvilla. TEXEL - £94 Ellers Farm; £93 £85 Farleton House; £88 Cock Hall Farm; £84 Hall Croft Barn; £81 Tarnwater Farm; £80 Heather Barn; £76 Burrow Heights. LEICESTER - £75 Hare Apple Tree. PRIME BULLS – HF – 121.50p/kg Calcalds Farm; 119.50p/kg 114.50p/kg Stirzakers Farm; 113.50p/kg 111.50p/kg Low Audlands; 105.50p/kg Yeat House. LIM – 201.50p/kg 185.50p/kg Howriggs; 185.5p/kg Calcalds Farm; 183.5p/kg 179.5p/kg Northwoods Farm; 177.50p/kg 161.50p/kg Bensons Farm. CH – 147.50p/kg Stirzakers Farm. MO – 119.50p/kg Yeat House.
Monday 16th June
54 Pedigree & Commercial Dairy Ca&le Entries to-date – Alandrew, Avenham, Berryholme, Carwood, Corefield, Crook Farm, Crosshu on, Deerslet, Enchanted, Fordswood, Garstay, Kendal Cragg, Lordsplain, Pennine, Rainborough, Sandley, Tinehill, Witherslack, Wyredale Show Judging: 10am Sale: 11.15am Catalogues available on-line or from the Office Sale Day Entries Welcome
Facebook.com/nwauctions Twitter.com/nwauctions PRIME LAMBS - Prime Lamb Buyers are Requesting EID Tags in Sheep.
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NWA J36 Crooklands - Tuesday 10th June Pigs, Sheep with Lambs at Foot & Prime Sheep North West Auctions held their weekly sale of primestock at J36 Rural Auction Centre on Tuesday where some 1998 New Season Lambs, Prime Hoggs and Cast Sheep were put for sale to, once again, an increased ringside of buyers.
1424 Prime Lambs to £126 & 274.3p/kg Weights Top Av. Standard 32 ½ -39 274.3 243.0 Medium 39 ½ -45 ½ 273.8 248.6 Heavy 46 - 51 ½ 268.1 241.0 84 Prime Hoggs
Prime Lambs topped at £126 for a pen of Charollais lambs from WS Burrow & Sons of Silverdale and to £96 & 189.2p/kg av. 176p/kg were purchased by Mr Michael Lomax. Top price per kilo was 274.30p/kg for a cracking pen 35kg Texel lambs shown by Richard Morphet of Halton with buyers keen to secure all weights of lambs and vendors drawing lambs at lighter weights to capitalise on the current strong trade. Please ensure lambs are fell finished. The 1424 New Season lambs averaged 245.04p per kilo and £94.80 per head. Cast Sheep Some 480 cast sheep were put before the usual compliment of buyers which saw a lot more leaner type ewes forward today which were a little easier on the week. However, good Continental ewes saw a strong trade and topped at £124 for a Texel ram from Fishwick Farms, Silverdale. Pigs North West Auctions held its monthly sale of Pigs at J36 with a strong entry of just over 100 pigs forward. Weaners sold to the best trade of the day with good Pietrain x weaners from AJ & ME Saggers selling to £78 with others from DC Miller of Cobble Hey selling white weaners to £56. Weaners regularly selling between £30 and £40. Fat pigs sold to a top price of £125 for a good Pietrain x gilt from AJ & ME Saggers. Good quality store pigs nearing finishing sold into the £90’s with smaller ones in the £70’s. Cast sows sold around the £70 mark. Sheep and Lambs A mixed show of sheep and lambs forward today with many people coming to the end of what they have to sell this season. Regular vendor Trevor Hodgson of Dillicar sold Mule hoggs with young Suffolk lambs to £172 with others from J & T Hunter of Moser Hill selling to £168. Aged Masham ewes with twins sold to £158 from R & RM Dent of Ashfield. Texel ewes with strong single lambs sold £155 from Michael Sykes of Rose Cottage.
Top Prices
Saturday 21st June @ 10.30am On-Farm Dispersal Sale of Farm Machinery & Equipment at
Sullom Side, Barnacre, Garstang Comprising: Case 895 4wd (L Reg) c/w Power Loader Horn Slurry Tanker, 5T Tipping Trailer, Howard Rotaspreader, Reco Fella Mower, Reco ‘Sulky’ Fer8lizer Spreader, PZ Haybob, Rear Bale Spikes, Big Bale Squeeze, Rear Mounted Big Bale Carrier, Bulk Feed Bins, Lamb Scales, Gates, Posts, Wire, Concrete Slats & panels, various dairy/parlour equipment, troughs, storage containers. 40 Laying Hens (White Leghorn) Household Furniture.
PRIME LAMBS – Char: £126, £120 & £115 Gibraltar Farm; £108 Brow Head; £98 Gillson Nook. Texel: £109 High House; £108 Beckfoot Farm Cottage, Hallbeck; £107 Ackenthwaite, Trees Farm; £106 Endmoor Farm; £103 Beckside Barn. Suffolk: £120 Trees Farm; £116 High House; £112 Orphan Crag; £111 Lane Ends Farm; £109 Cracalt Farm; £108 Hallbeck; £107 Hodgson Green Farm; £105.50 Ackenthwaite; £105 Topthorn. Cont: £99 Old Hall Farm; £94 Station Hotel; £90 Moss House. Beltex: £92 Far Highfield. Mule: £82 Garnett Folds. PRIME HOGGS – Cont: £96 Low House. Texel: £87 Salterwath Farm; £83 Low Gregg Hall. Mule: £80 Grate Farm. Chev: £82 Hall Bank. Swale: £76 Low House; £72 Birds Park; £70 Higher Salter. Rough Fell: £60 Intake Farm. Leicester: £70 Yoad Pot. CAST SHEEP – Texel: £124 (ram) Bank House Farm; £113 Storth End; £108 Silverhow Farm; £106 Green Lane End; £105 Crosscrake; £96 (ram) Low Garths. Suffolk: £96 Yealand Manor; £89 Salterwath Farm; £80 Moss House. Cont: £91 Low Tarn Green; £79 Abbey Drive. Masham: £80 Raisgill Hall. Masham: £81 Hallbeck, Baycliffe Farm; £79 Moss Head. Chev: £82 Moss House; £78 Hall Bank. Leicester: £114 (ram) Moss Head; ££94 Mid Town House; £90 Long Streets. Horned: £71 Gilpin Farm. Swale: £67 Mid Town House; £66 Grayrigg Hall, Audlands Park. Rough Fell: £70 Low House, Boundary Beck, Moss House; £65 Croft Foot. Dalesbred: £52 Higher Salter. Herdwick: £52 High Farm. Wensleydale: £83 Yealand Manor.
Tuesday 17th June is the early Summer show of Prime Lambs
Classes: 5 Suffolk Lambs. 5 Texel/Continental Lambs (Judging at 1pm Sale at 1.45pm)
Farm to Farm Trading
Photos of some machinery items on website www.nwauc2ons.co.uk
AVAILABLE British Frisian Bull (30m old) TB4 area. Calves can be seen. Contact Will Alexander on 07976 646035
By Permission – Bateson 10@ Ca le Trailer, Suzuki King Quad (4wd) Further entries invited - please contact the Lancaster Office on 01524 63308.
AVAILABLE British Blue Bull Holstein Friesian Bull Contact Matthew Probert on 07760 557932
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Grazing AVAILABLE Cattle summer grazing available in the Settle area for up to 100 head of cattle. TB4 area. Contact Ian Atkinson on 07766 521472
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