NWA Newsletter 13th August

North West Auctions Weekly Report and Newsletter – 13th August

Weekly report & newsletter NWA J36 Fortnightly Dairy Sale & Opening Sale of Store Lambs North West Auction J36 had 42 Dairy Cattle forward with 17 active purchasers and several leaving with empty trailers. New calved heifers twice sold at £2050 from JH Towers & Son and JG & BJ Escolme with a further three over £1900 from TH Gibson & Son, J & JA Burrow and JW & D Robinson & Sons. Cows peaked at £1850 for a fresh 3rd calver from H Wright & Sons.

A special consignment of organic youngstock from J & PA Jackson sold to keen interest with In-calf heifers (due Nov) reaching £1400, bulling heifers selling to £960 and maiden heifers to £800.

Statistics N/C Cows to £1850 av. £1665 N/C Heifers to £2050 av. £1755 I/C Heifers to £1400 av. £1085 Bulling Heifers to £960 av. £825 Maiden Heifers to £800 av. £720 The opening sale of Store Lambs was well attended by an abundance of purchasers competing for all types. Well bred Continentals sold to £68 with most generally £60-£64. First cross lambs also sold to £68 for Hampshire x from MA Grant with Suffolks £60 from GJ & CA Penellum who also sold Cheviots at £49.50. Hill bred lambs saw Mules sell to £55.50 from M & G German. Overall sale average £56.30.

Next Sale of Store Lambs Thursday 14th August.

Store Lambs – Hamp: £68 Winterscales. Suff: £60 Swinside, £59.50 Sunny Brow. Mule: £55.50 Sowermire. Char: £49.50 Low Fold. Chev: £49.50 Swinside. Tex: £68 Low Bankside, £64.50 Troughton Hall, £63.50 Poole Bank, £59 Scar Sykes. Bel: £64.50 Troughton Hall, £60.50 Low Bankside.

Kerry Hill: £50 Swinside

EID Tagging All Sheep movements, including through market, will need to have their individual tag numbers recorded after 1st January 2015. This will include sheep born ‘pre EID’ regulations. It is advised that any farmers who currently have sheep without electronic EID tags, double tag these sheep to minimise movement/licencing issues at the time of sale.

Contact Details Bill Nelson - Livestock Manager 07785 542738 Gary Capstick - Auctioneer 07970 830518 Matthew Probert - Auctioneer 07760 557932 Ian Atkinson - Auctioneer 07766 521472

NWA Lancaster Monthly Dairy Sale

Will Alexander - Fieldsman & Trainee Auctioneer 07976 646035 Richard Gardiner - Fieldsman 07713 787510 George Harryman - Fieldsman 07759 278741

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NWA Lancaster , Wyresdale Road, Golgotha, Lancaster, LA1 3JQ

Monday 18th August

70 Pedigree & Commercial Dairy Cattle Entries to-date – Alandrew, Berryholme, Bilsrow,Blackwood, Enchanted, Fordswood, Garsby, Greengill, Kirkwood, Knowsley, Lordsplain, New Valley, Parkgill, Pennine, Quernmore, Ravenscar, Redbank, Saltoke, Sandley, Stardale, Waltall, Whitecarr, Witherslack, Wyredale.

Show Judging: 10am Sale: 11.15am Catalogues available on-line or from the Office Sale Day Entries Welcome

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NWA J36, J36 Rural Auction Centre, Crooklands, Milnthorpe, Cumbria, LA7 7FP

NWA Lancaster Sale Reports Friday 8th August As good of show of Store Cattle as there has been seen at Lancaster for quite a while sold to a sharper trade with all classes of cattle in stronger demand. There was plenty of big well fleshed steers in the market selling to a top of £1300 from TE & A Galbraith of Crooklands Farm with a pair of Simmentals. Dereck Alderson of High Green Farm sold a trio of Limousin steers to £1280. An impressive 81 store cattle sold for £1100 or more. Heifers sold to a top price of £1170 from Tim Robinson of Rowell Farm with a 28 month old heifer. Younger cattle continue to sell well and are in strong demand at Lancaster as many vendors look to buy younger cattle to replace outgoing stores. A consignment from Brian and Freddie Lamb of Gardner’s Farm saw yearling Hereford steers sell to £680.

The trade for Cast Cows continues to hold firm. Cows that are carrying flesh being a noticeably stronger trade with a lot of parlour and poor cows in the market today reflecting in the market average. OTM’s sold to a top price of 144.5ppk for Friesian steers from Andrew Clarkson of Cock Hall Farm and cast heifers sold to 139.5 for Montbeliarde heifers from GA Haston & Son of Lane House. Black and white cows sold to a top of 127.5ppk from EW & CR Clegg & Sons of Yew Tree Farm.

Another nice entry of 52 Calves forward this morning with both new vendors and new buyers around the ring. A total of 15 active buyers saw all classes of calves well sold. Topping the trade was Stephen Birkett, Nether Kellet with a British Blue Bull selling to £405 at only 10 weeks old. Blue Bulls averaged £376 with blue heifers averaging £305. Close behind was JG & BJ Escolme, Killington with a Limousin Heifer selling to £395. Lim bulls sold to £380 from the same home with Lim bulls averaging £360. Angus calves sold to a top of £305 from Messers Wallbank, Abbeystead. Black and white calves sold to a slightly better trade, selling to £135 again from David and Eileen Wallbank with others to £130 from JT & B Fox, Quernmore. Best sorts sold in excess of £62. All black and whites forward averaged £45.

TOP PRICES: STORE BULLOCKS – FR: £1100 Thornton Barn, £1070 Low Levens, £970 Cragg, AA: £1240 Low Levens, £1230 Kingsley House, Underhelm & Moss View, £1170 Harrison House & Cragg BG: £1100 Mansergh Hall. WB: £1060 Woodside. HI: £990 Cock Hall. LIM: £1280 High Green, £1240 Clarksons, £1160 Bradlow. CH: £1120 Greenlands.

HE: £1240 Moss View, £1220 Raw Head, £1190 Windy Hill. SIM: £1300 Crooklands, £1160 Bouthwaite, £1120 Mansergh Hall. BRB: £1270 Park Farm, £1200 Greenlands, £1190 Church Farm. BLO: £1150 Daniel Fold.

STORE HEIFER – AA: £1080 Moss View, £1050 Rowell, £1040 Cuerdale Hall. LIM: £1100 Cross House & Brow Foot, £1080 Cross House, £990 Jolley Fold. SD: £620 Fleetwood Farm. CH: £1090 Greenlands, £1050 Rowell. HE: £1080 Moss View, £1060 Windy Hill, £1040 Raw Head. SIM: £990 Kate Farm. BRB: £1170 Rowell, £1150 Cross House, £1090 Bouthwaite. BLO: £1100 Cross House.

HEIFER CALF – AA: £90, £80, £78 The Lodge. LIM: £395, £355 Low Stanger Thwaite, £280 New Brows, £245 High Barnes. SIM: £300 New Brows, £225 Stubb Hall. BRB: £350 High Barnes.

BULL CALF – FR: £135 Tills Farm, £130 Blackwood End. AA: £305 Tills Farm, £290 Matshead, £220, £190 Low Stanger Thwaite. LIM: £380 Low Stanger Thwaite, £355 High Barnes, £345 New Brows. SIM: £290, £270 Stubb Hall. BRB: £405 Stubb Hall, £380, £345 High Barnes.

CAST COW – FR: 127.50p/kg Yew Tree, 124.5 p/kg Stubb Hall, 121.50 p/kg Breedy Butts, 111.50p/kg Blackleach House, 109.50p/kg Great Brunthwaite. AA: 124.50p/kg Quarry House. LIM: 121.50p/kg Gill Garth. HE: 121.50p/kg Cragg Farm, 119.50p/kg Brabiner House.

CAST HEIFER – AA: 129.50p/kg Brow Foot. LIM: 124.50p/kg & 119.50p/kg Brow Foot. MO: 139.50p/kg Lane House.

CAST BULL – AA: 129.50p/kg Aughton House. FR: 111.50p/kg Crankwood. LIM: 119.50p/kg Stonehead.

CAST STEER – FR: 144.50p/kg Cock Hall, 109.50p/kg Breedy Butts.

Monday 11th August A larger entry of Prime Lambs forward of 1056 sold to a market average of 171ppk. Farmers are requested to please draw lambs on finish rather than weight as today it was extremely noticeable that buyers paying a premium for well finished lambs and it is to the farmer’s advantage to gain full potential for their lambs. Lambs sold to a top of 190ppk for lambs from J Lamb of Old Glasson. Top price of the day came from Joe Townley of Mearsbeck with a pen of Texel lambs weighing 44kg selling to £82.

Top Prices per head Breed Price Texel Texel Texel Texel Texel

£82 £80 £78 £78 £77.50

Top Prices per kilo: Breed Price

Vendor JK & BE Townley, Mearsbeck JM & MH France & Son, New House Farm J Lamb, Old Glasson AJ Ellis, Sandy Hill J Lamb, Old Glasson

Texel Texel Texel Texel Texel

190.0p/kg 188.0p/kg 187.0p/kg 186.0p/kg 186.0p/kg

1056 Prime Lambs to £80 & 190.0p/kg Weights Top Av. Standard 32 ½ -39 187.0 170.0 Medium 39 ½ -45 ½ 190.0 171.0 Heavy 46 - 51 ½ 174.0 155.3

Vendor J Lamb, Old Glasson WI & H Gorst, Cragg Farm S Wilson & Son, Blea Tarn JK & BE Townley, Mearsbeck R Collinge & Son, The Dingle

Cast Sheep sold to a noticeable stronger trade today with buyers keen to purchase ewes. The overall market average was £64.

Buyers continue to look for fit ewes but are wary of buying fat ewes. Texel ewes sold to a top price of £93 from RD Lambert of Jacksons Farm with other continental ewes to £90 from David Whitaker of Stirzakers Farm. Mule ewes sold to £82 from TM Townley of Knowsley Farm with all Mule ewes averaging £64 and horned ewes sold to £52 from BD Gill of Yarlsber.

Top Prices Mule £82 Knowsley Farm, £81 Green Bank, £80 The Dingle. Horned £52 Yarlsber. Texel £93 Jacksons Farm, £90 Strizakers Farm, £85 Parks Barn Farm. Milk Sheep £88 Lathwaite Farm.

The largest show of Prime Bulls forward today that has been seen for some while with 22 passing through the ring. Bulls sold to a top of 185.5ppk from Peter Cummings of Holme Field with a pure Limousin bull. Bulls sold to an overall average of 146ppk.

Top Prices per head Breed Price Fri Lim Fri Fri Lim

£1236 £1154 £1116 £1106 £1086

Vendor JM & AG Swarbrick, Benson Farm JM & AG Swarbrick, Benson Farm TS & SM Park, Millom Castle TS & SM Park, Millom Castle JM & AG Swarbrick, Benson Farm

Top Prices per kilo: Breed Price Lim Lim Lim Lim Fri

185.5p/kg 179.5p/kg 177.5p/kg 169.5p/kg 159.5p/kg

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22 Prime Bulls to 185.5p/kg, £1236.13 Class Top Av. Prime 185.5 180.2 Others 169.5 145.2

Vendor P Cummings, Home Field P Cummings, Home Field JM & AG Swarbrick, Benson Farm JM & AG Swarbrick, Benson Farm JM & AG Swarbrick, Benson Farm

NWA J36 Sale Reports Thursday 7th August Beef Breeding cattle sold to £1400 for AA x cows with Sim x calves from J Bindloss, Oxenholme with others at £1350.

Store Cattle peaked at £940 for Lim x Heifer from J Moorhouse, Field Broughton with yearling Lim x steers at £875 from JH Barker, Haverthwaite.

An entry of 83 Calves and Stirks forward today saw plenty of demand for beef bred calves but a lot of young Black and white bull calves forward sold to a sticky trade with a lot on the market at the moment. Calves sold to a top price of £450 for a cracking Simmental six week old bull from R & EA Gardner of Barrowfield who also sold two more to £400. Two and a half month suckler bred Blonde steers sold to £390 from BL Swindlehurst of Low House. Heifer calves sold to £340 for a Limousin from Brian Wilson of Spout House who also sold a Limousin bull to £340. Best sorts of young Beef bull calves regularly sold around that £300 with beef bred heifer calves in the late £200’s. Better sorts of rearing black and white bulls sold to £98 with others around the £70 mark. Less Stirks about this week saw 10month old Friesian steers to £410.

Please note that calves will now be sold weekly at J36 Rural Auction Centre at 10.15am for more information please contact Ian Atkinson 07766521472.

A larger show of Cast Cows were put before the usual ringside of buyers who ensured all classes of cows met a good trade. Black & White cows carrying flesh topped at 121.5p/kg with the majority 110-115p/kg whilst lean cows were 80-90p/kg. Continental cows topped at 137.5p/ kg for a Saler x from DN Smith of Cartmel Fell with the main of the Continental cows being 120-130p/kg.

TOP PRICES: Bull Calves – Fr: £98 Beckside. AA: £335 Hollins, £205 Capplerigg. Lim: £370 Barrowfield, £330 Spout House & Swallowmire, £310 Halforth. Char: £125 School House. Sim: £450 Barrowfield. BB: £340 Hagg & Flodder Hall.

Heifer Calves – AA: £310 Birkland Barrow, £255 Hollins, £205 Capplerigg. Lim: £260 Spout House. BB: £340 Flodder Hall, £295 Beck Side, £280 Netherbeck Barn, Heifer Stirks – Lim £410 Lower Hawthwaite. Fr: £410 Lower Hawthwaite. Blo: £390 Low House.

Cast Cows – Fr: 121.50p/kg High Barnes, 119.50p/kg Tranthwaite Hall, 117.50p/kg Black Bull. AA: 127.50p/kg Low Hundhowe, 109.50p/kg Nook Farm. Sho: 127.50p/kg Fell House, 117.50p/kg School House. Gal: 89.50p/kg School House. Slr: 137.50p/kg Fell House. Lim: 131.50p/kg Middle Sadghyll, 127.50p/kg Gateside, 119.50p/kg Coniston Hall.

BS 114.50p/kg Dale Barns. Sim: 124.50p/kg Lane Head, 111.50p/kg Gateside. BB: 134.50p/kg Hyton. Mont: 124.50p/kg Dale Barns. Blo: 117.50p/kg Low House.

Cast Heifers – Fr: 144.50p/kg Beckside. Sho: 119.50p/kg Yew Tree. BB: 144.50p/kg Swallowmire.

Cast Bulls – Lim: 111.50p/kg Howe Farm. BB: 117.50P/KG High Low Wood.

Store Bullocks – Lim: £875 Stribers.

Store Heifers – Lim: £940 Broughton House.

Cows & Calves – AA: £1400 Loftus.

Tuesday 5th August

Sale prices to note

The monthly sale of Pigs saw all classes sell to full value with new buyers and sellers once again in attendance from the northern counties and Scotland.

Prime Pigs (100kg-115kg) sold to £135 from DE Metcalfe with others generally £100/£115. A smart pen of Pietrain X Large White Weaners from AS Parnaby reached £80 with other white stores £73 from J H & E Ivinson. Younger coloured weaners generally £25 to £40.

Prime (white) £135, £118, £105, £98 Prime (coloured) £110, £102, £100 Store (white) £80, £73, £72 Store (coloured) £80 Weaners (white) £53, £45 Weaners (coloured) £39, £35

NWA J36 had 2689 prime sheep forward at its weekly sale with 14 active buyers ringside.

Prime Lambs sold to a top price of 182.4p/kg for Char X from AJ Pratt with Texels to 180p/ kg from E Lund & Son. Pure bred and ¾ lambs generally 170p/kg+, with first cross Texels and Suffolks 160p/kg+. Mules sold to 156p/kg from Caley & Mitchinson with all sold averaging 152p/kg.

Suffolk lambs from I & ME Askew sold to £82 with others £81 from A & ED Booth. Texel X lambs sol to £79.50 with Char X £74.50 from RR & JA Knowles. Hill bred lambs saw Cheviots from G G U & D Swarbrick £71 and Mules £64.

2089 Prime Lambs to £82 & 182.4p/kg Weights Top Av. Standard 32 ½ -39 182.4 165.0 Medium 39 ½ -45 ½ 180.0 164.0 Heavy 46 - 51 ½ 166.0 160.0

A Market average of 166p/kg was achieved with Farm Assured lambs commanding a premium with buyers now showing caution towards under finished lambs.

Top Prices Breed Suffolk Suffolk Texel Suffolk Texel

per head Price £82 £81 £81 £80 £79.50

Vendor I & ME Askew, Raw Head A & E D Booth, Lane Ends Farm J B Airey, Mint Close F Metcalfe, Sturdy Bank J B Airey, Mint Close

Top Prices Breed Char Texel Texel Texel Texel

per kilo: Price 182.4p/kg 180.0p/kg 178.4p/kg 178.1p/kg 178.0p/kg

Vendor AJ Pratt, Buck Bank Farm E Lund & Son, Lundholme Farm F & B Smith, The View B A R Taylor, Bank House R H M & S Boyren, Hill Park

600 Cast Sheep topped at £144 for Texels from RT & J Gorst with heavy meated ewes £85-£100. Mules peaked at £90 from EJ Hodgson & Son, meated Mules £80-£85 (av. £68). Hill ewes saw Rough Fells regularly £52-£60, Cheviots £58-£70 with Swales £40-£50.

Cast Sheep Top Prices Suffolk £80, Park House Farm, £66 High House Farm. Mule £90 Lambrigg Head Farm, £89 Flodder Hall, £89 Borrans Farm, £85 Brown Edge. Swale £50 Borwick Lodge Farm, £50 Middle Sadghyll, £46 Havera. Rough Fell £60 Mid Town House, £60 Blackmoss Farm, £60 Steps Farm, £58 Middle

Sadghyll. Scotch £63 Flodder Hall, £58 Lambrigg Head Farm. Cheviot £70 Underley Estate, £69 Underley Estate. Texel £114 (ram) The Coach House, £102 Moss Side Farm, £102 High Loanthwaite Farm, £99 Lambrigg Head Farm, £91 Low Woodedge Farm, £900 Raines Hall. Leicester £94 Hill Croft, £88 Gowan Bank. Herdwick £40 Meadowside Avenue, £30 Town Head Farm.

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NWA Lancaster

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Dairy Dispersal Sale

Friday 15th

Tuesday 19th

Monday 22nd September at NWA J36

‘Lancaster Lads’ Prize Show & Sale of Breeding Rams

Weekly Prime Stock Sale

Catalogues available online or by request

Thursday 21st

Monday 18th

Weekly Sale of Calves &Store Lambs & Fortnightly Sale of OTM/Cast Cows, Dairy Cattle

Weekly Prime Stock Sale & Monthly Sale of Dairy Cattle

Show & Sale of Store Cattle

Catalogues available online or by request

Wednesday 20th Show & Sale of Mule, Masham & Continental Ewes & Gimmer Shearlings

Saturday 23rd Annual Show & Sale of Mule, Masham & Continental Breeding Ewes & Gimmer Shearlings

Breeding Sheep Sales

Weekly Cattle Sale & Store Lambs

September

Breeding Sheep Sales

Thursday 4th ‘Lads Night Out’

Friday 5th

Sale of Mule, Masham & Continental Ewes, Gimmer Shearlings, Breeding Rams & Store Lambs

Wednesday 17th

Annual Show & Sale of Mule, Masham & Continental Gimmer Lambs to include Lambs from NEMSA members Entries close 22nd August

Simply Local Famers Market The Simply Local Farmers Markets will now be held on Saturdays in conjunction with other events going on at the auction. The next Simply Local Farmers Market will be on

Poultry & Rare Breed Saturday 30th August Sale of Poultry, Waterfowl, Hatching Eggs & Equipment. & Sale of Rare & Minority Breed Livestock in association with the RBST Entry Forms available online or by request entries close on 19th August

Friday 22nd

September

Dispersal sale of 80 in milk/in calf cows and heifers on behalf of J B Moore, Allithwaite.

Prize Show & Sale of Breeding Rams plus individual Females Entries close 22nd August Current Entries include Texel, Beltex, Charollais, Suffolk, Hampshire, Berrichion.

Special entry of 6 Char X Beltex Gimmer Shearlings Further entries invited

Friday 12th

‘Ambleside Fair’ Prize show & Sale of Mule & Masham Gimmer Lambs Entries close 22nd August

Texel Sheep Sale Friday 29th August Evening Prize Show & Sale of Registered Pedigree Texel Rams & Females on behalf of NWTBC in conjunction Lawrie & Symington Whiteley Hey Flock Production Sale on behalf of Mr P Slater Monday 1st September at 12 noon 13th Annual Production Sale to be held at J36 Rural Auction Centre

Saturday 13th

Sale of North of England Mule Gimmer Lambs Entries close 22nd August

Sale of 405 top quality Continental Breeding Rams & Females.

For more information please contact John Wharton 07912 946549 Richard Gardiner 07713 787510

Saturday 30th August

FINDING YOU PASTURES NEW 015395 66222 FOR SALE BY INFORMAL TENDER 13.66 acres/5.53 hectares or thereabouts Meadow, pasture & woodland AT SEATLE

FOR SALE BY Private Treaty FOR SALE BY PUBLIC AUCTOIN 1.88 acres/0.76 hectares or thereabouts of permanent grassland at TIRRIL NEAR PENRITH Due to interest show this will be offered for sale by public auction on Thursday 28th August, 2014 at 7pm in The Queens Head Hotel, Trill

Set adjacent to the Cartmel to Newby Bridge Road at Seatle, situated within the Lake District National Park, the land is gently undulating meadow and pasture together with mixed woodland.

Closing date for tenders – 3.00 p.m. on Thursday, 28th August, 2014

The land comprises permanent grassland in sound heart, well fenced and provided with a mains water supply. Access is obtained directly from the council-maintained road within the hamlet of Tirril, opposite Sockbridge Hall.

23 ACRES/9.31 HECTARES OF AMENITY PASTURE AND WOODLAND AT NEWBY BRIDGE

Adjacent to the southern reached of Lake Windermere the land extends to 23.00 acres/9.31 hectares of undulating pasture (currently occupied by an agricultural tenant), mature amenity woodland and areas to the East of the Haverthwaite Railway which enjoy lake frontage. Access is from the main road leading from Newby Bridge to Landing How, which runs to the West of Lake Windermere.

Guide Price - £250,000

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