NWA Newsletter July 23rd 2014

North West Auctions Weekly Report and Newsletter – 23rd July 2014

Weekly report & newsletter

NWA Lancaster Monthly Dairy Sale Monday 21st July North West Auctions Lancaster held the monthly dairy sale this morning with an increased number of new and regular vendors in attendance.

Judging was in the capable hands of Bob Lawrence, Grange over Sands who had a very strong show of cattle put before him.

Overall champion was awarded to P Knowles, New Hutton, with Kendallcragg Lavenguard Julie, after taking first place in the non-halter led heifer class. Sold giving 27litres and being 21days calved, she reached a final call of £2780 selling to regular purchaser ME Wannop & Sons Ltd. Reserve Champion was awarded to MJ & H Atkinson, Quernmore with Wyredale Steady Queenmary 11, bred from three generations of VG & EX cows, she sold for £2450, 21days calved, giving 36 litres to RT Halhead, Norbreck Farm, Cockerham.

Complete sale clearance saw 15 heifers sell in excess of £2000 with an average of £1852, including three quartered and lesser sorts. Cows sold to an average of £1695.

Show Results Halter Led Heifer 1st 2nd 3rd

Lot 4 J Burrow & Son Lot 11 MJ & H Atkinson Lot 5 J Burrow & Son

NonNon -Halter Led Heifer 1st 2nd 3rd

Lot 20 P Knowles Lot 13 MJ & H Atkinson Lot 10 JD & CL Inman

Best Cow 1st 2nd 3rd

Lot 41 W Rogerson & Son Lot 1 WJ & I France PW & D Swindlehurst

Top Prices 20 10 4 13 11 21 27 57 30 28

P Knowles JD & CL Inman J Burrow & Son MJ & H Atkinson MJ & H Atkinson P Knowles Enchanted Holsteins J & JA Parkinson H & SD Cornthwaite H & SD Cornthwaite

Champion Res Champion Best Pair of Heifers

£2780 £2680 £2500 £2450 £2420 £2250 £2250 £2180 £2120 £2100

Champion Heifer with judge Bob Lawrence, Vendor Peter Knowles & Sponsor Andrew McInerney from Nutribio

Lot 20 P Knowles Lot 13 MJ & H Atkinson Lot 4 & 5 J Burrow & Son

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The next NWA Lancaster Dairy sale is on Monday 18th August Catalogue Entries close Friday 8th August

Best Pair of heifers, with judge Bob Lawrence and vendor James Burrow.

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‘Texel Progeny Event’

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NWA Lancaster Sale Reports Friday 18th July Store Cattle The numbers of store cattle coming forward on a Friday continue to increase with over 250 cattle passing through the ring. Cattle carrying flesh sold to an increased demand from buyers and looked a sharper trade. Topping the sale was a British blue steer from J & M Cottom of Hill Top selling to £1300 with a big Angus steer from Ray Escolme of Ivy Barn selling for £1260. Heifers topped at £1140 for a British Blue from R & J Dodgson of Cracalt Farm. An eleven month old Limousin bull fit for breeding from the Ayrton family at Ouzelthorn sold to £1100.

There was an impressive 93 of the cattle forward achieved £1,000 or more with all steers forward selling to an average £892 and heifers averaging £868.

Congratulations to P & EM Mason of Spital Farm for winning the prize draw of a £15 lunch voucher for lotting four or more cattle together.

OTM and Cast Cattle A larger show of cows forward this week saw learner cows selling to a sharper trade with the trade for fleshier cows slightly back on the week. An entry of sixty cows this week with the majority parlour cows. Cows sold to 154.5ppk for a good Limousin from JE Bracken of New House Farm. Meaty beef bred cows sold in the 130’s and early 140’s with dairy cows selling to a top price of 124.5ppk for a black and white from JC & E Mason of Lawrence House. Plenty of dairy cows sold between 110ppk and 120ppk with the overall sale average 114ppk with dairy cows averaging 105ppk.

Rearing Calves & Stirks A solid entry of 67 calves and stirks this morning were met by a ring side of buyers. Topping the calf trade was AJ & AJ Gibbons, St Michaels with a Blue Bull selling to £370, also from the same home was the top price Blue heifer selling to £325. Angus Bulls sold to a top of £260 (x2) from Wallbank Farms, Abbeystead. Lim bulls sold to a top of £240 from JR Pye, Hatters Farm. Black and White calves were in demand this morning with best rearing calves selling to £128 again from AJ & AJ Gibbons with others at £120 from Wallbank Farms, WN & D Smith & Sons and JM Capstick. Best B&W’s regularly £90+ with plainer sorts £30-£65. A good entry of striks saw British Blue Heifers sell to £400 from A Shephard, Pilling. Black and white stirks sold to £180 and £165 from WA Ward & Sons.

STORE BULLOCKS – FRI £1000 Low Levens; £860 Downlands; £850 Moss View. ANG £1260 Ivy Barn; £1200 Orchard Heys Farm; £1180 Weavers Farm. SHO £1080 Jolley Fold Farm. CON £670 Middle Ridge. LIM £1240 Old Woodhouse; £1190 King Bank Farm; £1180 Greenlands Farm; CHAR £1180 Greenlands Farm; £1070 Cobble Hey Farm; £560 Mount Murray; HE £1160 Rame Farm; £1140 Rame Farm; £1140 Little Tunstall Farm. SIM £1100 King Bank Farm; £1090 Moss House Farm; £1080 Jolley Fold Farm. BRB £1300 Hill Top; £1210 Hill Top; £1180 Pasture House Farm. MO £1080 Old Woodhouse; £610 Mount Murray; £540 Mount Murray. SRW £1080 Jolley Fold Farm; £750 Longlands Farm. BLO £1110 King Bank. BB £860 Mount Murray; £560 Mount Murray; £400 Mount Murray. JER £550 Middle Ridge Farm STORE HEIFERS – ANG £1050 Moss View; £1000 Underhelm Farm; £940 Staffords Farm. SHO £400 Mount Murray; £390 Mount Murray. LIM £1130 Cross House Farm; £1070 Windy Hill Farm; £1050 Cross House Farm. CHAR £1050 Cross House Farm. HE £990 Cobble Hey Farm; £750 Singleton Grange Farm. SIM £1090 Cross House Farm; £980 Moss House Farm; £940 Newton Villa. BRB £1140 Cracalt Farm; £1060 Cracalt Farm. BAZ £1070 Cross House Farm. BB £480 Mount Murray.

Monday 21st July Prime Lambs sell 12p up on the week as Cast ewes continue to be a strong Trade Prime Lamb A show of good quality lambs forward at Lancaster sold to an average of 184ppk, 12 pence up on the week. A bigger sale entry of 1970 lambs were met by an active ringside of buyers keen to purchase lambs. It was Drinkall Bros of Catshaw Hall farm that topped the sale selling heavy weight Texel lambs to £97. A pen of seven Beltex lambs from Daniel Towers of Curwen Hill sold to the top of 204ppk or £81.50. Pens of better sorts of Texel lambs sold into the late 190ppk and around 200ppk with Suffolk lambs regularly selling in the mid 180ppk. Mules sold to a top of £75 from Fred Woodhouse of Fell End with all mules forward averaging 171ppk.

Cast Sheep A strong trade for cast ewes at Lancaster with a bumper entry of 259 forward. Buyers looking to buy fit ewes but were reluctant on over fat ewes. Continental ewes topped at £108 from Percy Rossall of Stonehead with plenty of big fit ewes selling between £95 and £105. Mules sold to a top price of £90 from S Wilson & Son, Burrow Heights with pens of mules that have been suckling lambs regularly in and around the £70 mark. Horned ewes sold to a top of £51 from J & CW Metcalfe & Son of Hare Apple Tree.

Prime Bulls There was a smaller entry of five bulls this morning, selling to a top of 167.5ppk for a 700kg Limousin from JM & AG Swarbrick, Out Rawcliffe. Friesians sold to 129.5ppk from Gibson & Berry, Endmoor.

Prime Lambs – SUFFOLK - £93 £86 Fell End Farm; £81.50 £79 Hallbeck; £78 Oak Head; £76.50 Fell End Farm; £76.50 Old Glasson Farm; £75.50 Tarnwater Farm. MULE - £75 Fell End Farm; £69 Ouzelthorn Farm; £68.50 Isle Of Skye Farm; £68 Wilson Wood; £65.50 Brown Edge. CHAR - £79 £73.50 Oak Head Farm; £77 Old Glasson Farm; £71.50 £70 Springfield Farm; £70 Jacksons Farm; £68 Stirzakers Farm. CHEVIOT - £64.50 Highfield Farm. TEXEL £97 £86.50 Catshaw Hall Farm; £96 Claughton Hall Farm; £86.50 Fell End Farm; £86 Mearsbeck Farm; £84 Bank House Farm; £82 Springs Farm. DORSET - £70 Cabus Nook.

Cast Sheep – MULE - £71 Lostock Bridge Farm; £68 Kays Farm; £46 10 Ashford Close. HORNED - £51 Hare Apple Tree Farm. TEXEL - £93 Parks Farm Barn; £88 Moss Side Farm; £73 Myerscough Hall. SUFFOLK - £108 Stonehead; £97 £92 Parks Farm Barn; £94 Fell End Farm. MASH - £74 Stirzakers Farm.

MULE - £90 £72 Burrow Heights Farm; £75 Brown Brook; £73 Old Grange Farm; £71 Ellers Farm; £71 Lentworth Farm; £70 Little Fell. HORNED - £32 Kays Farm; £30 Brown Edge. TEXEL - £103 Jacksons Farm; £99 Hall Croft Barn; £96 Curwin Hill Farm; £92 Stirzakers Farm; £92 Hall Croft Barn; £86 Stonehead; £85 Burrow Heights Farm; £84 Foredales Farm. JACUB - £58 Ellers Farm.

Prime Bulls – FRI – 129.50p/kg 127.50p/kg Low Audlands. LIM - 167.50p/kg 159.50p/kg Bensons Farm. BRB – 155.50p/kg Low Audlands.

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NWA J36 Sale Reports Tuesday 22nd July A Record Entry of Sheep At J36

NWA J36 had forward the largest entry of prime sheep forward with 3735 selling to a full ringside of buyers.

Well finished pure and ¾ bred Prime Lambs commanded a premium reaching 197p/kg for Beltex x lambs from SW Huck with Char x lambs from CC & HM Roberts selling for £88 it most generally 185p/kg – 195p/kg. First cross Suffolk and Texel lambs sold to 189p/kg from R & E Ladds and £82 from DE & SM Moorhouse. Mule weathers are now coming forward in greater numbers selling to 178p/kg from J & AJ Coates & Son and £77 from RS Harker & Son. All weights of lambs were keenly competed for with buyers attending with orders to fill.

A bumper entry of 1168 Cast Sheep saw heavy ewes and meated mules continue to sell to the recent high levels peaking at £118 for Texels from J & M Wilson and PK & R Woof with plenty £90-£108. Mules sold to £79 (averaging £61) with hill ewes to £72 for Rough Fell from I Carradice, Swaledales £62 from JS & S Atkinson and Cheviots for £89. Recently weaned and plainer hill ewes in abundance today being harder to sell. All cast sheep today averaged £53.45.

Top p/kg

Top £/head

Vendor

p/kg

S W Huck, Dale View

197.6

Belt

S Harryman, Keskadale

Tex

T E & J Wadsworth & Son, Raines Hall

Tex Tex

Belt

Vendor

£

Char

CC & HM Roberts, Bybeck

88.00

194.6

Tex

S W Huck, Dale View

85.00

192.9

Belt

S W Huck, Dale View

83.00

B & R Barnes, Gilsmere Farm

189.7

Tex

DE & SM Moorhouse, High House Farm

82.00

R & E Ladds, Benson Hall

189.0

Suff

B & R Barnes, Gilsmere Farm

81.00

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Paddock and Stables AT FLOOKBURGH, GRANGE OVER SANDS

1.88 acres/0.76 hectares or thereabouts of permanent grassland at

Approximately 2.00 acres/0.81 hectares of secluded amenity grassland with orchard Moss Lane, Holme Near Carnforth

TIRRIL NEAR PENRITH

Extending to 2.50 acres/1.04 hectares. The land is situated adjacent to Willow Lane and is relatively flat and fertile being well fenced and in sound heart.

Closing date for tenders – 3.00 p.m. on Wednesday, 27th August.

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

Tenders are invited for all or any part of the land to be offered. Closing date for tenders – 3.00 p.m. on Wednesday, 27th August, 2014

Well established pond and small storage building on site.

Closing date for tenders – 3.00 p.m. on Wednesday, 27th August, 2014

Please visit www.nwauctions.co.uk for more land and property sales

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Monday 28th June

Tuesday 29th June

Weekly Prime Stock Sale

Weekly Prime Stock Sale

Friday 1st August

Thursday 7th August

Weekly Cattle Sale

Fortnightly Cattle Sale & Opening Sale of Store Sheep

Breeding Sheep Sales

Breeding Sheep Sales

August

August

Friday 8th August

Opening Fortnightly Sale of Store Lambs

Friday 15th August ‘Lancaster Lads’

Saturday 23rd

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

Wednesday 20th August

Machinery Wednesday 30th July

Available: 20-30 In-calf Pedigree Holstein Friesian Heifers due July-September Contact Matthew Probert 07760 557932

Friday 29th

Pure Simmental Bull 3yrs old See website for photos Contact Richard Gardiner 07713 787510

Poultry & Rare Breed

Winter Cattle Housing Cubicles or loose housed Contact Richard Gardiner 07713 787510

Prize Show & Sale of Breeding Rams Show & Sale of Mule, Masham & Continental Ewes & Gimmer Shearlings

Wanted: 20-25 Yearling Dairy Heifers (pedigree/commercial) Contact Matthew Probert 07760 557932

Prize Show & Sale of Registered Pedigree Texel Rams & Females on behalf of NWTBC

Saturday 30th August

Pedigree Red Belted Galloway Bull 2yrs old Contact Richard Gardiner 07713 787510

NWA J36 at 10.30am Collective Sale of Tractors, Farm Machinery, Equipment, Tools & Timber

NWA J36 Sale of Poultry, Waterfowl, Hatching Eggs & Equipment.

Also today

Entries to date include

Limousin X British Blue Bull 20mth Old Contact Richard Gardiner 07713 787510

Sale of Rare & Minority Breed Livestock in association with the RBST

Angus Bull 5yrs old Contact George Harryman 07759 278741

MF250 Tractor with 80 Loader Tanco Bale Wrapper Tata 4x4 Pick Up (2006) Claas Jaguar 60 Forager Muckspreader Malgar 1300 Tanker PZ Haybob Various Parlour Spares 14’ IW flat Trailer Bale Squeeze 8ton Tipping Trailer PZ 165 Mower Iron Works Sheep Roll Over Crate 6ft Pasture Topper Tegal PTO Cement Mixer

Buckets of knowledge

6 Highland Cows (2nd Calvers) with 10wk old Calves at foot Contact George Harryman 07759 278741

URGENT ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP SCHEMES Please note that the deadline for submitting Environmental Stewardship Schemes is the end of July 2014.

The next start date for Stewardship schemes will not be until January 2016.

If you have land coming out of a `Classic’ agreement in 2014 (ESA or CSS) and are eligible for OELS, UELS or HLS and would like to start a new agreement then please contact either Rodney Coward or Carole Hodgson as soon as possible on 015395 66222

Contact Details Bill Nelson - Livestock Manager 07785 542738 Gary Capstick - Auctioneer 07970 830518 Matthew Probert - Auctioneer 07760 557932 Ian Atkinson - Auctioneer 07766 521472 Richard Gardiner - Fieldsman 07713 787510

Sale of Shares Become a bigger part of your local Auction Mart

There will be a sale of shares on Thursday 7th August 2014 in Ring 1 before the calf sale.

For more information Contact Katie Black 015395 66200

www.nwauctions.co.uk

George Harryman - Fieldsman 07759 278741 Will Alexander - Fieldsman 07976 646035