North West Auctions Weekly Report and Newsletter – 25th March
Weekly Report & Newsletter J36 Early Spring Show & Sale of Store Cattle Thursday 19th March NWA J36 held it’s early spring show of store cattle which saw Mr Robert Mason of Preston judging, who had a good entry of cattle before him in the show classes. The championship rosette was awarded to N A & J Temple, showing a BrB bullock, which later sold for £1070. Reserve champion was a Lim x bullock from J G & P H Thompson, which achieved £1145
Show Results Judge – Mr Robert Mason Class 1 – Store Heifer 1st J G & P H Thompson, Poppy Farm - £940 to Messrs Wilcock 2nd S G Benson, Horrace Farm - £880 to R Mason 3rd T Ayrton & Sons, Yates Farm - £1040 to G Foster Class 2 – Store Bullock 1st N A & J Temple, Black Hall Farm - £1070 to D Barker 2nd J G & P H Thompson, Poppy Farm - £1145 to D Moorhouse 3rd S G Benson, Horrace Farm - £990 to J Bowling Store & Breeding Cattle Report Older cattle sold to £1310 for 22 mo Lim x bullocks from J & M E Bateman, with others at £1250. Yearlings sold to £1145 for Lim x from J G & P H Thompson with 10 mo Char x from J F Benson at £1120. Heifers peaked at £1170 for Sim x from A Denney, with others at £1140, £1130 from J A Chapman. Yearling heifers sold to £1040 for BrBx from T Ayrton & Sons. Native breeds sold to £1060 for Hereford x from West Berwick Farm, with a run of Ang x (8mo) from R G Robinson, reaching £800. A reduced number of young bulls saw best sucklers £845 for Lim x from R I Dixon. Beef Breeding Cattle saw cows and calves sell to £1400 from J A Middleton. Buyers nowlooking for replacement stock saw bulling heifers regularly £1100 +. Thursday 16th April to include dispersal sale of the suckler herd on behalf of D G Underhill. Thursdays report continued on page 3 e. info@nwauctions.co.uk t. 01524 63308 (Lancaster) t. 015395 66200 (J36 Kendal)
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Lancaster Sale Reports Friday 20th March An entry of 63 OTM Cattle forward sold to an overall average of 118ppk. The OTM trade continue to be every bit as dear at Lancaster with vendors and potential vendors strongly advised not to pass Lancaster with a strong crowd of buyers around the ring. Cull cows sold to a top price of 169ppk or £1354 for a five year old British Blue cow from Philip Halhead on behalf of Norbreck Genetics. Well fleshed beef cows sold between the mid and late 140ppk. Black and White cows topped at 141.5ppk from Gary Atkinson of Cantsfield with other fleshed cows in the 130’s pence per kilo. Black and whites sold to an overall average of 109ppk.
Cast Cow Top Prices: Cast Cows: FR: 141.5 Abbotson Farm; 137.5 Low Deepslack; 134.5 Heaton Hall Farm. AY: 87.5 Aughton Hall. LIM: 147.5 Holme House Farm; 141.5 Intack Farm; 127.5 Lambrigg Park Farm. CH: 151.5 Greaves Farm. HE: 119.5 Middle Lee Farm. SIM: 144.5 Norbreck Genetics; 144.5 Dunkenshaw Farm; 119.5 Slack Farm. BRB: 169.5 Norbreck Genetics. MO: 144.5 Lane House; 91.5 Ireby Hall. Cast Steers: CH: 159.5 Lambrigg Park Farm. Cast Bulls: AA: 91.5 Hiltons Farm.
A plainer entry of Store Cattle forward in the market with more Holstein steers and a lot of dairy bred cattle. As seen in many store cattle markets up and down the country this week the trade has slightly eased with many finishers slightly cautious over the recent drop in prime cattle although long keep suckler bred cattle sold to a strong trade with people beginning to look for summering cattle. Trade topped at £1350 for Angus steers from SJ Brass of Ingleton with Limousin steers selling to £1330 from BN Greenwood. Heifers sold to a top price of £1290 for a 23 month old Limousin from RA Caton of Low House.
Store Cattle Top Prices: Store Bullocks: FR: £1040 Abbotson Farm; £1030 Stubbins Farm; £1010 Cock Hall Farm. AA: £1350 Church Street; £1250 Low House; £1240 Intack Farm. SHO: £920 Bouthwaite Farm. SLR: £1300 Cock Hall Farm. LIM: £1330 Daniel Fold Farm; £1310 Cock Hall Farm; £1290 Hazleslack Tower Farm. BS: £600 Willow Farm. CH: £1280 Greenlands Farm; £1250 Elmridge Farm; £1210 Billinge Hall Farm. HE: £1200 Manor House Farm; £1020 Leylands Farm; £760 Springfield. SIM: £1160 Billinge Hall Farm; £1120 Oak Head; £1020 Leylands Farm.ST: £1210 Low Foulshaw Farm. BRB: £1270 Abrahams Farm; £1260 Church Street; £1130 Intack Farm. MO: £1090 Thorns Farm; £980 High Green; £790 Ivy Cottage. SRW: £970 Pilling Lane. FKV: £1140 Cragg Farm. BA: £1070 Low Moor Head. Store Heifers: FR: £680 Fencefoot Farm; £600 Narrow Gate Farm. AA: £1140 Daniel Fold Farm; £1120 Moss View;£1120 Croppers Farm. LIM: £1290 Low House; £1190 Cragg Farm; £1150 Ackenthwaite Farm. CH: £1220 Greenlands Farm; £1070 Corney Hill. HE: £1160 Manor House Farm; £1080 Ivy Barn; £1050 Windy Hill Farm. SIM: £1130 Daniel Fold Farm; £1120 Croppers Farm; £1110 Hilderstone Farm. BRB: £1270 Betts Farm; £1190 Cracalt Farm; £1150 Abrahams Farm.
A disappointing entry of Calves and Stirks at Lancaster with buyers leaving short of requirements. Top price came from David & Eileen Wallbank with an Angus Bull selling to £305. Stirks to £510 for Angus Heifers from B Webber, Wigan. Many more calves needed to meet buyers requirements.
Calf Top Prices: Heifer Calf: AA: £285 Tills Farm. Bull Calf: BRB: £305 Tills Farm. Heifer Stirk: AA: £510 Firtree Cottage. LIM: £425 Middle Lee Farm.
Monday 23rd March A larger entry of Prime Hoggs forward this week sold to continue strong trade, SQQ hoggs averaged 199ppk with an overall average of 196ppk. A lot of heavy hoggs in the market lead to the average being slightly easier than the previous week. Prime hoggs sold to a top of 226ppk for Texels from WM Pye of Tarnwater with standard weight continental hoggs selling easily over the 200ppk mark. Heavy weight hoggs in the early to mid-fifty kilograms sold to the late nineties. Mule hoggs sold to a top of 205ppk with all mules forward averaging 192ppk. More horned lambs in the market today saw Scottish Black faces achieve 206ppk or £86.50 with all horned lambs forward averaging 191ppk.
Prime Hogg Top Prices: SUFF: £99 Booth Hall; £97 Cocker House Farm; £93 Hudsbrook Farm. CON: £75 Medlar Hall Farm. MASH: £85 Medlar Hall Farm; £82.50 Cobble Hey Farm. MULE: £91.50 Hudsbrook Farm; £90 North Farm; £86 Medlar Hall Farm. HRN: £86.50 Curwin Hill Farm; £85 Allcocks Farm. CH: £79 Throstle Grove Farm; £78 Stirzakers Farm; £67 Wyre Farm. CHEV: £98 Inverbervie: £94 Hudsbrook Farm; £90 North Farm. TEX: £98 Parks Farm Barn; £98 Moss Side Farm; £97 Cocker House Farm. GRIT: £93.50 Inverbervie. HERD: £63 Lee End Farm; £56 Moss House Farm.
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The Cast Sheep trade continues to be every bit of good with all buyers keen to buy sheep today. Buyers continue to be cautious on over fat sheep but fit sheep are eagerly sought after. Charollais tups from Peter Anderton of Wyre Farm sold to £148. Good continental ewe easily sold over £110 topping at £134 for a couple of Texels from Joe Townley of Mearsbeck. Big mule ewes sold well into the nineties topping at £99 from EE Thornton & Sons of Downlands.
Show & Sale of Prime Spring Lambs
An overall average of £92.05 for all cast sheep.
Cast Sheep Top Prices: MASH: £98 Overdale. MULE: £99 Downlands Farm; £95 Low Kit Brow; £92 Booth Hall. HRN: £92 Meadowside. CH: £148 Wyre Farm. TEX: £134 Mearsbeck Farm; £126 Overdale; £116 Moss Side Farm.
A mixed entry of Prime Bulls topped at 184.5ppk for Limousin bulls from J A Airey of Old Croft with others from the same home selling to 177.5ppk. Dairy bred beef bulls saw Limousins sell to 174.5ppk from A & FM Bolland & Sons of Yeat House.
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Lancaster Auction Mart Monday 30th March Judging at 8.30am Sale at 9.15am Also Show & Sale Ewes & Shearlings with Lambs at Foot
FR: 129.5 Yeat House. LIM: 184.5 Old Croft; 174.5 Yeat House.
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Spring Breeding Sheep Sale The weekly sale of sheep with lambs at foot saw an entry of 192 forward this week. Once again at Lancaster a buoyant trade throughout with buyers around the ring for all ages and types of sheep and lambs. Majority of the entry forward was older ewes. The trade topped at £212 for four crop continental ewes suckling ¾ Texel lambs from JT & B Fox of Blackwood End with ewes and single lambs from the same home selling to £190. A large proportion of today’s entry was old mule ewes which sold to a top of £192 from TM Townley of Knowsley Farm sucking young Texel twin lambs as others depending on the lambs sold regularly around the £180 mark. Sheep and lambs sold to an average of £64 per head with very few singles forward today.
J36 Rural Auction Centre Monday 31st March Judging at 12.30pm Sale at 1pm
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J36 Sale Reports Thursday 19th March A full ringside of buyers competed strongly for all classes of Cast Cows forward. Continental cows once again met a very strong trade, topping at 194.5p/kg for Limousin x from G H Jones of Far Sawrey and to £1150, again for a Limousin cow from W G Wilkinson of Coniston. A much plainer show of black and white cows about, but with well fleshed cattle still selling well to 124.5p/kg from W Garnett & Son of Milnthorpe and also from R A & E Edmondson of Levens, both purchased by Dawn Cumbria. Overall cows averaged 116.53p/kg
Cast Cow Top Prices: Cast Cows: Fr: 149.5p Greaves Farm; 124.5p Ackenthwaite Farm, High Barns. Ang:154.5p, 151.5p Ellers Farm; 144.5p Causeway Farm. Sho: 109.5p, 99.5p Strickley. Lim:194.5p Fold Farm; 171.5p Tilberthwaite; 144.5p Burney End; 134.5p Ghyll Farm. Sim:147.5p Bannerigg Farm. BrB: 154.5p Low Newton Farm; 127.5p Bannerigg Farm. SRW:131.5p Hawkrigg.
The weekly sale of Calves had a reduced entry of 29 with many farmers busy lambing and many not calving at the moment. Beef calves sold away nicely, topping at £450 from RJ & KR Wilkinson of High Foulshaw, for British Blue bulls. Others selling to £360 from JW & D Robinson & Sons of Hollins Farm. Heifer calves sold to a top of £390 from E Tuer of Common Farm, with a Simmental heifer at two months old. Younger Limousin heifers topped at £340 from Brian Wilson of Spout House. Black and White weaned calves sold to £185 from RA & E Edmondson of High Barnes with rearing calves selling to £95 from TK Robinson & Sons of Greaves Farm. Others to £88. All Black and whites averaged £69. Only a handful of Stirks forward, selling to a top of £500 for an Angus steer from RG Robinson of Ellers Farm. Three to Four month old British Friesian bulls from Messrs Williamson of Colby sold to £340 and £310. Please note the monthly sale of Stirks Thursday 26th March. Entries to Ian Atkinson ASAP 07766521472
Calf Top Prices: Bull Calves: Fr: £185, £140 High Barns; £95, £88 Greaves Farm. Lim: £340 Spout House;£260 Hagg Farm. BrB: £450 High Foulshaw; £360 HollinsFarm; £310 Hagg Farm. Heifer Calves: Lim: £340 Spout House; £270 Town House; £255 Beck House. Sim: £390 Common Farm. BrB: £275 School House; £270 Beck House; £245 Hagg Farm. Bull Stirks: Fr: £340, £310 The Howes. Hfr Stirks: Ang: £410 Ellers Farm. Str Stirks: Ang: 500 Ellers Farm.
Store Cattle Top Prices: Store Bullocks: Fr: £765 Moor Farm. Ang: £800, £770 Ellers Farm. Lim: £1310 Lowgill Farm; £1250, £1180, £1140 Crooklands Farm; £1145 Poppy Farm; £1115 Hollin Hall Farm; £1110 Top Thorn Farm. Char: £1120 Skelwith Fold Farm; £1080, £930 Thrang. Here: £1060 West Berwick Farm. Sim: £925 Riddings. Stab: £1060 Kit Crag; £960 West Berwick Farm. BrB: £1070, £950 Black Hall Farm; £1025 Arklid Farm; £995, £990 Horrace Farm. Blo: £1000, £870 Causeway Farm. Store Heifers: Ang: £820 Bowston Hall; £780 Hawkrigg. Lim: £1140, £1130 North Lodge; £1105 Birks Farm; £1105, £1095 Cockrigg Farm; £1030 Lowgill Farm; £1005 Kirkby Hall. Char: £915 West Berwick Farm; £885 Thrang; £860 Skelwith Fold Farm; £840 Hartrigg. Sim: £1170 Johnscales Farm; £985, £920 Low Fell End. Stab: £1090, £910 Kit Crag. BrB: £1050 Kit Crag; £1040 Yates Farm. Store Bulls: Ang: £780 Low Newton Farm. Lim: £845 Low Newton Farm. Blo: £795 Steps Farm. Cow & Calf: BrB: £1400 Armerdale House
Poultry & Waterfowl Saturday 21st March The Spring Sale of Poultry and Waterfowl at J36 Rural Auction Centre saw a packed ringside of buyers. The sale commenced with deadstock and equipment which saw a large hen cabin from Dan Shepherd of Gaskell House sell to £192. A smaller garden coop sold to £55 from P Boustead. Hatching Eggs sold to a top of £22 for 8 Sebastopol Geese again from P Boustead. Large fowl eggs sold to £17 for a dozen Araucana from L Beck. Others saw half a dozen Rhode Island Reds realise £14 from Messers Staveley. Large fowl saw the best trade of the day with prices achieved above and beyond vendor’s expectations. Topping the day was a fantastic trio of Welsummers from Lewis Chorley selling for a final call of £110. Closely following this was two Buff Orpington Pullets from Ted Longton, achieving £100. Classic garden chickens were in the strongest demand with a set of 3 Welsummer pullets realising £70 from E Parker, 3 Light Sussex Pullets to £50 from Joe Gorst and 3 Rhode Island Red Pullets to £45. Bantams sold to £50 for Three Light Sussex Pullets from Brian Preston. Ducks sold to a top of £68 for a breeding pair of Carolinas from S Danson and £55 for three nice Aylesburys from J I Allonby. Geese sold to a top of £60 for a trio of Buff Backs from C Oversby. The next Poultry sale at J36 Rural Auction Centre is on Saturday May 2nd
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Tuesday 24th March North West Auctions held their weekly sale of prime sheep at J36 on Tuesday where an entry of 1250 prime hoggs and cast sheep were sold. A lot more Prime Hoggs have hit the markets nationally and trade would be a little easier on the week especially for the heavy weight hoggs and there was a large proportion in that category forward today. Hoggs topped at £96 per head for Suffolks from Mr G Riley of Bolton-le-Sands and a top price per kilo of 204p/kg for a pen of Cheviot hoggs from JC Dunning of Orton which were purchased by Riley Bros., of Dunnockshaw. Considering there was a very mixed show of hoggs and a lot of heavy hoggs forward we still achieved an average of 185.72p/kg.
Prime Hogg Top Prices: Suff: £96 Maddison Avenue; £90 Southfield Farm; £88 Hillam House; £87.50 Tarnside Farm. Masham: £82 Mealrigg. Mule: £87 Tarnside Farm, Little Eccleston Hall, Heaton Hall; £86.50 Hillam Farm. Swale: £79 Holme House; £75.50 High Loanthwaite. Rough Fell: £74.50 The Galleon; £70 Low Fold. Scotch B/F: £83 Tarnside Farm. Char: £88.50 Hillam Farm; £84.50 Yealand Manor; £83 Low House; £80.50 Flodder Hall. Chev: £81.50 Low Chapel Farm. Texel: £94 Greaves Farm; £90 Barrow House; £89.50 Hillam House Farm; £88.50 Helm Croft; £88 Heaton Hall, Lynacres, Lane House Farm. Lleyn: £80 Low Foulshaw Farrm. Herdwick: £80 Hill Top; £75 High Loanthwaite.
All classes of Cast Sheep met a fantastic trade with ewes topping £138 on several occasions and a top price on the day of £148 for a Texel ram from D & J & A Freeman of Troutbeck. Mule ewes peaked at £118 for a pen full from TL & S Cross of Westhouse and Horned sheep sold to £96 for Rough Fell ewes from GA & JA Allan and SL Hoggarth both of Howgill.
Cast Sheep Top Prices: CAST EWES – Dorset: £84 Brow Head. Suff: £118 Trees Farm; £115 Low House, Maddison Avenue; £102 Lundholme Farm. Masham: £113 Lundholme Farm. Mule: £118 Trees Farm; £116 Barrow House Farm; £110 Borwick Fold; £109 Hill Top Farm. Swale: £72 Helm Croft; £71 Cooper House; £70 Higher Salter. Rough Fell: £96 Birkhaw; £93 Mealrigg; £82 Lundholme Farm. Char: £138 Low Foulshaw Farm; £130 Trees Farm. Chev: £96 Ivy Cottage. Texel: £134 Farleton House; £132 Ivy Cottage; £128 Barrow House Farm; £124 High Foulshaw Farm; £120 Gibraltar Farm, The Park. Lleyn: £126 Cragg Farm. Leicester: £126 Brown Edge; £112 Castle Syke. Herdwick: £72 High Loanthwaite; £68 Tongue House. Zwart: £120 Wild Duck Hall. Beltex: £138 Heaton Hall; £128 Trees Farm. CAST RAMS – Texel: £148 Town End Farm; £112 Ewelock Bank; £108 Borrans Farm. Leicester: £106 Helm Croft. Zwart: £126 Wild Duck Hall.
Spring Breeding Sheep Sale Sheep & lambs sold to full value topping at £65 per life for ewes with Texel lambs at Foot with others at £64 & £62 per life. Many buyers are now enquiring about sheep & lambs. Please advise the office of entries to assist contacting buyers
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