North West Auctions Weekly Report and Newsletter – 29th October
Weekly report & newsletter NWA J36 Fell Pony & Dales Pony Sale Fell Ponies sell to 940gns at J36 Rural Auction Centre North Wets Auctions held the annual show and sale of registered Fell Ponies on Saturday 25th October which saw buyers in attendance from throughout the UK. The judging was conducted by Mr M Rawlinson who awarded the championship rosette to Greenholme Imogen, a May born brown Filly from Greenholme Stud with Lathomdale Robin, a black May born Colt from MJ Woods. The top price of 940gns was paid for Dalehead Pete, a 3year old bay Gelding from GT Hodgson followed by Greenholme I’m The Boyo, a brown colt Foal from Geenholme Stuf selling for 800gns. An entry of Dales Ponies saw yearling fillies sell to 350gns with a 5year old selling at 640gns.
Champion Fell Pony, Greenholme Imogen with J Potter
Herd Dispersal at NWA J36
Fortnightly Cattle Sale at NWA J36 Thursday 13th November
Monday 10th Dispersal of Pure British Friesian Dairy Cattle On the instructions of the executivors of the late Mr Allan Armitstead, Hullater Farm, Greenodd Comprising of 60 Freshly Calved Heifers & Cows, 48 In-calf Cows (Due Dec - Jan), 18 Bulling Heifers, 16 Maiden Heifers, 20 Heifer Calves For more information contact Matthew on 07760 557932 or Richard on 07713 787510
Dairy Sale To include special entry of 8 crossbred Incalf Dairy Heifers (due Dec to Dairy/Beef Bulls)
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Beef Breeding 12 Lim x Cows with Lim calves (on behalf of the late A Armitstead) Also 9 BB/Lim In calf Heifers, due Feb for M J Waller Followed by Weekly Sale of Store Lambs
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NWA Lancaster Sale Reports Friday 24th October The weekly sale of Store Cattle at Lancaster had 426 store cattle through the ring in what was once again a very busy day at Lancaster. Larger store cattle sold to a slightly easier trade than seen over the previous weeks with many buyer’s sheds becoming full and over flowing. Younger cattle and better quality stores selling to an exceptional trade. Store cattle sold to an impressive top price of £1410 from TE & A Galbraith of Crooklands Farm with a Blonde with Simmental steers from the same home selling to £1360. Heifers sold to a top price of £1260 for an Angus from John Sanderson of Pasture Barn. Yearling cattle sold to a strong demand with quality cattle easy to sell £1080 for a pair of 10 month old Limousin steers from Nether Hall, Kirkby Lonsdale. Store Cattle Top Prices: STORE BULLOCKS – FR- £1160 Ingrave Farm; £1120 Low Levens; £1080 Godson House Farm. AA - £1170 Upp Hall; £1160 Myerscough Hall; £1150 Meadow Park. SHO- £580 Ballacutchel Farms Ltd. CON- £980 Collaway Farm; £880 North Farm; £870 Holme Head. WB- £820 Myerscough Hall. LIM- £1300 Dunningwell Farm; £1260 Tarnwater Farm; £1210 Shaws Farm. BS- £870 Gulf Farm; £690 Pilling Lane. BG - £860 Gilberton Farm. CH- £1260 Raw Head; £1170 The Bungalow; £1110 North Farm. HE- £1170 Mee Farm; £970 Windy Hill Farm. SIM- £1360 Crooklands Farm; £1300 Upp Hall. ST- £1040 Myerscough Hall. BRB- £1260 Scronkey Farm; £1190 Fleets Farm; £1150 Godson House Farm. MO- £1030 Old Woodhouse; £980 Colloway Farm; £830 Greenbank Farm. BAZ- £860 Gaskell House. SRW- £800 Holme Head. BA- £1410 Crooklands Farm; £1220 North Farm; £1180 Old Woodhouse. STORE HEIFERS – FR- £890 Arnside Tower Farm; £780 Bank Farm; £720 Cote Farm. AA- £1260 Pasture Barn Farm; £1150 Yew Tree Farm; £1110 Upp Hall. SHO- £960 Jolley Fold Farm. LIM- £1060 Dunningwell Farm; £1050 Holly House Farm; £1000 Upp Hall. CH- £1170 Greenlands Farm; £920 Ballacutchel Farms LTD; £660 Ripley St Thomas. HE- £1040 Windy Hill Farm. SIM- £1140 Upp Hall; £1000 Nateby Hall Farm; £960 Jolley Fold Farm. BRB- £1220 Mee Farm; £1130 Abrahams Farm. MO- £1020 Croppers Farm. BA- £950 Ballacutchel Farms LTD.
Cast Cows and OTM Cattle continue to come forward in large numbers with 105 going through the ring as all classes of cows sold to a sharper trade than last week. Top price of the day came from Ballacutchel Farms selling to 169.5ppk for a Lim Bull. Cast cows sold to a top of 154.5ppk from WK & R Harrison, Brookside with a Limousin. Friesian heifers sold to 144.5ppk from Strickland Hill Farming. Friesian cows sold to 119.5ppk from AT Burrow & Son, High Snab. Cast Cow Top Prices: CAST COWS – FR- 119.5 High Snab; 119.5 Coventry Farm. AA- 114.5 Yates Farm; 69.5 Eskew Beck. SHO- 104.5 Broad Oak. LIM- 154.5 Brookside; 147.5 Ballacutchel Farms LTD; 127.5 Thornbush Farm. CH- 124.5 Brown Edge. HE- 94.5 West View. SIM- 139.5 Ballacutchel Farms LTD. BRB- 127.5 Nateby Hall Farm; 124.5 High Hallbeck; 117.5 Broats Farm. CAST HEIFERS – FR- 144.5 Strickland Hill; 134.5 Pasture Barn Farm; 94.5 Gibraltar Farm. CAST/PRIME BULLS & BULLOCKS – SHO- 89.5 Broad Oak. HI- 81.5 Highfield Terrace. LIM- 169.5 Ballacutchel Farms LTD; 114.5 High Hardacre Farm.
An entry of 65 Calves, made up of predominantly black and whites were met by a slightly stickier trade than previous weeks. Buyers looking for the stronger month old and over Friesian calves. Topping trade was John Drinkall at £128, with best sorts £88-£120, younger calves £50-£70. Continental calves sold to £375 from Mason and Steven France, Newhouse Farm. Charolais sold to £265 for bulls and £240 for heifers from RT Halhead. A nice entry of 15 Stirks made up of mainly blues sold to a flying trade with Andy Shepherd, Pressall topping with a British Blue heifer selling to £565, other Blues sold to £560 for bullocks from AW & AM Park & Sons, Ellel. Montbelliarde bull Stirks sold to a top of £430 from WG & RG Riley. B&W Stirks topped at £152 from I Atkinson, Boon Town. Calf Top Prices: BULL CALF – FR- £128 Catshaw Hall Farm. MRI- £90 Sandvilla. CH- £265 Norbreck Farm. BRB- £375 Newhouse Farm. SRW- £88 Sandvilla. BULL STIRK – FR- £152 Boon Town Farm. MO- £430 Hall oth Hill Farm. HEIFER CALF – AA- £250 Tills Farm; £160 Knowsley Farm. CH- £240 Norbreck Farm. HEIFER STIRK – BRB- £565 Muffys Platt Farm. BULLOCK STIRK- £550 Walkers i’th Fields.
Monday 27th October Prime Lambs sold to a brighter trade at Lancaster with a market average of 160ppk. Lambs well fleshed and farm assured sold to a premium. Best sorts of lambs sold over 170ppk and selling to a top price of £79 from Tom Entwistle of Lentworth with Suffolk lambs. Mule lambs sold to a top price of £70.50 from D France of Isle of Skye and averaged 153ppk or £68 for a show made up of mainly heavy weight mules. Prime Lamb Top Prices: SUFF- £79 Lentworth Farm; £70 Halton Park Farm. MASH- £70 Holme House. MULE- £70.50 Kays Farm; £70 Holme House; £69.50 Burnt House. HORNED- £72.50 Wilson Wood; £63.50 Kirklands Road. CH- £76 Cragg End; £74 Brown Brook; £73 Burnt House. TEX- £76 Cragg End; £74 Brown Brook; £73 Burnt House.
Cast Sheep sold to a stronger trade then previous week at Lancaster. Texel ewes sold to a top price of £86 from Richard Morphet of Aughton with other strong continental ewes selling from mid-seventies in to the eighties and smaller sheep in the late sixties. Mule ewes sold to £74 from A & J Rhodes of Low Kit Brow with other pens of strong mule ewes regularly selling into the late sixties. Horned ewes sold to £47 for Swale ewes from WI & A Atkinson of Holme House. Cast Sheep Top Prices: MULE- £74 Low Kit Brow; £69 Far Highfield; £67 Aughton House Farm. HORNED- £47 Holme House. CHEV- £38 Cragg Farm. TEX- £86 Far Highfield; £82 Sandy Hill Farm.
Prime Bulls continue to sell well at Lancaster with a show of all dairy bulls forward this week. Montbeliarde bulls sold to 174.5ppk from GA Haston & Son of Lane House Farm with Swedish Red bulls from A & FM Bolland & Sons of Yeat House Farm. Prime Bull Top Prices: MO- 174.5 Lane House; 169.5 Yeat House. SRW- 161.5 Yeat House.
NWA Lancaster Future Sale Dates November Monday 3rd Weekly Prime Stock Sale at 9am Friday 7th Weekly Cattle Sale at 10.15am
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NWA J36 Sale Reports Thursday 23rd October 2,709 Store Lambs Sell to £68 at J36 Rural Auction Centre A larger entry of Store Lambs were forward at the weekly sale with a packed ringside of buyers from throughout the Northern counties and Midlands. Strong, short keep lambs easily sold for over £63 topping at £68 for Texel x from MJ Cleasby, Millom with Suffolks £64 from T Beaty, Troutbeck. Medium keep lambs achieved £63.50 for a pen of 93 Texel x from MW & MR Black with others £57-£62. Hill lambs sold to £53.50 for Cheviots from MB & JE Meredith. Herdwick sold to £50 and a pen of Scotch Blackface wethers from MW Parsley sold at £45 per head. Mule wethers were forward in strong numbers with best grown sorts generally £56-£60 with mediums £52-£55. An overall average of £54.33 was achieved with several buyers leaving short for orders. Next sale Thursday 30th October following the sale of store cattle Please advise entries. Store Lamb Top Prices: Hampshire: £58.50 Larkrigg. Suff: £64 Long Green Head; £63.50 Sunny Brow; £60.50 High Underbrow, Borwick Lodge; £60 Grandy Barn; £59.50 Middle Birkby; £59 Hall Farm. Masham: £53.50 Steps Farm. Mule: £60 Castle Syke; £59.50 Elm Croft; £59 Low Newton Farm; £58.50 Moss Howe; £57.50 High Borrowbridge; £56.50 Old School House; £55.50 Borwick Lodge. Swale: £52 Long Green Head; £39 Holker; £36 Low Sorbies; £34.50 Murthwaite. Rough Fell: £46.50 High Bridgestone; £45 Bank House; £43 Ellergill. Scotch B/F: £45 Roundthwaite. Horned: £55.50 Gateside Farm. Char: £62 Fold Farm; £59.50 Stribers Farm, Low Bendrigg; £58.50 Kirkby Hall; £56.50 Gowan Bank. Chev: £53.50 High Arnside; £48 Howe Farm. Texel: £68 High Ghyll; £64 Havelock House; £63.50 Scroggs Farm; £63 High Rosthwaite; £62.50 Ewelock Bank; £62 High Underbrow; £61.50 Long Green Head; £60.50 Low Bendrigg. Herdwick: £50 Long Green Head. Beltex: £64.50 Scroggs Farm; £50.50 The Green; £50 Havelock House.
The weekly sale of Calves at J36 Rural Auction Centre saw the trade for rearing black and whites sharper with best sorts of beef calves a strong trade but younger calves harder to sell this week especially heifers. British Blue bull calves sold to a top trade of £400 for a strong eight week old bull from W & S Airey of West Hall who also sold Blue heifers to £320. British Blue heifers topped at £350 from JW & TE Sharp of Flodder Hall. Native bred calves sold to a strong demand at J36 with more needed to meet buyers demand. Hereford bull calves topped at £300 from R & EA Gardner of Barrowfield. Montbeliarde bull calves continue to meet a strong demand at J36 selling to a top of £260 from JS & I Wilson of Monk Foss with all Montbeliarde bull calves averaging £156. Black and White rearers sold to a stronger demand topping at £88 from R Morris-Eyton of Beck Side with young rearing Black and Whites between £45 and £80. Calf Top Prices: BULL CALVES – Fr: £88 & £80 Beck Side; £52 Strickland Hill; £48 Far Audlands; £38 Toadpool. AA: £240 Capplerigg. Lim: £200 Monk Foss. Hfd: £300 Barrowfield. BrB: £400 West Hall; £300 Monk Foss; £235 Beck Side. Mont: £260 & £190 Monk Foss; £170 & £150 Low Sizergh. HEIFER CALVES – Lim: £200 Mount Pleasant; £170 Town House. Sim: £205 School House. BrB: £350 & £335 Flodder Hall; £320 & £305 West Hall; £270 Monk Foss;
2995 Prime Lambs to £78.50 & 197.0p/kg Weights Top Av. Standard 32 ½ -39 197.0 159.0 Medium 39 ½ -45 ½ 187.5 164.0 Heavy 46 - 51 ½ 168.0 148.5
Tuesday 28th October
On Tuesday 28th October, North West Auctions held their weekly sale of Prime sheep where 3,500 Prime Lambs and Cast Sheep were put before a full compliment of buyers with lambs averaging 162.8p/kg. Handy weights 40-42 kg lambs were the easiest to sell and, being short of buyers’ requirements, these were regularly 175-180p/kg. Heavy lambs were slightly harder to sell on the week. Prime Lamb Top Prices: Suff: £75.50, £75 Netherhouses Farm; £75 Low Brundrigg. Char: £76 Trees Farm, £73 Gibraltar Farm, Myers Farm. Tex: £77.50, £75.50 Heaton Hall Farm; £76 Old Cottage; £75.50 Brown Brook; £75 Head House. Mule: £70 Gamswell Farm; £70, £69.50 Nether House Farm; £68.50 Nook Farm, Thursgill. Chev: £71.50 Green Head. Belt: £78.50 Green Head; £77, £75 Heaton Hall Farm; £75 Birch Bank, Wilson Wood. Rgh Fell: £61 Moss End Farm; £58 Birkhaw. Swale: £55, £53 Thornton Hall; £52 Barbon Fell House.
A bigger show of 500 Cast Sheep, once again, met a strong trade with plain horned ewes being greatly sought after. Cast Sheep Top Prices: Mule: £70 Birks Farm; £69 Underley Estates; £68 Tarnside Farm. Swale: £44 Garnett House. Rgh Fell: £71, £64, £62 Main Street; £67 Birkhaw; £61 Sedbergh Rd. Chev: £70 Stockbridge. Tex: £108, £86, £74 Broad Head; £92 St Annes Farm; £76 Underley Estates. Lleyn: £70 Penrose Cottage; £68 Sunny Bank. Leic: £81 Ashstead. Herd: £48, £40 Tilberthwaite. Rams: £98 North Lodge; £80 Fern Lea.
NWA J36 Future Sale Dates November Tuesday 4th
Special Monthly Cattle Prizes
Weekly Prime Stock Sale at 1.45pm
Prizes will be awarded for the
Thursday 6th
Highest Priced Calf, Highest Priced Store Cattle (2 or more), Highest Priced OTM (p/kg)
Any other Native Breed (other than Hereford & Angus) NWA J36 Thursday 13th November NWA Lancaster Friday 14th November
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Weekly Sale of Calves at 10.15am & Store Lambs at 11am
NWA J36
Farm to Farm Trading
Special Sale of Tractors, Farm Machinery, Plant & Equipment Plus Vintage Machinery & Bygones
Sheep Grazing Wanted
Saturday 1st November at 10.30am
Contact Ian Atkinson 07766 521472
Entries to-date include
Wanted:
Available:
JCB loadall 536.60 (’60 plate, 3,800 hrs), MF 590 2wd (English Made Twin Door), Ford 5610 4wd (standard gear box), Case 885 4wd c/w Grays Loader, Case IH 395 Tractor, JD320 Garden Mower Tractor, Kubota B5200 Compact Tractor, NH TN65 Tractor, Kubota Compact Garden Tractor Mower, Marshall 802 Tractor, Ferguson Petrol Tractor, Ford 3000 Tractor (1973 L reg), Leyland 253 Perkins 3 cyl. Diesel Tractor, MF FE35 4 cyl. Diesel Tractor (1958), Nissan x Trail 4wd (52 plate), Honda Quad Bike, Reco PTO Driven Road Brush, Framed 6ft Chain Harrows, Menage Rake, I.W. 14ft Drop-side Trailer, Small Twin Axel Goods Trailer, Kverneland Conventional 3 Furrow Plough, Thwaites 4wd 4 tonne diesel Dumper, Storth 15ft Slurry Stirrer, Fleming 3 point Linkage Tipping Bucket, Livestock Link Box, PTO Cement Mixer, Yard Scraper, Feed Hopper, Pallet Tines, Liquid Feed Tanks, Shear Grab, KRM Salt Spreader, 7x4 Calf/Sheep Trailer, PTO Generator, 5 x 10ft Sheep Racks on Wheels, Metal Troughs, Forecourt Barriers with Gates Box Section Security, Horse Stitch Harrow, JB Stainton Horse Stitch Plough, Horse Drawn Plough, Antique Straw Chopper, Portable Grind Stone, Ransome 2 Furrow Plough (1947), Bamford Major 1 Mowing Machine (1947), Selection of Wheels, Tyres, Weights, Pulleys & Panels, International 2 wd tractor c/w loader, Ransomes 2f plough, Ferguson 2f plough, David Brown Grubber, Lge qty vintage dairy equipment, MF135 tractor, 6.5hp generator, 10’ IW trailer c/w sheep decks, Marshall spreader, Flat trailer, Cattle crush, JCB bucket, Compressr, McCormick horse mower, MF135 (straight front axle), Ferguson FE35 (grey & gold, fully restored), JD6430 4wd c/w 633 power loader (3500hrs, air con, ex condition), Vicon vari-spreader, Mitsubishi L200 Warrior (crew cab, ’54 plate, 70K, 10m MOT), Landrover 90TDS (2001 plate 126K, 8m MOT)
Various Farms locally looking to take in cattle for winter
Please visit our website for up-to-date list of entries & photos of some items
Contact Bill Nelson 07785 542738
j Pedigree Lim Bull 4 years Old
Pedigree Holstein Bulls ready to work Two pure bred Zwartble gimmer shearlings Selection of pure bred Dexter Cattle 10 Zwartble Gimmer Lambs fit to tup Selection of Beltex and Beltex X Texel Shearling Rams Contact Ian Atkinson 07766 521472
6 Year Old Saler Stock Bull Contact Richard Gardiner 07713 787510 Pedigree AA Bull, 2 years old Selection of Zwartble Ram Lambs, 2 Shear Rams and Gimmers available Contact Will Alexander 07976 646035 Dairy Wintering Available up to 80 head in cubicle or Straw Shed
4 Blue/Grey Heifers 6 Months Old 6 Belted Galloway Cow & Calves
Teeswater Shearling Ram for sale Contact David 01539 823199
Farm Plastic Recycling at J36 Rural Auction Centre Wednesday 19th November 10am till 5.30pm
FINDING YOU PASTURES NEW
2 Lim Bulls 2 Years Old 6 Ayrshire Calving Heifers Contact George Harryman 07759 278741
015395 66222 Borwick, Carnforth
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