North West Auctions Weekly Report and Newsletter – 30th July 2014
Weekly report & newsletter
NWA J36 Dairy Sale & Calf Show Thursday 24th July Dairy Sale Newly Calved Heifers to £2120 Newly Calved Cows to £1900 Heifer Calves to £445 With the largest entry to date, incorporating a part dispersal of organic cows on behalf of J & P A Jackson, a large crowd of buyers were in attendance from throughout the northern counties. The dispersal sale saw mid-lactation 2nd calved cows sell to £1600, £1580, with older cows generally £1200/£1450. The fortnightly collective sale was topped by a heifer from J H towers & Sons, selling at £2120, with others £1900 J & J A Burrow and £1850 W H & J M Robinson. Newly calved cows sold to £1900 from P W & D Swindlehurst with 4th calvers £1520 from M & M Carr. A special entry of heifer calves from Langley Park Farms saw 12 w.o. calves sell to £445, £425, £420 with an abundance of buyers keen to purchase additional youngstock.
Results
Calf Show & Sale
The summer show and sale of calves at J36 Rural Auction centre saw a record entry of 112 Class 1 – Continental Bull forward. Stuart Benn of Beckside Cottage was handed the task of judging a tremendously strong class of calves and a credit to all vendors. A strong class of continental bulls 60 days or 1st Lot 480 from FI & ME Little £400 under was won by Ian Little of Helm Croft showing a Limousin Bull with the Continental heifer 2nd Lot 451 from B Wilson £370 class being won by David Wallbank of Tills Farm showing a British Blue heifer. In the dairy bull 3rd Lot 492 from H Wright & Son £350 class was a strong pen of bulls with the winner being awarded to Robin Nicholson of Green Lane End Farm with a Montbeliarde bull. The overall champion was awarded to Ian Little with Class 2 – Continental Heifer his Limousin Bull Calf. The trade saw all types of continental calves sell to a strong trade with plenty of buyers eager to 1st Lot 533 from Wallbank Farm Ltd £320 buy. The trade for better quality black and whites was back quite a bit in line with other markets 2nd Lot 452 from B Wilson £300 with worst sorts of black and whites in strong demand and a dearer trade. 3rd Lot 510 from B & MJ Nelson £300 The top price calf of the day was the Champion from Ian Little selling to £400 to the Judge Stuart Benn. This was matched by C Dean & LJ Brennand of Clapham selling a 65 day old Class 3 – Dairy Bull British Blue bull to £400 with other best sorts of Continental bulls selling in mid to late £300’s. Continental Heifers sold to £320 for the 1st prized heifer from David Wallbank of Tills Farm with 1st Lot 505 from RJ & P Nicholson £250 a strong demand for people looking for potential breeding replacements. 2nd Lot 528 from Drinkall Bros £65 A good entry of farmer stirks forward meant a strong demand from a ringside of buyers with 3rd Lot 529 from Drinkall Bros £60 plenty could have been sold to vendor’s advantage. Limouisn steers at 10month old from R & BJ Cleasby sold to £655 with heifers from the same home to £510. Four month old Limou- Champion Lot 480 from FI & ME Little sin heifer stirks from Fishwick Brothers of Middle Sadghyll sold to £450 and £430. Full sale report continued on page 3 Thursday 7th August Special entry of organic HF young stock (4-18m old) being second part of dispersal on behalf of J & PA Jackson, Winter Tarn
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NWA Lancaster Sale Reports Friday 25th A nice show of Store Cattle today saw 261 pass through the ring, once again well fleshed cattle sold to the vendors advantage. JM & AG Swarbrick & Son, Out Rawcliffe topped trade selling a Lim steer to £1290. British Blues sold to £1240 from regular vendor J & M Cottam, Nether Kellet. Heifers topped at £1210 for Chaollais from Cowell & Moore, Woodplumpton. Black and Whites were met by a mixed trade topping at £1210 again from J & M Cottam with others at £940 from EE Thornton & Son, Downlands. An entry of 46 Cast Cows this morning was met by a ringside of buyers. Trade was topped by J & AJ Coates & Son, Westhouse with a Luing Heifer selling to 141.5ppk. Friesian heifers sold to 139.5ppk from WN & D Smith & Son, Cockerham. Black and White cows sold to 127.5ppk from K Whitaker & Son, Bay Horse. An entry of 49 Rearing Calves and Stirks this morning. Black and whites met a very sticky trade with best sorts to £80 from GH Sanderson, Catforth. Trade was topped by Phillip Halhead, Cockerham with a cracking 40day British Blue bull selling to £410 with another from the same home selling to £405. Angus bulls from W & G Cornthwaite & Son, Claughton on Brock sold to £300. Younger rearing calves sold to £288 from J Hoggarth & Son, Slyne for Blue bulls and £252 for Angus Heifers from the same home. Stirks from A Shephard, Pressall sold to £530 for Blue Heifers. The early Breeding Sheep sale saw all classes of sheep sell to a strong trade with a strong demand from buyers around the ring plenty more could have been sold. Mule gimmer shearlings sold to £150 JM & F Gillett of Mellor with Scotch Mule shearlings from T Smith of Pilling selling to the same price with plenty of pens selling into the £140’s. Texel shearlings sold to £148 for a pen from Chris Alty of Carnforth with other pens of continental shearlings selling around that £140 mark. Mule ewes sold to a strong trade with plenty of buyers around the ring for all ages, one crop ewes sold to £145 from Andrew Bailey of Cornfield house with full mouthed ewes from Mark Parker of Wennington selling to £101. Continental ewes sold to £142 twice firstly from Andrew Butler of Hambleton and then from Andrew Bailey. A couple tups forward today saw a Suffolk shearling from Will Alexander sell to £380. TOP PRICES: STORE BULLOCKS – LIM - £1290 Bensons Farm; £1170 Downlands Farm; £1170 Newsham Hall Farm; £1100 Stirk Hey Farm; £1030 King Bank Farm; £990 Fell End. BAZ - £1270 Millbeck. BRB - £1240 £1200 Hill Top; £1200 Pasture House Farm; £1200 Billinge Hall Farm; £1130 Cragg Farm; £1080 Low Bendrigg Farm. AA - £1200 Weavers Farm; £1170 Lower House Farm; £1120 Cragg Farm; £1100 Low Bendrigg Farm; £1090 Longlands Farm; £1090 Greenways Farm. SIM - £1180 Bensons Farm; £1160 £1140 Billinge Hall Farm; £980 £930 Low Bendrigg Farm; £900 Waltons Farm. CH - £1170 Outerthwaite Farm; £1070 Fell End Farm. HE - £1170 £1100 Jane Lane Farm; £1120 Windy Hill Farm; £1100 Low Bendrigg Farm; £1000 Cobble Hey Farm. HF - £1050 Hill Top; £940 Downlands Farm; £890 Cragg Farm; £860 Outerthwaite Farm; £800 Newsham Hall Farm; £790 Coventry Farm. CON - £1030 26 Pinewood Avenue. SHO - £990 Longlands Farm; £970 Gulf Farm; £750 £650 Middle Ridge Farm. MO - £920 Fanny House Farm. BB - £760 Mount Murray. SRW - £740 121 Pilling Lane; £730 Fanny House Farm; £550 Mount Murray. STORE HEIFERS – CH - £1210 Newsham Hall Farm. BRB - £1150 Hill Top; £1070 Pasture House Farm; £960 11 Kimberley Avenue; £840 Croft House. HE - £1110 Windy Hill Farm; £1070 Jane Lane Farm; £990 Billinge Hall Farm; £980 Cobble Hey Farm; £690 Mount Murray. AA - £1090 High Green; £1080 Low Levens; £1050 Lower House Farm; £1030 Cragg Farm; £1000 Jolley Fold Farm; £1000 Ellers Farm. LIM - £1000 Jolley Fold Farm; £900 Cobble Hey Farm; £890 Brow Foot Farm; £830 Sandhole Farm; £740 Fell End Farm. DEV - £1000 Jolley Fold Farm. SIM - £930 Brow Foot Farm; £690 Mount Murray. STORE BULLS – SIM - £690 £590 Waltons Farm. HF - £320 Mount Murray. CAST COWS – CON – 137.5 Braida Garth. BA – 134.5 Braida Garth. AA – 127.5 119.5 King Bank Farm. HF – 127.5 Stirzakers Farm; 124.5 Holmes Farm; 121.5 Waltons Farm; 121.5 Breedy Butts Farm; 117.5 Hoskins Farm; 117.5 Endmoor Farm; 114.5 Sweetings Farm. LIM – 114.5 Braida Garth. HI – 87.5 Barker Knott. CAST HEIFERS – CON – 141.5 Braida Garth. HF – 139.5 131.5 121.5 Cocker House Farm. CAST/PRIME BULLS & BULLOCKS - HF – 91.5 Spital Farm. BULL CALF – BRB - £410 £405 Norbreck Farm; £288 £200 Manor House Farm; £130 Arnside Tower Farm. AA - £300 Matshead Farm; £252 £110 Manor House Farm. HF - £80 £50 Blackleach House Farm; £60 Tills Farm; £35 Arnside Tower Farm. HEIFER CALF – BRB - £345 Tills Farm; £300 Norbreck Farm. AA - £90 Manor House Farm. BULL STIRK – BRB - £450 Deepclough. SRW - £380 Deepclough.
Monday 28th July North West Auctions Lancaster saw 1319 sheep pass through the ring this morning, comprising of 1171 prime lambs and 148 cast sheep. Quality lambs and lambs with meat were sought after however the onset of the Muslim festival of EID saw Asian buyers missing from the market as they don’t start killing till Wednesday, making leaner lambs a fractional easier.
1171 Prime Lambs to £89 & 186.0p/kg Weights Top Av. Standard 32 ½ -39 186.0 164.0 Medium 39 ½ -45 ½ 180.0 164.0 Heavy 46 - 51 ½ 186.0 158.0
Trade topped at £89 for a heavy weight Texel Prime Lamb weighing 56kg or 186ppk for a pen of 6 37kg Texels from W Pinder Jnr, Newton in Bowland, best lambs sold in excess of 180ppk with an overall market average of 163ppk. Suffolk lambs sold to a top of 171ppk from A & E Clarkson Ltd, Thurnham. Mules from D France, Over Wyresdale and JR & J Gorst, Quernmore sold to 150ppk or £63/head. Trade was slightly easier for Cast Sheep this week with a number of fatter ewes forward, however still a reasonable trade. Ewes sold to a top of £86 for Texels from RH & C Ayrton, Abbeystead. Suffolks sold to a top of £72 from ST Birkett, Carnforth and Mules to £64 from WJ Barker, Arkholme and RI Wilson, Scotforth. Swale ewes sold to £32 from M & L Preece, Kirkby Lonsdale. Overall average of £57 for all forward. Nine Prime Bulls forward this morning, JS & KM Wilson & Soon, Natland topped the sale with a 600kg+ British Blue selling to 181.5ppk. Limousin bulls sold to 176.5ppk from P Cummings, Carnforth with Montbelliardes selling to 149.5ppk from GA Haston & Son, Galgate.
9 Prime Bulls to 181.5p/kg, £1139.82 Class Top Av. Prime 181.5 174.0 Others 167.5 152.9
TOP PRICES: Prime Lambs – SUFFOLK - £75 £72 Booth Hall; £72.50 Old Glasson Farm; £72 Bradlow Farm; £72 Middle Lee Farm; £71 Lundholme Farm; £70 Cock Hall Farm. MULE - £63 Isle Of Skye Farm; £60 Ouzelthorn Farm; £60 Appletree Farm; £58 Cockerham Hall. HORNED - £62.50 Moss House Farm; £60 Lower Castle O Trim; £60 Sellerley Fields. CHAR - £72.50 £72 Old Glasson Farm; £68 £66 Moss House Farm; £66 Ingrave Farm; £64 Botton Hall Farm; £64 Hazelslack Tower Farm. TEXEL £89 £85 High Field; £84 North Farm; £77 £76 Mearsbeck Farm; £76.50 Fell End Farm; £75.50 Intack Farm; £72.50 Old Glasson Farm; £72.50 Ellers Farm; £72 Cock Hall Farm. LLEYN - £68 Blackwood End. Cast Sheep – SUFFOLK - £72 Hall Croft Barn. MASHAM - £64 Lundholme Farm. MULE - £64 Brown Edge; £64 10 Ashford Close; £63 North Farm; £63 Far Highfield; £60 Yeat House; £56 Bailey Hey Farm; £56 Blea Tarn; £56 Croft Barn. HORNED - £42 High House Farm; £28 Ouzelthorn Farm. CHAR - £73 Church Weyr. TEXEL £86 Ouzelthorn Farm; £85 Far Highfield; £80 Sellerley Fields; £78 Ivy Bank Farm; £78 Farleton House; £76 Hall Croft Barn; £75 Stirzakers Farm; £72 The Dell. Prime Bulls – BRB – 181.50p/kg High House. LIM – 176.50p/kg 172.50p/kg 5 Holme Field; 171.50p/kg Village Farm; 155.50p/kg High House. HF – 167.50p/kg 119.50p/kg High House. MO – 149.50p/kg 143.50p/kg Lane House.
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NWA J36 Sale Reports Thursday 24th July Continued from page one Store Cattle saw a run of Char x steers from A T Threlkeld Ltd., sell to £1060 (av £982), with Lim x steers from J H Barker at £880. A Run of pure Lim yearling heifers from D J & M J Hoggarth sold to £890 with others at £800 from A E Atkinson & Son. Cows and calves sold to £1100 for 3rd calver with young heifer calf from T, L, B & J Knowles. Cast Cows/OTM sold to a top price of £1018 (149p/kg) for Lim x from A E Atkinson & Son with beef cows generally 110p/kg-120p/ kg. Dairy bred cows peaked at 124p/kg from M L & S M Dobson and £885 from J W & D Robinson & Sons. All cast cows sold averaged 107p/kg TOP PRICES: Bull Calves – Fr : £140 Elm Tree Farm; £85 Half Way House; £70 Beck Side. AA: £265 Hollins Farm; £160 Deerslet Farm. Lim: £400 Helm Croft; £370 Spout House; £275 Halforth Farm. BRB: £400 Lodge Bank; £395 Hollins Farm; £350 Berryholme. Heifer Calves – Lim: £450 Middle Sadghyll; £300 Halforth Farm; £300 Spout House. Char: £305 Beech House. BRB: £320 Tills Farm; £310 Hollins Farm; £275 Helm Farm. Fr: £200 Green Lane End Farm. Heifer Stirks – Lim: £510 Lower Hawthwaite. Bullock Stirks – Fr: £430 Lower Hawthwaite. Lim: £655 Lower Hawthwaite. OTM Cows: Fr: 124.5p Espford Farm; 119.5p Carter House; 114.5p Ackenthwaite Farm. Lim: 137.5p Stubb Farm; 129.5p Troughton Hall; 124.5p Middle Sadghyll. Here: 131.5p Troughton Hall. Sim: 107.5p, 101.5p Old Croft. Luing: 117.5p, 114.5p, 104.5p High House Farm. BB: 121.5p Garnett House. OTM Hfrs: Lim: 149.5p, Stubb Farm. OTM Bulls: BrB: 109.5p, High Farm. Store Bullocks: Fr: £320 Wall End Farm. Lim: £880, £835 Stribers Farm; £810 Troughton Hall. Char: £1060, £995, £970 Bowkerstead. BrB: £560 Sowermire. SRW: £310 Wall End Farm. Store Heifers: Lim: £890 Old Hall, Stubb Farm; £790, £760 Old Hall. BrB: £725, £685 Sowermire.
Tuesday 29th July North West Auctions had 2087 prime sheep forward at its weekly sale on Tuesday with 11 active buyers ringside competing for all classes and categories of sheep.
1546 Prime Lambs to £81 & 191.9p/kg Weights Top Av. Standard 32 ½ -39 191.9 167.0 Medium 39 ½ -45 ½ 183.7 169.9 Heavy 46 - 51 ½ 168.0 161.0
A pleasing market average of 169p/kg was achieved with well finished lambs regularly 170p/kg – 180p/kg topping at 192p/kg for Beltex x lambs from AE Atkinson & Son. Lambs sold to a top price of £81 per head from R & B Parker. First cross Texel/Suffolk lambs regularly 165 – 170p/kg & £70-£76 with Mules from CP Bateman reaching £71. Cast sheep sold to prices above expectation with strong meated ewes £80 - £95, medium ewes £66/£78 with ewes generally £40-£56 Top Prices per kilo:
Top Prices per head Breed Char Tex Char Tex Tex
Price £81.00 £80.50 £80.00 £80.00 £79.00
Vendor R & B Parker, Hallbeck A & CM Carter, Black Bull Farm S & M Cooper, Tarnside Farm J & D Chapman, Wray Farm T & M Halhead, Upp Hall
Breed Beltex Beltex Tex Tex Tex
Price 191.9/kg 185.9/kg 184.8/kg 183.7/kg 182.1/kg
Vendor AE Atkinson & Son, Stubb Farm J Allonby & Son, Green Head KD & L Armer, Scar Sykes T & M Halhead, Upp Hall E Lund & Son, Lundholme Farm
Cast Sheep Top Prices Texel: £96 Endmoor Farm; £90 Salterwath Farm; £86 Poppy Farm. Char: £91 Kingsland. Hamp: £94 (ram) Winterscales Farm. Dorset: £72 Corney Hill. Suff: £88 Salterwath Farm; £84 Poppy Farm, Endmoor Farm; £76 Hill Park. Mule: £77 Steel Croft, Carlingwha, Salterwath Farm; £74 Yew Tree; £73 Lane Farm. Swale: £46 Town End. Rough Fell: £60 Intake Farm. Chev: £57 School House. Herdwick: £56 Rydal Farm.
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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 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 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.
Well established pond and small storage building on site. Closing date for tenders – 3.00 p.m. on Wednesday, 27th August, 2014
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Monday 4th August
Tuesday 5th August
Weekly Prime Stock Sale
Weekly Prime Stock Sale
Friday 8th August
Thursday 7th August
Weekly Cattle Sale & Opening Sale of Store Lambs
Fortnightly Cattle Sale & Opening Sale of Store Sheep
Breeding Sheep Sales
Breeding Sheep Sales August
August Friday 15th August ‘Lancaster Lads’
Prize Show & Sale of Breeding Rams
Wednesday 20th August
Saturday 23rd
Annual Show & Sale of Mule, Masham & Continental Breeding Ewes & Gimmer Shearlings
Friday 29th
Show & Sale of Mule, Masham & Continental Ewes & Gimmer Shearlings
Prize Show & Sale of Registered Pedigree Texel Rams & Females on behalf of NWTBC
Dairy Dispersal Sale
Poultry & Rare Breed Saturday 30th August
Wanted: 20-25 Yearling Dairy Heifers (pedigree/commercial) Contact Matthew Probert 07760 557932
Available: 20-30 In-calf Pedigree Holstein Friesian Heifers due July-September Contact Matthew Probert 07760 557932 Pure Simmental Bull 3yrs old See website for photos Contact Richard Gardiner 07713 787510 Winter Cattle Housing Cubicles or loose housed Contact Richard Gardiner 07713 787510
Monday 22nd September Dispersal sale of 80 in milk/in calf cows and heifers on behalf of J B Moore, Allithwaite.
NWA J36 Sale of Poultry, Waterfowl, Hatching Eggs & Equipment. Also today
We are very pleased to announce that from Thursday 7th August we will be selling Calves and Store Lambs on a weekly basis due to increasing number and customer demand. Entries Please Contact Calves Ian Atkinson on 07766 521472 Store Lambs Matthew Probert 07760 557932
Sale of Rare & Minority Breed Livestock in association with the RBST
Built on Excellence 015395 66222 NWA Architectural is a new building design and planning service offered through NWA Professional and Property to all auction mart clients and the public at large. It is intended to offer a drop-in service for advice and enquiries on auction days Initial site visits for works and instructions are free of charge and can be arranged through Greg, Gillian or other NWA staff.
Selside & Grayrigg Agricultural Society Barbecue – Saturday 2nd August 2014 At New Hutton Village Hall at 7 pm Tickets £10, available from Lauren Dixon on 07834 555259 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
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Pedigree Red Belted Galloway Bull 2yrs old Contact Richard Gardiner 07713 787510 Limousin X British Blue Bull 20mth Old Contact Richard Gardiner 07713 787510 Angus Bull 5yrs old Contact George Harryman 07759 278741 6 Highland Cows (2nd Calvers) with 10wk old Calves at foot Contact George Harryman 07759 278741
Contact Details Bill Nelson - Livestock Manager 07785 542738 Gary Capstick - Auctioneer 07970 830518 Matthew Probert - Auctioneer 07760 557932 Ian Atkinson - Auctioneer 07766 521472 Will Alexander - Fieldsman & Trainee Auctioneer 07976 646035 Richard Gardiner - Fieldsman 07713 787510 George Harryman - Fieldsman 07759 278741