North West Auctions Weekly Report and Newsletter – 3rd September
Weekly report & newsletter NWA J36 Texel Sale on behalf of NWTBC Texels sell to 1450gns at North West Evening Sale The annual evening show & sale of Texel’s on behalf of the North West Breeders held at NWA J36 saw a large crowd of local and travelled buyers in attendance. Judging was in the capable hands of Mr G Wilkinson (Arkle) who had a very strong line up before him in each of the three show classes. The Championship rosette was awarded to the first prize lamb Stainton Vendetta from PK Woof, Kendal. Sired by Anglezarke Uno and with an index of 328 he later sold to HF & FI Woodmas, Linstock. The reserve champion was a ram lamb Sportsman’s Van Basten from Boden & Davies Ltd, sired by Milnbank ur the Boy and later selling to RE Ladds, Kendal. The sales top price of 1450gns was paid for a gimmer shearling from the Stainton flock of PK Woof, sired by Sportsman Tremendous II purchased by S W Boow, Millom. A further two gimmers shearling reached 1000gns being from the Kaker Mill Flock of J Robinson and the Ettrick flock of G Gray. The ram lamb sale saw 800gns achieved for the show champion with A & G Brown selling Brookhill Viceroy 2 also achieving 800gns. Shearling rams rose to 800gns for Tatham Hall Uncle Doit from Procters Farm LTD purchased by TC Altham, Kirkby Lonsdale with PK Woof selling a sportsman sired ram also at 800gns to P&J Wilson, Westhouses. A consignment of Blue Texels from the renowned Millside flock of D Alexander saw gimmer shearlings sell to 500gns.
Sale Statistics: Gimmer Shearlings Shearling Rams Ram Lambs Blue Texel Gimmer Shearling
to 1450gns to 800gns to 800gns to 500gns
av. £495 av. £345 av. £670 av. £518
Westmorland County Show 11th September 2014 The next Simply Local Farmers Market will be on Saturday 20th September at NWA J36 including a Plant & Shrub Auction
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NWA Lancaster Sale Reports Friday 29th August 651 Head of Cattle Meet a Strong Trade at Weekly Lancaster Sale There was 462 Store Cattle pass through the ring at Lancaster selling to a strong trade for all sorts with some plainer cattle on show especially some plainer black and white steers. There was plenty of cattle selling between £1100 and £1300 with the top price of the day came from Cowell & Moore of Woodplumpton selling a Charolais bullock to £1370. Angus and Native Cattle continue to be keenly sort after at Lancaster with Angus steers from TN Pye & Partner of Langthwaite selling to £1300 and Herefords from JJ Penington, Whitechapel selling to £1260. The annual consignment of 35 Lim bullocks and heifers from Nether Hall Farms saw bullocks sell to £1230 and heifers to £1200. Heifers sold to a top price of £1250 again coming from Cowell & Moore of Woodplumpton with a pen of four Charolais. STORE CATTLE TOP PRICES: STORE BULLOCKS – FR- £1210 Old Glasson Farm; £1090 Ingrave Farm; £1080 Rowell Farm. AA- £1200 Langthwaite Heights; £1270 Godson House Farm; £1220 Cuerdale Hall Farm. SHO- £1150 Old Glasson Farm; £1110 Dunningwell. CON- £690 Ellers Farm. SA- £980 Cock Hall Farm. LIM- £1230 Nether Hall Farm; £1200 Dove Cote Farm. FKV- £900 Rame Farm. CH- £1370 Newsham Hall Farm; £1290 Kilburn House; £1150 Intack Farm. HE- £1260 White Lee Farm; £1180 Windy Hill Farm; £880 Bradlow Farm. SIM- £1280 Littlewood Hall Farm; £1070 Green Close. BRB- £1250 The Grange; £1210 Docker Hall Farm; £1200 High Underbarrow Farm. MO- £1260 Ingrave Farm; £1240 Old Glasson Farm; £820 Granville House. SRW- £1140 Ingrave Farm; £1050 Moss House Farm. BA- £1200 King Bank Farm. STORE HEIFERS – FR- £700 Higher Shuttingfields; £700 Lane End Farms; £680 Parrox Hall Farm. AA- £1140 Yew Tree Farm; £1120 Langthwaite Heights; £1100 Cuerdale Hall Farm. SHO- £1060 Jolley Fold Farm. CON- £1060 Jolley Fold Farm. LIM- £1200 Nether Hall Farm; £1160 King Bank Farm; £1140 Ghyll Beck Farm. CH- £1250 Newsham Hall Farm; £1190 Langthwaite Heights. HE- £1100 Manor House Farm; £660 Kendal Hill. SIM- £1160 Mill House Farm; £1050 Croppers Farm; £820 Hare Apple Tree. BRB- £1220 Newsham Hall Farm; £1180 Fell End Farm; £1080 Lathwaite Farm. BA- £1090 Intack Farm; £840 Ben Cragg Farm.
All classes of Cast Cows sold to a sharper trade with an average of 116.43ppk with a strong entry of 83. Cull cows sold to a top price of 159.5ppk for a British Blue from R & B Parker of High Hallbeck. Top price per head was achieved by JJ Penington, Whitechapel with a Sim cow selling to £1122. Dairy cows sold to a top price of 139.5ppk and sold to an average of 107ppk. C Hargreaves & Son, sold a cast Friesian heifer to 141.5ppk. Cast steers sold to a top price of 144.5ppk from Andrew Clarkson of Cock Hall Farm. A bumper entry of Calves and Stirks this morning with 102 passing through the ring. Trade in the calf section was topped by Jones of Sandvilla with a British Blue Bull at £400, another sold from the same home to £380. A nice run of Angus and Lim calves from JH Towers & Son, Tunstall Hall sold to £330 for Angus Bulls and £300 for Lim Bulls. Also at this money was a smart Hereford calf from Mason’s at Birkland Barrow. Blue heifers from DW Cottam, Hagg Farm sold to £280 & £275. Black and Whites sold to £165 for a well-shaped 28day old Friesian from J & EV Thompson of Hood Ridding. Best sorts sold £95-£138 with well fleshed calves selling between £50-£85 dependant on size. Younger sorts £20-£35. Nice to see a number of new and returning vendors and buyers around the calf ring this morning. The August Dugdale Nutrition calf competition was won by T & CM Kelsall of Brown Brook, receiving 6 bags of feed courtesy of Dugdales, Ken sold a smart 33day old British Blue Bull realising £445. A good entry of stirks this morning sold to a top of £520 for a 5month Lim Heifer from JR & A Thornton, Winmarleigh. A run of 3-4month Angus bulls and heifers from Jones of Sandvilla sold to £375 (x3) for bulls and £340 & £335(x3) for heifers. Friesian bulls sold to £240 (x2) from the same home. CALF TOP PRICES: BULL CALF – FR- £165 Hood Ridding Farm; £138 Tills Farm; £130 Catshaw Hall Farm. AA- £330 Tunstall Hall; £310 Tills Farm; £255 Knowsley Farm. LIM- £300 Tunstall Hall. HE- £300 Stirk Hey Farm; £300 Birkland Barrow. BRB- £400 Sandvilla. MO- £160 White Lund Farm; £160 Birkland Barrow; £142 White Lund Farm. SRW- £68 Birkland Barrow. HEIFER CALF – AA- £170 Knowsley Farm. BRB- £280 Hagg Farm. BULL STIRK – FR- £240 Sandvilla. AA- £375 Sandvilla. HEIFER STIRK- AA- £340 Sandvilla. LIM- £520 Coventry Farm. BULLOCK STIRK- WB- £440 Coventry Farm.
Monday 1st September A big entry of 1591 Prime Lambs this morning sold to a similar trade to last week, averaging 159ppk. Trade topped at 173ppk from K Purtill, Wigan with a pen of 5 Texels. Top price per head was achieved by H Birkett & Son, Overton with a heavy weight Suffolk making £94. Mules regularly sold between £64 - £66.50, with heavy mules selling to £73 from FA Nowell & Partners, Mewith. Once again lambs between 39kg & 43kg were keenly sought after, best Texel sorts sold to £72 for a pen of 6 42kg lambs from JK & BE Townley, Mearsbeck. Vendors are reminded that becoming farm assured will make a difference to the prices achieved. Top Prices per head Breed Price
Vendor
Top Prices per kilo: Breed Price
Vendor
Suffolk Suffolk Suffolk Texel Texel
H Birkett & Son, North Farm F K Woodhouse, Fell End Farm R Capstick & Son, Fell End Farm M Huddleston, Botton Hall A G Butler, Parks Farm Park
Texel Char Texel Beltex Texel
K Purtill, Oak Avenue WA Ward & Son, Ancliffe Hall Farm E Lund & Son, Lundholme Farm D & DW Prickett, Farleton House C Barker, Hatlex Lane
£94 £81 £75.50 £75 £74
173.0/kg 173.0/kg 172.0/kg 172.0/kg 170.0/kg
PRIME LAMB TOP PRICES SUFF- £94 North Farm; £71.50 Tarnwater Farm £73.50 Fell End Farm: £68 Low Kit Brow; £66.50 Booth Hall. TEX- £75 Botton Hall; £74 Parks Farm Barn; £74 North Farm;£72 Tarnwater Farm. MASH- £67 Holme House; £65 Yarlsber. MULE- £78 Fell End Farm; £73 Oak Head Farm; £69 Hazleslack Tower Farm. HORNED- £66 Brown Brook; £65.50 Old Glasson Farm; £60 Botton Hall. CHA- £71 Gibraltar Farm; £70.50 Oak Head Farm.
Cast Ewes were a good trade this morning, with 156 passing through the ring. Tups sold to £124 again from JK & BE Townley, Mearsbeck. Ewes sold to £112 from T & CM Kelsall, Brown Brook with a pen of 5 Texels. Mules sold to £76 from GB JE DJ Platts, Greenbank Farm. Horned sheep sold to £64 for Lonks from M Huddleston, Botton Hall with Swales from E & N Wright & Sons, Allcocks selling to £60. All cast sheep forward averaged £58.
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NWA Lancaster Sale Reports Monday 1st September Continued Seven Prime Bulls this morning sold to a top of 191.5ppk for a 500kg Lim from P Cummings, Holme Field. Blondes from J & D Barton & Son, Calcalds Farm sold to 173.5ppk, a blue bull from the same home selling to 169.5ppk. A couple of clean heifers sold to 153.5ppk for a Sim from P & A Bell, Village Farm. Top Prices per head Breed Price
Vendor
Top Prices per kilo: Breed Price
Vendor
Lim British Blue Lim
JM & AG Swarbrick, Benson Farm J & D Barton, Calcalds Farm P Cummings, Holme Fields
Lim Blonde Lim
P Cummings, Holme Fields J & D Barton, Calcalds Farm JM & AG Swarbrick, Benson Farm
£1178.03 £1008.53 £1001.25
191.5/kg 173.5/kg 169.5/kg
TOP PRICES: Prime Bulls – LIM- 191.5 Holme Field; 169.5 Bensons Farm. BRB- 169.5 Calcalds Farm; 153.5 Bensons Farm. BA- 173.5 Calcalds Farm. Clean Cattle- AA- 145.5 Village Farm. SIM- 153.5 Village Farm
NWA J36 Sale Reports Thursday 28th August The Weekly Sale of Store Lambs saw a ringside of buyers compete for all types of lambs with a top price of £60.50 for a pen of Suffolk X from CF Hoggarth with Texels to £60 from J Atkinson. Short keep lambs generally £56-59, medium £52-£55 with an overall overage of £55.85. Next sale of Store Lambs is Thursday 4th September, please inform the office of entries to assist with advertising and contacting buyers. Top Prices: Suff - £60.50 Low Hundhowe, £57.50 Grate Farm. Char - £51 Gateside Farm. Tex - £60 Latterbarrow Farm, £59.50 Barker Knott, Ashlack Hall, Beck Nook, £59 Latterbarrow Farm. £58.50 Lower Hawthwaite, £58 Low Hundhowe, £56 Grandy Barn, £55 Lower Hawthwaite.
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Land Sale Reports This past week has seen NWA property achieve success with the sale of two small parcels of land within the North of the region. The run of success started on Wednesday with a parcel offered by informal tender at Holme, extending to 2.00 acres, selling in excess of the guide price of £30,000 On Thursday, 1.88 acres of land at Tirril, Penrith went under the hammer and sold for £55,000 Newby Bridge, Cumbria
Lambrigg, Kendal
Lupton, Carnforth
Land & Pasture For sale by Private Treaty Guide Price £250,000
Pasture & Meadow Land For sale by Public Auction
Meadow & Pasture For sale by Private Treaty Lot One Asking Price £80,000 Lot Two Asking Price £28,000
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.
The land extends to 11.41 acres/4.615 hectares of sheltered pasture and fertile meadow land with a feature open stream providing a continuous supply of water. Public Auction on Wednesday 1st October 2014 within The Conference Room, J36 Rural Auction Centre, Crooklands.
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18.69 acres/7.95 hectares of soundand productive meadow and pasture land. Lot One - 15.03 acres/6.084 hectares of pasture with natural water Lot Two - 3.66 acres/1.481 hectares of fertile meadow with mains water
NWA J36 Sale Reports Saturday 30th August - Poultry & Rare Breeds The annual autumn sale of rare and minority breed livestock saw a wide variety of breeds of both cattle and sheep forward with buyers in attendance from far and wide. The sale of cattle sale registered red poll cows and calves sell to £980 with incalf cows £800 and bulling heifers £600. Highland yearling heifers reached £440. The sheep sale saw Kerry hill gimmer shearlings sell to £142 with others £130. Zwartble ewes reached a top price of £130. Gimmer lambs saw Zwartbles achieve £80, Kerry Hill £65 and Hebrideans £32. Jacob ram lambs achieved £78 with aged black welsh mountain £55. The sale of poultry saw £72 paid for Sebastopol Geese, £60 for a trio of Silver Layced Wyandottes, a pair of White Wyandottes achieved £60 with Apricot Call Ducks £52.
Farm to Farm Trading Pedigree Lim Bull 4 years Old Contact Ian Atkinson 07766 521472 Wintering available in the Lancaster area Contact Ian Atkinson 07766 521472 5 Pedigree in-calf AA Heifers Due November contact Richard Gardiner on 07713 787510 2 Beef Shorthorn Bulls contact Richard Gardiner on 07713 787510 Various Farms locally looking to take in cattle for winter contact Richard Gardiner on 07713 787510 Pedigree AA Bulls 16-18 Months Old Ready to work Contact Matthew Probert 07760 557932
Monday 1st September - Whiteley Hey Flock Production Sale on behalf of Mr Paul Slater Report by John Wharton, Mitchells Livestock Auction.
25 in calf Pedigree HF Heifers (due January) Contact Matthew Probert 07760 557932
On Monday 1st September, Mr Paul Slater, Whiteley Hey flock, held his 13th Annual Production sale under the roof of a new venue J36 Rural Auction Centre (NWA) in conjunction with Mitchells Livestock Auction, Cockermouth. Auctioneer Mr John Wharton having the pleasure of the rostrum duties. Many old and new customers were present for Paul’s consignment of 128 Shearling rams, 40 2 & 3 shear ewes, 100 shearling gimmers and 142 gimmer lambs which were of the usual outstanding quality possessing great breed characteristics, carcase and skin. Buyers from as far South as Cornwall and North as Aberdeen travelled to witness and bid for some outstanding sheep Top price of the sale was 2100gns for a shearling ram which sold as lot 43 he is by a Garngour tup, out of a Langside bred ewe and was purchased by CJ Roots from Dumfries. A further 21 rams broke the 1000gns mark with a consistently strong trade. Averages: 126 Shearling Rams averaged £861.09 (up £29.96 on the year): Top price £2205. 40 2 / 3 Shear Ewes averaged £273.25 (up £32.19 on the year): Top price £380 100 Shearling Gimmers averaged £310.10 (up £73.57 on the year): Top price £420 153 Ewe lambs averaged £153.00 (up £13 on the year): Top price £270 Leading Prices: Shearling Rams Texel - £2205, £2100, £1522.50, £1260, £1207.50 Beltex- £1785, £1575, £1522.50, £1470, £1260(x2), £1207.50 Charollais - £1102.50(X2), £945, £840 2 and 3 Shear ewes Beltex – £380, £300 Texel – £360, £280. Charollais – £300, £280, £250 Shearling Gimmers Beltex – £420, £370, £350, £340(x2), £330, £310(x3), £300(x2) Texel – £390, £380, £360, £320, £300 Charollais - £340, £290, £280. Ewe Lambs Texel - £270, £260 Beltex – £250, £200 Charollais – £170, £160, £150
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NWA J36 Sale Reports Tuesday 2nd September LARGE ENRTY OF 3525 PRIME SHEEP FORWARD AT NWA J36. NWA J36 had an entry of 3525 prime sheep forward at its weekly sale with a ringside of 12 active buyers. Prime Lambs sold to a top price of £83 for heavy texel x lambs from TJ & MM Winder with Suffolk x £79 from M Stephenson. An increasing number of mules coming forward selling twice to £64 from CP Bateman and J & M Wilson with hill lambs to £64 for Rough Fell from R Bowmass.
2412 Prime Lambs to £83.00 & 178.8p/kg Weights Top Av. Standard 32 ½ -39 178.8 155.2 Medium 39 ½ -45 ½ 170.0 152.6 Heavy 46 - 51 ½ 156.0 151.0
A pen of beltex x lambs from C Dean & LJ Brennand topped the sale at 178p/kk with texel x from Mssrs Helen achieving 168p/kg. Suffolk x lambs reached 168p/kg from A & L Huddleston, Mules 150p/kg from WM & JE Shuttleworth. An overall average of 154p/kg was achieved for all sold with buyers competing for all types with well finished lambs continuing to sell to a premium. PRIME LAMB TOP PRICES: Suff: £79 Salterwath; £76 Nook Farm; £74 Long Green Head, Lawsons Farm. Char: £75 Myers Farm, Owl Nook; £69.50 Gibraltar Farm. Texel: £83 & £73 Gaisgill Row; £77 Orchard Barn; £74 Owl Nook; £72.50 Low Levens. Beltex: £69 Holmelands Farm; £68 Red Lodge. Mule: £64 Croft Foot, Cooper House; £62 New Village, Barbon Fell House. Rough Fell: £64 & £57 Abbey Farm. Swale: £57 New Village CAST SHEEP – Suff: £95 Long Green Head; £94, £86 Cooilingel Farm; £78 Low Newton. Masham: £74 Eskew Beck. Mule: £77 Cooilingel Farm; £75 Garnett House; £73 Orphan Crag; £72 Long Green Head, Bradley Farm, Salterwath Farm. Swale: £64 (ram) Eskew Beck; £42 Lingmoor Rise; £37 Orphan Grag, £34 High Green, Low Hundhowe. Rough Fell: £80 (ram) High Green; £69 Riverside House; £65 Cooper House; £57 Sedbergh Road. Char: £124 & £120 (rams) Johnscales Farm; £92 High Green; £90 (ram) Dale View; £64 Orphan Crag. Chev: £72 Underley; £58 Salterwath Farm; £53 Ashlack Hall. Texel: £128 & £121 (rams) Capplerigg Farm; £102, £95 Cooilingel Farm; £89 Johnscales Farm. Lleyn: £86 Cragg Farm. Zwart: £57 Windy Ridge. Beltex: £72 Stubb Farm Leicester: £70 (ram) Croft Foot.
1113 Cast Sheep sold to a top price of £128 for texel rams from SW Atkinson & son with charollais rams £124, £120 from G Denny. Heavy ewes reached £102 for texel x from D Creer, Suffolks £95 with most generally £82/£94. Mule ewes reached £77 with meated mules regularly £66/£75. Hill breeds saw cheviot sell for £72 from SP Pease, Rough Fell £69 with an overall market average of £53.48
Gimmer Lamb Sales at NWA NWA Lancaster Wednesday 17th September Annual Show & Sale of Mule, Masham & Continental Gimmer Lambs to include Lambs from NEMSA members
Champion pen of 10 from NWA J36 NEMSA Sale 2013
Mule Gimmer Lamb sale at NWA Lancaster 2013
NWA J36 Friday 12th September
Saturday 13th September
‘Ambleside Fair’ Prize show & Sale of Mule & Masham Gimmer Lambs
Sale of North of England Mule Gimmer Lambs on behalf of the Kendal Branch of NEMSA
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September
September
Monday 8th
Tuesday 9th
Weekly Prime Stock Sale
Weekly Prime Stock Sale & Monthly Sale of Pigs
Contact Details Bill Nelson - Livestock Manager 07785 542738
Friday 12th
Gary Capstick - Auctioneer 07970 830518
Thursday 11th
Weekly Cattle Sale & Store Lambs
No Sale Due to Westmorland County Show
Breeding Sheep Sales Wednesday 17th
Friday 12th
Annual Show & Sale of Mule, Masham & Continental Gimmer Lambs to include Lambs from NEMSA members
Farm Sale Saturday 4th October
Ian Atkinson - Auctioneer 07766 521472
Saturday 13th
Will Alexander - Trainee Auctioneer & Fieldsman 07976 646035
Breeding Sheep Sales Friday 19th September
Richard Gardiner - Fieldsman 07713 787510
Saturday 20th
George Harryman - Fieldsman 07759 278741
Show & Sale of Registered & Unregistered Blue Face Leicester Rams & Females Entries Close Friday 5th September
On behalf of RA & GJ Close & Son, Cotestones (having sold the property)
Catalogues for sales will be online and by request once available.
‘Ambleside Fair’ Prize show & Sale of Mule & Masham Gimmer Lambs
Sale of North of England Mule Gimmer Lambs
Sale to include 6 tractors, one telehandler, Land Rover plus large selection of well maintained Livestock & Grassland equipment
Full list and photographs available online in due course.
Matthew Probert - Auctioneer 07760 557932
Sale of Registered Pedigree Beltex Breeding Rams & Females also today Sale of Mule, Masham & Continental Breeding Ewes, Gimmer Shearlings & Breeding Rams Entries Close Tuesday 9th September
Friday 26th September Prize Show & Sale of Swaledale Breeding Ewes, Gimmer Shearlings & Gimmer Lambs Annual Prize Show & Sale of Rough Fell Ewes, Gimmer Shearlings & Gimmer Lambs on behalf of RFSBA Also Sale of Other Hill Breed Females Entries Close Monday 15th September
NWA Architectural 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.
Dairy Sales at NWA NWA Lancaster Two Day Dairy Sale Monday 15th & Tuesday 16th September Monday
Tuesday
Monthly Catalogued Sale of Pedigree & Commercial New Calved Cows & Heifers also Annual Show & Sale of Pedigree Holstein Friesian Bulls
Collective Sale of Pedigree & Commercial Youngstock to include dispersal sale of Yearling Heifers from RA & GJ Close & Son, Cotestones. Other entries from Avenham, Abbeyhouse, Tunstall. in Conjunstion with Norton & Brooksbank
NWA J36 Monday 22nd September Dispersal sale of 80 in milk/in calf cows and heifers on behalf of J B Moore, Allithwaite. This sale will also include our Fortnightly Collective Dairy Sale moved from Thursday 18th September for this week only
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