Lancaster Auction Mart: Weekly Sale of Prime Hoggs, Cast Sheep & Sheep with Lambs at Foot, Monday 18th March 2024.
Prime Hoggs
More hoggs forward at Lancaster selling to a strong trade, with an overall averaged of 352p/kg achieved.
Top price per head:
- Texels to £232 from GH Sanderson & Family, Catforth.
- Beltex to £216 from S Rossall, Over Wyresdale.
- Charollais to £201 from AG Butler, Hambleton.
- Mules to £184 from R Collinge & Son, Kirkham.
- Suffolks to £182 from KA Purtill, Wigan.
- Cheviots to £165 from A&V&A Thornton, Cockerham.
- Swaledale to £159 from KM&KJ Curwen, Abbeystead.
- Dalesbreds to £140 from A&MA Wright, Roeburndale.
Top pence per kilo:
- Beltex to 455p/kg from S Rossall, Over Wyresdale.
- Texel to 425p/kg from KA Purtill, Wigan.
- Cheviots to 381p/kg from A&V&A Thornton, Cockerham.
- Swaledale to 362p/kg from KM&KJ Curwen, Abbeystead.
- Mules to 350p/kg from IJ Sanderson, Kirkham.
Prime Hogg Top Prices: Texel: £232 (x2), £230, £224 Blackleach House Farm, £222 Stonehead, £201 Park Farm Barn. Beltex: £216, £200 (x2), £184 Stonehead, £180 Oak Aveune, £175 Park Farm Barn. Mule: £184 The Dingle, £162 Pasture Barn Farm, £150 Thornbush Farm, £144 Woodstock, £137 The Dingle, £129 Pasture House Farm. Cheviot: £165 Little Crimbles, £161 Marshaw Farm, £160 Little Crimbles, £155, £149 Burns Farm. Suffolk: £165, £161 Little Crimbles, £160, £155, £129 Maddison Aveune. Swaledale: £159, £149 Marshaw Farm, £148 (x2) Appletree Farm, £147 Marshaw Farm, £102 Thornbush Farm. Continental: £157 Little Crimbles, £149 Oak Aveune, £140, £139 Little Crimbles, £126 Pasture Barn Farm, £118 Burns Farm. Dalesbred: £140, £94 Stauvins Farm. Leicester: £123 Appletree Farm, £114 Thornbush Farm, £109 Quarry House.
Cast Sheep
A smaller show of ewes forward with all keenly bid for, first cross Texels sold to £142 from JE Harrison, Winmarleigh with Cheviots to £132 from RG&H Preece, Roeburndale. Mules topped at £122 from S&J France, Over Wyresdale who sold a pen of Dalebreds to £112.
Cast Ewes Top Prices: Texel: £142 Smithy Lane Farm, £80 The Dingle. Cheviot: £132 Thornbush Farm, £126 Quarry House Farm. Charolais: £126 Smithy Lane Farm. Mule: £122, £112 Kays Farm, £100, £82 Bensons Farm, £76 Quarry House Farm. Dalesbred: £112 Kays Farm. Swaledale: £74 Marshaw Farm.
Sheep with Lambs at Foot
The biggest show of ewes and lambs this season, with a busy ring side of buyers ensuring a flying trade from start to finish. Aged Texel ewes with twin Beltex lambs from H Swale, St Michaels sold to £292 with a pen of Texel ewes with twin Texel lambs from J&S Winstanley, Clifton selling to £288. A Beltex ewe with a super single Beltex lamb from H Swale, St Michaels sold to £275, Mule ewes with Texel single lambs from the same good home sold to £265. A pen of broken mouthed Mule ewes with Texel lambs from D&K Swarbrick, Out Rawcliffe sold to £266.
Please enter ewes and lambs at Lancaster with confidence.
Ewe and Lamb Top Prices: Texel: £292 Stocken Bridge Farm, £288, £282 Savick Brook Farm, £275, £260, £255 Stocken Bridge Farm. Beltex: £285, £228 Stockden Bridge Farm. Mule: £266 Bensons Farm, £265, £262 Stocken Bridge Farm, £260, £258 Myerscough Hall, £252 Bensons Farm. Suffolk: £192 Savick Brook Farm.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Weekly Sale of Sheep with Lambs at Foot, Prime Hoggs and Cast Sheep, Tuesday
19th March 2024.
Prime Hoggs
48 pens of hoggs sold over £200, with a top price of £258 achieved and others to £254 or 500p/kg. 1200 hoggs sold to a market average of 358p/kg, with well over half the sale being upland bred hoggs.
Top price per head:
- Texels to £258 from J Stott Jnr, Crosscrake.
- Beltexs to £254 from A Thompson, Carnforth.
- Bleu du Maines to £226 from W Stamper, Chipping.
- Cheviots to £212 from AW&D Brown, Pennington.
- Suffolks to £200 from AG Butler, Hambleton.
- Mules to £194 from FI&ME Little, Kendal.
- Masham to £183 from JE Read, Carnforth.
- Leicesters to £180 from EW&JR Parkinson, Dunsop Bridge.
- Rough Fells to £172 from RJ&OB Simpson, Longsleddale.
- Scottish Blackface to £166 from GM&A Jackson, Little Eccleston.
- Swaledales to £158 from WI&A Atkinson, Bleasdale.
- Herdwicks to £151 from SM Watson, Finsthwaite.
Top pence per kilo:
- Texels to 500p/kg from A Thompson, Carnforth.
- Beltexs to 485p/kg from GM&A Jackson, Little Eccleston.
- Bleu du Maines to 445p/kg from W Stamper, Chipping.
- Cheviots to 400p/kg from AA Bentham, Sedbergh.
- Scottish Blackface to 380p/kg from GM&A Jackson, Little Eccleston.
- Mules to 374p/kg from SF Herring, Millom.
- Mashams to 373p/kg from EW&JR Parkinson, Dunsop Bridge.
- Swaledales to 370p/kg from WI&A Atkinson, Bleasdale.
- Herdwicks to 360p/kg from R Todd & J Bennet, Ulpha.
- Rough Fells to 360p/kg from RJ&OB Simpson, Longsleddale.
- Dalesbred to 360p/kg from JW&E Woof & Sons, Firbank.
Prime Hogg Top Prices: Texel: £258 Kingsland, £254 Southways,£245 Southways, £235 Row Farm, £232 St Annes Farm, £228 Kingsland. Beltex: £227 Moorville, £224 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £222 Moorside Lane, £218 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £218 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £214 Coldcotes Farm. Continental: £226 Coldcotes Farm, £204 Lane Ends Farm, £180 Stubb Hall Farm, £171 Stubb Hall Farm, £171 High House, £170 Helm Croft. Cheviot: £215 Whinfield Farm, £180 Outrake Foot, £179 Stubb Hall Farm, £166 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £165 Low Gregg Hall, £164 Outrake Foot.
Suffolk: £198 Park Farm Barn, £155 Calderside Farm, £152 Little Eccleston Hall Cattage, £130 Chapel Island View. Mule: £194 Helm Croft, £174 Hareden Farm, £172 Row Farm, £170 Barrowfield, £164 Barrowfield, £152 Poopy Farm. Masham: £183 Mealriggs Farm, £179 Hareden Farm, £175 Mealriggs Farm.
Leicester: £180 Hareden Farm. Rough Fell: £172 High Swinklebank Farm, £160 High Swinklebank Farm, £150 High Swinklebank Farm, £145 High Swinklebank Farm, £136 Boundary Beck, £130 Barugh House. Scottish Black Face: £166 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £131 Audlands Park, £122 Whinfield Farm. Dutch Spotted: £159 Lane Ends Farm, £150 Poppy Farm, £114 Lane Ends Farm. Swaledale: £158, £148 Holme House Farm, £148 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £147 Gunner Fleet Farm, £144 Gunner Fleet Farm, £144 Oak Tree Farm. Horned: £151 Old School House, £131 Old School House, £110 Hawes Farm. Charollais: £149 Harbarrow Farm, £133 Cinderbarrow Farm. Dalesbred: £141Holme House Farm, £117 Ghyll Farm. Herdwick: £130 Hazel Head Farm, £126 Hazel Head Farm, £126 Cinderbarrow. Jacob: £120 Arklid Farm, £109 High Mill Farm
Cast Sheep
Another pleasing entry of 323 saw a market average of £107. Pure bred ewes sold to £262 for Texels from R Wilson, Appleby with other medium pure ewes regularly £190 to £230. Heavy first cross ewes sold to £180 for Texels from R&E Ladds, Kendal with others generally £150 to £175, mediums £130 to £148 and smaller meated sorts £110 to £122. Cheviot Mules sold to £150 from M Robinson, Stainton with North Country Mule to £140 from A Pickthall, New Hutton. Heavy weight well fleshed Mules were regularly £130 to £142, mediums £120 to £130 and the smaller meated sorts £98 to £115. Pure hill ewes sold to £144 for Cheviots from M&C Booth, Kentmere, Swaledales to £110 from J&J Huck, Burneside, Rough Fells £106 from W Atkinson & Son, Crook. Stronger end hill ewes were generally £85 to £100, with mediums £75 to £82 and smaller leaner end £40 to £52, depending on quality and type.
Cull rams sold to £188 for Suffolks with other better end rams generally £160 to £180. Hill rams sold to £146 for Dalesbreds from Calderside Farms, Garstang. Swaledale sold to £108 from J&J Huck, Burneside and Herdwicks £92 from WL&FD Richards, Kirkby in Furness.
Cast Ewes Top Prices: Texel: £262, £230, £226, £208, £202 Lowfield Cottage, £180 Benson Hall. Beltex: £190 Moorcock Hall Farm, £150 The Glen, £138 Whinfield Farm. Suffolk: £182 Calderside Farm, £158 The Glen, £152 Lowfield Cottage, £120 Bleaswood Road. Leicester: £180 Benson Hall, £170 Murthwaite, £120 Calderside Farm. Cheviot Mule: £150 Low Barrows Green Farm, £144 Cooper House, £138 Tailbert, £136 Swallowmire, £114 Cooper House. Cheviot: £144 Hartrigg, £140 Low Borrows Green Farm, £138 Low Mill House, £136, £117, £114 Hartrigg. Continental: £144 The Glen, £122 Whinfield Farm, £117, £110 Dawson Fold, £108 Low Deepslack, £104 Chapel House. Mule: £140 Hill Top Farm, £140 Borrans Farm, £138 Birks Farm, £135 Dunningwell Farm, £135 Benson Hall, £134 Oak Fold. Swaledale: £110 Oak Fold, £106 Tailbert, £96 Ashstead, £90 Greaves Farm, £90 Town End, £86 Hillcroft. Jacob: £110, £106 High Mill Farm. Rough Fell: £106 Low Fold, £90 Steps Farm, £82 Millriggs. Horned: £82 Swallowmire. Herdwick: £78 Low Mill House.
Cast Rams Top Prices: Charolias: £175 Bleaswood Road. Dalesbred: £146 Calderside Farm. Texel: £120 Low Mill House, £100 Calderside Farm. Swaledale: £108 Oak Fold, £94 Ashstead.
Sheep with Lambs at Foot
Ewe and Lamb Top Prices: Texel: £330, £318 Highfield, £305 The Borrans, £305 Highfield, £302 The Borrans, £280 Pinewood. Mule: £285 Greaves Farm, £280 Gilpin Farm, £272 Greaves Farm, £265, £262, £255 Gilpin Farm. Continental: £245 Gilpin Farm, £240 The Borrans, £210, £200 Gilpin Farm. Charollais: £220 Pinewood. Teeswater: £205 Chapel Island View.
Shearling and Lamb Top Prices: Mule: £255, £235 The Borrans.
Hogg and Lamb Top Prices: Texel: £225 Tilstock.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Fortnightly Sale of Calves, Stirks, OTM Cattle and Store Cattle, Thursday 21st March 2024.
Calves
The fortnightly sale of 118 calves sold to a top of £580 for a cracking British Blue heifer from Messrs Sowerby, Drybeck with others from this home at £535. Younger more rearing type heifer calves sold to £340 for a blue from DW & E Cottam, £300 for a Charolais from Bambers farm and very sweet fortnight old blue heifers selling to £270 from Dolphenby Farming LTD, Penrith.
Bull calves sold to £420 for a well grown 8 week old Charolais from Bambers Farm, with Angus from this good home at £415. A lot of younger calves were forward today with 5 week old blues to £340 from Messrs Gibson & Berry, Endmoor and 20 day old blues to £295 from Dolphenby Farming LTD.
A slightly smaller entry of 38 weaned calves and stirks saw blue steers sell to £1280 from S Whitehead, Middelton with young Limousin bulls from this home at £1200, all strongest end weaned bulls broke the £1000 barrier. A run of freshly weaned angus steers from Messrs Young, Lindale sold for £695. Only a handful of heifer stirks were forward with these selling to £760 for a Simental and £750 for a Limousin both from Bambers Farm.
Heifer Calves Top Prices: British Blue: £580, £535 Townhead Farm, £340 Hagg Farm, £270 £245 Dolphenby Farm, £245 Raisgill Hall. Charolais: £300 Bambers Farm. Limousin: £240 Birks Farm, £200 Mount Pleasant. Angus: £200 Birks Farm, £190 Raisgill Hall, £170, £160 Bambers Farm. Hereford: £85 Wraysholme Tower.
Bull Calves Top Prices: Charolais: £420, £390 Bambers Farm. Angus: £415 £350 Bambers Farm, £300 Raisgill Hall. Fleckveigh: £380, £360 Cracalt Farm, £240 Tottlebank, £75 Far Audlands. Friesian: £380 Cracalt Farm, £40 Kiln Hall, £40 Ackenthwaite Farm. British Blue: £340 Low Audlands, £330 Raisgill Hall, £295 Dolphenby Farm. Longhorn: £260
Bambers Farm. Limousin: £225 Mount Pleasant, £210, £190 Halforth Farm. Hereford: £215, £185, £180 Wraysholme Tower. Dairy Shorthorn: £120 Wyke Farm. Shorthorn: £40 Far Audlands. Swedish Red & White: £20 Far Audlands.
Heifer Stirk Top Prices: Simmental: £760 Bambers Farm. Limousin: £750 Bambers Farm, £410 Mount Pleasant. Angus: £540 Bambers Farm.
Bull Stirk Top Prices: Limousin: £1200 Low Waterside, £1050, £1020 Audlands Park, £900 Bambers Farm. British Blue: £870 Hawes Farm. Fleck: £550 Tottlebank. Friesian: £380 Grahamsfield.
Steer Stirk Top Prices: Limousin: £1190 Low Waterside. British Blue: £1280 Low Waterside. Hereford: £890 Low Waterside. Angus: £695 Moss End Farm. Friesian: £390 Moss End Farm.
Store Cattle
The fortnightly sale of 200 store cattle was put before a busy ring side of local and travelled buyers, with some leaving empty handed many more could have been sold to vendors advantages. Angus bullocks sold to £1870 from BJ Bowness, Kendal who sold British Blue bullocks to £1760 with many of the strongest bullocks selling to £1600 plus with first cross dairy blue bullocks selling to £1670 from RJ&D Holden, Broughton. Yearling grazing bullocks were in high demand with sweet sorts selling to £1260 from SW Atkinson & Son, Crook with many regularly £1100-£1200. Heifers saw a pair of Limousin sell to £1600 from A&P Hodgkinson, Stalmine. With others selling to £1580 from T&D Wright, Wray. Native heifers attracted plenty of interest with angus selling to £1550 from BJ Bowness, Kendal and Herefords selling to £1540 from M Howarth, Grange over Sands. Yearling suckler bred heifers saw the best sell to £1120 from CI Briggs, Ambleside with these regularly selling from £1050 to £1100, smaller grazing sorts £850-£900.
Store Bullock Top Prices: Angus: £1870 Blea Tarn Road, £1580 High Barnes, £1480 Birks Farm, £1090 Riddings, £1090 £1060 School Hill. British Blue: £1760 Blea Tarn Road, £1670 £1620 Syke House Farm, £1440 Park House Farms, £1330 Villa Farm. Longhorn: £1590 Oversands View. Hereford: £1540 £1400 £1360 Oversands View, £1250 Park House Farms, £930 Nibthwaite Grange Farm. Limousin: £1460 Oversands View, £1280 Villa Farm, £1260 Capplerigg Farm, £1250 Oversands, £1160 Capplerigg Farm, £1120 Capplerigg Farm. Fleck: £1160 Park House Farms. Blonde: £790 Southways. Continental: £1120 Capplerigg Farm. Mont: £900 Holmelands. Friesian: £890, £840 Holmelands.
Store Heifer Top Prices: Limousin: £1600 Bank Field Farm, £1580 Allcocks Farm, £1270 Cockrigg Farm, £1230 Allcocks Farm. Angus: £1550 Blea Tarn Road, £1110 Bleaswood Road, £1070 Tarnside Farm, £1040 Birks Farm, £990 Bleaswood Road. Charolais: £1240 Cockrigg Farm, £1150 Cragg House Farm. British Blue: £1350 Birks Farm, £1120 Villa Farm, £1110 Rankthorn, £1100 Villa Farm, £1070 Cockrigg Farm, £1060 Broughton House Farm. Hereford: £1090 Park House Farms, £1030 Tarnside Farm, £940 Rankthorn, £820 Little Fell Farm. Continental: £1080 Rankthorn. Simmental: £970 Bleaswood Road.
Store Bull Top Prices: Hereford: £950 Nibthwaite Grange Farm.
OTM Cattle
All cull cows sold to a lift in trade with an overall average of 170p/kg, OTM heifers to 211p/kg, steers to 195p/kg and cull bulls 220p/kg.
Beef cows sold to 221p/kg for a Blonde from G&ID Postlethwaite, Howgill with other heavier well bred beef cows 190p/kg to 210 p/kg. A keen interest in those for feeding, with these types generally 170p/kg to 190p/kg. Top grossing being a Blonde from G&ID Postlethwaite, Howgill achieving £1603. Very few dairy cows forward today but those that were sold to 224.5p/kg for a young heavy weight Holstein Friesian from Strickland Hill Farm, Witherslack with other better end dairy cows generally 170p/kg to 185p/kg, with parlour type cows generally 150p/kg to 170p/kg. Top grossing being a Holstein Friesian from WH Kitching & Son, Sedgwick at £1590.
OTM heifers sold to 231.5p/kg from Messrs Sowerby, Appleby with others at £1690 from BJ Bowness, Kendal. Bulls sold to 279.5p/kg and £2083 for a young Blonde from T Atkinson, Ulverston. Other younger stock bulls to 227p/kg and £1895, with mature stock bulls to 199.5p/kg and £1663.
OTM Cow Top Prices: Friesian: 224.50 Strickland Hill, 184.50 Laithwaite Farm, 179.50 Hawes Farm,169.50 Far Audlands. Blonde: 221.50, 219.50 Riddings, 179.50 Ashes. Simental: 214.50 Borwick Lodge Farm, 187.50 High Birk Howe Farm. Limousin: 201.50
Swallowmire. Stabiliser: 191.50 Yealand Manor. Charolais: 189.50 187.50 Dawson Fold. British Blue: 189.50 Borwick Lodge Farm, 181.50 Causeway Farm. Norwegian Red: 179.50 Cracalt Farm. Ayrshire: 139.50 Birkland Barrow.
OTM Heifer Top Prices: Friesian: 231.50 187.50 Townhead Farm. Angus: 214.50 199.50 Sandham Farm, 209.50 Blea Tarn Road.
Cast Steer Top Prices: Shorthorn: 194.50 Mislet Farm.
Cast Bull Top Prices: Blonde: 279.50, 219.50 Newland View. Angus: 227.50 Mislet Farm. Saler: 184.50 Fell House.
Lancaster Auction Mart: Weekly Sale of Calves, OTM Cattle and Store Cattle. Fortnightly Sale of Dairy Cattle, Friday 22nd March 2024.
NWA Lancaster saw another fast and competitive trade for all classes of stock at its popularly weekly sale. Stores cattle sold to a top price of £1860, OTM’s to 269.5p/kg and £1781, new calved dairy to £2000, weaned calves to £680 and rearing calves to £465.
Dairy Cattle
A single new calves heifer sold to £2000.
Calves and Weanlings
78 rearing and weaned calves saw a weaned Aberdeen Angus bull sell to £580 with weaned British Blues £545, Limousin cross £525 and others regularly £480 to £520. Stronger rearing calves sold to £465 for a British Blue cross with other strong native and continental bulls £360 to £420. The best young rearers were regularly £280 to £340, with younger bulls £220 to £280. Dairy bulls sold to £130 with other medium rearers generally £70 to £100.
Weaned heifers sold to £680 for a British Blue cross, with others at £660. Other pens were regularly £520 to £570. Stronger rearing heifers sold to £435 for a British Blue cross, with other native and continental heifers £300 to £350. Best young rearers sold to £290 for a Charolais cross, with others £250 to £285 and the younger end £160 to £210.
Heifer Calves Top Prices: British Blue: £680, £660 (x2), £570 Walkers I’th Fields, £560 (x2) Friars Moss. Limousin: £520 Birch House Cottage, £100 Holmescales Farm. Angus: £400 Walkers I’th Fields, £375 (x2) Coldcotes Farm, £360, £345 Head Dyke Lane, £340 Friars Moss. Charolais: £290 Norbreck Farm.
Bull Calves Top Prices: Angus: £580 Friars Moss, £580 Newhouse Farm, £545 Derby Lodge Farm, £525 Coldcotes Farm, £490 Walkers I’th Fields, £450 Derby Lodge Farm. British Blue: £545, £515 Friars Moss, £500 Birkland Barrow, £465 Friars Moss, £410 Roe Farm, £400 Friars Moss. Limousin: £525 Coldcotes Farm, £500 Birch House Cottage, £345, £315, £300, £295 Holmescales Farm. Charolais: £285 Bolton Fold Farm. Longhorn: £155, £140 Bolton Fold Farm. Friesian: £130 Catshaw Hall Farm, £115 Tills Farm.
Steer Calf Top Prices: British Blue: £670 Moss Gate Farm, £510, £475 Head Dyke Lane. Limousin: £520 Birch House Cottage. Ayrshire: £275 Bolton Fold Farm.
Store Cattle
Store steers sold to an overall market average of £1410, peaking at £1860 for an Aberdeen Angus cross. British Blue cross sold to £1790, Limousin cross to £1760, Charolais cross £1710 and Hereford cross £1700. Stronger end steers were regularly £1550 to £1700. Buyers were looking for cattle ahead of turnout, with these type steers regularly £1280 to £1450. Dairy bred steers sold to £1450 for British Friesians.
All heifers forward averaged £1360, peaking at £1660 for a British Blue cross with Aberdeen Angus cross selling to £1600, Hereford cross £1550. Other stronger heifers were regularly £1350 to £1480, with heifers suitable for turnout £1120 to £1300.
Store Bullocks Top Prices: Angus: £1860 Pasture House Farm, £1780 £1660 Yew Tree Farm, £1650 Ivy Barn, £1550 Downlands Farm, £1500 Plumpton Hall Farm. British Blue: £1790 Upper Foxholes Farm, £1780 Low Fell End, £1640 Holmes Farm, £1640 Windy Hill Farm, £1470 Wilmer Farms. Limousin: £1760 Downlands Farm, £1680 Scale House Farm, £1680 Fell End Farm, £1620 Wilmer Farms, £1600 Rowell Farm. Charolais: £1710 £1500 Wilmer Farms, £1510 The Old Stable, £1470 Upper Foxholes Farm, £1280 Middle Ridge Farm. Hereford: £1700 £1660 Pasture House Farm, £1660 Wilmer Farms, £1360 Middlebarrow Plain, £1360
Edenmount Well Lane, £1360 Savick Brook Farm. Blonde: £1680 Scale House Farm. Shorthorn: £1640 Yew Tree Farm. Simental: £1600 Rylstone Barn, £1450 The Old Stable, £1410 Benson Hall, £1380 Wilmer Farms. Stabiliser: £1460 Outerthwaite Farm.
Friesian: £1450 £1370 Downlands Farm, £1410 Benson Hall. Fleck: £1400 Holmes Farm. Mont: £1380 Wilmer Farms.
Store Heifer Top Prices: British Blue: £1660 Low Fell End, £1590 Park Lane Farm, £1520 Windy Hill Farm, £1520 High Snab, £1350 Park Lane Farm, £1300 Plumpton Hall Farm. Angus: £1600 £1560 Kirkbeck, £1570 £1500 Rowell Farm, £1260 Mill House Farm.
Hereford: £1550 £1500 Savick Brook Farm. Friesian: £1540 £1460 Roseacre Hall. Limousin: £1410 Holmes Farm. Charolais: £1340
£1190 Moss Edge Farm. Simental: £1170 Park House Farm.
OTM Cattle
Cull cows achieved an overall market averaged of 169p/kg, beef cows sold to 229.5p/kg and £1503 for a Limousin cross. Other well bred beef cows were regularly 205p/kg to 220p/kg and £1300 to £1450, medium beef cows were finding a keen buyer interest for further finishing. Heavy well fleshed dairy cows sold to 199.5p/kg and £1605, with others regularly 178p/kg to 190p/kg and £1200 to £1400. Parlour type cows were generally 150p/kg to 165p/kg, depending on quality and type, with leaner light weights 120p/kg to 140p/kg.
OTM heifer averaged 225p/kg with beef heifer to 269.5p/kg and £1735. Diary bred heifers sold to 259.5p/kg and £1760.
OTM steers averaged 232p/kg for an entry of entirely black and whites, peaking at 239.5p/kg and £1520.
Mature stock bulls sold to 209p/kg and £1791.
Next Friday is business as usual at Lancaster, to include the monthly sale of stirks and young feeding bulls. Please contact the office with catalogue entries.
OTM Cow Top Prices: Limousin: 229.50 Fell End Farm, 214.50 (x2) Little Fell Farm, 194.50 Potts Yeats, 187.50 Low House, 174.50 Potts Yeats. Shorthorn: 207.50 Parkside Farm, 189.50 Little Fell Farm, 124.50 Biggins Lodge Farm. Friesian: 199.50 Batty Hill, 189.50 Cocker House Farm, 184.50 Spital Farm, 184.50 Kitchen Ground Farm, 184.50 Walkers I’th Fields, 184.50 Holme House Farm. Stabiliser: 197.50, 179.50 Low Moor Head Farm. Hereford: 194.50 Biggins Lodge Farm, 149.50 Birkland Barrow. Swedish Red: 191.50 Walkers I’th Fields. Ayrshire: 189.50 Spital Farm. British Blue: 184.50 Mount Pleasant Farm. Montbeliarde: 184.50 Yeat House, 149.50 Walkers I’th Fields. Angus: 174.50 Low House, 169.50 Biggins Lodge Farm. Jersey: 154.50 Birkland Barrow. Continental: 139.50 Moss House Farm.
OTM Heifer Top Prices: Angus: 269.50 Parkside Farm. Limousin: 259.50 Wilmer Farm. Montbeliarde: 259.50 Yeat House. Friesian: 251.50 Boldens Farm, 249.50 High Snab, 247.50 North Farm, 244.50 Rose Farm, 244.50 Boldens Farm, 244.50 Roseacre Hall.
Shorthorn: 244.50 Parkside Farm. Norwegian Red: 169.50 Moss House Farm. Jersey: 159.50 Benson Hall.
Cast Steer Top Prices: Friesian: 239.50 Greenside Farm, 239.50 Benson Hall, 219.50 Greenside Farm, 209.50 Benson Hall.
Cast Bull Top Prices: Charolais: 209.50 Laverock Bridge. Shorthorn: 169.50 Low Dubbs Farm.
Next Week's Upcoming Sales
Monday 25th
Lancaster: 10:30am Weekly Sale of Prime Hoggs and Cast Sheep
12noon Weekly Sale of Sheep with Lambs at Foot
Tuesday 26th
J36: 10:30am Sale of all classes of Pigs
11am Weekly Sale of Sheep with Lambs at Foot
1pm Weekly Sale of Prime Hoggs and Cast Sheep
Friday 29th
Lancaster: 10:15am Weekly Sale of Calves and OTM/Cast Cattle
11:15am Weekly Sale of Store Cattle & Farmer Stirks
