Weekly Report and Newsletter - 10th September J36 Rural Auction Centre: 'LADS NIGHT OUT'' Annual Show & Sale of Breeding Rams & Individual Females - Saturday 4th September 2021 The annual 'Lads Night Out' show and sale of terminal sire breeding rams saw a catalogue entry of 800, with the sale attracted interest and buyers from throughout the country. Lads Night Out saw a two tier trade with power and strength selling to a competitive trade and with the second tier tups more selective, and only slightly up on the year, as the old saying says ‘when females are dear, tups are buyable’. There was a great line up of tups for the pre-sale show, in which we thank our judges, David Hodgson, Cartmel, Harold Keast, Devon, Callum Kettles, Penrith and Murray Craig, Penrith for their time and expertise. A big thank you also goes to all our pre-sale sponsors Rural Law Practice, Wadland Finance, Eden Farm Supplies and John Cornthwaite Machinery. The overall champion ram was awarded to JG & PH Thompson, Selside with a Beltex x Shearling, with the reserve champion awarded to WJ & VJ Case, Ulverston with a Texel Shearling selling to £900. Topping the sale at £1600 was a Beltex x from G Sowerby, Appleby with others from the same good home to £950 twice and £920. Other Beltex x tups sold to £1200 from ST Birkett & Son, Carnforth followed by Beltex x Charollais to £980 from J Wales, Carlisle. Powerful Texel Rams always meet plenty of demand at Junction 36 with the consignment from J Woodburn & Partners, Ulverston selling to £1200 twice with others from the same home achieving £1050 and £950. Other noted prices for Texel rams were £1100 from PW & D Swindlehurst, Underbarrow, with the consignment from Harry Geldard, Levens also peaking at £1100. This was closely followed by £1000 from AJ & LJ Hasten, Maryport. Plenty of powerful and better confirmation tups easily sold between £650 and £1000. Texel ram lambs sold to top of £850 from W Holden & Sons, Oswaldtwistle. A solid commercial Suffolk shearling trade saw plenty of rams selling between the £500-£700 mark, Taking top spot was the consignment from JH Towers & Sons, Tunstall selling to £750 twice and £720. This was closely followed by £700 from RA & L Hodgson, Patton and AR Edmondson, Ulverston. Suffolk ram lambs twice peaked at £480 from E Needham, Stainton and G&K Richmond, Inglewhite. Texel gimmer shearlings sold to a top of £750 from JR Wilkinson & Sons, Richmond with others from the same home selling to £550. The sale also included the flock dispersal of pedigree Texels on behalf of J&C Airey of the Urswick Flock, They peaked at £600 with others selling to £500 and plenty
more selling in the early £400’s. Something new for the sale this year was a special entry of Dutch Spotted, 83% of gimmers selling to £500 and 75% gimmer lambs selling to £400. Pure Dutch Spotted tup lambs sold to £420, all the Dutch Spotted were consigned by K P Dagger, Garstang.
Lancaster Auction Mart: Sale of Prime Lambs and Cast Sheep, Followed by the Second Sale of Breeding Sheep - Monday 6th September 2021 PRIME LAMBS The weekly sale of prime lambs at NWA Lancaster saw a competitive trade for all classes and types with heavy weights selling to a premium. The sale peaked at £132 for a Beltex x lamb from GM & A Jackson, Little Eccleston closely followed by a pen of Texels from JE & J Pye & Son, Quernmore also to £132. Heavy weight lambs being 47-52kg regularly selling at £125-£130. An increased number of hill bred lambs forward today, saw Mules selling to £109 from W Barnes, Lancaster with others at £106 from Drinkall Bros, Over Wyresdale. Mashams sold to £93 from DM Eames, Abbeystead. Top p/kg of 265p was achieved for Texel lambs from B & SE Carter, Ellel with other ¾ bred lambs regularly selling at 245-258p/kg. Buyers keen to secure well finished lambs with these generally achieving 230-240p/kg depending on breed and finish. An overall market average of 236p/kg or £103.34 per head.
TOP PRICES: Beltex: £132, £118 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £108, £103, £98 (2) Scronkey Farm. Texel: £131 Gibsons Farm, £127 Cragg End, £125 Newhouse Farm, £124 Bensons Farm, £120 Gibsons Farm, £120 Wyre Farm. Suffolk: £127 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £120, £115 Gibson Farm, £115 Hallbeck, £109 Wyre Farm. Mule: £109 Longlands Road, £106 Catshaw Hall Farm, £105 Calderside Farm, £101 Cragg End. Continental : £108 Gibson Farm, £105 Throstle Grove Farm, £102 Low Pleasant, £101 Blackwood end, £96 Botton Hall Farm. Charollais: £104, £99 Rose Hill Farm, £99 Botton Hall Farm, £98 Jacksons Farm, £96 Rose Hill Farm, £95 Low Pleasant. Masham: £93 Middle Lee Farm. CAST SHEEP A smaller entry of cull ewes today continued to sell at recent rates with £111 being achieved for a Texel x from E Lund & Son, Ingleton who sold others at £110. Other heavy ewes regularly achieving £90 to £100 to include a pen of mule ewes from M & L Preece, Kirkby Lonsdale at £95. Hill bred ewes saw a top price of £85 for Lleyns from JM & HM France & Son, Littledale. Swalesdales sold to £60 from RW & FJ Rhodes & Son, Quernmore. TOP PRICES: Texel: £111, £110 Lundholme Farm, £99 Low Pleasant, £99 Moss Side Farm. Mule: £95 High House Farm, £92 Low Moor Head Farm, £86, £73 High House Farm, £72 Burrow Heights Farm. Lleyn: £85 Newhouse Farm. Continental: £83 Low Moor Head Farm. Swaledale: £60 Low Moor Head Farm, £47 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £42 Lundholme Farm, £36 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage. Horned: £34 Yates Farm. Suffolk: £31 Botton Hall Farm. BREEDING SHEEP The second sale of breeding sheep at NWA Lancaster saw buyers in attendance keen to secure, additional and replacement stock. The sale commenced with breeding rams which saw home bred Texel shearlings from B & J
Preston, Caton sell at £620 on two occasions with others selling at £300 from PF Lee, Over Wyresdale. Gimmer shearlings saw a top price of £178 for a pen of Mules from N Barker, Burton in Kendal, with others at £170 from SM Taylor, Tatham and £160 from EI EA and TW Wilson, Flookburgh. Breeding ewes sold to £150 and £142 for two crop Mules from N Barker, Burton in Kendal with two crop Continental ewe from Exors DM Cardwell, Poulton Le Fylde sell to £112. Other breeding ewes generally sold between £95-£110. TOP PRICES: Ewes: Mule: £150, £142 Dalton Old Hall, £108, £82, £72 Wath Farm. Texel: £112, £108 (2), £90 Moss Side Farm. Continental: £95, £90, £82, £72 Wath Farm. Cheviot: £95, £92 Wath Farm. Gimmer Shearlings: Mule: £178 Dalton Old Hall, £170 Beethams Farm, £160, £155, £150 EI EA & TW Wilson, £150 Dalton Old Hall. Shearling Ram: Texel: £620 (2), £300 Ellers Farm, £300 Lower Swainhead Farm, £280 Ellers Farm. Blue Texel: £300 Lower Swainhead Farm.
Lancaster Auction Mart: Dairy Herd Dispersal on behalf of Messrs Sharp, Millom Tuesday 7th September 2021 Dairy Dispersal sells to £2200 at NWA Lancaster On Tuesday 7th September, North West Auctions conducted the dispersal sale of the dairy herd on behalf of Messrs Sharp, Langthwaite Ltd, Millom, who took the recent decision to retire from dairy farming. T
This most genuine herd of cows attracted interest from throughout the Northern counties, Cheshire and North Wales all keen to secure additional stock. The sale saw a top price of £2200 achieved for a new calved heifer, 10 days into her lactation, this was closely followed by a fresh 3rd calved cow giving 46 litres and achieving £2120. Other new calved heifers and those recently served sold to £1900 (x2) with others generally £1450 - £1700. Cows sold to £1820 for 2nd calvers, £1700 for 3rd calvers with older cows to £1580 for 4th calvers. In-calf cows also sold to £1580 for a cow due the end of October to sexed semen with others generally £1000 - £1350 to a British Blue bull. Statistics 141 dispersal cattle (including faults) averaged £1225. Thank you to all staff for their hard work today and we wish Michael and William well in their future endeavours. Saturday 25th September 2021 sees the on-farm dispersal sale on behalf of Messrs Sharp of farm machinery, grassland and livestock equipment.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Sale of Prime Lambs and Cast Sheep - Tuesday 7th September 2021 SPRING LAMBS J36 had on offer 983 prime lambs, with an overall average of 234p/kg. Quality finished lambs weighing 45-52kg are still selling to a strong demand to average 237p. Top price per head of the sale was MW & M Hodgson, Swallomire with a pair of Texels scaling 61kg and realising £148, followed by WH Kitching & Sons, Hawes Farm, 56kg Texel’s selling to £146. Beltex lambs peaked at £133 for 50kg from WI Burrow & Sons, Jackson Ground, with a pair of 45kg consigned by DC D & JD Taylor, Garnett Folds at £107.5. Suffolk lambs reached £125 for a pen of 52kg from GA & M Robinson, 8 Silverdale Drive, with MW & M Hodgson, Swallowmire following at £119 for 50kg’s. Charollais lambs hit £118 for a pen of 48 kg from RR & JA Knowles, Myres Farm and to £110 for a pair of 46kg consigned by AR & BJ Thompson, Poppy Farm. In the Cheviot Mule section WP Brewer & Sons, Lower Core sold 46kg to £105, AR & BJ Thompson, Poppy Farm sold 42kg to £100. Mules from RS & BA Harker, Overthwaite Farm scaling 44kg sold to £100 and 43kg to £91.50 from J Longworth, Millriggs. TOP PRICES: Texel - £148 Swallowmire, £146 Hawes Farm, £130 Gilpin Farm, £125, £123 Endmoor Farm. Beltex - £133 Jackson Ground, £107.5 Garnett Folds, £106 Poppy Farm. Suffolk - £125 Silverdale Drive, £119 Swallowmire, £117.5 Mountain View, £115 Low Woodedge Farm, £114.5 Raw Head. Charollais - £118 Myers Farm, £110 Poppy Farm, £106.5 Myers Farm. Cheviot Mule - £105 Lower Core, £100 Poppy Farm. Mule - £100 Overthwaite Farm, £91.5 Millriggs, £91 Gunner Fleet Farm, £85 Higher Core Farm. Cheviot - £92 Brow Head. Rough Fell - £91.5 Boundary Beck, £88.5 Millriggs. Horned - £85 The Lodge. Continental - £82 Greenlands. Zwartble - £81 Raines Hall. CAST SHEEP The weekly sale of cull sheep had an entry of 517. All types were keenly bid for to fulfil buyers requirements. Top price of the sale was £136 for Texels from R & E Ladds, Benson Hall, followed by AR & BJ Thompson, Poppy Farm at £125. Suffolks from J & H Bland, Ninezergh sold to £134, followed by £106 from WI Burrow & Sons, Jackson Ground. Leicester ewes sold to £129 from R & E Ladds, Benson Hall and £115 from RS & BA Harker, Overthwaite Farm. Mule ewes hit the high spot of £125 consigned by DV Carrick, Riverside House followed by £113 from AW Crowe, Ashtree Cottage. In the Hampshire section MD & SA Park, Whitbarrow Cottage sold to £104, £90, £87. A Beltex ram from AR & BJ Thompson, Poppy Farm reached £158. Hampshires sold to £130 from MD & SA Park, Whitbarrow Cottage. In the Horned section Low Borrow Bridge Farm hit £87, with Swaldales consigned by RS & BA Harker, Overthwaite selling to £80. EWE TOP PRICES: Texel - £136 Benson Hall, £125 Poppy Farm, £120 Little Close, £118 Broad Oak, £118 High Wray Farm. Suffolk - £134 Ninergh, £106 Jackson Ground, £104 The Old Parsonage, £85 Low Greenside. Leicester - £129 Benson Hall, £115 Overthwaite Farm. Mule - £125 Riverside House, £113 Ashtree Cottage, £110 Garnett House Farm, £101 Myers Farm, £98 Mountbarrow Farm. Hampshire - £104, £90, £87, £85 Whitbarrow Cottage. Cheviot - £93, £85 Bowers Farm, £82 Rankthorn, £74 Lower Oakeneaves Farm. Dorset - £88 High Biggarsbank. Zwartble - £88 Jackson Ground. Swaledale - £83 Wilcocks Farm, £70 Arklid Farm, £69 Latterbarrow Farm, £66 Deep Clough. Rough Fell - £80 Riverside House, £70 Sproat Ghyll, £63 Bowers Farm. Charollais - £72 Lower Oakeneaves Farm. Continental - £72 Woodyard. Dales Bred - £70 Deep Clough. RAM TOP PRICES: Beltex - £158 Poppy Farm. Hampshire - £130 Whitbarrow Cottage. Horned - £87 Low Borrowbridge Farm. Swaledale - £80 Overthwaite Farm.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Fortnightly Sale of Store Lambs - Thursday 9th September 2021 STORE LAMBS The fortnightly sale of store lambs saw an entry of 2977 forward, selling to an overall Market average of £77.98, with a larger entry of hill bred lambs at today’s sale. Pens of strong, well bred, Continental lambs attracted keen interest, regularly selling at £84 - £95 with a sale topping price of £102 achieved for a Texel from JB Dixon, Longsleddale, closely followed by Beltex x from P & SA Nelson, Rosgill, selling at £100. Suffolks sold to £90.50 on two occasions from J Scott & Co, Cartmel and I & ME Askew, New Hutton. Charollais x lambs sold to £89.50 from MJ & LC Lund, Quernmore, with others at £84 from JE Wightman, Lupton. Hill bred lambs saw a top price of £84 achieved for North Country Mules from Fishwick Bros, Longsleddale and JC & E Pedley, Sedbergh and others at £83 from BE & HM Wilson, Selside; all Mules today averaged £79.33. Other hill bred lambs saw Cheviots sell to £92.50 from TLB & J Knowles, Selside, Rough Fells to £67 from N Burton, Cautley, Swaledale wethers £64.50 also from N Burton and Scotch Black Face wethers at £62.590 from J & ID Postlethwite, Howgill. The next sale of Store Lambs is on Thursday 23rd September with vendors encouraged to take advantage of the current strong trade. TOP PRICES: Texel - £148 Swallowmire, £146 Hawes Farm, £130 Gilpin Farm, £125, £123 Endmoor Farm. Beltex - £133 Jackson Ground, £107.5 Garnett Folds, £106 Poppy Farm. Suffolk - £125 Silverdale Drive, £119 Swallowmire, £117.5 Mountain View, £115 Low Woodedge Farm, £114.5 Raw Head. Charollais - £118 Myers Farm, £110 Poppy Farm, £106.5 Myers Farm. Cheviot Mule - £105 Lower Core, £100 Poppy Farm. Mule - £100 Overthwaite Farm, £91.5 Millriggs, £91 Gunner Fleet Farm, £85 Higher Core Farm. Cheviot - £92 Brow Head. Rough Fell - £91.5 Boundary Beck, £88.5 Millriggs. Horned - £85 The Lodge. Continental - £82 Greenlands. Zwartble - £81 Raines Hall.
Lancaster Auction Mart: Sale of Calves, Stirks, OTM Cattle and Store Cattle - Friday 10th September 2021 CALVES AND WEANLINGS The weekly sale of rearing calves at NWA Lancaster saw a strong and competitive trade for all classes and types. The sale peaked at £440 for a British Blue bull from GH Sanderson & Family, Catforth with this price being matched by AD & RL Milner, Claughton on Brock also selling a British Blue x. Other beef bull calves regularly sold at £350 – £420 to include an Aberdeen Angus x achieving £410 from JK & BJ Birkett & Son, Ltd, Morecambe. There was keen interest in heifer calves today which saw British Blue x sell to £410 from JP & C Robson, Preston who sold others at £400 and GH Sanderson & Family also selling British Blue x heifers at £410. An entry of young Aberdeen Angus x heifers sold to £250 from EW & RM Towers, Hornby with very young sorts to £160 from TL Baldwin & Son, Forton. A large entry of dairy bulls sold to £180 for a Holstein Friesian from JE & J Pye & Son, Quernmore, with others at £120 from JR Newsham & Son, Conder Green and Barker Farms Ltd, Warton. All black and white bull calves today averaged £92. An entry of recently weaned calves from EW & RM Towers, Hornby saw British Blue x steers sell to £350, Fleckvieh steers £320 with others regularly £245 – £295. TOP PRICES: Heifer Calves: British Blue - £410 Roe Farm, £410 Blackleach House Farm, £400 Roe Farm. Aberdeen Angus £250 Holme Farm, £165 Forton Hall Farm, £160 Forton Hall Farm x2. Friesian - £45 Liscoe Farm. Bull Calves: British Blue - £440 Lane Head Farm, £440 Blackleach House Farm, £420 Roe Farm, £400 Walkers I’th Fields, £290b Walkers I’th Field. Aberdeen Angus - £410 White Lund Farm, £250 Forton Hall Farm, £180 Walkers I’th Fields, £170 Walkers I’th Fields. Fleckvieh - £280 White Lund Farm. Montbeliarde - £190 Sellerley Farm. Friesian - £180 Gibsons Farm, £120 Cotestone Farm, £120 Sellerley Farm, £105 Cotestone Farm, £105 Liscoe Farm. Simmental - £140 Anehead Farm. Steer Calves: Aberdeen Angus - £420 Gibsons Farm. British Blue - £350 Holme Head, £270 Holme Head. Fleckvieh - £320 Holme Head, £295 Holme Head, £270 Holme Head, £245 Holme Head, £155 Holme Head. Friesian - £150 Holme Head, £140 Holme Head. Norwegian Red - £135 Holme Head. STORE CATTLE The Fridays store cattle trade was hotter than the weather this week, as buyers see a lift in prime beef prices, giving them the confidence to get on and bid for the cattle on offer, much to Garys delight. Top of the charts today was GA & A Atkinson, Cantsfield with a well bred and expertly fed Limousin steer at £1700, just proving that Lancaster is the place to sell your strong stores and that there is no need to go past our gate to other centres. Not far behind was TJ Lloyd, Settle with a pair of powerful Charolais steers at £1630, who also sold Hereford steers at £1580. K&DE Woodhouse, Ellel had a good run of cattle topping at £1540 for a trio of British Blue steers, J&JM Walmsley, Pilling also sold a pair of British Blue steers to £1500. Aberdeen Angus steers from TJ Lloyd, Settle made £1540, with EW & CR Clegg & Sons, Stalmine at £1440 for a pair. Many more Aberdeen Angus steers, to many to mention sold in the £1300-£1400 bracket. TJ Lloyd, Settle continued his good trade with Friesian steers at £1370, CE & MA Hewitt, Forton sold at £1200 for a pair and a pen of four from EE Thornton, Heaton-withOxcliffe at £1180. All steers today averaged £1200.
Aberdeen Angus heifers topped the heifers trade, with a pair of well grown beasts at £1460 from EW & CR Clegg & Son, Stalmine, with others from JD & GM Bracken, Catterall at £1370, L Parsons & Son, Levens was not far behind at £1300 for a pen of three. L Parsons & Sons also went on to sell Limousin heifers at £1320. K & DE Woodhouse, Ellel continued his good day, selling a pair of British Blue heifers at £1360 with others at £1250 from R Oldfield, Yealand Redmayne. All heifers today averaged £1060, which included a large number of younger cattle. TOP PRICES: Limousin – £1700 Abbotson Farm, £1370 Kilnburn House, £1360 Proctors Row, £1320 Stubbins Farm, £1160 Stubbins Farm. Charolais - £1630 Kirk Gate, £1450 Middle Grange Farm. Simmental – £1400 Billinge Hall Farm, £1330 Old Hall Farm, £1310 Stafford Farm, £1270 Old Hall Farm, £1180 The Grange. Hereford – £1580 Proctors Row, £1460 Greenlands Farm, £1430 Middle Grange Farm, £1280 Outerthwaite Farm, £1150 Ghyll Farm. Aberdeen Angus – £1540 Proctors Row, £1440 Yew Tree Farm, £1400n Greenlands Farm, £1400 Kitchen Ground Farm, £1380 North Farm. British Blue – £1540 Kitchen Ground Farm, £1500, Staffords Farm, £1380 Outerthwaite Farm, £1380 Kitchen Ground Farm, £1370 Birch Croft. Friesian – £1370 Proctors Row, £1200 Steadbank, £1180 Downlands Farm, £1170 Low Levens, £1140 Downlands. Fleckvieh £1260 Holmes Farm. Montbeliarde - £1330 North Farm, £1160 Hatters Farm, £1500 Bensons Farm, £1040 Bensons Farm. OTM CATTLE The weekly OTM cattle sale saw no let up in trade today, averaging 142p/kg this being 8p up on the week previous, with buyers having orders for all types of cattle. Friesian OTM cows today topped the sale at £1322 from SW&K Metcalf & Son, Whittington with other Friesians at £1243 from AW & AW Park & Sons, Ellel. Other dairy bred cows sold to £1132 for Fleckvieh from B&AC Barnes, Middleton. Prices per kilo today saw OTM Friesian cows to 174.5p/kg from EE Thornton & Sons, Heaton-with-Oxcliffe with Fleckvieh at 166.5p/kg from B & AC Barnes, Middleton. Continental cows from RM & PM Simpson, Troutbeck sold to 179.5p/kg. OTM heifers saw a top price of £1227 or 209.5p/kg for Aberdeen Angus from PG Thornton, Scorton, with Friesians at 184.5p/kg or £1005 from RM Mason & Son, Levens. A larger show of OTM steers saw 217.5p/kg or £1328 achieved by A Kirkby & Co, Cockerham for an Aberdeen Angus. Herefords sold to 194.5p/kg or £1128 from RJ Holgate, Redmayne. More OTM bulls on the market today, topping at £1307 for a Montbeliarde from JM & AG Swarbrick, Out Rawcliffe. Limousin OTM Bulls sold to £1258 from K Thomas, Firbank. More OTM cattle are required to fulfil our buyers’ requirements. TOP PRICE: OTM Cows: Friesians - 174.5 Downlands Farm, 164.5 Spital Farm, 159.5 Holme House Farm, 159.5 Parkers Farm, 159.5 Downlands Farm. Fleckvieh – 167.5 Hawkin Hall, 167.5 Docker Hall, 167.5 Docker Hall, 164.5 Hawkin Hall. Simmental – 164.5 Todgill. British Blue – 164.5 Brookside, 147.5 Brookside, 141.5 Brookside. Swedish Red & White – 147.5 White Lund Farm, 134.5 Walkers I’th Fields, 120 Walkers I’th Fields. Aberdeen Angus – 141.5 Riddings, 137.5 Riddings. Limousin – 141.5 Riddings, 124.5 Todgill Farm. Norwegian Red – 134.5 White Lund Farm. Hereford – 119.5 Riddings. OTM Heifers: Aberdeen Angus – 209.5 Cliftons Farm. Friesian – 184.5 Heaves Farm. Continental – 179.5 Poole Bank Farm. Hereford – 154.5 Cliftons Farm. Cast Steer: Aberdeen Angus – 217.5 Gulf Farm. Hereford – 194.5 Edenmount Well Lane x2. Friesian – 179.5 Boundary House.
Cast Bulls: Simmental – 179.5 Sellerley Farm, 159.5 Sellerley Farm. Limousin – 149.5 Hill Top Farm. Friesian – 119.5 Hall Farm.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Ambleside Fair, Show & Sale of Gimmer Lambs Thursday 9th September 2021 North West Auctions held its popular Annual Ambleside Fair show and sale of gimmer lambs on Friday 10th September which saw buyers in attendance from throughout the United Kingdom keen to secure replacement stock from this renowned sale. A feature of the Ambleside Fair is the pre-sale show which this year was judged by Mr P Mulcaster, Lowick and Mr M Bowman, Newbiggin on Lune who had a wonderful entry of 26 pens of 10 put before them over the 4 show classes. The show was kindly sponsored by 1st Base and Wadland Finance. The overall Championship rosette was awarded to the first prize pen of North Country Mule gimmer lambs shown by R Lawrence, Grange over Sands who was also awarded the Reserve Champion rosette. A fast and competitive trade was seen for all classes and types of gimmer lambs, with the strong prices seen throughout this year at the sheep sales, continuing today. The sale commenced with North Country Mule gimmer lambs which topped at £228 for the show champions from R Lawrence, Grange over sands who sold others at £198. Other pens of strong lambs were regularly at £145 – £165 with keen interest in running lambs generally selling at £110 – £120. All North Country Mule lambs today averaged £104. Masham gimmer lambs saw a top price of £125 achieved by JA Bennett, Longsleddale who also sold others at £98 followed by JE Read, Hutton Roof achieving £95. All Masham lambs averaged £85. Rough Fell Mule gimmer lambs continue to attract new customers with a top price of £150 achieved by TLB & J Knowles, High Borrowbridge with others at £135 and £133 from I & J Mallinson, Selside and £130 from FB Dunning & Son, Orton. All Rough Fell Gimmer lambs averaged 110. The ever increasing popularity of Cheviot Mules was apparent today with a top price of £175 achieved by AR & BJ Thompson, Selside, closely followed by L:ow Moor Howe Farm, Winster selling at £172 and £160. With running type Cheviot Mules regularly £118 to £128. With all sold averaging £123. The sale concluded with Continental gimmer lambs which saw a pen of ¾ bred Texels from B & M Slater, Chipping selling at £145. Other ¾ bred Texel x gimmer lambs from JA & KJ Allen, Ings sold at £122 with P & TL Edmondson Ltd, Kirkby in Furness and D & A Nicholson, Ulverston selling first cross Texel gimmer lambs out of North Country Mules at £120. An overall market average of £106 was achieved for all gimmer lambs today. Vendors must be complimented by the quality of stock presented at todays sale, which once again were a pleasure to sell.
Next Week's Up Coming Sales Monday 13th Lancaster: 10.30am Sale of prime lambs and cast sheep. J36: 5pm Beltex Sheep Society Official Show & Sale, Followed by the Boys are Back in Town, Sale of Breeding Rams & Females.
Tuesday 14th J36: 1pm Sale of Spring Lambs and Cast Sheep. 10.30am Sale of Prime, Cast, Store & Weaner Pigs.
Wednesday 15th Lancaster: 10.30am Show & Sale of 1,500 Mule Gimmer LAmbs
Thursday 16th J36: 10am Great Annual Show & Sale of Continental Store Cattle. Fortnightly Sale of Calves, Stirks, Store and OTM Cattle
Friday 17th Lancaster: 10.15am Sale of Calves, OTM and Store Cattle.
Saturday 18th J36: Second Sale of Breeding Ewes & Gimmer Shearlings, inc Mule, Masham & Continentals.
FARM MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT SALE On behalf of Messrs Sharp, Langthwaite Ltd, Millom Saturday 25th September Items to include; Landrover Defender TD5- 03 – 71500 miles, John Deere 6120R- 67 – 850 hours, John Deere 6430- 58 – 3000 Hours, JCB 320S – 64 – 4300 Hours Plus Various Attachments, Stewart Cattle Trailer GX20CF – 2010, Conor Slurry Tanker – 2250 gal, Major Slurry Tanker – 2050 gal, Malgar Slurry Stirrer, Vicon Fertiliser Spreader, Keenan 320 – 2015, Hardi 12m Sprayer, John Deere 900 kg Weight, Kerbl Cow Duo Brushes x 2 (never used), 2 x Portequip feed trailers 16 foot, Fleming 12 foot roller and 8 foot land roller, Bomford Hedge Cutter, Simba 3 metre top Tilthe, Keenan 100 Spares and repair, GHL Small Bale Chopper, Stationary engine, Fibre Glass water tank 8 metre x 4 metre diameter, Westfalia 24/24 HB milking parlour, Fullwood 8400 litre Milk Tank, Collinson Feed bin C60 30 tonnes, Milk Master 500 litre Milk Tank, HTL electric foot trimming crush, IAE Cattle Crush, Moore 500 Gallon Concrete water trough (NEW), 1960 Flat Block Maker, 3 Metre Galvanised Man Box & 30 Galvanised Calf Pen