Weekly Report & Newsletter - 15th May 2026
J36 Rural Auction Centre: May Online Machinery Sale.
MONTHLY COLLECTIVE MACHINERY SALE
This popular sale once again attracted nationwide interest with well maintained and seasonal equipment extremely well bid for and selling well.
Vehicles, plant and tractors sold to a top price of £15,100 for a JCB tracked digger with a CAT tracked digger at £7,400 and a Kubota mini digger at £5,300. A well-maintained Kubota compact tractor loader sold at £10,7000 and a Weidemann loader at £6,500.
Seasonal equipment sold to £4,700 for a Krone 2200 Mower, £4400 for a Lely Lotus Scaler, 8T Silage Trailer at £4000, £3600 for a Kverneland Disc Mower, £3200 for a Krone rake, FCT 900 forage harvester at £2000.
Trailers saw a 2008 Equitrek sell at £3400, Ifor Williams 10ft Livestock Trailer at £3300, Ifor Williams small livestock trailer at £3000, 10ft Ifor Williams Plant trailer at £2100.
Other items of interest included a portable sheep race at £3100, VW transporter at £2200, pasture topper at £1550, Tanco bale wrapper at £1350, wood processor at £980, cherry picker at £920, slurry stirrer at £760.
The next online sale at J36 will be Friday 6th June, with drop o on Monday 1st & Tuesday 2nd June 9am-4pm.
Lancasters Live Machinery Sale is Wednesday 20th May, with drop o on Monday 18th May 12noon-5pm and Tuesday 19th May 9am-5pm.
Lancaster Auction Mart: Weekly Sale of Spring Lambs, Prime Hoggs, Cast Sheep & Sheep with Lambs at Foot. Monday 11th May 2026.
SPRING LAMBS
Numbers rising each week with increased buyer interest. All sold today achieved a market sqq of 460ppk and £197.50. Best of the lambs today to 520ppk for Texel x from KA Purtill, Wigan with other butcher types 495-515ppk. First crosses generally 460-480ppk. Heavyweights to 449ppk for Texel x from JR Robinson & Son and light weights to 468ppk from WN & D Smith & Sons. Leading today’s sale and achieving £223 were D & K Swarbrick selling Texel x lambs with others to £220 from JR Robinson & Son, £218 to KA Purtill, £215 for S Wilson & Son, £210 for WN & D Smith & Sons.
Spring Lambs Top Prices: BELTEX: £223 Bensons Farm. TEXEL: £220 (x2) Hollins Farm, £218 Oak Aveune, £215 Burrow Heights Farm, £213 Oak Aveune, £212 Bensons Farm. CONTINENTAL: £207 Bensons Farm, £197 Cross House Farm, £193 Cocker House Farm, £191 Bensons Farm, £187 Burrow Heights Farm.
SUFFOLK: £205, £200 (x2), £199 Cocker House Farm.
CHAROLLAIS: £176 Oak Aveune.
PRIME HOGGS
A wide variety of hoggs forward ranging from 34kg-72kg with an overall market average of 398ppk and a sqq average of 421ppk. Market leading prices included Beltex x at £232 from JE Parkinson & Son, Texel x to £228 from DJ Casson & Son, Texel x to £224 from SH & LE Birkett, Texel x to £220 from T & E Burrow. Heavy hoggs a sharper trade and in spec standards generally £195-£210. Hill bred hoggs to £200 for Cheviot Mules, £199 to Cheviots, £194 for Scotch Blackface, £192 for Horned, Gritstone to £191, Lonk to £190. Best fed hoggs to 471ppk for Texels from PG Thornton with others 430-460ppk with grass finished 405-425ppk. Hill bred to 442ppk for Cheviots, Scotch Blackface to 424ppk, Charmoise to 406ppk, Horned 392ppk, Mule to 374ppk and Herdwicks to 370ppk. Hoggs will continue to be wanted throughout May.
Prime Hoggs Top Prices: BELTEX: £232, £208, £202 Castle Mill Farm. TEXEL: £228 Beaumont Gate, £224 Stubb Hall Farm, £224 Beaumont Gate, £220 Throstle Grove Farm, £220 Castle Mill Farm, £218 Cross House Farm. CONTINENTAL: £209, £197 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £196 Mill Farm, £191, £190 Weavers Farm, £189 Mill Farm. CHEVIOT: £200 Stubb Hall Farm, £199, £194 (x2), £193 (x2) Little Eccleston Hall Cottage. SUFFOLK: £194 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £140, £134 Cliftons Farm. SCOTCH BLACKFACE: £194, £191, £189 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage. HORNED: £192 Park Farm Barn, £190 Lower Oakeneaves Farm. GRITSTONE: £191 Moss House Farm. CHAROLAIS: £178, £160 Oak Aveune. SWALEDALE: £177 Park Farm Barn, £122, £115, £109 Thornbush Farm. MULE: £172 Thornbush Farm, £138 Moorcock Hall Farm. HERDWICK: £148 Moss House Farm, £125 Cliftons Farm, £119 Lee End Farm.
CULL SHEEP
All culls today averaged £181 with a real appetite from buyers for all classes and types. Stronger end ewes all selling past £200 with Texel x to £246, Su olk x to £210, Beltex x to £202 and Mules to £200. Next draw down generally £180-£198 with lighter and leaners £140-£170. Hill bred ewes to £180 for Cheviots, Lonks to £160, Herdwicks to £140, Swaledale to £124.
Cull rams to £240 for Texels.
Cast Ewes Top Prices: TEXEL: £246 Oak Avenue, £210 Moorcock Hall Farm, £208 Oak Avenue, £200 Yarlsber, £197 Oak Avenue, £188 Cliftons Farm. BLUE TEXEL: £238 The Borrans, £170 Park Farm Barn, £160 Oakeneaves Farm. SUFFOLK: £210 Oak Avenue. LEICESTER: £204 Thornbush Farm. BELTEX £202 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage. MULE: £200 Oakeneaves Farm, £198 Cliftons
Farm, £196 Thornbush Farm, £170 Bensons Farm, £166 Yarlsber, £154 Cliftons Farm. MASHAM: £190 Cliftons Farm. CHEVIOT: £180 Yarlsber, £156 Castle Mill Farm, £148 Moorcock Hall Farm, £136 Moorcock Hall Farm. SWALEDALE: £124 High House Farm, £106 High House Farm.
Cast Ram Top Prices: TEXEL: £240 Castle Mill Farm, £178 Blackleach House Farm.
HERDWICK: £140 Cliftons Farm.
SHEEP WITH LAMBS AT FOOT
Still keen buyer interest with several already asking for more next week.
Several pens of hoggs with lambs forward selling to £350 for Texel x and Cheviots Mules from M & L Preece.
Older ewes saw twin families from JM & NJ Strickland sell to £370 and single families to £300.
Hill ewes to £335 for Cheviot x ewes with twins from Stockdale Farms.
Next week to include second sale of Hoggs with Lambs at Foot.
Shearling with Lambs at Foot Top Prices: CONTINENTAL: £250 The Borrans.
Ewes with Lambs at Foot Top Prices: CONTINENTAL: £370, £335, £260 The Borrans. MULE: £345, £300 The Borrans. TEXEL: £335, £285 Bowers Farm £265 The Borrans, £245 Bowers Farm.
Hogg & Lamb Top Prices: CHEVIOT: £350 High House Farm. TEXEL: £350 High House Farm.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Weekly Sale of Prime Hoggs, Cast Sheep & Sheep with Lambs at Foot, Tuesday 12th May 2026.
PIGS
A large show of finished and cast pigs in today. Trade slightly stronger than the national average and topped out at £200 x2 from PK & R Woof, Kendal for some prime gilts weighing 93kg a piece.
Lighter weighted prime pigs were more saleable than prime pigs that are heavy weighted.
For any enquiries, contact the Rob 07867000244 or the o ice on 015395 66200.
SHEEP WITH LAMBS AT FOOT
132 Families
Averages:
Singles: £114.38
Twins: £115.12
A much larger entry than expected this week with a large number of unentered families present.
Demand was pretty much split in half with bigger, fitter sheep with well grown lambs having the rub of the green and for this category of families, trade was possibly a touch
dearer. Topping the market today was a pen of Mule Shearlings with Texel Lambs from G & KM Atkinson, Green Farm, making £460 followed by a pen of the same goods at £450.
In the ewe category, the same firm topped at £400 for Mules with Texel Twins. Texels followed at £400 from GM Strong, Maulds Meburn and Messrs Bennison, Lazonby. The latter also having another pen at £390.
Hill Ewes were making more of an appearance today with a large show of Herdwicks, Swaledales and Hebrideans on o er. Single Swaledales topped at £165 for Broken Mouthed Ewes with Wether Lambs from Messrs Bennison and Hebrideans with pure Lambs made £175 from Messrs Frith, Shap.
Numbers still needed for next weeks sale. Do not hesitate to contact the o ice or auctioneers for entries or info.
Rob – 07867 000244 / 07972 327884.
Top Prices
Mule Shearlings with Twins - £460 – G & KM Atkinson
Texel Shearlings with Twins _ £340 – GM Strong
Su olk Ewes with Twins - £305 – S & W Dickinson
Texel Ewes with Twins - £400 – Messrs Bennison & GM
Strong
Texel Ewes with Singles - £300 – Messrs Harrison
Mule Ewes with Twins - £400 – G & KM Atkinson
Mule Ewes with Singles - £235 – Messrs Bennison
Swaledale Ewes with Singles - £165 – Messrs Bennison
Herdwick Ewes with Singles - £142 – Messrs Townson
Blue Texel Ewes with Twins - £390 – GM Strong
Beltex Ewes with Singles - £300 – Messrs Harrison
Hebridean Ewes with Singles - £175 – J Frith
Ewe with Lambs at Foot Top Prices: MULE: £400 Green Farm, £270, £265 Leigh Croft Farm, £260 High Greenside, £235 Leigh Croft Farm, £230 Tailbert. TEXEL: £400 Leigh Croft Farm, £400 School Hill, £390 Leigh Croft Farm, £335 School Hill, £320, £310 Leigh Croft Farm. BLUE TEXEL: £390 School Hill. SUFFOLK: £305 High Woodend, £205 Chapel Island View. BELTEX: £300 Tailbert. CONTINENTAL: £200 Chapel Island View, £200 Swinside Farm.
Shearling with Lambs at Foot Top Prices: MULE: £460, £450 Green Farm. TEXEL: £340 School Hill, £260 (x2) Leigh Croft Farm, £205 Barn Croft.
SPRING LAMBS & PRIME HOGGS
Thriving trade at Junction 36.
Prime hoggs to £260 and spring lambs to £244.
A lager show of both prime hoggs and prime lambs forward this week with a boiling hot trade to match.
Lambs kicked the day o in style hitting 510p/kg for Texels from AE Atkinson. The same good home selling further lambs to 490.5p/kg. Top price per head was for a good Hampshire lamb from IL Dixon selling for £244.
Hoggs hit £260 for a big Texel from N Barker. Other heavy weights from PJ&MR Stuart hit £250 and £245 for runs of Texels. Su olks topped at £243 from Coward Brothers. A fantastic run of hoggs from GM&A Jackson hit 462.5p/kg or £222 for a trio of Texels.
Herdwick hoggs topped at 423.8p/kg for a run of well fed types from Lakeland Farm Visitor Centre.
Weight very good to sell, along with anything fit while leaner o specification hoggs slightly harder to cash. An overall average of 396p/kg was met with demand heavily outweighing supply.
Highly competitive trade and prompt payment guaranteed at Junction 36. Contact Joel McGarva on 07920009097.
Spring Lamb Top Prices: Hampshire: £244 Cantsfield Hall, £183 £180 Endmoor Farm. Texel: £232 Spital Farm, £206 £204 Stubb Farm, £200 Ackenthwaite Farm, £199 Low Brundrigg, £196 £194 Ackenthwaite Farm. Continental: £201 £192 Endmoor Farm, £191 £188 Redbank Farm. Dorset: £191 £190 £185 x2 High Biggarsbank. Charollais: £191 £179 Redbank Farm. Su olk: £186 £179 £170 £160 Bank Farm.
Prime Hoggs Top Prices: Texel: £260 Dalton Old Hall, £250 £245 £239 New Hall, £238 Dalton Old Hall, £236 Isle Farm, £230 New Hall. Su olk: £243 Kirkby Hall, £240 New Hall, £237 £228 Four Lane Ends Farm, £216 New Hall, £212 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £199 New Hall.
Gritstone: £235 £189 New Hall. Cheviot: £233 Kirkby Hall, £195 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £192 x2 New Hall, £150 The Plough Inn. Mule: £231 Dalton Old Hall, £218 Kirkby Hall, £183 New Hall, £180 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £176 Dalton Old Hall, £162 Higher Salter. Beltex: £226 x2 £210 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage. Leicester: £219 New Hall. Horned: £200 Kirkby Hall. Continental: £197 £196 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £177 New Hall, £175 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage. Scotch Blackface: £194 Kirkby Hall, £180 Fell House. Herdwick: £178 Meadowbank Farm, £169 New Hall, £163 Brookfield, £145 Fell House, £124 £122 Wall End Farm. Swale: £175
Nether House Farm, £165 Hareden Farm, £160 New Hall, £150 Holme House Farm, £147
Nether House Farm, £140 Higher Salter. Masham: £170 Higher Salter. Rough Fell: £170
Killington Drive, £162 High Swinklebank Farm, £150 Boundary Beck, £134 High Swinklebank Farm. Dalesbred: £158 Holme House Farm. Zwartble: £120 West Lodge.
CAST SHEEP
Ewes up a gear and all classes remarkably up even dearer on recent weeks. Topping at £320 was a Texel from Messrs Wilkinson, Coniston with other good pure bred £240+. Mules to £218 from I & ME Askew, New Hutton with plenty of others £190+. Hill ewes to £200 for Cheviots from H Prickett, Hutton Roof with horned ewes to £170 for Swaledales from NW & EM Mason & Son, Middleton with endless pens of the better end horned ewes over £140.
Ewes
• Texel to £320 from WG & D Wilkinson, Coniston
• Su olk to £280 from RA Batty, Kendal
• Beltex to £272 from E Dodgson, Kendal
• BFL to £232 from Calderside Farm, Garstang
• North of England Mule to £218 from I & ME Askew, New Hutton
• Cheviot to £200 from H Prickett, Hutton Roof
• Masham to £192 from C Head, Kendal
• Hampshire to £188 from IL Dixon, Carnforth
• Swaledale to £170 from NW & EM Mason & Son, Middleton
• Rough Fell to £168 from T Ellis, New Hutton
• Herdwick to £162 from JM Harrison, Broughton in Furness
Cast Rams an unbelievable trade
• Charolais to £295 from JM Harrison, Broughton in Furness
• Beltex to £290 from J & J Huck, Burneside
• Texel to £210 from J & J Huck, Burneside
• BFL to £198 from B Wilson & Sons, Ashstead
• Swaledale to £198 from J & J Huck, Burneside
• Herdwick to £188 from Messrs Benson, Lakeland Farm Visitor Centre
Goats to £194 from B Heaps, Charnock Richard
More ewes wanted and needed here at J36- call Will 07506283587
Cast Ewes Top Prices: TEXEL: £320 Brookfield, £272 Spital Farm, £246 Tebay Ghyll, £246, £240 (x2) Spital Farm. SUFFOLK: £280, £258 Dugg Hill, £238 Caldside Farm, £228 Lane End, £226 Chapel Island View. LEICESTER: £232, £190 Calderside Farm. MULE: £218 Raw Head, £198 Green Farm, £198 Myerscough Hall, £194 High Green Farm, £193 Beech House, £190 Crabtree Farm. CONTINENTAL: £208 Crabtree Farm, £196 Crabtree Farm, £166 Kiln Beck, £160 Greenbank Farm, £152, £148 Kiln Beck. CHEVIOT: £200, £192 Hutton Roof Hall, £176 Audlands Park, £158 High Ground, £138 Low Garths, £116 Bank Farm. CHEVIOT MULE: £194 Saddlers Croft, £102 Farleton House CHAROLAIS: £194 Brookfield. MASHAM: £192 Killington Drive, £178 High Swinklebank Farm. HAMPSHIRE: £188 Cantsfield Hall. ZWARTBLE: £174 Lane End. BELTEX: £172 Barn Croft. SWALEDALE: £170 High Green Farm, £164 Nether House Farm, £158 Saddlers Croft, £156 Nether House Farm, £154 Kirkby Hall, £148 Calderside Farm. ROUGH
FELL: £168 Woodside, £166 Killington Drive, £164 Marsh Grange Farm, £160 High Swinklebank Farm, £156 Millriggs, £144 Woodside. SCOTCH BLACKFACE: £164 Hill Farm, £156 Kirkby Hall, £130 High Farm, £124 Low Garths. HERDWICK: £162 Lane End, £160 Meadowbank Farm, £154 Lane End, £152 Meadowbank Farm, £142 Crossgates Farm, £136 Holker Farm Cottages. HORNED: £160 Hill Farm. BADGER FACE: £160, £128 Greenbank Farm. GRITSTONE: £140 Farleton House. JACOB: £126 Garnett House Farm, £112 West Lodge.
Cast Ram Top Prices: CHAROLAIS: £295 Lane End. CONTINENTAL: £290 Oak Fold. TEXEL: £210 Oak Fold, £200, £176 Greenbank Farm. LEICESTER: £198 Ashstead, £196 Holme House Farm, £166 Audlands Park. SWALEDALE: £198 Oak Fold, £186, £156 Ashstead. GOAT: £194 Four Lane Ends Farm. HERDWICK: £188 Meadowbank Farm. HORNED: £172 Audlands Park.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Fortnightly Sale of Calves, Stirks, OTM/Cast Cattle & Store Cattle. Thursday 14th May 2026.
CALVES
152 calves forward today at J36 with trade sharper than the fortnight previous.
Bull calves sold to £940 for a British Blue from Messrs Ayrton, Bambers Farm with this good home selling 6 British Blue bulls to average £918.33. Charolais sold to £880 and £860 from JH Towers & Son, Tunstall Hall with Aberdeen Angus x to £850 and £840 from JS Towers & H Kent, Lancaster with other Aberdeen Angus at £830 and £820 from RW & SA Nicholson, Lupton. Limousins were a nice trade reaching £820 & £810 from JS Towers & H Kent, Lancaster. Month old bulls sold to £750 for a British Blue from A Lu man, Sedbergh with £700 achieved for Limousin at the same age from R & JE Wharton, Appleby and Aberdeen Angus to £680 from JS & IM Wilson, Monk Foss. A nice run of Herefords from Lawkland Hall Farm reached £650 and sold a further 8 over £600. Dairy bulls sold to £560 for month old Montbeliards from JS & IM Wilson, Monk Foss with black and white to £380 from Messrs Gibson & Berry, Endmoor.
Heifer calves saw British Blues from Messrs Ayrton, Bambers Farm lead the way again selling to £890, £880 and £870 twice with Charolais from Messrs Gibson & Berry next at £810. Aberdeen Angus to £730 from RW & SA Nicholson, Lupton with Limousin to £710 from JS Towers & H Kent, Lancaster. Beef Shorthorn from JW & TE Sharp, Lyth sold to £690 with Herefords to £670 from RW & SA Nicholson, Lupton and £610 for Lawkland Hall. Other notable prices saw £740 achieved for British Blue from Dolphenby Farming Ltd, Penrith with this good home selling 15 British Blues to average £670 at 5 – 6 weeks old.
Bulls
British Blue to £940 from Bambers Farm, Thurnham
Charolais to £880 from JH Towers & Son, Tunstall
Aberdeen Angus to £850 from JS Towers & H Kent, Lancaster
Limousin to £820 from JS Towers & H Kent, Lancaster
Hereford to £650 from Lawkland Hall Farm
Montbeliard to £560 from JS & IM Wilson, Monk Foss
Black and Whites to £80 from Messrs Gibson & Berry, Endmoor
Heifers
British Blue to £890 from Bambers Farm, Thurnham
Charolais to £810 from Messrs Gibson & Berry, Endmoor
Aberdeen Angus to £730 from RW & SA Nicholson, Lupton
Limousin to £710 from JS Towers & H Kent
Beef Shorthorn to £690 from JW & TE Sharp, Lyth
Hereford to £670 from RW & SA Nicholson, Lupton
Bonde to £670 from R Heath, Bootle
Keep the calves coming, any queries please telephone Will on 07506283587
Bull Calf Top Prices: BRITISH BLUE: £940, £930 (x2), £920, £900, £890 Bambers Farm.
CHAROLAIS: £880, £860 Tunstall Halll, £840 Low Audlands, £820 Tunstall Hall, £810 (x2) Holme
House Farm. ANGUS: £850, £840 Cinder Hill Farm, £830 Green Lane End Farm, £830 Cinder Hill Farm, £820, £800 Green Lane End Farm. LIMOUSIN: £820 Cinder Hill Farm, £810 Tunstall Hall, £700, £690 Mount Pleasant, £580 (x2) Halforth Farm. HEREFORD: £650, £630, £620 (x2), £610, £600 The Cottages. MONTBELIARDE: £560, £430 Monk Foss Farm. BLONDE: £480, £250, £170, £160, £150 (x2) Midtown Farm. FRIESIAN: £380, £370 Low Audlands, £360 West Hall, £330 Holme House Farm, £290 Low Audlands, £280 Flodder Hall. DAIRY SHORTHORN: £170, £150, £140 (x2) Strickley.
Heifer Calf Top Prices: BRITISH BLUE: £890, £880, £870 (x2) Bambers Farm, £810 Cinder Hill Farm, £790 Green Lane End Farm. CHAROLAIS: £810 Low Audlands, £690 Lodge Bank Farm. ANGUS: £730, £680, £660 Green Lane End Farm, £590 Holme House Farm, £570 High Cark Farm, £530 Monk Foss Farm. LIMOUSIN: £710, £600 Tunstall Hall, £590, £580 Mount Pleasant, £430 Tunstall Hall, £400 Halforth Farm. SHORTHORN: £690 Flodder Hall, £490 Lodge Bank Farm, £170 Far Audlands. HEREFORD: £670 (x2), £650 Green Lane End Farm, £610, £600, £570 The Cottages. BLONDE: £670, £600, £430, £390 (x2), £380 Midtown Farm. LONGHORN: £430 High Cark Farm.
STIRKS
Averages:
Bulls - £1053.33
Steers - £1068.57
Heifers - £965.04
A strong entry today with trade for smaller native cattle being the most sort after. Trade for strong cattle was inline with trade at the moment.
Today was the show for pens of three and individuals, we would like to thank the Rural Law, Brown & Brown, Farm Finance, Farmers Guardian, JP Mole Control, The Milking Parlour and Yan Farm Vets for their sponsorship and would like to thank Maisie Beresford for doing the judging.
The first prize individual went on to top the heifer market making £1500 from FW Park, Crook.
Top price overall went to MW&M Hodgson, Swallowmire making £1540. Trade throughout was varied depending on specification, smaller cattle looked to be a flying trade, very best cattle were strong, cattle in the middle looked a touch easier. However, trade was still above other competitors.
For any entries or enquiries, contact Rob on 07867000244.
STIRK SHOW- JUDGE: M BERESFORD
CLASS 1- PEN OF 3 CONTINENTAL
1st DN Smith- Charolais Heifers- £1320
CLASS 2- PEN OF 3 NATIVE
1st RJ & J Gardner- Hereford Bulls- £900
CLASS 3- SINGLE STIRK
1st FW Park- Limousin Heifer-£1500
2nd SH & PI Bowes- Limousin Heifer- £1300
3rd SH & PI Bowes- Limousin Bullocks- £1480
Bull Stirk Top Prices: Charollais: £1420 Harbarrow Farm.
Shorthorn: £1140 Browna Paddocks. Blonde: £1080 Foxfield Farm. Limousin: £1120 Low Garths. Hereford: £920 Natland Mill Beck Farm.
Heifer Stirk Top Prices: Angus: £1220 Wall End Farm, £820 Moss End Farm, £780 Cragg House Farm.
Limousin: £1500 The Howes, £1300 Harbarrow Farm. Blonde: £1470 Low Garths. Charolais: £1320 Fell House. British Blue: £1320 Wall End Farm. Simmental: £1200 Old School House. Hereford: £1190 Helm Croft.
Steer Stirk Top Prices: British Blue: £1540 Swallowmire. £1070 Bellart Howe Farm, £1060 Wall End Farm. Limousin: £1480 Harbarrow Farm, £1460 Stribers Farm, £1380 Harbarrow Farm,
£1060 Old School House. Charolais: £1340 Old School House. Angus: £1200 Coat Green Farm. Hereford: £1140 Coat Green Farm. Continental: £860 St Cathrines.
STORE CATTLE
Numbers and trade to match.
Store cattle numbers continue to increase here at J36 with a large presence of buyers, old and new, keen to buy despite the falling fat trade.
Aberdeen Angus bullocks sold to £2080 for a trio from Messrs Cuthbertson. Others sold to £2060 from Messrs C&AJ Woodhouse.
A more mixy show of cattle forward on the fortnight however, yearling types are still not seeing the drop quite as much as the bigger end. Young Limousin bullocks from Messrs NW&EM Mason selling for £1880 and even younger Blondes from Messrs SJ&NW Wood hitting £1840. British Blue heifers sold to £1890 from Messrs JA&CA Gibson and £1870 from Messrs FW Park. More cattle are required for our next sale in 2 weeks to fulfil continued demand around the ring. Please contact Joel McGarva on 07920009097.
Store Bullock Top Prices: Angus: £2080 Capplerigg, £2060 Stubb Place Farm, £1930 Longwell, £1830 Thursgill, £1830 Holme House Farm, £1820 Hollowmire, £1790 The Bungalow. Limousin: £1880 The Bungalow, £1820 High Green Farm, £1820 Hollowmire Farm, £1800 £1780 High Green Farm, £1720 Hawkshead Hall Farm, £1700 Borwick Lodge Farm. British Blue: £1860 Hollowmire Farm, £1800 Thursgill, £1800 Hollowmire Farm, £1780 The Bungalow, £1760 Low Deepslack. Blonde: £1840 £1780 £1760 Causeway Farm. Friesian: £1720 £1520 Stubb Place Farm, £1260 £1110 The Barn, £1070 £920 Bellart Howe, £820 Thrang. Charolais: £1700 Low Longmire. Shorthorn: £1460 Lane Ends Farm, £1260 £1220 Burney End. Saler: £1460 Fell House. Hereford: £1440 The Bungalow.
Store Heifer Top Prices: British Blue: £1890 Longwell, £1870 The Howes, £1830 Blea Tarn Road, £1810 Hollowmire Farm, £1800 Blea Tarn Road, £1790 Parrox Hall Farm. Limousin: £1850 Borwick Lodge Farm, £1740 Hawkshead Hall Farm, £1710 Thursgill, £1680 Lower Oakeneaves Farm, £1640 High Green Farm. Angus: £1820 Blea Tarn Road, £1740 Longwell, £1740 Hollowmire Farm, £1740 £1640 Blea Tarn Road, £1500 Kiln Hall, £1470 The Bungalow. Charolais: £1710 £1560 x2 Little Crimbles, £1540 Low Longmire, £1500 x2 Little Crimbles, £1360 Fell House. Hereford: £1630 West Plain Farm, £1480 £1340 Mireside Farm. Shorthorn: £1520 Lane Ends Farm. Simental: £1360 Lower Healey Farm. Friesian: £1250 The Bungalow. Continental: £980 Red Syke Lodge.
Store Bull Top Prices: Limousin: £1500 Burton Hill, £1470 £1400 Burton Hill, £1130 Burney End. Simental: £1350 Lower Healey Farm. Shorthorn: £1180 Hazel Head Farm.
PEDIGREE CATTLE
VIP treatment in trade for the quality on show.
Pedigree beef at J36, the icing on the cake for another tremendous day’s trading. A cracking clearance rate and a solid trade right through especially for the top end.
Limousin bull Overthwaite VIP from Messrs RS & BA Harker stole the show and topped the sale selling for 9000gns. Another Limousin bull from this quality run hit 6000gns. Charolais bulls topped at 5500gns for a fantastic bull from Messrs D&V Cornall.
Limousin bulls hit 4500gns for a quality young bull from Messrs R Heap. Aberdeen Angus, Hereford and Shorthorns were also on show and selling well. More bulls could quite easily have been sold on the day with a packed ringside throughout. Please contact Joel McGarva with any further enquiries Tel 07920009097.
BEEF BREEDING CATTLE
A select few breeding cattle were forward with trade very respectable for all. Heifers with calves sold to £3150 for a British Blue heifer with a Limousin bull calf at foot from Messrs Slinger & Eaton, Sedbergh who sold others to £3000. Cows with calves sold to £2650 for a first cross Limousin with calf from AW & AM Clarke, Troutbeck.
11th June sees the next sale of beef breeding cattle of cows and heifers with calves at foot where we already have multiple consignments of various breeding cattle entered. Do not hesitate to contact us if you wish to sell.
SPONSOR: RURAL LAW, BROWN & BROWN, FARM FINANCE, FARMERS GUARDIAN, JP MOLE CONTROL, THE MILKING PARLOUR & YAN FARM VETS
COW & CALF SHOW- JUDGE: A PRICKETT
CLASS 1- COW & CALF
1st CD Slinger & LJ Eaton- British Blue Cow with Limousin Calf- £3000
2nd CD Slinger & LJ Eaton- British Blue Cow with Limousin Calf- £3150
3rd CD Slinger & LJ Eaton- Limousin Cow with Limousin Calf- £2950
OTM/CAST CATTLE
A good show of OTMs forward again at J36 with all sections buoyantly bid for.
Topping at £2656.06 was a South Devon cast bull from AT Threlkeld, Satterthwaite with cows topping out at £2280.14 for a Limousin from CI Briggs, Hawkshead. Black and white cows to £2249.40 from WH Kitching & Son, Sedgwick with OTM black and white heifers to £2146.50 from W Garnett & Son, Milnthorpe.
Top pence per kilo was 329.5p/kg for a Limousin cow from CI Briggs with Galloway OTM Heifers to 294.5p/kg from Messrs Beaty, Windermere. Black and whites were 279.5p/kg
for OTM heifers from W Garnett & Sons with cows to 264.5p/kg from RJ & D Holden, Broughton in Furness.
OTM Cow Top Prices: LIMOUSIN: 329.50, 299.50 High Wray Farm, 289.50 Audlands Park, 274.50 Stribers Farm, 244.50 Long Green Head. SALER: 289.50 High Wray Farm. SIMMENTAL: 284.50 Maison Gill, 279.50 Maison Gill, 229.50, 219.50 Luneside. BRITISH BLUE: 274.50 Swallomire. CONTINENTAL: 264.50, 219.50 Red Syke. FRIESIAN: 264.50 Syke House Farm, 244.50 Hawes Farm, 239.50 Maison Gill, 239.50 Hawes Farm, 239.50, 229.50 Cockrigg Farm. ANGUS: 249.50 Yak Leaf, 239.50 High Wray Farm, 189.50 Yak Leaf. SHORTHORN: 244.50 Yak Leaf. CHAROLAIS: 239.50 (x2), 219.50 Long Green Head. NORWEIGEAN RED: 214.50 Hawkrigg Farm.
OTM Heifer Top Prices: GALLOWAY: 294.50 Long Green Head. FRIESIAN: 279.50, 274.50 (x5) Ackenthwaite Farm. ANGUS: 259.50 Yak Leaf. DEXTER: 219.50 School Hill.
Cast Bull Top Prices: LIMOUSIN: 274.50 Oak Fold. SOUTH DEVON: 239.50 Bowkerstead Farm.
Lancaster Auction Mart: Weekly Sale of Calves, OTM/Cast Cattle & Store Cattle, Friday 15th May 2026.
CALVES
Pens full to bursting this morning with 124 forward. Top today achieving £1040 was a Charolais Bull from G & ME Woodhouse & Son with others achieving £1000. Also selling at £1000 was a Blue Bull from GP Stott. Stronger rearing Bull calves £700 to £800, Mediums £580 to £650 with several younger 2 week old Bulls £320 to £400.
Heifer calves peaked at £860 for a Blue from GP Stott with others £800 for J & CW Metcalfe & Son. Stronger Heifers £620 to £700, Mediums £500 to £580 with youngest £220 to £280.
54 weaned calves followed the rearing calves with a pen of 9 month old Blue Steers selling at £1260, 10 month old Angus Steers £1260, 6 month old Blue Bulls £1150, 9 month old Hereford Heifers £920 and 7 month old Black & White Bulls £840.
For all Friday sale enquiries contact Matthew Probert 07540 446667 or Andrew Butler 07966 556592.
Heifer Calf Top Prices: HEREFORD: £920 Cragg Farm. ANGUS: £910 Gibsons Farm, £840 Shore Top farm, £780 Shore Top Farm, £760 Shore Top Farm. BRITISH BLUE: £860 Parkers Farm, £820 New Brows Farm, £800 Hare Apple Tree, £800 Moss Gate Farm, £770 New Brows Farm.
FRIESIAN: £700 West View Farm. CHAROLAIS: £690 Fern Hill Farm, £430 Bolton Fold Farm.
Bull Calf Top Prices: BRITISH BLUE: £1260 Hatters Farm, £1150 Barrow Greaves Farm.
CHAROLAIS: £1040 Boldens Farm, £1000 Boldens Farm, £890 Boldens Farm, £740 Fern Hill Farm, £710 Barrow Greaves Farm. ANGUS: £900 Boldens Farm, £800 Boldens Farm, £740 Fern Hill Farm, £710 Lower Lingart Farm, £700 Boldens Farm, £670 Hudsbrook Farm. FRIESIAN: £840 Larbreck Hill Farm, £360 Green Barn Farm, £290 Green Barn Farm. MONTBELLIARDE: £790
Lower Lingart Farm, £630 Lower Lingart Farm, £580 Lower Lingart Farm, £530 Lower Lingart Farm. FLEKVIEH: £590 Fern Hill Farm. HEREFORD: £490 Green Barn Farm, £400 Bolton Fold Farm.
Steer Calf Top Prices: ANGUS: £1200 Gibsons Farm. BRITISH BLUE: £880 Moss Gate Farm.
STORE CATTLE
Todays sale featured the May Day Grass Day Show & Sale for Young Stores which was Kindly Judged by Mr C Watkinson, Newton-Le-Willows with the sale sponsored by Towers & Gornall.
The Championship rosette was awarded to the first prize Heifer from A&V&A Thornton who enjoyed a good day also receiving the Reserve Championship Rosette for a Limousin Steer. The award for the best pen of 4 or more was won by A & B Smith showing a pen of 6 Charolais Steers.
A truer store market today with all cattle sold for further feeding. Steers to £2400 for Aberdeen Angus from T Taylor and Hereford from KH & D Holden & Son. Stronger end Steers £1850 to £2100. Heifers sold to £1980 for Angus from Tom Barron Farms with others £1950 from MJ Waller and JW & DL Park. Medium Heifers generally £1650 to £1800.
All classes of cattle required & easily sold at NWA Lancaster.
LANCASTER MAY GRASS DAY SPONSOR: TOWERS & GORNALL & JUDGE: CRAIG WATKINSON
CLASS 1: STORE HEIFER UNDER 18MTHS
1st A & V & A THORNTON- LIMOUSIN HEIFER
2nd JE & J PYE & SONS- BRITISH BLUE HEIFER
CLASS 2: STORE BULLOCK UNDER 18MTHS
1st A & V & A THORNTON- LIMOUSIN BULLOCK
2nd WJ & EA WOODHOUSE-SIMMENTAL BULLOCK
CHAMPION- A & V & A THORNTON
RESERVE CHAMPION- A & V & A THORNTON
Store Bullock Top Prices: ANGUS: £2400 Midge Hall Farm, £2200 Chestnut House Farm, £2150 Pasture House Farm, £2120 Upper Foxholes Farm, £1950 Ambrose Hall Farm, £1880 Windy Hill Farm. HEREFORD: £2400 Chestnut House Farm, £1850 Merryfield, £1820 Whinney Carr Farm, £1780 Pilling Hall Farm. SHORTHORN: £2180 Upper Foxholes Farm. CHAROLAIS: £2100 Upper Foxholes Farm, £2050 Carlingwha, £1700 Pilling Hall Farm, £1580 Little Crimbles, £1500 Little Crimbles, £1400 Chapel Street. BRITISH BLUE: £2080 Whinney Carr Farm, £1950 Cotestones Farm, £1780 Thursgill, £1750 Moors Farm, £1650 Plumpton Hall Farm, £1600 Moors Farm. LIMOUSIN: £1980 Hall Farm, £1880 Lambrigg
Head Farm, £1780 Pilling Hall Farm, £1700 Lambrigg Head Farm, £1580 Little Crimbles, £1550 Little Crimbles. FRIESIAN: £1900 Low Deepslack, £1780 Low Deepslack, £1700 Hall Farm, £1680 Plumpton Hall Farm, £1550 Middle Ridge Farm. SIMMENTAL: £1550 Gibsons farm.
GALLOWAY: £1000 Eskew Beck.
Store Heifer Top Prices: ANGUS: £1980 Ambrose Hall Farm, £1950 Hare Field House, £1920 Hare Field House, £1680 Smardale Mill, £1650 Park Lane farm. BRITISH BLUE: £1950
Carlingwha, £1900 Windy Hill Farm, £1880 Ambrose Hall Farm, £1820 Gibsons Farm, £1680 Smardale Mill, £1420 Lane Head Farm. CHAROLAIS: £1900 Windy Hill Farm, £1900 Carlingwha, £1550 Little Crimbles, £1320 Chapel Street, £950 Chapel Street. HEREFORD: £1880 Hare Field House, £1750 Park Lane Farm. LIMOUSIN: £1850 Orchard View, £1650 Barn Hill farm, £1550 Little Crimbles. FRIESIAN: £1450 Hare Apple Tree. PARTHENAISE: £1350 Orchard View.
SIMMENTAL: £1300 Gibsons Farm, £1200 Chapel Street, £1200 Gibsons farm.
Store Bull Top Prices: FRIESIAN: £950 Lane Head Farm.
OTM/CAST CATTLE
A trade very similar to previous weeks with a top price of 289.5p/kg for a Charolais from JE Bracken and a Limousin from JE Parkinson & Son, other better end of the beef feeding type cows 250p/kg to 275p/kg. Top grossing was another Charolais from JE Bracken totalling £2462.
Dairy cows peaked at 264.5p/kg for a heavy Black & White from J & G Thornley Ltd with others to £1856 from Kelsall & Wood. Parlour cows generally 220p/kg to 240p/kg.
A single Black & White Cull Bull sold at 269.5p/kg from Raby Farms.
Friday at Lancaster continues to be a popular outlet for Prime Cattle with OTM Angus Heifers from Cowell & Moore selling to 314.5p/kg and £2170. Dairy Heifers to 309.5p/kg for Flekvieh and £1874 for Black & Whites.
Beef Steers to 324.5p/kg for a Simmental cross from T & E Burrow with Angus to £2434.
OTM Cow Top Prices: LIMOUSIN: 289.50 Castle Mill Farm, 279.50 Hill Park, 264.50 Hill Park, 229.50 Fell End Farm. CHAROLAIS: 289.50 New House Farm, 219.50 Rivers Hill Farm. BRITISH BLUE: 274.50 Allcocks Farm, 269.50 Hill Park, 259.50 Allcocks Farm. ANGUS: 269.50 Brown Edge. FRIESIAN: 264.50 Derby Lodge Farm, 254.50 Hall Farm, 244.50 Lane Ends farm, 244.50 Hall Farm, 239.50 Lower Langthwaite Farm, 239.50 Derby Lodge Farm. HEREFORD: 264.50 Fell End Farm, 204.50 Fell End Farm. SALER: 259.50 Rivers Hill Farm. SIMMENTAL: 259.50 Little Crimbles. PARTHENAISE: 229.50 Orchard View. BLONDE: 189.50 Mount Pleasant Farm. WHITEBRED SHORTHORN: 179.50 Fell End Farm.
OTM Heifer Top Prices: ANGUS: 314.50 Newsham Hall Farm, 294.50 Well House Farm. LIMOUSIN: 309.50 Newsham Hall Farm. FLEKVIEH: 309.50 Holme Head, 304.50 Holme Head. FRIESIAN: 299.50 North Farm, 294.50 North Farm, 289.50 Holme Head, 284.50 Low Levens. HEREFORD: 249.50 Well House Farm.
Cast Steer Top Prices: ANGUS: 324.50 Newsham Hall Farm, 319.50 Newsham Hall Farm, 299.50 Cliftons Farm, 289.50 Midge Hall Farm. SIMMENTAL: 324.50 Throstle Grove Farm,
314.50 Throstle Grove Farm. BRITISH BLUE: 309.50 Merryfield, 299.50 Throstle Grove Farm, 294.50 Throstle Grove Farm, 279.50 Merryfield. FRIESIAN: 284.50 Cliftons Farm.
Cast Bull Top Prices: FRIESIAN: 269.50 Fern Hill Farm.
Next Week's Upcoming Sales
Monday 18th
Lancaster: 10am Spring Lambs, Prime Hoggs & Cast Sheep
11am Ewes with Lambs at Foot
12noon-5pm Machinery Drop O
Tuesday 19th
Lancaster: 9am-4pm Machinery Drop O
J36: 11am Ewes with Lambs at Foot
1pm Spring Lambs, Prime Hoggs & Cast Sheep
Wednesday 20th
Lancaster: 10:30am Live Machinery Sale
Friday 22nd
Lancaster: 10:15am Calves & Weanlings & OTM/Cast Cattle
11:15am Store Cattle
