NWA Newsletter, 15th December 2023

Weekly Report and Newsletter - 15th December 2023

Lancaster Auction Mart: Weekly Sale of Prime Lambs and Cast Sheep. Sale of Store Lambs, Monday 11th December 2023.

Prime Lambs Lancasters weekly prime sale saw 680 go through the ring, with 200 of them being hill or Mule bred, reflecting in the average of 254p/kg. Good meat is always best to sell with regulator Lancaster venders JM&MH France & Son, Littledale selling a heavy Texel to topping the market at £157. Other heavy weight Texels sold to £151 from W&A Cornall, Barnacre. P Lawrenson, Brindle had his usual terrific run of lambs to top of £144. TM Townley, Over Wyresdale filled the ring with heavy Suffolks to £144, with other from the same home at £134. Medium wight lambs saw Beltex cross to £132 from S Rossall, Over Wyresdale with others at £130 or 302p/kg from KA Purtill, Wigan. Others achieved 291p/kg from AG Butler, Hambleton. Horned lambs saw a ring full of Dalesbred from R Capstick & Son, Ingleton at £103, with lambs to £92 from S Bosworth, Burnley. Mule lambs sold to £116 from T&CM Kelsall & Sons, Chipping.

Prime Lamb Top Prices: Texel: £157 Newhouse Farm, £151 Bank Farm, £144, £143 Walmsley Fold, £142 Park Farm Barn, £141 Bank Farm. Suffolk: £144, £134 Knowsley Farm, £118.50 Beaumont Gate, £114.50 Hudsbrook Farm, £112 Cock Hall Farm, £109 Oak Aveune. Beltex: £139, £132 Stonehead, £130, £122 Oak Aveune, £117 Hill View Farm, £113 Ellers Farm. Cheviot: £131, £128 Park Farm Barn. Charolais: £123 Jacksons Farm, £121 Broseley Hall Farm, £115 Jacksons Farm, £110.50 Broseley Hall Farm, £104 Jacksons Farm. Mule: £116 Brown Brook, £112 Bank Farm, £110 Hudsbrook Farm, £109 Cragg End, £108.50 Field Head, £105 The Hawthorns. Leicester: £109 Cragg End. Dalesbred: £103 Fell End Farm. Continental: £103, £99 Quarry House Farm, Horned: £92 Lower Oakeneaves Farm. Rough Fell: £91 Quarry House. Swaledale: £82 (x2) Field Head.

Cast Sheep 100 cast sheep were presented to the buyers this morning, which saw ewes to £154 from Ripley St Thomas, Lancaster with other Texels at £136 from S Dickinson, Ellel. Suffolks ewes sold to £108 from B&J Preston, Caton.

Good meated Mules sold to £96 from GS Lander, Cheshire. Swaledale ewes sold to £76 from RH&C Ayrton, Abbeystead.

Cast tups sold to £140 twice from B&SE Carter, Ellel. Swaledale tups sold to £80 from W&A Cornall, Barnacre.

Cast Ewes Top Prices: Texel: £154 Ashton Road, £136 Castle O Trim, £124 Cock Hall Farm, £119, £116 Walmsley Fold, £88 Ouzelthorn Farm. Charollais: £135 Ashton Road, £96 Broseley Hall Farm. Suffolk: £108 Ellers Farm. Mule: £96 Broseley Hall Farm, £96 Cock Hall Farm, £93, £92, £90, £88 Broseley Hall Farm. Swaledale: £76 Ouzelthorn Farm.

Cast Ram Top Prices: Texel: £140 (x2) Cragg End, £100 Broseley Hall Farm, £84 Cock Hall Farm. Swaledale: £80 Bank Farm.

Store Lambs A smaller show of store lambs were forward, as many Lancaster vendors have come to the end of their lambs.

A&L Huddleston, Wray consignment of lambs sold to £92 for smart Texels with Mules to £88 from the same good home. D&J Hay, Cockerham consignment of lambs saw Texels to £81 and £79.

The next sale of store lambs is on Monday 8th January. Please contact Andrew Butler or Bradley Thompson with your entries.

Store Lamb Top Prices: Texel: £92 (x2) Overhouses, £81, £79, £76 Birch House Cottage, £69 Newlands Road. Mule: £88 Overhouses.

J36 Rural Auction Centre: Sale of Pigs. Weekly Sale of Prime Lambs and Cast Sheep, Tuesday 12th December 2023.

Pigs An additional sale of prime pigs saw a top price of £205 for a Pietrain cross boars from M Coxhead, Little Hool.

Gilts sold to £200 from CR Dickinson, Thurnham who sold others at £190. Other heavy well bred pigs generally £175 to £190, with lighter weights selling to £150 from BR Harrison, Staveley.

Prime Lambs A bumper entry of 2129 lambs were forward, with all selling to a similar trade. Grass fed and leaner lambs looked slightly reduced trade. Lighter lambs were a flying trade and many more could have been sold to the vendor’s advantage. Heavy lambs saw Charollais sell to £154 from EW&RJ Parkinson, Dunsop Bridge with Texels to £153 twice from TE JS CA Curruthers, Underbarrow and GC&G Taylor, Crook. Suffolk lambs saw a pen of fourteen sell to £152 from JE Read, Hutton Roof. Well meated export lambs were keenly bid for and generally sold at 270p/kg to 285p/kg or £118 to £120 a head. Hill lambs saw Cheviot Mules to £137 from S Crawford, Staveley, with Mules to £134 from EW&JR Parkinson, Dunsop Bridge. Pure Cheviot sold to £121 from GM Metcalfe, Underbarrow.

Prime Lambs Top Prices: Suffolk; £152.00 Mealriggs, £140.00 Lane Ends Farm, £137.00 Mealriggs Farm, £136.00 Lane Ends Farm, £135.00 Maddison Avenue, £127.00 Lane Ends Farm. Charollais; £154.00 Hareden Farm. Texel; £153.00 High Farm, £153.00 Red Scar Farm, £148.00 Cantsfield all, £148.00 Red Scar Farm, £145.00 Arklid Farm, £140.00 Halton Park Farm. CheviotMule; £137.00 Seedhowe Cottages, £108.00 Seedhowe Cottages, £105.00 Croziers Croft, £104.00 Braida Garth, £102.50 Croziers Croft, £100.00 Seedhowe Cottages. Mule; £134.00 Hareden Farm, £124.00 Holme House Farm, £124.00 Hareden Farm, £119.50 Helm Croft, £119.00 Holme House Farm, £119.00 Yoad Pot. Dutchspotted; £131.00 High Farm, £119.00 High Farm. Dorset; £130.00 Fell View Farm, £119.00 Fell View Farm, £107.00 Fell View Farm, £103.00 Cumbrae. Continental; £127.00 Oak Avenue, £127.00 Oak Avenue, £127.00 Brookside, £115.00 Brow Head, £107.00 Underhelm Farm, £103.50 Brow Head. Zwartable; £126.00 Birks Farm.

Cheviot; £121.00 Low Gregg Hall, £119.00 Botton Hall Farm, £118.00 Bowers Farm, £115.00 Howriggs, £114.00 Outrake Foot, £114.00 Thorn Cottage. Beltex; £118.50 St Annes Farm. Llyen; £115.00 Low Foulshaw Farm, £113.00 Low Foulshaw Farm, £111.00 Low Foulshaw Farm, £108.00 Low Foulshaw Farm, £105.00 Low Foulshaw Farm, £102.00 Low Foulshaw Farm. Hampshire; £113.00 High Farm, £88.00 High Farm. Rough Fell; £110.00 Whinfell Terrace, £91.00 Whinfell Terrace, £80.00 Whinfell Terrace. Herdwick; £110.00 Dale End, £88.00 Dale End. Swaledale; £102.00 Lunesdale House, £95.00 Middle Sadghyll, £90.00 Saddlers Croft, £87.00 Middle Sadghyll, £84.00 Well Foot, £81.00 Lunesdale House. Leicester; £101.00 Stickland Hill, £100.00 Thorn Cottage, £95.00 Wood Broughton. Masham; £99.00 Adamthwaite. Dalesbred; £94.00 Fell End Farm. Scottish Blackface; £92.00 Adamthwaite. Horned; £90.00 Field House. Gritstone; £82.00 High Farm.

Cast Sheep 694 cull ewes were forward, selling to an ever improving trade. Todays sale peaked at £144 for Texel cross ewes from J Woodburn & Partner, Ulverston and T Stephens, Kirkby Lonsdale. Others achieved £142 from J&O Galbraith, Endmoor and £140 from R&AC Harper, Grayrigg. Other stronger pure and first cross ewes were generally £115 to £135, medium meated £90 to £110 and smaller to leaner sorts £78 to £85. Mules sold to a top of £116 for a pen of ten from J Woodburn & Partners, Ulverston with Masham to £110 from JA Bennett, Longsleddale. Other stronger heavy Mules were £96 to £110, with mediums £85 to £92 and small meated ewes £72 to £80. Hill bred ewes sold to £110 for Lleyns from JM&MH Frace & Son, Littledale. Cheviots to £110 from Stockdale Farms, Sedbergh. Swaledales sold to £72 from GA Guy, Tebay. A large number of medium hill ewes sold to £64 for Dalesbreds from WI&AM Atkinson & Son, Bleasdale and Swaledales to £64 from AJ&L Birkett, Ambleside, who also sold Herdwicks at £51. The smallest leanest ewes were generally £35 to £45.

Cull rams sold to £140 on three occasion for Cheviot from J Angus, Eskdale, Texels from JG&B Escolme, Killington and C Harper, Docker. Other lighter weight rams were generally £85 to £100.

Cast Ewes Top Prices: Beltex; £144.00 Belle Vue Cottage. Texel; £144.00 Mansrigg Hall, £142.00 Endmoor Farm, £140.00 Hardrigg Farm, £138.00 The Barn, £138.00 Hardrigg Farm, £136.00 Oldfield End. Suffolk; £138.00 The Glen, £136.00 Maddison Avenue, £128.00 Endmoor Farm, £118.00 Maddison Avenue, £110.00 Endmoor Farm. Dorset; £118.00 High Biggarsbank. Mule; £116.00 Mansrigg Hall, £108.00 The Glen, £106.00 Lane Ends Farm, £100.00 Mansrigg Hall. Lleyn; £115.00 Newhouse Farm, £110.00 Newhouse Farm. Continental; £110.00 Green Farm. Cheviot; £110.00 Bowers Farm. Leicester; £110.00 Town End, £82.00 Higher Standen. Masham; £110.00 Middale Farm, £90.00 Fieldhouse. Zwartable; £80.00 Bowston Hall, £64.00 Bowston Hall. Swaledale; £66.00 High Ground, £64.00 High Birk Howe Farm, £62.00 Holme House Farm, £62.00 Middale farm. Dalesbred; £64.00 Holme House Farm. Herdwick; Birk Howe Farm, £47.00 Holmelands. Horned; £40.00 Hawes Farm. Rough Fell; £30.00 Seat Barn.

Cast Ram Top Prices: Texel; £140.00 Low Stangerthwaite, £140.00 Lower Lodge, £102.00 High Underbrow Farm, £98.00 Tranthwaite Hall, £90.00 Tranthwaite Hall. Cheviot; £140.00 High Ground, £9-8.00 High Ground, £90.00 High Ground. Beltex; £110.00 Highn Underbrow. Leicester; £96.00 High Row, £88.00 High Row. Suffolk; £88.00 The Glen. Continental; £56.00 Oldfield End. Swaledale; £54.00 Cockley Beck Farm. Herdwick; £34.00 Hazel Head Farm.

J36 Rural Auction Centre: Fortnightly Sale of Store Lambs, Thursday 14th December 2023.

Store Lambs A pleasing entry of 2100 store lambs were put before our ever increasing ring side of buyers at J36, with a fantastic averaged of £79 was achieved. A fabulous run of Beltex cross lambs from JD Dixon, Flookburgh sold to £135 with others from the same good home to £127. Texels sold to £119 from Holgate Caravans, Silverdale. Other good pens of Texels sold to £118 from PM&ST Entwistle, Abbeystead. 34 pens sold over the £100 mark. Well bred longer term Continental lambs were in the keenest interest for some time, with these regularly selling at £80 to £95. Mule lambs saw a top of £92 from JA&CA Gibson, Selside. A full ring full sold to £90 from RI Dixon, Selside.

All Mules forward averaged £80.50. Hill lambs saw Cheviot sell to £83 from J Angus, Broughton with others at £81 from D&D Huddleston, Wray. Swaledales saw keen ring side of buyers, with the best pens selling to £79.50 from Messrs Hodgson, Rydal. Swaledale pens were regularly selling at £65 to £70, with 724 forward averaging £59. Herdwicks saw a top of £79 from Messrs Edmondson, Grate Langdale with other pens to £75.50 from J Angus, Broughton.

North West Auction would like to wish our customer both buying and selling a very happy Christmas and a prosperous new year. The next sale of store hoggs is on Thursday 4th January, with catalogue entries closing on Wednesday 20th December.

Store Lambs Top Prices: Beltex: £135, £127 Main Street, £115 Trainriggs Farm, £112.50 High Underbrow Farm, £107 Rydal Farm, £93 The Hills. Texel: £120 Main Street, £119 Middlebarrow Plain, £118 Lentworth Farm, £116 Main Street, £112 Crabtree Farm, £112 Wyke Farm. Continental: £102 Smith Green Farm, £92, £90 High Low Wood, £88 Slakes Farm, £74.50 Keld Farm, £73 Slakes Farm. Charollais: £99.50, £88, £77 Hartsop Hall.

Suffolk: £99.50 Smithy Green Farm, £95 The Hills, £92 Wyke Farm, £88 Low Groves Farm, £85 High Underbrow Farm, £83 Greenbank Farm. Mule: £99 Middlebarrow Plain, £92 Longwell, £90 Low Newton Farm, £87 Hartsop Hall, £86 Mosergh Farm, £86 Brow Head. Dutch Spotted: £95 Trainriggs. Leicester: £94 Longwell. Horned: £88 Drovers Pass. Cheviot: £83 High Ground, £81 Wall End Farm, £81 Botton Hall Farm, £63 High Ground Farm. Herdwick: £79 Wall End Farm, £75.50 High Ground, £71 Braestead, £68 Barker Knott, £61 Wall End Farm, £61 Rydal Farm. Swaledale: £78.50 Rydal Farm, £70 Drovers Pass, £68.50 Hartsop Hall, £68 Ashstead, £67, £65 Rydal Farm. Rough Fell: £62 Ellergill.

Lancaster Auction Mart: Sale of Calves, Dairy, OTM's and Store Cattle. Friday 15th December 2023.

The concluding sale of 2023 saw all vendors leave full of Christmas cheer, with prices exceeding expectations and many other local auction marts.

Dairy Cattle R&K Jenkinson, Pilling sold new calved Holstein Friesian heifers to £1500 with others at £1480 for Fleckvieh cross.

Calves & Weanlings Calves sold to a top of £555 for a ten week old Hereford cross from TE&M Kidd, Ellel who sold others at £520.

Younger rearing calves sold to £245 for British Blue cross from C&J Smith, St Michaels. Three week sold Limousins sold to £200 from D&K Haworth, Hambleton with Aberdeen Angus cross achieved £170 from Cote Farm Partnership, Nether Kellet. Dairy bulls sold to £110 for a Holstein Friesian from AE&A Swale, Rishton.

Heifer calves sold to £430 for a Hereford cross from TE&M Kidd, Ellel with ten week old Aberdeen Angus cross selling to £410 from AE&A Swale, Rishton. Younger heifers sold to £220 for Aberdeen Angus cross from C&J Smith, St Michaels who sold other at £210. Three week old British Blue cross sold to £205 from Cote Farm Partnership, Nether Kellet.

Five month old British Blue cross bulls from FW Rhodes & Son, Ellel sold to £760 with others at £720 and heifers at £580.

Bull Calves Top Prices: Hereford: £555 (x2), £520 (x2), £455 (x2) Booth Hall. British Blue: £245 Wyre Bank. Limousin: £200 Rose Farm. Angus: £170 Cote Farm. Friesian: £110 Manor House Farm.

Heifer Calves Top Prices: Hereford: £430 (x2), £400, £360 Booth Hall, £205, £140 Hawkshaw Farm. Angus: £410 Manor House Farm, £220, £210 (x2) Wyre Bank. British Blue: £205 Cote Farm, £195 Wyre Bank. Simmental: £160 Cote Farm.

Bull Stirk Top Prices: British Blue: £760, £720, £705 Barrow Greaves Farm.

Heifer Stirk Top Prices: British Blue: £580 Barrow Greaves Farm.

Store Cattle Store cattle sold to top price of £1780 for a pair of Aberdeen Angus cross steers from M Shepherd & Sons, Pilling with other Aberdeen Angus cross at £1670 from J&JM Walmsley, Pilling. A ring full of Aberdeen Angus sold to £1640 from G Sagar & Sons, Caton with others at £1620 from WJ&L Barker, Arkholme. Limousin cross steers sold to £1670 from AG Stafford, Out Rawcliffe with British Blue cross achieving £1650 from SH&LE Birkett, Nether Kellet. Charolais steers sold to £1580 from H Hesketh & Sons, Longton. Dairy bred steers sold to £1580 for a Montbeliarde from WG&RG Riley, Chorley and Fleckviehs to £1550 from AG Stafford, Out Rawcliffe. Other strong steers were regularly £1400 to £1550. Younger steers saw sixteen month old British Blue cross sell to £1320 from TH Wensley, Kirkham with Simmental cross to £1280 from MJ&LC Lund, Quernmore and Aberdeen Angus to £1280 from Ballacutchel Farms, IOM. The monthly sale of stirks saw six month old Aberdeen Angus steers sell to £930 from JW Thwaites, Tebay with a six month old Charolais cross steers from Ballavair Farm, IOM selling to £790. British Blue cross steers at 6 month old sold to £720 from JE Catterall & Family, Great Eccleston with six month old Galloway steers selling to £640 from Ballacutchel Farms, IOM. Heifers sold to £1660 for a pair of Aberdeen cross from MJ Shepherd & Sons, Pilling with a ring full from G Sagar & Sons, Caton selling at £1570. British Blue heifers sold to £1560 with others at £1530 from J&JM Walmsley,

Pilling and SH& LE Birkett, Nether Kellet. Other strong heifers were regularly £1330 to £1500.

Sixteen month old Limousin cross heifers from H&A Stephenson, Tunstall sold to £1340, who sold other at £1270. Younger heifer were regularly £1100 to £1250.

Heifer stirks sold to £920 for Blonde cross from SJ&NS Wood, Windermere with Simmental cross to £890 from Ballacutchel Farms, IOM. Aberdeen Angus cross sold to £780 from JK&BJ Birkett, Morecambe and six month old Charolais cross to £770 from Ballavair Farm, IOM. Store Heifers Top Prices: Angus: £1660 Pasture House Farm, £1570 New Parkside Farm, £1520 Lower Swainhead Farm, £1500 Staffords Farm, £1380 Grange Farm, £1330 Benson Hall. British Blue: £1560 Lower Swainhead Farm, £1530 Staffords Farm, £1530 Stubb Hall Farm, £1500 Windy Hill Farm, £1470 Outerthwaite Farm, £1450 Mill House Farm. Simmental: £1460 Hall Oth Hill Farm, £1240 Park House Farm. Limousin: £1340, £1270 Barnfield Farm, £1120 Mount Murray. Charolais: £1240 Mount Murray.

Norwegian Red: £1220 White Lund Farm. Friesian: £1160 Gaskell House. Blonde: £1160, £920 Causeway Farm.

Store Bullocks Top Prices: Angus: £1780 Pasture House Farm, £1670 Staffords Farm, £1640 New Parkside Farm, £1620 Brown Edge, £1610 Thornton Barn Farm, £1600 Old Glasson Farm. Limousin: £1670 Birch Croft, £1500 Grange Farm, £1300, £1140 Mount Murray. British Blue: £1660 Old Glasson Farm, £1660 Stubb Hall Farm, £1320 Plumpton Hall Farm. Montbeliarde: £1580 Hall Oth Hill Farm, £1380 Ghyll Beck Farm. Charolais: £1580 Thornton Barn Farm, £1470 Grange Farm.

Fleckvieh: £1550 Birch Croft, £1470, £1400 Corney Hill Farm, £1200 Parrox Hall Farm. Hereford: £1510 Birch Croft, £1360 Ghyll Beck Farm, £1160 Redchalis Farm. Friesian: £1320 Gaskell House. Simmental: £1280 Corney Hill Farm, £1210 Park House Farm, £1130, £900 Mount Murray. Shorthorn: £980 Mount Murray.

OTM Cattle 114 cull cows sold to a market average of 151p/kg, for an entry of predominately dairy cows. Of the few beef cows forward, a top price of 219.5p/kg or £1558 was achieved for a Bazadaise from BD&PM Gill & Son, Ingleton.

Limousin cross sold to 199.5p/kg from TR Prickett, Hutton Roof and £1446 from JC Hodgson, Dent. Other beef cows were regularly 165p/kg to 180p/kg. Dairy cows sold to 177p/kg for a British Friesian from WT Whitaker & Son, Nether Kellet with Fleckvieh to 171p/kg from EW&R Towers, Hornby and Holstein Friesian sold to 169.5p/kg from WN&D Smith & Sons, Cockerham and WG&R Riley, Chorley. Medium dairy cows were regularly 140p/kg to 155p/kg, with leaner parlour sorts 120p/kg to 140p/kg, the very smallest and leanest were less. Top grossing dairy cow was a Holstein Friesian from R&E Ladds, Kendal achieving £1438. Other heavy well fleshed dairy cows were regularly £1100 to £1200.

OTM beef heifers sold to 254p/kg for a British Blue cross from GB&EA Metcalfe & Son, Kirkby Lonsdale with Aberdeen Angus cross selling to £1453 from R&D Kellet, Cockerham. Dairy heifers sold to 234.5p/kg and £1364 from JM&HM France & Son, Littledale. Others were regularly 180p/kg to 200p/kg.

Steers sold to 239.5p/kg and £1183 for a Hereford cross from Ballacutchel Farms, IOM. North West Auctions would like to thank all customers for their support throughout 2023. We look forward to welcoming you back for the first sale of all classes of cattle on Friday 5th January, entries close on Tuesday 2nd January.

OTM Cow Top Prices: Bazadaise: 219.50, 179.50 Yarlsber. Limousin: 199.50 Hutton Roof Hall, 181.50 Southways, 179.50 Hutton Roof Hall, 174.50 Pilling Hall Farm, 174.50 Dillicar, 171.50 Pilling Hall Farm. Friesian: 194.50 Holme Head, 177.50 Lane Ends Farm, 169.50 Cocker House Farm, 169.50 Hall Oth Hill Farm, 164.50 (x2) Lane Ends Farm.

Charolais: 184.50 Mount Murray. British Blue: 181.50 Allcocks Farm, 159.50 Southways. Fleckvieh: 171.50, 167.50, 164.50 Holme Head. Angus: 169.50 Allcocks Farm, 114.50 Mount Murray. Norwegian Red: 169.50 Holme Head.

Galloway: 161.50 (x2), 159.50, 154.50 (x3) Bridge Road. Hereford: 154.50, 124.50 Birkland Barrow. Simmental: 149.50, 134.50 Mount Murray. Saler: 119.50 Mount Murray.

OTM Heifer Top Prices: British Blue: 254.50 Holme House Farm. Friesian: 234.50 Newhouse Farm, 227.50 Lower Brow Top, 199.50 Benson Hall, 199.50 Barnfield Farm, 179.50 Benson Hall. Angus: 234.50 Mill House Farm. Jersey: 199.50 Benson Hall.

Cast Steer Top Prices: Angus: 239.50 Holme House Farm. Hereford: 239.50 Mount Murray.

Next Week's Upcoming Sales Monday 18th Lancaster: 10:30am Weekly Sale of Prime Lambs and Cast Sheep

Tuesday 19th J36: 1pm Weekly Sale of Prime Lambs and Cast Sheep

Thursday 21st

J36: 10am Fortnightly Sale of Calves 10.30am Fortnightly Sale of OTM/Cast Cattle 11:15am Fortnightly Sale of Stirks & Store Cattle

Friday 22nd Lancaster: 10am Dressed Poultry Sale J36: 2pm Dressed Poultry Sale