Weekly Report & Newsletter - 21st August 2026
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Sale of Rare Breeds & Poultry. Saturday 15th August 2026. Poultry A very well supported poultry and hatching egg sale today at J36 with the ringside packed. Poultry trade was flying today with a trio of African Geese selling to £250, close behind was a pair of Rhea chicks selling at £220. £175 was achieved for a pair of Cream Legbar Pullets, and £160 for a pair of Barred Plymouth Pullets. Ducks topped out today at £130 for a pair of female Saxony Ducks, and just behind was a trio of Fawn & White Runner Ducks selling at £120. Hatching eggs were good to sell with 12 Rhode Island Red eggs selling to £70, and 6 Rhode Island Red eggs making £60. Silkie eggs went on to make £30 for 6. Other lots of interest were 6 x Aylesbury Ducklings that sold to £110, a pair of Lavender Silkies which sold to £70. A pair of Silver Laced Wyandottes sold to £90. Livestock Cattle begun the sale with a strong trade for Albian Cattle from High Lickbarrow Farm, topping at £1800 for a cow and calf outfit. Goats were certainly the sell out hit today with a top price of £600 for a Pygmy nanny and kid from FE & CM Robinson. The sheep section was by far the largest of which there was hundreds to choose from. Topping the trade was a Kerry Hill Ram achieving £650 from L Langdale, followed by a Valais Blacknose gimmer lamb from L Beck making £440.
Lancaster Auction Mart: Weekly Sale of Prime Lambs & Cast Sheep. Monday 17th August 2026. PRIME LAMBS 680 lambs forward with an overall average of 308p/kg being achieved, with trade showing resistance to leaner type lambs, with meated lambs, as always, easiest to sell. J Twigge, Grange over Sands taking the top spot today per head at £184 for a cracking Beltex lamb. Not far behind were regular Lancaster vendors D & K Swarbrick, Out Rawcli e, with Texel lambs at £180 or 409p/kg. Other well bred and fed Texels trading around the 355p/kg to 360p/kg mark. A more commercial type lamb at 44kg to 46kg trading around the 305p/kg to 310p/kg mark. Heavy weight Su olks trading around the £145 to £150 mark, topping at £153 from B & JM Crowe, Grange over Sands. Light weight lambs trading around the 315p/kg to 320p/kg mark. A few more hill bred lambs about today with good, well meated Lonks from S Bosworth, Burnley to £128. Cheviots from CJ Metcalfe, Ingleton to £146. Top Price Per Head: £184, 46kg, J Twigge, Grange Over Sands. £180, 44kg, D & K Swarbrick, Out Rawcli e. £176, 43kg, D & K Swarbrick, Out Rawcli e. £172, 50kg, J Twigge, Grange Over Sands. £170, 45kg, W S Burrow Ltd, Silverdale. £166, 52kg, M J Shepherd, Newbiggin. £166, 55kg, S Bosworth, Burnley. £165, 43kg, D & K Swarbrick, Out Rawcli e. £164, 48kg, D & K Swarbrick, Out Rawcli e. £164, 49kg, T & S Blades, Carnforth. Top Pence Per Kilo: 409p/kg, 44kg, D & K Swarbrick, Out Rawcli e. 409p/kg, 43kg, D & K Swarbrick, Out Rawcli e. 400p/kg, 46kg, J Twigge, Grange Over Sands. 384p/kg, 43kg, D & K Swarbrick, Out Rawcli e. 378p/kg, 45kg, W S Burrow Ltd, Silverdale. 355p/kg, 40kg, W S Burrow Ltd, Silverdale. 345p/kg, 42kg, S Bosworth, Burnley. 344p/kg, 50kg, J Twigge, Grange Over Sands. 342p/kg, 48kg, D & K Swarbrick, Out Rawcli e. 341p/kg, 41kg, M Broadhurst, Bolton.
Prime Lambs Top Prices: £184 Holmelands, £176 Bensons Farm, £172 Holmelands, £164 Hill Top Farm, £158 Holmelands, £154 Holmelands. TEXEL: £180 Bensons Farm, £170 Gibraltar Farm, £166 Lower Oakeneaves Farm, £166 Gaskell House, £165 Bensons Farm, £163 Bensons Farm. SUFFOLK: £153 Birks Farm, £149 Fellside Farm, £148 Holmelands, £147 Gibraltar Farm, £145 Ackenthwaite Farm, £145 Potters Hill Farm. CHEVIOT: £146 Yarlsber, £141 Holmelands, £140 Yarlsber, £139 Yarlsber, £124 Winmarleigh. CONTINENTAL: £144 Low Stangerthwaite, £139 Birks Farm, £135 Hill Top Farm, £132 Low Stangerthwaite, £129 Potters Hill Farm. MULE: £137 Bensons Farm, £123 High House Farm, £117 Highfield Farm. HORNED: £128 Lower Oakeneaves Farm. CULL SHEEP Cast sheep saw a plainer show this week overall, with trade easier on the week as more numbers come forward nationally, with more Hill breed types forward. Texel ewes from A & FM Bolland, Ellel topping at £165 with other Texels to £160 from CJ Metcalfe, Ingleton. Best Mules to £148 from D & K Swarbrick, Out Rawcli e, with the next grade down £130 to £140. Leaner Mules around the £100 mark. Leicester ewes to £125 from A & L Huddleston, Wray. Lonks to £125 from S Bosworth, Burnley and Swales to £100 from JR & J Gorst & Son, Quernmore. Cast Ewes Top Prices: TEXEL: £165 Yeat House, £160 Yarlsber, £152 Yarlsber, £144 Middle Lee Farm, £115 Middle Lee Farm, £110 The Crest. CONTINENTAL: £155 Bensons Farm. MULE: £148 Bensons Farm, £138 Bensons Farm, £138 Bensons Farm, £132 The Crest, £125 Middle Lee Farm. SUFFOLK: £140 Middle Lee Farm. BELTEX: £135 Bensons Farm. CHEVIOT: £130 Cragg Farm. HORNED: £125 Lower Oakeneaves. LEICESTER: £125 Overhouse. Cast Ram Top Prices: TEXEL: £190 Pilling Hall Farm. £175 Pilling Hall Farm.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Weekly Sale of Prime Lambs & Cast Sheep, Tuesday 18th August 2026. PRIME LAMBS Slightly more buoyancy about the lamb trade exceeded vendors expectations at J36 with quality and well finished sheep selling very well. Weight also receiving plenty of demand from an extremely healthy ringside throughout once again at Kendal. Lambs topped at £222 per head for a Su olk from Messrs H Wilson and up to 400p/pk for a nice pair of Texels from Messrs MA & DM Barnes & Son. The same home sold Beltex to 395.6p/pk. Continental lambs hit 379.5p/pk from Messrs LM Dickinson. Heavier end lambs hit 358.5p/pk for 53kg lambs from Messrs PJ & ES Rogerson. Well finished lighter types also added up nicely with a pen of 5 Continental lambs weighing 33kgs selling for 351.5p/pk. Lambs forward today weighed from 30 to 65kgs with the well finished sheep by far the best to sell and receiving the highest demand. A similar average to last week and a good bit dearer than the few days previous. Lambs averaged 317p/pk overall for the usual variety forward. A highly competitive trade and prompt payment guaranteed at Kendal with an ever increasing number of buyers ringside after sheep. Please contact Joel McGarva on 07920009097 ahead of next week’s sale. Ballot drawn 12 noon, sale at 1.pm. Prime Lamb Top Prices: Su olk: £222 Ashstead, £180 Smithy Green Farm, £179 Myerscough College, £167 High House Farm, £166 Hallbeck, £163 Smithy Green Farm. Texel: £190 x2 £189 Maison Gill, £190 Oakfield Farm, £186 Riddings Farm, £184 Crosscrake Farm, £182 The Borrans. Beltex: £178 Orchard View. Continental: £167 Lane Ends Farm, £156 The Bungalow, £155 Lane Ends Farm, £154 The Bungalow, £150 Lane Ends Farm. Mule: £134 Cooper House. Kerry Hill: £132 Low Levens Farm. Dutch Spotted: £128 £115 Bank Ground. Hampshire: £124 Colby Farms. Dorset: £111 High Biggarsbank. Horned: £110 Kirket Nook. CAST SHEEP Ewes sold to £254 from D & S Robinson, Old Hutton with other better end or pure bred ewes over £200. Medium first cross ewes sold to £184 from W Garnett & Son with grazing type Continentals selling between £110 and £140. Mules sold to £195 from EJ Hodgson & Son, Lambrigg Head with others to £190 from RHM & S Boyren, Ulverston. Horned ewes sold to £110 for Swaledales from MJ & JD Handley, Sedbergh with other better fleshed types over £80 with the leanest end £40 - £50. Texel to £254 from D & S Robinson, Old Hutton Blue Faced Leicester to £204 from D Sharp, Flodder Beltex to £202 from T Wilson, Ashstead
Mule to £195 from EJ Hodgson & Sons, Lambrigg Cheviot to £178 from J & M Wilson & Son, Cooper House Jacob to £152 from JF Batty & Son, Coniston Swaledale to £110 from MJ & JD Handley, Sedbergh Rough Fell to £102 from NW & EM Mason, Middleton Keep the ewes coming. Please contact Will on 07506283587 Cast Ewes Top Prices: Texel: £254, £210, £194 Oakfield Farm; £226 Ashtead; £198 Lane Ends Farm; £198 Ashstead. Leicester: £204, £136 Flodder Hall; £196 Ashtead. Beltex: £202 Ashstead. Mule: £195 Lambrigg Head Farm; £190 Hill Park; £188, £168 Lane End; £171 Valley View; £166 Sunny Brow. Continental: £182, £180 Lane Ends Farm; £162 Slack Farm; £162 Mosergh Farm; £156 The Borrans; £154 Kirket Nook. Su olk: £180, £116 High House Farm; £172, £158, £146 Ackenthwaite Farm; £170 The Glen. Cheviot: £178, £110 Cooper House; £140, £134, £98 Seedhowe Cottages; £124 Ashtead. Charollais: £171 Stakes Moss. Masham: £152 Lambrigg Head Farm; £152, £121 Grate Farm; £98 Mosergh Farm. Jacob: £152 Bank Ground. Zwartble: £148 Lambrigg Head Farm. Cheviot Mule: £146 Cooper House; £142 Capplerigg Farm. Dutch Spotted: £128, £95 Bank Ground. Swaledale: £110, £82, £63 Archers Hall, £98 Stable Harvey; £80 Greaves Farm; £67 Whelpside Farm. Rough Fell: £102, £70 High Green Farm; £100, £70 Seedhowe Cottages. Herdwick: £72 Cragg House Farm; £32 Seedhowe Cottages. Shetland: £68 Intake Farm. Cast Ram Top Prices: Su olk: £164 Dugg Hill; £122, £114, £102 Ackenthwaite Farm; £70 Hallbeck; £60 Borrans Farm. Rouge: £130 Rose Cottage. Texel: £108 Stakes Moss.
Lancaster Auction Mart: Show & Sale of Breeding Ewes, Gimmer Shearlings & Breeding Rams. Wednesday 19th August 2026. BREEDING EWES & GIMMER SHEARLINGS Lancaster Annual Show & Sale of Breeding Ewes & Shearlings was once again a success with averages up across the board. Thanks goes to our pre sale judge David Moorhouse, for his time and expertise, he awarded the following prizes: Class 1 – 10 Mule Shearlings 1st – M & YS Barker, Halton Park Farm 2nd – P & M Crackles, Mill Farm 3rd – JR Gorst, Dolphinholme House
Class 2 – 10 Any other Breed Shearlings 1st – JA Chapman, North Lodge 2nd – N Brown, Deep Clough 3rd – G Hamlet, Little Daub Hall Champion – M & YS Barker, Halton Park Farm Reserve Champion – P & M Crackles, Mill Farm
The bulk of today’s entry were North of England Mule shearlings, which met a strong and buoyant trade throughout, topping today at £340 was the day’s champion, from M&YS Barker, Halton, who sold others to £335 and £320 and averaged £307 for 80 sold. The consignment from JR Gorst, Dolphinholme, sold to £335 for the 3rd prize pen, with this
good home’s run averaging £315. N Barker, Dalton, sold his usual good quality topping at £320, £315 and £310 x2 and averaging £303 for 109 sold. P & M Crackles, Burrow, sold to a top of £300 with EJ & AM Fox, Bigger, selling multiple pens at £280. All Mule shearlings today sold to average £270.23. Away from the North England Mules, the other ewes peaked at £310 for a very smart pen of Cheviot Mules from George & Henry Hamlet, Chipping, with Texel x to £300 from M & YS Barker, Halton. JA Chapman, Kendal, sold to £295 with other pens of Texels at £290 from N Barker, Dalton. Ewes were a good solid trade throughout, reaching £260 for a pen of 2–4 crop Mules from M & YS Barker, who sold Texels to £250 at the same age. Aged Cheviot Mules reached £225 twice from N Brown, Littledale. Breeding Ewes Top Prices: MULE: £260 Halton Park Farm, £230 Halton Park Farm, £215 Deep Clough, £205 Greaves Farm, £195 Greaves Farm, £185 Head Farm. TEXEL: £250 Halton Park Farm, £220 Oak Avenue, £215 Oak Avenue, £160 Oak Avenue. CHEVIOT MULE: £225 Deep Clough, £225 Deep Clough, £205 Deep Clough, £200 Greaves Farm. SUFFOLK: £205 Deep Clough. CHEVIOT: £160 Head Farm. Gimmer Shearlings Top Prices: MULE: £340 Halton Park Farm, £335 Halton Park Farm, £335 Dolphinholme House, £320 Halton Park Farm, £320 Dalton Old Hall, £315 Dalton Old Hall CHEVIOT MULE: £310 Little Daub Hall, £285 Little Daub Hall, £270 Deep Clough, £265 Little Daub Hall. TEXEL: £300 Halton Park Farm, £295 North Lodge, £290 Dalton Old Hall. CONTINENTAL: £280 Cottam Farm. SUFFOLK: £280 Deep Clough, £205 Deep Clough. MASHAM: £205 Deep Clough. BREEDING RAMS A smaller show than previous years but what we lacked in numbers was easily made up with quality. A big thanks you to Adam Ayrton for stepping in at last minuet to judge, he awarded the following prizes: Class 1 – Texel shearling tup 1st – S & G Mellor, Windicott Farm 2nd- HG Carter, Cragg End 3rd – J Bargh, Cottams Farm Class 2 – Any other breed shearling tup 1st – M Lott, Horseshoe Cottage 2nd – M Lott, Horseshoe Cottage 3rd – CJ Metcalfe, Yarlsber Champion - M Lott, Horseshoe Cottage Reserve Champion - S & G Mellor, Windicott Farm
Today’s sale was kindly sponsored by Agri Lloyd. S&G Mellor, Stoke on Trent has their usually run of quality Texels rams, selling their 1st prize Texel to £1400, with other Texel tups from this same good home achieving £1100 and £1000. Other Texels from H Carter, Ellel sold to £900 for his second prize tup. Beltex rams topped at £850 from M Lott, Beeston for his champion ram with others from this saw good home to £500. Charlie Metcalfe, Ingleton achieved £720 for his Texel cross Beltex ram, with others at £650. Blue Texel shearling rams sold to £500 from M Benson, Ulverston. Su olk shearlings sold to £500 from Calderside Farms, Oakenclough. Aged Texels rams from GS&SI Barlett, Blackpool achieved £550.
Aged Ram Top Prices: TEXEL: £500 Peel Hill Farm. Shearling Ram Top Prices: TEXEL: £1400 Windicott Farm, £1100 Windicott Farm, £1000 Windicott Farm, £950 Old Woodhouse, £900 Cragg End, £850 Windicott Farm. BELTEX: £850 Horseshoe Cottage, £500 Horseshoe Cottage, BLUE TEXEL: £500 Horrace Farm, £320 Horrace Farm, £300 Horrace Farm. SUFFOLK: £500 Oakenclough. CHAROLLAIS: £400 Peel Hill Farm.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Fortnightly Sale of Calves, Stirks, OTM/Cast Cattle & Store Cattle. Thursday 20th August 2026. CALVES 142 calves forward at J36 today with trade for the top end as dear as ever. Bull calves to £1300 for a suckler bred limousin from SH & PI Bowes, Barrow in Furness who sold others at £1100 & £1060. British Blue bull calves sold to £1140 for Bambers Farm, Thurnham who sold others at £1010. Charolais calves well bid for with JH Towers, Tunstall Hall selling bulls to £1120, £1100, £1000 & £990, with 20 bull calves over £900. Month old bulls to £690 from HJ Robinson, Elm Tree & £650 from TK Robinson, Greaves Farm. With Black & White bulls to £310 for JW & TE Sharp, Lyth. Heifer calves to £940 for Limousins from SH & PI Bowes, Barrow In Furness with British Blues to £790 on 3 occasions from JW & TE Sharp, Lyth & Bambers Farm, Thurnham. Hereford heifers to £670 from Bambers Farm, Thurnham with Angus at the same price from AR & S Bell, Ulverston. Month old heifers to £590 for Angus from AE Lu man, Sedbergh or £580 for British Blue from HJ Robinson, Elm Tree with Beef Shorthorn to £470 at 3 weeks old. Sale highlights:
SH & PI Bowes, Barrow sell 4 bull calves to average £1095
JH Towers & Son, Tunstall sell 5 Charollais Bulls to average £1062
Messrs Ayrton, Bambers Farm, sell 5 British Blue Bulls to average £1004
Bull Calf Top Prices: Limousin: £1300 £1100 Harbarrow Farm, £1000 £910 Tunstall Hall, £800 Cinder Hill Farm, £670 Langley Park, £630 Elm Tree Farm. British Blue: £1140 £1010 Bambers Farm, £1000 Cinder Hill Farm, £990 Bambers Farm, £960 £940 Flodder Hall, £940 Bambers Farm. Charolais: £1120 £1100 x2 £1000 £990 Tunstall Hall, £790 Holme House Farm. Simental: £1060 Harbarrow Farm. Angus: £920 Harbarrow Farm, £780 £760 £740 Cinder Hill Farm, £730 Hadderdale Farm, £700 Cinder Hill Farm, £650 Monk Foss Farm. Hereford: £630 Natland Park Farm, £550 Monk Foss Farm, £510 Wyke Farm, £470 Greaves Farm, £460 Natland Park Farm. Shorthorn: £460 Far Audlands. Stabiliser: £460 Low Brundrigg. Friesian: £310 Flodder Hall, £300 Holme House Farm, £220 Tunstall Hall, £200 Holme House Farm, £180 £170 Holme House Farm. Heifer Calf Top Prices: Limousin: £940 Harbarrow Farm, £630 Old Hall Farm, £600 £510 £460 Langley Park, £360 x2 Old Hall Farm. British Blue: £790 x2, £790 Bambers Farm, £770 Cinder Hill Farm, £770 Bambers Farm, £740 Dendron Farm, £730 Hadderdale Farm. Angus: £670 Dendron Farm, £630 x3 £600 Hadderdale Farm, £590 Beckside, £560 Monk Foss Farm. Hereford: £670 £660 Bambers Farm, £600 £570 Monk
Foss Farm, £570 Natland Park Farm, £540 £530 Natland Park Farm. Shorthorn: £470 Far Audlands. Continental: £300 Harbarrow Farm. STIRKS Averages:
Steers - £1270
Bulls - £1120
Heifers - £1025
A larger show of stirks today and a stronger trade also. Buyers were certainly a plenty for all ranges of cattle with plenty of good quality dairy x Blues, Herefords, Angus and Charolais. Topping today’s trade was a belting pen of Angus steers at £1540 from AM Smith, Burton in Kendal. Plenty of pens came close with the same firm having pens at £1470. Other notable prices were from MW & H Hodgson with a quality Blue steer making £1460, matching this price for the same goods were J & L Law who had a quality run of Blue & Charolais cattle, topping at £1460 and averaging £1380. ! More Stirks Wanted! Contact the Auctioneers or the o ice with any entries or enquiries Rob- 07867000244 Bull Stirk Top Prices: British Blue: £1340 Windy Hill Farm. Angus: £1320 £1260 £850 High Foulshaw Farm. Hereford: £1160 Causeywood. Friesian: £630 High Foulshaw Farm. Heifer Stirk Top Prices: Charolais: £1300 Marsh House Farm. British Blue: £1220 Marsh House Farm. Angus: £950 £620 Moss End Farm. Steer Stirk Top Prices: Angus: £1540 £1470 x2 £1430 Coat Green Farm, £980 x3 Moss End Farm. British Blue: £1460 Swallowmire, £1460 £1420 Marsh House Farm. Hereford: £1400 £1320 £1300 Coat Green Farm, £1280 £1210 Middle Salter, £1160 Causeywood. Limousin: £1270 Swallowmire. Friesian: £1200 £1080 £1040 Middle Salter, £740 North Walney Nature Reserve. STORE CATTLE Driving Rain Brought A Driving Trade Buyers out in force, and a slightly greener countryside drove up a storm in the store cattle ring. Numbers of cattle starting to come forward in abundance with the back end just around the corner however a strong trade for all types today increased vendors confidence all round. Store bulls sold to £2550 for Charolais from JC Walling, the same
good home selling others to £2120. Heifers topped at £2160 for Angus from JG & BJ Escolme, the same home selling others to £2120. Angus also topped the bullock section reaching £2160 from G Cuthbertson. A further pair of Angus bullocks from A & B Pickthall hit £2080, the same home sold Limousin bullocks to £2060. As demand continues to grow vendors are encouraged to enter now for our next sale of store cattle here on Thursday 3rd September. Contact Joel on 07920009094 for any enquiries. Store Bullock Top Prices: Angus: £2160 Capplerigg, £2080 Bradley Farm, £1980 Crabtree Farm, £1970 Bradley Farm, £1960 Crabtree Farm, £1860 Tarnside Farm. Limousin: £2060 Bradley Farm, £1900 £1800 x2 Little Crimbles, £1800 Cockrigg Farm, £1640 Holmelands. Hereford: £2060 Briar Cottage, £1020 Moorcock Hall Farm. Shorthorn: £2050 Bradley Farm, £1640 New Holme Farm, £1500 Tarnside Farm. Charolais: £1950 High Lane, £1890 Tarnside Farm, £1870 Little Crimbles, £1750 Holmelands. British Blue: £1940 £1920 Moors Farm, £1870 Cockrigg Farm, £1870 High Lane, £1860 Tarnside Farm, £1620 £1590 School Hill. Fleckvieh: £1940 Tarnside Farm. Friesian: £1750 £1690 £1660 £1640 £1580 New Holme Farm, £1360 Tarnside Farm. Norwegian: £1690 New Holme Farm. Dairy Shorthorn: £1660 New Holme Farm. Wagyu: £1660 Tarnside Farm. Store Heifer Top Prices: Angus: £2160 £2120 Low Stangerthwaite, £2030 Crabtree Farm, £1940 Syke House Farm, £1900 Bradley Farm, £1860 Syke House Farm, £1820 Crabtree Farm. Limousin: £1970 Crabtree Farm, £1800 Tarnside Farm, £1720 High Lane, £1640 Bouthwaite Farm, £1590 Cockrigg Farm, £1060 £1050 Moss House Farm. British Blue: £1910 x2 Tarnside Farm, £1890 Parrox Hall Farm, £1820 High Lane, £1810 Parrox Hall Farm, £1660 Back O’The Fell Road. Simental: £1900 Crabtree Farm, £1500 Little Crimbles. Shorthorn: £1880 Bradley Farm. Charolais: £1860 Tarnside Farm, £1680 Little Crimbles, £1570 Broughton House Farm. Hereford: £1830 £1600 £1540 Tarnside Farm, £1480 Broughton House Farm, £1120 Moss House Farm. Continental: £1400 Bouthwaite Farm. Norwegian: £1060 £1050 Moss House Farm. Friesian: £1050 Moss House Farm. Store Bull Top Prices: Charolais: £2550 £2120 £1900 £1860 Dawson Fold. Angus: £1740 Stubb Place Farm, £1440 Broughton House Farm, £1310 School Hill. British Blue: £1380 Mosergh Farm, £1340 School Hill, £1320 Mosergh Farm. Limousin: £1320 Mosergh Farm, £1310 School Hill. OTM/CAST CATTLE OTM Cow Top Prices: Limousin: 329.5 Newland View, 249.5 Ghyll Farm, 239.5 Scar Sykes Farm, 234.5 Ghyll Farm. Saler: 289.5 New Hall. Shorthorn: 279.5 234.5 Hill Top Farm. Fleckvieh: 259.5 Wyke Farm, 249.5 Cracalt Farm, 204.5 Wyke Farm, 199.5 179.5 Far Audlands, 169.5 Paddock View. Simental: 259.5 Healy View Farm. British Blue: 249.5 Swallowmire, 249.5 Ghyll Farm. Friesian: 249.5 Hawkrigg Farm, 239.5 Stubb
Place Farm, 214.5 Cracalt Farm, 199.5 Stubb Place Farm, 194.5 Wyke Farm, 194.5 Stubb Place Farm. Norwegian: 244.5 Hawkrigg Farm, 214.5 Cracalt Farm. Angus: 239.5 Croft Closes Farm, 234.5 Mosergh Farm. Hereford: 234.5 Causeywood, 229.5 Long Green Head. Ayrshire: 229.5 Tarnside Farm. OTM Heifer Top Prices: British Blue: 319.5 Bouthwaite Farm. Fleckvieh: 259.5 Hawkrigg Farm. Friesian: 229.5 Cracalt Farm. Shorthorn: 229.5 274.5 249.5 Bowston Hall. Hereford: 154.5 West Plain Farm. Cast Steer Top Prices: British Blue: 324.5 309.5 294.5 Green Close. Hereford: 259.5 West Plain Farm. Cast Bull Top Prices: Limousin: 394.5 379.5 Newland View. Belted Galloway: 214.5 Scar Sykes Farm.
Lancaster Auction Mart: Weekly Sale of Calves, OTM/Cast Cattle & Store Cattle, Friday 21st August 2026. CALVES 103 through the calf ring today, selling to £1000 twice. Bull calves peaked at £1000 on two occasions, both for British Blues from G & ME Woodhouse, Ellel who sold others at £980. Aberdeen Angus to £780 from Raby Farms, Preesall with Lawson Dairy, Cockerham selling Charolais to £760, £740, £720 at just over a month old. A good show of dairy bulls sold to £460 for Fleckvieh from JR Newsham & Son, Conder Green and £440 for Black & Whites again from this same good home. Heifers to £740 for Charolais from Lawson Dairy, Cockerham with British Blues to £700 from Wallbank Farms, Over Wyresdale and Raby Farms, Preesall. Aberdeen Angus to £640 again from Raby Farms, Preesall with the youngest a 3-week-old Charolais from RT Halhead selling to £580. More calves needed every week. Heifer Calf Top Prices: BELTED GALLOWAY: £840 West View Farm, £780 West View Farm. CHAROLLAIS: £740 Bank End Farm, £680 Bank End Farm, £580 Norbreck Farm, £570 Norbreck Farm, £540 Norbreck Farm, £540 Norbreck Farm. BRITISH BLUE: £700 Tills Farm, £700 Fern Hill Farm, £670 Roe Farm, £670 Catshaw Hall Farm, £660 Rabys Farm, £660 Roe Farm. ANGUS: £640 Fern Hill Farm, £570 Tills Farm, £540 North Farm, £470 Richmond Hall, £450 Norbreck Farm, £440 Wyre Bank. HEREFORD: £560 Fern Hill Farm, £520 Fern Hill Farm, £490 Fern Hill Farm, £490 Fern Hill Farm, £460 Fern Hill Farm, £450 Fern Hill Farm. Bull Calf Top Prices: BRITISH BLUE: £1000 Boldens Farm, £1000 Boldens Farm, £980 Boldens Farm, £720 Lane Head Farm, £700 Roe Farm, £690 Catshaw Hall Farm.
ANGUS: £780 Fern Hill Farm, £710 Derby Lodge Farm, £710 Fern Hill Farm, £700 Fern Hill Farm, £700 Fern Hill Farm, £680 Boldens Farm. CHAROLLAIS: £760 Bank End Farm, £740 Bank End Farm, £720 Bank End Farm, £650 Norbreck Farm, £640 Norbreck Farm. HEREFORD: £670 Fern Hill Farm, £630 Fern Hill Farm, £610 Fern Hill Farm, £600 Fern Hill Farm, £560 Fern Hill Farm. FLECKVIEH: £460 Sellerley Farm. FRIESIAN: £440 Sellerley Farm, £430 Sellerley Farm, £420 Catshaw Hall Farm, £420 North Farm, £390 Sellerley Farm, £370 Derby Lodge Farm. STORE CATTLE A catalogued entry of 153, out of which saw 92 Steers and 61 Heifers with trade sharper on the week topping at £2420, firstly from W Garnett & Son, Milnthorpe and Secondly from BW & G Robinson, Carnforth both for Angus Steers. Not far behind saw TE, JS & SA Carruthers, Underbarrow to £2400 for a Stylish Limousin Steer. Charolais Steers, for a pen of five, from J Prest & Son, Bay Horse to £2380, while Blue Steers were at the same price for a trio from BW & G Robinson, Carnforth. Dairy bred Steers to £2320 for Flekvieh from JG & BJ Escolme, Killington, with Friesians to £1900 from WR Clarke, Pilling. Young Steers saw plenty of interest with 12 Month old Blues to £1300 from TH Wensley & Son. Out of the 92 Steers sold today, 40 sold over £2200. A trio of pure Hereford Bulls, fit for breeding sold to a top of £1700 for 16 Month olds from WC & J Fowler, Scorton. Store Heifers saw plenty of trade, which saw 25 of the 61 Heifers sold today achieve over £1900, topping at £2200 for Blues from JD & GM Bracken, Garstang, with Flekviehs from EW & RM Towers, Hornby at the same price. Other Blues from SH & LE Birkett, Carnforth to £2180, this time for a pen of five. A trio of Angus Heifers from FA Nowell, Bentham to £2120 with other well fleshed Angus Heifers around the £2000 mark. Again, younger cattle seeing plenty of trade with 17-Month-old Saler Heifers from CJ Butler, Hambleton to £1780 and 12-Month-old Blue Heifers to £1350 from TH Wensley & Son. Whether young Stores or older Cattle, Lancaster Auction provides a strong outlet for all classes of Store Cattle. Stirk sale next week, entries please to the o ice 01524 63308 or Andrew 07966 556592 by Monday 5pm. Store Bullock Top Prices: ANGUS: £2420 Ackenthwaite Farm, £2420 Ackenthwaite Farm, £2420 Ackenthwaite Farm, £2280 Low Stangerthwaite, £2220 Wood Nook Farm, £2220 Thornton Barn Farm, £2200 Hill House Farm. LIMOUSIN: £2400 Red Scar Farm,
£2200 Endmoor Farm, £2150 Red Scar Farm, £2050 Endmoor Farm, £1880 Hatters Farm. FLECKVIEH: £2400 Kilburn House, £2320 Low Stangerthwaite. BRITISH BLUE: £2380 Burnt House Farm, £2350 Upper Foxholes Farm, £2320 Barn Hill Farm, £2200 Endmoor Farm, £2020 Knotts Farm, £1880 Outerthwaite Farm. CHAROLLAIS: £2380 Upper Foxholes Farm, £2250 Endmoor Farm, £1900 Sunnyside Farm. SIMMENTAL: £2200 Hazelslack Tower Farm. HEREFORD: £1980 Holly House Farm. FRIESIAN: £1900 Barn Hill Farm, £1620 Downlands Farm, £1580 Poppy Farm, £1100 Plumpton Hall Farm, £1000 Cotestones Farm. Store Heifer Top Prices: BRITISH BLUE: £2200 Greenlands Farm, £2180 Stubb Hall Farm, £2100 Greenlands Farm, £1900 Outerthwaite Farm, £1550 Knotts Farm, £1350 Plumpton Hall Farm. FLECKVIEH: £2200 Holme Head, £2020 Holme Head. ANGUS: £2120 Kirkbeck, £1980 Hill House Farm, £1950 Wood Nook Farm, £1900 Outerthwaite Farm, £1620 Park Lane Farm, £1550 Kirkbeck. SALER: £1780 Park Farm. LIMOUSIN: £1780 Hatters Farm. Store Bull Top Prices: HEREFORD: £1700 Park Gate Farm, £1500 Park Gate Farm. OTM/CAST CATTLE Lancaster weekly OTM sale saw 85 through the bottom ring, with trade cooler on the week, but with meat again seeing decent returns, with an overall average of 238p/kg. Price per head saw J & O Galbraith, Endmoor selling his OTM Limousin Bull to £2514.50, and other OTM Bulls from JM & DJ Townley, Quernmore to £2382.72, this time for an Angus. All Bulls today averaging 252p/kg. OTM Cows saw a good entry of beef bred cattle, topping at £2199.67 for a Blue from GR & A Foy, Conder Green. Other Blue cows to 314.5p/kg from T Taylor, Preston. Limousin cows to £2048.74 from B Heyes, St Helens. Dairy bred OTM Cows to £2033.61 for Flekviehs from B & AC Barnes, Carnforth and Friesian OTM Cows to £1932.39. All OTM Cows today averaging 227p/kg. Cast Heifers today would average 262.82p/kg, topping at 319.5p/kg for an Angus from G & D Ball, Great Eccleston, while Friesian OTM Heifers saw a top of £2211.78 from T & CM Kelsall & Sons, Chipping, with others from the same home at £2023 or 289.5p/kg. Just a handful of OTM Steers in today topping at 274.5p/kg for a Friesian from GR Park & Sons, Whinfell. OTM Cow Top Prices: BRITISH BLUE: 314.5 Midge Hall, 279.5 Parkside Farm. FLECKVIEH: 299.5 Hawkin Hall. FRIESIAN: 269.5 Derby Lodge Farm, 249.5 Brown Brook, 249.5 Cockrigg Farm, 239.5 Ackenthwaite Farm, 239.5 Warton Hall Farm, 239.5 Brown Brook. LIMOUSIN: 279.5 Mossborough, 269.5 Hazelslack, 259.5 Mossborough Hall, 244.5 Mossborough Hall, 239.5 Mossborough Hall. SHORTHORN: 254.5 Parkside Farm. MRI: 239.5 Littlewood Hall Farm, 239.5 Littlewood Hall Farm. SIMMENTAL: 224.5 School
House. ANGUS: 209.5 Cheetham Farm, 199.5 Cheetham House Farm. NORWEGIAN RED & WHITE: 179.5 Greenalls Farm. OTM Heifer Top Prices: ANGUS: 319.5 Woodstock, 309.5 Woodstock.HEREFORD: 294.5 Cheetham House Farm. FRIESIAN: 289.5 Brown Brook, 289.5 Brown Brook, 279.5 Brown Brook, 279.5 Brown Brook, 279.5 Norbreck Farm, 274.5 Blackwood End. Cast Steer Top Prices: FRIESIAN: 274.5 Low Deepslack. ANGUS: 239.5 Cheetham House Farm. Cast Bull Top Prices: ANGUS: 269.5 Thornton Barn Farm, 249.5 Greenalls Farm. LIMOUSIN: 259.5 Endmoor Farm. CHAROLAIS: 209.5 Old School House. FRIESIAN: 259.5 Crook Farm.
Next Week's Upcoming Sales Monday 24th Lancaster: 10am Prime Lambs & Cast Sheep Tuesday 25th J36: 10:30am Pigs 1pm Prime Lambs & Cast Sheep Thursday 27th J36: 10:30am Fortnightly Sale of Store Lambs Friday 28th Lancaster: 10:15am Calves & Weanlings & OTM/Cast Cattle 11:15am Store Cattle