Weekly Report and Newsletter - 21st February 2025
L&K Group Plc Shares for Sale
We have a number of L&K Group plc shares for sale and are being offered for sale by tender with a closing date of 10am on Tuesday 25 February 2025.
If you would like to learn more about the sale, number of shares or how to bid, please email our Company Secretary k.black@landkgroup.co.uk or for more details, please see our website https://www.nwauctions.co.uk/lk-group/shares-for-sale.aspx
Lancaster Auction Mart: Sale of Prime Hoggs & Cast Sheep. Monday 17th February 2025.
Marvelous Monday’s maintain momentum at Lancaster market, with prices and numbers holding firm.
Prime Hoggs
Prime hoggs sold to unseen levels at Lancaster Auction this morning, with a top price of £240 per head achieved twice for pens of Beltex cross from R&DL Cornthwaite, Nateby. A further three pens sold over £200 and an additional ten pens were £170 to £195. Well finished hoggs continued to attract the keenest buyer interest, selling to 441p/kg from M Beresford, Kirkby in Furness with others regularly 380p/kg to 415p/kg, with standard weights 340p/kg to 370p/kg. Hill bred hoggs sold to £158 for Mashams, £152 Cheviots and £145 for Mules. Cheviots sold to 343p/kg, Masham 322p/kg, Lonks 315p/kg and Mules 312p/kg. Several pens of lighter weight hoggs were forward, which sold to £124 and 375p/kg, with light weight hill bred hoggs 275p/kg to 310p/g being £95 to £110.
More hoggs are required every week to fulfil buyer requirements.
Prime Hoggs Top Prices: BELTEX: £240 (x2), £232, £228, £200, £196 Humblescough Farm. TEXEL: £182, £180 Blackleach House Farm, £167 Oak Aveune, £166 Newhouse Farm, £166 Lower Langthwaite Farm, £166 Stonehead. CONTINENTAL: £160, £155 Peel Street, £149, £134, £128 Little Crimbles, £124 Manston Grove. SUFFOLK: £159 Pilling Hall Farm, £155 Little Crimbes, £149 Pilling Hall Farm, £144 North Farm, £130 Old Parkside Farm. MASHAM: £158 Allcocks Farm. CHEVIOT: £152 Lower Langthwaite Farm, £147 Manston Grove, £147 School Lane, £139 Peel Street, £137 School Lane. MULE: £145, £144 High House Farm, £138 North Farm, £118 Old Parkside Farm. HORNED: £126 Higher Hollinhead Farm. SWALEDALE: £122 Little Crimbles.
Cast Sheep
Cull sheep maintained the strong trade of recent weeks, with Texel cross to £208 from B&M Slater, Chipping with others £185 to £200. Other stronger mediums ewes were £150 to £180, with lighter weights £128 to £140. Pure hill ewes sold to £156 for Cheviot, £146 Lonks and mediums Swaledale sold to £90. Cull rams sold to £156, with other harder worked continentals £130 to £150.
Cast Ewes Top Prices: TEXEL: £208 Daub Hall Farm, £200 Angerton Hall Farm, £186 Bensons Farm, £174 Angeton Hall Farm, £170 (x2) Daub Hall Farm. LLEYN: £180, £178, £172 Kellmergh Farm. RYELAND: £160 Lower Swainhead Farm.
CHEVIOT: £156, £140 Angerton Hall Farm. HORNED: £146 High House Farm. MULE: £134, £124 Stonehead, £120 Moss Gate Farm. SWALEDALE: £90 Rooten Brook. CONTINENTAL: £80 Moss Gate Farm.
Cast Ram Top Prices: TEXEL: £156, £145 Rooten Brook.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Sale of Prime Hoggs & Cast Sheep, Tuesday 18th February 2025.
Prime Hoggs
The good days keep on coming.
The prime hogg trade was very strong on the whole, once again at Junction 36. A mixed show of sheep forward saw the average slightly down on the week, however this doesn’t tell the full tale, as many vendors received a very similar trade or better than the previous Tuesday.
Well fed and fit hoggs along with the best bred, still faced an unbelievable force of demand, with the busy ringside of buyers still hungry for more at the end of the day.
A pen of three Texels topped the day at £220 from J France, Pilling. The same home sold a further pen of eight for £205. Lewis McCarrick, Chorley hit £210 with a Texel, while Suffolks topped at the £200 mark from Stockdale Farms, Sedbergh. Beltex sheep sold to 392p/kg from PJ&ES Rogerson, Appleby for a smart pen of four.
Handy weight Texels sold well again, with 43kg hoggs hitting £160 or 372.1p/kg from RF Morphet, Halton and 42kg hoggs from Messrs Black, Kendal achieved £156 or 371.4p/kg.
Lighter sheep sold well subject to plenty of coverage! MJ Shepherd, Newbiggin got to 360p/kg for 35kg Texels. Even lighter hoggs which were plentiful today were up to 351.6p/kg for three 31kg Texels off RG&L Potter, Tebay.
More numbers are required next week again, with no sign of let up. Once again a highly satisfying trade for all types with especially Mules, Swaledale and Herdwicks selling fantastically well.
Prime Hoggs Top Prices: Texel: £220 Merryfield, £210 Longfield Manor, £205 £201 Merryfield, £201 Longfield Manor, £201 Humblescough Farm. Suffolk: £200 Bowers Farm, £193 Longfield Manor, £192 Mealriggs Farm, £184 Longfield Manor, £168 Bowers Farm. Beltex: £180 Mason Gill, £150 Swallowmire. Leicester: £172 High Swinklebank Farm, £157 Moors Farm, £148 High Borrowbridge. Mule: £172 Holme House Farm, £160 Low Longmire, £159 Hareden Farm, £158 Holme House Farm, £155 Greaves Farm, £153 High Swinklebank Farm. Cheviot: £170 Underhelm Farm, £166 Stubb Hall Farm, £162 £154 Bowers Farm, £138 Boon Town. Charolais: £165 Oak Avenue, £152 Head Farm, £148 Arklid Farm, £146 Boon Town, £133 Underhelm Farm. Masham: £157 £149 Mealriggs Farm. Continental: £152 Oak Avenue, £145 Boon Town, £142 Lyndarick, £137 Scroggs Farm, £133 Underhelm Farm. Rough: £141 Bowers Farm, £136 Boundary Beck, £125 £120 Millriggs. Swale: £140 Arklid Farm, £130 Lunesdale House, £130 Wilcocks Farm, £128 High Borrowbridge, £121 Low Longmire, £116 Rydal Farm. Herdwick: £140 Greaves farm, £130 Underhelm Farm, £125 £124 Main Street, £122 Farleton House. Horned: £135 Arklid Farm, £105 Higher Salter. Dalesbred: £129 £120 Fell End Farm. Zwartble: £128 School House. Ryeland: £120 Lyndarick. Gritstone: £110 Oak Avenue. Dorset: £94 Bradleyfield House.
Cast Sheep
Cull ewes sold to £255 for Texels from J France, Pilling with all strongest pures or ¾ bred ewes £200 plus. The best of the Mules looking a good trade today, with Cheviot Mules to £174 from TH&DM Cornthwaite, Grange Over Sands and NEMSA
Mules to £172 from M&J Ronson, Pilling. Horned ewes saw a lift, selling to £128 for Rough Fells from James Whitton, Cartmel and £122 for Swaledales from Fishwick Bros, Kendal.
Sale Statistics:
Texel topped at £255 from J France, Pilling.
Suffolks topped at £234 from E Needham, Kendal.
Beltex topped at £230 from J France, Pilling.
Cheviots topped at £192 from J&M Wilson, Pilling.
BFL’s topped at £186 from R Lawrence, Grange Over Sands.
Mules topped at £174 from TH&DM Cornthwaite, Cartmel.
Lleyns topped at £142 from R Howard, Ulverston.
Rough Fells topped at £128 from J Whitton, Cartmel.
Swaledales topped at £122 from Fishwick Bros, Longsleddale. Herdwicks topped t £110 from J Angus, Eskdale.
Cast Ewes Top Prices: TEXEL: £255, £230, £225 Merryfield, £222 Low Stangerthwaite, £198 Orchard Barn, £198 Lower Highfield. CHEVIOT: £192 Cooper House, £140 Swallowmire, £114 High Ground, £110 Bowers Farm, £108, £94 School House.
LEICESTER: £186 Greaves Farm, £136 Hill Park. CONTINENTAL: £180 Farleton House, £126, £120 Roundthwaite, £116 (x2) Streatlam Grange. CHEVIOT MULE: £174 (x2) Low Tarn Green. MULE: £172 Head Farm, £170 Lower Highfield, £150 Holme House Farm, £140 Hill Park, £140 Low Longmire, £134 Roundthwaite. LLEYN: £142, £136, £130, £104 Low Longmire Farm. ROUGH FELL: £128, £126 Tottlebank, £106 Highborrowbridge, £90 Tottlebank, £84 Millriggs, £82 High Borrowbridge. SWALEDALE: £122 Tills Hole, £94 Roundthwaite, £94 Arklid Farm, £92 Rydal Farm, £88 Tills Hole, £86 Higher Salter. HERDWICK: £110 High Ground, £108 Swallowmire, £100 High Ground. HORNED: £96, £72 The Plough Inn. BELTEX: £94 Farleton House. SUFFOLK: £94 Hill Park. DORSET: £90 Cumbrae. DALESBRED: £76 Holme House Farm.
Cast Ram Top Prices: SUFFOLK: £234 Birkrigg Park Cottage. TEXEL: £178 Winterscales Farm, £172 Sanderginham Road, £168 Low Tarn Green. BELTEX: £144 School House. SWALEDALE: £116 Yoad Pot, £92 Rydal Farm, £74 Yoad Pot, £72 Holme House Farm. CONTINENTAL: £110 High Green Farm.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Sale of Calves, OTM Cattle & Store Cattle. Thursday 20th February 2025.
Calves
Calves continue to flourish at Junction 36.
Bull calves sold to £720 for an Aberdeen Angus cross from CR Dickinson, Thurnham with eight week old Charolais’s from Gibson & Berry, Endmoor at £690. A consignment of Hereford bulls from MH&SJ Morris, Alithwaite sold to £680, £620 (x2) and £600. Five week old British Blues sold to £610 from HJ Robinson, Milnthorpe with others at £580 from the same home. Sub thirty-day olds sold to £550 for British Blues from JW&TE Sharp, Lyth with twenty day old Aberdeen Angus selling to £400 from TW&CA Long, Ulverston. Black and Whites sold to £360 twice from AK&BM Robinson, Arkholme. Heifer calves sold to £730 for British Blues again from CR Dickinson, Thurnham with this home producing Charolais’s to £700 and Aberdeen Angus cross to £680. Other Aberdeen Angus cross sold to £650 from TW&CA Long, Ulverston with six week old British Blues to £590 from DR&C Galbraith, Grayrigg. Other four to six week old calves sold to £540 for British Blues from A Pickthall, New Hutton with thirty day old Limousins to £470 from both MH&AR Robinson, Kendal and R&JE Wharton, Appleby. A consignment of Holstein calves from G&F Barnes, Withgill Fold sold to £360 at two weeks old.
Bull Calf Top Prices: Angus: £720 Throstle Croft, £670 Throstle Croft, £620 Kitchlow Farm, £500 Borrans Farm, £470 Borrans Farm, £470 Borrans Farm, £420 Borrans Farm,. Charolais: £690 Low Audlands, £600 Low Audlands, £560 Holmescales Farm, £510 Low Audlands, £400 Low Audlands. Hereford: £680 Wraysholme Tower, £620 Wraysholme Tower, £600 Wraysholme Tower.British Blue: £610 Elm Tree Farm, £570 Elm Tree Farm, £550 Flodder Hall, £500 Borrans Farm, £470 Sunny Bank, £470 Borrans Farm. Limousin: £450 Holmescales Farm, £440 Mount Pleasant. Shorthorn: £410 Far Audlands. Friesian: £360 Kitchlow Farm, £245 Halforth Farm, £210 Far Audlands, £200 Halforth Farm, £150 Low Audlands.
Heifer Calf Top Prices: British Blue: £730 Throstle Croft, £590 Sunny Bank, £540 Borrans Farm, £530 Sunny Bank, £450 Borrans Farm, £440 Elm Tree Farm. Charolais: £700 Throstle Croft. Angus: £680 Throstle Croft, £650 Old Hall Farm, £570 Throstle Croft, £520 Kitchlow Farm, £385 Elm Tree Farm, £360 Borrans Farm. Limousin: £470 Homescales, £470 Mount Pleasant, £420 Moss House Farm, £420 Halforth Farm, £410 Holmescales Farm. Friesian: £450 Kitchlow Farm, £360 Withgill
Farm £320 Withgill Farm, £280 Withgill Farm, £200 Withgill Farm, £180 Withgill Farm. Shorthorn: £360 Flodder Hall, £340 Flodder Hall, £310 Far Audlands, £300 Far Audlands.
Stirks
The stirk sale reached new highs at NWA J36, selling to £1650 with nation wide buyer interest.
Another increased number of stirks forward today, attracting an ever increasing ringside of buyers, with trade for all classes and types picking up another gear. Young suckler bred steers, at eight month old, sold to a sale section topping price of £1650 for a Limousin cross from RT&ME Sutton, Stainton who sold others at £1520. Seven month old Limousin cross steers from JH Barker & Son, Haverthwaite sold at £1330, with others at £1300. Other younger suckler bred bulls were regularly £1000 to £1200. Native sired sucklers sold to £1580 for a Hereford cross from P Metcalfe, Quernmore with others at £1350 for Blue Grey cross Limousins from S Whitehead, Kirkby Lonsdale. Nine month old Aberdeen Angus cross steers sold to £1260 from Millfield Stud, Giggleswick with a trio of beef Shorthorns at £1190 from Esps Farm, Lowick Green. Dairy bred beef steers sold to £1280 for British Blue cross from AT Bainbridge, Kirkby Stephen with Hereford cross to £1210 from RW&SA Nicholson, Lupton. Simmental cross sold to £1140 from A&CM Carter, Witherslack. Other younger steers sold to £1070 for Aberdeen Angus cross from RW&SA Nicholson, Lupton with five month old Aberdeen Angus cross from Messrs Young, Lindale selling at £760. Several dairy steers forward sold to £1210 for a ring full of Fleckviehs from RW&SA Nicholson, Lupton with other at £1080 from JR Robinson & Son, Nook. A ring full of black and whites from Bellart Howe Farm, Witherslack achieved £920.
Heifer stirks sold to £1450 for a thirteen month old Hereford cross from P Metcalfe, Quernmore with yearling British Blues to £1270 from AT Bainbridge, Kirkby Stephen and ten month old Charolais £1150 from RW&SA Nicholson, Lupton. Other dairy bred heifers were generally £900 to £1050. Several suckler bred heifers sold to £1190 for a pair of eight month sold Limousin cross from JH Barker, Haverthwaite with others at £1130 from RT&ME Sutton, Stainton. Shorthorns sold to £1120 from S Whitehead, Middleton. Younger suckler bred heifers were generally £950 to £1100, with a notable pen of six month old Charolais cross from M&C Greenwood, Middleton selling at £1040.
Just a handful of bull stirks forward today, which sold to £1150 for a seven month old Limousin cross from Pearson & Jackson, Crook who sold others at £990. Eight month old diary breds sold to £900 for British Blue cross from R&BJ Cleasby, Broughton in Furness. Vendors are encouraged to enter stirks with confidence for the next sale, with keen buyer interest already expressed. To discuss marketing requirements, please contact auctioneer Matthew Probert on 07540446667.
Bull Stirk Top Prices: Limousin: £1150 Ellerbeck Farm. British Blue: £900 Lower Hawthwaite. Charolais: £870 Lower Hawthwaite. Angus: £560 Low Stennerley.
Heifer Stirk Top Prices: Hereford: £1450 Old Parkside Farm, £860 Nibthwaite Grange Farm. British Blue: £1270 Little Musgrave Farm, £1100 Little Musgrave Farm, £850 Gilsmere Farm. Limousin: £1190 Stribers Farm, £1170 Little Musgrave Farm, £1130 Crosscake Farm, £1100 Little Musgrave Farm, £1060 Breedy Butts Farm, £1000 Breedy Butts Farm. Charolais: £1150 Green Lane End Farm, £1050 Lower Hawthwaite, £1040 Thornham Fold Farm, £910 Thornham Fold Farm. Shorthorn: £1120 Low Waterside. Continental: £1120 Low Waterside. Angus:£1070 Little Musgrave Farm, £1040 Little Musgrave Farm, £980 Lower Lingart Farm, £950 Shaw Paddock, £890 Green Lane End Farm, £850 Lower Lingart Farm. Stabliser: £780 Old Parkside Farm.
Steer Stirk Top Prices: Limousin: £1650 Crosscake Farm, £1520 Crosscake Farm, £1330 Stribers Farm, £1300 Stribers Farm, £1160 Breedy Butts Farm, £1000 Low Waterside. Hereford: £1580 Old Parkside Farm, £1210 Green Lane End Farm. Continental: £1350 Low Waterside, £1160 Low Waterside. British Blue: £1280 Little Musgrave Farm, £1190 Little Musgrave Farm, £1060 Hollins Farm, £920 Bellart Howe, £900 Gilsmere Farm. Angus: £1260 Croft Closes Farm, £1070 Green Lane End Farm, £980 Hollins Farm, £770 Low Stennerley, £760 Moss End Farm, £710 Low Stennerley. Flekvieh: £1210 Green Lane End Farm, £1080 Hollins Farm. Shorthorn: £1190 Esps Farm. Simmental: £1140 Black Bull Farm. Friesian: £920 Bellart Howe, £380 Moss End Farm.
Store Cattle- “Fight to the last gasp” – Shakespeare
The big battle for store cattle continues with armies of men ring side fighting harder than ever before.
The day began with the much talked about store bull section which set the place a light. Eleven month old Limousins exploded to £2350 from JA&J Harper, Killington. A ten month old Limousin sold to £2300 from AJ&L Birkett, Ambleside who sold others to £2120. Even younger nine month olds sold to £1800.
No escape from the firing line, as bullocks and heifers also faced the wrath of vicious bidding and the war cry of purchasers. A Clark & Johnson, Windermere saw their run of fantastic cattle top at £2400 for a tremendous Limousin heifer, while the next pair from the same good home hit £2160. Aberdeen Angus heifers topped at £1960 from Millfield Stud, Giggleswick at twenty four months old. Wounded soldiers had no time to rest as JE Wightman, Lupton saw his run of dairy bred bullocks sell to £2080 for an Aberdeen Angus, £2030 for a pair of Aberdeen Angus and a pair of Herefords to £2030. Younger stores also saw bullocks fly, with a thirteen month old Limousins selling to £1820 from FW Park, Kendal. Shortly after a pair of only ten month old bullocks from CI Briggs, Wray sold to £1760.
Today battle may be over but the war for cattle has only just begun. Please advise entries for our next sale on the 6th March. Contact Joel McGarva for further enquires.
Store Bullock Top Prices: Angus: £2080 £2030 Crabtree Farm, £1930 Holme Farm, £1800 Oversands View, £1800 Holme Farm, £1750 Holme House Farm. Hereford: £2020 Crabtree Farm, £1930 £1900 Holme Farm, £1750 £1710 Oversands View, £1320 Holme House Farm. Limousin: £1920 Croft Meadow House, £1920 Long Green Head, £1860 High House Farm, £1820 The Howes, £1760 Birch Bank, £1760 High Wray Farm. British Blue: £1760 Birch Bank, £1700 Tarnside Farm, £1680 Greenside Farm, £1570 High House Farm, £1480 Greenside Farm, £1440 School Hill. Blonde: £1760 Crabtree Farm. Charolais: £1610 Kendal House Farm, £1560 Little Fell Farm, £1550 £1480 Mountain View Farm, £1440 Kendal House Farm, £1160 Tongue House Farm. Shorthorn: £1560 Ravenstonedale, £1380 £1270 Boundary Beck. Friesian: £1430 Cockrigg Farm, £1000 Shorthorn Farm. Simental: £1370 Keld Farm, £1330 Kendal House Farm, £1310 Keld Farm.
Store Heifers Top Prices: Limousin: £2400 Far Orrest, £2160 Far Orrest, £1950 High Laning Farm, £1920 High Underbrow Farm, £1900 Crabtree Farm, £1800 Birch Bank. Angus: £1960 Croft Closes Farm, £1940 Crabtree Farm, £1660 Tarnside Farm, £1580 Croft Closes Farm, £1520 Tarnside Farm, £1460 Bouthwaite Farm. South Devon: £1920 £1620 Bowkerstead Farm. Hereford: £1880 Holme Farm, £1400 Birks Farm. British Blue: £1740 Allcocks Farm, £1700 Greenside Farm, £1660 High Underbrow Farm, £1420 High Laning Farm, £1420 Riddings, £1420 School Hill. Longhorn: £1560 £1180 Staton Lane. Friesian: £1400 Ninezergh, £1280 £1160 Lupton Hall. Simental: £1380 Station Lane. Charolais: £1200 Little Fell Farm, £1080 Tongue House Farm, £1080 Yak Leaf, £970 Tongue House Farm. Shorthorn: £1100 Boundary Beck.
Store Bull Top Prices: Limousin: £2350 Capplethwaite Hall, £2300 £2120 High Birk Howe Farm, £2090 £2040 Capplethwaite Hall. Hereford: £1760 Holme Farm. Angus: £1160 Bradlow Farm. Blonde: £960 High Cark Farm.
OTM Cattle
The cull cow trade continues at the high levels of recent sales, with beef cows selling to 284p/kg for a Simmental from Messrs Beaty, Troutbeck with other beef cows regularly 255p/kg to 270p/kg. Medium beef cows were 240p/kg to 250p/kg, with the top grossing being a Hereford from GM Redmayne, Ings totalling £2005, with others regularly £1550 to £1800.
Heavy well fleshed dairy cows sold to 239p/kg for a Holstein Friesian from I Atkinson & Son, Warton and Strickland Hill Farming, Witherslack. Other medium type dairy cows were 210p/kg to 225p/kg, with lighter weight and learner sorts 165p/kg to 190p/kg. Top grossing dairy cow was a Holstein Friesian from I Atkinson & Son, Warton at £1777. A further three sold over £1700, with parlour types regularly £1150 to £1300.
OTM heifers sold to 349p/kg for an Aberdeen Angus from MJ&JD Handley, Sedbergh with other beef heifers 320p/kg to 330p/kg and dairy heifers generally 250p/kg to 280p/kg. Top grossing beef heifers was a Hereford cross from RJ&J Gardner, Kendal grossing at £2168, with dairy heifers to £1894 for a black and whites from JG&BJ Escolme, Killington.
Just a handful of cull bulls saw Limousins sell to 284p/kg from JT Stables, Grange Over Sands with others £2697 from Lakeland Farm Visitors Centre, Ings.
OTM Cow Top Prices: Angus: 269.5 259.5 254.5 Mislet Farm. Hereford: 264.5 259.5 229.5 Gowan Bank Farm. Friesian: 239.5 Strickland Hill, 239.5 Boon Town Farm, 234.5 229.5 Benson Hall, 224.5 Lupton Hall. Fleckvieh: 227.5 Laithwaite Farm, 199.5 174.5 Far Audlands. Limousin: 274.5 Scar Sykes Farm. Simental: 284.5 Long Green Head, 234.5 224.5 High Birk Howe Farm. Shorthorn: 259.5 234.5 Causeway Farm, 229.5 Oversands View. South Devon: 249.5 Bowkerstead Farm. Highland: 144.5 Meadowbank Farm.
OTM Heifer Top Prices: Angus: 349.5 324.5 Archers Hall. Hereford: 329.5 Natland Mill Beck Farm. Friesian: 309.5 Low Stangerthwaite, 209.5 Stubb Place Farm. Fleckvieh: 299.5 Far Audlands.
Cast Bull Top Prices: Limousin: 284.5 Tricket Drive, 279.5 Meadowbank Farm
Lancaster Store Cattle: Sale of Calves, OTM Cattle & Store Cattle. Friday 21st February 2025.
Calves & Stirks
92 calves and weaned stirks in today, with trade once again buoyant for all goods. Rearing calves sold to £710 for British Blue bulls from RT Halhead, Cockerham at eight weeks old. Next at £670 was a Hereford bull from D&M Foster Out Rawcliffe with other British Blue bulls to £550 from both Throstle Nest Farms, Pilling and JP&C Robson, Brock. One month old beef Shorthorn bulls sold to £430 from RT Halhead, Cockerham with black and whites to £390 from Messrs Threlkeld, Carnforth. Rearing heifers sold to £570 for British Blues from Throstle Nest Farms, Pilling with others to £500 x2 from JP&C Robson, Brock. Aberdeen Angus cross calves sold to £480 from D&M Foster, Out Rawcliffe with six week old Limousins to £440 from this good home. One month old British Blues sold to £460 and £430 from RT Halhead, Cockerham. Weaned stirks were forward in larger numbers today, to take advantage of our good ringside of buyers. Top price of £870 was paid for five month old dairy bred blue steers from AJ Metcalfe, Out Rawcliffe with others from this run to £830. Weaned bulls sold to £830 for British Blues from JM&MH France, Littledale and heifers to £740 from FW Rhodes, Ellel.
Heifer Calf Top Prices: BRITISH BLUE: £740, £710 (x2) Barrow Greaves Farm, £690 Holme Park, £570 Throstle Nest Farm, £500 Roe Farm. ANGUS: £700 Moss Gate Farm, £510 New Brows Farm, £480 Church Farm, £260 Brown Brook. LIMOUSIN: £440 Church Farm. SHORTHORN: £410 Norbreck Farm. HEREFORD: £260 (x2) Westfiled House Farm. FRIESIAN: £170 Holme Park.
Bull Calf Top Prices: BRITISH BLUE: £830 Newhouse Farm, £730 Barrow Greaves Farm, £710 Norbreck Farm, £700, £580 Holme Park, £550 Throstle Nest Farm. ANGUS: £700 Hallbeck, £700 Newhouse Farm, £500 Church Farm, £490 (x2) New Brows Farm, £470 Roe Farm. HEREFORD: £670 Church Farm, £360 Westfield House Farm. SHORTHORN: £430, £410 Norbreck Farm. CHAROLAIS: £400 Brown Brook. FRIESIAN: £390, £370 Holme Park, £360, £350, £340 Hallbeck, £280 Holme Park.
Steer Calf Top Prices: BRITISH BLUE: £870, £830, £790, £760, £740 Moss Gate Farm.
Store Cattle
Lancaster leads the way and again, with unrivalled prices in the store cattle ring:
- Bullocks averaged £2034
- Heifers averaged £1723
- Overall average £1871.05
Bullocks could have been sold twice over, and sold to a top of £2580 for pair of Aberdeen Angus cross from L Parson & Sons, Levens. Next at £2500 was a Simmental cross from WA Hodgson, Whinfell with two British Blues from J&M Cockett, Ingleton and two Aberdeen Angus from M Shepherd, Pilling achieving £2480. P Whitton & Son, Burneside sold a pen of four to £2450, with over 50% of the bullocks forward today passing the £2000 barrier. They was no let up in trade for Black and Whites with these selling to £2020 from L Parson & Son, Levens and £1920 for A&MI Robinson, Orton.
Heifers were equally as hot, with trade as ferocious as ever. A top of £2250 was achieved for a pair of British Blues from TG&B Todd, Garsdale with MJ Waller, Lupton next at £2200 for a Limousin. A trio of Aberdeen Angus cross from R&K Jenkinson, Pilling reaching £2180 with a further four Aberdeen Angus cross from AT Burrow & Son, Gressingham at £2120.
Store Bullock Top Prices: Angus: £2580 Low Levens, £2480 Pasture House Farm, £2420 Foredales Farm, £2380 Higher Lees Farm, £2250 Carlingwha, £2250 Low Levens. Simmental: £2500 Whelpside Farm. British Blue: £2480 Foredales Farm, £2450 Whelpside Farm, £2350 Stubb Hall Farm, £2300 Wood Nook Farm, £2280 Stubb Hall Farm, £2280 Carlingwha. Limousin: £2450 High Tenement Farm, £2320 Netherbeck Barn, £2250 Hutton Roof Hall, £2180 Hall Farm, £1920 Hall Farm. Charolais: £2420 Whelpside, £2020 Carlingwha. Hereford: £2400 Foredales Farm, £2400 Spout House Farm, £2250 Pasture House Farm, £2180 Windy Hill Farm, £2020 Billinge Hall Farm. Friesian: £2020 Low Levens, £1920 Hall Farm, £1900 Carlingwha, £1780 Wood Nook Farm, £1750 Carlingwha, £1680 Plumpton Hall Farm. Flekvieh: £1300 Throstle Nest Farm, £930 Sunderland Brows Farm. Norweigian: £930 Sunderland Brows Farm.
Store Heifer Top Prices: British Blue: £2250 Blades Farm, £2050 Blades Farm, £2050 Carlingwha, £1880 Barn Hill Farm, £1880 Cracalt Farm, £1880 Hall Bank. Limousin: £2200 Carlingwha, £1980 Cracalt Farm, £1950 Holmes Farm, £1900 Pilling Hall Farm, £1620 Abbotson Farm. Charolais: £2000 Carlingwha, £1980 Windy Hill Farm, £1900 Whitray Farm, £1820 Ivy Farm, £1800 Parrox Hall Farm. Angus: £2180 Holmes Farm, £2120 High Snab, £2020 Low Levens, £1980 Windy Hill Farm, £1980 Mill House Farm, £1920 Woodstock. Flekvieh: £1950 Throstle Nest Farm. Shorthorn: £1680 Pump House Farm. Simmental: £1680 Littlewood Hall Farm. Hereford: £850 Well House Farm.
OTM Cattle
Top pence per kilo of 369.5 was achieved for a British Blue OTM heifer from A Clark & Johnson, Windermere with others to 359.5p/kg from AT Burrow, Gressingham.
OTM steers sold to 354.5p/kg from A Kirkby & Co, Pilling with a cast bull from J&H Bland, Levens next at 344.5p/kg. Again at 344.5p/kg was the top cow from T Ayrton & Sons, Over Wyresdale. Other beef cows sold to 339.5p/kg for Shorthorns from GR&A Foy, Conder Green with a Limousin at the same price from JW&ME Taylor, Dent. Dairy cows sold to 309.5p/kg from RT Halhead, Cockerham with older cows to 244.5p/kg from GA&A Atkinson, Cantsfield.
Top grossing was an Aberdeen Angus steer at £2336 from A Kirkby & Co, Pilling with an Aberdeen Angus cast bull from WE&G Hewitt, Cockerham next at £2313.
OTM heifers sold to £2272 from A Clark & Johnson, Windermere with cows to £2240 from GR&A Foy, Conder Green. Dairy cows sold to £2070 from RT Halhead, Cockerham with any amount the top side of £1800.
OTM Cow Top Prices: Limousin: 344.50 Yates Farm, 339.50 High Laning Farm, 284.50 High House Farm, 279.50 Fellside Farm, 269.50 Fellside Farm, 239.50 Pilling Hall Farm. Shorthorn: 339.50 Parkside Farm, 299.50 Parkside Farm. Friesian: 309.50 Norbreck Farm, 244.50 Abbotsons Farm, 239.50 Roseacre Hall, 239.50 Norbreck Farm, 234.50 Yew Tree Farm, 229.50 Yew Tree Farm. Angus: 304.50 Kitchen Ground Farm. Simmental: 294.50 Fell End Farm, 289.50 Littlewood Hall Farm, 274.50 Littlewood Hall Farm. British Blue: 264.50 Todds Farm. Hereford: 249.50 Fellside Farm, 209.50 Plantation Farm, 199.50 Plantation Farm, 194.50 Plantation Farm. Montbelliarde: 249.50 Throstle Nest Farm. Flekvieh: 249.50 Throstle Nest Farm. Brown Swiss: 169.50 Throstle Nest Farm. Belted Galloway: 159.50 Sandvilla. Jersey: 139.50 Throstle Nest Farm.
OTM Heifer Top Prices: British Blue: 369.50 Far Orrest, 319.50 Derby Lodge Farm. Limousin: 359.50 High Snab. Flekvieh: 339.50 Ninezergh, 299.50 Netherbeck Barn. Friesian: 304.50 Yew Tree Farm, 299.50 Yew Tree Farm, 294.50 Knotts Farm, 294.50 Whinney Carr Farm, 294.50 Ninezergh. Angus: 279.50 Pennine Way.
Cast Steer Top Prices: Angus: 354.50 Gulf Farm, 319.50 Spout House Farm.
Cast Bull Top Prices: Charolais: 344.50 Ninezergh. Angus: 219.50 Batty Hill.
Next Week's Upcoming Sales
Monday 24th
Lancaster: 10am Prime Hoggs & Cast Sheep
Tuesday 25th
J36: 10:30am Pigs
1pm Prime Hoggs & Cast Sheep
Thursday 27th
J36: 10:30am In Lamb Breeding Sheep & Store Hoggs
Friday 28th
Lancaster: 10:15am Calves & OTM Cattle
11:15am Store Cattle & Stirks
