Weekly Report & Newsletter - 3rd April 2026
Lancaster Auction Mart: Easter Spring Lamb Show & Sale. Weekly Sale of Prime Hoggs, Cast Sheep & Sheep with Lambs at Foot. Monday 30th March 2026.
Easter excitement at Lancaster Auction Mart with all classes of sheep sell with a spring in their step.
SPRING LAMBS
A feature of today’s sale was the prize show and sale of Spring Lambs which saw a quality entry put before the judge Mr Richard Cardwell of Cardwell Farms Traditional Butchers. After much deliberation the Champion Rosette was awarded to a Charolais lamb from RJ & J Towers, Ingleton which later achieved a sale topping price of £280 purchased by Mr N Brown, Lancaster. The Reserve Rosette was won by WA & LM Jenkinson, Stalmine for a Texel cross lamb, which achieved the sales top price of 671p/kg and the third prize selling to £240 for a Texel cross from FE & CM Robinson, Crooklands.
The best pair of prime lambs was awarded to a pair of Texel cross from WA Jenkinson, Stalmine, later selling at £240.
Todays show was kindly sponsored by JP Mole Control.
Spring Lambs Top Prices: DORSET: £215 Oak Avenue. CHAROLLAIS: £280 Greenlands Farm, £240 Woodlands Farm, £240 Greenlands Farm. TEXEL: £255 Woodlands Farm, £245 Woodlands Farm, £240 Woodlands Farm, £240 Warth Sutton Farm, £220 Warth Sutton Farm, £215 Warth Sutton Farm.
LANCASTER EASTER SPRING LAMB SHOW
JUDGE: RICHARD CARDWELL & SPONSOR: JOSH PEWSEY MOLE CONTROL
CLASS 1: BEST SINGLE LAMB
1st RJ & J Towers- Charolais- 44kg- £280
2nd WA & LM Jenkinson - Texel- 38kg- £255
3rd FE & CM Robinson - Texel- 40kg- £240
CLASS 2: BEST PAIR OF LAMBS
1st WA & LM Jenkinson- Texels- 38kg- £245
2nd RJ & J Towers- Charolais- 37kg- £240
3rd FE & CM Robinson- Texels- 40kg- £220
CHAMPION- RJ & J Towers- £280
RESERVE CHAMPION- WA & LM Jenkinson- £255
PRIME HOGGS
No let up in trade for prime hoggs with well finished, in spec types easily sold. Back to the top this week was Kevin Purtill, Wigan selling Texel cross to 475p/kg with others 465p/kg from S & JE Cornthwaite, Brookhouse. Heavy weights to 435p/kg, light weights 462p/kg and hill bred selling to 447p/kg for Cheviots, Mules 430p/kg and Horned 419p/kg. All hoggs today average 397p/kg and SQQ 402p/kg for hoggs ranging from 25kg to 74kg.
Top grossing today was £228 for heavyweight Texels from SH & LE Birkett, Nether Kellet closely followed by others at £224 from CJ
Metcalfe, Ingleton. Standards to £211 from JM & MH France & Son, Littledale and light weights
£173. Hill bred lambs to £222 for Cheviot
Mules, £177 North Country Mule, £173 Rough Fell, £170 Dalesbred, £170 Cheviot and £158 Swaledale.
Prime Hoggs Top Prices: TEXEL: £228 Stubb Hall Farm, £224, £222 Yarlsber, £211 Newhouse Farm, £210 Oak Aveune, £210 Stubb Hall Farm. CHEVIOT MULE: £222 Deep Clough, £192 Park Farm Barn, £188 Stubb Hall Farm, £180, £179 Cragg Farm, £175 Moorcock Hall Farm. BELTEX: £213, £209 Oak Aveune, £200 Park Farm Barn, £196 Lower Lingart Farm, £195, £190 Oak Aveune. LEICESTER: £212 (x2), £188 Ouzelthorn Farm. CHEVIOT: £201Stubb Hall Farm, £184 (x2), £180 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £170 The Hawthornes, £165 Cotestones Farm. MASHAM: £199 North Farm. SUFFOLK: £195 West Lynn, £193 Park Farm Barn, £174, £165 West Lynn, £153 Ouzelthorn Farm, £126 Lower Lingart Farm. CHAROLAIS: £193 Park Farm Barn. MULE: £192 Marsh House Farm, £191 Cross House Farm, £177 Rooten Brook, £172 Moorcock Hall Farm, £172, £154 Thornbush Farm. CONTINENTAL: £189 Park Farm Barn, £178 West Lynn, £173 Riddings, £169 Boon Town, £163, £158 Riddings. SCOTCH BLACKFACE: £189, £183, £182 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage. DALESBRED: £170, £140 Fell End Farm. ROUGH FELL: £166 Riddings, £165, £150 Marsh House Farm. SWALEDALE: £158 Rooten Brook, £154, £149, £148 Ouzelthorn Farm, £139 Thornbush Farm. HORNED: £151 Cross House Farm. ZWARTBLE: £112 West Lodge.
CULL SHEEP
Cull sheep remained a fast trade topping at £280 for Texels, £226 Crossbreds, £192 BFL, £184 Dorset. Mediums of all breeds generally £150 to £180 with lighter and leaner £125 to £145. Hill ewes to £162 for Cheviots and medium Swales £116.
Keep these sheep coming with 8 active buyers each week at Lancaster keen to fill early Monday morning orders.
Cast Ewes Top Prices: TEXEL: £280 Deep Clough, £226 Woodlands Farm, £187 Burrow Heights Farm, £186 Newhouse Farm, £160 Burrow Heights Farm. LEICESTER: £192 Ouzelthorn Farm.
SUFFOLK: £185 Burns Farm, £142 West Lodge. DORSET: £184 Oak Aveune. CHEVIOT MULE: £179, £170 Yarlsber. MULE: £168, £166 Middle Lee Farm, £166 West Lodge, £154 Yates Farm, £136 West Lodge, £120 Middle Lee Farm. CHEVIOT: £162 Marsh House Farm. SWALEDALE: £116 Ouzelthorn Farm, £94 Yates Farm, £94 Middle Lee Farm.
Cast Ram Top Prices: CONTINENTAL: £110 Lower Swainhead Farm.
SHEEP WITH LAMBS AT FOOT
Plenty of confidence ringside as customers look to replace stock ahead of the promise of warmer weather.
Strongest twin outfits today sold to £420, £415 for aged Texel cross ewes with Texel lambs from M Heap, Garstang with others achieving £400 and £390 from DR & BE Rolfe, Scorton and £380 TR Gorst, Bay Horse. Other twin families generally £325 to £360.
Singles with strength raced away to £305 and £300 again from M Heap with others £275 JA Law, Carnforth and £270 TR Gorst.
Sheep and lambs sold every Monday – entries to date include 35 families.
For all Monday sale enquiries, contact Matthew Probert 07540 446667 or Andrew Butler 07966 556592.
Hogg with Lambs at Foot Top Prices: TEXEL: £175 Potters Hill Farm.
Ewes with Lambs at Foot Top Prices: TEXEL: £420 (x2), £415 Burns Farm, £400, £390 Potters Hill Farm, £380 Hole of Ellel. SUFFOLK: £330 Marsh House Farm. MULE: £325 Marsh House Farm. CONTINENTAL: £295 Hole of Ellel.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Easter Spring Lamb Show & Sale. Weekly Sale of Prime Hoggs, Cast Sheep & Sheep with Lambs at Foot, Tuesday 31st March 2026.
SHEEP WITH LAMBS AT FOOT
310 Breeding Sheep
Plus 1000 head on March 25
• Twin average: £115.20 per life
• Single average: £112.54 per life
Big entry again today at J36, a sale mainly consisting of aged mule ewes came to a decent trade with the emphasis still being made on buyers wanting smart lambs with plenty of age on them.
The best single lambs on strong ewes were definitely the most sought after with the best on show making the £150 per life mark. Topping this category was a smart pen of Texel ewes with Texel lambs making £302 from JM & NJ Strickland.
The strongest twins were a solid trade without hitting the major heights of the previous weeks. Topping today with a pen of Cheviot Mule ewes with Texel Lambs came from Richard Gardner, Kendal College making £368, the same firm also had a close run with other pens getting close to this price.
Top Prices:
• Texels with Twins- £325 x2 from Messrs Armitage
• Texels with Singles- £265 from MW & HE Pedley
• Mules with Twins- £358 from Kendal College
• Mules with Singles- £298 from Kendal College
• Cheviot Mules with Twins- £368 from Kendal College
• Dutch Spotted with Singles- £225 from W Stamper
All enquiries and entries are welcome for next weeks sale on Tuesday 7th April
Reminder: Tuesday 14th April- Annual Show & Sale of Ewes & Shearlings with Lambs at Foot. All entries are welcome.
Contact the o ice or auctioneers for more information or entries
• Rob on 07867 000244
• Will on 07506 283587
• O ice on 015395 66200
Ewe with Lambs at Foot Top Prices: CHEVIOT: £368 Kell Springs, £242 Milnthorpe Road. MULE: £358, £350, £330 Milnthorpe Road, £325 The Borrans, £315 The Coach House, £305 High House Farm. TEXEL: £325 (x2) Preston Patrick Hall, £300 The Coach House, £265 High Ploughlands, £120 Greaves Farm. CONTINENTAL: £255, £242, £195 Lackslot. DUTCH SPOTTED: £225, £220, £205 Coldcotes Farm.
Shearling with Lambs at Foot Top Prices: TEXEL: £305 Preston Patrick Hall, £302 The Borrans, £300 Bowkerstead Farm, £300 Preston Patrick Hall. CONTINENTAL: £292 The Borrans.
SPRING LAMBS & PRIME HOGGS
Smiles all round.
Springers leave Ben with a beamer as his champion lamb flew to 731.7p/kg.
CLASS 1- SINGLE NATIVE SPRING LAMB
1st RJ & J Towers- Su olk- 48kg
2nd FE & CM Robinson- Dorset- 41kg
3rd D & DW Prickett- Dorset- 38kg
CLASS 2- SINGLE CONTINENTAL SPRING LAMB
1st FE & CM Robinson- Beltex- 41kg
2nd RJ & J Towers- Charollais- 44kg
3rd RJ & J Towers- Charollais- 42kg
CHAMPION- FE & CM Robinson
RESERVE CHAMPION- RJ & J Towers
The first spring lambs of the season were a phenomenal trade for all types forward. The champion lamb from FE&CM Robinson sold for £300 weighing 41kg. Charollais lambs from RJ&J Towers also sold to the £300 mark, with that good home averaging 649.25p/kg for their good run of lambs forward.
A lot less hoggs about today and an extremely mixy show forward ranging from 26kg to 67kg and everything in between. However, trade continues to hold up extremely well, especially for the better end. Texels topped at £214 twice for half a dozen from M&YS Barker and M&S Blease. A run of 13 Texels from KA Purtill saw his usual quality top at 448.8p/kg. The same good home had further hoggs at 447.6p/kg just a touch lighter. AT Burrow & Son sold 46kg hoggs to 441.3p/kg. 47kg hoggs from FI&ME Little topped at 429.8p/kg. Mules from K Milburn topped at 427p/kg. Good heavies also holding up nicely with 54kg Texels from M&YS Barker selling for 405.6p/kg.
A tail end show reflects the drop in trade from last week with an overall average of 386.05p/kg and an SQQ of 340p/kg for hoggs from top to bottom. Demand ringside still remains extremely high with more numbers required. Contact Joel McGarva on 07920009097 with any further enquiries before next weeks sale.
Spring Lamb Top Prices: DORSET: £255 Warth Sutton Farm, £218 High Biggarsbank, £198 High Biggarsbank, £198 High Biggarsbank. BELTEX: £300 Warth Sutton Farm. CHAROLLAIS: £300 Greenlands Farm, £290 Greenlands Farm. SUFFOLK: £280 Greenlands Farm. TEXEL: £262 Farleton House, £246 Warth Sutton Farm, £230 Farleton House, £210 Farleton House. CONTINENTAL: £259 Warth Sutton Farm.
Prime Hoggs Top Prices: TEXEL: £219 The Barn, £219 Halton Park Farm, £214 Kingsland, £207 Halton Park Farm, £206 Wilcocks Farm, £206 Helm Croft. CONTINENTAL: £207 Brow Head, £194, £180, £174 Colby Laithes. SUFFOLK: £195 (x2) Station Hotel Farm, £191 Maddison Aveune, £185 Helm Croft, £180 Halton Park Farm, £178 Maddison Aveune. MASHAM: £192 Mealriggs Farm. HORNED: £188 Brow Head. MULE: £181 The Barn, £170 Higher Watson House, £169 Arklid Farm, £162 High Swinklebank, £159 Holme House Farm, £154 Spice Gill Farm. CHEVIOT: £180 Outrake Foot, £179 Helm Croft, £173 Outrake Foot, £155 Spice Gill Farm, £154 Outrake Foot, £150 Low Deepslack. HERDWICK: £170, £158 Meadowbank, £149 Arklid Farm, £132 Birch Bank, £128 Tebay Ghyll. ROUGH FELL: £169, £168 High Swinklebank Farm, £165 Holme House Farm, £163 High Swinklebank Farm, £119 Spice Gill Farm. SWALEDALE: £160 Higher Watson House, £157 Holme House Farm, £150 Arklid Farm, £149 Holme House Farm, £138 Higher Watson House, £137 Higher Salter. SCOTCH BLACKFACE: £152 Sun Farm.
CAST SHEEP
More ewes, more trade.
No superstars in the cull ewes today but what a trade witnessed for all sold. Texel x to £258 from A Pickthall. New Hutton with numerous other heavy or quality ewes over £220. Mules over £200 multiple times, topping at £208 for 3 Rough Fell Mules from RJ & OB Simpson, Longsleddale. Best end £190+ with next grade down £160-£180. Horned and hill ewes a remarkable trade, selling to £178 for Rough Fells from T Ellis, New Hutton with Swaledales to £164 from WI & AM Atkinson, Bleasdale and Herdwicks to £138 from A Hartley Ltd, Broughton in Furness.
Top Prices:
• Texel to £258 from A Pickthall, New Hutton
• Beltex to £230 from HP Blackwell, Milnthorpe
• Su olk to £216 from W Garnett & Son, Milnthorpe
• Rough Fell Mule to £208 from RJ & OB Simpson, Longsleddale
• North England Mule to £204 from A Pickthall, New Hutton
• Dorset to £192 from S Proctor, Selside
• Rough Fell to £178 from T Ellis, New Hutton
• Swaledale to £164 from WI & AM Atkinson, Bleasdale
• Herdwick to £138 from A Hartley Ltd, Broughton in Furness
CAST RAMS
Rams a flyer!
Top Prices:
• Texel to £224 from W Atkinson, Crook
• Cheviot to £214 from WA Hodgson, Whinfell
• BFL to £196 from M Todd, Longsleddale
• Herdwick to £168 from A Hartley Ltd, Broughton in Furness
Cast Ewes Top Prices: Texel: £258 Borrans Farm, £246 Low Brundrigg, £244 Farleton House, £244 Endmoor Farm, £234 Station Hotel Farm, £226 Endmoor Farm, £226 Hallbeck. Beltex: £230 Lackslot. Su olk: £216 Ackenthwaite Farm, £190 Howe Farm. Mule: £208 High Swinklebank Farm, £204 Borrans Farm, £200 Hagg Farm, £198 Endmoor Farm, £196 £194 Lane Ends Farm, £194 Hallbeck. Continental: £198 Brow Head, £196 £186 Colby Laithes, £142
Craglands, £118 Thwaite End. Cheviot Mule: £192 Farleton House, £162 Oakfield Farm, £124 Brow Head. Dorset: £192 Higher Biggarsbank. Rough Fell: £178 £172 Woodside, £168 x2 High Swinklebank Farm, £160 Boundary Beck, £150 Woodside, £148 Boundary Beck. Swale: £164
Holme House Farm, £150 Low Deepslack, £140 Turner Hall Farm, £138 Somme Avenue, £134 Birch Bank, £130 High Borrans Farm. Cheviot: £164 Ecclerigg Hall Farm, £156 Brow Head.
Herdwick: £138 £122 Turner Hall Farm. £92 Somme Avenue, £76 Abbots Reading Farm.
Cast Ram Top Prices: Texel: £224 £182 Low Fold, £142 Old Croft. Cheviot: £214 Whelpside Farm. Charollais: £210 Saddlers Croft. Leicester: £196 Saddlers Croft. Herdwick: £168 £74 Turner Hall Farm. Blue Texel: £158 Abbots Reading Farm. Swale: £110 Woodside Farm.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Fortnightly Sale of Calves, Stirks, OTM/Cast Cattle & Store Cattle. Thursday 2nd April 2026.
CALVES
“Another good day had by all at the one-stop-cattle-shop with 133 rearing calves forward selling to £1050”
Bull calves to £1000 for a Charolais from F & TE Park, Kendal with Blues to £970 from JS Towers & H Kent, Dolphinholme and £950 for MH & AR Robinson, Holmescales.
Limousins to £840 from Langley Park Farms, Millom. Angus cross bulls a very nice trade selling to £820 for 8 week olds from J & M Maudsley & Son, Endmoor, £810 for SW & K Metcalfe, Whittington with JS & IM Wilson, Millom selling 6 week olds at the same price. 30 day olds to £770 for Charolais from MH & AR Robinson, Holmescales with 3 week old Blues to £660 twice, from Dolphenby Farming, Penrith and £650 for J-CH-JG Bland, Arnside. Dairy bulls to £590 for Montbelliarde from JS & IM Wilson, Millom and £470 for Black & Whites from Langley Park Farms, Millom or £350 for Dairy Shorthorns from Messrs Robinson, Strickley.
Heifer calves possibly the trade of the day selling to £1050, £1010 & £1000 for British Blues from Bambers Farm Ltd, Thurnham who sold a further 6 over £900. JS Towers & H Kent sold the best of their pen to £920 with TK Robinson & Son, Old Hutton selling the best of theirs to £900. Charolais to £830 from SW & K Metcalfe, Whittington with
Limousin to £810 from Langley Park Farms, Millom. Angus heifers sold nicely topping at £630 from SW & K Metcalfe, Whittington whilst Herefords from TK Robinson & Son, Old Hutton reached £570. The youngest end sold to £620 for 30 day olds from J-CH-JG Bland, Arnside with Dolphenby Farming reaching £590 at the same age.
Bulls
Charolais to £1000 from F & TE Park, Kendal
British Blue to £970 from JS Towers & H Kent, Dolphinholme
Limousin to £840 from Langley Park Farms, Millom
Angus to £820 from J & M Maudsley, Endmoor
Montbelliarde to £590 from JS & IM Wilson, Millom
Hereford to £590 from JS & IM Wilson, Millom
Black & White to £470 from Langley Park Farms, Millom
Dairy Shorthorn to £350 from Messrs Robinson, Strickley
Heifers
British Blue to£1050 from Bambers Farm, Thurnham
Charolais to £830 from SW & K Metcalfe, Whittington
Limousin to £810 from Langley Park Farms, Millom
Angus to £630 from SW & K Metcalfe, Whittington Hereford to £570 from TK Robinson & Son, Old Hutton
Calf numbers keep growing here at J36, why not join yourself? Call Will 07506 283587.
Bull Calf Top Prices: BRITISH BLUE: £970 Cinder Hill Farm, £950 Holmescales Farm, £890 Greaves Farm, £850 Birks Farm, £810 Borrans Farm, £660 Dolphenby Farm. LIMOUSIN: £840, £680, £580 Langley Park. ANGUS: £820 Raw End Farm, £810 Holme House Farm, £810, £790 Monk Foss Farm, £790, £770 Raw End Farm. CHAROLAIS: £770 Holmescales Farm. HEREFORD: £590 Monk Foss Farm, £500 Arnside Tower Farm. MONTBELIARDE: £590 Monk Foss Farm. FRIESIAN: £470 Langley Park, £340 Ackenthwaite Farm, £280 Holmescales Farm, £200, £190 Arnside Tower Farm, £170 Ackenthwaite Farm. DAIRY SHORTHORN: £350, £310, £240, £220 Strickley.
Heifer Calf Top Prices: BRITISH BLUE: £1050, £1010, £1000, £990, £980 (x2) Bambers Farm. CHAROLAIS: £830, £780, £730 (x2) Holme House Farm. LIMOUSIN: £810, £650 Langley Park. ANGUS: £630 Holme House Farm, £540 Whin Yeats, £520 Hagg Farm, £490 Raw End Farm, £480 Birks Farm, £230 Greaves Farm. HEREFORD: £570, £530 Greaves Farm, £430 Arnside Tower Farm.
Steer Calf Top Prices: CHAROLAIS: £1000 Cragg House Farm. BRITISH BLUE: £960 Cragg House Farm.
STIRKS
Averages:
Bulls - £1283.33
Heifers - £1234.78
Steers - £1269.38
Trade for stirks was up a gear today with plenty of customers for all categories of cattle. The majority of goods on o er were six to nine months old, with plenty of scope going forward, these were very much in demand.
Topping today’s trade was Messrs Hodgson, Swallowmire with a pen of British Blue steers making £1550 a piece. Plenty of other cattle were reaching similar marks with a tremendous run of Luing cross Limousin steers making £1520 from Messrs Atkinson, Crook.
A tremendous run of Angus and Limousins were available throughout, Messrs Beaty, Troutbeck were a solid trade with there run making £1480 for a smart packet of Limousins.
Trade was good, numbers were good, more numbers are required for the next sale on Thursday 16th April 2026.
Do not hesitate to contact the o ice or auctioneers with entries or for information.
Robert Cloughton – 07867000244.
Bull Stirk Top Prices: LIMOUSIN: £1410 Stribers Farm. HEREFORD: £1400 Maidenlands Farm, £1010 Hollowmire Farm. ANGUS: £1080 Long Green Head, £980 Moss End Farm.
Heifer Stirk Top Prices: BRITISH BLUE: £1480 Long Green Head, £1400, £1320 Bellart Howe, £1080 Cragg House Farm. ANGUS: £1320, £1150 Long Green Head, £1100 Bellart Howe, £840 Moss End Farm. SIMMENTAL: £1300, £1100, £1040 Long Green Head. LIMOUSIN: £1200, £1020 (x2) Long Green Head. SHORTHORN: £1100, £1020 Bellart Howe. CONTINENTAL: £1020 Capplerigg Farm.
Steer Stirk Top Prices: BRITISH BLUE: £1550 Swallowmire, £1380, £1360, £1310, £1240, £1200 Wall End Farm. ANGUS: £1520 Long Green Head, £1300 Bellart Howe, £1080 Long Green Head, £970, £960 Moss End Farm. CONTINENTAL: £1520, £1300, £1200 Capplerigg Farm. LIMOUSIN: £1480 Long Green Head, £1420 Capplerigg Farm, £1410 Stribers Farm, £1280, £1100 Long Green Head. SIMMENTAL: £1420 High Skelghyll, £1260 Bellart Howe, £1100 Long Green Head.
SHORTHORN: £1300 Maidenlands Farm. FRIESIAN: £660 Moss End Farm.
STORE CATTLE
Spring has teeth.
A real bite in the trade at Junction 36 with grazing types in particular drawing fierce competition resulting in a spring like buzz around the market.
Aberdeen Angus topped at £2320 for a bullock from JE D JER Wightman. Limousin bullocks sold to £2280 from TA&DH Knipe. A pair of Shorthorn bullocks at 15 months from HR&KA Hodgson also sold to £2280. British Blue bullocks topped at £2200 from B&JM Crowe. British Blue heifers from C Wilson hit £2000 for a trio. Angus, Limousin and Hereford heifers all selling to the £1980 mark from JE D JER Wightman, HR&KA Hodgson and RG Robinson respectively.
More numbers are required for our next sale here on Thursday the 16th April, as demand for cattle remains remarkable.
For any further please contact Joel McGarva on 07920009097. Entries open now…. Don’t miss out!
Store Bullock Top Prices: Angus: £2320 £2100 £2080 Crabtree Farm, £1960 Netherbeck Barn, £1740 Birks Farm, £1580 Tarnside Farm, £1560 Kendal House Farm. Shorthorn: £2280 Howriggs, £1910 £1580 £1440 Causeway Farm. Limousin: £2280 Howriggs, £2280 £2150 Hullater Farm, £2100 Howriggs, £2000 Boon Town Farm, £1900 Cockrigg Farm, £1890 Hullater Farm. British Blue: £2200 Birks Farm, £2180 Green Dragon Farm, £2120 £2100 Hollowmire Farm, £2080 x2 Boon Town Farm. Hereford: £2090 Ellers Farm, £1780 £1740 £1550 Gowan Bank Farm, £1480 Sunny Hill Farm. Parth: £1970 £1860 £1800 £1700 Top Thorn Farm. Friesian: £1800 Tarnside Farm, £1660 Ellers Farm. Blonde: £1800 £1700 Netherbeck Barn. Charolais: £1760 Hullater Farm.
Store Heifer Top Prices: British Blue: £2000 Nether Hall Farm, £1900 Green Dragon Farm, £1880 Boon Town Farm, £1660 Birch Bank, £1570 £1500 Sunny Hill Farm. Angus: £1980 x2 £1910 Crabtree Farm, £1840 Boon Town Farm, £1800 Parrox Hall Farm, £1700 £1680 Tarnside Farm. Limousin: £1980 Howriggs, £1900 Crabtree Farm, £1870 Birks Farm, £1840 Boon Town
Farm, £1780 Birch Bank, £1580 Sunny Hill Farm. Hereford: £1980 £1500 £1460 Ellers Farm, £1180 £1120 Natland Park Farm. Charolais: £1620 Crabtree Farm, £1560 Kendal House Farm. Parth: £1500 Top Thorn Farm. Simental: £1480 £1420 £1400 Sunny Hill Farm.
Store Bull Top Prices: Limousin: £1960, £1740 £1500 High Birk Howe Farm. Hereford: £1740 Pollards Farm. Shorthorn: £1720 £1660 Low Barrows Green Farm, £1620 Hazel Head Farm, £1610 £1560 Low Barrows Green Farm, £1440 Hazel Head Farm, £1410 Low Barrows Green Farm.
OTM/CAST CATTLE
Cast cows continue to sell at extremely high rates for all types at J36. An extremely busy ringside of buyers resulting in massive demand once again.
British Blue cows from Messrs FW Park sold to £2341.94. Limousin cows hit £2281.44 from Messrs JH Barker & Son. Black and whites sold to £2249.79 from Messrs W Garnett & Son and £2183.61 from Strickland Hill Farming. Limousin cows sold to 349.5ppk from Messrs SW Atkinson & Son.
Our next otm sale is in two weeks’time on Thursday 16th April. Contact one of the auctioneers with any enquiries.
OTM Cow Top Prices: LIMOUSIN: 349.50 Capplerigg Farm, 339.50 Stribers Farm, 319.50, 299.50 Capplerigg Farm. BRITISH BLUE: 319.50 The Howes, 319.50, 314.50 Greenside Farm. SHORTHORN: 304.50, 294.50 Boundary Beck. FRIESIAN: 279.50 Ackenthwaite Farm, 264.50 Whin Yeats, 254.50 Stubb Place Farm, 254.50 Mire House Farm, 254.50 Jenkin Crag, 254.50 Strickland Hill. ANGUS: 264.50 Kingsland.
OTM Heifer Top Prices: FRIESIAN: 309.50, 304.50 Ackenthwaite Farm, 294.50 Jenkin Crag, 289.50 Stubb Place Farm, 289.50 Jenkin Crag, 279.50 Stubb Place Farm.
Cast Steer Top Prices: BRITISH BLUE: 379.50, 374.50, 364.50 Green Close. SHORTHORN: 344.50 (x2), 339.50, 329.50 The Glen.
Lancaster Auction Mart: Easter Calf Show. Weekly Sale of Calves, OTM/Cast Cattle & Store Cattle, Friday 3rd April 2026.
CALVES
Todays sale featured the Easter Prize Show which was kindly judged by young farmer Jason Alpe, Clitheroe. The championship rosette was awarded to a British Bull bull from Drinkall Bros which later sold for a market topping prize of £1100 with the reserve champion being a British Blue x from JS Towers & H Kent which achieved a final bid of £1000. Throughout the sale stronger rearing bull calves sold away at £740-£960 with younger month old £580-£700. Dairy bulls saw the strongest to £510 from Raby Farms with younger rearers £220-£260. Heifer calves sold to £890 for the first prize British Blue x from GP Stott with an entry of predominately younger heifer calves £620-£840. The sale concluded with weaned calves which saw Simmental cross steers sell to £1340
from Low Moor Howe Farm Ltd and six month old British Blue cross £1290 from Throstle Nest Farms who sold Aberdeen Angus cross at £1270. Weaned bulls sold to £1300 for seven month old British Blue cross from Drinkall Bros and heifers to £1090 for British Blue from DC Miller.
Next weeks sale includes the mid monthly sale of weaned calves and stirks. Entries required by 12 noon Monday.
EASTER CALF SHOW- JUDGE: SARAH & JASON ALPE & SPONSORED: COARS
AGE: UNDER 60 DAYS
CLASS 1- BEEF BULL CALF
1st Richmond Hall- British Blue- £850
2nd JP & C Robson- British Blue-£660
3rd JP & C Robson- British Blue- £660
CLASS 2- BEEF HEIFER CALF
1st Wallbank Farms- British Blue-£700
2nd Wallbank Farm- Aberdeen Angus- £690
3rd Richmond Hall- Hereford- £630
AGE: UNDER 120 DAYS
CLASS 1- BEEF BULL CALF
1st Drinkall Bros- British Blue- £1100
2nd H Kent- British Blue- £1000
3rd GP Stott- British Blue- £980
CLASS 2- BEEF HEIFER CALF
1st GP Stott- British Blue- £890
CHAMPION- Drinkall Bros
RESERVE CHAMPION- H Kent
Heifer Calf Top Prices: SIMMENTAL: £1090 High House Farm. BRITISH BLUE: £1090 Cobble Hey Farm, £1060 Cobble Hey Farm, £890 Parkers Farm, £850 Fern Hill Farm, £850 Fern Hill Farm, £740 Derby Lodge Farm. CONTINENTAL: £1090 High House Farm. ANGUS: £690 Tills Farm. HEREFORD: £630 Richmond Hall.
Bull Calf Top Prices: SIMMENTAL: £1340 High House Farm. BRITISH BLUE: £1300 Catshaw Hall Farm, £1290 Throstle Nest, £1100 Catshaw Hall Farm, £1050 Throstle Nest, £1000 Cinder Hill Farm. ANGUS: £1270 Throstle Nest, £1060 Cobble Hey Farm, £980 Cinder Hill Farm. HEREFORD: £930 Catshaw Hall Farm, £710 Richmond Hall. MONTBELLIARDE: £770 Fern Hill Farm. FRIESIAN: £510 Fern Hill Farm, £480 Fern Hill Farm, £450 Kirkwood Lodge Farm, £440 Cinder Hill Farm, £390 Kirkwood Lodge Farm, £380 Kirkwood Lodge Farm.
STORE CATTLE
A packed ringside and seating area of keen and eager buyers saw a fast and e icient sale on bank holiday Friday. All steers forward averaged £2165 and heifers to £2020, cattle forward today not only for finishing but mainly for summer grazing. More cattle required next week, enter with confidence.
Steers sold to £2580 for Aberdeen Angus from T Robson & Son with others £2500 from Tom Barron Farms and H Halhead & Son. Stronger steers regularly £2250-£2400 with grazing types £1950-£2150. Dairy steers to £2150.
Heifers peaked at £2300 for Aberdeen Angus and Simmental from P & S Alpe who sold others at £2280. Stronger end heifers £2080-£2250 with longer keep feeding/grazing types £1850-£2000.
Store Bullock Top Prices: ANGUS: £2580 Fairfield, £2500 Ambrose Hall Farm, £2480 Fairfield, £2220 Benson Hall, £2150 Grange Farm, £2080 Brown Edge. HEREFORD: £2500 Lawsons Farm, £2350 The Granary, £2200 Gibraltar Farm. BRITISH BLUE: £2450 Station Hotel Farm, £2380 Barn Hill Farm, £2250 Station Hotel Farm, £1900 Roseacre Hall, £1880 Plumpton Hall Farm.
CHAROLAIS: £2280 Brown Edge, £2250 The Granary. LIMOUSIN: £2280, £2250, £2180 Intack Farm, £2180 The Granary, £2180 Intack Farm, £2150 Pasture House Farm. SHORTHORN: £2250, £1920 Valley View. FRIESIAN: £2220 Gibraltar Farm, £2150 Fairfield, £1750 Plumpton Hall Farm. SIMMENTAL: £2180, £2080 Intack Farm, £1920 Windy Hill Farm.
Store Heifer Top Prices: ANGUS: £2300 Braddup House Farm, £2180 Ambrose Hall Farm, £2050 Benson Hall, £2050 Braddup House Farm, £2020 Tunsteads Farm, £1980 Brown Edge. SIMMENTAL: £2300 Braddup House Farm, £1900 High House Farm. BRITISH BLUE: £2280 (x2) Braddup House Farm, £2200 Lodge Cottage, £2100 Roseacre Hall, £1980 Windy Hill Farm, £1850 Green Dragon Farm. MONTBELIARDE: £2150, £2100 Carlinghurst. HEREFORD: £2120 Gibraltar Farm, £2120 Pasture House Farm, £1800 Moss View. LIMOUSIN: £1980, £1920 Barker Knott. CHAROLAIS: £1900 Brown Edge. SHORTHORN: £1820 Stirzaker House.
OTM/CAST CATTLE
Huge interest in cull cows with all forward today selling to a market average of 282p/kg. Best meated beef cows sold to 349.5p/kg for a Stabiliser from JA&R Geldard & Sons, who sold others at £2446.50. Dairy cows sold to 289.5p/kg for Holstein Friesians from D Fox & Co, meated cows generally 250p/kg – 280p/kg and parlour sorts 220p/kg to 240p/kg. Top grossing this week achieved £2363 for a Holstein Friesians from Wallbank Farms Ltd.
OTM heifers sold to 354.5p/kg and £1992 for Stabilisers and 319.5p/kg and £1932 for Holstein Friesians.
OTM steers sold to 354.5p/kg and £2729 for Aberdeen Angus cross from A&E Clarkson Ltd with others generally 330p/kg – 350p/kg.
OTM Cow Top Prices: STABILISER: 349.5 Low Foulshaw Farm, 299.5 Low Foulshaw Farm, 289.5 Low Foulshaw Farm. FRIESIAN: 289.5 Holly House Farm, 274.5 Tills Farm, 274.5n Cocker House Farm, 269.5 Cocker House Farm, 269.5 Lower Langthwaite Farm, 264.5 Lower Langthwaite Farm.
OTM Heifer Top Prices: STABILISER: 354.5 Low Foulshaw Farm. FRIESIAN: 319.5 Roseacre Hall, 309.5 Roseacre Hall, 299.5 Roseacre Hall.
Cast Steer Top Prices: ABERDEEN ANGUS: 354.5 Cock Hall Farm, 354.5 Well House Farm, 344.5 Well House Farm, 324.5 Well House Farm, 314.5 Newsham Hall Farm. LIMOUSIN: 349.5 Yeat House, 349.5 Cock Hall Farm. SIMMENTAL: 349.5 Cock Hall Farm. AYRSHIRE: 329.5 Newsham Hall Farm, 329.5 Newsham Hall Farm, 329.5 Newsham Hall Farm. FRIESIAN: 254.5 Yeat House.
Next Week's Upcoming Sales
Monday 6th
Lancaster: 10am Spring Lambs, Prime Hoggs & Cast Sheep 11am Sheep with Lambs at Foot
Tuesday 7th
J36: 9am-4pm Machinery Drop O
11am Sheep with Lambs at Foot
1pm Spring Lambs, Prime Hoggs & Cast Sheep
Wednesday 8th
J36: 9am-4pm Machinery Drop O
Friday 10th
Lancaster: 10:15am Calves & Weanlings & OTM/Cast Cattle
11:15am Store Cattle
J36: Online Machinery Commences
9am-4pm Machinery Viewing
9am-4pm Small Tools Machinery Drop O
Saturday 11th
J36: 9am-12noon Online Machinery Sale Viewing 10am Live Sale of Small Tools/Items of Machinery
