Lancaster Auction Mart: Sale ofPrime Lambs & Cast Sheep. Monday 1st December 2025.
PRIME LAMBS
Christmas Champions sell for new market record at NWA Lancaster.
NWA Lancaster saw a new market record achieved at its Christmas show and sale of prime lambs. Judge, Mr R Moore of Moore & Co Butchers & Farmers, Windermere awarded the championship rosette to a trio of Beltex cross lambs from GR&A Foy, Conder Green which later achieved the new market record price of £315 a head, purchased by Abbas Shan on behalf of Yorkshire Halal LTD, Ossett.
Other notable prices included JE Parkinson & Son, Quernmore who sold Beltex crosses at £191, J Twigge Lindale sold Texel crosses at £182. Maisie Beresford, Kirkby-in-Furness sold Beltex crosses at 445p/kg, JE Parkinson & Son, Quernmore to 406p/kg and TR Prickett, Hutton Roof to 400p/kg.
Thanks must go to our show judge, Mr R Moore, who had 24 pens of show lambs before him in 4 classes and our sponsor Yasmin Lewtas-Wood on behalf of Agri Lloyd.
Away from the show, best bred lambs were £165 to £185 (340p/kg to 380p/kg) with a nice grass finished lamb £140 to £160 (310p/kg to 330p/kg) with on spec lambs in keenest demand. Lightweights easily sold to both fat and finishing buyers with heavies and super heavies experiencing some resistance.
An overall market average of 320p/kg was achieved for lambs ranging from 31kg to 56kg and an SQQ average of 338p/kg.
CHRISTMAS SHOW AND SALE OF PRIME LAMBS
Judge: Mr R Moore
Sponsor: Agri Lloyd
CLASS 1 – 3 LOWLAND LAMBS
1st Pen 178 – GR&A Foy
2nd Pen 172 – J E Gorst
3rd Pen 176 – J E Parkinson
CLASS 2 – 3 MULES/MASHAM/CHEVIOT MULE LAMBS
1st Pen 191 – T&D Wright
2nd Pen 193 – D&D Huddleston
3rd Pen 190 – T&D Wright
CLASS 3 – 3 SWALEDALE/DALESBRED LAMBS
1st Pen 194 – T&D Wright
CLASS 4 – 3 PURE ANY OTHER HILL BREED
1st Pen 196 – JE Parkinson
2nd Pen 197 – J E Gorst
3rd Pen 195 – D&D Huddleston
CHAMPION – Pen 178 GR&A Foy
RESERVE CHAMPION – PEN 172 J E Gorst
Prime Lambs Top Prices: BELTEX: £315 Parkside Farm, £191 Castle Mill Farm, £182 Holmelands, £181, £180, £171 Parkside Farm. TEXEL: £175 Parkside Farm, £174 Cragg Farm, £172 Hutton Roof Hall, £171, £170, £169 Holmelands. CHEVIOT: £164 Castle Mill Farm, £157 Low Croft, £154 Broseley Hall Farm, £152 Low Croft, £140 Castle Mill Farm, £139 Park Farm Barn. CONTINENTAL: £162 North Farm, £157 Holmelands, £154 Low Croft, £154 Holmelands, £154 Moss Gate Farm, £153 Holmelands. CHAROLAIS: £161 North Farm, £148 Bensons Farm, £143, £140 Broseley Hall Farm, £139 Brook Cottage. MASHAM: £159, £158 Allcocks Farm.
SUFFOLK: £154 The Hawthornes, £153 North Farm, £146 Castle Mill Farm, £137, £125 Mill House Farm. MULE: £145, £140 Thornbush Farm. CHEVIOT MULE: £141 Botton Hall Farm.
DALESBRED: £132 Allcocks Farm.
STORE LAMBS
Once again an abundance of potential purchasers with many leaving empty handed. Long keep Texel crosses from J Bargh, Morcambe sold to £124 with other pens £114 and £112, with all sold averaging £110.
Store Lamb Top Prices: TEXEL: £124, £114, £112, £96 Cottam Farm.
CULL SHEEP
Another fast trade for all classes and types, with all sold averaging £133. Continentals sold to £214 for Texel crosses from D&K Swarbrick, who also sold Su olk crosses at £210. Other better medium continentals were £165 to £190. Mules topped at £141, with others £132 to £140. Pure hill ewes saw Cheviots to £126, Lonks to £118 and Swaledales to £109. Cull rams sold to £215 for a Dutch Spotted. Keep these ewes coming, more required every week to fulfil demand.
Cast Ewes Top Prices: TEXEL: £214 Bensons Farm, £175 Bensons Farm, £170 Castle Mill Farm, £158 Park Farm. SUFFOLK: £210 Bensons Farm. CONTINENTAL: £196 Cragg Farm, £162 Castle Mill Farm, £150 Oak Avenue, £150 Oak Avenue, £130 Greenwoods. BELTEX: £194 Castle Mill Farm. DUTCH SPOTTED: £189 Conway Close, £170 Conway Close. CHAROLLAIS: £166 Bensons Farm. LLEYN: £160 Newhouse Farm. MULE: £141 Bensons Farm, £140 Castle Mill Farm, £140 Bensons Farm. CHEVIOT: £126 Castle Mill Farm. SWALEDALE: £109 Ouzelthorn Farm, £100 Ouzelthorn Farm.
Cast Ram Top Prices: DUTCH SPOTTED: £215 Conway Close. CONTINENTAL: £140 Ouzelthorn Farm.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Sale Prime Lambs & Cast Sheep, Tuesday 2nd December 2025.
PRIME LAMBS
Festive Quality Shines as J36 Hosts Another Big Show.
A superb Christmas show of prime lambs accompanied another exceptionally strong entry at Junction 36, where big numbers forward have now become the norm. Buyers were out in force for the festive o ering, which saw the best and lighter end of well finished sheep fly from start to finish. However the large amount of heavy and weathered sheep about met more resistance
Trade topped today at £220 or 440p/kg for the first prize trio of lowland lambs from Messrs JA&R Geldard & Sons. These were bought by todays judge, Mr Tomkins of Hallsford Farm, Carlisle who very kindly did the honours. Other lambs sold to £208 for 3 beltex from Messrs RA Batty and £200 for a pen of 5 from Messrs LE&A Ridding for quality continental sheep. Beltex hit 387.5p/kg from Alisdair Prickett which weighed 40kgs. The same good home had 39kgs at 384.5p/kg. Texels from Messrs A Brown sold
for 375.6p/kg for a pen of 6. The same home made 3 more at 368.2p/kg. An overall SQQ average of 316p/kg was achieved today with a huge variation of types and weights forward.
SHOW RESULTS:
CLASS 1 – 3 LOWLAND LAMBS
1st JA&R Geldard & Sons
2nd D Black
3rd LE&A Ridding
CLASS 2 – 3 MULE/MASHAM/CHEVIOT MULE LAMBS
1st WI&AM Atkinson
2nd TMW&H Hodgson
3rd J&M Wilson & Sons
CLASS 3 – 3 SWALEDALE/DALESBRED LAMBS
1st Drinkall Bros
2nd MW,KI,RM&D Dixon
3rd MW,KI,RM&D Dixon
CLASS 4 – 3 PURE ANY OTHER HILL BREED
1st AW&D Brown
2nd A Prickett
3rd AW&D Brown
CLASS 5 – 3 ROUGH FELL LAMBS
1st B&J Knowles
2nd AJ&CM Harrison
3rd JB&AEA Longworth
Join us next week or call Joel McGarva on 07920009097 for any further enquiries.
Prime Lamb Top Prices: Continential: £220.00 Low Foulshaw Farm, £200.00 Steel Croft, £178.00 Marshside, £167.00 Steel Croft, £162.00 Hare Tarn Farm, £157.00 Hare Tan farm. BELTEX: £208.00 43 Dugg Hill, £190.00 Steel Croft, £165.00 West Lodge, £162.00 Farleton House, £156.00 Farleton House, £155.00 Fraleton House. TEXEL: £190.00 Maison Gill, £180.00 Head House, £180.00 Cumbrae, £176.00 Strickland Hill, £174.00 Maison Gill, £173.00 Helm Croft. SUFFOLK: £174.00 Strickland Hill, £170.00 Helm Croft, £165.00 Windy Hill, £161.00 Gibsons Farm, £161.00 Gibsons Farm, £154.00 Tunstall Hall. MASHAM: £166.00 Holme House, £154.00 Holme House, £147.00 Holme House. CHEVIOT: £160.00 Whinfield Farm, £157.00 Whinfield Farm, £136.00 Farleton House. MULE: £157.00 Holme House, £155.00 Low Longmire, £154.00 Arklid Farm, £148.00 Helm Croft, £148.00 Greaves Farm, £146.00 Arklid Farm.
SWALEDALE: £147.00 Catshaw Hall Farm, £137.00 Catshaw Hall Farm, £134.00 Well Foot, £128.00 Low Longmire, £125.00 Well Foot, £100.00 Low Longmire. LEICESTER: £134.00
Strickland Hill. ROUGH FELL: £130.00 High Borrowbridge, £124.00 High Borrowbridge, £109.00 Millriggs, £108.00 Boundary Beck, £103.00 Millriggs, £101.00 Boundary Beck.
CAST SHEEP
Cull ewes remain a nice trade with a show of good farmers ewes forward.
Texels to £240 from Messrs Threlkeld
Su olks to £204 from DE&SM Moorhouse, Natland
Mules to £202 from DE&SM Moorhouse, Natland
Cheviots to £176 from M Allen, Yealand
BFL to £150 from RHM&S Boyren, Ulverston
Swaledales to £144 from Drinkall Bros, Lancaster
SBF to £138 from D Wightman, Dalton
Rough Fells to £124 from B&J Knowles, Selside
RAMS
Teeswater to £226 from M Tyson, Lupton
Lleyn to £202 from Messrs Geldard, Levens
Texel to £174 from M Allen, Yealand
Dalesbred to £150 from WI&AM Atkinson, Bleasdale
Christmas Show Prizes from pens of 5 or more ewes are as follows:
Continentals – PW&D Swindlehurst – 8 ewes at £184
Mules – DE&SM Moorhouse – 5 ewes at £170
Horned & Hill Breeds – Drinkall Bros – 6 ewes at £144
More Cull ewes needed here at J36 with a competitive trade for all
Cast Ewes Top Prices: Oldfield End, £184.00 Tranthwaite Hall, £178.00 High Wray Farm, £174.00 Tullithwaite Hall Farm. SUFFOLK: £204.00 High House Farm, £176.00 Low House, £174.00 High House Farm. MULE: £202.00 High House Farm, £176.00 Nook Farm, £170.00 High House FARM, £156.00 White Horse, £146.00 Oldfield End, £144.00 Field End. CONTINENTIAL: £178.00 Low House, £156.00 Low House, £154.00 Kings Garth, £152.00 Hill Park, £140.00 Poole Bank Farm, £138.00 Low House. CHEVIOT: £176.00 Yealand Manor, £152.00 Well Foot, £142.00 Howriggs, £142.00 Brow Head, £140.00 Howriggs, £140.00 Yealand Manor. LEICESTER: £150.00 Hill Park, £96.00 Chapel House. SWALEDALE: £144.00 Catshaw Hall Farm, £114.00 West Lodge, £114.00 Well Foot, £102.00 West Lodge, £96.00 Briar Fern, £84.00 West Lodge. HORNED: £138.00 West Lodge. ROUGH FELL: £124.00 High Borrowbridge, £104.00 High Borrowbridge. MASHAM: £88.00 Grate Farm. HERDWICK: £86.00 Low Mill House, £72.00 Chapel House, £50.00 Chapel House.
Cast Ram Top Prices: TEESWATER: £226.00 Foulstone Farm. LLEYN: £202.00 Low Foulshaw Farm, £190.00 Low Foulshaw Farm, £174.00 Poole Bank Farm, £172.00 Low Foulshaw Farm, £170.00 Poole Bank Farm, £150.00 Poole Bank Farm. CONTINENTIAL: £168.00 Glenfield. TEXEL: £174.00 Yealand Manor, £168.00 Meadow Croft, £152.00 Lackslot, £70.00 Well Foot.
HORNED: £150.00 Holme House Farm. SWALEDALE: £88.00 Yoad Pot, £62.00 Holme House. LEICESTER: £54.00 Moors Farm.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Fortnightly Sale of Store Lambs. Thursday 4th December 2025.
STORE LAMBS
A very seasonal show of store lambs forward today at J36, with a very pleasing average of £107.19 for an entry including many horned and hill bred lambs.
Taking top spot today at £148 was some Beltex cross from M Allen, Yealand with texels to £140 from M Stephenson, Winter Tarn.
Su olks to £139 from W Garnett & Son, Milnthorpe with the most forward better end lambs regularly £125+.
Mules sold to £127 from Messrs Hodgson, High Borrans and W Caley & Son, Windermere with plenty strong pens £105 to £115. Horned hill lambs to £123 for cheviots from B&J Knowles, Selside, Rough Fells to £98 from FB Dunning, Orton and Swaledales to £95 from Messrs Hodgson, High Borrans.
Texel to £140 av. £117
Su olk to £139 av. £116
Mule to £127 av. £104
Store Lamb Top Prices: Texel: £148 Yealand Manor, £139 The Borrans, £138 Bowkerstead Farm, £137 Yealand Manor, £135 Mountain View, £133 Kellbrick Farm. Su olk: £139 Ackenthwaite Farm, £130 Roundthwaite, £128 Gilsmere Farm, £126 Ackenthwaite Farm, £125 Tilberthwaite Farm, £124 Ackenthwaite Farm. Dorset: £131 Guards Farm, £113 High Biggarsbank. Beltex: £130 High Underbarrow Farm, £99 Catherine Holme. Mule: £127 High Borrans Farm, £127 High Skelghyll, £116 Guards Farm, £113 Low Farm, £113 Well foot, £113 Castle Syke Farm. Charollais: £124 Oaks Farm. Cheviot: £123 High Borrowbridge, £122 High Underbarrow Farm, £94 Tilberthwaite, £91 Fell House, £87 Botton Hall Farm, £81 Woodside. Masham: £116 Bandrake Head. Zwarbtle: £115 Castle Syke Farm, £99 Castle Syke Farm. Blue Texel: £112 School Hill. Horned: £96 Riddings, £91 School Hill. Swaledale: £95 High Borrans Farm, £85 IOM, £81 Guestford, £79 High Borrans Farm, £78 Castle Syke Farm, £76 Swelwith Fold Farm. Jacob: £92 Greenbank Farm, £79 Greenbank Farm, £75 Abbey Drive, £69 High Mill Farm, £57 High Mill Farm. Roughfell: £91 Oxen Park Farm, £83 Riddings, £55 Rhumes, £49 Ellergill Farm, £47 Ellergill Farm. Herwick: £84 Middle Fell, £80 High Biggarsbank, £56 High Biggarsbank, £51 Fell House.
Lancaster Auction Mart: Sale ofCalves, OTM Cattle & Store Cattle. Friday 5th December 2025.
CALVES
A slightly reduced number forward ahead of next weeks Christmas show, no let up in trade with buyers keen to secure replacement stock. Recently weaned British Blue cross bulls sold to £920 from JS Towers & H Kent and Charolais cross £900 from JM&MH Frace & Son and £840 D&J Hay. Younger rearing bulls sold to £540 for month old Aberdeen Angus cross from C&J Smith. Dairy bulls sold to £370 for Fleckviehs from EW&RM Towers, with black and whites £360 from JR Newsham & Son.
Just a handful of heifer calves today, selling to £800 for weaned British Blue cross from D&J Hay, with others £440 to £510.
A full row of stirks today saw five month old Bazadaise cross steers sell to £1020 from Ireland Farm, with British Blue cross £990 from D Gielty and heifers to £840 again for British Blue cross.
Next week includes the Christmas prize show and sale, vendors are encouraged to arrive in good time for a prompt show start at 9.45am and sale at 10.15am.
Heifer Calf Top Prices: BRITISH BLUE: £800 Birch House Cottage, £580 Gibsons Farm, £480 Newhouse Farm. ANGUS: £590, £590 Cinder Hill Farm, £460, £400 Gibsons Farm, £390 Tills Farm, £390 Gibsons Farm. HEREFORD: £580 (x2) Cinder Hill Farm.
Bull Calf Top Prices: BRITISH BLUE: £920 Cinder Hill Farm, £840 Birch House Cottage, £540 Wyre Bank. CHAROLAIS: £900 Newhouse Farm, £840 Birch House Cottage. ANGUS: £800 Birch House Cottage, £800, £770 Cinder Hill Farm, £510 Tills Farm, £490 Wyre Bank, £440 Rose Farm. LIMOUSIN: £490 Rose Farm. FRIESIAN: £360, £340, £300, £280 Sellerley Farm, £240, £210 Catshaw Hall Farm.
Steer Calf Top Prices: FLECKVIEH: £370, £360, £300 Holme Head.
Steer Stirk Top Prices: BAZADAISE: £1020, £900 (x2) Biggins Lodge Farm. BRITISH BLUE: £990 Lyn Croft Farm. FRIESIAN: £600 (x3) Birkland Barrow.
Heifer Stirk Top Prices: BRITISH BLUE: £840 (x3) Lyn Croft Farm. BAZADAISE: £650 (x2) Biggins Lodge Farm.
STORE CATTLE
Once again NWA Lancaster led the way in the store cattle market, with all sold today averaging £2052. Steers sold to a top of £2750 for named sired Aberdeen Angus cross from J Prest & Son who also sold Limousin cross at £2600, with this price also achieved for Longhorn cross from JD&GM Bracken. A ring full of Hereford cross steers from D&N Davis achieved £2580. Endless pens of stronger shot keep steers were £2350 to £2500, with longer keep steers £2150 to £2300. Dairy bred steers sold to £2150 for black and whites from D&N Davis, Nateby with other wintering dairy steers £1850 to £2100. Heifers peaked at £2500 for loyal Lancaster supports M Shepherd & Son selling
Limousin cross, with £2420 achieved on two occasions for British Blue cross and Charolais cross from M Sheperd & Son and S&S Crayston. Other stronger heifers were regularly £2100 to £2300, with longer keep farming sorts £1700 to £1980.
A single consigner of feeding bulls this week, saw WR&CM Lawrenson sell Montbeliarde bulls to £1950.
Store Bullock Top Prices: Angus: £2750 Upper Foxholes Farm, £2550 Cragg Farm, £2480 Grange Farm, £2200 Station Hotel Farm, £2100 North Farm, £1880 Plumpton Hall Farm. Limousin: £2600 Upper Foxholes Farm, £2480 Upper Foxholes Farm, £2400 Wilmar, £2280 Sta ords Farm, £2200 Ghyll Beck Farm, £2120 Farleton House. Longhorn: £2600 Greenlands Farm. Hereford: £2580 Cragg Farm, £1980 Ghyll Beck Farm. British Blue: £2550 Station Hotel Farm, £2480 Greenlands Farm, £2400 North Farm, £2320 Sta ords Farm, £2320 Abbotson Farm, £2280 Windy Hill Farm. Charolais: £2400 Sta ords Farm. Shorthorn: £2320 Sand Hill, £2280 Sta ords Farm, £2250 Wilmar, £1400 Wolfen Hall Farm. Other: £2280 North Farm.
Friesian: £2150 Cragg Farm, £1900 Fell End Farm, £1750 Plumpton Hall Farm. Blonde: £2120 Farleton House. Flekvieh: £1980 Ghyll Beck Farm.
Store Heifer Top Prices: Limousin: £2500 Pasture House Farm, £2300 Wilmar, £2220 Kirkbeck, £2120, £2050 Mountbarrow Farm. Charolais: £2420 Mountbarrow Farm, £2300 Windy Hill Farm, £2180 Mountbarrow Farm. British Blue: £2420 Pasture House Farm, £1950 Mountbarrow Farm, £1600 Plumpton Hall Farm, £1380 Moss House Farm. Angus: £2220 Grange Farm, £2180 Grange Farm, £1900 Ellers Farm, £1750 Singleton Grange Farm, £1720 Parrox Hall Farm, £1200 Gibsons Farm. Hereford: £1900 Ghyll Beck Farm, £1650 Oddlands Farm, £1450 Oddlands Farm. Shorthorn: £1700 Wolfen Hall Farm. Montbelliarde: £1620 Cumming Carr Farm.
Store Bull Top Prices: Montbelliarde: £1950 Cumming Carr Farm.
OTM CATTLE
All OTM cattle today achieved a market average of 246p/kg and £1545. Beef cows sold to 319.5p/kg and £2124 for a Limousin from KM&KJ Curwen. Other beef cows were generally 255p/kg to 280p/kg and £1800 to £2100. Dairy cows sold to 279.5p/kg and £2026 from WR&CM Lawrenson with Holstein Friesian 269.5p/kg from G&ME Woodhouse & Son and £1953 from T Taylor. Medium diary cows were generally 230p/kg to 260p/kg.
Beef heifers sold to 329p/kg and £1605, with dairy heifers to 294.5p/kg and £1887.
OTM steers sold to 364p/kg and £2168.
Cull bulls to 339p/kg and £2488.
Next weeks sale will include the Christmas prize awards for OTM cattle.
OTM Cow Top Prices: Limousin: 319.50 Marshaw Farm, 289.50 New Hall Farm, 229.50 Rooten Brook. Montbelliarde: 279.50 Cumming Carr Farm, 269.50 Cumming Carr Farm. Shorthorn: 274.50 Wolfen Hall Farm, 269.50 Wolfen Hall Farm. Friesian: 269.50 Sellerley Farm, 269.50 Boldens Farm, 259.50 Lower Langthwaite Farm, 254.50 Sweetings Farm, 254.50 Lower Langthwaite Farm, 249.50 Cocker House Farm. Angus: 269.50 Rooten Brook, 249.50 Wilmar. Hereford: 254.50 Primrose Hill Farm, 249.50 Cheetham House Farm, 244.50 Primrose Hill Farm,
239.50 Lower Oakeneaves Farm, 174.50 Wilmar. British Blue: 249.50 Lower Oakeneaves Farm, 219.50 Lower Oakeneaves Farm. Jersey: 129.50 Arnside Tower Farm.
OTM Heifer Top Prices: British Blue: 329.50 Wilmar. Angus: 299.50 Wilmar, 274.50 Cheetham House Farm. Friesian: 294.50 Hole of Ellel, 274.50 Boldens Farm, 259.50 Wilmar, 239.50 Docker Hall. Flekvieh: 284.50 White Lund Farm.
Cast Steer Top Prices: Angus: 364.50 Fell End Farm, 289.50 Cheetham House Farm. Friesian: 324.50 Tills Farm. British Blue: 314.50 Ghyll Beck Farm
Cast Bull Top Prices: Simmental: 339.50 Sykes Fold Farm, 334.50 Sykes Fold Farm. Continental: 179.50 Higher Salter.
Next
Week's Upcoming Sales
Monday 8th
Lancaster: 10am Prime Lambs & Cast Sheep
Tuesday 9th
J36: Christmas Show of Prime Pigs
10:30am Pigs
1pm Prime Lambs & Cast Sheep
Thursday 11th
J36: Christmas Show of Calves & OTM/Cast Cattle
10am Stirks
10:30am OTM/Cast Cattle
11:15am Store Cattle
11:30am Rearing Calves
Friday 12th
Lancaster: Christmas Show of Calves, Store Cattle & OTM/Cast Cattle
10:15am Calves & OTM Cattle
11:15am Store Cattle
