Weekly Report & Newsletter - 7th November 2025
J36 Rural Auction Centre: November Online Machinery Sale.
The popular monthly collective machinery sale once again saw a full yard of items with over 1500 lots o ered for sale.
Once again, an entry of over 50 vehicles attracted keen buyers attention with a John Deere 3350 4wd tractor achieving £9700, other tractors included a Fordson Super Dexta at £4200, Ford 4600 2wd at £2200 and International 475 at £1350.
Vehicles achieved £4500 for a Nissan Navara, £3200 for Izuzu D Max, £2900 for Toyota Hilux and £2700 Volkswagen Transporter.
Other plant vehicles included a John Deere Gator at £4800, Skid Steer to £3700, Matbro at £2600, Sanderson Telehandler at £2500, Mini digger at £2300.
Well maintained items once again attracted the keenest bidding with clean items attracting export interest.
Items of interest included:
• Ifor Williams 12ft livestock trailer £4000
• Teagle straw chopper £3900
• 16T dump trailer £3500
• Marshall Muckspreader £2600
• Chilton MX100 loader £2500
• Yamaha ATV £2400
• Ifor Williams 14ft Plant Trailer £2200
Lancaster Auction Mart: Sale ofPrime Lambs & Cast Sheep, Monday 3rd November 2025.
PRIME LAMBS
More fed lambs are coming forward each week and greeted with buyers approval. Topping today and achieving £171 was a Texel from TM Townley with others £170 from HJ&BE Kelsall, £168 KA Purtill, GM&A Jackson and £167 M Coxhead. Standards sold to £158 from both KA Purtill and M Coxhead and lighter weights £134 from TR Prickett. Hill bred lambs saw Mules sell to £147, Cheviots £142, Masham £140 and Swaledale £134. Leading the sale at 364p/kg was a Beltex cross lamb from TW&BH Woodhouse &
Partners, other better end fed lambs 340p/kg to 355p/kg, mediums 315p/kg to 335p/kg with out of specification 285p/kg to 300p/kg. An overall market average today of 305p/kg for lambs ranging from 31kg to 57kg, with 40% of the entry being horned and hill bred lambs.
Prime Lamb Top Prices: TEXEL: £171 Knowsley Farm, £170 Walnut Tree Cottage, £168 Oak Aveune, £168 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £167 Hill View Farm, £161 Walnut Tree Cottage. CONTINENTAL: £165 Knowsley Farm, £154 Blackwood End, £148 (x2) Moss Gate Farm, £140 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £137 Hill View Farm. CHAROLAIS: £158 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £155 Oak Aveune. BELTEX: £158, £151 Hill View Farm, £149 Hutton Roof Hall. SUFFOLK: £152 Hutton Roof Hall, £151 Knowsley Farm, £140 Angerton Hall Farm, £130 Castle Mill Farm. MULE: £147 Oak Aveune, £105, £100 Longstripes Farm. DUTCH SPOTTED: £144, £135, £128 Middle Salter. CHEVIOT: £142 Angerton Hall Farm, £138 Marshaw Farm, £136 School Lane, £129, £120 Marshaw Farm. MASHAM: £140 Allcocks Farm. CHEVIOT MULE: £139, £136 School Lane. SWALEDALE: £134, £115, £112, £105, £102 Marshaw Farm. HERDWICK: £117 Middle Salter.
STORE LAMB
Store lambs this week sold to £119 and £118 for Texel cross from JM Kelsall & Son, with Cheviots £104 from SE&J Gorst. All sold averaged £109.18. There are 50 Cheviot and Texel cross already entered for next weeks sale
Store Lamb Top Prices: TEXEL: £119, £118 Low Pleasant. CHEVIOT: £104 Cragg Farm.
CAST EWES
A sharp rise in demand saw all sold average £146! Continental sold to £212 for Texel cross from D&K Swarbrick who topped the Mules at £158. Medium continentals £160 to £180, with better bred £185 to £210. Medium Mules £130 to £145, with feeding types sheep of all breeds £110 to £125. Hill bred ewes to £174 for Cheviots, £142 Easy Cares, £138 Swaledale, £112 Dalesbred and £106 Herdwick. Cull rams sold to £206 with mediums generally £115 to £180.
Cast Ewes Top Prices: TEXEL: £212 Bensons Farm, £210 High Hallbeck, £210 Castle Mill Farm, £208 (x2), £188 Hutton Roof Hall. CHEVIOT: £174 Bensons Farm, £146 Marshaw Farm, £142 Bensons Farm, £114 Castle Mill Farm, £94 Middle Salter. SUFFOLK: £172 Castle Mill Farm, £146 Hill Top Farm. CONTINENTAL: £164 Moss Gate Farm, £142 Meadowside. MULE: £158, £154 Bensons Farm, £152 Castle Mill Farm, £142, £141 Thornton Barn Farm, £138 Moss Gate Farm. MASHAM: £150 Castle Mill Farm. SWALEDALE: £138, £128, £118 Higher Fair Snape Farm.
CHAROLAIS: £125 High Hallbeck. DALESBRED: £112 Middle Salter. HERDWICK: £106 Middle Salter.
Cast Ram Top Prices: CHEVIOT: £206 Marshaw Farm. TEXEL: £180, £166, £156 Hill Top Farm. CONTINENTAL: £162, £160 Meadowside.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Sale ofPrime Lambs & Cast Sheep, Tuesday 4th November 2025.
PRIME LAMBS
With the new system well and truly in play, lambs fly through the ring at Junction 36 to a bigger trade on the week.
Texels top today at £198 from PJ&ES Rogerson, The same good home had another to £195. Other Texels sold to £194 from J Twigge. Continentals hit 354.3p/kg from JA&R Geldard & Son. 50kg Texels from Messrs MW&PA Rollason sold to 348p/kg. Lighter 41kg lambs were up to 346.9p/kg for a pen of four. 36kg Dutch Spotted sheep made 339p/kg from Alasdair Prickett. All classes dearer on the week Todays overall average was 311p/kg and on SQQ of 316p/kg. Keep them coming, contact Joel McGarva 07920009097.
Prime Lamb Top Prices: Texel: £198 £195 Maison Gill, £194 Holmelands, £190 Maison Gill, £185 Little Close, £177 Head House, £176 Arklid Farm, £176 Holmelands. Continental: £188 Arklid Farm, £178 Low Foulshaw Farm, £174 £165 Arklid Farm, £163 Low Foulshaw Farm, £158 Arklid Farm. Su olk: £170 Lane Ends Farm, £168 £163 Heathwaite Farm, £161 High House Farm, £157 Lane Ends Farm, £156 Station Hotel Farm, £155 £148 Back O’The Fell Road. Hampshire: £163 Cumbrae, £143 Endmoor Farm, £137 Field House, £135 Cumbrae, £130 Endmoor Farm, £126 Cumbrae. LLeyn: £163 £156 £150 Low Foulshaw Farm. Dutch Spotted: £162 Quarry Close. Mule: £157 Wilcocks Farm, £145 Arklid Farm, £145 Winter Hill Farm, £140 Greaves Farm, £139 Gunner Fleet Farm, £138 Overthwaite Farm, £137 Hill Park. Zwartble: £152 High Snab. Cheviot: £130 Farleton House. Herdwick: £111 Wilcocks Farm. Leicester: £110 Flodder Hall. Swale: £107 Farleton House.
CAST EWES
A large number of ewes forward from both farmers and feeders. Several pure ewes forward today, selling to £285 for Texels from H Geldard, others £225 to £260. First cross to £210 from PJ & ES Rogerson, with the stronger cross bred ewes £170 to £195, mediums £150 to £178, with the leaner end £130 to £145.
Mules to £162 from A Clark & Johnson, with the better end £145 to £150 and mediums £128 to £140. Feeding ewes were generally £95 to £115.
Hill ewes sold to £154 for Lleyns, £142 Cheviots, £126 Swaledales, Rough Fell £124, Lonk £122, Dalesbred £118, Herdwick £112 and Scotch Black Faced £104.
Cull farms sold to £218 for Lleyns, with most £150 to £185, with horned rams to £140 for Rough Fells.
Cast Ewes Top Prices: Continental: £285 Whitbarrow View, £186 Low Tarn Green, £176 Low Tarn Green, £172 Cragg Farm, £170 Higher Standen Drive, £158 Cragg Farm. Texel: £260 Brown Brook, £255 Brown Brook, £242 Brown Brook, £228 Warth Sutton Farm, £216 Stakes Moss Farm, £210 Maison Gill. Leicester: £184 Hill Park, £180 Hill Park. Su olk: £178 Hill Park. Mule: £162 Far Orrest, £154 Hill Park, £148 Higher Standen Drive, £148 Brown Brook , £148 Red Scar Farm,
£144 Cold Seat Barn. Dorset: £160 Warth Sutton Farm, £150 Warth Sutton Farm, £134 Warth Sutton Farm, £128 Yealand Manor, £110 Cumbrae. Lleyn: £154 Low Foulshaw Farm. Cheviot £142 Nether Hall Farm, £132 Nook Farm, £130 Yealand Manor, £124 Green Lane End Farm, £92 Ecclerigg Hall Farm. Swaledale: £126 Holme House Farm, £118 Holme House Farm, £118 Low Longmire, £116 Holme House Farm, £112 Higher Salter, £112 Holme House Farm. Roughfell: £124 Low Deepslack, £114 Marsh Grange Farm, £108 Greenside Farm, £108 Marsh Grange Farm, £50 Greenside Farm. Horned: £122 Higher Salter, £108 Higher Salter, £82 Higher Salter, £58 Field House, £58 Higher Salter. Ryeland: £120 Sewell House. Dalesbred: £118 Fell End Farm. Masham: £114 Grate Farm, £54 Grate Farm. Herdwick: £112 Valley View, £46 Valley View.
Cast Ram Top Prices: Lleyn: £218 Low Foulshaw Farm, £166 Low Foulshaw Farm. Leicester:
£194 Thorn Cottage, £120 Thorn Cottage. Su olk: £150 Station Hotel Farm. Ryeland: £148 Sewell House, £136 Sewell House. Roughfell: £140 High Borrowbridge. Beltex: £140 Flookburgh. Swaledale: £126 Bank House Farm. Cheviot: £120 Green Lane End Farm. Texel: £78 Yak Leaf.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Sale ofBreeding Sheep & Store Lambs, Thursday 6th November 2025.
BREEDING SHEEP
The end of season sale of breeding sheep saw Mule shearlings sell to £208 and others £182. Mule gimmer lambs peaked at £132, with others £120 and £105. Welsh ewes sold to £105 and £98. All classes of breeding sheep are still wanted and available on a farm to farm basis, please contact any of the auctioneers or fields sta for further information.
STORE LAMBS
The opening November sale of store lambs saw all classes and types extremely well competed for, with nationwide interest from new and returning customers.
The sale peaked at £148 for Texel cross from JA Chapman, with others £146 J Holme & Son and £140 JM&NJ Strickland. Other level pens of stronger end feeding lambs were £125 to £138, mediums £110 to £118 and longer keep £90 to £105. Hill bred lambs saw Mules to £129, £128 and £127, with stronger end £118 to £125 and mediums £104 to £115. Cheviots to £126, Gritstone £125, SBF £116, Rough Fells £108, Swaledale £81 and Herdwicks £79.
An overall market average of £108.63, for a true store lamb sale. The next sale is on Thursday 20th November, enter with confidence with additional buyers in attendance.
Store Lamb Top Prices: Beltex; £148 Singleton Park, £146 Hollowmire Farm, £142 Singleton Park, £134 St Annes Farm, £123 High Wray Farm. Texel; £140 The Borrans, £138 Sleddale Hall, £135 Kellbrick Farm, £135 Causeway Farm, £134 Wharton Dykes, £133 Causeway Farm. Su olk; £134 Nether House Farm, £134 Roundthwaite, £127 Sleddale Hall, £127 Green Close, £125 Wyke Farm, £123 Kirby Hall. Mule; £129 Kirby Hall, £128 The Borrans, £127 White House, £126 Burnhead Farm, £122 White House, £121 The Borrans. Continental: £128 Hall Drive, £123
Brow Head, £121 New Close, £121 Corney Hill, £121 Isle Of Man, £119 New Close. Cheviot; £126 Greenbank Farm, £118 Greenbank Farm, £117 Greenbank Farm, £117 High Borrowbridge, £114 High Arnside Farm, £112 High Arnside Farm. Dorset; £125 Corney Hill Farm. Charolais; £125 New House Farm, £124 New House Farm, £109 Hall Farm. Gritstone; £125 13 Hall Drive, £124 Inverbervie, £109 13 Hall Drive. Horned; £116 Riddings, £80 Fellgate, £78 Fellgate. Hampshire; £115 Isle Of Man. Cheviot Mule; £112 Brow Head. Roughfell ; £108 Crooksbeck, £98 Haber Head Barn, £77 Crooksbeck, £72 Haber Head Barn, £67 New House Farm. Jacob; £101 Bouthwaite Farm. Zwartbles ; £99 Applegarth, £93 Castle Syke Farm. Swaledale; £81 Low Haygarth Farm, £78 Wall End Farm, £77 Somme Avenue, £76 Saddlers Croft, £70 Skelwith Fold, £67 High Borrans Farm. Scotch Blackface; £65 Audlands Park, £44 Audlands Park. Herdwick; £79 Dale End, £69 The Howes, £60 Wall End Farm, £60 Burnhead Farm.
Lancaster Auction Mart: Sale ofCalves, OTM Cattle & Store Cattle. Friday 7th November 2025.
CALVES
A small at entry in Lancaster today, with bull calves selling to £770 for an Aberdeen Angus from H Kent. British Blues sold to £760 and £730 from G&ME Woodhouse, Ellel. Simmental bulls sold to £710 from TM Townley, Lancaster. Three-week old British Blues to £410 from T&CM Kelsall, Chipping. Whilst black and white bulls sold to £320 from H Kent. Then.
Heifer calves sold to £610 for Herefords from H Kent, with Simmentals to £580 from TM Townley and Charolais at the same price from JM&MH France. British Blues to £560 from Wallbank Farms with Aberdeen Angus £510 from the same home.
A few more stirks forward selling to £1120 for Aberdeen Angus bullocks from D&J Hay, with a run of four to five month old Hereford heifers selling to £690 from JR Newsham.
Heifer Calves Top Prices: HEREFORD: £610 Cinder Hill Farm, £590 Cinder Hill Farm. SIMMENTAL: £580 Knowsley Farm, £550 Knowsley Farm. CHAROLLAIS: £580 Newhouse Farm, £520 Myrescough House. BRITISH BLUE: £560 Tills Farm, £320 Brown Brook. ANGUS: £510 Wallbank Farms, £490 Lane Head Farm, £440 Myrescough House, £440 Brown Brook, £390 Rose Farm, £310 Brown Brook. LIMOUSIN: £490 Rose Farm.
Bull Calves Top Prices: HEREFORD: £770 Cinder Hill Farm. BRITISH BLUE: £730 Boldens Farm, £720 Boldens Farm, £700 Boldens Farm, £650 Roe Farm, £620 Roe Farm, £620 Roe Farm. ANGUS: £700 Cinder Hill Farm, £690 Cinder Hill Farm, £620 Lane Head Farm, £570 Myrescough House, £500 Rose Farm, £490 Brown Brook. LIMOUSIN: £580 Rose Farm, £530 Rose Farm, £510 Rose Farm, £460 Rose Farm. FRIESIAN: £320 Cinder Hill Farm, £180 Rose Farm, £160 Brown Brook, £160 Brown Brook.
Steer Calf Top Prices: SIMMENTAL: £710 Knowsley Farm.
Bull Stirk Top Prices: ANGUS: £980 Brown Brook. BRITISH BLUE: £760 Boldens Farm, £720 Boldens Farm, £720 Boldens Farm, £670 Boldens Farm.
Heifer Stirk Top Prices: HEREFORD: £690 Sellerley Farm, £690 Sellerley Farm, £620 Sellerley Farm, £620 Sellerley Farm, £620 Sellerley Farm.
Steer Stirk Top Prices: ANGUS: £1120 Birch House Cottage. BRITISH BLUE: £780 Birch House Cottage, £720 Birch House Cottage.
STORE CATTLE
Lancasters weekly store cattle sale saw trade once again up on the week with a tremendous show of well fleshed cattle.
Hitting the headlines today was WD & SW Nightingale, Great Eccleston with a Limousin steer to £2800, with other Limousin steers from EW & CR Clegg, Stalmine to £2520. TE Garlick & Sons, Freckleton with their usual run of quality Aberdeen Angus cattle to £2720 for a pair with a trio from the same good home at £2680. A single British Blue from Pilling Hall, Pilling sold to £2700 with JM Cockett, Ingleton not too far behind at £2680 for a trio of British Blues. Local vendor DJ Townley, Stodday saw his trio of Charolais steers to £2520. J Lamb, Glasson with a pen of 3 Hereford steers to £2520. Not many dairy bred steers in today but what was in looked well sold with AJ Wilson Farming, Nether Kellet to £2350 for Friesians with other Friesians steers to £1900 from H Birkett & Son, Overton. All steers today averaged £2190.
No let up for store heifers with a pleasing average of £1897. T & E Garlick, Freckleton continued his good days trading seeing his Aberdeen Angus heifers to £2400 with other Aberdeen Angus heifers to £2300 from JB Moore, Grange over Sands. Charolais heifers to £2400 from Pilling Hall Farm, Pilling. Other Charolais heifers to £2380 from DJ Townley, Stodday who also had Limousin heifers to £2150. A good number of British Blue heifers in today topping at £2200 from J & H Bland & Son, Levens with others from this same good home at £2150. AJ Taylor, Halton had Hereford heifers to £2100 with a Simmental heifer from the same good home at £2180.
More cattle required for next weeks sale, entries by Mondy 5pm to the o ice on 01524 63308 or Andrew on 07966556592.
Store Bullock Top Prices: Limousin: £2800 Wilmar, £2520 Yew Tree Farm, £2420 The Grange, £2380 Wilmar, £2180 Pasture House Farm, £2150 Thornton Barn Farm. Angus: £2720 Grange Farm, £2680 Grange Farm, £2600 Yew Tree Farm, £2550 New Parksdie Farm, £2500 New Parkside Farm, £2480 Foredales Farm. British Blue: £2700 Pilling Hall Farm, £2680 Foredales Farm, £2480 Old Glasson Farm, £2320 Ninezergh, £2320 Wood Nook Farm, £2250 Station Hotel Farm. Charolais: £2580 Whinney Carr Farm, £2320 Ninezergh, £2100 Savick Brook Farm, £1900 Thornton Barn Farm. Hereford: £2520 Old Glasson Farm, £2480 Gardners Farm, £2400 Wilmar, £2200 High Road, £2150 Ninezergh, £1950 Holly House Farm. Friesian: £2350 Hill Top Farm, £1900 North Farm, £1820 Brantbeck Farm, £1720 Plumpton Hall Farm, £1650 Holly House Farm, £1350 Moss House Farm. Simmental: £2500 Savick Brook Farm, £2350 Littlewood Hall Farm. Shorthorn: £2480 Yew Tree Farm, £2080 North Farm, £1900 North Farm. MRI: £2080
Littlewood Hall Farm. Other: £2000 The Grange, £1950 Moss Croft, £1880 Moss Croft. Norweigian: £1900 North Farm.
Store Heifer Top Prices: Angus: £2400 Grange Farm, £2300 Outerthwaite Farm, £2280 Grange Farm, £2180 Wilmar, £2150 Yew Tree Farm. Charolais: £2400 Pilling Hall Farm, £2380 Whinney Carr Farm, £2020 Ninezergh, £1850 Barn House. British Blue: £2200 Ninezergh, £2150 Ninezergh, £2100 High Snab, £2000 Yew Tree Farm, £1900 Hatters Farm, £1900 Barn Hill Farm. Simmental: £2180 High Road. Limousin: £2150 Whinney Carr Farm, £1800 Barn House, £1650 Hatters Farm, £1280 Endmoor Farm. Belted Galloway: £2150 Wilmar. Hereford: £2100 High Road, £1900 Gardners Farm, £1850 Holly House Farm, £1850 Barn House. Friesian: £1750 Green Dragon Farm.
OTM CATTLE
The weekly sale of OTM cattle saw 95 through the bottom ring.
A very plain show of cattle with a distinctive lack of meat. Anything meaty would see a stand on trade on the week.
OTM steers would see top price per head today with JH Woof & Son, Oxenholme selling Aberdeen Angus to £2475.45 or 374.5p/kg with others from the same home at £2342.63 or 369.5p/kg.
OTM heifers from A & FM Bolland & Sons, Ellel sold to £2247.49 or 339.50p/kg for a Hereford with Aberdeen Angus from T & E Garlick & Son, Freckleton at 369.5p/kg.
Friesian OTM heifers at £2007 or 334.5p/kg from EE Thornton & Sons, Heaton with Oxcli e. Other Friesian OTM heifers from JP & C Robson, Garstang sold to 309.5p/kg.
OTM cows saw plenty of trade for meaty cattle with D Fox & Co, Forton selling a Friesian to £2290.57 or 264.5p/kg with other Friesians to 254.5p/kg from EE Thornton & Sons, Heaton with Oxcli e. Other dairy bred cows to 269.5p/kg for Fleckviehs from SR & PA Thompson, Sedbergh.
Beef bred OTM cows to 314.5p/kg or £2195 from R Capstick & Son, Ingleton for a Limousin. Other beef bred OTM cows to 304p/kg or £2031 for a British Blue from RT Halhead, Cockerham. Aberdeen Angus cows to £2162.57 from R & B Parker, Killington.
Just 1 cast bull today from RE & P Miller, Barnacre a Hereford making £2330.33 or 249.5p/kg.
An overall average of 235p/kg was achieved with this including a consignment of very lean cows.
OTM Cow Top Prices: LIMOUSIN: 314.50 Fell End Farm. BRITISH BLUE: 304.50 Norbreck Farm. ANGUS: 289.50 High Hallbeck. FLECKVIEH: 269.50, 259.50 Newfield. FRIESIAN: 264.50 Holly House Farm, 254.50 (x2) Bainsbank Farm, 254.50, 244.50 Downlands Farm, 244.50 Myerscough House. HEREFORD: 254.50, 229.50 West View Farm. MONTBELIARDE: 239.50 Sellerley Farm.
DAIRY SHORTHORN: 224.50 Sellerley Farm. BROWN SWISS: 199.50 Sellerley Farm. JERSEY: 144.50, 139.50 (x3), 129.50, 124.50 Arnside Tower Farm.
OTM Heifer Top Prices: ANGUS: 369.50 Grange Farm. CHAROLAIS: 349.50 Yeat House. HEREFORD: 344.50 Gibraltar Farm, 339.50 Yeat House, 339.50 Gibraltar Farm. BRITISH BLUE: 339.50 Fell End Farm. FRIESIAN: 334.50 Downlands Farm, 309.50 Roe Farm, 299.50 Green Dragon Farm, 269.50 New Brows Farm, 264.50 (x2) Priory Farm. LIMOUSIN: 269.50, 259.50 Mosergh Farm.
Cast Steer Top Prices: ANGUS: 374.50, 369.50 Underhelm Farm, 279.50 Grange Farm, 239.50 Mosergh Farm.
Cast Bull Top Prices: HEREFORD: 249.50 Lower Lingart Farm.
Next Week's Upcoming Sales
Monday 10th
Lancaster: 10am Prime Lambs, Cast Sheep & Store Lambs
Tuesday 11th
J36: 10:30am Pigs & 1pm Prime Lambs & Cast Sheep
Thursday 13th
J36: 10am Stirks
10:30am OTM/Cast Cattle
11am Store Cattle
11:30am Rearing Calves
5:30pm North West Su olk Sheep Breeders Club Evening Show & Sale of Registered Pedigree Individual In Lamb Su olks. Sale of Individual In Lamb Multi Breed Sheep
Friday 14th
Lancaster: 10:15am Rearing & Weaned Calves
10:15am OTM/Cast Cattle
11:15am Store Cattle
Saturday 15th
J36: 10am General Sale of Horses, Ponies & Donkeys
