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North West Auctions Weekly Report and Newsletter – 11th January

NWA Lancaster Friday 6th January The opening sale of Calves and Stirks saw an entry of 70 forward selling to a continued strong trade at Lancaster with, once again, a busy ring of buyers present. Strong beef calves sold to a good trade with smaller young beef calves harder to place this week. The trade topped £425 for British Blue bull calves from AW & AM Park and Sons of Walker I’Th Fields.

Plenty of strong British Blue beef bulls sold in excess of £350. Angus bull calves sold to a top of £345 from Wallbank Farms. A strong trade for heifer calves with breeding potential with a few men in the market today looking to purchase this type of cattle. Heifers sold to a top of £332 from JE & J Pye & Son of Gibsons Farm for British Blues.

In line with other local markets this week a sharper trade for black and whites was enjoyed. Best types of rearers selling for over £100 topping at £138 from Wallbank Farms.

Calf Top Prices: HEIFER CALF – BRB: £332 Gibsons Farm; £315 Walkers I’th Fields; £300 Norbreck Farm. AA: £315 Tills Farm; £260 Forton Hall Farm. HE: £190 Sellerley Farm.

SIM: £172 Sellerley Farm.

BULL CALF – BRB: £425 Walkers I’th Fields; £390 Blackleach House Farm; £380 Norbreck Farm. AA: £345 Tills Farm; £330 Walkers I’th Fields. HE: £340 Newhouse Farm. SIM: £335 Sellerley Farm. FR: £138 Tills Farm; £130 Park Lane Farm; £122 Tills Farm.

A large entry of Cast Cows was expected today with 96 going under the gavel, more could easily have been sold to the advantage of the vendor. Once again, a busy ring of buyers ensured all types of cows sold to a strong trade. An average of over 100p/kg. Well fleshed better conformation beef cows regularly selling beyond the 140p/kg mark topping at 149.5p/kg with black and whites also selling to this price as well. Plenty of good black and whites selling just shy of the 120p/kg mark.

There is still plenty of demand for over thirty month heifers at Lancaster with Limousins selling to 194.5p/kg from JM & JJ Dawson of Field Head. Black and white OTM heifers sold to 174.5p/kg from JK & BJ Birkett of White Lund Farm.

Cast Cow Top Prices: CAST COWS – LIM: 149.5 Causeway Farm. FR: 149.5 Holme House Farm; 119.5 Catshaw Hall Farm; 117.5 Raw Head. SHO: 124.5 Stirzaker House. MON: 124.5 Hawkin Hall. BRB: 119.5 Woodside Farm. NOR: 117.5 Hawkin Hall. SRW: 109.5 Newfield. FKV: 104.5 Hawkin Hall. AA: 94.5 Applegarth.

CAST HEIFERS – LIM: 194.5 Field Head; 169.5 The Hill AA: 184.5 Stirzaker House. BRB: 179.5 Green Close. MON: 179.5 Green Close. MON: 179.5 White Lund Farm. FR: 174.5 White Lund Farm; 149.5 West Hall; 119.5 Brown Brook.

CAST STEER – FR: 109.5 The Hill.

CAST BULL – FR: 89.5 Gowery Farm

The opening sale of Store Cattle at Lancaster had a catalogued entry of over 200 forward with a strong trade from start to finish, the last animal through the ring from DW & NM Alderson of High Green Farm making £1,400 for a Hereford bullock.

A great start to the year with a Charolais bullock from TN Pye and Partners of Langthwaite Farm selling to £1,480. Plenty of strong short term cattle selling in excess of £1,200 and £1,300. Smaller cattle also selling to a continue trade at Lancaster with buyers in the market to cater for all ages and types.

Store Cattle Top Prices: STORE BULLOCKS – CH: £1480 Langthwaite Heights; £1340 Millbeck; £1260 Brown Edge. HERE: £1400 High Green; £1140 New House Farm; £1100 Bouthwaite Farm. LIM: £1340 Millbeck; £1290 Dunningwell Farm; £1260 Fell End. BA: £1340 Millbeck. BRB: £1310 High Green; £1260 Bardup House Farm; £1250 Ellers Farm. AA: £1300 Newsham Hall Farm; £1280 Langthwaite Heights; £1240 Bardup House Farm. MON: £1260 High Green; £1160 Fanny House Farm; £1130 Underhelm Farm. PAR: £1230 Holmgarth. SRW: £1160 Fanny House Farm. SIM: £1140 Holmgarth. FKV: £1040 Carlingwha. FR: £1020 Fern Lea; £1000 Birks Farm; £970 Langthwaite Heights.

STORE HEIFERS – BRB: £1290 Dunningwell Farm; £1200 Pasture House Farm; £1110 Newsham Hall Farm. CH: £1290 Langthwaite Heights; £1040 Brown Edge.

LIM: £1180 Field Head; £1110 Cragg Farm; £1110 New House Farm. AA: £1140 Forton Bank Farm; £1120 Windy Hill Farm; £1120 Newsham Hall Farm. HE: £1130 Newsham Hall Farm; £1060 Windy Hill Farm; £1000 New House Farm. SIM: £1090 Croppers Farm; £1080 Wyre Farm; £1020 Bouthwaite Farm. SHO: £860 Cobble Hey Farm.

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Lancaster Sale Reports Monday 9th January NWA Lancaster had on offer 377 Prime Hoggs and 52 Cast Sheep at the weekly sale on Monday 9th January.

Prime Hoggs topped at £89.50 for a cracking 59kg Texel, consigned by T & CM Kelsall & Sons, Brown Brook. Top price per kilo went to IT Richardson, Beech Grove House, for 8 smart Beltex Hoggs scaling 35kg and realised 197p/kg.

There was a smaller show of Hoggs on offer, but trade was brisk for all classes. Good quality handy weight Hoggs were 170-180p/kg and there was an overall average of 160.5p.kg.

Texel x Hoggs from T & CM Kelsall, & Sons, Brown Brook, peaked at £85.50, with Charollais Hoggs consigned by T Longton & Son, Rooten Brook sell to £77.00, IT Richardson, Beech Grove House saw his pen of Beltex Hoggs realise £76.50, Suffolks also sold to £76.50 from PM & ST Entwistle, Lentworth Farm.

Hill breed Hoggs sold to £76.00 for a pen of Mules from FK & J Woodhouse, Fell End Farm, Blackface Hoggs peaked at £70.50 from WM Pye, Tarnwater Farm, with Swaledales realising £67.00 from K M & K J Curwen, Marshaw Farm.

Prime Hogg Top Prices: TEX: £89.50 Brown Brook; £78 Lentworth Farm; £77.50 Broseley Hall Farm. CHAR: £77 Rooten Brook; £65 Wyre Farm. SUFF: £76.50 £65 Lentworth Farm; £72.50 Fell End Farm. BEL: £76.50 Beech Grove House. MULE: £76 Fell End Farm; £66.50 Tatterthorn Farm; £66 High House Farm. CONT: £72 Corney Hill Farm. SCOT: £70.50 £69.50 Tarnwater Farm. SWALE: £67 Marshaw Farm; £60.50 Rooten Brook. TEX: £66 Yates Farm. HAMP: £65 Corney Hill Farm.

Cast Sheep sold to a top price of £88.00 for Texels from RS & IM Kellet, Mid House Farm, with Texel crosses from GA Haston & Son, Lane House realising £83.00. Mule ewes sold to £64.00, twice, from DM Eames, Middle Lee Farm and PW & DW Roskell, Springfield Farm.

Tups sold to £87 for a Texel, from T & C M Kelsall & Sons, Brown Brook.

Cast Sheep Top Prices: TEX: £88 Mill House Farm; £87 Brown Brook; £83 Lane House. MULE: £64 Middle Lee Farm; £64 Springfield Farm; £53 11 Pedder Grove. SWALE: £43.50 Rooten Brook. TEES: £38 Middle Lee Farm.

Lancaster Dairy Sale Monday 16th January Comprising of 49 COWS & HEIFERS from Atomic, Blackwood, Bilsrow, Carwood, Halloverhill, Ingleview, Kirkwood, Pennine, Ravenscar, Robanne, Sandcrest, Sandley, Saltoke, Stardale, Whitecarr, Witherslack, Wraytop & Wyredale Inc Show & Sale of 5 BREEDING BULLS from Halloverhill, Ingleview, Kirkwood, Stardale

Catalogues available online or by request

Lancaster Machinery Sale Wednesday 18th January Collective Sale of Tractors, Machinery, Implements & Small Tools To include specialised Lambing Equipment Contact the office with entries on 01524 63308

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J36 Sale Reports Thursday 5th January The first sale of Calves and Stirks at J36 of the New Year had an entry of 70 forward where the trade was very dependent upon the quality of the calves. Young beef calves saw bull and heifer calves sell to the late £200s regularly. Black and white bull calves were eagerly bid for with a couple of fresh faces around the ring today looking to purchase black and whites. Black and white calves topped at £170 from RJ & KR Wilkinson of Low Foulshaw with nicer rearing types selling in and around the £100 mark. Good fleshy young black and whites sold between £60 and £80.

A good number of weanling blues forward this week were keenly bid for with British Blue weanlings regularly selling in excess of £400 topping at £440 from G Wilson of Low field farm of Appleby. Black and white weanlings topped at £200 Messrs Sowerby of Townhead Farm of Appleby.

Calf Top Prices: Bull Calf: Brb £290 Low Brundrigg, £280 Lupton Hall, £275 Espford, £260 Hollins Farm, £255 Low Brundrigg. Lim £200 Lupton Hall, £180, £160 Broomfield. Ang £180 Broomfield. Sim £175 Beck Side. Fri £170 High Foulshaw, £165 Espford, £95 Espford, Elm Tree Farm, £78 Espford.

Heifer Calf: Brb £285, £240 Birds Park Farm, £225, £210, £170 Townhead Farm. Lim £190, £155, £150 Lupton Hall. Sim £120 Beck Side.

Bull Stirk: Brb £440, £435, £425 Field Farm, £415 Townhead, £355 Low Field Farm. Fri £200 Townhead Farm.

Heifer Stirk: Brb £350 Low Field Farm.

OTM Cows sold away to a top price of £1023.98 or 184.5p/kg for a 555kg Stabiliser, consigned by A Dixon, Kit Cragg. JJ & MA Park & Son, Low Sizergh Farm, had the next best price of £914.15 for a 778kg Montbeliarde. A Limousin cow from RH, M & S Boyren, Hill Park, scaling 650kg sold to £893.75.

OTM Heifer's topped at £994.75 or 141.5p/kg for a 703kg Friesian from Messrs Sowerby, Townhead Farm.

In the bull section a Stabliser scaling 930kg, realised £1111.35/119.5p/kg, from A Dixon, Kit Cragg.

An entry of 27 forward sold to a market average of 109p/kg with an active ring of seven buyers, which more cattle could have easily have been sold to the vendors advantage. The next sale of OTM Cattle will be on Thursday 19th January.

Cast Cow Top Prices: OTM Cow: Stab 184.5, 124.5 Kit Cragg. Lim 137.5, 127.5 Hill Park. Brb 124.5 Hill Park. Sho 117.5 Abbots Reading Farm. Mon 117.5, 114.5, 89.5 Low Sizergh Farm.

Fri 107.5 Townhead Farm, Lupton Hall, 104.5, 99.5 Townhead Farm. Here 104.5, 84.5 Lane Ends Farm.

OTM Heifer: Fri 141.5 Townhead Farm.

Cast Bull: Stab 119.5 Kit Cragg.

Breeding Cattle peaked at £1250 for a nice young outfit of a Limousin X heifer with Simmental X heifer calf at foot, which was consigned by DJ & A Freeman, Town End. JA & SA Allen, Barker Knott, had a British Blue x cow with Charolais X heifer calf, which realised £1150.

There was a smaller entry of Store Cattle on offer this morning, but stock maintained recent rates.

Topping the store trade today was a pen of strong, well-bred Continental bullocks consigned by Low Moor House Farm Ltd, which realised £940, their next lot sold to £840.

TW & J Beaty, Long Green Hall, sold good sweet Limousin heifers for £780 and stretchy British Blue selling for £740.

Leading the bull trade was RI Dixon, Low Newton Farm, with very shapely Limousins, his top price was £800, followed by £780. Native bred bulls sold to £640 & £600 for Aberdeen Angus, and £600 for Herefords, which were consigned by RJ & J Gardner, Natland Mill Beck.

The next sale of Store Cattle will also include the annual New Year Show and Sale on Thursday 19th January 2017, entries are now invited for the catalogue with the closing date being Wednesday 11th January.

Store Cattle Top Prices: Store Bullock: Con £940, £840 High House Farm.

Store Heifer: Lim £780, £690, £670 Long Green Head. Brb £740 Long Green Head.

Store Bull: Lim £800, £780, £750, £720 Low Newton Farm. Ang £640, £600 Natland Mill Beck. Here £600 Natland Mill Beck.

Saturday 7th January—Machinery Sale On Saturday 7th January North West Auctions J36 held their first Machinery sale of the year, where there was over 500 forward for the sale.

As usual there was a large attendance of buyers present from throughout the north.

Leading prices were £12,400 - Hitachi digger £7,300 - Case tractor and loader £4,200 - Ifor Williams 2012 Trailer c/w with decks £1,950 - Honda 500cc Bike £1,900 - Kubota ST30 £1,700 - Muck spreader £1,150 - Tomahawk 808 straw chopper £1,050 - Ifor Williams 8x5 Trailer c/w decks

£1,000 - New slurry reel £820 - Ifor Williams 7x4 Trailer £800 - Bateson 8ft sheep trailer £800 - New Browns log splitter £650 - Ifor Williams 8x4 GX84 trailer £640 - Steel framed shutters £640 - Richard Weston feeder/straw chopper

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J36 Sale Reports Tuesday 10th January The monthly sale of Pigs saw an entry of 120 forward were top price per head for gilts was £135 and £130 for Pietrain pigs which were consigned by C Metcalfe, Helton Gate. Sows sold away to £110 from T & S Wilson, Scales Farm. M Bennet, Ellonby Hall sold his gilts for £85, with hoggs from P Woof, Storth End Farm realising £80.

Store gilts peaked at £82 which were consigned by JH & A Metcalfe & Son, Holme Farm. E & SM Halpin, Rakesmoor Farm pens sold for £36 and £30. MB Fawcett, Stainderbar Farm also realised £36.

The weekly sale of Prime Hoggs had an entry of 1236 which sold to a top price per head of £107 for an absolute cracker of a Beltex, which scaled 48kg, and was consigned by ME Wannop & Sons Ltd, Heaton Hall Farm. P & TL Edmondson Ltd, Low Hall Farm, had a superb Beltex scaling 40kg and sold away to the top pence per kilo of 247.5p/kg, he also had a Beltex weighing 41kg which sold to £97/236.6p/kg.

JD Chapman, Wray Farm consigned a 36kg Beltex Hogg which realised £84/233.3p/kg. The top price per head for Texels was £90, from JH Bell, Parkwood View, and JG Harryman, The Galleon.

Suffolk Hoggs peaked at £84 for a pair from DM & D Cook, Smithy Green Farm, and his Charollais Hoggs sold to a top of £78. A pair of Cheviots from HR & KA Hodgson, Howriggs realised £80 and F & SA Edmondson, Netherhouses sold his Mules for a top of £78, with his Swaledales making £68. In the Rough Fell section, AEA Harrison, Millriggs peaked at £64, Masham Hoggs from J Black & Son, Bridgestone realised £57 and Herdwicks sold to £54 from Low Moor Howe Farm.

There was a very mixed show of Hoggs forward for today’s sale, with many heavy types on offer, which were more difficult to sell. Hoggs which were good shapes and had meat on them were selling away at recent rates, 1236 Hoggs sold to a market average 153.14p/kg.

Prime Hogg Top Prices: Bel £107 Heaton Hall Farm, £99, £97 Low Hall Farm, £94 Beckfoot Farm, £84 Wray Farm. Tex £90 The Galleon, Parkwood View, £86 High Borrans, £83 The Court yard, £82 Millom Castle. Suff £84 Smithy Green Farm, £81 Beckfoot Farm, £80 Hampsfield Hall, £79.50, £78.50 Netherhouses. Chev £80 Howriggs, £70 Brow Head, £64 Hartrigg, £63 Howriggs. Char £78 Smithy Green Farm, £74 Oak House, £73.50 Netherhouses, £66 Crabtree Farm, £66 Crabtree Farm, Heaton Hall Farm. Mule £78, £73.50 Netherhouses, £71 Middle Sadghyll, £69 Heaton Hall Farm, Netherhouses. Swale £68, £66 Netherhouses, £63 High Borrans Farm, £56 Middle Sadghyll. Rough £64 Millriggs, £55 Millriggs, Boundary Beck. Mash £57 Bridge Stone, £52 Red Lodge. Herd £54 High House Farm, £52 High Biggarsbank.

A smaller entry of Cast Sheep forward this week with just less than 300 going under the gavel at J36 where a good selection of all classes were on offer today.

Topping this afternoons trade was KR & CA Williamson, Beck Foot Farm Cottage, for a Suffolk cross ewe at £91. Topping the cast rams was a Texel from MJ Shepard, Gaskell House. Well fleshed Texel and Continental ewes sold to a nice trade of around the £75-£80 mark. A lean selection of Swaledale ewes forward with fleshed ewes selling away to a top of £50. Mule ewes sold to a top of £60 with an average of £51.

Coming up at North West Auctions

J36 Rural Auction Centre Thursday 19th January at 11am

SPECIAL SHOW & SALE OF 300 STORE CATTLE Champion to receive the Janet Gorst Perpetual Challenge Trophy Sale to also include Calves & Cast Cows

Cast Sheep Top Prices: Cast Ewes: Suff £91 Beckfoot Farm, £78 Mansrigg Hall, £72 Harbarrow Farm, £68.50 Hollowmire, £62 Oak House. Tex £84 Ackenthwaite Farm, £78 Mansrigg Hall, £74 Gilpin Green Farm, Mansrigg Hall, £72 Beckfoot Farm. Zwart £70 High Underbrow Farm. Char £62 Ackenthwaite Farm, £58 Harbarrow Farm. Chev £61 The Courtyard, £59.50 Beckfoot Farm, £55 The Courtyard. Mule £60.50 Hallowmire, £60 Birds Park Farm, Crook o Lune, £57 High Underbrow, £56.50 Fold Farm. Rough £54.50 Low Haygarth Farm, £50 Bridge Stone, £42 Low Haygarth Farm. Horned £52 Salt Cotes Farm, £52, £45 Thrang. Cont £52, £49 High Underbrow. Swale £50 Lower Ediwboro.

Cast Rams: Tex £70 Gaskell House, £67 Oldfield End, £61 Birch Bank, £55 Fold Farm. Char £59 Hampsfield Hall.

Saturday 28th January at 10.30am

ROUGH DIAMONDS Show & Sale of In-lamb Rough Fell Females & Gimmer Hoggs + FLOCK DISPERSAL From NC & S Dodd, Flakebridge with 120 IL RF Ewes & 20 RF Gimmer Hoggs PLUS Annual Show & Sale of

BLUEFACED LEICESTER FEMALES & Multi-Breed Sale In-lamb Females + FLOCK DISPERSAL From TH Gibson & Son, Toadpool Farm with 450 Top Quality Mule Ewes IL to Suff/Tex 1Crop onwards due 4th March Entries close Friday 13th January

Helpful Reminders

Saturday 28th January POULTRY SALE NOW CANCELLED

Sheep Annual Inventory Don’t forget that you should complete and return your form with all your sheep Numbers as of the 1st December. You must also note the numbers in your flock register in case of inspection by RPA.

Lancaster Auction Mart Monday 16th January at 11.15am

JANUARY DAIRY SALE

Temporary Holding Numbers and links The new initiative from DEFRA is causing a lot of confusion and headaches, particularly at BCMS links are no longer being renewed. If you need any help please call and see Kathryn or Rodney.

Agricultural Waste Exemptions Many of these will have expired in the last few months and although we did lots of applications three years ago, we have done a few renewals. If you have renewed your own exemptions that is good, but if not please contact us and we will help.

Comprising of 49 COWS & HEIFERS from Atomic, Blackwood, Bilsrow, Carwood, Halloverhill, Ingleview, Kirkwood, Pennine, Ravenscar, Robanne, Sandcrest, Sandley, Saltoke, Stardale, Whitecarr, Witherslack, Wraytop & Wyredale Inc Show & Sale of 5 BREEDING BULLS from Halloverhill, Ingleview, Kirkwood, Stardale

Basic Payment Scheme 2016 Although there are still clients who have not been paid fully in 2015, the payment window for 2016 opens on the 1st December. RPA are still saying they will pay 90% of farmers by the end of December, but whether this payment will actually be correct we are not sure. If you receive any money this is wonderful and we expect payments to be 17% higher that 2015. If there is much difference please let us know and we can check to see if your 2015 payment was actually correct, as many we were not.

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Wednesday 18th January at 10.30am Collective Sale of Tractors, Machinery, Implements & Small Tools Friday 20th January at 10.15am Weekly Distinguished Sale of 60 CALVES 100 CAST COWS & 300 STORE CATTLE