Weekly Report & Newsletter - 12th September 2025
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Lads Night Out, Friday 5th September 2025.
This annual sale once again delivered an exceptional entry of quality rams, with buyers in attendance from far and wide.
Principle prices included:
Su olk shearlings to £3200 from TA Blair.
Su olk lambs to £1600 from S Bolland.
Su olk aged rams to £2000 from RA Batty.
Texel shearlings to £3200 from J Woodburn & Partners.
Cross bred shearlings to £2800 from WM Reed & Sons.
Lleyn shearlings to £750 from JA&R Geldard & Sons.
Charollais shearlings to £700 from JA&R Geldard & Sons.
Dutch Spotted shearlings to £500 from J Stamper.
Badger Face Texel Shearlings to £600 from R&SA Rawsthorne.
SUFFOLKS
This year the judging of the Su olks was in the very capable hands of Master Clark Ellwood, Grizebeck who had 2 high quality classes presented before him.
From a class of 13 shearlings the first prize rosette was awarded to TA Blair, Poulton le Fylde which later achieved a sale topping prize of £3200 purchased by the judge. The lamb class also had an entry of 13 forward and saw S Bolland, Bolton Abbey receive the red rosette which later sold for £1400 to a local breeder.
All Su olks forward experienced spirited bidding with other notable shearling prices being £2000, £1800 RA Batty, £1800, £1600 JH Towers & Sons, £1600, £1400 AR
Edmondson, £1500 S Barlow & R Cook, £1400 RA & L Hodgson.
Ram lambs peaked at £1600 from S Bolland who sold others at £1400, £1200, £1000. J Irving sold lambs to £1200 with others at £1000 from C Kenyon and TA Blair.
Sale Statistics
Aged Rams to £2000
Shearling Rams to £3200, average £1046
Ram Lambs to £1600, average £835
CHAROLAIS
Charolais rams saw shearlings sell to £700 from JA & R Geldard & Sons with others to £600 from B & A Crane and SC & NC Hodgson with lambs to £500 from S Cumming.
OTHER BREEDS
Badger Face Texel shearlings sold to £600 from R&SA Rawsthorne. Dutch Spotted shearlings to £500 from J Stamper and lambs to £680 from KP Dagger. Lleyn shearlings sold to £750 from JA & R Geldard & Sons.
TEXELS
A super entry of Texels were this year judged by Mr J Hoggarth, Ulpha who awarded the first prize rosette to WJ & VJ Case which later sold for £2000. The ram lamb class was won by M Wayne. Buyers were keen to secure Texel rams for both prime lamb and gimmer replacement breeding. Notable prices include J Woodburn & Partners to £3200 & £2000, WJ & VJ Case to £2400, £2200 & £2000, E Woodburn to £1800, HJ & PA Berry to £1600, MW & HE Pedley to £1600, A Williams to £1600, £1500 and S Cunli e to £1500.
Sale statistics:
Aged Rams to £900, average £512 Shearling Rams to £3200, average £905 Ram Lambs to £350
CROSSBREDS
An exceptional entry of crossbred rams this year presented before the judge Mr W Sedgley. The first prize shearling rosette was awarded to WM Reed & Sons showing a Texel x Beltex which later sold for £2800. Crossbred tups sold exceptionally well with power and strength at a premium, topping at £2800. Other principal prices include G Sowerby to £2000, £1800, £1700, £1600, RF Towers to £1700, WM Reed & Sons to £1600, WJ & VJ Case to £1600, H Taylor & Partners to £1600, JA & R Geldard & Sons to £1400.
The next sale of breeding rams is Wednesday 1st October being the evening‘Boys are Back in Town sale.
SHOW RESULTS
SPONSORS: WESTMORLAND VETS & MB NUTRITION
TEXEL JUDGE: J HOGGARTH
BELTEX & CROSSBRED JUDGE: W SEDGLEY
SUFFOLK JUDGE: C ELLWOOD
ANY OTHER BREED JUDGE: A ELLIS
CLASS 1- TEXEL SHEARLING
1st WJ & VJ Case- £2000
2nd J Woodburn & Partners- £3200
3rd MJ & K Ayrton- £1400
CLASS 2- TEXEL LAMB
1st M Wayne- £350
CLASS 3- CROSS BRED SHEARLING
1st WM Reed & Sons- £2800
2nd G Sowerby- £1500
3rd G Sowerby- £1300
CLASS 3A- BELTEX SHEARLING
1st G Sowerby- £1700
2nd TC Whiteford- £1300
3rd B&A Crane- £420
CLASS 4 - SUFFOLK SHEARLING
1st TA Blair- £3200
2nd RA & L Hodgson- £1400
3rd S Mason- £950
CLASS 5 - SUFFOLK LAMB
1st S Bolland- £1400
2nd C Kenyon- £1000
3rd A Mitchell
CLASS 6 – ANY OTHER BREED SHEARLING
1st J Stamper- £500
CLASS 7 - ANY OTHER BREED LAMB
1st O Marrs- £250
2nd KP Dagger- £680
3rd O Marrs
Ring 1
Ram Lamb Top Prices: Beltex: £400 Hollington End Farm, £250 Hollington End Farm. Texel: £350 Hollington End Farm.
Shearling Ram Top Prices: Texel: £3200 Mansrigg Hall, £2800 Lands Farm, £2400 Plumpton Cottage Farm, £2200 Plumpton Cottage Farm, £2000 Mansrigg Hall. Leicester: £1800 Snab Green, £1300 Snab Green, £1200 Snab Green, £900 The Coach House, £800 Tercrosset Farm. Beltex: £1700 Curwen Hill, £1300 Tercrosset Farm, £1300 Thackwood, £1200 Thackwood. Charolais: £1500 Hope House Farm, £1400 Low Foulshaw Farm. Su olk: £1200 Tercrosset Farm, £900 Tercrosset Farm.
Aged Ram Top Prices: Texel: £900 Galloper Rise, £550 Oakfield Farm, £500 Fell View Farm, £500 Roman Vale, £500 Nab House, £400 The Park. Beltex: £650 Lingstubbs, £600 Curlew Rock, £550 Lingstubbs, £450 Lingstubbs, £300 Lingstubbs.
Ring 2
Ram Lamb Top Prices: Su olk: £1600 The Arches, £1400 The Arches, £1200 The Cottage, £1000 The Arches, £1000 Home Farm. Dutch Spotted: £680 Conway Close, £250 Wood House. Charolais: £500 Smithy Wood Farm, £250 Smithy Wood Farm.
Shearling Ram Top Prices: Su olk: £3200 Fleetwood Road, £1800 Dugg Hill, £1800 Tunstall Hall, £1600 Hawkswell Farm, £1600 Tunstall Hall, £1600 Hawkswell Farm. Lleyn: £750 Low Foulshaw Farm, £520 Low Foulshaw Farm, £500 Low Foulshaw Farm. Charolais: £700 Low Foulshaw Farm, £600 Blackwell Farm, £600 Morris Bank Farm, £600 Morris Bank Farm, £550 Blackwell Farm. Badger Face Texel: £600 Mill Barn, £480 Mill Barn. Dutch Spotted: £500 Gale Avenue, £350 Conway Close, £300 Wood House. Blue Texel: £220 Mill Barn, £150 Mill Barn, £120 Mill Barn, £120 Mill Barn.
Aged Ram Top Prices: Su olk: £2000 Dugg Hill, £400 Tunstall Hall.
Lancaster Auction Mart: Sale ofPrime Lambs & Cast Sheep, Monday 8th September 2025.
PRIME LAMBS
A smaller number of lambs forward today, as customers juggle with standstills. Those forward saw well finished lambs in keenest demand, with Texel cross to £155 and £154 from J Twigge, Lindale and £151 from H Mason, Lancaster. Other well finished fed lambs were generally £140 to £148, grass finished £128 to £136 and lighter weight under finished lambs £115 to £122. 335p/kg was achieved for Beltex cross from J Twigge, Lindale, with other better end lambs 310p/kg to 325p/kg. Standard lambs were generally 296p/kg to 308p/kg and lighter weight and leaner sorts 270p/kg to 290p/kg, with an overall market average of 295p/kg.
Prime Lamb Top Prices: TEXEL: £155 Holmelands, £151 Mearsbeck Farm, £149 Holmelands, £148 Mearsbeck Farm, £146 Yalrlsber, £144 Holmelands. BELTEX: £154 Holmelands, £140 Oak Aveune, £123 Annasghyl. CHAROLAIS: £147 Bensons Farm. CHEVIOT: £144 Yarlsber. CHEVIOT MULE: £134 Yarlsber. CONTINENTAL: £133 Holmelands, £132 Lower Highfield, £127 Botton Hall Farm, £123 Potters Hill Farm, £120 Botton Hall Farm, £115 Potters Hill Farm. SUFFOLK: £127 High House Farm, £115 Middle Lee Farm. TEESWATER: £119 Middle Lee Farm. MULE: £118 High House Farm, £112 Highfield Farm.
CAST EWES
An abundance of ewes today, saw H Mason, Lancaster top the sale with Texels at £195 and £194. The best first cross ewes sold to £176 from J Pinder & Sons, Clitheroe with mediums generally £130 to £145. Mules sold to £150 for a ring full from J Pinder & Sons, Clitheroe. Feeding type Mule ewes were generally £92 to £110. Pure hill ewes sold to £155 for Cheviots and £142 for Teeswaters. A larger number of hard worked horn ewes selling to £74, with others £45 to £52.
Cast Ewes Top Prices: TEXEL: £195, £194, £179 Mearsbeck Farm, £176 Boarsden Farm, £151 Mearsbeck Farm, £150 Oak Aveune. SUFFOLK: £158 Greenbank Farm. CHEVIOT: £155 Boarsden Farm, £110 High House Farm, £93, £90 Yarlsber. MULE: £150, £146 Boarsden Farm, £117, £116 Low Moor Head Farm, £116 Oak Aveune, £116 High House Farm. BELTEX: £146 Oak Aveune. TEESWATER: £142 Middle Lee Farm. LEICESTER: £131 High House Farm. CHEVIOT
MULE: £130 Oak Aveune. CONTINENTAL: £130 Oak Aveune. SWALEDALE: £74 Moss House Farm, £59 Middle Lee Farm, £58 Marshaw Farm.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Sale ofPigs, Prime Lambs & Cast Sheep, Tuesday 9th September 2025.
PIGS
A smell of crackling in the air at Junction 36, pigs were on fire!
Another strong trade for finished pigs, topping today at £270 x2 both from Gibson & Berry, Endmoor with two crackling Saddleback gilts weighing 103kg. Prime hoggs topped at £245 from P&R Woof. A prime boar which even managed to make the auctioneer look small reached the heights of £200. Smokey bacon sprung to mind! There were more weaners than you could shake a bag of pork scratchings at, with pens full to pick from, they came to a sensible average of £60.47. Any enquiries for the next sale, do not hesitate to contact the o ice or auctioneer Robert Cloughton. The next sale is on Tuesday 23rd September at 10.30am.
PRIME LAMBS
Prime lambs hold their own at Junction 36. With numbers up on the previous year, yet again at Junction 36 and trade also holding firm - there is plenty to smile about! Especially farmers selling sheep with good flesh and coverage. Todays overall average was bang on 300p/kg. Lots of interest for fit types, with an extra butcher round the ring today also after that particular article. Leaner sorts proved harder work on the week, and plenty stores around pulling the average back slightly.
Lambs sold to £196 from D Black, Milnthorpe for a single Texel. A further pair of Texels sold for £192 this time from J Gibson, Kendal. A nice run of lambs from HE&RB Taylforth topped at 328.9p/kg for Texels. D&DW Prickett sold three Beltex for 327.5p/kg. Messrs Boyren, Ulverston sold thirty-three Texels in one go for 322p/kg. More sheep are required here each week, as the number of buyers also increases. Please contact Joel McGarva ahead of next weeks sale on 07920009097.
Prime Lamb Top Prices: Texel: £196 Leighton Drive, £192 Underley Road, £184 High House, £181 Hill Farm, £169 Heights Farm, £167 The Borrans. Su olk: £170 Grindelwald, £161 Station Hotel, £156 Hill Farm, £140 Low Croft, £136 £135 £132 Station Hotel Farm. Charollais: £166 Low Croft. Dutch Spotted: £155 £146 Grayrigg Foot. Dorset: £139 Leighton Drive. Continental: £138 Bank Farm, £132 High Gregg Hall Farm, £126 Bank Farm, £123 Fairfield, £122 Bank Farm. Mule: £138 Overthwaite Farm, £127 x2 Hillcroft, £109 High House Farm, £108 White House,
£107 Hillcroft. Beltex: £130 Farleton House, £128 Low Stangerthwaite. Zwartble: £72 Patton Hall.
CAST EWES
Another good entry of cull ewes forward today, with an abundance of leaner ewes seeing these not quite as dear. Best continentals still good to sell and the strongest Mules £150 to £160.
Ewes Top Prices:
Texels to £210 from Isle of Man.
Charollais to £210 from Isle of Man.
Su olks to £195 from RA&L Hodgson.
Cheviot to £190 from Isle of Man.
Hampshire to £164 from Isle of Man.
Mule to £164 from R Gibson & Son.
Rough Fell to £124 from A O’Neil.
Swaledale to £114 from sH&PI Bowes.
Herdwick to £102 from K Hartley.
Cast Ewes Top Prices: Charollais: £210 IOM, £200, £198 Crosscrake Farm, £190 IOM, £180 Crosscrake Farm, £175 IOM. Texel: £210 IOM, £195 Underly Road, £188 Low Stangerthwaite, £182 Station Hotel Farm, £180 Ashtree Cottage, £178 Hallbeck. Su olk: £195 Patton Hall, £158
Harbarrow Farm, £148 IOM, £140 Low House, £140 Nether Hall Farm, £132 Patton Hall.Cheviot: £190 IOM, £135 Low Deepslack, £115 IOM, £108 Capplerigg Farm, £86 IOM.Mule: £164 Parklands, £150 Larkrigg, £150, £148, £146 IOM, £142 Ashtree Cottage. Hampshire: £162, £155 IOM.Continental: £160 Low Audlands, £155, £132 (2), £125 IOM, £124 Capplerigg Farm. Leicester: £158, £134 IOM, £102 Harbarrow Farm. Zwartble: £156 Harbarrow Farm. Cheviot Mule: £150 Nether Hall Farm, £142 Fell View Farm. Rough Fell: £124 Shackla Bank, £124 Low Deepslack. Herdwick: £124 Shackla Bank Farm, £102 Barfield Farm. Dutch Spotted: £120 Nether Hall Farm, £84 Parklands. Horned: £114, £104 Harbarrow Farm. Goat: £110 Broadhead. Masham: £106 Grate Farm. Swaledale: £84 Grayrigg Foot, £78, £76 White House. Scottish Blackface: £84, £82 IOM.
Cast Ram Top Prices: Texel: £220, £195, £134 IOM. Dutch Spotted: £192 Green Cottage.
Dorset: £180 Fell View Farm. Su olk: £180 Fell View Farm. Continental: £178 IOM, £142 Fell View Farm, £136 IOM, £132 Fell View Farm, £118 High Gregg Hall Farm. Scottish Blackface: £108 IOM.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Fortnightly Sale of Store Lambs, Thursday 11th September 2025.
STORE LAMBS
An entry of 3014 store lambs at Junction 36 sold to levels better than anticipated following the recent drop in prime lamb prices. Quality well bred lambs were easily placed with BR Lawson, Richmond making their debut worthwhile selling pen fulls of
Texel cross lambs to £141 and £139. Also hitting these highs was GM Strong, Penrith selling Blue Texels to £140. Rough Fells reached a staggering £136 from A O’Neill, Sedbergh with a ring full of Su olks to £125 from F Blenkharn, Milnthorpe. Medium keep continentals were regularly £90 to £100, with only long keep lambs for less. Mules again looking well sold topping at £109 for a pen of 40 from RI Dixon, Low Newton with a further 40 at £107 from JA&CA Gibson, Longwell. Hill bred lambs looked a good trade, with long keep Cheviots to £108 from Forest Hall Farms, Selside and £101 from the Isle of Man. Hill bred long keep lambs were generally £72 to £84.
Texels to £141 from BR Lawson, Richmond, averaged £108.27. Su olks to £125 from F Blenkharn, averaged £106.64. Mules to £109 from RI Dixon, averaged £97.34. Overall average £102.78.
Store Lamb Top Prices: Texel: £141 Buddle House, £140 School Hill, £139 Buddle House, £137 High Farm, £134 Buddle House, £132 School House. Rough Fell: £136 Shackla Bank Farm, £126 Shackla Bank Farm, £64 Intake Farm. Su olk: £125 Carlton House, £124 Tilberthwaite Farm, £123 High Farm, £120 Kirkby Hall, £118 High Farm, £110 Carlton House. Beltex: £120 Stubb Farm, £101 Stubb Farm. Continental: £117 Low Dubbs Farm, £98 Hall Farm, £89 Low Dubbs Farm, £88 Isle of Man. Mule: £109 Low Newton Farm, £107 Longwell, £107 Castle Syke Farm, £105 Little Musgrave, £104 Haveriggs Farm, £94 Drovers Pass. Cheviot: £108 Thorn Cottage, £101 Isle of Man, £89 Isle of Man, £80 Swallow Cottage, £80 Nun House. Zwartble: £100 Castle Syke Farm. Masham: £97 Marsh Grange Farm. Cheviot Mule: £87 Nun House. Swaledale: £52 Box Tree House.
Lancaster Auction Mart: Sale ofCalves, OTM Cattle & Store Cattle. Friday 12th September 2025.
CALVES
Another successful sale of 86 calves today at Lancaster, with a varied selection to choose from. Leading the way was a British Blue bull calf from Hannah Kent at £930, with others from the same good home reaching £780. Another excellent consignment of calves from Lawson Dairy Ltd saw British Blue calves at £900, followed by other Blues at £820. J&G Thornley didn’t disappoint with their usual quality consignment of calves, who had British Blue bulls at £900 and £820, with others following closely by. J&H Towers showed 11 good calves today, with British Blues to £770 and Limousins to £570. Other noted prices included GJ&G Billington to £740, Barbers
Farms £620, Wallbank Farms £740 and JP&C Robson to £590. All classes of calves are required at this popular weekly sale.
Heifer Calves Top Prices: BRITISH BLUE: £820 Bank End Farm, £750 Tunstall Hall, £710 Tills Farm, £510 Roe Farm, £510 Briaswood Farm, £470 Roe Farm. CHAROLAIS: £520, £480 Myerscough House. LIMOUSIN: £460 Tunstall Hall, £370, £260 Briarswood Farm. HEREFORD: £390, £270, £240 Forton Hall Farm. ANGUS: £380, £370 Tunstall Hall.
Bull Calves Top Prices: BRITISH BLUE: £930 Cinder Hill Farm, £900 Bank End Farm, £900, £820 Derby Lodge Farm, £820 Bank End Farm, £780 Cinder Hill Farm. LIMOUSIN: £780 Cinder Hill Farm, £570 Tunstall Hall. ANGUS: £740 Tills Farm, £590 Cinder Hill Farm, £500, £490 Tunstall Hall, £460 Myerscough House, £270 Briarswood Farm. CHAROLAIS: £590, £580 Myerscough House. HEREFORD: £570 Cinder Hill Farm, £530 Sellerley Farm, £480 Westfield House Farm, £430 Sellerley Farm, £390, £370 Forton Hall Farm. FRIESIAN: £440, £420 (x2) Sellerley Farm, £380 Cinder Hill Farm, £370, £360 Sellerley Farm. MONTBELIARDE: £175 Briarswood Farm.
Heifer Stirk Top Prices: BRITISH BLUE: £800 (x2) Moss Gate Farm.
Steer Stirk Top Prices: BRITISH BLUE: £940 Moss Gate Farm.
STORE CATTLE
Lancasters weekly sale of store cattle saw a catalogue entry of 239 going through the min ring with trade for bigger meaty types showing an improvement on the week, with smaller leaner types showing a slightly more selective trade, as the weather turns to a more autumnal feel.
Good to see D&N Davis, Nateby back at Lancaster with store cattle, their British Blue steers topped the market at £2650. Well farmed Charolais steers from JM Haddow, Milnthorpe sold to £2580. Others steers to break the £2500 barrier included R Townsend, Freckleton at £2550 for a Shorthorn and an Angus steer to the same price from I&ME Askew, New Hutton. Charolais steers from Pilling Hall, Pilling achieved £2500, with JM Haddow continuing his good day selling Simmentals to £2480. Friesian steers from M&JW Staveley, Wray sold to £2150, with other Friesians to £1920 from EW&CR Clegg & Sons, Stalmine. J&H Bland, Levens achieved £1900 for Norwegian Reds and Fleckviehs made the same money from David Preston, Caton. As per normal Aberdeen Angus topped the store heifer section, if you have Aberdeen Angus store cattle to sell, you would be hard pressed to find a better outlet other than Lancaster. FA Nowell, Low Bentham saw his pair of Angus achieve £2180, with others from M&E Forshaw, Longridge at £2120 and RG&B Lewis, Middleton at £2100 for a pen of four. British Blues got away nicely at £2150 from Barker Farms, Carnforth with others at £2100 from R&K Jenkinson, Pilling. Herefords sold to £2100 from J&S Winstanley, Preston. There were a few more dairy bred heifers about today, topping at £1980 for Friesians from D&K Howorth, Hambleton. Others achieved £1780 from M&E Forshaw, Longridge and J&CW Metcalfe, Quernmore.
Overall average today which included a good number of lesser cattle, saw steers average £1925 and heifers £1822.
Store Bullock Top Prices: British Blue: £2650 Cragg Farm, £2450 Greenlands Farm, £2320 Rileys Farm, £2320 Greenbank Farm, £2300 Rileys Farm. Charolais: £2580 Viver Mill Farm, £2500 Pilling Hall Farm, £2480 Greenbank Farm, £2380 Greenbank Farm, £2100 Sunnyside Farm, £2100 Ellers Farm. Angus: £2550 Raw Head, £2520 Kirkham Road, £2500 Yew Tree Farm, £2380 Old Glasson Farm, £2380 Chestnut House Farm, £2350 Chestnut House Farm. Shorthorn: £2550 Kirkham Road, £2420 Kirkham Road. Simmental: £2480 Viver Mill Farm. Limousin: £2350 Hoskins Farm, £2320 Pilling Hall Farm, £2100 Ninezergh, £1900 Abbotsons Farm. Hereford: £2300 Savick Brook Farm, £1950 Pasture House Farm, £1920 Boundary House, £1900 Boundary House, £1720 Higher Lees Farm, £1580 Adlington Hall Farm. Belted Galloway: £2300 Rileys Farm, £1920 Rileys Farm. Friesian: £2150 Hoskins Farm, £1920 Yew Tree Farm, £1880 Hoskins Farm, £1800 Downlands Farm, £1750 Throstle Nest Farm, £1750 Downlands Farm. Norweigian: £1900 Ninezergh, £1750 Ellers Farm, £1380 Ellers Farm.
Flekvieh: £1900 Ellers Farm, £1380 Ellers Farm. Other: £1500 Throstle Nest Farm. South Devon: £1450 Adlington Hall Farm.
Store Heifer Top Prices: Angus: £2180 Kirkbeck, £2120 Little Town Farm, £2100 Bainsbank Farm, £2080 Yew Tree Farm, £1920 Chestnut House Farm, £1900 Kirkbeck. British Blue: £2150 Cotestones Farm, £2100 Holmes Farm, £2100 Ninezergh, £2100 Rileys Farm, £2080 Ninezergh, £2000 Barn Hill Farm. Hereford: £2100 Savick Brook Farm, £1780 Savick Brook Farm, £1550 Leighton House, £1220 Adlington Hall Farm. Limousin: £2000 Ninezergh, £1300 Pilling Hall Farm, £1100 Elston Old Hall. Friesian: £1980 Rose Farm, £1780 Little Town Farm, £1780 Hare Apple Tree, £1700 Rose Farm, £1280 Hare Apple Tree.
OTM CATTLE
The weekly sale of OTM cattle saw 82 through the bottom ring, with a very strong trade being up on the week, for a very mixed show of cattle. Topping the trade today both per kilo and per head was AJ&DA Wilkinson, Out Rawcli e with a solid British Blue achieving £3214 or 364.5p/kg. Other beef bred OTM’s from E Dodgson, Kendal sold to £2568 or 334p/kg, this time for a Limousin. Other Limousins from the same home achieved £2300 or 319p/kg. Herefords sold to £2327 or 309p/kg from B&BA Rimmer, Preston. Aberdeen Angus sold to 279.5p/kg from CP Bateman, Docker. Friesian OTMs achieved £2146 or 274.5p/kg from JH towers & Sons, Tunstall, with others to 269.5p/kg from K&DE Woodhouse, Ellel. All OTM cows saw a pleasing average of 245p/kg, with some very lean cows in the market today. OTM heifers from R&K Jenkinson, Pilling sold to £2111 or 339p/kg for Friesians, with other Frisians to 314p/kg from DH&M Kellet, Thurnham. Beef bred OTM heifers sold to 334.5p/kg from DJ Clarke Farming, Barnacre for Limousins, with others from the same home to 289p/kg. All heifers today averaged 291p/kg. OTM steers were easily sold today, topping at £2678 from D&N Davis, Nateby for a
Montbeliarde. Other beef bred OTM steers achieved 364p/kg or £2412 from KH&D Holden, Pilling this time for an Aberdeen Angus. Other Aberdeen Angus OTM steers sold to £2508 from JD EM JA Atkinson, Kendal. All steers today averaged 322p/kg.
Just the one cast bull today, with this being a Friesian from GH Sanderson & Family, Catforth selling away at £2274.
Today’s cast / OTM sale averaged 252p/kg, more cows are required next week.
OTM Cow Top Prices: BRITISH BLUE: 364.50 Springfield Farm. LIMOUSIN: 334.50, 319.50, 309.50 Spital Farm, 294.50 Leighton House, 259.50 Potts Yeats, 239.50 Croft Foot Farm. HEREFORD: 309.50 Holmfields, 249.50, 229.50 Croft Foot Farm, 229.50 Holmfields. ANGUS: 279.50 Croft Foot Farm, 274.50 Pilling Hall Farm, 269.50 Cragg Farm, 229.50 Little Town Farm, 204.50 Middle Ridge Farm. FRIESIAN: 274.50 Tunstall Hall, 269.50 Kitchen Ground Farm, 269.50 Sweetings Farm, 269.50 Holme House Farm, 264.50 Kitchen Ground Farm, 264.50 Holly House Farm. DAIRY SHORTHORN: 214.50 Ballam Farm.
OTM Heifer Top Prices: FRIESIAN: 339.50 Holmes Farm, 314.50 Boundary House, 304.50 Tunstall House, 304.50 Liscoe Farm, 284.50 Little Town Farm, 284.50 Liscoe Farm. LIMOUSIN: 334.50, 289.50 Kellbrick Farm. HEREFORD: 274.50 Holmfields.
Cast Steer Top Prices: ANGUS: 364.50 Chestnut House, 319.50 Low Groves Farm, 224.50 Holmes Farm. MONTBELIARDE: 339.50 Cragg Farm.
Cast Bull Top Prices: FRIESIAN: 224.50 Blackleach House Farm.
Next Week's Upcoming Sales
Monday 15th
Lancaster: 10am Prime Lambs, Cast Sheep & Store Lambs
Tuesday 16th
J36: 1pm Prime Lambs & Cast Sheep
Wednesday 17th
J36: Second Sale of Breeding Ewes, Shearlings & Rams followed by Annual Show & Sale of Gimmer Lambs
Thursday 18th
J36: Show of Continental Store Cattle
10am Stirks
10:30am OTM/Cast Cattle
11am Store Cattle
11:30am Rearing Calves
Friday 19th
Lancaster: 10:15am Rearing & Weaned Calves
10:15am OTM/Cast Cattle
11:15am Store Cattle
Saturday 20th
J36: 10am Autumn Sheep Fair
11am Second Sale of Breeding Ewes & Shearlings
