Weekly Report & Newsletter - 13th March 2026 J36 Rural Auction Centre: March Online Machinery Sale. This popular sale which attracts nationwide, and overseas interest once again was highly successful with a wide range of lots on o er and successfully sold. The vehicle yard saw over 70 lots sold with tractors selling to £11600 for a New Holland TS115 with three soon to be collectables achieving £7500 for a Case 895XL, £4900 John Deere 2350 and a Ford 5030 £4700. Endless vehicles selling this month with an Izuzu D-Max £3300, Ford Transit £2900, Iveco Horse Box £2100, Toyota Hilux £2000 and Volkswagen Tiguan £1900, plenty of serviceable farm vehicles £1400 to £1800. Plant machines proved to be ever popular with top selling being a Terex 860 Digger at £10600, a Kubota RTV £4200, High lift Dumper £1250 and a Stihl Forklift £1050. Well maintained machinery and equipment always sells well with a MF 313 Round Baler achieving a final sale bid of £16700 with a Welger RP200 £2600. A Kuhn Flail Mower sold at £1900 and a cook bale sledge £1700. Tankers sold at £1400. A full row and wide range of trailers were lined up and sold with Ifor Williams plant trailers selling to £1950, Livestock trailers to £1800 and tipping trailers to £1600. Other items of interest included a portable pressure washer achieving £1250, PTO Saw Bench £1050, Cattle Crush £800, Calf Pens £580, Stone gate Post £480, Tractor weights £380, Motorised wheelbarrow £360, Plastic pig arc £320. Future Sale Dates Saturday 11th April – live onsite sale of small tools, workshop machinery & equipment Tuesday 14th April – Monthly collective online machinery sale Saturday 18th April – Special live & online sale of vintage & collective tractors, vehicles, machinery, equipment, tools & memorabilia. For all Machinery Sale enquiries contact Matthew Probert 07540 446667 or Matthew Osborne 07901 632616
Lancaster Auction Mart: Sale of Prime Hoggs & Cast Sheep. Monday 9th March 2026. PRIME HOGGS Monday morning highlights at NWA Lancaster. Prime Hoggs to £208 & 507p/kg. Cull sheep to £280. Monday morning once again proved to be a popular choice with both buyers and sellers who were keen to take advantage of the prompt Monday auction. All classes and types of Hoggs were in high demand with an average of 385p/kg achieved for Hoggs ranging from 29kg to 58kg. A super Beltex cross from regular supporters D & K Swarbrick, Out Rawcli e lead the way at 507p/kg with others 487p/kg for D Wightman, 470p/kg AG Butler and 460p/kg for SH & LE Birkett. Endless pens of nicely finished standard weights 400p/kg plus, Cheviots to 398p/kg, Hebridean cross 386p/kg, Mule 378p/kg, Swaledale 374p/kg, Dalesbred 363p/kg, Gritstone 360p/kg and Herdwick 358p/kg. Making it a double this week was a Beltex cross from D & K Swarbrick leading the sale at £208 closely followed by SH & LE Birkett achieving £207, other pens of in spec Hoggs regularly £180 to £195. Hill bred Hoggs to £175 for Cheviots, £169 Gritstones, £161 Mule and Horned to £156. Light weights to £157 for Texel cross, £156 for Charollais cross, £147 Cheviots and £146 Horned. 7 buyers ringside today, all keen to secure stock and returning next week. For all Monday sale enquiries, please contact Matthew Probert 07540 446667 or Andrew Butler 07966 556592. Prime Hoggs Top Prices: BELTEX: £208 Bensons Farm, £207 Stubb Hall Farm, £200 Bensons Farm, £190 Park Farm Barn, £190 West Lodge, £188 Park Farm Barn. CHAROLLAIS: £195 Park Farm Barn, £186, £156 Burns Farm. TEXEL: £195 Cross House Farm, £194 Halton Park Farm, £193 Park Farm Barn, £192 Stubb Hall Farm, £190 Halton Park Farm, £189 Cross House Farm. SUFFOLK: £190 Park Farm Barn, £176, £168 North Farm, £166 Halton Park Farm, £165 North Farm, £159 West Lodge. CHEVIOT: £175 Stubb Hall Farm, £170 Lower Langthwaite Farm, £165 Moorcock Hall Farm, £163 Park Farm Barn, £160 Lower Langhtwaite Farm, £160 North Farm. CONTINENTAL: £170 Bensons Farm, £170 Burns Farm, £169 Bensons Farm, £163, £160 West Lodge, £150 Bensons Farm. GRITSTONE: £169 Park Farm Barn. MULE: £169 Tabley House Farm, £160 Thornbush Farm, £157, £155 High House Farm, £147 West Lodge, £138 Burnhead Farm. CHEVIOT MULE: £161 High House Farm. DALESBRED: £156, £134 Fell End Farm. SWALEDALE: £146, £143 High House Farm. HORNED: £124 Burnhead Farm, £113 Hill Farm. DUTCH SPOTTED: £113 Gibsons Farm. SCOTCH BLACKFACE: £105 Hill Farm.
CULL SHEEP A full alley of cull sheep today with a rise in trade for all classes and types. Today’s sale would average £124 with 2/3 of the sale being horned sheep. Best of the continentals sold to £280 for Texels from D & K Swarbrick, Out Rawcli e with others at £238 and £222 from M Broadhurst, West Houghton and £208 from DR & BE Rolfe, Scorton. Mediums regularly £170-£195 with the smaller and leaner £135-£160. Mules peaked at an incredible £204 from D & K Swarbrick, Out Rawcli e with the best mediums to £170 from D Wightman, Carnforth. Mashams to £179 from DR Preston, Caton. Pure hill ewes saw Cheviots achieve £157, Scotch Blackface to £136, Rough Fell to £128, Swaledale to £128, Dalesbred to £116. Medium hill/horned ewes regularly £95£115 with the smaller and leaner sorts £82-£90. Keep these ewes coming, more needed each week to fulfil buyers requirements. Cast Ewes Top Prices: TEXEL: £280 Bensons Farm, £208 Potters Hill Farm, £194 Gillibrands Farm, £193, £189 Bensons Farm, £189 Ellers Farm. BELTEX: £238, £222 Gillibrands Farm. MULE: £204 Bensons Farm, £170 West Lodge, £147 Ellers Farm, £142 Potters Hill Farm, £141 Bensons Farm, £136 Hill Farm. SUFFOLK: £196 Potters Hill Farm, £160 Bensons Farm. CONTINENTAL: £190 Gillibrands Farm, £170 Potters Hill Farm, £160 Stanley Farm, £129, £117 Lower Swainhead Farm. MASHAM: £179 Ellers Farm, £157, £125 Bensons Farm. CHEVIOT: £152, £135, £130 Moorcock Hall Farm, £116 Ellers Farm. CHAROLLLAIS: £140 Bensons Farm. SCOTCH BLACKFACE: £136, £116 Stanley Farm, £114 West Lodge, £97, £87 Stanley Farm. ROUGH FELL: £128 Bensons Farm. SWALEDALE: £126 Stanley Farm, £115 High House Farm, £111, £97 Stanley Farm, £96 West Lodge, £92 Thornbush Farm. DALESBRED: £116 Ellers Farm. HERDWICK: £97 West Lodge. DUTCH SPOTTED: £80 Shorefields. KERRY HILL: £70 West Lodge. Cast Ram Top Prices: CONTINENTAL: £132 Stanley Farm.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Sale of Pigs, Prime Hoggs & Cast Sheep, Tuesday 10th March 2026. PIGS Tidy show today mainly of prime and cast animals. Prime were upon the week with PK&R Woof making £225 x3 and £220 x3. John Stott had his usual consignment, hitting the £200 mark on every pig. Boars were in demand with the category topping at £145 from B Horsley, Leyburn. Pigs in demand for two weeks time, wanting weaners as well if possible next sale. Do not hesitate to contact the o ice with entries or enquiries. PRIME HOGGS Hoggs go up the way yet again. Tuesday’s weekly sale of prime hoggs at Junction 36 top at 547.6p/kg or £230. Faces old and new crowded the ringside from the very start today, with an all out bidding war lasting the duration. Masie Beresford topped the day with a smart Beltex weighing 42kgs making 547.6p/kg or
£230. Other Beltex hoggs sold to 446.2p/kg or £174 from FI&ME Little. Texels hit 442.1p/kg for a pen of 12 from G&E Livestock Ltd. Texels from Masie Beresford sold to 435p/kg and a pen of five from JD Dixon hit 431.5p/kg. Horned and hill hoggs were about in abundance and were met with huge demand. Cheviots from Stockdale Farms sold to 402.5p/kg, with a further thirteen from the same home selling for 397.1p/kg. Scotch Blackface hoggs hit 377.1p/kg from Cardwell Farms Ltd. Heavier end of sheep also up a lump on the week. A single from Masie Beresford hit 447.9p/kg. 51kg Texels from J Frace sold for 382.4p/kg, with the same home selling 59kg Texels for £214 and a pair for £207. Todays average was 372p/kg and an SQQ of 385p/kg overall. Next weeks sale starts at the usual time of 1pm at Kendal, were a highly competitive trade and prompt payment is always guaranteed. Contact Joel McGarva with any further enquiries on 07920009097. Prime Hoggs Top Prices: BELTEX: £230 Angerton Hall Farm, £174, £165 Helm Croft, £163 Main Street. TEXEL: £215 Angerton Hall Farm, £214 Merryfield, £211 Red Scar Farm, £207 Merryfield, £204 Home Farm, £199 Merryfield. SUFFOLK: £206 Lane Ends Farm, £205 Birkrigg Park Cottage, £200 Lane Ends Farm, £190 Bank Farm, £178 Capplegill, £175 Home Farm. CHEVIOT: £188 Illingworth Cottages, £187, £184 Capplegill, £183 Catshaw Hall Farm, £175 Whinfield Farm, £172 Capplegill. CONTINENTAL: £187 Mosergh Farm, £172 Park House Farm, £154 Boon Town, £153 Home Farm, £121 Beckside Mews. LEICESTER: £170 Hareden Farm, £145 Hawkswell Farm. MULE: £169 Catshaw Hall Farm, £168 Holme House Farm, £166 Angerton Hall Farm, £166 Calderside Farm, £159 Greaves Farm, £155 West Lodge. ROUGH FELL: £168, £163, £160, £157, £151 High Swinklebank Farm. DALESBRED: £166 Holme House Farm, £157 Ubarrow Hall, £157 Holme House Farm. SWALEDALE: £165 Thorn Cottage, £162, £160 Holme House Farm, £150, £140 Arklid Farm, £121 Higher Salter. RYELAND: £161 Merryfield. SCOTCH BLACKFACE: £151, £136, £132, £114 Inverbervie. HERDWICK: £146 Cockley Beck Farm, £130 Knittleton Farm, £116 Nook Farm, £105 Knittleton Farm, £93 Nook Farm. HORNED: £132 Knittleton Farm, £115 Higher Salter.
CAST SHEEP A shortage of power in todays cast sheep o ering all shapes and sizes still selling above vendors expectations. Ewes to £210 for Su olks from E Needham, Kendal with Texel x to £208 from R Harker & Son, Grayrigg. Plenty of good heavy sheep over £190 with the best of the Mules breaking the £170 barrier. Horned and hill bred ewes remain to look perhaps the dearest selling to £166 for Cheviots or £158 for Swaledales. Powerful well fleshed horned ewes selling to £120+, mediums £95-£110 and the leaner end £60-£80. Ewes • Su olk to £210 from E Needham, Kendal • Texel to £208 from R Harker & Son, Grayrigg • Beltex to £204 from JW & AJ Matthews, Kendal • BFL to £204 from Calderside Farm, Garstang • Mule to £190 from WI & AM Atkinson, Bleasdale • Cheviot to £166 from JW & E Woof, Sedbergh • Swaledale to £158 from Calderside Farm, Garstang • Rough Fell to £140 from RJ & OB Simpson, Longsleddale • Dalesbred to £124 from WI & AM Atkinson, Bleasdale • Herdwick to £122 from Kirkby & Longworth, Broughton in Furness
40 cast rams forward which were met with a flying trade • Texel to £240 from Drinkall Bros, Lancaster • Su olk to £238 from E Needham, Kendal • Beltex to £228 from MW & MR Black, Kendal • BFL to £204 from R Harker & Son, Grayrigg • Cheviot to £190 from Forest Hall, Selside • Swaledale to £182 from R Harker & Son, Grayrigg • Dalesbred to £168 from C Sayer, Longsleddale • Herdwick to £120 from CJ Fearon, Keswick Cast Ewes Top Prices: SUFFOLK: £210 Birkrigg Park, £190 £188 High House, £172 Meadow View Park, £164 £114 High House. TEXEL: £208 Grayrigg Hall, £200 Angerton Hall Farm, £198 Cooper House, £194 Cooper House, £184 The Borrans, £178 Farleton. LEICESTER: £204 Calderside Farm, £198 Grayrigg Hall, £194 Calderside Farm, £192 Moors Farm, £192 Greaves Farm. BELTEX: £204 Oldfield End, £184 Oldfield End, £76 Farleton House. CONTINENTAL: £192 Merryfield, £168 Moorcock Hall Farm, £162 Lackslot, £150 £148 Low Fold. MULE: £190 Holme House Farm, £188 New Parkside Farm, £174 Cooper House, £174 Oakenclough, £170 Hawkswell Farm. CHEVIOT: £168 Low Tarn Green, £166 Ghyll Farm, £154 Ghyll Farm, £148 Ghyll Farm, £144 Thorn Cottage. SWALEDALE: £158 Oakenclough, £144 Catshaw Hall Farm, £134 Oakenclough, £128 Thorn Cottage, £124 Holme House Farm. ROUGH FELL: £140 High Swinklebank, £128 High Swinklebank, £115 Low Fold, £114 Ghyll Farm. MASHAM: £136 Low Fold, £126 Mosergh Farm. HORNED: £128 Angerton Hall Farm, £96 Angerton Hall Farm, £88 Angerton Hall Farm. DALESBRED: £124 Holme House Farm, £102 Millriggs Farm. HERDWICK: £122 Sella Farm, £92 Tongue House Farm, £92 Angerton Hall Farm, £89 Cockley Beck Farm, £88 Tongue House Farm, £84 West Lodge. GOAT: £106 Rose Cottage. Cast Ram Top Prices: TEXEL: £240 Catshaw Hall Farm, £228 Scroggs Farm, £216 Scroggs Farm, £210 Grayrigg Hall, £194 Calderside Farm, £140 Rose Cottage. SUFFOLK: £238 Birkrigg Park Cottage. LEICESTER: £204 Grayrigg Hall, £190 Catshaw Hall Farm, £182 Rose Cottage, £180 Yoad Pot, £178 Calderside Farm, £150 Calderside Farm. CHEVIOT: £190 Thorn Cottage, £124 Nook Farm. SWALEDALE: £182 Grayrigg Hall, £166 Catshaw Hall Farm, £162 Catshaw Hall Farm, £150 Grayrigg Hall, £120 Nether House Farm, £114 Calderside Farm. DALESBRED: £168 Ubarrow Hall. HERDWICK: £120 Nook Farm, £84 Nook Farm, £82 Sella Farm. BELTEX: £84 Beech House, £76 Knittleton Farm.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Fortnightly Sale of In Lamb Sheep & Store Hoggs. Thursday 12th March 2026. IN LAMB BREEDING SHEEP In-lamb ewes to at £280, an average of £240.61 A full house for in-lamb sheep today with buyers wishing to capitalise on a flying trade for primestock. The largest consignment forward today from CS Long & Knipe, Back Barrow. With 147 forward consisting mainly of mules plus Texel x & Su olk x available. Trade was consistently strong throughout, but Mules were particularly sort after, topping out at £280, of which the Mule average came out at £250.93.
In lamb hoggs were also available today with a consignment from Daisy Riley topping out at a nice price of £192. There was also a consignment of dry Masham gimmer hoggs which achieved £172 from W & J Penny. Dry Gimmer Hoggs Top Prices: MASHAM: £172, £150 Marsh Grange Farm. In Lamb Ewe Top Prices: MULE: £280, £260 (x2), £255, £250, £230 The Glen. TEXEL: £255, £245, £205, £200 The Glen. SUFFOLK: £250, £245, £215 (x2) The Glen. CONTINENTAL: £220 The Glen. In Lamb Hogg Top Prices: MULE: £192, £182, £172 Shorefields.
STORE HOGGS The final Thursday sale of the season averaged £118.44. 673 hoggs forward to finish o what has been a very successful season. Smaller long term hoggs were probably seen to be the best trade overall. However, trade for heavy hoggs was by no means cheap. Topping todays trade was JA Chapman, Singleton for a pen of Beltex making £172. Continental, Mule and Su olk hoggs were a solid trade coming out at improved averages on the week. Long term lambs stole the show with Swaledale Lambs topping at £111 and averaging £87.91. Rough Fells were the daddy of the horned sheep today however, with a top price of £122 from FB Dunning, Penrith. This category averaged £118.11 overall. The store sale will continue of a Tuesday at 1pm before the prime sheep. Averages • Beltex - £172 • Texel - £130.78 • Mule - £128.05 • Su olk - £125.80 • Cheviot - £124.07 • Rough Fell - £118.11 • Jacob - £87 • Lonk - £110.85 • Swaledale - £87.91 • Herdwick - £79.10 Contact the Auctioneers or o ice for all entries or enquiries • Joel – 07920009097 • Will – 07506283587 • Rob - 07867000244 Store Hoggs Top Prices: BELTEX: £172 North Lodge. CONTINENTAL: £162 Blea Tarn Roa, £162 Green Close, £154 High Fell Gate, £138 Burns Farm, £136 Stakes Moss Farm, £135 Low Dubbs Farm. TEXEL: £161 Stakes Moss Farm, £154 Hill Farm, £152 Green Close, £152 Catherine Holme, £151 Highfield, £149 Catherine Holme. MULE: £146 The Coach House, £139 Killington
Drive, £136 Hollowgate Farm, £129 Hill Farm, £125 Braida Garth, £124 Force Mill. SUFFOLK: £142 High Fell Gate, £142 Burns Farm, £134 Hill Farm, £131 Hill Cottage, £130 Hole Beck, £124 West Plain Farm. CHEVIOT: £135 High House Farm, £132, £128 Braida Garth, £123 Kirkby Hall, £114 High House Farm, £101 Kirkby Hall. ROUGH FELL: £122, £121, £120, £116, £108 Raisgill Hall, £96 Hollowgate Farm. GRITSTONE: £118 Hill Farm, £87 High Farm. SWALEDALE: £111 (x2), £92, £88 High Borrans Farm, £86 Scalderskew, £84 High House Farm. HORNED: £109 Hill Farm. SCOTCH BLACKFACE: £108 Hill Farm. HAMPSHIRE: £107 High Farm. JACOB: £87 High Mill Farm. HERDWICK: £87, £76 Scalderskew.
Lancaster Auction Mart: Weekly Sale of Calves, OTM Cattle & Store Cattle. Friday 13th March 2026. Lancaster Auction Leads the Way Once Again CALVES & STIRKS The first of the new sale format saw a large number of customers in attendance at this ever increasingly popular sale. Rearing calves commenced the sale with British Blue bulls to £900 from JS Towers & H Kent who sold others at £890. Younger bulls to £790 for Angus cross from Lawsons Dairy Ltd who sold Blues at £760 with 6-week-olds £700 H & SD Cornthwaite and £670 JP & C Robson. Youngest Limousin bulls £460 (2 weeks) from D & K Haworth. Dairy bulls extremely well sold to £460 from J & R Waller who sold others at £370. Just a handful of heifer calves forward with the strongest £890 from JS Towers & H Kent for British Blue with younger rearers £640 for Blues from Lawsons Dairy Ltd. The first mid-monthly sale of stirks saw a full row penned and easily sold, more required each sale to satisfy buyers requirements. WJ & EA Woodhouse lead the sale with a trio of 7-month Angus steers at £1160. Close behind at £1150 was JR Robinson & Son selling 7-month-old blue bulls with others £1100 from FW Rhodes & Son, younger recently weaned generally £750 to £800. For all Friday sale enquiries, contact Matthew Probert 07540 446667 & Andrew Butler 07966 556592. Enter cattle with confidence and show your stock at Lancaster! Heifer Calf Top Prices: BRITISH BLUE: £890 Cinder Hill Farm, £840 Cinder Hill Farm, £800 Cinder Hill Farm, £640 Bank End Farm, £570 Bank End Farm, £560 Roe Farm. ANGUS: £610 Coldcotes Farm, £600 Coldcotes Farm. HEREFORD: £520 Coldcotes Farm. Bull Calf Top Prices: BRITISH BLUE: £900 Cinder Hill Farm, £890 Cinder Hill Farm, £850 Cinder Hill Farm, £760 Bank End Farm, £720 Manor House Farm, £700 Kirkwood Lodge Farm. ANGUS: £790 Bank End Farm, £640 Bank End Farm, £580 Roe Farm, £440 Rose Farm. FRIESIAN: £460 Hallbeck, £370 Hallbeck, £200 Hallbeck. LIMOUSIN: £460 Rose Farm. Bull Stirk Top Prices: BRITISH BLUE: £1150 Hollins Farm, £1100 Barrow Greaves Farm, £1010 Barrow Greaves Farm, £1000 Barrow Greaves Farm. FLEKVIEH: £1000 Larbreck Hill Farm. ANGUS: £920 Barrow Greaves Farm, £700 Post Farm. FRIESIAN: £780 Larbreck Hill Farm.
Heifer Stirk Top Prices: BRITISH BLUE: £1150 Hollins Farm, £1100 Barrow Greaves Farm, £1010 Barrow Greaves Farm, £1000 Barrow Greaves, £910 Barrow Greaves Farm, £890 Hollins Farm, £880 Barrow Greaves Farm. ANGUS: £930 Barrow Greaves Farm, £700 Post Farm. FRIESIAN: £780 Larebreck Hill Farm. Steer Stirk Top Prices: ANGUS: £1160 Gibsons Farm. BELTED GALLOWAY: £710 West View Farm. FRIESIAN: £700 West View Farm. SWEDISH RED AND WHITE: £580 West View Farm.
STORE CATTLE Vendors enjoying their day at Lancaster Auction showing their stock to full advantage in the main ring. A full ringside of buyers in attendance with several new making a start ahead of turn out. Keep these cattle coming with prices achieved ahead of local centers. All steers today averaged £2125 and heifers £1920. Strongest steers regularly £2300 plus topping at £2500 for British Blue from R & DM Rossall & Sons, Pilling and Angus from Tom Barron Farms, Preston who sold others at £2450. Medium keep steers £2100 to £2320 with dairy bred topping at £2200 for MRI from Barlow Bros, Croston. Best of the heifers not far behind with Aberdeen Angus achieving £2400 from R & DM Rossall & Sons, Pilling and British Blue £2350 from GR Bargh & Co with £2300 for Angus from KH & D Holden & Son, Pilling. Medium keep heifers nicely £2100 to £2250. Younger heifers to £2080 for a ring full of Limousin cross from TR Prickett, Hutton Roof. Store Bullock Top Prices: ANGUS: £2500 Ambrose Hall Farm, £2450 Ambrose Hall Farm, £2400 Chestnut House Farm, £2400 Grange Farm, £2320 Birch Croft, £2300 Betts Farm. BRITISH BLUE: £2500 Abrahams Farm, £2350 Upper Foxholes Farm, £2320 Whinney Carr, £2180 Windy Hill Farm, £2100 Whinney Carr Farm, £1880 Green Dragon Farm. MRI: £2200 Littlewood Hall Farm. CHAROLAIS: £2120 Rye Close. LIMOUSIN: £2020 Lodge Farm, £1850 Ghyll Beck Farm. MONTBELLIARDE: £1950 Savick Brook Farm. FRIESIAN: £1880 Ghyll Beck Farm, £1800 Green Dragon Farm, £1720 Plumpton Hall Farm, £1700 Knowsley Farm. Store Heifer Top Prices: ANGUS: £2400 Abrahams Farm, £2300 Chestnut House Farm, £2250 Lodge Cottage, £1980 Park Lane Farm, £1900 Grange Farm, £1880 Knowsley Farm. BRITISH BLUE: £2350 Rye Close, £2220 Stubb Hall Farm, £2200 Lodge Cottage, £2200 Betts Farm, £2120 Savick Brook Farm, £1850 Plumpton Hall Farm. HEREFORD: £2200 Lawsons Farm, £1620 Park Lane Farm. CHAROLAIS: £2150 Whelpside Farm, £2080 Whelpside Farm. LIMOUSIN: £2100 Lodge Farm, £2080 Hutton Roof Hall. FRIESIAN: £1280 Hallbeck.
OTM CATTLE A fast-paced sale with all classes and types experiencing competitive bidding and selling above vendors expectations. Beef cows sold to 354p/kg and £2534 for British Blue from ID Bailey & Son with other mediums generally 305p/kg to 340p/kg & £1980 to £2300. Best of the dairies to 274p/kg & £2415 from Raby Farms, Preesall. Parlour types 220p/kg to 245p/kg with only the leanest and lightweights less.
OTM Beef heifers sold to 369.5p/kg for a British Blue from T & S Blades, Arkholme with Angus cross £2084 from TJ Robinson, Milnthorpe. Dairy heifers to 319.5p/kg from JT & B Fox, Quernmore and £2110 P Knowles, Kendal. Beef steers to 339.5p/kg for British Blue from Barker Farms, Carnforth and £2359 for Angus cross from J Prest & Son, Lancaster. OTM Cow Top Prices: BRITISH BLUE: 354.50 Betts Farm, 319.50 Hill Top Farm, 299.50 Luneside. SHORTHORN: 334.50 Manor House Farm, 329.50 Manor House Farm, 299.50 Manor House Farm. OTHER: 309.50 Barons Fold Farm, 294.50 Barons Fold Farm, 289.50 Barons Fold Farm. ANGUS: 299.50 Yealand Manor, 279.50 Yealand Manor. SIMMENTAL: 289.50 Luneside. FRIESIAN: 274.50 Fern Hill Farm, 274.50 Sweetings Farm, 269.50 Lawsons Farm, 259.50 Blackwood End, 259.50 Yew Tree Farm, 244.50 Holly House Farm. FLEKVIEH: 169.50 Curlew House Farm. JERSEY: 159.50 Arnside Tower Farm. OTM Heifer Top Prices: BRITISH BLUE: 369.50. HEREFORD: 359.50 Rowell Farm. ANGUS: 354.50 Rowell Farm. FRIESIAN: 319.50 Blackwood End, 314.50 Derby Lodge Farm, 309.50 Heaves Farm, 309.50 Low Deepslack, 304.50 Cragg Farm, 299.50 Norbreck Farm. CHAROLAIS; 309.50 Norbreck Farm. FLEKVIEH: 269.50 Cragg Farm. Cast Steer Top Prices: BRITISH BLUE: 339.50 Cotestones Farm. ANGUS: 324.50 Upper Foxholes Farm. FRIESIAN: 299.50 Low Deepslack.
Next Week's Upcoming Sales Monday 16th Lancaster: 10am Prime Hoggs & Cast Sheep 11am Opening Weekly Sale of Sheep with Lambs at Foot Tuesday 17th J36: 11am Opening Weekly Sale of Sheep with Lambs at Foot 1pm Prime Hoggs & Cast Sheep Thursday 19th J36: 10am OTM/Cast Cattle 10:30am Store Cattle 11am Calves 12:30pm Stirks Friday 20th Lancaster: 10:15am Calves & OTM Cattle 11:15am Store Cattle