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North West Auctions Weekly Report and Newsletter – 14th June

J36 Rural Auction Centre Beef Breeding Sale Thursday 8th June The Great Annual Sale of Beef Breeding Cattle at J36 had an entry of over 75 families forward, attracting buyers from throughout the North of England and Scotland, guaranteeing a strong trade from start to finish. The annual consignment of dairy bred Limousin heifers with Limousin calves at foot from EJ Hodgson & Son of Lambrigg Head, Kendal, saw heifers suckling bull calves sell to £2050.

Caley & Mitchinson of Troutbeck sold second calved Limousin cows to £2000.

The annual consignment from Colin Wilson of Witherslack saw British Blue heifers with Limousin Bull calves at foot selling to £1880 and heifer calves at foot to £1800. KM&KJ Curwen of Abbeystead sold their consignment of Continental cows with calves to £1835 and £1705. There was plenty of interest for In-Calf Heifers with British Blues from T,L,B&J Knowles of Selside, due in July to a Limousin Bull sell to £1650, twice.

The herd reduction on behalf of Mr Derek Smith of Fell House following the loss of summer grazing attracted plenty of interest.

Mainly consisting of older Saler cows with Charolais calves at foot, saw the trade peak at £1550 for an 8 year old cow with a strong bull calf at foot. Stronger outfits were regularly selling in excess of £1300.

Top Prices: Breeding Bulls: Here £1300, £1000 Hall Carleton Farm.

Bulling Heifers: Here £1100 Hipshow Farm.

In-Calf Heifer: Brb £1650, £1280 High Borrowbridge.

Heifer & Calf: Lim £2050 Lambrigg Head Farm, £1780 West Lynn, £1750, £1550, £1520 Lambrigg Head Farm. Brb £1880 Nether Hall Farm. Ang £1420 Lambrigg Head Farm.

Cow & Calf: Lim £2000 Castle Syke Farm, £1835, £1705 Marshaw Farm, £1700 Bowston Hall, £1680 Castle Syke Farm. Brb £1800, £1620 Bowston Hall, £1280 Singleton Park. Con £1605 Marshaw Farm. SLR £1550, £1400, £1350, £1340, £1310 Fell House. Sim £1320 Marh House Farm. Char £1300 Fell House. Sho £1080, £1070, £1050 Fell House.

NWA Lancaster Monthly Dairy Sale Monday 19th June at 11.15am Show and Sale of 40 NC Dairy Cattle Comprising of 33 Heifers & 7 Cows from Bilsrow, Carwood, Hillrobin, Kirkwood, Pennie, Quernmore, Sandcrest, Shoreline & Witherslack Catalogues available online or by request – 01524 63308

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Lancaster Sale Reports Friday 9th June The Strong Trade Continues for Stores at Lancaster A larger entry of Store Cattle forward for this week’s sale, selling to the continued strong trade with an active ring of buyers looking to purchase all specifications of cattle. Once again, numerous cattle were selling in excess of £1400, topping at £1470 for Charolais Bullocks from JA & LR Wilson of Millom with Continental bullocks from the same good home selling to £1440. Native Cattle saw Angus Bullocks sell to £1440 from GR & A Foy of Conder Green. Strong Bullocks continue to sell easily in excess of £1300.

Topping the Heifer market today was H & C Pickervance of Kirkham selling British Blues to £1330. Aberdeen Angus Heifers achieved £1300 from JD & GM Bracken of Catterall.

Black and White Bullocks sold to a top of £1270 from TJ Robinson of Milnthorpe with strong well fleshed bullocks selling easily over £1000 and larger grazing types selling between £800 and £950.

There is still plenty of purchasers in the market looking for grazing cattle for the summer as grass still continues to grow well with vendors strongly urged to take advantage of this good trade.

Bullocks sold to an overall market average of £1007 and Heifers averaged £1005 Store Cattle Top Prices: STORE BULLOCK – CHAR: £1470 Dunningwell Farm; £1100 Bradlow Farm. BRB: £1440 Dunningwell Farm; £1390 Roseacre Hall; £1370 Parkside Farm. LIM: £1440 Dunningwell Farm; £1220 Hazelslack Tower Farm; £1220 Lynwood. AA: £1440 Parkside Farm; £1270 Fern Lea; £1270 Rowell Farm. HERE: £1290 Foredales Farm; £1260 Ivy Barn; £1090 Cock Hall Farm. FKV: £1290 Holme Head. MON: £1280 Upper Foxholes Farm; £1200 Pilling Lane. FR: £1270 Rowell Farm; £1080 Cragg Farm; £1080 Bensons Farm. SHO: £1260 Ivy Barn. SRW: £980 Holme Head.

STORE HEIFERS – BRB: £1330 Roseacre Hall; £1270 Abrahams Farm; £1190 Wilson House Farm. AA: £1300 Greenlands Farm; £1200 Abrahams Farm; £1190 Staffords Farm. LIM: £1200 Greenlands Farm; £1160 Holme Field; £1140 Croppers Farm. HERE: £1080 Brow Foot Farm; £1060 Crook Farm; £1000 Forton Bank Farm.

There was more Cast Cows on offer this week with 119 in the market achieving an overall market average of 130.15p/kg with black and white cows selling to a market average of 122p/kg.

Best black and whites topped at 144.5p/kg from DJ, A & L Sutcliffe of Throstle Nest with numerous good cows selling at 139.5p/kg. Black and whites sold to £1,150.88 from G & ME Woodhouse & Son of Boldens Farm with nine black and white cows selling in excess of £1,000.

Top price of the day was a Limousin bull from Peter Cummings of Holme selling to £1,471.73 or 139.5p/kg. Beef cows sold to 189.5p/kg from D & E Whitaker of Quernmore or £1,312 from JE Bracken of St Michaels.

Cast Cow Top Prices: CAST COW – LIM: 189.5 Little Fell Farm; 174.5 New House Farm; 174.5 Cragg End. SIM: 164.5 New House Farm; 139.5 Throstle Nest Farm. BRB: 151.5 Dunken shaw Farm. WB: 144.5 Coventry Farm. FR: 144.5 Throstle Nest Farm; 139.5 Little Town Farm; 139.5 Coventry Farm. MRI: 139.5 Village Farm. MON: 137.5 White Lund Farm.

NOR: 137.5 Throstle Nest Farm; 134.5 College Green. BS: 134.5 Throstle Nest Farm. AY: 131.5 Throstle Nest Farm. SD: 129.5 Dunkenshaw Farm. HERE: 124.5 Whinney Garth. AA: 121.5 Gateside Farm. SHO: 107.5 Hodgkinson Farm.

CAST HEIFER- AA: 179.5 Well House Farm. FR: 164.5 North Farm; 161.5 Marlholes Farm; 154.5 Lawsons Farm.

CAST STEER – LIM: 169.5 Intack Farm; 154.5 Lambrigg Park Farm. CHAR: 159.5 Lambrigg Park Farm.

CAST BULL – FR: 139.5 Rye Close. LIM: 139.5 Holme Field. HERE: 117.5 Bellart Howe.

There were more Calves on offer this week and more could have easily been sold to the advantage of the vendor with plenty of people in the market looking to purchase. Vendors are certainly urged and encouraged to take advantage of the strong market prices with trade out doing collection centres. No headline calves in the market with a younger show on offer saw beef calves of all descriptions easily sold and a long way short of supply.

The day’s trade toped at £370 for a six week old Angus Bull calf from Steve Mason of Birkland Barrow. The weekly consignment of calves from Eddie and Angie Newsham of Conder Green always create plenty of interest with one month old British Blue bulls selling to £340, once again, plenty of beef calves selling in and around the £300 mark.

A very young entry of black and whites in the market today where all were eagerly bid for and more could have been sold, trade topped at £112 and £105 for month old calves from Drinkall Brothers of Over Wyresdale.

Calf Top Prices: HEIFER CALF – HERE: £290 Sellerley Farm. BRB: £290 Forton Hall Farm; £275 Sellerley Farm. SIM: £200 Sellerley Farm.

BULL CALF – AA: £370 Birkland Barrow. BRB: £340 Sellerley Farm; £320 Forton Hall Farm; £295 Kitchlow Farm; £255 North Farm. HERE: £285 Sellerley Farm. FR: £112 Catshaw Hall Farm.

Monday 12th June Spring Lamb Numbers Still on the Increase at Lancaster The weekly sale of Spring Lambs had the largest entry of the season, so far, with 816 forward selling to the continued strong trade. An overall market average of 234p/kg was achieved, in keeping with the national averages at the end of the previous week, especially with more lambs coming available on the market.

Best types of lambs are still easily selling in excess of the £100 mark with the trade topping at £109 for a pen of Texel lambs from JE & J Pye & Son of Quernmore. Beltex Lambs from AG Butler of Hambleton and PD Anderton of Scorton sold to £108. Top pence per kilo went to AG Butler of Hambleton selling to 263p/kg and S Wilson & Son of Scotforth selling to 261p/kg.

Spring Lamb Top Prices: TEX: £109 Gibsons Farm; £108 Longlands Farm; £108 Wyre Farm. BEL: £108 Park Farm Barn; £107 Burrow Heights Farm. SUFF: £104 Park Farm Barn; £104 Blackleach House Farm; £103 Maddison Avenue. DORS: £103 Beckside Barn. CHAR: £94.50 Burrow Heights Farm; £92.50 Springfield Farm.

Just a few Prime Hoggs in the market this week selling to a competitive trade with more needed next week to meet the demand of the upcoming festival.

Prime Hogg Top Prices: SUFF: £80.50 Bradlow Farm; £75 Thornbush Farm. SWALE: £64 Sykes Farm; £57 Thornbush Farm.

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Lancaster Sale Reports The Cast Sheep trade remains good with all eagerly bid for. A Texel tup from JM & GM Livesey of Inskip sold to a top price of £131. Strongest cast ewes were selling in the nineties topping at £96 from DM Bargh of Heaton with Oxcliffe closely followed by a pen of Texels from AE Clarkson Ltd of Thurnham. Strong Mule ewes were regularly selling around the £70 mark with pens from DM Eames of Abbeystead selling to £70 and T & ME Longton and Son of Quernmore. Sheep will be required next week to meet the demand of the upcoming festival.

Cast Sheep Top Prices: CAST EWES – SUFF: £96 Bradlow Farm; £88 Ellers Farm; £85 Middle Lee Farm. TEX: £94 Cock Hall Farm; £86 Lyndale Farm; £82 Ellers Farm. MULE: £70 Middle Lee Farm; £70 Lee End Farm; £69 Ellers Farm.

CAST RAM – TEX: £131 Hodgkinson Farm.

J36 Sale Reports Thursday 8th June A bumper entry of Calves & Stirks forward today sold to the continued strong trade with an increased ringside of buyers present old and new. Numerous Beef calves sold around the £400 mark, with British Blue bulls selling to £405 and £400 from Whitestone Farms of Penrith.

A consignment of strong Beef calves from V&EJ Chadwick & Sons of Preston saw Angus heifers and bulls both sell to £400, with plenty of calves selling between £350 and £400, with all vendors leaving well pleased. It was nice to have a couple of Belted Galloway calves in today, selling to a belting trade making £290 and £280. More Beef calves required to fulfil buyers requirements.

A big entry of Black & Whites were eagerly bid for throughout the sale, with best types over £100, selling to £145 from J Scott & Co of Cartmel.

Just a handful of Stirks in the market today from JM Simpson of Underbarrow selling Friesian bulls at 8mo to £570 and Angus bulls at the same age sell to £580.

Calf Top Prices: Bull Calf: Brb £405 Whitestone Farm, £400 Sowerby Lodge, £400 Whitestone Farm, £395, £390 Hollins Farm. Ang £400 Sowerby Lodge. Here £320, £285, £250 Cotestone Farm, £170 Mount Pleasant. Lim £305, £295, £280 Halforth Farm. Belted Gal £290, £280 Pedgecroft. Fri £145 Middle Birkby, £110 Cotestone Farm, £102 Beck Side, £100 Angerton Hall Farm.

Heifer Calf: Ang £400 Sowerby Lodge, £345 Bolton Lodge Farm. Brb £360 Sowerby Lodge, £290 Whitestone Farm. Lim £285 Halforth. Here £250 Cotestone Farm.

Bull Stirk: Ang £580, £490 The Lodge. Fri £570 The Lodge.

There was a shortage of numbers Cast Cows forward this week but the trade remained very strong, with an overall market average of 118.05p/kg and Black and Whites selling to a market average of 107p/kg. The market was topped by P&TL Edmondson of Kirkby in Furness for a Limousin cow selling for 169.5p/kg or £1105.14 with all Limousin cows forward averaging 148.1p/kg.

Cast Cow Top Prices: OTM Cow: Lim 169.5 Low Hall Farm, 159.5 Ashstead, 157.5 Farleton House, 149.5 Singleton Park, 104.5 High Skelgill. Ang 139.5 Singleton Park. Mon 141.5, 124.5 Green Lane End Farm. Fri 139.5 Beck Side, 137.5, 134.5, 129.5 Bridge End Farm, 124.5 Natland Park Farm. Sho 109.5 School Hill.

More Store Cattle could have been easily sold today, with a brisk trade throughout. Yearling Limousin bulls sold to £1000 from Messrs Hodgson of High Borrans. A good number of yearling steers forward were regularly selling between £850 and £900, with Limousin yearling heifers selling to £760.

The next sale of Store Cattle will be on Thursday 22nd June with catalogue entries closing on Wednesday 14th June, please phone the office with entries.

Store Cattle Top Prices: Store Bullock: Lim £900 Hall Farm, £890 Granby Road, Old Croft. Blo £800, £790 Granby Road. Here £800, £770 West Palin Farm. Ang £760 Piked Howe.

Store Heifer: Lim £760 Hall Farm. Here £720, £700 West Plain Farm.

Store Bull: Lim £1000, £930 High Borrans.

Tuesday 13th June There was the largest entry of Spring Lambs this season so far with 1095 going under the gavel. As seen nationwide lambs prices have slipped with Junction 36 averaging 234p/kg beating many local centres on the day.

Once again, top quality lambs were easily sold and more could have been sold and to the advantage of the vendor. Topping the trade was JA & VM Lamb of Conder Green selling Beltex lambs to 283p/kg or £116. Suffolk lambs sold to a top of £114 from D Metcalfe of Dalton in Furness and Suffolk Mules sold to £110 from R & J Dodgson of Natland. Texels topped at £111 from KR & CR Williamson of Beckfoot.

A large entry of lightweight lambs between 30-37kg saw 37kg lambs from IL Dixon of Cantsfield selling to a top of £100. Lightweight lambs between 32-37kg sold to a market average of 232p/kg with exactly 500 forward within this weight category. First Mule lambs of the season forward saw 40kg lambs from Tom Ladds selling to £85.

Spring Lamb Top Prices: Bel £116 Conder Green Farm, £109 Stubb Farm, Poppy Farm, £98, £94 Stubb Farm. Suff £114 Crooklands Brow, £110 Cracalt Farm, £109.50 Smithy Green Farm, £109 The Barn, Beaumont Gate. Tex £111 Beckfoot Farm Cottage, £109.50 Longlands, £107.50 Cinderbarrow Farm, £104 Old Croft, £103.50 High House Farm. Dors £97 Hallbeck, £95.50 Brow Head, £80.50 Tree Tops, £80 Field House. Cont £91 Crook O Lune, £90.50, £78 Crosscrake Farm, £78 Patton Mill, £76 Elm Bank Farm. Char £89 The Barn, Hebblethwaite, £79 Preston Patrick Hall, £77 Bull Bank Farm. Mule £85 Benson Hall. Chev £84.50 High House Farm.

There was a smaller entry of Prime Hoggs forward with a mixed entry in terms of quality saw well fleshed Hoggs selling in excess of the 200p/kg mark. Topping the sale was Linda Beck of Endmoor selling Texel Hoggs to 211p/kg or £110 from. Hoggs will be required next week for the upcoming festival end.

Prime Hogg Top Prices: Tex £110, £107 Weston Houses, £100 Holme Field, £96 Black Bull Cottage, £96 Elm Bank Farm. Suff £99, £85, £83, £79 Smithy Green Farm, £76 Low Groves Farm.

Mule £85 Elm Bank Farm. Swale £84 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £78 Ellerbeck, £76 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £67 Higher Salter, £63 Overhouses. Chev £81, £77 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage. Herd £78, £77 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage.

A larger entry of Cast Ewes forward this week sold to the continued strong trade with all buyers eager to purchase ewes of all specifications. A consignment of Texel ewes from RT & ME Sutton of Stainton sold to a top of £112 and £116.

Plenty of continental ewes easily sold in excess of the £100 mark. Strongest Mule ewes sold in over the £80 mark topping at £85 for a pen

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of 13 from GCL Stephenson LTD of Deansbiggin. Leaner Mules sold around the £70 mark. Well fleshed horned ewes and hill bred ewes were good to sell with Herdwicks topping at £76 from WG & D Wilkinson of Coniston and Rough Fells selling to £75 from CP Bateman of Docker. Scotch Blackface Ewes from JH Barker and Son of Ulverston sold to £69 and Swaledales from RS & BA Harker of Holme sold to £67. Plenty of pens of fit Swaledale Ewes were easily selling round the £60 mark with plainer types between £40 and £50.

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Tuesday 20 June 11am 100 SHEEP WITH LAMBS AT FOOT 1pm 900 SPRING LAMBS Last sale Spring Lambs average 234p/kg followed by 500 PRIME HOGGS & 400 CAST SHEEP Last wk to £118

Cast Sheep: Tex £122, £116, £112 Crosscrake Farm, £110 Hallbeck, £108 Brown Edge. Suff £111, £102, £99 Patton Hall, £95 Western Houses, £92 Crooklands Brow. Char £111 Brown Edge, £91 Elm Bank Farm. Cont £100 Topthorn Farm. Chev £90, Crooklands Brow, £87 The Galleon, £85 Longlands, £79 The Courtyard, £62 The Galleon. Mule £85 Deansbiggin, £83 Cantsfield, £82 Hallbeck, £81 Deansbiggin, £80 Storth End Farm. BFL £83 Longlands, £81 Thursgill. Dors £80 Beckside Barn, £68, £64 Warth Sutton Farm, £63 Poppy Farm. Herd £76, £71 Tilberthwaite, £65 Weston Houses, £60 Stonethwaite Farm. Rough £75 Croft Foot Farm.

Mash £75 Cautley Farm. Sco £69 Stribers Farm. Swale £67, £65 Overthwaite, £65 Benson Hall, £62 Marsh House arm, £61 Silverdale Drive.

Cast Rams: Tex £108 Long Green Head, £101 Cautley Farm, £99 Vicarage Road, £91 Long Green Head. Suff £87 High Underbrow, £76 Rankthorn. Swale £82 Ellerbeck, £71 Long Green Head, £65 Ellberbeck, £60 The Borrans. BFL £74 Croft Foot Farm.

Thursday 22nd June 10.15am Fortnightly Sale of

60 CALVES & STIRKS

Monthly Draw of £50 Genus Voucher for Highest Price Calf under 49 Days 10.30am 60 CAST COWS &

TB RESTRICTED COWS

The monthly sale of all types of Pigs had an entry of 75 forward. There was a mixed entry of Prime Pigs forward with not as many top quality pigs on offer this week as sometimes seen. Heavy weight gilts sold to a top of £130 from AP Smith of Brookhouse with Boars selling to £128 from TS Wilson of Cockermouth. Pigs sold to a top of 146p/kg from J Cookson of Kendal.

11am 100 STORE CATTLE Catalogues available online or by request.

Sale Day Entries Welcome Saturday 1st July 10.30am Monthly Sale of MACHINERY, EQUIPMENT & TOOLS Please advise the office of entries for advertising, Send photos to info@nwauctions.co.uk.

Entries taken till 10am on Sale Day

A few Cast pigs forward this week saw Cast Sows sell to £102 from E Lawson of Sedbergh with large Cast Sows regularly around the £100 mark. A strong store pig trade saw DC Miller of Claughton on Brock top the trade with Store Gilts selling to £105 and Boars to £100. Weaner from A Sealby of Carlisle top at £80 with pietrain gilts.

Lancaster Auction Mart Monday 19th 9am 900 SPRING LAMBS Last Sale averaged 235p/kg Followed by 100 Prime Hoggs, 100 CAST SHEEP & PRIME CATTLE

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10.15am 60 REARING CALVES More needed to fulfil buyers orders 10.30am 120 CAST/OTM CATTLE Last Wk Cast Cows av 130p/kg 11.15am 300 STORE CATTLE Last Wk Blks to £1470 Hfrs to £1330

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Claiming Date - Monday 21st August Young Stock Dispersal Sale of the Arnot Herd on behalf of AR&J Whitlow due to ill health. Sale comprises 90 Heifers inc. entries from the Carlina, Winnifred & Lady families also 2 young Bulls. An excellent opportunity to purchase quality stock from a Master Breeder Herd.

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Saturday 17th June at 10am Dispersal Sale of Rural Bygones and Collectables on behalf of the family of the late Aubrey Bibby, Little Dale, including rare Oliver Plough and a Plough by Stalker of Penrith.

Viewing on Thursday 15th & Friday 16th June.

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