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North West Auctions Weekly Report and Newsletter – 13th May

Borrans Farm Dispersal Saturday 9th May End of an Era Sale at Gressingham North West Auctions conducted the on farm dispersal sale of Machinery and Equipment on behalf of George & James Huddleston, Borrans Farm, Gressingham. A wide Selection of items attracted buyers from throughout the United Kingdom and Ireland.

The sale commenced with workshop tools and items containing a wide array of lots ranging from nails, nuts, bolts to milking units and chainsaws.

The larger items attracted the keenest interest with a Claas Celtis 456 4ED Tractor c/w loader selling at a final bid of £17,400, a John Deere 3350 4WD £7300 and a MF135 £2150.

Grassland Machinery sold to £8400 for a Claas Round Baler, £5600 McCale Wrapper and £3350 for a Kuhn Tedder.

North West Auctions would like to wish George & James all the best on their retirement.

Case 885 XL 4WD £3900

John Deere 3350 4WD £7300

Claas Celtis 456 4WD c/w loader £17,400

Claas 355 RC Baler £8400

Case 5130 4WD £4850

Mitsubishi Pickup £4600

David Brown 4WD c/w Loader £3050

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Lancaster Sale Reports Friday 8th May Another solid trade for all classes OTM Cattle and Cast Cows. Well fleshed cows sold easily over 140ppk topping at 147.5ppk for a Swedish Red cow from EW & RM Towers of Holme Head with OTM heifers from Norbreck Genetics also achieving 147.5ppk. Black and White cows averaged 117ppk.

Cast Cow Top Prices: OTM COW – FR: 144.5 Berryholme; 144.5 High House Farm; 144.5 Waterscales Farm. AA: 121.5 Mosergh Farm. WB: 111.5 Higher Salter. LIM: 141.5 Low Groves Farm. SRW: 147.5 Holme Head. SR: 147.5 Holme Head. SIM: 134.5 Slack Farm. BRB: 137.5 Low Groves Farm. BA: 104.5 Bank Farm.

OTM HEIFER – FR: 147.5 Norbreck Farm; 141.5 Chapel House; 107.5 Hole of Ellel. GA: 129.5 Kirket Nook.

A smaller entry of Store Cattle forward at Lancaster met a continued strong trade with even larger cattle slightly dearer on the week with grazing cattle and younger cattle continuing to meet a strong demand from a ring full of buyers at Lancaster with more cattle could have been easily sold to vendor’s advantage.

Short keep steers and heifers easily sold in excess of £1200 with better sorts selling over £1300 topping at £1360 for 19 month old Limousin steers from John and David Swarbrick of Bensons Farm with David Moorhouse selling Limousin steers for £1330. Native bred cattle of all sizes and ages always required at Lancaster and short of numbers this morning for buyer requirements. A consignment of 8 to 10 month old Montbeliarde steers sold to £690.

Store Cattle Top Prices: STORE BULLOCKS – FR: £1130 Ninezergh; £990 Newsham Hall Farm; £920 Gulf Farm. AA: £1250 Wood View; £1160 Dunningwell Farm; £1130 Windy Hill Farm.

LIM: £1360 Bensons Farm; £1330 High House Farm; £1270 Lentworth Farm. CH: £1090 Cobble Hey Farm. HE: £1140 Raw Head; £1140 Old Woodhouse. SIM: £1140 Kate Farm. BRB: £1290 Abrahams Farm; £1290 Dunningwell Farm; £1240 Pasture House Farm. MON: £800 Fanny House Farm; £690 Aspinall House Farm. SRW: £850 Fanny House Farm. FKV: £1140 Ninezergh; £840 Carlingwha.

STORE HEIFERS – AA: £1030 Jolley Fold Farm; £1000 Bouthwaite Farm; £920 Lower Swainhead Farm. SHO: £1010 Lundholme Farm. LIM: £1160 Dunningwell Farm; £1040 Far Orrest; £1030 Bouthwaite Farm. CH: £1220 Newsham Hall Farm. HE: £1020 Windy Hill Farm. SIM: £1050 Kate Farm; £1030 Jolley Fold Farm. BRB: £1200 Pasture House Farm; £1090 Abrahams Farm; £980 Bouthwaite Farm.

A strong entry of Calves this morning saw all classes sell to the continued strong trade. Eight week old Blue calves from S & IA Robinson sold to £440 for bulls and £415 for heifers. A nice run of continental calves from numerous vendors saw 9 Blue bulls average £367 and 10 blue heifers average £350. Older weaned blues sold to £480 for bulls. Black and White calves sold to a top of £160 from David and Eileen Wallbank of Abbeystead, younger black and whites sold to a far faster trade this morning with plain calves £30-£50 and young yet strong sorts £60-£90, overall average of £87/head. Stirk trade just as fast, with Blue Bulls to £615 & £595 at 8months from A Shepherd, Pilling. Black and White stirks to £400 twice from W Pinder Jnr. Younger Black and White stirks to £340 at 5months from G & ME Woodhouse, Ellel.

Calf Top Prices: BULL CALF – FR: £335 Boldens Farm; £160 Tills Farm. WB: £200 Boldens Farm. BRB: £480 Hill Crest Farm; £440 Longber Farm; £398 Norbreck Farm.

HEIFER CALF – LIM: £415 Longber Farm. HE: £200 Hill Crest Farm. BRB: £415 Longber Farm; £370 Hill Crest Farm; £335 Tills Farm.

HEIFER STIRK – BRB: £545 Muffys Platt Farm.

BULL STIRK – FR: £400 Longstripes Farm; £278 High Snab. AA: £520 Muffys Platts Farm. BRB: £615 Muffys Platt Farm.

Monday 11th May The Prime Hogg trade followed national trend and was brighter at Lancaster with buyers keener to purchase hoggs especially hoggs between 39kg and 44kg.

A reduced entry this week as numbers begin to slightly dry up with better types selling 190ppk plus topping at 197ppk from AG Butler of Parks Barn with Texel Hoggs. Heavy weight hoggs sold to a top price of £94 from T & E Burrows of Throstle Grove Farm with other heavy hoggs easily selling towards £90.

A bumper entry of just short of 400 Spring Lambs in Lancaster today. Better quality lambs sold in excess of 210ppk topping at 221ppk from G & D Ball of Great Eccleston with white faced lambs easily selling over 200ppk. More interest expected in the coming weeks for prime lambs as many companies being to change over to lambs from hoggs.

Prime Spring Lamb & Hogg Top Prices: Prime Spring Lambs – HAMP: £71 Cock Hall Farm. SUFF: £96 Station Hotel; £85 Conder Green Farm; £83.50 Highfield Farm. CH: £84.50 Burrow Heights Farm; £83 Jacksons Farm; £82.50 Springfield Farm. TEX: £90 Tarnwater Farm; £88.50 The Dingle; £86.50 Birch Croft.

Prime Hoggs – SUFF: £89 The Dingle; £79 Parks Farm Barn; £73 Post Office Farm. CONT: £80 Medlar Hall Farm. MULE: £84 Medlar Hall Farm; £82 Little Fell; £82 Ingrave Farm. HRN: £77 Parks Farm Barn; £74 Medlar Hall Farm; £72 Ingrave Farm. CH: £86.50 Ingrave Farm; £82.50 Throstle Grove Farm; £72 Medlar Hall Farm. TEX: £94 Throstle Grove Farm; £89 The Dingle; £88 Parks Farm Barn.

A nice entry of predominately fit Cast Ewes this morning sold to an active ringside of buyers. Trade topped at £125 for a Continental ewe from RD Lambert, Out Rawcliffe, closely followed by James Burr, with a Mule ewe at £118. Horned sheep sold to £80 for a pair of Swales from JS & S Atkinson, Sykes Farm. All classes a strong trade, to average £89.53..

Cast Sheep Top Prices: CONT: £102 Burrow Heights Farm; £100 The Dingle; £89 Annasghyl. MULE: £118 Little Fell; £110 Knowsley Farm; £97 Tarnwater Farm. HRN: £80 Sykes Farm.

TEX: £125 Jacksons Farm; £100 Todds Farm; £97 Low Hall Beck.

Spring Breeding Sheep Sale The spring show of Hoggs with lambs at foot was kindly judged by Joe Townley of Mearsbeck. A nice quantity of Hoggs forward saw the continental class of five hoggs with single lambs won by David and Sam France of Over Wyresdale with a pen of big hoggs. The pen of five mule gimmer hoggs suckling single lambs was won by Nick Townley of Burnt House.

Hoggs and lambs sold to a strong trade with all vendors going away satisfied. The sale twice topped at £192 firstly for the third prized pen of Continental hoggs from Brian Carter of Ellel and the third prized hoggs from Nick Townley also achieving £192. Both first prized pens sold to £190 with other pens of Mule and Continental hoggs selling between £180 and £190 regularly. A few older sheep forward saw mule shearlings with single lambs sell to £185 from John Huddleston of Annasghyll and older Texel ewes with young Texels lambs from E Parker selling to £180.

Show Results Mule 1st 2nd 3rd

WT & EM Townley T Ayrton & Son WT & EM Townley

£190 £185 £192

Continental 1st 2nd 3rd

D France WT & EM Townley B & S Carter

£190 £170 £192

Above: 1st Prize Continental Hoggs from D France, Over Wyresdale Right: 1st prize mule hoggs from WT & EM Townley, Westhouse

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J36 Sale Reports Thursday 7th May The weekly sale of Calves had another solid trade. Weaned Black and White bull calves sold to £205 and £170 twice from B Butterfield & Son of Burton in Kendal with weaned British Blue bull calves selling to £480 from RJ & KR Wilkinson with month old Stabiliser bull calves from the same home selling to £380.

Limousin heifers at one month old sold to £265 from B & MJ Nelson & Son of Halforth Farm. All black and whites forward today bobby calves selling between £15 and £30.

Calf Top Prices: BULL CALVES – Lim: £200 Halforth Farm. Hfd: £255 Middle Birkby. Stab: High Foulshaw. BRB: £480 High Foulshaw. Fr: £205, £170, £160 Moss House Farm; £32 Natland Park; £30 Halforth Farm.

HEIFER CALVES – Lim: £265 & £210 Halforth Farm. Stab: £235 & £195 High Foulshaw Farm.

Tuesday 12th May North West Auctions held their weekly sale of Primestock of J36. An entry of 181 New Season lambs were forward. All classes and weight were competitively bid for selling to £91.50 or a top price per kg of 231.1p/kg with Lambs. 38-40kg being the easiest to sell with heavier lambs being harder to place.

A very mixed show of Prime Hoggs were forward topping at £91.50 for a pen of Texel Hoggs from Messrs Thompson of Samlesbury. Good meated Hoggs were good to sell, whilst leaner grass fed sorts met with more caution.

Prime Spring Lamb & Hogg Top Prices: Prime Lambs – DORS: £83.50 Warth Sutton. SUFF: £88 Hawkrigg End; £86 Ackenthwaite Farm; £83 Hallbeck. CH: £85 Moss House Farm. TEX: £91.50 Ackenthwaite Farm; £86 Brown Edge; £85.50 Moss House Farm.

Prime Hoggs – SUFF: £81 Ackenthwaite Farm; £78.50 Clawthorpe Lodge; £78 Brow Head. MASH: £76 Low Audlands. MULE: £82 Brow Head; £80 Roacher Hall.

SWAL: £76.50 Holme House; £72 Low Hall; £71 Burton Hill. RGH: £82 Killington Drive. CHEV: £81 Roacher Hall. TEX: £91.50 Roacher Hall; £89 Birds Park Farm.

TEES: £81.50 Holme House. HERD: £75.50 Boundary Beck; £73.50 The Galleon.

Once again a strong show of Cast Sheep were forward and with extra buyers stood ringside. All classes sold to a strong trade with Mule ewes and plain ewes seeing a sharp rise on the week. Ewes topped at £135 for Texels from JC Dunning of Orton, Mules to £119 from TE & J Wadsworth & Son of Sedgwick and horned sheep to £100 for Swaledales from Messrs Drinkall of Over Wyresdale.

Cast Sheep Top Prices: RYE: £119 Viewpoint. HAMP: £82 Millness Hall. DORS: £86 Warth Sutton Farm. SUFF: £118 Borrans Farm; £108 Walnut Hill; £97 Brookside.

MASH: £101 Killington Drive; £96 Low Audlands. MULE- £119 Raines Hall; £107 Low Chapel Farm; £99 Moss House Farm. SWAL: £100 Catshaw Hall Farm; £78 Middle Sadghyll; £77 Lodge Farm. RGH: £94 Killington Drive; £80 Steps Farm. CHEV: £90 School House; £77 Coupland Beck Farm; £76 Low Haygarth Farm.

TEX: £135 Low Chapel Farm; £131 Eskew Beck; £124 Benson Hall.

LEI: £117 Orphan Crag Barn. DALES: £62 Low Audlands; £61 Holme House. GRIT: £58 Moss End Farm. TEES: £105 Low Audlands. HERD: £79 Crossings Cottage; £75 Middle Fell.

A new market record of £400 for Mule Hoggs with Lambs at Foot.

North West Auctions held their weekly sale of sheep with Lambs at Foot which included the Annual Show and sale of Hoggs with Lambs at Foot. The show was judged by Mr Phillip Elliott of Penrith. After judging the two classes of Hoggs the Judge awarded the Champion Rosette to an outstanding pen of Mule Hoggs with single Texel lambs at foot from Messrs Winter of Clickham Farm, Appleby and these went onto sell for £400 an outfit to Messrs Holt of Lancaster.

The second prize winners from Messrs Sowerby of Terry’s Farm went onto sell for £248 to Messrs TH Gibson and Son of Kendal.

A fantastic run of 80 Hoggs with Lambs at Foot from Alan Edmondson of Ulverston topped at £215 an Outfit and his run of Hoggs averaged just short of £100 a life.

‘Be a bigger part of your local auction’ Sale of Shares Friday 15th February 2015 at Lancaster Auction Mart

in the Main Ring before the Store Cattle Sale Sale of L & K Group Plc Shares (owner of NWA)

800 Ordinary shares with L Convertible shares

The best quality Continental Hoggs proved good to sell however plainer Hoggs were harder to place. The First Prize Hoggs from Mr Tony Chapman of Kendal sold to £210 an outfit to Mr P. Elliot.

5650 Ordinary shares

Once again a strong show of commercial Sheep were forward being made up of predominately older ewes, with fresh faces stood ringside all classes sold to a very competitive trade.

1800 Ordinary A shares Mixed lots for sale in minimum lots of 50 shares

Show Results Mules 1st Winter Brothers 2nd G Sowerby 3rd Winter Brothers

Commission bids can be left with the auctioneers in advance if you are unable to attend the sale.

Continental 1st J A Chapman 2nd R Holmes 3rd A & B Thompson

Please remember Stamp Duty is payable on all transactions over £1000 (£5 per whole £000 e.g. £1800 would pay £10 stamp duty)

Champion Winter Brothers

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Prices : Hoggs & Lambs – SUFF: £150 Moss End Farm. MULE: £400 Clickham Hall; £248 Terry’s Farm; £215 Hawkswell Farm. TEX: £210 North Lodge; £195 Grayrigg Foot; £185 The Green. BEL: £208 North Lodge.

Ewe & Lamb – MULE: £162 Mouse Syke; £155 Leighton House; £148 Stoneyhead Hall. SWAL: £118 Hazel Head Farm. CHEV: £145 Coupland Beck Farm. TEX: £170 School House; £168 Stoneyhead Hall. GRIT: £170 Leighton House.

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Lyth Valley, Crosthwaite, Kendal

Brow Edge, Backbarrow

36.30 acres/14.69 hectares of Sound Pasture Land For sale by Public Auction On instruction from Mr T.A. Whitwell

100.30 acres/40.59 hectares of upland pasture, rough grazing and woodland being Bishops Allotment For Sale by Public Auction In Association with John G. Hills, Leyburn

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Thursday 4th June 2015 7pm At J36 Rural Auction Centre, Crooklands, Milnthorpe

Thursday 4th June 2015 7pm At J36 Rural Auction Centre, Crooklands, Milnthorpe Lot 1 - 11.17 acres/4.25 hectares of sound land with access off Rickettrae Road out of Crosthwaite Lot 2 - 13.66 acres/5.53 hectares of productive pasture land with access off the A5074, the Lyth Valley Road Lot 3 - 11.47 acres/4.64 hectares of productive pasture land with access of the A5074, the Lyth Valley road

The land can be viewed at any reasonable time given possession of a set of particulars and plans available from the Auctioneers

A desirable tract of land set on the Southern edge of the Lake District National Park, an area of outstanding natural beauty.

The land can be viewed at any reasonable time given possession of a set of particulars and plans available from the Auctioneers Solicitors - Messrs. McCormicks, Wharfdale House, 35-37 East Parade, Harrogate. Tel 01423 530630

Solicitors - Messrs. Thompson Wilson Pattinson, 114-116 Stricklandgate, Kendal. Tel 01539 721945

Kirkby Lonsdale For sale by Private Treaty Guide Price of Offers in excess of ÂŁ350,000

Waberthwaite, Millom A good Range of well maintained general purpose buildings (5,500 sq.ft. approx.)

For sale by private treaty or to let

The buildings are classified as agricultural and used for storage but would be suitable for a variety of uses, subject to the necessary planning consents being obtained.

Yard, buildings and 9.75 ac/3.95 ha of land at Devils Bridge, Kirkby Lonsdale including a building with a Certificate of Lawful Development for conversion to residential use A range of agricultural buildings in a fenced yard together with 7.58 acres/3.06 ha of meadow and pasture and 2.17 acres/0.88 ha of woodland

Basic Payment Scheme BPS application form completion is now in full swing and, even with the deadline extended to 15th June, time is running out.

If we haven’t seen you yet could you please contact us as soon as possible to arrange an appointment. As ever with RPA the system has become more complicated and time consuming so the sooner we can see people the better.

Appointments available at both Lancaster & J36 Call Rodney on 07717 548 966 or Carole on 015395 66216

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