Weekly Report & Newsletter - 14th November 2025 Lancaster Auction Mart: Sale of Prime Lambs & Cast Sheep. Monday 10th November 2025. PRIME LAMBS Lambs numbers continue to rise with buyers showing preference towards hard fed lambs and more cautious to under finished and grass finished lambs. Texel cross lambs sold to £173 from P Whitton & Son with others £171 KA Purtill, £168 CD&HL Mason and DR Preston. Standard weights nicely selling between £140 to £150, topping at £165 from G Beresford & Son. Several pens of lighter weights selling to £120 for Cheviots and Texel cross. CD&HL Mason lead todays sale with Beltex cross lambs achieving 375p/kg, with others 367p/kg from G Beresford & Son, better end lambs were 330p/kg-350p/kg, grass finished 305p/kg-320p/kg, with several pens of under finished / out of specification lambs less. An overall market average of 313p/kg for lambs ranging from 35kg to 73kg. Lambs are required to be belly clipped next week to meet FSA requirements. A team of clippers will be available from 7am, vendors are encouraged to arrive as early as possible to allow for a prompt sale start time of 10am. Prime Lambs Top Prices: TEXEL: £173 High Tenement Farm, £171 Oak Avenue, £168 Ellers Farm, £167 Beaumont Gate, £166 Oak Avenue, £165 Angerton Hall Farm. BELTEX: £168 Mearsbeck Farm, £165 Mearsbeck Farm, £157 The Hawthornes, £144 Mearsbeck Farm. CHAROLLAIS: £161 Inverbervie, £151 Inverbervie, £144 Brisekey Hall Farm, £141 Corney Hill Farm. MASHAM: £158 Allcocks Farm, £148 Allcocks Farm, £146 Ellers Farm. SUFFOLK: £155 Parkside Farm, £149 Low Croft, £148 The Hawthornes, £147 Parkside Farm, £145 Higher Fair Snape Farm, £145 The Hawthornes. CONTINENTAL: £153 The Hawthornes, £147 Inverbervie, £138 Old Parkside Farm, £117 Corney Hill Farm. DUTCH SPOTTED: £145 Old Parkside Farm, £139 Ellers Farm, £125 Middle Salter. DORSET: £144 Abbotson Farm. CHEVIOT: £144 Ellers Farm, £143 Ellers Farm, £120 Middle Salter. MULE: £134 Cottam Farm.
STORE LAMBS Just a handful forward this week and falling short of buyer’s requirements, long keep Texel sold to £107, with others £99.
CULL SHEEP Plenty of interest in ewes with another alley full of all classes and types, all sold today average £132. Just a handful of the stronger end continentals forward today selling to £202 for Texels from CD&HL Mason with others £200 TR Prickett and £196 D&K Swarbrick, mediums were generally £150 to £170. Charollais cross sold to £194 from D&K Swarbrick, who enjoyed a good day selling Dutch Spotted at £186, Cheviot Mule £178, North Country Mule £166, Dorset £166 and Easy Cares £144. Pure hill ewes saw Cheviots sell to £168 from G Beresford & Son and Swaledale £124, Herdwick £86. More ewes required each week to satisfy buyers demand. Cast Ewes Top Prices: TEXEL: £202 Mearsbeck Farm, £200 Mearsbeck Farm, £200 Hutton Roof Hall, £196 Bensons Farm, £182 Bensons Farm, £182 Hutton Roof Hall. CHAROLLAIS: £194 Bensons Farm, £166 Bensons Farm, £154 Ellers Farm. CHEVIOT: £178 Bensons Farm, £168 Angerton Hall Farm, £116 Middle Salter. DUTCH SPOTTED: £186 Bensons Farm, £96 Bensons Farm. TEESWATER: £176 Ellers Farm. CHEVIOT MULE: £174 Ellers Farm, £160 Ellers Farm, £150 Ellers Farm. DORSET: £166 Bensons Farm. MULE: £166 Bensons Farm, £154 Ripley, £152 Bensons Farm, £146 Fr Highfield, £138 Higher Fair Snape Farm, £135 Forgelands Estate. CONTINENTAL: £148 Ripley, £144 Bensons Farm, £138 Bensons Farm, £136 Bensons Farm. SWALEDALE: £124 Higher Fair Snape Farm, £90 Quarry House Farm, £88 High House Farm. HERDWICK: £84 Bensons Farm, £51 Robinson Place Farm. DALESBRED: £81 Middle Salter.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Sale of Pigs, Prime Lambs & Cast Sheep, Tuesday 11th November 2025. PIGS A large entry today at Junction 36 with every category was available, trade was more selective for middle run goods. Quality fat pigs were similar to the sale previous and on the whole weaners and stores were a good trade. The Navesey’s achieved the top price today at £190. A large entry is expected at the next sale in two weeks time. PRIME LAMBS Plenty of lambs and plenty of confidence. Another strong showing of sheep today at Junction 36, with excellent numbers forward and trade holding firm on last week. Well finished and the lighter half of lambs again commanding keen interest from buyers. Texel lambs topped today at £204 from PK&R Woof, The same home had others at £199 and £196. Late 30kg to mid 40kg were definitely the trade of the trade of the day! Texels from R&J Moorhouse selling for 379.5p/kg at 44kgs. A pen of five weighing 38kg hit 365.8p/kg this time from J Clarke & Son. Four continental lambs from AP Metcalfe sold for 354.8p/kg at 42kg, while 40kg Texels from R&SA Rawsthorne made 350p/kg. Todays overall average levelled out at 310p/kg, similar to last weeks trade here. For
further information contact Joel McGarva on 07920009097. Please also note that belly clipping will be required from next Tuesday, a service will be available at the Auction from first thing. Prime Lamb Top Prices: Texel: £204 £199 £196 £189 Storth End Farm, £189 Dugg Hill, £185 Arklid Farm, £181 Far Orrest. Su olk: £169 Myerscough College, £168 Yoad Pot, £160 Swallowmire, £155 Longfield, £154 Holmelands, £150 Smithy Green Farm. Continental: £155 Head House, £149 Curlew Rock, £148 Seedhowe Cottages, £148 Ashtree Cottage, £145 Myerscough College. Mule: £148 Arklid Farm, £142 High House Farm, £139 Mansrigg Hall, £138 Yoad Pot, £136 Thursgill. Dutch Spotted: £145 Myerscough College, £145 Old Parkside Farm, £ 134 £126 High Mill Farm. Swale: £144 £134 Low Longmire, £101 Tills Hole. Cheviot: £139 Seedhowe Cottages, £130 £126 Castle Green Lane. Rough Fell: £135 £116 Moss End Farm. Dorset: £120 Cumbrae. Leicester: £115 £113 Meadow Wood. Gritstone: £112 Hall Bank. Herdwick: £70 Old Strickley.
CAST SHEEP Several pure ewes forward today selling to £252 for Texels from J Woodburn & Partners with others £215 to £245, best first cross to £198, better end £175 to £190, mediums £148 to £165. Mules sold to £170 with the heavier end £150 plus and meated mediums £135 to £145. Feeding types £102 to £115 depending on breed and quality. Pure hill ewes topped at £168 for SBF, Rough Fells £132, Cheviot £130, Swaledale £110 and Gritstone £90. Medium hill ewes were £65 to £75, with the smaller and leaner end less. Cull rams topped at £282 with other stronger end continentals £220 to £250, mediums £170 to £200. Horned rams sold to £165 for Rough Fells. An entry of goats were keenly bid for, selling to £148 for a pen of fifteen. More ewes, rams and goats are required each sale to fulfil buyers demand. Cast Ewes Top Prices: Texel: £252 Mainsrigg hall, £248 Storth End Farm, £220 Mainsrigg Hall, £216 Spital Farm, £202 Spital Farm, £200 Dugg Hill. Su olk: £200 Dugg Hill, £134 Yoad Pot. Continental: £178 Owlnook, £164 Owlnook, £164 Owlnook, £142 Crabtree Farm, £136 Owlnook. Zwartble: £174 Bowness Farm, £138 Birks Farm. Charollais: £172 Head House. Mule: £170 Mainsrigg Hall, £144 Mill Cottage, £142 Millbeck, £138 Gibralter Farm, £138 Leighton Drive, £138 Hill Park. Scotch Blackface: £168 Mainsrigg Hall, £120 Mainsrigg Hall, £88 Bowness Farm, £75 Mainsrigg Hall. Goat: £148 Raines Hall. Rough Fell: £136 Moss End Farm, £120 Mainsrigg Hall, £120 Moss End Farm, £119 Riddings, £118 Riddings. Cheviot: £130 Craketrees, £128 Craketrees, £100 Outrake Foot, £100 Low Deepslack, £84 Bowness Farm, £76 Mill Cottage. Masham: £124 Mosbergh Farm, £104 Low Audlands, £94 Grate Farm. Swaledale: £110 Holme House Farm, £102 Tills Hole, £101 Holme House Farm, £96 Holme House Farm, £90 Holme House Farm, £88 Holme House Farm. Horned: £92 Templand Farm, £90 Templand Farm. Leicester: £140 Whelpside Farm, £86 Whelpside Farm. Herdwick: £42 Rydal Farm. Cast Ram Top Prices: Texel: £282 Mainsrigg Hall, £230 Arklid Farm, £220 Mainsrigg hall, £166 Riddings, £162 Millbeck. Continental: £255 Storth End Farm, £250 Moss Side, £200 Millriggs. Rough Fell: £165 High Green Farm, £150 Millbeck, £108 Millbeck. Swaledale £70 Rydale Farm.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Sale of Calves, Stirks, OTM Cattle & Store Cattle. Thursday 13th November 2025. CALVES 118 calves forward as J36 continues to attract more numbers. Bull calves from Messrs Sowerby, Appleby lead the way selling to £1010 for a BB and £990 for a Charolais with Bambers Farm close behind selling BB’s to £940, £930, £910 and £900 x3. Fleckvieh reached £740 again from Messrs Sowerby, Appleby. Month old calves sold to £660 for Charolais from JH Towers & Son, Tunstall with BB to £640 from DR & C Galbraith, Grayrigg & HJ Robinson, Elm Tree. AA bulls sold to £550 from JH Towers & Son, Tunstall at 5 weeks old. Simental sold to £500 at 3 weeks old from first time vendor JJ & JD Graves, Armathwaite, B&W sold to £400 from RF & CE Hodgson, Ulverston. Heifer calves sold to £830 for BB from Bamber Farms, Thurnham with younger end selling to £650 from A Pickthall, New Hutton. Charolais to £550 at 30 days old from JH Towers with AA to £470 from RF & CE Hodgson, Ulverston. Simental to £440 from JJ & JD Greaves, Armthwaite with 2 week old Limousin to £370 from B&MJ Nelson, Milnthorpe. Please contact Will on 07506 283587 for any calf enquiries. Bull Calf Top Prices: British Blue: £1010 Townhead Farm, £940 £930 £910 £900 Bambers Farm. Charolais: £990 Townhead Farm, £660 Tunstall Hall, £550 Townhead Farm, £530 Tunstall Hall, £510 Townhead. Fleck: £740 Townhead Farm, £460 Rowe End Farm, £440 £400 Townhead Farm. Angus: £550 £490 Tunstall Hall, £450 Flodder Hall, £400 Sunny Bank, £360 Larbreck Hill Farm. Simental: £500 Priory Farm. Limousin: £450 £440 £430 Tunstall Hall, £390 Halforth Farm, £380 Broomfield, £360 Colby Laithes. Friesian: £400 £350 £330 Rowe End Farm, £300 Hadderdale Farm, £290 Borrans Farm, £170 Hadderdale Farm. Dairy Shorthorn: £300 Rowe End Farm, £270 £180 Strickley. Heifer Calf Top Prices: British Blue: £830 £780 £690 £680 Bambers Farm, £650 Borrans Farm, £630 Hadderdale Farm. Limousin: £580 Endmoor Farm, £490 Tunstall Hall, £400 £390 £370 Colby Laithes. Charolais: £550 Townhead Farm, £550 Tunstall Hall, £370 Colby Laithes. Angus: £470 Rowe End Farm, £370 Borrans Farm, £370 £360 Colby Laithes, £350 Tunstall Hall, £350 Colby Laithes. Simental: £440 Priory Farm. Friesian: £230 £225 £220 £215 Mitton.
STIRKS Double the number of stirks forward than entered- please enter your stirks to assist with canvassing buyers and to achieve maximum returns for you. Steers sold to a top price of £1680 for well reared Montbeliarde yearlings from S Ashcroft with younger beef x dairy steers to £1200 for Aberdeen Angus x and others £1100-£1180 for 8–10-month-old. 10-month-old dairy steers sold to £1040.
Several consignments of suckler bred steers were very well received by buyers with the best of the 5–6-month-old Limousin x steers from B Heyes achieving £1580 with others £1400. Other suckler bred steers to £1580 for 6-month-old Limousin x from JH Barker & Son. Other continentals generally £1220-£1450 and natives to £1320 for Aberdeen Angus x from Millfield Stud, others £1120-£1250. Heifers topped at £1500 for 8-month-old Limousin x from JH Barker & Son with others £1340 and £1260 for 6-month-old from B Heyes. Other suckler bred heifers 6–8-month-old generally £1100£1250 to include several weaned consignments. Dairy bred heifers sold to £1040 for 7-month-old British Blue x from F & TE Park with Limousin x to £1040 and £1030 from BR Butterfield & Son. Younger native sired heifers £860-£950. Just a handful of bulls selling to £1230 with other younger 4–5-month-old suckler bred sorts £950-£1100. Bull Stirk Top Prices: Friesian: £1230 Spout House. Limousin: £1100 Shaw Paddock, £880 Cherry Blossom, £770 Mossborough. Angus: £900 Cherry Blossom. South Devon: £690 Cherry Blossom, £990 Shaw Paddock. Heifer Stirk Top Prices: Limousin: £1500 Stribers Farm, £1340 Mossborough, £1260 Mossborough, £1090 Mossborough, £1060 Cragg House Farm, £780 Shaw Paddock. Blonde: £1200 Low Garths Farm, £1200 Low Garths Farm, £1150 Low Garths. Friesian: £1040 Moss House Farm. Norweigian: £1030 Moss House Farm. British Blue: £1020 Cragg House Farm. Angus: £940 Bank Farm, £940 Marsh House Farm. Shorthorn: £900 Bank Farm, £900 Cragg House Farm. Hereford: £900 Bank Farm. Steer Stirk Top Prices: Montbelliarde: £1680 Rose Hill Farm. Limousin: £1580 Mossborough, £1580 Stribers Farm, £1400 Mossborough, £1380 Stribers Farm, £1360 Stribers Farm, £1160 Mossborough. Angus: £1320 Croft Closes Farm, £1200 Capplerigg, £1180 Croft Closes Farm, £1160 Cherry Blossom. Norweigian: £1080 Moss House Farm, £1040 Moss House Farm, £880 Moss House Farm. Friesian: £1040 Moss House Farm.
STORE CATTLE The ring was alive, the crowd in full swing, Buyers aplenty made the market ring sing. Limousin steers led the lively parade, Holmes hit £2520 – a cracking trade! Ellwood just behind, but not by much, At £2510, a quality touch. Bids flew fast, there was buzz and cheer, And even the auctioneer danced in gear.
The trade was strong, the mood was bright, Book cattle in now for next fortnight. Limousin bullocks 20m - £2520 RG&LR Holmes. Limousin bullock 19m - £2510 Messrs Ellwood. Limousin bullock 13m - £2380 MS Wood. Aberdeen Angus 21m - £2040 JE D JER Wightman. British Blue 21m - £ 2020 R&J Dodgson. Hereford Bullock 19m - £1940 JE D JER Wightman. Aberdeen Angus 21m - £2220 Hipshaw Farm. Limousin Heifer 24m - £2160 JT Procter. Aberdeen Angus Bull - £1960 GR Park & Son. Contact Joel McGarva on 07920009097, next sale includes our 3rd sale of suckler calves. Store Heifers Top Prices: Angus: £2220 Hipshow Farm, £1860 High Lane, £1430 Bradley Farm, £1280 Birks Farm, £1200 Hawkrigg Farm. Limousin: £2160 Mireside Farm, £2140 Valley View, £2000 Valley View, £1960 Crabtree Farm, £1900 Hawkshead Farm, £1860 Woodside Farm. British Blue: £2030 Nether Hall Farm, £2020 Crabtree Farm, £1860 Birks Farm, £1820 Crabtree Farm, £1740 Nether Hall Farm, £1560 Bowston Hall. Charolais: £1920 Crabtree Farm, £1840 High Lane, £1400 Birch Bank. Shorthorn: £1880 Buckles Farm. Blonde: £1610 Rainors Farm. South Devon: £1610 Bowkerstead Farm. Simmental: £1520 Keld Farm, £1400 Buckles Farm, £1320 Buckles Farm, £1300 Keld Farm. Hereford: £1300 Barwhanny Farm, £1290 Outfield. Continental: £1060 Tongue House Farm. Store Bullock Top Prices: Limousin: £2520 Valley View, £2510 Heathwaite Farm, £2440 Valley View, £2380 Hawkshead Hall Farm, £2300 Valley View, £2280 Heathwaite Farm. Angus: £2040 Crabtree Farm, £1850 Bradley Farm, £1770 Bradley Farm, £1740 Birks Farm, £1380 Riddings, £1320 Riddings. British Blue: £2020 Cracalt Farm, £2010 Low Deepslack, £1800 Birks Farm, £1700 Barwhanny Farm. Hereford: £1940 Crabtree Farm. Continental: £1740 Maidenlands Farm. Friesian: £1570 Holmelands, £1280 Holmelands, £1050 Outfield. Simmental: £1480 Keld Farm, £1320 Ellergill. Saler: £1360 Buckles Farm. Store Bull Top Prices: Angus: £1960 Low Deepslack. Hereford: £1620 Gowan Bank Farm.
OTM/CAST COWS The largest entry for several sales with new customers, in attendance and keen to return at future sales. Beef cows topped at 359.5p/kg for a Stabiliser cross from MW&MR Black who also sold Limousin cross at 349.5p/kg. Other heavy / well fleshed beef cows were 285p/kg to 320p/kg, with feeding types 250p/kg to 275p/kg. Top grossing today was a Limousin from R Capstick & Son at £2667. Closely followed by others at £2656 and £2632, with others £1850 to £2200. Dairy cows topped at 274.5p/kg for a Fleckvieh from WH Kitchen & Son with Black and
Whites to 259.5p/kg from PW&D Swindlehurst and RH&RA Fawcett. Others were generally 240p/kg to 250p/kg, mediums parlour types 225p/kg to 240p/kg. Top grossing today was £2165. OTM beef heifers sold to 354.5p/kg and £2425 for Aberdeen Angus cross and 259.5p/kg and £1691 for a Holstein Friesian. Several stock bulls forward today selling to 319.5p/kg and £2950. Please ensure cows are presented promptly and with the correct paperwork for a sale start time of 10.30am, market gates open from 6.30am. OTM Cow Top Prices: Stabiliser: 359.50 Scroggs Farm, 279.50 Fairbank Farm. Limousin: 349.50 Scroggs Farm, 334.50 St Annes Farm, 334.50 Mireside Farm, 329.50 Mossborough, 324.50 Fell End Farm, 319.50 High Field. Angus: 299.50 Capplerigg, 279.50 Moss Lane, 229.50 Thrang, 199.50 Thrang. Blonde: 289.50 Beck House, 256.50 Thrang. Shorthorn: 289.50 Yak Leaf, 254.50 Yak Leaf. Bazadaise: 289.50 Fairbank Farm, 279.50 Fairbank Farm. British Blue: 279.50 Gowan Bank Farm, 244.50 Borwick Lodge Farm, 229.50 High Field, 229.50 Borwick Lodge Farm, 214.50 Borwick Lodge Farm. Hereford: 279.50 High Borrowbridge, 274.50 Hipshow Farm, 264.50 Lane Ends Farm, 249.50 Gowan Bank Farm, 244.50 Lane Ends Farm, 234.50 High Borrowbridge. Flekvieh: 274.50 Hawes Farm, 259.50 Cracalt Farm. Charolais: 269.50 Moss Hall Farm. Simmental: 264.50 Borwick Lodge Farm, 254.50 Fairbank Farm. Friesian: 259.50 Tranthwaite Hall, 259.50 Green Dragon Farm, 259.50 Tranthwaite Hall, 254.50 Green Dragon Farm, 254.50 Wyke Farm. Saler: 259.50 Fairbank Farm. Ayrshire: 249.50 Moss Hall Farm, 219.50 Moss Hall Farm. Jersey: 199.50 Benson Hall. OTM Heifer Top Prices: Angus: 354.50 Barkin House Farm, 344.50 Barkin House Farm. Friesian: 259.50 Tarnside Farm, 239.50 Tarnside Farm, 239.50 Tarnside Farm. Cast Bull Top Prices: Limousin: 319.50 Holmelands, 289.50 Scroggs Farm, 249.50 Mossborough.
Lancaster Auction Mart: Sale of Calves, OTM Cattle & Store Cattle. Friday 14th October 2025. CALVES 70 calves through the little ring today, with trade maintaining that of recent weeks. Bull calves to £810 x2 for Aberdeen Angus cross from JS Towers & H Kent, Dolphinholme with Charolais from SW&K Metcalfe, Whittington next at £710. British Blues sold to £700 on two occasions from J&G Thornley, Kirkham and JP&C Robson, Brock. Thirty day old bulls sold to £540 for Charolais from GJ&G Billington, Brock. Heifer calves to £600 x3 for British Blues from Wallbank Farms and once again for a British Blue from JS Towers & H Kent who sold Herefords to £530. Charolais sold to £520 from GJ&G Billington at one month old with Aberdeen Angus topping at £450 from JP&C Robson, Brock. A few stirks followed topping at £940 for a Montbeliarde bullock from AJ Metcalfe, Out Rawcli e. Black and White bull stirks sold to £930 from JR Newsham, Conder Green
with this home selling Hereford heifers to £900. Also at £900 was the best of the Friesian cross bullocks from Wellington Crag Farm, Lancaster. Heifer Calf Top Prices: HEREFORD: £900 Sellerley Farm, £900 Sellerley Farm, £860 Sellerley Farm, £860 Sellerley Farm, £530 Cinder Hill Farm. BRITISH BLUE: £600 Tills Farm, £600 Cinder Hill Farm, £600 Tillsn Farm, £570 Roe Farm, £510 Roe Farm, £450 Roe Farm. CHAROLAIS: £520 Myerscough House. ANUGS: £450 Roe Farm, £420 Holme House Farm, £420 Holme House Farm, £400 hudsbrook Farm, £390 Holme House Farm, £390 Hudsbrook Farm. LIMOUSIN: £340 Catshaw Hall Farm. Bull Calf Top Prices: FRIESIAN: £930 Sellerley Farm, £710 Sellerley Farm, £600 Sellerley Farm, £570 Cinder Hill Farm, £260 Catshaw Hall Farm, £240 Catshaw Hall Farm. ANGUS: £810 Cinder Hill Farm, £810 Cinder Hill Farm, £590 Hudsbrook Farm, £560 Tills Farm, £550 Hudsbrook Farm, £500 Holme House Farm. HEREFORD: £790 Sellerley Farm, £450 Arnside Tower Farm. CHAROLAIS: £710 Holme House Farm, £630 Holme House Farm, £540 Myrescough House. BRITISH BLUE: £700 Roe Farm, £700 Derby Lodge Farm, £680 Derby Lodge Farm, £5650 Wyre Bank, £630 Derby Lodge Farm, £540 Derby Lodge Farm. LIMOUSIN: £670 Sellerley Farm. Steer Stirk Top Prices: MONTBELIARDE: £940 Moss Gate Farm. ANGUS: £890 Moss Gate Farm. CONTINENTAL: £900 Wellington Crag Farm, £880 Wellington Crag Farm, £840 Wellington Crag Farm, £740 Wellington Crag Farm, £580 Wellington Crag Farm.
STORE CATTLE Store cattle to £2680 at Lancaster weekly sale, Bullocks passed £2500 on 24 occasion today, as a pleasing trade was witnessed by all. Topping at £2680 was a Charolais from DE&SM Moorhouse, Natland who sold a further two at £2610. Selling at £2620 was a British Blue from R&DM Rossall, Pilling. Others British Blues sold to £2600 for a pen of four from J Lamb, Old Glasson. Aberdeen Angus bullocks sold to £2580 for four from G Sagar & Son, Caton with Hereford to the same price from KH&D Holden, Pilling. Limousin to £2520 for three from SJ&AL Hargreaves, Middleton with Black and Whites this week reaching £2200 for a pen of four from K&DE Woodhouse, Ellel. Heifers to £2500 for a British Blue from FI&ME Little, Barrows Green with Charolais from WD&SW Nightingale next at £2420. Limousin sold to £2280 from JC Prickett, Bentham with Aberdeen Angus to £2200 x2 from RG&B Lewis, Middleton. Bullocks averaged £2091, up £550 on the year. Heifers averaged £1953, up £600 on the year. Store Bullock Top Prices: Charolais: £2680 High House Farm, £2600 High House Farm, £2280 Hall Croft Barn, £2250 Carlingwha. British Blue: £2620 Abrahams Farm, £2600 Old Glasson Farm, £2600 High House Farm, £2500 Kitchen Ground Farm, £2280 Fellside Farm, £2250 Greenlands Farm. Angus: £2580 New Parkside Farm, £2500 Chestnut House Farm, £2500 New Parkside Farm, £2480 Hall Croft Barn, £2420 Benson Hall, £2350 Savick Brook Farm. Hereford: £2580 Chestnut House Farm, £2000 Moss View, £2000 Fell End Farm, £1800 North Farm. Limousin: £2520 The Grange, £2350 High Snab, £2300 High House Farm, £2280 Hall Croft Barn,
£2280 Fellside Farm, £2150 Ghyll Beck Farm. Shorthorn: £2350 Manor House Farm, £1850 North Farm. Friesian: £2200 Kitchen Ground Farm, £2150 Benson Hall, £1920 Ellers Farm, £1700 Sta ords Farm, £1500 Hall Farm. Other: £2120 North Farm. Simmental: £2050 Hartrigg, £1720 Hartrigg. Montbeliarde: £2000 Savick Brook Farm. Flekvieh: £1980 Ninezergh. Blonde: £1300 Park Farm. Store Heifer Top Prices: British Blue: £2500 Helm Croft, £2400 Abrahams Farm, £2380 Wilmar, £2350 Helm Croft, £2320 Kitchen Ground Farm, £2250 High Snab. Charolais: £2420 Wilmar, £2280 Carlinghwa, £2250 Carlingwha, £2200 Wilmar, £2000 Ninezergh. Limousin: £2280 Ghyll Beck Farm, £2250 Wilmar, £2180 High Snab, £2050 Ninezergh, £2020 Ninezergh, £2000 Ghyll Beck Farm. Angus: £2200 Bainsbank Farm, £2150 Sta ords Farm, £2080 Raw End Farm, £1850 Carlingwha, £1750 Parrox Hall Farm, £1720 Raw End Farm. Friesian: £2050 Ninezergh, £1600 Roseacre Hall, £1180 Roseacre Hall. Hereford: £2000 Chestnut House Farm, £1450 Moss View.
OTM CATTLE The weekly sale of OTM cattle saw an increased entry of 138, seeing a sharper trade on the week with a pleasing overall average of 252p/kg. Good show of OTM heifers would see JA & R Geldard & Sons, Kendal with a Stabiliser heifer topping at £2768.40 or 384.5p/kg, others from the same home at £2330.07. Other beef bred heifers saw a Limousin at 349.5p/kg or £2131.95 from A & FM Bolland & Sons, Ellel with a Hereford from the same home at £2112.10 or 329.5p/kg. Simmental OTM heifers topped at 359.5p/kg from EJ Ward & Sons, Nether Kellet. Dairy bred OTM heifers topped at £2180.88 or 349.5p/kg for a Friesian from R & E Ladds, Scalthwaiterigg. Other Friesian OTM heifers at £2146.24 or 344.5p/kg from EW & R Towers, Hornby. All OTM heifers today averaged 285p/kg. OTM cows saw an average of 230.5p/kg, with a better show of meat in today with more beef bred cattle forward. Top of the trade with a Blonde cow was MJ Whitworth, Bolton Le Sands at £2728.53 or 319.5p/kg with other beef bred cows at £2364.30 for a Stabiliser from JA & R Geldard & Sons, Kendal. Dairy bred cows saw Fleckvieh at £2276.00 or 284.5p/kg from EW & R Towers, Hornby who also had Friesian cows at 299.5p/kg or £2123.46. Other Friesian cows at £2103.29 from H Halhead & Son, Nether Kellet. Plenty of other Friesian cows straight out the parlour round the 240-220p/kg mark. Cast steers saw an average of 251p/kg, topping at 384.5p/kg or £2345.45 for a Limousin from EJ Ward & Sons, Nether Kellet. Aberdeen Angus steers to £2281.77 or 364.5p/kg from RW & G Robinson, Carnforth. Longhorn cast steers topped at £2195 from the Wildlife Trust, Manchester. Just 1 cast bull today from JE & SM Seedall, Bolton at £2467.76 or 274.5p/kg for a Hereford. OTM Cow Top Prices: FRIESIAN: 344.50, 299.50 Holme Head, 274.50 Greenalls Farm, 269.50 Catshaw Hall Farm, 259.50 Richmond Hall, 249.50 Lawsons Farm. NORWEIGEAN RED: 319.50 White Lund Farm. STABILSIER:319.50 (x2), 314.50, 309.50 Low Foulshaw Farm. BLONDE:
319.50 Mount Plesant Farm. ANGUS: 299.50 Pilling Hall Farm. SHORTHORN: 289.50, 284.50 Manor House Farm. LIMOUSIN: 289.50 Low House, 284.50 Field Head, 279.50 Low House, 269.50 Field Head, 264.50 Pilling Hall Farm, 249.50 Low House. FLECKVIEH: 289.50 Hawkin Hall, 284.50, 279.50 Holme Head, 264.50 Hawkin Hall, 239.50, 234.50 Curlew House Farm. HEREFORD: 269.50 Dalton Old Hall, 139.50 The Hawthornes. CONTINENTAL: 234.50 Poole Bank Farm. AYRSHIRE: 219.50, 194.50 Bolton Fold Farm. SIMMENTAL: 199.50 Low Pleasant. JERSEY: 179.50 (x3), 169.50 (x2), 159.50 Arnside Tower Farm. BRITISH BLUE: 174.50 Low Pleasant. OTHER: 154.50 Dale Barns. OTM Heifer Top Prices: STABILSIER: 384.50 (x2), 339.50, 329.50, 314.50 Low Foulshaw Farm. SIMMENTAL: 359.50 Intack Farm. BRITISH BLUE: 349.50 Hall Croft Barn. FRIESIAN: 349.50 Benson Hall, 344.50 Holme Head, 324.50 Richmond Hall, 299.50 (x2), 289.50 Green Dragon Farm. LIMOUSIN: 349.50 Yeat House, 329.50 Intack Farm, 304.50 Ghyll Beck Farm. HEREFORD: 329.50 Yeat House, 139.50 The Hawthornes. LONGHORN: 294.50 The Barn, 229.50 Middle Lee Farm. Cast Steer Top Prices: LIMOUSIN: 384.50 Intack Farm, 349.50 Ghyll Beck Farm, 319.50 Low Stangerthwaite. FRIESIAN: 369.50 Ghyll Beck Farm, 359.50 Benson Hall. ANGUS: 364.50 Burnt House Farm. SIMMENTAL: 344.50, 319.50 Ghyll Beck Farm. LONGHORN: 269.50 (x2), 249.50 (x2) The Barn. Cast Bull Top Prices: HEREFORD: 274.50 Bolton Fold Farm.
Next Week's Upcoming Sales Monday 17th Lancaster: 10am Prime Lambs & Cast Sheep Tuesday 18th J36: 1pm Prime Lambs & Cast Sheep Thursday 20th J36: 10:30am Store Lambs Friday 21st Lancaster: 10:15am Calves & OTM Cattle 11:15am Store Cattle