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North West Auctions Weekly Report and Newsletter – 22nd June

NWA Lancaster Dairy Sale Monday 20th June Heifers to £2050 at June Dairy Sale A good buzz in the dairy ring this morning, with the news of a penny increase from Meadow Foods before the weekend, buyers seemed to have that extra bit of confidence when buying replacements.

Trade was up for all classes, with the Champion, Lot 18, Pennine Poppy 1225 from Drinkall Bros, Over Wyresdale, calved just over 3 weeks and giving 34litres, this lasting black heifer went on to sell for the day’s top price of £2050 to Messers Walton, Wrea Green.

The Reserve Champion was awarded to J Burrow & Son, Preston, with Lot 6, Stardale Shamrock August, she stood first in the Halter Led Heifer class before taking the reserve champion ticket and later went on to sell for the second highest price of £1900, to A Bargh, Skelton.

On the whole heifers sold between £1500-£1750 with others around the £1300 mark to average £1565 for all forward. Cows were equally as good to sell, with two cows forward, both pedigree and realising £1300 from WJ & I France, Chipping and £1220 from Gibson and Berry.

Thanks to Brian Blezard for judging the presale show and to all sponsors over the year.

Show Results Halter Led Heifer 1st & Reserve

Lot 6 – Stardale Shamrock August - £1900 - J Burrow & Son

Non Halter Led Heifer 1st & Champion Lot 18 – Pennine Poppy 1225 - £2050 – Drinkall Bros 2nd Lot 16 – Pennine Dorothy 463 - £1750 – Drinkall Bros Lot 14 – Kirkwood Alex Emily - £1600 – H & SD Cornthwaite 3rd Cows 1st 2nd

Lot 7 – Audbrook Grace 48 - £1220 - Gibson & Berry Lot 15 – Corfield Hailstorm Arlene 14 - £1300 – WJ & I France

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Lancaster Sale Reports Friday 17th June A larger entry of Store Cattle forward today with just shy of 250 store cattle forward were met by the usual busy ringside of buyers plus a few new buyers from far and wide. Vendors strongly urged to keep the cattle coming forward. Plenty of strong store cattle today selling in excess of £1,200 with the top price of £1,260 being achieved on three separate occasions. Limousin and Saler steers sold to £1,260 from A & E Clarkson of Cock Hall and Limousin steers from EJ Ward & Son of Intack Farm. Angus steers sold to £1,250 from TH Whitfield & Son of Longlands Farm. Heifers topped at £1,220 from David France of Isle of Skye with an Angus. With there being plenty of grass about now young grazing cattle was keenly sought after today as well.

Store Cattle Top Prices: STORE BULLOCK: FRI: £940 Lambrigg Head; £930 Intack Farm; £920 The Grange. ANG: £1250 Longlands Farm; £1230 Greenlands Farm; £1210 Cock Hall Farm.

SHO: £1180 Cock Hall Farm; £960 Bouthwaite Farm. SLR: £1260 Cock Hall Farm. LIM: £1260 Intack Farm; £1260 Cock Hall Farm; £1200 Intack Farm. HERE: £1090 Greenways Farm; £1040 Windy Hill; £1020 Hill Top. SIM: £1070 Greenways Farm; £960 Oakenhead; £920 Corney Hill. BRIT BLUE: £1210 Moss Head; £1200 Greenlands Farm; £1170 Hill Top. MON: £910 Croft House. BAZ: £1080 Mill House Farm. SRW: £1160 Bensons Farm. BLO: £1220 Bensons Farm.

STORE HEIFER: ANG: £1220 Kays Farm; £1120 Moss View; £1060 Hallbeck. SHO: £1020 Bouthwaite Farm. LIM: £1110 Dunningwell Farm; £1050 Kimberley Avenue.

HERE: £1100 Intack Farm; £1040 Hill Top; £950 Cringleber. SIM: £1140 Dunningwell Farm; £990 Todgill Farm; £970 Beckside. BRIT BLUE: £1080 Bouthwaite Farm; £1060 Gibraltar Farm; £1000 Kendal Hill.

STORE BULL: LIM: £1080 Mount Murray.

In the Beef Breeding an Angus cow with a Limousin heifer calf forward from P Stringfellow of Chorley sold to £1,100. On Friday 1st July a herd dispersal of 35 Cows with Calves at foot mainly spring calving. More entries invited for this day please enter as soon as possible.

A larger entry this week of 108 Cast Cows, a good show of cows meant a good firm trade with all types of cows selling to their values.

British blue cows sold to 179.5ppk from Ballucutchel Farms. The top price of the day came from M & C Booth of Hartrigg selling a 10 year old Charolais bull coming to £1,122. Cows topped at £1,032 for a Limousin cow from JE Bracken of New House Farm. Best types of Black and white cows sold into the late 120’s.

Cast Cows Top Prices: CAST COW: FRI: 124.5 All Cocks Farm; 119.5 Pilling Hall; 119.5 Heaton Hall. ANG: 114.5 Cringleber; 111.5 Low Woodedge Farm. SHO: 109.5 School House. LIM: 147.5 New House Farm; 144.5 Gill Garth. PAR: 139.5 Millbeck Bungalow. SIM: 141.5 Hartrigg; 129.5 New House Farm. BRIT BLUE: 129.5 High Underbrow Farm. MON: 117.5 White Lund. SRW: 107.5 Sandvilla. BLO: 131.5 Millbeck Bungalow. BB: 179.5 Mount Murray.

CAST HIEFER: FRI: 134.5 North Farm; 134.5 Catshaw Hall; 131.5 Spital Farm. SIM: 107.5 Todgill Farm.

CAST STEER: FRI: 159.5 Pilling Hall.

CAST BULL: FRI: 107.5 Slack Farm; 104.5 Sandvilla. ANG: 144.5 Allcocks Farm. CHAR: 114.5 Hartrigg.

A similar entry to last week with 32 Calves in Lancaster this morning. A run of Blues from Richard and Johnny Hoggarth, Slyne topped at £325 for Heifers at a month old, whilst older Blues from David and Eileen Wallbank, sold to £420 for Bulls and £370 for Heifers. Native bred calves to £360 for an Angus Bull from the same home. A shortage of Black and White bulls this morning, with only 1 forward selling to £130 again from the Wallbank Family. Vendors are reminded that the Auction is head and shoulders above local collection centres.

Calf Top Prices: HEIFER CALF: BRIT BLUE: £370 Tills Farm; £325 Manor House.

Monday 13th June The trade for Spring Lambs at Lancaster once again left all vendors well pleased with their trade. An entry of over 700 lambs forward sold to a market average of 185ppk. Better types of lambs continue to sell towards 200ppk topping at 208ppk from MJ & K Ayrton of Bambers Farm.

Plenty pens of lambs selling mid to late seventies. The topped at £89 for heavy weight lambs from MJ & K Ayrton of Bambers Farm. A shortage of light weight lambs forward today with light weight lambs needed every week to fulfil the buyers requirements.

Just a few Prime Hoggs forward today sold to a top of £90 or 209ppk from JA & VM Lamb of Conder Green with a market average of 131ppk.

Prime Lamb & Hogg Top Prices: PRIME LAMBS – TEX: £89 Bambers Farm; £86 Gibsons Farm; £84 Stirzakers Farm. CH: £87 Moss House Farm; £81.50 Sitrzakers Farm; £77.50 Springfield Farm. SUFF: £82 Hill Top; £78 North Farm; £78 Lyndale Farm.

HOGGS – TEX: £90 Conder Green Farm; £60 Moss House Lane.

Cast Sheep still selling to a very strong trade at Lancaster, topping the sale was a Continental Ewe from DM Cardwell, Stalmine at £97 closely followed by a texel at £96 from E Hartley, Hornby. Mules good to sell, with the best £70 plus, topping at £78 from Andrea Gardner, Bay Horse. Lean sheep a better trade than the fat, with plainer sorts in the mid £60’s.

Cast Sheep Top Prices: CAST SHEEP – CONT: £97 Moss Side Farm. TEX: £96 Hazel Brae; £93 Hall Croft Barn; £87 Wyre Farm. MULE: £78 Wellington View; £75 Springfield Farm; £73 Wyre Farm. CHAR: £70 Burrow Heights Farm. CHEV: £70 Cock Hall Farm. SUFF: £65 Little Fell.

No Prime Cattle forward today but cattle required.

32-35Kg Lambs Required Every Monday

Farm to Farm Trading 31 Acres of Spring Wheat to sell in Cockerham.

Somewhere in the region of £320 an acre

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J36 Sale Reports Thursday 16th June The weekly sale of Calves and Striks had an entry of 35 forward. The beef calf trade remains firm, with one month old Limousin bull calves from DR & C Galbraith of Sunny Bank selling to £395 and £380. British Blue bull calves sold to £370 from WH Kitching & Son of Broomfield at one month old, with Fleckvieh bull calves at the same age selling to £290. John Handley of School House sold month old Shorthorn bull calves to £130. The Friesian bull calves trade depended upon the quality of calves, with well grown calves from RA & E Edmondson of High Barns selling to £120 and £110. The younger black and white rearing calves sold towards £100.

A selection of yearling Red Poll heifer stirks sold to £460 from Richard Walker of Dub Howe

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If you think you may have a small piece of land that you would be prepared to sell for development we can have a look at it and provide you with planning advice on the likelihood of a planning consent being granted. We can also make the application on your behalf and negotiate a sale to developers or individuals.

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Tuesday 21st May A strong trade for Prime Lambs, selling in excess of many local markets on the day, averaging 195ppk. A busy ring of buyers all eager to purchase sheep, with more could have easily been sold to vendor’s advantage. Better quality continental lambs in excess of 200ppk, with butcher types selling in excess 220ppk topping at 241ppk or £106 from DM & D Cook of Smithy Green.

Prime Lamb Top Prices: Suff: £106, £95 Smithy Green Farm; £99 Crabtree Farm; £90 Low Brundrigg. Char: £101 Brown Edge; £86, £85 Myers Farm. Tex: £98 Helm Croft; £94.50 Spital Farm; £92 Old Croft; £91 School Hill, Smithy Green, Helm Croft. Chev: £86, £78.50 Silverhow Farm. Belt £79 School Hill. Dors: £76 Beckside Barn.

An entry of just shy of 200 Prime Hoggs forward sold to a strong trade for the time of year. Well fleshed hoggs easily sold, selling to a top of £71, regularly selling between 140ppk and 150ppk.

Prime Hogg Top Prices: Lleyn: £71, £66 Penrose Cottage. SBF: £70, £60 Deep Clough. Swale: £70 Moss House Farm; £45 Higher Salter. Suff: £60, £53 Dub Howe Farm.

Mule: £60 Overhouses; £46 Low Carlingill; £44 Dub Howe Farm. Herd: £68, £60 Silverhow Farm. Tex: £65.50, £56 Mansergh High Farm; £64, £59.50 Haveriggs Farm.

Char: £62.50, £54 Myers Farm. RFell: £50.50, £50 Low Carlingill.

A very strong Cast Ewe trade with vendors leaving more than chuffed with their trade, with the only downside being a shortage of number with just over 200 forward. Continental and Suffolk ewes easily selling into the nineties and topping at £100, from GH Bell of Red Lodge.

Charollais tups topped at £109 from F & SA Edmondson of Nether House Farm. Swaledale ewes sold to a top of £72 from the Inman Family of Strickland Hill. Lean ewes and plain ewes very good to sell with more sheep required week on week to meet the demand of the upcoming festival.

Cast Sheep Top Prices: Char: £109 Netherhouses Farm; £69 Moss House Farm. Tex: £100 Red Lodge; £99 Strickland Hill, Braida Garth; £96 Old Croft. Suff: £98 Smithy Green Farm; £88 Nether Houses Farm; £75 Low Stangerthwaite. Leic: £93 Oak Tree Farm. Belt: £86 Silverhow Farm. Mule: £80 Downlands Farm; £79 Strickland Hill; £78 Old Croft. Dors: £74 Beckside Farm. Chev: £78, £58 Green Lane End. RFell: £72 Crabtree Farm; £57 The Syke. Swale: £72 Strickland Hill; £59 Borwick Fold Farm. Herd: £60 Borwick Fold Farm; £49 Moss End Farm.

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Sheep ID, RPA Inspections & the '10 Mile Rule' We have the experts coming to J36 who will explain everything you need to know.

Sheep ID & Inspections cause lots of BPS Penalties.

The rules don't seem to have been explained in any one place... until now!!

Speakers include Ian Cairns, Farming Advice Service & Margaret Casey, RPA Inspectorate Tuesday 5th July at 11am at J36 Rural Auction Centre Refreshments to be served.

To help with catering please reserve your place by contacting the NFU North West Office on 01695 554 900 or emailing diane.swift@nfu.org.uk

NWA J36 Monthly Collective Machinery Sale

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Saturday 2nd July

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Further Entries Invited

Offers in excess of ÂŁ3,000 p.a.

Coming up at North West Auctions J36 Rural Auction Centre Tuesday 28th June Prime Pigs at 10.30am Weekly Sale of Primestock at 1pm Thursday 30th June Weekly Sale of Calves at 10.15am Saturday 2nd July Monthly Collective Sale of Machinery 10.30am Please see above for details Thursday 7th July Weekly Sale of Calves at 10.15am to including

Lancaster Auction Mart Monday 27th June Weekly Sale of Primestock at 9am Friday 24th June Monthly Sale of 80-100 Stirks at 9.45am Weekly Sale of Calves at 10.15am 100 Cast Cows at 10.15am 250 Store Cattle 11.15am Friday 1st July Herd Dispersal of 35 Spring Calving Cows & Calves

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