Weekly Report and Newsletter - 18th July 2025
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Dairy Dispersal Sale on behalf of WB Winder & Co, followed by Collective Sale of Pedigree & Commercial Dairy Cattle, Monday 14th July 2025.
WB Winder & Co Dairy Dispersal Sale
North West Auctions held the dispersal sale of the milking portion of the herd of behalf of WB Winder & Co, Wall End Farm, Broughton in Furness which saw a large crowd of local and travelled buyers in attendance keen to secure additional and replacement stock. This all year-round herd sold to a top price of £2350 for a 2nd calver Holstein Friesian due December to sexed Holstein Friesian closely followed by a pair of heifers at £2200 and a fresh 3rd calved cow also at £2200. Other recently calved middle aged cows regularly £1800-£2100. Keen interest in cows soon to dry o and calve again at winter housing time sold to a top of £2050 with others regularly £1650-£1900. Several cross bred cows saw 5th lactation Jersey x sell at £1650 with other £1450-£1600. Overall herd average of £1680 was achieved. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you are considering a herd dispersal sale, we would welcome the opportunity to discuss this with you.
Collective Sale of Dairy Cattle
Following the dispersal from WB Winder, a further entry of 21 dairy cattle from 5 di erent vendors met a nice trade. This section topped at £3000 for the 31 litre Miltnthorpe Pharo Vall from W Garnett & Son, Ackenthwaite with this home selling Milnthorpe Flomont Madge 4 to £2850 and a 3rd calver Milnthorpe Flomont Rolinka at £2650. A nice consignment of cows from Barber Farms, Brock sold to £2350 for 3rd Calver High Hopes Zazzle Gail with 5th calver High Hopes Recoil Kirstie selling at £2200 from this same good home. British Friesians sold to £2150 from RH & RA Fawcett, Burton in Kendal.
-Newly calved heifers average £2620
-Newly calved cows average £2212
For any queries regarding marketing your dairy cattle or for information about our next collective dairy sale please phone Will on 07506283587
Dairy Cow Top Prices: £2650 Ackenthwaite Farm, £2350 Wall End Farm, £2350 Manor House Farm, £2350 Ackenthwaite Farm, £2250 Ackenthwaite Farm, £2200 Manor House Farm.
Dairy Heifer Top Prices: £3000 Ackenthwaite Farm, £2850 Ackenthwaite Farm, £2650 Ackenthwaite Farm, £2600 Ackenthwaite Farm, £2200 Wall End Farm, £2200 Wall End Farm.
In Calf Heifer Top Prices : £1750 Green Dragon Farm.
Youngstock Top Prices: £640 High House Farm, £620 High House Farm, £620 High House Farm, £600 High House Farm, £580 High House Farm.
Lancaster Auction Mart: Sale ofPrime Lambs & Cast Sheep, Monday 14th July 2025.
PRIME LAMBS
Lambs cure the Monday blues: Flying trade from the first bell
Nothing gloomy about the start of the week as lambs met a red hot trade first thing Monday morning, with buyers keen from the outset. Prices soared across the board with well finished stock in strong demand and averages hitting an impressive 380p/kg. The buzz around the ring set the tone for a confident days selling as vendors saw returns well above expectations. Ten buyers ringside today.
A 45kg Beltex from D & K Swarbrick flew to 429ppk or 193 pounds per head. The same good home sold Texels to 420ppk and Charolais to 420ppk. Messrs T & S Blades sold a pair of Beltex at 42kgs to 424ppk. Heavies also up on the week! 4 Continentals from A & FM Bolland & Sons sold to 404ppk while 50kg Texels from O Gorst hit 396ppk or £198. Lighter lambs also a joy to sell. G Beresford sold a pen of 7 38kg Texels for 400ppk/£152. The same good home had a further 7 39kgs just 3ppk less at 397ppk/£155. Again the message is clear sell sell sell as more sheep are required to meet massive demand.
Prime Lamb Top Prices: Beltex: £193 Bensons Farm, £182 Lingrow, £178 Hill Top Farm, £178 Angerton Hall Farm. Texel: £198 Hole of Ellel Farm, £191 Birch House Cottage, £189 Bensons Farm, £186 Yeat House, £184 North Farm, £180 Angerton Hall Farm. Continental: £190 Yeat House, £168 Moss Gate Farm, £166 Birch House Cottage, £160 & £157 Oak Avenue, £156 Moss Gate Farm. Charolais: £188 Bensons Farm, £177 Old Glasson Farm, £161 Oak Avenue. Mule: £169 Cocker House. Cheviot: £146 Hill Top Farm. Su olk: £130 Cocker House Farm.
CAST EWES- Cast sheep continue to fly
A strong trade for cast sheep once again at Lancaster. Texels topped at £232 from Messrs R & DL Cornthwaite. A&E Clarkson Ltd sold one for £220. R&DL Cornthwaite sold another for £218. Messrs KA Purtill sold half a dozen over the £200 mark. Mules topped at £184 from J&A Heap & Sons. Again a lack of numbers the only issue with demand through the roof!
Cast Ewes Top Prices: Texel £232 Humblescough Farm, £220 Cock Hall Farm, £218 Humblescough Farm, £212 Lower Highfield, £208 Pak Avenue, £208 Oak Avenue. Continental: £198 Humblescough Farm, £164 Oak Avenue, £120 Burns Farm. Mule: £184 Burns Farm, £172 Cock Hall Farm, £172 Lower Highfield, £170 Oak Avenue, £158 Wyre Farm, £156 Oak Avenue. Su olk: £184 Oak Avenue, £178 Oak Avenue, £156 Old Glasson Farm. Beltex: £152 Humblescough Farm. Cheviot: £140 Oak Avenue. Rough Fell: £120 Moss House Farm. Swaledale: £114 Longstripes Farm, £104 Moss House Farm, £100 Longstripes Farm, £80 Overhouses.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Sale ofPrime Lambs & Cast Sheep, Tuesday 15th July 2025.
PRIME LAMBS
Lamb trade continues to flourish.
Stand on from last week with the demand for lambs extremely strong, and a lack of numbers and well finished sheep to suit buyers’appetites. A slightly more mixy show forward today saw smashing returns for well fleshed lambs seeing the whole sale finish with an overall average of 360p/kg.
Topping the trade today in the pence per kilo section was Harry Geldard with a tremendous pair of Texels making £222. Hampshires sold to £213 from IL Dixon and Su olks hit £196 for a pair from M&RW Stirzaker. KA Purtill fetched his usual run of quality lambs reaching 402.6p/kg for a pair of Texels. A pen of ten Texels this time at 40kg hit 394.5p/kg from DJ Clarke. 42kg lambs from W Garnett & Son sold to 395.2p/kg, while JA&R Geldard & Son sold a run of 43 kg Lleyns for 388.4p/kg or £167 for a lot of 42 in the ring at once.
Please do not hesitate to get in touch with any questions or queries ahead of net weeks sale here at junction 36.
Prime Lamb Top Prices: Texel: £222 Whitbarrow View, £194 Crosscrake Farm, £191 Red Scar Farm, £191 Crosscrake Farm, £188 Windy Hill, £188 High House Farm. Hampshire: £213 £145 Cantsfield Hall, £141 Woodside. Su olk: £196 Station Hotel Farm, £189 Howgill Close, £184 Cracalt Farm, £184 Ackenthwaite Farm, £180 Station Hotel Farm, £177 High House Farm, £176 Howgill Close. LLeyn: £174 £167 £162 Low Foulshaw Farm. Continental: £159 Low Falshaw Farm, £156 £155 £149 Fern Bank Farm, £141 White House. Dorset: £150 Greenlands Farm Village, £90 Brow Head. Charollais: £138 Calverts Farm. Mule: £125 £124 Strickland Hill, £118 High House Farm.
CAST EWES
Cast ewes remain a good trade with all goods keenly bid for here at J36. Well meated heavy ewes achieving the biggest returns, with the best still over £200. Best Mules and medium continentals were £165 plus, with the best horned ewes still the top side of £120.
Ewes:
Texels to £250 from JT&A Armitstead, Selside.
BFL to £208 from TLB&J Knowles, Selside. Su olks to £198 from W Garnett & Son, Milnthorpe.
Cheviot Mules to £188 from Archers at Redbank, Carnforth. Zwartbles to £176 from Ted Park, Lyth Valley.
Hsmpshires to £170 from P Rossall, Scorton.
North of England Mules to £165 from WS Burrow, Carnforth. Rough Fells to £140 from H Chapman & Son, Middleton. Swaledales to £128 from TMW&H Hodgson, Ulverston.
Rams:
Texels to £218 from G&SA Edmondson, Carnforth. Beltexs to £188 from RT Colbear, Appleby.
Swaledales to £142 from JA Alderson, Kirkby Stephen.
Contact Will on 07506283587 for more information.
Cast Ewes Top Prices: Texel: £250 Bouthwaite Farm, £228 High House Farm, £228 Oak Avenue, £188 Headless Close, £182 Endmoor Farm, £182 Heights Farm, £178 Dugg Hill, £178 Oak Avenue, £178 Gilsmere Farm, £176 Whitbarrow Cottage.Leicester: £208, £130 High Borrowbridge, £130 Low Longmire.Continental: £198 Ackenthwaite Farm, £196 Gibraltar Farm, £190 Ackenthwaite Farm, £182 Redbank Farm, £172 Bouthwaite Farm, £172 Millbeck, £166 Gibraltar Farm, £158 High House, £154 Gilsmere Farm, £150 Warth Sutton.Su olk: £192 Redbank Farm.Cheviot Mule: £188 Redbank Farm, £140 Howriggs.Cheviot: £180 Howriggs.Zwartble: £176 Whitbarrow Cottage.Mule: £165 Gibraltar Farm, £162 Cantsfield, £160, £154 High House Farm, £152 Redbank Farm, £152 Bouthwaite Farm, £150 Crabtree Farm, £150 High House, £138 Strickland Hill, £134 Endmoor Farm.Dorset: £155 Four Lane Ends Farm.Rough Fell: £140 Millbeck.Swaledale: £128, £126 Arklid, £108 Low Longmire, £104 Higher Watson House, £88 Low Longmire, £80 Greaves Farm.Hampshire: £120 Salisbury Farm.Scottish Blackface: £92 Lower Lodge.
Cast Ram Top Prices: Texel: £218 High House, £188 Heights Farm, £170 High House, £120 Catshaw Hall Farm. Swaledale: £142, £126 Barras Farm. Continental: £130, £128 Whinfield Farm.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Opening Sale ofStore Lambs. Thursday 17th July 2025.
STORE LAMBS
What a start to the season with an entry on proportion to last year, selling to a packed ring side of buyers all keen to take advantage of the current abundance of grass. Today’s sale achieved an average of £110.47, which showed a high level of confidence in the sheep trade going forward with all vendors leaving extremely well suited with prices achieved. The best short keep lambs attracted the keenest interest, selling to £149 for a pen of Texel cross lambs from AT Threlkeld, Ulverston. Closely followed by others at £144 from G&C Ryland, Underbarrow and £144 NP&CE Buckley, Staveley, with other pens £128 to £135. Fresh clean pens of medium keep lambs were regularly selling at £110 to £122, with younger long keep continental lambs well sort after ranging from £92 to £108. Hill bred lambs sold to £133 for Cheviot cross from RI Dixon, Low Newton with North County Mules well bid for to £117 from H Cook, Finthwaite, Cheviot Mules £114 from NP&CE Buckley and other NCM Mules generally £97 to £108. Pure hill lambs saw Rough Fells sell to £94 from M&G German with Herdwicks to £58 from J&E Lancaster.
Sale Statistics:
Su olks sold to £122, averaged £110.
North Country Mules sold to £117, averaged £101.
Texel cross sold to £149, averaged £112.
Beltex sold to £144, average £129.
Dutch Spotted sold to £112, averaged £104.
Welsh sold to £80.
The next sale of store lambs is on Thursday the 31st July with vendors encouraged to enter lambs with confident, entries for the catalogue are required by Wednesday 23rd July. Also, on this day; early sale of 500 breeding ewes, shearlings and rams.
Store Lamb Top Prices: TEXEL: £148.50 Bowkerstead Farm, £137 Ashstead, £135 Parklands, £135 Ivy Bank Farm, £132 Lackslot, £131 Ivy Bank Farm. BELTEX: £144 Tullithwaite Hall Farm, £140 Fairbank Farm, £130 Fairbank Farm, £112 (x2) Wath Farm. CHEVIOT: £133 Low Newton Farm. CHAROLLAIS: £128 Lackslot. SUFFOLK: £122 Nether House Farm, £115 Wath Farm, £113 Lackslot, £108 Barker Knott, £107 Hollins Farm, £97 Wath Farm. MULE: £117 Rose Cottage, £106 Sowermire Farm, £105 Lackslot, £104 Bandrake Farm, £104 Ashstead, £103 Rose Cottage. CHEVIOT MULE: £114 Fairbank Farm. DUTCH SPOTTED: £112 Wath Farm, £108 Hollins Farm, £94 Archer Hill. CONTINENTAL: £97 Acher Hill, £80 Bandrake Farm. ROUGH FELL: £94 Sowermire Farm. JACOB: £83 Archer Hill.
Lancaster Auction Mart: Sale ofCalves, OTM Cattle & Store Cattle. Friday 18th July 2025.
CALVES
Calves sold to £790 today for a Hereford bull from Jennifer Miller, Barnacre with other bulls to £770 for a British Blue from JP&C Robson, Brock. Aberdeen Angus cross sold to £770 from I Atkinson & Son, Warton with month old British Blues to £660 from RT Halhead, Cockerham. Black and Whites sold to £320 for six week olds from Pickervance Farms Ltd.
Heifer calves sold to £750 x2 for Inra 95’s from JM&MH France, Littledale with British Blues from JP&C Robson, Brock and Aberdeen Angus from I Atkinson & Son, Warton next at £690. Younger British Blue sorts sold to £660 from Bamber Farms, Brock and £630 from Pickervance Farm Ltd, Kirkham. Stirks sold to £900 for a nine month old Black and Whites from TD&A Gardner. Great Eccleston.
Heifer Calves Top Prices: Other: £750 Newhouse Farm. Angus: £690 Boon Town Farm, £560 Newhouse Farm, £530 Boon Town Farm, £480 Newhouse Farm. British Blue: £690 Roe Farm, £660 Westfield House, £660 Manor House Farm, £630 Roseacre Hall, £630 Roe Farm, £630 Tills Farm.
Bull Calves Top Prices: Hereford: £790 Lower Lingart Farm, £580 Lower Lingart Farm, £520 Lower Lingart Farm. British Blue: £770 Roe Farm, £750 Westfield House, £720 Tills Farm, £690 Roe Farm, £680 Roe Farm, £670 Tills Farm. Angus: £770 Boon Town Farm, £670 Lower Lingart Farm, £650 Lower Lingart Farm, £610 Roseacre Hall, £530 Lower Lingart Farm. Friesian: £320 Roseacre Hall, £240 Roseacre Hall, £170 Roseacre Hall.
Bull Stirk Top Prices: Friesian: £900 Larbreck Hill Farm, £780. British Blue: £690 Larbreck Hill Farm.
Heifer Stirk Top Prices: Swedish Red: £610 High Cark Farm. Parthenaise: £520 High Cark Farm.
STORE CATTLE
The weekly sale of store cattle saw a pleasing entry of 160 through the main ring, with buyers eager to keep the sheds full.
First in the ring today was a 22 month old Charolais breeding bull from Johnny Miller, Cloughton on Brock which saw spirited bidding before receiving a final bid of £3900.
Store cattle saw an increase in trade on the week with GR&A Foy, Conder Green hitting the top spot with a tremendous British Blue steer at £2600, who also had other Blue steers to £2480. All Blue steers today averaging £2071. Aberdeen Angus steers are always easy to sell at Lancaster with regular consigner A Kirkby & Co, Pilling achieving £2520, while GR&A Foy, Conder Green continuing their good day with
Angus steers to the same price. All Aberdeen Angus steers today averaged £2040. A consignment of Limousin steers from PM&ST Entwistle, Abbeystead saw a top of £2380, not far behind at £2350 for a pair of Limousin was Pilling Hall, Pilling. All Limousin steers today averaged £2110. Dairy bred steers saw a top of £2520 from R&J Dodgson, Natland for a Fleckviehs, with younger Friesian steers to £1900. All steers today averaged £2001, with some younger plainer sorts included.
Heifer stores would again see Aberdeen Angus top of the trade, with J Oddie & Sons, Balderstone back in the ring with a pen of four at £2320. T&E Garlick, Freckleton usual consignment of Aberdeen Angus cattle saw his heifers to £2300 with other Angus heifers to £2150 from P&S Alpe, Clitheroe. All Angus heifers today averaged £1935.
Limousin heifers today saw AT Burrow & Son, Gressingham to £2150, with others from the same good home to £2120 who also had Hereford heifers to £2080 for a pair.
More cattle are required for next week’s sale, entries for the catalogue by 5pm Monday to o ice or Andrew please.
Store Bullock Top Prices: British Blue: £2600 Parkside Farm, £2480 Parkside Farm, £2480 Holmes Farm, £2150 Smardale Mill, £2050 Plumpton Hall Farm, £2000 Lower Castle O Trim. Flekvieh: £2520 Cracalt Farm, £1150 Sunderland Brows Farm. Angus: £2520 Gulf Farm, £2520 Parkside Farm, £2250 Grange Farm, £1250 Grange Farm, £2120 Thornton Barn Farm, £2120 Shepherds Hill Farm. Limousin: £2500 Lentworth Farm, £2480 Cracalt Farm, £2380 Lentworth Farm, £2350 Pilling Hall Farm, £2300 Shepherds Hill Farm, £2200 Elston Old Hall. Charolais: £2220 Windy Hill Farm, £1980 Middle Ridge Farm, £1620 Middle Ridge Farm, £1020 Middle Ridge Farm. Simmental: £2100 Black Bull Farm, £1820 Black Bull Farm. Friesian: £1900 Plumpton Hall Farm, £1450 Elston Old Hall. Shorthorn: £1880 Moss House Farm. Hereford: £1580 Elston Old Hall. Montbelliarde: £1380 Moss House Farm. Norweigian: £1150 Sunderland Brows Farm.
Store Heifer Top Prices: Angus: £2320 Cheetham House Farm, £2300 Grange Farm, £2150 Moss Edge Farm, £2150 Braddup House Farm, £2120 Croft Foot Farm, £2080 Grange Farm. Limousin: £2150 High Snab, £2120 High Snab, £1950 Cracalt Farm, £1550 Mountain View Farm, £1100 Fell End Farm. Hereford: £2120 High Snab, £2080 High Snab, £1950 Braddup House Farm, £1800 Gibraltar Farm, £1780 Moss Edge Farm. Charolais: £1980 Moss Edge Farm. British Blue: £1920 Bowlands Gardens, £1850 Windy Hill Farm, £1680 Park Lane Farm, £1650 Moss House Farm, £1600 Smardsale Mill. Simmental: £1850 Black Bull Farm. Continental: £1380 Moss Edge Farm.
Store Bullock Top Prices: Charolais: £3900 Thornlea. Angus: £1550 Thornton Barn Farm.
OTM CATTLE
More OTM cattle required, Buyers needing more OTM cattle in Lancaster on a Friday morning with orders for all grades of OTM cattle. A disappointing entry of 50 OTM cattle, when three times that could have easily been sold today, saw trade similar on the week. Cast bulls today saw E Rossall, Preesall with his Simmental bull to £3220. A Hereford bull from J Whitaker & Son, Nether Kellet sold to £2441. E Rossall continued his good
day trading with his OTM Simmental heifer to £2485 or 364.5p/kg. Other beef bred OTM heifers sold to 319.5p/kg for a Hereford from J Whitaker & Son, Nether Kellet. Dairy bred OTM heifers from WE&G Hewitt sold to £1894 for a Friesian, with other Friesians at 289.5p/kg from J Whitaker & Son, Nether Kellet. OTM cows saw a quality consignment from R&E Ladds, Kendal achieve £2389 or 279.5p/kg, with other from this same good home at £2356 or 279p/kg. Other dairy bred OTM cows sold to £2124 for a Brown Swiss from EJ Hodgson, Lambrigg. MB Flatman, Over Wyresdale saw his beef bred cows to £2210 or 339.5p/kg for a British Blue, with other British Blues from JH Atkinson & Partners, Selside to 309p/kg. Limousin bred OTM cows from MB Flatman & Son, Over Wyresdale sold to £2148 or 329p/kg with other Limousin to £2120 or 309p/kg from F&IM Potter, Grayrigg. All OTM cattle averaged 278p/kg, to include some very plain cattle.
OTM Cow Top Prices: British Blue: 339.50 Swainshead Hall Farm, 309.50 Mosergh Farm, 214.50 Mosergh Farm. Limousin: 329.50 Swainshead Hall Farm, 309.50 Lambrigg Park Farm, 304.50 Croft Foot Farm. Shorthorn: 294.50 Sandgate Farm. Friesian: 289.50 Benson Hall, 289.50 Lambrigg Head, 284.50 Batty Hill, 279.50 Benson Hall, 279.50 Benson Hall. Brown Swiss: 279.50 Lambrigg Head Farm. Charolais: 279.50 Lambrigg Park Farm. Flekvieh: 259.50 Cracalt Farm. Jersey: 174.50 High Cark Farm.
OTM Heifer Top Prices: Simmental: 364.50 Sykes Fold Farm. Hereford: 319.50 Dale Barns, 309.50 Dale Barns, 299.50 Dale Barns. Friesian: 289.50 Dale Barns, 284.50 Outfield, 269.50 Batty Hill, 259.50 Batty Hill, 239.50 Westfield House Farm.
Cast Bull Top Prices: Simmental: 314.50 Sykes Fold Farm. Hereford: 269.50 Dale Barns.
Next Week's Upcoming Sales
Monday 21st
Lancaster: 10am Prime Lambs & Cast Sheep
Tuesday 22nd
J36: 10:30am Pigs
1pm Prime Lambs & Cast Sheep
Thursday 24th
J36: 10am Stirks
10:30am OTM/Cast Cattle
11am Store Cattle
11:30am Rearing Calves
Friday 25th
Lancaster: 10:15am Rearing & Weaned Calves
10:15am OTM/Cast Cattle
11:15am Store Cattle
Saturday 26th
Lancaster: 6pm 60th Anniversary Summer BBQ
