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North West Auctions Weekly Report and Newsletter – 18th February

Weekly Report & Newsletter NWA Lancaster’s Special 50th Anniversary Show & Sale of Dairy Cattle Anniversary Show sees 61 head forward with heifers to £2750 The 50th Anniversary Dairy Show and Sale at Lancaster saw a strong entry of 61 cows and heifers forward from both local and travelled vendors. A full ring side of buyers gathered in anticipation, from through the North of England and South Wales.

The presale judge John Lawson, Bank End, Cockerham had a strong line-up of cows and heifers in all classes. After much deliberation the Reserve Champion rosette was awarded to lot 48, Saltoke Jeeves Rebecca 158, bred by Ian & Richard Gorst, Hole of Ellel, and show by son Tom Gorst, this Ked Outside Jeeves sired heifer, who took first place in the halter led class, sold giving 32litres, realised a final call of £2150, selling to the judge.

The Champion rosette was award to T Cowell, with lot 63, Whitecarr Alexander Lester, she took the first place rosette in the non-halter led class and just over a month calved, giving 33litres and bred from two generations of VG cows, achieved the top price of the day of £2750, selling to an undisclosed bidder.

In the cow class, taking the first place rosette was Shoreline Seaver Bridget, 12days calved and giving 40litres sold for £1400 to Graham Stephenson, Deansbiggin. Top price cow came from MJ & H Atkinson, Quernmore with Wyredale Shotgun Kathy, with three generations of VG breeding behind her and giving 45litres, she achieved £1680.

On the whole cows and heifers with depth of pedigree and strong lactations supporting them sold well with seven selling in excess of £2000. Strong, milky heifers for the commercial dairy farmer were sought after and regularly achieved £1700-£1980. An average of £1625 for all heifers and £1520 for all cows forward here at Lancaster.

In the final class, the best pairs, was awarded to Lots 7 & 8 from the Stardale Herd, Stardale Story Stella 2 and Stardale Alchemy Stella.

All the Auctioneers and Staff would like to thank both vendors and purchasers for their continued support at the Lancaster Monthly Dairy Sale.

Show Results Champion LOT 63 Whitecarr Alexander Lester £2750 T Cowell Reserve Champion LOT 48 Saltoke Jeeves Rebecca £2150 W & C Gorst & Son Halter-Led Heifer 1st LOT 48 2nd LOT 38 3rd LOT 73

Saltoke Jeeves Rebecca £2150 Wyredale Shottle Sylvia £1900 Dunnerdale Windbrook Sabrina £1820

W & C Gorst & Son MJ & H Atkinson WW & D Boow

Non Halter-Led Heifer 1st LOT 63 2nd LOT 53 3rd LOT 8

Whitecarr Alexander Lester£2750 Newcroft Windbrrok Alidus £2350 Stardale Alchemy Stella £1850

T Cowell W & S Airey J Burrow & Son

Cow 1st 2nd 3rd

Shoreline Seaver Bridget Wyredale Shotgun Kathy Whitecarr Loader Laura

£1400 £1680 £1480

C & AJ Woodhouse MJ & H Atkinson T Cowell

Stardale Story Stella Stardale Alchemy Stella

£1180 £1850

J Burrow & Son

LOT 21 LOT 37 LOT 61

Best Pair of Heifers 1st LOT 7 LOT 8

Thank you to this weeks Show & Sales Sponsors

Andrew Thompson Haulage

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NWA Lancaster Sale Reports Friday 13th February Cast Cows continued to sell to a brisk trade for all classes. More cows could have easily been sold to vendor’s financial benefit. Vendors are strongly urged to forward cows over the coming weeks to meet the strong demand from buyers. An impressive overall average of 121ppk was achieved for all cows forward. Best black and whites sold to a top of 154.5ppk from Cote Farm Partnership of Nether Kellet with fed black and white cows achieving between 130ppk and 140ppk with an average of 115ppk for all black and whites. Very few sold below 100ppk only lean boning cows. There were very few beef cows in the market today but topped at 169.5ppk for Limousin x cows from Chris Alty of Moss House Farm.

Cast Cow Top Prices: CAST COWS – FR: 159.5p/kg Cote Farm; 137.5p/kg Lane Ends Farm; 134.5p/kg Catshaw Hall Farm; 131.5p/kg Hallbeck & Park Lane Farm; 129.5p/kg Boon Town. AA: 159.5p/kg Higher Landskill Farm. LIM: 169.5p/kg Moss House Farm; 144.5p/kg Cringleber. CH: 151.5p/kg Salisbury Farm. HE: 134.5p/kg Beckside. MON: 134.5p/kg Ireby Hall. BLO: 134.5p/kg Cobble Hey Farm. BB: 149.5p/kg Oak Head Farm.

CAST HEIFER – FR: 174.5p/kg Liscoe Farm; 159.5p/kg Park Lane. LIM: 199.5p/kg Oak Head Farm.

CAST STEER – FR: 177.5p/kg Intack Farm. CH: 209.5p/kg Langthwaite Heights. NOR: 149.5p/kg Intack Farm.

CAST BULL – FR: 139.5p/kg Tunsteads Farm. AA: 171.5p/kg Higher Landskill Farm.

The impressive Store Cattle trade continued at Lancaster. All types of cattle were eagerly bid for with Black and whites looking noticeably dearer on the day.

Limousin steers topped the market at £1,450 for a trio from the Capstick Family of Whicham Hall. Cattle that are fit and well fleshed are in strongest demand but buyers now beginning to think about spring and Lancaster vendors looking to full sheds to replace outgoing cattle mean that younger long keep cattle are also wanted. Once again vendors left extremely happy with their trade.

Store Cattle Top Prices: STORE BULLOCK – FR- £1170 Cragg Farm; £1150 Rowell Farm; £1000 Lodge Farm. AA- £1380 Foredales Farm; £1300 Cragg Farm; £1300 Lodge Farm. WB£860 Croft House. LIM- £1450 Whicham Hall; £1340 Aynsome Manor Farm; £1340 Cragg Farm. CH- £1340 Langthwaite Heights; £1340 Low Kit Brow; £1230 Birks Farm. HE- £1170 Windy Hill Farm; £1150 Foredales Farm. SIM- £930 Springfield House. ST- £1250 Low Foulshaw Farm; £1160 Yealand Manor; £1070 Croppers Farm. BRB- £1300 High House Farm; £1240 Hawkrigg End; £1200 Leylands Farm. MO- £1100 High Green; £970 Aynsome Manor Farm. BAZ- £1090 Bouthwaite Farm. NOR- £1050 Ellers Farm; £950 Aynsome Manor Farm. FKV- £1140 Ellers Farm. BA- £1260 Intack Farm; £1140 Low Kit Brow.

STORE HEIFER – FR- £780 Fencefoot Farm. AA- £1280 Lodge Farm; £1220 Cragg Farm; £1150 Croppers Farm. LIM- £1310 Houlker Barn Farm; £1200 Mireside Farm; £1160 Abbotson Farm. CH- £1070 Brown Edge; £880 Grate Farm; £850 Cobble Hey Farm. HE- £1180 Park Farm; £850 Cobble Hey Farm. SIM- £960 Grandy Barn. ST- £1040 Croppers Farm; £920 Low Foulshaw Farm; £880 Bull Bank Farm. BRB- £1260 Ivy Farm; £1180 Chapel House; £1160 Bouthwaite Farm. BA£1100 Intack Farm; £880 Grate Farm.

STORE BULLS – LIM- £990 Little Fell Farm; £660 Fell End Farm.

A nice entry of Calves and Stirks this morning with the briskest trade seen for some time. A ring full of buyers ensured all classes of calves sold to full value with young month old Blue bulls from Richard and Johnny Hoggarth selling to £330. Older blues at eight weeks sold to £440 from MJ Fell, Newton.

Native calves in strong demand as usual here at Lancaster with Hereford heifers selling to £310 from Drinkall Bros, Abbeystead. Angus calves to £250 for heifers from Jones Sandvilla. Older weaned Friesian calves to £210 from G & ME Woodhouse & Sons. Six week sorts in strong demand selling to £132. A very strong average of £142.78 for all black and whites forward.

Stirk trade remains strong, with a pair of 4-5month Angus Bulls to £522 from A Shepherd, Pilling and Blue Bulls from the same home to £490. Blue heifers to £470 G & ME Woodhouse & A Shepherd.

Calf Top Prices: BULL CALVES – BRB: £440 Chapel House; £400 Boldens Farm; £330 Manor House Farm. FR: £210 Boldens; £132 Brantbeck Farm; £130 Catshaw Hall Farm.

AA: £200 Sandvilla.

HEIFER CALVES – AA: £250 Sandvilla; £210 Birkland Barrow. HERE: £310 Catshaw Hall; £255 Birkland Barrow. BRB: £390 Boldens Farm; £265 Manor House Farm.

BULL STIRKS – AA: £522 Muffys Platt Farm. WB: £440 Boldens Farm. BRB: £490 Muffys Platt Farm.

HEIFER STIRK – AA: £440 Muffys Platt Farm. BRB: £470 Muffys Platt Farm & Boldens Farm.

Monday 9th February - Anniversary Show & Sale of Primestock The 50th anniversary sale of Prime Hoggs had a pre-sale show that was kindly judged by Alex Riley on behalf of Riley Brothers of Dunnockshaw. Show classes for pairs of Lowland and upland breeds of prime hoggs. The Lowland class was won by Andrew and Charlie Butler of Hambleton who also had second in the class. In the upland class the winning rosette was awarded to Richard Cardwell of Cardwell farms with a pair of Cheviot lambs who also won second prize.

A special thank you goes to the Prime Hogg sponsor Andrew Thompson on behalf of Alan Thompson Haulage, Carnforth.

The weekly sale of Prime Hoggs at Lancaster had an overall sale average of 186ppk a few pence less than the previous week. The champion pen of Hoggs sold to a top price of £140 (292ppk) from Andrew Butler of Parks Barn selling to M Allam of Lancashire Direct Halal. Better bred continental hoggs selling well over 200ppk with first cross continental hoggs selling between 188ppk and 200ppk. Mules sold to a top of £88 a head from WI & A Atkinson of Holme House with all mules forward selling to an average of 173ppk.

Prime Hogg Top Prices: TEX- £140 Parks Farm Barn; £98 Millstones; £97 Gardners Farm. SUFF- £93 Inverbervie; £90 Parks Farm Barn; £87 Downlands Farm. MASH- £80 Fell End Farm.

MULE- £88 Holme House Farm; £80.50 Fell End Farm; £80 Brown Brook. HORN- £77.50 Fell End Farm; £72.50 Holme House Farm; £71 Downlands Farm. CH- £91 Walmsley Fold. CHEV- £93 Inverbervie; £90 Sandvilla. GRIT- £85 Sowerby Lodge.

Show Results: Lowland Pair 1st AG Butler 2nd AG Butler 3rd P Eastwood

Parks Farm Barn BELTEX 48kg Parks Farm Barn BELTEX 43kg Meadow Park BELTEX 43kg

£140 £92 £93

Upland Pair 1st Cardwell Farms Ltd 2nd Cardwell Farms Ltd 3rd V & EJ Chadwick

Inverbervie Inverbervie Soweby Lodge

CHEVIOT 50kg £93 CHEVIOT 44kg £83 GRITSTONE 50kg £85

Once again all classes of Cast Sheep sold to a strong trade with more ewes needed to meet what is a strong demand from the buyers at Lancaster. Better sorts of continental cast ewes sold into the one hundred and teens selling to a top of £118 from JR & M Ayrton & Son of Bambers Farm with slightly less continentals selling around the £100 mark. Mule ewes sold to £87 from J Lamb of Old Glasson with mule ewes averaging £86. An overall market average of £84.62.

Cast Sheep Top Prices: MULE- £87 Old Glassson Farm; £82 Dowlnads Farm. CHEV- £94 Sandvilla; £80 Highfield Farm. TEX- £118 Bambers Farm; £110 Downlands Farm; £100 Old Glasson Farm.

The bull beef trade continues to hold firm with the trade at Lancaster in keeping with other local centres. An entry of 10 Prime Bulls forward sold to a market average 195ppk. Suckler bred beef bulls sold in and around 200ppk selling to a top of 209.5ppk numerous times.

Prime Cattle Top Prices: WB- 174.5 Village Farm. LIM- 209.5 Old Croft; 209.5 Howriggs; 194.5 Northwoods Farm. BRB- 191.5 Northwoods Farm.

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NWA J36 Sale Reports Thursday 12th February The weekly sale of Calves at J36 saw all classes sell to a strong trade with all types eagerly bid for and all vendors leaving pleased with their trade. Beef calves, once again, keenly sought after at J36 with three month old British Blue bulls selling to a top of £520 from RJ & KR Wilkinson of High Foulshaw with others from the same home selling to £450 and £440. All Black and whites forward this week were bobby calves selling between £15 and £30.

Stirks at J36 sold in line with the strong prices achieved at local markets, with 3 to 4 month old Limousins out of suckler cows selling to a top of £520 for heifers from A Brown of Low Laithe Barn with Belted Galloway x bulls of the same age selling to £450.

NEW SALE OF STIRKS Thursday 26th February 2014 at J36 entries for catalogue close Thursday 19th February

Calf Top Prices: BULL CALVES – BRB: £520, £450, £440 High Foulshaw; £250 Low Sizergh. Lim: £220 Wraysholme Tower. Stab: £410 & £300 High Foulshaw. Fr: £30 Wraysholme Tower; £28 Toadpool.

HEIFER CALVES – AA: £130 Low Sizergh. Mont: £190 Low Sizergh.

BULL STIRK – Lim: £450 Low Laithe Barn.

HEIFER STIRK – Lim: £530 & £450 Low Laithe Barn

The weekly sale of Store Hoggs saw best short keeper sell to £73.50 for Texel x from I L Dixon of Cantsfield and £70 for Suffolks from BJ Bowness of Kendal.

Mashams sold to £71.50 from PG Thornton, Scorton with Mules to £68 from G & ID Postlethwaite, Howgill. Hill lambs sold to £50 for Rough Fell, Herdwicks to £46 and Swaledales to £44. Medium keep hoggs generally £55 - £60 with smaller sorts £42-48. Tups sold to £60 with most achieving £52-£57 A few gimmer hoggs forward saw Mules sell to £102 and Mashams to £78. All hoggs sold averaged £54.25.

Store Hoggs Top Prices: Suff: £70 Blea Tarn; £64 Crabtree Farm; £57.50 Gowan Bank. Masham: £78 (gimmers), £71.50 Cliftons Farm. Mule: £102 (gimmers) Kiln Croft; £68 Riddings; £62.50 Kirkby Hall; £62 The Lodge; £60.50 Lincolns Inn. Swale: £44 Kirkby Hall; £41.50 Bridge Stone; £39 Murthwaite, Longstripes. Rough Fell: £50 Lincolns Inn; £46 Riddings. Texel: £73.50 Cantsfield Hall; £69 Haveriggs Farm; £64.50 Kirkby Hall; £64 Fold Farm. Herdwick: £46 Tongue House.

A special sale of in lamb Breeding Sheep including the flock dispersal of breeding ewes from W Huddleston & Son of Borrans Farm. The flock dispersal created plenty of interest with all classes of ewes selling very well. Mule ewes especially in strong demand with one and two crop ewes selling to a top of £190. Others at the same age sold to £180 and £175. Aged mule ewes sold to £148 with all in-lamb Mules selling to a market average of £143. Texel ewes slightly harder to sell but still selling to a strong trade topping at £150 for shearlings and one crops and other pens achieving £140 (x2) and £137 with all ages of Texels forward selling to an average of £118. A selection of a geld Mule hoggs sold to £102. Plenty more sheep could have been sold on the day to vendor’s advantage with many potential buyers in the market looking to purchase in-lamb sheep of all classes to replace out-going geld ewes.

NEXT SALE OF IN LAMB SHEEP Thursday 26th February 2015 Entries to date include: 80 Mule & Texel Gimmer Hoggs scanned in lamb due Mid March 20 Mule & Texel Gimmer Hoggs Geld 40 Mule gimmer hoggs in lamb due to the Beltex tup from the 5th April 50 Mule Gimmer Shearlings in Lamb to Texel due from 7th April scanning details at the time of sale

Breeding Sheep Top Prices: IN-LAMB SHEEP FROM BORRANS FARM - Mule Ewe 1 & 2 crop: £190, £180, £175. Mule Ewes Aged: £148 & £135. Texel Shearlings & 1 crop: £150, £140, £137.

Texel Ewes Aged: £120 & £105.

Tuesday 17th February - Anniversary Show & Sale of Prime Hoggs North West Auctions held their weekly sale of prime sheep at J36 on Tuesday which also included the Anniversary Prize Show & Sale of Pairs of Prime Hoggs.

The show was very ably judged by Mr Simon Jennar from the Anglo Dutch Meat Company who awarded the championship rosette to a pair of Texel x hoggs shown by father & son Edward & Andrew Atkinson of Stubb Farm, Endmoor. The champion hoggs went onto sell for £112 per head to Mr Robert Skelton of Cockermouth.

Show Results: Lowland Hoggs 1st AE Atkinson & Son, Stubb Farm 2nd Fishwick Farms, Bank House Farm 3rd Fishwick Farms, Bank House Farm

Texel Beltex Beltex

£112 £ 98 £ 95

Hill Hoggs 1st Fishwick Farms, Bank House Farm 2nd TMW & H Hodgson, Arklid 3rd Messrs Hodgson, Rydal Farm

Cham x SBF Swale Herdwick

£ 80 £ 75 £ 76

Outwith the show hoggs and entry of 1644 prime hoggs and cast sheep were forward for sale.

1371 Prime Hoggs to £112 & 248.9p/kg Weights Top Av. There were some very mixed classes of hoggs forward with well finished hoggs being good to sell, whilst leaner Standard 32 ½ -39 213.9 182.5 sorts were certainly easier on the week leaving an overall market average of 182.61p/kg.

Medium 39 ½ -45 ½ 248.9 186.8 Heavy 46 - 51 ½ 213.0 176.4

Prime Hogg Top Prices:

Suff: £104 Mansrigg Hall; £99 Boustagill; £91 Underley; £90 Maddison. Masham: £74 Killington Drive. Mule: £80.50 Tatterthorn; £80 Bank House Farm, Low Longmire, Whaitber, Hill Top; £79 Barrowfield. Swale: £75 Arklid; £71 Skelwith Fold; £69 High Loanthwaite. Rough Fell: £77 High Borrowbridge; £73 Boundary Beck; £62 Middle Sadghyll. Char: £89 Mansrigg Hall; £87 New Close; £83 Buck Bank. Chev: £92 Hutton Roof Hall; £82 Halton Park; £80.50 Underley. Texel: £98 Mansigg Hall; £90 Low Longmire, Old Hyton Farm, Underley. Leic: £90 Yates Farm. Jacob: £76 Summerhill. Herdwick: £76 Rydal; £71.50 Charley Crag. Beltex: £112 Stubb Farm; £98 Bank House; £90 Old Hyton.

Once again all classes of cast sheep met a strong trade topping at £138 for a Texel ram from T Edmondson of Ulverston. Mule ewes continue to sell at a cracking rate with the best meated ewes £95 - £100 with leaner sorts £80 - £85. However, buyers are very cautious of over fat sheep. Horned ewes sold to £84 for Swaledales from RS Harker & Son of Grayrigg and Rough Fells sold to £94 from GR Park & Son of Whinfell.

More sheep are required every week for a full ringside of buyers.

Cast Sheep Top Prices: Suff: £114 Mansrigg Hall; £106 High Mansriggs; £88 Riggthwaite; £80 Chapel House. Mule: £100 Underley; £99 Green Lane End; £97 Old Hyton, Stoney Crag.

Swale: £84 Grayrigg Hall; £72 Well Foot, Low Mansriggs; £71 Yates Farm. Rough Fell: £94 Low Deepslack; £86 Boundary Beck; £78 High Borrowbridge; £77 Middle Sadghyll. Char: £92 Millness Hall; £76 Yealand Manor. Texel: £138 High Mansriggs; £118 Helm Croft; £116 Endmoor Farm, Old Hyton; £110 Underley. Lleyn: £97 Cragg Farm; £81 West Berrick Farm. Leic: £102 Low Newton Farm, Grayrigg Hall; £95 Tongue House; £95 Middle Fell, Mouse Syke. Herdwick: £56 Tongue House; £45 Middle Fell.

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February

February

Monday 23rd

Saturday 21st

Weekly Prime Stock Sale at 9am & Opening Sale of Sheep & Lambs

Dispersal Sale of Builders Yard Equipment

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Friday 27th Weekly Cattle Sale Calves & OTM 10.15am Store Cattle 11.15am

March

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Tuesday 24th Weekly Prime Stock Sale at 1pm Wednesday 25th Monthly Collective Machinery Sale at 10.30m

Monday 16th Monthly Dairy Sale

Catalogued entries close Friday 6th March

Entries to date for the Spring Sheep Breeding Sale Monday 23rd February 102 Cheviot in Lamb ewes flock age scanned in lamb to Cheviot/Texel Ram

Thursday 26th Weekly Calves & Store Hoggs, Monthly Catalogued Stirks, Breeding Sheep & Fortnightly Dairy Sale Sale to commence at 10.15am

Contact Details Bill Nelson - Livestock Manager 07785 542738 Gary Capstick - Auctioneer 07970 830518

10 Continental ewes with Continental lambs 6 Continental ewes with Continental lambs 10 Mule Ewes with Texel lambs 5 Mule ewes with twin lambs 10 Mule/Masham with Texel/Suffolk lambs 15 Mule/Texel ewes with Suffolk lambs

Matthew Probert - Auctioneer 07760 557932 Ian Atkinson - Auctioneer 07766 521472 Will Alexander - Fieldsman & Trainee Auctioneer 07976 646035 Richard Gardiner - Fieldsman 07713 787510 George Harryman - Fieldsman

Entries to date for the Monthly Collective Machinery Sale Wednesday 25th February with special entry on behalf of JC & J Fell, Millom (due to retirement) New Holland TS100A (2004) 4,300 hours, 2004 Kvernland 4F E160 reversible plough, 2006 Amazone KE303-170 Power Harrow 2005 FIONA AK90 Drill (grain/fertilizer/grass) 2006 Twose folding Cambridge rollers Mobile Weighing Platform 2008 Superior SM9000 Roller Mill (2 ton) Crop Wheels Front 11.2 R32 Rear 11.2 R48.

22ft Cattle Trailer.

Lister Fertilizer Spreader (for quad bike)

Collective Entries to date

Bateson 20ft Twin Axle Cattle Trailer (removable top, Hay Ladders & extension to 22ft).

Quad Bike Twose 8ft Land Roller Walk Through Sheep Troughs Free Standing Sheep Feed Barriers 1 x 12ft Metal Gate Vicon 10cwt Fetilizer Spreader 3 point linkage 70 gal Crop Sprayer 4 Division Lamb Warming Box Hand Held Post Knocker 2 x Lamb Feeding Buckets (5 teat) 26 x Plastic Buckets (1 gallon) Vicon Fetilizer Spinner ATV Trailer 7ft x 4ft Calf/Sheep Trailer 6ft x 4ft Round Bale Un-wrapper Haybob Lamb Adopter x 2 Tipping Trailer (10x6) Chainharrows Lamb Creep Feeder 2 x Portaquip Trailed Sheep Feeders Quad Bike Trailer 2 x Hayracks Westwood T1600 Ride on Mower Fahr Centipede Slewtic Rear End Loader complete with Spike Honda 500 TRXF Quad Bike

NWA Property FINDING YOU PASTURES NEW - 015395 66222

Oxen Park, Ulverston Hullater Farm, Dairy & Stockrearing Farm Extending to 358.10 Acres/144.92 For sale by Informal Tender in 5 lots A productive dairy and stockrearing farm extending in total to 358.10 acres/144.92 hectares of meadow, pasture, upland grazing and heathland.

Also of interest to those seeking amenity land and with potential for a small valuable sporting estate.

Tenders to be received by 3.00 p.m. on Thursday, 19th March, 2015.

Full particulars and tender form available from the offices of the Agent.

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