North West Auctions Weekly Report and Newsletter – 19th August
NWA Lancaster - Lancaster Lads Thursday 13th August The annual show and sale of Terminal sire rams attracted a strong entry of rams forward for the sale with buyers travelling far and wide to attend the sale. A selective trade with good quality rams in strong demand and well sold as many purchasers were looking to improve the quality of the prime lambs sold. A high clearance rate 79% achieved for an early sale. Thanks goes to the pre-sale judges for sparing their time and expertise in judging a quality line-up of rams. We also thank the North West Suffolk breeders club for their continued support and sponsorship of the Suffolk sheep classes. Thank you to the sale sponsors of Country & Commercial Insurance Brokers. In what was a strong line up of rams the overall championship rosette was awarded to JT & J Kelsall of Summerlands with a Texel Shearling. The reserve champion was awarded to ST Birkett of Hall Croft with a Beltex x shearling. Buyers were looking for strong well-grown rams with good conformation. A small entry of Charollais rams met plenty of demand as shearlings from MP & A Lee of Cinder Hill selling to £480. A good entry of Texel and Beltex x rams saw the reserve champion sell to the day’s top price of £880 from ST Birkett of Hall Croft. James and Joe Wannop of Heaton Hall twice sold Beltex x rams to £700. The champion ram from JT & J Kelsall of Summerlands sold to £680. Good tups easily sold £500 plus with others selling £350 plus. There is always a good consignment of Suffolk rams at Lancaster. Buyers slightly cautious of purchasing Suffolk rams this year with current prime lamb prices. The champion Suffolk ram was awarded to the shearling from S & G Mellor of Windicott Farm who has won the Rowan Cherrington cup for three consecutive years and went onto sell for a top price of £650. A large entry of Suffolk ram lambs met plenty of interest topping at £580 from Alan Blair of Thornfleet. It was nice to welcome a couple of Hampshire Down shearling rams to Lancaster from Graham and Judith Galbraith of Endmoor that sold to £400 and £350.
NWA Lancaster - Monthly Dairy Sale Monday 17th August A smaller show of Dairy Cattle forward this morning were met by a full ringside of local and travelled buyers. The pre-sale show was judged by Jack Raby of Preesall, who awarded the champion rosette to the first place cow, Lot 23, Kirkwood Goldenboy Ann, from Henry & Mark Cornthwaite, Garstang. This big strong 2nd calved cow, bred from four generations of EX cows and sold giving 36.4litres, realised £1800 selling to the judge. The reserve champion rosette was awarded to Lot 4, the first place Halter led heifer, from J Burrow & Son, Tunsteads. Sired by Stardale Vast, who also sired the champion of the July sale at Lancaster, yielding 36litres and just over a month calved, she later went onto realise £1800, again, selling to the judge. Top price of the day came from W & C Gorst & Son, Hole of Ellel, Saltoke Jeeves Rebecca 157, giving 31litres and from one of the top cow families of the Saltoke Herd, this smart lasting heifer realised £1900. As well as the pedigree Holsteins, a pair of Montbelliarde second calvers from GA Haston & Son, realised £1050 & £1020. The best pair of heifers was awarded to J Burrow & Son, with Lots 3 & 4, winning the Cornthwaite Cup, these realised £1720 & £1800 respectively. All heifers sold to full value, with an overall average of £1587.50 for heifers and £1590 for cows.
Show Results Halter Led Heifer 1st Lot 4 J Burrow & Son 2nd Lot 2 J Burrow & Son 3rd Lot 8 B & V Swann
£1800 (Reserve) £1800 £1680
Non-Halter Led Heifer 1st Lot 22 W & G Cornthwaite 2nd Lot 3 J Burrow & Son 3rd Lot 25 WJ & I France & Son
£1720 £1720 £1650
Cow 1st 2nd 3rd
£1800 (Champion) £1320
Lot 23 Lot 20 Lot 26
H & SD Cornthwaite TC Alderson JE & J Pye & Son £1720
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