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North West Auctions Weekly Report and Newsletter – 19th November

Weekly report & newsletter NWA Lancaster Christmas Dairy Show & Sale The Christmas Dairy Sale saw another large entry, attracting buyers from Cumbria through to the Midland Counties. The presale show saw a nice turn out of quality heifers put before judge and regular purchaser Stuart Forshaw. The Champion Rosette was awarded to regular vendor James Burrow with Stardale Twist Vaakje 2, who stood first in the halter-led heifer class. This flashy heifer, giving 31litres, went on to sell for £2220 to the judge. As well as taking the champion rosette, this heifer also made up half of the best pairs, with Lot 7, Stardale Twist Vaakje being the other half which went on to sell for £2080. Taking the reserve rosette was Messers Inman of Strickland Hill with Witherslack Stanleycup Karen, she later went on to sell for £2050 to Messers Walmsley, Clitheroe. In the cow class, JH Towers & Son, Tunstall Hall took the first place rosette with Tunstall Tant Margaret, this very nice second calved cow, classified GP82 and bred from three generations of VG cows saw frantic bidding and realised a final call of £2050. Top price of the day came from Alan & Andrew Smith, Mount Pleasant, with a non-pedigree Lucente sired heifer selling to £2400 from an undisclosed northern bidder. In general a sharper trade this month in comparison to last with a total of 10 cattle selling in advance of £2000 with an overall average of £1820 for all cows forward and £1780 for heifers, £150 up on the previous month. Three in-calf heifers from JH Towers & Son sold well, topping trade was Tunstall Ross Meggie, this strong heifer, due at the end of November to Picston Shottle saw a final call of £1550. Others from the same home sold to £1520. For more pictures and videos of today’s sale please check out our North West Auctions Facebook page. Pre Sale Show Results Champion 1st Lot 6

Stardale Twist Vaajke 2

Reserve Champion 1st Lot 58

Witherslack Stanleycup Karen Strickland Hill Farming

Halter-Led Heifer 1st Lot 6 Lot 30 2nd rd 3 Lot 7

Stardale Twist Vaajke 2 Wyredale Sid Ida 95 Stardale Twist Vaakje

J Burrow & Son

J Burrow & Son MJ & H Atkinson J Burrow & Son

Non Halter-Led Heifer 1st 2nd 3rd

Lot 58 Lot 57 Lot 25

Witherslack Stanleycup Karen Strickland Hill Farming Unregistered Pedigree Heifer Strickland Hill Farming Pennine Crocus 226 Drinkall Bros

Cow 1st 2nd

Lot 45 Lot 47

Tunstall Tant Margaret Arnot Carlina 186

JH Towers & Son AR & J Whitlow

Stardale Twsit Vaakje 2 Stardale Twist Vaakje

J Burrow & Son

Best Pair of Heifers 1st Lot 6 & 7

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NWA Lancaster , Wyresdale Road, Golgotha, Lancaster, LA1 3JQ

e. property@nwauctions.co.uk t. 015395 66222 (J36 Kendal) t. 01524 63308 (Lancaster)

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NWA J36, J36 Rural Auction Centre, Crooklands, Milnthorpe, Cumbria, LA7 7FP


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