North West Auctions Weekly Report and Newsletter – 21st March
Lancaster Dairy Sale Tuesday 20th March INAUGURAL HASSALL BROTHERS & NORTH WEST AUCTIONS LANCATER DAIRY SALES KICKS OFF WITH A BANG WITH A £3,000 TOP PRICE! Tuesday 20th March witnessed the first sale for the joint venture between Hassall Brothers and North West Auctions conducting dairy sales at Lancaster Auction Mart, a sale that both companies are incredibly excited about and look forward to building a very strong alliance over the forthcoming years. The sale is open to any category of dairy stock, milking cows and heifers of any breed, youngstock, pedigree and commercial. The March sale attracted an entry of 44 head which was pleasing for this first sale, the atmosphere at the auction was bubbling with excitement and certainly the quality of stock on offer was outstanding and all vendors must be congratulated on the super animals they entered. We really appreciate the support from everyone for making this sale so successful, achieving a top price of £3,000 and a further 5 animals achieving over £2,000. The Show was judged by Will Glenn of Distinctive Holsteins, Cheshire, with the show kindly sponsored by Wynnstay, in Association with Elanco & Zoetis; Will had a really tough job as the animals put forward were tremendous and difficult to split. The Champion animal was from the Inman Family of Strickland Hill Farming, Grange-Over-Sands this was the 1st prize cow, Witherslack Bookmark Roxy, this awesome cow bred from the well-respected Roxy family backed by 10 generations of VG or EX, calved on the 1st March, yielding 46kg daily, she was secured by Messrs S Robinson of County Down, Northern Ireland. The Inman family will be delighted that they sold their Champion cow commission free. Reserve Champion was taken by FG & MR Martin of Levens, Kendal. This heifer won the non-halter led class, Lordsplain Masterful Electra calved on the 12th February. She was yielding 38kg and was secured for £2,000 by Bradleys Farms Ltd of Preston. A lovely heifer from R & E Butterfield of Bentham took 1st prize heifer in the halter led class; This super heifer, Ingleview Dempsey Ivory, bred from this great line of cows bred from 7 generations of Very Good or Excellent, she calved on the 5th March and was secured by Bradley Farms for £2,000. The Tomlinson family of Preston consigned six great heifers from their Bilsrow herd, trade topped at £2,450 for Bilsrow Goodwhone Lausine, this great heifer bred from 9 generations of cows scored Very Good or Excellent from the noted Lausine family and she was secured by Messrs Oldfield. Two other great heifers from this home sold for £2,000 to average £1,950 for all lots sold. Lots of other great heifers were keenly sought after by an active ring of buyers, once again milk, and dairy strength being in high demand throughout the day. Averages All Milking Cows (Including animals with faults) £1764 All Milking Heifers (Including animals with faults) £1652.58 Thank you to all of the vendors and purchasers who have supported us, we really appreciate it and look forward to many more successful sales in the future. Please call us if you wish to discuss any of your marketing requirements. 01829 260545
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Lancaster Sale Reports Best Pair of Heifers LOT 7, Bilsrow Goodwhone Lausine 2, DJ & S Tomlinson, £2450 LOT 5, Bilsrow Shutout Lausine, DJ & S Tomlinson, £1800
Dairy Show Results Class1 – Halter-Led Heifer 1st, LOT 11, Ingleview Dempsey Ivory, R & E Butterfield, £2000 2nd, LOT 10, Ingleview Goldsun IMP, R & E Butterfield, £1750 3rd, LOT 16, Saltoke Iota Doris 208, W & C Gorst & Son, £1750 Class 2 – Non Halter-Led Heifer 1st, LOT 14, Lordsplain Masterful Electra, FG & MR Martin, £2000 2nd, LOT 7, Bilsrow Goodwhone Lausine 2, DJ & S Tomlinson, £2450 3rd, LOT 5, Bilsrow Shutout Lausine, DJ & S Tomlinson, £1800
Champion LOT 26, Witherslack Bookmark Roxy, The Inman Family, £3000 Reserve Champion LOT 14, Lordsplain Masterful Electra, FG & MR Martin, £2000
Class 3 – Cow 1st, LOT 26, Witherslack Bookmark Roxy, The Inman Family, £3000 2nd, LOT 32, Sandcrest Linbloem, J & M Sanderson, £1550 3rd, LOT 33, Sandcrest Con Duchess, J & M Sanderson, £1450
Friday 16th March The weekly sale of Store Cattle saw a larger entry of 304 forward. There was a mixed show of Cattle, with all classes forward selling to a good trade. Native Bred Cattle, again, sold well with an Aberdeen Angus Bullock topping the sale, selling to £1370 from D Vose, Downholland. Hereford Bullocks sold to £1200 for a pen from G Sagar & Son, Caton. Continental Bullocks saw the top price, once again, achieved by a Charolais, selling to £1370 and a Limousin selling to £1360 from DE & SM Moorhouse, Natland Heifers also saw Native Cattle top the trade with a pen of Aberdeen Angus Heifers selling to £1260 from ID Bailey, Preston. Black and white bullocks sold to £1070 from JM & AG Swarbrick of Out Rawcliffe and again for a pen from L Parsons & Son, Levens. Store Cattle Top Prices: STORE BULLOCKS – ABERDEEN ANGUS: £1370 Thorns Farm; £1280 New Parkside Farm; £1230 New Elmridge Farm. CHAROLAIS: £1370 High House Farm; £1040 Springfield. LIMOUSIN: £1360 High House Farm; £1310 Millbeck; £1250 Downlands Farm. BRITISH BLUE: £1300 New Parkside Farm; £1250 Pasture House Farm; £1240 Lodge Farm. SIMMENTAL: £1260 Intack Farm; £1190 Stubb Hall Farm. HEREFORD: £1200 New Parkside Farm; £1100 Ivy Barn; £1090 Old Glasson. NORWEGIAN RED: £1200 Old Glasson. MONTBELLIARDE: £1190 Bensons Farm; £1110 Middle Grange Farm; £1010 Ivy Barn. WELSH BLACK: £1170 Littlewood Hall Farm. FRIESIAN: £1070 Bensons Farm; £1070 Low Levens; £1040 Stubb Hall Farm. FLECKVIEH: £1070 Bensons Farm. STORE HEIFERS – ABERDEEN ANGUS: £1260 Betts Farm; £1160 Low Levens; £1160 Thorns Farm. BRITISH BLUE: £1140 Windy Hill Farm; £1100 Abrahams Farm; £1070 Pasture House Farm. LIMOUSIN: £1120 Croppers Farm; £1090 Little Fell Farm; £1080 Intack Farm. CHAROLAIS: £1110 Lathwaite Farm; £1070 Ivy Barn; £990 Low Dubbs Farm. SIMMENTAL: £1080 Intack Farm. HEREFORD: £1000 Little Town Farm.
Cast Cows saw an entry of 125 forward, which included a large proportion of parlour cows, with the sale still averaging 128.35p/kg overall. Cast Cows sold to a top of 194.5p/kg or £1342 from TA Chapman & Son, Helsington for Limousin Cows. There were plenty of beef cows selling over the 140p/kg mark. Black and White Cows sold to a top of 161.5p/kg or £1101 from J & M Sanderson, Wesham. All Black and White Cows forward sold to an average of 119p/kg. Black and White Heifers sold to 169.5p/kg from ME Wannop & Sons Ltd, Heaton with Oxcliffe. Cast Steers saw British Blues sell to 204p/kg or £1169 from M Shepherd & Son, Pilling Cast Cow Top Prices: OTM COW – LIMOUSIN: 194.5 Lane Head Farm; 169.5 Low House; 169.5 Stubb Farm. SIMMENTAL: 161.5 New House Farm; 137.5 Middle Ridge Farm. FRIESIAN: 161.5 Pasture Barn Farm; 139.5 Dillicar; 137.5 Bank End Farm. CONTINENTAL: 159.5 Yarlsber. SWEDISH RED AND WHITE: 141.5 Walkers I’th Fields. ABERDEEN ANGUS: 139.5 Black Bull Cottage. MONTBELLIARDE: 139.5 Lawrence House. MEUSE RHINE ISSEL: 134.5 Village Farm; 124.5 Haven Lea. JERSEY: 114.5 Sellerley Farm. AYRSHIRE: 107.5 Knotts Farm. OTM HEIFER – FRIESIAN: 169.5 Heaton Hall Farm. CAST STEER – BRITISH BLUE: 204.5 Pasture House Farm; 179.5 Low Barrows Green; 164.5 Black Bull Farm. FRIESIAN: 131.5 Stubb Hall Farm. CAST BULL – GALLOWAY: 129.5 High House.
There was a reduced entry of Calves forward this week but there was a larger entry of Beef Calves forward. Topping today’s trade was British Blue Heifer Calves selling to £430 from G & ME Woodhouse & Son, Ellel who also sold others to £410. Bull Calves sold to a top of £360 for British Blues from T & CM Kelsall & Son, Chipping. Native Bred Bull Calves saw Aberdeen Angus’ sell to £160 from DR & C Galbraith, Grayrigg with a consignment of two week old Hereford Bull Calves sell to £140 from B & JC Carr, Forton. Black and White Bull Calves sold to £160 from G & ME Woodhouse & Sons, who also sold other to £140 & £110. Calf Top Prices: HEIFER CALF – BRITISH BLUE: £430 Boldens Farm; £340 Sunny Bank; £340 Brown Brook. LIMOUSIN: £160 Hatters Farm. ABERDEEN ANGUS: £90 Beck Side. HEREFORD: £80 Cleveley House Farm. BULL CALF – BRITISH BLUE: £360 Brown Brook; £350 Boldens Farm. FRIESIAN: £160 Boldens Farm; £100 Cleveley House Farm; £90 Brown Brook. ABERDEEN ANGUS: £160 Sunny Bank; £150 Beck Side. SIMMENTAL: £150 Beck Side. HEREFORD: £140 Cleveley House Farm.
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Lancaster Sale Reports Monday 19th March The Prime Hogg trade improved as the week went on last week, with the market average today being 224p/kg. 39-45kg Hoggs averaged 228p/kg. Top price today saw Texel Hoggs sell to £120 from J Bargh & Son, Heaton with Oxcliffe closely followed by £119 from O Butler, Kirkham. Suffolks twice sold to £117 firstly from J Bargh & Son and AG Butler, Hambleton. Plenty of pens of Hoggs sold over the £110 mark. Top price per kilo was 256p/kg for 45kg Texels from AG Butler, this was followed by 249p/kg for 43kg Texels from RW & FJ Rhodes, Quernmore. Mule Hoggs sold to a top of £108 from J Bargh & Son with 44kg Mules selling to £102 from AG Butler. Prime Hogg Top Prices: TEXEL: £120 North Farm; £119 Elm Bank Farm; £115 Park Farm Barn; £114 Low Moor Head Farm. SUFFOLK: £117 Park Farm Barn; £117 North Farm; £110 Inverbervie. MULE: £108 North Farm; £102 Park Farm Barn; £98 West Lynn. CHAROLAIS: £106 Park Farm Barn. GRITSTONE: £101 Inverbervie. LONK: £94 Inverbervie. SWALEDALE: £84 Sowerby Lodge; £77.50 Ouzelthorn Farm; £70 Overhouses. MASHAM: £80 Inverbervie. CHEVIOT: £79 Inverbervie.
There was a larger entry of Cast Sheep forward today selling to a buoyant trade, where more could have easily been sold. A consignment from GH Sanderson & Family, Catforth saw Suffolk Ewes sell to £133 and Texel sell to £121. This was closely followed by Texel selling to £111 from JA & V Lamb, Conder Green. Best Mule Ewes regularly in the nineties selling to a top of £103 from S Wilson & Son, Scotforth. Horned Ewes sold to a top of £74 for Dalesbred Ewes from DM Eames, Abbeystead. Cast Sheep Top Prices: CAST EWES – SUFFOLK: £133 Blackleach House Farm. TEXEL: £121 Blackleach House Farm; £111 Conder Green Farm. MULE: £103 Burrow Heights Farm; £98 Mearsbeck Farm; £90 Blackleach House Farm. DORSET: £90 Corney Hill Farm; £50 Burrow Heights Farm. BLUEFACED LEICESTER: £91 Ouzelthorn Farm. MASHAM: £76 Middle Lea Farm. DALESBRED: £74 Middle Lea Farm. CAST RAM – TEXEL: £81 Mearsbeck Farm.
There was a Prime Bull forward this morning from P & A Bell, Pilling selling to 195p/kg for a Aberdeen Angus. The sale of Sheep with Lambs at Foot of the season at Lancaster saw a blistering trade throughout in which more could have easily been sold. Continental Ewes with single lambs sold to £160 or £80p/life. Continental Ewes with Twins sold to a top of £205. All sheep forward sold to a market average of £70.80p/life. Entries to date for next week include 10 Mule Ewes with Texel Lambs & 10 Continental Ewes with Continental Lambs. Sheep with Lambs Top Prices: EWES WITH LAMBS AT FOOT – TEXEL: £205; £180; £160 Rivers Hill Farm. SUFFOLK: £150 Rivers Hill Farm.
J36 Sale Reports Thursday 15th March The closing sale of Store Hoggs at Junction 36 saw an entry of 500 forward, selling to a strong demand. Many vendors bringing in their final consignments of hoggs for the season, with everyone very satisfied with the flying trade.Topping the market at £87 were a pen of 19 Texel Hoggs forward from AT Threlkeld Ltd of Satterthwaite, followed at £85 twice also for Texel’s from J&PR Woof of Dent and B&D Willison & Son of Levens. Mule Hoggs selling continually to a strong trade, to a top of £84 from JR Senior of Cartmel Road, followed at £77 twice from WT&EM Townley & Son of Higher Westhouse and Coward Bros of Kirkby in Furness. Horned Hoggs selling to a top of £60 for Herdwicks from JR Senior, followed by Rough Fells at £51 from GC&GW Taylor of Crook and Swaledales to £49 from Messrs Hodgson of Windermere. Store Hoggs Top Prices: Texel - £87 Bowkerstead Farm, £85 Holgate Caravan Park, £85 8 Dragon Croft, £85 Cinderbarrow Farm, £82 Clawthorpe Lodge. Mule - £84 Low Fell Gate Farm, £77 Burnt House, £77 Kirkby Hall, £76 Low Fell Gate Farm, £75 Cinderbarrow Farm. Charollais - £78 Burnt House, £51 Barker Knott. Suffolk - £73 Barker Knott, £72 Cliftons Farm, £62 High Farm, £51 Barker Knott. Herdwick - £60 Low Fell Gate Farm. Rough Fell - £51 High Farm, £50 Low Garths Farm, £50, £40 High Carlingill. Swaledale £49 Rydal Farm.
Tuesday 20th March The first sale of Sheep with Lambs at foot at Junction 36 this week enjoyed a steady trade in line with the current weather and grazing conditions. Topping the day’s trade was a Pure Texel ewe with Charollais x Texel Twin Lambs at Foot from RJ Willison of Levens selling to £200, followed by T Ellis of New Hutton with a pen of 3 Continental Ewes with Texel Lambs selling to £192 per family. Mule Ewes with Lambs at foot sold to £175 three times from T Ellis of New Hutton, NJ Strickland & Son from Whinfell and TW Gorst of Crook. All Ewes with Lambs at foot sold to an average of £144.97 which included a show of mainly broken mouthed ewes. A mixed entry of Prime Hoggs was seen in J36 today with a similar number forward to last week. Vendors seen to be taking advantage of the good trade, with several lots in the market being final consignments, including hoggs which would be classed as stores. Well-finished hoggs were very easily sold and more could have been sold to advantage, under finished hoggs were selling to realisation. There was an overall market average of 220p/kg, medium specification hoggs (39-45.5kgs) averaged 237p/kg. The day’s trade was topped by a pen of heavy weight Suffolk hoggs from E Needham of Stainton selling to £133, closely followed by D Metcalfe of Dalton in Furness selling to £130 and £129. Texels sold to a top of £128 for heavy weights from JB Airey of Kendal. Beltex x hoggs sold to a top of 273p/kg from Messrs Hodgson of Windermere closely followed by PJ Onions of Arkholme selling to 270p/kg Prime Hogg Top Prices: Suffolk - £133 Birkrigg Park Cottage, £130, £129, £125 6 Crooklands Brow, £123.5 5 Maddison Avenue. Texel - £128 5 Mint Close, £127 Keer Falls, £123 The Borrans, £121 Farm Cottage, £120 Low Mill House. Charollais - £124 Ashtree Cottage, £117 Holmelands, £105, £102 Elm Bank Farm. Masham - £122 Holme House Farm. Mule - £111 Scroggs Farm, £110 Red Scar, £107 Holme House Farm, £104 Barrowfield Farm, £103.5 Helm Croft. Hampshire - £110, £75 The Borrans, £70 Green Bank Farm. Beltex - £109 Keer Falls, £88 28 Blea Tarn Road, £86 Holmelands, £80 Helm Croft, £60 Brookside. Continental - £104 Keer Falls, £60 Elm Bank Farm. Herdwick - £100 High Borrans Farm, £94.5 Low Mill House, £94 Millriggs, £67.5 Wall End Farm, £58.5 Low Mill House.
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Horned - £98 Wall End Farm, £89.5, £77.5 Higher Salter, £57.5 Wall End Farm. Rough Fell - £96.5, £94 Millriggs, £45 Bellart Howe. Swaledale - £93 High Borrans Farm, £86 Wall End Farm, £83 Matson Farm, £81 Holme House Farm, £78 High Borrans Farm. Zwartble - £84 Holmelands. Leicester - £80 The Borrans, £70 Moss Howe Farm. Cheviot - £77 Hartrigg, £69 Silverhow Farm, £68 Hartrigg.
Cast Sheep continue to be a good trade at J36 with an entry just over 300 forward. Topping the day’s trade were Suffolk ewes from E Needham of Stainton at £137, with others to £130. Well-fleshed ewes sold well, with Continental ewes selling to £131 from D Metcalfe of Dalton in Furness and Beltex ewes to £129 from AE Atkinson & Son of Endmoor. Half bred sheep sold to £104 for Mashams from DC Miller of Claughton on Brock, with the breed averaging £84.82. Mule ewes selling to £100 twice from W Garnett & Son of Milnthorpe and G Riley of Bolton-le-Sands, with all Mules in the market averaging £70.36. Horned sheep sold well, with premium prices being achieved for well-finished ewes. Dalesbreds sold to £76 from DC Miller of Claughton on Brock, with Swales to £65 from JF Benson of Ambleside. Cast Rams sold to £142 from JF Cook of Witherslack for Bluefaced Leicesters, who also sold others to £139. Cast Sheep Top Prices: Cast Ewes: Suffolk - £137, £130 Birkrigg Park Cottage, £103 Crabtree Farm, £101 Ackenthwaite Farm, £94 9 Main Street. Cheviot Mule - £131 6 Crooklands Brow, £127 Silverhow Farm, £123 Green Lane End, £102, £82 Silverhow Farm. Beltex - £129 Stubb Farm, 3105 Silverhow Farm, 390 Stubb Farm, £49 Farleton House. Texel - £128 Ackenthwaite Farm, £120 Silverhow Farm, £112 High Wray Farm, £111 Cooper House, £111 Gibraltar Farm. Masham - £104, £93, £81, £76 Cobble Hey Farm. Mule - £100 Ackenthwaite Farm, £100 5 Maddison Avenue, £98 Beaumont Gate, £94 Head House, £92 Ackenthwaite Farm. Lleyn - £93 Storth End Farm. Cheviot - £89 Orchard Cottage, £70 Green Lane End, £60 Orchard Cottage, £37 High House Farm. Dorset - £84 Silverhow Farm. Zwartble - £81 Orchard Cottage, 359, 342 Cobble Hey Farm. Dales Bred - £76, £52 Cobble Hey Farm. Charollais - £68 Black Bull Farm. Leicester - £66 Lawkland Hall, £61 Moss Howe Farm. Swaledale - £65 Skelwith Fold Farm, £60 Moss Howe Farm, £58 Skelwith Fold Farm, £57 Cobble Hey Farm, £53 Helm Croft. Herdwick - £60 red Scar, £38 Wall End Farm. Jacob - £49 Wall End Farm. Rough Fell - £46 Sowermire. Continental - £41 Farleton House. Kerry Hill £38 2 The Plough Inn. Cast Rams: Leicester - £142, £139 Moss Howe Farm, £98 Skelwith Fold Farm, £81 Matson Farm, £71 Gilsmere Farm. Suffolk - £130 Cooper House, £40 Park House Farm. Texel - £121, £107 Helm Croft, 387 Thornbush Farm, £69 Matson Farm, £50 Black Bull Farm. Herdwick - £60 Low Mill House. Swaledale - £56 Wall End Farm. Beltex - £50 28
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Monday 26 March 9am Easter Show & Sale of 50 SPRING LAMBS – judging at 8am 700 PRIME HOGGS followed 200 CAST SHEEP 11am Weekly Sale of 50 SHEEP WITH LAMBS AT FOOT Entries inc. 10 Cont. with Cont. Lambs, 10 Mules with Tex Lambs Friday 30th March - Good Friday 9.45am Monthly Sale of 100 STIRKS Phone office with entries by 2pm Mon 10.15am 60 REARING CALVES 10.15am 150 CAST/OTM CATTLE 11.15am 400 STORE CATTLE Last Wk Blks to £1370 & Hfrs to £1260 Monday 16th April Show & Sale of SHEARLINGS WITH LAMBS AT FOOT Show Pens of five Mule & Cont. with Twins. Please advise office of entries Tuesday 17th April at 11.15am Monthly Show & Sale of PEDIGREE & COMMERCIAL DAIRY CATTLE inc. sale of YOUNGSTOCK All Breeds of Cattle Required to Fulfil Buyers Requirements. Last Sale Cows Av. £1764 & Hfrs Av. £1652. Sale topped at £3000. Entries close Friday 6th April. In Conjunction with HASSALL BROTHERS Contact 01829 260545 for more information
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Tuesday 27 March 11am Weekly Sale of 100 SHEEP WITH LAMBS AT FOOT Entries inc. On-going Flock Dispersal of 40 Cont. Ewes with Cont. Lambs 1pm Easter Show & Sale of 50 SPRING LAMBS – judging at 12noon 1200 PRIME HOGGS followed by
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Caton, Near Lancaster To Let by Informal Tender 18.10 acres/7.32 hectares of land at Caton to let by informal tender on a Farm Business Tenancy for one year. The land is available from 1st April 2018. The closing date and time for tenders is 3.00pm on Tuesday 27th March
Galgate, Near Lancaster 39.00 acres/ 15.77 hectares of land being part of Lane House Farm to be sold by Informal Tender on a Grazing Licence for One Year. The land is available from 9th April 2018. The closing date and time for tenders is 3.00pm on Tuesday 5th April 2018
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750 CAST SHEEP Thursday 5th April 10.15am 80 REARING CALVES & STIRKS 10.30am 60 CAST COWS inc. TB Restricted Cattle 11am Monthly Sale of BEEF BREEDING followed by 150 STORE CATTLE Entries close Wednesday 28th March Saturday 7th April at 10.30am Monthly Sale of 1000 Lots of MACHINERY, TOOLS & EQUIPMENT Phone the office with entries for advertising. Email photos to info@nwauctions.co.uk Tuesday 17th April Show & Sale of SHEARLINGS WITH LAMBS AT FOOT Show Pens of five Mule & Cont. with Twins. Please advise office of entries LIGHT LAMB COLLECTION SERVICE AVAILABLE AT J36 For more information please contact Bradley Thompson on 07867 000244