Weekly Report and Newsletter - 23rd May 2025
Lancaster Auction Mart: Sale of Spring Lambs, Prime Hoggs, Cast Sheep & Sheep with Lambs at Foot, Monday 19th May 2025.
Spring Lambs
Spring lambs saw a sharper trade than the previous week with a pleasing entry of 175 selling to a SQQ average of 360ppk and an overall of 342ppk. Hitting top spot today would be WA & LM Jenkinson, Stalmine with his usual consignment of quality texel lambs topping at 445ppk or £178. Other texel lambs from D&E Whitaker, Quernmore to £166. Heavy weighted springers would be no more money than a good 43-44kg springer. KA Purtills 46kg texel lambs to £160. More men around the ring today going onto springers.
Spring Lamb Top Prices: TEXEL: £178, £176 Woodlands Farm, £166 Little Fell Farm, £163 Yarlsber, £163, £162 Woodlands Farm. CONTINENTAL: £172, £162, £160 Woodlands Farm, £159 (x2) Burrow Heights Farm, £152 Woodlands Farm. SUFFOLK: £159 Cocker House Farm, £149 Abbotson Farm, £149 Cocker House Farm.
Prime Hoggs
Prime Hoggs saw a reduced number about with many vendors on the last round up of hoggs today which was reflected in the sqq average of 290.94 and overall at 281ppk with hoggs ranging from 27kg to 71kg. Top of the tree today would be T Clark, Inskip with his heavy weight texel hoggs to £179 and £172 with other heavy weight texels to £167 for F&SG Sanderson, Preston. Handy weighted in spec hoggs today would again see the best trade with KA Purtills weekly consignment of continental hoggs to 344pkg. Masie Beresford, Kirby-In-Furness selling to 336pkg or £151. Barker Farms, Cockerham saw his run of cheviot hoggs to 302 ppk.
Prime Hoggs Top Prices: TEXEL: £179, £172 Spar House Farm, £167 Cross House Farm, £165 Stubb Hall Farm, £164 Park Farm Barn, £163 Stubb Hall Farm. BELTEX: £168 Angerton Hall Farm, £165, £158 Spar House Farm, £151 Angerton Hall Farm, £134, £125 Oak Aveune. CONTINENTAL: £163 Park Farm Barn, £153, £142 Stubb Hall Farm, £140 Cross House Farm, £128 Angerton Hall Farm, £124 Burrow Heights Farm. ZWARTBLE: £163 Park Farm Barn. DUTCH SPOTTED: £159 Park Farm Barn, £139 Quarry House. HERDWICK: £152 Stubb Hall Farm. SUFFOLK: £145 Stubb Hall Farm, £113 Moorcock Hall Farm. MULE: £143 Angerton Hall Farm, £134 Oak Aveune, £124 Angerton Hall Farm, £120 Moorcock Hall Farm, £108 Angerton Hall Farm. CHEVIOT: £142 Greenlot Farm, £141 (x2), £140 Stubb Hall Farm, £138 Park Farm Barn, £136 Hillam House Farm. SWALEDALE: £121 Angerton Hall Farm.
Cast Ewes
A few more cast sheep about today with 100 going through the ring with trade as bit as good as previous weeks. Texel ewes to £198 from Charlie Metcalfe, Ingleton with other texel ewes at £191 from D & E Whitaker, Quernmore. Suffolk ewes to £195 from S Wilson & Son, Lancaster who also had Charolais ewes to £193. Best Mule ewes would sell to a top of £183 from J & K Burr, Quernmore with others to £179 from D & E Whitaker, Quernmore. Next grade down mules to £148 from CJ Metcalfe, Ingleton. Lonk ewes to £152 from S Bosworth, Burnley. Cheviot ewes to £174 from KM & KJ Curwen, Abbeystead.
Cast Ewes Top Prices: TEXEL: £198 Yarlsber, £191 Little Fell Farm, £188 Angerton Hall Farm, £186 Greenlot Farm, £180 Haversham House Farm, £175 Haversham House Farm. SUFFOLK: £195 Burrow Heights Farm, £172 Oak Aveune, £150 Haversham House Farm. CONTINENTAL: £193 Burrow Heights Farm, £171, £145 Oak Aveune, £127 Haversham House Farm. MULE: £183 Greenlot Farm, £179 Little Fell Farm, £176 Greenlot Farm, £171, £170 Little Fell Farm, £166 Greenlot Farm. HORNED: £152 Lower Oakeneaves Farm. CHEVIOT MULE: £140 Burrow Heights Farm. CHEVIOT: £134 Marshaw Farm, £128, £127 Cragg Farm, £122 Lower Oakeneaves Farm, £115 Cragg Farm, £105 Marshaw Farm. SWALEDALE: £89 Marshaw Farm.
Cast Ram Top Prices: SWALEDALE: £94 Marshaw Farm.
Sheep with Lambs at Foot
Just a handful of ewes and lambs forward today from RE Briggs, Wennington with 2 crop Cheviot Mules with twin texel lambs to £295, and his single 2 crop Cheviot Mules to £225. Vendors urged to pre enter ewes and lambs at Lancaster so buyers can be informed of numbers coming in.
Matthew on 07540446667 or Andrew on 07966556592
Ewe & Lamb Top Prices: CHEVIOT & MULE: £295, £290, £285, £275, £225 (x2) Old Hutton Farm.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Sale of Spring Lambs, Prime Hoggs, Cast Sheep & Sheep with Lambs at Foot, Tuesday 20th May 2025.
PRIME LAMBS & HOGGS
Prime lambs sell well, however more resistance faced in general on the week for sheep. 224 spring lambs forward saw a slight decrease from last weeks fantastic trade.
Hoggs also sold in line with the general trade of late, with especially heavy weight or longer keep sheep a lot harder to sell. Handy weight sheep in both sections very much the desired item.
Texel lambs topped at £169 for a pair from D&K Swarbrick, Out Rawcliffe. Other Texels sold to £166 or 386p/kg for 43kg lambs. The same home then had a 42kg lamb at the same pence per kilo, totalling £162. Lighter spring lambs at 36kg sold to 358.3p/kg from EM Standing, Witherslack.
Hoggs topped at 347.1p/kg for a pair of Texels from BJ Bowness, Kendal. Heavies of which there were many, sold to £164 for a pair from AG Butler, Hambleton. Handy weight hoggs were regularly between the £130 and £140 mark.
Next week maintains the usual start time of 1pm, if you have any questions in relation to the Bluetongue restrictions, please contact one of our auctioneers.
Spring Lamb Top Prices: Texel: £169 Bensons Farm, £166 £162 The Hawthorns, £160 Bensons Farm, £154 Ackenthwaite Farm, £153 Endmoor Farm, £152 Warth Sutton Farm. Suffolk: £154 Ackenthwaite Farm, £151 £145 Station Hotel Farm, £141 Lackslot, £140 Ackenthwaite Farm, £139 Patton Hall. Hampshire: £149 £137 Endmoor Farm. Dorset: £140 £138 Farleton House, £136 Warth Sutton Farm. Charollais: £138 Redbank Farm, £137 Station Hotel Farm, £135 Redbank Farm. Beltex: £135 £127 Farleton House. Continental: £132 Head House.
Prime Hoggs Top Prices: Texel: £164 Park Farm Barn, £156 Halton Park Farm, £156 Mint Close, £155 Park Farm, £153 Mint Close, £151 Halton Park Farm, £145 Brow Head. Suffolk: £151 x2 Halton Park Farm, £138 £136 Station Hotel Farm, £134 £128 £120 Helm Croft. Continental: £144 Red Scar Farm, £140 Halton Park Farm, £140 Red Scar Farm, £135 £134 £130 New Hall, £123 Halton Park Farm. Cheviot: £141 New Hall, £136 £124 Helks Farm, £117 New Hall. Beltex: £139 Helks Farm, £136 New Hall. Mule: £138 Barras Farm, £124 The Hawthorns, £124 New Hall, £118 Halton Park Farm, £104 High Gate House, £102 Well Foot. Charollais: £134 Halton Park Farm, £126 Dawson Fold. Swale: £129 £115 Halton Park Farm, £98 Well Foot, £95 £88 The Hawthorns. Herdwick: £120 Turner Hall Farm, £118 Helks Farm, £117 The Hawthorns, £112 Helks Farm, £108 The Hawthorns. Dalesbred: £117 Halton Park Farm. Scotch Blackface: £104 Kirkby Hall. Rough Fell: £76 £70 Millriggs, £64 High Bethicar.
Cast Ewes
Cull ewes to £232 for Beltex from CM Jennings, Selside with all strongest continentals £200+. Suffolk x mules to £222 from DM & D Cook, Ulverston with Texel x mules to £218 from TH & DM Cornthwaite, Low Tarn. Cheviot mules to £218 from Harry Cornthwaite, Low Tarn with North of England mules to £180 from RI Dixon, Low Newton. Other breeds saw Hampshires to £198 from J & O Galbraith, Endmoor and the best of the hill breeds to £160 for Rough Fell from A O’neill, Sedbergh, £155 for Cheviot from EM Standing, Witherslack, £142 for Herdwick from AE Luffman, Sedbergh and £136 for Swaledale from D Sharp, Flodder. Cull rams sold to £238 for a Beltex from MA & JA Winn, Burneside with others to £200 from JA & KJ Allen, Ings.
Cast Ewes Top Prices: BELTEX: £232 Crake Hall, £155 Farleton House. CHAROLAIS: £230 Oak Aveune, £165 Preston Patrick Hall, £140 Dawson Fold. SUFFOLK: £222 Smithy Green Farm, £170 Somme Aveune, £158 Halton Park Farm, £130 Tuner Hall Farm, £92 Strickland Hill. CHEVIOT MULE: £218, £178 Low Tarn Green, £172 Somme Aveune, £148 Carlton House. TEXEL: £218 Low Tarn Green, £210 Smithy Green Farm, £205 High Underbrow Farm, £205 Hill Top Farm, £205 Bensons Farm, £200 Spital Farm. HAMPSHIRE: £198 Endmoor Farm. CONTINENTAL: £180 Crabtree Farm, £166 Preston Patrick Hall, £158 Kirket Nook, £150 Broadhead, £130 Preston Patrick Hall, £130 Kirkby Hall. MULE: £180 Low Newton Farm, £178 Hill Top Farm, £172 Crabtree Farm, £170 Green Close, £168 Bensons Farm, £168 Smithy Green Farm. ROUGH FELL: £160 Shacklabank Farm, £148, £122 Bandrake Farm, £118 St Annes Farm, £112 Somme Aveune, £98 High Swinklebank Farm. LLEYN: £158, £130, £125 Low Longmire Farm. DORSET: £155 Farleton House. CHEVIOT: £155 Kirket Nook, £118 High Arnside Farm, £118 Low Deepslack, £92 (x2) Old School House, £80 Audlands Park. HERDWICK: £142 Beckside, £118, £115 Turner Hall, £80 High Wallabarrow Farm. MASHAM: £140 High Swinklebank Farm. SWALEDALE: £136, £120 Flodder Hall, £120 Low Newton Farm, £118 High Underbrow, £108 Well Foot, £108 Barras Farm. DUTCH SPOTTED: £130 Bandrake Farm. LEICESTER: £120 Well Foot, £102 Strickland Hill.
Cast Ram Top Prices: BELTEX: £238 High Underbrow Farm, £200, £175 St Annes Farm, £170 High Underbrow Farm, £165 Town House. CHAROLAIS: £198 Farleton House. SWALEDALE: £112 Turner Hall Farm, £80 Low Deepslack. HERDWICK: £106, £90 High Wallabarrow Farm. CHEVIOT: £102 High Bethicar.
Breeding Sheep
A stronger show today with a decent trade right through despite the entire country praying for rain. - It will rain at some point! There was a good mix of goods today with the sale evenly split with hoggs, shearlings and ewes. Continental and Mule ewes with well grown lambs were in the most demand. Topping today was a Texel shearling with twins from JM&NJ Strickland, Whinfell making £360. The same vendor had the top price ewe, with a pen of Mule ewes with twins at £340.
Some new vendors on show today with sheep out if the Lakeland hills, who will have regular consignments for the next few
weeks, these include Texedale, Herdwick, Swaledale and Cheviots with Texel and Mule lambs at foot.
Next week will be the second show and sale of hoggs with lambs, as well as the regular sheep and lamb sale. Catalogue entries close for hoggs close tomorrow. Next weeks sale starts at the slightly earlier time of 10.30am, for more information contact the office or auctioneers: Rob Cloughton, 07867000244 Will Rogerson, 07506283587
Hogg & Lamb Top Prices: SUFFOLK: £300 (X2) Yoad Pot.
Ewes & Lamb Top Prices: MULE: £340, £320 The Borrans, £305 Boundary Beck, £230, £210 Low Beckside, £180 High Woodend. TEXEL: £335 The Borrans, £305, £290, £275 Low Beckside. CONTINENTAL: £310, £305 Low Beckside, £255 (x2) High Greenside, £215, £202 Low Beckside. SWALEDALE: £190 High Greenside, £135, £125 High House Farm. CHEVIOT: £140 Sella Farm. HERDWICK: £105 Sella Farm.
Shearling & Lamb Top Prices: TEXEL: £360, £240 The Borrans, £225 Low Beckside. MULE: £305, £220 Boundary Beck.
Lancaster Auction Mart: Sale of Calves, OTM Cattle & Store Cattle. Friday 23rd May 2025.
Calves
A nice show of calves forward in Lancaster with trade holding firm despite recent changes to Blue Tongue restrictions.
Bull calves saw the sale toppers from JP&C Robson, Brock fly to £950 with a Charolais from Lancaster regulars David & Eileen Wallbank, Over Wyresdale selling next at £850. Younger sorts sold to £680 for Charolais from JE&SM Seedall, Mellor and £600 for British Blues from J&R Waller, Killington.
Heifer calves were a nice trade, selling to £590 for British Blues from AW&AM Park, Ellel and £530 for a five week old Aberdeen Angus from T&CM Kelsall, Chipping. Plenty more heifers were in the £500 bracket today, for what was a younger show. We encourage vendors to apply for the applicable Bluetongue licences ahead of next weeks sale.
Heifer Calves Top Prices: British Blue: £590 Walkers I’th Fields, £500 Friars Moss, £490 Hallbeck, £440 Roe Farm. Angus: £530 Brown Brook, £490 Hallbeck, £470 Walkers I’th Fields, £460 Hallbeck, £460 Roe Farm, £450 Walkers I’th Fields. Limousin: £340 Rose Farm. Shorthorn: £200 Bolton Fold Farm. Hereford: £200 Bolton Fold Farm.
Bull Calves Top Prices: British Blue: £950 Roe Farm, £710 Friars Moss, £680 Roe Farm, £600 Hallbeck, £580 Walkers I’th Fields, £520 Friars Moss. Charolais: £850 Tills Farm, £680 Bolton Fold Farm. Angus: £660 Tills Farm, £600 Walkers I’th Fields, £510 Friars Moss, £450 Walkers I’th Fields, £415 Brown Brook. Hereford: £420 Bolton Fold Farm, £370 Bolton Fold Farm. Friesian: £215 Rose Farm. Ayrshire: £110 Bolton Fold Farm, £90 Bolton Fold Farm, £40 Bolton Fold Farm.
Store Cattle
Store show no let up here at Lancaster, with vendors leaving pleased with their days trading.
Bullocks sold to a top of £2580 for a pen of three Aberdeen Angus from Pilling based KH&D Holden, with Lawsons Farm, Cockerham selling a further four Aberdeen Angus at £2500. A pair of British Blue bullocks from EJ Hodgson & Son, Lambrigg also reached £2500, with a further forty eight selling the top side of £2000. Black and white bullocks looked a good trade today, selling to £2150 from EJ Hodgson, Lambrigg with others to £2020 (x5) from EE Thornton, Morecambe.
Heifers sold to £2420 for a Charolais from DJ Townley, Lancaster with a large show of Aberdeen Angus cross selling to £2350 from Lawsons Farm, Cockerham and £2280 from KH&D Holden, Pilling. British Blue heifers sold to £2180 from WT Eastham, Goosnargh with a further twenty-one over £2000.
Restricted zone vendors are encouraged to apply for the EXD632 licences ahead of next weeks sale, thank you.
Store Bullock Top Prices: ANGUS: £2580 Chestnut House Farm, £2500 Sweetings Farm, £2450 New Ridge Farm, £2300 Snub Snape Farm, £2300 Gulf Farm, £2220 Bainsbank Farm. BRITISH BLUE: £2500 Lambrigg Head Farm, £2400 Whinney Carr Farm, £2380 Bainsbank Farm, £2350 Whinney Carr Farm, £2350, £2280 Bainsbank. CHAROLAIS: £2250 Bainsbank Farm, £2080 Thornton Barn Farm, £1950 Bowlands Gardens. FRIESIAN: £2150 Lambrigg Head Farm, £2020, £2000 Downlands Farm, £2000 Hall Farm, £1950 (x2) Downlands Farm.
LIMOUSIN: £2100 Intack Farm, £1920 Lodge Farm. HEREFORD: £2080, £2050 Thornton Barn Farm, £1500 Hall Bank, £1450, £1280 Well House Farm.
Store Heifer Top Prices: CHAROLAIS: £2420 Whinney Carr Farm. ANGUS: £2350 Sweetings Farm, £2280 Chestnut House Farm, £2180 Wood Nook Farm, £2100 Lodge Farm, £2050 Plumpton Hall Farm, £1850 Middlebarrow Plain. BRITISH BLUE: £2180 Wood Nook Farm, £2080, £1800 Middlebarrow Plain, £1700 Thursgill.
LIMOUSIN: £2020 Intack Farm, £1700 Hall Bank. HEREFORD: £2000 Park Lane Farm, £1880 Thursgill, £1750 Lynwood, £1680 Middlebarrow Plain, £1580 Thursgill. SIMMENTAL: £1580 Hall Bank.
Store Bull Top Prices: SHORTHORN: £1180 Hill Top Manor Farm.
OTM Cattle
The weekly sale of OTM cattle saw a few less numbers about today, with trade every bit as good as previous weeks, if not a penny or two more.
A handful of OTM bulls saw a top price of £2997 or 339p/kg from A Dixon & Son, Kendal with others from S Pullman, Harrogate to £2425 for a Shorthorn.
OTM cows saw beef bred to £2260 or 339p/kg for a Simmental from Barlow Bros, Preston with other Simmentals from the same good home to £2572. Aberdeen Angus OTM cows sold to £2459 from Pemberton Farm, Ingleton. The best meated dairy cows saw a top of £2353 or 304.5p/kg from DW&EA Cottam, New Hutton with others from the same home £2334. The next grade down was around the 270p/kg to 280p/kg mark. All OTM cows today averaged 267p/kg.
OTM heifers saw an overall average of 311p/kg, with beef bred heifers to 349p/kg for a British Blue from JD EM JA Atkinson, Kendal while Friesian OTM heifers sold to £2260 from GA&A Atkinson, Cantsfield. Other Friesians from JC Hodgson, Dent sold to 319.5p/kg.
Cast steers today sold to 314.5p/kg from EE Thornton & Sons, Heaton. All cast steers today averaged 297p/kg.
More OTM cattle are required next week, as yet again Lancaster Auction is the place to sell your OTM cattle, with buyers for all classes and grades of cattle.
OTM Cow Top Prices: Simmental: 339.50 Littlewood Hall Farm, 324.50 Littlewood Hall Farm, 319.50 Littlewood Hall Farm, 314.50 Farleton House. Friesian: 304.50 Hagg Farm, 289.50 Holme Head, 289.50 Strands Farm, 279.50 Strands Farm, 279.50 Haggs Farm, 274.50 Abbotsons Farm. Limousin: 329.50 Farleton House, 314.50 Farleton House. Angus: 299.50 Pemberton Farm. Montbelliarde: 279.50 Holme Head. Longhorn: 249.50 Middle Lee Farm.
OTM Heifer Top Prices: British Blue: 349.50 Low Groves Farm. Friesian: 329.50 Abbotsons Farm, 319.50 Dillicar, 294.50 Spital Farm. Angus: 299.50 Spital Farm. Hereford: 284.50 Spital Farm
Cast Steer Top Prices: Friesian: 314.50 Downlands Farm, 289.50 Pain Hill, 284.50 Downlands Farm.
Cast Bull Top Prices: Stabiliser: 339.50 Kit Cragg. Shorthorn: 249.50 Hill Top Manor Farm. Friesian: 229.50 Gunnerthwaite.
Next Week's Upcoming Sales
Monday 26th
Lancaster: 10am Spring Lambs, Prime Hoggs & Cast Sheep
11am Sheep with Lambs at Foot
Tuesday 27th
J36: 9am-4pm Machinery Drop Off
10:30am Pigs
11am Second Show & Sale of Hoggs with Lambs at Foot followed by Sheep with Lambs at Foot featuring the dispersal sale of Tombobs Blue Texels on behalf of Thomas Fitton
1pm Spring Lambs, Prime Hoggs & Cast Sheep
Wednesday 28th
J36: 9am-4pm Machinery Drop Off
Thursday 29th
J36: 10am Stirks
10:30am OTM/Cast Cattle
11am Feeding Bulls & Store Cattle
11:30am Rearing Calves
Friday 30th
Lancaster: 10:15am Rearing & Weaned Calves
10:15am OTM/Cast Cattle
11:15am Store Cattle & Stirks
J36: Online Machinery Sale commences
9am-4pm Machinery Viewing
Saturday 31st
J36: 9am-12noon Machinery Viewing
