Weekly Report & Newsletter - 24th October 2025
Farmers Guardian hosted the Marts the Heart awards last week in the Birmingham and we are delighted that we won the 10th anniversary award for More than a Mart award. This award is given to a company that’s more than just a livestock Market. Its awarded to Marts that show a significant di erence that benefits the economic, social and wellbeing of the whole community it serves. Over the years we are proud of what we have achieved and plan to keep this e ort up and will continue to do whatever we can to secure the future of both our livestock Markets and the businesses around us. Plus, o ering the facilitation for so many other businesses, groups, and wide range charities to use and benefit from our great locations and facilities we to o er.
BRED BREEDING SHEEP
The annual Lakeland Fair sale once again attracted a large ringside of buyers for all breeds and classes of sheep. In ring one the sale commenced with horned and hill bred ewes, shearlings and lambs. Swaledale ewes topped at £195 for three crop ewes from Forest Hall Farm who sold other pens at £178. Swaledale ewes all in averaged a very respectable £133.67. Other breeds saw Gritstones shearlings to £188 from Messrs Edmondson, Langdale with Herdwicks ewes to £175 from L Hodgson, Witherslack. Rough Fells sold to £124 for three crops from JH&D Capstick, Lockholme with others at £120 from J Potter, Orton. A nice trade was seen for horned and hill bred gimmer lambs,
selling to £130 for Swaledales from P&TL Edmondson, Low Hall with Swaledale also selling to £122 from AJ&L Birkett, Langgdale and £120 for Forest Hall Farm. Cheviot gimmer lambs sold to £120 from P Richardson, Newbiggin on Lune who sold others to £118. J Potter, Orton sold Gritstone to £86 and Rough Fells to £70 with Herdwicks topping at £70 from M&G German, S&N Hadwin and M Miller.
MULE/CONTINENTAL
GIMMER LAMBS
Still appetite for gimmer lambs with North Country Mules selling to £152, £150 & £140 from Drinkall Bros and running types to £135 from JF Cook and other £122 I Clarke. Texel gimmer lambs from B&M Slater sold at £150. A consignment of Dutch Spotted Gimmer Lambs sold to £225 from KP Dagger.
MULE/CONTINENTAL
EWES & SHEARLINGS
Mule shearlings sold to £305 from M & YS Barker with others at £295 and generally £230£250. Beltex shearlings to £265 and texel x £195. Older ewes saw 2/3 crop Mules sell to £190, continentals £165 and FM Romneys to £110.
Gimmer Lamb Top Prices: Dutch Spotted: £225 Conway Close, £115 The Park.Mule: £152
Catshaw Hall Farm, £150 Catshaw Hall Farm, £140 Catshaw Hall Farm, £135 Yewbarrow, £122 Woodside Farm, £108 Woodside Farm. Texel: £150 Daub Hall Farm, £90 Forest Hall Farm. Swaledale: £130 Low Hall Farm, £122 High Birk Howe Farm, £120 Thorn Cottage, £105 High Birk Howe Farm, £102 Thorn Cottage, £100 Thorn Cottage. Cheviot: £120 Hill Top £118 Hill Top, £112 £110 High Arnside Farm. Continental: £108 The Steading, £95 The Steading. Zwartable: £105 Lane House Farm, £105 Castle Syke, £92 Lane House Farm. Herdwick: £70 Sowermire Farm, £70 The Steading, £70 High Meadows Farm. Gritstone: £86 The Park. Roughfell: £70 The Park, £64 Wath Farm, £52 Wath Farm.
Gimmer Shearling Top Prices: Mule: £305 £295 £240 Halton Park Farm, £250 £230 Dalton Old Hall. Beltex: £265 Field End. Su olk: £205 Cobble End. Cheviot: £200 Paddock View, £168 Wall End. Charollais: £190 Field End. Texel: £190 Paddock View, £170 Low Hall. Gritstone: £188 Wall End Farm. Herdwick: £155 Wall End Farm. Dutch Spotted: £155 Criccin Farm, £158 The Steading. Ryeland: £110 Dovehouse Farm. Swaledale: £108 Low Hall Farm.
Ewes Top Prices: Swaledale: £195 £178 £162 Forest Hall Farm, £155 Higher Salter, £138 Low Haygarth. Mule: £190 £170 Low Hall Farm. Herdwick: £175 Bank End, £125 Braestead Farm. Beltex: £175 Field End. Dutch Spotted: £165 Criccin Farm. Continental: £138 Gaythorne Hall. Cheviot Mule: £160 Criccin Farm. Texel: £145 The Park, £122 Wath Farm. Rough Fell: £124 Lock Holme Farm £120 The Park, £112 Lock Holme Farm, £100 Crooksbeck. Ryeland: £105 Dovehouse Farm. Cheviot: £92 Moorcock Hall Farm.
SWALEDALE RAMS
The show and sale of Swaledale rams witnessed a nice turnout, of some quality tups from noted breeders. Judging was kindly undertaken by Mr J Capstick, Fellside, who gave champion to an aged ram owned by Thomas and Helen Drinkall, Calderside Farm
and bred by John White, Rigg Farm. Reserve champion went to David Harker, Overthwaite for a shearling ram. Topping todays trade with a shearling ram from Richard Tunstall, Foggygill making £650. The overall average for Swaledales was £220.56.
SWALEDALE SHOW
Aged Ram
1st T&H Drinkall, Calderside
2nd Forest Hall LLP, Thorn Cottage
Shearling Ram
1st RS&BA Harker, Overthwaite Farm
2nd KM&KJ Curwen, Marshaw Farm
3rd J Handley, Gunnerfleet
Champion: T&H Drinkall, Calderside
Reserve: RS&BA Harker, Overthwaite Farm
CHEVIOT RAMS
A good show of Cheviot rams today with a good trade to match. Taking both champion and reserve was Keith and Annie Stones, they went on to make £750 and £700 respectively. The champion went to the judge Mr J Capstick, Fellside. Topping trade today was Spring Bank Farm with a shearling ram at £900. The overall average for Cheviots was £376.34.
CHEVIOT SHOW
Aged Ram
1st HR&KA Hodgson, Howriggs
2nd Forest Hall LLP, Thorn Cottage
Shearling Ram
1st KO Stones, Nun Cote Nook Farm
2nd KO Stones, Nun Cote Nook Farm
3rd Spring Bank Farm, Middlewich Road
Champion: KO Stones, Nun Cote Nook Farm Reserve: KO Stones, Nun Cote Nook Farm
Shearling Ram Top Prices: Texel: £1500 Brown Brook, £1000 Bank Hey Farm, £750 Chapel House, £720 Burgh Head Farm. Cheviot: £900 Spring Bank Farm, £750 £700 Nun Cote Nook Farm, £680 Marshaw Farm, £650 Outrake Foot, £600 Nun Cote Nook Farm. Charollais: £700 Smithy Wood Farm, £380 Tweedside Park. Leicester: £650 Murthwaite, £600 Hill Park, £500 Murthwaite, £450 High Borrowbridge, £400 Brown Brook, £350 High Borrowbridge. Swaledale: £650 Foggy Gill, £300 Overthwaite Farm, £250 Barras Farm. Badgerface Texel: £550 Amos Hill
Farm. Su olk: £450 Brook House. Beltex: £300 Millstones, £220 Low Foulshaw. Teeswater: £280 Gowan Bank Farm. Chamoise: £200 Crake Hall. Rough Fell: £150 Whinfell Terrace.
Aged Ram Top Prices: Cheviot: £650 School House, £600 Marshaw Farm, £400 £350 Forest Hall Farm, £320 Marshaw Farm. Swaledale: £600 Calderside Farm. Leicester: £450 Hill Croft, £380 £320 Forest Hall Farm, £220 Overthwaite Farm. Continental: £360 Gaythorne Hall. Gritstone: £220 The Park. Herdwick: £180 Tebay Ghyll.
Ram Lamb Top Prices: Su olk: £700 Burgh Head Farm, £600 Criccin Farm, £400 Burgh Head Farm, £380 Brook House, £350 Criccin Farm. Beltex: £700 Burgh Head Farm. Leicester: £580 Burgh Head Farm. Texel: £550 Burgh Head Farm, £550 Storth End Farm, £480 Burgh Head Farm, £420 Daub Hall Farm. Dutch Spotted: £300 Conway Close.
Lancaster Auction Mart: Sale ofPrime Lambs & Cast Sheep, Monday 20th October 2025.
PRIME LAMBS
Pleasing to see numbers continuing to rise on a Monday morning but disappointingly far too many under finished‘store’lambs forward proving di icult to sell to‘fat’lamb buyers.
Vendors are strongly encouraged to draw lambs on finish, not just purely on weight. Of the well finished lambs forward these sold to 383p/kg and £162 for Beltex cross, with others at 369p/kg from TR Prickett and £156 from H Mason. Several heavy weights forward selling at £170 for Texel cross from CJ Metcalfe. Well finished lambs were generally 305p/kg to 320p/kg, with the excessive number of under finished lambs forward ranging from 230p/kg to 290p/kg, depending on breed and quality. The best of the lightweight lambs sold to 321p/kg from JRP Hughes. A market average today of 295p/kg was achieved.
Prime Lamb Top Prices: TEXEL: £170 Yarlsber, £160 Oak Aveune, £156 Mearsbeck Farm, £156 Hutton Roof Farm, £150 Oak Aveune, £150 Far Highfield. BELTEX: £162, £161 Oak Aveune, £144 Castle Mill Farm, £143 Hall Croft Barn. CONTINENTAL: £153 Oak Aveune, £132 Annasghyll, £129 Arna Wood Farm, £127 Annasghyll, £123 Lower Swainhead Farm, £123 Arna Wood Farm.
CHAROLLAIS: £152 Arna Wood Farm. CHEVIOT MULE: £138, £135 Yarlsber. SUFFOLK: £135, £125, £117 Maddison Aveune. MULE: £132 Oak Aveune, £100 Longstripes Farm. CHEVIOT: £130 Yarlsber Farm, £119 Cragg Farm.
STORE LAMB
An entry of predominantly long-term lambs today, selling to £110 from SE&J Gorst.
Store Lamb Top Prices: TEXEL: £100, £91, £90 Cragg Farm, £88 Higher Hollinhead Farm.
CAST EWES
A top today of £190 for a Texel ewe from CJ Metcalfe, with other better end medium ewes £165 to £180 and the next draw down £125 to £150. Mules sold to £172 from
A&FM Bolland & Son, other stronger end were £150 to £160. Pure hill ewes sold to £140 for Cheviots, £120 Easy Cares, £114 Lonks and £104 Herdwicks. Several rams forward were generally selling at £140 to £170 for medium types.
Cast Ewes Top Prices: TEXEL: £190 Yarlsber, £182 Hall Croft Barn, £178 Hutton Roof Hall, £170, £164, £160 Castle Mill Farm. MULE: £172 Yeat House, £150 Longlands, £148, £132 Bensons Farm, £130 Higher Hollinhead Farm, £128 Bensons Farm. SUFFOLK: £166, £142
Castle Mill Farm. CHEVIOT: £140 Bensons Farm, £140 Yarlsber, £112 Bensons Farm, £106 Cragg Farm. HAMPSHIRE: £130, £124, £114 Castle O Trim. MASHAM: £130 Castle Mill Farm.
CONTINENTAL: £120 Bensons Farm. HORNED: £114 High House Farm. HERDWICK: £104, £102 High House Farm.
Cast Ram Top Prices: HAMPSHIRE: £166 Castle O Trim. LEICESTER: £140 Yarlsber.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Sale ofPrime Lambs & Cast Sheep, Tuesday 21st October 2025.
PRIME LAMBS
Prime Lambs in demand: Sharper trade rings true at Junction 36
Trade saw a notable lift at todays prime lamb sale at Junction 36 Auction Market. Trade sharper on the week especially for the handy weights resulting in a sqq of 307ppk and an overall of 300ppk. Buoyant bidding throughout reflected a strong demand and a tightening in numbers forward today.
Texels topped at £184 from Messrs TMW & H Hodgson. Dorsets sold to £180 from S Proctor and Su olks reached £176 for a pair from W Garnett & Son. A pen of 4 39kg lambs from Messrs D & DW Prickett sold to 341ppk, the same good farming sold a further pen of 4 for 335.1ppk these were 37kg lambs. A pair of 44kg lambs from Messrs DJ Dickinson sold for 338.6ppkg or £149. 4 Texels from CI Briggs hit 337.5ppk for lambs at the 40kg mark. 29 Texels in one lot sold for £153 weighing 46kg from M & S Blease.
Come and see us next week. Sale starts at the usual time of 1pm with ballot drawn at 12 midday. Contact Joel McGarva on 07920009097 for more information.
Prime Lamb Top Prices: TEXEL: £183 Arklid Farm, £171 Low Foulshaw Farm, £168 The Borrans, £167 Arklid Farm, £166 Maison Gill. DORSET: £180 High Biggarbank, £131 Bank House Farm. SUFFOLK: £176 Ackenthwaite Farm, £175 Nether Hall Farm, £147 Longfield Manor, £141 Rash Mill Cottage, £139 Longfield Manor, £138 Ackenthwaite Farm. CONTINENTAL: £172, £166, £165 Head House, £156 Grayrigg Foot, £150 Hill Farm, £149 Lane Ends Farm. DUTCH SPOTTED: £166 Grayrigg Foot. BELTEX: £158 Ackenthwaite Farm. LLEYN: £153 Low Foulshaw Farm. MULE: £143 Rash Mill Cottage, £142 Holme House Farm, £140 Barras Farm, £138 Overthwaite Farm, £138 Fell End Farm, £138 Holme House Farm. LEICESTER: £136 Rydal Farm. MASHAM: £135 Holme House Farm. SWALEDALE: £102 Holme House Farm.
CAST EWES
Another sale with pens and docks full as farmers look to o load passengers. Best continentals to £258 with others £210-£245, crossbreds to £210 and the better end £175-£195. Feeding types £110-£125. Mules peaked at £154 with most mediums £120£135 and leaner feeders £90-£102. Pure hill sheep to £184 for Cheviots, £108 for Dalesbred, £106 for Swaledale, £98 for Herdwicks and £92 for Scotch Blackface.
Several rams forward with medium continentals to £186, others £150-£160 with harder worked rams £120-£140. Hill rams to £110 for Swaledales.
Cast Ewes Top Prices: Texel: £258 Whitbarrow Cottage, £232 Old Woodhouse, £212 Lyndarick, £208 Low Barrows Green Farm, £206 Maison Gill. Continental: £230 £210 Low Foulshaw Farm, £166 Bowness Farm, £160 Scroggs Farm, £158 Harbarrow Farm. Cheviot: £184 £164 Low Barrows Green Farm, £150 Isle of Man, £128 Low Barrows Green, £108 Seedhowe Cottages. Su olk: £170 Ashtree Cottage, £160 Whitbarrow Cottage, £126 Whitbarrow Cottage. Mule: £154 Ashtree Cottage, £152 Bradley Farm, £146 Birks Farm, £142 Wreay Syke, £136 Gaskell House. Leicester: £146 Barbon Fell. Swale: £106 Addingham View, £102 Ghyll Farm, £91 Hall Dunnerdale Farm House, £88 Holme House Farm, £88 Thursgill. Dales: £108 Yarlsber. Herdwick: £98 High Biggarsbank, £74 £72 Hall Dunnerdale Farm House, £70 Far Kiln Bank, £68 Garnett House Farm. Ryeland: £96 Lyndarick. Dorset: £94 Garnett House Farm. Scotish Blackface: £92 Bowness Farm, £88 £54 Isle of Man. Rough Fell: £88 Seedhowe Cottages, £77 Sproat Ghyll. Masham: £75 Grate Farm. Zwartble: £50 hall Dunnerdale Farm House.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Fortnightly Sale of Store Lambs, Thursday 23rd October 2025.
STORE LAMBS
The largest entry of the season, selling to an ever-expanding ringside of local and travelled buyers, with new faces ringside and keen to return.
As per previous sales well drawn level bunches of lambs attracted the keenest buyer interest who all had trailers, lorry’s and fields to fill.
Well bred lambs continue to sell to a premium topping at £148 for Beltex cross from JA&KJ Allen, with others £130 to £145. Strongest first cross lambs sold to £135 for Texel cross from HE&MJ Henderson, others were generally £120 to £130 and mediums £108 to £115. Longer keep lambs were £92 to £104.
Pure hill lambs saw Cheviots sell to £115, Rough Fells £106, Herdwicks £104, Swaledale £79 and SBF £65. All sold today averaged £105.62.
Store Lamb Top Prices: Beltex: £148 St Annes Farm, £139 St Annes Farm, £138 Rydal Farm, £138 Todds Farm, £136 High Ploughlands, £136 Barn Croft. Texel: £141 Baldmire Farm, £135 Nun House, £134 High Biggarsbank, £132 Rydal Farm, £132 Hillcroft, £131 Garnett Folds. Mules sold to £124 from S Thompson, stronger end pens £112 to £120 and linger farming sorts £89 to £106. Su olk: £124 Green Close, £124 Cliftons Farm, £123 Somme Avenue, £123 Sunny Brow, £122 Tilberthwaite Farm, £120 Kirkby Hall. Mule: £124 Somme Avenue, £121 Hillcroft, £119 Hall Bank Farm, £118 Town End, £117 Rydal Farm, £115 Tilberthwaite Farm. Herdwick: £124 Bowkerstead Farm, £121 Thorney Gale, £119 Narker Knott, £107 Somme Avenue, £107 Somme Avenue, £104 Thorney Gale. Continental: £121 Brow Head, £118 Corney Hill Farm, £117 High Underbrow Farm, £116 Guest Ford, £114 High Wardses Farm, £112 Baldmire Farm. Charollais: £120 High Underbrow Farm, £110 Thorney Gale. Horned: £116 School Hill, £84 Low Haygarth Farm, £81 Wyresdale Estate, £62 Chapman House, £51 Swallow Cottage. Dutch Spotted: £115 The Plough Inn, £108 Hollinwood. Cheviot: £115 Melbourne House, £111 The Plough Inn, £107 High Arnside Farm, £103 Nun House, £102 Sunny Brow Farm, £97 Audlands Park. Dorset: £109 High Biggarsbank. Rough Fell: £106 Blackmoss Farm, £104 Blackmoss Farm, £95 Haber Head Barn, £86 Haber Head Barn, £86 Haber Head Farm, £79 Blackmoss Farm. Swaledale: £79 Howe Farm, £70 Low Haygarth Farm, £70 Guest Ford, £69 Rydal Farm, £69 High Skelghyll, Rydal. Masham: £90 Marsh Grange Farm. SBF: £65 Hibernia. Dalebred: £52 Wyresdale Estate.
Lancaster Auction Mart: Sale ofCalves, OTM Cattle & Store Cattle. Friday 24th October 2025.
CALVES
Lancaster enjoys trade of the week at its weekly calf sale110 forward.
More vendors joining in at Lancaster and seeing the benefits. Bull calves a flyer with British Blues flavour of the week, topping at £920 from the Lawsons of Bank End, Cockerham with £900 achieved once by Pickervance Farm, Kirkham and twice by Wallbank Farms, Over Wyresdale. Aberdeen Angus bulls sold to £880 and £860 from JS Towers & H Kent, Dolphinholme with Fleckvieh to £830 from Barton and Harrison, Meathop. Three week old bulls sold to £550 for British Blues from DR&C Galbraith, Grayrigg. Plenty of Black and Whites forward this week topping at £590 from WN&D Smith, Cockerham.
Heifer calves sold to £770 for Aberdeen Angus from JS Towers & H Kent, Dolphinholme. £610 was paid for British Blues from Lawson Dairy Ltd, Bank End with a Limousin heifer born 6th October selling to £500 from D&K Haworth, Hambleton. Hereford sold to £460 from MJ&H Atkinson, Quernmore with thirty day old British Blues to £440 from DR&C Galbraith, Grayrigg.
A handful of stirks sold to £1040 for a British Blue from Pickervance Farms with a nice consignment of Black and White bulls from D Wightman, Dalton selling to £640.
Heifer Calves Top Prices: BRITISH BLUE: £860, £820, £730 Roseacre Hall, £610 Bank End Farm, £560 (x2) Fern Hill Farm. ANGUS: £820 Roseacre Hall, £770, £650, £640, £630 Cinder Hill
Farm, £590 Tills Farm. LIMOUSIN: £500 Rose Farm, £440, £410 Kirkwood Lodge Farm. HEREFORD: £470 Low Meathop, £460 Westfield House Farm, £450, £420 Low Meathop, £370 Westfield House Farm, £260 Slack Farm.
Bull Calves Top Prices: BRITISH BLUE: £1040 Roseacre Hall, £920 Bank End Farm, £900 (x2) Tills Farm, £900 Roseacre Hall, £880 Bank End Farm. ANGUS: £880, £860 Cinder Hill Farm, £810 Tills Farm, £750 Fern Hill Farm, £700 Lane Head Farm, £620 Fern Hill Farm. FLECKVIEH: £830, £790, £630 Low Meathop. FRIESIAN: £590 Low Meathop, £570, £480 Fern Hill Farm, £300, £270 Kirkwood Lodge Farm, £270 Fern Hill Farm. HEREFORD: £520 (x2), £500, £490 Westfield House Farm, £490 Slack Farm, £460 Low Meathop.
Bull Stirk Top Prices: FRIESIAN: £640, £610 (x2) West Lodge, £590 Cocker House Farm, £560, £530 West Lodge.
STORE CATTLE
Lancasters weekly sale of store cattle once again proved that you don’t have to go anywhere else to sell your Aberdeen Angus cattle, with these topping the steer trade at £2680 from M&RW Stirzaker, Milnthorpe.
J&M Maudsley & Sons, Endmoor saw their super run of Angus cattle top at £2550, with pen after pen of Angus cattle above the £2350 barrier. Charolais steers topped at £2480 from M Shepherd & Sons, Pilling. Other Charolais steers achieved £2380 from JM Haddow, Milnthorpe. A terrific run of British Blue bred cattle from K&DE Woodhouse, Ellel topped out at £2650, with others at £2620 from WT Eastham & Sons, Goosnargh. Simmental steers sold to £2350 from JM Haddow, Milnthorpe. A&E Clarkson, Thurnham sold a pair of Hereford steers to £2250. Dairy bred stees from BL&D Banks, Pilling sold to £2300 for a Montbeliarde, Fleckvieh sold to £2120 for a pen of four from H Birkett & Son, Overton while Friesian steers achieved £1950 from R&K Jenkinson, Pilling with others at £1900 from A&MI Robinson, Orton. All steers today averaged £2201, which included consignments of younger cattle. No let up in the store heifer trade, which was definitely sharper on the week with all heifers today averaging £1950, with again several vendors selling younger grazing types with plenty of buyers round the ring for these types. M Shepherd & Sons, Pilling topped the store heifer trade with an outstanding Charolais heifer to £2420. K&DE Woodhouse, Ellel continued their good days trading with a trio of British Blue heifers to £2380. Others achieved £2300 from M Shepherd & Sons, Pilling. J&M Maudsley & Sons, Endmoor sold Aberdeen Angus cattle to £2250 x4, £2220 x4 and £2200 x4. Limousin heifers sold to £2100 from A&MI Robinson, Orton while GA&A Atkinson, Cantsfield sold a trio of Limousins at £2080. More store cattle could have easily been sold today, with entries required for next weeks sale which includes our monthly sale of stirks. Entries to the o ice or Andrew ASAP.
Store Bullock Top Prices: Angus: £2680 Station Hotel Farm, £2550 Raw End Farm, £2500 Cock Hall Farm, £2480 Kitchen Ground Farm, £2420 Raw End Farm, £2400 Station Hotel Farm. British Blue: £2650 Kitchen Ground Farm, £2620 Greenlands Farm, £2620 Wood Nook Farm, £2600 Old Glasson Farm, £2580 Kitchen Ground Farm, £2580 Old Glasson Farm. Charolais: £2480 Pasture House Farm, £2380 Viver Mill Farm, £2280 Viver Mill Farm. Simmental: £2350 Viver Mill Farm. Montbelliarde: £2300 Squires Gate Farm, £2280 Squires Gate Farm. Hereford: £2250 Cock Hall Farm, £2100 Windy Hill Farm, £1820 Holly House Farm, £1820 Toulbrick Farm.
Limousin: £2150 Hall Farm, £1950 Whitray Farm, £1920 Hatters Farm. Flekvieh: £2120 North Farm, £1950 Holmes Farm. Friesian: £1950 Holmes Farm, £1900 Hall Farm, £1800 Plumpton Hall Farm, £1800 North Farm, £1800 Low Levens, £1680 Godson House Farm. Welsh Black: £1900 Kirkham Road. Norweigian: £1800 North Farm.
Store Heifer Top Prices: Charolais: £2420 Pasture House Farm. British Blue: £2380 Kitchen Ground Farm, £2300 Pasture House Farm, £2280 Greenlands Farm, £2200 Bowland Gardens, £2050 Stubb Hall Farm, £2020 Friars Moss. Angus: £2250 Raw End Farm, £2220 Raw End Farm, £2200 Raw End Farm, £2200 Kitchen Ground Farm, £1980 Stubb Hall Farm, £1920 Bainsbank Farm. Friesian: £2220 Holmes Farm, £1550 Park Farm. Simmental: £2150 Littlewood Hall Farm. Limousin: £2100 Hall Farm, £2080 Abbotson Farm.
Store Bull Top Prices: Hereford: £880 Gardners Farm.
OTM CATTLE
Another fantastic Friday in the OTM ring at Lancaster, with just short of one hundred through the bottom ring. A show of very mixed cattle, from the very best underage clean cattle to some very lean OTMs, included in the average of 245p/kg.
OTM cattle sold to 349.5p/kg or £2558 for a Limousin cow from GA&A Atkinson, Cantsfield. Simmental bred OTM cows from Barlow Bros, Preston achieved £2361 or 295p/kg. British Blues sold to £2324 from GR&A Foy, Conder Green. Others achieved 309p/kg from T&S Blades, Carnforth who also sold Limousin cows at £2110. Other beef bred OTMs saw Herefords to £2071 from A&CM Carter, Witherslack and an Angus at £2012 from GR&A Foy, Conder Green. Dairy bred OTMs saw Friesians top at £1933 from SW&K Metcalfe, Whittington with other Friesians at 279p/kg from JP&C Robson, Garstang. Plenty of other Friesian cows were over the 260p/kg barrier.
OTM heifers from A&FM Bolland, Ellel saw Friesian sell to £2316, other Friesian heifer from the same good home achieved £2080 or 324p/kg. Beef bred OTM heifers from T&S Blades, Carnforth sold to 289p/kg for a British Blue. Other dairy bred OTM heifers to 239p/kg for a Friesian from PA&D Slater, Garstang with Norwegian Red OTM heifers to the same price from J Whitaker & Son, Nether Kellet.
Under thirty month cattle can easily be sold in the bottom ring with Wilmar Farms, St Michaels showing Limousin at 389p/kg and Herefords at 359p/kg, while an Ayrshire at 26 months old sold to 334p/kg from D&K Howorth, Hambleton.
Just a couple of cast bulls in today, selling to 244p/kg from R&EM Cornall, Arkholme for
a Hereford.
More numbers required next week to satisfy buyer demand.
OTM Cow Top Prices: LIMOUSIN: 349.50 Abbotson Farm, 289.50, 279.50 (x2) Hill Top Farm. BRITISH BLUE: 309.50, 294.50 Hill Top Farm, 289.50 Parkside Farm. SIMMENTAL: 294.50 Littlewood Hall Farm, 274.50, 214.50 West View Farm. CONTINENTAL: 289.50, 274.50 (x2), 259.50, 249.50, 239.50 Poole Bank Farm. ANGUS: 279.50 Parkside Farm. FRIESIAN: 279.50 Roe Farm, 269.50 Green Dragon Farm, 269.50 Blackwood End, 264.50 Wood Nook Farm, 264.50 Westfield Houe Farm, 264.50 Sweetings Farm. HEREFORD: 274.50 Black Bull Farm. BELGIAN BLUE: 264.50 Beaumont Grange Farm, 249.50 Hill Top Farm. BLONDE: 254.50 Beaumont Grange Farm.
OTM Heifer Top Prices: LIMOUSIN: 389.50 Wilmar. HEREFORD: 359.50 Wilmar. SIMMENTAL: 354.50 Wilmar. AYRSHIRE: 334.50 Rose Farm. FRIESIAN: 324.50, 319.50 Yeat House, 269.50 White Lund Farm, 239.50 Slack Farm, 234.50 Roe Farm, 219.50 Dale Barns. BRITISH BLUE: 289.50 Hill Top Farm. NORWEIGEAN RED: 239.50 Dale Barns. Cast Bull Top Prices: HEREFORD: 244.50 Lane House Farm.
Next Week's Upcoming Sales
Monday 27th
Lancaster: 10am Prime Lambs, Cast Sheep & Store Lambs
J36: 9am-4pm Machinery Drop O
Tuesday 28th
J36: 9am-4pm Machinery Drop O
10:30am Pigs
1pm Prime Lambs & Cast Sheep
Thursday 30th
J36: 10am Stirks
10:30am OTM/Cast Cattle
11am Suckler Calves & Store Cattle
11:30am Rearing Calves
Friday 31st
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 1st
J36: 9am-12noon Machinery Viewing
