North West Auctions Weekly Report and Newsletter – 25th May
NWA Lancaster - Friday 20th May An entry of 263 Store Cattle sold to a better trade, with fresh buyers looking to buy summering cattle. A slight rise in deadweight prices helped the top end cattle, selling to a top of £1310 for two nice Charolais Bullocks from H Chapman & Son, Carnforth. Native bred cattle to £1200 for a pair of Angus Bullocks from AJ & D Knowles, New Hutton. Heifers to £1120 for Angus’ from SJ Brass, Ingleton. Nice summering bullocks and heifers generally £850-£1000. Store Cattle Top Prices: STEERS: FRI: £990 Low Levens; £920 Longstripes Farm; £860 Old Glasson. ANG: £1200 Windy Hill; £1180 Intack Farm; £1180 Cock Hall. SHO: £1180 Rowell Farm; £1000 Ivy Barn. CON: £700 Flodder Hall. LIM: £1290 Millbeck; £1070 Cring Leber; £1070 Cock Hall. SD: £1100 Adlington Hall. CHAR: £1310 Millbeck; £1270 Lentworth. HERE: £1100 Raw Head; £1090 Windy Hill. BRIT BLUE: £1190 Upper Foxholes; £1170 Shorrocks; £1120 Northwoods. MON: £1090 Foxholes; £1040 Barn Spout House; £1000 Northwoods Farm. FKV: £1160 Upper Foxholes. BLO: £1160 Middle Grange. HEIFERS: FRI: £880 Fairfield; £660 Muffys Platt. ANG: £1120 Church Street; £1040 Intack; £1000 Kimberley Avenue. WB: £1020 Rowell Farm. LIM: £1100 Intack Farm; £1060 Bouthwaite Farm. CHAR: £1020 High House. HERE: £1020 Raw Head; £1000 Bouthwaite Farm. SIM: £870 Mount Murray. BRIT BLUE: £1040 High House; £1020 Hill Top; £1000 Walkers Fields. BB: £990 Mount Murray. BULLS: ANG: £660 Longstripes. CHAR: £1130 Mount Murray.
A bumper entry of 137 Cast Cows at Lancaster this week. A good show of cows sold to a top price of 181.5ppk from WA Hodgson, Whelp Side with a cast Limousin steer. Top gross came from the Isle of Man with a Cast Bull selling to £1270. Cows sold to 164.5ppk for a Lim Cow from T Longton & Son, Quernmore. Black and White cows to 137.5ppk from R Packham & Sons, Docker and Friesian Heifers to 127.5ppk from TM Townley, Over Wyresdale. An overall average of 109ppk for all forward, in line with other centres. Cast Cows Top Prices: OTM COW: FRI: 137.5 Docker Hall; 119.5 Allcocks. ANG: 144.5 Oddlands; 121.5 Mount Murray. SHO: 109.5 Deansbiggin. LIM: 164.5 Rooten Brook; 154.5 Fellside; 149.5 Mount Murray. OTHER: 119.5 Holme Head. CHAR: 144.5 Mount Murray. HERE: 139.5 Oddlands Farm; 119.5 Mount Murray. SIM: 124.5 Mount Murray; 114.5 Whinney Carr. SRW: 101.5 Sandvilla. BB: 157.5 Mount Murray. CAST HEIFER: FRI: 127.5 Knowsley; 121.5 Lane Ends. ANG: 127.5 Broad Oak. CAST STEER: FRI: 107.5 Low Deepslack. LIM: 181.5 Whelpside. CAST BULL: LIM: 137.5 Mount Murray. HERE: 111.5 Mount Murray. SIM: 129.5 Mount Murray.
A small show of Calves forward this morning, selling to a top of £400 for a Blue Bull from Kevin and Dorothy Kelsall, Bleasdale. A ringside of eager bidders led to a fast trade through out. A run of Simmental and Blue calves at 3-5weeks from Eddy and Angie Newsham, sold to a top of £320 for Blue Bulls and £300 for Simmental Bulls and Simmental Heifers at the same price. Best Black and White calves £98 from Wallbank Farms, not enough Black and White Bulls forward to meet buyers demand.
Calf Top Prices: HEIFER CALF: LIM: £342 Barrow Greaves. SIM: £300 Sellerley Farm. BRIT BLUE: £260 Sellerley Farm. BULL CALF: BRIT BLUE: £400 Little Blindhurst; £320 Sellerley Farm. SIM: £300 Sellerley Farm. HERE: £290 Sellerley Farm; £240 Birkland Barrow. FRI: £98 Tills Farm; £85 Little Blindhurst; £70 Tills Farm
On Farm Dispersal - Saturday 28th May On behalf of Mr R Walker, Dub How, Sawrey Entries include Massey Ferguson 5454 08 Plate 2700 hours with a MF 290 loader attached, Loader Attachments Grab, Muck Fork, Bucket, Pallet Fork, Bale Spike, Bale Cuddler, 4ft 553 Bobcat with Grab and Bucket, 5 ton Kubota Digger, Kubota Micro Digger 0.8t, 5 ton Terex Dumper, 5 ton Collinsons Feed Bin, Welger RP 220, Chopper Baler, Lely 8ft Mower, Vicon Fertiliser Spreader, Haybob, Teagle Pasture Topper, Primx 2000 Gallon Slurry Tanker, Slurry Stirrer, Marshall Muck Spreader, Kidd Saw Bench, Chain Harrows, 8t Fraser Trailer (with silage sides - for spares), 12ft Ifor Williams Cattle Trailer with fold up decks and cattle gates, Small Tipping Trailer, Ifor Williams 10ft Tipping, Plant Trailer , Twin Axel Bale Trailer, 2 x Land Rollers, Log Splitter, Pan Mixer, Quantity of Digger Buckets to fit a JCB 3CX, 2 x Calf Creep Feeders, Mobile Sheep Race, Quantity of Cattle Cubicles, Quantity of Cattle Feed Barriers, Quantity of Cattle Hurdles , Quantity of Small Tools, Items by Permission Chieftain 12ton Dump Trailer, Euro Forest 4.5ton Winch (as new), Hydraulic Tractor Road Brush, Twin Bale Spike, 2 Tractor Sprayers (for spares), 2 Crates Big Blue Slate
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Lancaster Sale Reports Monday 23rd May The weekly sale of Spring Lambs saw over 350 forward this week with more buyers swapping from hoggs to spring lambs. Trade topped at £93 for heavy weight lambs from S Wilson and Son of Burrow Heights Farm. The slipped as the week went on last week with many vendors being £4 to £6 less than last week. An entry of 200 Prime Hoggs forward today, trade very dependent upon quality and finish of the hoggs. Heavy weight hoggs sold to late eighties and topped at £94 from JM Sanderson of Low Highfield. In general well fleshed hoggs sold around 160ppk. Prime Lamb & Hogg Top Prices: SPRING LAMBS – TEX: £93 Burrow Heights Farm; £80 Tarnwater Farm; £80 Cock Hall Farm. SUFF: £80 Gibsons Farm; £78 Highfield Farm; £72.50 Old Glasson. CH: £75 Burrow Heights Farm; £72 Springfield Farm. PRIME HOGGS – TEX: £94 Lower Highfield; £76 Low Kit Brow; £75 Gibsons Farm. CONT: £86 Blackleach House Farm. SUFF: £83 Blackleach House Farm; £76 Walnut Tree; £66 Medlar Hall Farm. MASH: £76 Medlar Hall Farm. MULE: £73 Medlar Hall Farm; £60 Parks Farm Barn. SWALE: £66 Parks Farm Barn; £62 Medlar Hall Farm. HERD: £65.50 Lee End Farm. CHEV: £60 Wee Cot.
A better entry of Cast Sheep, with 95 forward, all achieving their full value and more. Biggest Mules £74-£80, topping at £85 from HJ & BE Kelsall, Gressingham. Texels and Continental sheep, easy to place, with £111 being the top price of the day for a Charollais Ewe from AG Stafford, Out Rawcliffe. Texels to £105 from JM Sanderson, Halton with the best sorts in excess of £90. An average of £74 for all forward. Cast Sheep Top Prices: CH: £111 Birch Croft. TEX: £105 Lower Highfield; £98 Cock Hall Farm; £93 Tarnwater Farm. LLYEN: £94 Low Pleasant. SUFF: £88 Burrow Heights Farm; £79 Walnut Tree. MULE: £85 Walnut Tree; £80 Birch Croft; £79 Bay View. CHEV: £76 Cragg Farm. MASH: £75 Low Kit Brow; £72 Stirzakers Farm; £70 Ripley St Thomas.
Sheep and Lambs had an entry of Mule Hoggs forward today sold between £135 and £145 a family. Trade topped at £145 from RG & H Preece of Thornbush. Prime Cattle saw a Hereford bull from Peter and Ann Bell of Village farm sold to 179.5ppk or £1,069. More prime cattle required week on week.
Congratulations to Kent Estuary on Winning Cumbria YFC Southern District Field Day The Cumbria YFC Sothern District Field Day was hosted by Broughton YFC this year and held at Whicham Hall. Despite a slight rain shower in the morning the sun eventually shone and an enjoyable day was had. Kent Estuary won the coveted Cock of the North Trophy with 8535 points, 2nd were Grayrigg with 8422, 3rd was Lowick with 8003 and 4th place went to Broughton with 7831points.
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J36 Sale Reports Thursday 19th May Another strong trade for Calves at J36, with farmers strongly advised to look at the marketing options and forward their calves to auction to gain full financial benefit for their calves. A day, in which more beef calves could have been easily sold and was worth vendors spending time to rear black and whites to over a month old. Rearers looking for all types of calves. Beef calves topped at £390 from HJ Robinson & Son of Elm Tree for a British Blue just over a month old. Young Angus bulls to £235 from GM & DJ Pye of The High Farm. Rearing types of Black and whites selling towards one hundred pound.
NWA Architectural NWA Architectural is approaching the 2nd anniversary of being at the Junction 36 site and 4 years since its inception. Since being on the Junction 36 site we have handled over 70 planning applications, planning notifications and building regulations applications. In that time the approval success rate has been 96% of all applications submitted. These have been for wide ranging projects including * New build houses * Consents to realise full value potential of built assets * Agricultural livestock buildings * Barn conversions to houses * Barn notifications * Yard roofs * Access tracks * New farm entrances * Agricultural storage buildings * Conversion of offices to flats * Balcony extensions to houses * Residential development outline applications * Works to listed buildings * Extension and remodelling of houses * Deed plans * Land sale plans and boundary plans * Site appraisals for residential development
Tuesday 24th May A strong trade from start to finish for Breeding Sheep, with a larger entry then expected, with just shy of 300 families forward. A consignment of young Texel ewes from JA Chapman of North Lodge Farm set the sale off well, with his pen of Texel Shearlings with Beltex x lambs selling to £188. A large quantity of Mule Hoggs with lambs at foot today, where met by plenty of purchasers looking to buy replacement sheep. Strong Mule Hoggs doing their lambs well sold to a top of £178 twice from R & E Holmes of Sleagill. Plenty of pens of Mule Hoggs mid to late £160’s per outfit. Mule Gimmer Shearlings with lambs at foot topped at £178 from G & GM Atkinson of Green Farm of Appleby. Older families of sheep sold in the region of £50 a life regularly. A strong trade for Spring Lambs at J36 with the majority of lambs forward being Suffolk Mules, with the market average finishing up at 199ppk. A shortage of butcher type lambs today, in which could have easily been sold to vendors advantage. Best types of lambs sold in the region of 240ppk, with Texel lambs selling between 210 and 200ppk. Best type of lambs around the £100 mark, topping at £106 twice from RJ Stott of Crosscrake and from J & O Galbraith & Son of Endmoor. A good number of just shy of 300 Prime Hoggs forward, especially for the time of year. Well-meated hoggs were good to sell, with a very mixed show forward, as many consignments come to an end. Well meated hoggs sold in the mid-seventies. Prime Lamb & Hogg Top Prices: Prime Lambs: Tex: £106, £104 Crosscrake Farm; £105 Stubb Farm; £101 Low Brundrigg. Hamp: £106, £80.50 Endmoor Farm. Suff: £99 Lane Ends Farm; £98 Low Barrows Green; £92.50 Station Hotel; £92 High Underbrow Farm. Mule: £95 Overplains. Char: £87, £82 Floraire; £82 Crosscrake Farm; £80 Cockrigg Farm. Dors: £82.50 Floraire; £81 Skiddaw View; £74 Warth Sutton. Prime Hoggs: Mash: £80 Helm Croft. Tex: £79 Little Eccleston Hall; £77.50 Hall Croft Barn; Tex: £79 Little Eccleston Hall; £77.50 Hall Croft Barn; £76.50 Clawthorpe Lodge. Lleyn: £78 Penrose Cottage. Mule: £76, £62, £60 Harbarrow Farm. Chev: £74.50 Harbarrow Farm; £69 Hall Bank. Suff: £69, £67.50 Hodgson Green Farm; £54.50 Mansrigg Hall. Swale: £66.50 Cobble Hey Farm; £59 Baystone Bank Farm; £52 Little Eccleston Hall, Cobble Hey. SBF: £61.50, £54 Nunfield. Herd: £61.50, £61 Little Ecclestone Hall.
Best Cast Sheep were a strong trade, achieving up and over £100. A run from PW Rhodes, Ulverston, sold to a top of £115 for a Charollais ewe. Texels also at the same price from FI & ME Little, Barrows Green. Mules to £82 from J Twigge, Lindale. Big Mules £78+, with the next draw £70-£74. Hill sheep trade less on the week, Swales to £66 from Fishwick Bros, Longsleddale. Cast Sheep Top Prices: Tex: £115 Helm Croft; £111 Spital Farm; £108, £107 Dowanlands Farm. Char: £115, £100, £92 Floraire. Leic: £97, £80 Matson Ground Cottage. Suff: £90 Greenbank Farm; £89 Downlands Farm; £78 Winter Tarn Farm. Mule: £82 Holmelands; £80 Hollins Farm, Helm Croft, Cobble Hey Farm. Chev: £80High Underbrow Farm; £72 Ghyll Farm. Belt: £79 Keerfalls Forest Farm. Mash: £79 Low Audlands; £78 Cobble Hey Farm. Dors: £76 Skiddaw View; £70 School Hill. Dales: £69 Ghyll Farm; £45 Cobble Hey Farm. Swale: £66 Middle Sadghyll; £62 Oak Tree Farm; £61, £59 Skelwith Fold Farm. Herd: £61 Sturdy Bank; £43 Little Eccleston Hall, Tilberthwaite. Hamp: £45 Oak Tree Farm.
A nice entry of prime Pigs this morning. However less numbers forward, following last week’s sale. Trade was strong for all pigs, topping at £78 for a nice Gilt from Karl Sweeting, Ulverston. A pair of boars from Messers Gawthrop sold to £75.
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J36 Collective Machinery Saturday 4th June Entries to date
Pulley & Bracket for TEA20 Massey Ferguson, Top Link, Draw Bar Stand, Big Red Quad Bike, Quad Bike Sprayer, 4 Rolls Bailing Twine, Big Bale Net, Kuhn Fetrtiliser Spreader, Haybob, Small Welder, Lister Clipper Motor, 2 Lister Clippers, Kuhn FC 300G 10ft Trailed Mower, Buckrake 8ft Push Off, Farmforce Bootimate Seed Drill 3m, Major LPG 2050 Gallon tanker c/w 10,000L Pump & Rain Gun, Dowdeswell 4.6m Discs, Ifor Williams LM126 Flatbed with dropside , Ifor Williams DP120 Tri Axle , Hardwood Wooden Bench 4ft Cast Iron Ends, PZ300 Haybob , Far Centerpead , 300l Sprayer , Slewtic Bale Squeeze, 21ft Marshall Bale Trailer
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Tuesday 31st May Weekly Sale of Sheep with Lambs at 11am Weekly Sale of Primestock at 1pm
Monday 30th May Weekly Sale of Primestock at 9am Weekly Sale of Sheep with Lambs at 11am
Thursday 2nd June Weekly Sale of Calves & Stirks at 10.15am Monthly Sale of Dairy Cattle & Sale of Beef Breeding Heifers, Cows with Calves at Foot, In-Calf & Bulling Heifers also Sale of Pedigree & Commercial Females & Bulls
Friday 3rd June Weekly Sale of Calves at 10.15am Cast Cows at 10.15am Store Cattle 11.15am
Saturday 4th June Monthly Collective Sale of Machinery Please see above for details
Monday 20th June Monthly Sale of Dairy Cattle Entries close Friday 10th June
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