Report & Newsletter - 26th June 2026
Lancaster Auction Mart: Weekly Sale of Prime Lambs & Cast Sheep. Monday 22nd June 2026.
PRIME LAMBS
More lambs forward each week with a large number of returning vendors keen to take advantage of the buoyant Monday Morning sale at Lancaster Auction. Back on the top of the leaderboard this week was Kevin Purtill selling Beltex lambs at 550p/kg with other pens of well-bred and well finished lambs nicely 500p/kg to 535p/kg. First cross lambs generally 450p/kg to 470p/kg, an overall market average of 440p/kg for lambs ranging from 32kg to 53kg. P & V Bennett, lead todays sale selling Beltex at £245 with D & K Swarbrick achieving £235 and H Birkett & Son £233. Light weight lambs looking well sold with Texels from G Barton, Arkholme at 38kg to £205. In spec and well finished lambs easily sold with more required to satisfy buyers demand here at Lancaster Auction on a Monday Morning.
Prime Lambs Top Prices: BELTEX: £245 Arna Wood Farm, £235 Bensons Farm, £233 North Farm, £220 Oak Avenue, £220 Oak Avenue, £208 Yarlsber. TEXEL: £230 North Farm, £230 North Farm, £220 Oak Avenue, £219 Bensons Farm, £216 Ellers Farm, £215 Oak Avenue.
CHAROLLAIS: £229 Jacksons Farm, £224 Hazelslack Towers Farm, £220 Jacksons Farm, £217 Jacksons Farm, £215 Ackenthwaite Farm, £209 Hazelslack Towers Farm. SUFFOLK: £220 Station Hill Farm, £210 Station Hill Farm, £208 Potters Hill Farm, £205 Ackenthwaite Farm, £204 Station Hotel Farm, £198 Hazelslack Towers Farm. CONTINENTAL: £198 Ackenthwaite Farm, £189 Jacksons Farm, £185 Potters Hill Farm, £184 Bensons Farm, £178 Gillbrands Farm, £176 Bensons Farm. MULE: £135 Thornton Barn Farm. DORSET: £127 Burnhead Farm.
CULL SHEEP
All ewes forward today averaged £162 with a large number being harder worked, twin rearing ewes. Stronger end Continental ewes to £224 for Texels from H Birkett & Son with others £216 from CJ Metcalfe and £210 for KA Purtill. Medium cross bred ewes £180 to £195, best of the Mules to £196 from D & E Whitaker with other stronger ends £170 to £180. Hill bred ewes saw Cheviots sell to £187, Rough Fells £164, Swaledales £120 and Welsh £90. Just a handful of Rams today selling to £220. Keep these ewes coming
Cast Ewes Top Prices: TEXEL: £224 North Farm, £216 Yarlsber, £210 Oak Avenue, £208 Annasghyl, £206 Gillibrand’s Farm, £194 Annasghyl. MULE: £196 Little Fell Farm, £172 Ellers Farm, Burrow Heights Farm, £172 Oak Avenue, £162 Appletree Farm, £162 Yarlsber. SUFFOLK: £192 Oak Avenue, £174 Oak Avenue. BELTEX: £196 New Bungalow, £182 New Bungalow. CHEVIOT: £187 Yarlsber, £148 Greenwoods. DORSET: £184 Burnhead Farm, £140 Burnhead Farm. ROUGH FELL: £164 Marsh House Farm. CHEVIOT MULE: £160 Low Stangerthwaite, £138
Greenwoods. CONTINENTAL: £130 Marsh House Farm, £90 Marsh House Farm. SWALEDALE: £120 Appletree Farm.
Cast Ram Top Prices: BELTEX: £220 Bank Farm, £214 Bank Farm. TEXEL: £190 Sunnybank Farm.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Sale ofPigs, Prime Lambs, Prime Hoggs, Cast Sheep & Sheep with Lambs at Foot, Tuesday 23rd June 2026.
PIGS
A good show of prime pigs & weaners today. Prime were as stronger trade as there has been for a few weeks with a top price of £225 twice from Messrs Horsley, Leyburn. The majority of prime were all over the £200 mark. Weaners topped at £68 with an average of £57. For any pig enquiries please contact the o ice or auctioneers.
SHEEP WITH LAMBS AT FOOT
Mr John Metcalfe had another show of smart Texel cross ewes with single lambs, topping at £230
A good conclusion to what has been a very successful season. For all enquiries about store lambs & breeding sheep going forward, call: Rob – 07867 000244 or Will – 07506 283587
Ewe with Lambs at Foot Top Prices: TEXEL: £230 High Greenside, £215 High Greenside.
PRIME LAMBS & PRIME HOGGS
Strong trade, New faces
Despite a softer trade nationally, lambs at J36 continued to sell to a very respectable level for over 1000 lambs forward. With new buyers round the ring and plenty of competition for the right sorts, the well finished heavier end of lambs remained in serious demand. A little less fire than seen in recent weeks especially for the handy weights and lesser types. Two thirds of todays sale falling into this category showing in a lesser overall average. Lambs topped at £250 for a pen of 54kg Texels from Messrs W Garnett & Son. The same good farming sold a pen of 11 to £241 weighing 52kgs. Messrs DE & SM Moorhouse sold lambs to £232 and Messrs Ellwood sold Su olk to £229. Messrs D & DW Prickett sold quality to 480p/kg for a pen of four lighter types. 45kg Texels hit 460p/kg from Messrs DC Pickthall or £207. Over 50kgs from Messrs Garnett sold for 463.5p/kg. An overall average of 405p/kg was achieved which reflected the types forward and the large number of export sheep through the ring. Next weeks sale at J36 starts at the usual time of 1pm with the ballot drawn at 12noon.
Contact Joel McGarva on 07920 009097.
Prime Lamb Top Prices: Texel: £250 £241 Ackenthwaite Farm, £232 High House Farm, £227 Riddings Farm, £222 High House Farm, £220 Low Groves Farm, £220 Arklid Farm. Su olk: £229 Heathwaite Farm, £223 Riddings Farm, £217 High House Farm, £217 £216 Gibraltar Farm, £207 Hollin Hall. Continental: £196 Low Foulshaw Farm, £178 Preston Patrick Hall, £166 Redbank Farm, £165 Birks Farm, £140 Mire House Farm. Dorset: £178 £157 £148 High Biggarsbank.
Zwartble: £170 Birks Farm. Beltex: £164 Stubb Farm. Hampshire: £159 £156 Endmoor Farm. Charolais: £155 Redbank Farm. Mule: £148 Greaves Farm, £117 Rose Cottage. Ryeland: £146 Gowan Bank Farm.
Prime Hoggs Top Prices: Texel: £206 High Fell Gate, £192 Bowers Farm, £188 £164 High Fell Gate, £159 New Hall, £148 Tricket Drive. Continental: £191 £183 Ash Meaddow Grove, £176 West Plain Farm, £175 £158 Ash Meaddow Grove, £149 Tricket Drive, £142 Kellbrick Farm. Cheviot: £190 Croziers Croft, £162 Whinfield Farm, £151 Tricket Drive. Su olk: £178 New Hall, £158 Tricket Drive, £98 Mire House Farm. Swale: £170 Barras Farm, £106 New Hall. Horned: £150 £140 New Hall. Mule: £140 New Hall, £116 Kellbrick Farm. Scotch Blackface: £120 Tricket Drive. Herdwick: £109 New Hall. Beltex: £102 Stubb Farm. Cheviot Mule: £98 Bowers Farm. Hebridean: £80 Turners Farm.
CAST SHEEP
A smaller entry of farmers ewes in today, selling to £260 for Texels from T & CM Kelsall, Chipping; with trade for fit heavy ewes remaining good. Mules to £180 from DE & SM Moorhouse, Natland; with better end of mules trading between £165-£180. Horned ewes to £138 for Swaledales from RA Walton, Coniston; with plenty of other pens £115+.
Ewes
Texel to £260 from T & CM Kelsall, Chipping. Charolais to £206 from JC Walling & Son, Kendal. Hampshire to £200 from J&O Galbraith, Endmoor. Su olk to £190 from JT & A Armitstead, Selside.
Mule to £180 from DE & SM Moorhouse, Natland. Cheviot to £160 from Stockdale Farms Sedbergh. Easy Care to £158 from JH Bland & Son, Levens. Swaledale to £138 from RA Walton, Coniston.
Rams
Charolais to £242 from JC Walling, Kendal. Lleyn to £190 from DH Ashworth, Holme. Beltex to £184 from HE & RB Taylforth, Ulverston.
Cast Ewes Top Prices: Texel: £260 £226 £222 £202 Brown Brook, £200 Arklid Farm, £178 Ash Meaddow Grove, £170 Meathop Park Farm. Continental: £206 £186 £150 £140 Dawson Fold, £130 Abbots Reading Farm. Hampshire: £200 Endmoor Farm. Su olk: £190 Bouthwaite Farm, £172 Ackenthwaite Farm, £162 Hazelslack Tower Farm, £160 Ackenthwaite Farm, £156 Bouthwaite Farm. Mule: £180 High House Farm, £176 Brown Brook, £164 Arklid Farm, £162 Hazelslack Tower Farm, £152 Riddings Farm, £150 Hazelslack Tower Farm. Leicester: £172 Brown Brook. Blue Texel: £162 £120 Lackslot. Cheviot Mule: £160 Howriggs, £158 Bowers Farm, £152 High Fell Gate, £146 Howriggs. Cheviot: £160 Bowers Farm, £158 £156 Ninezergh, £140 Bowers Farm, £136 £122 Ninezergh, £120 Outrake Foot. Swale: £138 Stable Harvey. Charollais: £152 Woodside. Rough Fell: £120 Woodside, £116 Woodside, £100 Bowers Farm. Horned: £120 Brown Brook. Dorset: £114 The Old Parsonage. Dalesbred: £112 Woodside. Ryeland: £94 Abbots Reading Farm. Herdwick: £94 Turners Farm, £94 Sunny Brae. Gritstone: £76 Farleton House. Zwartble: £74 Birks Farm. Jacob: £64 Woodside.
Cast Ram Top Prices: Charolais: £242 Dawson Fold. Lleyn: £190 Turners Farm. Texel: £184 Riddings Farm, £176 Bradlow Farm. Continental: £182 Dawson Fold. Swale: £128 Barras Farm. Su olk: £120 Low Groves Farm.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Fortnightly Sale of Calves, Stirks, OTM/Cast Cattle & Store Cattle. Thursday 25th June 2026.
CALVES
As expected, the weather held back numbers with a straight trade seen for all. Bull calves to £930 for a British Blue from F & TE Park, Crook with Aberdeen Angus bulls from J & B Morley, Appleby at the same price. Other bulls over £900 from CR Dickson and a further 2 from F & TE Park. Charolais from Ms Gibson & Berry, Endmoor sold to £760 and £750x2 at 6-week-old. Beef Shorthorn bulls to £700 from JW & TE Sharp, Lyth with Black & Whites to £380 from TW & CA Long, Ulverston. Heifer calves topped the trade today at £960 for a very nice British Blues from CR Dickson, Thurnham with Limousin from J & O Galbraith, Endmoor next at £890. Aberdeen Angus heifers sold nicely at £710 from J & B Morley, Appleby with 30 days olds to £580 and £560 from HJ Robinson & Son, Elm Tree.
A bigger entry of calves already expected next fortnight, contact Will on 07506 283587 for more information.
Bull Calf Top Prices: Angus: £930 Hadderdale Farm, £860 Throstle Croft, £780 Cinder Hill Farm, £760 £750 Hadderdale Farm, £730 x2 Cinder Hill Farm. British Blue: £910 Throstle Croft, £890 Cragg House Farm, £740 Cinder Hill Farm, £740 Hadderdale Farm, £580 Elm Tree Farm. Charolais: £760 £750 x2 Low Audlands. Shorthorn: £700 Flodder Hall. Limousin: £530 Elm Tree Farm. Friesian: £380 Old Hall Farm, £360 Holme House Farm, £340 Hadderdale Farm, £340 Cinder Hill Farm, £320 Hadderdale Farm, £300 Old Hall Farm.
Heifer Calf Top Prices: British Blue: £960 Throstle Croft, £750 £740 Flodder Hall, £680 Hadderdale Farm, £610 Cinder Hill Farm, £580 Elm Tree Farm. Limousin: £890 £760 £590 Endmoor Farm. Angus: £710 Hadderdale Farm, £700 Cragg House Farm, £690 £670 Hadderdale Farm, £600 Flodder Hall, £530 West Hall. Charolais: £600 £590 Low Audlands. Shorthorn: £510 Flodder Hall, £380 £360 Far Audlands. Friesian: £240 Holme House Farm.
Steer Calf Top Prices: British Blue: £930 £900 Cragg House Farm. Limousin: £490 Endmoor Farm.
STIRKS
A smaller number present due to haymaking for a lot of regular vendors. Trade ran similar to previous weeks for the same goods, with an overall average of £930 for all categories. Topping the sale today was a strong pen of four Hereford heifers making £1040 from Mark Whitton, Cartmel. Running close behind in the bull section was a pen of Angus bulls from TW&CA Long, Ulverston at £1030. More stirks needed! Do not hesitate to contact us with entries or enquiries. Rob Cloughton - 07867000244
Bull Stirk Top Prices: Angus: £1030 Old Hall Farm. British Blue: £1000 x2 £720 Old Hall Farm. Hereford: £860 Hollowgate Farm. Friesian: £720 Old Hall Farm.
Heifer Stirk Top Prices: Angus: £1000 Aynsome Manor Farm, £820 Old Hall Farm. Hereford: £1040 Aynsome Manor Farm. Limousin: £740 £720 Endmoor Farm.
Steer Stirk Top Prices: British Blue: £1000 The Bungalow, £800 Endmoor Farm.
STORE CATTLE
The Heat is on The scorching hot weather meant for a slightly quieter Thursday cattle day at J36. Trade however holding up extremely well with continued demand despite the sustained lack in trade for finished cattle. 15m old Charolais bullocks sold to £1980 for a pen of 4 from Ballavair Farm Ltd. Simental bullocks sold to £1900 from Messrs JE DJ ER Wightman. That same good home sold Simental heifers to £1880. 14m old Charolais bullocks again from Ballavair Farms selling for £1900 for half a dozen. More cattle required for our sale here in a fortnights time with many buyers going home empty handed.
Contact Joel McGarva on 07920009097 with any enquiries.
Store Bullock Top Prices: Charolais: £1980 £1900 x2 Bride Road, £1840 New Holme Road, £1740 £1640 Bride Road, £1390 Meathop Park Farm Lodge. Simental: £1900 Crabtree Farm. Angus: £1820 Crabtree Farm, £1530 £1500 Stubb Place Farm, £1450 School Hill. Limousin: £1820 Stribers Farm, £1720 £1640 Scroggs Farm. Hereford: £1770 £1580 New Holme Farm. Friesian: £1540 £1390 St James Drive, £1380 £1050 School Hill. Norweigian: £1540 New Holme Farm. Fleck: £1540 New Holme Farm. Shorthorn: £1080 Tock How Farm. Galloway: £1080 Bride Road.
Store Heifer Top Prices: Simental: £1880 £1800 Crabtree Farm. Limousin: £1800 Crabtree Farm, £1800 Archfield, £1720 Crabtree Farm, £1690 Archfield, £1580 Scroggs Farm, £1580 Mireside Farm. Charolais: £1790 Archfield, £1380 Bride Road, £1320 Meathop Park Farm Lodge, £1320 Bride Road, £1270 Meathop Park Farm Lodge. Saler: £1520 Archfield. Angus: £1500 Crabtree Farm, £1390 Bouthwaite Farm, £1280 Stubb Place Farm, £1280 School Hill. Friesian: £1240 Spital Farm. Hereford: £1060 Spital Farm.
Store Bull Top Prices: Charolais: £1680 Bride Road. Limousin: £1480 £1380 £1340 Burton Hill. Shorthorn: £1300 Tock How Farm. Galloway: £1280 Bride Road. Hereford: £1100 Spital Farm. Friesian: £900 Spital Farm.
OTM/CAST CATTLE
OTM’s a scorcher of a trade at J36 Top grossing was a Charolais cow from Thor Atkinson, Ulverston totalling a whopping £2774.48 with this firm also achieving £2736.59 for a Limousin. Dairy cows to £2420 for Fleckvieh with B&W to £1910.50 from TW&CA Long, Ulverston.
Top pp/kg was 349.5 for a Limousin cow from Thor Atkinson, Ulverston with a BB steer achieving 334.5 from JD EM JA Atkinson, Kendal. Dairy cows to 269.5 for Fleckvieh with B&W to 254.5 from Jenkin Cragg Farms, Kendal. More OTM’s needed to capitalise on the trade here at J36.
OTM Cow Top Prices: LIMOUSIN: 349.50 Newland View, 334.50, 329.50 Maison Gill. CHAROLAIS: 324.50 Newland View. BRITISH BLUE: 299.50 Blea Tarn Road, 269.50 Ashstead. ANGUS: 274.50 Tock How Farm, 259.50, 244.50 Blea Tarn Road. HEREFORD: 274.50 Croft Foot Farm, 244.50 Aynsome Manor Farm. FLECKVIEH: 269.50, 249.50 Newland View. CONTINENTAL:
259.50 Flodder Hall. FRIESIAN: 254.50, 234.50 Jenkin Crag, 234.50 Broomfield, 234.50, 229.50 Jenkin Crag, 229.50 Broomfield. NORWEIGEAN RED: 189.50 Moss House Farm.
OTM Heifer Top Prices: CONTINENTAL: 274.50 Flodder Hall. FRIESIAN: 249.50, 229.50 Outfield.
Cast Steer Top Prices: BRITISH BLUE: 334.50 Low Groves Farm.
Lancaster Auction Mart: Weekly Sale of Calves, OTM/Cast Cattle & Store Cattle, Friday 26th June 2026.
CALVES
Pens full again with a solid trade throughout. Best rearing calves to £860 for British Blue x, nice month-old bull calves £650-£740.
For continental bulls with natives £600-£680. Heifers to £780 for British Blue x with other continentals nicely £580-£640 and natives £510-£560. Dairy bulls eagerly bid for selling to £300 on several occasions from JR Newsham & Son with others generally £170-£250.
A full row of stirks today selling to £1190 for Hereford x steers (10m) and British Friesian to £950 from R&J Parkinson. Heifers to £1180 for British Blue x (10m) with others £1050£1150 and Aberdeen Angus x to £1070.
Heifer Calf Top Prices: BRITISH BLUE: £1180 Wasp House, £1130 (x2), £1100 (x2) High Snab, £830 Walkers I’th Fields. ANGUS: £1070 (x4), £940 (x2) High Snab. HEREFORD: £910 Pinewood Farm, £630, £570, £530, £520 Catshaw Hall Farm, £500 Bolton Fold Farm. SHORTHORN: £470 Bolton Fold Farm. AYRSHIRE: £440 Bolton Fold Farm.
Bull Calf Top Prices: BRITISH BLUE: £860 Boldens Farm, £800 Catshaw Hall Farm, £800 Tills Farm, £760, £740 Walkers I’th Fields, £730 Catshaw Hall Farm. ANGUS: £750 Walkers I’th Fields, £670 North Farm, £610 Walkers I’th Fields, £600 North Farm. HEREFORD: £740 Catshaw Hall Farm. FRIESIAN: £720 Catshaw Hall Farm, £300 (x3), £280 Sellerley Farm, £270 Catshaw Hall Farm. SHORTHORN: £370 Bolton Fold Farm.
Steer Calf Top Prices: HEREFORD: £1190 (x3) Springfield House, £810 (x2) Booth Hall. FRIESIAN: £950 (x4) Springfield House, £600 Outfield.
STORE CATTLE
All cattle up a gear with buyers eager to fill orders. Strongest steers £2200+, topping at £2480 on two occasions from K&DE Woodhouse and R&DM Rossall, endless pens £2000-£2180 with an average of £2089. Heifers to £2450 with stronger end £2100+ and all sold averages £1975. Younger cattle to £1500 for 10mo Aberdeen Angus x steers from G&D Ball & Son, other generally £1200-£1400.
Store Bullock Top Prices: BRITISH BLUE: £2480 Abrahams Farm, £2480 Kitchen Ground Farm, £2200 Lower Castle O Trim, £2180 Wood Nook Farm, £1920 Thornton Barn Farm, £1550 Plumpton Hall Farm. CHAROLAIS: £2400 Kitchen Ground Farm, £2120 Thornton Barn Farm. ANGUS: £2380 Ambrose Hall Farm, £2320 Kitchen Ground Farm, £2250 Sandy Dean, £2200 Ambrose Hall Farm, £2050 Thornton Barn Farm, £2020 Sta ords Farm. SHORTHORN: £2350
Manor House Farm. LIMOUSIN: £2180 Middlebarrow Plain, £1880 Thornton Barn Farm. HEREFORD: £2000 Windy Hill Farm. MONTBELIARDE: £2000 Sta ords Farm. DAIRY
SHORTHORN: £1750 Hall Farm. FRIESIAN: £1750 Hall Farm, £1400 Plumpton Hall Farm. FLECKVIEH: £1220 Sunderland Brows Farm.
Store Heifer Top Prices: CHAROLAIS: £2450 Kitchen Ground Farm. BRITISH BLUE: £2400 Hare Field House, £2350 Abrahams Farm, £2200 Greenlands Farm, £2180 Hare Field House. HEREFORD: £2250 Kirkbeck, £2000 Windy Hill Farm. ANGUS: £2200 Kitchen Ground Farm, £2180 Sta ords Farm, £2050 Hare Field House, £2000 Ambrose Hall Farm, £1980 Sta ords Farm, £1950 Hare Field House. LIMOUSIN: £2180 Kirkbeck, £1950 Middlebarrow Plain.
OTM/CAST CATTLE
A reduced number this week due to the weather, no let up on trade with beef cows to 324.5p/kg & £2942 for Stabiliser x from JA & R Geldard & Sons with dairies to 289.5p/kg £2139 for Fleckvieh from EW&RM Towers. Stock bulls to 325.5p/kg & £1904.
OTM Cow Top Prices: STABILISER: 324.50, 319.50 (x2) Low Foulshaw Farm, 279.50 Braida Garth, 269.50 Low Moor Head Farm. LIMOUSIN: 319.50 High Underbrow Farm. FLECKVIEH: 289.50, 284.50 Holme Head. ANGUS: 274.50, 259.50 Dalton Old Hall. FRIESIAN: 269.50 Holme Head, 254.50 Centre Farm, 254.50, 249.50 Sweetings Farm, 244.50 Lower Langthwaite Farm, 244.50 Hall Farm. SOUTH DEVON: 239.50 Braida Garth.
Cast Bull Top Prices: LIMOUSIN: 324.50 Barn Hill Farm. FRIESIAN: 239.50 Crook Farm.
Next Week's Upcoming Sales
Monday 29th
Lancaster: 10am Prime Lambs, Prime Hoggs & Cast Sheep
J36: 9am-4pm Machinery Drop O
Tuesday 30th
J36: 9am-4pm Machinery Drop O
1pm Prime Lambs, Prime Hoggs & Cast Sheep
Friday 3rd
Lancaster: 10:15am Calves & Weanlings & OTM/Cast Cattle
11:15am Store Cattle
J36: Online Machinery Sale commences 9am-4pm Machinery Viewing
Saturday 4th
J36: 9am-12noon Machinery Viewing 10am Live Machinery Sale of Small Tools
