Weekly Report & Newsletter - 26th September 2025
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Second Sale of Breeding Ewes & Shearlings and Autumn Pedigree Sheep Day, Saturday 20th September 2025.
Breeding Ewes
The sale commenced with breeding ewes which once again saw buyers keen to secure proven breeding stock.
Mule ewes sold to a top price of £200 for 3 crops from FI & ME Little with the flock dispersal on behalf of G & C Rylands seeing 1 crops sell to £195 with 2/3 crops £170-£185. 4 crop mules from TMW & H Hodgson sold at £165.
¾ bred ewes sold to £245 for Texels from N Walker with others to £220 from D Mcclure. 1 crop Texel x Mule ewes from G & C Rylands sold to £195 with 2/3 crops sell to £175.
Other notable prices include Su olk x 1 crop ewes to £185. Pure cheviot 4 crop ewes to £155 and Texdale 1 crops to £195.
Gimmer Shearlings
Another successful breeding sale wrapped up today.
Trade for mules was on fine form, coming out at an average of £234. Top of the trade for mules today was achieved by three separate vendors, GE & MG Dixon, Nigel Barker and Trevor Sharp, all reaching £270.
Texel trade reached greater heights, however the trade for pens that weren’t top spec were a little selective. Topping the sale overall was N Walker, Ulverston with a tremendous pen at £350, with a large proportion of better end pens over the £270 mark.
Overall average for all shearlings today was £220.83 with a total of 800 forward.
Next week is the two day sale of draft ewes! Swaledale on the Friday, Rough Fell on the Saturday.
The next sale of breeding sheep is Wednesday 1st October for all classes of breeding sheep to include second show and sale of gimmer lambs and Boys are Back in Town show and sale of 250 breeding rams.
Don’t hesitate to contact the team for entries or information.
Gimmer Shearling Top Prices: TEXEL: £350 Higher Lath, £325 Irotn House Farm, £320 Higher Lath, £300 Irton House Farm, £280 Higher Lath, £270 North Lodge. DUTCH SPOTTED: £285, £275 North Lodge, £220, £210 (x2), £160 Rayne Cottages. MULE: £270 Hill Top Farm, £270 Dalton Old Hall, £270 Stakes Moss Farm, £268, £265 (x2) Dalton Old Hall. ZWARTBLE: £270, £200, £185, £180 Melbourne House. BLUE
TEXEL: £260, £220 Leck Fell House. BELTEX: £252 Irton House Farm, £205, £185 Barn Croft. CHEVIOT MULE: £220 North Lodge. CHEVIOT: £215, £200 The Beeches. ROUGH FELL MULE: £200 Hazelwood. Ewes Top Prices: TEXEL: £245 Higher Lath, £220 Woodbroughton Barn, £205 Tullithwaite Hall Farm, £195 Low Beckside, £195 Woodbroughton Barn, £175 Barn Croft. MULE: £200 Helm Croft, £195 Tullithwaite Hall Farm, £185 Helm Croft, £180, £175 (x2) Tullithwaite Hall Farm. SUFFOLK: £185, £180 Tullithwate Hall Farm, £125 The Hills. CHEVIOT: £155, £135 The Beeches. MASHAM: £125 Barncroft. ZWARTBLE: £120 Barn Croft.
Pedigree Sheep
1400gns tops the Pedigree sale at J36 for Dutch Spotted Gimmer Lamb
Dutch Spotted trade was good from start to finish topping at 1400gns for a gimmer lamb from J Stead, Richmond who also topped the gimmer shearling at 1050gns. Gimmer shearlings also reached 1000gns from S Mitchell, Lazonby with rams to 850gns for a shearling ram from DA Dixon, Grayrigg and for a lamb from J Stead, Richmond. Other notable prices saw 750gns paid for the pick from AP Metcalfe, Crook and 620gns for the best from GM Farms, York.
Beltex sold to 800gns from CM Jennings, Kendal with Badger Face Texel to 700gns from S Coward and 500gns from L & F Brown, Barnard Castle.
The annual show and sale of Charmoise attracted keen interest from commercial farmers looking for rams suitable for ewe lambs. This section topped at 520gns for the overall champion gimmer shearling from D & M & S Prince, Chesterfield with rams to 420gns from IT Jones, Holyhead. Other rams to 400gns x2 from B Mactaggart, Hawick and 300gns from P & C Palfreyman, Bakewell.
Pedigree Gimmer Lamb Top Prices: Dutch Spotted: £1470 Middlemoor, £787.50 Curlew Rock, £756 Middlemoor Farm, £651 Grove Hall, £609 Grove Hall, £609 Middlemoor Farm. Charmoise: £210 Barn Close Farm, £210 Barn Close Farm, £189 Barn Close Farm.
Pedigree Gimmer Shearling Top Prices: Dutch Spotted: £1102.50 Middlemoor Farm, £1050 Cragg Nook Farm, £682.50 Cragg Nook Farm, £651 Middlemoor Farm, £399 Cragg Nook Farm. Badger Face Texel: £735 Grindelwald. Charmoise: £546 Highfield House Farm, £420 Highfield House Farm, £399 Highfield House Farm, £367.50 Highfield House Farm, £315 Highfield House Farm. Blue Texel: £367.50 Grindelwald, £367.50 Grindelwald.
Pedigree Ewe Top Prices: Dutch Spotted: £577.50 Cragg Nook Farm, £546 Cragg Nook Farm, £504 Cragg Nook Farm, £483 Cragg Nook Farm, £441 Cragg Nook Farm.
Pedigree Shearling Ram Top Prices: Dutch Spotted: £892.50 Grayrigg Foot, £840 Conway Close, 525 Lingla Gardens, £367.50 Conway Close, £315 Conway Close. Charmoise: £294 Highfield House Farm, £294 Barn Close Farm, £262.50 Crake Hall.
Pedigree Ram Lamb Top Prices: Dutch Spotted: £892.50 Middlemoor Farm, £525 Middlemoor Farm, £472 Jutland Avenue. Badger Face Texel: £525 Mount Pleasant Farm, £472.50 High Ploughlands. Charmoise: £441 Bumwerth Farm, £294 Bumwerth Farm. Blue Texel: £315 Leck Fell House.
Pedigree Aged Ram Top Prices: Beltex: £840 Crake Hall, £315 Barn Croft. Dutch Spotted: £315 Lingla Gardens.
Lancaster Auction Mart: Sale of Prime Lambs & Cast Sheep, Monday 22nd September 2025.
PRIME LAMBS
Several consignments of fed lambs forward today, amongst a predominantly grass finished entry of lambs showing the e ects of last weeks weather. Best fed lambs were keenly competed for selling to £169 from S Bosworth and 355p/kg from CD&HL Mason. Other lambs were £150 to £160 and 330p/kg to 350/kg. Grass finished lambs were 300p/kg to 320p/kg and £138 to £148. Hill bred lambs now forward in greater numbers, with Mules to £140, Horned £140, Cheviots £135 and Lonks £127.
Prime Lamb Top Prices: Texel: £169 Lower Oakeneaves Farm, £158 Oak Avenue, £156 Catshaw Hall Farm, £153 Boarsden Farm, £153 Kellbrick Farm, £153 Boarsden Farm. Beltex: £156 Mearsbeck Farm, £156 Oak Avenue, £150 Oak Avenue. Continental: £144 Hawkrigg End, £138 Lower Oakeneaves Farm, £138 Hawkrigg End, £136 High House Farm, £132 Potters Hill Farm. Mule: £140 Catshaw Hall Farm, £140 Cragg End, £138 Cragg End, £138 Bank End, £137 Cragg End, £133 High House Farm. Horned: £140 Botton Hall Farm, £127 Lower Oakeneaves Farm. Su olk: £139 Hawkrigg End. Cheviot: £135 Botton Hall Farm. Cheviot Mule: £133 School Lane, £127 School Lane. Swaledale: £81 High House Farm.
CAST EWES
A plainer show of ewes today, showing the e ects of the recent weather. Strongest crossbreds sold to £190 from DJ Clarke Farming, with the better of the mediums £150 to £170 and the next draw down £115 to £135. Mules sold to £160 from CD&HL Mason and KA Purtill. Other mediums were £135 to £148 and feeding types £105 to £120. Hill ewes sold to £146 for Lleyns, £146 Lonks, £118 Cheviots, with hard worked horned ewes £65 to £70.
Cast Ewes Top Prices: Texel: £190 Kellbrick Farm, £178 Moss Gate Farm, £166 Mearsbeck Farm, £164 Kellbrick Farm, £160 Moss Gate Farm, £138 Oak Avenue. Su olk: £170 Moss Gate Farm. Beltex: £168 Moorcock Hall Farm. Leicester: £166 High House Farm. Cheviot Mule: £160 Oak Avenue, £146 Oak Avenue. Mule: £160 Mearsbeck Farm, £142 Moss Gate Farm, £138 Mearsbeck Farm, £128 Moss Gate Farm, £122 Lower Swainhead Farm. Horned: £146 High House Farm. Lleyn: £146 Dockensall Farm, £116 Dockensall Farm. Cheviot: £118 Dockensall Farm, £108 Moorcock Hall Farm, £102 Dockensall Farm, £80 Dockensall Farm, £76 Dockensall Farm. Swaledale: £78 Rooten Brook, £57 Rooten Brook, £30 Rooten Brook. Dalesbred: £56 Dockensall Farm.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Sale of Pigs, Prime Lambs & Cast Sheep, Tuesday 23rd September 2025.
PIGS
A good show of pigs today with a good trade to match - Prime in particular. Top price today was achieved by J&JR Stott, with two prime hogs at £230, each working out at £2.10 a kilo. Trade for stores was solid also with the majority making around the £160 to £180
mark.
Soi if a pig sale is where you get your kicks, then come pay a visit to Junction 36.
PRIME LAMBS
Prime lamb trade holding up well, as Junction 36 delivers again. Bigger numbers forward this week as more sellers take advantage of continued strong demand for sheep here at Kendal. Todays overall average was 307p/kg, topping at £192 for a Texel from TA Teasdale. Beltex topped at 343.9p/kg from M&S Blease. Charollais sold to 335.7p/kg for a cracking pair from AW&D Brown. J Twigge also had a tremendous run topping at 332.6p/kg for a single Beltex. Well fed handy weight lambs were the easiest to place today, however heavies also sold well with a pair of 53kg Beltex from W Garnett & Son selling for 330.2p/kg or £175. Join us next week as momentum continues to grow here at Junction 36. Call Joel McGarva on 07920009097 with any enquiries.
Prime Lamb Top Prices: TEXEL: £192 Head House, £183 Arklid Farm, £181 Hill Top Farm, £178, £174 Head House, £172 Gaskell House. BELTEX: £175, £169 Ackenthwaite Farm, £153 Holmelands, £141, £139 The Barn. SUFFOLK: £170 Swallowmire, £159 Lane Ends Farm, £155 Catshaw Hall Farm, £153 Hallbeck, £150 Swallowmire, £150 Mealriggs Farm. CONTINENTAL: £167 Ackenthwaite Farm, £143 Lane Ends Farm, £140 The Barn, £127 Low Newton Farm, £125 Aynsome Manor Farm, £125 Wild Boar Farm. MULE: £152 Catshaw Hall Farm, £136 Cooper House, £134 Upp Hall, £133 Thursgill, £131 Low Longmire, £118 Aynsome Manor Farm. MASHAM: £148 Mealriggs Farm. CHAROLAIS: £144, £143 Lane Ends Farm, £142, £141 Whinfield Farm. CHEVIOT: £132 Kirket Nook. HORNED: £114 Eskew Beck.
CAST EWES
Another rise in numbers with a more weathered show of sheep forward. Best continentals were £200 to £235, topping at £238 for Texels from S Crowe, Stainton. Medium pens were £175 to £200, with the best of the first cross to £215 for a Su olk from RHM&S Boyren, Colton. Mediums were £150 to £180 and better feeding types £115 to £130. Strongest Mules to £164 from RJ&D Holden, with mediums £120 to £145. Pure hill ewes to £148 for Cheviots, Swaledales £116, Whitefaced Woodlands £112, Rough Fells £110 and Herdwick £92. Cull rams in abundance selling to £228, with mediums continentals generally £170 to £200 and hill rams £110 to £130.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Fortnightly Sale of Store Lambs, Thursday 25th September 2025.
STORE LAMBS
Trade once again a flyer for the biggest of the season so far. The trade topped at £150 for a pen of Texel cross from High Wardses Farm, Cautley with GM Strong, Penrith selling Blue Texels to £140. Su olks sold to £136 from J&R Bell, Crook with all forward strong lambs the top side of £125. Longer keep lambs sold to £133 for Beltex from BR Lawson, Richmond with Mule topping at £114 from GM Strong, Penrith and D Carradice, Kendal. Hill bred lambs to £126 for Cheviots from SI Porter, Grange Over Sands with Rough Fells to £105 from H Stables, Kendal. Texels to £150 and averaged £112.21.
Su olks to £136 and averaged £111.84. Mules to £114 and averaged £97.67.
Store Lamb Top Prices: TEXEL: £150 High Wardses Farm, £140 School Hill, £139 High Lane, £136 High Wardses Farm, £134 Hollowmire Farm, £131 School House. BELTEX: £139 Lackslot, £133, £132, £130, £127 Buddle House. SUFFOLK: £136 Sunny Brow, £130 Lackslot, £128 Somme Aveune, £126 Lackslot, £124 Thornley Gale, £124 New Close. CHAROLAIS: £133 School Hill, £117 Hyce Moorside Farm, £107 Rydal Farm. CONTINENTAL: £129 High Wardses Farm, £129 Hollowmire Farm, £126 The Old Vicarage, £125 Steel Croft, £121 Highfield Road, £116 The Old Vicarage. CHEVIOT: £126 High Cark Farm, £121 High Borrowbridge, £117 Old School House, £104 Melbourne House, £103 Old School House, £99 High Cark Farm. CHEVIOT MULE: £120, £84 The Old Vicarage. MULE: £114 School House, £114 School Hill, £112 Thornley Gale, £111 Scar Sykes Farm, £111 Longwell, £110 Thornley Gale. JACOB: £110 New Close.
ROUGH FELL: £105 Hazelwood, £94 Howes Lodge. HORNED: £103 Dale End, £100 Longwell. MASHAM: £90 Marsh Grange Farm. SCOTCH BLACKFACE: £70 IOM.
Lancaster Auction Mart: Sale of Calves, OTM Cattle & Store Cattle. Friday 26th September 2025.
CALVES
A rise in numbers with all calves selling to their full value, with new customers once again in attendance. Month old British Blues cross bull calves sold to £680, with other rearing bulls £600 to £670 and the younger end £500 to £580. Heifers sold to £540 for young British Blue cross, with others generally £420 to £500. Dairy bulls sold to £255 for black and whites with other mediums £180 to £230 and younger sorts £120 to £175. Native bulls sold to £470 for a young Hereford cross, with Aberdeen Angus cross to £410.
A full row of weaned calves saw British Blue cross bulls at five months old to £1040, with Aberdeen Angus cross bulls (six months) to £970. Steers peaked at £995 for six month old Limousin cross, with younger British Blue cross £890. Heifers sold to £740 for six month old Aberdeen Angus cross, with four month old Limousin cross £700.
Heifer Calves Top Prices: BRITISH BLUE: £650 Catshaw Hall Farm, £500 Hudsbrook Farm, £480 Manor House Farm, £470 Blackleach House Farm, £470, £400 Hudsbrook Farm. ANGUS: £600 (x2) Cinder Hill Farm, £390 Catshaw Hall Farm, £380, £360 Hudsbrook Farm. LIMOUSIN: £520 Endmoor Farm. HEREFORD: £390 Westfield House Farm. CHAROLAIS: £355, £320, £300 Bolton Fold Farm. SHORTHORN: £190 Bolton Fold Farm.
Bull Calves Top Prices: ANGUS: £830, £700 Cinder Hill Farm, £550, £410 Hudsbrook Farm, £400 Kirkwood Lodge Farm. BRITISH BLUE: £700 Endmoor Farm, £680 Manor House Farm, £660 Blackleach House Farm, £660, £610, £600 Hudsbrook Farm. CHAROLAIS: £500 Hudsbrook Farm. HEREFORD: £470, £460 Westfield House Farm. LIMOUSIN: £400 Kirkwood Lodge Farm. FRIESIAN: £255, £250, £245, £240, £190, £170 Catshaw Hall Farm.
Bull Stirk Top Prices: BRITISH BLUE: £1040 Stanworth Farm, £905 Walkers I’th Fields, £890, £860 Stanworth Farm. ANGUS: £970, £750 (x3), £600 (x2) Walkers I’th Fields.
Heifer Stirk Top Prices: ANGUS: £740 (x5) Lower Lingart Farm. BRITISH BLUE: £720 Stanworth Farm, £700 (x2), £670, £650 Poplar Grove Farm, £620 Walkers I’th Fields. LIMOUSIN: £700 (x2) Higher Hollinhead Farm.
Steer Stirk Top Prices: LIMOUSIN: £995 (x3) Gibsons Farm. ANGUS: £950 Gibsons Farm. BRITISH BLUE: £890, £745 Poplar Grove Farm. SHORTHORN: £745 (x2) Poplar Grove Farm.
STORE CATTLE
Plenty of competition ringside which saw steers sell to £2300 for Aberdeen Angus cross, with Limousin cross £2450, British Blue cross £2280 and Charolais cross £2250. Stronger steers regularly £2200 to £2400, with medium feeding types £1850 to £2100.Dairy steers to £2150 for Fleckvieh and £1900 for Holstein Friesian.
Heifers sold to £2300 for Aberdeen Angus cross, British Blue cross sold to £2220 and Hereford cross £2120. Other stronger end were £1980 to £2100, with mediums £1750 to £1950. The sale concluded with farmer stirks which saw Aberdeen Angus cross steers sell to £1250 and Black and Whites £1180 (12-14 months), with others regularly £920 to £1100. British Blue cross heifers sold to £880.
Store Bullock Top Prices: Angus: £2500 Raw Head, £2320 North Farm, £2300 Raw Head, £2280 Ellers Farm, £2250 Benson Hall, £2200 Old Glasson Farm. Limousin: £2450 Pilling Hall Farm, £2180 Hall Farm, £2180 North Farm, £2100 Endmoor Farm, £2080 IOM, £1900 IOM. British Blue: £2280 Endmoor Farm, £2220 North Farm, £2200 Hall Farm, £2200 Barn Hill Farm, £2200 Ellers Farm, £2120 Wood Nook Farm. Shorthorn: £2250 Cock Hall Farm, £1820 IOM, £1550 IOM. Charolais: £2250 Ninezergh, £2100 Downlands Farm, £1820 IOM, £1620 IOM. Hereford: £2200 Cock Hall Farm, £2150 Moss View, £2080 Moss View, £1900 IOM, £1850 Ninezergh. Flekvieh: £2150 Ellers Farm, £1980 North Farm, £1900 Ellers Farm, £1700 Throstle Nest Farm. Blonde: £2150 Cock Hall Farm. Other: £2000 Throstle Nest Farm, £1920 Throstle Nest Farm. Friesian: £1900 Benson Hall, £1850 Gakell House, £1820 Downlands Farm, £1700 Downlands Farm, £1600 Plumpton Hall Farm, £1420 Throstle Nest Farm. Norweigian: £1900 Ellers Farm, £1580 Ellers Farm, £1180 Sunderland Brows Farm. Belted Galloway: £1820 IOM, £1620 IOM, £1550 IOM. Belgium Blue: £1750 IOM.
Store Heifer Top Prices: Angus: £2300 Lodge Cottage, £2080 Benson Hall, £1980 Sta ords Farm, £1980 Bainsbank Farm, £1850 Pasture House Farm, £1850 IOM. British Blue: £2220 Ninezergh, £2220 Ninezergh, £2200 High Snab, £2000 Ninezergh, £1980 Hare Field House, £1950 Hall Farm. Hereford: £2120 Benson Hall, £2000 Ninezergh, £1980 Ninezergh, £1800 Ninezergh. Limousin: £2000 Hall Farm, £1850 IOM, £1650 IOM, £1550 IOM. Montbelliarde: £1950 Cumming Carr Farm. Charolais: £1920 Ninezergh. Belted Galloway: £1550. Friesian: £1500 Endmoor Farm. White Park: £1000 Sta ords Farm.
Store Bull Top Prices: British Blue: £2300 The Grange. Limousin: £2250 The Grange. Montbelliarde: £1880 Cumming Carr Farm. Friesian: £1250 Park Farm.
OTM CATTLE
All cows today averaged 264p/kg and £1622, with prices achieved well ahead of other outlets. Beef cows sold to 344p/kg and £2628 with other better end 310p/kg to 330p/kg and £2100 to £2400, with feeding types 280p/kg to 315p/kg. Dairy cows sold to 289p/kg and £2346 with mediums 250p/kg to 270p/kg and £1600 to £1800. Stock bulls sold to 344p/kg for a British Blue and £2264 for an Aberdeen Angus. OTM beef heifers sold to 384p/kg and £2499, with dairies to 344p/kg and £2283. Beef steers sold to 364p/kg and £2300.
OTM Cow Top Prices: LIMOUSIN: 344.50 Thornbush Farm, 334.50 IOM, 334.50 Lane Head Farm, 324.50 Spital Farm, 294.50, 284.50 Castle Mill Farm. ANGUS: 314.50 (x2), 284.50, 269.50 (x3) IOM. SIMMENTAL:
294.50 IOM. MONTBELIARDE: 289.50 Cumming Carr Farm. FRIESIAN: 274.50 Priory Farm, 269.50 Walkers I’th Fields, 264.50 Boldens Farm, 264.50 Walkers I’th Fields, 264.50 Sellerley Farm, 264.50 Benson Hall. GALLOWAY: 274.50, 259.50, 249.50, 239.50, 209.50 IOM. HEREFORD: 259.50 Benson Hall. BELTED GALLOWAY: 254.50, 239.50 Rose Cottage. FLECKVIEH: 239.50, 174.50 Newfield. BRITISH BLUE: 219.50 Castle Mill, 179.50 Little Fell Farm.
OTM Heifer Top Prices: LIMOUSIN: 384.50 Lane Head Farm, 354.50 High Snab, 349.50 Spital Farm, 234.50 Lodge Cottage. BRITISH BLUE: 359.50 High Snab. MEUSE-RHINE-ISSEL: 344.50, 304.50 Littlewood Hall Farm. HEREFORD: 329.50 Pain Hill. FRIESIAN: 309.50 Richmond Hall Farm, 309.50 Priory Farm, 304.50, 289.50 Kellbrick Farm, 279.50 Boon Town Farm, 274.50 Priory Farm.
Cast Steer Top Prices: LIMOUSIN: 364.50 Tills Farm. DAIRY SHORTHORN: 319.50 Upper Foxholes Farm. FRIESIAN: 289.50, 274.50, 259.50 Tills Farm.
Cast Bull Top Prices: BRITISH BLUE: 344.5 The Grange. ANGUS: 314.50 Preesall Park Farm. BLONDE: 269.50 Todds Farm. FRIESIAN: 229.50 Sellerley Farm.
Next Week's Upcoming Sales
Monday 29th
Lancaster: 10am Prime Lambs, Cast Sheep & Store Lambs
J36: 9am-4pm Machinery Drop O
Tuesday 30th
J36: 9am-4pm Machinery Drop O
1pm Prime Lambs & Cast Sheep
Wednesday 1st
J36: 4pm Second Show & Sale of Gimmer Lambs & Sale of all classes of Breeding Sheep 5pm Boys are Back in Town
Thursday 2nd
J36: First Show of Suckler Calves
10am Stirks
10:30am OTM/Cast Cattle
11am Suckler Calves & Store Cattle
11:30am Rearing Calves
Friday 3rd
Lancaster: 10:15am Rearing & Weaned Calves
10:15am OTM/Cast Cattle
11:15am Store Cattle
J36: Online Machinery sale commences
9am-4pm Machinery Viewing
Saturday 4th
J36: 9am-12noon Machinery Viewing On Farm: J & E Nutall Farm Sale
