Report & Newsletter - 27th March 2026
Lancaster Auction Mart: Sale ofPrime Hoggs, Cast Sheep & Sheep with Lambs at Foot. Monday 23rd March 2026.
PRIME HOGGS
The loyal Lancaster Auction Mart Monday morning supporters were once again out in force today and well rewarded with another rise in trade with todays sale averaging 406p/kg for hoggs ranging from 30-79kg with a market sqq of 418p/kg. Best of continental hoggs today selling to 476p/kg for Texel x from AG Butler with others to 473p/kg from KA Purtill, 469p/kg from Barker Farms Ltd and 465p/kg from Kelsall & Wood. Other in spec hoggs nicely 425-440p/kg. Hill bred hoggs now coming forward in larger numbers with Cheviots to 442p/kg, Cheviot Mule to 46p/kg, Hebridean to 393p/kg, North Country Mule to 386p/kg, Beulah to 382p/kg, Gritstone to 372p/kg and Mashams to 363p/kg.
Top prices today dominated by heavyweights which experienced increased attention from buyers. Best of the texel from R & DL Cornthwaite selling to £240 with 20 lots achieving £200+. Best of the standard weights selling to £210 for Beltex x from KA Purtill with others at £200 from Kelsall & Wood and AG Butler.
Hill bred hoggs to £191 for Cheviots, £190 for Horned, £190 for North Country Mule, £186 for Gritstone, £181 for Cheviot Mule and £178 for Mashams.
Keep these hoggs coming, a competitive ringside of buyers here every week and keen to fulfil early Monday morning orders.
Prime Hoggs Top Prices: TEXEL: £240 Humblescough Farm, £228 Humblescough Farm, £226 Humblescough, £222 Humblescough Farm, £221 Halton Park Farm, £220 Humblescough Farm. BELTEX: £210 Oak Avenue, £200 Lower Langthwaite Farm, £197 Cotestones Farm, £194 Oak Avenue, £194 Oak Avenue, £193 Oak Avenue. CHAROLLAIS: £198 Jacksons Farm, £186 Jacksons Farm, £166 Bensons Farm, £163 Bensons Farm. SUFFOLK: £194 Halton Park Farm, £189 North Farm, £158 Lower Lingart Farm. CHEVIOT: £192 Stubb Hall Farm, £175 Cotestones Farm, £168 Cotestones Farm, £154 Moorcock Hall Farm, £129 Moorcock Hall Farm. CONTINENTAL: £191 Cliftons Farm, £188 Quarry House, £180 Quarry House, £180 Cliftons Farm, £179 Quarry House, £171 North Farm. HORNED: £191 Moss House Farm, £152 Quarry House. MULE: £190 Quarry House, £170 Pasture Barn Farm, £164 Quarry House, £153 Bensons Farm, £147 Pasture Barn Farm. GRITSTONE: £186 Park Farm. CHEVIOT MULE: £181 Park Farm. MASHAM: £178 North Farm. ZWARBTLE: £175 Quarry House. SWALEDALE: £120 Thornbush Farm, £118 Thornbush Farm, £99 Thornbush Farm.
CULL SHEEP
A trade which continues to rise week after week with all sold today averaging £136 for an entry of predominantly leaner hill bred sheep. The strongest continentals sold to £270 for Texels from E Shore with others £260 from R & DL Cornthwaite, cross bred ewes to £234 from P & AJ Whitaker & Son, others £70 to £210.
Medium Mules to £156 with leaner sorts £130 to 150. Best medium Swaledale’s to £120 with the smallest and leanest £85 to £105.
Cast Ewes Top Prices: TEXEL: £270 Estuary View Farm, £260, £242, £238 Humblescough Farm, £234 Greenwoods, £200 Bensons Farm. CHAROLAIS: £224 Jacksons Farm. MULE: £156 Greenwoods, £154 Thornbush Farm, £132 Quarry House, £127 Bensons Farm, £102 Rooten Brook. RYELAND: £136 Ivy Bank Farm. MASHAM: £128 Bensons Farm. SWALEDALE: £120, £118 Rooten Brook, £89 Quarry House, £87, £78 Rooten Brook. HORNED: £96 Lower Lingart Farm.
Cast Ram Top Prices: SUFFOLK: £168 Moorcock Hall Farm. MULE: £132 Moorcock Hall Farm.
SHEEP WITH LAMBS AT FOOT
With the smell of spring in the air, buyers were out in force and greeted with a superb quality entry of sheep with lambs at foot, with numbers rising weekly and easily sold. A top price today of £485 was achieved by TR Gorst selling aged Texel x ewes with twin lambs at foot with similar families to £450 from M Heap. Other continental twins £385-£420 and Mule £360-£390. Singles sold to a remarkable £350 for a Texel x ewe with Beltex x lamb from M Heap with TR Gorst selling to £320, others £295-£310. Already entered for next week 30 families with further entries anticipated.
All enquiries to Matthew to 07540446667 or Andrew on 07966556592.
Shearling & Lamb Top Prices: TEXEL: £400, £320 Hole of Ellel.
Ewe & Lamb Top Prices: TEXEL: £485 Hole of Ellel, £450 Burns Farm, £425, £420 Hole of Ellel, £415, £405 Burns Farm. CONTINENTAL: £380 Potters Hill Farm, £330 Hole of Ellel. MULE: £375, £360, £225 Potters Hill Farm. CHEVIOT: £355 Hole of Ellel. SUFFOLK: £165 Potters Hill Farm.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Sale ofPigs, Sheep with Lambs at Foot, Prime Hoggs & Cast Sheep, Tuesday 24th March 2026.
PIGS
Pigs were a good trade considering where the national prices are at the minute. Numbers were also up on the previous sale. The very best prime pigs were making 1.80p/kg. Topping the market today was joined this week from Peter Woof & John Stott, making £200 for a prime gilt and a prime boar. Weaners were also a good trade today, making around the £70 mark. There was a noticeable shift towards selling prime pigs slightly lighter than previous weeks.
Weaners are still in demand. Big entry already for next sale, well worth coming for a look.
PRIME HOGGS
Hoggs make a habit of being seriously dear Herdwicks and Swaledales, Scotch Blackface stand clear, Mules to Hampshire, trade in top gear, All types forward, one thing is clear, No matter the breed, they’re seriously dear. Heavier end of hoggs sold to £234 twice from Messrs J & M Wilson & Sons and from G & E Livestock. Top p/kg also come from that same good home, reaching 500p/kg for a single Texel. Other Texels to 471.7p/kg for a pen of 8 from G & E Livestock Ltd. Just behind, from Messrs GM & A Jackson, hitting 468.2p/kg and 465.1p/kg again for Texel hoggs. Beltex sold to 458.3p/kg from Messrs RF Morphet. Herdwicks got to 438.7p/kg from Messrs Hodgson. Cheviots sold to 434.9p/kg for a pen of 33 from AW & D Brown. 48kg Mules from Messrs EW & JR Parkinson hit 404.2p/kg for a run of 22. Gritstones also to 400p/kg from Messrs P & H Clough. Pen of 11 Scotch Blackface sold to 415.6p/kg from Messrs GM & A Jackson. A batch of 19 lighter Swales sold nicely to the 393.9p/kg mark again from Messrs Hodgson.
Todays overall average was 412p/kg with an SQQ of 420p/kg. More numbers could quite easily be handled with a very busy ringside today, with yet more new buyers in attendance. Come to J36 on a Tuesday for a highly competitive trade and prompt payment.
Call Joel McGarva with any enquiries on 07920 009097.
Prime Hoggs Top Prices: Texel: £234 Cooper House, £234 £225 £224 Home Farm, £222 Scroggs Farm, £222 Head House, £221 Benson Hall. Su olk: £230 £224 Home Farm, £219 Helm Croft, £217 Netherbeck Barn, £210 Head House, £202 Swallowmire, £199 Helm Croft. Gritstone: £216 £152 High Farm. Cheviot Mule: £210 Stubb Hall Farm, £140 Barn Hey. Continental: £210 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £180 Stubb Hall Farm, £170 Oak Avenue, £160 Manor House Farm, £157 Low Deepslack. Beltex: £200 Dalton Old Hall, £165 Far Highfield.
Mule: £198 Farleton House, £194 Hareden Farm, £191 Swallowmire, £170 Cooper House, £150 Low House Beck. Charollais: £198 £172 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage. Cheviot: £197 Whinfield Farm, £194 Low Gregg Hall, £190 Stubb Hall Farm, £187 £186 Whinfield Farm, £182 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage. Swale: £190 Higher Salter, £174 £170 £157 Rydal Farm, £139 Higher Salter, £137 Tongue House Farm. Scotch Blackface: £187 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage. Herdwick: £154 Rydal Farm, £139 Tebay Ghyll, £136 Rydal Farm. Hampshire: £142 High Farm. Leicester: £134 Benson Hall.
CAST SHEEP
An increased entry of top end ewes was duly rewarded today, topping at £315 for a Texel from the Ladds of Benson Hall. Numerous heavy ewes over £200 with the best mules to £187 from DE & SM Moorhouse, Natland. Heavy well fleshed mules £165+ with horned and hill ewes topping at £170 for Cheviots and £160 for Rough Fells.
Ewes
• Texel to £315 from R & E Ladds, Benson Hall
• Beltex to £248 from D Black, Milnthorpe
• Su olk to £240 from CG Birkett, Carnforth
• Cheviot Mule to £216 from MW & M Hodgson, Cartmel Fell
• BFL to £208 from JA & CA Gibson, Selside
• North England Mule to £187 from DE & SM Moorhouse, Natland
• Cheviot to £170 from HR & KA Hodgson, Barbon
• Rough Fell to £160 from RM & JL Whitton, Cartmel
• Kerry Hill to £144 from D Phillips, Gatebeck
• Herdwick to £134 from DE Metcalfe, Garsdale
• Swaledale to £127 from JA & CA Gibson, Selside
CAST RAMS
Cast ram trade on another level.
Rams
• Charollais to £248 from DE & SM Moorhouse, Natland
• Texel to £238 from J & M Wilson, Selside
• BFL to £208 from JA & CA Gibson, Selside
• Cheviot to £194 from JH & J Ryder, Silloth
Cast Ewes Top Prices: Texel: £315 £290 £280 £270 £255 £252 Scalthwaiterigg, £240 Farleton House. Su olk: £240 Netherbeck Barn, £202 Ashstead, £194 High House Farm, £154 Mosergh Farm, £132 High House Farm. Cheviot Mule: £216 Swallowmire, £182 Preston Patrick Hall, £162 Swallowmire, £158 Low House Beck, £156 Benson Hall, £144 Barker Knott. Leicester: £208 Longwell, £198 Kendal College, £196 £182 Mosergh Farm, £158 Longwell, £140 Low House Beck. Continental: £190 £146 Howriggs. Mule: £187 £180 High House Farm, £178 Benson Hall, £170 Hallbeck, £168 Longwell, £168 Church Brow, £164 Benson Hall. Cheviot: £170 Howriggs, £138 Borwick Lodge Farm, £128 Howriggs, £68 Brow Head. Rough Fell: £160 Aynsome Manor Farm, £144 Low Deepslack, £110 Woodside. Ryeland: £154 Leighton Drive. Kerry Hill: £144 Gate Beck Cottages. Herdwick: £134 Railway Cottages, £118 Rydal Farm, £100 Tongue House Farm, £98 Barker Knott, £90 Railway Cottages, £88 Rydal Farm. Dutch Spotted: £134 Parklands. Swale: £127 Longwell, £120 Rydal Farm, £114 Hareden Farm, £106 Longwell, £86 Tongue House Farm.
Cast Ram Top Prices: Charollais: £248 High House Farm. Texel: £238 Cooper House, £232 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £172 Meadow Oaks, £154 Seaville Farm. Leicester: £208 £130 Longwell. Cheviot: £194 Seaville Farm.
SHEEP WITH LAMBS AT FOOT
413 breeding sheep
A very large entry was witnessed today @ J36 with a huge increase for the same sale the previous year. There was a very large entry of Mules, and a large entry of outfits with single lambs.
Demand for well grown lambs was obvious today with lambs with more age making as much, if not more, than the previous week. However young lambs would take a hit today especially with the weather being like it was.
Topping today’s trade was a pen of Cheviot Mules with Texel twin lambs from Richard Gardner of Kendal College making £440. The same firm hit £400 again with a pen of broken mouthed Cheviot Mules.
Singles stole the show again today with plenty of outfits making over £150 per life. Topping this category today was Harry Blackwell with a pure Beltex family making £395.
Demand for sheep and lambs is certainly not slackening o .
Ewes
Beltex ewes with singles - £395 – HP Blackwell
Beltex ewes with twins - £365 – HP Blackwell
Texel ewes with singles - £300 – JM & NJ Strickland
Texel ewes with twins - £390 – I Jones
Cheviot Mule ewes with singles - £315 – Kendal College
Cheviot Mule ewes with twins - £440 – Kendal College
Mule ewes with singles - £260 – Kendal College
Mule ewes with twins - £385 – NA Allen
Shearlings
Mules with singles - £370 RC Wharton & Son
Mules with twins - £280 – RC Wharton & Son
Continental with twins - £315 – JM & NJ Strickland
A large entry is already gathered up for next week. Don’t hesitate to contact the o ice or Auctioneers for entries or enquiries.
Rob – 07867 000244
Shearling & Lamb Top Prices: MULE: £370, £280 Highfield. TEXEL: £315 The Borrans, £295 Preston Patrick Hall, £288, £285 The Borrans, £275 Preston Patrick Hall, £160 Seaville Farm. CONTINENTAL: £225, £202 Ghyll Farm.
Ewe & Lamb Top Prices: CHEVIOT MULE: £440, £400, £90, £332, £315, £290 Milnthorpe Road. BELTEX: £395, £365 (x2), £210 Lackslot. CONTINENTAL: £390 Green Bank, £375 Milnthorpe Road, £320 The Borrans, £280 (x2), £268 Gilpin Farm. MULE: £385, £380 High House Farm, £362, £345 Milnthorpe Road, £335 Woodside, £330 Parklands. TEXEL: £340 Kell Springs, £335 The Borrans, £335 Seaville Farm, £308 Bank Farm, £300, £290 The Borrans. SUFFOLK: £302, £298, £292, £202 Bouthwaite Farm.
Lancaster Auction Mart: Weekly Sale of Calves, Stirks, OTM Cattle & Store Cattle. Friday 27th March 2026.
NWA Lancaster once again proved to be the leading Lancashire Auction Mart with Nationwide attendance at this popular weekly sale.
REARING CALVES/WEANED CALVES
The largest entry for several months with buyers from near and far in attendance and keen to return. The sale commenced with rearing calves which saw bulls sell to £910 for Hereford cross from TE & MM Kidd and Angus to £870 from WN & D Smith & Sons. Heifer calves to £850 for Limousins from D & M Foster with British Blues £790, Lawsons Dairy Ltd. Mediums generally £550 to £620. Recently weaned calves sold to £1150 for Angus bulls from C Morphet with others £880 to £1000. Heifers to £860 for Blues from JS Towers & H Kent with natives £780 to £850. Steers peaked at £960 for British Blues from DC Miller with others £940 for Throstle Nest Farms.
Bulls were extremely keenly bid for selling to £1470 for 10-month-old Hereford cross from JB & C Lamb who sold others at £1360 and Friesians to £1280. Other younger bulls to £1180 for Blues from TD & A Gardner and Black & Whites £990 from RW Bainbridge. For all Friday Sale enquiries, contact Matthew Probert 07540 446667 or Andrew Butler 07966 556592
Heifer Calf Top Prices: ANGUS: £1140 Outfield, £1000 (x2), £890 (x3) Holme Park. BRITISH BLUE: £1130 Outfield, £1010 Post Farm, £860, £820 Cinder Hill Farm, £790 Derby Lodge Farm, £790 Bank End Farm. LIMOUSIN: £850, £840 (x2) Church Farm. SWEDISH RED: £760 West View Farm. CHAROLAIS: £650 Myerscough House, £430 Brown Brook. SHORTHORN: £630, £560 Cocker House Farm. FRIESIAN: £285 (x3), £255 (x2), £220 Withgill Farm.
Bull Calf Top Prices: HEREFORD: £1470 (x2), £1360 (x2) Gardners Farm, £910 Booth Hall. FRIESIAN: £1280 Gardners Farm, £990 (x3), £930 (x2) Outfield. ANGUS: £1150 Hallmore Farm, £1100 Post Farm, £1040 Larbreck Hill Farm, £1040, £1010 Post Farm, £1010 Cobble Hey Farm. BRITISH BLUE: BRITISH BLUE: £1180 Larbreck Hill Farm, £900 Post Farm, £900 Cinder Hill Farm, £900 Field House, £870 Cinder Hill Farm, £770 Derby Lodge Farm, £730 Blackleach House Farm. CHAROLAIS: £740, £710, £690 Myerscough House, £630, £530 Brown Brook. OTHER: £260 Post Farm.
Steer Calf Top Prices: FRIESIAN: £1080, £1000 Gardners Farm. BRITISH BLUE: £960 (x2) Cobble Hey Farm, £940, £900, £880, £820 Throstle Nest Farm. ANGUS: £860 Newhouse Farm, £850 (x2) West View Farm.
STORE CATTLE
A packed ringside of buyers keen to secure cattle saw all vendors leave well suited with prices achieved.
Steers peaked at £2520 for a trio of Simmental cross from R Escolme with a ring full of Blues at £2500 from J Lamb, with other younger steers generally £2250 to £2450, with younger cattle to £2320 for Simmental cross from J & A Heap & Sons who sold others at £2220. Dairy bred steers to £2250 for Black & Whites from Wannops Farms Ltd with others £2100 from GR Park & Sons. Heifers sold to £2420 for British Blues from SH & LE Birkett with others £2400 from P & S Alpe, and Angus £2400 from Tom Barron Farms Ltd. Well grown heifers generally £2250 to £2400 with medium feeding types £1900 to £2200.
YOUNG STORES/STIRKS
The popular end of month sale saw an increased entry forward with buyers in abundance. Yearling Angus steers from SH & M Batty & Son. Sold to £1600 as did a ring full from JW Thwaites, British Blue heifers to £1500, again, form SH & M Batty & Son with Simmentals £1480 for WJ & EA Woodhouse. 12-month-old dairy steers to £1320 from B Butterfield & Son.
Store Bullock Top Prices: SIMMENTAL: £2520 Spout House Farm, £2500 Spout House Farm, £2320 Burns Farm, £2220 Burns Farm. ANGUS: £2500 Foredales Farm, £2400 Downlands Farm, £2380 Thornton Barn Farm, £2350 Ambrose Hall Farm, £2280 Downlands Farm, £2150 Thornton Barn Farm. BRITISH BLUE: £2500 Foredales Farm, £2500 Old Glasson Farm, £2420 Stubb Hall Farm, £2150 Boon Town Farm, £2050 Green Dragon Farm, £1820 Plumpton Hall Farm. LIMOUSIN: £2350 Thornton Barn Farm, £2050 Thornton Barn Farm, £1750 Spout House, £1550 Spout House, £1520 Spout House. FRIESIAN: £2250 Heaton Hall Farm, £2100 Low Deepslack, £2080 Foredales Farm, £2050 Ambrose Hall Farm, £1700 Plumpton Hall Farm, £1350 Spout House. HEREFORD: £2250 High Snab. £1350 Willow Tree Cottage. FLEKVIEH: £2000 Netherbeck Barn, £1980 Netherbeck Barn, £1180 Narrow Gate Farm. NORWEIGIAN: £1320 Moss House Farm.
Store Heifer Top Prices: BRITISH BLUE: £2420 Stubb Hall Farm, £2400 Braddup House Farm, £2350 Foredales Farm, £2350 Braddup House Farm, £2150 Park Lane Farm, £2050 Park Lane Farm. ANGUS: £2400 Ambrose Hall Farm, £2380 Ambrose Hall Farm, £2380 Braddup House Farm, £2220 Braddup House Farm, £1980 Downlands Farm, £1880 Downlands Farm.
LIMOUSIN: £2350 Braddup House Farm, £1400 Moss House Farm. HEREFORD: £2300, £1920 Windy Hill Farm, £1700 Park Lane Farm. BLONDE: £2280 Outerthwaite Farm. SHORTHORN: £1480 Moss House Farm. SIMMENTAL: £1480 Gibsons Farm, £1320 Gibsons Farm.
MONTBELLIARDE: £1480 Moss House Farm, £1380 Myerscough House. NORWEIGIAN: £1400 Moss House Farm.
OTM CATTLE
All classes and types keenly competed for with an overall market average of 260p/kg. An entry of entirely dairy cows sold to 319.5p/kg for a young Black & White from TA & RM Dawson with other better end 275p/kg to 300p/kg, parlour types 250p/kg to 270p/kg, top grossing was £2297 from Lawsons Farm.
OTM steers to 339.5p/kg & £2756 for an Angus cross from A & E Clarkson, heifers to 319.5p/kg & £2044 for Holsteins from Wannops Farm Ltd.
Stock bulls to 329.5p/kg & £3383 for a Charolais from MJ Waller with Angus 324.5p/kg & £3075.
OTM Cow Top Prices: FRIESIAN: 319.50 Lower Brow Top, 314.50 Spout House, 299.50 Lower Brow Top, 294.50 Sweetings Farm, 289.50 Lower Brow Top, 284.50 Holly House Farm.
FLECKVIEH: 294.50, 289.50 Hawkin Hall, 219.50, 169.50 Newfield. BRITISH BLUE: 289.50 Thornbush Farm. NORWEIGEAN RED: 229.50 Moss House Farm. AYRSHIRE: 194.50 Knotts Farm.
OTM Heifer Top Prices: FRIESIAN: 319.50 (x4) Heaton Hall Farm, 314.50 Holme House Farm, 314.50 Heaton Hall Farm.
Cast Steer Top Prices: ANGUS: 339.50 Cock Hall Farm. FRIESIAN: 289.50, 269.50 Well House Farm.
Cast Bull Top Prices: CHAROLAIS: 329.50 Carlingwha. ANGUS: 324.50 Well House Farm, 299.50 Downlands Farm.
Next Week's Upcoming Sales
Monday 30th
Lancaster: Easter Spring Lamb Show
10am Prime Hoggs & Cast Sheep
11am Sheep with Lambs at Foot
Tuesday 31st
J36: Easter Spring Lamb Show
11am Sheep with Lambs at Foot
1pm Prime Hoggs & Cast Sheep
Thursday 2nd
J36: 10am OTM/Cast Cattle
10:30am Store Cattle
11am Calves
12:30pm Stirks
Friday 3rd
Lancaster: Easter Calf Show
10:15am Calves & OTM Cattle
11:15am Store Cattle
