Weekly Report & Newsletter - 28th August 2026 J36 Rural Auction Centre: Annual Show & Sale of Breeding Ewes & Gimmer Shearlings, Saturday 22nd August 2026 The day started with the presale show, which was kindly sponsored by Peregrine Asset Finance. Mule Ewes were judged by Thomas Cannon, Any Other Breed ewes were judged by Phil Armstrong, Mule shearlings were judged by Alistair Mitchell, Continental & Cheviot Mules shearlings were judged by Ian Oldcorn and Mashams shearlings were judged by Jack Wallbank. CLASS 1 – 10 MULE EWES 1st PJ & ES Rogerson, Maison Gill 2nd T Sharp, Stakes Moss 3rd JM Mawson, Hole Beck Farm CLASS 2 – 10 ANY OTHER BREED EWES 1st J & M Wilson, Cooper House 2nd J & M Wilson, Cooper House 3rd TA & JA Dixon, Yoad Pot CLASS 3 – 10 MULE SHEARLINGS 1st TH Gibson & Son, Seedfield 2nd Fox Farms, Hill View 3rd TH Gibson & Son, Seedfield CLASS 4 – 10 CHEVIOT MULE SHEALINGS 1st JS & KM Wilson & Son, High House 2nd JS & KM Wilson & Son, High House 3rd Kingsland, Crosscrake CLASS 5 – 10 MASHAM SHEARLINGS 1st MJ Woof, Millriggs Farm CLASS 6 – 10 CONTINENTAL & SUFFOLK SHEARLINGS 1st PJ & ES Rogerson, Maison Gill 2nd JR & LA Capstick, Orchard Cottage 3rd JA Chapman, North Lodge
BREEDING EWES The day’s trading kicked o with over 1000 breeding ewes through ring 1, trade was fast and buoyant throughout selling to £390 for 5 very nice Park Cheviot 2 crops from AR Edmondson, Hawkswell with this good home topping the mule ewes at £315 again for 2 crops. JM Mawson, Holbeck sold Mules to £300 with N Barker, Dalton and PJ & ES Rogerson, Maison Gill selling pens at £290. Texel x ewes sold to £280 from J & M Wilson, Cooper House with others at £270 from FI & ME Little, Helm Croft. Older 4 crop ewes sold to £205 for Mules from JE & WB Wearing, Low Shaw Farm with others at £190 from R Falconer & Son, Water Blean. Averages • AR Edmondson, Hawkswell- 31 Mule Ewes av £298.06 • PJ & ES Rogerson, Maisongill- 40 Mule Ewes av £273.75 • TA & JA Dixon, Yoad Pot- 73 Mules Ewes av £266.58 ANY OTHER BREED SHEARLINGS Following the ewes were the Masham shearlings, these meeting perhaps the strongest trade of the day, selling to £260 for 15 smart types from DE Jackson, Cliburn with others to £250 on two occasions from MJ Woof, Millriggs. Cheviot Mule shearlings sold to £305 and £300 from J Stott, Kingsland with others at £300 and £295 from JS & KM Wilson, Kendal. MULE SHEARLINGS The highly anticipated and prestigious annual show and sale of North of England mule shearlings saw averages up on the year. The sale peaked at £390 for a cracking pen from TH Gibson & Son, Seedfield with all 10 of these purchased from the NEMSA gimmer lamb sale at J36, this home continued its good days trading with other pens at £370, £350 and £340 averaging £313.30 for 115 sold. Other notable prices saw JR & LA Capstick, Killington sell pens to £380 with the annual consignment from Fox Farms selling two pens to £320. Messrs Whitaker, Salthouse sold their good run to a high of £320 with others to £305 from Messrs JS & KM Wilson, High House. Plenty of pens to £300 including the best from T Sharp, Levens and M & YS Barker, Halton with an overall average of £270.54 achieved for this section of the sale. CONTINENTAL & SUFFOLK SHEARLINGS At 12:30pm ring 2 burst into life alongside proceedings in the main ring. Both Su olk and Continental Gimmer Shearlings presented to an eager crowd that saw quality way exceed expectations. A top of £510 for a run of top pure Su olk sheep from Messrs J & C Airey. Texel shearlings topped at £430 for a pen of 10 real machines from
Messrs PJ & ES Rogerson, others sold to £390 for five from the same good farming. A pen of 10 from Messrs JR & LA Capstick wonderful run hit £380. With Messrs JA Chapman just behind selling 11 good gimmers to £370. Breeding Ewes Top Prices: SUFFOLK: £510 Reeds Gardens, £490 Reeds Gardens, £400 Reeds Gardens, £260 Yoad Pot, £260 Helm Croft, £260 Halton Park, £245 Yoad Pot, £245 Deep Clough. CHEVIOT: £390 Hawkswell Farm, £205 Chaple House Farm. MULE: £315 Hawkswell Farm, £300 Hole Beck Farm, £290 Dalton Old Hall, £290 Hawkswell Farm, £290 Hawkswell Farm, £290 Maison Gill. CONTINENTAL: £290 Causeywood, £190 Helm Croft, £185 Patton Mill Farm, £185 Patton Mill Farm. TEXEL: £280 Cooper House, £275 Cooper House, £270 Helm Croft, £255 The Hills. CHEVIOT MULE: £260 Helm Croft. CHAROLLAIS: £240 Helm Croft. Gimmer Shearlings Top Prices: SUFFOLK: £450 Reeds Avenue, £400 Reeds Avenue, £280 Bee Nest, £230 The Hills, £225 The Hills, £225 The Hills. TEXEL: £430 Maison Gill, £390 Maison Gill, £380 Orchard Cottage, £370 Maison Gill, £370 North Lodge, £360 Orchard Cottage. MULE: £390 Seedfield, £380 Orchard Cottage, £370 Seedfield, £350 Seedfield, £340 Seedfield, £320 Hill View. CHEVIOT MULE: £305 Kingsland, £300 High House, £300 Kingsland, £295 Kingsland, £295 High House, £295 High House. MASHAM: £260 Firbank, £250 Millriggs Farm, £250 Millriggs Farm, £235 Millriggs Farm, £210 Main Street. ROUGH FELL MULE: £215 Deep Clough.
Lancaster Auction Mart: Weekly Sale of Prime Lambs & Cast Sheep, Monday 24th August 2026 PRIME LAMBS Lancaster weekly sale of Prime Lambs & Cast Ewes saw just short of 500 thorugh the ring with an SQQ of 325p/kg and an overall of 314p/kg, with Lambs topping at 533p/kg for a smart pair of Beltex cross Lambs from M Coxhead, Preston with other Beltex from the same home at 467p/kg and 462p/kg, with these well bred and fed Lambs selling to a premium here on a Monday with more of this type easily managed. Price per head would see WA & LM Jenkinson, Stalmine at £210 for a Texel, with M Coxhead not far behind at £208. Plenty of other well fed Texels round the £190 mark. Heavy weight Su olks to £164 from S Ayrton, Thurnham. A more commercial type Lamb around the 47kg to 47kg mark trading around the £175 mark, with 43kg to 45kgs around £140. Lighter type Commercials around the 330p/kg. More Mules in the market today with R Capstick & Son, Ingleton to £146. TOP PRICE PER HEAD £210, 50kg, WA&LM, Jenkinson, Stalmine £210,45kg, WA&LM, Jenkinson, Stalmine £208, 39kg M Coxhead, Preston £196, 42kg M Coxhead, Preston £194,42kg, M Coxhead, Preston £192, 46kg, WA&LM Jenkinson, Stalmine £192, 62kg, Calderside Farm. Garstang
£192, 48kg, Cd&Hl Mason, Lancaster £192, 43kg, M Coxhead, Preston £190, 43kg, M Coxhead, Preston £190, 44kg, J Twigge, Grange Over Sands £190, 50kg, WA&LM Jenkinson, Stalmine
TOP PRICE PER KILO 533ppk, 39kg, M Coxhead, Preston 467ppk, 42kg, M Coxhead, Preston 467ppk, 45kg, WA&LM Jenkinson, Stalmine 462ppk, 42kg, M Coxhead, Preston 447ppk, 43kg, M Coxhead, Preston 442ppk, 43kg, M Coxhead, Preston 432ppk, 44kg, J Twigge, Grange Over Sands 420ppk, 50kg, WA&LM Jenkinson, Stalmine 417ppk, 46kg, WA&LM Jenkinson, Stalmine 404ppk, 45kg, R F Morphet, Halton 404ppk, 46kg, J Twigge, Grange Over Sands Prime Lamb Top Prices: TEXEL: £210 Woodlands Farm, £208 Hill View Farm, £196 Hill View Farm, £194 Hill View Farm, £192 Mearsbeck Farm, £192 Hill View Farm. CONTINENTAL: £210 Woodlands, £140 Holmelands, £132 Holmelands. SUFFOLK: £164 Meadow Croft, £149 Calderside Farm, £144 Calderside, £137 Holmelands, £134 Fell End Farm. MULE: £146 Fell End Farm, £143 Catshaw Hall Farm. CHAROLLAIS: £117 Waller Clough Farm, £113 Birks Farm.
CULL SHEEP A smaller entry of Ewes this week, with trade similar on the week, with M Coxhead selling well meated Texels to £195. Texels a grade down around the £175 mark. Meated Mules to £158 from J & A Heap, Barnacre with leaner sorts £130 to £135. Leaner type Cheviot Ewes to £90 from SE & J Gorst, Littledale. All Ewes today averaged £125, with a leaner show than previous weeks. Cast Ewes Top Prices: TEXEL: £195 Hill View Farm, £178 Woodlands Farm, £175 Hill View Farm, £175 Hill View Farm, £162 Highfield, £138 Highfield. MULE: £158 Burns Farm, £132 Burns Farm, £128 Highfield, £128 Lathwaite Farm. MILK: £135 Moss Gate Farm, £132 Moss Gate Farm, £128 Moss Gate Farm. CONTINENTAL: £130 Waller Clough Farm, £118 Waller Clough Farm.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: 25th Annual Whiteley Hey Flock Production Sale, Monday 24th August 2026 A great day for Whiteley Hey! The 25th Annual Whiteley Hey production sale of commercial rams and females on behalf of Paul and Claire Slater took place at North West Auctions J36 in conjunction
with Darlington Farmers Auction Mart on 24th August 2026. Forward were 578 head comprising of… 201 Rams sold to 4800 Guineas 59 Warranted Ewes sold to £815 180 Shearling Ewes sold to £1300 138 Gimmer Lambs sold to £450 A fabulous crowd once again assembled, fittingly for what was a special day at this memorable 25th anniversary sale. Return customers are always a feature at the Whiteley Hey sale and they were again out in force; many new faces joined them to create a wonderful atmosphere. The sheep looked superb, particularly considering the extreme dry conditions they have endured in the build up to the sale. Tups The tremendous tups topped at a terrific 4800 guineas when lot one hundred graced the sale ring, a stunning Texel cross Beltex sired by a £9k Foghill tup bred by Grant Maxwell was the pick of bidders from far and wide, the eventual purchaser was WP Hughes & Son, Holyhead. Next in line at 3800 guineas was the first tup of the day, an excellent pure Texel sired by the £35k Ettrick Gru alo which was duly bought by LE Lloyd & Sons, Hereford. Two further tups travelled to 3000 or more; both the same way bred as the sale leader (Texel X Beltex) which sold for 3200 guineas to A Sutcli e, Carlton-inCleveland followed by one at 3000 guineas which sold to AN & A Jelly, Charvey. Charollais cross Beltex tups with stretch proved popular with the heavy prime lambs most desired this season, top of the breed at 2700 guineas was a thumping tup which sold to PJ & ES Rogerson, Great Asby. Thirteen tups sold at 2000 guineas or more with another twenty-six at 1500 to 2000 guineas. The tups averaged a remarkable £1333.65 apiece which is a pleasing £79.65 up on the year. Females The females came out fabulous, full of breeding and scope and they looked like suiting the serious prime lamb breeder from the moment they left the lorry this morning. A stunning trio of pure Texel shearling ewes by the £36k Teiglum Firefly grabbed the limelight when they joined the quality run put together by WP Hughes & Son, Holyhead at £1300 apiece. Other tremendous Texel shearlings sold seriously well with two at £1050, two at £1000 and five at £900. Two shear ewes travelled nicely also with a single superstar Texel at £815 plus a pair at £800, Beltex ewes
sold to £650 and Charollais to £620. Gimmer lambs were also gathering momentum, size, stretch and skins paramount to buyer requirement. Texels again led the way with a pair at £450 and another duo at £400; other Texels sold to £370 whist Charollais bred lambs peaked at £320 and Beltex £310. Averages rose significantly as the ewes levelled at a massive £500.32 (+£58.70), the shearlings excelled at £507.39 (+£114.52) and the gimmer lambs kept their end of the bargain to average £279.25 (+£10.20). Leading Prices Tups (Guineas) 4800 3800 3200 3000 2700 2400 2200(x4) 2000(x3) 1800(x6) 1700(x3) 1650 1600(x8) 1500(x8) Ewes £815 £800(x2) £650(x4) £620(x4) £600(x3) £520(x2) £500(x5) £480(x2) £420(x10 Shearling Ewes £1300(x3) £1050(x2) £1000(x2) £900(x5) £850(x5) £720(x2) £700(x7) £680(x2) £650(x5) £600(x5) £550(x2) £520(x5) £500(x4) Gimmer Lambs £450(x2) £400(x2) £370(x2) £320(x2) £310(x7) £300(x10) £290(x17) £280(x12) Ewe Top Prices: TEXEL: £815, £800, £650, £620, £600 Whiteley Hey Farm. Beltex: £650, £520, £500, £480, £420 Whiteley Hey Farm. Charollais: £620, £500, £420, £400, £350 Whiteley Hey Farm. Gimmer Lamb Top Prices: TEXEL: £450, £400, £370, £300, £290 Whiteley Hey Farm. CHAROLLAIS: £320, £290, £270, £260, £250 Whiteley Hey Farm. BELTEX: £310, £300, £260 Whiteley Hey Farm. Gimmer Shearling Top Prices: TEXEL: £1300, £1050, £1000, £900, £850 Whiteley Hey Farm. BELTEX: £680, £550, £500, £400, £320 Whiteley Hey Farm. CHAROLLAIS: £520, £450, £400, £380 Whiteley Hey Farm. Shearling Ram Top Prices: TEXEL: 4800gns, 3800gns, 3200gns, 3000gns, 2200gns Whiteley Hey Farm. CHAROLLAIS: 2400gns, 1700gns, 1500gns, 1400gns, 1350gns, 1300gns Whiteley Hey Farm. BELTEX: 2200gns, 2000gns, 1800gns, 1600gns Whiteley Hey Farm.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Sale of Pigs, Prime Lambs & Cast Sheep, Tuesday 25th August 2026 PIGS More pigs than you can shake a stick at J36. Every category of pig was well stocked today with an alley full of weaners and plenty of prime pigs about. Top price for prime was for a Hog at 98kg, making £245 and its running mate at £230, both from Peter Woof. Weaners topped at £50 and averaged £25.26. 73 weaners were present.
For all pig enquiries contact the o ice or Rob on 07867 000244. PRIME LAMBS A smaller entry of prime lambs was forward at Junction 36 this week, with numbers naturally tighter following the recent breeding sheep sales with vendors being subject to the six-day movement standstill. Despite the more limited entry, trade remained very competitive for good meat and wellfinished lambs, with a strong turnout of buyers keen to secure numbers. The quality end of the sale was particularly well bid for, with well-meated, well finished lambs continuing to command an excellent premium. Leading the way was Messrs M & S Blease, with 58kg Beltex lambs to £198/head, while Messrs PJ & ES Rogerson sold Texels to £194/head. Top pence per kilo honours went to Messrs M & S Blease, with 44kg Beltex lambs reaching 365.9p/kg. Messrs PJ & ES Rogerson followed at 364p/kg for a pen of 6 Texels, while Messrs D & S Robinson and Messrs S Crowe both achieved 363p/kg for 46kg Continental lambs. The overall sale average settled at 314p/kg, a little easier on the week, although the lambs were certainly wanted, with strong competition from a well-supported buying bench throughout the sale. High demand at Kendal as usual and prompt payments guaranteed for all sellers. Do not hesitate to get in touch. Contact Joel McGarva ahead of next weeks sale on 07920009097. Prime Lamb Top Prices: Beltex: £198 The Barn, £167 The Green, £161 The Barn. Texel: £194 Maison Gill, £189 Maison Gill, £182 Maison Gill, £179 Maison Gill, £176 Maison Gill, £176 Maison Gill. Continental: £185 Scales Park Farm, £158 Bank House Farm, £153 Grove Farm, £152 Far Audlands, £146 Bank House Farm, £146 Scales Park Farm. Charollais: £163 Low Croft. Su olk: £157 Milestones Cottage, £146 Meadow View Park, £144 Oak Avenue, £140 Hudsbrook Farm, £139 Farleton House, £138 Bank Farm. Leicester: £156 Hudsbrook Farm, £144 Hill Park. Dorset: £149 Four Lane Ends Farm, £128 Four Lane Ends Farm. Mule: £130 Hillcroft, £130 Meadow View Park, £112 Hillcroft. Cheviot: £128 Harrop Hall Farm, £112 High Farm. Hampshire: £116 High Farm. Scotch Blackface: £115 Shearwater. Horned: £110 Stribers Farm.
CAST EWES 500 ewes to £244 for Texels from M & S Blease, Milnthorpe who sold others to £232. Cheviot Mules to £190 from J Harrison, Harrop Hall with North of England Mules to £168 from WB Kellet, Winmarleigh, the best end of these £150+. Horned ewes seeing a reduced trade, reaching £106 for Swaledales from MK Robinson, Staveley or £102 for Rough Fells from WJ Dawson, Sedbergh with medium pens £70+ and the leaner end trading between £30-£50.
Ewes • Texel to £244 from M & Blease, Milnthorpe • Beltex to £232 from M & S Blease, Milnthorpe • Cheviot Mule to £190 from J Harrison, Harrop Hall • BFL to £186 from Bank House Farms, Leck • North of England Mule to £168 from WB Kellet, Winmarleigh • Cheviot to £166 from Ivan Slater LTD, Bleasdale • Swaledale to £106 from MK Robinson, Staveley • Rough Fell to £102 from WJ Dawson, Sedbergh Rams • Su olk to £182 from D & DW Prickett, Farleton • Texel to £158 from D & DW Prickett, Farleton • BFL to £150 from NA Allen, Tullithwaite • Herdwick to £148 from Messrs Edmondson, Langdale Cast Ewes Top Prices: Texel: £244, £232, £178, £172 The Barn; £176 Arklid Farm; £174 Manor House Farm. Cheviot Mule: £190, £176, £138, £88 Harrop Hall; £144 Stockdale Farms. Leicester: £186, £112, £100 Bank House Farm; £118 Barbon Fell House; £108 White House. Su olk: £170 Hill Park; £82 Grove Farm. Mule: £168 Hardgain Ltd; £167, £158 Oakfield; £164 Rash Mill Cottage; £160 Far Orrest; £158 Arklid Farm. Cheviot: £166 Hudsbrook Farm; £122, £77 Stockdale Farms; £108 Manor House Farm; £99 Far Audlands. Continental: £140 Helwith Bridge; £138 High Farm; £136, £112 Howe Farm; £124 Bank House Farm; £86 Barbon Fell. Zwartable: £110 High Farm. Swaledale: £106, £84 Roundthwaite; £102 Bank House Farms; £102 Hillcroft; £74 Howe Farm; £72 Barbon Fell. Rough Fell: £102, £90 Rash Mill Cottage. Gritstone: £96 High Farm. Herdwick: £90 Barfield Farm; £59 Wall End Farm; £36 Thwaite End; £35 Park Avenue; £34 White House. Scotch Blackface: £72, £46 Audlands Park. Jacob: £70 Wall End Farm. Ryeland: £44 Dovehouse Farm. Cast Ram Top Prices: Su olk: £182 Farleton House. Texel: £158 Farleton House; £124 Matsons Farms LTD; £90 Thwaite End. Leicester: £150 Tullythwaite Hall; £70 Audlands Park. Herdwick: £148, £112, £68 Wall End Farm; £40 Barfield Farm. Zwartable: £140 Row Farm House. Continental: £124 Scar View. Swaledale: £76 Howe Farm. Dutch Spotted: £70 Leck Fell House.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Fortnightly Sale of Store Lambs. Thursday 27th August 2026 STORE LAMBS • Average: £110.07 Trade was up on the previous fortnight with more long-term continentals being a touch sharper. The sale was made up mainly of Texel x with a fairly strong show of mules also. Topping today’s trade was Messrs Strong, with a pen of Texels at £149. Plenty of pens were over the £130 mark. Beltex lambs were in hot pursuit with averaging £129 and topping at £133 from C Dean & LJ Brennand, Clapham.
Su olks were also in demand with some more long-term options available. Topping this category was S Dugdale with lambs to £130, and an average of £110.50. Mules were a touch dearer on the week with an average of £105.20. • Texel av £114.37, top at £149 from Messrs Strong • Cheviot av £93.96, top at £109 from HE & MJ Henderson • Beltex av £129.23, top at £133 from C Dean & LJ Brennand • Su olk av £110.50, top at £130 from S Dugdale • Ryeland top at £124 from Messrs Strong • Swaledale top at £70 from DR & S Whitaker • Jacob top at £63 from E Evans • Rough Fells top at £44 from I Carradice
More store lambs required. Contact us with any entries or enquiries Rob 07867000244 Will 07506283587 Joel 07920009097 O ice 015395 66200 Store Lambs Top Prices: Texel: £149 School Hill, £140 Fairbank Farm, £136 £135 School Hill, £135 Woodhouse Farm, £133 Rose Cottage, £132 Ashstead. Beltex: £133 Lodge Bank Farm, £128 High Wray Farm, £126 £123 Lodge Bank Farm. Su olk: £130 Tilberthwaite Farm, £126 Sunny Brow, £122 Scar Sykes Farm, £120 Roundthwaite, £119 Sunny Brow, £115 Bradlow Farm. Ryeland: £124 £112 School Hill. Continental: £113 Crabtree Farm, £95 Hill Top Farm. Mule: £107 Longwell, £105 Tills Hole, £103 Woodhouse Farm, £103 Woodside Farm, £102 Ashstead. Cheviot Mule: £101 Scar Sykes Farm. Swale: £70 Box Tree House. Jabob: £63 Holly Barn.
Lancaster Auction Mart: Weekly Sale of Calves, Stirks, OTM Cattle & Store Cattle. Friday 28th August 2026 REARING CALVES/WEANED CALVES • 76 CALVES Trade remained very strong today particularly for younger end calves. British Blue and Aberdeen Angus calves dominated the sale with a large amount of these making over £800. Aberdeen Angus bull calves topped at £840 twice from G Atkinson & Son, Quernmore. Other notable mentions were for AW & AM Park & Son for very smart Aberdeen Angus just shy of 3-month-old at £820. Aberdeen Angus averaged £657.22. British Blue heifers were very good to sell with an average of £696 and a top price of £830 from GP Stott, Parkers Farm. Black & White bulls were a strong trade particularly for Friesian types. These averaged £263.33 and top price was £320 from J & G Thornley Ltd, Roseacre.
Bulls • Aberdeen Angus av £657.22, top at £840 from G Atkinson & Son • Hereford av £554.44, top at £690 from WN & D Smith & Sons • British Blue av £644, top at £750 from AW & AM Park & Son • Charolais av £580, top at £590 from JH Towers & Sons • Friesian av £263.33, top at £320 from J & G Thornley Heifers • British Blue av £696, top at £830 from GP Stott • Charolais av £635, top at £660 from JH Towers & Sons • Aberdeen Angus av £510, top at £610 from Wallbank Farms • Limousin top at £5560 from D & K Haworth • Hereford top at £590 from WN & D Smith
More calves required as demand at NWA Lancaster increases. Contact us for entries or enquiries Andrew 07966 556592 Will 07506 283587 Rob 07867 000244 O ice 01524 63308 Heifer Calf Top Prices: BRITISH BLUE: £830 Parkers Farm, £830 Walkers I’th Fields, £810 Parkers Farm, £800 Parkers Farm. CHAROLIAS: £660 Tunstall Hall, £590 Tunstall Hall. ANGUS: £610 Tills Farm, £600 Richmond Hall Farm, £580 Tunstall Hall, £560 Tunstall Hall, £430 Richmond Hall Farm, £380 Tunstall Hall. HEREFORD: £590 Cocker House Farm. LIMOUSIN: £560 Rose Farm. Bull Calf Top Prices: £840 Old Hall Farm, £840 Old Hall Farm, £820 Walkers I’th Fields, £770 Walkers I’th Fields, £720 Parkers Farm, £710 Tills Farm. £750 Walkers I’th Fields, £660 Richmond Hall Farm, £650 Westfield Farm, £650 Walkers I’th Fields, £640 Walkers I’th Fields, £640 Westfield Farm. HEREFORD: £690 Cocker House Farm, £680 Sellerley Farm, £620 Cocker House Farm, £560 Sellerley Farm, £530 Lyn Croft Farm. CHAROLIAS: £590 Tunstall Farm, £570 Tunstall Farm. FRIESIAN: £320 Derby Lodge Farm, £310 Sellerley Farm, £300 Sellerley Farm, £250 Sellerley Farm, £200 Tunstall Hall, £140 Westfield House Farm.
STORE CATTLE Lancaster weekly sale of store cattle sale saw a catalogue entry of 236 with trade sharper on the week with more interest from buyers than seen in previous weeks with talk of a slight increase in finished beef prices. Good well meated steers today would see 3 vendors selling cattle a bid short of the magic £2500 with JS Clarke & Sons firstly at £2480 for 3 Aberdeen Angus steers, RH Dodgson, Carnforth for a trio of Charolais steers and British Blues from Cowell & Moore, Woodplumpton. Other Aberdeen Angus steers at £2450 from EW & CR Clegg & Sons, Stalmine and GR & A Foy, Conder Green, with a total of another 20 Aberdeen Angus
today over the £2300 mark- showing that Lancaster is the place to sell your Aberdeen Angus cattle. British Blue steers seeing plenty of interest with a total of 18 over the £2200 barrier. Shorthorn steers to £2400 from MT Howarth, Field Broughton. A pair of cracking Limousin steers to £2280 from Barlow Bros, Preston. H Whiteside, Pilling selling Hereford steers to £2180. Dairy bred steers to £2080 for Ayrshire steers from Cowell & Moore, Woodplumpton with Friesian steers to £1980 from J & JM Walmsley, Pilling. Store heifers saw a sweet British Blue heifer from GR & A Foy, Conder Green to £2320 with other British Blue heifers to £2000 from J & JM Walmsley, Pilling. EW & CR Clegg, Stalmine continuing their good days trading with Aberdeen Angus heifers selling to £2300 for a trio with JG & BJ Escolme, Killington at the same price. J & H Bland & Sons, Levens saw their good run of heifers to £2020 for Charolais with their Hereford heifers to £1900 and Stabiliser to £2020. STIRKS The monthly stirk sale in the store ring saw numbers well short of buyer’s requirements. 10-month-old Aberdeen Angus steers to £1580 from M Noblett, Great Eccleston. 12month-old Montbeliarde to £1200 from V & S Fitzell, Much Hoole. 12-month-old British Blue steers to £1400 from TH Wensley & Son, Kirkham. Store Bullock Top Prices: ANGUS: £2480 Godson House Farm, £2450 Yes Tree Farm, £2450 Parkside Farm, £2350 Old Glasson Farm, £2350 Low Stangerthwaite, £2350 Littlewood Hall Farm. CHAROLIAS: £2480 Kilburn House, £1980 Ninezergh, £1950 Lupton. BRITISH BLUE: £2480 Newsham Hall Farm, £2380 Old Glasson Farm, £2380 Stubb Hall Farm, £2320 Old Glasson Farm, £2220 Burnt House Farm, £2220 Fellside Farm. SHORTHORN: £2400 Woodlea Farm. LIMOUSIN: £2280 Littlewood Hall Farm, £2200 Low Stangerthwaite, £2120 Upper Foxholes Farm, £1800 Park Farm Barn, £1680 Pasture House Farm, £1620 Elston Old Hall. HEREFORD: £2180 Sandy Dean, £1900 Ninezergh, £1880 Holly House Farm, £1680 Moss View, £1150 Springfield House. AYRSHIRE: £2080 Newsham Hall Farm. LONGHORN: £2080 Newsham Hall Farm. FRIESIAN: £1980 Sta ord’s Farm, £1780 Barn Hill Farm, £1300 Plumpton Hall Farm, £1200 Elston Old Hall, £1100 Springfield House, £1080 Springfield House. SIMMENTAL: £1980 Ninezergh. MONTBELIARDE: £1920 Ninezergh, £1200 Moss House Farm, £1150 Moss House Farm. FLECKVIEH: £1920 Ninezergh. CONTINENAL: £1850 Ninezergh. NORWEGIAN: £1750 Ninezergh. Store Heifer Top Prices: BRITISH BLUE: £2320 Parkside Farm, £2000 Sta ord’s Farm, £1980 Ninezergh, £1980 Windy Hill Farm, £1950 High Snab, £1800 Park Farm Barn. ANGUS: £2300 Low Stangerthwaite, £2300 Yew Tree Farm, £1980 Downlands Farm, £1980 Hare Field House, £1920 Hare Field House, £1920 Pasture House Farm. CHAROLAIS: £2020 Ninezergh, £1900 Lupton, £1850 Pasture House Farm. STABILISER: £2020 Ninezergh. HEREFORD: £1900 Ninezergh, £1620 Holly House Farm. SHORTHORN: £1800 Park Farm Barn. FRIESIAN: £1780 Holme Head, £1400 Cotestones Farm. LONGHORN: £1500 Elston Old Hall, £1480 Elston Old Hall.
OTM CATTLE Lancasters weekly otm sale saw a few less about this week with trade for well meated cows up on the week, but leaner types would be easier with this reflected in the overall average of 211ppk with a show of mainly 95% dairy bred. Well meated Friesian cows from J & G Thornley, Roseacre topping at £2217 or 289.5ppk with PW Norris & Son, Hornby to £2156.49 and AW & AM Park & Son, Ellel also making over the £2000 mark at £2110. Next grade down cows trading round the 225-235ppk mark with the leaner types round the 150ppk mark. Continental bred otm cows to 239.5ppk from RM & PM Simpson, Troutbeck. Just a handful of otm heifers in today which averaged 251ppk and topped at 284.5ppk from AT Burrow & Son, Gressingham for a Friesian. OTM Cow Top Prices: FRIESIAN: 289.50 High Snab, 289.50 High Snab, 289.50 Derby Lodge Farm, 284.50 Holme Head, 274.50 High Snab, 249.50 Priory Farm, CONTINENTAL: 239.50 Poole Bank Farm, 209.50, Poole Bank Farm, 229.50 Holme Head. SHORTHORN: 219.50 Lundholme Farm. OTM Heifer Top Prices: FRIESIAN: 284.50 High Snab, 259.50 High Snab, 249.50 High Snab.
Next Week's Upcoming Sales Monday 31st Lancaster: 10am Prime Lambs & Cast Sheep Tuesday 1st J36: 1pm Prime Lambs & Cast Sheep Thursday 3rd J36: 10am OTM/Cast Cattle 10:30am Store Cattle followed by Stirks 11am Calves Friday 4th Lancaster: 10:15am Calves & OTM Cattle 11:15am Store Cattle J36: 3pm Lads Night Out