North West Auctions Weekly Report and Newsletter – 30th August
Whiteley Hey Flock Production Sale Monday 28th August On Monday 28th August 2017 the annual production sale of the Whiteley Hey Flock on behalf of Mr Paul Slater was held at North West Auctions, Junction 36 Rural Auction Centre, Kendal in conjunction with Mitchells Auction Company, Cockermouth. The 16th annual sale was, once again, a tremendous success with the stock, as ever, a credit to Paul Slater and his team. There were buyers forward from across the UK, as far South as Hereford and West Sussex and as far North as Aberdeenshire. Repeat customers gave a very strong foundation for the sale showing the faith stocksmen have in the genuine sheep shown before them. The leading price of the day was for lot 27 a Beltex x Texel which sold to repeat buyers WH Brass, Lowrow Farm, Penrith for 2000gns. He is sired by the “Culsh” ram purchased from J & J McLean and has a tremendous skin and carcase with a deep gigot and strength through the loin. Following closley behind in trade at 1900gns was lot 3 which also sold to another repeat customer AN & A Jelly, Chisnall Brow Farm, Chorley. A powerful pure Texel he has strength and scope like his sire the £9000 Scrogtonhead ramCharollais x Beltex rams peaked at 900gns for lot 72 who heads to RE & J Roberts, Penyrorsedd Farm, Anglesey. The slighter bone of the Charollais combined with the superb carcase of the Beltex makes the cross a great choice for lambing ease with a growing in demand evident. The females did not disappoint and were definitely in demand especially for the naturally fleshy ¾ Beltex ¼ Texels. It was a sparky faced pair of ¾ Beletex ¼ Texel shearlings that lead the female section at £620 per head, they have great width throughout and sold to CR & FL Swinnerton, Lipley Villa Farm, Market Drayton. Their sire, the 10,000 gns Ardstewart Swagger Jagger ram purchased in 2013, has consistently bred leading prices in the Whiteley Hey production sales. The first lot in the ring a pair of pure Texel 2 shear ewes lead the mature ewe section at £420 with them heading to Worcestershire to join the flock of S & A May, Sheywood Farm. They were also sired by one of the flocks most consistency breeding rams the £8000 Kelso 2012 purchase from M/s Grey, Langside. The ewe lambs topped at £210 for a pair of ¾ Texel ¼ Beltex that were purchased by M Bindloss & Son, Shap Abbey, Penrith the pair demonstrated the quick growth and tight skins the Whiteley Hey flock prides themselves on. The pair are sired by the 2014 premier show & sale champion Artnagullion Tinky Winky. Once again, a great consignment of black ewes and rams were easily sold with females peaking at £360 per head for a pair of gimmer shearlings which sold to I Lammie, Long House Farm Cumnock with rams topping at 600gns to M/s Parkin, Home Farm, Maryport. Averages 150 rams £774.20 80 2 & 3 shear ewes - £273.81 120 Shearling gimmers - £281.05 200 Ewe lambs - £158.02 Leading prices Rams Beltex- 2000gns, 1800, 1400, 1300, 1250, 1100, 1000(x2), 950. Texel – 1900, 1700, 1400, 1300, 1200, 1150, 1000(x2), 950, 900(x4) Charollais – 900, 850, 800. 2 & 3 shear ewes Texel – 420, 380(x2), 340, 260(x2) Beltex – 400, 350, 300, 270(x2), 260 Charollias- 240(x2), 220, 200 Black Beltex – 200(x2) Shearling Gimmers Beltex – 620, 320, 300(x4), 290, 280, 270, 260(x3), 250(x2) Texel – 450, 420, 300, 280, 270(x2), 260(x4). Black Beltex – 360, 310(x2). Charollais – 270, 260, 220, 210, 200 Gimmer Lambs Texel – 210, 200, 190, 180, 170(x3), 160(x3), 150 Beltex – 180(x3), 170(x3), 160(x4), 150(x2) Black Beltex – 200, 170, 160, 155. Charollais – 190, 180, 170, 160(x2)
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Lancaster Sale Reports Friday 25th August There was another good entry of 300 Store Cattle at Lancaster. Well-fleshed short keep cattle continue to be in strong demand at Lancaster and eagerly bid for with a pen of four Angus bullocks from T & M Halhead of Priest Hutton selling for £1570. Store Cattle Top Prices: STORE BULLOCK: FRI: £1070 Burnt House Lane, £1060 Low Levens, £950 Cock Hall Farm, £880 New Laund Farm. AYR: £570 Stribers Farm. ANG: £1570 Upp Hall, £1490 Yealand Manor, £1480 Outerthwaite Farm, Greenlands Farm, £1440 Adamsons Farm. SHO: £1280 Cock Hall Farm, £940 Bull Bank Farm, £800 Lundholme Farm. LIM: £1290 Cock Hall Farm, £1190 Downlands Farms, £1160 Broughton House Farm, £1140 Downlands Farm, £1120 Cock Hall Farm. CHAR: £1290 Cock Hall Farm, £1090 Toulbrick Farm. HERE: £1130 Hindleys Farm, £1120 Windy Hill Farm, £1040 Ellers Farm, £1030 Cock Hall Farm, £980 Oddlands Farm. SIM: £750 Yew Tree House. BRIT BLUE: £1430 Greenlands Farm, £1340 121 Pilling Lane, £1300 Low Levens, £1280 Green Close, £1170 Fell End Farm. MON: £1090 Lane House, Ellers Farm, £1010 Singleton Grange Farm, £930 Lane House Farm. SRW: £840 Fanny House Farm. FKV: £1170 Broughton House Farm. STORE HEIFERS: FRI: £900 Lodge Farm. ANG: £1340 Greenlands Farm, £1280 Adamsons Farm, £1180 Yew Tree Farm, £1170 Toulbrick Farm. WB: £890 Kitchlow Farm. LIM: £1270 Hall Croft Barn, £1140 Windy Hill Farm, Toulbrick Farm, £1090 Lodge Farm. CHAR: £1270 Toulbrick Farm. HERE: £1040 Bradley Farm, £730 Singleton Grange Farm, £700 Oddlands Farm. BRIT BLUE: £1150 Windy Hill Farm, £1070 Town House, 121 Pilling Lane, £1050. DEV: £690 Scale House Farm. BLO: £1050 Town House, £880 Bull Bank Farm. STORE BULL: ANG: £600 Forgelands
A smaller entry of just 73 Cast and OTM Cattle in today, with many vendors cautious of selling this today with the bank holiday weekend. There was an overall market average of 132p/kg with black and white cows selling to an average of 117p/kg or £745. There was numerous cattle in the cast end adding up to over £1000 with cast black and white heifers topping at £1338 from GA & A Atkinson of Cantsfield and cows topping at £1156 from GB & EA Metcalfe of Mansergh. Cast Cow Top Prices: OTM COW: FRI: 149.50 Docker Hall Farm, 144.50 Holme House Farm, Pilling Hall, 139.50 Bambers Farm. ANG: 159.50 Upp Hall. SHO: 124.50 Yew Tree House, LIM: 144.50 The Old Stable. CHAR: 134.50 RE Braida Garth. HERE: 137.50 The Old Stable. SIM: 164.50 Upp Hall, 134.50 The Old Stable, Moss Gate Farm. MON: 109.50 Lane House. BAZ: 131.50 Yarlsber. SRW: 144.50 I’th Fields, 134.50 Holme Head. BB: 131. 50 Botton Hall. JER/GUE: 114.50 Espford Farm. OTM HFR: FRI: 174.50 Abbotson Farm, 167.50 Gibsons Farm, 159.50 Brantbeck Farm, 141.50 Bambers Farm. ANG: 189.50 Upp Hall. CHAR: 174.50 Lambrigg Park Farm. SIM: 177.50 Upp Hall. BRIT BLUE: 169.50 Nether Hall Farm. CAST STEER: FRI: 149.50 Green Dragon Farm, 121.50 Cliftons Farm. ANG: 144.50 Green Dragon Farm. BRIT BLUE: 149.50 North Farm. MON: Lane House. SRW: 131.50 Cliftons Farm. CAST BULL: FRI: 209.50 Higher Knowehill, 129.50 Brown Brook, 94.50 Arnside Tower Farm. LIM: 144.50 Far Orrest
The monthly sale of Stirks had a smaller entry forward this month with an entry of 70 forward. The trade was slightly mixed with well-fleshed and good types of cattle continuing to be easy to sell and others slightly harder work with buyers not wanting to purchase cattle to lie in quite yet, making it an even longer winter. MJ & K Ayrton of Thurham sold strong Angus bullocks to £845, and Shorthorns to £590 from J & DE Mitchell & Son of Cabus. Seven month old Simmental steers and heifers to £580 from JS Taylor of Lancaster with J & DE Mitchell & Son selling Hereford heifers to £575. Yearling British Friesian bullocks sold to £550 and £525 from S Kellet & Sons of Pilling Hall. Three month old Montbeliarde bulls sold to £380 and £420 from JK & B Birkett and Son of White Lund with black and whites the same age selling to £300 from DJ Townley of Ashton. A very small entry of Calves sold to continued strong trade with British Blues topping at £405 from T & CM Kelsall of Chipping with weaned black and whites from the same home selling to £260. Calf Top Prices: BULL CALF: FRI: £100 Newhouse Farm, £50 Knotts Farm, Brown Brook. BRIT BLUE: £315 Brown Brook. STR CALF: FRI: £260 Brown Brook. BRIT BLUE: £405 Brown Brook. BULL STIRK: FRI: £345 Hare Apple Tree, £300 Whinney Carr Farm. BRIT BLUE: £530 Bambers Farm. MON: £420 White Lund Farm. HFR STIRK: FRI: £410 Pilling Hall. SHO: £460 Snapewood Farm. LIM: £260 Hall Croft Barn. HERE: £575 Snapewood Farm, £400 Stirk Hey Farm. SIM: £580 56 Farmdale Road. BRIT BLUE: £490 Folly Villa. STR STIRK: FRI: £550 Pilling Hall. ANG: £845 Bambers Farm, £470 Hare Apple Tree. SHO: £590 Snapewood Farm. HERE: £590 Snapewood Farm. SIM: £580 Farmdale Road.
Monday 28th August The August bank holiday Monday sale of Prime Lambs had an entry of 685 forward selling to a brisk trade, averaging 185p/kg. Best conformation, well finished lambs sold in excess of 200p/kg numerous times topping at 215p/kg from P & S Robinson of Claughton on Brock with the same home topping the price per head trade at £100. JK & BE Townley of Brookhouse sold Texel lambs to £98.50. The most Mules forward in the market today sold to a strong trade topping at £80.50 and £77.50 from JS & S Atkinson of Scorton with 42kg Mules from AC & K Pye of Abbeystead selling to £74 and 40kg Mules selling to £72.50 from B & SE Carter of Ellel with all Mules forward averaging £74.50. Prime Lamb Top Prices: SUFF: £85 Hall Croft Barn; £82.50 Park Farm Barn; £81 Hall Croft Barn. MULE: £80.50 £77.50 Sykes Farm; £74 Yates Farm; £74 Dunkenshaw Farm. CHAR: £85 Cobble Hey Farm; £79.50 Old Glasson; £74 Askew Hill. TEX: £100 Longfield HouseFarm; £98.50 Mearsbeck Farm; £95 Hall Croft Barn. LEI: £66 Cragg End.
There was a smaller entry of just over 100 Cast Ewes selling to a sharper trade today. The trade topped at £100 from MJ & K Ayrton of Thurnham with plenty of pens of big continental ewes selling in the nineties. Mule ewes topped at £89 from CM & CA Jackson of Caton with others to £87 from MJ & K Ayrton of Thurnham with plenty of pens of big Mules selling into the eighties with all Mules forward averaging £77. Cast Sheep Top Prices: SUFF: £86 High House Farm; £65 Lakeside View. MULE: £89 Forgelands; £87 Bambers Farm; £83 Tarnwater Farm. SWALE: £71 Marshaw Farm. CHAR: £45 Goose Green. TEX: £100 Bambers Farm; £99 Hutton Roof Hall; £94 Ivy Bank Farm. JAC: £68 £53 Askew Hill.
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J36 Sale Reports Thursday 24th August There was an increased entry of Store Lambs again this week with lambs well bid for although not all local buyers in the market yet, but will be looking to start shortly once they’ve finished cropping. Strong well-fleshed lambs were eagerly bid for and regularly sold in excess of the sixty-pound mark with Suffolks topping at £68.50 from the Hoggarths of Low Hundhowe. Cheviot Mule lambs topped at £65 from RI Dixon of Low Newton with Mules from the same home selling to £60 and Mules from JF Cook of Witherslack selling to £59. Texel lambs sold to top of £67 from Martin Black of Staveley. A few more small lambs on the market begin to create more interest from long term buyers. Next sale of store lambs will take place on Ambleside Fair on Friday 8th September. Please advise the office of entries.
Store Lamb Top Prices: Suff £68.50 Low Hundhowe, £60 Gowan Bank, £59 Low Woodedge Farm, £56 Gorwan Bank, £55 Low Hundhowe. Tex £67 Scroggs Farm, £64.50 Fold Farm, £64 Ouzlethorn, £63 Fold Farm, £62.50 Gowan Bank. Chev Mule £65 Low Newton Farm. Mule £60 Low Newton Farm, £59 Moss Howe Farm, £55 Castle Syke Farm, £52 Ouzlethorn, £50 Wilcock Farm. Bel £60 Gilsmere Farm. Char £60 School House, £59 School House, £58 Fold Farm, £55 Buck Bank Farm, £50 School House. Hamp £59.50 Winterscales. Chev £54, £49.50 Ellermire Farm.
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‘Perfect Pairs’ Tuesday 5th September
6yr old Limousin bull to loan out over winter
Show for Pairs of Beltex Sired Prime Lambs At 12noon
1 Oct to April/May. Very quiet too.
Kindly Sponsored by the Northern Beltex Club
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Maximum of two entries per vendor
Tuesday 29th August The weekly sale of Prime Lambs at Junction 36 saw an entry forward of 1704, with an overall market average of 182.47p/kg for all lambs sold. Lambs proved to be harder than originally thought to place, with large numbers of lambs forward across all sales centres nationally. Top price of the day, was achieved twice by Drinkall Bros of Catshaw Hall at £97 for Texel Lambs. JA&VM Lamb of Conder Green Farm selling to 207.5p/kg for 40kg Texel Lambs. Once again lambs weighing 39-45kgs proving the easiest to sell, with an overall average for this section of 184.31p/kg being achieved. Mule lambs selling to £81 per head twice from R Capstick & Son of Fell End Farm and Charollais’ lambs going on to achieve £92 from E Dodgson of Spital Farm. Prime Lamb Top Prices: Tex £97 Catshaw Hall Farm, £88 Park Farm Barn, £87.50 High Hallbeck, £86 Catshaw Hall Farm. Char £92 Spital Farm, £86.50 Crook o Lune, £85.50 Low Bendrigg, Hollowmire Farm, £85 Hallowmire. Bel £90 Bramaskew, £85 Poppy Farm. Suff £88 Lawsons Farm, £87 Cockrigg Farm, £86 Topthorn Farm, Lawsons Farm, £85 Clawthorpe Lodge. Mule £81 Fell End Farm, £73.50 Thornbush Farm, £72.50 Dunkenshaw Farm, £72 Cooper House.
An entry of just short of 700 Cast Ewes forward this week. Top price of the day being achieved for Charollais ewes from PW Rhodes Ltd of Floraire selling for £117, also selling lots at £113, £107 and £104. Other Continental ewes selling to £106 for Texels from David Dixon of Grayrigg Foot. Half Bred ewes selling well, with several pens exceeding the £80 mark, with Mashams selling to £81 from JA Bennet of Middale Farm and Mules to £84 from DM&D Cook of Smithy Green. Horned ewes selling to £63 twice, for Roughs from BJ Bainbridge of Steps Farm and Scotch Black Face from R Renwick of Stanley Road. Swaledale ewes selling to £59 for a pen of 10 from Drinkall Bros of Catshaw Hall. Cast Sheep Top Prices: Cast Ewes: Char £117, £113, £107, £104 Floraire. Tex £106 Grayrigg Foot, £104 Spital Farm, £97 Poppy Farm, £95 The Courtyard, £93 Spital Farm. Suff £97 Smithy Green Farm, £94 Topthorn Farm, £88, £74 Ninezergh. Chev Mule £93 Cinder Barrow, £87, £85 The Courtyard. Mash £81 Middale Farm. BFL £88, £74 Fellside Farm. Mule £84 Smithy Green Farm, £83 Moss Head, Topthorn Farm, North Lodge, £81 Raw Head. Chev £81 Poppy Farm, £73 The Courtyard. Zwart £79 Catshaw Hall Farm, £76 Jackson Ground. Rough £63 Steps Farm. Sco £63 Stanley Road. Swale £59 Catshaw Hall Farm, £45 High Bridgestone, £41 High Skelgill, £39 Wilcock Farm, £35 Moss Head. Herd £48 Wilcock Farm. Cast Rams: Tex £97 Cockrigg Farm. BFL £91 Catshaw Hall Farm.
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Tuesday 5th September 1pm 2000 SPRING LAMBS followed by
Underbarrow, Kendal
1000 CAST SHEEP
For Sale by Public Auction
Thursday 7th September 10.15am Special Sale of 40 CALVES Please contact the office with entries
On instructions from the Exors of Mrs. J. Fawcett
TWO DAY SALE OF 12,000 GIMMER LAMBS
Sale by auction of 25.04 acres/10.13 hectares of sound pasture land, in one block Being part of LOW GREENRIGGS FARM, UNDERBARROW, KENDAL
Friday 8th September at 10am
AMBLESIDE FAIR
Great Annual Show & Sale 4000 GIMMER
LAMBS
Compr. Mule, Masham & Continental.
which is to be sold by public auction (subject to conditions and unless sold previously) on Thursday, 7th September, 2017 at 7.00 p.m. at The Conference Room, J36 Rural Auction Centre, Crooklands, Milnthorpe.
Friday 8th September at 5.30pm
STARS IN YOUR EYES
Evening Show & Sale of Individual Mule Gimmer Lambs Pre-sale Show of Pens of 10 & 20 NEMSA Mule Gimmer Lambs
The land is sound pasture land with access a short distance along Second Moss Lane, opposite Tullythwaite Hall. The land has a natural water supply and is in good heart.
Saturday 9th September at 10am Great Annual Sale of
Note – The Contracts and Conditions of Sale will be available from 29th August, 2017.
8645 MULE GIMMER LAMBS
On behalf of Kendal Branch of NEMSA. Friday 15th September Evening Show & Sale of
The land can be viewed at any reasonable time give possession of a set of the particulars and plan. Full details available from the Auctioneers.
BELTEX RAMS & FEMALES
on behalf of the Northern Beltex Club followed by
Coniston, Cumbria
BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN
Sale of Terminal Sire Breeding Rams & Individual Females. st Entries close Friday 1 September
For Sale by Public Auction
Friday 22nd September Show & Sale of SWALEDALE DRAFT EWES, GIMMER SHEARLINS, GIMMER LAMBS Show & Sale of ROUGH FELL EWES, GIMMER SHEARLINGS, GIMMER LAMBS on behalf of the the RFSBA Sale of Any Other Hill Breed Females. Entries close Monday 11th September
On instructions from Mr. P. Fletcher Sale by auction of 34.10 acres/13.79 hectares of pasture and woodland BEING FORMERLY PART OF HIGH DIXON GROUND, CONISTON
Monday 2nd October Evening Show & Sale of Registered & Un-Registered BLUEFACED LEICESTER RAMS & FEMALES Entries close Monday 18th September
which is to be sold by public auction (subject to conditions and unless sold previously) on Thursday, 5th October, 2017 at 7.00 p.m. at The Conference Room, J36 Rural Auction Centre, Crooklands, Milnthorpe.
Lancaster Auction Mart
The land comprises pasture and woodland with roadside access and natural water supplies. For sale in one or more lots
Monday 4th September 9am 1000 SPRING LAMBS, 250 CAST SHEEP & PRIME CATTLE
Lot 1 – 0.32 ac/0.13 ha of woodland Lot 2 – 5.81 ac/2.35 ha or pasture with a sheep shelter Lot 3 – 19.05 ac/7.72 ha of pasture and woodland Lot 4 – 8.92 ac/3.61 ha of pasture
Friday 1st September 10.15am 60 REARING CALVES 10.30am 120 CAST/OTM CATTLE 11.15am 300 STORE CATTLE Last Wk Blks to £1570 Hfrs to £1270 Followed by Fortnightly Sale of STORE LAMBS
Note – The Contracts and Conditions of Sale will be available from 28th September, 2017. The land can be viewed at any reasonable time give possession of a set of the particulars and plan. Full details available from the Auctioneers.
Wednesday 13th September at 10.30am Great Annual Show & Sale of 2000 GIMMER LAMBS Compr. Mule, Masham & Continental. Inc. Lambs from NEMSA Members Monday 18th September
NC DAIRY CATTLE & HOLSTEIN BULLS th Entries close Fri 11 August
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