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North West Auctions Weekly Report and Newsletter – 3rd December

Weekly report & newsletter NWA J36 Farm Machinery Dispersal The final chapter in the life of the late Mr Allan Armitstead, Hullater Farm was conducted on Saturday 29th November at J36. It was our pleasure to have the responsibility to conduct the sale of farm machinery and workshop tools to a massive crowd of customers who had turned out. This ensured every single item was sold in excess of expectation.

The workshop tools saw a large array of both vintage and modern farm tools sell to a packed ringside, whilst out on the yard, farm machinery and tractors found new homes with buyers from near and far including Ireland and the South East.

Top prices: Haybob - £1,120 Slurry tanker - £4,400 John Deere Gater ’09 plate £5,300 MF230 - £3,900 MF 250 ‘Y’ reg - £5,050 MF372 ‘N’ reg - £8,200 MF390 ‘D’ reg - £8,900 MF399 ‘G’ reg - £9,900

Christmas Show & Sales at North West Auctions J36 Rural Auction Centre

Lancaster Auction Mart

Tuesday 9th December - Prime Lambs Thursday 11th December - Dairy Cattle & Rearing Calves Tuesday 30th December - Young Handlers Prime Lambs

Friday 5th December - Rearing Calves & Store Cattle - Sponsored by HSBC Monday 8th December - Prime Cattle & Prime Lambs - Sponsored by Jim Peet Agriculture Monday 29th December - Young Handlers Prime Lambs

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NWA Lancaster Sale Reports Friday 28th November Store Cattle trade was slightly sharper for all classes at Lancaster as less numbers came forward. Large cattle continue to sell well at Lancaster selling to a top of £1330 from David Moorhouse of High House with a Limousin steer, another from the same home sold to £1310. Blue bullocks from DJ Casson, Slyne sold to £1290. Nelson Pye, of Scotforth showed some nice Charollais bullocks which went on to realise £1280. Angus bullocks sold to £1270 from JH Woof & Sons, Oxenholme and J & M Maudsley & Sons, Endmoor. Heifers sold to £1220 for a pair of Angus Heifers from J Tattersall of Snub Snape Farm.

Christmas Store Cattle Classes for Pair of Heifers & Pair of Bullocks - Best Pair of Bullocks to win the Tom Owen Memorial Trophy.

Judging 10:30am - Sale 11:15am.

Store Cattle Top Prices: STORE BULLOCKS – FR- £1140 Old Glasson Farm; £1110 Godson House Farm. AY- £740 Higher Brundhurst Farm. AA- £1270 Raw End Farm; £1270 Underhelm Farm; £1220 Myerscough Hall. SHO- £980 Croft House. CON- £790 Johnson House Farm; £730 Holme Head. MRI- £990 Pinewood Avenue; £520 Hill Dale. WB£630 Coventry Farm. LIM- £1310 High House Farm; £1220 Intack Farm; £1220 Endmoor Farm. BS- £610 Willow Farm. CH- £1330 High House Farm; £1280 Langthwaite Heights; £1270 North Farm. HE- £1040 Lower Castle o Trim; £920 Croft House. SIM- £1170 King Bank Farm; £1110 Station Hotel; £700 Hartrigg. BRB£1290 High House Farm; £1290 Beaumont Gate. MO- £1150 North Farm; £1100 Moss House Farm; £860 Holme Head. SRW- £810 Holme Head. BA- £1130 Bouth waite Farm; £1120 Old Woodhouse.

STORE HEIFERS – AA- £1240 Croppers Farm; £1220 Snub Snape Farm; £1160 Mill Farm. MRI- £770 Hill Dale. LIM- £1040 Intack Farm; £1030 Brow Foot Farm; £990 Rowell Farm. CH- £1070 Intack Farm; £1060 King Bank Farm; £1050 Langthwaite Heights. HE- £950 High House Farm. SIM - £1010 Low Levens; £980 Jolley Fold Farm. BRB- £1260 Scronkey Farm; £1140 Hawkrigg End; £1120 Fell End Farm. SRW- £980 Jolley Fold Farm.

OTM cattle and Cast Cows continue to come forward in good numbers this week at Lancaster with 92 forward. A sharper trade was had for cows carrying meat and straight cows, lean plain cows harder to sell with a large number of plain cows forward this week. Cows sold to a top of 141.5ppk from TW Nelson & Son of Cockrigg Farm with a Limousin cow with other beef cows selling over 120ppk. Black and whites topped at 134.5ppk from Ballacutchel Farms with well fleshed black and whites selling 105ppk plus regularly. An overall average of 98ppk was achieved.

Christmas Cast Cows, prizes for highest price continental p/kg, highest price dairy p/kg and Top Price per head overall. Sale at 10:15am.

Cast Cow Top Prices: CAST COWS – FR- 134.5 Ballacutchel Farms; 127.5 Hagg Farm; 121.5 Downlands Farm; 121.5 Kitchen Ground Farm. AA- 139.5 Post Office Farm. MRI- 109.5 Sandvilla. LIM- 141.5 Cockrigg Farm; 137.5 Ballacutchel Farms. BW – 121.5 Cartref. SIM- 129.5 Foredales Farm; 94.5 Ballacutchel Farms. SRW- 81.5 Sandvilla.

BRB- 119.5 Ballacutchel Farms.

CAST HEIFERS – FR- 139.5 Hole of Ellel; 94.5 Barrow Greaves Farm. BRB- 194.5 Gibraltar Farm.

CAST/PRIME BULLS & BULLOCKS – FR- 117.5 Cottam Bungalow. LIM- 74.5 Ballacutchel Farms. BRB- 121.5 Ballacutchel Farms.

A nice entry of 56 Calves and Stirks forward saw a mixed entry with both new vendors and buyers in attendance. A fantastic run of Angus calves from Phillip Halhead saw Angus bulls at 42days to £350 and a run of Angus heifers at 38days to £305 to average £255, Simmental heifers sold to £320 again from the same good home. Blue Bulls sold to £370 from F & E Harrison, Wray. Young Hereford Bulls sold £225 from Steve Mason, Birkland Barrow. Friesian bulls were met by a brisk trade, topping at £185 at 37day old from Enchanted Holsteins, others from WN & D Smith, Cockerham sold to £128. Best B&W sorts sold £70-£90 with plainer calves £30-£60, overall average of £58.21 for all black and whites forward. Stirks forward in good numbers with Blonde Heifers from Stuart Taylor selling to £465. Limousin heifers sold to £440 and Blues to £420 again from Stuart Taylor.

Winner of the monthly Dugdale Nutrition Calf competition was Phillip Halhead, selling a Blue Bull at 1month 6days to £430.

Next week sees the Christmas Show with Classes for Continental, Native bred and Dairy Bulls. Judging 9:30am - Sale 10:15am.

Calves eligible for show (under 56days old) to be born on the 10th October or after.

Calf Top Prices: BULL CALF – FR- £185 Gorstlea; £128 Cocker House Farm. AA- £350 Norbreck Farm; £348 Tills Farm. CO- £215 Bellart Howe. HE- £225 Birkland Barrow.

BRB- £370 Birks Farm; £290 Hatters Farm.

BULL STIRK – GA- £125 Deepclough. CON- £370 Bellart Howe.

HEIFER CALF – AA- £305 Norbreck Farm; £280 Cocker House Farm. HE- £170 Birkland Barrow. SIM- £320 Norbreck Farm.

HEIFER STIRK- AA- £300 Deepclough. SHO- £310 Deepclough. GA- £250 Deepclough. LIM- £440 Deepclough. HE- £360 Deepclough. SIM- £410 Deepclough.

BRB- £420 Farmdale Road. BA- £465 Farmdale Road.

A small entry of Store Lambs forward at Lancaster sold to a very good trade with all lambs forward averaging £67.51 selling to a top of £68.50 from JM Kelsall & Son of Low Pleasant. Vendors are strongly advised to look at selling lambs as stores with plenty of buyers keen to buy all types of store lambs. Contact Ian Atkinson for more details or with entries. ***** Please note: Lancaster Auction Mart will only be shut on Friday 26th December, there WILL be a sale on Friday 2nd January, unlike previously advertised. *****

Monday 1st December Prime Lambs sell to the strongest trade that has been seen for a few weeks selling to an average of 187ppk. All classes of lambs were in strong demand with best sorts selling up toward the 200ppk mark topping at 205ppk from D Cockett of Wilson Wood with a pair of Beltex Lambs. The day’s top price came from George Sanderson of Blackleach House Farm selling a pen of heavy weight lambs to £103. More hill bred lambs forward today saw mules sell to 183ppk and average 180ppk and Horned lambs top at 183ppk averaging 176ppk.

567 Prime Lambs to £103 & 205.0p/kg Weights Top Av. Standard 32 ½ -39 200.0 183.0 Medium 39 ½ -45 ½ 205.0 187.8 Heavy 46 - 51 ½ 191.0 180.0

Monday 8th December sees the Christmas Show & Sale, classes for all breeds pens of 5. Judging 8.30am sale at 9am.

Champion Pen to received the Kellet Trophy.

Prime Lamb Top Prices: SUFF - £103 Blackleach House Farm; £80.50 Brown Edge; £78 Muffys Platt Farm. MULE- £77 Yates Farm; £77 Arna Wood Farm; £76.50 Fell End Farm. HORNED£86 Pilgrims Rest; £74 Yates Farm; £69.50 Yarlsber. CH- £88.50 Walmsley Fold; £83 Yew Tree; £78.50 Arna Wood Farm. CHEV- £77 Hutton Roof Hall; £75 Highfield Farm; £57 Marshaw Farm. TEX- £93 Blackleach House Farm; £91 Walmsley Fold; £90.50 Walmsley Fold. LLEYN- £70 Muffys Platt Farm.

Cast Sheep sell to a continued strong trade with all classes of ewes a strong trade today with the only downside there not being enough into meet a strong demand from the buyers. Top price of the day was a Texel tup from A & E Clarkson of Cock Hall Farm. Texel cast ewes sold to £99 from Bargh Contractors with mules selling to £70 from David Brown of Salisbury Farm.~

Cast Sheep Top Prices: MULE- £70 Sailsbury Farm; £66 Wyre Farm. CH- £49 Farleton House. TEX- £112 Pilgrims Rest; £99 Old Woodhouse; Farleton House.

Half a dozen Prime Bulls forward sold to a similar trade as previous weeks topping at 194.5ppk from J & D Barton & Son of Calcalds Farm with Limousin bull. All bulls forward averaged 182ppk.

Prime Bull Top Prices:

£85 Blackleach House Farm. JAC- £41

6 Prime Bulls to 194.5p/kg, £1174 Class Top Av. Prime 194.5 182.0

LIM- 194.5 Calcalds Farm; 184.5 Northwoods Farm. SIM- 177.5 Northwoods Farm. BRB- 154.5 Northwoods Farm.

Christmas Show & Sale Monday 8th December Classes for Prime Heifers, Bullocks & Bulls. Judging 10am Sale 10.30am.

Champion Beast to receive the Lancaster Auction Mart Trophy. Best Limousin to receive The Casson Trophy

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NWA J36 Sale Reports Thursday 27th November The weekly sale of Calves and Stirks saw an entry of 59 forward this week with not as many top quality calves on offer this week. Good sorts still good to sell and plenty more could of been sold today selling to a top of £375 from JW & TE Sharp of Flodder Hall with a British Blue Bull. Limousin Bulls sold to £350 from Brian Wilson of Spout House. Young beef calves were keenly sort after today with men around the ring looking to multi suckle calves. A mixed bag of black and whites this week saw young calves to £75 from DW Cottam of Hagg Farm.

A larger selection of weaned calves and Stirks forward this week selling to a good trade with Stirks topping at £480 for Limousin heifers.

Calf Top Prices: Bull Calf – Fri £95 Deepclough, £75 Hagg Farm, £40 High Foulshaw, Beck Side, Flodder Hall. Sho £95, £70, £52 Strickly. Lim £350, Spout House, £310 Town House, £230 Cinder Barrow. Brb £375 Flodder Hall, £220 Wall End Farm. Mon £225 Deepclough. Srw £100 Deepclough, £50 Wall End Farm.

Heifer Calf – Ang £315 Deepclough, £295 Hollins Farm, £250 Deepclough. Lim £320 Deepclough, £230 Lupton Hall. Char £240 Hartrigg. Brb £320 Elm Tree Farm, £310 Flodder Hall.

Bull Stirk – Fri £350 Church Style Farm, £280 Deepclough. Ang £380 Deepclough Heifer Stirk – Brb £400 Deepclough. Lim £480 Church Style Farm. Here £430 Church Style Farm.

Bullock Stirk – Con £285 Wall End Farm.

A smaller entry of new calved Dairy heifers this week sold to a similar trade as seen over previous weeks at J36, Heifers sold to a top price of £1850 from E & K Bland of Cotegill Farm with an overall sale average of £1670 achieved today.

A consignment of Dairy weanlings from Langley Park Farms sold to a strong trade with plenty of buyers around the ring eager to buy. All the heifers forward sold to an average of £415 topping at £500.

Dairy Top Prices: Dairy Heifer - £1850, £1680 Cotegill, £1580 Green Riggs.

Youngstock - £510, £500, £480, £470, £430 Langley Park Farms.

Store Cattle continue to sell to recent high prices at J36 selling to a top price of £1070 for a pen of three Continental steers 10 month old from FW Park of Bannerigg Farm with others from the same home selling to £1040. Heifers sold to £980. Just a few suckler calves in the market today selling to a top price of £820 from AG & ME Clarke of Ashes.

A selection of Beef Breeding cattle forward today mainly made up of older cows sold to a strong trade with vendors going away pleased with the trade. Cows and calves sold to £1,000 for an old cow and a young Hereford calf at foot from WE Nelson of Low Sorbies. In calf cows sold to £900 with a six year old Limousin breeding bull selling to £1120.

Store Cattle & Beef Breeding Top Prices: Breeding Bull – Lim £1120 Church Style Farm Cows & Calves – Ang £1050 Ellers Farm. Gal £940, £700 Low Sorbies. BB £1000 Low Sorbies.

In Calf Cows – Sho £900 Church Style Farm. Lim £890, £850 Church Style Farm. BB £900 Church Style Farm.

Store Bullock – Fri £480, £410 Elm Tree Farm. Ang £740 Loww Moss Farm. Sho £660 Low Moss Farm. Lim £980 Long Green Head, £820 Ashes.

Sim £700 Hartrigg. Brb £1070, £1040 Bannerigg Farm. Baz £1070 Bannerigg Farm. Blo £880, £860 Long Green Head.

Store Heifer – Lim £820, £730, £680 Lane End Farm. Char £880 Hartrigg. Sim £950 Crag House Farm, £910 Bannerigg Farm. Baz £980 Bannerigg Farm.

A Plain show of Cast Cows were put before a full ringside of buyers at the fortnightly sale at J36. Well fleshed cows were good to sell but fell short of buyers requirements. Black and White cows topped at 139.5p/kg from Messrs RA & E Edmondson of Levens, but leaners type cows were 80-90p/kg. Continental Cows topped at 169.5p/kg for a Simmental Cross Cow from Messrs E Tuer of Windermere.

Only a few Clean Cattle forward today topping at 189.5p/kg for a Simmental Heifer again from Messrs E Tuer.

Cast Cows Top Prices: Cast Cow – Fri 139.5, 134.5 High Barnes, 111.5 Strickland Hill, 101.5 High Barnes, 99.5 Dale Barns, 99.5 Tranthwaite. Lim 124.5 Orphan Cragg, 119.5, 117.5 Singleton Park. Sim 169.5 Common Farm. Brb 114.5 Mireside. Srw 99.5 Low Sizergh, 91.5 Elm Tree. BB 124.5 Carruthers, 114.5, 109.5 Capplethwaite.

Cast Heifer – Fri 164.5 Low Sizergh, 107.5 Rackenthwaite. Sim 189.5, 187.5 Common Farm.

A sharp trade for Store Lambs today at J36 with plenty of buyers around the ring eager to buy every type of lamb forward to the market today. Short keep lambs in strong demand selling to a top of £72.50 for a pen of Charollais x lambs from Coward Brothers of Kirkby Hall. Plenty of pens of short keep lambs continental lambs sold between £65 and £70. Mid keep lambs sold in line with other markets and long keep lambs seeming the dearest on the day with plenty of people looking to buy them this week. Store lambs sold to an overall average of £59.26.

Store Lambs next week at J36. Sale starts 11am please advise a member of staff of entries

Store Lamb Top Prices: Suff £63 High Wray Farm. Mule £60 Mouse Syke, £56 Buck Bank Farm. Swale £42.50 Buck Bank Farm. Horned £52 Buck Bank Farm. Char £72.50 Kirkby Hall, £70.50 Gateside Farm, £70, £66.50 North Lodge. Tex £70 High Wray Farm, £68.50 Graswsgarth Farm, £67.50 Kirkby Hall, £65.50 North Lodge, £65 Grassgarth Farm, £64.50 Low Woodedge, Grassgarth Farm, £64 Gaitbarrow Farm, £63 Grassgarth Farm. Herd £42.50 Beck Nook.

Tuesday 2nd December

1916 Prime Lambs to £95 & 219.5p/kg Weights Top Av. Standard 32 ½ -39 205.9 175.0 Medium 39 ½ -45 ½ 198.0 178.0 Heavy 46 - 51 ½ 182.2 167.0

North West Auctions held their weekly sale of prime sheep at J36 where 2,500 Prime Lambs and cast sheep were put before a full ringside of buyers and, as with other centres, numbers were much tighter than the previous week which drove the prices up considerably across the board. Lambs topped at £95 per head for a pen of Suffolk x lambs from Tom Parkin of Sedbergh and top price per kilo of 219.5p/kg for a pen of Charollais lambs from David Dickinson of Haverthwaite. The smarter end of lambs were regularly 210-215p/ kg, commercial lambs 195-205p/kg. Once again a strong show of Hill bred lambs were forward with a top price of £83 per head being paid for a pen of Mules from Colin Bateman of Docker. The first significant show of well fed Horned lambs were forward with Swaledales to 193.2p/kg and £71.50 per head from Fishwick Brothers of Longsleddale and top price of £75.50 from Messrs Hodgson of Rydal Farm. Rough Fell lambs sold to £80.50 from Colin Bateman of Docker.

A fantastic overall average of 186.33p/kg was seen with a SQQ of 188.57p/kg.

Don’t forget next week’s Christmas Show & Sale of Prime Butchers Lambs.

Judging: 12 Noon Sale: 1.30pm Classes 1.

5 Prime Lambs (Lowland Sired) 2.

5 Prime Lambs (Beltex/Beltex x) 3.

5 Prime Lambs (Mule / Masham) 4.

5 Prime Lambs (Pure Hill Breed) 5.

5 Prime Lambs (Rough Fell from members of the RFSBA) Champion pen to receive the Jack Ireton Silver Challenge Cup.

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Sale Report continued overleaf

Prime Lamb Top Prices: Suff: £95 Meadow Oaks; £91 Underley; £87 High House; £86 Redhills, Crabtree Farm. Mule: £83 Croft Foot; £81 Rydal Farm, Flodder Hall; £80.50 Braida Garth, Rydal Farm; £79.50 Low Hall. Swale: £75.50 Rydal Farm; £74 Kit Cragg; £73 Middle Sadghyll. Rough Fell: £80.50 Croft Foot; £70.50 Middle Sadghyll; £69 High Borrow bridge; £67 Birkhaw. Char: £90 Lane Ends Farm; £86 Flodder Hall; £85 Gibraltar Farm; £83.50 New Close; £83 Fell House. Chev: £88 Poppy Farm; £71 High Borrow bridge. Texel: £94 High House; £89 Low Brundrigg; £87.50 North Farm; £87 Red Scar; £86 Bank House Farm, Halton Park, Flodder Hall. Leic: £80 Brown Edge.

Beltex: £87 Parkwood View; £84 Mansergh High Farm; £83 Green Head.

All classes of Cast Sheep saw a much sharper trade on the week especially the better end of sheep with these seeing a rise of £10 to £12 per head. The top price went to J C Dunning of Orton for a pen of 3 Texel rams at £120 per head with plenty of Texel x ewes at £110 - £115. Mule ewes sold to £86 with the majority £78 - £82. Horned ewes topped at £68 for a pen of Rough Fells from RJ & OB Simpson of Longsleddale and Swaledales to £54 with plenty of lean Horned ewes £25 - £30.

Cast Sheep Top Prices: Suff: £88 Sunny Brow, New Close; £83 Meadow Oaks; £82 Brow Head. Mule: £86 Lyndarick; £83 Mint Close; £82 Carlingwha; £80 New Close. Swale: £54 Brown Edge; £52 Nether House Farm; £48 Fold Farm; £46 Low Deepslack. Rough Fell: £68 High Swinklebank; £52 Low Fold; £49 Low Deepslack. Scotch B/F: £54 The Green.

Horned: £72 Moss End Farm. Char: £47 The Old Parsonage. Chev: £100 Green Head; £82 Brow Head. Texel: £120 Low Chapel Farm; £114 Grayrigg Foot; £112 Carlingwha; £105 Low Tarn Green; £103 Beck House; £100 Braida Garth. Lleyn: £72 Sunny Bank. Leic: £97 Brown Edge. Grit: £66 Deepclough. Herdwick: £61 High Borrans. Zwart: £62 Low Sizergh.

North West Auctions also held their Christmas Prize Show & Sale of Prime Pigs. The judge, Mr George Hodgson, awarded the Championship rosette to a pair of Pietrain x gilts from C Dean & LJ Brennand which later sold for £155 per head and were purchased by W Taylor & Son. The second prize pigs achieved £135 for Welsh gilts form A J Horn with 3rd Prize pair of Saddleback x £102 from DC Miller.

Store pigs sold to £72 with others at £60. A large entry of weaners saw an increased demand with best white weaners £40 & £35 with coloured weaners to £28.

Christmas Trees & Holly Wreaths on sale at J36 Rural Auction Centre on the following dates Monday 8th December 6-8pm Tuesday 9th December 10am-2pm Thursday 11th December10am-2pm

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December

December

Monday 8th

Tuesday 9th

Weekly Prime Stock Sale at 9am

Weekly Prime Stock Sale at 1.45pm

Friday 12th

Thursday 11th

Weekly Cattle Sale at 10.15am followed by Store Lambs Monday 15th

Fortnightly Sale of all classes of Cattle followed by Store Lambs Sale starts at 10.15am

Weekly Prime Stock Sale at 9am Monthly Sale of Dairy Cattle

Tuesday 16th

Catalogued entries close Friday 5th December

Contact Details Bill Nelson - Livestock Manager 07785 542738

Gary Capstick - Auctioneer 07970 830518

Matthew Probert - Auctioneer 07760 557932

Weekly Prime Stock Sale at 1.45pm

Ian Atkinson - Auctioneer 07766 521472

Thursday 18th

Will Alexander - Trainee

Friday 19th Weekly Cattle Sale at 10.15am Monday 22nd Dressed Poultry Sale at 12noon

Fortnightly Sale of all classes of Cattle followed by Store Lambs Sale starts at 10.15am

January

Monday 22nd

Friday 2nd

Dressed Poultry Sale at 6pm

Weekly Cattle Sale at 10.15am Please see the front page for a full list of Christmas Shows & Sales

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