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North West Auctions Weekly Report and Newsletter – 3rd June

North West Suffolk Breeders Club Show at Lancaster Auction Mart Saturday 30th May NWA Lancaster hosted the North West Suffolk Breeders Club Show on Saturday 30th May with club members from throughout the North West present. A fantastic line up of sheep were put before the judge, Mark Evans of the Jubilee Flock, with some classes having as many as 13 sheep forward.

The aged and shearling tup class was won by Keith Denby (Carnforth Suffolks), with a homebred shearling tup, Carnforth Patriot by Tomcroft TSB which later went on to win best male and was part of the 1st prize group of 3.

Alan Blair (Thornfleet), took 1st and 2nd place with his ewe lambs. The 1st place ewe lamb, sired by Carony Columbo also later took Reserve Champion.

Overall Champion was won by Keith Denby, Carnforth Suffolks, with his Shearling Ewe, pictured below.

Overall Champion from Keith Denby, a Shearling Gimmer, sired by Carony Cool Cat.

The young handlers class was won by new breeder, Robert Lee (Far left)

North West Auctions would like to congratulate all prize winners and we look forward to seeing you at the breeding sheep sales throughout the summer here at Lancaster.

Class 1 – Aged and Shearling Tup 1st Keith Denby 2nd Alan Blair 3rd E Robinson & M Radford Class 3 – Best Gigot 1st Alan Blair 2nd Alan Blair 3rd Alan Blair Class 5 – Shearling Ewe 1st Keith Denby 2nd Geoff Richmond 3rd Alan Blair Class 7 – Group of 3 1st Keith Denby 2nd Alan Blair 3rd Geoff Blair

Class 2 – Tup Lamb 1st Alan Blair 2nd Geoff Richmond 3rd George Riley Class 4 – Aged Ewe 1st Alan Blair 2nd Keith Denby 3rd Michael Tett Class 6 – Ewe Lamb 1st Alan Blair 2nd Alan Blair 3rd Jack & Lisa English Young Handlers 1st Robert Lee 2nd Owen Airey 3rd Robert Denby

Best Male - Keith Denby, shearling tup, A58:14:00243 Best Female – Keith Denby, shearling ewe, A58:14:00235 Champion – Keith Denby, shearling ewe, A58:14:00235 Reserve Champion – Alan Blair, ewe lamb, CWC:15:00196

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Lancaster Sale Reports Friday 29th May A reduced entry of Store Cattle this morning were met by a sharper trade through out. Top price this morning was £1220, realised by three different vendors, firstly from SJ Brass, Ingleton with a pen of four Limousin Bullocks, followed by R & E Ladds, Benson Hall with an Angus Bullock and finally by JA & R Geldard with a Stabiliser Heifer. Messers Ladds also sold a pen of 8 Angus Heifers pictured below, realising £1090. Fiesians to £1040 from James Lamb, Old Glasson.

Store Cattle Top Prices: STORE BULLOCKS – FR: £1120 Old Glasson; £980 Gibraltar Farm; £960 Benson Hall. AA: £1220 Benson Hall; £1110 Croppers Farm; £1060 Bull Bank Farm. SHO: £1010 Cragg Farm. WB: £750 Cobble Hey Farm.

LIM: £1220 Church Street; £1190 Cragg Farm; £1170 Millom Castle. SRW: £990 Wyre Farm. CH: £1120 Jolley Fold Farm; £970 Trapp Farm. HE: £1000 Croft House; £1000 Cockrigg Farm; £970 Sunderland Brows Farm. SIM: £1080 Sunderland Brows Farm; £990 Kate Farm. ST: £1190 Low Foulshaw Farm. BRB: £1110 Croppers Farm; £1050 Flodder Hall; £890 Croft House. MO: £1050 Thorns Farm.

STORE HEIFERS – AA: £1170 Benson Hall; £1060 Jolley Fold Farm; £1050 Croppers Farm. WB: £930 Thorns Farm. LIM: £1200 Church Street; £1140 Lowgill Farm; £1090 Fern Lea. CH: £1060 Jolley Fold Farm. HE: £1070 Cragg Farm. SIM: £1190 Jolley Fold Farm; £1040 Bouthwaite Farm; £1040 Brow Foot Farm. ST: £1220 Low Foulshaw Farm. BRB: £1170 Benson Hall; £1090 Walkers I’th Fields; £1060 Jolley Fold Farm. BAZ: £830 Greenways Farm. BA: £970 Greenways Farm.

A smaller show of Cast Cows this morning, topping at 164.5ppk for a Fri Cow from G & AS Whitaker, Carnforth. Also at the same money was a Fri Heifer from WD & RD Walmsley, Cockerham. Beef cows sold to 149.5ppk for a Sim Heifer from G, GU & D Swarbrick, Grange-over-Sands. Top gross came from Malcolm Fell, Newton, with a Fri Cow totalling £1166. Overall average for all OTMs forward was 119.6ppk with Friesian Cows averaging 110ppk.

Cast Cow Top Prices: Cast Cow – FR: 164.5 Johnson House; 134.5 High House; 134.5 Chapel House. SRW: 137.5 Low Sizergh. SIM: 149.5 Kate Farm. ST: 147.5 Low Foulshaw Farm.

SRW: 124.5 Holme Head. FKV: 134.5 Holme Head.

Cast Heifer – FR: 164.5 Beechwood Farm; 147.5 High House; 131.4 Hagg Farm. AA: 124.5 Lundholme Farm. SIM: 134.5 Kate Farm. BRB: 147.5 High House.

Cast Bull – 111.5 Eskew Beck.

More Calves forward than previous weeks this morning were met by a ringside full to capacity. All classes of calves sold to their full potential, topping at £485, twice, for Blue Bulls at 1m29days from Stephen Robinson of Longber Farm. Charolais heifers sold to £360 from Chris Lund of Pump House and Angus heifers to £290 from the same home. Black and White calves dearer than expected, regularly over £120, topping at £160 for a 5week old from Wallbank Farms, others to £155 (x2) from Messers Drinkall and £148 from Kelsall & Wood, Scotforth. Younger rearing calves £45-£65. Black and Whites averaged a strong £81/ head. A run of 13 stirks followed the calves, topping at £610 for a pair of Blue Heifers at 6months from A & L Gardner, Quernmore and the same price for a pair of Blue Bulls again at 6months from A Shepherd, Pressall.

All Stirks sold above and beyond vendors expectations with the vast majority being blues 6-7months old selling between £550-£610.

Winning the May Dugdale Calf Competition was RT Halhead, Cockerham selling a Blue bull at 21days old achieving £398, purchased by H & MI Pye, Chipping.

Calf Top Prices: BULL CALF – FR: £160 Tills Farm; £155 Catshaw Hall Farm; £148 Lower Langthwaite Farm. BRB: £485 Longber Farm; £285 North Farm. MO: £155 Sellerley Farm.

HEIFER CALF – AA: £290 Pump House Farm. CH: £360 Pump House Farm. BRB: £355 Longber Farm; £105 North Farm.

HEIFER STIRK – AA: £525 Redfield’s. BRB: £610 Redfield’s; £590 Muffys Platt Farm; £380 Sellerley Farm.

BULL STIRK – LIM: £600 Hawes Farm. BRB: £610 Muffys Platt Farm; £600 Walkers I’th Fields; £550 Redfields.

Monday 1st June Prime Hoggs now fast drying up with many meat companies moving onto spring lambs. Heavy weight Texel hoggs sold to £100.50 from CR Eastwood of Bentham.

A larger entry of 1174 Spring Lambs forward sold to a slightly better trade than the previous week with many more meat companies looking to buy them although with plenty of lambs now forward nationwide and the lack of export, all factors affecting this year’s lamb trade. Better quality bred lambs sold easily in excess of 200ppk topping at 236ppk from David Prickett of Farleton House with smart handy weight ¾ Beltex bred lambs. Heavy weight lambs created plenty of interest selling to £97 for 46kg lambs from BR & S Carter of Scronky Farm. Light weight lambs between 32kg and 35kg sold between 190ppk and 200ppk regularly.

Prime Spring Lamb & Hogg Top Prices: Prime Spring Lambs – SUFF: £93.50 Parks Farm Barn; £88.50 Oak Head Farm; £81 Knowsley Farm; £79 Bambers Farm. HAMP: £76 Hill Top. CONT: £94 Clay Gap Farm. CH: £89 Parks Farm Barn; £84.50 Beaumont Gate; £82.50 Gibraltar Farm. TEX: £97 Scronkey Farm; £95 Fanny House Farm; £89.50 Farleton House; £86.50 Lower Highfield Farm.

Prime Hoggs – SUFF: £64 Walnut Tree. MULE: £70 Low Moor Head Farm; £58 Medlar Hall Farm. HRN: £52.50 Lee End Farm. TEX: £100.50 Overdale; £90 Green woods; £74 Low Moor Head Farm. HERD: £55.50 Lee End Farm

A larger entry of Cast Sheep this morning at Lancaster with 116 passing through the ring. Topping the sale was H Birkett & Son, Overton with a Texel tup to £166. Ewes sold to a top of £123 twice, firstly with a Texel ewe from BR & S Carter, Pilling followed by a pure Suffolk from TA Blair, Thornton Cleveleys.

Mules sold to a top of £99 from JM Sanderson, Halton, plainer mule ewes a fraction easier on the week, overall average of £78/head for mules. Mashams to £103 from E & N Wright & Sons, Allcocks. Texels sold to a top of £123 with other big ewes in excess of £100. Horned sheep to £83 for Swales from Drinkall Bros and £78 for Dalesbreds from BD Gill, Ingleton. Buyers cautious of over fat ewes and leaner sorts very dear in comparison.

Cast Sheep Top Prices: SUFF: £123 Fleetwood Road; £112 Parks Farm Barn; £103 Downlands Farm; £99 Heather Barn. MASH: £103 Allcocks Farm; £94 Overdale. MULE: £99 Lower Highfield; £92 Goose Green; £90 Parks Farm Barn. HRN: £83 Catshaw Hall Farm; £78 Yarlber. CH: £81 Throstle Grove Farm. TEX: £166 North Farm; £124 Scronkey Farm; £113 Ellers Farm; £104 Downlands Farm; £100 Parks Farm Barn; £99 Walmsley Fold. ZWART: £97 Conder Green Farm.

Breeding Sheep Sale A good entry for the time of year of over 70 families of sheep with lambs at foot at Lancaster mainly made up of hoggs with lambs at foot with buyers having plenty of choice and looking to purchase decent types of replacement sheep. Hoggs twice sold to £182 per outfit both lots from JA Chapman of North Lodge first with a couple of strong Texel’s and then with a pen of bonny mules. Pens of strong continental hoggs sucking their lambs sold easily in excess of £170.

Mule hoggs with lambs from hill farms sold in the early £160’s. A small entry of shearlings from Bill Pinder of Longstripes saw mules with twins selling to £180 and singles to £160.

An entry of half a dozen Prime Bulls forward of all dairy bred cattle. British bull blue of dairy cattle sold to 167.5ppk from JM & AG Swarbrick of Bensons Farm with Montbeliarde bulls from GA Haston & Son of Lane House selling to 147.5ppk.

Prime Bull Top Prices: FR: 114.5 Bensons Farm. BRB: 167.5 Bensons Farm. MO: 147.5 Lane House.

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J36 Sale Reports Thursday 28th May The sale of Store Cattle saw a top price of £1075 achieved for a Limousin Cross heifer from D Clark, Challon Hall. The entry of mainly yearling cattle saw Limousin steers £965, £955, £950 and heifers £950, £890, £865.

Native Breeds topped at £875 for Aberdeen Angus Heifers with Hereford steers £880 and heifers £800. Young bulls sold to £735 for yearlings from JH Barker.

The next sale of store cattle is Thursday 11th June, catalogue entries by 4th June.

Store Cattle Top Prices: Store Bullocks – AA: £850 Bridge Stone; £795 Audlands Park. LIM: £965 Stribers Farm; £955 Low House; £880 Crabtree Farm; £880 Dendron Farm. HE: £880 £845 Crabtree Farm. BRB: £775 Low Deepslack. BA: £950 Low House.

Store Heifers – AA: £875 Challon Hall Farm; £785 Dendron Farm. LIM: £1075 Challon Hall Farm; £950 Dendron Farm; £890 Old Croft; £865 Bannerigg Farm. HE: £800 £760 Crabtree Farm. BA: £820 £795 Low House.

Store Bulls- LIM: £735 Stribers Farm.

A smaller show of Cast Cows than previous sales were forward but sold to a full ringside of buyers ensuring all classes of cattle met a strong trade to average 117.5p/kg.

Cast Cow Top Prices: Cast Cow – FR: 127.5 Beck House; 114.5 Myers Farm; 109.5 Tranthwaite Hall. AY: 119.5 Sunny Bank. AA: 127.5 Gowan Lodge. SHO: 94.5 Low Stennerley. LIM: 139.5 Lane Head Farm; 139.5 Birch Bank; 137.5 Bridge Stone; 137.5 Cragg House.

Cast Heifer – FR: 141.5 High Foulshaw Farm. SRW: 127.5 Far Audlands.

Cast Bull – AA: 119.5 Milton Mill.

Black & white cows to 141.5p/kg from R J & K R Wilkinson of Levens.

Continental cows to 139.5p/kg, first for a Limousin x cow from T A Chapman & Son of Helsington, selling to Dawn Cumbria and secondly for a Limousin cow from D Nicholson of Blawith, selling to J Bowling.

As seen in the North West this week, a reduced number of Calves and Stirks forward as many people busy with silage as 54 went under the hammer. Good quality well grown beef calves easily sold £400 plus with a Limousin Bull from TA Chapman and Son of Lane Head Farm selling to £425 and British Blue bulls making £420 from JW & TE Sharpe of Flodder Hall, with British Blue Heifers from the same home selling to £405. Young good types of Continental beef calves sold into the mid £300’s topping at £370 for Limousin heifer from Brian Wilson of Spout House.

Black and whites continue to sell in line with other centres at J36 with calves selling to £92 from Messrs Wilson of Wykes Farm for a 3 week old, with other young rearing types selling easily £70 plus.

A larger entry of 25 stirks attracted plenty of attention with purchasers around the ring for all shapes and sizes with a strong trade throughout. British Blue bullocks sold to £740 from HG Spensley of Barnard Castle with heifers from the same home selling to £640. Black and white steers at 8 month old sold to £505 with four month old black and white steers making £315, all from RH & RA Fawcett of Green Dragon Farm.

Calves and Stirks required weekly, please contact Ian Atkinson for more information 07766 521472

Calf Top Prices: Bull Calf – FR: £95 £80 Elm Tree Farm; £92 Wyke Farm; £85 Hollins Farm; £70 Lupton Hall. LIM: £425 Lane Head; £360 Spout House. BRB: £420 £400 Flodder Hall; £350 £345 £340 Cinder Barrow.

Heifer Calf – LIM: £370 Spout House. BRB: £405 Flodder Hall; £345 Cinder Barrow.

Bull Stirk – FR: £505 £315 Green Dragon Farm; £365 High Foulshaw Farm. LIM: £630 Green Dragon Farm. BRB: £540 High Foulshaw Farm; £445 Mouse Syke.

SRW: £425 £370 Mouse Syke.

Heifer Stirk – BRB: £625 Sleatburn Farm.

Bullock Stirk – BRB: £740 Sleatburn Farm.

Tuesday 2nd June The Weekly Sale of prime sheep saw a rise in numbers forward with Prime Lambs selling to an overall average of 181p/kg. Well finished and three quarter bred lambs were keenly competed for selling to a top price of £96 for Texel x from TW Nelson & Son and 195p/kg for Texel x from TE & A Galbraith with most generally 180-190p/kg. Buyers perhaps showing caution towards under finished lambs Prime Hoggs now drawing to an end selling to £89 (173p/kg).

Prime Spring Lamb & Hogg Top Prices: Prime Lambs - Hamp: £75.50, £74.50 Endmoor Farm. Dors: £70, £69 Beckside Barn. Suff: £87.50, £81 Strickland Hill; £84 Lane Ends Farm; £82.50 Lodge Farm, Cracalt Farm; £81.50 Oak Tree Farm. Char: £85.50 High Green; £80 Cockrigg Farm; £79.50, £79 Gibraltar Farm. Tex: £96, £80 Cockrigg Farm; £83.50 High Underbrow; £83 Crook o Lune Farm; £80 Low Groves Farm. Belt: £85, £82.50 Stubb Farm.

Prime Hoggs - Mule: £50 The Blands. Swale: £51 The Blands, Brown Edge. RFell: £62 Hole House; £54 High Green. Char: £66 Low Audlands; £59 Dale View, Tongue House Farm. Tex: £89 Brow Head; £86 Low Tarn Green; £79 Low Woodhouse. Herd: £54 Tongue House Farm.

The Cast Sheep trade saw buyers very cautious of over-fat ewes, with lean ewes and plain ewes looking very dear in comparison. Big continental and Suffolk tups sold in excess of £130 topping at £141 for a Suffolk from MA & JA Winn of Burneside. Big cull ewes saw a slightly easier trade as more come available on the market. Continental ewes selling regularly in and around £100 with all Texel ewes averaging £87. Mule ewes sold to £94 from S Park of Highfield Farm, with other pens of big fit mule ewes in the mid-eighties. Rough Fell ewes sold to £81 with Swales selling to £69, with fitter Swales selling in the sixties.

Cast Sheep Top Prices: Cast Sheep - Hamp: £74 Endmoor Farm. Dors: £76 Crooklands Farm. Suff: £96 Poppy Farm; £73 Ackenthwaite Farm; £69 Jackson Ground, Scroggs Farm. Mule: £94, £84 Highfield Farm; £86 Crooklands Farm; £85 Tottlebank; £84, £82 Hollins Farm. Swale: £69 Low Newton Farm; £68 Woodside Farm; £64 High Green. RFell: £81 High Green; £78, £73 Crabtree Farm, £78 Gateside Farm. SBF: £79 Bank House Farm. Char: £78 Gateside Farm. Chev: £94, £90 Poppy Farm; £87 Beckfoot Farm; £84 Underley Estate; £82 Coupland Beck Farm. Tex: £100 Hallbeck, Low Tarn Green; £99 Sandham Farm, Low Tarn Green; £98 Orphan Crag Barn; £96 The Borrans. Leic: £99 Oak Tree Farm; £92 Tongue House Farm; £86 Town End Farm. Herd: £61 Overmere. Zwart: £94, £91 Jackson Ground.

Cast Rams - Suff: £141, £91 High Underbrow. Chev: £129, £121 Troughton Hall. Tex: £138 Bank House Farm; £134 Gateside Farm; £132 Carlingwha; £120 High Underbrow. Leic: £117 Tongue House Farm.

Breeding Sheep Sale The weekly sale of sheep with lambs, mainly comprised of Hoggs with lambs at foot and hill bred ewes. As many people come to the end of their consignments of sheep for the year, Mule hoggs sold to £160, three times from J & T Hunter of Moser Hill. Aged Cheviot ewes suckling twins sold to £120 from William Paterson of Appleby.

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Major Reduction Sale of Fell Ponies on behalf of the Murthwaite Fell Pony Stud

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Saturday 4th July J36 Rural Auction Centre

Helsington Moss, Lyth Valley 2.00 acres/0.81 hectares or thereabouts of land For Sale by Informal Tender

Pictured is Lot 19 at the sale Murthwaite Strong Winds a 9 year old Mare

The land extends to 2.00 ac/0.81 ha or thereabouts with access from Howard Lane Closing date for tenders is 3pm on Wednesday 1st July

Catalogues available shortly For more information please contact Ian Atkinson on 07766 521472

Coming up at North West Auctions‌

J36 Rural Auction Centre Tuesday 9th June Monthly Sale of Pigs & Weekly Primestock

Thursday 11th June Weekly Sale of Calves & Fortnightly Sale of Cast Cows, Store & Breeding Cattle

Lancaster Auction Mart Monday 8th June Weekly Sale of Primestock

Friday 12th June Weekly Cattle Sale

Please see our website for full fixtures and catalogues

Basic Payment Scheme BPS application form completion is now in full swing and, even with the deadline extended to 15th June, time is running out.

If we haven’t seen you yet could you please contact us as soon as possible to arrange an appointment. As ever with RPA the system has become more complicated and time consuming so the sooner we can see people the better.

Appointments available at both Lancaster & J36 Call Rodney on 07717 548 966 or Carole on 015395 66216

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