North West Auctions Weekly Report and Newsletter – 5th June 2019
NWA Lancaster Primestock Sale Monday 3rd June The weekly sale of Prime Lambs had an increased entry of 568 forward selling to a similar trade to the previous week with a market average of 230p/kg. Topping the market today were Texels from D & D Huddleston, Wray selling to £110, Suffolks from J Lamb, Old Glasson sold to £108. Texels sold to £105 three times from T & ME Longton & Son, Quernmore, PD Anderton, Scorton and PW & DW Roskell, Pilling who also sold Charollais to the same price. Other Texels sold to £104 from WM Pye, Ashton with Stodday and also from S Wilson & Son, Scotforth. Beltexs topped at £103 from BR & S Carter, Pilling and S Wilson & Son. Plenty of good conformation lambs selling around the £100 mark at Lancaster today. Top pence per kilo this week was 259p/kg for Beltexs from S Wilson & Son followed by 258p/kg from BR & S Carter, with Texels to 254p/kg from WM Pye & Son. Plenty of lambs easily achieved 240p/kg plus. Prime Lamb Top Prices: TEXEL: £110 Botton Hall Farm, £105 Lee End Farm, Springfield Farm, Wyre Farm, £104 Burrow Heights Farm. SUFFOLK: £108 Old Glasson Farm, £98 Lyndale Farm, Beaumont Gate, £94 Beaumont Gate, Cock Hall Farm. CHAROLLAIS: £105 Springfield Farm, £90 Jacksons Farm, 21 Sussex Drive, £89 Springfield Farm, £88 Jacksons Farm. BELTEX: £103 Scronkey Farm, Burrow Heights Farm, £101 Burrow Heights Farm, £86 19 Barnacre Close. CONTINENTAL: £96 Botton Hall Farm, £94 Post Office Farm, £93.50 Tarnwater Farm, £80 Post Office Farm.
There was a smaller entry of Prime Hoggs as we now come to the end of the season with less demand seen. The market topped at £70 for Continentals from A & L Huddleston, Wray. Prime Hogg Top Prices: HERDWICK: £66 Lee End Farm, £65 ST Johns Avenue. CHAROLLAIS: £62 Sussex Drive. TEXEL: £60 Springfield Farm, £50 Sellerley Fields, £30 Springfield Farm. SUFFOLK: £60 13 ST Johns Avenue. HORNED: £60 Overhouses, £55 Holme House Farm, £50 Overhouses, £30 Botton Hall. MULE: £60 Holme House Farm, £44, £41 Botton Hall. SWALEDALE: £57, £40 Holme House Farm.
There was an entry of over 100 Cast Sheep forward at Lancaster once again this week. As Ramadan comes to an end this week there was less demand for Cast Ewes as many had already fulfilled their orders. Topping the market today was a Beltex x ram selling to £94 from J Lamb, Old Glasson. Ewes sold to a top of £90 twice for Charollais from WG & RG Riley, Chorley with Lleyns selling to £87 and £86 from the same home. Texels sold to £80 from BR & S Carter, Pilling with other Texel ewes to £79 from A & E Clarkson, Thurnham. Mule ewes topped at £71 from A & FM Bolland & Sons, Ellel with others to £68 from CJ Metcalfe, Ingleton and CF Hargreaves, Overton. Cast Sheep Top Prices: Cast Ewes: CHAROLLAIS: £90 Hall Oth Hill Farm. LLEYN: £87, £86, £69 Hall Oth Hill Farm. TEXEL: £80 Scronkey Farm, £79, £75 Cock Hall Farm, Jacksons Farm, Yeat House, £70 Hill Top. MULE: £71 Yeat House, £68 Pedder Grove, Yarlsber, £66 Cock Hall Farm. ZWARTBLE: £62 Humblescough Farm. SUFFOLK: £60 Jacksons Farm. GOAT: £54 Cockerman Boers. SWALEDALE: £52 Overhouses, £40 Holme House Farm, £30 Cragg End. Cast Tups: BELTEX: £94 Old Glasson Farm. LEICESTER: £52 Yates Farm. SWALEDALE: £43 Overhouses.
There was a smaller entry of Sheep with Lambs at foot as the season begins to draw to a close. This saw Mule Hoggs with Texel lambs at foot sell to £138 and £136 twice from W Pinder Jnr, Newton in Bowland.
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Lancaster Sale Reports Friday 31st May Lancaster had its weekly sale of Store Cattle which, once again, had an entry over 200 forward. Topping the market today at £1240 was JB Moore, Grange-over-Sands with a Hereford Bullock. This was followed by £1160 achieved numerous times by Limousins from H Birkett & Son, Overton. Herefords from AS & D Parker, Nateby, British Blues from R Speak, Eccleston and Angus’ from D France, Over Wyresdale. Limousin heifers also sold to £1160 from JS & KM Wilson & Son, Kendal. There was plenty of short keep beef bred bullocks and heifers selling in the early to mid eleven hundreds. Friesian heifers sold to a top of £1120 from JG & BJ Escolme, Killington. MRI bullocks sold to £1070 from Barlow Bros, Croston and Montbeliardes sold to £1050 from J Lamb, Old Glasson. Black and white bullocks sold to £1020 from JM & AG Swarbrick, Out Rawcliffe.
Store Cattle Top Prices: Store Bullocks: Hereford £1240 Outerthwaite Farm, £1160 Manor House Farm, £1040, £1010 High House Farm. British Blue £1160 Billinge Hall, £1070 Moors Farm, Hall Bank. Simmental £1150 Hazelslack Tower, £1090 Windy Hill Farm. Aberdeen Angus £1160 Kays Farm, £1150 Cockrigg Farm, Billinge Hall, £1140 High House Farm, £1130 Intack Farm. Continental £1100 Rowell Farm. Limousin £1160 North Farm, £1140 Low Stanger Thwaite, £1140, £1130 Downlands Farm, £1120 Ivy Farm. Meuse Rhine Isel £1070 Littlewood Hall Farm. Montbeliarde £1050 Old Glasson Farm. Friesian £1020 Bensons Farm, £940 Downlands Farm, Old Glasson Farm, £910 Cheetham House Farm, Spital Farm. Shorthorn £900 Old Glasson Farm. Store Heifers: Limousin £1160 High House, £1110 Low Stanger Thwaite, £1090 High House, £1000 Manor House Farm, £990 Cockrigg Farm. Aberdeen Angus £1130 Redfields, £1120 Barker Knott, £1080 Kays Farm, £1040 Intack Farm, Manor House Farm. British Blue £1130 High House, £1080 Windy Hill Farm, £940 Mill House Farm. Friesian £1120 Low Stanger Thwaite. Hereford £1020 Little Town Farm, £940 Redfields. Store Bull: Montbeliarde £1020, £900 Cumming Carr Farm. Stabiliser £940 Park House Farm.
Cast Cows this week saw a slightly smaller entry of 68 forward which were predominately made up of black and white and dairy cows leading to a slightly easier market average of 115p/kg. Leading the way this week was cast Simmental steers from E Rossall, Preesall selling to 184.5p/kg or £1328. OTM Heifers sold to a top of 164.5p/kg for Continental heifers from Low Moor Howe, Windermere. British Blue cows topped at 154.5p/kg or £1166 from A & P Hodgkinson, Stalmine with other British Blue cows to 154.5p/kg or £1154 from FA Nowell & Partners, Bentham. OTM Heifers sold to a top of 151.5p/kg from MJ & K Ayrton, Thurnham for black and whites. Black and white cows sold to a top of £951 from MJ Fell, Whittington.
Cast Cow Top Prices: OTM Cow: British Blue 154.5 Bank Field Farm, Oak Head Farm, 139.5 Low Hall Beck Barn. Friesian 151.5, 121.5 Bambers Farm, 121.5 Sweetings Farm, 119.5 Caw House Farm, 117.5 Mealbank Farm. Aberdeen Angus 141.5 Ellers Farm, 137.5 Lundholme Farm, 127.5 Far Orrest, 124.5, 109.5 Gateside Farm. Simmental 139.5 Hartrigg. Limousin 134.5 Fell End Farm, 131.5 High Underbrow Farm, 129.5 Hazelslack Tower Farm, 124.5 High Underbrow Farm. Saler 131.5 Hartrigg. Bazadaise 129.5 Oak Head Farm. OTM Heifer: Continental 164.5 High House Farm. Simmental 139.5 High House Farm. Friesian 129.5 Hillam House Farm, 124.5 Kellbrick Farm, 111.5 Whinney Carr Farm. Cast Steer: Simmental 184.5 Sykes Fold Farm. Friesian 114.5 Hill Crest Farm. Cast Bull: Aberdeen Angus 124.5 Fell End Farm.
Lancaster held it’s monthly sale of Stirks which had an entry of 139 forward. The trade saw stronger and hardened off grazing types in strong demand and very good to sell and grass continues to grow in the area. Younger softer types still met plenty of demand. Leading the way this week was British Blue bullocks from JE Harrison, Greenway selling to £780. Yearling Limousin bullocks sold to a top of £770 and £740 from WJ & EA Woodhouse, Nateby. British Blue bullocks from MJ Whitworth, Bolton-le-Sands sold to £765 at 9 months old. Yearling Hereford bullocks from G & ID Postlethwaite, Howgill sold to £730. This was closely followed by Angus’ from JE Harrison selling to £720 and £690. Heifers sold to a top of £745 for Limousins from D Atkinson, Quernmore. Hereford and Angus heifers sold to £600 from D Atkinson and MG & WD Burton, Barnard Castle. Bulls sold a top of £580 for Angus’ from S Kellet & Son, Pilling with British Blues to £545 from JK & B Birkett & Son, Morecambe. Dairy bred bullcoks saw Montbeliardes sell to £580 and £550 from JR Pye, Stalmine, with 10 month old Black and whites from the same home sell to £515. British Friesian bullocks at 5 months sold to £470 from EE Thornton & Sons, Heaton. There was a smaller entry of Calves this week in which more are needed but all forward were met by a strong trade. Hereford bulls sold to £235 and £190 at 3 weeks old from JR Newsham & Son, Conder Green with Hereford heifers from the same home. Black and white calves topped at £92 and £88 from Drinkall Bros, Over Wyresdale with and black and white calves forward this week averaging £79.
Calf & Stirk Top Prices: Heifer Calf: Hereford £170, £140 Sellerley Farm. Simmental £155 Sellerley Farm. Bull Calf: Charolais £340 Rooten Brook. Hereford £235, £190 Sellerley Farm. Friesian £92, £88, £80, £72 Catshaw Hall Farm. Bull Stirk: Aberdeen Angus £580 Pilling Hall, £510 White Lund Farm, £390 Moss House Farm. British Blue £545 White Lund Farm, £410 Hare Apple Tree. Friesian £305, £300 Whitestone Farm. Heifer Stirk: Limousin £745 The Bungalow, £540 Springfield House. Hereford £600 Bowfield, £450 Redfields, £390 Riddings, £325 Lapwing Close. Aberdeen Angus £600 The Bungalow, Bowfield Farm, £545 Downlands Farm. British Blue £590 Boon Town Farm, £490, £470 Bowfield Farm, £465 The Bungalow. Steer Stirk: British Blue £780 Tunstead Farm, £765 The Bungalow, £645 Tunstead Farm, £520 Boon Town Farm. Limousin £770, £740 Gibsons Farm, £550 Hat ters Farm. Hereford £730, £600 Riddings, £500 Bowfield Farm. Aberdeen Angus £720, £690 Tunstead Farm, £600 Bowfield Farm. Montbeliarde £580, £550 Hatters Farm. Friesian £515 Hatters Farm, £480 Springfield House, £470 Downlands Farm. Simmental £510 Bowfield Farm, £505 Lapwing Close. Shorthorn £455 Coverdales.
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J36 Sale Reports Thursday 30th May There was a larger entry of Calves this week which was met by plenty of interest ringside. A nice run of Hereford calves from Lawkland Hall Farm head to the top price of £425 for a fantastic 8 week old calf. Blue bulls met another strong trade at J36 with best sorts £340 to £380, peaking at £405 from W & S Airey, Whittington who also sold Angus Heifers to £310 twice. A month old Limousin bull calf from B & MJ Nelson & Son, Milnthorpe topped at £260. There was a sharp trade for black and white this week, topping the trade at £115 was a Friesian Bull from T & J Pritt, Wabberthwaite. Plenty of nice rearing types sold in the late seventies and eighties. A bigger show of stirks on offer this fortnight sold to a nice trade, which saw a 6 mouth old British bull bullock sell to £545 from RI Dixon, Low Newton. Limousin bullocks at the same age from MH & AR Robinson, Old Hutton made £530. A nice 5 month old British Blue heifer from RI Dixon, Low Newton peaked at £470. A run of Black and white bulls from Messrs Dennison, Aldingham peaked the trade at £320.
Calf & Stirk Top Prices: Bull Calf: Hereford - £425, £325, £315, £290 Lawkland Hall Farm, £112 Wraysholme Tower. British Blue - £405 West Hall, £350 Whitestone Farm, £290, £285 Elm Tree Farm. Limousin - £260, £205, £190, £185, £160 Halforth Farm. Aberdeen Angus - £245 Middle Birkby Farm, £185 Strickley. Friesian - £115 Middle Bank Farm, £95 West Hall, £90 Wall End Farm. Heifer Calf: Aberdeen Angus - £310 West Hall. British Blue - £240 Hagg Farm, £210 Deansbiggin, £205, £200 Wall End Farm, £195 Deansbiggin. Hereford - £95 Strickley. Limousin - £85 Strickley. Bull Stirk: British Blue - £545 Low Newton Farm, £450, £410 Selgin House. Limousin - £530, £435 Holmescales. Aberdeen Angus - £360 Selgin House. Friesian £320, £270 Scales Park Farm. Heifer Stirk: British Blue - £470 Low Newton Farm, £400 Holmescales, £290 Farleton House. Limousin - £435 Holmescales. Steer Stirk: British Blue - £405 Farleton House. Flekvieh - £190 Farleton House.
Cull Cows sold to a top price of 137p/kg for a shorthorn cow from GA Lambert Gatebeck, with other beef cows generally 129p/kg – 1.32p/kg. Dairy cows sold to a top of 124p/kg from JM Barton & Son, Lupton. Well-fleshed dairy cows achieved between 119p/kg to 122p/kg with parlour sorts 114-118p/kg depending on type and quality. Top grossing dairy cow was £964 from C Gibson & Son, Burneside, with beef cows selling to £947 for a shorthorn from GA Lambert, Gatebeck. A few OTMs about this morning with a top of £1065 or 139p/kg from a Limousin bullock from JE Read.
Cast Cow Top Prices: OTM Cow: Aberdeen Angus – 129.5, 109.5 Tongue House Farm, 87.5 Dawson Fold. Limousin – 129.5 Low Newton Farm, 121.5 Stribers Farm, 119.5 Low Newton Farm. Saler – 127.5, 104.5 Fell House. Friesian – 124.5 Lupton Hall, 119.5 Burneside Hall, 114.5 Bradley Farm, 104.5 Elm Tree Farm, 104.5 Capplerigg. Belgium Blue – 111.5 Chapel House. OTM Heifer: Shorthorn – 137.5 High Bracken Hall. Friesian – 94.5 Lupton Hall. Cast Steer: Aberdeen Angus – 139.5, 127.5 Mealrigg.
There was a smaller seasonal entry of Store Cattle on offer today which were met by a good enquiry with good well-grown sorts commanding most interest. Poorer sorts were slightly harder to place. Leading the way today was F & JM Mason, Mansergh who sold 13 month old Limousin heifers to £820. Messrs MW & M Hodgson, Cartmel Fell sold 10 month old Limousin steers to £790 with the same vendor selling 12 month old Charolais to £760 and Limousins heifers to £750. Mr GM Strong, Penrith sold a 16 month old Blue x to £780.
Store Cattle Top Prices: Store Bullock: Limousin - £790, £720 Swallowmire, £710, £690 Chapel House, £690 High Farm. Charolais - £760 Swallowmire, £670 Fell House. British Blue £750 Moor Farm, £740 School Hill, £720 Swallowmire, £640 Holme Farm. Saler - £700 School Hill. Aberdeen Angus - £670 School Hill, £600, £530 Milton Mill. Flekvieh - £670 School Hill. Hereford - £640 Mireside Farm, £610, £605 Holme Farm. Montbeliard - £620 Swallowmire. Store Heifer: Aberdeen Angus - £740 Moor Farm, £690 Mireside Farm. Charolais - £680, £580 Dawson Fold. Store Bull: Limousin - £510 Stribers Farm.
J36 Machinery Sale - Saturday 1st June The monthly sale saw a full yard of items with a large crowd of buyers in attendance from the Northern Counties, Scotland and Wales. As always well maintained and seasonal items were easily sold as were vintage and rural bygones. The sale of tractors and vehicles had a varied line up with a total of 10 lots forward. Tractors sold to £3150 for a MF565 2WD and £1800 for an International 454 2WD. A Kobelco Tracked Digger achieved £3900 with a Kubota B8200 Compact Tractor £2500. A Kubota RTV 900 saw keen bidding reach a final call of £3500 and a Honda Foreman ATV £950. Several vehicles met keen interest selling to £2500 for a Landrover Discovery Landmark, £1000 for a Suzuki Jimny. Another item of interest was a 4 berth carav1an selling at £1100. Seasonal items sold to £4550 for a Claas 2900 Rake, 8T Marshall Silage Trailer £2750, John Deere Conventional Baler £1500, New Holland Conventional Baler £1150, Kuhn Tedder £1080, PZ Mower £600, Topper £520, Bale Trailer £500, Foster Bale Carrier £500, PZ Haybob £450. Livestock equipment was once again easily sold with an Ifor Williams 10ft Trailer selling at £950 which was also paid for a Calf Trailer. Lamb Weigh Scales sold at £420, Sheep Turnover Crate £370, Cattle Crush £290, ATV Sheep Trailer £280, Creep Feeder £230. Several other large items of interest included an Opico Sward Lifter achieving £2200, an Ifor Williams plant Trailer £870, Kilworth Pan Mixer £700, 2m Howard Rotovator £580, 2m Power Harrow £500. The inside auction saw over 600 lots offered for sale with building and gardening machinery and equipment commanding strong prices. A Honda Ride-on Mower sold at £360, Wood Chipper £320, Plasma Cutter £220, Stone Trough £180, Whacker Plate £180, Tip Skip £150, Cement Mixer £135, Pillar Drill £100, Hand Tools generally £20 - £50. The next sales of tractors, vehicles, machinery and tools will be: Saturday 6 July at J36 Wednesday 17 July at Lancaster and Saturday 13 July on-farm sale at Sinkfall Farm, Barrow in Furness (included items invited)
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J36 Sale Reports Tuesday 4th June There was a smaller entry of Sheep with Lambs at foot for this week as the season starts to close. Leading the way this week was Continental ewes with single lambs at foot selling to a top of £140 from AG & ME Clarke, Grange-over-Sands with others from the same home selling to £132 and £130. Broken mouthed Herdwick ewes with Continental twin lambs at foot from Edmondson Bros, Great Langdale. There was a larger entry of Spring Lambs forward this week selling in line with the national average on the day. The end of the Ramadan festival saw many buyers having already fulfilled their requirements in preparation for the celebration and some slaughter houses shutting down for a few days. Topping the market this week was DE & SM Moorhouse, Natland selling Texels to £108 purchased by Higginsons Butchers, Grange-over-Sands. Texels sold to £104 from A Barnes, Heversham and others to £102 from R & J Dodgson, Natland. Suffolks from the same home sold to £101. Top pence per kilo this week was Beltex x lambs from DC, D & J Taylor, Skelsmergh selling to 247p/kg. Other Beltex lambs from RH, M & S Boyren, Colton selling to 230p/kg.
Spring Lamb Top Prices: Texel - £108 High House Farm, £104 Moss Side, £102 Cracalt Farm, £98 Hill Park, £98 Howriggs. Suffolk - £101 Cracalt Farm, £96.5 Station Hotel, £96 High House Farm, £94 Orchard House, £94 Lane Ends Farm. Beltex - £94 Hill Park, £84 Stubb Farm. Mule - £92 Cracalt Farm. Charollais - £89 Brown Edge, £88 Kingsland, £87 Brown Edge, £83.5 Kingsland, £80 Garnett Folds. Hampshire - £89, £78 Endmoor Farm. Continental - £88 Cockrigg Farm, £84 Black Bull Farm, £79 Crabtree Farm, £76 First Moss Lane, £74 Crook O Lune Farm. Dorset - £85.5 Hallbeck.
There was a smaller entry of Prime Hoggs as the season now becomes close to the end. Topping the market today was Continental hoggs selling to £79.50 from JA Airey, New Hutton.
Prime Hogg Top Prices: Texel - £79.5 Old Croft, £78 Long Green Head, £71 Gardners Farm, £70 Haveriggs Farm. Herdwick - £71, £64 Low House Beck, £62 Long Green Head, £60 Low House Beck. Continental - £70 Killerwick Grange, £30 Scroggs Farm. Cheviot - £58 Killerwick Grange. Swaledale - £58 Long Green Head, £50 High House Farm, £40 Millbeck. Horned - £50 First Moss Lane, £40 Scroggs Farm. Suffolk - £50 Smithy Green Farm. Rough Fell - £40 Millbeck.
There was the smallest entry of Cast Sheep which saw demand similar to the lambs. Cast ewes topped at £99 from J Woodburn & Partners, Ulverston. Continental Tups sold to a top of £92 from J & M Wilson, Selside. Buyers continue to be cautious over fat sheep with leaner types in strongest demand.
Cast Sheep Top Prices: Cast Ewe: Texel - £99 Mansrigg Hall, £80 Millbeck, £79 Hallbeck, £77 Preston Patrick Hall, £77 Woodside. Suffolk - £80 Mansrigg Hall, £74 Woodside, £66 Cracalt Farm. Zwartble - £76 Crosscrake Farm. Cheviot Mule - £70 Green Lane End Farm, £60 Low Tarn Green. Mule - £69 Woodside, £69 Green Lane End Farm, £65 High House Farm, £65 Myers Farm, £65 Red Scar. Horned - £65 Croft Foot Farm. Hampshire - £60 Bank End. Cheviot - £60, £52 Croft Foot Farm, £44 Hazel Head Farm. Dorset - £50 Yealand Manor. Herdwick - £48 Middle Fell, £44 Hazel Head Farm. Swaledale - £45 Ghyll Farm, £40 Woodside Farm. Horned - £40 Wilcock Farm. Cast Ram: Beltex - £92 Cooper House. Texel - £70 Long Green Head. Swaledale - £62 Ghyll Farm. Dales Bred - £59 Millriggs Farm. Herdwick - £56 Middle Fell, £52 Long Green Head. Suffolk - £51 Lane Ends Farm.
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Tuesday 11th June 10.30am Monthly Sale of all classes of PIGS See website for entries 11am Weekly SHEEP & HOGGS WITH LAMBS 1pm 1000 SPRING LAMBS, 200 PRIME HOGGS & 700 CAST SHEEP Thursday 13th June Annual Summer Show & Sale of 100 BEEF BREEDING CATTLE inc. Cows & Heifers with Calves at Foot, In-Calf Cattle, Bulling Heifers & Breeding Bulls Cattle predominately home bred & from TB4 Parishs Also today REARING CALVES & STIRKS, OTM CATTLE & STORE CATTLE Catalogues available online
Lancaster Auction Mart Monday 10th June 11am 1000 SPRING LAMBS, 200 PRIME HOGGS & 150 CAST SHEEP 12noon Weekly Sale of SHEEP & HOGGS WITH LAMBS Friday 14th June 10.15am 80 CALVES 10.15am 100 CAST/OTM CATTLE 11am 350 STORE CATTLE Tuesday 18th June at 11.15am Monthly Sale of DAIRY CATTLE Last Month Cows av. £1935 & Hfrs av. £1702. Entries close Tuesday 11th June at 12noon.
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