NWA Newsletter 5th August 2015

North West Auctions Weekly Report and Newsletter – 5th August

Breeding Sheep Sales at North West Auctions NWA J36 NWA Lancaster Saturday 22nd August

Show & Sale of Mule, Masham & Continental Ewes & Gimmer Shearlings

Thursday 13th August Prize Show & Sale of Breeding Rams

Monday 31st August

Wednesday 19th August

14th Annual Production Sale of the Whiteley Hey Flock on behalf of Mr P Slater

Show & Sale of Mule, masham & Continental Ewes & Gimmer Shearlings

Thursday 3rd September

Evening prize Show & Sale of Breeding Rams

Friday 4th September

Saturday 5th September

Sale of Mule, masham & Continental Ewes, Gimmer Shearlings & Rams

Sale of Rare & Minority Breed Livestock & Poultry

Store Lamb Sales

Monday 7th September

Evening sale of pedigree Texel & Charollais Rams & Females plus Other Pedigree Breeds

Friday 14th & 28th August Friday 11th & 25th September Friday 9th & 23rd October

Store Lamb Sales Weekly on Thursdays

Lancaster Lads Thursday 13th August at Lancaster Auction Mart Annual Prize Show & Sale of 184 MV & Non MV Accredited Breeding Rams to include 11 Charollais 41 Texels 50 Beltex & Cross Breed Rams 77 Suffolk 2 Hampshire Downs 2 Zwartble

Judging at 4.30pm Sale at 6pm Catalogues available online for more information please contact Will Alexander on 07976 646035 or Ian Atkinson on 07766 521472

e. info@nwauctions.co.uk t. 01524 63308 (Lancaster)

NWA Lancaster , Wyresdale Road, Golgotha, Lancaster, LA1 3JQ

e. property@nwauctions.co.uk t. 015395 66222 (J36 Kendal)

e. help@nwauctions.co.uk t. 015395 66222 (J36 Kendal)

NWA J36, J36 Rural Auction Centre, Crooklands, Milnthorpe, Cumbria, LA7 7FP

Lancaster Sale Reports Friday 31st July There was 325 Store Cattle through Lancaster which sold to a 100% clearance. Good quality cattle and cattle near finished in strong demand and good to sell as always. Young cattle trade continues to be good but plainer cattle a slightly easier trade this week. Sixty five cattle sold for £1,200 or more topping at £1,390 for a Limousin steer from D & N Davis of Nateby who also sold Angus steers to £1,370. An impressive pen of six Aberdeen Angus steers from M & E Forshaw & Son of Little Town sold to £1340. Heifers topped at £1,320 for a Trio of Charolais’s from TE & A Galbraith of Crooklands Farm. Purchasers are requesting that vendors batch cattle as much as possible and it is in the vendor’s financial benefit to do so.

Store Cattle Top Prices: STORE BULLOCKS – FR: £1080 Fairfield; £1000 Newsham Hall Farm; £990 Rowell Farm. AA: £1370 Cragg Farm; £1340 Little Town Farm; £1320 Cuerdale Hall Farm.

SHO: £790 Bouthwaite Farm. GA: £800 Cock Hall Farm. WB: £1170 Squires Gate Farm; £1110 Parrox Hall Farm. LIM: £1390 Cragg Farm; £1290 King Bank Farm; £1280 Godson House Farm. SR: £1070 Godson House Farm; £980 Newsham Hall Farm; £780 Wyre Farm. CH: £1290 Head House; £880 Cobble Hey Farm. HE: £1250 Raw Head; £1130 Bouthwaite Farm; £1120 Windy Hill Farm. SIM: £1260 King Bank Farm. BRB: £1320 Hill Top; £1290 Greenbank Farm; £1240 Squires Gate Farm. MO: £1180 Whitehaven. FKV: £1070 Carlingwha.

STORE HEIFERS – FR: £950 Stirzakers Farm. AA: £1260 Cuerdale Hall Farm; £1160 Windy Hill Farm; £1150 Little Town Farm. SLR: £1060 Brow Foot Farm; £880 Withnell Fold Farm. WB: £800 Parrox Hall Farm; 750 Croft House Fleetwood Road. LIM: £1230 Cragg Farm; £1180 King Bank Farm; £1070 Bar Gap; £970 Bar Gap; £1030 Valley View; £1020 Lodge Farm; £960 Bradley Farm; £900 Brunstow; £830 Brunstow. £770 Brunstow. CHAR: £1320 Crooklands Farm. £1310 Elmridge Farm £1150 Elmridge Farm. £1120 Langthwaite Heights. £1090 Stirzakers Farm; £1020 Stirzakers Farm . £1040 Valley View. £760 Newsham Hall Farm. £650 Cobble Hey Farm.

HERE: £1060 RAW Head. £1020 Brow Foot Farm. £970 Bouthwaite Farm. £920 High House Farm. £640 Upper Greenbank. SIM: £1310 Cragg Farm. £1140 Bouthwaite Farm. BRIT BLUE: £1200 Bouthwaite Farm; £1170 Bouthwaite Farm.£1170 Hill Top Farm. £1100; 11 Kimberley Avenue. £1030 Docker Hall Farm. £1030 Hawkrigg End. £840 Cobble Hey Farm. £700 Old Woodhouse. £650 Cobble Hey Farm.

The edge is definitely off the Cast Cow trade, with a lot plainer entry of cattle forward at Lancaster. Leaner cows especially taking a big hit today. OTM heifers twice sold to 179.5ppk with best types of well fleshed cows still selling in excess of 140ppk. Decent types of dairy cows regularly sold between 115ppk and 120ppk.

Cast Cow Top Prices: OTM COW – FRI: £149.50 High Snab. £119.50 Allcocks Farm. £117.50 Barrow Greaves. £117.50 Johnson House. £114.50 Barnfield Farm. £114.50 Old Hall Farm. £114.50 Docker Farm. ANG: £149.50 Cragg Farm. GAL: 79.50 Bank House Farm. OTHER: £117.50 Holme Head. HERE: £117.50 Cragg Farm. £104.50 Bar Gap. BRIT BLUE: £151.50 All Cocks Farm. SRW: £117.50 Batty Hill. £104.50 Old Holly Farm. £54.50 Sandvilla. BB: £109.50 Bar Gap. OTM HEIFER – FRI: £149.50 Barrow Greaves Farm. ANG: £149.50 Post Office Farm. LIM; £194.50 Intack Farm. £119.50 Lambrigg Park Farm.

OTM STEER – CHAR: £129.50 Lambrigg Park Farm.

The strong Calf trade continues at Lancaster auction with the first calf in the ring a British Blue Heifer from SH & LE Birkett of Stubb Hall selling for £415 for a two month old. Plenty of good beef calves forward sold to a strong demand from a busy ring of buyers. British blue bulls topped at £525 from AW & AM Park & Sons of Ellel. A consignment of good quality British Blue 8 week old calves from Kelsall and Wood of Quernmore saw bull sell between £420 and £480 with heifers twice selling to £395. Weaned Black and White calves sold to £245 from Cote Farm Partnership whilst six week old good quality rearers sold to £180 from David and Eileen Wallbank of Tills Farm. All black and whites sold to an average of £138.

Calf Top Prices: BULL CALF – FRI: £245 Cote Farm. £225 Cote Farm. £190 Cote Farm. £180 Tills Farm. £165 Tills Farm. £120 Tills Farm. £105 Greenways Farm. £92 Lower Langthwaite Farm. £85 Holly House Farm. £65 Holly House Farm. ANG: £310 Great Eccleston Hall. LIM: £305 New Brows Farm. £250 Cote Farm. BRIT BLUE: £525 Walkers I’th Fields. £480 Lower Langthwaite Farm. £470 Cote Farm. £460 Lower Langthwaite Farm. ££450 Lower Langthwaite Farm. £440 Lower Langthwaite Farm. £420 Lower Langthwaite Farm. £400 Lower Langthwaite Farm. £390 Elm Tree Farm. £315 Lower Langthwaite Farm. SRW: £115, £105, £100, £72 Sandvilla.

HEIFER CALF – ANG: £325 Tills Farm. £220 Great Eccleston Hall. LIM: £400 New Brows Farm. £260 Cote Farm. BRIT BLUE: £415 Stubb Hall Farm. £395 Lower Langthwaite.

BULLOCK STIRK – FRI: £585 Arnside Tower Farm.

Monday 3rd August There was a stronger trade at Lancaster for the majority of Prime Lambs even though the average was only a penny better than last week finishing at 145ppk.

A lot more consignments of heavier lambs were forward leading to the reduced average. Heavy lambs continue to sell well at Lancaster with Suffolk and continental lambs 48kg+ selling easily in excess of £70 topping at £82 for Suffolk’s from WN & D Smith & Sons of Cockerhouse. Better types of lambs saw 44kg Texel’s from JK & BE Townley of Mearsbeck sell to £72.50.

Buyers were cautious of lean lambs with many pens of well finished continental lambs selling between £20 and £22 above their weights. More mule lambs in the auction today saw 44kg Mule from T Ayrton and Son of Yates Farm sell to £60.50 with 43kg Mule sell to £60 from JS & S Atkinson.

Prime Lamb Top Prices: SUFF: £82 Cocker House Farm; £69 Walnut Tree; £67.50 Old Grange Farm. TEX: £79 Lower Castle o Trim; £76.50 North Farm; £74 Moorbottom Farm.

CONT: £67.50 Old Grange Farm. HAMP: £64 Greenbank Farm House.CH: £63.50 Moss House Farm; £62 Moss House Farm; £58 Moorville. MULE: £60.50 Yates Farm; £60 Sykes Farm; £57 Fell End Farm.

The Cast Ewe trade has lifted from a couple of weeks since with buyers certainly looking for cast sheep. Mule ewes sold to £74 from S Wilson and Son of Burrow Heights with strong fit mule ewes easily selling in the late sixties as an overall mule average of £64. Texel ewes topped at £86 from JK & BE Townley of Mearsbeck. A larger proportion of Swaledale ewes in the market today with better types selling in the mid to late forties and plainer ewes selling around £30.

Cast Sheep Top Prices: CONT: £76 Tarn Farm; £72 Meadowside. MULE: £76 Middle Highfield; £74 Burrow Heights Farm; £70 North Farm; £64 Askew Hill. SWAL: £55 Sykes Farm; £52 Thornbush Farm. TEX: £86 Middle Highfield; £86 Mearsbeck Farm; £82 Parks Farm Barn.

A couple of Prime Bulls in the auction today with more required at Lancaster after another good trade today. Friesians sold to 177.5ppk and 171.5ppk from E & N Wright & Sons of Allcock Farm.

Prime Beef Top Prices: Fr 177.5, 171.5 Allcocks Farm.

NFU Dairy Crisis Meeting Thursday 27th August 7.30pm at J36 Rural Auction Centre Speakers are Chairman - Mike Gorton, Rob Harrison, Chairman of NFU Dairy Board, David Handley from FFA, Stephen Wyrill, Chairman of TFA

Lancaster - 01524 63308

J36 Sale Reports Thursday 30th July A rise in Store Lamb numbers forward at the weekly sale saw lambs sell to a top of £59 from BE Wood with Texels to £57.50 and Suffolks to £53.50.

A large percentage of medium/long term lambs generally sold £46 - £50 with smaller sorts £38 - £45.

Hill lambs sold to £50.50 for Cheviot x from RI Dixon with Mules £46.50.

Store Lamb Top Prices: Beltex: £59 Hopes Hill. Texel: £57.50 & £53 Halton Park; £52.50 Long Green Head, High Farm; £50.50 Hopes Hill; £49.50 Mint View, Barker Knott. Suff: £53.50 Hoses Farm; £50.50 Redhills Farm; £48.50 Barker Knott; £47.50 Toadpool. Chev: £50.50 Low Newton Farm; £46.50 Gill Foot; £43.50 Howe Farm.

Char: £49 School House. Mule: £46.50 Low Newton Farm; £43.50 Scar Sykes.

The weekly sale of Calves had a smaller entry of 30 forward with the majority being young black and whites which sold to £150 for a 6 week old from RA & E Edmondson of High Barns with plenty at 3 to 4 weeks selling for between £80 and £105. A Couple of smart six week old Angus bulls from G Cuthbertson of New Hutton sold to £390 and £380. Heifer calves sold to a top of £355 for a Limousin again from RA & E Edmondson of High Barns.

A strong demand for calves and stirks with 60 – 80 on Thursday 6th August 2015.

Calf Top Prices: BULL CALVES – Fr: £150 High Barnes; £105 Warton Grange Farm; £92 Cracalt Farm, Wyke Farm, Middle Bank Farm; £90 Endmoor Farm. AA: £390 Capplerigg. Lim: £300 Wyke Farm; £240 High Barns, Middle Bank Farm.

NWA Property Catch 23, Borwick For Sale by Informal Tender A superb opportunity for anyone seeking to Invest in land and fast developing leisure business. Extending in total to some 55 acres or thereabouts, it comprises approximately33 acres of well stocked fishing lakes with the increasingly popular Catch 23 restaurant ideally sited to take advantage of the scenic views over open water

Guide Price - In excess of £1,000,000 CLOSING DATE FOR TENDERS – 3.00 p.m. ON THURSDAY, 3rd SEPTEMBER

Tuesday 4th August Spring Lambs sell to £79 (185p/kg) at NWA J36 A much sharper trade for all classes of Prime Lambs was experienced at NWA J36, which saw the overall market average of 168p/kg (£68.66) achieved for 1,846 sheep put before an active ringside of 10 buyers representing 20 different outlets. All were keen to secure stock.

A larger portion of heavy lambs easily sold in excess of £70 topping at £79 for Texel x from J W & T E Sharp, with heavy Suffolks £78 from T & L M Goad.

Well bred lambs easily selling in excess of 170p/kg, to a top price of 185p/kg for Texel x from J & M Cockett, Suffolks to 180p/kg from DM & D Cook.

Hill lambs now coming forward in greater numbers with Mules selling to £67.50 from J & J A Burrow and 175p/kg from H M Hodgson.

Well finished lambs continue to sell to keenest demand, regularly achieving £22-£28 over weight for all breeds today, with lambs ranging from 29kg – 52kg.

More lambs are needed each week, we have demand for 2,000 + each week.

Prime Lamb Top Prices: Tex: £79 Flodder Hall; £78.50 Spital Farm; £78 Benson Hall; £77.50 Foredales. Suff: £78 Burton Hill; £77.50, £76 Smithy Green Farm; £76.50 High House Farm.

Char: £77 Cockrigg Farm; £73 Winter Tarn Farm; £71 Fairbank Farm; £70 Yealand Manor. Mule: £67.50 Thursgill; £65.50 Middle Sadghyll; £65 High Borrowbridge; £64.50 Roundthwaite. SBF: £63.50 Beckside Farm.

As Cast Sheep numbers tighten nationwide, following larges numbers being sold throughout the summer, J36 enjoyed a strong trade for all types of ewes.

Framey continental and Suffolk ewes sold between £90 and £97 from J & M Cockett. Continental tups sold to a top of £104 from N J Strickland & Son of The Borrans. Strong mule ewes sold between £68 and £72 with plenty of other pens easily selling into the sixties.

Plain ewes are especially a good trade in comparison to fit and meated ewes.

A large proportion of horned ewes in the market today, with best types selling easily into the sixties with Roughs topping at £65 and Swales at £63.

Plenty of swale ewes sold around £50 and plainer types easily selling £30 plus.

Cast Sheep Top Prices: Tex: £104 The Borrans; £97 Foredales Farm; £94 Spital Farm; £91 Cantsfield Hall. Suff: £94 Cross Hill Cottage; £93 Thwaite Rigg; £90 Winter Tarn. Leic: £90 Hill Croft. Chev: £78, £59 High House Farm; £61 Brow Head.

Mule: £72 Cantsfield Hall; £71 Longwell, Red Scar; £68 Flodder Hall. RFell: £65 High Borrowbridge; £65, £55 Blackmoss Farm. Swale: £63 Thursgill; £60 Grayrigg Hall; £58 Middle Sadghyll. Dales: £52 Yarlsber.

J36 - 015395 66200

1818 Auctioneers Motorbikes Results The 1940 Koehler Escoffier sold for £2400 to an internet buyer.

Other highlights include A 1969 Bridgestone 90 Deluxe at £2100 and A 1957 Norton Cafe Racer having a 1964 750cc Atlas Engine which sold for £5600 (photographed) Modern classics included a Honda CD175 twin which sold for £400 and a Montessa Honda Trials project at £340 Auctioneer Kevin Kendal said he was very pleased by the interest this auction received , which was the second specialist motorcycle auction held at Junction 36 Auction centre and their reputation for this speciality is now growing. 1818 are planning another auction in October, date to be announced.

The unsold bikes will be offered in an on line auction running from 6th to 16th August and can be viewed by appointment at J36.

Farm Plastic Recycling at J36

Breeding Sheep Sales All our breeding sheep sales can be found on our website.

Wednesday 12th August Please our website for details

Catalogues and entry forms for the sales will be available online or by request.

Please contact any Auctioneer or Fieldsman for more information.

Coming up at North West Auctions…

J36 Rural Auction Centre Tuesday 11th August Monthly Sale of Pigs at 10.30am Weekly Primestock at 1pm

Contact Details Bill Nelson - Livestock Manager 07785 542738 Gary Capstick - Auctioneer 07970 830518

Thursday 13th August Weekly Sale of Calves & Store Lambs at 10.15am

Lancaster Auction Mart Monday 10th August

Matthew Probert - Auctioneer 07760 557932 Ian Atkinson - Auctioneer 07766 521472

Weekly Sale of Primestock at 9am

Thursday 13th August ‘Lancaster Lads’ Please see front page for details

Will Alexander - Trainee Auctioneer & Fieldsman 07976 646035 Richard Gardiner - Fieldsman 07713 787510

Friday 14th August Weekly Cattle Sale and Fortnightly Sale of Store Lambs at 10.15am

George Harryman - Fieldsman 07759 278741

Wednesday 19th August

Bradley Thompson - Fieldsman 07867 000244

Breeding Ewes & Gimmer Shearlings Entries close Monday 10th August

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