North West Auctions Weekly Report and Newsletter – 7th March
Weekly Sale of Calves, OTM’s & Store Cattle Lancaster Auction Mart Friday 2nd March The weekly sale of Store Cattle saw a smaller entry forward, due to some vendors not being able to make it following the bad weather. The ring still saw majority of buyers who braved the conditions ensuring a strong trade was enjoyed throughout the sale where more could have easily been sold. Today’s trade topped at £1250 for a pen of Aberdeen Angus Bullocks from TC Whiteside & Son of Pilling. Heifers sold to £1220 for British Blues from EW & A Bradshaw of Stalmine. There was plenty of trade for 18-20 month old Continental & Native Bullocks and Heifers.
Store Cattle Top Prices: STORE BULLOCKS – ABERDEEN ANGUS: £1250 New Ridge Farm; £1140 Myerscough Hall; £1100 Lathwaite Farm. LIMOUSIN: £1120 Abbotson Farm; £960 Bambers Farm. BRITISH BLUE: £1100 Myerscough Hall; £940 Bambers Farm. SIMMENTAL: £1080 Lathwaite Farm. HEREFORD: £1050 Toulbrick Farm; £980 Lee End Farm. WELSH BLACK: £950 Stubbins Farm. SHORTHORN: £800 Lathwaite Farm. FRIESIAN: £800 Lathwaite Farm. STORE HEIFERS – BRITISH BLUE: £1220 The Old Stable; £1120 Bouthwaite Farm; £990 Bambers Farm. ABERDEEN ANGUS: £1120 Well House Farm; £1040 Myerscough Hall; £900 Lee End Farm. CHAROLAIS: £1100 Toulbrick Farm. MONTBELLIARDE: £1040 Lathwaite Farm. LIMOUSIN: £1010 Bouthwaite Farm; £840 Bambers Farm. HEREFORD: £940 Stoney Fold Farm.
Likewise with the OTM Cattle, there was a reduced entry in the market. The majority of buyers were present which saw the trade continuing to be very strong at Lancaster. An overall market average of 124p/kg was achieved. Limousin Cast Cows sold to a top of 154.5p/kg from JE & AC Clarke & Son of Melling with Simmental Cows from the same good home selling to £1158 with plenty of good beef cows selling in excess of £1100. Black and White Cows topped at 139.5p/kg from JB & JB Lawson of Cockerham with Black and White cows grossing at £1136 from JT & B Fox of Quernmore. Cast Bulls sold to £1203 for Herefords from JC & E Mason of Levens. Cast Cow Top Prices: CAST COWS – LIMOUSIN: 154.5; 149.5 Cringleber. ABERDEEN ANGUS: 144.5 Cringleber. SIMMENTAL: 144.5 Cringleber. FRIESIAN: 139.5 Bank End Farm; 134.5 Blackwood End; 131.5 White Lund Farm. BRITISH BLUE: 144.5 Cringleber; 137.5 The Old Stable. MONTBELLIARDE: 129.5 Lathwaite Farm; 119.5 White Lund Farm. HEREFORD: 129.5 The Old Stable. CAST STEER – FRIESIAN: 134.5 Stubbins Farm. CAST BULL – ABERDEEN ANGUS: 134.5 Lawrence House. HEREFORD: 114.5 Lawrence House.
There were only half a dozen Calves forward for the sale but those who braved the weather were rewarded with a strong trade. Topping today’s trade was a British Blue Bull selling to £320 from Wallbank Farms of Over Wyresdale with Aberdeen Angus Bull Calves selling to £250. British Blue Heifer calves topped at £250 from RJ & KR Wilkinson of Levens. The next Monthly Stirk sale at Lancaster will take place on Friday 30th March 2018 Calf Top Prices: HEIFER CALF – BRITISH BLUE: £250; £240 High Foulshaw Farm. BULL CALF – BRITISH BLUE: £320 Tills Farm. ABERDEEN ANGUS: £250; £235 Tills Farm.
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J36 Sale Reports Thursday 1st March There was a smaller entry of Cast Cows and store cattle with many vendors and buyers missing due to the snow weather conditions making travelling hard work. There was a market average of 112p/kg with best meated cows selling easily over 120p/kg. Cast Cow Top Prices: Cast Cow: FRIESIAN: 129.5 Bridge End Farm; 117.5 Low Sizergh Farm; 114.5 Elm Tree Farm. FLECKVIEH: 129.5 Low Sizergh Farm. LIMOUSIN: 124.5 Chapel House. CAST BULL – SHORTHORN: 99.5 Broad Oak. CHAROLAIS: 99.5 Matson Farm.
The bad weather certainly deterred Store Cattle vendors with a very small entry forward. The trade topped at £780 for 9 month old Limousin bulls from RI Dixon of Low Newton. A large entry of store cattle is to include the over wintered suckler show and sale on Thursday 22nd March 2018 Store Cattle Top Prices: STORE HEIFER – LIMOUSIN: £780 Low Newton Farm; £660 Stribers Farm. STORE BULL – LIMOUSIN: £780 Low Newton Farm.
A reduced number of Calves forward today due to the weather saw an entire entry of black and white bulls and dairy bulls. Topping the trade was Friesians from W Garnett & Son of Milnthorpe, with Flekviehs to £70 from R & J Dodgson of Natland. Calf Top Prices: Bull Calf: FRIESIAN: £70 Ackenthwaite Farm. FLECKVIEH: £70 Cracalt Farm.
The weather condition may be cold but the trade was certainly hot with plenty of interest in smaller entry of Store Hoggs this week with numbers of store hoggs now beginning to dry up. Best short keep fleshed hoggs sold easily into the seventies, topping at £79 for Suffolks from PW Clarke of Crosthwaite, with Texels to £77 from B Clark of Grange over Sands. Mule topped at £73 and £70 from PW Clarke of Crosthwaite. Medium keep hoggs sold around the fifty-pound mark with longer keep hoggs selling to realisation depending on the size and quality. Store Hogg Top Prices: SUFFOLK: £79 Woodside Farm; £68 Hill Farm. TEXEL: £77 High Fell Gate; £76 Hill Farm; £71 Low Fold. MULE: £73; £70 Woodside Farm.
J36 Machinery Sale Saturday 3rd March Due to the severe weather conditions endured on the run up to the sale there was a less lots forward for the sale with just 247 going under the gavel. The crowds flocked forward for this sale with a large crowd ensuring a strong trade throughout and only 14 items were unsold, giving a very good clearance rate. Large items on the yard met plenty of demand, selling to a top of £6,300 for a 2010 Claas Liner 2900 rowing up machine. As people are now looking towards the summer months a 1989 MF822 Bett Round Baler sold for £750. A Drain Jetter sold to £1,800. A few quad bikes on the yard saw a Honda TRX 350cc year 2002 sell to £1,550 with other Honda quad bikes to £1,300. Trailers of all specifications always create plenty of interest at J36 with only a few forward this week they topped at £1,300 for Ifor Williams GD64. All items inside were very well bid for ranging from Garden equipment and tools, small tools and implements to household equipment and vintage items as well. The trade inside topped at £210 for a Stihl Saw. Vintage oil dispensers sold to £180, wacker plates selling to £140 and Lawnmowers topping at £130.
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Tuesday 6th March There was a bumper entry of Prime Hoggs forward this week with over 1000 forward due to the quick spike in price, with the bad weather endured at end of the previous week. There was an extremely mixed entry in terms of quality of hoggs today with a lot of end of season consignments and vendors taking advantage of the good trade. Well-finished hoggs were in really strong demand and eagerly bid for. Heavy weight well-fleshed hoggs were often selling in excess of £115 with best conformation hoggs selling over £120. Topping the trade at £133 was T & SM Park of Millom with Texel hoggs closely followed by JC Walling and Son of Crosthwaite selling to £127. Beltex hoggs topped twice at £124 from JG Harryman of Hawkshead and MW & MR Black of Staveley, with all Beltex hoggs in the market averaging 264p/kg. More hill bred hoggs on offer saw well-finished hoggs in strong demand and easily sold. Mules sold to a top of £107 from JG Harryman, weighing 46kg, with best pens of Mules easily selling in excess of 230p/kg. Cheviots sold to £105 GM & A Jackson of Little Eccleston or to 240p/kg from Naddle Farm of Shap.
Lancaster Auction Mart Monday 12th March 9am 700 PRIME HOGGS followed 200 CAST SHEEP 11am Weekly Sale of SHEEP WITH LAMBS AT FOOT Entries inc. 10 Texel Ewes & Texel Lambs Wednesday 14th March at 10.30am Sale of MACHINERY, TOOLS & EQUIPMENT Please advise the office of entries. Email photos to info@nwauctions.co.uk Friday 16th March 10.15am 60 REARING CALVES 10.15am 150 CAST/OTM CATTLE 11.15am 400 STORE CATTLE Last Wk Blks to £1250 & Hfrs to £1220
Prime Hogg Top Prices: TEXEL: £133 Millom Castle; £127 Dawson Fold; £124 Scroggs Farm. BELTEX: £124 The Galleon; £110 Rydal Farm; £108 Back o’ the Fell Road. SUFFOLK: £121 Netherhouses; £112 Wall End Farm; £111.50 Red Lodge. HAMPSHIRE: £119 The Borrans. CHAROLLAIS: £116 Red Scar; £96.50 Myers Farm; £95 Rydal Farm. ZWARTBLE: £112 Sella Farm. BLUE FACED LEICESTER: £112 Matson Ground; £110 Moss Howe Farm; £105 Low Fold. MULE: £107 The Galleon; £103.50 Rydal Farm; £103 Lunesdale House. CHEVIOT: £105 Little Eccleston Hall; £96 Naddle Farm; £88.50 Hartrigg. MASHAM: £98.50 Cobble Hey Farm; £96.50 16 Killington Drive. SWALEDALE: £96.50 Little Eccleston Hall; £92 Netherhouses Farm; £89 Tullithwaite Hall. HORNED: £89 Springs Farm; £69 Higher Salter. ROUGH FELL: £87.50 High Borrowbridge; £84.50 Boundary Beck; £79 Low Fold. CONTINENTAL: £85.50 Scroggs Farm; £80 Higher Salter; £76 Crabtree Farm. HERDWICK: £82 Boundary Beck; £74 Rydal Farm.
There was a big jump in the Cast Ewe trade from the previous week, especially for the big well-fleshed ewes as numbers nationally tighten. Topping the trade was R Harker and Son of Grayrigg selling to £133 for Charollais tups. Best Continental ewes sold to £120, twice, for Beltex ewes from AR & BJ Thompson of Selside and Texel ewes from JC Dunning of Orton. Plenty of Continental ewes were selling round £110. Best Mule ewes sold around the £100 mark topping at £102 from DJ Thompson of Old Hutton. Horned ewes sold to a top of £81 from Amy Harrison of Kentmere for Rough Fells with plenty of good fit Rough ewes selling in the seventies. Swaledale ewes sold to £77 from F & SA Edmondson of Ulverston. Leaner ewes were also a sharper trade.
Tuesday 20th March at 11.15am Monthly Sale of DAIRY CATTLE in conjunction with HASSALL BROTHERS
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Cast Sheep Top Prices: Cast Ewe: Beltex - £120 Poppy Farm, £106, £101 Stubb Farm, £100 Farleton House. Texel - £120 Low Chapel Farm, £115 Endmoor Farm, £114 Woodside, £112, £110 Low Chapel Farm. Suffolk - £109 Poppy Farm, £104 Crabtree Farm, £100 Orchard Cottage, £81 Cumbrae. Cheviot - £107, £104 Gilsmere Farm, £98 Orchard Cottage, £76 Ghyll Farm, £71 The Lodge. Mule - £102 East Ridding, £100 Poppy Farm, £100 Netherhouses, £96 Endmoor Farm, £91 Cracalt Farm. Leicester - £92 Howe Farm. Rough Fell - £81, £76 Millriggs, £72, £63 Croft Foot Farm. Swaledale - £77 Netherhouses, £76 The Lodge, £72 Grayrigg Hall, £55 Thursgill. Dales Bred - £51 Ghyll Farm. Herdwick - £42 Millriggs. Cast Ram: Charollais - £133 Grayrigg Hall. Texel - £111 Causeway Farm, £87 Low Chapel Farm, £62 Causeway Farm, £60 Gilsmere Farm. Leicester - £107, £95, £80 Grayrigg Hall, £79 Farm Cottage. Jacob - £95 17 Chapelfield. Swaledale - £80 Well Foot, £75, £66 Wall End, £66 Grayrigg Hall, £55 Well Foot
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Tuesday 13th March 10.30am Sale of all classes of PIGS List of entries online 11am Weekly Sale of SHEEP WITH LAMBS AT FOOT Entries inc. 10 Continental Ewes & Lambs 1pm 1200 PRIME HOGGS followed by 750 CAST SHEEP Thursday 15th March at 11am Closing Sale of 500 STORE HOGGS Sale Day Entries Welcome Thursday 22nd March 10.15am 80 REARING CALVES 10.30am 60 CAST/OTM CATTLE 11am 350 STORE CATTLE To include Show for SUCKLER BRED STORE CATTLE under 12 months Entries close Wednesday 14th March LIGHT LAMB COLLECTION SERVICE AVAILABLE AT J36 For more information please contact Bradley Thompson on 07867 000244