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North West Auctions Weekly Report and Newsletter – 7th October

NWA J36 Show & Sale of Suckled Calves Thursday 1st October The Annual Show and Sale of Suckled calves saw a catalogued entry of over 400 attract buyers from throughout the northern counties with new and returning customers in attendance. The judging was conducted by Mr C Jones, Cheshire who awarded the championship rosette to a 6 month old British Blue Bullock from NA & J Temple, Ulpha which later sold for £915. The sales top price of £1095 was achieved by M Benson, Horrace Farm selling a 10 month old Limx Bullock followed by M&D Hatton with a BRB X heifer at £1010 and GC & GW Taylor selling a Lim x Bullock at £1005. Buyers keen to secure replacement stock with grouped cattle selling to keen interest with CP Bateman selling a pen of 5 Charx Bullocks at £855 and a pen of 12 Charx £840 Messrs Proctor & Wareing.

Native breeds saw AAx bullocks achieve £900 from Fishwick Farms, Silverdale who also sold Hereford x £780 and Beef Shorthorn also at £780. Saler bullocks sold to £705.

Young bulls sold to £890 for 7 month old Charollais x from C&S Dickinson with Lim x £865 CA & J Alty & Son. Native breed bulls £755 for AAX with Beef Shorthorn £600.

Show Results Judge: Mr Clwyd Jones, Cheshire Heifer Calf

1st SG Benson, Horrace Farm 2nd M & D Hatton, Knott End Farm 3rd CA & JA Alty & Son, Moss House Farm

Bullock Calf

1st NA & J Temple, Blackhall Farm 2nd SG Benson, Horrace Farm 3rd NA & J Temple, Blackhall Farm

Bull Calf

1st CA & JA Alty & Son, Moss House Farm 2nd MA & JA Winn, High Underbrow 3rd PW Clarke, Woodside Farm

Champion - 1st Prize Bullock Calf from NA & J Temple THURSDAY 29TH OCTOBER – SECOND PRIZE SHOW AND SALE OF SUCKLED CALVES Suckled Calf Top Prices: Suckler Steers: Lim: £1095 Horrace Farm; £1005 High Farm; £995 Birch Bank; £965 Knott End Farm; £910 Orphan Crag Barn. BrB: £1040 Low Lowscales Farm; £925, £915 Black Hall Farm; £900 Knott End Farm; £855 Horrace Farm. Ang: £900 Bank House Farm. Char: £900, £820 Broad Oak; £895, £855 Croft Foot; £840 Bandrake Head. Sim: £840, £825, £805 Bank House Farm; £795 Singleton Park. Here: £780 Bank House Farm. Beef Sho:: £780, £645 Bank House Farm. Sal: £705 Fairbank Farm. Stab: £705, £585 Fairbank Farm. Blo: £695, £660 Low Fold.

Suckler Heifers: BrB: £1010 Knott End Farm; £895 Horrace Farm; £775 High Farm; £705 Low Sizergh Farm. orraceHLim: £960 Bank House Farm; £925 Mearsbeck; £895 Ellerbeck; £885 Low Lowscales Farm. Char: £780, £750 Luneside; £775 Abbott Park, Broad Oak. Sim: £700, £685 Todds Farm.

Suckler Bulls: Char: £890, £860 Abbott Park. Lim: £865, £840 Moss House Farm; £795 Woodside Farm; 715 Low Garths Farm. BrB: £830 High Underbrow. Sim: £810, £785 Todds Farm. Ang: £755, £725 Natland Mill Beck Farm. Beef Sho: £600 Abbots Reading Farm.

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Lancaster Sale Reports Friday 2nd October A good show of Store Cattle this morning with 420 going under the hammer. A trio of Charolais Bullocks from H Birkett & Son, North Farm, sold to the day’s top of £1370. Angus bullocks sold to £1340 from M Allen, Yealand. Heifers sold to a top of £1320 for a pen of 4 Simmentals from T & M Halhead, Upp Hall.

Friesian bullocks to £1110 again from H Birkett & Son. Prizes for the three top priced pens of 4 heifers were awarded to: 1st 2nd 3rd

T & M Halhead with 4 Simmentals at £1320 B Clarke with 5 Simmentals at £1150 EW & CR Clegg & Son, Yew Tree Farm with 6 Blues at £1130.

Store Cattle Top Prices: STORE BULLOCKS – CH: £1370 North Farm; £1320 Yealand Manor; £1200 Langthwaite Heights. LIM: £1360 Holgarth; £1270 Greenbank Farm; £1200 Church Farm. BRB: £1350 Cragg Farm; £1350 Greenlands Farm; £1350 Parkside Farm. AA: £1340 Yealand Manor; £1320 Cragg Farm; £1220 Myerscough Hall. SIM: £1320 Upp Hall; £1010 Stubb Hall Farm; £910 Thornton Barn Farm. HE: £1290 North Farm; £1130 Longlands Farm; £1120 Windy Hill Farm. FKV: £1190 Holmgarth.

ST: £1170 Myerscough Hall. MON: £1160 North Farm; £1110 Fanny House Farm; £1000 Bull Bank Farm.BA: £1140 Old Hall; £900 Deansbiggin. FR: £1110 North Farm; £1050 Gibraltar Farm; £990 Forton Bank Farm.

STORE HEIFERS – AA: £1300 Yealand Manor; £1200 Dunningwell Farm; £1120 Cragg Farm. LIM: £1280 High House Farm; £1100 King Bank Farm; £1040 Brow Foot Farm.BRB: £1250 Greenlands Farm; £1180 Red Scar; £1170 Hill Top. SIM: £1150 High Fell Gate; £930 Friars Moss. HE: £1110 Forton Bank Farm; £1050 Croppers Farm; £1000 Foresdales Farm. FR: £1200 Muffys Platt Farm; £810 Sunderland Brows Farm. SLR: £1040 Brow Foot Farm. CH: £960 Stubb Hall Farm; £880 Friars Moss.

A nice entry of 87 Cast Cows forward, with all classes of cows a sharper trade this morning. Trade topped at 151.5ppk for a Friesian Heifer from P & EM Mason, Spital Farm. Top gross coming from FA Nowell & Ptnrs with a Blue cow realising £1144. Beef cows to 149.5ppk from Nether Hall Farms and J Woodburn & Partners, both with Limousins. Friesian cows to 137.5ppk from SH & LE Birkett, Stubb Hall Farm.

Cast Cows Top Prices: CAST COWS – LIM: 149.5 Mansrigg; 149.5 Nether Hall Farm; 129.5 Hill Top Farm.BRB: 147.5 Oak Head Farm. FR: 137.5 Stubb Hall Farm; 134.5 Bambers Farm; 131.5 Langthwaite Heights. CH: 134.5 Farleton House. SIM: 131.5 Waltons Farm. HE: 124.5 Middle Lee Farm. MON: 117.5 ; 111.5 Lane House. AA: 111.5 Forgelands Estate.

CAST HEIFERS – FR: 151.5 Spital Farm.

CAST BULL – AA: 99.5 Forgelands. HE: 127.5 Nether Hall Farm.

A poor show of Calves this morning, comprising of 32 black and whites and 2 Blue stirks. Trade for black and whites topped at £140 from Wallbank Farms Ltd. Black and white calves average £62. Older 3month Black and White calves from D & A Travis, Newbiggin sold to £268. Stirks to £480 for Blue Bulls and £460 for Bull Heifers.

Calf Top Prices: BULL CALF – FR: £140 Tills Farm; £95 Park Lane.

BULL STIRK: BRB: £480 Newton Villa Farm. FR: £268 Manor Farm.

HEIFER STIRK: BRB: £460 Newton Villa Farm.

Hill Fairy Day Saturday 3rd October The annual hill fair sale of all classes of breeding sheep and rams plus store lambs continues to grow each year with an entry of over 1,200 forward this year. The pre-sale show of 10 Mule Gimmer Lambs was judged by Nigel Barker, Dalton Old Hall. He awarded the first place rosette to B & SE Carter, Cragg End which later went on to top the gimmer lamb section of the sale, realising £92. Also at this price was a pen of 10 Mules from FK & F Woodhouse, Fell End. A 100% clearance was achieved on the gimmer lambs, with 305 sold.

The breeding ewes and shearlings consisted mainly of mules, a sticky trade was endured as seen throughout the season. Mule shearlings sold to £120 and better types of pens selling regularly between £115 and £120. Two Texel shearlings from James Sanderson, Halton realised £150 & £130, both going home with Peter Anderton of Scorton. Mule ewes sold to a top of £86, for a pen of 10 2-3crops from W Pinder Jnr, Newton in Bowland.

Tups were met by a selective trade, selling to a top of £300 for Beltex Shearlings from ME & J Swarbrick, Stalmine and £350 for Texel Ram lambs from M Berry, also of Stalmine. Suffolk lambs sold to £280 from George Riley. Leicester’s sold to £160 for the first prize in the pre-show class, a ram lamb from Bryan Carter. Thanks to our judge Tom Parker.

Store lambs at the Lancaster Hill Fair Day sale were met by a roaring trade, with buyers for all classes. Trade topped at £56.50 for a pen of 14 big Texels from J Ainsworth, Carnforth. Mules sold to £50 from A & L Huddleston, Wray. Suffolks from DM Bargh sold to £52. The annual consignment from Jim, Rachel and James Curwen saw Cheviots sell to £44.50, to average £41.70 for 114 forward. Swales from the same home topped at £40 with others at £39 and £38.50 to average £32.87 for all 280 forward.

Breeding Sheep Prices Mule Gimmer Lambs Mule Ewes Mule Shearlings Texel Shearlings

Av. £81 £77.36 £108 £132.50

Top £92 £86 £120 £150

Show Results Judge – Nigel Barker and Thomas Parker Class One – Mule Gimmer Lambs 1st B & SE Carter, Cragg End 2nd JS & S Atkinson, Sykes Farm 3rd T Ayrton & Son, Yates Farm Class Two – Terminal Ram Lamb 1st M Berry, Highgate Farm 2nd J Robinson, Kaker Mill 3rd T & CM Kelsall & Sons, Brown Brook

Class Three - Bluefaced Leicester Rams 1st B & SE Carter, Cragg End (Lamb) 2nd B & SE Carter, Cragg End (Shearling)

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Lancaster Sale Reports Monday 5th October A very disappointing number of Prime Lambs forward today, many more could have been sold as trade was better than expected and vendors leaving pleased with their trade. More needed next week at Lancaster to fulfil the buyers’ requirements. Once again lambs of all sizes that were well fleshed were good to sell and eagerly bid for with lambs lacking finished penalized. A market average of 143ppk with SQQ averaging 144ppk. A lot of heavy lambs in the market with standard weights between 40kg and 42kg short of requirements. Lambs twice sold to a top of £74.50 with heavy weight lambs from J & R Waller of Hallbeck and C & B Lowther of Lower Castle o’Trim. Heavy weight lambs in strong demand and good to sell with plenty of pens between 47kg and 50kg selling £20 above their weight. Better types of lambs continue to sell in excess of 160ppk topping at 168ppk from D & DW Prickett of Farleton House. Less mules in the market today but sold to £61 for 43kg from T Ayrton & Son of Yates Farm.

Prime Lamb Top Prices: TEX: £74.50 Lower Castle o’Trim; £74.50 Hallbeck; £72 Lentworth Farm. CH: £73 Burnt House; £60.50 North Farm. SUFF: £71.50 Hall Croft Barn; £69.50 Hallbeck; £69 Cocker House Farm; £69 North Farm. DORS: £69 Beckside Barn. CHEV: £64 Hutton Roof Hall. BEL: £62 Hutton Roof Hall. CON: £62 Tarnwater Farm.

MULE: £61 Yates Farm; £61 North Farm; £59 High House Farm.

A few less Cast Ewes forward today, topping at £86 for a Suffolk ewe from ST Birkett, Nether Kellet. A nice pen of Texels from TR Prickett, Hutton Roof Hall to £83. Mules to £58 from C Hargreaves, Overton and £57 from WM Pye, Stodday. Overall average of £58.18 for all forward.

Cast Sheep Top Prices: SUFF: £86 Hall Croft Barn. TEX: £83 Hutton Roof Hall. CHEV: £68 Hutton Roof Hall. HRN: £59 Field House. MULE: £58 Pedder Grove; £57 Tarnwater Farm.

Two Prime Bull forward today from Peter and Anne Bell of Village Farm sold Hereford bulls to 179.5ppk and Welsh Black to 167.5ppk with more bulls desperately needed at Lancaster.

Prime Bull Top Prices: WB: 167.5 Village Farm. HE: 179.5 Village Farm.

J36 Sale Reports Thursday 1st October Once again a strong entry of Calves and Stirks forward met with equally as strong of ring of buyers with buyers around the ring for all types of calves. Best quality beef calves still getting away nicely with middle types slightly harder to sell but still eagerly bid for and in keeping with other local centres. Black and whites in strong demand once again at J36 and eagerly bid for by many active buyers. The calf trade from JW & TE Sharp of Flodder Hall selling British Blue heifer calves with cow making potential to £420 and British Blue bull calves to £410 with other good quality beef calves still selling £370 plus. Plenty of other beef bull and heifer calves selling around the £300 mark with all British blue bulls averaging £323. Plenty of strong well grown black and whites forward easily selling £100 plus topping at £155 from RJ Holden of Syke House Farm with young rearers regularly selling between £40 and £70. A consignment of Montbeliarde calves from JJ & MA Park of Low Sizergh selling to a top of £165 and easily selling £150 plus.

A strong entry of Stirks this week sold to their value with a varied types and quality forward. The trade was topped by M Gibson of Mouse Syke for a 6 month old Angus Steer with British Blue heifers selling to a top of £540 from the same home.

Calf Top Prices: Bull Calves: BrB: £410, £390, £380 Flodder Hall; £310 Heaton Hall Farm. Lim: £375 Middle Sadghyll; £210 Black Syke. Ang: £270 Hollins Farm.

Here: £270 Middleton Place. Mont: £165, £155 Low Sizergh Farm; Fr: £155, £122 Syke House Farm; £110, £105 Raw End Farm.

Heifer Calves: BrB: £420, £400, £315, £245 Flodder Hall; £340, £230 Elm Tree Farm. Ang: £250 Middleton Place; £200 Heaton Hall Farm. Lim: £175 Lane Head Farm.

Bull Stirks: Ang: £640 Mouse Syke. BrB: £510, £405 High Underbrow Farm. Lim: £445 Black Syke. Fr: £290, £260 Railway Cottages.

Heifer Stirks: BrB: £540 Mouse Syke; £500 High Underbrow. Lim: £470 Mouse Syke; £320 High Underbrow. Ang: £455, £390 Ingmire Hall.

Steer Sirks; Ang: £550, £490, £470 Ingmire Hall.

The weekly sale of Store Lambs saw a top price of £51 for longer keep texels with other pens £45- £50. Hill lambs sold to £45.50 with Rough Fells at £40.

Please remember to mark ram lambs as they need to be sold separately.

Over 100 Store Cattle saw a top price of £1235 for a Charx Bullock from P&SA Edmondson with £1195 achieved for a trio of Limx Bullocks from JM Case & Son with other stronger bullocks £1135, £1095. Heifers sold to £1035 For a Limx From Messers Pearson & Jackson with others regularly £950 - £1000.

Younger stores keenly competed for with a run of Herefordx steers and heifers from G Atkinson & Son £600-£700 peaking at £785.

A small entry of Breeding Cattle saw a Lim x heifer due Feb sell at £1150 with an AA x heifer with calf at foot achieve £1020.

PLEASE NOTE A SPECIAL SALE OF BEEF BREEDING CATTLE WILL BE HELD ON THURSDAY 15TH OCTOBER PLEAE ADVISE OF ENTRIES TO THE OFFICE FOR ADVERTISING.

Store Cattle Top Prices: Store Steers: Char: £1235 Low Barrows Green; £985 Broughton House Farm. Lim: £1195 Dendron Farm; £985 Greenside Farm, Ellerbeck Farm. BrB: £1135 Broughton House Farm; £1095 Low Barrows Green. Ang: £1055 Hawkrigg Farm.

Store Heifers: Lim: £1035, £985 Ellerbeck Farm; £975 Dee View, Mearsbeck Farm. Char: £995, £895 Low Barrows Green; £835 Low Longmire. BrB: £985 Low Barrows Green; £885 Mearsbeck Farm, Hawkrigg Farm; £835 Hope Stead. Sim: £875 Mearsbeck Farm; £755 High Skelgill; £745 Hope Stead. Here: £785, £615 Old Hall Farm.

An improved entry of 97 Cast/OTM Cattle were forward selling to a market average of 108p/kg. Well fleshed cows a stronger trade whilst leaner cows perhaps a little harder to place. Dairy cows sold to a top price of 134p/kg from Jenkin Crag Farm, with well fleshed types 110 -120p/kg and parlour type cows 80-90p/ kg. Best beef cows 135-155p/kg topping at 181p/kg from A&E Atkinson & Son, Endmoor. OTM clean cattle peaked at 184p/kg for a BRBx from JW Robinson & Son, Farleton.

Cast Cow Top Prices: OTM Cows: Lim: 181.5p, 171.5p Stubb Farm; 174.5p Dendron Farm; 139.5p Poppy Farm. BB: 141.5p Poppy Farm; 124.5p, 114.5p High Biggarsbank; 119.5p Gale Garth. BrB: 129.5p, 117.5p Poppy Farm; 124.5p Birch Bank, Green Close. Fr: 119.5p, 114.5p Bridge End Farm; 119.5p Far Audlands; 117.5p Heaton Hall Farm; 111.5p Low Sizergh, High Barns. Ang: 111.5p Wyke Farm. Slr: 101.5p Low Garths. Here: 107.5p Bannerigg Farm. SwR: 107.5p Low Stangerthwaite.

OTM Hfrs: BrB: 184.5p, 174.5p Green Close; 179.5p Laurel Gardens. Fr: 134.5p, 127.5p, 117.5p Jenkin Crag; 129.5p Tranthwaite Hall; 117.5p Bridge End Farm.

OTM Steers: Lim: 121.5p Capplerigg. Fr: 129.5p, 119.5p Capplerigg.

Three Dairy Cattle forward today at J36, topping at £1400 for a fresh calved heifer giving 35 litres from JH Woof & Son, selling to Richard and Johnny Hoggarth. A second calver from the same home realised £1200.

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J36 Sale Reports Tuesday 29th September PRIME LAMBS SELL TO £84.50 (172p/kg) The weekly sale of Prime Lambs saw a rise in trade selling to an overall market average of 148.5p/kg.

A top price of 172p per kilo was achieved for light weight Texel lambs from EC & JG Potter with others 155-164p/kg. Standard lambs peaked at 171p/kg from SP Pease, Kirkby Lonsdale with well fleshed lambs 150-165p/kg. Heavy weights to 163p/kg and generally 148-155p/kg. A top price of £84.50 was achieved for heavy lambs and standards to £72. Mules sold to £60.50 (144p/kg). Ten buyers ringside throughout the sale competing for all types ranging from 34kgs – 61kgs.

Prime Lamb Top Prices: Suff: £84.50 Walnut Hill; £81.50 Meadow Oaks; £78 Gilsmere; £76.50 Low Brundrigg, Hawes Farm. Texel: £84.50 Gilsmere Farm; £73.50 Underely; £73 Poppy Farm; £72.50 Ninezergh, Sunny Bank; £72 Low Woodedge. Char: £80.50 Myers Farm; £73.50 Trees Farm; £73 Walnut Hill. Chev: £67 Orchard House; £64 High House Farm. Mule: £60.50 Low Newton Farm, High Borrowbridge; £59.50 Middale Farm; £58 Castle Syke. Masham: £59 Middale Farm; £53.50 Marsh Grange. Hamp: £61.50 Larkrigg.

The Cast Ewe numbers continue to come forward at J36 with an entry of 652 forward this week, buyers commented on the strong trade for the sheep forward.

Cast tups sold to a top of £100 from W Garnett & Son of Ackenthwaite. Pure Texel ewes sold to £96 from RG Blackburn of Chapel House with Leicester ewes selling to £85 from RS & BA Harker of Overthwaite. Three quarter bred continental ewes generally easily selling £80 plus with plenty of continental ewes selling in excess of £70 with all continental ewes forward averaging £65. Not as many pens of strong Mule ewes forward as seen over previous weeks, with stronger Mules today selling over £60 topping at £63. Swaledale ewes sold into the fifties for strongest types with plenty of big ewes easily selling between £38 and £42.

Cast Sheep Top Prices: Texel: £96 Chapel House; £87 Lyndarick; £84 Poppy Farm; £79 Beckfoot Farm Cottage; £76 Cooilingel Farm. Suff: £75 Ackenthwaite; £60 Cooilingel Farm.

Mule: £63 Garnett House, Hawkrigg End; £62 Sunny Bank; £60 Singleton Park. Swale: £65 Cooilingel Farm; £42 Low Haygarth Farm; £41 Garnett House.

Rough Fell: £41 Steps Farm; £38 High Borrowbridge. Scotch: £49 Cooilingel Farm. Chev: £76 Underley; £60 High House Farm; £55 Moss End Farm. Lleyn: £65 Cragg Farm. Leicester: £85 Overthwaite; £74 Town End. Herdwick: £58 Cooilingel Farm; £37 Borwick Fold Farm.

Cast Rams – Texel: £100 Ackenthwaite; £73 Farleton House. Char: £69 Cooilingel Farm. Swale: £52 Overthwaite. Herdwick: £52 Cooilingel Farm.

Farm Assurance Vendors Please Note to assist of booking of Prime Lambs if you are Farm Assured please attach an assurance sticker to the front of your licence EVERY WEEK. Thank you.

Wanted

Coming up at North West Auctions

3/4 acres of mixed woodland in a 10 mile radius of Kendal. Contact John Hughes 07970 830517

J36 Rural Auction Centre Saturday 10th October R.F.S.B.A Annual Show and Sale of Breeding Rams followed by annual show and salw of Swaledale breeding rams

Thursday 15th October Weekly Sale of Calves plus all classes of store & beef breeding cattle followed by weekly sale of store Lambs

Saturday 17th October End of Season Sale of all classes of breeding Sheep 1200 breeding ewes, shearlimgs and gimer lambs followed by 200 breeding rams

Saturday 24th October Annual Show & Sale of Registered Fell Ponies plus other Mountain and Moorland Breed, tack and equipment

Monday 26th October Dispersal sale of entire milking herd plus young stock on behalf of F Barnes & Son

Lancaster Auction Mart Friday 9th October Weekly Cattle Sale at 10.15am to include Show & Sale of Suckled Calves

Saturday10th October Collective Machinery Sale please advice office of entries

Monday 19th October Monthly Sale of Dairy Cattle

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