North West Auctions Weekly Report and Newsletter – 8th February
NWA Lancaster - Friday 3rd February Bullocks Sell to 2017 High The strong trade for all types of Store Cattle continued this week with, once again, an active ring of buyers looking to purchase all types of cattle, both young and forward stores. A top price to date so far for 2017 of £1,490 was achieved for a cracking Limousin bullock from KG & LM Park of Witherslack beating TN Pye & Partners of Lancaster when they achieved £1,480 at start of January. Limousin bullocks sold to £1,450 and £1,440 from DE & SM Moorhouse of Natland. Over fifteen percent of the cattle forward sold in excess of £1,200. Angus and native bred cattle continue to sell to a premium at Lancaster with all vendors chuffed with their trade today. Selling to a top of £1,280 was a trio of Angus steers from AG Stafford of Out Rawcliffe with Heifers selling to a top of £1,270 for Stabilisers from MG & HM Capstick of Milnthorpe. All sizes of black and whites were selling well for both forward and long term stores with the trade topping at £1,170 from L Parsons and Sons of Levens for a trio of bullocks. A larger number of young bulls in the market today, sold to a strong trade, topping at £1,020 for 10 month old bulls from Allan Riley of Bolton le Sands. A strong market average saw all bullocks in the auction average an impressive £1,022 and heifers average £973. All black and whites sold to a market average of over £800. Store Cattle Top Prices: STORE BULLOCKS – LIM: £1490 Low Fell End; £1450 High House Farm; £1390 Millbeck. CH: £1290 Head House; £1260 Endmoor Farm; £1170 Old Woodhouse. BRB: £1290 Fell End Farm; £1240 Low Fell End; £1210 Foredales Farm. AA: £1280 Birch Croft; £1270 Ivy Barn; £1240 Head House. HE: £1240 Lane End Farm; £1180 Ivy Barn; £1090 Fern Lea. SIM: £1220 Sykes Fold Farm. FR: £1170 Low Levens; £1020 Walmsley Fold; £930 Old Glasson. FKV: £1180 Bensons Farm. SHO: £1100 Old Glasson Farm; £960 Thornton Barn Farm. MON: £1090 Cock Hall Farm; £1070 Bensons Farm; £940 Old Glasson. STORE HEIFERS – SHO: £1210 Manor House Farm. BRB: £1200 Blades Farm; £1120 Manor House Farm; £1090 Cragg Farm. AA: £1170 Middle Grange Farm; £1140 Windy Hill Farm; £1090 Ghyll Farm. STAB: £1270 Park House Farm. LIM: £1150 Cringleber; £1150 High House Farm; £1140 Sykes Fold Farm. HE: £1110 Cragg Farm; £1030 Manor House Farm. BAZ: £1090 Lower Swainhead Farm. CH: £1070 Lower Swainhead Farm; £1060 Bouthwaite Farm; £920 Cringleber. FKV: £1060 Holme Head. FR: £840 Fencefoot Farm. STORE BULLS – LIM: £1020 Greenwood Drive; £1000 Yates Farm. AA: £700 Braeslacks.
There was a flying trade for Cast Cows and OTM Cattle with, once again, over 100 forward where more could have easily been sold and to the advantage of the vendor. An overall market average for all OTM cattle forward of 117p/kg was achieved. Dairy cows sold to a top of 134.5p/kg from GA Haston of Galgate for a Montbeliarde with beasty black and white cows selling in to the mid 120 pence per kilo range. Dairy cows topped at £1,150 for a Swedish Red from AM & AM Park and Sons of Ellel and Beef cows sold to a top of 174.5p/kg from RG Robinson of Farleton with an Angus. Cast bulls sold to a top of 179.5p/kg or £1,256 for a Limousin from WS Burrow of Silverdale. There was a larger entry of clean cattle and OTM dairy heifers in the market today which were keenly sought after. Limousin steers sold to 204.5p/kg from M & L Preece of Kirkby Lonsdale with OTM Black and white heifers selling to a top of 159.5p/kg or £1,116 from CR & A Baxter & Son of Middleton with all OTM Black and White heifers averaging 141p/kg. Cast Cow Top Prices: CAST COWS – AA: 174.5; 164.5; 139.5 Ellers Farm. LIM: 169.5 Barker Knott; 137.5 Brunstow; 127.5 Greenwood Drive. FKV: 149.5 Holme Head. BRB: 134.5 Barker Knott; 117.5 Hazelslack Tower Farm. MON: 134.5 Lane House; 129.5 Coventry Farm; 129.5 Lane House. BA: 129.5 High House Farm. SRW: 127.5 Walkers I’th Fields; 119.5 Waterscales Farm; 111.5 Hillam Lane Farm. FR: 124.5 Lower Lingart; 124.5 Park House; 124.5 Stubb Hall Farm. STAB: 124.5 Park House Farm. BS: 119.5 Lambrigg Head Farm. AYR: 104.5 Hodgkinson Farm. CAST HEIFERS – AA: 174.5 Brow Foot Farm; £139.5 Midge Hall Farm. FR: 159.5 New Brows Farm; 149.5 Berryholme; 149.5 The Hill. CAST STEER – LIM: 204.5 High House; 199.5 Millbeck; 159.5 Nether House Farm.FR: 139.5 Boon Town. CAST BULL – LIM: 179.5 Gibraltar Farm. AA: 117.5 Walker I’th Fields. FR: 109.5 The Hill.
A strong Calf trade for all calves forward today where, again, more could have easily been sold to an advantage. A good consignment of calves from the Wallbank Family of Abbeystead saw British Blue bulls sell to £370 and £365 with Angus Bull calves from the same good home selling to £330. A consignment of calves from JR Newsham and Son of Conder Green saw Simmental bull calves sell to £360 and £350. A brisk black and white trade was enjoyed for an entry of young calves with more young black and white rearing calves needed. Calf Top Prices: HEIFER CALF – SIM: £280 Sellerley Farm. HE: £255 Sellerley Farm. BRB: £230 Norbreck Farm. BULL CALF – BRB: £370 Tills Farm; £360 Norbreck Farm; £360 Walkers I’th Fields. SIM: £360 Sellerley Farm. AA: £330 Tills Farm. FR: £75 Tills Farm.
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Lancaster Sale Reports Monday 6th February The weekly sale of Prime Hoggs saw a stronger number forward this week and selling a few pence dearer than the previous week, however not really reflecting in the average as a larger proportion of lambs forward today were in excess of 50kg . The SQQ average was 163p/kg and Hoggs sold to a top of 199p/kg from DM Cardwell of Stalmine with Beltex lambs. Commercial lambs weighing in the early forties were selling in the region of thirty pound above their weight and heavy hoggs saw a stronger demand today selling to a top of £94 and £90 from GH Sanderson and Family of Catforth for Texel hoggs. Hill hoggs saw Scottish Blackface weighing 39kg sell to £65.50 from WM Pye of Stodday and Lightweight Swaledales saw 36kg hoggs from JS & S Atkinson of Sykes Farm selling to £56.50. Prime Hogg Top Prices: TEX: £94 Blackleach House Farm; £79.50 Walmsley Fold; £79 Lane House. SUFF: £84.50 Maddison Avenue; £83 Blackleach House Farm; £69 Fell End Farm.BEL: £81.50 Moss Side Farm. MULE: £70 Low Kit Brow; £68 Fell End Farm; £66.50 Sykes Farm. CHAR: £70 Moss Side Farm; £68 Burnt House; £64.50 Moss House Farm. DORS: £66 Corney Hill Farm. MASH: £66 Rye Close. LEI: £66 Sykes Farm; £62 Cragg End. HRN: £65.50 Tarnwater Farm. SWALE: £63.50 Sykes Farm. RGH: £60 Rye Close.
There was a few more Cast Sheep in the market today as more people have finished scanning and vendors in the area are getting through lambing. Strong Continental ewes sold to the continued strong trade, topping at £81, twice, for Texel ewes from B & SE Carter of Cragg End and Suffolk ewes from S Wilson & Son of Burrow Heights. Mule ewes sold to a top of £66 from G Riley of Bolton le Sands. Cast Sheep Top Prices: TEX: £81 Cragg End; £70 Burrow Heights Farm. SUFF: £81 Burrow Heights Farm. MULE: £66 Maddison Avenue; £64 Cragg End; £63 Burrow Heights Farm. CH: £65 Springfield Farm. RYE: £55 Sykes Farm.
The weekly sale of Prime Beef had a prime bull forward from P & A Bell of Village Farm selling a Hereford bull for 179.5p/kg.
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Wallenrigg Farm Which is to be offered for sale by auction (subject to conditions and unless sold previously) on Tuesday 28th February 2017 at J36 Rural Auction Centre at 7pm The property comprises of a detached 3 bedroom farmhouse, having a date stone of 1788 and enjoys good views over the Duddon Estury together with a garden area and paddock.
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J36 Sale Reports Thursday 2nd February The weekly sale of Calves had a smaller entry then expected with more calves required week on week to fulfil a competitive ring of buyers at J36 who are looking for all types of calves. A busy ring of buyers looking to purchase black and white calves saw them sell to a strong trade being eagerly bid for with plenty of interest. An entry of some good beef calves once again saw strong blue bulls sold to a top of £365 from G Wilson of Appleby with British Blue heifer calves from the same home selling to £355. Calf Top Prices: Bull Calf: Brb £365, £355 Low Field Farm, £350 High Foulshaw Farm, £170 Warton Grange Farm. Lim £145 Halforth Farm. Fri £70 Sunny Bank, £68, £65, £62 Warton Grange Farm, £60 Strickland Hill Farming. Heifer Calf: Brb £355, £350, £330, £275 Low Field Farm, £245 Lupton Hall. Lim £330 High Foulshaw Farm, £110 Halforth Farm.
The monthly sale of Beef Breeding Cattle had a catalogued entry of 15. A strong trade for all with British blue 2nd calving cows with 6 month old Simmental heifer calves selling to a top of £1,620 from PG Airey of Cartmel. Limousin 2nd calved cows with Simmental heifer calves sold to £1,520. A consignment of British Blue heifers due in calf to the Limousin Bull in April sold to £1,300 and £1,250 from MJ Waller of Lupton. The fortnightly sale of Store Cattle had a smaller entry of stores forward this fortnight following the new year’s show with many entering cattle for the Anniversary show and sale on Thursday 16th February. The strong trade continues for store cattle with all vendors leaving well satisfied. Yearling Limousin bullocks sold to a top price of £980 from DJ Clarke of Underbarrow with Limousin heifers from the same home selling to £920. August/Sepetember born Hereford bulls sold to a top of £600 from RJ & J Gardner of Natland. Entries are now invited for the next sale of store cattle. Store Cattle Top Prices: Store Bullock: Lim £980 Orphan Crag Barn, £760 Long Green Head. Here £600 Lower Hawthwaite. Stab £600 Lower Hawthwaite. Fri £600 Stribers Farm. Store Heifer: Lim £920 Orhan Cragg, £880 Long Green Head, £860 Low Newton Farm, £850, £840 Orphan Cragg. Ang £580 Lower Hawthwaite. Fri £520 Stribers Farm. Here £460 Lower Hawthwaite. Store Bull: Lim £720 Stribers Farm. Here £600 Natland Mill Beck Farm. Fri £500 Stribers Farm.
The Cast Cow trade continues with all types of cows selling to a strong trade with buyers eager to purchase. Cows sold to a top of 129.5p/kg from HJ Robinson of Elm Tree Farm with a black and white cows. Best cows selling around 120p/kg. Black and whites top gross was £1,046 from JM Barton & Son of Lupton. Cast steers sold to a top of 179.5p/kg or £1181 from DE & SM Moorhouse of Natland. The orange TB restricted sale of Cast cows continues to get a following of Cattle with Montbeliarde cattle from RW Nicholson of Lupton selling to 117.5p/kg or £884. TB restricted cattle invited every fortnight but vendors must pre enter cattle to the office including tag numbers on 015395 66200. Cast Cow Top Prices: OTM Cow: Fri 129.5 Elm Tree, 121.5 Lupton Hall, High House Farm, 119.5 Lupton Hall, 101.5 Halforth Farm. Mon 119.5, 117.5 Green Lane End Farm, 109.5, 107.5 Low Sizergh Farm. Lim 119.5 Forest Hall Partnership, 114 Low Newton Farm. Brb 114.5 Black Hall Farm. Con 109.5 Wasdyke Farm, 107.5 Town End, 94.5, 69.5 Stock a Bank. Jer 107.5 Low Sizergh Farm. OTM Heifer: Fri 141.5 High Bracken Hall, 137.5 Lupton Hall. Cast Steer: Lim 179.5 High House Farm Cast Bull: Fri 114.5 Angerton Hall Farm
Tuesday 7th February The weekly sale of Prime Hoggs saw an entry of 999 forward, selling to a strong trade throughout the sale with a market average of 170p/kg. Hoggs weighing between 39kg and 45kg selling to an average of 172p/kg. There was a good trade for export type hoggs which saw hoggs sell to a top of 233p/kg or £93.50 for 40kgs with plenty of good quality Beltex hoggs selling over 200p/kg. The trade topped at £105.50 and £104 from ME Wannop and Son of Heaton Hall with Heavy weight Beltex hoggs. Texel hoggs sold to a top of £99 from TS & SM Park of Millom Castle. Heavy weight Mules sold to a top of £78 from NJ Strickland of The Borrans. Horned Hoggs were good too sell with both light weight and standard weight hoggs eagerly bid for topping at £70 for Rough Fells from TLB & J Knowles of Borrow Bridge and Swaledales sold to £68 from R Dixon of Well Foot. Prime Hogg Top Prices: Bel £105.50, £104 Heaton Hall Farm, £93.50, £78, £77.50 Laithwaite. Tex £99, £94 Millom Castle, £93 Catshaw Hall Farm, £89.50 The Galleon, Hagg Farm. Mule £78 The Borrans, £74 Bank House Farm, Preston Patrick Hall, £73.50 Heaton Hall Farm, £70.50 Yoad Pot. Char £76 Preston Patrick Hall, £76 Bank House Farm, £72 Moss House Farm, £67.50 Heaton Hall Farm, £65.50 Hazel Head Farm. BFL £76 Preston Patrick Hall. Suff £76 Hodgsons Green Farm, £73.50 Brow Head, Hodgsons Green Farm, Somme Avenue, £73 Hill Park. Dors £75 Brow Head. Hamp £72 Brow Head, £63 Lower Highfield. Rough £70 High Borrowbidge, £68.50, £64.50 Low Fold, £61 Moors Farm, £58.50 High Borrowbridge. Chev £68.50 Hutton Roof Hall, £66.50 Brow Head, £58.50 Tarn Foot. Swale £68 Well Foot, £64.50 Low Longmire, £63 Higher Salter, £62.50 Far Orrest, £60.50 High Borrowbridge.
A larger entry of 444 Cast Sheep sold to a dearer trade with more interest from buyers as they all look to purchase sheep. The trade topped at £121 for a Texel tup from AW Crowe of Witherslack with Cast Texel ewes selling to a top of £117 from JM Sanderson of Lower Highfield with others selling to £110 also
EID Tagging & Farm Assurance Please note that all Lambs born from 2015 and onwards will need to be identified with a single EID slaughter tag (yellow). If your consignment of Sheep are Farm Assured, please place a sticker on the white part of the License and if you have recently joined a Farm Assurance Scheme please let the office know in order for us to up date our records so that we can keep buyers fully informed of the FABBL status. If you are not Farm Assured please contact our NWA Professional Team who will be able to help you with the application.
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Tuesday report continued… from AW Crowe. Plenty of strong Continental and Suffolk ewes selling around the £90 mark. Mule ewes topped at £72 from DM & D Cook of Smithy Green with plenty of stronger Mule ewes regularly selling towards the seventy pound mark.
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It’s that time of year where a larger entry of horned ewes are present in the market saw Dalesbred ewes sell to £60 from JA Bennett of Middale Farm with Swaledale ewes selling to £56 from Drinkall Bros of Catshaw Farm. Rough fell ewes topped at £58 from all types of cast tups selling well and eagerly bid for with anyone thinking of cashing tups urged to do so.
ANNIVERSARYthSHOW WEEK
Tuesday 14 February 10.30am PRIME PIGS – Show for Best Pair + Sale of all classes of pigs (10am) 1pm PRIME HOGGS –Show for Best Pair of Butchers Hoggs & 5 Hill Bred Hoggs (11.30am) Thursday 16th February 10.15am Weekly Sale of CALVES Show for Beef Bull & Hfr & B&W Bull (9.30am) 10.30am Cast & TB Restricted Cows 11am BEEF BREEDING CATTLE followed by STORE CATTLE – Show for Store Bullock & Heifer (9.30am)
Cast Sheep Top Prices: Cast Ewes: Tex £117 Lower Highfield, £110 Ashtree Cottage, £89 Marsh House Farm, £88 Ashtree Cottage, £86 Smithy Green Farm. Suff £84 Woodside, £56 Hodgsons Green Farm, £48 Larkrigg. Char £82 Kingsland. BFL £77 Oak Tree Farm, £75 Woodside, Marsh House Farm, £74 Tongue House Farm, Preston Patrick Hall. Mule £72 Smithy Green Farm, £71 Stanley Farm, £70 Smithy Green Farm, £70 Ashtree Cottage. Mash £70 Woodside. Chev £68 Stanley Farm, £64 School House, £52 Orphan Cragg Barn. Dors £64 Warth Sutton Farm, £56 Hazel Head Farm. Swale £56 Catshaw Hall Farm, £50 Marsh House Farm, £44 Castshaw Hall Farm, £43 The Borrans, £42 Marsh House Farm. Rough £56 High Carlingill, £48 Low Deepslack, £45 High Carlingill. Herd £54 Hodgsons Green Farm.
Cast Rams: Tex £121 Ashtree Cottage, £99 Hill Top Farm, £60 Steel Croft, £59 Millness Hall. BFL £98 Kit Cragg, £84 Preston Patrick Hall, £60 Ashstead, £51 Marsh House Farm. Suff £89 Hodgsons Green Farm. Chev £85 Tarn Foot. Dors £79, £73 Beckside Barn, £68 Marsh House Farm. Char £69 Tarn Foot. Swale £60 Botton Hall Farm, £51 Moors Farm, £49 Yoad Pot, £45 Marsh House Farm. Herd £53 Hazel Head Farm, £50 Tarn Foot. Dales £50 Middale Farm.
Thursday 23rd February at 10.15am Weekly Sale of Calves + sale of Store Hoggs
LancasterthAuction Mart Monday 13 February at 9am Weekly sale of 800 Prime Lambs & 100 Cast Ewes + Prime Cattle
Friday 17th February at 10.15am Weekly Distinguished Sale of 60 CALVES, 100 CAST COWS
CAREFUL DRIVER WANTED 2 DAYS PER WEEK
& 300 STORE CATTLE Monday 20th February Monthly Sale of DAIRY CATTLE Entries close Friday 10th February
Geldard Farm Eggs are looking for a driver to deliver eggs to customers every Tuesday and Wednesday, approx. 7.5 hours per day in South Lakes, North Lancs and N Yorks area. Position available immediately. Clean driving licence, careful driving and excellent customer service skills needed. Contact 07950 875 836 or 015395 52997 for further information.
Private Sales 15 Fleckvieh x Hfrs in-calf to Lim due March
It is reminded to customers that all cattle MUST BE double tagged before entering the mart and that NO ALKATHENE or PLASTIC PIPES to be used when moving cattle.
Charolais and Blonde Breeding Bulls Selection of In-Lamb Breeding Sheep Contact Ian Atkinson 07766 521472
Helpful Reminders Sheep Annual Inventory Don’t forget that you should complete and return your form with all your sheep Numbers as of the 1st December. You must also note the numbers in your flock register in case of inspection by RPA.
Temporary Holding Numbers and links The new initiative from DEFRA is causing a lot of confusion and headaches, particularly at BCMS links are no longer being renewed. If you need any help please call and see Kathryn or Rodney.
Agricultural Waste Exemptions Many of these will have expired in the last few months and although we did lots of applications three years ago, we have done a few renewals. If you have renewed your own exemptions that is good, but if not please contact us and we will help.
Basic Payment Scheme 2016 Although there are still clients who have not been paid fully in 2015, the payment window for 2016 opens on the 1st December. RPA are still saying they will pay 90% of farmers by the end of December, but whether this payment will actually be correct we are not sure. If you receive any money this is wonderful and we expect payments to be 17% higher that 2015. If there is much difference please let us know and we can check to see if your 2015 payment was actually correct, as many we were not.
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