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North West Auctions Weekly Report and Newsletter – 6th June

Store Cattle, Cast Cows & Calves Lancaster Friday 1st June A smaller entry of Store Cattle forward sold to another strong trade with all buyers present requiring cattle. It was noted that younger cattle were a sharper trade today. The trade topped at £1490 for British Blue bullocks from J Oddie and Son of Balderstone. Blues also sold to £1320 from H & JA Gorst of Caldervale. Native bred cattle are always required in Lancaster with Angus bullocks selling to £1,270 from A Kirkby and Co of Pilling. The heifer trade topped at £1,180 for Angus heifers from W & J Parkinson of Garstang.

Store Cattle Top Prices: Store Bullock: BRITISH BLUE: £1490 Cheetham House Farm, £1320 Shaws Farm, £1160 Thornton Barn Farm, £1120 Holmes Farm, £1020 Thornton Barn Farm. LIMOUSIN: £1300 Upper Foxholes Farm, £1120 Windy Hill Farm, £1110, £1070, £1060 Downlands Farm. ABERDEEN ANGUS: £1270 Gulf Farm, £1260 Ivy Barn Spout House, Middle Grange Farm, £1200 Thornton Barn Farm, Holmes Farm. HEREFORD: £1260 Bensons Farm, £1250 Middle Grange Farm, £1220 Bensons Farm, £1090 Intack Farm, £1050 Thornton Barn Farm. HOLSTEIN FRIESIAN: £1250 Upper Foxholes Farm, £1240 Pilling Hall, £1160 Upper Foxholes Farm, £1120 Downlands Farm, £1100 Bensons Farm.

FLEKVIEH: £1250 Bensons Farm, £880 Mill House. SIMMENTAL: £1240 Intack Farm, £1230 Ivy Barn Spout House, £1160 Gibraltar Farm, £1090 Intack Farm, £970 Thornton Barn Farm. MONTBELIARDE: £1160 121 Pilling Lane, £1080 Rose Hill Farm. WELSH BLACK: £1100 Ivy Barn Spout House.

BLONDE D’AQUITAINE: £930 Intack Farm. CONTINENTAL: £720 Flodder Hall, £640 Bull Bank Farm.

Store Heifer: ABERDEEN ANGUS: £1180 Cross House Farm, £1080 Cheetham House Farm, £1070 Ivy Barn Spout House, Sunderland Brows Farm, £1060 Rowell Farm. LIMOUSIN: £1160 Rowell Farm, £1090 Bouthwaite Farm, £1080 Cross House Farm, £1050 11 Kimberley Avenue, £1030 Brow Foot Farm. BRITISH BLUE: £1070 Greenbank Farm, £1050 Bouthwaite Farm, £1040 Gibraltar Farm, £980 Barker Knott, £900 Newhouse Farm. SIMMENTAL: £1070 Cross House Farm, £700 Bull Bank Farm. HEREFORD: £1030 Thornton Barn Farm, £1010 Ivy Bank Spout House, £670 Springfield House.

CHAROLAIS: £870 Bull Bank Farm.

Store Bull: LIMOUSIN: £920, £720 11 Central Avenue, £400 44 Summerhill. BRITISH BLUE: £700 44 Summerhill.

A fantastic Cast Cow trade from start to finish with all specifications of cows a good trade. There was a few more cast cows on offer selling to a market average of 137p/kg. OTM heifers twice sold to a top of 199.5p/kg from P & A Bell of Pilling for Angus’ and Limousins from AS & D Parker of Nateby. Cast bulls topped the trade selling to £1553 for Limousins from JK & A Bowness and Son of Milnthorpe. Beef cows sold to a top of 159.5p/kg with best black and whites often selling in the mid 150’s. Black and white cows sold to a top of £1,210 from WG Farms of Cockerham with plenty of cows selling over the thousand pound mark.

Cast Cow Top Prices: OTM COWS: SIMMENTAL: 159.5 Intack Farm, 84.5 Longlands. BRITISH BLUE: 159.5 Hall Croft Barn, 124.5 Wilson Wood. HOLSTEIN FRIESIAN: 157.5 North Farm, Gibraltar Farm, Abbotson Farm, 149.5 Derby Lodge Farm. LIMOUSIN: 154.5 Intack Farm, Oak Head Bank, 151.5 Oak Head Bank, 14 Greenwood Drive, 149.5 14 Greenwood Drive. MONTBELIARDE: 151.5, 149.4 Village Farm, 107.5 White Lund Farm. ABERDEEN ANGUS: 147.5 Lathwaite Farm, 124.5 Little Scar Farm. FLEKVIEH: 144.5 Newfield. HEREFORD: 141.5 Middle Lee Farm. BB: 139.5 Wilson Wood. AYRSHIRE: 124.5 Rose Farm.

OTM HEIFERS: ABERDEEN ANGUS: 199.5 Village Farm. LIMOUSIN: 199.5 Manor House Farm, 194.5, 174.5, 154.5 Low Deepslack.

HOLSTEIN FRIESIAN: 164.5 Gibraltar Farm, 111.5 Pasture Barn Farm.

OTM BULL: LIMOUSIN: 161.5 11 Central Avenue, Cautley Farm. AYRSHIRE: 131.5 Lathwaite Farm. CHAROLAIS: 129.5 Longlands.

There was a shortage of Calves today with just forty forward and more could have easily been sold to the advantage of the vendor. The trade beat local collection centres with vendors advised to use auction market system. Angus bull calves topped the trade twice, selling to £350 from JK & B Birkett and Son of White Lund and David and Eileen Wallbank of Over Wyresdale.

Strong beef calves sold in excess of £300 with young beef calves selling in the late two hundreds. The black and white trade topped at £205 and £165 from WN & D Smith and son of Cockerham with all black and white calves forward averaging £127.40. There was just one Charolais heifer stirk forward sold to £650 from DM Eames of Abbeystead.

Calf & Stirk Top Prices: HEIFER CALF: BRITISH BLUE: £320 Tills Farm, £262 Sellerley Farm. ABERDEEN ANGUS: £300 White Lund Farm, Tills Farm, £175 Derby Lodge Farm, £150 White Lund Farm. LIMOUSIN: £270 Norbreck Farm. SIMMENTAL: £180 Sellerley Farm.

BULL CALF: ABERDEEN ANGUS: £350 White Lund Farm, Tills Farm, £320, £242 Tills Farm, £115 White Lund Farm. LIMOUSIN: £265 Norbreck Farm.

SIMMENTAL: £262, £250 Sellerley Farm. HOLSTEIN FRIESIAN: £235 Sellerley Farm, £205, £165, £160 Cocker House Farm, £120 Blackleach House.

MONTBELIARDE: £185, £172 White Lund Farm, £170 Sellerley Farm, £120 White Lund Farm.

HEIFER STIRK: CHAROLAIS: £650 Middle Lee Farm.

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Lancaster Sale Reports Monday 4th June The largest entry of Spring Lambs to date this season saw over 500 forward selling to a buoyant trade throughout the sale.

There was nine active buyers, all looking to purchase spring lambs. There was an overall market average of 258p/kg. Lambs weighing between 32-39kg averaged £99.95, 39.1-45.5kg averaged £106.91, 45.6-52kg averaged £118.40 and 52kg plus averaged £127.33. The trade today topped twice at £131 for Texels from J & R Waller of Killington or 298p/kg and Suffolks from Liz Needham of Stainton. Texel lambs sold to a top 313p/kg from S Wilson and Son of Scotforth closely followed by 303p/kg from A & E Clarkson of Thurnham.

More lambs required to fulfil buyer’s requirements on a Monday morning.

Prime Lamb Top Prices: TEXEL: £131 Hallbeck, £129 Middle Ridge Farm, £119 Burrow Heights Farm, £118 Cock Hall Farm, £115 Springfield Farm.

SUFFOLK: £131 Birkrigg Park Cottage, £125 Westfield Farm, £119 Birkrigg Park Cottage, £118 Hallbeck, Westfield Farm.

CONTINENTAL: £114 Cocker House Farm, £82 Hodgkinson Farm. CHAROLLAIS: £108 Little Fell, £103 Springfield Farm, £99, £97 Little Fell, £97 Springfield Farm. DORSET: £106, £101, £98 Corney Hill Farm.

There was a larger entry of 150 Prime Hoggs forward at Lancaster. The trade topped at £116 for Texel hoggs from PD Anderton of Scorton. Standard weight hoggs well fleshed sold around the 200p/kg mark. Horned hoggs sold to a top of £90 from WM Pye of Ashton with Stodday.

Prime Hogg Top Prices: TEXEL: £116 Wyre Farm, £106, £97, £90 Throstle Grove Farm, £90 Low Kit Brow. SUFFOLK: £103 Low Kit Brow, £86 Low Moorhead, £60 Oak Well. SCOTTISH BLACKFACE: £90 Tarnwater Farm, £77 Dove Cote Farm, £75 Tarnwater Farm, £74.50 Dove Cote Farm. CHAROLLAIS: £77 Mill House Farm. MULE: £75 Low Kit Brow, Tarnwater Farm, £70 Low Kit Brow, £63, £58 Low Moorhead. CONTINENTAL: £70 Dove Cote Farm. CHEVIOT: £54 Tarnwater Farm.

A larger entry of 100 Cast Ewes forward with all specifications of ewes a sharper trade this week with the end of the Ramadan next week. Continental ewes sold to a top of £121 from P & ME Higginson of Out Rawcliffe closely followed by continental ewes to £116 from BD wood of Out Rawcliffe with plenty of big continental ewes around the £110 mark. Mule ewes sold to a top of £108 from Bensons Farm of Claughton on Brock with plenty of big mule ewes in the nineties. All mule ewes forward averaged in the eighties. Horned ewes saw Swaledale ewes sell to £68 and Rough Fells to £67 from SM & CM Bewley of Dent.

Cast Sheep Top Prices: TEXEL: £121 Ivy Farm, £116 Burrow Heights Farm, Middle Ridge Farm, £111 Burrow Heights Farm, £110 Cock Hall Farm. MULE: £108 Westfield Farm, £100, £99 Springfield Farm, £93 North Farm, £90 Old Glasson Farm. SUFFOLK: £89 13 St Johns Avenue, £69 Ivy Farm. SWALEDALE: £68 Scotchergill Farm. ROUGH FELL: £67 Scotchergill Farm. CONTINENTAL: £60 Wyre Farm.

JACOB: £57 Springfield Farm. HERDWICK: £35 Scotchergill Farm.

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WHINFELL – LAKE DISTRICT NATIONAL PARK FOR SALE BY PRIVATE TREATY On instructions from Mr. J. Uff, QC

A traditional 3 bedroom semi-detached Westmorland Farmhouse known as

Ashstead Farmhouse Whinfell, Near Kendal Ashstead Farmhouse comprises a traditional 3 bedroom semi-detached Westmorland Farmhouse together with a small stone barn/garden shed, small front & rear garden and a paddock which includes a tennis court. Ashstead Farmhouse benefits from a fantastic location, situated within the Lake District National Park and World Heritagesite and in close proximity to the Yorkshire Dales National Park.

Additional land is available by separate negotiation. This comprises 13.89 ac/5.62 ha of pasture land, with fishing rights, and a separate block of woodland, extending to 5.19 ac/ 2.10 ha.

Full details and plans available from the Agents.

J36 Sale Reports Thursday 31st May The fortnightly sale of Store Cattle at NWA J36 saw another strong trade for all classes and types and many more could have easily been sold.

The sale topped at £980 for Aberdeen Angus x heifers from G Cuthbertson, New Hutton with a British Blue x from J & J Postlethwaite, Sedbergh achieving £920. Yearling heifers sold to £760 for a Blonde x from SJ & NS Wood, Windermere with others regularly at £700-£750. Steers sold to £895 for Blonde crosses, again, from SJ & NS Wood with others generally £780 -£850. There were several weaned sucklers forward (5-7 months old) which were easily sold with heifers to £690 and steers to £650 from DN Smith, Cartmel Fell. Young suckler bulls achieved £735 from R Keith, Grange over Sands.

Store Cattle Top Prices: Store Bullock: Aberdeen Angus - £980 Capplerigg. Blonde - £895, £880, £780 Causeway Farm. British Blue - £760 School Hill. Charolais - £645, £640 Fell House. Continental - £650, £600 Fell House.

Store Heifer: British Blue - £920 Bramaskew, £650 School Hill. Hereford - £780 Natland Mill Beck Farm. Blonde - £760, £750 Causeway Farm.

Limousin - £725 Low Newton Farm, £720 Swallowmire, £700, £645 Old Croft. Charolais - £715 Swallowmire, £690 Fell House.

Store Bull: Limousin - £735, £700 11 Granby Road.

Well-fleshed Cast Cattle remain a competitive trade with beef bred cows generally 140p/kg – 160p/kg, peaking at 167.5p/kg for a Limousin x from Forest Hall Farm, Selside, with dairy cattle to 144.5p/kg from ME Wannop & Sons, Morecambe.

Medium cows regularly sold 110-125p/kg with only the leanest less. Top grossing cow today was a Hereford cow from I & AJ Armer, Burneside achieving £1152.

All cows sold averaged 125p/kg.

Cast Cattle Top Prices: OTM Cow: Limousin – 167.5, 161.5 Forest Hall, 137.5 Low Newton Farm, 134.5 Bowston Hall. British Blue – 157.5 Forest Hall, 137.5 Bowston Hall.

Hereford – 149.5 Bowston Hall, 134.5 Bellart Howe. Friesian – 144.5, 141.5 Heaton Hall Farm, 121.5 Bradley Farm, 111.5 Cautley Farm, 107.5 Bradley Farm. Other – 119.5, 114.5 Bellart Howe. Saler – 119.5, 107.5, 99.5 Fell House.

A wonderful entry of Calves were forward today with an abundance of buyers keen to secure replacement stock. Beef calves regularly sold between £280 and £340 for both heifers and bulls, native bred and Continentals.

The sale topped at £375 for a British Blue x heifer from DW Cottam, New Hutton with younger heifers at £275 to £300.

Simental x heifers from ME Wannop & Sons, Morecambe sold to £288 with others at £260 to £275. Continental bull calves regularly sold over £300 with Simental x to £345, British Blue x to £338 and Limousin x to £330.

Several consignments of native sired calves were forward and eagerly bid for with Hereford x bulls to £355, again, from ME Wannop & Sons Ltd who sold heifers to £278 and Aberdeen Angus x heifers to £260. Younger native bred calves generally sold to £180 - £240.

Dairy bulls sold to £100 for Holstein Friesian from DW Cottam, mediums to £60 - £85 with smallest calves £25 - £45.

Calf Top Prices: Bull Calf: Hereford - £355, £342 Heaton Hall Farm, £338 Elm Tree Farm. Simental - £345, £342, £00, £260 Heaton Hall Farm, £192 Pitt Farm. British Blue - £338 Ravens Lodge, £328 Elm Tree Farm, £295 Ravens Lodge. Limousin - £330, £295 Sunny Bank. Friesian - £100 Hagg Farm, £78 Natland Park Farm, £70 Elm Tree Farm.

Heifer Calf: British Blue - £375 Hagg Farm, £298 Elm Tree Farm, £275 Heaton Hall Farm. Simental - £288 Heaton Hall Farm, £275 Pitt Farm, £260 Heaton Hall Farm, £190 Pitt Farm. Hereford - £278, £255, £240 Heaton Hall Farm, £112 Elm Tree Farm. Aberdeen Angus - £260 Heaton Hall Farm.

Tuesday 5th June A larger entry of Spring Lambs forward this week, which where met by a stronger trade with all buyer’s keen to purchase.

The 514 Spring Lambs averaged 258p/kg for all sold, with lambs 40kg plus easiest to sell. Suffolk lambs sold to a top of £133.50 from Helen Newton of Low Levens, closely followed by £132 from D Metcalfe of Dalton in Furness. Charollais lambs sold to a top of £132.50 from WS Burrow and Sons of Silverdale with Beltex lambs from the same good home selling to £129.

Beltex lambs sold to a top of 286p/kg from WS Burrow and Sons of Silverdale, closely followed by AE Atkinson & Son of Endmoor to 284p/kg with plenty of pens of good conformation lambs in the region of 280p/kg. Lightweight lambs saw 35kg Beltex lambs from EM Standing of Witherslack with 35kg Texel lambs from WA Ward and Son of Slyne selling to £88.50.

Prime Lamb Top Prices: Suffolk - £133 Low Levens, £132 6 Crooklands Brow, £126 High House Farm, £126 Low Barrows Green, £121 High House Farm.

Charollais - £132.5, £120 Gibraltar Farm, £102.5 Hodgsons Green Farm, £102.5 Crook O Lune Farm, £100 Warth Sutton Farm. Beltex £129 Gibraltar Farm, £112.5 Low Barrows Green, £111 Stubb Farm, £110 Poppy Farm, £108 Stubb Farm. Texel - £122 Spital Farm, £120 Gibraltar Farm, £117 Hill Park, £117 High Biggarsbank, £115 Mill Bank. Continental - £103 Green Lane End Farm, £76 Kendal House Farm. Hampshire - £101.5 Endmoor Farm. Dorset - £99.5, £96.5 Warth Sutton Farm.

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J36 Sale Reports An entry of 150 Prime Hoggs in the market saw a very mixed entry in terms of quality as to be expected at this time of year. The trade topped at £116 for Texel hoggs from LC Cuthbertson of Windermere with decent continental hoggs over £100. Better well-fleshed conformation Continental hoggs sold over 200p/kg topping at 238p/kg from JG Harryman of Hawkshead. Hill hoggs sold to a top of 222p/kg for Herdwicks from Messrs Edmondson of Great Langdale.

Prime Hogg Top Prices: Texel - £116 White Cross Bay, £115 The Galleon, £104 Spital Farm, £97, £95 The Galleon. Continental - £100 Bank End. Herdwick - £91 Wall End Farm, £78 Hodgsons Green Farm, £68 High House Farm, £60 Hodgsons Green Farm.

Beltex - £68 The Galleon. Horned - £68 Higher Salter, £61 Low Haygarth Farm, £56, £55.5 Higher Salter. Cheviot - £63 Low Haygarth Farm, £55 Low Deepslack.

Hampshire - £62 Bank End. Swaledale - £58.5 Holme House Farm, £55 Eskew Beck, £55 The Borrans, £50 High House Farm. Rough Fell - £55 Poppy Farm, £40 Steps Farm. Mule - £51 High Farm, £45 High House Farm. Jacob - £45 Moss House Farm. Dales Bred - £40 Holme House Farm.

A larger entry of Cast Sheep sold to a very strong trade with all buyer’s keen to purchase ewes and rams. There was plenty of heavy weight Continental and Suffolk ewes selling in the £120’s, selling to a top of £130 for Suffolk ewes from Liz Needham of Stainton with Texel ewes to £128 from E Dodgson Kendal. All Suffolk ewes forward averaged £117 and continental ewes averaged £106.33. There were many consignments of ewes averaging well over the £100 mark. Cheviot Mule ewes sold to a top of £110 from SP Pease of Underley with Mule ewes selling to £104 from JW & D Robinson and Son of Nook with plenty of good mule ewes selling in the late nineties. Cast rams topped at £111 for Teeswaters from JA Bennett of Longsleddale, Rough Fell tups to £92 from BJ Bainbridge of Shap and Herdwick tups to £91 from JG Harryman of Hawkshead. Horned ewes topped at £85 for Scottish Blackface ewes from JW & TE Sharp of Lyth closely followed by Swaledale ewes to £84 from TE, JA and SA Carruthers of Underbarrow.

Cast Sheep Top Prices: Cast Ewes: Suffolk - £130 Birkrigg Park Cottage, £126 6 Crooklands Brow, £109 Preston Patrick Hall, £106 Low Stanger Thwaite, £61 Lawsons Farm. Texel - £128 Spital Farm, £124 Birkrigg Park Cottage, £123 Spital Farm, £121 Underley Estate Office, £119 Hutton Roof Hall. Cheviot - £117 Poppy Farm, £105 Underley Estate Office, £100 Ghyll Farm, £92 Green Head, £87 Underley Estate Office. Cheviot Mule - £110, £98, £77 Underley Estate Office. Mule - £104 Hollins Farm, £100 Underley Estate Office, £97 Preston Patrick Hall, £96 Underley Estate Office, £95 Flodder Hall. Beltex - £93 Green Head. Scotch - £85 Flodder Hall, £57 High Farm.

Swaledale - £84 Red Scar, £76 Thursgill, £75 Flodder Hall, £75 High Borrans, £74 High House Farm. Charollais - £81 Tullithwaite Hall Office. Rough Fell - £79 Millbeck, £77 Steps Farm, £69 High Farm, £53 Steps Farm. Leicester - £79, £63 Preston Patrick Hall. Zwartble - £79 Toadpool Farm. Masham - £77 High Farm.

Horned - £67 Holme House Farm, £67 Higher Salter, £59 Holme House Farm.

Dales Bred - £65 Middale Farm. Herdwick - £60 Wall End Farm, £51 High House Farm.

Cast Rams: Texel - £121 Steps Farm. Teeswater - £111 Middale Farm.

Hampshire - £109 Bank End, £70 Lower Highfield. Charollais - £94 Wall End Farm. Rough Fell - £92 Steps Farm, £76, £60 Millbeck. Herdwick - £91 The Galleon. Suffolk - £87 Toadpool Farm. Swaledale - £72 High Borrans Farm, £68 Eskew Beck, £52 Higher Salter.

The smallest entry of Sheep with Lambs at Foot of the season as the end draws closer but still plenty of interest from buyers with vendors wishing to sell sheep or hoggs with lambs at foot encouraged to contact a member of staff for marketing advise. Mule hoggs with texel single lambs at foot sold to £172 from RG & H Preece of Roeburndale. Mule shearlings and single texel lambs sold to £160 from ED Robinson of Whinfell.

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Coming up at North West Auctions

J36 Rural Auction Centre Tuesday 12th June 10.30am Sale of all classes of PIGS Inc. Prime, Cast, Store & Weaners Please see web for entries 11am 150 SHEEP WITH LAMBS See web for entries 1pm 750 SPRING LAMBS, 500 PRIME HOGGS & 750 CAST SHEEP Thursday 14th June 10.15am 80 REARING CALVES 10.30am 60 CAST/OTM CATTLE inc. TB Restricted Cattle 11am 100 STORE CATTLE Catalogues available online

Lancaster Auction Mart Monday 11th June 9am 700 SPRING LAMBS, 200 PRIME HOGGS & 200 CAST SHEEP

Friday 15th June

10.15am 80 REARING CALVES 10.15am 150 CAST/OTM CATTLE 11.15am 400 STORE CATTLE Last Wk Blks to £1490 & Hfrs to £1180

Tuesday 19th June at 11.15am Monthly sale of Pedigree & Commercial

DAIRY CATTLE

Entries close Friday 8th June.

In Conjunction with the Hassall Brothers

For Sale Privately CATTLE 1 Ped. Limousin Bull 7yo 2 Ped. Limousin Bulls 18-20mo 2 Pedigree Angus Breeding Bulls 15 mo 3 Pedigree Angus Bulling Heifers Selection of Limousin & Charolais Bulls 20 x Stabiliser / Stabilliser x Bulling Heifers 3 Ped. Polled Hereford Cows (1st-2nd Calvers) with Hereford Calves (renowned breeding)

SHEEP 100 Dry NC Mule Gimmer Hoggs