Weekly Report and Newsletter- 12th August 2022 J36 Rural Auction Centre: Online Machinery Sale, Friday 5th August - Monday 8th August 2022. The August online sale of machinery once again attracted both national and international interest with well maintained equipment selling to a premium. Over 1000 lots were sold this month. Over 40 tractors and vehicles were offered for sale with a highlight of the sale being a John Deere 6850 Self Propelled Forager direct from a local farm achieving £14,000. A TD5 Landrover Defender 90, again direct from a local farm achieved £6000. A Daewoo 3T Tracked Digger sold at £5400 and a rare Mur-Hill 121 4WD Tractor sold for £4700. A Bobcat with Grab sold for £3400 and a Kubota 4WD Compact Tractor £2900. Trailers sold to £3300 for an Ifor Williams Plant Trailer with an Ifor Williams 510 Horse Trailer achieving £2900. A low loader trailer sold for £2800 and livestock trailers sold to £2800 for an Ifor Williams with decks and dividing gates. Other items of interest included a 35m x 17m Horticultural Polytunnel selling at £7800, 5f Kverneland Plough £2000, John Deere Round Baler £2000, 6m Grass Harrows £1650, Hydraulic Breaker £1100, Kidd Topper £1050, Marshall Muckspreader £940 and a Lunar Caravan £860. The next sale is Friday 2nd September – Monday 5th September with Drop off days being Monday 29th, Tuesday 30th and Wednesday 31st August 9am – 4.30pm.
Lancaster Auction Mart: Weekly Sale of Prime Lambs and Cast Sheep, Monday 8th August 2022. Prime Lambs It was nice to have a larger offering of over 600 prime lambs forward this morning, with a total market average of 248p/kg well finished lambs continue to sell in excess of 250p/kg with the best types selling around the 300p/kg mark. Peaking at 302p/kg were Beltex lambs from JS Horner, Ingleton, 300p/kg from KA Purtill, Wigan and 298p/kg from D Cockett, Ingleton. Heavy weight Suffolk lambs from W&D Bradley, Goosnargh sold to £144 with Texel lambs from the same home selling to £135 at 51kgs. Texel lambs peaked at £140 at 54kgs from H Birkett & Son, Overton. The consignment of heavy weight lambs from RC Billington & Son, Claughton on Brock sold to £140, £136, £135 and £133. Mule lambs sold to a top of £110 from R Capstick & Son, Ingleton whom sold 43kg Mules to £107. Prime Lamb Top Prices: Suffolk: £144 Whittingham Lane, £136 Stubbins Farm, £123 Hallbeck, £117.50 Pilling Hall Farm, £113 Bailey Hey Farm, £110