Weekly Report and Newsletter - 14th July 2023 J36 Rural Auction Centre: July Online Machinery Sale A popular collective sale of Machinery at NWA J36 saw over 1500 lots for sale, with items selling throughout the UK and into Europe and Ireland. The sale topped at £16500 for a Valtra T30 selling back to the trade, with other tractors including a Case 895 in original condition achieving £6200, with an International 885 selling at £1750, International 785 £1700, with a David Brown 996 going for restoration at £800. Plant Machinery sold to £16000 for a Komatsu Tracked Digger with £4100 paid for a Volvo EC15 tracked Digger, with a Bomag Roller at £2300 and Massey Ferguson Industrial Loader at £1800. A wide selection of vehicles saw a Land Rover Defender (09 reg) sell at £11700, with another Land Rover 90 (15 reg) sell at £10500 both direct local ex farms. Other vehicles included a Polaris Ranger at £4200, Ford Ranger (57 reg) £2500, Isuzu Trooper £2400, Citroen Van £1900 and Suzuki Jimney (51 reg) £940. Fantastic selection of Farm Machinery and equipment saw seasonal and well maintained items continuing to sell to a premium with prices often exceeding vendors expectation. A Major 2300 Tanker (part farm dispersal) achieved £9000, with a Claas 255 uniwrap selling at £6400, Slurry realer £3100, Claas Tedder £3800, John Deere Trailed Mower £2100, Pan Mixer £2000 and a Krone Rake £1950. 74 trailers were sold with Ifor Williams tri axle livestock trailer achieving £3500, 12ft Ifor Williams cattle trailer £2700, Ifor Williams car transport trailer £2400, Ifor Williams plant trailer £2400 and a Hudson livestock trailer £1500. Other items of interest including a Monsoon sheep shower achieving £4800 with another at £3600, mobile welfare unit £2600, Ritchie Highland cattle crush £2300, International conventional baler £1850, two birth caravan £1250, lime spreader £880, Mountfield ride on lawn mower £800.
Lancaster Auction Mart: Weekly Sale of Prime Lambs, Prime Hoggs and Cast Sheep, Monday 10th July 2023. Prime Lambs An increased entry of 822 lambs were put before our ring side of nine active buyers, all breeds of heavy lambs are in the keenest demand today. The sale peaked at £156 for Texel lambs from JM Sanderson, Halton with Beltex lambs selling to £148 from D&K Swarbrick, Out Rawcliffe. 43kg smart Texel lambs sold to £147 from P&V Bennet, Lancaster. Many pens of meated heavy lambs regularly sold at £140 plus. The best bred lambs were regularly selling well above the 300p/kg mark with a top price of 332p/kg twice for Texels from P&V Bennett, Lancaster and Beltexs from CD&HL Mason, Caton. Commercial and lighter lambs would be slightly easier on the week, with first cross lambs regularly selling at 270p/kg to 275p/kg. More light lambs were on offer today, with these lambs needing to be full of meat to achieve maximum price. A pen of 35 Texel lambs from D Gardner, Brookhouse sold to £98.