Weekly Report and Newsletter - 20th August 2021 The 20th Anniversary Production Sale of the Whiteley Hey Flock On Behalf of Mr Paul Slater - Monday 16th August 2021 Mitchells Auction Mart and North West Auctions J36 conducted on Monday 16th August 2021 the Platinum 20th Annual Whiteley Hey Production Sale of top-quality breeding females and shearling rams on behalf of Mr Paul Slater. The Platinum Production sale did not disappoint. With a superb show of the best quality Whiteley Hey breeding sheep fit to graze any field. Again, with Pauls sheep carrying a great reputation a strong ringside of prospective buyers gathered to ensure a ferocious trade was witnessed, the Whiteley Hey stock was fantastic with skin, shape and characteristics to die for. Topping the Females was an outstanding ¾ Texel ¼ Beltex Gimmer Shearling selling for £880 to Ellis Bros, Ilkley. Following closely behind at £850 was a cracking pair of Black Beltex X Texel Gimmer Shearlings sold in memory of the late Graham Slater and with the proceeds being donated to the British Heart Foundation. Graham was a tremendous stockman and it seemed fitting that this pair sold to Harry Woods, Preston. The first Gimmer Shearling in the ring sold to £800 for a single Texel purchased by HJ&S Dixon, Hartley. After the females was concluded the sale of rams commenced with huge excitement, leading with the first pen of rams all sired by Garngour Awesome. This pen of 9 rams averaged an outstanding 1694gns each, with the leading price coming out of this pen – Lot 7 sired by Gangour Awesome and out of a Scorton Head dam selling for 3600gns, which was purchased by Sharp Law Farms, Howman, Kelso (A regular attendee) following on behind the top price ram was a further three rams selling for 2600gns – Lot 13, 59, 62. 27 Rams sold In excess of 1500gns. Gimmer Lambs selling to £380 per head, to average £184.52. Leading Prices- £380 (Single Texel), £320 (Single Texel), £250 (trio of ¾ Texel ¼ Beltex), £250 (Single Beltex X Texel). Gimmer Shearlings selling to £880 per head, to average £359.30. Leading prices- £880 (Single Texel), £850 (pair of Black Beltex X Texel), £800 (Single Texel), £680 (single Charollais X Beltex), £650 (pair of Beltex X Texel), £600 (pair of Texel), £600 (single Beltex X Texel).
Ewes (2-3 shear) selling to £400, to average £314.59. Leading prices- £400 (pair of Charollais X Beltex), £380 (pair of Texel), £380 (pair of Black Beltex X Texel), £350 (pair of Beltex X Texel), £350 (pen of 5 Charollais X Beltex). Shearling Rams selling to 3,600gns, to average £1122.39. Leading Prices- 3600gns (Pure Texel), 2600gns (Beltex X Texel), 2600gns (3/4 Beltex ¼ Texel), 2600gns (3/4 Beltex ¼ Texel), 2200gns (Pure Texel), 2200gns (Pure Texel), 2100gns (3/4 Texel ¼ Beltex), 2000gns (3/4 Beltex ¼ Texel), 2000gns (Charollais X Beltex), 2000gns (3/4 Texel ¼ Beltex), 2000gns (Beltex X Texel), 2000gns (3/4 Texel ¼ Beltex), 2000gns (3/4 Texel ¼ Beltex), 1900gns (Pure Texe
Lancaster Auction Mart: Sale of Prime Lambs, Cast Sheep and Fortnightly Sale of Store Lambs - Monday 16th August 2021 PRIME LAM The weekly sale of 550 prime lambs sold to a two-tiered trade, lambs full of meat and well fed selling to a massive premium with these types of lambs regularly selling to 235-240p/kg, leaner type lambs looking more suited to the store market. Lambs sold to an overall market averaged of 223p/kg. The sale topped at £122 for heavy Texel lambs from J & MM Cliffe, Forton. Suffolks sold to £118 from R&D Kellet, Cockerham with many heavy continental lambs regularly selling to the £110-£115 mark. A wonderful run of Texel lambs from JR Waller, Killington sold to a top of £113 at 43kg. Once again Beltex lambs are keenly bid for at Lancaster selling to a top of 270p/kg from KA Purtill, Wigan. More Mules on the market today with once again lambs being full of meat keenly bid for, selling to £105 from Drinkall Bros, Over Wyresdale and others to £95.50 from T Ayrton & Sons, Over Wyresdale. TOP PRICES: Texel - £122 Bowlands Gardens, £118 Bowlands Gardens, £117 Catshaw Hall Farm, £117 Catshaw Hall Farm, £114.5 Bowlands Gardens. Suffolk - £118 Mill House Farm, £116.5 Mill House Farm, £115 Mill House Farm, £115 Mill House Farm, £115 Hallbeck. Mule - Catshaw Hall Farm, £95.5 Yates Farm, £89 Fell End Farm, £84 Botton Hall Farm, £60 The Bungalow. Beltex - £100 Oak Avenue, £96 Moss Side Farm, £95 Cardwell. Charolais - £97 Askew Hill, £93.5 Roseley Hall Farm, £91 Ivy Bank Farm, £90.5 St Anthony's Hill, £90 Broseley Hall Farm. Zwartble - £94 Millstones, £81 Millstones, £79 Millstones, £63 High Moorhead.
CAST SHEEP 150 ewes went through the ring at Lancaster this morning with once again all types selling to their full value with the best pure-bred ewes selling to a faster trade than seen in previous weeks. Texel ewes sold to £167 from GR & RA Surtees, Stodday Village with others from the same good home selling to £130. Strong Texels out of Mules
were regularly selling well over the £100 mark from KA Purtill, Wigan. Mule ewes sold to a top of £119 from R I & O Wilson, Scotforth with others selling to £114 from A & FM Bolland & Son, Ellel. Strong Mule ewes were regularly selling well over the £100 mark. A smaller show of hill ewes forward with Swaledales selling to £66 from Janet Simpson, Caldervale. TOP PRICES: CAST EWES Texel - £167 The Barn, £130 The Barn, £117 Oak Avenue, £117 Oak Avenue, £116 Lower Highfield. Mule - £136 Askew Hill, £119 Ashford Close, £114 Yeat House, £113 Lyndale Farm, £105 North Farm. Continental - £112 Oak Avenue, £91 Oak Avenue, £85 Lower Highfield. Suffolk - £99 Lyndale Farm, £68 Lyndale Farm. Zwartble - £74 Millstones. Swaledale - £66 Millstones, £40 Low Moor Head Farm.
CAST RAMS Texel - £138 The Barn, £87 The Barn. Suffolk - £124 Lyndale Farm. STORE LAMBS The opening sale of store lambs at Lancaster Auction saw 200 forward, selling to a full ring side of buyers eager to purchase all types. Store lambs peaked at £94 for Texel’s from A R Gornall, Crossthwaite. A ring full of Suffolks sold to £85 from FK & F Woodhouse, Scorton. Continental bred lambs were regularly selling to the mid to late £70’s with an overall average of £76. Our next sale of store lambs is in a fortnights time on the 30th August 2021. Please entre store lambs with confidence by contacting Andrew Butler on 07966 556592.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Sale of Prime Lambs and Cast Sheep - Tuesday 17th August 2021 SPRING LAMBS The weekly sale of prime lambs at North West Auction Junction 36 saw an increased entry of 1240 forward, selling to a strong market averaged of 234p/kg with all lambs forward still averaging in excess of £100 a head which is very good for the time of year and included many consignments of light lambs. As per usual heavy weight lambs were eagerly bid for at North West Auctions with 58kg Texels selling to £148 from J Handley & Son, Chapel-Le-Dale followed by 56kg lambs to £144 from E Dodgson, Kendal. Other noted prices for heavy weight Texel lambs were £141 and £135 from S Geldard, Ulverston. Suffolk lambs peaked at £130 from LA & M Lambert, Lupton. Beltex lambs in more demand today at Junction 36 and keenly bid for selling to a top of £129 from John Twigge, Lindale with the consignment of Beltex sold to 277p/kg and 275p/kg. This was matched by Beltex lambs to 277p.kg from JG & PH Thompson, Selside. Commercial lambs continued to be eagerly bid for with well finished 43-46kg lambs easily selling between £103 and £106. As expected at this time of year more hill lambs have been forward and saw Cheviots sell to £105 from J&M Wilson, Selside, Mule lambs from the same good home peaked at £99. A large number of light weights forward today saw the well finished once again eagerly bid for.
A lamb was kindly donated by the Ridding Family, Selside with the proceeds going to Royal Preston Critical Care in memory of the late John Wilson of Selside. Thank you goes to all the bidders and the purchaser Abdou Farag who purchased the lamb for £205. TOP PRICES: Texel - £205 Steel Croft, £148 Gunnerfleet Farm, £144 Spital Farm, £141 Garden Terrace, £135 Garden Terrace, £126 Broughton House Farm. Suffolk - £130 Brow Head, £105 Mountain View, £105 Swallowmire, £105 Mill House Farm, £104.50 Ackenthwaite Farm, £104 Beckside Farm. Beltex - £129 Holmelands, £116 Viver Mill Farm, £116 Benson Hall, £116 Homelands, £112 Holmelands, £112 Bensons Hall. Continental - £123 The Borrans. Charollais - £114.50 Myers Farm, £108.50 Hampsfield Hall, £106.50 Far Orrest, £104 Cooper House, £103.50 Myers Farm, £103 The Borrans. Cheviot - £105 Cooper House. Dorset - £105 Holmelands. Mule - £99 Cooper House, £97 Coat Green Farm, £95.50 Fell End Farm, £95 Holme Farm, £92.50 Low Newton Farm, £92.50 Thistle House. Horned - £95 Gunnerfleet Farm.
CAST SHEEP The weekly sale of 700 ewes sold to a full ring side of buyers who were all keen to purchase which meant trade would be stronger than seen in previous weeks. Texel ewes led the way selling to £135 from PD & PJ Mason, Burton in Kendal with others selling to £133 from RH M&S Boyren, Colton. Suffolk ewes sold to £122 from J Scott & Co, Clark-in-Cartmel. Many of the best continental ewes we regularly selling at the £120 mark with the next level down selling around the hundred-pound mark. A ring full of Lleyn ewes from J&R Geldard & Sons, Levens sold to £110. Heavy Mule ewes sold to the trade of the day topping at £121 from R Cowin & Sons, Mansergh with others selling to £119 from K Richards & Son, Howgill. Many Mule ewes regularly selling well over the hundred-pound mark, with medium types selling at the £70-75 mark. Hill ewes were a fast trade with Swaledales topping at £82 from R Lawrence, Grange over Sands with a full pen selling to £75 from RS & BA Harker, Holme. This week saw new buyers forward for all types of feeding ewes. Cast rams keep adding up to nice prices, Charollais peaked the market at £146 from DR Harrison, Selside. Texel sold to a top of £136 from C R Howard, Ulverston and Suffolks sold to £109 from Pilling Hall. EWE TOP PRICES: Texel - £135 Coat Green Farm, £133 Hill Park, £130 Storth End Farm, £129 Spital Farm, £126 Middle Birkby Farm, £124 Spital Farm. Suffolk - £122 Middle Birkby Farm, £114 Tock How Farm, £108 Capplerigg Farm, £107 The Old Parsonage, £103 Whinfield Farm, £99 Hill Park. Mule - £121 Hawkrigg Farm, £119 Crook O Lune Farm, £114 Whinfield Farm, £113 Cracalt Farm, £110 Cooper House, Hill Park. Zwartble - £118 Benson Hall, £77 Rinkfield. Charollais - £110 Whinfield Farm, £83 Bowness Farm. Lleyn - £110, £100, £46 Low Foulshaw Farm. Leicester - £109 The Borrans, £93 Garnett Folds, £57 Red Scarr Farm. Beltex - £108 Capplerigg Farm. Continental - £100, £94 Whinfield Farm, £87 Middle Birkby Farm, £85 The Borrans, £78 Tottlebank, £77 Broadhead. Cheviot - £96 Coat Green Farm, £73 Tock Howe Farm, £64, £48 Nibthwaite Grange Farm. Swaledale - £82 Holme Farm, £75 Overthwaite Farm, £67 Coat Green Farm, £55 Overthwaite Farm, £54 The Borrans, £51 Tock How Farm. Blue Texel - £80 Moss End Farm. Rough Fell - £77 Intake Farm, £57, £51 Lockbank Farm. Dorset - £77, £76, £72 Bank End. Goat - £68 Intake Farm. Herdwick - £67 Rakesmoor Farm, £45 Beck House
Cottage, £32 Rakesmoor Farm, £31 Birks Farm. Masham - £44 Castle Garth. Scottish Blackface - £40, £31 Bowness Farm. RAM TOP PRICES: Charollais - £146 The Plough Inn. Texel - £136, £100 Longmire Farm, £87 Fell House, £80 Low Hall Farm, £70The Plough Inn. Beltex - £110, £96 Poppy Farm. Suffolk - £109 Pilling Hall Farm. Swaledale - £76 Low Hall Farm, £60 Barbon Fell House. Leicester - £59, £39 The Plough Inn. Herdwick - £50 Whinfield Farm.
Lancaster Auction Mart: Monthly Show and Sale of Dairy Cattle - Tuesday 17th August 2021 Champion Sells to £2300 at NWA Lancaster The monthly sale of dairy cattle at NWA Lancaster saw a high quality catalogued entry attract buyers keen to secure replacement and additional stock. The pre sale show saw the championship rosette awarded to Wyredale Expander Dawn 36. The cow recently classified VG85 and was shown fresh into her second lactation by M J & H Atkinson, Quernmore.
The reserve rosette was awarded to the first prize heifer Phoenix Secret C Nancy shown by A E & A Swale, Blackburn. The prize winning pair of heifers where exhibited by W & G Cornthwaite, Garstang. The sale peaked at £2350 for Wyredale Mopan Aster 234 from M J & H Atkinson, Quernmore closely followed by Denhamhill Marley April 5 from E H & R Eccles, Chorley achieving £2200, with £2150 achieved again by M J & H Atkinson selling Wyredale Montoya Snowflake 5, other heifers breaking the £2000 barrier included Kirkwood Kabana Isabel 2 from H & S D Cornthwaite, Garstang achieving £2100, Pennine Crocus 290 selling at £2080 from Drinkall Bros, Over Wyersdale and Garsby Mopan Sylvia from W & G Cornthwaite, Garstang achieving £2020. All heifers forward averaged £2030 Cows sold to a top price of £2300 for Wyredale Expander Dawn 36 from M J & H Atkinson, Quernmore. Several mature cows from P Fargher, IOM sold to £1200 for 5th calvers. The sale concluded with a a Holstein bull, Denhamhill Close Shave from E H & R Eccles, Chorley which sold for a final bid of £1400. Sale Statistics: New calved heifer to £2350, averaged £2030 New calved cows to £2300 averaged £1570 Holstein Friesian bull £1400
Show Results Champion, Lot 12, Wyredale Expander Dawn 36, M J & H Atkinson Reserve Champion, Lot 11, Phoenix Secret C Nancy, A E & 4A Swale
New calved heifers 1st, Lot 11, Phoenix Secret C Nancy, A E & A Swale 2nd, Lot 24, Garsby Mopan Sylvia, W & G Cornthwaite & Son 3rd, Lot 9, Carwood Rubicon Katherine 60, B & V Swann
New calved cows 1st, Lot 12, Wyredale Expander Dawn 36, M J & H Atkinson
Lancaster Auction Mart: Sale of 1500 Breeding Ewes & Gimmer Shearlings Wednesday 18th August 2021 Lancaster Auction held its annual show and sale of Mule and Continental Breeding Ewes and Gimmer Shearlings. The recent times have been good within the sheep industry with many enjoying a good summer with their Prime Lamb and Cast Sheep trade leading to plenty of confidence within the industry. A busy ring of buyers forward and a great atmosphere lead to a strong trade with Mule Gimmer Shearings eagerly bid for selling to an impressive market average of £173.42, thirty pound up on the year. The pre-sale show saw a strong line up of Mule gimmer shearlings forward for our judge Matthew Billington, Claughton on Brock who we thank for his time and expertise. The first prize and championship rosette was awarded to P & M Crackles, Burrow who a strong pen of Mule shearlings that went onto to sell for £195 with the third prize pen coming from the same home and made £195 with other pens from this home twice selling to £192 and £190. The second prize rosette and reserve champion was awarded to Shelia Taylor, Tatham selling her prize pen to £200 with her other pen selling to £198. A run of fifty strong Mule gimmer shearlings from JS & KM Wilson, Kendal met much demand selling to £202 x2 £200 x2 and £198 with his consignment averaging over £200. A very bonny much admired pen from JK & BE Townley, Caton sold to £200. Other leading prices for Mule gimmer shearlings saw M & YS Barker, Halton sell to £190 three times and N Barker, Burton in Kendal sell to £190 and £188. The continental gimmer shearling first prize rosette was awarded to S Rossall, Over Wyresdale with a pen of Charolais x which went onto to sell for £175. The top price pen of Texel shearlings came from JS & KM Wilson, Kendal selling to £230 with Beltex x shearlings selling to £195 from Bargh Contractors, Heaton with Oxcliffe. Mainly older ewes forward today saw them peaked at £132 for Continetal ewes from S & JE Cornthwaite, Brookhouse.
Show Results Judge – Matthew Billington, Claughton – On – Brock Wednesday 18th August 2021
Sponsor – Wadlands Finance Class Two – 10 Mule Shearlings 1st – P & M Crackles, Mill Farm - £195 2nd – S M Taylor, Beethams Farm - £200 3rd – P & M Crackles, Mill Farm - £195 Class Three – 10 Continental Shearlings 1st – S Rossal, Stonehead Farm - £175 Champion - P & M Crackles, Mill Farm - £195 Reserve Champion - S M Taylor, Beethams Farm - £200 TOP PRICES: Breeding Ewes Texel - £132 Willow Farm, Lane House, £128 Bouthwaite Farm, £125, £120 Willow Farm, £120 Lane House, £120, £115 Willow Farm. Mule - £122, £120 Longstripes Farm, £105, £98, £92, £78 Willow Farm. Dorset - £100 Bouthwaite Farm. Gimmer Shlgs Texel - £230, £185 High House, £185 Old Woodhouse, £178 Bouthwaite Farm, Guides Farm, £172 Bouthwaite Farm, £165 Toulbrick Farm, £160 Guides Farm, Stonehead. Mule - £202 High House, £200 Mearsbeck House, High House, Beethams Farm, £198 High House, Beethams Farm, £195 Mill Farm. Beltex - £195 Old Woodhouse. Charollais - £175 Stonehead, £165 Wyre Farm, £160 Stonehead, £150 Wyre Farm.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Sale of Calves, Stirks, OTM Cattle and Store Cattle Thursday 19th August 2021 CALVES AND STIRKS The summer show of calves kindly sponsored by Semex UK had a wonderful show of 105 calves forward with all selling to a blistering trade from start to finish. The champion bull calf from JW & TE Sharp, Lyth topped the calf trade at £520 with other wonderful British Blue calves from this consignment sold to £510, with all British Blue calves forward averaging £410. Limousin bull calves sold to £500 from FI & ME Little, Kendal. All continental bull calves we eagerly bid for at Junction 36 and regularly selling well over the £400 mark. A young show of native bull calves were forward with beef Shorthorn selling to £325 from Messrs Robinson, Old Hutton with Angus’s selling three times to £300 from BJ & M Tomlinson, Preston, JHA Walton & Son, Kirkby Stephen and TW & CA Long, Ulverston. Heifer calves were easily sold today with trade being up on previous weeks with British Blue heifers selling to
£480 from JW & TE Sharp, Lyth with others from the same good home selling to £460. Bambers Farm, sold another good run of calves with Charolais and Simmentals selling to £350. Limousin heifers also sold to £350 from JH Towers & Sons, Tunstall. Native bred heifers would be the trade of the day, with Herefords selling to £320 from Bambers Farm with others Herefords to £315 from MH & SJ Morris, Allithwaite. Shorthorn heifers sold to £220 from Messrs Robinson, Old Hutton. A young show of Black and Whites forward with good strong calves eagerly bid for, topping at £205 from MH & SJ Morris, Allithwaite with others selling to £155 from S Taylor, Kirkby Stephen. Sixty stirks forward with buyers paying a premium for well grown strong stirks, with a top of £720 for a British Blue bull from Gibson & Berry, Endmoor with other British Blue bulls selling to £710 from M&G German, Middleton. PD & PJ Mason, Burton in Kendal sold British Blue heifers to £655 with a ring full of black and White bullocks selling to £455.
Prize winners Semex Calf Show – Thursday 19th August 2021 Class 1 – Continental Bred Bull Calf 1st J W & T E Sharp Ltd, Flodder Hall BRB £520 2nd Messrs H J Robinson & Son, Elm Tree Farm BRB £395 3rd Bambers Farm, LIM £390 Class 2 – Continental Bred Hfr Calf 1st J W & T E Sharp Ltd, Flodder Hall BRB £480 2nd J W & T E Sharp Ltd, Flodder Hall BRB £400 3rd Messrs H J Robinson & Son, Elm Tree Farm BRB £360 Class 3 – Native Bred Bull Calf 1st Messrs Robinson, Strickley SHO £325 Class 4 – Native Bred Hfr calf 1st Messrs Robinson, Strickley SHO £270 TOP PRICES: Bull calves: British Blue: £520, £510 Flodder Hall, £505 Holmescales Farm, £500 Flodder Hall, £490 Tunstall Hall, £470 Holmescales Farm. Limousin: £500 Helm Croft, £390, £350 Bambers Farm, £340 Halforth Farm, £325 Grace Mire Farm, £310 Hollins Farm, £310 Halforth Farm. Shorthorn: £325 Strickley, £270 Audlands. Simental: £310 Bambers Farm. Angus: £300 Grace Mire Farm, £300 Bank View, £300, £280, £270, Old Hall Farm. Friesian: £205 Wraysholme Tower, £155 £150 Mount View, £115 £105 £100 Bank View. Dairy Shorthorn: £200, £155 Strickley. Montbeliarde: £195 Townhead farm. Continental: £185 Colby Farms. Heifer calves: British Blue: £480, £460, £400 Flodder Hall, £400 Elm Tree Farm, £400 Bambers farm, £360 Elm Tree Farm, £355 (2) Tunstall Hall. Limousin: £330 Tunstall Hall, £320, £310 Halforth Farm. Simental: £330, £300 Bambers Farm. Charolais: £330 Bambers Farm. Hereford: £320 Bambers Farm, £315 Wraysholme Tower, £300 (3) Bambers Farm. Shorthorn: £270, £250 Strickley, £235 Far Audlands. Angus: £230 Far Audlands, £230 Hollins Farm. Bull Stirk: British Blue: £720 Low Audlands, £710 Sowermire. Angus: £470 Moss End Farm, £430 Moss House Farm. Limousin: £450, £430, Moss House Farm. Swedish Red: £450 11 Westwood. Friesian: £355 11 Westwood. Fleckvieh: £200 Barnacre. Heifer Stirk: British Blue: £655, £600 Coat Green Farm, £590 11 Westwood, £520 Moss House Farm. Angus: £540 Grace Mire Farm, £440 11 Westwood, £415 Barnacres, £390 11 Westwood, £370 Moss End Farm. Hereford: £470 Coat Green Farm, £455 Hill Crest Farm. Highland Cross: £470 Park Avenue. Limousin: £465 Moss End Farm. Steer Stirk: Hereford: £660 Low Fell Gate Farm. British Blue: £655 Grace Mire Farm, £630 Coat Green Farm,
£580 Moss End Farm. Limousin: £590 Coat Green farm. Angus: £470 Moss End Farm. Friesian: £455, £440, £410 Coat Green Farm £350 Low Fell Gate Farm. STORE CATTLE
Junction 36 saw a sizzling trade for store cattle with all cattle forward averaging £1020, with many runs of yearling’s cattle forwards. Ladies led the way today with Limousin heifers selling to £1360 from R&RM Dent, Ravestondale, Angus heifers also achieved the same price from MJ & JG Handley, Milnthorpe. Yearling well bred heifers could only be described as a flying trade with Limousin selling to £1210 from JG & PH Thompson, Selside. The bullock trade sold to a top of £1290 for a Limousin from SH Whiteman, Milnthorpe with others selling to £1265 from AT Rogerson, Chipping. Charolais flew away to £1250 from J Twigge, Grange-Over-Sands. Native bred bullocks with Angus’s selling to £1240 from SH Wightman, Milnthorpe and Herefords to £1165 from TE & A Galbraith, Crooklands. Yearling bullocks were regularly selling between the £1000-£1100 mark, topping at £1210 from JG & PH Thompson, Selside. The next sale of store cattle is on the 2nd September, this includes the monthly sale of beef breeding cattle. We advise cattle to entre cattle with confidence.
TOP PRICES: Bullocks: Limousin: £1290 Low Woodhouse, £1265 Handlesteads Farm, £1260, £1250 Tarnside Farm, £1210 Poppy Farm, £1200 Handlesteads Farm, £1195 Holmelands. Charolais: £1250, £1195, £1165, £1070 Holmelands, £1045 Kate Farm. British Blue: £1245 Tarnside Farm, £1160 Handlesteads, £1150 Cockrigg Farm, £1150, £1120 Hollins Farm. Angus: £1245 Low Woodhouse, £1230 Heathwaite, £1230 Capplerigg, £1220, £1140 Heathwaite, £1115 Newcross House Farm, £1095 Holmelands. Hereford: £1165 The Coach House. Simental: £1150 Tarnside Farm. Blonde: £1160, £1100 Mount Pleasant Farm. Fleckvieh: £1080 Tarnside. Friesian: £920, £900 Heathwaite. Heifers: Limousin: £1360 Ashfield Farm, £1210 Poppy Side Farm, £1200 Lane End, £1170, £1140 Tarnside Farm, £1070 Cockrigg Farm, £1070 Ashfield. Angus: £1360, £1140 Archers Hall £1085 Bouthwaite Farm, £1070 Tarnside Farm, £1040 Bouthwaite Farm, £960, £910 Crabtree Farm. Simental: £1230 The Coach House. British Blue: £950 Tarnside House. Charolias: £900 Kendal House Farm. Blonde: £880 Mount Pleasant Farm. Fleckvieh: £835 The Coach House. CAST COWS
Another strong trade was seen for all classes and types of cows with 9 active buyers ringside. Beef cows sold to a top price of 177.5p/kg for a BRBX from N J Strickland & Son, Whinfell with others selling to 171.5p/kg for AAX from J & M Wilson, Selside and LIMX from G C & G Taylor, Crook. Other beef cows generally 145p/kg-160p/kg, with cows suitable for further finishing eagerly bid for. Dairy cows sold to 151.5p/kg for a BF from R J & M L Lowrey, Holker and a HF from M H & A R Robinson, Old Hutton with other heavy and well fleshed cows 142p/kg-150p/kg. All cows forward averaged 139p/kg. Top grossing cow was an AAX from J Twigge, Lindale achieving £1250, with a BRBX from
J & M Wilson, Selside close behind at £1222. Top price per head for Dairy Cows was £1103 from J M Barton & Son, Lupton. OTM dairy heifers sold to 144.5p/kg from B Butterfield & Son, Burton in Kendal and £884 from J M Barton & Son, Lupton. Steers sold to 197.5p/kg and £1350 for a FKV from P D & P Mason, Burton in Kendal. A Longhorn Bull sold to 141.5p/kg and £1327. TOP PRICES: Cows: Angus: £1250.20 Homelands, £1142.19, £1077.90 Cooper House. British Blue: £1222.56 Cooper House, £1107.60 The Borrans, £1103.83 Cooper House. Shorthorn: £1194.28 Homelands, £976.45 Craketrees. Limousin: £1150.91 Stribers Farm, £1078.74 High Farm £998.07 Homelands. Friesian: £1103.98 Lupton Hall, £1102.92 Holmescales Farm, £1073.41 Halforth Farm, £1067.90 Far Audlands. £836.28 Shorthorn Farm, £827.75 Wall End Farm. Hereford: £1073.78 Gowan Bank Farm, £963.90 Holmelands, £957.60 Gowan Bank Farm. Simental: £1049.51 Cooper House. Montbeliarde: £1032.95 Low Sizergh Farm, £948.23 Ghyll Farm. Charolias: £875.67 The Borrans. Heifers: Friesian: £884.34 Lupton Hall, £713.83 Butterfield. Steers: Fleckvieh: £1350.90 Coat Green Farm. Bulls: Longhorn: £1327.27 Spruce Avenue. Leading prices per kilo: Cows: British Blue: 177.5p The Borrans, 167.5p, 161.5p Cooper House, 154.5p, 144.5p Holmelands 144.5p Cooper House. Limousin: 171.5p High Farm, 169.5p Stribers Farm, 167.5 Mouse Syke, 161.5p Holmelands. Angus: 171.5p Cooper House, 164.5p Holmelands, 149.5p Cooper House. Shorthorn: 167.5p Holmelands, 147.5p Craketrees. Simental: 159.5p Cooper House. Hereford: 157.5p Holmelands, 157.5p, 154.5p Gowan Bank Farm. Friesian: 151.5p Holmescales, 151.5p Shorthorn Farm, 149.5p Halforth farm, 147.5p Far Audlands, 144.5p Lupton Hall, 137.5p Wall End Farm, 134.5p Middle Birkby Farm. Charolias: 144.5p The Borrans. Montbeliarde: 141.5p Low Sizergh Farm, 134.5p Ghyll Farm. Heifers: Friesian: 144.5p Lupton Hall, 144.5p Moss House Farm. Steers: Fleckvieh: 197.5p Coat Green Farm. Bulls: Longhorn: 141.5p Spruce Avenue.
Lancaster Auction Mart: 'LANCASTER LADS' Sale of 150 Terminal Sire Breeding Rams - Thursday 16th August 2021 Lancaster held its annual ‘Lancaster Lads’ sale of terminal sire breeding rams, the sale saw good quality rams in plenty of demand and eagerly bid for. A big thank you goes to David, Karen, Henry and Freddie Swarbrick for their time and expertise, especially to the two young shepherds presenting the rosettes. They awarded the championship rosette to the Suffolk ram lamb from TA Blair, Thornton-in-Cleveleys and reserve champion to the Charollais shearling from AV Bailey, Cheshire selling to £450. Taking top price of the evening was £1100 for the 1st prize Suffolk shearling from JH Towers & Sons, Tunstall with a much-admired powerful tup. The first prize Texel shearling from T & CM Kelsall & Sons, Chipping sold to £850 with others from the same home selling to £700, £680, and £650. A consignment of Beltex and Beltex x tups from ST Birkett & Son, Carnforth sold to £850, £800 and £720. Also having a good trade with Beltex x tups was RF Towers, Wray selling their consignment of tups to £800 and £750 twice. Other noted prices for Texel tups were £650 from Harry Carter, Ellel. Charollais shearlings peaked at £550 from AS & A Lee, Arkholme followed by other Charollais shearlings to £500 from JA&R Geldard & Sons, Levens. A selective ram lamb trade saw the consignment of Suffolks from G&K Richmond, Inglewhite sell to £550 and £520.
AGED TUPS Suffolk - £500 Tunstall Hall. Charollais - £400 Low Foulshaw Farm. Dutch Spotted - £300 Wyre Farm. Texel £200 Lots House Farm. TUP LAMBS Suffolk - £550, £520 Lodge Cottage, £220 The Old Stable, £200 Brook House, Heald Farm Barn. Charollais £320, £260 Holme Farm House. Dutch Spotted - £200 Brook House. SHEARLING TUPS Suffolk - £1100 Tunstall Hall, £550 Patton Hall, £520 Tunstall Hall, £500 Tunstall Hall, £480 Patton Hall. Beltex - £850 Hall Croft Barn, £800, £750 Curwen Hill Farm, £720, £650 Hall Croft Barn. Texel - £850 Brown Brook, £800 Hall Croft Barn, £700, £680, £650 Brown Brook, £650 Crag End. Charollais - £550 Cinder Hill Farm, £500 Low Foulshaw Farm, £450, £420 Holme Farm House, £420, £400 Cinder Hill Farm. Dutch Spotted £400, £350 Myerscough Hall.
Lancaster Auction Mart: Sale of Calves, Stirks, OTM Cattle and Store Cattle - Friday 20th August 2021 CALVES AND WEANLINGS
CALVES AND STIRKS
What a trade was enjoyed in the calf ring at Lancaster today as all sizes and types of calves were in strong demand and eagerly bid for. Six-week-old British Blue bull calves sold to £555 from JP & C Robson, Garstang with others from the same home to £485 and £480. British Blue heifer calves, sold to £410 from J&G Thornley, Kirkham. Angus bull calves sold to £390 from RT Halhead, Cockerham with others to £380 from Tom Barron Farm, Woodplumpton. Plenty of beef calves easily selling in excess of the £300 mark. Dairy bull calves sold to a top of £240 for Montbeliards from TL Boldwin & Son, Forton. Black and White bull calves peaked at £225 from H&SD Cornthwaite & Son, Nateby with others to £215 from Karen Parkinson, Out Rawcliffe. Plenty of strong Black and White calves easily selling into the mid hundreds with all black and whites forward averaging £103. A larger run of weanlings forward today saw Hereford bulls to £410 and £390 from JK&D Birkett & Son, Morecambe. A handful of stirks on offer today saw British Blue bullocks to £745 and heifers to £690 from Sam Ashcroft, Exton
TOP PRICES: Heifer Calves: Angus: £570 Mearsbeck Farm, £255 £250, £245 Barron Farm, £240 (2) Poplar Grove Farm. Limousin: £550 Mearsbeck Farm. British Blue: £410 Derby Lodge Farms £350 Roe Farm. Hereford: £400 £340, £330, White Lund Farm. Bull Calves: British Blue: £555, £485, £480, Roe Farm, £370 Norbreck Farm. Hereford: £510, £490 White Lund Farm. Angus: £390 Norbreck Farm, £385, £330, £325 (2), £320, The Poultry Farm. Montbeliarde: £240, £180 Forton Hall Farm. Frisian: £225, £215, £155, £145 Liscoe Farm, £145 Roe Farm, £145 Kirkwood Lodge Farm. Steer Calves: Angus: £340, £330, £310 Poplar Grove Farm. Bull Stirk: Hereford: £515 (2), £400 Rose Hill Farm. Heifer Stirk: British Blue: £690, £600 Rose Hill Farm. Hereford: £330 (3), Rose Hill Farm. Steer Stirk: British Blue: £745 Rose Hill Farm. STORE CATTLE Store cattle once again met a buoyant trade with 304 on offer selling to a fast trade to our busy ring side of buyers. Topping the store cattle trade today was a pair of shapey Limousin bullocks from TE JS & SA Carruthers, Underbarrow at £1580, with L Parsons & Son, Lower Levens selling to £1420. A pen of Aberdeen Angus’s realised £1540 from EW & CR Clegg & Sons, Poulton Le Fylde, closely followed by GCL Stephensons, Kirkby Lonsdale selling to £1450. A pair of Shorthorn bullocks peaked at £1450 from EW & CR Clegg & Sons, Poulton Le Fylde. British Blues from M Shepherd & Sons, Pilling topped at £1370 with R&A Easterby, Westhouse closely behind at £1360. Saler cattle consigned by A&E Clarkson, Thurnham peaked at £1230. In the Hereford section a price of £1200 was achieved twice, firstly from SH&LE Birkett, Neither Kellet and secondly from GCL Stephenson, Kirkby Lonsdale. A pen of eight Friesians consigned by EE Thornton & Sons, Heaton hit the high spot of £1080. Limousin also led the heifer trade today at £1290 consigned by E Rossall, Poulton Le Fylde. British Blues closely followed at £1260 for a pen from M Shepherd & Sons, Pilling. In the native section SH&LE Birkett, Neither Kellet sold Aberdeen Angus heifers to £1200. A British Blue bull consigned by JH Bland & Son, Levens realised £1290. TOP PRICES: Bullocks: Limousin: £1580 Red Scar Farm, £1420 Low Levens, £1260 Deansbiggin, £1200 Elston Old Hall, £1190 Bensons Farm, £1180 Ninezergh. Aberdeen Angus: £1540 Yew Tree Farm, £1450 Deansbiggin, £1370 Low Levens, £1360 Bensons Farm, £1340 Godson House Farm, £1300 Cock Hall Farm. Shorthorn: £1450 Yew Tree Farm, £1070 Barrowfield. British Blue: £1370 Pasture House Farm, £1360 Fellside Farm, £1290, £1210 Ninezergh, £1200 Fellside Farm, £1190 Wood Nook Farm, £1180 Low Stangerthwaite, Plumpton Hall Farm. Saler: £1230 Cock Hall Farm, £1180 Yealand Manor. Hereford: £1200 Stubb Hall Farm, Deansbiggin, £1090, £1060 Deansbiggin, £1040 Longmeanygate. Friesian: £1080 Downlansds Farm, £980 Grizedale, £880 Old Hall Farm. Ayrshire: £1070 Newsham Hall Farm. Norwegian Red: £1070 Ninezergh. Fleckvieh: £1070 Ninezergh. Swedish Red: £1040 Bradley Farm. Heifers: Limousin: £1290 Sykes Fold Farm, £1180 Low Levens, Meadow Top Farm, Elston Old Hall, £1130 Sykes Fold Farm, £1100 Mount Murray, Ninezergh. British Blue: £1260 Pasture House Farm, £1220 Low Levens, £1100 Ninezergh, £1090 Windy Hill Farm. Aberdeen Angus: £1200 Stubb Hall Farm, £1090 Bradley Farm, £1060 Meadow Top Farm, £1040 Outerthwaite Farm. Bulls: British Blue: £1290 Ninezergh.
OTM CATTLE The weekly sale of OTM’s had forward 99 head of cattle, which averaged 134p/kg as to be expected for this time of year there was a large show of parlour cows forward. A British Blue cow topped the trade at 219.5p/kg or grossing at £1672 from A&P Hodkinson, Poulton Le Fylde. A Saler bull from JJ & J Woof & Sons, Dent topped at £1432.03 or 171.5p/kg. A Friesian from JM & AG Swarbrick, Out Rawcliffe sold to £1243.94 or 179.5p/kg. Black and White Friesian cows reached £1378.65 from Wallbank Farms, Over Wyersdale or 179.5p/kg from RM Mason & Son, Levens. In the Native section Aberdeen Angus’s peaked at £1220.55 from WJ & M Greenwood, Slattocks or 169.5p/kg from GJT Parkinson, Poulton Le Fylde. The OTM heifer trade saw a Swedish Red consigned by JM & JI Pye, Cabus realising £1171.50 or 184.5p.kg. TOP PRICES: OTM COWS: British Blue - £1672.59 Bank Field Farm, £777.85 Thornham Fold Farm, £703.53 Fell End Farm. Hereford - £1449.23 Moss View. Holstein Friesian - £1378.65 Tills Farm, £1266.90 Forton Hall Farm, £1251.32 Lawsons Farm, £1220.60 Heaves Farm, £1154.14 Bilsborrow Hall Farm, £1133.42 Lawsons Farm. Aberdeen Angus - £1220.55 Thornham Fold Farm, £1101.75 Moss View. Bazadaise - £1136.24, £752.50 Yarlsber. Montbeliarde - £1042.65 Newsham Hall Farm. Flekvieh - £989.69 Lawrence House. Salers - £879.71 Millbeck, £871.13 Fell End Farm. Limousin – £743.54, £673.40, £487.20, £486.97 Fell End Farm. Shorthorn - £436.87 Lawrence House, £383.25 Ballacutchel Farms. Jersey - £390.39, £344.58 Quakers Farm. OTM HRFS: Swedish Red and White - £1171.58 Old Holly Farm. Holstein Friesian - £927 Low Audlands, £888.42 Gibstick Hall, £796.84 Marlholes Farm, £654.89 Tunstall Hall, £532.43 Sweetings Farm. CAST STEER: Holstein Friesian - £990.50, £880.18, £747.50 Cliftons Farm. CAST BULL: Salers - £1432.03 Millbeck. Holstein Friesian - £1243.94 Bensons Farm. Beef Shorthorn - £1208.86 Bridgestone.
ON FARM SALE OR MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT HELD ON BEHALF OF C POTTER Bank House Farm, Selside, Kendal On Saturday 28th August at 11am Viewing of items strictly: - Friday 27th 10am-4pm and the morning of the sale. Full list of items will be advertised on the website from Thursday 26th August Contact Bradley Thompson - 07867000244 Or Matthew Probert - 07540446667
Next Week's Up Coming Sales Monday 23rd Lancaster: 10.30am Sale of prime lambs and cast sheep.
Tuesday 24th J36: 10.30am Sale of Prime, Cast, Store & Weaner Pigs. 1pm Sale of Spring Lambs and Cast Sheep.
Thursday 26th J36: 10.30am Special Show & Sale of Continental & Suffolk Gimmer Lambs. Followed by the Fortnightly Sale of Store Lambs.
Friday 27th Lancaster: 10.15am Sale of Calves, OTM and Store Cattle. Including the Summer Show of Calves Under 56 Days, Sponsored by Semex UK
Saturday 28th J36: 11am Sale of Poultry, Waterfowl, Hatching Eggs & Equipment. Sale of Rare & Minority Livestock Breeds in association with RBST On Farm Sale On Behalf of C Potter, Selside Ke
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