Weekly Report and Newsletter - 22nd November 2024 J36 Rural Auction Centre: General Sale of Horses, Ponies & Donkeys. Saturday 16th November 2024. The Autumn sale of all classes of horses, ponies and donkeys held at North West Auctions J36, topped three times at 5000gns. First was for a quality 4 year old grey IDx Sports Horse mare from A Roberts, followed by a beautifully presented, show quality, ride and drive 5 year old piebald cob gelding and a 5 year old roan cob mare in-foal to G&R Topper both from G & R Dunn. Youngsters topped at 4600gns for Rocky, a skewbald 3 year old Shire x cob gelding to make 17hh from Nicola Napier, a piebald yearling native cob, Paintball Fancy that sold to 3200gns and the Paintball Stud also sold other youngsters at 2000gns twice as part of their stud reduction. A & SG Butterfield of the Hermits Stud sold Hermits In the Pink a 13.3hh 3 year old traditional cob filly at 2700gns, a grey yearling cob colt to make 15.2hh from D Cummings sold at 2100gns and Luca a 3 year old 15.3hh gelding from Mr Pedley of Portpatrick sold at 2500gns. A 16.2hh, well hunted 15 year old ID mare sold at 3800gns, with a 2 year old Clydesdale x Dales gelding selling at 3600gns and a pure Section A Dales gelding selling at 2400gns, both from the Westwick Stud. Luneside Belle of the Ball, a 3 year old 14.2hh skewbald cob filly sold for 2300gns whilst Mr Wilson sold 16 palomino and cremello cob foals and yearlings to 2500gns, 2300gns, 1800 and 1500gns. Regular consignor I Fleming from Ulverston sold Newland Green Peaches, a 12 year old 14hh cob mare at 3000gns as part of his stud reduction. Shetlands topped at 1600gns for an unregistered filly foal from Mrs S Winter who also sold others at 1400 and 1200gns for a spotted Shetland filly and colt foal, closely followed by the tiny, fully registered Lowmill Buttermere selling at 1300gns from R Grieveson. Donkeys sold to a top of 500gns for a Jenny with others at 400gns and 350gns. The next general sale of horses, ponies and donkeys is Saturday 26th April 2025.
Lancaster Auction Mart: Sale of Prime Lambs & Cast Sheep. Monday 18th November 2024. Prime Lambs Prime lambs sold to a top of £169 for Texel cross from KA Purtill, Wigan with others at £163 from CD&HL Mason, Caton. Other well finished heavy weight lambs were generally £145 to £155. The best standard weights were £128 to £136, with lighter weight lambs £110 to £118. Mule and Masham’s sold to a top price of £136 with other heavier pens £128 to £135. Topping the market at 360p/kg was KA Purtill, Wigan with other pure and 3/4 bred lambs 320p/kg to 345p/kg. First cross lambs were generally 290p/kg to 305p/kg, depending on quality. Grass finished lambs were 280p/kg to 295p/kg. Mules sold to 281p/kg, with others generally 272p/kg to 280p/kg and lighter weight lambs 290p/kg to 310p/kg. Prime Lambs Top Prices: Texel: £169 Oak Aveune, £163 Mearsbeck Farm, £157, £156, £150 Oak Aveune, £147.50 Ellers Farm. Beltex: £156 The Hawthornes, £138.50, £137, £129.50 Oak Aveune. Continental: £149.50, £148 Low Croft, £146, £143 Broseley Hall Farm, £138, £133.50 Low Croft. Charollais: £140 Oak Aveune. Masham: £136 Fell End Farm. Mule: £134 Thornbush Farm, £132 Fell End Farm, £131.50 Ouzelthorn Farm, £126 Brown Brook, £120 Thornbush Farm, £116.50 High House Farm. Suffolk: £130 Old Parkside Farm, £118 Quarry House Farm. Cast Sheep Texel cross ewes sold to £199 from TR Prickett, Hutton Roof with heavier first cross ewes £130 to £150, medium ewes were £105 to £120. Mules sold to £147 from A Thompson, Woodplumpton with other heavier pens £130 to £140. Meated mediums were £105 to £120, with light weight and leaner ewes generally £80 to £95. Keep the lambs and ewes coming, with seven buyers ring side active on fifteen accounts every week at Lancaster. Matthew Probert, Auctioneer – 07540 446667 Andrew Butler, Fieldsman – 07966 556592 Cast Ewes Top Prices: Texel: £199 Hutton Roof Hall, £155 Newhouse Farm, £146, £133 Hutton Roof Hall, £105 Old Parkside Farm. Charollais: £152, £142 Adamsons Farm, £101 Dockensall Farm. Cheviot: £148 Adamsons Farm, £73 Old Parkside Farm. Mule: £147 Adamsons Farm, £143 Lower Castle O Trim, £141 Adamsons Farm, £133 Pilling Hall Farm, £130 Lower Castle O Trim, £126 Adamsons Farm. Continental: £81 Old Parkside Farm.