J36 Rural Auction Centre: Show & Sale of Swaledale Draft Ewes, Shearlings & Gimmer Lambs, Friday 26th September 2025.
The great Annual Show and Sale of Swaledale Draft Ewes & Shearling has once again been a huge success with vendors leaving delighted with their day’s trading. Averages were up across the board with ewes levelling at £166.31 – an increase of £26 on the year, shearlings averaged a staggering £193.31 which was up a whopping £30 on the year and gimmer lambs again saw an increase of £29 averaging £97.17.
The pre-sale show was kindly judged by Mr John Mason, Oddacres and Mr Ted Telford, Roadhead who we thank for working through the classes e iciently and expertly this morning. They awarded the results as follows:
SWALEDALE EWES (3CROP)
1st RS & BA Harker, Overthwaite
2nd R & A Taylforth, Side Farm
3rd DC & KL Hutchinson, Old Spital
SWALEDALE EWES (1 and 2 Crop)
1st E & A Wear, Grove Farm
2nd R & A Taylforth, Side Farm
SWALEDALE GIMMER SHEARLINGS
1st M & EM Wilson, Arngill
2nd J A Alderson, Barras
3rd Fernyford Farm, Derbyshire
SWALEDALE GIMMER LAMBS
1st Forest Hall Farm
2nd Forest Hall Farm
3rd Forest Hall Farm
The sale topped at £360 for the sale Champions from E&A Wear, Howe Green who sold a pen of 18 at £300. The Reserve Champion honours went to RS&BA Harker, Overthwaite which sold at £350. Selling at £300 was the best of the run from Drinkall Bros, Catshaw with shearlings from JA Alderson, Barras reaching £290. DC&KL Hutchinson, Old Spital enjoyed their day’s trading topping at £280 and Calderside Farms topping at £260.
Other notable prices saw R&PE Hargreaves, Meadow Bank sell shearlings at £240, ewes to £222 from W&PA Walton, Corney and shearlings to £210 from both MP&A Capstick, High Lane & M&EM Wilson, Arngill House.
Some of the day’s leading averages are below:
JR Alderson, Barras – 36 av £237.78
RS&BA Harker, Overthwaite – 77 av £232.08
Drinkall Bros, Catshaw – 109 av £223.49
E&A Wear, Howe Green – 243 av £216.67
R&PR Hargreaves, Meadow Bank – 62 av £214.19
Gimmer Lamb Top Prices: £118.00, £112.00, £112.00 Forest Hall Farm
Gimmer Shearlings Top Prices: £290.00 Barras Farm, £240.00 Meadow Bank, £230.00 Meadow Bank. £230.00 Barras Farm, £220.00 Fernyford Farm, £210.00 High Lane.
Ewes Top Prices: £360.00 Grove Farm, £350.00 Overthwaite Farm, £300.00 Grove Farm, £300.00 Catshaw Hall Farm, £280.00 Old Spital Farm, £260.00 Calderside Farm.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Show & Sale of Rough Fell Draft Ewes, Shearlings & Gimmer Lambs, followed by Other Hill Breeds. Saturday 27th September 2025.
Rough Fell Draft ewes sell to £232 at North West Auctions Junction 36.
The much-anticipated annual prize show and sale of Rough Fell breeding sheep once again saw a packed ringside of buyers in attendance, keen to secure additional and replacement stock.
The pre sale show this year was judged by Mr Adrian Ellis, New Hutton who made the following awards:
PEN OF 5 ROUGH FELL EWES
1st P&S Hoggarth, Birkhaw
2nd NC&S Dodd, Manor Court
3rd E&K Bland, Cotegill
PEN OF 5 ROUGH FELL SHEARLINGS
1st NC&S Dodd, Manor Court
2nd P&S Hoggarth, Birkhaw
3rd P&S Hoggarth, Birkhaw
PEN OF 5 ROUGH FELL LAMBS
1st W Moore, New House Farm
2nd AG Mackie, Low Wilkinson Farm
3rd AG Mackie, Low Wilkinson Farm
PAIR OF ROUGH FELL EWES
1st NC&S Dodd, Manor Court
2nd E&K Bland, Cotegill
3rd VR Guy, Whinfell Terrace
Champion: P&S Hoggarth, Birkhaw (Pen of 5 Ewes)
Reserve Champion: NC&S Dodd, Manor Court (Pen of 5 Shearlings)
Strong bodied sheep were keenly completed for, with a pair of eye catching one crop ewes from VR Guy leading the sale at £232, with a pair of two crops from NC&S Dodd achieving £195. The first prize pen three crop ewes from P&S Hoggarth sold at £170, with others £165 NC&S Dodd. Other ewes were generally £120 to £135, with all sold averaging £121.
Shearlings sold to £162 on several occasions from P&S Hoggarth, with others £150 from NC&S Dodd, all sold averaged £118. Several pens of gimmer lambs forward sold to £98 from W Moore, with all sold averaging £84.
A date for your diary - Saturday 11th October, annual show and sale of Rough Fell Rams.
Herdwick, Cheviot & Other Hill Breeds.
Sale of predominantly Cheviot and Herdwicks provided a successful encore to the tremendous sale of the previous day and the Rough Fells this morning.
Herdwicks were a strong trade particularly for gimmer shearlings topping at £128 from MJ&JD Handley, Archers Hall. The average for gimmer shearlings was £123, strong ewes were in demand with a top price of £100 from VJ Edgar, averaging £90 overall.
Cheviot and Cheviot cross buyers were on form today, with demand for gimmer shearlings being particularly strong. Topping todays trade was L Thompson making £210, then closely followed with a pen at £200. Cheviot shearlings averaged £159.27 and ewes averaged £147.65. A special mention to the Curwen Family for a tremendous run of 140 shearlings and ewes, averaging £166.
On behalf of North West Auctions we would like to thank all vendors and buyers for what has been a fantastic two-day sale. We very much appreciate your customer and support, and we wish you all the best of luck for the remainder of the Autumn sales.
Gimmer Lamb Top Prices: Rough Fell: £98 New House Farm, £88 Low Wilkinson Farm, £84 Whitley Hill Farm, £82 Low Wilkinson Farm, £74 Whitley Hill Farm, £68 Whitley Hill Farm.
Gimmer Shearlings Top Prices: Cheviot: £210 Low Beckside Farm, £200 Low Beckside Farm, £184 Marshaw Farm, £169 Marshaw Farm, £160 Fairview House, £159 Marshaw Farm.
Gritstone: £165 The Park, £165 The Park. Rough Fell: £162 Birkhaw Farm, £162 Birkhaw Farm, £150 Manor Court, £130 Hardendale Hall, £128 Whinfell Terrance, £125 Manor Court. Herdwick: £128 Archers Hall, £120 Archers Hall, £120 Gatehouse Farm.
Ewes Top Prices: Rough Fell: £232 Whinfell Terrace, £195 Manor Court, £170 Birkhaw Farm, £165 Manor Court, £150 Birkhaw Farm, £145 Cotegill Farm. Cheviot: £184 Marshaw Farm, £181 Marshaw Farm, £175 Audlands Park, £175 Audlands Park, £174 Marshaw Farm, £171 Marshaw Farm. Gritstone: £160 The Park, £160 The Park, £150 The Park, £150 The Park. Herdwick: £100 Low Longlands, £98 Height of Winder, £92 Low Longlands, £90 Tebay Ghyll, £82 Tebay Ghyll. SBF: £90 Woodside.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Online Sale of Registered Fell Ponies on behalf ofthe Bracklinn and Drybarrows Studs. Sunday 28th September 2025.
Once again North West Auctions were delighted to host the online sale on behalf of the Bracklinn and Drybarrows Studs.
The sale topped at a fabulous £3,500 for Bracklinn Raptor a very smart colt foal with breeding behind him by Rocky II and out of Bracklinn Beth, who heads to Cumbria as a potential future stud stallion, followed closely by Drybarrows Kelpie, a bright bay filly foal by Drybarrows Endurance and out of Guards Ann, who will travel down to Sussex.
Drybarrows Koko a grey filly by Drybarrows Exclusive, out of Drybarrows Coco sold at £2900 to Cockermouth.
Drybarrows Kindred, Drybarrows Kraven and Bracklinn Bobcat all sold for £1600 and the two yearlings, Bracklinn Digby and Bracklinn E ie both went on to sell for £1550. Two ponies will travel to Denmark and a further two will travel to the Netherlands in the near future with other ponies selling to the South of England, top of Scotland and locally.
Lancaster Auction Mart: Sale ofPrime Lambs & Cast Sheep. Monday 29th September 2025.
PRIME LAMBS
A few more lambs about with meat the key with fed lambs now leading the way ahead of grass finished lambs. Heavy lambs sold to £185 on several occasions with others generally £160-£180, best standard lambs to £158 with most £135-£148, several pens of light weighs with the best to £130 and others regularly £115-£125. The better end of lambs 330-360p/kg, most 308-320p/kg with grass lambs and under finished 290-300p/kg. All sold av 306p/kg.
Prime Lambs Top Prices: TEXEL: £185 (x2) Little Fell Farm, £176 Stubb Hall Farm, £167, £164, £161 Holmelands. BELTEX: £158 Cocker House Farm, £140 Old Woodhouse, £139, £132 West View Farm. MASHAM: £157 Allcocks Farm, £132 Ellers Farm. SUFFOLK: £151 Cocker House Farm, £150 Ouzelthorn Farm, £138 Abbotson Farm, £136, £134 Angerton Hall Farm, £130 Cocker House Farm. CHEVIOT MULE: £151 Thornbush Farm, £146, £140 Yarlsber, £127, £126 Higher Hollinhead Farm. CONTINENTAL: £150 Moss Gate Farm, £137 Old Woodhouse, £135 West View Farm, £134 Angerton Hall Farm, £131 Moss Gate Farm, £130 Cocker House Farm. CHAROALIS: £149, £147 Oak Aveune. MULE: £148 Thornbush Farm, £140, £136 (x2) Ouzelthorn Farm, £130 Thornbush Farm. DORSET: £144, £143 Abbotson Farm. CHEVIOT: £137 Yarlsber, £136 Cross Farm, £130, £127 Yarlsber, £124 Cross Farm, £118 Cragg Farm. ZWARTBLE: £133 North Farm. DUTCH SPOTTED: £129 West View Farm.
CULL SHEEP
Todays sale saw a top price of £202 for Texel x ewes from A & E Clarkson Ltd with other stronger cross bred ewes £170-£195, mediums £145-£165 and feeding types £118£135. Mules topped at £172 again from A & E Clarkson Ltd with others to £170 from DR Preston, J Sanderon and W & A Cornall. Medium mules £130-£155 and feeding sort £88£110. Pure hill ewes saw Cheviots achieve £168 and medium horned ewes to £102, others £78-£90. Cull rams sold to £245 for Texels with Goats to £132 and £122.
Cast Ewes Top Prices: TEXEL: £202 Cock Halll Farm, £176 Bensons Farm, £175, £174 Lower Highfield, £174 Throstle Grove Farm, £170 West View Farm. CONTINENTAL: £196, £154 West View Farm. MULE: £172 Cock Hall Farm, £170 Bank Farm, £170 Ellers Farm, £170 Lower Higherfield Farm, £162 Thornbush Farm, £155 Bensons Farm. CHEVIOT: £168 Cross Farm, £134, £130 Bensons Farm. SUFFOLK: £168 Bensons Farm. LEICESTER: £162 Bank Farm, £160 Ouzelthorn Farm. BELTEX: £162 Ivy Bank Farm. MASHAM: £150 Cock Hall Farm, £90 Allcocks Farm. GOAT: £132, £122, £96 Gulf Lane. DUTCH SPOTTED: £120 West View Farm. DALESBRED: £102 Allcocks Farm. GRISTONE: £96, £90 Cross Farm. SWALEDALE: £96 Ouzelthorn Farm.
Cast Ram Top Prices: TEXEL: £245 Bank Farm. LEICESTER: £118 Yates Farm.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Sale ofPrime Lambs & Cast Sheep, Tuesday 30th September 2025.
PRIME LAMBS
Today’s word is GROWTH!
They say actions speak louder than words but if we had to choose one word for today at Junction 36 it would be ‘growth’. More lambs, more buyers and a trade that continues to reward quality, all signs pointing firmly in the right direct.
Wall to wall with sheep today saw a solid trade again for lambs from the first minute to the last and an overall average of 304p/kg. Lambs topped today for a smashing pair of Charollais cross types at £200 or 377.4p/kg from JA&R Geldard & Sons. PJ&ES Rogerson brought another fantastic run of lambs and topped at £193 for a single Texel. J Twigge also had his usual quality run of sheep topping at 352.4p/kg for a pair of Beltex. Lighter lambs also good to sell today, with a pen of five 39kg Charollais selling for 333.3p/kg from JC Walling. Mules topped at £158 for a pen of 24 weighting 52kg from Calderside Farm.
We can handle them so keep them coming, contact Joel McGarva ahead of next weeks sale on 07920009097.
Prime Lamb Top Prices: Continental: £200 Low Foulshaw Farm, £160 Holme Park Farm, £152 High Tenement Farm, £150 Curlew Rock, £147 High Tenement Farm, £143 Thwaite Barn. Texel: £193 Maison Gill, £182 Lane End, £178 Arklid Farm, £176 Swallowmire, £175 Arklid Farm, £174 Spital Farm, £173 Holmelands, £171 Far Orrest. Su olk: £184 x2 Station Hotel Farm, £180 Swallowmire, £180 Milestones Cottage, £172 £165 Netherhouses Farm, £155 Station Hotel Farm, £154 Netherhouses Farm. Mule: £158 £154 £149 Oakenclough, £142 Netherhouses Farm, £140 Greaves Farm, £140 Milestones Cottage, £133 Overthwaite Farm. LLeyn: £158 Low Foulshaw Farm. Dorset: £156 x2 Hallbeck. Beltex: £148 Holmelands, £129 Farleton House. Charollais: £146 £130 Dawson Fold. Herdwick: £142 Greaves Farm. HAMPSHIRE: £136 Kate Farm. Leicester: £135 Red Scar Farm. Gritstone: £130 Yew Tree Close. Dutch Spotted: £128 Curlew Rock. Cheviot: £125 Kirket Nook. Zwartble: £105 Patton Hall.
CAST SHEEP
A record entry of cull sheep forward with an abundance of buyers in attendance with several grazing orders now coming forward. Strongest cross bred ewes sold to £210 with others £185-£205, mediums £155-£175 with better feeding types £110-£125 and next drawn down £88-£105. Mules to £172, other heaviers £158-£165, mediums £130-£145
with leaner feeders £85-£110. Hill ewes to £144 for Cheviots, £136 for Lleyn, £110 for Rough Fell, £110 for Swaledale, £94 for Herdwicks. Hard worked horned ewes £55-£75 lesser sorts £30- £50.
Cast Ewes Top Prices: Texel: £210 Farleton House, £198 Tranthwaite Hall, £194 Spital Farm, £194 Tranthwaite Hall, £192 Headless Close, £188 IOM, £188 Farleton House, £186 Tranthwaite Hall. Cheviot Mule: £172 £140 Low Tarn Green, £138 Swallowmire, £120 Low Tarn Green, £106 Ecclerigg Hall Farm. Continental: £164 Swallowmire, £164 Ackenthwaite Farm, £148 Carlton House, £146 Tarnside Farm, £142 Low Stangerthwaite. Leicester: £192 Grayrigg Hall, £178 Low Newton Farm, £154 Grayrigg Hall, £154 £138 White House, £128 Grayrigg Hall. Su olk: £172 Netherhouses Farm, £172 Mislet Farm, £168 IOM, £168 Ackenthwaite Farm, £160 Low House, £156 £140 IOM. Mule: £160 Netherhouses Farm, £150 East Ridding, £146 Chapel House, £144 Mislet Farm, £138 Harrop Hall Farm, £138 Low Sizergh Farm, £138 Station Hotel Farm, £136 Low Brundrigg. Zwartble: £158 Tarnside Farm, £118 Mill Barn. Cheviot: £144 IOM, £142 Low Tarn Green, £138 £118 IOM. Hampshire: £148 Kate Farm. Cheviot: £144 IOM, £142 Low Tarn Green, £138 £118 IOM. Dorset: £138 IOM, £90 Cumbrae. Lleyn: £136 £118 IOM. Swale: £110 Netherhouses Farm, £110 £96 Grayrigg Hall, £96 Overthwaite Farm, £94 Low Hall Farm, £90 White House. Rough Fell: £110 Shacklabank Farm, £90 High Green Farm. Jacob: £102 Park House Farms. Herdwick: £94 IOM, £84 High Wallabarrow Farm, £52 IOM. Scotish Blackface: £90 £80 IOM. Horned: £72 £68 IOM, £68 High Wallabarrow Farm, £54 IOM.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Boys Are Back In Town Ram Sale & Second Sale of Gimmer Lambs, Wednesday 1st October 2025.
BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN
The much anticipated‘Boys are Back in Town’ evening prize show and sale of Breeding rams once again attracted a packed ringside of local and travelled buyers from as far a field as Scotland and Devon.
The pre-sale show was kindly judged by Mr L Ayrton, Abbeystead who made the following awards:
Any Breed Shearling Ram
1st A Williams, Manor Farm
2nd H Taylor & Partners, Hope House Farm
3rd A Williams, Manor Farm
Any Other Breed Ram Lamb
1st J Harrison, Wickerfield
2nd TA Blair, Thornfleet
3rd Messrs Hewson, Burgh Head Farm
The sale topped at £2200 for the first prize shearling, being a Texel from noted breeder Miss A Williams, Hale who sold others at £1500 and £1450. Other Texel shearlings sold to £1000 from HJ & PA Berry, Clitheroe and M & S Blease, Carnforth. Su olks shearlings sold to £900 from RA Batty and TA Blair. Charolais shearlings peaked at £800 from S Cummings and J Stott Jnr with Beltex to £750 from S Cummings.
Aged rams sold to £1100 for a Su olk from Oakden Livestock with Texels to £900 from M & S Blease.
Ram lambs sold to £1000 for Texels from PK & R Woof. Su olks to £800 from J Harrison and Charolais from £600 from BR Harrison.
Ram Lamb Top Prices: TEXEL: £1000, £700 Storth End Farm, £700 Burgh Head Farm, £600 Storth End Farm, £600 Dale View, £600 Storth End Farm. SUFFOLK: £800 Wickerfield Farm, £700 Burgh Head Farm, £700 Fleetwood Road, £680 Burgh Head Farm, £650 Fleetwood Road, £600 Wickerfield Farm. CHAROLAIS: £600 (x2), £500 Old Vicarage. LEICESTER: £580, £480 Burgh Head Farm. CONTINENTAL: £500 Causeywood. ROUGE: £250 Garell Smithy Cottage. ZWARTBLE: £130 Patton Hall.
Shearling Ram Top Prices: TEXEL: £2200, £1500, £1450, £1350, £1200 (x2) Manor Farm. SUFFOLK: £900 Dugg Hill, £900 Fleetwood Road, £850 Dugg Hill, £800 Heathwaite Farm, £800 (x2) New Close. CHAROLAIS: £800 Kingsland, £800, £700 Smithy Wood Farm, £600 Blackwell Farm, £600 Smithy Wood Farm, £550 Blackwell Farm. BELTEX: £750, £700 (x3) Smithy Wood Farm, £600 Burgh Head Farm, £450 Blackwell Farm. CONTINENTAL: £750, £550 Causeway. ROUGE: £400 Garell Smithy Cottage. BLUE TEXEL: £350 Garell Smithy Cottage. DUTCH SPOTTED: £350 Hill Farm, £350 Midtown Farm, £250 (x3) Myerscough Hall. HAMPSHIRE: £200, £150 Windygate. DORSET: £150 (x2) High Biggarsbank.
Aged Ram Top Prices: SUFFOLK: £1100 Chapel Lane. TEXEL: £900 The Barn, £850 The Barn, £850 New Close, £600 Mansrigg Hall, £500 Low Barrows Green Farm, £500 Brackenbank. BELTEX: £500 Scar Syke Farm. ZWARTBLE: £150 Patton Hall.
SECOND SHOW & SALE OF GIMMER LAMBS
Top trade for gimmer lambs today!! As the season for gimmer lambs draws to a close, the finale hit a high. As late born runners were sought after, and a new set of buyers came out of the woodwork. Special thank you goes to Kate Fell for her expertise in judging all classes, she awarded the results as follows:
Pen of 10 Mule Gimmer Lambs
1st R Lawrence, Greaves Farm
2nd T Ayrton & Sons, Yates Farm
3rd JW &E Woof, Ghyll Farm
Pen of 10 Any Other Breed Gimmer Lamb
1st JW &E Woof, Ghyll Farm
2nd B Wilson & Sons, Ashstead
Champion – R Lawrence, Greaves Farm
Reserve Champion - JW &E Woof, Ghyll Farm
They say everything comes in threes and todays show was no exception with Bob Lawrence gaining the champion rosette to complete the trio of Ambleside Fair, NEMSA sale and the new format second sale championship. Trade started o at a passable pace and accelerated and gained pace as it went on. ‘On fire’sprung to mind by the end of it. Average finalised at £127.90 for Mules with
champion pen topping at £265.
Texel/Beltex lambs were strong throughout with top price being reached by Miss Robyn Allen, St Annes. The same vendor matched this with additional pens at £170 and £165 to complete a good show.
A pen of cheviot mules took reserve champion today from John Woof, Firbank making £175. Cheviot mules were very sought after all-round.
Averages
• North Country Mule- £127.90
• Cheviot Mules- £170.55
• Texel- £136.80
• Beltex- £169.55
Gimmer Lamb Top Prices: Mule: £265 Greaves Farm, £158 Ghyll Farm, £155 Greaves Farm, £152 Yates Farm, £152 Ghyll Farm. Beltex: £180 St Annes, £170 St Annes, £165 St Annes, £160 St Annes. Cheviot Mule: £175 Ghyll Farm, £126 Ghyll Farm. Texel: £155 Ashstead, £145 Helm Croft, £138 Low Hall Farm, £132 Low Hall Farm, £119 Helm Croft. Su olk: £112 Rhumes, £110 Rhumes.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: First Show of Suckler Calves. Sale of Calves, Stirks, OTM Cattle & Store Cattle. Thursday 2nd October 2025.
CALVES
100 calves forward today with trade remaining similar to that of recent weeks. Topping today at £940 was a British Blue bull from J&B Morley, Appleby, with others at £880 from Bambers Farms, Thurnham and £810 from J Brown, Barrowfield. Charolais bulls sold to £880 from AK&BM Robinson with Aberdeen Angus to £710 from J&B Morley, Appleby. Longhorns sold to £600 from AK&BM Robinson with Fleckvieh to £570 from EW&RM Towers, Hornby. Thirty day old bulls reached £520 from DR&C Galbraith, Grayrigg with two week old Limousin to £400 from B&MJ Nelson, Haversham. Heifer calves saw a more selective trade, reaching £810, £800 and £790 for Charolais from AK&BM Robinson, Arkholme. Blues sold to £750 on three occasions from J Brown, Barrowfield, J&B Morley, Appleby and Bambers Farm, Thurnham. Aberdeen Angus sold to £710 again from J&B Morley. Younger month old sorts reached £620 from A Pickthall, New Hutton and £600 from JW&TE Sharp, Lyth. For more information contact Will Rogerson on 07506283587.
Bull Calf Top Prices: BRITISH BLUE: £940 Hadderdale Farm, £880 Bambers Farm, £810 Barrowfield Farm, £800 (x2) Raisgill Hall, £770 Bambers Farm. OTHER: £880 Kitchlow Farm. ANGUS: £710 Hadderdale Farm, £560, £550, £520 Holme House Farm, £520 Borrans Farm, £490 Scales Park Farm. LONGHORN: £600 Kitchlow Farm. CHAROLAIS: £580, £550 Holme House Farm. HEREFORD: £480, £410, £400, £390, £380 (x2) Natland Park Farm. LIMOUSIN: £400, £310 Halforth Farm. FRIESIAN: £240 Hallbeck, £230 Sunny Bank, £220 Hallbeck, £200 (x2) Scales Park Farm, £190 Raw End Farm.
Heifer Calf Top Prices: CHAROLAIS: £810 Kitchlow Farm. OTHER: £800, £790 Kitchlow Farm. ANGUS: £750, £710 Hadderdale Farm, £440 Holme House Farm, £370 Scales Park Farm, £360, £350 Colby Laithes. BRITISH BLUE: £750 Barrowfield Farm, £750 Hadderdale Farm, £750 Bambers Farm, £710 (x2) Throstle Grove, £690 Bambers Farm. SHORTHORN: £310 Flodder Hall.
Steer Calf Top Prices: FLECKVIEH: £570, £470, £460, £450, £400, £310 Holme Head. FRIESIAN: £480 Holme Head.
STIRKS
Plenty of interest in stirks with steers selling to £1490 for British Blue cross from B Robinson, with other yearlings £12890 to £1450. Younger beef steers were £950 to £1150. Diary steers sold to £1180 for Holstein Friesian. Heifers sold to £1210 for ten month old British Blue cross with other younger heifers £840 to £920. Bull stirks saw British Blue cross selling to £1420, with recently weaned dairy bulls to £960 for Montbeliarde and £540 for Holstein Friesian.
Bull Stirk Top Prices: BRITISH BLUE: £1420 Old Hall Farm, £1160 Riddings. MONTBELIARDE: £960 Riddings. SHORTHORN: £710 Wath Farm. FRIESIAN: £540, £440 Barrowfield Farm. JERSEY: £450 Old Hall Farm.
Heifer Stirk Top Prices: BRITISH BLUE: £1210 Riddings, £840 Bank Farm. ANGUS: £900 Bank Farm. HEREFORD: £780 Bank Farm. LIMOUSIN: £710, £400 Wath Farm. FRIESIAN: £580 The Barn.
Steer Stirk Top Prices: BRITISH BLUE: £1490 Warth Sutton Farm, £1380, £1370, £1290 Riddings, £1010 Leck Fell House. HEREFORD: £1450 Rainors Farm, £1340 Ridings. FRIESIAN: £1180, £1030, £1000, £970, £800 Warth Sutton Farm, £750 Low Sizergh Farm. LIMOUSIN: £1130, £680 The Barn. MONTBELIARDE: £1100 Rainors Farm. CONTINENTAL: £670 Low Sizergh Farm.
SUCKLER CALVES
Cleared for Take O – Suckler Calves Fly at Junction 36. Up, up and away. Suckled calves hit cruising altitude from the word go at today’s sale, with trade taking o and never looking back. From lightweights to the stronger end, the entire section was met with sky high demand from buyers circling the ring eager to land the best types. Vendors enjoyed a smooth flight with no signs of turbulence as prices soared well above expectations.
CLASS 1- BEST CONTINENTAL HEIFER
1st S Whitehead- British Blue- £1920
2nd S Whitehead- British Blue- £1620
3rd TW & C Shepherd- Limousin- £1800
CLASS 2- BEST CONTINENTAL BULLOCK
1st TW & C Shepherd- Limousin- £2060
2nd MW & H Hodgson- Limousin- £1980
3rd RC Wharton & Son- British Blue- £2140
CLASS 3- BEST CONTINENTAL BULL
1st TW Gorst- Limousin- £2220
2nd JM Kelsall & Son- Limousin- £1960
3rd GM Strong- Charolais- £1960
CHAMPION- TW & C Shepherd- Limousin- £2060
RESERVE CHAMPION- S Whitehead- British Blue£1920
Thank you to our judge Mr Dave Bell of Lockerbie and our sponsors, MB Nutrition, Eden Farm Supplies and Carrs Billington Skipton Machinery.
Bull calves topped at £2240 from Messrs Gorst of Gilpin Farm. The same good home had another at £2220. Bullocks topped at £2140 for a 9m old British Blue from Messrs RC Wharton. The Champion bullock from TW & C Shepherd, Underbarrow sold for £2060 for a Limousin at 7 months old. Other Limousin bullocks sold to £1980 from MW & M Hodgson, Cartmel Fell. Further 7 month old bullocks sold to £1920 from both TJ McGarva and GC & GW Taylor. 6 months old Charolais bullocks topped at £1880 from T Longton & Son. Limousin suckler heifers hit £1800 again from Messrs TW & C Shepherd. British Blue heifers sold to £1760 from TW Gorst.
Suckler Calf Bullock Top Prices: British Blue: £2140 High Field. Limousin: £2060 Nook Farm, £1980 Swallowmire, £1920 High Farm, £1920 Barwhanny Farm, £1880 Barwhanny Farm. Charolais: £1880 Rooten Brook, £1870 Rooten Brook, £1840 Middle Lee Farm, £1800 Middle Lee Farm, £1800 Rooten Brook, £1790 Middle Lee Farm. Simmental: £1800 Town End, £1720 Town End, £1700 Town End, £1620 Town End, £1600 Luneside. Continental: £1500 Wasdyke Farm, £1480 Wasdyke Farm, £1460 Wasdyke Farm, £1260 Mouse Syke. Angus: £1480 Fleets Farm, £1460 Fleets Farm, £1300 Fleets Farm, £1100 Swinside Farm. Shorthorn: £1450 Rooten Brook. Blonde: £1350 Todds Farm, £1320 Todds Farm, £1250 Todds Farm, £1200 Todds Farm.
Suckler Calf Heifer Top Prices: Limousin: £1800 Nook Farm, £1600 High Farm, £1580 Woodside Farm, £1570 Chapel House, £1560 Low Pleasant, £1540 Rooten Brook. British Blue: £1760 Gilpin Farm, £1160 Mosergh Farm, £1060 Mosergh Farm, £920 Mosergh Farm. Charolais: £1660 Rooten Brook, £1610 Rooten Brook, £1540 Middle Lee Farm, £1520 Abbott Park, £1500 Rooten Brook, £1460 Abbott Park. Shorthorn: £1180 Rooten Brook, £1000 Chapelhills. Blonde: £1120 Todds Farm, £940 Todds Farm.
Suckler Calf Bull Top Prices: Limousin: £2240 Gilpin Farm, £2220 Gilpin Farm, £1960 Ridding Side Farm, £1960 Low Pleasant, £1840 Low Pleasant, £1800 Low Pleasant. Charolais: £1960 School Hill, £1840 Abbott Park, £1700 Abbott Park, £1590 Lower Hawthwaite, £1580 Lower Hawthwaite, £1480 Abbott Park. Blonde: £1410 Todds Farm. Shorthorn: £1280 Greaves Farm, £1160 Chapelhills. Hereford: £970 Crossgates Farm. Angus: £940 Pump House Farm, £880 Pump House Farm.
STORE CATTLE
A fantastic trade was also met for Store Cattle as they continue to be in extremely high demand. A 20 month old British Blue heifer from S Whitehead sold for £2360, the same home had a Limousin heifer of similar age sell for £2200. 2 year old Limousin bullocks from AJ & H Clark sold up to £2230. The same home had a further pair at £2120.
Charolais bullocks at 17 months old sold for £2120 from MT Howarth. 20 month old Aberdeen Angus bullocks sold to £2030 for a pen of 3 from Messrs A & B Pickthall. Our next sale of store cattle is in two week’s time and features dispersal of 50‘Black Baldie’Aberdeen Angus x Hereford Cows with Aberdeen Angus & Hereford x calves at foot from J & J Beary Farming, Gaythorne Hall. Our next suckler calf sale is on Thursday 30th October, entries for the catalogue close on Wednesday 22nd October. Please contact Joel McGarva on 07920 009097 with any queries.
Store Heifers Top Prices: British Blue: £2360 Low Waterside, £2150 Low Waterside, £2070 Nether Hall Farm, £1990 Crabtree Farm, £1920 Low Waterside, £1890 Low Waterside. Limousin: £2200 Low Waterside, £2070 Low Waterside, £2040 Little Crimbles, £1960 High Borrowbridge, £1940 Low Waterside, £1920 Low Waterside. Angus: £1990 Crabtree Farm, £1740 Crabtree Farm, £1600 The Barn, £1420 Woodlea Farm, £1420 The Barn, £1300 Hawkrigg Farm. Charolais: £1780 Little Crimbles. Hereford: £1580 Ellers Farm, £1540 Spital Farm, £920 Gowan Bank Farm.
Stabiliser: £1580 Kit Cragg, £1170 Kit Cragg. Shorthorn: £1100 Lodge Bank Farm. Blonde: £1080 Ellers Farm.
Store Bullock Top Prices: Limousin: £2230 High Hollins, £2120 High Hollins, £1840 Bradley Farm, £1740 Bradley Farm, £1500 Capplerigg Farm. Charolais: £2120 Woodlea Farm, £1920 Little Crimbles, £1880 Moors Farm, £1830 Woodlea Farm, £1780 Woodlea Farm. Angus: £2030 Bradley Farm, £1940 Crabtree Farm, £1880 Bradley Farm, £1790 Little Crimbles, £1780 Lodge Bank Farm, £1740 The Barn. Hereford: £1900 Low Waterside, £1850 Spital Farm, £1780 Woodlea Farm, £1780 Ellers Farm, £1770 High Borrowbridge, £1500 Gowan Bank Farm.
Stabiliser: £1660 Hampsfield Hall. British Blue: £1620 Cold Seat Barn. Friesian: £1520 The Barn, £1180 Lane Ends Farm, £1170 Spital Farm, £1120 Cold Seat Barn, £1040 Lodge Bank Farm, £1020 Cold Seat Barn. Simmental: £1500 Little Crimbles. Flekvieh: £1390 Lodge Bank Farm. Blonde: £1380 Ellers Farm. Galloway: £840 Boadhole Farm.
Store Bull Top Prices: Angus: £1520 Bank Ground. Limousin: £1350 Low Waterside.
OTM/CAST COWS
Another entry of cull cows filling the pens pre sale, with 85 penned and all selling to an average of 255p/kg. The best of the beef cows sold to 354p/kg and £2765 for a Limousin cross from PJ&ES Rogerson, with others nicely 290p/kg to 320p/kg and £2050 to £2400. Dairy cows peaked at 299p/kg for a Holstein Friesian from RJ&D Holden with others selling to £2357. Medium parlour types were 240p/kg to 260p/kg, with harder worked 210p/kg to 235p/kg. OTM heifers saw Aberdeen Angus cross selling to 329p/kg and £2352, with dairy heifer to 294p/kg and £1825. Steers sold to 329p/kg and £2171. Stock bulls in abundance today, selling to 304p/kg for British Shorthorns with another British Shorthorn £3121. Most bulls were 255p/kg to 285p/kg.
OTM Cow Top Prices: Limousin: 354.50 Maison Gill, 314.50 Mireside Farm, 305 Old Croft, 300 Old Croft, 289.50 Luneside, 274.50 Mireside Farm. Shorthorn: 324.50 Maison Gill, 244.50 Beckside Road, 199.50 Beckside Road. Stabiliser: 304.50 Kit Cragg. Friesian: 299.50 Syke House Farm, 279.50 Holme Head, 264.50 Lupton Hall, 264.50 Holme Head, 259.50 Tarnside Farm, 254.50 Lupton Hall. Simmental: 289.50 High Biggarsbank, 274.50 Maison Gill, 269.50 Long Green Head, 254.50 Capplerigg Farm, 229.50 Luneside, 204.50 Beckfoot Farm. British Blue: 289.50 Capplethwaite Hall, 289.50 Capplethwaite Hall, 279.50 High Biggarsbank, 269.50 Capplethwaite Hall, 254.50 The Howes, 249.50 Capplethwaite Hall. Norweigian: 274.50 Holme Head. Montbelliarde: 264.50 Holme Head, 224.50 Holme Head. Hereford: 259.50 Mireside
Farm. Galloway: 254.50 Boadhole Farm. Flekvieh: 234.50 Holme Head. Jersey: 229.50 Lockbank Farm. Highland: 189.50 Hazel Bank.
OTM Heifer Top Prices: Angus: 329.50 Crabtree Farm. Friesian: 294.50 Lupton Hall, 289.50 Holme Head, 259.50 Stubb Place Farm, 239.50 Scales Park Farm, 184.50 Birks Farm. Stabiliser: 269.50 Kit Cragg. British Blue: 249.50 The Howes.
Cast Steer Top Prices: Angus: 329.50 Crabtree Farm. Hereford: 224.50 Spital Farm.
Cast Bull Top Prices: Shorthorn: 304.50 Lane Ends Farm, 264.50 Moor House. Angus: 294.50 Bank Ground, 289.50 Bank Ground, 259.50 Bank Ground, 249.50 Bank Ground. Limousin: 264.50 Burney End. Simmental: 254.50 Long Green Head. Galloway: 234.50 Boadhole Farm.
Lancaster Auction Mart: Sale ofCalves, OTM Cattle, Stirks & Store Cattle. Friday 3rd October 2025.
CALVES
83 calves today at Lancaster weekly sale, with trade deemed to be sharper than expected. Topping at £900 was a British Blue from JS&KM Wilson, Kendal who also sold five month old Fleckvieh to £880. Charolais bulls sold to £800 from MJ Fell, Whittington with others to £710 from GJ&G Billington, Garstang who sold one month olds to £670. Barber Farms sold 30 day old British Blue bulls to £630, with two week old British Blue to £370 from T&CM Kelsall, Chipping.
Heifer calves sold to £840 for British Blues from AW&AM Park, Ellel who sold others to £770 and £700. JH Towers & Son, Tunstall reached £550 again for British Blues, with Charolais at the same price from I Slater, Bleasdale. Aberdeen Angus achieved £460 from WN&D Smith, Cockerham at six weeks old.
Heifer Calf Top Prices: BRITISH BLUE: £840, £770, £700 Walkers I’th Fields, £550 Tunstall Hall, £530 Manor House Farm, £510 Walkers I’th Fields. CHAROLAIS: £550 Hudsbrook Farm, £510 Myerscough House, £400 Tunstall Hall. ANGUS: £460, £340 Cocker House Farm, £300 Quakers Farm, £290 New Brows Farm, £270 Quakers Farm, £230 Brown Brook. LIMOUSIN: £390 Tunstall Hall.
Bull Calf Top Prices: BRITISH BLUE: £900 High House, £760, £730 Roe Farm, £670 Myerscough House, £650 Hudsbrook Farm, £640 Tills Farm. FLECKVIEH: £880 (x2), £840 High House. CHAROLAIS: £800 Chapel House, £710, £670, £660, £540 Myerscough House, £540 Brown Brook. FRIESIAN: £600 (x2), £420 High House, £350 Manor House Farm, £340, £290 West View Farm. ANGUS: £560 Roe Farm, £550 Cocker House Farm, £540 Tunstall Hall, £520 Cocker House Farm, £510 Brown Brook, £510 Cocker House Farm. LIMOUSIN: £450 Rose Farm. SWEDISH RED: £330, £250 West View Farm.
STORE CATTLE
The weekly sale of store cattle saw an animated trade, as talk of a rise in the o erings gave our buyers the confidence to get on and bid, with prices seeing a lift on the week. Top of the shop today was regular vendor EW&CR Clegg & Sons, with their pen of four
well farmed Aberdeen Angus steers to £2620. Other Aberdeen Angus steers to £2550 from I&ME Askew, New Hutton with numerous other pens of Aberdeen Angus steers to £2500. 54 Aberdeen Angus steers today in Lancaster averaged a pleasing £2219. If you have Aberdeen Angus cattle to sell, there is only one place for them and that’s at Lancaster Auction. Charolais steers from JM Haddow, Milnthorpe achieved £2550 for a pair with SM Norcli e, Over Wyresdale seeing their consignment of well farmed Charolais steers to £2200. A cracking trio of British Blue steers from JD&GM Bracken, Garstang sold to £2520. Others from EW&CR Clegg & Sons, Stalmine achieved £2500. Plenty more British Blue steers were around the £2300 to £2400 mark. Hereford steers sold to £2300 for a well fleshed pair from J Fisher & Son, White Chapel with others to £2250 from JM Haddow, Milnthorpe. Limousin steers sold to £2300 from DJ&MC Platts, Caton with others to £2180 from A&E Clarkson, Thurnham. Dairy bred steers sold to £2320 for a pair of Friesians from GR Park & Son, Whinfell. Other Friesian achieved £2020 from KH&D Holden & Son, Pilling with Fleckvieh bred steers to £2150 from H Birkett & Son, Overton. All steers today averaged £2150. A good entry of well meated store heifers saw British Blues top of the table at £2400 from J Fisher & Son, White Chapel, not far behind was Pilling Hall, Pilling at £2380. Plenty of other British Blue heifers were around the £2200 mark. Aberdeen Angus heifers sold to £2300 from I&ME Askew, New Hutton. Other Aberdeen Angus heifers from DR Preston, Caton achieved £2180 for a pen of five. Plenty more pens of Aberdeen Angus heifers were over the £2000 barrier. Limousin heifers sold to £2225 for a pair from AT Burrow & Son, Lancaster. All heifers today averaged £1900.
Store Bullock Top Prices: ANGUS: £2620 Yew Tree Farm, £2550 Raw Head, £2500 Ellers Farm, £2500 North Farm, £2500 Ellers Farm, £2450 Chestnut House Farm. CHAROLAIS: £2550 Viver Mill Farm, £2200, £2100 Kays Farm. BRITISH BLUE: £2520 Greenlands Farm, £2500 Yew Tree Farm, £2400 Pilling Hall Farm, £2380 Birch Croft, £2200 Barn Hill Farm, £2200 Cotestones Farm. FRIESIAN: £2320 Low Deepslack, £2020 Chesnut House Farm, £1880 Ellers Farm, £1880 Downlands Farm, £1880 Steadbank, £1700 Plumpton Hall Farm. HEREFORD: £2300 Oakenhead, £2250 Viver Mill Farm, £2100 Higher Lees Farm, £1900 Steadbank, £1800 Holly House Farm. LIMOUSIN: £2300 Greenbank Farm, £2180 Cock Hall Farm, £2120 Red Scar Farm, £2100 Botton Hall Farm, £2080 Oakenhead, £2000 Botton Hall Farm. CONTINENTAL: £2280 Cock Hall Farm. SIMMENTAL: £2250 Viver Mill Farm. FLECKVIEH: £2150 North Farm.
Store Heifer Top Prices: BRITISH BLUE: £2400 Oakenhead, £2380 Pilling Hall Farm, £2300 Bowlands Gardens, £2220 Toulbrick Farm, £2220 High Snab, £2080 Burnt House Farm. ANGUS: £2300 Raw Head, £2180 Ellers Farm, £2120 Burnt House Farm, £2100 Grange Farm, £2020 Kirkbeck, £1900 Grange Farm. LIMOUSIN: £2250 High Snab, £1750 Hill House Farm, £1720 Endmoor Farm, £1550 Hill House Farm, £1100 Kirkbeck. CHAROLAIS: £1850 Toulbrick Farm. HEREFORD: £1820 Oakenhead, £1450 Hill House Farm.
OTM CATTLE
Lancasters weekly sale of OTM’s consisted of a very mixed show of 90, selling to a stand on trade. Cast bulls led the way topping at £2599 for an Aberdeen Angus from JF&JC Hewitt & Family, Nateby with other cast bulls from WS Burrow, Silverdale achieving £2532 for a Hereford. Younger Aberdeen Angus bulls sold to 344.5p/kg from RR&M Bamber, Kendal.
OTM cows saw Aberdeen Angus sell to £2512, Limousin cows sold to £2485 or 339.5p/kg from R&S Mitchell, Ellel. JA&R Geldard & Sons saw their consignment of Stabiliser cattle top at £2342, while Simmental OTM’s saw Barlow Bros, Preston at £2283. Other Simmental sold to £2258 from PJ&ES Rogerson, Great Asby. British Blue OTMs sold to 334.5p/kg from RHM&S Boyren, Colton. Friesian OTM cows from MJ Fell, Carnforth sold to £2024, with other Friesian OTMs at £1885 from Lawsons Farm, Cockerham. Plenty of other Friesian OTMs were around £1700 to £1800 or 260p/kg to 270p/kg. All cows today averaged 250p/kg, which included some very lean cows. OTM heifer saw an overall average of 280p/kg, which consisted of mainly dairy bred cattle. AT Burrow & Son, Hornby achieved 309.5p/kg or £2234 for a Friesian, with others to 309.5p/kg from Gibson & Berry, Endmoor.
OTM Cow Top Prices: Limousin: 339.50 Greenways, 339.50 Hill Park, 324.50 Hill Park, 284.50 Hill Park, 249.50 Hill Top Farm, 249.50 Hill Top Farm. British Blue: 334.50 Hill Park, 259.50 Hill Top Farm. Stabiliser: 324.50 Manor Farm, 319.50 Manor Farm, 309.50 Low Foulshaw Farm, 294.50 Low Foulshaw Farm, 289.50 Low Foulshaw Farm. Simmental: 299.50 Maison Gill, 299.50 Maison Gill, 289.50 Maison Gill, 259.50 Littlewood Hall Farm. Dairy shorthorn: 299.50 Craketrees. Hereford: 284.50 Dalton Old Hall, 264.50 Dalton Old Hall, 259.50 Gibraltar Farm. Flekvieh: 279.50 Hawkin Hall, 264.50 Hawkin Hill. Jersey: 269.50 Gibraltar Farm. Angus: 269.50 Barkin House Farm, 264.50 Rye Close. Friesian: 264.50 Boon Town Farm, 264.50 Low Deepslack, 259.50 Gibraltar Farm, 259.50 Myrescough House, 259.50 Chapel House, 254.50 Sweetings Farm. Shorthorn: 199.50 Craketrees. Belgium Blue: 179.50 Hill Top Farm.
OTM Heifer Top Prices: Friesian: 309.50 Low Audlands, 309.50 High Snab, 294.50 Derby Lodge Farm, 274.50 Low Audlands, 274.50 Kitchen Ground Farm, 269.50 Derby Lodge Farm.
Cast Steer Top Prices: Angus: 349.50 Barn Hill Farm.
Cast Bull Top Prices: Angus: 344.50 Barkin House Barn, 249.50 Park Farm. Hereford: 249.50 Gibraltar Farm. Charolais: 199.50 Higher Salter.
Next Week's Upcoming Sales
Monday 6th
Lancaster: 10am Prime Lambs & Cast Sheep
11am approx Store Lambs
J36: 4:30pm Bluefaced Leicester Rams & Females
Tuesday 7th
J36: Online Machinery Sale concludes 1pm Prime Lambs & Cast Sheep
Wednesday 8th
J36: 9am-4pm Machinery Collection
Thursday 9th
J36: 10:30am Store Lambs
Friday 10th
Lancaster: 10:15am Calves & OTM Cattle
11:15am Store Cattle
12:15pm Hill Fair Day
J36: 9am-4pm Machinery Collection
Saturday 11th
J36: 10am Rough Fell Rams & Poultry Sale