North West Auctions Weekly Report and Newsletter – 10th October
Annual Show & Sale of Bluefaced Leicesters Monday 8th October The annual show and sale of Bluefaced Leicesters at North West Auctions had a catalogued entry of 224 Rams and Females. This sale continues to grow each year gaining a strong reputation, attracting many new vendors and purchasers. Thanks must go to the sale sponsors Westmorland Accountants and Peter Horn Mobile Sheep Dipping. Thanks must go to our pre-sale judges Shaun Procter, Kirkby Stephen and Jeff Burrow, Grayrigg for giving up their time and expertise. There was some strong classes put forward for our judges, with some classes having into the teens entered. The championship rosette was awarded to lot 63 a ram lamb from Messrs Lord, Kirkby Stephen with the reserve championship rosette being awarded to lot 15 from JH Critchlow, Ashbourne with an Aged Ewe. There was a buoyant trade throughout the evening for rams, especially shearlings and aged rams with a strong trade for rams with renowned bloodlines. Topping the trade was the Champion lamb from Messrs Lord, selling to £2000, which was sired by H45 Hewgill. The shearling ram trade was topped by AR Edmondson, Ulverston with lot 208, which was sired by the Hundith, selling to £1200. This was closely followed by EW & JR Parkinson, Clitheroe, who were selling at the sale for the first time, selling to £980 for lot 150, sire by the Barley. Aged Rams sold to a top of £900 from JA & CA Gibson, Selside for a home bred ram, with rams from the same good home selling to £800. Plenty of strong shearling and aged rams sold between £650 and £900. There was a very selective trade for females with purchasers looking for well-known bloodlines. The female trade was topped by the reserve champion, a Lunesdale bred ewe sired by F3 Hundith, this sold for £520. Gimmer shearlings sold to a top of £420 from Mycock & Bright, Buxton, with Gimmer Lambs selling to £280 from TJ France, Chipping. Ram lambs sold to an overall market average of £348, Shearling Rams averaging £459 and Aged Rams averaging £409.
Show & Sale of Suckler Calves Thursday 4th October The first show and sale of suckled calves attracted a large crowd of local and distant buyers, all keen to secure replacement stock from this renowned sale. The show was kindly sponsored by CT Hayton Ltd, Kendal and ably judged by Miss Fiona Jowett. The Championship rosette was awarded to an 8 month old Limousin x British Blue Heifer from M & D Hatton, Broughton-in-Furness, which later sold for £1000 to the judge. Reserve Champion was the first prized steer from TW Gorst, Crook, which sold for £900 to P & E Fox. The first prized native sired suckler calf was an Aberdeen Angus x heifer from J & M Wilson, Selside achieving £710. A buoyant trade was experienced for all classes and types of calves with vendors leaving pleased with prices achieved ahead of expectations. Well-grown steers regularly selling between £750 and £850, with smaller younger well-bred sorts £700 to £750. All steers sold to an average of £710 to include a large proportion at 4-5 months old. Heifers nicely selling at £650 to £750, with young sorts £500 to £580. All heifers sold averaged £630. Several young bulls forward and easily sold topped at £850 for Blonde x from MW & MR Black with younger 5 month old bulls selling between £680 and £740. All sold averaged £640. The second sale of suckler calves will be on Thursday 1st November.
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Lancaster Sale Reports Monday 8th October The weekly sale of Prime Lambs had a larger entry this week of 500 forward for the sale selling to an overall market average of 157p/kg with lambs weighing 45kg to 60kg selling to an average of 160p/kg. The trade was topped at £86 for heavy weight Texel lambs from T & CM Kelsall & Sons, Chipping with other Texels to £85 from JK & BE Townley, Brook House and lighter Texels selling to £84 from DM Cardwell, Stalmine. Suffolk lambs sold to a top of £81 from K & DE Woodhouse of Ellel. RH & C Ayrton, Abbeystead sold good conformation Texel lambs to 188p/kg and 184p/kg. There were more Mules on offer today which sold to £69 from RH & C Ayrton. Prime Lamb Top Prices: TEXEL: £86 Brown Brook, £85 Mearsbeck Farm, £84 Moss Side Farm, £83 Tarnwater Farm, £82 Conder Green Farm. SUFFOLK: £81 Kitchen Ground Farm, £78, £73 Conder Green Farm, £69 Old Glasson Farm, Kitchen Ground Farm. CHAROLLAIS: £75 Botton Hall Farm. MULE: £69 Ouzelthorn, £67 Low Moor Head Farm, £66 Yates Farm, £65 Tarnwater Farm, £52 Botton Hall Farm. ROUGHFELL: £45 Botton Hall. SWALEDALE: £30 Botton Hall Farm.
Continental Cast Ewes sold to a top of £66 from C & B Lowther of Over Wyresdale with Mule ewes from the same home selling to £55. Cast Sheep Top Prices: TEXEL: £66 Lower Castle O Trim. MULE: £55 Lower Castle O Trim
J36 Sale Reports Thursday 4th October - Continued from Front Page Store Cattle concluded the sale and were eagerly bid for with vendors leaving pleased with prices achieved. Top priced steer was a 14 month old Charolais x from P & SA Edmondson achieving £990 with Stabiliser steers selling to £970 from A Dixon & Son. Heifers sold to £880 for 16 month old Angus’ from MJ & JD Handley, with others at £850. Younger Limousin x sold to £800 from J Kitching & Son. The next sale of cattle is on Thursday 18th October with buyers requesting more cattle.
Store Cattle Top Prices: Store Bullock: British Blue - £990 Low Barrows Green, £860 Mire House Farm, £820 Chapel House. Stabilizer - £970, £860, £830 Kit Cragg. Limousin - £940, £900 Castle Syke Farm, £850 Chapel House, £770 Moorland Cottage, £690 Dale End. Aberdeen Angus - £880 Low Barrows Green, £630 Tunstead Farm. Shorthorn - £650 Moorland Cottage. Store Heifer: Aberdeen Angus - £880, £850 Archers Hall, £680 Low Fold. Limousin - £800 Chapel House, £670 Dale End, £640 Moorland Cottage. Charolais £760 Low Barrows Green.
The monthly sale of Beef Breeding cattle saw an entry of predominantly older cows with younger calves forward. British Blue and Limousin x cows with Hereford calves from GM Redmayne, Ings sold to £1050 with others generally £950 to £1000. Angus and Hereford x cows with Angus x calves sold to £800. Several in-calf Red Poll cows due February/March, to a Red Poll bull, sold to £780 with others £750. A Hereford Bull achieved a final bid of £1000 and a pair of Limousin x bulling heifers from EJ Hodgson & Son sold for a final bid of £900.
Beef Breeding Top Prices: In Calf Cow: Continental - £780, £750, £650 Stock A Bank Farm. Breeding Bull: Hereford - £1000 Gowan Bank Farm. Bulling Heifer: Limousin – £900 Lambrigg Head Farm. Cow & Calf: Hereford - £1050 Gowan Bank Farm, £800 Newton Farm. Limousin - £1050, £950, £900, £850 Gowan Bank Farm. Charolais - £1000 Gowan Bank Farm. Aberdeen Angus - £750 Newton Farm.
Cull Cows are now coming forward in greater numbers as farmers look ahead to winter housing. Well-fleshed heavy cows were in strongest demand and falling short of buyers requirements. Beef Bred cows sold to 119p/kg from RM & PM Simpson, with others selling between 110p/kg to 118p/kg for further finishing. Dairy cows sold to 114p/kg from HW Richardson & Son, mediums sold between 98p/kg to 105p/kg with leanest parlour cows less. Top grossing price of the day £851 from O & JR Dixon, several OTM Dairy heifers forward selling to 149p/kg from JW Hargreaves and £756 from HW Robinson & Son.
Cast Cow Top Prices: OTM Cow: Continental – 119.5, 97.5 Poole Bank Farm. Limousin – 117.5 Grassgarth Farm, 117.5, 99.5 Borwick Lodge Farm, 89.5 West Plain Farm. Simental – 117.5 Grassgarth Farm. British Blue – 114.5 Gowan Bank Farm. Frisian – 111.5 Barugh House, 109.5 Endmoor Farm, 97.5 Cooper House, 97.5 Far Audlands, 97.5 Townhead Farm. Blonde – 109.5 Low Fold, 104.5 Luneside. Stabilizer – 109.5 Low Sizergh Farm. Hereford – 99.5 Cooper House. OTM Heifer: Friesian – 149.5 Bridge End Farm, 119.5, 114.5 High Bracken Hall, 114.5 Bridge End Farm, 109.5 High Bracken Hall.
The sale of Rearing Calves saw 69 forward with young beef bull calves selling to £250 for British Blue x from JK & A Bowness & Son with others £190 to £240, which included Herefords at £210. Beef heifers sold to £230 for British Blue x from DW Cottam, with younger heifers at £140 - £180. An abundance of young dairy bulls saw a selective trade with mediums generally £40 to £45. Fleckvieh bull calves sold to £72. Several Holstein Friesian bull stirks sold to £240.
Cast Cow Top Prices: Bull Calf: British Blue - £250 Cautley Farm, £230 Hagg Farm, £180 Beck Side, £160 High Barnes, £100 Rakesmoor Farm. Limousin - £245 Cautley Farm. Hereford - £210 Elm Tree Farm, £135 Strickley. Aberdeen Angus - £112 Beck Side. Heifer Calf: British Blue - £230 Hagg Farm, £160 Lupton Hall, £130 Beck Side. Limousin - £125 Halforth Farm, £100 Lupton Hall. Hereford - £115 Elm Tree Farm. Bull Stirk: Friesian - £240 Tullithwaite Hall Office, £108 Ormside Lodge. Heifer Stirk: Hereford - £100 Rakesmoor Farm. Steer Stirk: British Blue - £230 Rakesmoor Farm. Hereford - £220 Rakesmoor Farm .
Show Results Sponsor CT Hayton Ltd Judge Mr & Ms Jowett Class one – Continental Suckler Heifer Calf 1st Lot 254 M & D Hatton, Knott End Farm 2nd Lot 215 NA & J Temple, Black Hall Farm 3rd Lot 132 DW Prickett, Farlton House
Class two – Continental Suckler Steer Calf 1st Lot 373 TW Gorst, Gilpin Farm 2nd Lot 253 M & D Hatton, Knott End Farm 3rd Lot 214 NA & J Temple, Black Hall Farm Class three – Continental Suckler Bull Calf 1st Lot 373 TW Gorst, Gilpin Farm 2nd Lot 386 GR & A Foy & Son, Park Side Farm Class four – Native Suckler Heifer Calf 1st Lot 194 J & M Wilson, Cooper House
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Class five – Native Suckler Bull Calf 1st Lot 387 GR & A Foy, Park Side Farm Champion Lot 254 M & D Hatton, Knott End Farm Reserve Champion TW Gorst, Gilpin Farm
J36 Sale Reports Saturday 6th October The monthly sale of Tractors, Tools, Machinery and equipment had an entry of 1200 lots forward with a feature of the sale being a special section for vintage and rural bygone items. Several tractors sold to £6700 for a Ford 5610 4WD complete with loader, a Grey and Gold Fergie for restoration achieved £1550. Several larger items of well maintained farm machinery attracted keen interest with a Lely Mower achieving £2250, Four Rota Tedder £2250, a Ruskin 1100gal Tanker to £1900. Several trailers forward easily sold with a Ifor Williams DP120 selling to £2200, with another at £1620. Ifor Williams Tipping Plant trailer sold to £1500. Seasonal equipment was in keenest demand with a abundance of feeders, snackers, gates and posts keenly bid for. A large entry of inside items saw a top price of £650 achieved for a Snap on Tool Chest, complete with contents. A large selection of power tools, chainsaws and lawn mowers regularly sold for £30 to £80, with heavy duty industrial tools selling between £120 and £150. The next sale at J36 will be held on Saturday 3rd November, please advise the office of entries and email any photos for advertising.
Bluefaced Leicesters - Continued from Front Page Show Results Sponsor Westmorland Accountants & Peter Horn Mobile Sheep Dipping Judges Shaun Procter & Jeff Burrows Class one – Aged Ewe 1st Lot 15 JH Critchlow, Paddock Farm 2nd Lot 8 W Watson, Sanders Close 3rd Lot 7 W Watson, Sanders Close
Class two – Gimmer Shearling 1st Lot 22 Mycock & Bright, Blake Edge Farm 2nd Lot 10 W Watson, Sanders Close 3rd Lot 14 JH Critchlow, Paddock Farm
Class five – Shearling Ram 1st Lot 55 Mycock & Bright, Blake Edge Farm 2nd Lot 57 Mycock & Bright, Blake Edge Farm 3rd Lot 94 RI Dixon, Low Newton Farm
Class three – Gimmer Lamb 1st Lot 20 TJ France, Higher Core 2nd Lot 16 TJ France, Higher Core 3rd Lot 18 TJ France, Higher Core
Class Six – Ram Lamb 1st Lot 63 Messrs Lord, West Dowgill 2nd Lot 59 Mycock & Bright, Blake Edge Farm 3rd Lot 210 AR Edmondson, Hawkswell
Class four – Aged Ram 1st Lot 207 AR Edmondson, Hawkswell 2nd Lot 155 FI & ME Little, Helm Croft 3rd Lot 206 AR Edmondson, Hawskwell
Champion Lot 63 Messrs Lord, Dowgill Reserve Champion Lot 15 JH Critchlow, Paddock Farm
Top Prices: Gimmer Lambs: £280, £200 Higher Core, £150 Park Cottage, £120, £105 Higher Core, £100 Paddock Farm, Park Cottage. Gimmer Shearlings: £420, £250 Blake Edge Farm, £200 Sanders Close. Breeding Ewe: £520 Paddock Farm, £280, £120, £100 Sanders Close, £100 The Old Chapel. Ram Lamb: £2000 West Dowgill, £720 Hawkswell Farm, £700 Carry House, £650 Riddings Farm, £550 West Dowgill, Highfield, £500 Red Gate, £450 Hawkswell, £450 Lodge Cottage. Shearling Ram: £1200 Hawkswell Farm, £980 Hareden Farm, £900 Blake Edge Farm, £900, £850 Cinderbarrow Farm, £800 Moss Head, £750 Winter Hill Farm, £700 Low Newton Farm, Hill Croft. Aged Ram: £900, £800 Longwell, £550 Helm Croft, £550, £520 Hawkswell, £500 Sykes Farm, £420 Yates Farm, £320 Moors Farm, £300 Thursgill, Paddock Farm.
Tuesday 2nd October NWA J36 held its fortnightly sale of Pigs which saw a nice entry forward with heavy well finished gilts easiest to sell. A top price of £140 was achieved for white gilts from G Hargreaves with Pietrain X hogs achieving £127 from N J Wilkinson. Other hogs and gilts were £100 £116 from W Stamper who also sold boars to £111. A top price of 149p/kg was paid for Pietrain X hogs from N J Wilkinson with others generally 100p/kg – 120p/kg dependent on weight and finish. Weaners were a fierce trade with gilts to £60 from AJ & EJ Platt, younger gilts and boars £42 - £48 with nothing less than £32. The weekly sale of Prime Lambs had an entry of 1000 forward with all classes of lambs selling to a slightly sharper trade with lambs selling to a market average of 162p/kg. Vendors with fed lambs on hard feed were seeing the financial benefits with well-finished lambs best to sell. Beltex lambs saw best conformation lambs regularly selling around the 200p/kg mark topping at 206p/kg from JG & PH Thompson, Selside with others to 205p/kg from J Twigge, Lindale. The day’s trade was topped at £93 for Beltex lambs from JG Harryman, Hawkshead, with others selling to £90 from JB & BJ Escolme, Killington. Texel Lambs sold to a top of £88 from DM Cardwell, Stalmine, closely followed by £87 from RH, M & S Boyren, Ulverston. It was great to have numerous pens of lambs selling in the eighties today. Mules sold to a top of £75 from P & TL Edmondson, Kirkby-in-Furness. Prime Lamb Top Prices: Beltex - £93 The Galleon, £90 Low Stanger Thwaite, £89.5 The Galleon, £86.5 Poppy Farm, £84 Holmelands. Texel - £88 Moss Side Farm, £87 Hill Park, £86 Moss Side Farm, £86 Hill Park. Suffolk - £79 Brow Head, £78.5 Crooklands Brow, £78 Low Stanger Thwaite, £76 Crooklands Brow, £75 Meadow Oaks. Cheviot £78 The Galleon. Continental - £77.5, £76 Hill Park, £61 Beech House, £61 Mosergh Farm, £55 High Low Wood. Mule - £76 The Galleon, £75 Low Hall Farm, £70 Hillcroft, £70 Red Scar. Charollais - £75 Mireside Farm, £75, £74.5 Myers Farm, £74 Floraire. Leicester - £75 Gaitbarrow Farm. Masham - £69 Yarlsber. Rough Fell - £59.5 High Swinklebank Farm, £51.5 Steps Farm.
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North West Auctions The Cast Ewe trade remained very similar with, once again, just short of 700 ewes on offer this week. Big heavy, well-fleshed ewes continue to well sold with small leaner and hill bred ewes not seeing much improvement in the trade yet. Topping today at £108 was Texel ewes from RG Blackburn, Great Strickland. Charollais ewes topped at £88 with plenty of pens of strong Continental and Suffolk ewes selling either side of the £80 mark. Cast Sheep Top Prices: Cast Ewe: Texel - £108 Chapel House, £84 Hill Park, £84 Causeway Farm, £83 Chapel House, £80 Southways. Charollais - £88, £73, £68 Floraire, £58 Woodside. Suffolk - £80 Topthorn Farm, £75 Southways, £60 Moss Side Farm, £59 West Plain Farm. Leicester - £79 Low Newton Farm, £70 Castle Syke Farm, £57 Low Newton Farm. Beltex - £75, £69 Marsh Grange Farm. Lleyn - £70, £64 Gaitbarrow Farm. Cheviot - £69 Beckfoot Farm Cottage, £60 Howriggs, £57 Underley Estate Office. Continental - £69, £68 Underley Estate Office, £50 West Plain Farm. Mule - £59 Westmorland Chapel Farm LTD, £57 Underley Estate Office, £55 Topthorn Farm. Cast Ram: Texel - £57 Chapel House, £50 Jackson Ground. Continental - £53 Arnside Tower Farm.
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165 ROUGH FELL RAMS on behalf of the Rough Fell Sheep Breeders Association Tuesday 16th October 1pm 1500 PRIME LAMBS & 750 CAST & FEEDING SHEEP Show for Best Pens of Five Mule Wether Prime Lambs. Judging at 12noon Thursday 18th October at 10.15am Fortnightly Sale of CALVES, CAST/OTM COWS & STORE CATTLE Sale Day Entries Welcome & Invited Saturday 20th October – Lakeland Fair 10am Closing Autumn Sale of all classes of BREEDING SHEEP inc. Ewes, Gimmer Shearlings & Gimmer Lambs 11am Annual Show & Sale of SWALEDALE RAMS followed by sale of other HILL BRED & TERMINAL SIRE BREEDING RAMS Tuesday 23rd October – Sale of PRIME PIGS please advise office of entries Thursday 25th October at 11am Ambleside Sale of 3000 STORE LAMBS Entries close Wednesday 17th October
Lancaster Auction Mart th Monday 15 October 9am 1000 PRIME LAMBS & 200 CAST & FEEDING SHEEP
Tuesday 16th October at 11.15am Monthly Show & Sale of
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Friday 19th October 10.15am 80 REARING CALVES 10.15am
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