Weekly Report and Newsletter - 14th March 2025 J36 Rural Auction Centre: March Online Machinery Sale The popular monthly collective sale of machinery saw another large entry of over 1800 lots entered and selling to customers from throughout the United Kingdom and Ireland who all enjoy the format of the relaxed viewing days and bidding in comfortable surroundings. A feature of this sale was the impressive line of up of over 50 tractors and vehicles from local private and trade customers. An eye catching Massey Ferguson 5445 c/w loader, direct from a local farm sold at £15,000 with a Case 140mxm selling at £13,000 and a Case 4210 c/w loader at £10,900. Plant vehicles sold to £9600 for a traded Bobcat T190, £9500 for a Yanmar traded digger, £4100 Hidax Tracked digger, £3200 Viomatsu Tracked Digger. A wide range of vehicles saw an Isuzu D-Max sell at £6500, Nissan Cabstar at £5800, Vintage ERF lorry (1971) at £4300, Nissan N75 lorry at £3000, Mitsubishi L200 at £1950. A John Deere gator direct off a local farm sold at £6000 with another at £5700, Polaris 570 ATV at £4000, Kubota RTV at £2800 and a Honda 420 ATV at £2600. An abundance of trailers saw an Ifor Williams 12ft c/w decks and gates sell at £4100, 15ft low loader at £3800, Ifor Williams plant trailer at £3300, Bailey 18ft trailer at £3100 and Ifor Williams flat bed trailer at £2900. Other items of interest included a portable shower unit selling at £3000, Krone tedder at £3000, Vicon tedder at £3000, milk cart at £2000, wood processor at £2000, Class front mower at £1950, chain harrow at £1750, muck grab at £1600, fleming roller at £1350, Pottinger forager at £1000 and Vicon fert spinner at £760. The next sale of machinery will be accepting delivery on Monday 31st March and Tuesday 1st April, with several part dispersal from several local farms.
Lancaster Auction Mart: Sale of Prime Hoggs, Cast Sheep & Sheep with Lambs at Foot, Monday 10th March 2025. Prime Hoggs A varied entry of prime hoggs presented today with many vendors selling their last of the season. Hoggs today ranged from 30kg to 90kg, with an SQQ market average of 335p/kg. Well finished standard weight hoggs reminded the easiest to sell, generally 360p/kg to 380p/kg with several of the best pens 400p/kg and topping at 423p/kg for Texel cross from G Beresford & Son, Broughton in Furness. Grass finished hoggs were 315p/kg to 340p/kg, depending on quality and finish. Today’s sale saw super heavy weight hoggs sell to £200 and £190, with heavier hoggs generally £155 to £165, standards £145 to £160 for the better end and mid range £135 to £142. Several pens of lighter weight hoggs sold to 394p/kg and £149, with others 320p/kg to 350p/kg and £120 to £135. Prime Hoggs Top Prices: TEXEL: £200 Cocker House Farm, £186 Angerton Hall Farm, £180, £173 Oak Aveune, £170 Thornbush Farm, £167 Oak Aveune. SUFFOLK: £190 Cocker House Farm. CHAROLAIS: £179 Oak Aveune, £149 Angerton Hall Farm. BELTEX: £176 Angerton Hall Farm, £168 Oak Aveune, £149 Old Parkside Farm, £145, £144 The Hawthornes, £142 Hall Croft Barn. CONTINENTAL: £155 Hall Croft Barn, £145 Cross Farm, £144 Hall Croft Barn, £139 Cross Farm, £136 Burrow Heights Farm, £133 Lower Swainhead Farm. MASHAM: £153, £149 Allcocks Farm. CHEVIOT: £149 Angerton Hall Farm, £149 Manston Grove, £138 North Farm, £137 Angerton Hall Farm, £121 Peel Street. SWALEDALE: £140, £113, £104 (x2) Appletree Farm, £100 Thornbush Farm. MULE: £120 Old Parkside Farm. Cast Ewes Cull sheep remained the strong trade which has come to be expected. Continental cross ewes were generally £180 to £205, topping at £212 from G Hargreaves, Scotforth with others £202 from Ripley St Thomas, Lancaster and C Ellison, Pilling. Medium continentals were £150 to £175, with the leaner end with frame £130 to £145. Cheviot Mules sold to £180 from G Beresford & Son, Broughton in Furness with North Country Mules £169 from WN&D Smith & Sons, Cockerham. Other better end ewes were £150 to £165. Hill ewes sold to £147 for Cheviots with a leaner entry of horned ewes to £90. Cull rams sold to £190 with others £160 to £180 and mediums £130 to £150.