North West Auctions Weekly Report and Newsletter – 16th November
NWA Lancaster Friday 11th November There was a good number of Store Cattle forward again this week with just over 300 being sold. A plainer show of cattle forward compared with other weeks. Fleshy cattle selling well to a premium, with leaner sorts harder to place. Topping trade was a Hereford steers selling to £1320 from JS Clark and Son of Godson House Farm. With a large amount of lots breaking the £1200 mark with a handful exceeding £1300. The heifer trade topped at £1120 with British Blues from H & C Pickervance, Roseacre Hall. Black and white bullocks sold to a strong trade strong selling to a top of £1,140 from K&DE Woodhouse, Kitchen Ground Farm. Store Cattle Top Prices: Store Bullock: Here £1340 Godson House Farm, £1330 Top Farm, £1120 Cock Hall Farm, £1100 North Farm. Brb £1330, £1250, £1240 Walmsley Fold, £1200 Squires Gate Farm, Endmoor Farm. Ang £1300 Godson House Farm, Sunderland Brow Farm, £1260 New Ridge Farm, £1240 Parkside Farm, £1200 Wyre Farm. Lim £1240 North Farm, £1180 New Brows Farm, £1150 Endmoor Farm, £1120 Cock Hall Farm, £1110 Endmoor Farm. Char £1230 Endmoor Farm, £1170 Cock Hall Farm. Baz £1180 Barn Hill Farm. Fri £1140 Kitchen Ground Farm, £1130 Shore Top Farm, £1050 Godson House Farm, £970 Kitchen Ground Farm, £920 Grizdale. Sim £1140 Ivy Barn. Blo £1120 North Farm. Mon £1100 Squires Gate Farm, £1080 Ghyll Beck Farm, £980 Cock Hall Farm, £900, £800 Lane House. Stab £910, £840, £790 Park House Farm. SRW £790 Squires Gate Farm, £700 Middle Ridge Farm, £650 Throstle Nest Farm, £600 Holme Head. Store Heifers: Ang £1120 Windy Hill Farm, £1010 Little Town, £1000 Ivy Barn, £990 Upp Hall, £960 Hall Bank. Brb £1120 Roseacre Hall, £1080 Abbotson Farm, £1060 Roseacre Hall, £1010 Wood End Farm, £1000 Ribble Bank Farm. Lim £1100 Rowell Farm, £1090 Cockrigg Farm, £1080 New Brows Farm, £1000 Yeat House. FKV £1040 Carlingwha. Baz £1000 Barn Hill Farm. Fri £940 Higher Knowehill, £890 Lambrigg Head Farm. Store Bull: Fri £800 Kitchen Ground Farm. Lim £690, £640, £620 River View.
A good number of 126 Cast Cows forward this week, with a plainer show forward compared to previous weeks. Black and White feeding cows selling well. Topping the trade was a Limousin cow at 149.5 ppk or £934.38 from D&D Huddleston, Botton Hall Farm. Heifers sold to a top of 164.5ppk or £883.63 from Fishwick Farms, Bank House Farm. Topping the bulls was a Limousin at 114.5ppk or £1013.33 from P Whitton, High Tenement Farm Cast Cow Top Prices: OTM Cow: Lim 149.5 Botton Hall Farm, 124.5 Abbey Manor, 114.5 Wilson Wood, 107.5 Thornbush Farm, 99.5 Redfields. Fri 144.5 Kiln Hall, 121.5 Holme Head, 115.5 Downlands Farm, 114.5 Holme Head, Pilling Hall. Brb 134.5 Abbey Manor, 121.5 Wilson Wood, 119.5 Higher Hallbeck, 117.5 Abbey Manor. Sim 114.5 Marsh House Farm, 109.5, 104.5, 94.5 Throstle Nest Farm. Mon 114.5 Lane House. Here 121.5 Abbey Manor. Ang 109.5 Abbey Manor. OTM Hefier: Sho 164.5, 159.5 Bank House Farm, 109.5 Village Farm. Fri 147.5 Kiln Hall, 137.5 Whin Yeats, 134.5 North Farm, Whin Yeats, 131.5 Pilling Hall. Brb 129.5 Marsh House Farm. Cast Bull: Lim 114.5 High Tenement Farm. WP 109.5 Carr House Farm. BB 99.5 Shepherds Hill Farm. Fri 91.5 North Farm.
NWA J36 Christmas Show & Sale of Dairy Cattle Marking the re-introduction of the monthly sales at J36
Thursday 1st December Entries to date include 12 Pedigree Bulling Heifers, 18 Pedigree Stirks & Calves (inc. 3 Red & White) from Lupton Hall, 6 Youngstock from Clawthorpe Lodge 10 New Calved Heifers Please advise the office of entries for the catalogue and for advertising by Wednesday 23rd November with Sale Day entries also invited Please see our website or phone the office for further fixtures e. info@nwauctions.co.uk t. 01524 63308 (Lancaster) t. 015395 66200 (J36 Kendal)
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Lancaster Sale Reports Friday 11th November Continued… A slightly smaller entry of Calves this week sold to a sharper trade with a lot of young month old and younger beef calves forward in the auction today. The trade topped £370 for strong Hereford Bull calves from FW Rhodes and Son of Barrow Greaves. British Blue bull calves at just a month old sold to £320 and £300 from Phil Halhead of Norbreck Farm. Limousin bull calves of the same age from J Bargh and Son of North Farm sold to £332. Native bred Angus bull calves sold to £295 from David and Eileen Wallbank of Tills Farm. Black and White bull calves sold to a top of £162 from T & CM Kelsall of Brown Brook. More calves required each week to satisfy buyers demand at Lancaster for any enquiries do not hesitate to contact Ian Atkinson 07766521472. Calf Top Prices: Bull Calves: Here £370 Barrow Greaves Farm, £250 Sellerley Farm. Lim £332 North Farm. Ang £295 Tills Farm, £285 Barrow Greaves Farm, £265 Norbreck Farm, £200 Barrow Greaves Farm. Sim £250 Sellerley Farm. Fri £162 Brown Brook, £80 Tills Farm, £72 Brantbeck Farm, £70 Blackleach House Farm. Heifer Calves: Sim £225 Sellerley Farm. Here £200 Barrow Greaves, £195 Catshaw Hall Farm. Brb £190, £170 Norbreck Farm. Ang £190 Norbeck Farm, £180 Barrow Greaves Farm.
There was just a small entry of Store Lambs forward at Lancaster that sold to their full value to a busy ring of buyers.
Monday 14th November A larger entry of Spring Lambs sold to a mixed trade with some types of lambs selling to a dearer trade and others harder to place then previous weeks. Beltex lambs sold just shy of 200ppk from Chris Alty of Moss House Farm with plenty of pens of better type of lambs selling in the late 180ppk. A lot of heavy weight lambs this week saw heavy weight Texel’s roughly toward £30 above their weight with the trade topping at £93 from T & CM Kelsall & Sons of Brown Brook. Prime Lamb Top Prices: TEX: £93 Brown Brook; £86 Mearsbeck Farm; £85 Millbeck. BEL: £79 Old Woodhouse; £74 Moss House Farm. SUFF: £76 Fell End Farm; £73 Walnut Tree; £70 Kitchen Ground Farm. CHAR: £76 Walmsley Fold; £75 High Hallbeck. HRN: £71 Fell End Farm; £62 Yarlsber. MULE: £67 Ouzelthorn Farm; £65 Fell End. HAMP: £67 Rye Close. LEI: £66 Yarlsber. CONT: £60 Rye Close. SWALE: £59 Yates Farm; £52 Thornbush. RGH: £54 Rye Close.
There was certainly more interest and demand in the Cast Sheep this morning at Lancaster with all classes of ewes eagerly bid for. Texel cross ewes sold to £91 from A & J Rhodes of Lower Kit Brow with Texel cross ewes from JM & MH France & Son of Newhouse Farm with Texel tups from the same home selling to £83. Plenty of strong Texel ewes selling into the eighties. Mule ewes sold into seventies noticeable four or five dearer then previous. An overall average of £71.57. Cast Sheep Top Prices: TEX: £91 Low Kit Brow; £90 Newhouse Farm; £81 Sandy Hill Farm. SUFF: £81 Low Kit Brow. MULE: £81 Low Kit Brow. CONT: £68 Corney Hill Farm. LEI: £58 High House Farm. HRN: £38 Corney Hill Farm.
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J36 Sale Reports Thursday 10th November NWA - J36 - Had forward today 59 Calves, 2 Stirks, 34 Store Cattle and 63 OTM Cattle. The sale of Calves and stirks had an entry forward in excess of 60. An entry, once again, mainly consisting of 70% black and white calves, with a lot of young calves amongst the consignment. Weaned British Blue bull calves sold to £395 from The Drake family of Penrith. British Blue heifer calves sold to a top of £375 from PW & D Swindlehurst of Tranthwaite Hall. Plenty of British blue calves selling easily past the £300 mark. Three week old Angus bull calves sold to £290 from KE Robinson of Kiln Hall and young beef calves sold into the late two hundreds. Strong black and white bull calves sold to £170 from The Drake family of Penrith. Calves Top Prices: Bull Calf: Brb £355 Flodder Hall, £270, £260 Tranthwaite Hall, £255 Hawkrigg Farm. Ang £290 Kiln Hall, £280 Elm Tree Farm. Here £105, £100, £95 Mount Pleasant. Fri £100 Cracalt Farm, £85 Bank View, £60 Birds Park, £58, £55 Bank View. Heifer Calf: Brb £375 Tranthwaite Hall, £325 Flodder Hall, £300 Tranthwaite Hall, £240 Birds Park Farm, £190 Lupton Hall. Bull Stirk: Brb £395 Whitestone Farm. Fri £170 Whitestone Farm.
There was 34 Store Cattle forward today, topping the bullock trade today was a very smart 15 month Limousin, consigned by J M Case & Son, Dendron Farm, Ulverston selling for £1030, it was also his shapely 17 month Limousin heifer that topped the heifer trade, which peaked at £980. A consignment of Simmentals from JP & S Thorpe, Bowness Farm, Penrith, saw bullocks sell to £900 twice and heifers sell to £860 and £850. Native bullocks sold to a top of £680 for an Aberdeen Angus from FE & CM Robinson, Warth Sutton, Crooklands. Store Cattle Top Prices: Store Bullocks: Lim £1030, £980, £950 Dendron Farm, £860, £850 Capplerigg. Sim £900 Bowness Farm, £730 Marsh House Farm. Ang £680 Warth Sutton Farm, £540 Newton Farm. Brb £580 Middle Birkby Farm, £560 Whitestone. Store Heifers: Lim £980 Dendron Farm. Sim £860, £850 Bowness Farm, £660 Marsh House Farm. Brb £740 High Barnes.
A fantastic entry of 63 Cast and OTM Cattle saw a 763kg Limousin, consigned by JJ Postlethwaite, Bramaskew, top the trade and realised £1003.35 or 131.5p/kg followed by Simentals from JE Weightman, Crabtree Farm selling to 114.5p/kg and Blonde Cow from BL Swindlehurst, Ings, also selling to 114.5p/kg. OTM Heifers sold to a top price of £771.82 or 129.5p/kg for a British Blue consigned by I & A J Armer, Bowston Hall, Burneside. Cast Bulls realised £895.50 or 99.5p/kg for a 900kg Limousin from Pearson & Jackson, Ellerbeck Farm. Cast Cow Top Prices: OTM Cow: Lim 131.5 Bramaskew, 124.5 Capplerigg, 119.5 Troughton Hall, Farleton Knott, 117.5 Capplerigg. Sim 114.5, 94.5 Crabtree Farm. Blo 114.5 Low House. Baz 109.5 Farleton Knott. BB 105.5 Troughton Hall. Brb 97.5 Low House. Ang 99.5 Garnett House. Fri 94.5 Lupton Hall, 87.5 Lockbank Farm, 84.5 Bridge End Farm, 81.5 Docker Hall Farm, 79.5 Bridge End Farm. Gal 89.5 Forest Hall. Sho 87.5 Strickley, 81.5 Cockley Beck Farm, 74.5 Strickley. OTM Heifer: Brb 129.5 Bowston Hall. MRI 104.5 Piked Howe. Cast Bull: Lim 99.5 Ellerbeck Farm, 87.5 Oaks Farm.
Tuesday 8th November There as 1303 Prime Lambs, topping the lamb trade today was W S Burrow & Sons, Gibraltar Farm, with smart 50kg Charollais, selling to £90.50. Top price per kilo for lambs was 223.7p/kg for a pen of Beltexs scaling 38kg and consigned by J & D Chapman, Wray Farm. Prime lambs were easier on the week, with the overall average finishing 152.19p/kg. The good lengthy heavy types, 52kg plus were hitting £80-£85, shapey lambs in the 45-50kg bracket were selling to £80-£85 also. Nice handy weight ones 39-44kg, sold to £70-£80, with the light weights selling from 180p-185p/kg. Prime Lamb Top Prices: Char £90.50, £85, £82.50 Gibraltar Farm, £81 Hebblethwaite, £80 Gibraltar Farm. Tex £90 Gibraltar Farm, £85.50 Smithy Green, £84 Stubb Farm, Crabtree Farm, £83.50 Gibraltar Farm. Bel £85 Wray Farm, £83, £73, £69, £68 Laithwaite. Suff £84.50 Smithy Green Farm, £83 Lawsons Farm, £79 Abbey Drive, £77 Meadow Oaks, £75 Abbey Drive. Mule £70 Middale Farm, £66 Brown Edge, Middale Farm, £65 Low Hall Farm, £64.50 Tongue House Farm. BFL £70 Hill Park, £65 Ashstead. Lleyn £67, £65 Low Foulshaw. Mash £65, £60 Middale Farm. Cont £65 Birks Farm, £53 Gilpin Bank.
The weekly Cast Sheep sale at J36 saw once again another strong entry of in excess of 700 forward. The trade saw strong white faced ewes regularly selling between the £80 and £90 mark. In general quite a buoyant trade was enjoyed with pens of ewes selling a pound or two dearer then seen over the previous weeks with sheep numbers nationally beginning to tighten. Cast Sheep Top Prices: Cast Ewes: Tex £90 Cooilingel Farm, £85 Harbarrow Farm, £81 Millom Castle, Oldfield End, £80 Birks Farm. BFL £89 Cooilingel Farm, £82 Park Cottage, £80 Kit Cragg, £77 Longwell, £76 Cooilingel Farm. Chev £79 Oldfield End, £59 Low Mill House, £55, £49 Harbarrow Farm, £46 Low Mill House. Suff £75 Ballamoar Lane, £72 Harbarrow Farm, £65 Brow Head, £61 Cinderbarrow Farm, £59 Cooilingel Farm. Char £74 Ballakeenan Beg, Cooilingel Farm, £70 Fairbank Farm, £59 Gibraltar Farm. Horned £67 Harbarrow Farm, £65 Ballamoar Lane, £59 Harbarrow Farm. Mule £66 Borrans Farm, £61 Birks Farm, £60 Cooilingel Farm, £59 Orphan Crag Barn, Moorland Cottage. Zwart £64 Climb Style. Mash £58 Moss Side. Swale £45 Cooilingel Farm, £41 Longwell, Moss Side. Cast Rams: BFL £74, £69 Preston Patrick Hall. Char £70 Low Fold. Tex £69 Preston Patrick Hall, £67 Cooilingel Farm. Swale £65 Brown Edge, £62 Bramaskew. Rough £54 Blackmoss Farm. Cont £54, £50 Fairbank Farm.
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J36 Carol Concert Monday 5th December at J36 Rural Auction Centre With Kirkby Lonsdale Brass Band at 7pm In aid of R.A.B.I Adults ÂŁ5 Children ÂŁ1 Tickets available from J36 & Kendal NFU
Coming up at North West Auctions J36 Rural Auction Centre Saturday 19th November at 10.30am Sale of Poultry, Waterfowl, Hatching Eggs & Equipment plus Simply Local Christmas Market Tuesday 22nd November 10.30am Fortnightly Sale of Prime Pigs 1pm Weekly Sale of 2000 Prime Lambs followed by 500 Cast Sheep Thursday 24th November from 10.15am Sale of 80 Calves, 60 Cast Cows, TB Restricted Cast Cows & 80 Store Cattle
NWA Architectural Wanted Development Land
Thursday 1st December
Christmas Show & Sale of Dairy Cattle WANTED Development land for housing We have been asked by many housing developers, both national companies, and small family run companies, to find sites for them for housing developments over 20 houses. These are house builders looking to build throughout the North West in particular, but not exclusively, between Preston and Kendal.
marking the re-introduction of the Monthly Sales at J36. Entries to date include: 12 Ped Newly Calved Heifers, 18 Ped Stirks & Calves (inc. 3 R&W) from Lupton Hall, 6 Youngstock from Clawthorpe Lodge Entries Close 23rd November Saturday 3rd December at 10.30am Monthly Sale of Tractors, Machinery, Implements & Small Tools plus Plants & Shrubs
In order to meet the demand for housing land we would welcome contact from yourselves as land owners to discuss any planning potential there may be on land you own and are willing to sell. The land needs to be related to a town or substantial village and needs to be around 1 hectare or more. We would be pleased to look at the land with you and discuss any planning potential. We can make a pre-application enquiry of the relevant planning department, run an outline application or a full application. Prior to all of this we can discuss any development proposals with developers who will often fund planning applications as part of a purchase deal.
Lancaster Auction Mart st Monday 21 November from 9am Weekly Sale of 1000 Prime Lambs and 200 Cast Sheep followed by Prime Cattle also this day
Monthly Show & Sale of
46 NEWLY CALVED DAIRY CATTLE from Arnot, Billsrow, Carwood, Enchanted, Inspired, Kirkwood, Pennine, Quernmore, Saltoke, Sandcrest, Sandley, Shorline, Startdale, Withslack & Wyredale
We would offer a free initial discussion and site walk through to assess potential, thereafter we will either suggest developers or price up planning applications. This is a no obligation service for NWA and 1818 clients. Contact Greg Gilding on 015395 66248 or 07969994945 or call in to the Livestock office or email greg@nwauctions.co.uk
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Also 2 PEDIGREE HOLSTEIN BULLS from Enchanted & Sandley Show at 10.15am Sale at 11.15am Friday 25th November 9.45am Monthly Sale of 100 Stirks 10.15am Weekly Sale of 60 Calves, 100 Cast Cows & 450 Store Cattle followed by Store Lambs