North West Auctions Weekly Report and Newsletter – 1st June
NWA Lancaster - 27th May All classes of Store Cattle a sharper trade today, unfortunately numbers short with only 150 forward, leaving all buyers short and some not even getting off the mark. Topping the sale was PM & ST Entwistle, Abbeystead and J & JM Walmsley, Pilling, with Limousins and Angus’ realising £1270. Heifers sold to £1190 for a Charolais from Steve Walton of Pheonix Grain. Store Cattle Top Prices: STEER STORES: FRI: £860 Cockrigg; £810 Betts Farm; £800 Old Glasson Farm. ANG: £1270 Staffords Farm; £1180 Cragg Farm; £1170 Staffords Farm. WB: £1100 Windy Hill. LIM: £1270 Lentworth; £1250 Whelpside Farm; £1240 Fortdales Farm. OTHER: £810 Wayside Farm. HERE: £750 Millstones. SIM: £1090 Hazelslack Tower. BRIT BLUE: £1210 Hawkrigg End; £1190 Hazelslack Tower; £1140 Kays Farm. MON: £1090 Old Glasson. BLO: £680 Marl House. HEIFER STORES: FRI: £910 New Ashley. ANG: £1060 Brow Foot; £1060 Kays Farm; £1050 Bouthwaite Farm. SHO: £1100 Staffords Farm. £1050 Bouthwaite. LIM: £1190 Foresdales Farm; £1120 Cragg Farm; £1090 Staffords Farm. CHAR: £1190 New House. HERE: £880 Bouthwaite. SIM: £1080 Bouthwaite. BRIT BLUE: £1120 Bouthwaite. STORE BULL: LIM: £430 Turfdale. OTHER: £670 Holme Head. SIM: £4301 Turfdale. BRIT BLUE: £600 Manor House. MON: £910 Cummings Carr.
A lesser entry following last week’s bumper entry of Cast Cows, with 66 forward. Top gross came from Drinkall Bros, Over Wyresdale with a Holstein cow totalling £1063, closely followed by D Fox & Co, Bay Horse with an 1152kg Holstein bull realising £1055. Top price per kilo of 157.5ppk for an Angus Heifer from R Oldfield. Dairy cows to 129.5ppk from GB & EA Metcalf & Son, Mansergh. Cast Cows Top Prices: OTM COW: FRI: 129.5 Holme Head; 124.5 Spital Farm; 117.5 Sandvilla. ANG: 124.5 Marl House; 117.5 Cobble Hey Farm; 109.5 Cragg Farm. LIM: 139.5 Ouzelthorn; 109.5 Braida Garth; 109.5 Little Scar. OTHER: 117.5 Holme Head. CHAR: 94.5 Marl House. SIM: 117.5 Lower Swainhead; 111.5 Waltons Farm. GEL: 100 Croft Foot. BLO: 121.5 Marl House; 117.5 Cobble Hey. OTM HEIFER: FRI: 137.5 Holly House; 129.5 Spital Farms. ANG: 157.5 Brow Foot. CAST BULL: FRI: 111.5 Waltons Farm. ANG: 101.5 Dingle House.
The Monthly Stirk sale saw another good entry, with 91 forward. Best stirks sold well, with anything out of specification hard to place. Topping the sale was JR & J Gorst, Quernmore with a Blue Heifer selling to £705. J & CW Metcalfe & Son, Quernmore, sold Charolais Bullocks to £665 and Blues to £660. Best Angus’ good to sell, with M & E Forshaw & Son, Longridge realising £570 for a pair of bullocks at 6months. Best sorts of Black and Whites saw a trio of bulls at 3months from Kelsall & Wood, Scotforth sell to £235 and four 8 month Bullocks from J & CW Metcalfe & Son to £460. In the Calf section, top call was £410 for a 7week Blue Bull from David & Eileen Wallbank, with another from JE & J Pye & Son at £360. A run of young beef calves from Eddy and Angie Newsham sold to £250 for Simmental Bulls at only 9-11days old! Black and whites sold to £110 again from Wallbank Farms. Calf & Stirk Top Prices: BULL STIRK: FRI: £300 Boon Town Farm. LIM: £500 Whinney Carr. HERE: £395 Redfileds. BRIT BLUE: £635 Boon Town Farm; £620 Walkers I’th Fields. MON: £580 Walkers I’th Fields. SRW: £205 Sandvilla. HEIFER STIRK: ANG: £570 Apple Tree Farm; £390 Firtree Cottage. LIM: £505 Barrow Greaves. HERE: £450 Stirk Hey; £410 Knotts Farm. BRIT BLUE: £705 AppleTree; £380 Firtree Cottage. STEER STIRK: FRI: £460 Hare Apple Tree. ANG: £570 Little Town Farm; £525 Knotts Farm. CHAR: £665 Hare Apple Tree. HERE: £345 Nissan Huts. BRIT BLUE: £660 Hare Apple Tree; £575 Knotts Farm. BULL CALF: ANG: £155 Tills Farm. FRI: £110 Tills Farm. ANG: £225 Gibsons Farm; £220 Tills Farm. HERE: £240 Sellerley Farm. SIM: £250 Sellerley Farm. BRIT BLUE: £410 Tills Farm; £360 Gibsons Farm.
Dub How Farm Sale Saturday 28th May There was a good turn out of people for the Farm Sale on behalf of Mr R Walker of Dub How, Sawrey. Prices achieved saw a MF 5445 08 Plate with 2700hrs sell for £16,000, a Kubota Digger sell for £5700, Bobcat with Attachments sold for £5100 and a Welger RP220 Round Baler sell for £3800. In the items by permission section a Cheifton 12ft Dump trailer sold for £3500.
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Lancaster Sale Reports Monday 30th May The largest entry of Spring Lambs to date this year at Lancaster we all vendors leaving well satisfied with their trade. An entry of 500 lambs forward sold to a market average of 198ppk. Continental lambs easily selling in excess of 200ppk with Suffolk mules selling in the mid 190ppk. Trade topped at £94 for a couple of smart Charollais lambs from K Whitaker and Son of Stirzakers Farm. Chris Alty of Moss House Farm sold lambs to 214ppk with plenty of vendors in excess of 210ppk for better types. A smaller entry of 128 Prime Hoggs today saw well fleshed types sell in excess of 150ppk. Continental hoggs sold to £82 from RG & H Preece of Thornbush. Prime Lamb & Hogg Top Prices: PRIME LAMBS – CH: £94 Stirzakers Farm; £88.50 Jacksons Farm; £88 Moss Side Farm. SUFF: £91.50 Maddison Avenue; £90 North Farm; £87 Orchard House.HAMP: £90.50 Hill Top. TEX: £89 Blackleach House Farm; £87.50 Stirzakers Farm; £87 Parks Farm Barn. PRIME HOGGS – TEX: £82 Thornbush Farm; £66.50 Moss Side Farm; £63 Greenwoods. SUFF: £76 Maddison Avenue; £64 Rowallen House; £63 Medlar Hall Farm.MULE: £70 Medlar Hall Farm; £66 Park Farm Barn. CONT:£64 Inverberbie.
A good show of Cast Sheep this week were met by the continuing strong trade at Lancaster. The first sheep in the ring topped the sale at £115 for a Texel from JM Sanderson, Halton. Best sheep up and over £90. Mules to £74 from GM & R Whitaker, Goose Green. Cast Sheep Top Prices: CAST SHEEP – TEX: £115 Pasture Barn Farm; £108 Annashyl; £96 Greenwoods. CHEV: £113 Curwen Hill Farm; £81 Dove Cote Farm. SUFF: £96 Parks Farm Barn.DALES: £79 Allcocks Farm. MULE: £74 South Road; £74 Goose Green.
There was just a small entry of Breeding Sheep with lambs at foot today but a strong trade for Mule Hoggs with lambs at foot. Trade topped at £155 from Mark Wilson of Gill Garth with Mule hoggs and single Suffolk lambs. A few older families forward today sold in the late forties per life. No Prime Cattle forward today but cattle required to fulfil buyer’s requirements.
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J36 Sale Reports Thursday 26th May What a shame not more Calves forward today as more could have easily been sold to vendors advantage with a busy ring of buyers forward. An entry of 42 forward today. Beef calves easily sold, with British Blue bulls averaging £421, topping at £440 from G Wilson of Low Field Farm of Appleby, with the majority being around 2 months old. Young beef calves regularly selling in the late two hundreds. Some good quality black and white bull calves and weanlings forward today. 10 to 12 week old weanlings today regularly sold in excess of £200 topping at £250 from G Wilson of Low Field Farm of Appleby. There was only one Stirk forward from Fishwick Brothers of Middle Sadghyll selling a Limousin heifer to £580. Calf Top Prices: Bullock calves Limousin£850 Low House, Limousin x £840 (x2) St Annes, Continental £810 Castle Syke, Continental x £770 Castle Syke, Simmental£750 Poole Bank, Charolais £730 Fell House Heifer calves Limousin £830 St Annes; £810 Howriggs, Charolais £800 Low Longmire, Continental £800 Low Longmire & Low House, BB x Lim £780 Howriggs, Hereford £650 Gowan Bank Young Bulls Charolais £800, £760 Fell House, Limousin x £690 Stribers, Hol Friesian £540 High Carlingill
We had 27 Cast Cows & Bulls forward. Top price was 131.5p for a Lim x cow from J M Case & Son, Dendron Farm. Cast Cows Top Prices: Limousin131.5p, 127.5p Dendron Farm, Continental 125.5p Lowgill, Black Poll 123.5p Tottlebank, Angus 117.5p School House, Simmental 117.5p Tottlebank, Friesian 127.5p Far Audlands, Holstein 115.5p Far Audlands
Cast Bull Top Prices: Hereford105.5p Natland Mill Beck
We had 74 Store Cattle forward. There was a mixed show of cattle forward today. Long-keeping grass cattle a very good trade, with stronger cattle similar to recent weeks. Store Bullock Top Prices: Limousin £1180, £1120 Lowgill, Limousin x £1110 Millom Castle, British Blue £900 Stockber
Tuesday 31st May A smaller entry of Sheep and Lambs than the bumper entry the previous week. A strong trade throughout, aged Charollais ewes with twin lambs sold to £178 from G & LJ Caine of Stank. A selection of ¾ Texel hoggs from JA Chapman of North Lodge sold to £170. Buyers still looking to purchase Sheep and Hoggs with lambs at foot and vendors kindly asked to enter for advertising. The largest entry to date yet this season of Prime Lambs at J36 Rural Auction Centre, with 785 being sold. An overall market average of 195ppk with lambs between 33kg and 39kg averaging 198ppk. Continental lambs regularly selling in excess of 200ppk, with Beltex types lambs selling easily in excess 220ppk topping at 230ppk from E Lund & Son of Lundholme for lightweight lambs. Light weight lambs very good to sell around 32-36kg making in the region of 200ppk, with better types easily selling in excess of 200ppk. The top price of the day was £108 from RJ Stott of Crosscrake with a pair of smart lambs. Suffolks averaged 193ppk. A strong entry of Prime Hoggs for the time of year with 266 forward. Well fleshed heavy hoggs sold into the eighties and nineties. Standard weight hoggs, well fleshed sold between 165 and 180ppk. The top price was £94 from M and M Carr of Clawthorpe Lodge, with Continental hoggs from SH & PI Bowes of Barrow in Furness selling to 182ppk. Prime Lamb & Hogg Top Prices: Prime Lambs: Tex: £108, 96 Crosscrake Farm; £97, £95.50 Ackenthwaite Farm. Suff: £103.50 Hazelslack Tower Farm; £101.50 Birds Park Farm; £92.50 Brown Edge; £90.50 Kit Cragg. Hamp: £100, £94.50 Croftheads. .Dors: £99.50, £77.50 Yealand Manor; £91 Brow Head; £77.50 Hallbeck. Belt: £99 Trees Farm; £78 Bull Bank Farm. Char: £96.50, £86 Trees Farm; £92 Pyes Bridge Farm; £82 Cinder Hill Farm. Prime Hoggs: Tex: £94 Clawthorpe Lodge; £90 North Lodge; £84 Hazelslack Tower Farm; £83 Brow Head. Chev: £77.50, £74.50, £69.50 Harbarrow Farm; £67 Brow Head. Suff: £73 Hawes Farm; £60 Helm Croft. Mule: £71 Main Street; £70 Helm Croft. Dales: £71, £70 Yarlsber. Herd: £69.50 Low Longmire; £57.50 Harbarrow Farm. Swale: £68.50 Low Longmire; £64.50 High Green; £51Helm Croft. Belt: £62 Farleton House. Char: £60 Glenfield House.
A small entry of Cast Sheep sold to a dearer trade than seen last week. Well fleshed big framed sheep once again over the £100 mark, topping at £122 for a Texel Ewe from TL & S Cross, Westhouse. Mules sold to a top of £85 from John Bell, Wennington, with the best £77-£82 and an average of £70 right through. Hill sheep to £87 from D & D Huddleston, Wray. Swales to £71 from FI & ME Little, Kendal. Overall average of £69 for all forward. Cast Sheep Top Prices: Tex: £122 Trees Farm; £113 High Green, Spital Farm; £105 Hutton Roof Hall. Leic: £120 Croft Foot Farm; £94 Strickland Hill. Suff: £104 Red Lodge; £96 Hyton Farm; £86 Hollowmire Farm; £84 Strickland Hill. Belt: £90 Farleton House. Char: £89 Helm Croft; £65 Scronkey Farm. Chev: £89 Spital Farm; £83 Green Lane End Farm; £77 Hall Bank; £75 Poole Bank Farm. RFell: £87 Botton Hall Farm; £84 High Green; £72 Croft Foot; £68 Gateside Farm. Mule: £85 Bull Bank Farm; £82 Red Lodge; £81 Hollins Farm; £80 Millness Hall. Mash: £75 Mosergh Farm. Swale: £71 Helm Croft; £70 Higher Salter; £65 Fold Farm. Dors: £60 Hallbeck. Dales: £60 Low Audlands. Herd: £41, £37 Moss End Farm; £40 Borwick Fold.
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J36 Collective Machinery Saturday 4th June Entries to date Pulley & Bracket for TEA20 Massey Ferguson, Top Link, Draw Bar Stand, Big Red Quad Bike, Quad Bike Sprayer, 4 Rolls Bailing Twine, Big Bale Net, Kuhn Fetrtiliser Spreader, Haybob, Small Welder, Lister Clipper Motor, 2 Lister Clippers, Kuhn FC 300G 10ft Trailed Mower, Buckrake 8ft Push Off, Farmforce Bootimate Seed Drill 3m, Major LPG 2050 Gallon tanker c/w 10,000L Pump & Rain Gun, Dowdeswell 4.6m Discs, Ifor Williams LM126 Flatbed with dropside , Ifor Williams DP120 Tri Axle, Hardwood Wooden Bench 4ft Cast Iron Ends, PZ300 Haybob , Far Centerpead , 300l Sprayer, Slewtic Bale Squeeze, 21ft Marshall Bale Trailer, 2001 Tractor Mounted Sprayer, Big Bag Fertiliser Lifter Extender, Twin Bale Spike - Euro Bracket, Indespension Plan Trailer, 2 Saddles - Good Condition, Ifor Williams HB505 Double Horse Trailer, Stone Troughs - Various Sizes, 1000l Sprayer , 12ft Graham Edwards Livestock Trailer, 20 x 8 by 4 Antibacterial Boards, Pair Petrol Hedge Cutters, Stihl Strimmer, Honder Petrol Compressor, International 445D, Meijer Flat 8, Bale Sledge, Meijer Flat 8 Grab, Browns Flat 8 Grab, Krone 6 Rotor Scaler, 1/2 Ton Feed Bin, Pallet Forks with Side Shift
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Lancaster Auction Mart
Tuesday 7th June Weekly Sale of Sheep with Lambs at 11am Weekly Sale of Primestock at 1pm
Monday 6th June Weekly Sale of Primestock at 9am Weekly Sale of Sheep with Lambs at 11am
Thursday 9th June Sale of Calves, Cast/OTM Cattle & 100 Store Cattle **Also today Sale of TB Restricted Cast Cows, Pre-entry of Cattle prior to sale day is Essential***
Friday 10th June Weekly Sale of Calves at 10.15am Cast Cows at 10.15am 250 Store Cattle 11.15am
Saturday 18th June Sale of Poultry, Waterfowl, Hatching Eggs & Equipment Entries Close on Wednesday 8th June
Monday 20th June Monthly Sale of Dairy Cattle Entries close Friday 10th June
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