North West Auctions Weekly Report and Newsletter – 1st March
Lancaster Friday 24th February The strong Store Cattle trade continued at Lancaster with a couple of fresh faces around the ring today. The trade topped at £1,450 for Limousin bullocks from PM & ST Entwistle of Abbeystead with Charolais bullocks selling to £1,400 from H Chapman & Son of Millbeck. Native cattle saw Angus bullocks top at £1,380 from EJ Ward & Sons of Intack Farm. Once again, nearly 20% of the cattle forward sold in excess of £1,200 with Heifers selling to a top of £1,220 Charolais from CD & HL Mason of Mearsbeck farm. Dairy bred cattle saw Norwegian Red bullocks sell to £1,150 from JM & AG Swarbrick of Out Rawcliffe. Bullocks sold to a market average of £996 with heifers averaging £984. Store Cattle Top Prices: STORE BULLOCKS – LIM: £1450 Lentworth Farm; £1270 West Lynn; £1230 Intack Farm. CH: £1400 Millbeck; £1350 High Green. AA: £1380 Intack Farm; £1350 High Green; £1280 Church Street. SLR: £1370 Millbeck. BRB: £1360 High Green; £1350 Bank Farm; £1260 Mearsbeck Farm. STAB: £1350 Millbeck; £1170 Park House Farm. BLO: £1310 Lentworth Farm. SD: £1300 Mearsbeck Farm. HE: £1290 Lane Ends Farm; £1260 Abbotsons Farm; £1220 Windy Hill Farm. SIM: £1220 West Lynn; £1070 Birch Croft. FR: £1190 Rowell Farm; £1000 Sunderland Brows Farm; £990 Bensons Farm. CON: £1120 Church Farm. SHO: £1030 Old Woodhouse; £900 Snapewood Farm. MON: £1020 Aspinall House Farm. STORE HEIFERS – CH: £1220 Mearsbeck Farm; £1090 Brown Edge. LIM: £1190 New House Farm; £1160 Church Street; £1090 Park House. SIM: £1140 Church Street; £1050 Hawkrigg End; £1000 New House Farm. BA: £1150 Middleton Hall. AA: £1140 Church Street; £1140 Windy Hill Farm; £1100 New House Farm. BAZ: £1130 The Old Stable. BRB: £1110 Hawkrigg End; £1090 Staffords Farm; £1060 Beckside Farm. SHO: £1000 New House Farm. HE: £1000 Ivy Barn; £960 Bouthwaite Farm. MON: £1000 New House Farm; £880 Walkers I’th Fields.
A smaller entry of Cast Cows and OTM Cattle today selling to an even stronger trade, there is such a strong cast trade at the moment that farmers are really advised to take advantage of it. A market average of 118p/kg was achieved with dairy cows selling to a market average of 114p/kg. Cast stock bulls sold to £1,253 for Bazadais bulls from EW & A Bradshaw of Stalmine. Beef cows sold to 144.5p/kg from D & D Huddleston of Botton Hall with dairy cows topping at 134.5p/kg from J Burrow & Son of Tunsteads. Cast Cow Top Prices: CAST COWS – BRB: 144.5 Botton Hall Farm. LIM: 139.5 The Old Stable; 124.5 Intack Farm. FR: 134.5 Tunsteads Farm; 131.5 Stubb Hall Farm; 127.5 Spital Farm. STAB: 129.5 Park House Farm. AA: 129.5 Stubb Hall Farm; 129.5 Moss Gate Farm; 129.5 Eskew Beck. MRI: 124.5 Village Farm. CAST HEIFER - FR: 144.5 Stubbins Farm. CAST STEER – LIM: 179.5 Mireside Farm. FR: 159.5 Stubbins Farm; 154.5 Ivy Farm; 144.5 Fanny House Farm. CASTBULL – FR: 157.5 Allcocks Farm; 104.5 Knotts Farm. BAZ: 147.5 The Old Stable. CHAR: 134.5 Braida Garth.
The weekly sale of Calves, which included the monthly of Stirks, had an entry of over 100 forward. A good entry of beef and dairy bred stirks forward, with the majority being between 5 and 9 months old, sold to a packed ring of buyers from throughout the north of England. Beef bred steers and bulls were in the strongest demand selling to a top of £685 for Hereford steers from E & SM Halpin of Barrow in Furness. June born Limousin bulls sold to a top of £670 from DJ Townley of Whinney Carr Farm with Native bred cattle as good to sell with August born Angus bullocks selling to £660 from M & E Forshaw of Longridge with plenty of July/August better beef bullocks and bulls selling over £600. A good number of black and white bullocks in the market saw June born bullocks sell to £360 from J & CW Metcalfe of Quernmore. The strong stirk trade saw heifers top at £550 for June born Limousins from J & CW Metcalfe of Quernmore and Angus heifers born in August selling to £540 from JH Parker of Slaidburn. There is already plenty of interest in the next month’s sale, for more information please contact Ian on 07766 521472. A good entry of calves forward saw the trade top at £400 and £385, beating many local centres, for British Blue Bulls from MJ Fell of Newton with all blue bulls forward averaging £347, once again, beating local centres. British blue heifers sold to a top of £350 from MJ Fell of Newton. Strong native calves were eagerly bid for topping at £350 from FW Rhodes and Son of Barrow Greaves. There was a young entry of black and white calves today with all forward today under one month old with better rearing types selling between £60 and £80. Calf Top Prices: BULL CALF – BRB: £400 Chapel House; £365 Walkers I’th Fields; £250 Barrow Greaves Farm. HE: £350 Barrow Greaves Farm. AA: £335 Stirk Hey Farm; £145 Forton Hall Farm. SIM: £205 Sellerley Farm. BULL STIRK – LIM: £670 Whinney Carr Farm. FR: £310 Dolphinholme House. HE: £160 Rakesmoor Farm. HEIFER STIRK – LIM: £550 Hare Apple Tree. AA: £540 Pain Hill; £520 Appletree Farm; £475 Little Town Farm. HE: £450 Rakesmoor Farm. BULLOCK STIRK – HE: £685 Rakesmoor Farm; £540 Little Town Farm. AA: £660 Little Town Farm; £640 Hare Apple Tree; £635 Appletree Farm. BRB: £525 Hare Apple Tree. FR: £360 Hare Apple Tree; £285 Dolphinholme House. MON: £350 Beech Grove House.
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Lancaster Sale Reports Monday 27th February The weekly sale at Lancaster saw a few more Prime Hoggs forward in the market today, selling to a stronger trade with a SQQ average of 169p/kg achieved. Continental bred hoggs, weighing between 39kg and 44kg, were in the strongest demand and certainly easiest to sell. Heavy weight hoggs were slightly cheaper due to the fact a large numbers of heavy weight hoggs now available on the market. The trade topped at £84 for Texel Hoggs from H Chapman & Son of Millbeck and it was nice to have a number of pens selling either side of the eighty pound mark. Horned hoggs, twice, sold to £70.50 from GR Bargh & Co and from E & N Wright with 40kg horned hoggs from H Chapman & Son selling to £68. Prime Hogg Top Prices: TEX: £84 Millbeck; £79 Walmsley Fold; £79 Bambers Farm; £78.50 Park Farm Barn. CH: £82 Walmsley Fold; £82 Park Farm Barn; £78 Inverbervie; £75 Corney Hill Farm. SUFF: £80 Maddison Avenue; £78 Parkside Farm; £75 Bambers Farm. HAMP: £73 Rye Close. MULE: £72 Thornbush Farm; £68 Low Moor Head Farm. HRN: £70.50 Rye Close; £70.50 Allcocks Farm. MASH: £70 Allcocks Farm; £67 Rye Close. RGH: £68 Millbeck.
The strong trade for Cast Ewes continued at Lancaster with a very mixed entry of ewes in the market. The trade topped at £87 for Dutch Texel ewes from GR & A Foy of Parkside with Texel ewes selling to £77 from JM & MH France of Newhouse Farm. Smaller Mule ewes forward today sold to £60 from G Riley with Horned ewes topping at £46 from T Longton. Cast Sheep Top Prices: BELTEX: £87 Parkside Farm. TEX: £77 Newhouse Farm; £73 Springfield Farm; £68 Burrow Heights Farm. SUFF: £76 Burrow Heights Farm. MULE: £60 Maddison Avenue; £58 Burrow Heights Farm. SWALE: £46 Rooten Brook. HERD: £41 Rooten Brook. DALES: £38 Allcocks Farm.
Farm to Farm Trading
Special Mid-Month Sale of Stirks
10 Mule ewes with Texel Twins at foot
Friday 10th March at 10.15am Weekly Distinguished Sale of 60 CALVES followed by Mid-Month Sale of STIRKS entries include 30 AA and Fri,
Herd Dispersal of Native Cattle. 8 Blue Grey Heifers born spring 2016 11 Pedigree Galloway cows herd ages in calf to the Pedigree White shorthorn bull due May 2017. 1 Pedigree White shorthorn breeding bull (Bred by Keith Laurie of Hexham) All cattle are tick bitten and in are Bravoxin vaccinated . Sim x Luing Heifers & Steers 10-14 months old Pedigree Blonde Bull 3 Years old Pedigree Charolais Bull 4 years old Limousin Bull 18 months old 10 Sim/Luing Heifers, Jan/Mar born
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Monthly Sale of Dairy Cattle at Lancaster Monday 20th March
Entries for the Catalogue close Friday 10th February Show at 10.15am & Sale at 11.15am
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5 Limousin Bulls - Ready to work, TB4, BVD Accredited 150 Round Bales suitable for Cattle Pedigree Aberdeen Angus Bulls 18-24 months old, TB4 1 Black & White Bull Chocie of 5 Hereford Bulls - Ready to work, TB4, High Health Herd Pedigree Hereford Bull 4 years old Limousin Bull 4 Years old Belted Galloway Heifers 17m Belted Galloway Stirks Contact Bradley Thompson 07867 000244
Last Sale Hfrs av. £1718 and topped at £2220 Entries close 8th March
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J36 Sale Reports Thursday 23rd February The weekly sale of Calves had a smaller entry forward today but sold to a strong trade. All calves forward were eagerly bid for and more could easily have been sold to the advantage of the vendor. A young entry of black and whites at J36 as normal saw better types of rearing calves selling in the region of £70. Young beef calves saw Angus bulls selling easily over the £200 mark. Please be aware that there will be no sale of Calves and Stirks on Thursday 2nd March 2017. The next sale will be 9th March 2017. Calves Top Prices: Bull Calf: Ang £230, £220, £210 Cinder Barrow. Fri £72, £68 Sunny Bank, £68 Elm Tree Farm. Heifer Calf: Lim £210, £180 Cinder Barrow.
An entry of 400 Store Hoggs were forward for the sale where the trade was very dependent upon the quality of the hoggs, with buyers slightly cautious of the current prime hogg trade with some rumouring not much improvement on the horizon. Continental short keep hoggs were easiest to sell, topping at £66.50 from B & D Willison of Cinderbarrow. There was plenty of strong fleshed Continental and Suffolk hoggs selling to either side of £60 with Mules selling to a top of £58. The longer term small Continental hogg trade was very dependent on the quality and condition of the hoggs. The next sale of store hoggs will take place on the 9th March 2017. Store Hoggs Top Prices: Tex £65.50 Cinderbarrow Farm, £61.50 Low Woodedge Farm, £61 The Lodge, £60 Sunny Bank, £57 Blea Tarn Road. Mule £58 The Lodge, Crabtree Farm, £55 High Carlingill, £50 Cinderbarrow, £48 The Lodge. Suff £56 Low Woodedge Farm, £45 Crabtree Farm. Char £45 Yealand Manor, £38 Moss House Farm. Rough £40, £38 High Car lingill, £35 Bellart Howe. Herd £36 Bellart Howe.
Tuesday 28th February There was certainly plenty of interest in Prime Pigs today at J36 for the fortnightly sale. An entry 19 forward sold to a very pleasing trade topping at £115 or 151p/kg from NJ Wilkinson of Roosecote for Pietrain for both gilts and boars. An overall market average of 124p/kg with prime pigs weighing between 80kg and 100kg in the strongest demand. There was a strong trade for Prime Hoggs at the weekly sale with an SQQ average of 169p/kg for an entry of over 1,000 forward, in which more could have easily of been sold. Export type hoggs were in strong demand and in short supply, selling to a top of 226p/kg from Fishwick Farms of Silverdale with plenty of export types selling in the region of 200p/kg to 220p/kg. Beltex hoggs sold to a top of £110 from J Woodburn and Partners of Ulverston with plenty of better bred heavy weight and export types hoggs selling in the late eighties and into the nineties. All Beltex hoggs forward sold to a market average of £88.50 or 204p/kg. A larger entry of hill bred hoggs in the market saw well fleshed hill hoggs, which have been on troughs, in strong demand and good too sell with buyers being slightly cautious of grass fed hoggs. Mule hoggs sold to £85 and £80 from TE, JS & SA Carruthers of Underbarrow with Cheviot hoggs selling to £82.50 and £80.50 from S & M Cooper of Leece. Herdwick hoggs sold to a top of £76.50 from Messrs Hodgson Brothers of Rydal with Swaledale hoggs topping at £74.50 from M & L Preece of Kirkby Lonsadale.
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Prime Hogg Top Prices: Bel £110 Mansrigg Hall, £93 Bank House Farm, £90, £88.50, £87.50 Holmefield. Tex £95 Millom Castle, £94.50 Little Guards, £93.50 Holme Field, £92 Bank House Farm, £90.50 Red Scar. Suff £87.50 Bank House Farm, £83.50 North Farm, £81 High House Farm, £80 Brow Head, £79.50 Chapel House. Mule £85 Red Scar, £80 Tarnside Farm, Red Scar, £79 The Borrans, £77.50 Braida Garth. Char £84 Warth Sutton Farm, £83.50 Lane House, £73 Charley Crag Farm house, £72.50 Lane House, £72 Burnt House. Chev £82.50, £80.50, £80 Tarnside Farm, £74 Tilberthwaite, £68 Crooklands Farm. Horned £79 Cockrigg Farm. Herd £76.50 Rydal Farm, £74 Tongue House Farm, £54 High Biggarsbank, £43 Tongue House Farm. Swale £74.50 High House Farm, £70.50 Tilberthwaite, £69.50 Rydal Farm, £68.50 Low Longmire, £68 Ashstead. BFL £74 Yoad Pot, £70 Brown Edge, Moss Howe Farm, £64 Brown Edge. Rough £68.50 Boundary Beck, £60 Croft Foot Farm. Sco £62, £60 Slack Farm.
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Saturday 4 March at 10.30am Sale of Tractors, Machinery, Implements & Tools inc. Teagle Straw Chopper, Livestock & Flatbed Trailers, Ford Ranger Pick Up, Sheep Penning, Quad Bike Trailers & Lamb Adopters Tuesday 7th March at 11am Opening Weekly Sale of 25 Sheep with Lambs
There was the smallest entry of Cast Sheep forward for some time at J36 with just short of 250 forward, but they sold to a very competitive trade with all buyers eager to purchase all types of sheep.
Thursday 9th March at 10.15am Weekly Sale of Calves & Store Hoggs
Strong continental and Suffolk ewes, once again, very good to sell and in short supply, selling in the region £100 and topping at £109 from PK & R Woof of Stainton for Texel ewes. There is a requirement for more big continental ewes each week.
Thursday 16th March Calves, Cast & TB Restricted Cows, Beef Breeding & Store Cattle plus Special Show & Sale of Suckler Bred Cattle Entries close 8th March
Mule ewes sold to a strong trade with big Mule ewes regularly selling into the seventies topping at £77 from TW Nelson & Son of Cockrigg Farm with all Mule ewes forward selling to an average of £67.22. Horned ewes were briskly bid for with Rough Fell ewes selling to a top of £69 from AJ & CM Harrison of Boundary Beck with Swaledale ewes selling to a top of £59 from AW & AM Clarke of Low Longmire, strong horned ewes were selling in the region of £50.
Monday 6 March at 11am Opening Weekly Sale of 25 Sheep with Lambs
A large number of cast tups in the market continue to be eagerly sought after with vendors urged to forward any un-wanted tups. The trade saw Texels tups sell to £97 with all Texels averaging £86. Swaledale tups sold to £70 and Herdwick to £54 and £53.
Friday 10th March at 10.15am Weekly Distinguished Sale of 60 CALVES followed by Mid-Month Sale of STIRKS entries include 30 AA and Fri, more entries invited
A few cast goats in the market sold to a very strong demand topping at £66, more are needed week on week to fulfil an ever growing market.
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Monday 20 March Cast Ewes: Tex £109 Storth End Farm, £105 Johnscales Farm, £91 Mansrigg Hall, £85 Monthly Sale of Dairy Cattle Johnscales Farm, £84 Mansrigg Hall. Char £100 Brown Edge. Suff £98 Ackenthwaite Farm, £93 Mansrigg Hall, £90 Cracalt Farm, £87 Ackenthwaite Farm. Bel £93, £63 Croft Barn. BFL £88 Last Sale Hfrs av. £1718 and topped at £2220 Brown Edge, £78 Oak Tree Farm, £52 High Borrowbridge, £51 Boundary Beck. Mule £77 Cockrigg Entries close 8th March Farm, Birds Park Farm, £76 High Wray Farm, £75 Johnscales Farm Dors £69 Beckside Barn. Rough £69 Boundary Beck, £59 Millriggs. Chev £66 Fox Howe, £65 Storth End Farm, £57 Mansrigg Hall. Goats £66, £58, £54 Warth Sutton Farm. Swale £59 Low Longmire, £51 High Salt er, £50 Yoad Pot, £46 Low Deepslack, £45 Overthwaite. Cast Rams: Tex £97 Low Chapel Farm, Mansrigg Hall, £66 Low Chapel Farm, £46 Mireside. Swale £70, £60 Middle Sadghyll, £46 High Borrowbridge, £40 Tongue House Farm. Grit £69 High Borrowbridge. Herd £54, £53 Tongue House Farm, £47, £42 Tilberthwaite.
Helpful Reminders Sheep Annual Inventory Don’t forget that you should complete and return your form with all your sheep Numbers as of the 1st December. You must also note the numbers in your flock register in case of inspection by RPA.
Temporary Holding Numbers and links The new initiative from DEFRA is causing a lot of confusion and headaches, particularly at BCMS links are no longer being renewed. If you need any help please call and see Kathryn or Rodney.
Agricultural Waste Exemptions Many of these will have expired in the last few months and although we did lots of applications three years ago, we have done a few renewals. If you have renewed your own exemptions that is good, but if not please contact us and we will help.
Basic Payment Scheme 2016 Although there are still clients who have not been paid fully in 2015, the payment window for 2016 opens on the 1st December. RPA are still saying they will pay 90% of farmers by the end of December, but whether this payment will actually be correct we are not sure. If you receive any money this is wonderful and we expect payments to be 17% higher that 2015. If there is much difference please let us know and we can check to see if your 2015 payment was actually correct, as many we were not.
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