North West Auctions Weekly Report and Newsletter – 1st May
NWA J36 Rare Breed & Horses & Pony Sale Saturday 27th April Rare Breeds & Poultry The Spring Sale of Rare and Minority Breed livestock saw buyers in attendance from throughout the United Kingdom, attracted by the wide range of livestock on offer. Longhorn heifers sold to £700 for Fullwood Susie from P Wild, Oldham who sold other yearling heifers at £640 and £620. Galloway heifers sold at £530 from M Gibson, Sedbergh. The sale of sheep topped at £260 for a Zwartble shearling with twins. £240 was achieved for a Jacob ewe with twin Valais x lambs. Gimmer hogs sold to £220 for a White Ryeland. A German Red Fox ewe with twin lambs sold at £180. Herdwick gimmer hoggs sold to £100 with Herdwick ewes with lambs selling to £98. Several goats were forward and attracted a lot of interest selling to £120 for a nanny with kid, others achieving £110 and £105. The sale of poultry attracted a large crowd of eager bidders with strong prices achieved. Breeding pairs and trios were easily sold, as were groups of pullets. The sale topped at £280 for a quartet of Fawn and White Indian Runner Ducks with 3 large fowl New Hampshire Red pullets selling for £130. Large fowl Silver Laced Barnevelders achieved £80 as did 3 large fowl Welsummer pullets. Bantams sold to £70 for 2 Black Pekin hens, this price was also achieved for 3 Partridge Wyandotte pullets. Silkies sold to £60 for 2 Partridge pullets. A pair of Guinea Fowl sold at £75, a bantam broody hen with 3 runner ducklings £70 and a pair of Snowflake Quail £20. Hatching eggs sold to £40 for 1 dozen Large Fowl Welsummers, 1 dozen Gold Silkies £20, 1 dozen Copper Black Marans £20, Rhea Hatching eggs £9 each and half a dozen White Call Ducks £10. Rabbits sold to £35 for 2 Grey and White Dutch, £30 for a Black Lion Head and £12 for a Ginger Lion Head.
Horse & Ponies The inaugural general sale of horses and ponies saw vendors and buyers from throughout the UK in attendance attracted by the variety on offer. The sale topped at 2500gns for a very smart, grey, 5 year old registered Section A Dales mare from AW Morland, Tebay. A 16.1hh 9 year old grey mare from M T Tonks, Beckermet sold for 1800gns. A quality Shire x cob 2 year old filly from P Wheeler sold to 1650gns and a 3year old Shire filly from D Smith, Castle Douglas to 1400gns. There were several Shetlands forward and attracted keen interest, selling to 400gns for Klassique’s Henry a miniature coloured stallion and 200gns for Belmont Corey another miniature stallion both from JC Horn. 280gns was paid for Lathom Jonnie a 37” gelding from J Watson, 260gns for Newton Sadie Girl a 30” piebald mare from D Airey and 250gns for Heidi a 6 year old 32” skewbald mare from J Barras. A good selection of Fell ponies were also entered, topping at 780gns for Geordans Little Gem a 4 year old filly from M Cornthwaite who also sold 2 year old registered fillies to 600, 550 and 420gns. Well-presented horses, ponies and donkeys attracted keen bidding with trade more selective on the younger, unbroken lots.
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North West Auctions Friday 26th April There was a bumper entry of 400 Store Cattle forward this week which attracted a busy ringside of buyers including some fresh faces. The trade saw grazing cattle in very strong demand with short keep cattle selling to a similar trade. Leading the way today was a Simmental bullock selling to £1300 from R Escolme, Bay Horse. Angus bullocks topped at £1300 from V & EJ Chadwick & Son, Sowerby. Lmiousins sold to a top of £1290 from M & L Preece, Kirkby Lonsdale with other Limousin bullocks selling to £1280 from WA Hodgson, Whinfell and £1260 from DE & SM Moorhouse, Natland and RA Easterby, Westhouse. Other noted prices for Angus bullocks were £1260 from SJ Brass, Ingleton. There were plenty of bullocks easily selling around the £1200 mark. The heifer trade topped at £1180 for British Blues from K & DE Woodhouse, Ellel with Angus heifers selling to £1160 from the same home with other Angus heifers achieving the same price from JW Atkinson, Bentham. Limousin heifers topped at £1150 from D Fox & Co, Bayhorse with British Blues achieving the same price from H & C Pickervance, Kirkham. Black and whites of all types were a strong trade today topping at £1160 from R & E Ladds, Kendal other black and whites sold to £1100 from K & DE Woodhouse. All bullocks forward this week sold to an average of £1042.13 with heifers averaging £960.88.
Store Cattle Top Prices: Store Cattle: Aberdeen Angus £1300 Sowerby Lodge, £1260 Church Street, £1210 Greenlands Farm, £1200 Kitchen Ground Farm, £1180 Sowebry Lodge. Simmental £1300 Ivy Barn, £1120 Sykes Fold Farm, Alston Grange. Limousin £1290 High House Farm, £1280 Whelpside Farm, £1260 High House Farm, Fellside Farm, £1220 High House Farm. British Blue £1220 Gibraltar Farm, £1200 Shaws Farm, £1190 Batty Farm, £1180 Green Close. Charolais £1220 Langthwaite Heights, £1160 Whelpside Farm. Blonde £1150, £1100, £1090 Grange Farm. Hereford £1140 Betts Farm, £1120 Kays Farm, £1060 Wyre Farm. Meuse Rhine Issel £1120 Littlewood Hall Farm. Friesian £1170 Kitchen Ground Farm, £1160 Bensons Hall, £1050 Hallbeck, £1020, £1010 Benson Hall. Stabiliser £1100 Millbeck. Store Heifer: British Blue £1180 Kitchen Ground Farm, £1150 Roseacre Hall, £1130 Stubb Hall Farm, £1110 Church Street, £1100 Ivy Barn. Aberdeen Angus £1160 Kitchen Ground Farm, Batty Farm, £1100 Greenlands Farm, £1080 Yew Tree Farm, £1050 Pilling Hall. Limousin £1150 Holly House Farm, £1080 Little Fell Farm, £1060 Cinderbarrow Farm, £1030 Low Woodedge Farm, £1000 Mill House. Charolais £1110 Bandrake Head, £1100 Cinderbarrow Farm, £1070 Ellers Farm, £1060 Cinderbarrow Farm, £1050 Langthwaite Heights. Friesian £1100 Kitchen Ground Farm, £1000 Marlholes Farm, £1000 Kitchen Ground Farm. Simmental £1050 Sykes Fold Farm.
There was a larger entry of 97 Cast Cows at Lancaster this week following on from the bank holiday last week. They were met by a good trade; however plainer cows were slightly harder to place this week. Topping the market today was a Limousin Cow from JM & JJ Dawson, Littledale selling to 174.5p/kg with another Limousin cow from the same home selling to 164.5p/kg or to £1232 and £1219. OTM British Blue Heifers sold to a top of 169.5p/kg from RC Billington & Son, Claughton-on-Brock with OTM Bullocks selling to 164.5p/kg or £1110 for Friesians from Messrs GR Park & Sons, Whinfell. Young dairy cows sold to a top of 157.5p/kg from JH Towers & Son, Tunstall with plenty of good meated dairy cows either side of 140p/kg mark. Top price per head today in the cast ring was £1320 for a Hereford bull from MJ Fell Ltd, Whittington. Black and white dairy cows sold to a top of £1200 from L Burrow & Son, Lower Tatham with others to £1133 from MJ Fell Ltd, £1119 from H Wright & Son and £1100 from RE & P Miller, Barnacre. 20% of the cattle in the OTM ring sold in excess of £1000 today.
Cast Cow Top Prices: OTM Cow: Limousin 174.5, 164.5 Field Head, 149.5 Fell Gate Farm. British Blue 159.5 High Cark Farm. Friesian 157.5 Tunstall Hall, 149.5 Downlands Farm, 141.5 Forton Hall Farm, 141.5 Forton Hall Farm, Bambers Farm, 139.5 Mealbank Farm. Swedish Red & White 134.5, 129.5 Holme Head. Aberdeen Angus 124.5, 119.5 Keer Falls. Shorthorn 121.5 Sunny Bank Farm. OTM Heifer: British Blue 169.5 Stubbins Farm. Frisian 154.5 Lisco Farm, 149.5 Ackenthwaite Farm, Liscoe Farm, 144.5 West Hall, 131.5 Downlands Farm. Aberdeen Angus 144.5 Church Street. Cast Steer: Friesian 164.5 Low Deepslack, 159.5 Gibraltar Farm, 144.5 Midge Hall Farm, 139.5 Low Deepslack. British Blue 129.5 Black Bull Farm. Cast Bull: Friesian 161.5 Low Levens. Hereford 124.5 Chapel House.
The on going success of the Lancaster Stirk sale saw a record entry of 199 forward. There was a vibrant ringside of buyers looking to purchase all sizes, ages and breeds of stirks, with buyers present from throughout the northern counties and further afield. Now spring is in the air and grass growing well customers were eager to purchase stock. Leading the way today was yearling British Blue bullocks from J & A Sheerin, Quernmore selling to £735. Limousin yearling bullocks topped at £700 from R & J Parkinson, Preesall with yearling Hereford bullocks selling to £700 from E Lund & Son, Ingleton. Yearling Angus bullocks topped at 680 from R & J Parkinson. Numerous pens of bullocks sold in excess of £600 mark. Bulls sold to a top of £670 for Limousins from D Fox & Co, Bayhorse with British Blues selling to £605 from JK & B Birkett & Son, Morecambe. The heifer trade topped at £575 twice for September and October born British Blues from FW Rhodes & Son, Ellel and WR Clarke & Partners, Carnforth. Others sold to £570 and £565 from the Rhodes Family. There was plenty of late autumn born stirks regularly selling in the five hundreds. Dairy bred bullocks saw Montbeliardes top at £505 from GR & B Mason, Warton with autumn born British Friesian bullocks selling to £460 from EE Thornton & Sons, Heaton. Other black and white bullocks sold to £455 from WJ & EA Woodhouse, Nateby who also sold others to £435 at under a year old. August and September born Black and white bulls sold to £425 from CJ & J Stackhouse, Newton with others from the same home selling to £380. There was a smaller entry of Calves forward this week due to the stirk sale, with larger numbers anticipated next week. Top price today was a month old British Blue bull selling to £265 from Barker Farms, Carnforth with heifer calves topping at £180 from RT Halhead, Cockerham.
Calf Top Prices: Heifer Calf: British Blue £180 Norbreck Genetics, £155, £140, £120 Cotestones Farm. Hereford £155 Sellerley Farm. Bull Calf: British Blue £265 Cotestone Farm. Hereford £170 Sellerley Farm. Bull Stirk: Limousin £670 Holly House Farm, £500 Whinney Carr Farm. British Blue £605 White Lund Farm. Aberdeen Angus £570 The Bungalow, £520 White Lund Farm. Hereford £560 The Bungalow. Friesian £425, £380 Newton Hall Farm. Heifer Stirk: British Blue £575 Barrow Greaves Farm, Cinder Barrow, Barrow Greaves Farm. Limousin £530, £495, £480 Whinney Carr. Hereford £470, £465 Gardners Farm. Aberdeen Angus £465 Hare Apple Tree, £455 Barrows Greaves Farm, £420 Hare Apple Tree. Simmental £465, £410, £370, £330 Sellerley Farm. Steer Stirk: British Blue £735 Knotts Farm, £670 Hillock Farm, £590, £580 Stubb Place Farm. Limousin £700 Springfield Farm, £605 Whinney Carr Farm. Hereford £700 Lundholme Farm, £600 St Margarets, Lundholme Farm. Simmental £655 Sellerley Farm. Aberdeen Angus £680, £640 Springfield House, £520 Hare Apple Tree. Welsh Black £500 Springfield House. Montbeliarde £505, £450 Hillock Farm. Friesian £460 Downlands. Swedish Red & White £335 Higher Brundhurst Farm.
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Lancaster Sale Reports Monday 29thApril There was the largest entry of Spring Lambs to date this season which saw an entry of 145 forward. Topping the market at £119 was S Blades, Arkholme with Texel lambs who also sold Suffolks to £116 and Texels to £114. S Wilson & Son, Catforth sold Texels to £117, £115, £110, £109 and Suffolks to £113. WN Smith & Son, Cockerham sold Texels to £114 and to £107. Charollais sold to a top of £110 from PW & DW Roskell, Pilling. Top pence per kilo was S Blades selling to 285p/kg, 277p/kg and 270p/kg, S Wilson & Sons sold his Texel lambs to 274p/kg, 273p/kg and 272p/kg. Charollais lambs sold to a top of 262p/kg. Three quarter bred and pure-bred lambs sold to a market average of 263p/kg. All Spring Lambs forward sold to an average of £98.58. Spring Lamb Top Prices: TEXEL: £119 Hill Top, £117, £115 Burrow Heights Farm, £114 Hill Top, Cocker House Farm. SUFFOLK: £116 Hill Top, £113 Burrow Heights Farm, £105 Birkrigg Park Cottage, £96, £94 Cocker House Farm. CHAROLLAIS: £110 Springfield Farm, £106 Burrow Heights Farm, £92 Springfield Farm. DORSET: £104 Hill Top. CONTINENTAL: £102 Burrow Heights Farm, £94, £93 Springfield Farm, £87 Herdmans House. ZWARTBLES: £90 Hill Top.
The weekly sale of Prime Hoggs had an entry of 586 forward selling to an overall market averaged of 183p/kg with an SQQ of 191p/kg. Topping the market this week was Beltex hoggs from BD Wood, Out Rawcliffe and Texels from GH Sanderson & Family, Catforth who sold hoggs to £98. This was closely followed by Texels selling to £96 from AG Butler, Hambleton and T & CM Kelsall & Sons, Chipping. Suffolks sold to a top of £93 from T & E Burrow, Slyne. The top pence per kilo for the day was 224p/kg from BR & S Carter, Pilling. Prime Hogg Top Prices: BELTEX: £98 Middle Ridge Farm. TEXEL: £98 Blackleach House Farm, £96 Park Farm Barn, Brown Brook, £95 Throstle Grove Farm, £94 Scronkey Farm. CONTINENTAL: £93, £92, £90 Low Foulshaw Farm, £89, £88 Carr House Farm. SUFFOLK: £93 Throstle Grove Farm, £90 Mill House Farm, £89 5 Maddison Avenue, £85 Park Farm Barn, £78 Medlar Hall Farm. CHAROLLAIS: £91 Tunstead Farm, £90 Park Farm Barn, £86 Weavers Farm, North Farm, £84 Weavers Farm. HORNED: £87, £82 Park Farm Barn, £78 Sowerby Lodge, £77, £75 Crombleholme. CHEVIOT: £84, £80, £78, £77 11 Oak Avenue. MULE: £81 Rooten Brook, Medlar Hall Farm, Botton Hall, £80 Botton Hall, Moss Side Farm. SWALEDALE: £79 Rooten Brook, £76, £75.50, £73.50 Medlar Hall Farm, £70 Sowerby Lodge. DORSET: £79, £74 Field House. HERDWICK: £78 Lee End Farm, £75.50 Sowerby Lodge, £69, £67.50 Medlar Hall Farm. ROUGH FELL: £75.50 Medlar Hall Farm. MASHAM: £75 Moss Side Farm, Medlar Hall Farm. SCOTTISH BLACKFACE: £75 Tarnwater Farm. GRITSTONE: £75 11 Oak Avenue. DALESBRED: £74 Moss Side Farm.
The Cast Ewe trade remains strong, once again, saw another good entry of just short of 100 forward selling to a slightly sharper trade this week than last. Topping the market today were Texel ewes selling to £140 from T & CM Kelsall and sons of Chipping. This was closely followed by Suffolks to £114 and Texels to £112 from G & N Ball & Son of Great Eccleston with other continental ewes selling to £100. There was plenty of continental and Suffolk ewes selling into the nineties. Mule ewes twice sold to a top of £85 from G Riley of Bolton-leSands and from A & FM Bolland of Ellel with plenty of other pens selling into the eighties and all Mule ewes averaged £75.58. Horned sheep sold to a top of £62 for Swaledales from KJ & KM Curwen, Abbeystead with other Swaledales selling to £60 from B & SE Carter, Ellel and BM Pye & Son, Abbeystead. Cast Sheep Top Prices: Cast Ewes: TEXEL: £140 Brown Brook, £112 Post Office Farm, £99 Weavers Farm, £94 New Bungalow, £93 Scronkey Farm. CONTINENTAL: £100 Ingrave Farm, £90, £78 Scronkey Farm, £77 Moorbottom Farm, £76 Elm Bank Farm. DORSET: £94 Field House. LEICESTER: £90 Overhouses. SUFFOLK: £88 Herdmans House, £87 Knowsley Farm, £84, £83 Burrow Heights Farm. MULE: £85 5 Maddison Avenue, Yeat House, £83 Mill House Farm, £82 Brown Brook, £81 Lee End Farm. CHAROLLAIS: £82 Elm Bank Farm. SWALEDALE: £62 Marshaw Farm, £60 Moorbottom Farm, Cragg End, £47 Rooten Brook, £41 Marl House. GOAT: £57, £25 Cockerman Boers. DALESBRED: £40 Deep Clough. HERDWICK: £30 Deep Clough. Cast Tups: SUFFOLK: £114 Post Office Farm. LEICESTER: £77 Marl House.
There was a smaller entry of Sheep with Lambs at foot this week but there was still plenty of demand. Aged Continental ewes with twin lambs at foot sold to a top of £175 from LE & A Ridding, Selside. Continental ewes with single lambs at foot sold to £140 or £70 a life from W Pinder Jnr, Newton-in-Bowland. Broken mouthed Mule ewes with twin lambs sold to £150 from LE & A Ridding with aged Mashams with Twins selling to £148 from W Pinder Jnr.
J36 Sale Reports Tuesday 30th April The weekly sale of Sheep with Lambs at foot had an increased entry of 174 outfits selling to a strong trade with many fresh purchasers ringside looking to buy. Once again, young sheep and quality outfits were in strongest demand. Leading the way today were Continental shearlings with Beltex x twins selling to £212 from D Cockett, Ingleton. Mule shearlings with Texel twins sold to a top of £212, twice and £210 from J & T Hunter, Dent. Mule ewes with Texel twins sold to a top of £202 from G & KM Atkinson, Colby with others selling to £192 from the same good home. Aged Continental ewes with twins sold to £172 twice from CR Alderson & Son, Mallerstang and from D Cockett, Ingleton. Young Continental sheep with singles sold to £138 from R Colbear, Appleby with other Continental sheep with single lambs selling to £132 from S & W Dickinson, Tebay. Next week sees the annual show and sale of hoggs with lambs at foot with the earlier start time of 10.30am
Sheep with Lambs Top Prices: Shearling & Lamb: Mule - £212, 3210, £198 Moser Hill, £132 Bridge Stone. Texel – £212 Wilson Wood. Ewe & Lamb: Mule – £202, £192 Green Farm, £168 Marsh House Farm, £165 The Howes, £155 Grassgarth Farm. Texel - £172 Aisgill Farm, £172, £168 Wilson Wood, £160 Grassgarth Farm, £152 Matson Farm. Continental - £155, £90 Park House Farm. Swaledale - £125 Gilpin Farm, £85 Green Farm. Suffolk - £120 Riddings. Herdwick - £108 Gilpin Farm. Rough Fell - £95, £75 Ashfield Farm.
There was a much increased entry of 150 Spring Lambs forward for the sale, selling to an overall market average of 243p/kg with an SQQ average of 253p/kg. Top price per head today was £121 for Suffolk x lambs from MJ Waller, Lupton weighing 43kg. This was closely followed by 44kg Suffolks selling to £117 from W Garnett & Son, Milnthorpe and 44kg Suffolks sold to £116 from T Redmayne, Carlisle, with 48kg Suffolks also making £116 from JN & DJ Bowes, Crook. Charollais sold to £116 from PW Rhodes Ltd, Ulverston and Dorsets to the same price from D Black, Milnthorpe. Hampshires sold to a top of £114 from J & O Galbraith & Son, Endmoor. Texel solds to a top of £114 and £113 from MJ Waller. Continentals sold to 287p/kg from FE & CM Robinson & Son, Crooklands. Beltexs sold to 286p/kg and 282p/kg from AE Atkinson & Son, Endmoor. Suffolks sold to 281p/kg from MJ Waller with Hampshires to 278p/kg from J & O Galbraith & Son.
Spring Lamb Top Prices: Suffolk - £121 Carlingwha, £117 Ackenthwaite Farm, £116 Low Brundrigg, £116 Sewell House, £113 Crooklands Brow. Charollais - £116, £112 Floraire, £109 Kingsland, £106 Hodgsons Green Farm. Dorset - £116 Cumbrae, £112, £111, £105 Warth Sutton Farm, £102 High Biggarsbank. Hampshire - £114, £107, £104.5 Endmoor Farm. Texel - £114, £113 Carlingwha, £110 Stubb Farm, £108 Ackenthwaite Farm, £107 Carlingwha. Beltex - £109 Stubb Farm. Continental - £106, £104 Yealand Manor, £100 High Farm, £96, £91 Yealand Manor.
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North West Auctions There was an entry of 600 Prime Hoggs forward this week selling to a continued strong trade. Topping the market today at £134 was heavy weight Texels from I Ridding, Old Hutton with others to £121 from the same home. Heavy weight Texel hoggs sold to £121.50 from G Rawsthorne, Cartmel. Beltex hoggs sold to £104 from JG Harryman, Hawkshead with Texels selling to £101 from the same home. Suffolks topped at £96 from RH & A Walling, Crosthwaite. Hoggs sold to a top of 253p/kg twice and 252p/kg for Beltexs from JG Harryman. Herdwicks sold to a top of 237p/kg from TE Booth, Staveley. Plenty of pens of Hoggs sold around the 220p/kg mark. There was an overall market average of 200p/kg with an SQQ of 203p/kg.
Prime Hogg Top Prices: Texel - £134 Orchard Barn, £121.5 Scargill Farm, £121 Orchard Barn, £101 The Galleon, £98 Low Woodhouse. Beltex - £104, £99, £88, £86 The Galleon. Suffolk £96 Strickland Tenement, £92 Lawkland Hall Farm, £91 Smithy Green Farm, £90 Strickland Tenement, £90 Ackenthwaite Farm. Charollais - £95 The Borrans, £89 Kingsland, £84 Smithy Green Farm, £80 Crosscrake Farm, £79 Beech House. Horned - £92 Fell End Farm, £90 Smithy Green Farm, £80 Longmire Farm, £79.5 Hartrigg, £76 The Borrans. Mule - £90 Lawkland Hall Farm, £88 Dane Hill Farm, £86 Dale View, £80 Naddle Farm, £75 Haveriggs Farm. Herdwick £89 Hartrigg, £75.5, £75 Hodgsons Green Farm, £69.5, £69 Rydal Farm. Scotch - £89 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage. Continental - £87.5 Low House Beck, £78 Hazelslack Tower Farm, £74.5 Hartrigg, £71.5 Dane Hill Farm. Dales Bred - £85, £72.5, £69 Dane Hill Farm. Swaledale - £84 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £76 The Borrans, £72 The Galleon, £69 Naddle Farm, £67 Rydal Farm. Rough Fell £79 Millriggs, £76.5 Boundary Beck. Cheviot - £77.5 Naddle Farm, £72.5 Hartrigg, £68 Greenlands, £56 Hartrigg. Hampshire - £70 High Farm. Jacob £70, £55 High Mill Farm.
There was the strongest Cast Ewe trade seen for some time at J36 in which more could have easily been sold to the advantage of the vendor. The trade topped at an impressive £172 for a Bluefaced Leicester tup from R Capstick & Son, Ingleton. This was closely followed by another Leicester tup selling to £150 from Drinkall Bros, Over Wyresdale. Suffolk tups topped at £134 from D Koller, Over Kellet. Teeswaters sold to a top of £132 from DE & J Waine, Longsleddale. Cheviot Mule ewes topped at £128 from Drinkall Bros with Charollais ewes to £120 from J Stott Jnr, Crosscrake. Beltex ewes topped at £119 from MA & JA Winn, Burneside. There was twenty pens that sold in excess of £100. Mule ewes topped at £85 twice from G & ID Postlethwaite, Howgill and RI Dixon, Low Newton. Numerous pens of ewes easily sold into the eighties. Horned sheep sold to a top of £75 for Rough Fells from G & ID Postlethwaite with others to £74 from GR Park & Sons, Whinfell. Swaledale ewes sold to a top of £71 from E Parker, Carnforth and £69 from J & M Wilson, Selside. Herdwick ewes topped at £70 from WG & D Wilkinson, Blawith. All cast sheep forward today averaged £72.79.
Cast Sheep Top Prices: Cast Ewe: Teeswater - £132, 3106 Murthwaite. Cheviot Mule - £128 Catshaw Hall Farm. Charollais - £120 Kingsland, £113 Floraire. Beltex - £119 High Underbarrow Farm. Texel - £104 North Lodge, £102 Head House, £96 Riddings, £95 Throstle Grove Farm, £94 Hill Top Farm. Suffolk - £102 Head House, £93 Hodgsons Green Farm, £88 Middle Birkby Farm, £87 Great House Farm. Zwartble - £94 High Underbrow Farm, £66 Hill Top Farm. Cheviot £91 Castle Howe, £86 Brow Head, £74, £66 Poole Bank Farm. Mule - £85 Riddings, £85 Low Newton Farm, £84 Far Orrest, £83 Low Woodhouse, £83 New Close. Dorset - £84 High Biggarsbank, £82 Floraire. Rough Fell - £75 Riddings, £74 Low Deepslack, £64 Riddings, £61 Castle Howe. Swaledale - £71 Marsh House Farm, £69 Cooper House, £68 Catshaw Hall Farm, £67 Murthwaite, £66 Low Newton Farm. Herdwick - £70, £67 Smithy Beck. Continental - £66 High Underbrow Farm, £64 Tarnside, £64 Riddings. Horned - £57 Audlands Park. Leicester - £52 Low Newton Farm. Cast Ram: Leicester - £172 Fell End Farm, £150 Catshaw Hall Farm, £122, £114 Whelpside Farm. Suffolk - £134 Kellet Bridge Farm, £110 New Close, £78 Throstle Grove Farm. Texel - £112 Greaves Farm, £106 Ackenthwaite Farm, £88 Wasdyke Farm, £80 Audlands Park. Beltex - £102, £98 North Lodge. Dorset - £90, £84 Great House Farm. Charollais - £78 Far Orrest. Swaledale - £66 Whelpside Farm.
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