Weekly Report & Newsletter - 20th March 2026
Lancaster Auction Mart: Weekly Sale of Prime Hoggs, Cast Sheep &Sheep with Lambs at Foot. Monday 16th March 2026.
Vendors rewarded at NWA Lancaster.
Prime Hoggs to 500p/kg & £223
Cull Sheep to £300
Sheep with lambs at foot to £395 & £195/life
PRIME
HOGGS
The call for sheep was answered with NWA Lancaster seeing the largest entry of prime sheep forward for several years with a trade to match, all classes and types easily sold with an average of 409p/kg. Buyers ringside were keen to fill orders with a fast and e icient service here at Lancaster Auction once again meeting customers approval.
Leading the sale for the second week in a row were D & K Swarbrick, Out Rawcli e selling the pick of their consignment a Texel cross Hogg at 500p/kg, other well-bred Hoggs 450p/kg to 490p/kg, endless pens 420p/kg to 445p/kg. Heavies to 444p/kg for Beltex from GM & A Jackson, Little Eccleston. Super heavies 408p/kg from AG Butler and Lightweights 449p/kg from M & YS Barker. Hill bred lambs in abundance with Cheviots to 419p/kg, Mules 409p/kg, Horned 408p/kg & Herdwick 389p/kg.
Very little between the top 3 today with A Fare, Blackpool selling Beltex cross at £223, GM & A Jackson achieving £222 for Beltex cross and RJ Byron, Woodplumpton peaking at £220. Endless pens of well finished heavy Hoggs £205 to £220 with standards generally £175 to £190. Hill bred Hoggs to £199 for Cheviots, £194 Masham, £188 Mule, £188 Horned, Scotch Black Face £174, Herwick £148.
Prime Hoggs Top Prices: TEXEL: £223 Norcross, £218 Norcross, £216 Halton Park Farm, £216 Halton Park Farm, £215 Norcross, £210 Gibsons Farm. BELTEX: £222 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £220 Moorville, £212 Park Farm Barn, £208 Castle Mill Farm, £208 Moorville, £204 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage. CHEVIOT: £199 Hill Top Farm, £194 Hill Top Farm, £192 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £185 Thornbush Farm, £184 Thornbush Farm, £183 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage. SUFFOLK: £199 Hill Top Farm, £190 Halton Park Farm, £189 Park Farm Barn, £188 Gibsons Farm, £188 Knowsley Farm, £187 Cliftons Farm. CHAROLLAIS: £197 Hill Top Farm, £180 Halton Park Farm. CONTINENTAL: £194 Park Farm Barn, £191 Hill Top Farm, £187 Hill Top Farm, £186 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £183 Hill Top Farm, £182 Cross Home Farm.
MASHAM: £194 Fell End Farm, £186 Hill Top Farm, £174 Fell End Farm, £174 Fell End Farm.
MULE: £188 Hill Top Farm, £187 Cross House Farm, £187 Cross House Farm, £180 West Lynn, £179 Pasture Barn Farm, £178 Pasture Barn Farm. HORNED: £188 Fell End Farm, £177 Angerton Hall Farm. CHEVIOT MULE: £188 Park Farm Barn. LEICESTER: £175 Bank Farm SCOTCH
BLACKFACE: £174 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £172 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage.
TEESWATER: £174 Allcocks Farm. DALESBRED: £173 Allcocks Farm, £170 Fell End Farm, £169 Fell End Farm, £159 Fell End Farm, £158 Fell End Farm, £157 Fell End Farm. SWALEDALE: £164 Bank Farm, £150 High House Farm, £129 Thornbush Farm, £104 Middle Lee Farm. HERDWICK: £148 Helks Farm.
CULL SHEEP
No let up in the cull sheep trade with a market average of £155 with half the entry being hill bred sheep.
Top price of £300 was achieved for a Texel from W & A Cornall, Barnacre with heavy cross breds to £265 from D & K Swarbrick and £248 A Fare, mediums regularly £185 to £210. Mules to £192 for a pen full from JE & J Pye & Sons & £190 from J & M Sanderson with heavier end £170 to £185 and mediums £148 to £168. Pure hill ewes to £150 for Medium Cheviots, £140 Swaledales, £138 Dalesbred, £118 Herdwick.
Cull rams to £226 for Texels from M & YS Barker with mediums generally £170 to £210.
Cast Ewes Top Prices: TEXEL: £300 Bank Farm, £265 Bensons Farm, £208 The Crest, £202 Bensons Farm, £194 Annasghyll, £192 Bensons Farm. CHAROLLAIS: £248 Norcross. MULE: £192 Gibsons Farm, £190 Pasture Barn Farm, £170 Greenbank Farm, £162 Bank Farm, £148 Ellers Farm, £134 Halton Park Farm. SUFFOLK: £192 Oak Aveune, £190 (x2) Greenbank Farm, £168 Bensons Farm, £160 Ellers Farm. CONTINENTAL: £158 Bensons Farm, £136 (x2), £118 Angerton Hall Farm. MASHAM: £154 Ellers Farm, £146 Bensons Farm. CHEVIOT: £150, £124 Moorcock Hall Farm. BELTEX: £150 Ellers Farm. SWALEDALE: £140 West Lynn, £134 Bank Farm, £118 High House Farm, £112, £76 Middle Lee Farm, £74 High House Farm. LEICESTER: £140 The Crest. DALESBRED: £138 Fell End Farm, £116 Ellers Farm. HERDWICK: £118 The Hawthornes.
Cast Ram Top Prices: TEXEL: £226, £190 Halton Park Farm, £184, £148 Throstle Grove Farm. CONTINENTAL: £190 Halton Park Farm. SUFFOLK: £172 Halton Park Farm, £170 Greenbank Farm. SWALEDALE: £130 High House Farm. SCOTCH BLACKFACE: £110 High House Farm.
SHEEP WITH LAMBS AT FOOT
The opening sale of sheep with lambs at foot saw a full row penned with buyers in attendance keen to secure replacement stock. Texel ewes with single lambs from TR Gorst sold to £390 with M Heap selling others at £355, other single families generally £285 to £340. Ewes with twins sold to £395 again from TR Gorst who sold Romney
Ewes with twins at £345 and £340. All sheep with lambs today averaged £135.92/life.
30 families already entered for next week.
For all Monday morning enquiries contact Matthew Probert 07540 446667 & Andrew Butler 07966 556592.
Shearlings with Lambsat Foot Top Prices: TEXEL: £285 Hole of Ellel.
Ewes with Lambs at Foot Top Prices: TEXEL: £395
Hole of Elllel, £390 Hole of Elllel, £355 Burns Farm, £350 Hole of Ellel, £345 Hole of Ellel, £340 Hole of Ellel. SUFFOLK: £340 Hole of Ellel. MULE: £275 Potters Hill Farm, £245 Potters Hill Farm, £225 Potters Hill Farm.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Weekly Sale of Prime Hoggs, Cast Sheep & Sheep with Lambs at Foot, Tuesday 17th March 2026.
SHEEP WITH LAMBS AT FOOT
The first sale of sheep with lambs at foot of the season at Junction 36 witnessed a trade so strong it couldn’t split the atom. A much larger entry compared to the sale the previous year, buyers were keen to get stuck into quality with an instilled confidence going forward into the spring lamb season.
All categories were well covered as far as customer demand. Well grown lambs were particularly wanted. Topping today’s market was Harry Blackwell with a quality continental ewe with twin lambs, making £445. There was plenty of close runners to this, with numerous pens over the £400 mark.
Mules were strongly fought for, both twins and singles, per life they averaged £138, with a top price of £400 for a pen of 5 twins from NA Allen.
A large entry is expected next week, with 100 families already entered for next week and more entries to follow.
Sale statistics:
Texels with twins, topped at £410 AT Threlkeld.
Texels with singles, topped at £358, J Woof.
Blue Texels with twins, topped at £445, H Blackwell.
Su olks with twins, topped at £435, MW&HE Pedley.
Su olks with singles, topped at £312, CS Long & Knipe.
Mules with twins, topped at £400, NA Allen.
Mules with singles, topped at £305, NA Allen.
Cheviots with twins, topped at £395, J Woof.
Cheviots with singles, topped at £200, J Woof.
Do not hesitate to get in touch for entries or buying enquiries, all are welcome. Any enquiries contact the o ice or auctioneers:
Rob – 07867 000244
Will – 07506 283587
Ewe with Lambs at Foot Top Prices: CONTINENTAL: £445 Lackslot, £435 High Ploughlands, £348 Ghyll Farm, £320 The Glen, £220 Rowan Cottage. MULE: £400, £385, £382 High House Farm, £370 Ghyll Farm, £365 Bowkerstead Farm, £305 High House Farm. CHEVIOT: £395, £200 Ghyll Farm. TEXEL: £345 High Ploughlands, £340 Ghyll Farm, £252 Rowan Cottage. SUFFOLK: £332 Rowan Cottage, £312, £295 The Glen.
Shearling with Lambs at Foot Top Prices: TEXEL: £410 Bowkerstead Farm. MULE: £390 Ghyll Farm.
PRIME HOGGS
Hoggs worth their weight in gold
A proper gold rush in the ring today. Big numbers forward and every one of them wanted as buyers battled hard from start to finish to secure sheep. Demand well out stripping supply, creating a trade that was sharp, fast and relentless throughout.
An overall average of 407p/kg and an SQQ of 415p/kg sees a Tuesday at J36 come out top trumps. Messrs M Daniels led the charge at 511p/kg for a smart pen of three while J & JR Stott topped per head at £223 for a pair of well-finished hoggs. Others sold to 485.7p/kg for a pair of Beltex from Messrs GM & A Jackson. Texels from G & E Livestock sold to 480.5p/kg. Messrs RT Colbear sold a pen of 4 Texels to 476.9p/kg. Just behind for 10 this time, again, from Messrs Daniels hit 475.6p/kg. Messrs KA Purtill’s fine run of hoggs topped at 466.7p/kg for 7 with the same good home selling a further 7 for 460.5p/kg, just a tad lighter. Cheviots topped at 458.5p/kg from Messrs Fletcher & Dixon. Further Cheviots hit 447.5p/kg from Messrs AA Bentham while a pen of 14 more made 444.2p/kg from AW & D Brown. Scotch Black Faced and Herdwicks both sold to 400p/kg from Messrs Jackson and JW Hodgson respectively. Swales topped at 390.5p/kg for a big pen full from EW & JR Parkinson. Roughs just behind hitting 388.6p/kg for 18 from Messrs RJ & OB Simpson.
An extremely competitive trade and prompt payment guaranteed here every week. Contact Joel McGarva on 07920 009097 for any enquiries.
Prime Hoggs Top Prices: TEXEL: £223 Kingsland, £220 Angerton Hall, £219 Home Farm, £217 Old Farm, £217 Home Farm, £216 Old Farm. BFL: £221 Riddings Farm, £200 Wilcocks Farm, £162 Flodder Hall, £138 Flodder Hall. CONTINENTAL: £218 Leck Fell House, £194 Old Farm,
£180 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £170 Leck Fell House, £167 Angerton Hall Farm, £123 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage. SUFFOLK: £217 Home Farm, £214 Old Farm, £205 Dalton Old Hall, £200 Home Farm, £197 Hill Top Farm, £190 Home Farm. CHAROLLAIS: £214 Lane Ends Farm, £210 Lane Ends Farm, £209 Lane Ends Farm, £206 Lane Ends Farm, £206 High Nappa Scarr, £205 High Nappa Scarr. CHEVIOT: £209 Home Farm, £198 Whinfield Farm, £198 Outrake Foot, £198 Whinfield Farm, £197 Whinfield Farm, £194 Outrake Foot. BELTEX: £206 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £184 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £170 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage. MULE: £198 Nether House Farm, £191 Riddings Farm, £190 Holme House Farm, £190 Hareden Farm, £187 Home Farm, £176 High Sinklebank Farm. MASHAM: £186 Holme House Farm. DORSET: £183 Home Farm, £179 Home Farm. ROUGH FELL: £182 High Swinklebank Farm, £180 Hollowgate Farm, £175 High Swinklebank Farm, £171 High Swinklebank Farm, £167 High Swinklebank Farm, £154 High Swinklebank Farm. HERDWICK: £180 Dale End, £176 Cockley Beck Farm, £152 Dale End, £127 Hill Top Farm, £125 Hazel Head Farm, £117 Far Kiln Bank. SBF: £180 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage. SWALEDALE: £167 Holme House Farm, £164 Hareden Farm, £162 Holme House Farm, £159 Angerton Hall Farm, £154 Old School House, £154 Holme House Farm. HORNED: £164 Angerton Hall Farm, £120 Underhelm Farm, £120 Nibthwaite Grange Farm, £109 Nibthwaite Grange Farm. DALESBRED: £140 Holme House Farm.
CAST SHEEP
Ewes continue their blistering form, with once again a shortage of the biggest continental ewes, Texels sold to £235 from E Dodgson, Spital Farm with numerous other heavy ewes over £200. Mules to £184 for a pen of 13 from A Pickthall, New Hutton with plenty others breaking £170. Hill bred ewes to £164 for Cheviots from JW & TE Sharp, Lyth. Swaledales £138 from D Sharp, Lyth with the top Herdwick spot shared by Messrs Benson, Lakeland Farm Visitor Centre and Anthony Hartley, Turner Hall both at £136. Numerous pens of horned and hill ewes over £120 with the next grade down £85-£105.
Texel to £235 from E Dodgson, Kendal
Su olk to £232 from M Cook, Ulverston
Mule to £184 from A Pickthall, New Hutton
Masham to £168 from PB Brown, Askrigg
Cheviot to £164 from JW & TE Sharp, Lyth
Swaledale to £138 from D Sharp, Lyth
Herdwick to £136 from Lakeland Farm Visitor Centre & A Hartley, Turner Hall
CAST RAMS
28 cast rams forward with all sold to a buoyant trade.
BFL to £260 from Fishwick Bros, Longsleddale
Cheviot to £214 from Stockdale Farm, Sedbergh
Texel to £200 from Matson Farms Ltd, Windermere
Su olk to £178 from CS Long & Knipe, Ulverston
Swaledale to £160 from Anthony Hartley, Turner Hall
Herdwick to £150 from Anthony Harley, Turner Hall
Cast Ewes Top Prices: Texel: £235 Spital Farm, £232 Causeway Farm, £230 Hollin Hall, £220
Gaskell House, £218 Old Croft, £190 Heights Farm. Su olk: £232 Hollin Hall. Mule: £184
Borrans Farm, £182 Hollin Hall, £182 Smithy Green Farm, £176 Bowkerstead Farm, £176
Hawkrigg Farm, £174 High Butterbent. Cheviot Mule: £168 Sunny Bank, £146 Matson Farms, £144 Nibthwaite Grange, £120 x2 Sunny Bank, £118 Matson Farms. Masham: £168 High Nappa
Scarr. Beltex: £166 Bowers Farm. Cheviot: £164 Flodder Hall, £146 High Nappa Scarr, £130
Flodder Hall, £128 Bowers Farm, £120 High Nappa Scarr. Leicester: £160 Greaves Farm.
Ryeland: £158 Howgill Close. Continental: £144 Bowers Farm. Jacob: £142 High Mill Farm. Swale: £138 Flodder Hall, £132 Higher Salter, £130 Turner Hall Farm, £126 Flodder Hall, £124
Meadow View Park. Horned: £138 Higher Salter, £122 Angerton Hall Farm. Herdwick: £136
Turner Hall Farm, £136 Meadowbank Farm, £135 Far Kiln Bank, £134 Turner Hall Farm, £134 Hazel Head Farm. Dorset: £130 High Butterbent. Gritstone: £112 Higher Salter. Shetland: £98 Red Syke Lodge.
Cast Ram Top Prices: Leicester: £260 Tills Hole, £156 Nibthwaite Grange Farm. Cheviot: £214 £192 £172 Bowers Farm. Texel: £200 Matson Farms. Su olk: £178 The Glen. Swale: £160 Turner Hall Farm, £130 £122 Tailbert, £98 Birch Bank, £92 Hollowgate Farm. Charollais: £160 Old Hutton Farm. Beltex: £152 Bowers Farm. Herdwick: £150 £142 Turner Hall Farm, £90 Cockley Beck Farm.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Fortnightly Sale of Calves, Stirks, OTM/Cast Cattle & Store Cattle. Thursday 19th March 2026.
CALVES
Largest entry of calves seen at J36 for some time with 166 forward, selling to £1200.
Messrs CR Dickson, Thurnham led the way today with British Blue bulls to £1200, £1120 & £1080, other British Blues to £980 from JS Towers & H Kent, Dolphinholme and £850 for 8 week old from JW & TE Sharp, Lyth. Charolais were forward in number today selling to £1100 for a weaned bullock from F & TE Park, Kendal. JH Towers & Son, Tunstall presented a top quality run of Charolais seeing bull calves reach £1060, £1040, £1010 and £980 with Messrs Gibson & Berry, Endmoor achieving a top of £960 for their good run. Limousin bulls equally as sought after, selling to £970 and £950 from JS Towers & H Kent, Dolphinholme with this good home selling Simmentals to £940. 30-day olds reached £650 for British Blues from A Pickthall, New Hutton with HJ Robinson, Elm Tree close behind at £640 at 28 days old. Messrs J-CH-JG Bland, Arnside presented a marvellous run of 2–3-week-old calves, these selling to £610 with others to £600.
Dolphenby Farming LTD, Penrith sold their regular consignment to £570 and £550 born 26/02/26. Dairy bulls to £860 for weaned Fleckvieh from CR Dickson, Thurnham with Black & Whites to £620 from this home. Month olds to £490 for Fleckvieh from C Dean & LJ Brennand, Clapham with Black & Whites to £360 from Gibson & Berry, Endmoor.
Heifers on equally as fine form, with CR Dickson, Thurnham leading the way again at £1100, £1010 and £1000 with Limousins at £990 from JS Towers & H Kent,
Dolphinholme. Charolais to £880 and £860 from Messrs Gibson & Berry, Endmoor with JH Towers & Son, Tunstall selling Charolais and British Blues to £870, £850, £840 and Aberdeen Angus to £810 and £790. Younger month-old types to £670 and £650 for British Blues from A Pickthall, New Hutton with Messrs Bland, Arnside reaching £600 and £580. 12-day old Limousin to £450 from B & MJ Nelson, Milnthorpe.
Principle Prices
Bulls
• British Blue to £1200 from CR Dickson, Thurnham
• Charolais to £1060 from JH Towers & Son, Tunstall
• Limousin to £990 from JS Towers & H Kent, Dolphinholme
• Simmental to £940 from JS Towers & H Kent, Dolphinholme
• Fleckvieh to £860 from CR Dickson, Thurnham
• Black & White to £620 from CR Dickson, Thurnham
• Blonde to £610 from R Heath, Bootle
• Aberdeen Angus to £590 from J & M Maudsley, Endmoor
Heifers
• British Blues to £1100 from CR Dickson, Thurnham
• Limousin to £990 from JS Towers & H Kent, Dolphinholme
• Charolais to £880 from Gibson & Berry, Endmoor
• Aberdeen Angus to £810 from JH Towers & Son, Tunstall
• Blonde to £580 from R Heath, Bootle
Bullock
• Charolais to £1100 from F & TE Park, Kendal
• British Blue to £1050 from F & TE Park, Kendal
Bull Calf Top Prices: BRITISH BLUE: £1200, £1120, £1080 Throstle Croft, £980, £900 Cinder Hill Farm, £850 Flodder Hall. CHAROLAIS: £1060, £1040, £1010, £980 Tunstall Hall, £960, £880 Low Audlands. LIMOUSIN: £970, £950 Cinder Hill Farm, £870, £710 Tunstall Hall, £570 Mount Pleasant, £530 High Grounds Farm. SIMMENTAL: £940 Cinder Hill Farm. FLECKVIEH: £860 Throstle Croft, £490 Lodge Bank Farm. FRIESIAN: £620 Throstle Croft, £360, £350 Low Audlands, £345 Holme House Farm, £290 Low Audlands, £270 Kitchlow Farm. BLONDE: £610, £590 Midtown Farm. ANGUS: £590 (x2), £580 Raw End Farm, £560 Tunstall Hall, £540 Raw End Farm, £480 Strickley. OTHER: £490 Kitchlow Farm. HEREFORD: £490 High Grounds Farm. DAIRY SHORTHORN: £330, £240, £210, £130 Strickley.
Heifer Calf Top Prices: BRITISH BLUE: £1100, £1010, £1000, £980, £950 Throstle Croft, £850 Tunstall Hall. LIMOUSIN: £990 Cinder Hill Farm, £740 Tunstall Hall, £700 Colby Laithes, £460, £450 Halforth Farm, £450 High Grounds Farm. CHAROLAIS: £880 Low Audlands, £870 Tunstall Hall, £860 Low Audlands, £840 Tunstall Hall, £730, £680 Low Audlands. ANGUS: £810, £790 Tunstall Hall, £710 Colby Laithes, £580 Holme House Farm, £540, £450 Raw End Farm. BLONDE: £580, £490, £460, £420, £360 Midtown Farm. OTHER: £460 Kitchlow Farm.
SHORTHORN: £440 Lodge Bank Farm. FRIESIAN: £150 Tunstall Hall.
Steer Calf Top Prices: CHAROLAIS: £1100 Cragg House Farm. BRITISH BLUE: £1050 Cragg House Farm.
STIRKS
J36 saw a flyer for the stirks, the trade had plenty of perk and a hint of quirk. Buyers were plenty and keen to lurk, bidding away with a seasonal smirk. Good sorts did the work, giving prices a steady upward jerk, on the previous week. The steer section did not shirk, with Limousin steers making vendors irk with delight. Plainer types took a little more work but still found homes without hitch or kirk. But still a very good trade, o ering a modest perk.
Topping todays trade with a quality Limousin steer was GC&G Taylor, Crook making £1680.
Trade was very good all round, and demand for more is increasing all the time.
Averages:
Steers £1298.
Bulls £1170.
Heifers £1040.
Bull Stirk Top Prices: ANGUS: £1340, £1290, £1230, £1110 Sella Farm. BRITISH BLUE: £1280, £1220 Tullithwaite Hall Farm. LIMOUSIN: £1280 Tullithwaite Hall Farm. DAIRY SHORTHORN: £890 Chapel House Farm, £690 Tullithwaite Hall Farm.
Heifer Stirk Top Prices: LIMOUSIN: £1440 Tock How Farm, £760 Tullithwaite Hall Farm. SHORTHORN: £1400 (x2) Tock How Farm, £460, £450 Chapelhills. BRITISH BLUE: £1200, £1030
Tullithwaite Hall Farm, £1000 Colby Laithes, £970 Cragg House Farm. HEREFORD: £1150
Tullithwaite Hall Farm, £1010 Chapel House Farm. SIMMENTAL: £1080, £900 Black Bull Farm. BLONDE: £1080, £1020 Outerthwaite Farm. ANGUS: £1020 Tullithwaite Hall Farm, £1000 Colby Laithes, £700 Barton Street.
Steer Stirk Top Prices: LIMOUSIN: £1680 High Farm. SHORTHORN: £1630 Tock How Farm. BLONDE: £1440, £1250 Outherthwaite Farm. SIMMENTAL: £1240 Black Bull Farm. BRITISH BLUE: £1020, £1000 Cragg House Farm. FRIESIAN: £740 Barton Street.
STORE CATTLE
All in on store cattle.
Trade today was another high stakes a air at Junction 36, with buyers showing their hand early and maintaining strong competition throughout. Confidence around the ring was evident, with all types of cattle attracting firm and consistent demand.
Leading the way Aberdeen Angus bullocks topping at £2340 from GM Strong, while eleven month old steers from RJ Walling sold to £2300. British Blue bullocks peaked at £2120 from I Atkinson & Son matched by S Bosworth with Limousin to the same level.
Fleckvieh bullocks reached £2000 from RF&CE Hodgson.
Heifers met an equally determined ringside with Angus topping at £2200 from A&P Hodgkinson and Limousin to £2100 from T&D Wright.
Young bulls were another strong trade topping at £2180 for a British Blue from JA&J
Harper. Angus bulls sold to £2140 from BJ Bowness, while the Limousin section was topped by JM&NJ Strickland with a single. The odds remain stacked firmly in the vendors favour.
Our next sale here is on Thursday 2nd April. Contact Joel McGarva 07920009097 for further enquiries.
Store Bullock Top Prices: Angus: £2340 School Hill, £2300 Mislet Farm, £1950 Woodlea Farm, £1940 Holme Farm, £1860 Blea Tarn Road. Limousin: £2120 Lower Oakeneaves Farm, £2090 Boon Town Farm, £1960 Lane End. £1900 £1770 Long Garth, £1760 Southways. British Blue: £2120 Boon Town Farm, £2080 Lockbank Farm, £1900 Lane End, £1790 x2 Long Garth, £1710 Mosergh Farm. Flekvieh: £2000 £1880 Rowe End Farm. Shorthorn: £1980 Lockbank Farm. Hereford: £1860 West Plain Farm, £1830 £1750 Woodlea Farm. £1640 Southways, £1570 School Hill, £1380 Southways. Par: £1800 Top Thorn Farm. Friesian: £1440 Cockrigg Farm, £1360 Old Hall Farm. Montbeliarde: £1040 Tullithwaite Hall Farm.
Store Heifer Top Prices: Angus: £2160 Bank Field Farm, £1990 Boon Town Farm, £1940 Rowe End Farm, £1920 Holme Farm, £1700 Blea Tarn Road, £1520 Birks Farm. Limousin: £2100
Allcocks Farm, £2080 St Annes Farm, £2040 Bank Field Farm, £1970 Boon Town Farm, £1960 Allcocks Farm, £1660 Ashstead. Hereford: £2030 Lockbank Farm, £1900 Holme Farm, £1700 West Plain Farm, £1600 £1380 Woodlea Farm, £1070 Southways. British Blue: £2030 Nether Hall Farm, £2020 Rowe End Farm, £1940 Boon Town Farm, £1700 Birks Farm, £1670 High Field, £1660 Long Garth. Parthanais: £1780 Top Thorn Farm, £1420 Top Thorn. South Devon: £1600 Bowkerstead Farm. Charolais: £1480 Little Fell Farm, £1160 Parrox Hall Farm. Blonde: £1060 Parrox Hall Farm.
Store Bull Top Prices: British Blue: £2180 £2120 Capplethwaite Hall. Angus: £2140 Blea Tarn Road, £1340 Crabtree Farm. Limousin: £2100 Allcocks Farm, £2100 The Borrans, £2040 £2000 Bank House Farms, £1960 Lower Oakeneaves Farm, £1900 Nun House, £1860 Allcocks Farm. Shorthorn: £1660 Hazel Head Farm, £1600 Rock Villa, £1360 Hazel Head Farm. Montbeliarde: £1350 Crabbtree Farm.
OTM/CAST CATTLE
Overall average p/kg: 291p/kg
Good trade all round for OTM’s. Top price on the day came from AJ & L Birkett with a Limousin, making £2942.
Trade was up on the previous fortnight by 30p/kg.
Dairy cows were sailing over the £2000 mark topping at £2067 from KE Robinson.
Cast Steers were up to 352p/kg for an Angus from BJ Bowness making £2438.
Contact the o ice for any enquiries.
OTM Cow Top Prices: Limousin: 364.50 High Birk Howe Farm, 334.5 Lane End, 279.5 High Birk Howe Farm,279.5 High Farm, 264.50 High Birk Howe Farm. Stabiliser: 349.5 Kit Cragg. Simmental: 324.5 Long Garth. Friesian: 299.5 Kiln Hall, 299.5 Halforth Farm, 274.5 Mire House
Farm, 269.5 Laithwaite Farm, 259.5 High Grounds Farm. British Blue: 289.5 The Borrans, 259.5 Mosergh Farm. Fleckvieh: 279.5 Laithwaite Farm. Dairy Shorthorn: 279.5 Craketrees, 234.5 High Grounds Farm. Belted Galloway: 244.5 Scar Sykes Farm.
OTM Heifer Top Prices: British Blue: 389.5 Swallowmire, 364.5 Green Dragon. Friesian: 284.5 Halforth Farm. Stabiliser: 379.5 Kit Cragg.
Cast Steer Top Prices: British Blue: 379.5 Green Close Farm, 364.5 Green Dragon Farm, 329.5 Blea Tarn Road. Angus: 339.5 Blea Tarn Road.
Lancaster Auction Mart: Weekly Sale of Calves, OTM/Cast Cattle & Store Cattle, Friday 20th March 2026.
NWA Lancaster once again proved to be the customers choice with prices achieved well ahead of other local centers for all classes of cattle. Can you a ord to sell anywhere else?!
For all Friday sale enquiries, contact Matthew Probert 07540 446667 or Andrew Butler 07966 556592.
CALVES
Strong numbers forward again with a trade to match.
Rearing bulls sold to £840 for British Blues from JP & C Robson with other Blues to £800 from RT Halhead, others £650 to £720 depending on quality. Charolais cross bulls to £660 from JE & SM Seedall. Native sired bulls to £630 for month old Aberdeen Angus, £600 for month old Hereford and £570 for 3-week-old Hereford. Best rearing dairy bulls £480 and £470 for Holsteins from Wallbank Farms.
Rearing heifer calves to £610 for month old Blues, £500 for Beef Shorthorn, £490 for Charolais and Herefords £450 (all 2 to 4 weeks old).
Weaned calves are always in high demand with JS Towers & H Kent selling 4-month-old British Blue bulls to £980, £950 and Angus £950, with recently weaned £830 from RE & P Miller. Heifers to £800 for 4-month-old British Blue. Steers peaked at £1120 for Herefords from B & BA Rimmer.
Heifer Calf Top Prices: BRITISH BLUE: £800 Cinder Hill Farm, £610 Norbreck Farm, £560 Norbreck Farm, £500 Norbreck Farm, £450 Norbreck Farm. SHORTHORN: £500 Bolton Fold Farm. CHAROLAIS: £490 Bolton Fold Farm. HEREFORD: £450 Westfield House Farm, £370 Westfield House Farm, £290 Westfield House Farm, £270 Westfield House Farm. ANGUS: £440 Roe Farm.
Bull Calf Top Prices: BRITISH BLUE: £980 Cinder Hill Farm, £950 Cinder Hill Farm, £840 Roe Farm, £830 Lower Lingart Farm, £800 Norbreck Farm, £800 Derby Lodge Farm. ANGUS: £950 Cinder Hill Farm, £870 Cinder Hill Farm, £700 Derby Lodge Farm, £690 Derby Lodge Farm, £630 Roe Farm. CHAROLAIS: £660 Bolton Fold Farm, £640 Bolton Fold Farm, £540 Bolton Fold Farm. MONTBELLIARDE: £600 Lower Lingart Farm. HEREFORD: £600 Sellerley Farm, £570 Westfield
House Farm, £560 Westfield House Farm, £450 Westfield House Farm. FRIESIAN: £600
Sellerley Farm, £560 Sellerley Farm, £520 Sellerley Farm, £480 Sellerley Farm, £470 Tills Farm.
Steer Calf Top Prices: HEREFORD: £1120 Holmefields, £1000 Holmefields.
STORE CATTLE
Plenty of interest in all classes of store cattle, with several customers ringside looking to purchase for turn out.
Strongest steers again easily sold, peaking at £2580 for Aberdeen Angus from D & N Davis with others £2500 from ID Bailey & Son and SH & LE Birkett, endless pens £2300 to £2450. Younger steers sold to £2120 for 18-month-old British Blues from JG Taylor and £2100 for 16-month-olds from TH Wensley & Son. Dairy bred steers to £1980.
Heifers sold to £2400 for Aberdeen Angus from ID Bailey & Son, closely followed by T & D Wright selling Limousin cross at £2320 and G & ME Woodhouse & Son £2300. Stronger feeding heifers generally £2150 to £2280.
Younger heifers to £2220 for British Blues (18-month-old) from G & ME Woodhouse & Son.
Next week to include the end of the month sale of stirks & young stores. Enter with confidence, strong buyer attendance guaranteed.
Store Bullock Top Prices: ANGUS: £2580 Cragg Farm, £2500 Stubb Hall Farm, £2500 Betts Farm, £2250 Pasture House Farm, £2120 Moss View, £2050 Plumpton Hall Farm. HEREFORD: £2400 Cragg Farm. BRITISH BLUE: £2200 Green Dragon Farm, £2120 Smardale Mill, £2100 Plumpton Hall Farm, £1920 Moss House Farm. SHORTHORN: £1980 Moss House Farm. FRIESIAN: £1780 Mill House Farm, £1750 Plumtpon Hall Farm. MONTBELIARDE: £1580 Moss House Farm.
Store Heifer Top Prices: ANGUS: £2400 Betts Farm, £2300 Boldens Farm, £2120 Smardale Mill, £2080 Sewage Farm, £2050 Windy Hill Farm, £2000 Barker Knott. LIMOUSIN: £2320 Allcocks Farm, £2200 Pasture House Farm, £2180, £2100 Hutton Roof Hall. BRITISH BLUE: £2280 High Snab, £2220 Boldens Farm, £2220 Stubb Hall Farm, £2150 Barker Knott, £1920 Sewage Farm, £1880 Green Dragon Farm. MONTBELIARDE: £1920 Myerscough House. HEREFORD: £1100 Dubside.
OTM/CAST CATTLE
Cull cows sold to the strongest trade of the week with a market average of 263p/kg.
Best of the beef cows sold to 299.5p/kg on two occasions, firstly for a Limousin cross from G & P Middleton and then an Aberdeen Angus from G Metcalfe & Son, other heavy weights 275p/kg to 285p/kg and mediums generally 260p/kg to 270p/kg. Top grossing was an imported Simmental from Barlow Bros, totalling £2923.95.
Dairy cows peaked at 279.5p/kg for a Holstein Friesian from RE & P Miller, D Fox & Co and Pickervance Farm Ltd, parlour types generally 245p/kg to 250p/kg. Top grossing from Pickervance Farm Ltd totalled £2037 with another £2032.
OTM dairy heifers sold to 319.5p/kg & £1920.25 and beef steers to 369.5p/kg & £2797.12 for Aberdeen Angus from JH Woof & Son.
Cull stock bulls sold to 329.5p/kg & £2388.88 for a British Blue from V & S Fitzell.
OTM Cow Top Prices: ANGUS: 299.50 Fleets Farm, 274.50 Underhelm Farm. LIMOUSIN: 299.50 Low House, 264.50 Low Pleasant, 229.50 Low Pleasant. BRITISH BLUE: 294.50 Allcocks Farm, 279.50 Low Pleasant. SIMMENTAL: 289.50 Littlewood Hall Farm. FRIESIAN: 279.50 Lower Lingart Farm, 279.50 Holly House Farm, 279.50 Roseacre Hall, 274.50 Holly House Farm, 274.50 Roseacre Hall, 274.50 Downlands Farm. CONTINENTAL: 279.50 Higher Salter. MRI: 274.50 Littlewood Hall Farm. JERSEY: 229.50 Fields Farm, 169.50 Arnside Tower, 159.50 Arnside Tower, 154.50 Arnside Tower.
OTM Heifer Top Prices: FRIESIAN: 319.50 High Snab, 319.50 High Snab, 314.50 High Snab, 299.50 Knotts Farm, 289.50 Knotts Farm, 289.50 Downlands Farm.
Cast Steer Top Prices: ANGUS: 369.50 Underhelm Farm. HEREFORD: 324.50 Well House Farm, 319.50 Well House Farm. FRIESIAN: 199.50 Knotts Farm.
Cast Bull Top Prices: BRITISH BLUE: 329.50 Moss House Farm.
Next Week's Upcoming Sales
Monday 23rd
Lancaster: 10am Prime Hoggs & Cast Sheep
11am Sheep with Lambs at Foot
Tuesday 24th
J36: 10:30am Pigs
11am Sheep with Lambs at Foot
1pm Prime Hoggs & Cast Sheep
Friday 27th
Lancaster: 10:15am Calves & Weanlings & OTM/Cast Cattle
11:15am Store Cattle & Stirks