North West Auctions Weekly Report and Newsletter – 20th June
Lancaster Calves, Cast Cows & Store Cattle Friday 15th June It was great to have back over 300 Store Cattle entered at Lancaster this week. There was a strong trade for all ages and sizes of cattle. Topping the trade today was Barlow Bros of Croston selling Angus steers to £1590 and £1500. This was closely followed by British Blues to £1460 from JA & LR Wilson of Millom. Plenty of big well-fleshed steers sold in excess of £1,300. All steers forward averaged £1002. Heifers sold to a top of £1,310 for Angus’ from R Collinge and Son of Kirkham with all heifers forward averaging £1,033. Black and white bullocks sold to a top of £1050 from R Townsend of Freckleton with big black and white steers selling over £1000. Store Cattle Top Prices: Store Bullocks: ABERDEEN ANGUS: £1590, £1500 Littlewood Hall Farm, £1360 Shaws Farm, Tabley House Farm, £1340 The Dingle. BRITISH BLUE: £1460 Dunningwell Farm, £1350 Abrahams Farm, £1250 Wood Nook Farm, £1230 Kitchen Ground Farm, £1210 Bensons Farm. SIMMENTAL: £1350 Tabley House Farm. LIMOUSIN: £1340 Middle Grange Farm, £1260 Dunningwell Farm, £1240 Old Glasson Farm, £1190 Downlands Farm, £1180 Slack Farm. CHAROLAIS: £1280 Langthwaite Heights. HEREFORD: £1220 Middle Grange Farm, £1170 Bensons Farm, £1140 King Bank Farm, £1100 High House Farm, £1090 Gulf Farm. MEUSE RHINE ISSEL: £1170 Littlewood Hall Farm. MONTBELIARDE: £1170 Bensons Farm, £1070 121 Pilling Lane. SALERS: £1090 King Bank Farm. CONTINENTAL: £1080 Old Glasson Farm. WELSH BLACK: £1060 Parrox Hall Farm. HOLSTIEN FRIESIAN: £1050 184 Kirkham Road, £1040 Ribble Bank Farm, £1000 Old Glasson Farm, £980 Newsham Hall Farm, £950 Downlands Farm. BEEF SHORTHORN: £970 King Bank Farm. STABILISER: £840 Park House Farm. Store Heifers: ABERDEEN ANGUS: £1310 The Dingle, £1160 Newsham Hall Farm, £1110, £1080 Kitchen Ground Farm, £1070 Brow Foot Farm. BRITISH BLUE: £1270 Abrahams Farm, £1230 Tabley House Farm, £1180 Kitchen Ground Farm, £1140 Pasture House Farm, £1110 Hawkrigg End. LIMOUSIN: £1210 Cringleber, £1160 Pasture House Farm, £1150 Dunningwell Farm, £1140, £1120 14 Greenwood Drive. CHAROLAIS: £1210 Slack Farm, £1170 Langthwaite Heights. SIMMENTAL: £1190 Intack Farm, £970 Mearsbeck Farm, £960 Cringleber. BEEF SHORTHORN: £1140 Elm Bank Farm. HEREFORD: £1130 Birkland Barrow, £1040 High House Farm, £900 King Bank Farm. BLONDE D’AQUITAINE: £1100 The Bungalow. STABILISER: £1020 Park House Farm. CONTINENTAL: £850 Bouthwaite Farm. Store Bull: ABERDEEN ANGUS: £1070 Eskew Beck.
A few more cast cows and OTM Cattle on offer this week saw 73 sell to an overall market average of 132p/kg, with a plainer leaner entry of cows forward. OTM steers sold to a top of 184.5p/kg from EE Thornton and Sons of Heaton with OTM Black and white heifers to 174.5p/kg from WN & D Smith of Cockerham. Beef cows sold to a top of 169.5p/kg twice from AG Riley of Bolton Le Sands and RHM & S Boyren of Ulverston. Black and white cows sold to 157.5p/kg from P & CM Stable of Little Urswick, with plenty selling in the mid 140s. Cast Charolais bulls sold to a top of £1,639 from JE & AC Clarke and Son of Melling. Black and white cows topped at £1163 from ME & J Swarbrick of Stalmine with Limousin cows to £1122 from RH, M & S Boyren of Ulverston. Cast Cow Top Prices: OTM Cows: LIMOUSIN: 169.5 14 Greenwood Drive, Hill Park, 144.5 Cringleber, 141.5 Dunkenshaw Farm. HOLSTEIN FRIESIAN: 157.5 Longrigg Farm, 149.5 Bridge Farm, 147.5 Holly House Farm, Boon Town Farm, Bambers Farm. BRITISH BLUE: 154.5 Dunkenshaw Farm, 151.5 Hill Park. CHAROLAIS: 149.5 Lathwaite Farm. SWEDISH RED CROSS: 147.5 Walkers I’th Fields. ABERDEEN ANGUS: 141.5 Cringleber, 139.5 Kiln Hall, 134.5 Leighton House, 131.5 Cringleber, 117.5 Gateside Farm. SIMMENTAL: 139.5 Cringleber. OTM Heifers: HOLSTEIN FRIESIAN: 174.5 Cocker House Farm, 171.5 Downlands Farm, 139.5 Cocker House Farm. SIMMENTAL: 151.5 High House Farm. OTM Steers: LIMOUSIN: 184.5, 179.5 Downlands Farm. HEREFORD: 134.5 Farmhouse Farm. OTM Bulls: CHAROLAIS: 131.5 Cringleber. HOLSTIEN FRIESIAN: 109.5 Tills Farm.
There was, once again, a larger entry of Calves forward with 6 pens in this week, seeing calves sell to a busy ringside of buyers with many fresh faces ringside ensuring calves were well bid for. British blue bull calves topped the trade selling to £390 from AW & AM Park and Sons of Ellel with others to £370 from T & CM Kelsall and Sons of Brown Brook. British Blue heifers peaked at £370 from AW & AM Park and Sons of Ellel. Angus calves are always in strong demand at Lancaster topping at £355 from David and Eileen Wallbank of Over Wyresdale. Other Angus bull calves sold in excess of £300. Dairy bull calves saw Montbeliarde bull calves sell to £210 twice from JR Newsham and Son of Conder Green and Black and Whites to £115 from AG Riley of Bolton Le Sands with plenty of others selling around the £100 mark. There was a similar entry of striks this week which saw Angus heifers sell to £440. The next Monthly Stirk sale at Lancaster will take place on Friday 29th June 2018 Calf Top Prices: Heifer Calves: BRITISH BLUE: £370 Walkers I’th Fields, £330 Richmond Hall, £320 Brown Brook, £290 Walkers I’th Field, £250 Brown Brook. ABERDEEN ANGUS: £260 Higher Core, £165 Brown Brook. SIMMENTAL: £145 Sellerley Farm. Bull Calves: BRITISH BLUE: £390 Walkers I’th Fields, £370 Brown Brook, £350, £255 Walkers I’th Fields, £150 Sellerley Farm. ABERDEEN ANGUS: £355, £320 Tills Farm, £315 Brown Brook. LIMOUSIN: £300 Back Lane. HEREFORD: £270 Blackwood End, £250 Birkland Barrow. MONTBELIARDE: £210, £200, £100, £70 Sellerley Farm. Heifer Stirk: ABERDEEN ANGUS: £440 Cringleber.
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Lancaster Sale Reports Monday 18th June There was a similar number of 600 Prime Lambs forward this week. The trade was slightly easier, as to be expected with end of the Ramadan last week. The trade topped at £118 for heavy weight Texel lambs from RH & C Ayrton of Abbeystead. The trade saw good conformation lambs sell in excess of 250p/kg topping at 278p/kg or £114 for Beltex lambs from JA & VM Lamb of Conder Green. Texel lambs sold to £114 or 271p/kg from JA Simpson of Barnacre. Suffolks sold to a top of £108 from J & R Waller of Killington. Prime Lamb Top Prices: TEXEL: £118 Ouzelthorn Farm, £114 Millstones, £113 Blackleach House Farm, Arna Wood Farm, Millstones. BELTEX: £114 Conder Green Farm, £101 High House Farm. CHAROLLAIS: £110 Springfield Farm, £105, £96, £92 Burrow Heights Farm, £87.50 Jacksons Farm. SUFFOLK: £108 Hallbeck, £103 Fell End Farm, Blackleach House Farm, £102 Highfield Farm, £101 Wyre Farm. CONTINENTAL: £106 Cocker House Farm.
There was a much smaller entry of Prime Hoggs forward this week with it coming to the end of the season for Hoggs. Topping the trade was Texel hoggs from J France of Pilling selling to £91. Prime Hogg Top Prices: TEXEL: £91, £83.50, £81 Merry Field. SUFFOLK: £80 Merry Field.
A much smaller entry of Cast Sheep forward today selling to equally good trade, with all buyers keen to purchase. Texel ewes sold to £118 from JA Simpson of Barnacre with Suffolk ewes selling to £103 from S Park of Aughton. Mule ewes sold to £81 from H Birkett and Son of Overton. Cast Sheep Top Prices: TEXEL: £118 Millstones, £101 Burrow Heights Farm, £96 Highfield Farm, £90, £82 Bailey Hey Farm. SUFFOLK: £103 Highfield Farm, £81 Jacksons Farm. MULE: £81 North Farm, £76 Tarnwater Farm, £74 North Farm, £73 Lee End Farm, £72 Bailey Hey Farm. SWALEDALE: £65 Millstones.
Lancaster Dairy Sale Tuesday 19th June A super sale at Lancaster today for the June Hassall Brothers and NWA Sale, lots of buyers in attendance to bid on the superb offering, congratulations to all vendors who consigned, once again a great quality line up, selling to £2,500 for R & E Butterfield for the reserve champion, Ingleview Rascal Ruth.
The Champion from Drinkall Bros, Pennine Jill 29th sold for £2,150. Fantastic trade from start to finish, more animals needed to satisfy demand, please call for further details on this sale. Averages Milking cows £1,702.86 Milking Heifers £1,804.64 Full Sale Report Available in Next Weeks Newsletter
Suffolk Prime Lamb Show Show for Pens of Five Lancaster Auction Mart Monday 25th June Lambs to be penned by 8am
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J36 Sale Reports Thursday 14th June The sale of rearing Calves saw a ringside of competitive buyers containing several new and returning faces. All classes and types of calves were easily sold with vendors leaving highly suited with the prices achieved. The sale was topped by a British Blue Bull from JW & D Robinson & Son achieving £475 who sold another at £440. Younger beef bulls sold to £355 for British Blue x from R Morris-Eyton with others generally £290 - £330. A real shortage of heifer calves this week with top priced being £348 for British Blue x from DW Cottam with others achieving £250 - £280. Several Native bred calves forward were selling nicely with Aberdeen Angus heifers to £320 from J & M Maudsley. Dairy bulls sold at a fast pace with all sold averaging £72. A Montbeliarde bull sold at £190, Shorthorns to £132 and Friesians to £140. Nice rearing calves £70 - £100, mediums £50 - £70 with only the smallest and youngest less. Calf Top Prices: Bull Calf: British Blue - £475, £440 Hollins Farm, £355 Beck Side, £330 Ravens Lodge, £322 Beck Side. Limousin - £240 Sunny Bank. Aberdeen Angus - £235 Raw End Farm. Friesian - £140 Cotestone Farm, £118 Natland Park Farm, £100 Elm Tree Farm, £95 Natland Park Farm, £90 Cotestone Farm. Montbeliard - £190 Colby Farms LTD. Shorthorn - £132, £95 Strickley. Heifer Calf: British Blue - £348 Hagg Farm, £280 Beck Side. Aberdeen Angus - £320, £220, £210, £175 Raw End Farm. Montbeliard - £130, £125 Colby Farms LTD. Friesian - £98 Beck Side.
Cull Cows achieved a market average of 132p/kg for an entry of predominantly leaner cows with half the entry being dairy bred. Beef cows sold to 174.5p/kg on two occasions for an Aberdeen Angus from TM & D Dobson and a Limousin from A Cottam. Nice meated cows were 140p/kg – 155p/kg with leaner feeding types 125p/kg – 135p/kg. Dairies topped at 161p/kg for a young Friesian cow from R Morris-Eyton. Top grossing cow today was an Aberdeen Angus from TM & D Dobson achieving £1081. Cast Cow Top Prices: OTM Cow: Aberdeen Angus – 174.5 Broad Oak. Limousin – 174.5 Fox Howe, 159.5, 154.5 Howriggs. Friesian – 161.5 Beck Side, 114.5, 99.5, 97.5, 94.5 High Barnes. British Blue – 144.5 Low Newton Farm, 141.5 Thrang, 124.5 Low Newton Farm. Hereford – 144.5 Sandham Farm. Shorthorn – 124.5, 121.5 Abbots Reading Farm. Prime Bull: Friesian – 144.5, 139.5, 137.5 Bellart Howe.
Store Cattle sold to a fast trade with a large crowd of buyers looking for replacement stock, many more cattle could have easily been sold today with several buyers leaving empty handed. The sale topped at £1020 for yearling Limousin steers from WA Atkinson. Other well-bred yearling steers regularly £900 - £1000 to include Simmental from J Twigge at £990 and a Hereford at £970 from F & JM Mason. Younger steers £720 - £850. Heifers achieved a top price of £995 for Limousin yearlings from F & JM Mason followed by G Cuthbertson selling Aberdeen Angus to £980. Yearlings generally achieving £750 - £820 with younger heifers (6mo) selling to £660 for Charolais from DN Smith. Store Cattle Top Prices: Store Bullock: Limousin - £1020, £995 Ridding Side Farm, £940 Holmelands, £935 Ridding Side Farm, £910 Holmelands. Simental - £990 Holmelands. Hereford £970, £950 Mireside Farm. British Blue - £890, £760 School Hill. Aberdeen Angus - £845 School Hill. Charolais - £600 Fell House. Shorthorn - £585 Fell House. Store Heifer: Limousin - £995 Mireside Farm, £885, £830, £745 Scroggs Farm. Aberdeen Angus - £980 Capplerigg, £895 Holme Farm. Blonde - £745, £640 Scroggs Farm. Hereford - £730 Holme Farm. British Blue - £700 Broad Oak. Charolais - £660, £645 Fell House. Store Bull: Limousin - £750 Old Croft, £750 Ridding Side Farm.
Tuesday 19th June The largest entry of Spring Lambs so far this season at Junction 36, with just short of 900 in the market. The trade eased as seen nationally, with all lambs in market averaging a respectable 226p/kg. Well fleshed lambs in excess of 42kg selling to a strong trade and, as always, good conformation lambs sold to a premium, with plenty of lots selling over 250p/kg. Heavy lambs weighing 45kgs and over were also well sought after, with top price of the day being achieved by JA&R Geldard & Sons of Gilpin Bridge selling 48kg Beltex x Lambs at £127 per head. WH&JP Cuthbertson of Burneside also topping this section at 273.3p/kg for 45kg Texel lambs. Lambs weighing 45.6-52kgs all averaging 237.68p/kg overall. Light weight lamb trade very dependent upon conformation and finish, selling to 245.6p/kg for 34kg Texel lambs from E&J Postlethwaite of Old Hutton. Top price per head being achieved by MJ Waller of Lupton for 39kg Texel lambs selling to £93. Prime Lamb Top Prices: Beltex - £127 Low Foulshaw Farm, £106, £92 Brown Edge, £91 Stubb Farm. Suffolk - £125 Low Levens, £117 Howriggs, £115 Low Groves Farm, £114 Low Stanger Thwaite, £113 Low Levens. Texel - £124 Cotegill Barn, £123 Chapelfield, £121.5 Station Hotel, £116 Clawthorpe, £116 Hill Park. Continental - £120 Hazel Slack Tower Farm, £105, £90 Ancliffe Hall Farm, £84, £79 The Old Parsonage. Dorset - £105.5 High Biggarsbank, £103.5 High House Farm, £94.5 Hallbeck, £94, £92 High Gateside. Charollais - £103 Low Foulshaw Farm, £101 Crosscrake Farm, £100 Crook O Lune Farm, £85.5 Ridding Side Farm, £84 Brown Edge. Hampshire £90 Endmoor Farm.
Cast Ewes as seen in all sale centres this week sold to an easier trade for all types forward. The sale today was topped by a Beltex ewe forward from AJ&EJ Platt of Barrow selling to £107, also selling Texel Rams to £101 along with JR Metcalfe of Ravenstonedale. Cast Sheep Top Prices: Cast Ewe: Beltex - £107, £69 Small Holding. Charollais - £100 Market Street, £86, £83 Low Foulshaw Farm, £45 Market Street. Suffolk - £91, £86 Crooklands Brow, £83 Ashbank, £78 Crabtree Farm, £76 High Biggarsbank. Texel - £90 Carlingwha, £82, £81 Crosscrake Farm, £77 Birch Bank, £71 Middleshaw Hall. Lleyn £73, £72, £70, £66, £59 Low Foulshaw Farm. Mule - £72 Lane Ends Farm, £71 Crabtree Farm, £70 Singleton Park, £64 Bull Bank Farm, £60 Orchard Cottage. Cheviot Mule - £62 Green Lane End Farm. Continental - £55 Singleton Park. Kerry Hill - £47 The Green. Swaledale - £47 Yoad Pot. Horned - £38 Hodgsons Green Farm. Cast Ram: Texel - £101 High Greenside, £101 Small Holding, £80 Woodyard, £61 Carlingwha. Kerry Hill - £65 The Green. Suffolk - £60 High Biggarsbank, £52 Market Street.
Early Breeding Sheep Sales Special Sales of Ewes & Gimmer Shearlings suitable for Early Breeding Purposes Lancaster Auction Mart - Friday 20th July TO INCLUDE BREEDING RAMS. Entries Close Tuesday 10th July J36 Rural Auction Centre - Thursday 19th July TO INCLUDE STORE LAMBS - Entries Close Wednesday 11th July
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