North West Auctions Weekly Report and Newsletter – 24th February 2021
J36 Calves, OTM & Store Cattle Thursday 18th February 2021 The sale of 70 Calves sold to another competitive trade at J36. The best calves were in short supply and selling to a very strong trade once again. A Pickthall, New Hutton once again topped the section with a British Blue bull, selling at £435 with other Blue bulls from Gibson & Berry selling at £420. First time calf vendor EJ Hodgson & Son, Lambrigg sold Limousin bulls to £415. The best native bull calves were well bid for with many selling over £300 and topping at £335 from HJ Robinson & Son, Preston Patrick. A run of weaned Limousin heifers from JJ & MA Park & Son, Sizergh sold to £415 twice. There was plenty of farmer buyers looking to purchase heifers for further breeding with the pick of British Blue heifers from Gibson & Berry selling to £355, with other Blue heifers selling to £325 from DR & C Galbraith, Grayrigg. Younger beef calves were easily sold with bull calves selling between £250 and £300 with the heifers selling either side of the £200 mark. 40 stirks were forward selling to a full ringside of buyers with many leaving empty handed. Limousin bullocks from JM Bewley, Dent sold to £860 with Limousin heifers selling to £765 from D Penellum, Kirkby in Furness. British Blue heifers at 5 months of age sold to £600 from A Prickett, Farleton. Friesians from the same home sold to £350 at just 3 – 4 months old. There were many purchasers looking for all types of stirks with spring time just over the horizon and more could easily have been sold.
CALF & STIRK TOP PRICES BULL CALF: British Blue - £435 Borrans Farm, £420 Low Audlands, £400 Elm Tree Farm, £395 High Foulshaw Farm, £355 Sunny Bank. Limousin £415, £380 Lambrigg Head Farm, £315 Bambers Farm, £295 High Foulshaw Farm, £290 Old Hall Farm. Aberdeen Angus - £335 Elm Tree Farm, £310 Heaton Hall farm, £300, £245 Bambers Farm, £215 Raisgill Hall. Hereford - £290 Bambers Farm. Friesian - £95 Cracalt Farm. HEIFER CALF: Limousin - £415 Low Sizergh Farm, £2709 Old Hall Farm, £255 High Foulshaw Farm, £240 Old Hall Farm. British Blue - £355 Low Audlands, £325 Sunny Bank, £300 Low Audlands, £300 Heaton Hall Farm, £300 Elm Tree Farm. Simmental - £280 Heaton Hall Farm. Aberdeen Angus - £200, £180, £175 Heaton Hall Farm, £200 Elm Tree Farm. BULL STIRK: Limousin - £720 Swinside Farm, £630 The Lodge. British Blue - £675 The Lodge, £510 Mire House Farm. Aberdeen Angus - £480 Moss Side Farm. Hereford - £480, £390 Merryfield. Friesian - £270 Moss Side Farm, £260 Scotchergill Farm. HEIFER STIRK: Limousin - £765 Coolna Mara, £730, £690 Scotchergill. Blonde - £630 Causeway Farm. British Blue - £600 Farleton House, £530 Moss End Farm, £410 Merryfield. Simmental - £520 Field House Farm. Aberdeen Angus - £500 Field House Farm, £480 Moss Side Farm, £440 Moss End Farm. Hereford - £410 Merryfield. STEER STIRK: Limousin - £860, £840 Scotchergill. Flekvieh - £590 Farleton House.
An Aberdeen Angus cow scanned 5 months in calf to the Angus Bull sold at £1,000 at todays sale. An early entry of 20 Continental Cows with Calves at foot are already entered for Thursday 4th March, further entries of beef breeding cattle are invited for this sale with customers keen to secure replacement stock. The fortnightly sale of Store Cattle saw a large ringside of buyers in attendance keen to secure additional stock, with several new and returning faces at todays sale and keen to attend future sales. Steers sold to a top price of £1150 for a Limousin x from A Winder & Son, Ravenstonedale with British Blue x Steers from S&M Cooper, Leece close behind achieving £1140 & £1100. Younger suckler bred steers sold to £940 for Limousin x from JA Airey, New Hutton with others at £935 from MW&MR Black, Staveley and £930 MA Barnes, Whinfell. Younger cattle saw 8-month-old Charolais x Steers from M&C Booth Ltd, Kentmere sell at £865 with Limousin x from JH Barker & Son, Haverthwaite. Native sired steers sold to £960 and £940 for 16-month-old Aberdeen Angus x from JE Wightman, Lupton with Hereford x selling to £930 from JFRobinson, Broughton in Furness. A pen of 8-month-old Aberdeen Angus steers from CM&CA Jackson, Caton sold at £735. Several Friesian steers forward today selling to £980 from A Winder & Son, Ravenstonedale. Heifers achieved a top price of £1150 for a British Blue x from S&M Cooper, Leece who sold Limousin x to £1080, with others achieving £1000 from DJ Clarke, Underbarrow. The heifers forward today were predominately younger suckler types, selling to £880 for a Limousin x from A Winder & Son. British Blue x to £840 from JE Wightman with a pen of 9-month-old Charolais x attracting keen interest selling at £795 from M&C Booth Ltd. Other suckler bred heifers generally £700-£750. With the current strong prime beef prices, we are seeing a high level of demand from both new & existing purchasers for Store Cattle at NWA J36. We encourage vendors to take advantage of this high level of demand, with the next sale Thursday 4th March with an anticipated entry of 500 Store Cattle with buyer interest already expressed. Catalogue entries required by Wednesday 24th February. Should you require marketing advise or a farm visit please do not hesitate to contact Matthew Probert or Bradley Thompson.
STORE CATTTLE TOP PRICES STORE BULLOCK: Limousin - £1150 Greenside Farm, £965 Moss Side Farm, £940 Old Croft, £935 Scroggs Farm, £930 Top Thorn Farm. British Blue - £1140, £1100 Tarnside Farm, £980 Greenside Farm, £910 Moss Side Farm, £850 Scroggs Farm. Friesian - £980, £660 Greenside Farm, £600 Manor Farm. Aberdeen Angus - £960, £940 Crabtree Farm, £900 Moss Side Farm, £850 Ashes. Hereford - £930 Moss Side Farm, £860 Coat Green Farm, £850 Gowan Bank Farm, £820 Fell View, £810 Moss Side Farm. Charolais - £910 Moss Side Farm, £865 Hartrigg. Welsh Black - £750 Coat Green Farm. STORE HEIFER: British Blue - £1150 Tarnside Farm, £890 Leighton House, £840 Crabtree Farm, £835 Moss Side Farm, £720 Coat Green Farm. Limousin - £1080 Tarnside Farm, £1000 Tullithwaite Hall Office, £880 Greenside Farm, £845, £815 Scroggs Farm. Charolais - £795 Hartrigg, £750 Fell View, £715 Skiddaw View, £710 Fell View, £700 Ashes. Hereford - £795 Moss Side Farm, £700 Fell View. Aberdeen Angus - £710, £700 Coat Green Farm, £630 Skiddaw View, £630 Coat Green Farm.
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Sale Reports J36 Calves, OTM & Store Cattle CONT ... Thursday 18th February 2021 Cull cows and OTM cattle saw a fast trade for all classes and types with 10 active purchasers present. The overall sale average was 134p/kg with over half the entry being Dairy bred cows. The sale peaked at 159.5p/kg for a Limousin x Cow from Messrs Hodgson, Windermere with other beef cows selling to 154.5p/kg for a Blonde x from SJ&NS Wood, Windermere and other Limousin Cows 144.5p/kg from Mrs E Tuer, Windermere. Other beef cows generally 122-135p/kg with buyers keen to secure cows suitable for further finishing. Dairy cows sold to a top price of 147.5p/kg for a Montbeliarde x from JJ&MA Park & Son, Sizergh who sold others at 137.5p/kg. Holstein Friesians peaking at 129.5p/kg from R&J Dodgson, Natland. Top grossing cow today achieved £1137 for a heavy Montbeliarde x from JJ&MA Park & Son, with other dairy cows selling to £956 for Holstein Friesians from JM Barton & Son, Lupton. Beef Cows peaking at £950 for pure bred Herefords from DJ Dickinson, Haverthwaite. OTM Heifers sold to a top price of 174.5p/kg or £1034 for Holstein Friesians from JM Barton & Son, Lupton, who sold others at 169p/kg and 167p/kg. An OTM Aberdeen Angus x heifer from LE Case, Whicham achieved 164p/kg or £825. A pair of British Blue x Steers from JW Robinson & Son, Farleton sold to 191p/kg and £1179. A single cull bull today being a Hereford from DJ Dickinson sold at 119.5p/kg or £1434. All classes of cull cows are required to meet buyer demand with a large entry required for Thursday 4th March.
OTM TOP PRICES OTM COW: Limousin – 159.5, 144.5 High Borrans Farm, 144.5 Common Farm, 131.5 Swinside Farm, 127.5 High Borrans Farm. Blonde – 154.5, 139.5 Causeway Farm. Montbeliard – 147.5, 137.5, 121.5 Low Sizergh Farm. Friesian – 129.5 Cracalt Farm, 124.5 Lupton hall, 119.6 Far Audlands, 119.5 Bradley Farm. Hereford – 129.5 Lane Ends Farm. Shorthorn – 124.5 Craketrees. Continental – 124.5 Flodder Hall. Dairy Shorthorn – 114.5 Craketrees. Jersey/ Guernsey – 111.5 Low Sizergh Farm. OTM HEIFER: Friesian – 174.5, 169.5, 167.5, 164.5 Lupton Hall Farm, 139.5 Moss End Farm. Aberdeen Angus – 164.5 Foreslack Farm. Dairy Shorthorn – 144.5 Strickley. CAST STEER: British Blue – 191.5, 187.5 Green Close. CAST BULL: Hereford – 119.5 Lane Ends Farm.
Lancaster Calves, OTM & Store Cattle Friday 19th February 2021 The weekly sale of Calves at Lancaster enjoyed a good trade for all specifications with native heifers a sharper trade this week. The trade topped twice at £390 for a Charolais bull calf from JE & S Seedall, Mellor and a British Blue bull from J & G Thornley, Kirkham. Angus bull calves selling to £380 from Karen Parkinson, Out Rawcliffe with other British Blues selling to £380 from AW & AM Park & Sons, Ellel. Strong bull calves selling in the mid three hundreds. Heifer calves sold to £320 and £310 from J & G Thornley, Roseacre. Black and white bull calves twice sold to £135 from WN & D Smith, Cockerham.
CALF & STIRKS TOP PRICES BULL CALVES: Charolais: £390 Bolton Fold Farm. British Blue: £390 Derby Lodge Farm, £380, £240 Walkers I’th Fields, £360, £290 Bailey Hey Farm. Aberdeen Angus: £380 Liscoe Farm, £340 Derby Lodge Farm, £330 Walkers I’th Fields, £280 Bolton Fold Farm, Liscoe Farm, £235 Forton Hall Farm, £220 Walkers I’th Fields. Hereford: £310 Catshaw Hall Farm, £250 Sellerley Farm. Simmental: £300, £260 Sellerley Farm. Limousin: £280 Bailey Hey Farm. Friesian: £135 Cocker House Farm, £95 Catshaw Hall Farm, £90 Liscoe Farm. HEIFER CALVES: British Blue: £320, £310 Derby Lodge Farm, £225, £200 Bailey Hey Farm, £185 Hagg Farm. Simmental: £245 Forton Hall Farm. Limousin: £240 Cocker House Farm, £215, £210 Bailey Hey Farm, £160 Birkland Barrow. Aberdeen Angus: £185 Cocker House Farm, £150 Bailey Hey Farm. Hereford: £175, £170 Sellerley. STIRKS - STEERS: Limousin: £790 Mearsbeck Farm. Hereford: £730 Rose Hill Farm. STIRKS - HEIFERS: British Blue: £740 Rose Hill Farm. Aberdeen Angus: £580 Mearsbeck. Limousin: £400 Mearsbeck Farm. STIRKS - BULLS: British Blue: £590 Lower Swainhead Farm.
Lancaster enjoyed another strong trade for all classes and ages of Store Cattle with purchasers for short keep cattle and buyers also planning a head looking for grazing type cattle as well. A great Charolais bullock from H Chapman and Son, Middleton lead the way selling to £1420. Other Charolais bullocks sold to £1360 from WA Hodgson, Whinfell. Angus bullocks sold to £1370 and £1360 from JM & AG Swarbrick, Out Rawcliffe. Plenty of bullocks sold around the thirteen hundred pound mark once again. British Blues leading the heifer trade selling to £1220 from SH & LE Birkett, Nether Kellet.
STORE CATTLE TOP PRICES STORE BULLOCKS: Charolais: £1420 Millbeck, £1360 Whelpside Farm, £1300 Millbeck. Aberdeen Angus: £1370, £1360 Bensons Farm, £1290 Intack Farm, £1280 Middle Grange Farm, Mealbank Farm, £1260 Birch Croft. British Blue: £1340 Upper Foxholes Farm, £1280 Stubb Hall Farm, £1270 Birch Croft, £1250 Roseacre Hall, £1200 Birch Croft, Abbotson Farm. Flekvieh: £1320 Upper Foxholes Farm, £1220 Staffords Farm. Simmental: £1320 Intack Farm. Limousin: £1300 Upper Foxholes Farm, £1290 Staffords Farm, £1280 Cock Hall Farm, £1270 Lambrigg Head Farm, £1250 Millbeck, £1240 Fell End Farm. South Devon: £1280 Upper Foxholes Farm. Hereford: £1260 Stubb Hall Farm, £1160 Cock Hall Farm, £940 Yeat House, £920 Park Farm Barn. Shorthorn: £1190 Barrowfield. Holstein Friesian: £1160 Bensons Farm, £1020, £1000, £930 Downlands Farm, £890 Abbotson Farm. Meuse Rhine Issel: £1130 Littlewood Hall Farm. Montbeliarde: £860 Yeat House, £780 Bull Bank Farm. STORE HEIFERS: British Blue: £1220 Stub Hall Farm, £1150 Roseacre Hall, £1130 Ellers Farm, £870 Bull Bank Farm, £640 Newton Villa Farm. Limousin: £1180 Hutton Roof Hall, £1170 Bruntscar Farm, £1160 Intack Farm, £1140 Outerthwaite Farm, £1120 Fell End Farm, £1060 New House Farm. Aberdeen Angus: £1180 Thornton Barn Farm, £1160 Stubb Place Farm, £1160, £1150 Intack Farm, £1130 Old Hall Farm, £1120 Sannat Hall. Hereford: £1160 Thornton Barn Farm, £1080 Cautley Farm, £1000 Brow Foot Farm. Charolais: £1130 Thornton Barn Farm. Simmental: £1100 Park Farm Barn, £1000 Templand Farm. Holstein Friesian: £870 Hare Apple Tree.
There was a strong overall market average of 138p/kg for all cattle forward, one of the best in the area. OTM heifers and bullocks always meet huge demand at Lancaster, the best ones regularly sold in the region of 200p/kg and beyond. A top price of 209.5p/kg was achieved three times. Firstly by Wallbank Farms, Abbeystead selling an Angus heifer and steer, grossing £1324 and £1265 and an Angus steer from EE Thornton and Son, Overton, grossing £1252. Limousin steers peaked at £1331 from S Barton, Radcliffe with black and white bullocks from the same home selling to £1297. Cast bulls topped the market this week selling to £1642 for a Limousin from J & J Whaley, Hawes and £1459 for an Angus from Lawson Farms, Cockerham. Black and white bulls sold to a top of £1257 from H & SD Cornthwaite and Son, Nateby. Well fleshed beef cows sold in excess of the 160p/kg mark, best dairy cows easily selling in excess of the 150p/kg mark. Dairy cows sold to a top of £1280 from AW & AM Park and Sons, Ellel with others selling to £1205 from TL Baldwin and Son, Forton.
OTM CATTLE TOP PRICES OTM COWS: Hereford: 174.5 Corney Hill Farm, 161.5 Ghyll Beck Farm. Stabiliser: 161.5, 154.5 Park House Farm. Limousin: 159.5 Pott Yeats, 157.5, 151.5 Low House, 144.5 Broats Farm, 134.5, 84.5 Pott Yeats. British Blue: 157.5, 147.5 Corney Hill Farm. Holstein Friesian: 154.5 Walkers I’th Fields, Derby Lodge Farm, Park Farm, Mill Farm, 151.5 Walkers I’th Fields. Aberdeen Angus: 149.5 Woodstock, Marl House, Newton Villa Farm, Moss View, 147.5 Tongue House Farm, Todds Farm. Belted Galloway: 149.5, 109.5 Ghyll Beck Farm. Montbeliarde: 149.5 Yeat House, 141.5 Hatters Farm, 127.5 Yeat House. Ayrshire: 124.5 Bolton Fold Farm. Continental: 121.5 Higher Salter. Dairy Shorthorn: 84.5 Lawrence House. Jersey: 49.5 Lawrence House. OTM HFRS: Aberdeen Angus: 209.5 Tills Farm, 201.5 Sannat Hall, 199.5 Kirkbeck. Holstein Friesian: 177.5 Hallbeck, 171.5 New Brows Farm, 167.5 Ancliffe Hall Farm, 164.5 Fern Hill Farm. CAST STEER: Aberdeen Angus: 209.5 Downlands Farm, Tills Farm. Limousin: 167.5 Shore Top Farm. Holstein Friesian: 164.5 Shore Top Farm. Continental: 119.5 Higher Salter. CAST BULLS: Limousin: 159.5 Widdale Side. Aberdeen Angus: 134.5 sweetings Farm. Holstein Friesian: 117.5 Kirkwood Lodge Farm.
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Sale Reports J36 February Online Machinery Sale This month saw over 850 lots on offer with this popular sale attracting customers from throughout the UK. A large number of vehicles and tractors were sold with a Landrover Defender 110 TD (63 plate) selling at £10,800 with another Landrover Defender 110 (07 plate) selling at £9100. Tractors sold to £8900 for a Ford 7810 4WD, £3850 for a 2WD John Deere 2040, £1800 for a grey TE20 with a JCB 805B reaching a final bid of £2100. Well maintained equipment attracted a premium with a low loader plant trailer selling at £3950, Simba cultivator £500, Claas Volto SS tedder £2300, pan mixer £1740. Other items of interest included 3 crates of green slate selling at £2100, Yamaha ATV £1620, Malgar slurry stirrer £1540, Ifor Williams livestock trailer £1540, NH274 baler £1000, MF50B (spares and repairs) £980. The next sale will commence on Thursday 18th March and conclude on Monday 22nd March, with all items required to be delivered to J36 strictly Wednesday 10th March – Friday 12th March.
OnOn-Line Dispersal Sale of Machinery on Behalf of the late William Pye North West Auctions held the on-line dispersal sale of machinery on behalf of the late William Pye, Tarnwater, Lancaster. The selection of machinery and implements included a large amount of sheep handling equipment. The sale created much interest in the new online format with bidders nationwide keen to purchase items. The Deutz-Fahr Agroxtra 4.47 tractor with Tanco 878 Loader, Year 1994 with low hours, saw some rapid bidding in the last few seconds with the final bid of £14,700. The other tractor a Deutz-Fahr Agrotron 4.85 tractor, Year 1996 once again saw very rapid bidding in the final moments, selling to £9,700. The Honda TRX 520 Foreman Quad Bike, Year 2020 with very little use, sold to £6,400. Machinery sold to a top of £3800 for a Vicon 6 Rota Scaling Out machine with a PZ Greenland Andex 463 Rowing up Machine selling to £3,000. A 22ft bale trailer sold to £3,400 and Deutz Fahr HD440 Conventional Hay Baler sold to £2,300. The sheep handling equipment met plenty of interest and sold well topping at £6,300 for a Pratley Sheep Handling System. The square bale silage was sold in groups of 12 and sold to £360 a lot or £30 a bale. North West Auctions would like to thank all the bidders for their generous bidding and for supporting a good friend to North West Auctions in William and his family.
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Sale Reports Lancaster Prime Hoggs & Cast Sheep Monday 22nd February 2021 The weekly sale of prime hoggs at Lancaster had a similar number of hoggs forward to last week, selling to a continued strong trade. An overall market average of 259p/kg achieved, with over a third being horned hoggs. Peter Anderton, Scorton took the top spot selling heavy weight Texel’s to a top of £150. A consignment of Beltex hoggs from R & DL Cornthwaite, Nateby sold to £149, £148 and £145 three times, this consignment peaking at 372p/kg. All Beltex hoggs forward averaged £146. Andrew Butler’s consignment sold to a top of £141 and £140 twice. Texel hoggs from J Bargh, Heaton with Oxcliffe sold to £138, Suffolk hoggs topping at £136 and £134.50 from Cardwell Farms. The trade saw the best conformation hoggs easily sell beyond 300p/kg and more off these needed for our butcher buyers at Lancaster. All Texel hoggs forward averaged £120.63, all Suffolk’s averaging £119.63. A large number of upland hoggs saw 44kg Cheviots sell to £122 from J & H Davis, Cabus. Masham hoggs topped at £121 from Dave and Karen Swarbrick, Out Rawcliffe. Cheviot Mules selling to £120 from KM & KJ Curwen, Abbeystead and Swaledale hoggs from the same home sold to £104.50
PRIME HOGG TOP PRICES Texel - £150 Wyre Farm, £148, £145 Humblescough Farm, £141, £140 Park Farm Barn, £138 Old Woodhouse. Beltex - £149, £145 Humblescough Farm, £140 Park Farm Barn. Suffolk - £136, £134.50, £127, £116.50 Moss Side Farm, £111 Mill House Farm, £110 Moss Side Farm. Cheviot - £122 Weavers Farm, £117, £111.50 Marshaw Farm, £102 Middle Ridge Farm, £100 Marshaw Farm, £97 Oak Avenue. Masham - £121 Bensons Farm. Mule - £120 Marshaw Farm, £102 Overhouses, £99, £94 Moorcock Hall Farm, £90 Fell End Farm, £87 Moorcock Hall Farm. Charollais - £119.50 Middle Ridge Farm, £88 Overhouses. Continental - £107.50 Low Kit Brow, £95.50, £94.50 Oak Avenue, £90 Castle O Trim. Bluefaced Leicester - £105 Swinside Farm, £100 Overhouses. Swaledale £104.50 Marshaw Farm, £95 Pott Yeats, £93, £91.50 Marshaw Farm, £91 Millstones, £86 Marshaw Farm. Horned - £103.50 Haylot Farm, £101, £98 Fell End Farm, £97.50, £87 Haylot Farm. Dorset - £100 Fern Bank Farm.
Texel hoggs 47kg selling to £134.50
Swaledale hoggs selling to £104.50
Cheviot hoggs weighing 44kg selling to £122
36kg Continental hoggs selling to £94.50
Plenty of demand for cast sheep at Lancaster with another good trade. Texel tups sold to a top of £156 from JM & MH France & Son, Littledale and Texel ewes from the same home selling to £122. Other Texel ewes to £114 twice from S Wilson and Son, Scotforth and J & A Sheerin, Quernmore. Messrs Sheering also sold Mule ewes to £98 and £96 with others from Peter Anderton, Scorton selling to £97. Hill sheep saw Herdwick shearlings sell to £100 from Andrew Butler. Horned ewes sold to £78 for Dalesbreds from FK & F woodhouse, Scorton with Cheviot ewes to £74 from SE & J Gorst, Littledale.
CAST EWE TOP PRICES Texel - £122 Newhouse Farm, £114 Knotts Farm, Burrow Heights Farm, £98 Park Farm Barn. Suffolk - £103 Burrow Heights Farm. Herdwick - £100 Park Farm Barn. Mule - £98 Knotts Farm, £97 Wyre Farm, £96 Knotts Farm, £90, £76 Longstripes Farm. Dalesbred - £78 Fell End Farm. Cheviot £74, £41 Cragg Farm. Swaledale - £68 Overhouses, £56 Moorcock Hall Farm. Continental - £64, £62 Longstripes Farm, £54, £49 Swinside Farm. Horned - £45 Moorcock Hall Farm. Charollais - £41 Wyre Farm.
CAST TUP TOP PRICES Texel - £156 Newhouse Farm, £96 Knotts Farm.
Cheviot ewes selling to £74
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Sale Reports J36 Prime Hoggs & Cast Sheep Tuesday 23rd February 2021 North West Auction’s J36 weekly sale had a very mixed entry in terms of quality with all types eagerly bid for and a very strong trade. The consignment of Beltex hoggs from AR & BJ Thompson, Selside sold to a top of £156. This consignment also achieved the top pence per kilo today selling a pair of 39kg Beltex to 370p/kg. This was followed by 351p/kg from J Twigge, Lindale with others from the same home selling to 338p/kg and 332p/kg. Beltex hoggs from B & EJ Chadwick & Son, Sowerby sold to 340p/kg, weighing 40kg or 136lb. The consignment of Texels from T & CM Kelsall & Sons, Chipping sold to a top of 326p/kg or £137, weighing 42kg. This consignment topped at £150 for a pen of eight 49kg hoggs, with others from the same home selling to £146 and £144. More of these best quality hoggs are needed in J36 with all Beltex averaging £142. Heavy weight Lleyns sold to £143 from JA & R Geldard & Sons, Levens. Heavyweight Texels today topped at £152 from GM Metcalfe Jnr, Underbarrow with other Texels to £152 from J Twigge. Suffolk hoggs topped at £138 from MW & M Hodgson, Cartmel Fell with Charollais peaking at £135 from B & EJ Chadwick & Sons, Sowerby. With plenty of pens of Suffolk and Continental hoggs selling upwards of the £130 mark. Upland hoggs saw Mules selling to a top of £125 from T & CM Kelsall & Sons, Chipping with This group of Texel Hoggs averaged 44kg 45kg Mules selling to £119 from AW & AM Clarke, Windermere. Herdwick hoggs peaked at 318pkg or £141.38 £108 and weighing 41kg from Messrs Hodgson, Rydal with Rough Fells to £108 from AJ & CM Harrison, Kentmere. Swaledales peaked at £107 from AR & BJ Thompson, Selside, with plenty of hill hoggs selling in excess of the £100 mark. There is a busy ring of buyers at J36 and more hoggs are required each week. For more information please contact Ian Atkinson on 07766521472.
PRIME HOGG TOP PRICES Beltex - £156, £144 Poppy Farm, £136 Sowerby Lodge. Lleyn - £153, £113, £101, £97 Low Foulshaw Farm. Texel - £152 Low Gregg Hall, £151 Holmelands, £150 Brown Brook, £149 Poppy Farm, £146 Brown Brook. Suffolk - £138 Swallowmire, £134.5 Smithy Green Farm, £127.5 Poppy Farm, £127.5 Kiln Beck, £122 Swallowmire. Charollais - £135 Sowerby lodge, £121.5 Brow Head, £116 Sowerby Lodge, £90 Strickland Tenement. Continental - £135 Sowerby Lodge, £130 New Bungalow, £113.5 Heights Farm, £112, £110 Sowerby Lodge. Mule - £125 Brown Brook, £119, £118.5 Low Longmire, £118.5 Poppy Farm, £115 Red Scar Farm. Rough Fell - £108 Boundary Beck, £100 Millriggs. Herdwick - £108, £105, £104 Rydal Farm, £105 Brow Head. Swaledale - £107 Poppy Farm, £106 Low Longmire, £103 Flakebridge, £102 Well Foot, £101 Rydal Farm. Masham - £105 Holme House Farm. Leicester - £104 Holme House Farm, £98 Moss Head, £97 Red Scar Farm. Cheviot - £99 Swallowmire, £97 Brow Head. Dales Bred - £96 Holme House Farm. Horned - £95.5, £92, £87 Higher Salter.
370 ewes were forward with all selling to another sharper trade on the week with strong heavy Texel ewes being the trade of the day, topping at £155 from H Geldard, Levens. With Texels out of Mules selling to £132 from R W & SE Nicholson, Lupton and also from the same home, Suffolks sold to £131, with many selling in the £122 – £130 mark. RM & D Dixon, Longsleddale sold Leicesters to £138. Beltex ewes sold to £134 from Oyston & Mason, Bolton le Sands. All Mule ewes forward averaged £97 with some being £5 – £8 up on the week. Mules topped at £114 from AW Crowe, Witherslack with other Mules to £111 from J Taylor, Kendal. Medium fit Mules were selling from £102 to £105 with the leaner ewes £85 – £90. Once again at J36 all hill ewes were well bid for with Cheviots peaking at £121 from M Johnson, Milnthorpe with Rough Fells selling to £99 from BJ Bainbridge, Shap with others to £94 from AEA Harrison, Kentmere. A wonderful run of ewes from A Hartley, Broughton in Furness, who sold Herdwicks to £82 and Swaledales at £80. Many strong Swaledales were selling in the mid £70 mark with the next level down £62 – £65. There was another good show of cast rams with 30 forward. Texels sold to £166 from JE Nuttall, Old Hutton with others from the same home selling to £148 and Leicesters from WI & AM Atkinson & Son, Bleasdale selling to £126.
CAST EWE TOP PRICES Texel - £155 Low Foulshaw Farm, £132 Green Lane End Farm, £131 Low Levens, £125 Green Lane End Farm, £125 Ackenthwaite Farm. Leicester £138 Well Foot, £106 Millriggs. Beltex - £134 Old Station lane, £125 New Bungalow, £124, £119 Old Station Lane. Suffolk - £131 Green lane End Farm, £100 Low Levens. Hampshire - £126 Endmoor Farm. Cheviot - £121 Highfield, £98 High Arnside Farm. Mule - £114 Ashtree Cottage, £111 Bradleyfield Farm, £110 Low Levens, £109 Smithy Green Farm, £107 Hallbeck. Teeswater - £110 Steps Farm. Dorset - £100, £78 Warth Sutton Farm. Rough Fell £99 Steps Farm, £94 Millriggs, £91 Flakebridge, £85 Millbeck. Charollais - £94 Warth Sutton Farm. Herdwick - £82 Tuner Hall Farm, £74 Hill Top Farm, £70 Tuner Hall Farm, £63 Swallowmire. Swaledale - £80 Tuner Hall Farm, £77 Holme House Farm, £75 Bradleyfield Farm, £69 Low Longmire, £68 High Tenement Farm. Dales Bred - £66 Holme House Farm.
CAST TUP TOP PRICES Texel - £166, £148, £116 Low Bendrigg Farm. Cheviot - £134 Swallowmire. Leicester – £126 Holme House Farm, £93, £81 Bradleyfield Farm. Beltex - £110, £1098 Green Head. Suffolk - £107 Swallowmire. Charollais - £106 Capplethwaite Hall, £105 Garnett House Farm. Rough Fell - £88, £68 High Swinklebank Farm. Swaledale – £82, £70 Tuner Hall Farm. Herdwick - £79 Tuner Hall Farm.
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