Weekly Report & Newsletter - 27th February 2026
Lancaster Auction Mart: Sale ofPrime Hoggs & Cast Sheep. Monday 23rd February 2026.
PRIME HOGGS
Prime hoggs sell to £190 and 460ppk at LAM.
Plenty of interest in prime hoggs today with buyers ringside and keen to fulfil orders. Well finished and standard weight lambs were in keenest demand with a market sqq of 369ppk and overall 348ppk. Hoggs sold to £190 for Charolais x Beltex from regular supporter AG Butler closely followed by JE Parkinson & Son selling Beltex x at £187, £184 and Texel x to £182 from SH & LE Birkett and £180 from FI & ME Little. Hill bred lambs saw Cheviots sell to £170 from WB Kellet, Masham to £170 from T & D Wright and Mules to £155 from RG & H Preece and Swaledale to £129 from M & L Preece. JE Parkinson & Son enjoyed a good day’s trading leading the sale with Beltex x hoggs at 460ppk closely followed by RM Gornall selling Beltex x at 454ppk. Endless pens of well finished standard weights hoggs 380-420ppk with next draw 350-375ppk. Hill bred hoggs to 410ppk for Cheviots, 343ppk for Mules, 331ppk for Swaledales. Keep these hoggs coming with this prompt Monday morning market once again proving to be a choice of buyers. Any enquiries to Matthew on 07540446667 or Andrew on 07966556592
Prime Hoggs Top Prices: CHAROLAIS: £190 Park Farm Barn, £152 Bensons Farm. BELTEX: £187, £184 Castle Mill Farm, £176 Stubb Hall Farm, £175 Castle Mill Farm, £175 Stubb Hall Farm, £172 Oak Aveune. TEXEL: £182 Stubb Hall Farm, £180 Helm Croft, £178, £174 Beaumont Gate, £173 North Farm, £173 Park Farm Barn. CHEVIOT: £170, £168, £166, £165 Low Croft, £164 Castle Mill Farm, £162 Low Croft. MASHAM: £170 Allcocks Farm. SUFFOLK: £168 Helm Croft, £159 Low Croft, £147, £146 North Farm. CONTINENTAL: £161 Park Farm Barn, £160 Low Croft, £159 Park Farm Barn, £157 Helm Croft, £148 Bensons Farm. MULE: £155 Thornbush Farm, £150 Tabley House Farm, £144 High House Farm. SWALEDALE: £129 High House Farm, £121 Thornbush Farm. HORNED: £106 West View.
CULL SHEEP
No let up in trade on ewes today with more required and easily sold each week. Cross bred ewes today sold to £172 for mediums from D & K Swarbrick with others at £170 from Pilling Hall. Mules to £164 from J & K Burr and hill bred ewes to £108. Cull rams to £172.
Cast Ewes Top Prices: TEXEL: £172 Bensons Farm, £170 Pilling Hall Farm, £170, £152 Bensons Farm. MULE: £164 Greenlot Farm, £162 Bensons Farm, £132 Greenlot Farm, £126 Low Croft, £108, £102 Bensons Farm. MASHAM: £132 Bensons Farm. CONTINENTAL: £108 Bensons Farm. SWALEDALE: £66 High House Farm.
Cast Ram Top Prices: TEXEL: £172, £140 Castle Mill Farm.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Sale ofPigs, Prime Hoggs & Cast Sheep, Tuesday 24th February 2026.
PIGS
A smaller show today but trade was up on the previous week.
Topping the trade was a prime gilt from John Stott making £205, with two running mates at £200 apiece. Young stores were a strong trade with some smart types from Messrs Critchley, Preston making £70.
Any enquiries or entries are welcome. Contact the o ice or auctioneers with all enquiries.
PRIME HOGGS
Prime hogg trade in full force.
A proper red hot sale ring from start to finish, with quality well fed sheep rewarded accordingly. 40kg hoggs led the way on pence per kilo topping at 450p/pk from Messrs GM&A Jackson. Just behind was Messrs Threlkeld selling a pen of 41kg hoggs to 448.8p/kg. Heavier lambs also a joy to sell, with 50kg hoggs hitting 428pp/kg or £214 again from Messrs Jackson. 45kg Texels from the run of quality from KA Purtill made 408.9p/kg, with an abundance of good sheep above the 400p/kg mark today. Lighter hoggs continue to sell like hot cakes, with a pair of 38kg to 384.2p/kg from JA Airey. A pair of 34kgs hoggs achieved 370.6p/kg from D&J Woof and Cheviot hoggs selling to 369.4p/kg for a run of eight from Messrs AR Edmondson.
Today sale finished up averaging 345p/kg and SQQ of 360p/kg. More new buyers around the ring today, increasing demand here at J36. Contact Joel McGarva on 07920009097 ahead of next weeks sale.
Prime Hoggs Top Prices: TEXEL: £214 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £190 High Green Farm, £186 Halton Park Farm, £185 High Snab, £184 Hill Farm, £184 Oak Aveune. SUFFOLK: £190 Nether House Farm, £171 Netherbeck Barn, £170 Halton Park Farm, £165 Dalton Old Hall, £161 Marshside, £160 Dairy Barn Farm. CONTINENTAL: £180, £165 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £163 Netherbeck Barn, £158 Oak Aveune, £156 Curlew Rock, £151 Helks Farm. LEICESTER: £175 Park Farm Barn, £173 Hareden Farm. MULE: £173, £166 Riddings Farm, £162 Hareden Farm, £159 Dairy Barn Farm, £157 Hawkswell Farm, £157 Dairy Barn Farm. CHAROLLAIS: £170 Marshside. CHEVIOT: £163 Dairy Barn Farm, £162 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £159 Bowers Farm, £158, £149 Low Gregg Hall, £149 Hawkswell Farm. ROUGH FELL: £158, £153 High Swinklebank Farm, £152 Dairy Barn Farm, £144, £142 (x2) Boundary Beck. SWALEDALE: £158 Nether House Farm, £117 Hollowgate Farm, £116 Nether House Farm, £115 Low Longmire, £100 Barfield Farm, £99 Burnhead Farm. HAMPSHIRE: £153, £135 Endmoor Farm, £134 High Farm. HERDWICK: £146 Barfield Farm, £109 Burnhead Farm, £91 Barfield Farm.
CAST SHEEP
Ewes again good to sell with all classes easy to cash. Heavy better-bred ewes in short supply meeting a tasty trade with AR Edmondson, Ulverston selling Su olks to £265 and £262. Heaviest first cross ewes to £210 from W Garnett, Milnthorpe with Mules to £178 from DR & C Galbraith, Grayrigg. Best end of mules £150+, next grade down £125-£140. Horned ewes still adding up well, selling to £140 for Rough Fells from NW & EM Mason, Middleton with plenty of pens top side of £110, mediums to £85-£100 and the plainer end £45+.
Ewes
• Su olk to £265 from AR Edmondson, Ulverston
• Beltex to £242 from Messrs Threlkeld, Kendal
• Texel to £238 from P & BA Langhorn, Ulverston
• Hampshire to £196 from J & O Galbraith, Endmoor
• BFL to £182 from NW & EM Mason, Middleton
• Cheviot Mule to £178 from DR & C Galbraith, Grayrigg
• Mule to £172 from AJ & CM Harrison, Kentmere
• Cheviot to £150 from Low Moor Howe Ltd, Winster
• Rough Fell to £140 from NW & EM Mason, Middleton
• Swaledale to £132 from GC & GW Taylor, Crook
• Herdwick to £112 from K Hartley, Bootle
Rams
• Charollais to £210 from K Wrathall, Seathwaite
• Beltex to £200 from TW Gorst, Crook
• Texel to £198 from M & YS Barker, Halton
Cast Ewes Top Prices: SUFFOLK: £265, £262 Hawkswell Farm, £190 Ackenthwaite Farm, £168 Halton Park Farm, £150 Moss Head, £144 Station Hotel Farm. BELTEX: £242 Hill Farm. TEXEL: £238 Springfield, £222 Moss Head, £218 High Green Farm, £214 Nab House, £210 Ackenthwaite Farm, £200 Station Hotel Farm. HAMPSHIRE: £196 Endmoor Farm. LEICESTER: £182 High Green Farm, £166, £146 Woodbroughton Barn. CHEVIOT MULE: £178 Sunny Bank, £176, £170 Low Tarn Green, £164 Lower Brockholes Farm, £156 Low Tarn Green, £144 Sunny Bank. MULE: £172 Boundary Beck, £170 Station Hotel Farm, £168 Endmoor Farm, £168 Ackenthwaite Farm, £166 Low Woodhouse, £166 Mireside Farm. CONTINENTAL: £164 Park House Farm, £138 Raw Foot, £124 Low Barns Farm, £108 The Helks, £86 Low Barns Farm, £80 High Farm. CHEVIOT: £162 Nook Farm, £150, £118, £70 High House Farm. ZWARTBLE: £160 Nook Farm, £142 High Farm. ROUGH FELL: £140 High Green Farm, £136 Woodside, £132 High Farm, £127, £123, £111 High Swinklebank Farm. SWALEDALE: £132 High Farm, £108 Nether House Farm, £106 Bridge End Farm, £100 Hollowgate Farm, £98 Cockley Beck Farm, £96 Nook Farm. JACOB: £124 Park House Farm. HERDWICK: £112 Barfield Farm, £108 Hawkswell Farm, £98 Mireside Farm, £96 Hawkswell Farm, £78 Cockley Beck Farm. HORNED: £82 Higher Salter. SCOTCH BLACKFACE: £50 High Farm.
Cast Ram Top Prices: CHAROLLAIS: £210 Cockley Beck Farm. BELTEX: £200 Gilpin Farm, £132 Higher Watson House. TEXEL: £198, £192 Halton Park Farm, £180 Gilpin Farm, £178 The Howes, £170 Gilpin Farm, £120 Nab House. SUFFOLK: £154 Park House Farm. HERDWICK: £142, £118 Cockley Beck Farm. CONTINENTAL: £136 Gilpin Farm. SWALEDALE: £116 Cockley Beck Farm. ROUGH FELL: £92 High Green Farm.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Fortnightly Sale of In Lamb Sheep & Store Hoggs. Thursday 26th February 2026.
IN LAMB BREEDING SHEEP
Today’s sale featured several dispersal sales from noted local flocks which saw a large crowd of local and travelled purchasers in attendance keen to secure additional and replacement stock. The sale commenced with the dispersal of Cheviot and Swaledale ewes, shearlings and gimmer hoggs on behalf of Low Moor Howe Farm Ltd, Windermere due to a change in farming policy. The first lot in the ring shared the top price of the day being £300 for Black Cheviot 2 crop ewes carrying Texel x lambs. Other Cheviot ewes to £275, £260, £255, £240. Cheviot shearlings shared the top price of £300 for a pen of 10 due Mid-March to Cheviot with others at £270, £235, £225, £220. Cheviot gimmer hoggs sold to £170, £152, £150. Swaledale shearlings in lamb to Swaledale peaked at £225 with others at £220, £205, £200 with gimmer hoggs to £210, £192, £152, £148. Other in lamb sheep today saw Mule hoggs sell to £200 from W Gardner and aged Mule ewes from A Riley sell to £185, £175, £170. The next sale of breeding sheep is Thursday 12th March to include flock dispersal of 150 Texel, Su olk and Mule Ewes from Long & Knipe, Ulverston
Gimmer Lamb Top Prices: SWALEDALE: £210 High House Farm, £192 High House Farm, £152 High House Farm, £148 High House Farm, £148 High House Farm, £134 High House Farm.
CHEVIOT: £170 High House Farm, £170 High House Farm, £152 High House Farm, £138 High House Farm, £134 High House Farm, £134 High House Farm.
Gimmer Shearling Top Prices: SWALEDALE: £115 High House Farm.
In Lamb Ewe Top Prices: CHEVIOT: £300 High House Farm, £275 High House Farm, £260 High House Farm, £240 High House Farm, £220 High House Farm, £200 High House Farm. TEXEL: £255 High House Farm, £195 Turners Fold, £185 Turners Fold. MULE: £185 Underhelm Farm, £175 Underhelm Farm, £175 Underhelm Farm, £170 Underhelm Farm, £160 Underhelm Farm.
In Lamb Shearling Top Prices: CHEVIOT: £300 High House Farm, £270 High House Farm, £235 High House Farm, £235 High House Farm, £190 High House Farm, £165 High House Farm.
SWALEDALE: £225 High House Farm, £220 High House Farm, £205 High House Farm, £205 High House Farm, £200 High House Farm, £180 High House Farm. TEXEL: £140 Turners Farm, £132 Turners Farm.
In Lamb Hogg Top Prices: MULE: £200 Quarry House, £190 Quarry House.
STORE HOGGS
Store lambs up a gear in line with recent lift in prime lamb trade.
Topping today at £160 were Texels from CS Long & RH Knipe, Ulverston with other pens to £159 from DR & C Galbraith or £154 from the Holgate’s, Silverdale. Endless pens selling north of £135 with strongest mules reaching £138 from JH Barker & Son, Ulverston. Horned lambs looking well sold selling to £130 for Rough Fells from JH Barker & Son, Ulverston with the Hodgsons of Hartsop Hall topping the Swaledale’s at £116 and a further pen of 55 selling at £107. Other long-term hill bred lambs selling £80-£100 with only the real projects for less.
Overall average £112.20
• Texel to £160 av £123.64
• Su olk to £143 av £121.50
• Mule to £138 av £117.37
• Swaledale to £116 av £94.60
Final sale of store lambs next fortnight, entries to the o ice on 015395 66200 by Wednesday 4th March.
Store Hoggs Top Prices: Texel: £160 The Glen, £159 Sunny Bank, £154 £150 £148 Middlebarrow Plain, £146 Blea Tarn Road. Continental: £146 Cinder Barrow, £135 Ashmeadow Gove, £133 Railway Cottages, £130 Sandham Farm, £129 Mill Barn, £121 Hartsop Hall. Su olk: £143 The Glen, £132 Chapel Island View, £126 High Farm, £123 The Glen, £122 School Hill, £103 The Glen. Mule: £138 Stribers Farm, £132 School Hill, £125 Stakes Moss Farm, £122 Chapel Island View, £115 Stribers Farm, £113 School Hill. Rough Fell: £130 Stribers Farm, £110 High Farm. Swale: £116 £107 Hartsop Hall, £98 Saddlers Croft, £98 £94 x2 Hartsop Hall. Zwartble: £ 112 Chapel Island View, £108 £103 Railway Cottages. Herwick: £83 Railway Cottages.
Lancaster Auction Mart: Weekly Sale of Calves, OTM Cattle & Store Cattle. Friday 27th February 2026.
CALVES
A nice show of calves forward for the last sale of the month, with several consignments of weaned calves forward. Rearing calves started the day with strongest Charolais cross from G&ME Woodhouse, Ellel selling to £800 with this price later matched by D&M Foster selling Limonin cross. British Blue cross achieved £790 from Wallbank Farms Ltd. Younger bulls to £760 for British Blue cross from AD&RL Miller and £740 for Inra 95 from JM&MH France & Son. Native sired bulls to £710 for Aberdeen Angus from T&CM Kelsall & Sons. Dairy bulls to £480 for Fleckvieh JR Newsham & Son who also sold Black and Whites at £430.
Heifer calves sold to £630 for Limousin cross from D&M Foster, with British Blue cross £620 from JP&C Robson. Native sired heifers to £560 for Aberdeen Angus cross from Wallbank Farms Ltd and others £530 from JP&C Robson.
Weaned bulls sold to £1020 for British Blue cross from TD&A Gardner, with other four month old £900 from W Pinder. Aberdeen Angus cross (5 months old) £870 from H Kent with dairy bulls £800 from JR Newsham & Son. Aberdeen Angus cross heifers from WJ&EA Woodhouse sold to £1130, with British Blue cross £1100 from D&J Hay. Younger heifers at four month old to £700 from RE&P Miller.
Heifer Calf Top Prices: ANGUS: £1130, £1030, £850 (x2), £840 (x2) Gibsons Farm. BRITISH BLUE: £1100, £1040 Birch House Cottage, £700 (x2) Lower Lingart Farm, £680 Longstripes Farm, £630 Roe Farm. HEREFORD: £1010 Birch House Cottage. INRA 95: £700, £620 Newhouse Farm. LIMOUSIN: £630, £600 Church Farm, £520, £510, £410 Sellerley Farm.
Bull Calf Top Prices: BRITISH BLUE: £1020 Larbreck Hill Farm, £870, £830 Cinder Hill Farm, £790 Tills Farm, £760 Lane Head Farm, £730 Brown Brook. ANGUS: £870, £800 Cinder Hill Farm, £710 Brown Brook, £690, £680 Post Farm, £660 Lane Head Farm. FRIESIAN: £810 Sellerley Farm, £750 (x2) Larbreck Hill Farm, £500, £430, £420 Sellerley Farm. CHAROLAIS: £800, £760, £680 Boldens Farm, £670 Brown Brook, £630 Boldens Farm. LIMOUSIN: £800 Church Farm. SWEDISH RED: £780 Larbreck Hill Farm. INRA 95: £740 Newhouse Farm. HEREFORD: £730 Booth Hall, £680, £620 Richmond Hall Farm. FLECKVIEH: £480 Sellerley Farm.
Steer Calf Top Prices: HEREFORD: £1090 Birch House Cottage.
STORE CATTLE
Plenty of interest ringside today with buyers keen to keep the fattening pens full. Top today was a pair of Limousin cross steers at £2580 and a pair of Charolais cross all from DE&SM Moorhouse. Closely followed by KH&D Holden & Son selling Aberdeen Angus at £2550. Stronger end steers generally were £2250 to £2500, with medium keep £1900 to £2150.
Heifers peaked at £2320 for a pair of Limousin cross shown by K Capstick, Ingleton with a ring full of Charolais cross £2280 from WA Hodgson. Stronger end of the heifers £2000 to £2250, with medium keep £1750 to £1950.
STIRKS
Today’s sale concluded with the monthly sale of stirks which saw all classes and types sell to an extremely buoyant trade. A ring full of 10 month old Aberdeen Angus steers from JW Thwaites sold to £1520 with a pen of Montbeliarde (13 months) selling at £1450 from D&N Davies. Other younger Aberdeen Angus cross steers from G&D Ball & Son sold at £1350 as did a ring full from C Hargreaves & Son. Heifer stirks sold to £1420 for Aberdeen Angus cross from JE&J Pye & Son with others £1300 from D&N Davies. Native heifers generally £1150 to £1300.
Store Bullock Top Prices: CHAROLAIS: £2580 High House Farm, £2280, £2200 Whitray Farm, £1880 Ghyll Beck Farm. LIMOUSIN: £2580 High House Farm, £2520 Fell End Farm, £2480 Hutton Roof Hall, £2350 High Snab, £2280 Hutton Roof Hall, £2280 Angerton Hall Farm. ANGUS: £2550 Chestnut House Farm, £2500 Benson Hall, £2450 Grange Farm, £2400 Cock Hall Farm, £2380 Chesnut House Farm, £2380 Hazelslack Tower Farm. BRITISH BLUE: £2300 Pilling Hall Farm, £2280 Abbotson Farm, £2220 Park House Farm, £1880 Plumpton Hall Farm, £1800 Ghyll Beck Farm. HEREFORD: £2250 Netherbeck Barn, £2220 Sta ords Farm, £2080 Leighton House, £1980, £1750 Ghyll Beck Farm. SIMMENTAL: £2220 Hazelslack Tower Farm.
FRIESIAN: £1700 Ghyll Beck Farm, £1700 Gaskell House, £1620 Plumpton Hall Farm, £1100 Sunderland Brows Farm. MONTBELIARDE: £1450 Cragg Farm. SWEDISH RED: £1450 Cragg Farm. NORWEIGEAN RED: £1100 Sunderland Brows Farm. FLECKVIEH: £1100 Sunderlands Brows Farm.
Store Heifer Top Prices: LIMOUSIN: £2320 Fell End Farm, £2100 Angerton Hall Farm, £2000 Pilling Hall Farm, £1800 Ghyll Beck Farm. CHAROLAIS: £2280 Whelpside Farm, £1900 Whitray Farm, £1650 Thursgill. BRITISH BLUE: £2150 Park House Farm, £2100 (x2) Windy Hill Farm, £2080 Middlebarrow Plain, £1620 Thursgill, £1580 Plumpton Hall Farm. ANGUS: £2050 Rowel l Farm, £2050 Middlebarrow Plain, £1980 Grange Farm, £1880 Ellers Farm, £1880 Middlebarrow Plain, £1880 Brown Edge. FLECKVIEH: £2050, £1550 Holme Head. HEREFORD: £1980 Park Lane Farm, £1600 Netherbeck Barn, £1500 Leighton House, £1350 Spital Farm. FRIESIAN: £1900, £1650 Holme Head. SHORTHORN: £1420 (x2) Moss House Farm.
OTM CATTLE
More needed in the bottom ring each week to fulfil buyers requirements, all classes and types eagerly bid for with a market average of 270p/kg.
Beef cows sold to 339.5p/kg and £2529 for Aberdeen Angus cross from GR&A Foy, with Limousin cross selling to 324.5p/kg from RHM&S Boyren and £2322 from H Morgan.
Dairy cows to 279.5p/kg from EW&RM Towers and £2138 from H Halhead & Son. Other parlour types were generally 240p/kg to 255p/kg, with the leaner end 170p/kg to 200p/kg.
OTM beef heifers sold to 374.5p/kg and £2172 for Hereford cross with dairy heifers to 324.5p/kg and £2108.
OTM steers topped at 374.5p/kg for a Limousin cross and £2401 for Aberdeen Angus cross.
Several cull stock bulls forward selling to 269.5p/k and £2700.
OTM Cow Top Prices: ANGUS: 339.50 Parkside Farm. LIMOUSIN: 324.50, 319.50 Hill Park, 319.50 West Lynn, 259.50 Hill Park. FRIESIAN: 314.50 Derby Lodge Farm, 279.50 Holme Head, 269.50 Walkers I’th Fields, 269.50 (x2) Holme Head, 259.50 Walkers I’th Fields. SIMMENTAL: 279.50 Parkside Farm. FLECKVIEH: 269.50 Holme Head, 209.50 (x2) Clerk Laithe Farm. BELTED GALLOWAY: 229.50 (x2), 219.50 (x2), 214.50, 204.50 Mossdale Head Farm.
OTM Heifer Top Prices: HEREFORD: 374.50 Wilmar. ANGUS: 354.50 Elm Bank Farm, 299.50 Woodstock, 299.50 Ellers Farm, 284.50 Rowell Farm. BRITISH BLUE: 329.50 Windy Hill Farm, 329.50 Ellers Farm. CHAROLAIS: 329.50 Mill House Farm. FRIESIAN: 324.50 Brown Brook, 319.50 (x3) High Snab, 314.50 Brown Brook, 299.50 High Snab.
Cast Steer Top Prices: LIMOUSIN: 374.50, 359.50, 354.50 Wilmar. ANGUS: 359.50, 354.50, 349.50 Elm Bank Farm. HEREFORD: 339.50, 284.50 Rowell Farm. BRITISH BLUE: 324.50 Windy Hill Farm.
Cast Bull Top Prices: SIMMENTAL: £2700 Todgill Farm. FRIESIAN: 269.50 Downlands Farm.
Next Week's Upcoming Sales
Monday 2nd
Lancaster: 10am Prime Hoggs & Cast Sheep
J36: 9am-4pm Machinery Drop O
Tuesday 3rd
J36: 9am-4pm Machinery Drop O
1pm Prime Hoggs & Cast Sheep
Thursday 5th
J36: 10am OTM/Cast Cattle
10:30am Store Cattle
11am Calves
12noon Stirks
Friday 6th
Lancaster: 10:15am Calves & OTM Cattle
11:15am Store Cattle
J36: Online Machinery Sale commences 9am-4pm Machinery Viewing
Saturday 7th
J36: 9am-12noon Machinery Viewing
