North West Auctions Weekly Report and Newsletter – 28th December
NWA J36 Young Handlers Show & Sale Tuesday 27th December Today's sale incorporated the Young Handler's Show and Sale. 35 Single lambs were entered for the show, it was absolutely fabulous to see so many youngsters, and a credit to them for taking the time in preparing them for the show. Our Show was kindly sponsored by Myrescough Agricultural College, with Mr Craig Thompson being in attendance. The judge for the morning was Claire Cropper from Long Preston, and we thank her for her expertise. Top price of the sale went to Miss Grace Gardiner, 1 Kell Springs, Penrith, for a superb 46kg Beltex lamb. Grace was first in her class, then was overall Champion Handler. Her lamb realised £235 (510.9p) to our judge Claire Cropper. In the Single Upland Lamb class a 57kg Mule consigned by Ivy Sedgwick which went on to sell for £86.50. It was a 42kg Swaledale from Thomas Wilson which topped the Horned Lamb Class, and later sold for £79. We would like to thank the buyers for there keen support today, hopefully giving the next generation of young farmers some encouragement. Show Results Judge: Ms Claire Cropper Sponsors: Myerscough College Class one – Single Lowland Lamb – Under 10 Years 1st Grace Gardiner, 46kg £235 2nd Williams Gardiner, 45kg £110 3rd Ivy Sedgwick, 43kg £106 Class one – Single Lowland Lamb – 11-16years 1st Robyn Allen, 54kg £124 2nd Emma Winn, 50kg £100 3rd Will Blackwell, 36kg £72 Class one – Single Lowland Lamb – 17-26years 1st Alistair Thompson, 46kg £138 2nd James Fishwick, 44kg £116 3rd Matthew Atkinson, 50kg £122 Class two – Single Upland Lamb – Under 10 years 1st Elizabeth Wilson, 46kg £78 2nd Emmy Watson, 41kg £76 3rd Harry Huddleston, 46kg £78 Class two – Single Upland Lamb – 11-16years 1st Thomas Wilson, 48kg £79 Class three – Single Horned Lamb – Under 10 years 1st Abigail Winn, 47kg £78 2nd Elizabeth Wilson, 38kg £69 e. info@nwauctions.co.uk t. 01524 63308 (Lancaster) t. 015395 66200 (J36 Kendal)
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Class three – Single Horned Lamb – 11-16years 1st Thomas Wilson, 42kg £79 2nd Robyn Allen, 51kg £70 3rd George Wilson, 40kg £70 Class three – Single Horned Lamb – 17-26years 1st Neil Strickland, 53kg £72 Best Young Handler – 26 years and under 1st Abigail Winn, 47kg £78 2nd Elizabeth Wilson, 38kg £69 3rd Robyn Allen, 51kg £70 Champion Grace Gardiner, 46kg £235 Reserve Champion Alistair Thompson 46kg £138
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Lancaster Sale Reports Dressed Poultry—Wednesday 21st December Lancaster annual Christmas show and sale of Dressed Poultry had an entry of 380 forward for the sale. The pre-sale show was judged by Kathryn Ayrton of Cockerham who awarded the first prize goose to an 18lb bird from RJ & JT Smith of Poulton le Fylde selling for £70. The first prize turkey was awarded to David Barton of Sunny Bank with a 15lb bird selling to £50. A strong goose trade with geese selling to market average of approximately £4 a pound. Chicken and Ducks keenly bird for with chickens regularly selling over £2 a pound. Ducks sold between £2 and £3 a pound depending on the quality of bird. A brisk turkey trade from start to finish with the trade topping at £80 for a 22lb from David Barton of Sunny Bank with heavy weight turkeys weighing 37lb turkeys from R Hodgson of Helmside selling to £75. The trade saw turkeys average towards £2.45 a pound with 12-16lb in strongest demand.
Tuesday 27th December The Boxing Day sale of Prime Lambs at Lancaster was held on Tuesday 27th December due to the bank holiday which saw an entry of just short of 800 prime lambs with nearly half of the lambs forward being Mules and Horned Lambs. It was good to have a couple of additional buyers present for the sale which saw a market average of 170p/g. The trade topped at £84.50 for Beltex Lambs from FK & F Woodhouse of Fell End. Beltex and export type lambs sold around 200p/kg topping at 212p/kg from CM & CA Jackson of Forgelands. Mule and Masham lambs sold to a top of £76 for 45kg Masham lambs from WI & A Atkinson of Holme House with Mules and Mashams regularly selling just shy of £30 above their weights. Runs of horned lambs were eagerly bid for today, topping at £68.50 for 40kg lambs from WM Pye of Tarnwater. Light weight Swale lambs sold to £65 for 37kg lambs from RH & C Ayrton of Ouzelthorn. Prime Lambs Top Prices: BEL: £84.50 Fell End Farm; £83 Park Farm Barn; £78 Ouzelthorn Farm. TEX: £82.50 Forgelands; £79 Cinderbarrow Farm; £79 Old Woodhouse. SUFF: £77 Fell End Farm; £75.50 Cinderbarrow Farm; £75 Middle Ridge Farm. MASH: £76 Holme House Farm; £71 Cobble Hey Farm. MULE: £73 Ouzelthorn Farm; £73 Bank Farm; £72 Cinderbarrow Farm; £72 Holme House Farm. SWALE: £69.50 Thornbush Farm; £65 Ouzelthorn Farm; £63 Sykes Farm. HRN: £68.50 Tarnwater Farm; £64 Fell End Farm; £63 Tatterthorn Farm.
A good trade for Cast Ewes in which more could have easily been sold to the advantage of the vendors. The trade topped at £101 for a Texel tup from CM & CA Jackson of Forgelands. Mule ewes sold to a top of £75 from FK & F Woodhouse of Fell End with strong Mule ewes selling beyond the £70 mark. Horned ewes topped at £55 for Dalesbred ewes from R Capstick of Fell End Farm. Cast Sheep Top Prices: TEX: £101 Forgelands. CONT: £77 Fell End Farm. MULE: £75 Fell End Farm; £72 Forgelands; £69 Middle Ridge Farm. MASH: £73 Fell End Farm. DALES: £55 Fell End Farm. HRN: £43 Fell End Farm.
Helpful Reminders Sheep Annual Inventory Don’t forget that you should complete and return your form with all your sheep Numbers as of the 1st December. You must also note the numbers in your flock register in case of inspection by RPA.
Temporary Holding Numbers and links The new initiative from DEFRA is causing a lot of confusion and headaches, particularly at BCMS links are no longer being renewed. If you need any help please call and see Kathryn or Rodney.
Agricultural Waste Exemptions Many of these will have expired in the last few months and although we did lots of applications three years ago, we have done a few renewals. If you have renewed your own exemptions that is good, but if not please contact us and we will help.
Basic Payment Scheme 2016 Although there are still clients who have not been paid fully in 2015, the payment window for 2016 opens on the 1st December. RPA are still saying they will pay 90% of farmers by the end of December, but whether this payment will actually be correct we are not sure. If you receive any money this is wonderful and we expect payments to be 17% higher that 2015. If there is much difference please let us know and we can check to see if your 2015 payment was actually correct, as many we were not.
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J36 Sale Reports Thursday 22nd December The last sale of Calves for the year had a smaller entry forward with the sale being so close to Christmas. A better trade than had been anticipated for the calves with majority of calves forward being young black and whites, that vendors were not wanting to feed over the festive period. Limousin beef bulls sold to £270 from B & MJ Nelson & Son of Halforth Farm with Limousin heifers from the same home also selling to £270. Black and white rearers between a fortnight and a month old sold between £40 and £60 with bobby calves selling anywhere between £10 and £30 depending upon the size of the calf. Calf Top Prices: Bull Calf: Lim £270 Halforth Farm. Brb £250 Wraysholme Tower. Fri £60, £58 Strickland Hill, £55 Elm Tree Farm, £48 Sunny Bank, £45 Strickland Hill. Heifer Calf: Lim £270 Halforth Farm.
The last sale of OTM Cattle of the year had an entry of 20 forward selling to a satisfying trade, especially as many cast cows firms have now finished for Christmas. OTM heifers sold to 124.5p/kg from JW Hargreaves of Bridge End Farm. Beef cows sold to 119.5/kg from RHM & S Boyren of Hill Park with a British Blue. A market average of 88p/kg for an entry mainly consisting of Black and White parlour cows with many clearing out before the festive period. OTM Cattle Top Prices: OTM Cow: Brb 119.5 Hill Park. Sho 107.5 Cooper House. Fri 99.5 Far Audlands, 87.5, 84.5, 81.5, 79.5 Dale Barns. Lim 97.5, 74.5 Swinside Farm. B/Swiss 81.5 Dale Barns. Mon 79.5 Dale Barns. OTM Heifer: Fri 124.5, 104.5, 94.5 Bridge End Farm.
There was just a handful of Store Cattle in the market today which were eagerly bid for selling to their value. Hereford heifers sold to £900 from AC Tearle of Patton with a trio of 16 month old Angus heifers selling to £830. A British blue bull stirk sold to £560 from DR & C Galbraith of Sunnybank. Store Cattle Top Prices: Store Bullock: Brb £560 Sunny Bank Store Heifer: Here £900 Hipshow Farm. Ang £830, £690 Hipshow Farm.
The next sale of Calves, OTM Cattle and Store Cattle will be on Thursday 5th January, the sale will also include the monthly sale of Beef Breeding and Dairy Cattle. Entries for the Catalogue close Tuesday 27th December. Please contact the office with entries.
Dressed Poultry—Thursday 22nd December The annual sale of Dressed Poultry took place on the evening of Thursday 22nd December which saw a full ringside of buyers throughout the sale. There was a fantastic entry of 515 Poultry forward consisting of Turkeys, Geese, Ducks and Chickens. The pre-sale show was kindly judged by Michael and Jon Southcott from Café Ambio who awarded the Champion Turkey to Mr R Hodgson of Dent for an 18lb Turkey which later went onto sell for £85. The Champion Goose was awarded to S Garnett from Stank, this was for a 12lb Goose which sold for £75. Geese sold to a top price of £85 which was for an 18lb Goose from S Garnett with plenty of Geese selling between £35-£45. A small entry of Ducks sold to a strong trade that saw a 5lb Duck sell to £30 from JH Clarke, Fernlands. Chickens also sold to a very good trade, selling to a top price of £32 for a 10lb Chicken with almost all Chickens forward selling over £20. Over 450 Turkeys sold to £90 which was for a 38lb Turkey, which was followed by the Champion selling to £85 and a 36lb and 39lb Turkey selling to £80 all from Mr R Hodgson. 18lb to 20lb Turkeys were selling around the £60 mark with 16lb Turkeys selling to £52. North West Auctions would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Prosperous New Year.
Tuesday 27th December— Continued from first page Outwith the show, today's top price was £100 for three cracking Texels scaling 50kg, consigned by Fishwick Farms. Top price kilo for lambs was 214.3pg for Texels scaling 42kg also from Fishwick Farms. Beltex lambs sold away to £90 for a pen of three , consigned by Fishwick Farms. Peaking the Suffolk trade was J Woodburn Ptns, Mansrigg Hall, realising £82. R J & YL Willison, Cinderbarrow had a grand run of lambs, and they had a top price of £77.50 for Charollais X. WT & EM Townley & Son, Burnt House, had the top price for Mules at £76. In the Swale section it was J A Alderson, Barras Farm who sold to £68.50. Rough Fell lambs sold to £62.50 from A J & C M Harrison, Boundary Beck, with the Dalesbred lambs consigned by J A Bennet, Middale Farm selling to £58, and the Herdwick lambs from K Wrathall, Cockley Beck Farm. 1540 Prime Lambs averaged 179.12p/kg. All classes of lambs met a strong demand right through sale today, with quality, tight coated skinned types meeting an excellent trade. We would like to wish all or customers, buyers, hauliers and sponsors a Happy New Year. Prime Lambs Top Prices: Bel £235 Kell Springs, £132 Poppy Farm, £132, £122 Low Underbrow, £110 Kell Springs. Tex £124 St Annes Farm, £122 High Underbrow Farm, £116, £106 Bank House Farm, £100 High Underbrow Farm. Char £110, £96 High Foulshaw Farm, £77.50 Cinderbarrow Farm, £73.50 Crabtree Farm. Chev £86.50 Bank House Farm, £76 Middleton Hall, £60.50 Green Head. Suff £82 Mansrigg Hall, £80 High House Farm, £78 High House Farm, Mansriggs Hall, Maddison Avenue. Mule £79, £78 Ashstead, £78, £77 Overhouses, £76 Burnt House. Swale £79 Ashstead, £72 The Borrans, £70, £69 Ashstead, £68.50 Barras Farm. Horned £78, High Underbrow Farm, £70 St Annes Farm. Cont £67.50 Overpalins. Rough Fell £62.50, £61.50 Boundary Beck, £61 Millriggs, £59.50 High Borrowbridge.
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A mixed trade for Cast Sheep at J36 with a selective trade, as a couple of cast sheep buyers missing with other sales clashing. Texel ewes sold into the seventies with Mule Ewes into the sixties. Horned ewes topped at £61 from BD Gill of Yarlsber for Dalesbreds.
1818 Auctioneers Opening sale of 2017 will be Monday 9th January 10am Viewing 2pm-4pm Friday 6th and 10am to 1pm Saturday 7th
Sale back to normal next week with prime sheep at J36 at 1pm. Cast Sheep Top Prices: Cast Ewes: Tex £79 Hall Croft Barn, £76 Green Close, £72, £71 Spital Farm, £70 High House Farm. Char £70, £65 Grandy Close. BFL £70 Yarlsber. Suff £68 Hall Croft, £65 Ghyll Beck Farm. Mule £65 Rinkfield, £60 Crag View, £59 Ghyll Beck Farm, £55, £54 Underhelm Farm. Dales £61 Yarlsber, £45 Fell End Farm. Llyen £61 Sunny Bank. Chev £60 Nibthwaite Grange Farm, £55 Low Tarn Green, £50 Mill House Farm, £45 Rinkfield. Rough Fell £46, £35 Low Deepslack. Swale £41 Middale Farm, £39 Stanley Road. Cast Rams: Swart £68 Yarlsber. BFL £55 Middale Farm. Chev £55 Low Deepslack.
Sale of Toys and Railwayana following the Antique, Vintage, Collectable and Clearance Sale on Monday 16th January First Fine Arts Sale of the Year will be held on Monday 6th and Tuesday 7th February For a full list of dates please contact 1818 auctioneers or visit our website
Coming up at North West Auctions
Sale Arrangements over Christmas Monday 19th December Lancaster - Normal Primestock Sale
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Tuesday 20th December J36 - Normal Primestock Sale
Tuesday 3 January 1pm Weekly Sale of 2000 Prime Hoggs followed by 500 Cast Sheep
Wednesday 21st Lancaster - Dressed Poultry
Thursday 5th January 10.15am Sale of 50 Calves, 80 Cast Cows, TB Restricted Cast Cows, 80 Store Cattle, Beef Breeding & Monthly Dairy Sale
Thursday 22nd December J36 - Calves, Cast Cows & Store Cattle Evening Sale of Dressed Poultry Friday 23rd December Lancaster - No Sale - Offices Open as Normal Monday 26th December Lancaster - No Sale - Office Closed ***Sale changed to Tuesday 27th December*** J36 - Offices Closed Tuesday 27th December Lancaster - Primestock Sale at 9am J36 - Noraml Primestock Sale + Young Handlers Wednesday 28th December Offices open as normal Thursday 29th December J36 - No Sale - Office open as normal Lancaster - Office open as normal
Saturday 7th January Collective Sale of Tractors, Machinery, Implements & Small Tools Please advise the office of entries Thursday 12th January Fortnightly Sale of Store Hoggs plus monthly sale of In-Lamb Breeding Sheep Entries close Wednesday 4th January Saturday 28th January Annual Rough Diamonds Show & Sale of In-lamb Rough Fell Females sale to include Show & Sale of Bluefaced Leicester Females and Multi-Breed In-lamb Females
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Monday 2 January 2017 9am Weekly Sale of 1000 Prime Hoggs inc. SHOW & SALE OF YOUNG HANDLERS PRIME HOGGS followed by 200 Cast Sheep & Prime Cattle
Friday 30th December Lancaster - No Sale - Office open as normal J36 - Office open as normal
Friday 6th January 10.15am Weekly Sale of 60 Calves, 100 Cast Cows & 250 Store Cattle Monday 16th January RENOWNED JANUARY DAIRY SALE Including Show & Sale of Breeding Bulls Entries close Friday 6th January Wednesday 18th January Collective Sale of Tractors, Machinery, Implements & Small Tools
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