Weekly Report and Newsletter - 29th August 2025
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J36 Rural Auction Centre: Annual Show & Sale of Breeding Ewes & Gimmer Shearlings, Saturday 23rd August 2025.
North West Auctions held its much anticipated annual prize show and sale of breeding sheep on Saturday 23rd August, which saw a high quality, catalogued entry of all classes of sheep attracting buyers from far and wide. North West Auctions would like to thank all judges and sponsors from today’s sale and compliment all vendors on the high quality stock presented.
The pre sale show of North of England Mule shearlings competing for the JT Nelson Memorial Shield saw twelve pens presented before the judge, Shane MaGill, who after much deliberation awarded the first prize and Championship rosette to TH Gibson & Son, Staveley for an outstanding pen of ten, which were all purchased at the Kendal NEMSA sale held at J36. The first prize pen of Mule ewes and receiving the Derek Cleasby Memorial Trophy was awarded to a pen of two crop Su olks from TA&JA Dixon, Selside. The show for Cheviot Mule shearlings was won by JS&KM Wilson, Kendal. The show for ten Masham shearlings were kindly judged by Chris Gibson and won by MJ Woof, Millriggs Farm. The any other breed ewes class was kindly judged by Mark Dodgson who awarded the first prize rosette to J&M Wilson, Selside showing a pen of two crop home bred Texel cross ewes. The Continental and Su olk shearling class was won by JR&LA Capstick, Killington with a pen of Texel cross ewes. The sale commenced with Breeding Ewes which saw a packed ringside of buyers keen to secure replacement stock from renowned, regular vendors. North Country Mule ewes sold to a top price of £275 for one crops from JM Mawson, Cleator Moor closely followed by other two crops at £270 and £265 x3 from TA&JA Dixon, Selside. Other two crop ewes were £260 from FI&ME Little, Barrows Green and one crop £260 T Sharp, Levens. Two crop Rough Fell Mule ewes from MJ&JD Handley, Sedbergh sold to £235. Older ewes sold to £220 for three crop Mules from T Edmondson, Ulverston with four crops to £205 from J&R Armitstead, Docker. All Mule ewes forward averaged £206.50. Su olk cross ewes sold to £280 for one crop from TA&JA Dixon, Selside who sold others at £265. Older Su olk cross ewes also sold at £265 from JJ&M Metcalfe, Kirkby
Lonsdale. All Su olk cross ewes averaged £263.53. Pure Texel, three crop ewes sold to £300 from JJ&M Metcalfe, with others at £290 from JT&A Armitstead, Selside. One and two crop Texel cross Mule ewes sold to £275 from FI&ME Little, Barrows Green with others at £255 from JJ&M Metcalfe, Kirkby Londale. Older continental cross ewes generally were £205 to £220, with all sold averaging £221.59. Cheviot cross Mule ewes sold to £265 from J&M Wilson, Selside.
Charity Sheep Auction – Today’s sale saw Ian Little, Helm Croft, Barrows Green kindly donate a Su olk cross shearling with lamb at foot with all sale proceeds going to Great North Air Ambulance on behalf of Richard and Helen Gardiner and Family, who required the assistance of the air ambulance for life saving transportation of their three month old daughter Grace, back in 2006. Richard, Helen and family are extremely grateful to everyone for their support today.
A larger show of Masham shearlings this year and the first year of a show also at Junction 36. The champions today courtesy of J Woof, Sedbergh making £205. Top price today was from J&C Wright, Skipton with a run of shearlings topping at £250 and not having a pen under £190.
A flying trade for Cheviot Mules, with a large entry forward. Champion pen today was from J Wilson, Wray making £325 and a top price of £330 x2. Trade for these overall was very solid, with all vendors making £230 plus.
The much anticipated and prestigious show and sale of Mule shearlings saw a catalogue entry of 2628 North of England Mules sell to a ringside of local and travelled buyers. The judging was carried out by Mule enthusiast Shane MaGill who went on to back his judgment purchasing the 1st prize pen from TH Gibson & son, Staveley at the day’s top price of £340, with this good home selling pens to £310 x3 and £300 x2. The run from JS&KM Wilson, Kendal sold to £295, with others to £285 from JM Mawson, Cleator Moor, £285 x2 for Messrs Whittaker, Millom and a pen at the same price from N Barker, Dalton. Other noted prices included £280 from M&YA Barker, Halton, £270 Fox Farms, Clitheroe with AR Edmondson, Ulverston selling two pens at the same price. Mule shearlings today averaged a very strong £241.47.
Continental and Su olk shearlings were also a joy to sell, with good quality very good to sell. Su olks flew to £390 for a fantastic pair from J&C Airey, Ulverston. The same home had another pair at £375 and three at £370. Texels topped at £355 for the champion pen of ten from JR&LA Capstick, Killington. Another pen of ten from Josh Wilson, Wray sold to £320 for top quality gimmers. An entry of Park type Cheviots topped at £285 for a pen of ten again from J&C Airey, Ulverston.
SHOW RESULTS
CLASS 1 – 10 MULE EWES
1ST – TA & J DIXON, KIT CRAG
2ND – JT & A ARMITSTEAD, BOWTHWAITE
3RD – TA & J DIXON, KIT CRAG
CLASS 2 – 10 ANY OTHER BREED EWES
1ST – J & M WILSON, COOPER HOUSE
2ND – TA & J DIXON, KIT CRAG
CLASS 3 – 10 MULE SHEARLINGS
1ST – TH GIBSON & SON, SEEDFIELD
2ND – FOX FARMS, HILL VIEW
3RD – TH GIBSON & SON, SEEDFIELD
CLASS 4 – 10 CHEVIOT MULE SHEARLINGS
1ST – JS & KM WILSON, HIGH HOUSE
2ND – DE & J WAINE, MURTHWAITE
3RD – DE & J WAINE, MURTHWAITE
CLASS 5 – 10 MASHAM SHEARLINGS
1ST – MJ WOOF, MILLRIGGS FARM
2ND – J & C WRIGHT, LEGREMS LANE FARM
3RD – J & C WRIGHT, LEGREMS LANE FARM
CLASS 6 – 10 CONTINENTAL / SUFFOLK SHEARLINGS
1ST – JR & LA CAPSTICK – ORCHARD COTTAGE
2ND – RJ & J TOWERS, GREENLANDS
3RD – JOSH WILSON, CURWEN HILL
Breeding Ewes Top Prices: Texel: £300 Orchard House, £290 Bouthwaite Farm, £275 Helm Croft, £270 Orchard House, £260 Helm Croft, £255 Orchard House. Texel: £300 Orchard House, £290 Bouthwaite Farm, £275 Helm Croft, £270 Orchard House, £260 Helm Croft, £255 Orchard House. Su olk: £280 Yoad Pot, £265 Yoad Pot, £265 Orchard House, £245 Orchard House, £240 Yoad Pot, £205 Orchard House. Mule: £275 Hole Beck Farm, £270 Yoad Pot, £265 Yoad Pot, £260 Helm Croft. Cheviot: £265 Cooper House, £170 The Hills. Beltex: £200 Channel House, £195 Orchard House.
Gimmer Shearlings Top Prices: Su olk: £390 Reeds Gardens, £375 Roman Vale, £370 Reeds Gardens, £355 Roman Vale, £300 Roman Vale. Texel: £355 Beckside, £355 Beckside, £320 Curwen Hill, £300 Bankdale Farm, £280 Beckside, £270 Beckside. Mule: £340 Seedfield, £310 Seedfield, £310 Seedfield, £310 Seedfield, £300 Seedfield, £300 Seedfield. Cheviot Mule: £330 High House, £330 High House, £325 High House, £310 High House, £275 Kingsland, £265 Murthwaite. Cheviot: £285 Reeds Gardens, 3270 Reeds Gardens, £85 Sands Road. Masham: £250 Legrems Lave Farm, £205 Millriggs Farm, £205 Legrems Lave Farm, £200 Millriggs Farm, £200 Legrems Lave Farm, £192 North Lodge. Dutch Spotted: £240 Little Close, £220 North Lodge. Continental: £220 Sands Road, £200 Sands Road. Beltex: £195 Channel House.
Lancaster Auction Mart: Sale ofPrime Lambs, Cast Sheep & Store Lambs, Monday
25th August 2025.
PRIME LAMBS
Less numbers about today with the combination of the bank holiday and the trend in prime lamb trade last week. Today’s average was 312p/kg which looks good compared with the end of last week across other centres. Good quality is still good to sell and are making for far better returns than this time last year. Lambs sold to £174 from GS Lander for a sizable Charollais, a pair of Texels from J Pinder & Sons sold to £169 and J Twigge also sold Texels to the £167 mark. A pen of five Beltex from WS Burrow Ltd sold for 342p/kg, while a pair of Beltex from Ian Richardson sold for 338p/kg. A pen of eight Texel again from J Twigge sold for 337p/kg.
Prime Lamb Top Prices: Charollais: £174 Broseley Hall Farm, £146 Broseley Hall Farm, £143 Oak Avenue, £140 Oak Avenue, £138 Moss Gate Farm, £130 West View Farm. Texel: £169 Boardens Farm, £167 Holmelands, £166 Catshaw Hall Farm, £165 Fern Bank Farm, £160 Holmelands, £159 Walnut Tree Cottage. Beltex: £160 Gibreltar Farm, £154 Gibreltar Farm, £154 Gibreltar Farm, £153 Lingrow, £137 Oak Avenue, £132 West View Farm. Su olk: £159 Highfield Farm, £127 Potters Hill Farm. Mule: £146 Catshaw Hall Farm, £132 Highfield Farm. Continental: £145 Askew Hill, £138 Boarsden Farm, £134 Castle O Trim, £132 Castle O Trim, £124 Corney Hill Farm. Dorst: £131 Corney Hill Farm. Dutch Spotted: £122 West View Farm. Cheviot: £121 Marshaw Farm, £120 Corney Hill Farm, £118 Marshaw Farm.
CAST EWES
Texel cast ewes topped at £225 from R Collinge & Son. C Ellison sold another for £222, with Charollais topping at £182 from GS Lander. Mules topped at £170 from R Collinge & Son.
Cast Ewes Top Prices: Texel: £225 The Dingle, £222 Lingrow, £202 The Dingle, £188 Lingrow, £180 The Dingle, £178 Mearsbeck Farm. Mule: £170 the Dingle, £156 Walnut Tree Cottage, £150 Walnut Tree Cottage, £135 The Dingle, £120 Rooten Brook, £100 Rooten Brook. Beltex: £148 Oak
Avenue. Continental: £130 The Dingle, £100 Hall Farm, £84 Hall Farm. Swaledale: £110 Rooten Brook, £105 Marshaw Farm, £85 Rooten Brook, £81 Marshaw Farm, £74 Marshaw Farm.
Charollais: £96 Hall Farm.
Cast Ram Top Prices: Charollais: £182 Broseley Hall Farm. Texel: £170 Broseley Hall Farm.
STORE LAMBS
Store lambs also a strong trade today, J Gardner sold a pen of five Texels to £106 and a pen of six to £104. Two lots of twelve sold to £100, both times from JH Thornhill.
Plenty of buyers round the ring once again here at Lancaster, contact Andrew Butler or Matthew Probert with any enquiries regarding next week’s sale.
Store Lamb Top Prices: Texel: £106 Haversham House Farm, £104 Haversham House Farm, £100 Haresteads Farm, £100 Haresteads Farm, £92 Haversham House Farm.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Sale ofPigs, Prime Lambs & Cast Sheep, Tuesday 26th August 2025.
PIGS
Pigs can fly - Especially if you bring them to J36!
A crackling trade today for pigs all-round, with fat pigs getting close to reaching the £300 mark. £280 x2 was the top price today from Mr John Stott for two fantastic prime gilts weighing 115kg. Lighter pigs of good quality were a good trade also, with Wendy Stamper’s 68kg gilts making £160. Weaners topped at £95 each, with an average of £63. Any enquiries contact the o ice or auctioneer Rob Cloughton.
PRIME LAMBS
Resilient lamb trade exceeds expectation.
Today’s weekly prime lamb sale at Junction 36 saw competitive bidding from the outset resulting in a firm result. Lambs topped per head today at £211 from RHM&S Boyren, this was for a Texel. Another single Texel hit £207 this time from Alan Thompson. Heavies very much in demand with plenty of pens between the £190 and £200 mark.
Today’s overall average was 313p/kg, for strong numbers forward once again. Top price per kilo was 379.6p/kg from Alan Thompson for a smart pair of Texels weighing 49kg, the same good farming had three more pairs at 376.4p/kg, 375p/kg and 369.6p/kg. Leicester lambs topped at £192 from Messrs Boyren. A pen of ten Su olks sold for £172 from J&R Bell, Dorsets topped at £155 from J&R Waller and Mules topped at £150 from Drinkall Bros.
Strong and fit sheep a very good trade, with many more still required each week to meet demand. Contact Joel McGarva with enquiries.
Prime Lamb Top Prices: TEXEL: £211 Hill Park, £207 Southways, £197 (x2) Head House, £190 Catshaw Hall Farm, £186 Souhtways. LEICESTER: £192 Hill Park. SUFFOLK: £172 Sunny Brow, £157 Hallbeck, £151 Raw Head, £150 Meadow Oaks, £149 Gibraltar Farm, £149 Cinderbarrow
Farm. DOREST: £155 Hallbeck. MULE: £150 Catshaw Hall Farm, £147 Hillcroft, £144 The Borrans, £140 Holme House Farm, £125 Brown Edge, £125 Strickland Hill. CHAROLAIS: £149 The Green, £145, £142, £137 Low Foulshaw Farm. CONTINENTAL: £142 The Borrans, £120 Brown Edge, £111, £109 Millbeck, £104 Cockley Beck Farm. BELTEX: £138, £137 Farleton House, £137 Stubb Farm, £130 Farleton House, £129, £128 Stubb Farm. CHEVIOT: £137
Cinderbarrow Farm, £133 Low House. LLEYN: £137 Low Foulshaw Farm. HERDWICK: £137 Cinderbarrow Farm. DUTCH SPOTTED: £136 Brown Edge.
CAST EWES
Cull sheep remain an extremely buoyant trade with a large number forward here at Junction 36 today. A single Cheviot cross Mule from HE&MJ Henderson sold for £192. Texel sold to £170 from W Benson, Messrs Gibson & Berry, TMW&H Hodgson, JE D JER Wightman and RF Morphet. Su olk ewes also sold to the £170 mark from S&B Capstick. Tups sold to a top price oof £180 for a Hampshire from JG&C Hadwin. For any questions or enquires ahead of next weeks sale contact super Will Rogerson on 07506283587.
Cast Ewes Top Prices: Cheviot Mule: £192 Nun House, £164 Heights Farm, £162 Bradlow Farm, £132, £100 Heights Farm. Beltex: £162 Lane House Farm, £150 Stubb Farm, £150 Heights Farm, £150 Crake Hall, £110 The Barn. Su olk: £170 Low House, £110 Yoad Pot. Texel: £170 Far Highfield, £170 Low Audlands, £170 Arklid Farm, £170 Cinderbarrow, £170 Crabtree Farm, £164 Heights Farm. Mule: £160 Nether Hall Farm, £150 Yarlsber, £148 Hill Park, £142 Capplerigg Farm, £140 Cinderbarrow Farm, £138 Low House. Dorset: £150 Cumbrae. Charollais: £150 Low Audlands. Leicester: £130 Yak Leaf. Masham: £128, £110, £104 Low Audlands. Cheviot: £125 Whelpside Farm, £110 Seedhowe Cottages, £100 Aynsome Manor Farm, £100 Braida Garth, £98 Lane House Farm, £97 Seedhowe Cottages. Continental: £120 Streatlam Grange, £110, £100 Low House, £94 Yak Leaf, £90 Oak Fold. Rough Fell: £110 Borrow Bridge House, £87 Steps Farm, £74 High Borrowbridge, £74 Boundary Beck. Kerry Hill: £98 Fairbank Farm. Teeswater: £98 Steps Farm. Swaledale: £90 Catshaw Hall Farm, £80 Hillcroft, £70 The Borrans, £70 Box Tree House. Dalesbred: £80, £70 Yarlsber.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Fortnightly Sale of Store Lambs, Thursday 28th August 2025.
STORE LAMBS
An increase in number forward and the average achieved at Junction 36 increasingly popular store lamb sale, with 3863 sold to average £102.86.
Trade was still buoyant for strong forward lambs of good quality with these regular selling upwards of £120.
Topping at £147 were Texels from MB&J Fell, Kendal. Mules again looked a good trade with these topping at £112 for twenty from JD&M Capstick, Fellside and averaging £98.87 for the entirety of
the Mules forward. Smaller long term lambs were harder to place as a result of the ongoing drought and Blue Tongue restrictions. These selling anywhere from £75 to £95.
Principle prices were as follows:
Texel sold to £147 from MB&J Fell.
Beltex sold to £136 from SJ Pedley.
Su olks sold to £123 from I&ME Askew.
Mules sold ton £112 from JD&M Capstick.
Cheviots sold to £105 from NP&CE Buckley.
Store Lamb Top Prices: Texel: £147 Wreay Syke, £136 Woodhouse Farm, £135 Wreay Syke, £130 School Hill, £124 School Hill, £124 Melbourne House. Beltex: £128 Masergh Hall Farm, £126 Stubb Farm, £119 Leigh Croft Farm, £117 High Wray Farm, £116 Fairbank Farm. Su olk: £123 Raw Head, £120 Nether House Farm, £120 Sunny Brow, £114 Somme Avenue, £112
Middle Birkby Farm, £105 Leigh Croft Farm. Continental: £121 Isle of Man, £111 High House, £110 Isle of Man, £110 Isle of Man, £109 Isle of Man, £108 Isle of Man. Mule: £112 Fellside Farm, £109 Woodhouse Farm, £108 Low Newton Farm, £108 High House, £106 Sowermire Farm, £105 Longwell. Zwartble: £106 Melbourne House, £92 Castle Syke Farm, £91 Applegarth. Cheviot Mule: £105 Fairbank Farm, £100 Low Garths Farm, £99 Fairbank Farm, £91 Scar Sykes Farm. Cheviot: £105 Fair Farm, £96 Woodside Farm, £90 Nun House, £89 Nun House, £86 Nun House. Dutch Spotted: £104 The Park, £100 Burney End Farm, £94 Burney End Farm. Gritstone: £91 The Park. Swaledale: £88 Woodside Farm, £86 Fellside Farm, £70 Box Tree House. Rough Fell: £80 Sowermire Farm, £80 Sowermire Farm. Herdwick: £79 Scar Sykes Farm.
Lancaster Auction Mart: Sale ofCalves, OTM Cattle & Store Cattle. Friday 29th August 2025.
CALVES
A large entry of calves forward today at Lancaster, with 103 forward. A good trade for British Blue bulls, selling to £860 from AW&AM Park, £850 D Riley, Middleton, £840 JP&C Robson, Brock £820 AD&RL Milner, Brock and £810 from Pickervance Farms, Kirkham. Native sired bulls sold to £850 for Herefords from JR Newsham, Conder Green with Aberdeen Angus £780 from AW&AM Park, Ellel. Black and whites sold to £650 from JR Newsham, Conder Green and £510 from Hannah Kent, Cockerham. Heifers sold to £820 and £810 for Herefords from JR Newsham, Conder Green with British Blues to £770 from AW&AM Park, Ellel and £740 from JP&C Robson, Brock. Limousin sold to £640 and £600 from Hannah Kent. Month old Aberdeen Angus sold to £500 from AD&RL Milner, Brock.
For all calf enquiries call Will Rogerson on 075062836587 or Andrew Butler on 07966556592.
Heifer Calves Top Prices: HEREFORD: £820, £810 Sellerley Farm, £360 Westfield House Farm, £320, £310, £300 Forton Hall. BRITISH BLUE: £770 Walkers I’th Fields, £740 Roe Farm, £650 Lane Head Farm, £580 Roseacre Hall, £560 Tills Farm, £480 Roseacre Hall. LIMOUSIN: £640, £600 Cinder Hill Farm. ANGUS: £520 Gibsons Farm, £500 Lane head Farm, £400 Roseacre Hall, £400 Gibsons Farm, £340 New Brows Farm. CHAROLAIS: £430 (x2) Bolton Fold Farm. SHORTHORN: £300 Bolton Fold Farm.
Bull Calves Top Prices: ANGUS: £780, £770, £730, £700 Walkers I’th Fields, £640, £620 Shorefields. BRITISH BLUE: £860 Walkers I’th Fields, £850 Shorefield, £840 Roe Farm, £830 Walkers I’th Fields, £830 Lane Head Farm, £810 Walkers I’th Fields. HEREFORD: £850, £710, £700 Sellerley Farm, £650, £610 Catshaw Hall Farm, £550 Lower Lingart Farm. FRIESIAN: £510 Sellerley Farm, £510, £480 Cinder Hill Farm, £430, £360, £340 Sellerley Farm. CHAROLAIS: £470 Bolton Fold Farm. LIMOUSIN: £450, £400 Rose Farm.
Bull Stirk Top Prices: FRIESIAN: £730 (x2) Larbreck Hill Farm, £650 Sellerley Farm.
STORE CATTLE
Lancasters weekly store cattle sale saw a decent entry of over two hundred, with trade similar on the week, despite dead weight quotations being down.
DR Preston, Caton stole the limelight this week with his consignment of well farmed steers topping of at £2600 for a cracking Simmental steer with its mate not far behind at £2460.
A pen of three Charolais steers from local Lancaster supports Pilling Hall achieved a final bid of £2450, with DJ&MC Platt, Caton at the same money this time for a Limousin. Aberdeen Angus steers also at £2450, this time from RB&G Robinson, Carnforth who also had British Blues to £2420 for a pair. Plenty of other strong steers round the £2250 to £2400 mark. Dairy bred bullocks were a nice trade, topping at £2150 from J Prest & Son, Bay Horse for Friesians with other from the same home at £1980 for a pen of four. Other Friesian bred 20 month old steers looked well sold round the £1700 to £1800 mark.
A pen of four British Blue from AT Burrow & Son, Gressingham would top the store heifer section today at £2200, with a pair of Hereford heifers not far behind at £2180 from M Shepherd & Son, Pilling. While a Limousin heifer from JG&BJ Escolme, Killington sold to £2100. As always Aberdeen Angus heifers are easily sold at Lancaster, with T&E Garlick, Freckleton seeing his good run of heifers to £2100. Plenty of other Aberdeen Angus heifers were around the £2000 mark. Charolais heifers from EE Thornton, Heaton saw their pair to £2020. A good number of Hereford heifers in the
market today, M Shepherd & Son, Pilling sold to £2180 and P&S Alpe, Clitheroe to £1820.
The monthly stirk sale at Lancaster saw a ring full of buyers, all eager to secure younger cattle to replace what they had earlier sold. D&J Hay, Cockerham saw their 13 month old British Blue steers achieve £1750 and a smart Charollais to £1750. JW Thwaite, Tebay saw his monthly consignment of stirks sell to £1380 for a pen of five Aberdeen Angus at 12 month old, with others from the same good home to £1300. Dairy bred steers from R&J Parkinson, Preesall sold to £1100 for some solid looking Friesians at eleven months old.
More cattle today could have easily been sold. Vendors are urged to enter cattle with confidence for our next stirks sale on Friday 26th September. Please ring Andrew Bulter or Gary Capstick with entries.
Store Bullock Top Prices: SIMMENTAL: £2600, £2550 Ellers Farm, £1850 The Old Stable.
ANGUS: £2450 Burnt House Farm, £2420 Old Glasson Farm, £2420 Fellside Farm, £2420, £2380 Ellers Farm, £2320 Holly House Farm. CHAROLAIS: £2450 Pilling Hall Farm, £2300 Ellers Farm, £1920 The Old Stable, £1750 Birch House Cottage. LIMOUSIN: £2450 Greenbank Farm, £2420 Red Scar Farm, £2400 Fellside Farm, £2350, £2300 Lowgill Farm, £2100 Pasture House Farm. BRITISH BLUE: £2420 Burnt House Farm, £2400 Old Glasson Farm, £2300 Barn Hill Farm, £2020 Windy Hill Farm, £1980 Cotestones Farm, £1820 Moss House Farm. BLONDE: £2300 Upper Foxholes Farm, £2200 Ellers Farm. FLECKVIEH: £2150 Upper Foxholes, £1920 Ellers Farm, £1820 Redchalis Farm. DAIRY SHORTHORN: £2150 Upper Foxholes Farm. FRIESIAN: £2150, £1980 Upper Foxholes Farm, £1900 Low Deepslack, £1850 Plumpton Hall Farm, £1850 Knotts Farm, £1820 Redchalis Farm. HEREFORD: £2120 Holly House Farm, £2080, £1820 Savick Brook Farm. SHORTHORN: £1350 Eskew Beck. NORWEIGEAN RED: £1100 Sunderland Brows Farm.
Store Heifer Top Prices: BRITISH BLUE: £2200 High Snab, £2000 (x2) Braddup House Farm, £1980 Windy Hill Farm, £1850 Braddup House Farm, £1800 Higher Brundhurst Farm. HEREFORD: £2180 Pasture House Farm, £1820 Braddup House Farm, £1520 Middle Ridge Farm. ANGUS: £2100 Grange Farm, £2000 Low Levens, £2000 Grange Farm, £2000, £1950 Downlands Farm, £1950 Bowlands Gardens. LIMOUSIN: £2100, £1950 Low Stangerthwaite, £1900 Bradley Farm, £1880 (x2) Lodge Farm, £1580 Bradley farm. CHAROLAIS: £2020, £1950 Downlands Farm, £1850 The Old Stable.
OTM CATTLE
A very hard worked show of cows in today, with trade exceeding vendors expectations and yet again numbers falling short of demand.
Top pence per kilo was a Hereford heifer from AT Burrow, Hornby achieving 354.5p/kg, with cows selling to 339.5p/kg for Black and Whites from J Huddleston, Brookhouse and the same price paid for Charolais from T Longton & Son, Quernmore. Other cows were regularly 265p/kg to 300p/kg, with the very leanest falling below.
Top grossing was £2392.88 for a Hereford heifer from AT Burrow, with a Charolais cow
from T Longton & Son close behind at £2342.55. Black and whites sold to £2325.58 from J Huddleston, Brookhouse with others to £2238.80 from RT Halhead, Cockerham.
OTM Cow Top Prices: Friesian: 339.50 Ravenscar, 269.50 Derby Lodge Farm, 269.50 Ravenscar, 264.50 Cocker House Farm, 249.50 Cocker House Farm. Charolais: 339.50 Rooten Brook. Limousin: 324.50 Cottam Farm. Flekvieh: 304.50 Hawkin Hall, 279.50 Norbreck Farm, 269.50 Norbreck Farm, 259.50 Hawkin Hall. Belted Galloway: 264.50 Rose Cottage. Angus: 259.50 Rooten Brook. Ayrshire: 239.50 Rose Farm. Simmental: 189.50 Cottam Farm. British Blue: 214.50 Southways.
OTM Heifer Top Prices: Hereford: 354.50 High Snab. Norweigian: 344.50 Fern Hill Farm. Friesian: 324.50 Old Holly Farm, 319.50 Fern Hill Farm, 294.50 Fern Hill Farm, 289.50 Fern Hill Farm, 259.50 Westfield House Farm, 224.50 Westfield House Farm.
Cast Bull Top Prices: Friesian: 224.50 Crook Farm.
Next Week's Upcoming Sales
Monday 1st
Lancaster: 10am Prime Lambs, Cast Sheep & Store Lambs
J36: 9am-12noon Machinery Viewing
Tuesday 2nd
J36: From 9am Online Machinery Sale finishes 1pm Prime Lambs & Cast Sheep
Wednesday 3rd
J36: 9am-4pm Machinery Collection
Thursday 4th
J36: 10am Stirks
10:30am OTM/Cast Cattle
11am Store Cattle
11:30am Rearing Calves
12:15pm Dairy Cattle
Friday 5th
Lancaster: 10:15am Rearing & Weaned Calves
10:15am OTM/Cast Cattle
11:15am Store Cattle
J36: 9am-4pm Machinery Collection
3pm Lads Night Out
