North West Auctions Weekly Report and Newsletter – 29th March
NWA Lancaster Friday 17th March There was another catalogued entry of over 200 Store Cattle for the sale today at Lancaster. The trade topped at £1420 for Angus steers from Alan Thompson of Carnforth. This was closely followed by a trio of Angus bullocks selling to £1,370 and a couple of Angus bullocks selling to £1,360 from GJT & V Parkinson of Preesall. Heifers sold to a top of £1,330 from JS & KM Wilson of High House for British Blue heifers, with 15 cattle selling for £1,300 or more. Black and whites sold to a top of £940 from PA & D Slater of Barnarce with all black and white bullocks forward averaging over £800. All bullocks forward sold to a market average of £1,046 with heifers averaging £1,000.50 Store Cattle Top Prices: STORE BULLOCK – AA: £1420 Southways; £1370 Moss View; £1340 New Parkside Farm. FR: £940 Slack Farm; £930 Cock Hall Farm; £900 Ninezergh. LIM: £1290 High House Farm; £1160 Slack Farm; £1120 Low Fell End. HE: £1230 Low House Farm; £1100 Cragg Farm; £1100 Moss View. SIM: £1180 Lynwood. BRB: £1180 Wood Nook Farm; £1160 Lynwood; £1160 Low Hundhowe. CHAR: £1120 The Bungalow; £1090 Crooklands Farm; £1070 Bull Bank Farm. MON: £1100 Old Glasson; £930 The Bungalow. FKV: £1070 Ninezergh; £920 Bull Bank Farm. STORE HEIFER – BRB: £1330 High House; £1170 Roseacre Hall; £1060 Kendal Hill. CH: £1250 Middle Grange Farm; £1180 High House; £1140 Low House Farm. AA: £1230 Moss View; £1120 Middle Grange Farm; £990 Croppers Farm. LIM: £1180 Slack Farm; £1080 Low Groves Farm; £1060 Daniel Fold Farm. SHO: £1090 Low House Farm. HE: £1090 Windy Hill Farm.
There was a few more Cast Cows in the market selling to a sharper trade this week. All OTM cattle forward sold to a market average of 119p/kg, with black and white cows averaging 114p/kg. Beef cows sold to a top of 181p/kg for young British blue cows from DI Holliday of Jacques House Farm or top gross of £1,162 from BD & PM Gill of Ingleton. Black and whites sold to 154.5p/kg from Messrs Hey of Quernmore or gross of £1,144 from AW & AM Park & Sons of Ellel with all black and white cows forward averaging £730 per head. Cast Cow Top Prices: CAST COW – BRB: 181.5.Jacques Farm House; 141.5 Thornbush Farm; 139.5 Sunny Bank Farm. BAZ: 177.5 Yarlsber. MON: 159.5 White Lund Farm; 109.5 Walkers I’th Fields. FR: 149.5 Forton Hall Farm; 144.5 Greenalls Farm; 131.5 Walker i’th Fields. LIM: 134.5 Station Hotel; 101.5 Barker Knott. HE: 124.5 Gale Garth. SRW: 124.5 Old Holly Farm; 119.5 White Lund Farm. FKV: 109.5 White Lund Farm. CAST HEIFER – AA: 174.5 Hazelslack Tower Farm. FR: 149.5 Lane Ends Farm; 144.5 Kirkwood Lodge Farm; 144.5 Stubb Place Farm. CAST STEER – FR: 154.5 Higher Hollinhead
A better entry of over 60 Calves in the market today which were all eagerly bid for. A few consignments of top quality British Blue calves on offer today sold to £405 and £390 from MJ Fell of Whittingham with others selling to £385 from JS & KM Wilson of Kendal and C & AJ Woodhouse of Millom. Limousin bull calves sold to £380 JM & MH France of Littledale and British blue heifers sold to a top of £380 from MJ Fell of Whittingham. All British blue bulls forward sold to an average of £347 and heifers averaged £358. A mixed entry of black and whites forward, saw best types sell in excess of £100 topping at £145 from JM & MH France of Littledale. Calf Top Prices: HEIFER CALF –BRB: £380 Chapel House. AA: £270 Tills Farm; £250 Newhouse Farm; £230 Cocker House Farm. LIM: £100 North Farm. BULL CALF – BRB: £405 Chapel House; £385 High House; £260 North Farm. LIM: £380 Newhouse Farm; £265 North Farm. FR: £145 Newhouse Farm; £100 Tills Farm. BULLOCK STIRK – AA: £450 Birkland Barrow.
Monthly Sale of 74 Stirks at Lancaster
Friday 31st March Sale at 9.45 with Ballot Drawn 10 Minutes Prior to Sale Entries include Friesian, Limousin, Aberdeen Angus, Hereford, Charolais, British Blue & Continental For more information please contact Ian Atkinson on 07766 521472 e. info@nwauctions.co.uk t. 01524 63308 (Lancaster) t. 015395 66200 (J36 Kendal)
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Lancaster Sale Reports Monday 27th March Cast Tups sell to £154 and Sheep with Lambs at Foot to £188 A few more Prime Hoggs in the market in which more could easily have been sold and to the advantage of the vendor. As seen nationwide hogg trade continues to improve with all eagerly bid for today. Top price today was £88 for 61kg Suffolks from G Riley of Bolton-le-Sands. Mules sold to a top of £80 from WI & AM Atkinson of Holme House Farm with Horned Sheep selling to a top of £75.50 for Swales from AG Butler of Park Farm Barn. An overall market average of 175p/kg was achieved with Hoggs weighing between 39-45kg averaging 182p/kg and topping at 198p/kg. Prime Hogg Top Prices: SUFF: £88 Maddison Avenue; £83 Park Farm Barn. CHAR: £84 Park Farm Barn; £82 Walmsley Fold; £78.50 Hillam House Farm. TEX: £83 Hillam House Farm; £82.50 Old Woodhouse; £82.50 Park Farm Barn; £82 Throstle Grove. MULE: £80 Holme House Farm; £79.50 Hillam House Farm. CHEV: £78.50 Hillam House Farm; £62 Moss House Farm. DALES: £78 Holme House Farm. SWALE: £75.50 Park Farm Barn. SCOT: £72.50 Tarnwater Farm.
The strong Cast Sheep trade continues with plenty of satisfied vendors today. Texel cast tups from RI Wilson of Scotforth sold to £154, the highest cast price achieved at Lancaster for some time. Ewes sold to a top of £104 for Suffolks and Texel selling to £92 all from S Wilson & Son of Burrow Heights. Strong continental and Suffolk ewes were easily passing the £90 mark and Mule ewes topped at £89 from J Lamb of Old Glasson with plenty of those stronger Mule ewes selling over £80 with all Mule ewes forward averaging £77. Only a few hill sheep in today saw Cheviot cross ewes sell to £77 from SE & J Gorst of Littledale. Cast Sheep Top Prices: TEX: £154 Ashford Close; £92 Burrow Heights Farm; £90 Stanley Farm. SUFF: £104 Burrow Heights Farm; £82 Maddison Avenue. MULE: £89 Old Glasson; £87 Burrow Heights Farm; £83 Stanley Farm; £81 Ashford Close. BEL: £62 Farleton House. SCOT: £43 Farleton House.
The largest entry of Sheep with Lambs at foot to date with 127 lives forward or 45 families. A totally different story to the previous weekend with the weather, glorious sunshine and the feeling of spring in the air was met by a strong trade throughout the sale. Texel ewes with Texel twin lambs at foot sold to £188 twic,e from Peter Anderton of Scorton with others from the same home selling to £185. Bill Pinder of Newton in Bowland had two pens of Texel ewes with Texel twin lambs selling to £182. Aged mule ewes with continental twins from DC Miller of Cobble Hey sold to £178 and £175 and an overall market average of £57.91 a life was achieved. 85 families entered so far for next week’s sale please advised Ian of entries 07766521472 Breeding Sheep Top Prices: Shearlings with Lambs at Foot: TEX: £175 Wyre Farm; £128 Curlew Farm. Ewes with Lambs at Foot: TEX: £188 Wyre Farm; £182 Longstripes Farm; £152 Curlew Farm. SUFF: £180 Wyre Farm. MULE: £178 Cobble Hey Farm. CONT: £150 Longstripes Farm.
Sheep with Lambs at Foot Lancaster Auction Mart Monday 3rd April at 11am 85 Sheep with Lambs. Entries include Mule/Texel Ewes with Texel/Suffolk Lambs at Foot
J36 Rural Auction Centre Tuesday 4th April at 11am 80 Sheep with Lambs. Entries include Mule/Texel Ewes with Texel/Suffolk Lambs at Foot For more information contact Ian Atkinson on 07766 521472 or Bradley Thompson on 07867 000244
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J36 Sale Reports Thursday 23rd March A smaller entry of Calves this week with all selling to a brisker trade for beef and black and whites. British blue bulls topped at £340 for middle of February born calves from Barker Farms of Carnforth with heifers from the same home selling to £270. No beef calves under £250 today. A brisk trade for the black and whites forward with all being between a two to three weeks of age eagerly bid for with the majority going for rearing this week. Calf Top Prices: Bull Calves: Brb £340 Cotestone Farm. Fri £62, £55, £50, £45 Cotestone Farm, £40 Elm Tree Farm. Heifer Calves: Brb £270 Cotestone Farm, High Barnes, £260 Cotestone Farm, £250 High Barnes.
The last sale of Store Hoggs of the season had a reduced entry of under 100 forward. A very mixed entry with many store hogg feeder now either full or finished saw a quiet ring of buyers. The sale topped at £71 from K Gregory of Silverdale with continental bred hoggs. We thank both vendors and purchasers for their continue support through the store lamb and hogg season and looking forward to starting the store lamb season again later in the season. Store Hoggs Top Prices: Char £71 Croziers Croft. Mule £61, £60, £43.50 Croziers Croft. Suff £54.50 Low Groves Farm. Mash £46 Steps Farm. Rough £41 Steps Farm.
Easter Spring Lamb Shows & Sales J36 Rural Auction Centre Tuesday 4th April - Judging at 12noon Sale at 1pm Classes for Best Single Suffolk/Native Lambs Best Single Continental Spring Lamb Lancaster Auction Mart Monday 10th April - Judging at 8.30am Sale at 9 am Classes for Best Single Suffolk/Native Lambs Best Single Continental Spring Lamb Please advise the office of entries
J36 Tuesday 28th March A small entry of Prime Pigs today as many people are busy lambing and more could very easily have been sold to the advantage of the vendors. The trade topped at £132 a head or 143p/kg from John Stott of Crosscrake with all pigs forward selling to a market average of £120 or 134p/kg. The largest entry of Sheep with Lambs at foot so far this season at J36 today and there was plenty of interest following a good weekend of weather. The trade topped at £182 from John Young of Lindale with Continental ewes with twin lambs at foot. Correct Mule ewes suckling twins sold to £180 from E Parker of Cragg Bank with Cheviot Mule ewes and Texel twins selling to the same price from the same home. Broken mouthed Mule ewes with young Texel twins sold to £152 from D, J & A Freeman of Troutbeck. A smaller entry of Prime Hoggs this week saw more of an end of season cleaning up sale with a very mixed entry in terms of quality. Those well finished hoggs within specification were very easy to sell with plenty of demand, with hoggs weighing between 39kg and 45kg selling to a market average of 187p/kg and an SQQ average of 184p/kg, an overall market average of 180p/kg were achieved. The trade topped at £96.50 or 235p/kg from George Harryman of Hawkshead with a Texel Hogg weighing 41kg. Herdwicks sold to a top of £85 from Hodgson Brothers of Rydal with Scottish Blackfaced hoggs selling to £86 from BR Butterfield of Burton in Kendal. Prime Hogg Top Prices: Prime Lambs: Tex £96.50 The Galleon, £95 Orchard Barn, £94 Ashtree Cottage, £93.50 Low Chapel Farm, £93 Broomfield. Char £92, £88.50 Red Scar, £84.50 Kendal House Farm, £83.50 High Greenside, £80.50 Charley Crag Farmhouse. Chev £90.50 Greenhills Farm, £89 Howriggs, £88.50 Crooklands Farm, £87.50 Hartrigg, £86.50 Greenhills Farm. Tees £89 Murthwaite. Suff £88.50 Netherhoues Farm, £80 Topthorn Farm, £78 Broomfield, Beaumont Gate, Kendal House Farm. Sco £86 Moss House Farm, £81.50, £75 Greenhills Farm, £61 Moss House Farm. Herd £85, £75 Rydal Farm, £69, £68, £67.50 Hartsop Hall. Mule £84 Murthwaite, £83.50 Red Scar, £82.50 Low Longmire, £80 Wads Howe, £79.50 Broomfield. BFL £78.50 Red Scar. Swale £78 Greenhills Farm, Moss Howe Farm, £74.50 Hartrigg, £74 Rydal Farm. Cont £75.50 Moss House Farm, £72 Broomfield, £71.50 Black Bull Farm. Horned £75 Hartsop, £70 Moss House Farm.
There was a larger entry of Cast Sheep forward this week with 350 going under the gavel. A sharper trade has been seen nationwide for ewes and J36 is certainly no different today. The trade topped at £129 for Texel ewes from J Fell of Old Hutton with others selling to £120 from TE & S Ridding of Ivy Cottage. Cast tups topped at £115 for Suffolks from H Halhead & Son of Nether Kellett. Plenty of strong Continental and Suffolk ewes selling between £100 and £110 mark. Mule ewes sold to a top of £94 from H Halhead & Son of Nether Kellett with the biggest Mule ewes selling over £90 and plenty of powerful Mule ewes selling in the eighties. Horned ewes sold to a top of £83 for Rough Fells from HR & KA Hodgson of Howriggs. Plenty of demand for ewes at the moment with vendors urged to take advantage of this trade and round up your cast sheep. Cast Sheep Top Prices: Cast Ewes: Tex £129 Wreay Syke, £105 Storth End Fram, Orchard Barn, Low Chapel Farm, £100 Hawkrigg End. Bel £120 Ivy Cottage. Suff £108 Lundholme Farm, £95 Meadow Oaks, £88 High Tenement Farm, £84 Hill Farm, £75 Abbey Drive. Cont £95, £85, £80 Ivy Cottage. Mule £94 Lawsons Farm, £92 Hill Farm, £90 Hawkrigg End, £89 High House Farm, £88 Storth End Farm. Chev £94 Green Lane End Farm, £82 Ivy Cottage. BFL £91 Murthwaite, £89, £78 Moss Howe Farm. Rough £83 Howriggs, £71 Hole House, £60 Lundholme Farm, High Swinklebank Farm. Char £80 Claife Ave. Mash £76 High Swinklebank, £75 Lundholme Farm. Sco £58, £50 Low Garths. Cast Rams: Suff £115 Lawsons Farm, £101 Netherhouses Farm, £85 Abbey Drive. Chev £107 Howriggs, £88 Low Mill House. Hamp £101 Endmoor Farm. Char £101 Middlebarrow, £87 Dubside. Tex £90 Low Garths Farm, £70 Ullathorns, £65 Low Garths Farm. Bel £87 Lundholme Farm. Cont £80 Abbey Drive.
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Lancaster Dairy Sale
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Monday 17th April Monthly Sale of Dairy Cattle
J36 Rural Auction Centre Saturday 1st April 10.30am SALE OF MACHINERY,
Entries close Friday 7th April Sale to include
IMPLEMENTS & SMALL TOOLS Entries inc. Merlo Loadall 2006, Selection of Trailers including Livestock, Plant & Horse, Shear Grab, Cattle Crush, Slurry Tanker, Fert Spreader, Wheels & Tyres, Forager, Shipping Container, Crop Sprayer, Lamb Weigher, Haylage, Silage & Grain Trailers
EMBRYO SALE From Liscabank Million Ruth ET Ex92 12gen VG/EX
Tuesday 4th April 11am 80 SHEEP WITH LAMBS Entries inc. Mule/Tex with Lambs 1pm 50 SPRING LAMBS Plus Easter Show & Sale Native/Suffolk & Continental, Show at 12noon followed by 1000 PRIME HOGGS Last wk to 235p/kg, all types required. & 300 CAST SHEEP Last wk Cast Sheep sold to £130 Thursday 6th April 10.15am 50 REARING CALVES Win £50 Voucher for Monthly Highest Priced Calf aged under 49 days kindly supported by GENUS Thursday 13th April Catalogued Sale of BREEDING & STORE CATTLE entries close 5th April
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Lancaster Auction Mart rd
Lune Valley
Monday 3 April 9am 500 PRIME HOGGS Last Sale Hoggs averaged 175p/kg followed by 100 CAST SHEEP Last wk selling to £154 & PRIME CATTLE 11am 85 SHEEP WITH LAMBS Entries inc. Mule/Tex Ewes with Lambs
For Sale by Private Treaty
Development Site at Bee Nest Farm, Gatesheads Brow, Caserton, Kirkby Lonsdale
Friday 7th April 9.30am SPRING CALF SHOW Beef Bull & Heifer, B&W Bull under 56 days 10.15am 60 REARING CALVES Last wk BRB Bulls av. £347 & Hfrs £358 10.30am 100 CAST & OTM CATTLE Beef Cows 181.5p to BW 154.5p 11.15am 300 STORE CATTLE Last wk Steers to £1420 & Hfrs to £1330 Monday 10th April EASTER SPRING LAMB SHOW & SALE Please advise the office of entries
A rare opportunity to acquire a site for four dwellings on the Southernmost fringes of the ever popular and attractive village of Casterton which is conveniently situated for access to Kirkby Lonsdale, Lancaster and the M6 motorway network. The site lies within the former farmyard of Bee Nest Farm. Planning Permission is in place for the conversion of the traditional barns into one 3 bedroom property and one 4 bedroom property and for the erection of two four bedroom dwellings
Monday 17th April Monthly Sale of DAIRY CATTLE Last Sale Hfrs av. £1638 & Cows £1666 Entries close Friday 7th April Inc.
EMBRYO SALE from Liscabank Million Ruth ET Ex92 12gen VG/Ex
Further details are available from the Agents
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