North West Auctions Weekly Report and Newsletter – 30th December 2020
Monday 28th December 2020 The only disappointment this morning was the lack of prime lambs forward. An overall market average of 216p/kg Included many consignments of hill bred lambs. Handy lambs continue to be the best to sell with good consignments of handy continental lambs often averaging between 220p/kg and 230p/kg. The consignment from Andrew Butler, Hambleton topped the market selling to £110 or 250p/kg for a Beltex lamb, Texels from the same home selling to £105 twice. Top pence per kilo was achieved by TR Prickett, Hutton Roof, selling Texel lambs to 267p/kg or £104 and also selling others to 253p/kg or £101. Plenty of lambs sold in excess of the £100 mark; GM & A Jackson, Little Eccleston selling continental lambs to £106 and £105 twice. The consignment from Bargh Contractors sold to £105 and Beltex lambs from John Bargh selling to £104. Hill lambs sold to £102, £101 and £100 for Cheviot lambs from GM & A Jackson, Little Eccleston. Masham lambs sold to £90.50 weighing 42kg from DC Miller, Claughton on Brock with mules selling to £90.50 weighing 43kg from M & L Preece, Kirkby Lonsdale. Swaledale lambs sold to £80 from T Ayrton and Son, Over Wyresdale. PRIME LAMB TOP PRICES: Beltex - £110 Park Farm Barn, £104 Old Woodhouse. Texel - £110 Hall Croft Barn, £105 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, Park Farm Barn, Old Woodhouse, £104 Hutton Roof Hall, Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £103.50, £103 Park Farm Barn, £102 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage. Continental - £106, £105 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £99 Quarry House Farm, £91.50, £90, £89 Oak Avenue, £87 Botton Hal Farm, £86, £85.50 Moss House Farm. Cheviot - £102, £101, £100 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £92 Hutton Roof Hall, £80 Marshaw Farm. Suffolk - £95 Hall Croft Barn. Hampshire - £93 Hall Croft Barn. Masham - £90.50, £84 Cobble Hey Farm. Mule - £90.50 High House Farm, £90 Botton Hall Farm, £88.50 Quarry House Farm, £88 Cobble Hey Farm, £87 High House Farm, £84 Sykes Farm, £79.50 Thornbush Farm, £77 Moss House Farm, £76.50 Botton Hall Farm, £66 Yates Farm. Char - £88 Moss House Farm. Dorset £84 Moss House Farm. Dalesbred - £82, £63.50 Fell End Farm. Swaledale - £80 Yates Farm, £77, £70.50 Marshaw Farm, £70 Appletree Farm, £69 High House Farm, £65.50 Yates Farm, £60 Thornbush Fm. Cast sheep trade really does remain buoyant, more could have been easily sold. Leading the way was Beltex ewes from ST Birkett, Carnforth selling to £130 followed by Texels to £116 from Andrew Butler. Horned sheep sold to a top of £78 for Jacobs from ST Birkett, Carnforth, Dalesbreds to £71 from R Capstick and Son, Ingleton and Swaledales to £70 from S Bosworth, Burnley. CAST EWE TOP PRICES: Beltex - £130 Hall Croft Farm. Texel - £116 Park Farm Barn. Hampshire - £78 Hall Croft Barn. Dalesbred - £71, £62 Fell End Farm, £58 Lower Oakeneaves Farm. Swaledale - £70, £68 Lower Oakeneaves Farm.
Tuesday 29th December 2020 - J36 Prime Lambs The final sale of prime lambs of 2020 saw a very strong market average of 220p/kg with the SQQ average of 230p/kg to include a large proportion of hill lambs. handy weighted and light weight lambs continue to be in most demand with heavy weight lambs a nice trade selling around the 200p/kg mark regularly. The market topped at £113 for Beltex lambs from John Twigge, Lindale. Beltex lambs peaked at 268p/kg or £110 from AR & BJ Thompson, Selside with Texel lambs selling to 267p/kg from D & J Woof, Sedbergh and Blue Texel lambs selling to 261p/kg from N & ME Harrison, Shap. There was plenty of pens of good conformation lambs easily selling around the 250p/kg mark. Heavy weight Texel lambs sold to a top of £110 from J & J Huck, Kendal. Numerous pens of lambs selling over the £100 mark with 38% of the pens of lambs forward selling in excess of the £100 mark. Hill bred lambs peaked at £101 from AR & BJ Thompson, Selside with other Cheviot lambs selling to £99.50 from EW & JR Parkinson, Dunsop Bridge with GM & A Jackson, Little Eccleston achieving the same. Mule lambs sold to a top of £99 from F & SA Edmondson, Ulverston with plenty of pens of mules selling in the mid-nineties. Horned lambs were topped by Rough fell lambs topped at £95 from S & W Dickinson, Tebay.
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Sale Reports 30th December 2020
J36 Tuesday 29th December 2020 cont’ cont’d .. PRIME LAMB TOP PRICES: Belt - £113 Holmelands, £110, £107.50, £105 Poppy Farm, £102 Green Head, £100 Poppy Farm, £99 Steel Croft, £97 Leighton House, £89 Poppy Farm. Tex - £110 Garnett House Farm, £109 Smithy Green Farm, Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £108 Mint Close, Poppy Farm, £107.50 Netherhouses Farm, £107 Smithy Green Farm, Poppy Farm, £106.50 Myers Farm. Char - £109 Lane House, £107 Leighton House, £104.50 Lane House, £104 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £101 Poppy Farm, £100 Lane House, £99 Poppy Farm, £98 The Barn, £91.50 Kenlis Road. Suff - £108 Netherhouses Farm, £105.50, £103 Smithy Green Farm, £102 Head House, Oak Well, £101 Barrowfield, £100.50 Smithy Green Farm, £100 High House Farm, Netherhouses Farm. Cont - £108 Poppy Farm, £107.50, £104 Kenlis Road, £102.50 Brow Head, £100 Harden Farm, £99.50 Hollinwood, £99 Lane House, Harden Farm, £98, £97 Brow Head. Chev - £101 Poppy Farm, £99.50 Hareden Farm, Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £97.50 Green Head, £85, £84.50 Braida Garth. Blue Tex - £99.50 Tailbert. Mule - £99 Netherhouses Farm, £98 little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £97.50 Barrowfield, £96 Harden Farm, £95 Garnett House Farm, £94 Gunnerfleet Farm, £93.50 Bramaskew, £91 Netherhouses Farm, £89 Kendal House Farm, £88.50 Low Longmire. SBF - £96 Wallbarrow Farm. Rough Fell - £95 High Woodend, £94 Boundary Beck, £92, £79 Birkhaw Farm. Hamp - £92 Brow Head. Swaledale - £90, £87.50 Netherhouses Farm, £85 Forest Hall, £84.50 Low Longmire, £82.50 Bramaskew, £80 The Borrans, £79.50 Middale Farm, £77 Netherhouses Farm, £75 Ashstead, £70 Middle Sadghyll. Herd £89 Low Longmire, £55 Mireside Farm. Dales - £68 Braida Garth.
Cast Ewes All classes once again dearer, with 320 going under the hammer. Topping the sale at £171 were Texel ewes from R&E Ladds, Kendal. Best bred Texel ewes selling between £125-£135. Texel x Mules sold to £128 from RHM & S Boyren, Colton; many strong continental ewes selling over the £100 mark. A good pen of Bluefaced Leicester ewes from T Ladds, Kendal peaked at £126 with others to £112 from R Lawrence, Field Broughton. The best Mules sold to £101 from R Lawrence with others to £97 from K Armer, Bowston. Strong pens of Mule ewes generally £82 to £90. P & S Hoggarth, Howgill sold a wonderful pen of Rough Fell ewes to £102, their run averaging £91. Drinkall Brothers, Over Wyresdale sold a good pen of Swaledale ewes to £82 with others to £81 from R Lawrence. Medium Swaledale ewes selling between £45 to £52. Goats sold to £94. Cast rams once again good to sell; Fishwick Bros, Longsleddale sold Bluefaced Leicesters to £146 with others to £135 from JF & AW Sutton, Longsleddale. Texel tups sold to a top of £115 from JE Hadwin. Mansergh. All types of cast ewes and rams needed
CAST EWE TOP PRICES: Tex - £171 Benson Hall, £128 Hill Park, £119 Moffinber, £115 Flodder Hall, £109 Hill Park, £108 Deansbiggin, Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £102 Flodder Hall, £89 Broadhead, £74 Head House. BFL - £126 Benson Hall, £112 Bannister Green Farm, £97 Meadow Wood, £93 Moors Farm. Rough Fell - £102, £99, £94, £89, £60 Birkhaw Farm, £46 Luneside, £45 High Borrowbridge. Mule - £101 Bannister Green Farm, £97 Rinkfield, £96 Catshaw Hall Farm, £94 Deansbiggin, £93 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £89 North Farm, £86 Red Scar Farm, £85 Hill Park, Bannister Green Farm, Little Eccleston Hall Cottage. Suff - £98 Broadhead, £78 Catshaw Hall Farm, £51 Fernlands. Zwart - £96, £86 Rinkfield. Goat - £94 High Underbrow Farm. Cont - £93 Mansergh Hall Farm, £88, £78 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £74 Mansergh Hall Farm, £65 Brow Head, £57 Mansergh Hall Farm. Chev- £89 Moors Cottage, £81 Fernlands, £80 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £78 Croft Foot Farm, £77, £45 Fernlands. Swale - £82 Catshaw Hall Farm, £81 Bannister Green Farm, £69 High Woodend, £59 Catshaw Hall Farm, £57 Little Eccleston Hall Farm, £56 North Farm, £49 Middle Sadghyll, £47 Netherhouses Farm, £41 Yoad Pot. Ryland - £77 Benson Hall, £74 Crake Hall. Grit - £59 North Farm. Herd - £52, £38 Low Mill House.
CAST RAM TOP PRICES: BFL - £146 Middle Sadghyll, £135 Nether House Farm, £120 Middle Sadghyll, £107 Nether House Farm, £98, £97 High Borrowbridge, £84 Forrest Hall, £80 Cooper House, £46 Braida Garth. Tex - £115 Mansergh Hall Farm, £105, £103 Croft Foot Farm, £99 Mansergh Hall Farm, £98 Old School House, £97 Croft Foot Farm, £83 Laithwaite Farm, £82 Mansergh Hall Farm. Chev - £96 Forest Hall. Cont - £94 Mansergh Hall Farm, £75 Old School House. Swale - £90 Forest Hall, £64 Low Longmire, £57 Old School House. SBF - £90, £71 Low Garths. Rough Fell £76 Old School House, £72 Luneside. Herd - £60 High Wallabarrow Farm. Jacob - £44 Raby Cottage
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