North West Auctions Weekly Report and Newsletter – 6th December
J36 Christmas Show & Sale of Prime Lambs Tuesday 5th December
Champion Christmas Prime Lambs Sell to 330p/kg The great annual Christmas Show and Sale of Prime Lambs at J36 had a bumper entry of 1464 lambs forward for the sale, with all lambs selling to a strong trade throughout. The pre-sale show was judged by Mr John Geldard, who we thank for his time and expertise. There was an impressive line-up of lambs forward to judge, especially the pairs of Beltex Lambs. The Championship rosette was awarded to Alistair and Bradley Thompson of Poppy Farm, Selside, with a pair of Beltex Lambs weighing 46kg selling to £152 or 330p/kg selling to Alam of Lancashire Direct Halal Meat. The Reserve Champions from Linda Beck of Endmoor later went onto sell for £118 or 287p/kg and weighed 41kg. The Lowland Class was won by JG & PH Thompson, Poppy Farm, Selside, selling to £107 for 43kg Texel Lambs, selling to Michael Lomax. A strong class of Mules forward saw the first prize rosette awarded AW & AM Clarke, Low Longmire, Windermere selling for £83.50. We would like to thank the Rough Fell Sheep Breeders Association for their continued support in sponsoring the Rough Fell Lamb Class which was won by the Rough Fell Chairman, TLB & J Knowles, High Borrowbridge, selling 40kg Roughs to £67. Special thanks go to our sponsors McVeigh Parker & Co and Norjac. There was a strong trade throughout the sale with lambs selling to a market average of 176p/kg with 39-45kg lambs selling to 180p/kg. Once again, Beltex lambs were in strong supply at J36 selling to an overall market average of 222p/kg. Mule lambs were generally selling in excess of £30 above their weight. Show Results Judge Mr J Geldard Sponsors McVeigh Parker & Co (Amanda Williams) and Norjac (Bill Fazackerley) Class one: Five Lowland Sired Lambs 1st JG & PH Thompson, Poppy Farm 43kg £107 2nd RH, M & S Boyren, Hill Park 43kg £86 3rd T & SM Park, Millom Castle 50kg £89.50 Class two: Pair of Beltex/Beltex x Lambs 1st AR & BJ Thompson, Poppy Farm 46kg £152 2nd L Beck, Weston Houses 41kg £118 3rd JG & PH Thompson, Poppy Farm 47kg £104 Class three: Five Mule/Masham Prime Lambs 1st AW & AM Clarke, Low Longmire 50kg £83.50 2nd P & TL Edmondson, Low Hall Farm 51kg £83.50 3rd R & EA Gardner, Barrowfield 52kg £84 Class four: Five Horned/Herdwick Prime Lambs 1st B & HM Wilson, Ashstead 48kg £75 2nd B & HM Wilson, Ashstead 42kg £70 3rd AW Morland, Coalbrookdale 37kg £61 Class five: Five Rough Fell Lambs From RFSBA Members 1st TLB & J Knowles, High Borrowbridge 40kg £67 2nd AEA Harrison, Millriggs 48kg £74 Class six: Five Cheviot and Other Hill Breed Lambs 1st Low Moor Howe Farm, High House Farm 41kg £73.50 2nd RA Lancaster, Green Cottages 36kg £65 Champion AR & BJ Thompson, Poppy Farm 46kg £152 Reserve Champion L Beck, Weston Houses 41kg £118 e. info@nwauctions.co.uk t. 01524 63308 (Lancaster) t. 015395 66200 (J36 Kendal)
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Lancaster Sale Reports Friday 1st December The weekly sale of Store Cattle at Lancaster had a catalogued entry 317. Once again, well-fleshed and short term were cattle in demand and easily sold, with trade looking slightly brighter for longer term cattle as numbers start to tighten. Topping the trade was Angus Bullocks from L Parsons & Son, Low Levens selling to a top of £1360, closely followed V & EJ Chadwick, Sowerby Lodge selling to £1300. Limousins topped at £1300 from PE & M Capstick, Whicham Hall. Dairy Bullocks were a stronger trade this week selling to a top of £1200 for Montbeliardes from JH Woof & Son, Underhelm, with Black and Whites selling to £1110 from K & DE Woodhouse, Kitchen Ground Farm. Store Cattle Top Prices: Store Bullock: Friesian: £1110 £970 Kitchen Ground Farm; £1100 Low Levens. Ayrshire: £900 Trapp Farm; £770 Newsham Hall Farm. Angus: £1360 Low Levens; £1300 Sowerby Lodge; £1280 New Parkside Farm. Short Horn: £1070 Moss Croft. Continental: £660 Stockdale Farm. Limousin: £1300 £1220 Whicham Hall; £1190 Cock Hall Farm; £1170 Station Hotel. South Devon: £1170 Adlington Hall Farm. Charolais: £1190 Far Mount Barrow Farm; £1120 Gunnerthwaite. Hereford: £1110 Foredales Farm; £1050 Bouthwaite Farm; £950 Hall Bank. Simmental: £1130 Low House Farm; £1100 Barrowfield; £890 Spout House Farm. Stabiliser: £960 Park House Farm. British Blue: £1340 Fell End Farm; £1250 Church Farm; £1140 Sowerby Lodge. Montbeliarde: £1200 Underhelm Farm; £1190 Moss House Farm; £1040 Bouthwaite Farm. Swedish Red & White: £560 Oatland Farm. Flek: £600 Throstle Nest Farm. Store Heifer: Friesian: £900 Butler Arms Farm; £820 Bambers Farm; £810 Pilling Hall. Angus: £1260 Greenlands Farm; £1160 Myerscough Hall; £1100 Sowerby Lodge. Limousin: £1090 Lowgill Farm; £1090 Higher Broadwood Farm; £1070 High House Farm. Charolais: £940 Corney Hill Farm; £880 Beckside Farm. Hereford: £980 Rowell Farm; £860 Corney Hill Farm; £810 Hall Bank. Simmental: £650 £600 27 Garden Terrace. British Blue: £1140 Low House Farm; £1090 Wood Nook Farm; £1060 Hawkrigg End. Swedish Red & White: £840 Bambers Farm. Store Bull: South Devon: £ 500 Adlington Hall Farm. Hereford: £910 Oatland Farm. British Blue: £1180 Carr House Farm.
A busy ringside of buyers ensured that the Cast Cow trade was strong at Lancaster with all specification of cows selling sharper on the week. Cast Cow Top Prices: OTM Cow: Friesian: 157.5 Gibraltar Farm; 154.5 White Lund Farm; 139.5 Cragg Farm. Angus: 189.5 Village Farm; 127.5 Causeway; 124.5 Oatland. Shorthorn: 189.5 114.5 Oatland; 114.5 Abbots Reading Farm. Cont: 124.5 Throstle Nest Farm. Limousin: 144.5 Oatland Farm; 144.5 Overthwaite Farm; 137.5 Todgill Farm. Simmental: 139.5 131.5 Oatland Farm. British Blue: 141.5 Todgill Farm; 134.5 Capplethwaite Hall; 131.5 Oatland Farm. Jersey: 69.5 Dale Barns. OTM Heifer: Friesian: 149.5 Gorstlea. Angus: £131.5 Elm Bank Farm. Mont: 169.5 144.5 White Lund Farm. Cast Bull: Friesian: 94.5 Lower Lingart. Limousin: 199.5 Cragg End.
There was plenty of trade for all types of Calves this week with the price topping at £345 for British Blue Bulls from JJ & M France, New House Farm and also from Wallbank Farms. Black and whites, of all sizes, were eagerly bid for and were in short supply. Calf Top Prices: Heifer Calf: Simmental: £200 £180 Sellerley Farm. British Blue: £240 £220 North Farm. Bull Calf: Friesian: £105 Knotts Farm; £100 Oatland Farm; £90 Tills Farm. Simmental: £265 £230 Sellerley Farm. British Blue: £345 Newhouse Farm; £345 Tills Farm; £225 North Farm.
Monday 4th December The annual Christmas Show and Sale of Prime Lambs had a larger entry of over 600 prime lambs forward. The pre-sale show judging was in the capable hands of David Stamper of Chipping who had a large entry forward to judge. The championship was awarded to GR & A Foy and Son of Parkside Farm with reserve champion, again, being awarded to GR & A Foy and Son with Dutch Texel prime lambs. There was a buoyant trade throughout the sale with all lambs keenly bid for with a busy ring of buyers looking to purchase lambs leading to an overall market average of 172p/kg with 39-45kg lambs selling to an average of 175p/kg. The champion pen sold to £100 or 238p/kg for 42kg lambs with the reserve champions selling to £103 or 219p/kg for 47kg lambs selling to Alam. Beltex lambs sold to a top of £95 from CA & J Alty & Son, Moss House Farm with the first prize pair of Beltex Lambs from Johnathan & Josie Smith of Stanley Farm, selling to £86. All Beltex lambs sold to a market average of 206p/kg. Heavy weight Texel lambs topped at £96 from Andrew Butler of Park Farm Barn, with heavy weight Suffolks topping at £92 from HJ & BE Kelsall at £92. It was great to have plenty of lambs selling in the mid to late eighties. There was a large entry of Mule lambs forward at which were in demand and saw the first prize pen from WI & A Atkinson & Son of Holme House Farm sell to £79 for 49kg lambs. Mule lambs were generally selling £30 above their weight, with all Mule lambs forwarding averaging just short of £73. Show Results Class one: Five Texel Sired Prime Lambs 1st GR & A Foy, Parkside Farm £100 2nd GR & A Foy, Parkside Farm £103 3rd J & R Waller, Hallbeck £91 Class two: Two Beltex/Beltex x Prime Lambs 1st J Smith, Stanley Farm £86 2nd IT Richardson, 28 Northgate £77.50 Class three: Five Mule/Masham Prime Lambs 1st WI & A Atkinson, Holme House Farm £79 2nd S Park, Highfield Farm £75 3rd T Ayrton & Son, Over Wyresdale £75 Class four: Five Horned/Herdwick Prime Lambs 1st RH & C Ayrton, Ouzelthorn Farm £59 2nd RH & C Ayrton, Ouzelthorn Farm £59
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Lancaster Sale Reports Class five: Five Suffolk Prime Lambs 1st HJ & BE Kelsall, Walnut Tree £84 2nd G Riley, 5 Maddison Avenue £87 3rd G Riley, 5 Maddison Avenue £86 Champion GR & A Foy, Parkside Farm £100
Reserve Champion GR & A Foy, Parkside Farm £103
Prime Lamb Top Prices: Dorset: £55 Corney Hill Farm. Suffolk: £92 Walnutt Tree; £87 5 Maddison Avenue; £84 Humblescough Farm. Masham: £72.50 Holme House Farm. Mule: £79 Holme House Farm; £78 Park Farm Barn; £76.50 Low Kit Brow. Swale: £59 Ouzelthorn Farm. Charolais: £77 Braides Farm. Cheviot: £77 5 Maddison Avenue; £70 Cragg Farm. Texel: £103 £100 Parkside Farm; £96 Park Farm Barn; £91 Hallbeck. Beltex: £95 Moss House Farm; £86 Stanley Farm; £77.50 28 Northgate.
A few less Cast Ewes in the market today, which were generally a good trade and eagerly bid for, selling to a top of £150 for Texel Tups from S Wilson & Son of Burrow Heights. Texel Ewes topped at £93 from GA Haston & Son of Lane House with Mule Ewes topping at £67 from WM Pye, Tarnwater Farm. Cast Sheep Top Prices: Suffolk: £60 Walnut Tree. Mule: £67 Tarnwater Farm; £66 Walnut Tree; £60 Braides Farm. Swale: £30 Holme House Farm. Charolais: £28 Stirzakers Farm. Texel: £130 Burrow Heights Farm; £93 Lane House; £77 Tarnwater Farm. Leicester: £54 Holme House Farm.
The annual Christmas Prime Beef show saw the first prize awarded to P & A Bell of Village Farm with a British Blue selling to 204.5p/kg to CJ Bowkers Butchers, Bolton-le-Sands. Prime Beef Top Prices: British Blue: 204.50 199.50 Village Farm
J36 Sale Reports Thursday 30th November A good entry of 2085 Store Lambs forward for sale today at Junction 36, with vendors leaving well satisfied with their returns. A large portion of the lambs in the market being the last consignments for vendors along with large numbers of hill bred lambs. Top price of the day was achieved by Mule Lambs forward from E&S Bower of Burney End selling for £78, with others from the same home at £67. Texel Lambs selling to £76 from IT Richardson of Goosnargh and £74 from GA Haston & Son of Lane House. Suffolk lambs selling to a top of £75 from J Scott & Co of Middle Birkby Farm, Beltex Lambs to £70 from JE Read of Mealrigg and Charollais’ to £69.50 FE&CM Robinson & Son of Warth Sutton Farm. Hill bred lambs selling to £61 from MB&JE Meredith of High Arnside Farm and Rough Fells to £58 from E&S Bower of Burney End. Last sale of year is on Thursday 14th December, please could entries be advised to the office by Wednesday 6th December. Store Lamb Top Prices MULE: £78 Burney End; £71 45A Main Street. TEXEL: £76 28 Northgate; £74 Lane House; £70.50 Wyke Farm. SUFFOLK: £75 Middle Birkby Farm; £74.50 Wyke Farm; £70 High Swinklebank. BELTEX: £70 Mealrigg; £67 North Lodge; £63 Swainshead Hall Farm. CHAROLLAIS: £69.50 Warth Sutton Farm; £66 Gateside Farm. MAS HAMPSHIRE: £67 Mealrigg; £60 Marsh Grange Farm; £54 Steps Farm. CHEVIOT: £61 High Arnside Farm; £60.50 Kate Farm; £55 Nun House. ROUGH FELL: £58 Burney End; £45 Steps Farm; £40 Low Haygarth Farm. JACOB: £50 Gowan Bank Farm. KERRY HILL: £45.50 North Lodge. HORNED: £42.50 Low Haygarth Farm. HERDWICK: £42 Long Green Head.
Saturday 2nd December Machinery & Poultry The December monthly sale of Machinery had over 1000 lots forward for the sale attracting buyers from throughout the north of England, seeing large and small items eagerly bid for and well sold. Congratulations to Emily Warin MRICS FAAV It was great to have over a dozen vehicles on the yard topping at £2750 for a Camatso 2ton mini digger, with a 26ft Fraser Bale Trailer selling to £2350. A large number of trailers in the yard sold to a top of £1600 for 12ft Ifor Williams Livestock Trailer with Graham Edwards Flatbed Trailers topping at £1450. A number of quad bikes in the yard saw an Arctic Cat top at £1500. Vans sold to a top of £1500 for a 2006 Vauxhall Vivaro. As per usual, livestock equipment was in strong demand and eagerly bid for and more could have been sold to the advantage of the vendor. A consignment of Concrete panels met plenty of demand, selling to a strong trade. The tools, small equipment and implement inside, once again, sold to a buoyant trade. There was over 200 lots of poultry forward for the sale, which saw a slightly tougher trade than what we had seen in sales earlier in the year, although the majority of vendors left satisfied. The next sale of poultry will take place on Saturday 28th January.
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Emily who joined our team back in September as a Land Agent has just passed her CAAV exams, qualifying as a Fellow of the Association of Agricultural Valuers. If you would like to speak to Emily please contact her on: 07973 852813.
Tuesday 5th December Continued There was another good entry of 532 Cast Ewes forward today. Big, well-fleshed ewes continue to sell very well and were in short supply today. A large number of lean and hill type ewes on the market nationally, making them harder to place. D Metcalfe of Crooklands Brow sold Suffolk ewes to £100 and £99, with big ewes selling around the £90 mark. Mule Ewes sold to a top of £72 from SH & PI Bowes, Harbarrow Farm. Best horned ewes sold into the fifties with Rough Fells selling to £54 from RJ & OB Simpson, High Swinklebank Farm and Swales topped at £51 from JF & AW Sutton, Nether House Farm. A large number of Cast Rams in the market, with many showing signs of a hard tupping time, sold well to their value. Cast Sheep Top Prices: Cast Ewes: Suffolk - £100, £99 6 Crooklands Brow, £92 Crosscrake Farm, £88 Nether House Farm, £74 Netherhouses Farm. Texel - £89 Meadow View, £87 The Glen Farm, £87 Harbarrow Farm, £86 Kirket Nook, £78 28 Blea Tarn Road. Mule - £72, £67, £66 Harbarrow Farm, £60 Nether House Farm, £53 High Green. Charollais - £71 6 Crooklands Brow. Cheviot - £70 Hutton roof Hall, £57 Castle Howe, £50, £45 School House. Dorset - £70 Hallbeck. Teeswater - £70 Harbarrow Farm. Beltex - £60 Stonethwaite Farm, 345 High Green. Leicester - £60 Nether House Farm. Rough Fell - £54 High Swinklebank Farm, £51 High Green, 351 Castle Howe. Swaledale - £51 Nether House Farm, £42 Yoad Pot, £42 Sykes Farm, £39 Lathwaite Farm. Kerry Hill - £47 Hutton Roof Hall. Masham - £46 Mosergh Farm. Scotch - £40 Lathwaite Farm. Herdwick - £39 Cockley Beck Farm. Cast Ram: Charolais - £90, £45 Gibraltar Farm, £43 Hallbeck. Leicester - £81 Low Moor, £70 Sykes Farm, £66 Middle Sadghyll, £56 High House Farm, £55 Red Scar. Suffolk - £80 Netherhouses Farm, £66 Stonethwaite Farm, £65 Netherhouses Farm. Beltex - £76 High Underbrow Farm, £50 Burnt House. Swaledale - £65 Middle Sadghyll, £50 Yoad Pot. Texel £60 Mint View, £60 1 Kirklands Road, £53 Low Hall Farm. Lleyn - £55 High Underbrow Farm. Rough Fell - £52 Low Deepslack, £50 The Syke, £47 High Borrowbridge. Jacob - £50 High Mill Farm.
Coming up at North West Auctions
J36 Rural Auction Centre th Tuesday 12 December 10.30am Monthly Sale of PIGS inc. Prime, Store, Cast & Weaner Including Christmas Show of PRIME PIGS at 9.30am for Best Pair 1pm 2000 PRIME LAMBS followed by
750 CAST SHEEP Prime Lamb ballot drawn at 12.30pm Thursday 14th December 11am 3000 STORE LAMBS Sale day entries welcome, ballot drawn 10 minutes prior to sale Thursday 21st December 10.15am Sale of 60 CALVES 10.30am 60 CAST COWS & TB RESTRICTED CATTLE Followed by STORE CATTLE Entries for the catalogue close Wednesday 13th December Thursday 21st December at 5.30pm Show & Sale of DRESSED POULTRY Please advise office of entries
Prime Lamb Top Prices: Beltex - £152 Poppy Farm, £118 1 Weston Houses, £107, £104, £100 Poppy Farm. Suffolk £99 Ashstead, £96.5 Kit Cragg, £96 17 Longfield Manor, £93 Netherhouses, £91 Brown Edge. Texel - £98 Hill Park, £97 Brookside, £94.5 Poppy Farm, £92.5 Hill Top Farm, £90.5 Kirket Nook. Mule - £90, £84.5 Netherhouses Farm, £84 Barrowfield, £83.5 Low Hall Farm, £83.5 Low Long mire. Cheviot - £89, £78 3 Seedhowe Cottages, £73.5 High House Farm, £71 3 Seedhowe Cot tages, £68.5 Howriggs. Charollais - £82.5 Hampsfield Hall, £77.5 Myers Farm, 361 Cockley Beck Farm. Leicester - £82.5 Forest Hall, £77 Low Newton Farm, £71 Forest Farm, £66 Yarlsber. Mas ham - £75 Holme House Farm. Swaledale - £75 Ashstead, £70 Low Longmire, £70 Ashstead, £67.5 Middale Farm, £65 Yoad Pot. Rough Fell Mule - £74 Millriggs, £67 High Borrowbridge. Rough Fell - £71 Boundary Beck, £67.5 Millriggs, £60 Castle Howe. Cheviot Mule - £66.5 3 Seedhowe Cottages. Dales Bred - £63 Middale Farm, £61 Yarlsber. Scotch - £62 Coalbrookdale. Herdwick - £61 Coalbrookdale, £48.5 High House Farm. Dorset - £60 Hazel Head Farm. Zwartble - £50 Crosscrake Farm. Continental - £42 Broad Oak. Jacob - £40 Hall Bank.
Lancaster Christmas Concert Saturday 9th December at 7.30pm at Lancaster Auction Mart Organised by Robert Ayrton & Family, Abbeystead Tickets £5 available from the NWA Lancaster Office or contact 01524 791090 or 01524 791506 North West Auctions are collecting lightweight lambs on a weekly basis at J36 on the deadweight system, to meet the strong Christmas demand. Lambs required between 30-35kg. If you are interested in sending lambs on this scheme please contact Bradley Thompson on 07867 000244 or Ian Atkinson on 07766 521472.
Lancaster Auction Mart th Monday 11 December 9am Sale of 700 PRIME LAMBS, 100 CAST SHEEP & PRIME CATTLE 11.15am Christmas Show & Sale of
29 DAIRY CATTLE Comprising of 25 Heifers & 4 Cows from Ashacres, Berryholme, Bilsrow, Blackwood, Caibre, Carwood, Fingan, Pennine, Sandcrest, Whitecarr, Witherslack & Wyredale Friday 15th December 10.15am 60 REARING CALVES 10.15am 150 CAST/OTM CATTLE 11.15am 450 STORE CATTLE Last wk Blks to £1360 & Heifers to £1260 Entries for the Catalogue Close Monday 11th December Friday 22nd December at 11am Show & Sale of DRESSED POULTRY Please advise office of entries Please see website for a full list of Christmas Sale Arrangements
Claiming Date On Farm Dispersal sale of Farm Machinery & Equipment on behalf of K Whitaker & Son, Bay Horse on Saturday 21st April 2017
Farm to Farm Big bale silage and hay available pilling, Lancaster contact Paul 07768691312
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