North West Auctions Weekly Report and Newsletter – 6th January
NWA Lancaster Monday 4th January The opening sale of Prime Hoggs in 2016 had a reduced entry of just shy of 700 forward. The entry included a lot of hill bred hoggs plus almost 40% of hoggs forward today not Farm Assured. A market average of 158ppk was achieved. The day’s trade topped at £86.50 for heavy weight Texel lamb from T & CM Kelsall of Brown Brook. Heavy weight Continental and Suffolk lambs in excess of 52kgs regularly selling in excess of £80. Continental lambs sold easily between 165-170ppk with better types of lambs selling in excess of 170ppk. A small amount of Mules forward today, Horned lambs mainly in the late thirty kilos selling £20 above their weight. Prime Hogg Top Prices: TEX: £86.50 Brown Brook; £85 Springs Farm; £76.50 Springs Farm. CH: £85 Wyre Farm; £82 Braides Farm; £77 Middle Ridge Farm. SUFF: £84 Rowallen House; £82 Wyre Farm; £78 Middle Ridge Farm. CHEV: £80 Marshaw Farm. CONT: £72 Old Grange Farm. SWALE: £66.50 Marshaw Farm; £59.50 Sykes Farm; £56.50 Yates Farm. MULE: £63 Yates Farm; £62 Cobble Hey Farm; £62 Thornbush Farm. LEI: £60 Yates Farm. MASH: £59.50 Cobble Hey Farm.
A nice show of Cast Ewes this morning with 141 forward. Trade not quite as fast as last Monday, however all sheep sold to full value on the day. Topping the sale was George Riley of Bolton le Sands with a trio of Suffolk ewes realising £98. Texels sold to £92 twice, firstly for a Tup from G S Lander, Warrington, followed by a big ewe from RJ Byron, Woodplumpton. Mule and Masham ewes to £80 from David Eames, Abbeystead and Mules to £69 from the same home. Horned sheep sold to £55 for Dalesbreds from J Smith, Quernmore and Swales to £54 from Drinkall Bros, Over Wyresdale. Overall average of £57 for all forward, with a large proportion being hill sheep.
Coming up at NWA…
Cast Sheep Top Prices: SUFF: £98 Maddison Avenue; £78 Stanley Farm; £76 Middle Lee Farm. TEX: £92 Moorville; £92 Broseley Hall Farm; £70 Brown Brook. MASH: £80 Middle Lee Farm; £72 Stanley Farm. MULE: £69 Middle Lee Farm; £64 Ellers Farm; £63 Brown Brook. CHEV: £59 Ellers Farm. LEI: £59 Catshaw Hall Farm. DALES: £55 Stanley Farm. SWALE: £54 Catshaw Hall Farm; £54 Brown Brook; £48 Lee End Farm.
An entry of five Prime Cattle forward comprising of two clean heifers and three prime bulls. All cattle forward today bred out of the dairy herd with Simmental heifers from P & A Bell of Village Farm selling to 171.5ppk. Bulls topped at 189.5ppk or £1201 from JS & KM Wilson of High House. Prime Cattle Top Prices: PRIME CATTLE – SIM: 171.5; 164.5 Village Farm. PRIME BULLS – FR: 189.5; 139.5 High House. BRB: 174.5 High House.
J36 Rural Auction Centre Tuesday 12th January Monthly Sale of Pigs at 10.30am & Weekly Sale of Primestock at 1pm Thursday 14th January Calves, Store & Feeding Sheep, In-lamb Sheep & Beef Breeding Cattle from 10.15am Saturday 30th January In-lamb Rough Fell Sheep, Bluefaced Leicesters & Other Breeds Also today Sale of Poultry
NWA Property Waberthwaite, Millom For Sale by Private Treaty A good range of well maintained general purpose buildings (5,500sq.ft. approx.)
Saturday 6th February Dispersal Sale of Modern Tractors & Grassland Equipment
Lancaster Auction Mart Monday 11th January Weekly Sale of Primestock at 9am Friday 15th January Weekly Sale of Cattle from 10.15am Offers around £50,000 The buildings are classified as agricultural and used for storage purposes but would be suitable for a variety of uses, subject to the necessary planning consents being obtained. Main road access. e. info@nwauctions.co.uk t. 01524 63308 (Lancaster) t. 015395 66200 (J36 Kendal)
NWA Lancaster , Wyresdale Road, Golgotha, Lancaster, LA1 3JQ
Monday 18th January Monthly Show & Sale of Dairy at 11.15 am
e. property@nwauctions.co.uk t. 015395 66222 (J36 Kendal) t. 01524 63308 (Lancaster)
e. help@nwauctions.co.uk t. 015395 66222 (J36 Kendal) t. 01524 63308 (Lancaster)
NWA J36, J36 Rural Auction Centre, Crooklands, Milnthorpe, Cumbria, LA7 7FP
NWA J36 Sale Reports NWA J36 Tuesday 5th January PRIME HOGGS SELL TO £97 AT OPENING SALE OF 2016 The opening weekly sale of Prime Hoggs saw an average of 163p/kg for all hoggs sold which included a large entry of heavy hoggs in excess of 47kg and light hoggs under 32kg. Well finished hoggs regularly 170p/kg – 180p/kg with buyers showing preference to well sorted pens of sheep and caution towards mixed groups. A top price of £97 was achieved for Texels from P Cummings with other heavier hoggs (45kg – 52kg) £78 - £85. Well finished inside fed hoggs easiest sold with buyers showing caution to wet/dirty hoggs. Mules sold to a top price of £79 from F&SA Edmondson, others £72 - £75 (average 152p/kg). Hill breeds sold to £71 for cheviots from GH Bell with Swaledales rising in numbers each week and selling to £61.50. Light hoggs increasing in numbers and selling to a competitive trade providing they are finished and not in store condition. A top price of £56 was achieved for cheviot x from WL & FD Richards with Rough Fells £54.50. Super light hoggs sold to 160p/ kg and £51.50. Prime Hogg Top Prices: Texel: £97 Holme Field; £86 Millom Castle; £85 St Annes Farm; £84 Underley; £836.50 Mint Close; £83 Low Hall; £82 Low Gregg Hall; £81.50 Hill Top Farm. Suff: £82.50 Netherhouses Farm; £78.50 Fellside Farm; £73 Topthorn Farm. Mule: £79 Netherhouses; £75.50 Barrowfield; £75 Manor House Farm; £73.50 Crabtree Farm. Dorset: £62 Brow Head, Abbey Drive. Swale: £61.50 Middle Sadghyll; £59 Moors Farm; £58.50 Yoad Pot. Rough Fell: £54.50 Rash Mill; £50 Moss House Farm. SBF: £42 Slack Farm. Char: £75 Hill Park; £68.50 Longwell. Chev: £71 Red Lodge; £70 Crooklands Farm; £62 North Farm. Leicester: £71 Scargill Farm; £69 Longwell. Herdwick: £73.50 Netherhouses.
The weekly sale of Cast Sheep had a firmer trade then the previous week. A large number of cast ewes on the market nationwide last Tuesday lead to a smaller demand for ewes at Kendal but demand and trade back to usual strength at J36 this week. Well fleshed and big cast tups regularly sold around the one hundred pound mark topping at £104 from JA & CA Gibson of Longwell with a Charollais tup. Continental ewes sold in the eighties with better type of ewes in the nineties topping at £93 from Underley Estate. Best types of Mule ewes sold around the seventy pound mark with plenty of Mule ewes selling in the early sixties. Bigger Horned ewes to around the sixty pound mark with a lot of weathered looking Swaledale ewes selling in the mid to late thirties and lean ewes in the late twenties. Cast Sheep Top Prices: CAST EWES – Suff: £83 Gowan Bank; £77 Ninezergh; £70 Mid Town House. Mule: £71 Low Brundrigg; £69 Millness Hall; £64 Tock How. Swale: £64 Oak House; £42 Low Deepslack; £41 Mid Town House. Rough Fell: £63 Mid Town House; £59 Rash Mill; £56 High Swinklebank. Chev: £76 Beckfoot Farm Cottage; £73 Underley; £58 Rash Mill. Texel: £93 Underley; £80 Orphan Crag; £78 Redbank Farm; £76 Wray Farm. Teeswater: £52 Gowan Bank. Herdwick: £37 Tilberthwaite; £33 Low Mill House. Zwart: £25 Warth Sutton Farm. CAST RAMS – Char: £104 Longwell. Chev: £98 Middle Sadghyll. Texel: £99 Rash Mill. Leic: £99 Middle Sadghyll; £80 Long Streets; £73 Castle Syke. Ryl: £59 Abbey Drive. Suff: £91 High Butterbent. Suff: £77 Gowan Bank. Swale: £73 Manor House Farm. Tees: £73 Gowan Bank. Herd: £44 Tilbethwaite.
1818 at J36 weekly Antiques, Vintage, Collectables and Clearance Sale With many people taking advantage of our regular Saturday viewing to spot the potential bargains and have a coffee in Café Ambio, 1818 started the year with a large crowd of buyers present as well as many online bidders buying at their weekly Monday sale. With 400 lots of miscellaneous items and furniture forward the top price was attained for a nice Leather Settee reaching £320, this was followed by £300 for a collection of Fire Irons, a cauldron and brass trivet, a quirky lot of Antiquarian keys made £280, with a Kowa Spotting Scope reaching £230, a large collection of Spode made £160, while a pair of nice mahogany cabinets sold at £160 as did a Safe, a rustic pine single wardrobe attained £130, while six twist legged Oak chairs reached £110 as did a Pine Wardrobe, and £100 was paid for six spindle backed kitchen chairs. With the doors open again on Friday afternoon and Saturday morning for viewings why not pop along for a Browse and Brunch and see what is to offer on the 11th January. Please note that the sale on 25th January will be held in Ring 2 and there will be a selection of vintage and modern tools, garden tools, salvage and collectables, entries so far include a Husqvarna chain saw in very good condition, entries still being taken. T. 015395 66201 E. info@1818auctioneers.co.uk W. 1818auctioneers.co.uk
Lancaster - 01524 63308
J36 - 015395 66200