Report and Newsletter- 5th April 2024
Lancaster Auction Mart: Weekly Sale of Prime Hoggs, Cast Sheep & Sheep with Lambs at Foot, Monday 1st April 2024.
Prime Hoggs
614 hoggs sold to a top of £238 per head and 450p/kg.
Prime Hogg Top Prices: Continental: £238 Midge Hall Farm, £230 Midge Hall Farm, £224 Midge Hall Farm, £216 Midge Hall Farm, £212 Midge Hall Farm, £204 Midge Hall Farm. Beltex: £220 Arna Wood, £210 Park Farm Barn, £188 Park Farm Barn, £184 Oak Avenue, £176 Oak Avenue, £175 Oak Avenue. Texel: £198 Park Farm Barn, £194 Park Farm Barn, £192 Savick Brook Farm, £190 Park Farm Barn, £186 North Farm, £184 Rooten Brook. Cheviot: £194 Weavers Farm, £187 Weavers Farm, £179 Weavers Farm, £174 North Farm, £164 Sands Road, £164 Marshaw Farm. Suffolk: £186 Little Crimbles, £171 Little Crimbles, £166 Little Crimbles, £151 Little Crimbles, £149 Little Crimbles, £140 Little Crimbles. Mule: £172 Rooten Brook, £161 North Farm, £128 Dolphinholme House, £126 Quarry House, £123 Medlar Hall Farm, £122 Quarry House. Leicester: £159 Ouzelthorne Farm, £144 Appletree Farm. Scotsh Blackface: £156
Greenhills Farm, £149 Greenhills Farm, £146 Greenhills Farm, £144 Sands Road, £144 Greenhills Farm. Herdwick: £151 Little Crimbles, £122 Bibbys Farm, £122 Little Crimbles, £115 Bibbys Farm. Swaledale: £139 Greenhills Farm, £137 Marshaw Farm, £134 Marshaw Farm, £129 Rooten Brook. £127 Marshaw Farm, £125 Appletree Farm. Dorset: £127 Ivy Bank Farm. Horned: £110 Medlar Hall Farm.
Cast Sheep
102 cast sheep sold to £225, avereged £108 per head.
Cast Ewes Top Prices: Texel: £225, £222, £216, £158 Ivy Bank, £154 Longstripes Farm, £88 Moss House Farm. Continental: £178, £164 The Martins. Suffolk: £174 Arna Woos Farm, £126 Moss House Farm, £70 Longstripes Farm.
Mule: £150 Maddison Aveune, £148, £146 Lee End Farm, £142 Moss House Farm, £136 Lee End Farm, £128 Maddison Aveune. Herdwick: £130 Quarry House, £82 Longstripes Farm. Rough Fell: £120, £68, £62 Longstripes Farm.
Swaledale: £114 Longstripes Farm, £104 The Martins, £90 Longstripes Farm, £72 The Martins, £70 Appletree Farm.
Cast Ram Top Prices: Texel: £202 Moss House Farm.
Sheep with Lambs at Foot
50 outfits saw single sell to £250, aged Mule ewes with twin Texel lambs sold to £245.
Shearling & Lamb Top Prices: Continental: £250 Dolphinholme House. Suffolk: £175 Shorefields.
Ewe and Lamb Top Prices: Mule: £245, £165, £162 Stocken Bridge Farm. Suffolk: £232, £212 Shorefields. Continental: £230, £220, £215 (x2) Dolphinholme House, £170 Tilstock. Texel: £210 Stocken Bridge Farm, £200 Ivy Bank Farm, £200 Tilstock, £195 Ivy Bank Farm, £190, £185 Stocken Bridge Farm.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Weekly Sale of Sheep with Lambs at Foot, Prime Hoggs and Cast Sheep, Tuesday 2nd April 2024.
Prime Hoggs
A fast trade was seen for all classes and types of hoggs with an SQQ of 383p/kg. Best bred hoggs sold to £260 for Texel cross from J France, Pilling with others at £252 from AG Butler, Hambleton, and £242 from A Thompson, Carnforth. Other well bred and finished hoggs were regularly £200 to £220. A top price of 543p/kg was achieved for Beltex hoggs from GM&A Jackson, Little Eccleston with other pure and three quarter bred hoggs 450p/kg to 480p/kg. Hill bred hoggs saw Cheviots to £217 and 407p/kg, Mule to £188 and 395p/kg, Scotch Black Face to £184 and 409p/kg, Swaledales to £172 and 392p/kg, Dalesbred to £163 and 370p/kg. Well finished hoggs of all breeds and weights continue to sell to a premium, with the leaner end selling for finishing.
Prime Hogg Top Prices: Texel: £260, £246 Merryfield, £242 Southways, £240, £238 Fell End Farm. Beltex: £252 Park Farm Barn, £220 Stubb Hall Farm. Suffolk: £236 Merryfield, £194 Helm Croft, £190 Merryfield, £184 Mealriggs, £182 Dalton Old Hall, £179 Park Farm Barn. Continental: £236 £202 £170 Hill Park, £161 Gaitbarrow Farm, £148 Cragg House Farm. Cheviot: £217 North Farm, £195 Ghyll Farm, £195 Stubb Hall Farm, £182 Moors Farm, £182 Green Lane End Farm.
Charollais: £210 North Farm. Mule: £188 Halton Park Farm, £178 Helm Croft, £178 Helm Croft, £178 Hareden Farm, £176 Park Farm Barn, £175 Halton Park Farm. Horned: £184 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £162 Halton Park Farm, £148 School House, £131 Higher Salter. Masham: £178 Hareden Farm, £172 Mealriggs Farm. Swaledale: £172 Little Eccleston Hall, £170 Old School House, £169 Forest Hall Farm, £153 Park Farm Barn, £152 Nether House Farm.
Leicester: £170 Forest Hall. Scotch: £159 Parsonage Farm. Dales Bred: £163, £140 Fell End Farm. Dorset: £148 Medlar Hall Farm. Jacob: £148 Park Farm Barn. Rough Fell: £144 Boundary Beck, £133 Bridge Stone Land, £110 Poppy Farm. Herdwick: £142 Old School House, £112 Burnhead Farm.
Cast Sheep
An exceptional cull ewe trade saw an overall market averaged £131 a head, with over half the entry being pure hill ewes. The sale peaked at £300 for a pure Texel ewe from Drinkall Bros, Abbeystead with other heavy ewes regularly £230 to £270. First cross ewes sold to £212 from E Dodgson, Kendal and WS Burrow, Carnforth. Other heavy first cross ewes were regularly £170 to £200. Mules sold to £170 from JW&TE Sharp, Lyth with other at £168 from M&S Leech, Flookburgh and E Lund & Son, Ingleton. Other pens of heavy Mules were regularly £145 to £160, mediums £120 to £140 with the smaller meated ewe £100 to £115. Pure hill ewes sold to £172 for Cheviots, £128 for Swaledales, Herdwick £125 and Rough Fells £122. Medium meated hill ewe were regularly £70 to £90, with only the smallest and leanest less (generally £50 to £70).
Cull rams sold to a top of £205 for a Texel with other better end continentals £160 to £200. Hill rams sold to £138 for Swaledales, with others at £125.
Cast Ewes Top Prices: Texel: £300 Catshaw Hall Farm, £262 Spital Farm, £255 Gate Beck, £250 Merryfield, £242 Spital Farm, £232 Lane Ends Farm. Suffolk: £240, £195 Heathwaite farm, £180 Braeslacks, £170 Hill Park, £162 Mosergh Farm. Beltex: £222 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage. Continental: £212 Spital Farm, £212 Gibraltar Farm, £210 Highfield, £198 Gibraltar Farm, £180 Ghyll Farm. Cheviot: £195, £172 Gibraltar Farm, £145 Tock How Farm, £130 Ghyll Farm. Charollais: £178 Lundholme Farm, £155 Barker Knott. Leicester: £188, £175 Stickland Hill. Mule: £170 Flodder Hall, £168 Somme Avenue, £168 Lundholme Farm, £165 Lane Ends Farm. Zwartble: £165 Whitbarrow Cottage. Masham:
£160 Lundholme Farm. Swaledale: £128 Strickland Hill. Rough Fell: £122 Low Carlingill, £112 Steps Farm, £100 Low Carlingill. Herdwick: £125 Barker Knott, £108 Park Farm Barn. Horned: £115 Cragg House Farm.
Cast Rams Top Prices: Texel - £205 Gibraltar Farm, £178 Merryfield, £160 Thwaite Barn. Continental - £195 Low Carlingill. Leicester: £180 Forest Hall. Beltex: £152 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage. Swaledale: £138 Forest Hall, £125 Hareden Farm. Suffolk: £135 Merryfield.
Sheep with Lambs at Foot
The weekly sale of sheep with lambs at foot saw an ever increasing number of ewes with lambs forward selling to a competitive ring side of buyers. The sale peaked at £330 for Texel two crop ewes with single lamb from IT Wilson, Millom who sold others at £322, with others from M Moorhouse, Field Broughton selling at £320. Other stronger twin outfits were regularly £280 to £310. Aged Mule ewes with twin Texel cross lambs from H Cook, Witherslack sold at £295 with others at £270 from M Allen, Carnforth. Suffolk cross ewes with single lambs from S Wilman, Casterton sold to £250, with other at £230. Other ewes with younger lambs were generally £70 to £80 a life, with buyers showing a keen interest in younger sheep as future stock replacement.
Ewe and Lamb Top Prices: Texel: £330 Moor Gill, £322 Moor Gill, £320 Hampsfield Hall, £275 Hampfield Hall, £245 Marsh House Farm. Continental: £315 Wood House Farm, £225 Wood House Farm, £220 Wood House Farm, £215 Hampsfield Hall. Mule: £295 Moss Howe Farm, £270 Yealand Manor, £260Wood House Farm, £250 Hampsfield Hall, £215 Greenbank. Charollais: £255 Yealand Manor. Suffolk: £250 Braeslacks, £230 Braeslacks, £222 Braeslacks, £220 Braeslacks.
Shearling and Lamb Top Prices: Texel: £305 Moor Gill, £275 Moor Gill, £240 Moor Gill.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Fortnightly Sale of Calves, Stirks, OTM Cattle and Store Cattle, Thursday 4th April 2024.
Calves
An ever-increasing entry of calves and ringside of buyers saw all classes and types keenly competed for, selling to a top of £495 for 6 week old Charolais x bull calf from Bambers Farm, Cockerham with the best 6-8 week old bull calves £380-£440. Month old calves selling to £380 for a British Blue x from JR Tiplady, Ainstable with younger British Blue selling to £400 for 3 weeks old from Dolphenby Farming Ltd, Penrith. Stronger native bull calves regularly £300-£350 with younger rearers £220-£280. Heifer calves sold to a top price of £490 for a Charolais x from Bambers Farms, Cockerham with other stronger heifers £350-£410 with nice medium rearers £280£320 with younger month old sorts £180-£240. Weaned bulls sold to £670 for a 4 month old British Blue from W Stamper, Chipping with Fleckvieh bulls selling to £400 from N Howard, Gainford. Steers sold to £670 for Limousin x from Bambers Farm, Cockerham who also sold Limousin heifers to £670 with other 6 month old generally £570-£620 with 4 month old British Blue selling to £525.
Heifer Calves Top Prices: Angus: £520, £365 West Hall, £305, £250 Borrans Farm, £185 The Bramery, £180 Raw End Farm. Charolais: £490, £425, £410, £190 Bambers Farm. British Blue: £375 Low Audlands, £370 Bambers Farm, £350 Borrans Farm, £345 Elm Tree Farm,
£345 Flodder Hall, £340 Raisgill Hall. Blonde: £350, £340 (x2), £330 Midtown Farm. Hereford: £130 Greaves Farm.
Bull Calves Top Prices: Charolais: £495 Bambers Farm. British Blue: £405 Flodder Hall, £400 Dolphenby Farm, £400 Low Audlands, £400 Flodder Hall, £400 Low Audlands, £385
Raisgill Hall. Blonde: £385, £290 Midtown Farm. Angus: £340 Elm Tree Farm, £340 Sunny Bank, £335 Raisgill Hall, £235 The Bramery, £205 Greaves Farm, £185 Raw End Farm.
Limousin: £185 Halforth Farm. Hereford: £140 Wraysholme Tower.
Heifer Stirk Top Prices: Limousin: £670 Bambers Farm, £590 Mount Pleasant. Angus: £600 Bambers Farm, £480 (x2), £460 College Green Farm. British Blue: £590, £580 College Green, £525 Coldcotes Farm, £460 College Green Farm.
Bull Stirk Top Prices: British Blue: £670 Coldcotes Farm. Fleckvieh: £400 Field House Farm. Friesian: £190 West Hall.
Steer Stirk Top Prices: Limousin: £670, £620 Bambers Farm.
Store Cattle
A catalogue entry of 300 store cattle were put forward to a busy ringside of buyers which included new purchasers ensuring all stock were sold to a sharp trade. South Devon bulls topped the job at £1780 (14 month old) from AT Threlkeld, Satterthwaite. A run of 10 month old Limousin bulls from AJ & L Birkett, Little Langdale sold to £1380 with others from the same home selling to £1250. Heifers sold to £1540 for a pair of Hereford from I & AJ Armer, Burneside who sold other strong pens to £1500. Grazing heifers sold to £1500 from Moorhouse Farms Ltd, IOM. With native heifers selling to £1270 for a pen of 5 Aberdeen Angus from TW Wilson, Flookburgh. Smarter bred yearling heifers regularly £1080-£1150 with grazing types £880-£950. Bullocks sold to a top of £1500 for Charolais from Moorhouse Farms Ltd, IOM with other pens selling to £1480. Yearling bullocks were in keen demand with Limousin selling to £1350 from MW & MR Black, Staveley. With others to £1300 from CI Briggs, High Wray with grazing bullocks regularly £1000-£1100. Next sale is on Thursday 18th April, please enter cattle with confidence. Entries close 10th April.
Store Bullock Top Prices: Charolais: £1500 £1480 £1430 Mount Gawne Road. Limousin: £1350 £1200 Scroggs Farm, £1300 High Wray Farm, £1280 Causeway Farm, £1210 Tongue House Farm. British Blue: £1280 Moors Farm, £1280 £1200 Scroggs Farm, £1200 Holme House Farm. Blonde: £1280 Causeway Farm. Highland: £1220 Mount Gawne Road. Angus: £1140 Crabbtree Farm, £1090 Holme House, £1000 Scroggs Farm, £990 College Green Farm. Norwegian Red: £1120 Park House Farm. South Devon: £1210 £1180 Bowkerstead Farm. Simental: £1070 Holme House Farm. Shorthorn: £1070 Boundary Beck. Friesian: £1050 Park House Farm, £790 College Green. Fleckvieh: £1000 Crabbtree Farm. Belted Galloway: £1000 Holme House Farm, £800 High Arnside Farm.
Store Heifer Top Prices: Limousin: £1540 Bowston Hall, £1360 Poppy Farm, £1210 Mount Gawne Road, £1110 Tarnside Farm, £1080 Scroggs Farm. Hereford: £1540 £1500 £1100 Bowston Hall. Charolais: £1440 Mount Gawne Road. Angus: £1270 £1240 £1140 Chapel Island View. £1090 Park House Farms. British Blue: £1140 Park House Farms, £1120 Scroggs Farm, £1080 Crabtree Farm, £1060 Bowston Hall, £1050 Tarnside Farm. Continental: £1090 Chapel Island View. Welsh Black: £1090 Chapel Island View. Friesian: £1040 £830 Lupton Hall. Simental: £950 £920 Holme House Farm. Blonde: £950 Causeway Farm. Belted Galloway: £670 £605 High Arnside Farm. White Shorthorn: £1000 Chapel Island View.
Store Bull Top Prices: South Devon: £1780 Bowkerstead Farm. Limousin: £1380 £1250 £1240 High Birk Howe Farm. Belted Galloway: £640 High Arnside Farm.
OTM Cattle
Beef cull cows sold to 224.5p/kg for a Hereford x from G & ID Postlethwaite, Riddings with other feeding type beef cows regularly 190-205p/kg. Top grossing being a Hereford from G & ID Postlethwaite, Riddings achieving £1519. Dairy cows sold to 227.5p/kg for a young Holstein Friesian from Strickland Hill Farming, Witherslack. With a larger entry being parlour type dairy cows generally 160-180p/kg depending on quality and type. Top grossing dairy cow today was from Strickland Hill Farming, Witherslack achieving £1531. All cull cows forward averaged 171p/kg. OTM heifers sold to 239.5p/kg for Charolais x from L Staley, Kirkby Stephen and Holstein Friesian from Messrs Sowerby, Appleby. Other well fleshed dairy heifers sold 210-225p/kg. Top grossing being a Holstein Friesian from Messrs Sowerby, Appleby at £1537. OTM steers sold to 189.5p/kg and £894 for Highlands from Moorhouse Farms Ltd, IOM.
OTM Cow Top Prices: Friesian: 227.50 Strickland Hill, 181.50 Cockrigg Farm, 179.50 (x2) Jenkin Crag, 167.50 Strickland Hill, 159.50 Jenkin Crag. Hereford: 224.50, 199.50, 194.50, 184.50, 177.50, 161.50 Riddings. Limousin: 209.50 Ellerbeck Farm, 209.50 Cragg House Farm, 191.50 Cockrigg Farm, 184.50, 179.50 St Annes Farm. Blonde: 209.50, 204.50 Riddings. Longhorn: 201.50 Riddings. Angus: 197.50 Riddings. Charolais: 184.50, 181.50 Cragg House Farm. British Blue: 169.50 Ashstead. Fleckvieh: 161.50 Moss House Farm.
OTM Heifer Top Prices: Friesian: 239.50 Townhead Farm, 229.50 Jenkin Crag, 224.50 Townhead Farm, 221.50, 219.50 Jenkin Crag, 184.50 Middle Birkby Farm. Charolais: 239.50 Poppin Cottage, 199.50 IOM. Fleckvieh: 171.50 Far Audlands.
Cast Steer Top Prices: Highland: 189.50. 184.50 (x2), 179.50, 169.50, 159.50 IOM.
Lancaster Auction Mart: Weekly Sale of Calves, OTM Cattle and Store Cattle, Friday 5th April 2024.
Calves and Weanlings
Plenty of fire in the calf ring, with a fast trade from start to finish. Best rearing bulls sold to £530 for an eight week old British Blue cross from JP&C Robson, Garstang with others at £420 to £480. Younger native bulls sold to £350 for Aberdeen Angus cross from CR&A Baxter & Son, Morecambe and three week old Hereford cross at £300 from MJ&H Atkinson, Quernmore. Dairy bulls sold to £230 for weaned Black and Whites from JT&B Fox, Quernmore with rearers to £170 and £150 from Wallbank Farms, Abbeystead.
Heifer calves sold to £435 again for a British Blue cross from JP&C Robson, Garstang with others £375 to £410. Weaned calves sold to £640 for a four month old British Blue cross bull from JM&MH France & Son, Littledale with others at £580. Weaned British Blue cross heifers from Throstle Nest Farms, Pilling sold to £495 with Aberdeen Angus cross heifers to £415 from AW&AM Park & Son, Ellel.
Several stirks forward sold to £870 for eight month old Aberdeen Angus steers from CD&HL Mason, Hornby and £780 for six month old Hereford cross steers from E Lund & Sons, Ingleton.
Heifer Calves Top Prices: Angus: £650 (x2) Mearsbeck Farm, £415 (x3), £390 Walkers I’th Fields. British Blue: £580 Newhouse Farm, £510 Walkers I’th Fields, £495, £450 Head Dyke Lane, £435 Roe Farm, £420 Walkers I’th Fields. Limousin: £250 Rose Farm. Hereford: £130, £110, £100 Westfield House Farm.
Bull Calves Top Prices: British Blue: £640 Newhouse Farm, £530 Roe Farm, £460 Walkers I’th Fields, £300 New Brows Farm. Limousin: £525 Coldcotes Farm. Angus: £500, £400 Walkers I’th Fields, £350 New Brows Farm. Hereford: £300, £250 Westfield House Farm. Friesian: £230 Blackwood End, £170, £150 Tills Farm, £110 Rose Farm.
Steer Calf Top Prices: Angus: £870 Mearsbeck Farm. Limousin: £785 Mearsbeck Farm. Hereford: £780 (x2) Lundholme Farm. British Blue: £495 Head Dyke Lane.
Store Cattle
A fierce trade around the store cattle ring, saw all steers averaged £1488 and heifers £1397. Steers sold to £1880 for a Limousin cross from GR Park & Son, Whinfell with British Blue cross to £1840 from SH&LE Birkett, Nether Kellet, Aberdeen Angus cross to £1760 from L Parson & Sons, Levens and TJ Lloyd, Settle. Herefords achieved £1700 from J Tattersall, Leyland. Other well grown short keep steers were regularly £1460 to £1580, with feeding types £1280 to £1400. Top price dairy steers were Black and Whites from GR Park, Whinfell with British Friesian from EE Thornton & Sons, Morecambe achieving £1360. Heifers sold to £1800 from A&T Smith, Longridge with Aberdeen Angus to £1710 from KH&D Holden, Pilling. British Blue cross sold to £1680 from M Shepherd, Pilling. Herefords to £1640 from J Tatterall, Leyland and Charolais to £1630 from J&MM Cliffe, Forton. Other heavy short keen heifers were £1450 to £1550, with feeding types £1200 to £1350.
Store Bullocks Top Prices: Limousin: £1880 Low Deepslack, £1600 Downlands Farm, £1580 High Snab, £1460 Middleton Hall. British Blue: £1840, £1750 Stubb Hall Farm, £1660 Windy Hill Farm, £1430 Moss House Farm, £1420 Meadow Croft, £1380 Proctors Farm. Angus: £1760 Low Levens, £1760 Proctors Row, £1730 Cheetham House Farm, £1730 Birch Croft, £1680 Low Levens, £1680 Wood Nook Farm. Hereford: £1700 Snub
Snape Farm, £1660 Windy Hill Farm, £1600 Proctors Farm, £1580 Chesnut House Farm, £1540 Proctors Farm, £1450
Outerthwaite Farm. Simmental: £1680 Stubb Hall Farm. Charolais: £1660 Downlands Farm. Friesian: £1520 Low Deepslack, £1350 Downlands Farm, £1310 Plumpton Hall Farm. Blonde: £1180 Half Way House.
Store Heifer Top Prices: Montbeliarde: £1800, £1570 Carlinghurst. Angus: £1710 Chesnut House Farm, £1600 Wood Nook Farm, £1600 Pasture House Farm, £1550 Low Levens, £1500 Wood Nook Farm, £1500 Meadow Croft. British Blue: £1680 Pasture House Farm, £1550 Park Lane Farm, £1510 Windy Hill Farm, £1480 Pasture House Farm, £1460
Netherbeck Barn, £1460 Carlinghurst. Hereford: £1640 Snub Snape Farm, £1450 Meadow Croft, £1160 Lawsons Farm.
Charolais: £1630 Bowlands Gardens, £1200 Middle Rirdge Farm. Limousin: £1610, £1600, £1530 (x2), £1500 High Tenement Farm, £1360 Greenways. Continental: £1300 Poole Bank Farm. Fleckvieh: £1270 Holme Head. Friesian: £1210, £1000 Holme Head. Blonde: £1170 Half Way House. Longhorn: £1160 Kays Farm.
OTM Cattle
A rise in number with 120 forward, selling to an overall market average of 176p/kg with over two thirds parlour types. Best beef cows sold to 224p/kg for a Limousin cross from JG&PH Thompson & Son, Selside with other feeding type beef cows generally 190p/kg to 205p/kg. Top grossing being a Limousin from WS Burrow, Silverdale achieving £1605, with other stronger end beef cows £1300 to £1450. Heavy well fleshed dairy cows sold to 204p/kg for a black and white from T Taylor, Woodplumpton with a run of cross breds from EW&R Towers, Hornby selling to 199p/kg. British Friesian sold to 197p/kg from EE Thornton & Sons, Morecambe. Other well fleshed dairy cows were 180p/kg to 192p/kg, parlour types 168p/kg to 180p/kg with only the leanest and lightest less. Top grossing dairy cow was from T Taylor, Woodplumpton who sold a black and white at £1719 and others at £1718. Other heavy dairy cows were regularly £1450 to £1500, with all sold averaged £1145.
OTM beef heifer sold to 259p/kg for an Aberdeen Angus from GR&A Foy, Conder Green and Pilling Hall, Pilling
who both sold others to £1634 and £1627. Dairy heifers sold to 251p/kg for a Montbeliarde from A&FM Bolland & Sons, Ellel. Other well fleshed dairy heifers were frequently 230p/kg to 245p/kg, feeding types 190p/kg to 220pkg. Top grossing being a Montbeliarde from A&FM Bolland & Sons, Ellel achieving £1760. Black and Whites sold to £1742 and £1741 from F&SG Sanderson, Woodplumpton. All OTM heifers averaged £1335.
OTM steers sold to 259p/kg for a British Blue cross from A Kirkby & Co, Pilling and £2188 for an Aberdeen Angus cross from F&SG Sanderson, Woodplumpton.
Dairy stock bulls sold to 159.5p/kg and £1065 for a Holstein Friesian from TM Gardner, Tatham.
OTM Cow Top Prices: Limousin: 224.50 Poppy Farm, 211.50 High House Farm, 204.50 Gibraltar Farm, 194.50 Poppy Farm, 194.50 (x2) Cheetham House Farm. Friesian: 204.50 Midge Hall Farm, 204.50 Cheetham House Farm, 197.50 Midge Hall Farm, 197.50 Sweetings Farm, 197.50 Downlands Farm, 197.50 Wood Nook Farm. Montbeliarde: 199.50
Holme Head, 194.50 Yeat House. Norwegian Red: 199.50, 194.50, 179.50 Holme Head. Angus: 199.50 Cottam Farm, 194.50 Lambrigg Farm, 189.50 Parkside Farm, 177.50 Fleets Farm. British Blue: 194.50 Fleets Farm, 171.50 Mount Pleasant Farm, Fleckvieh: 194.50 Docker Hall, 194.50 Holme Head, 191.50 Docker Hall, 189.50 (x2) Holme Head, 181.50 High House Farm. Hereford: 191.50 (x2) High House Farm. Continental: 189.50 Poole Bank Farm.
OTM Heifer Top Prices: Angus: 259.50 Pilling Hall Farm, 259.50 Parkside Farm. Montbeliarde: 251.50 Yeat House.
Friesian: 249.50 Low Levens, 244.50 Holme Head, 241.50 Docker Hall, 239.50 Tunstead Farm, 239.50, 237.50
Roseacre Hall. Fleckvieh: 244.50 Holme Head.
Cast Steer Top Prices: British Blue: 259.50 Gulf Farm. Angus: 249.50 Cross House Farm.
Cast Bull Top Prices: Friesian: 159.50 Greenside Farm.
Next Week's Upcoming Sales
Monday 8th
Lancaster: 10:30am Weekly Sale of Spring Lambs, Prime Hoggs & Cast Sheep
12noon Weekly Sale of Sheep with Lambs at Foot
J36: Online Machinery Sale concludes
Tuesday 9th
J36: 9am-4pm Machinery Collection
10:30am Sale of all classes of Pigs
11am Weekly Sale of Sheep with Lambs at Foot
1pm Weekly Sale of Spring Lambs, Prime Hoggs & Cast Sheep
Wednesday 10th
J36: 9am-4pm Machinery Collection
Friday 12th
Lancaster: 10:15am Weekly Sale of Calves & OTM/Cast Cattle
11:15am Weekly Sale of Store Cattle