Weekly Report and Newsletter - 12th April 2024
Lancaster Auction Mart: Weekly Sale of Spring Lambs, Prime Hoggs, Cast Sheep & Sheep with Lambs at Foot. Monday 8th April 2024.
Spring Lambs
Small show of Spring Lambs forward today, peaking at £193 and 480p/kg from S Wilson & Son, Scotforth with other at £192, £185 and £180 from the same home. More spring lambs needed at Lancaster on a Monday to satisfy our ringside of buyers.
Spring Lambs Top Prices: Continental: £193, £192, £170, £165, £146 Burrow Heights Farm. Texel: £185, £180 Burrow Heights Farm.
Prime Hoggs
A nice show of 350 hoggs saw heavy and well meated hoggs meeting plenty of demand and selling to an SQQ averaged of 388p/kg. The sale topped at £208 four time for pens of Texels from F&SG Sanderson & Son, Woodplumpton and M&YS Barker, Halton. Pens of Suffolks sold to £206 from WN&D Smith & Sons, Cockerham with an additional twenty pens over £200. Beltex cross hoggs sold to 450p/kg from AG Butler, Hambleton with the best regularly 430p/kg to 445p/kg. Hill bred hoggs saw Cheviots sell to £187 from Kelsall & Wood, Scotforth with others pens to £184 from J&H Davis, Garstang. Pens of Mules sold to £180 from M&YS Barker, Halton who sold other pens to £176. Horned hoggs saw Dalebreds to £160 from T&D Wright, Wray with Swaledale to £120 for 37Kg hoggs from KM&KJ Curwen, Abbeystead. More hoggs could have easily been sold to the vendors advantage, withs an active ring side of eight buyers.
Prime Hoggs Top Prices: Texel: £208 (x2) Cross House Farm, £208 Halton Park Farm, £208 Cross House Farm, £206, £204 Cross House Farm. Suffolk: £206 Cocker House Farm, £172 Little Crimbles. Beltex: £194, £184 Newhouse Farm, £182 Park Farm Barn, £178 Oak Aveune, £175 Newhouse Farm, £174 Oak Aveune. Continental: £190.50 Weavers Farm, £177, £165, £162, £158, £133 Little Crimbles. Cheviot: £187 Lower Langthwaite, £184 Weavers Farm, £162 Little Crimbles, £154 Lower Langthwaite Farm, £152, £150 Hillam House Farm. Mule: £180, £176 (x2) Halton Park Farm, £162 Thornton Barn Farm, £140 Little Crimbles. Masham: £176 Allcocks Farm. Dalesbred: £160 Allcocks Farm. Dutch Spotted: £160 Oak Aveune. Swaledale: £120, £96 Marshaw Farm. Herdwick: £119 Little Crimbles.
Cast Sheep
All ewes forward averaged £118, with Texel ewes to £182 from JC Richardson, Slyne with Suffolks to £175 from WN&D Smith & Sons, Cockerham. First cross Texels sold to £174 from TR Gorst, Bay Horse. Pens of Mules saw the best sell to £138 from T&EA Garth, Bleasdale who sold others to £136. Horned ewes saw Dalebreds sell to £114 twice from S&J France, Over Wyresdale.
Cast Ewes Top Prices: Texel: £182 Brookside, £174 Hole of Ellel, £155 Corney Hill Farm, £124 Newhouse Farm, £122, £92 Longstripes Farm. Suffolk: £175 Cocker House Farm. Zwartble: £170 Corney Hill Farm. Mule: £138, £136 Bailey Hey Farm, £116 Ellers Farm, £112 Bailey Hey Farm, £110 Cocker House Farm. Dorset: £137, £128, £110 Corney Hill Farm. Dalesbred: £114 (x2), £90 Kays Farm. Masham: £104 Longstripes Farm.
Cast Ram Top Prices: Suffolk: £150 Cocker House Farm. Texel: £150 Cock Hall Farm. Beltex: £105 Cock Hall Farm.
Sheep with Lambs at Foot
120 lives forward in the ewe and lamb section, with the busiest ring side of buyers seen for some time. Aged Texel ewes with Beltex twin lambs sold to £315 on three occasions from TR Gorst, Bay Horse. A run of aged Mule ewes with Texel twins from Myerscough College sold to £252. Single outfits were once again keenly bid for with Blue Texel ewes with Badger Face lambs selling to £225 twice from JR Gorst, Dolphinholme, with Texels with Beltex lambs to the same price from TR Gorst, Bay Horse.
Please note it is our annual show and sale of ewe and shearlings with lambs at foot next week. Please advise the office with catalogue entries by Wednesday 10th April.
Shearling with Lambs at Foot Top Prices: Blue Texel: £272, £225 (x2), £218 Dolphinholme House.
Ewe with Lambs at Foot Top Prices: Texel: £315, £300, £275 Hole of Ellel, £275, £272, £265 Savick Brook Farm. Mule: £315 (x2) Hole of Ellel, £252, £250 Myerscough Hall, £225 (x2) Hole of Ellel. Continental: £252 Savick Brook Farm, £175 The Bungalow. Blue Texel: £225 Dolphinholme House. Continental: £192 The Bungalow. Cheviot: £188 Hole of Ellel.
Foster Ewe Top Prices: Suffolk: £90 The Bungalow.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Sale of Pigs. Weekly Sale of Sheep with Lambs at Foot, Spring Lambs, Prime Hoggs and Cast Sheep, Tuesday 9th April 2024.
Pigs
The popular sale of pigs saw the best prime gilts sell to £198 for Large White cross Pie Trains from J Stott Jnr, Crosscrake with others at £178 from D Lord, Preesall and lighter weights to £155 from W Stamper, Chipping. A top of 187p/kg was achieved for Large White cross gilts from D Lord, Preesall. Other well finished gilts and hoggs were keenly competed for, generally 150p/kg to 170p/kg. Several pens of stores and weaners saw store gilts to £72 and store boars £48 with white weaners £44.
Spring Lambs
An entry of Suffolk spring lambs from T&E Redmayne, Souththwaite saw keen buyer interest selling to a top of £185 and 431p/kg, with an overall averaged 422p/kg achieved for all spring lambs forward today. More lambs are required now on a weekly basis, to satisfy buyer demand.
Prime Hoggs
A nice entry of prime hoggs saw a continued high level of demand, with an overall market average of 368p/kg achieved. Well finished hoggs sold to £250 on three occasions for Beltex cross from W Gardner, Penrith and A Fare, Preston with others regularly £220 to £240. Other well finished first cross lambs were £180 to £205, with lighter weights £130 to £145, depending on breed and finish. A top of 480p/kg was achieved for Texel cross hoggs from W Gardner, Penrith with other well finished inside hoggs 405p/kg to 430p/kg. Others were 370p/kg to 390p/kg. Leaner hoggs were 330p/kg to 350p/kg, with several lots still going for finishing.
Prime Hoggs Top Prices: Beltex: £250, £248, £244, £234 Norcross. Texel: £250 Benson Hall, £236 Forgelands, £236 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £234 Whitbarrow View, £232 Hutton Roof Hall, £224 Black Bull Farm. Suffolk: £222, £204 Cracalt Farm, £190 Little Eccleston Hall Farm, £172 Park Farm Barn, £168 Hodgsons Green Farm. Lleyn: £218
Low Foulshaw Farm, £208 Cracalt Farm. Charollais: £215, £174 Low Foulshaw Farm. Continental: £199 High Greenside, £184 Hodgsons Green Farm, £145 Kiln Beck, £141 Lundholme Farm, £135 Hodgsons Green Farm. Zwartble: £195 Black Bull Farm. Cheviot: £191 Hutton Roof Hall, £191 Moors Farm, £191 Stubb Hall Farm, £188 Moors Farm, £180 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage. Mule: £195, £185 Black Bull Farm, £178 Riddings, £177 Moors Farm, £173 Black Bull Farm. Kerry Hill: £182, £111 Gate Beck Cottages. Jacob: £176, £140 Wall End Farm. Scotch: £172, £159 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage. Dorset: £170, £144 The Steading. Gritstone: £167 Wall End Farm. Herdwick: £156 Wall End Farm, £148 Millriggs, £140 Far Kiln Bank. Swaledale: £151 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £140 Tongue House Farm, £101 Hartop Hall. Rough Fell: £140 Boundary Beck.
Cast Sheep
Cull ewes averaged £115, selling to a top of £248 for a Texel from A Fare, Preston with other heavy pure breds £200 to £225. The best first cross were generally £170 to £190. Mules selling to £170 with other heavy Mules regularly £145 to £160. Medium ewes of all breed were in keen demand, selling regularly at £120 to £140, with smaller lighter weights £90 to £105. Pure hill ewes sold to £128 for Cheviots, £124 Swaledales, £120 Scotch Black Face and £106 Herdwicks. Medium pure hill ewes were generally £90 to £110, with smaller lighter weights £65 to £80 and only the smallest and leanest less.
Cast Ewes Top Prices: Texel: £248 Norcross, £182 Newlands Green Farm, £180 Endmoor Farm. Charollais: £200, £185
Norcross. Suffolk: £182 Newlands Green Farm, £161, £155 Old Byre Barn, £154 High House Farm. Continental: £180, £166 Meathop Park Farm Lodge, £140 Low Croft, £138 Somme Avenue. Hampshire: £175, £150, £116 Endmoor Farm.
Mule: £170 Mount Gawne Road, £158 Newlands Green Farm, £156 Endmoor Farm, £150 Mount Gawne Road, £150
High House Far. Scotch: £170 Mount Gawne Road, £120 West Lodge. Beltex: £160 Steel Croft, £158 Stubb Farm.
Leicester: £150 West Lodge, £136 Low Garths Farm. Lleyn: £148, £138 Low Foulshaw Farm. Cheviot Mule: £140, £111
Kate Farm Cheviot: £128, £126 Low Garths Farm, £126, £122 Hartrigg. Ryeland: £128 Abbots Reading Farm.
Swaledale: £124 Thursgill, £98 Birch Bank, £98 The Howes. Dorset: £116 Brow Head. Herdwick: £106 Wall End Farm.
Kerry Hill: £105 Low Garths Farm.
Cast Ram Top Prices: Texel: £185 The Steading. Continental: £150 Low Croft. Beltex: £145 Holmelands. Charollais: £144 Black Bull Farm. Dutch Spotted: £140 Woodside. Leicester: £136 Thursgill, £136 Yewbarrow.
Sheep with Lambs at Foot
The weekly sale of sheep with lambs at foot saw a well travel ring side of buyers, keen to secure additional replacement stock. A consignment of Beltex ewes with Beltex lambs from GM&A Jackson, Little Eccleston sold to £420 with twins, with others at £360 and singles selling to £310. Other Beltex ewes with twins sold to £345 from CM Jennings, Selside. A consignment of Zwartble shearlings with Dutch Spotted lambs from R&E Ladds, Kendal sold to £328 with twins.
Stronger continental ewes with twins sold to £315 and £310 from AT Bainbridge, Kirkby Stephen with other twins regularly £270 to £300 and singles £190 to £210. Aged Mule ewes with twins sold to £275 from R Lawrence, Grange over Sands, with others at £270 from T Pye, Leece and others regularly £240 to £260 with singles £170 to £190.
Several hill bred ewes are now starting to come forward, with Cheviot ewes with twin Texel cross lambs to £212 and £210 from M&C Booth, Kentmere.
The best singles sold to £182 again for Cheviots with Continental lambs from S Thompson, Grange Over Sands. Buyers are now ring side looking for younger sheep, with the sale next week including the annual prize show and slae of sheep with lambs at foot.
Lancaster Auction Mart: Sale of Calves, OTM's and Store Cattle. Friday 12th April 2024.
North West Auctions once again experienced an exceptional trade across all three sale rings at its popular weekly sale. OTM’s sold to 229.5p/kg and £2104, store steers to £1840, store heifers to £1750, rearing calves to £550 and weaned calves to £925.
Calves & Weanlings
85 calves were forward today which sold to an exceptionally strong trade. The best rearing bull calves sold to £550 for Charolais cross from JH Towers & Son, Tunstall with British Blue cross to £525 from AD&R Milner, Cloughton on Brock and G&ME Woodhouse & Sons, Ellel. Aberdeen Angus cross achieved £465 from Tom Barron Farms, Woodplumpton. Medium rearing bulls were regularly £320 to £380, with the younger end £270 to £310. Dairy bulls sold to a top price of £160 for a Holstein Friesian with Ayrshire’s to £135.
Heifer calves sold to £490 for British Blue cross from G&ME Woodhouse, Ellel with other stronger end rearing heifers £370 to £450. The best younger rearers sold to £375 for Charolais cross from JH Towers & Son, Tunstall who sold Limousin cross to £370 and British Blue cross to £310 from Barbour Farms, Claughton on Brock. Younger heifers were generally £200 to £240.
An entry of weaned calves from Throstle Nest Farms, Pilling saw British Blue cross steers to £925 with others at £910 and heifers from the same home to £765. Hereford heifers from E Lund & Son, Ingleton sold to £680.
Heifer Calves Top Prices: Hereford: £680 (x2), £600 (x2) Lundholme Farm, £270, £215 Catshaw Hall Farm. British Blue: £490, £450, £445 Boldens Farm, £310, £265 Manor House Farm, £260 Norbreck Farm. Angus: £380, £340 Boldens Farm, £295 Manor House Farm, £280, £250 Ambrose Hall Farm, £250 Manor House Farm.
Charolais: £375 Tunstall Hall. Limousin: £370, £255, £240 Tunstall Hall, £190, £165 Halforth Farm.
Bull Calves Top Prices: British Blue: £910 Throstle Nest Farm, £525 Boldends Farm, £525 Lane Head Farm, £500, £400 Boldens Farm, £385 Lane Head Farm. Charolais: £550, £485, £455 Tunstall Hall. Limousin: £470 Tunstall Hall. Angus: £465, £445 Ambrose Hall Farm, £380 Tunstall Hall, £380, £375 Ambrose Hall Farm, £375 Tunstall Hall. Hereford: £380 Catshaw Hall Farm, £240, £145 Cocker House Farm. Friesian: £160 Catshaw Hall Farm. Ayrshire: £135, £108 Bolton Fold Farm.
Steer Calf Top Prices: British Blue: £925 (x3), £850, £805, £765 Throstle Nest Farms.
Store Cattle
All steers today averaged £1442, with a top price of £1840 achieved for a ring full of British Blues from K&DE Woodhouse, Ellel who sold other pens at £1830 and £1800. Charolais cross also achieved £1800 from A&E Clarkson, Thurnham with J Oddie & Son, Blackburn to the same price for a trio of Aberdeen Angus cross. Other stronger end steers were regularly £1550 to £1700, with younger steers £1250 to £1400.
Heifers sold to an overall market averaged of £1247 selling to a top of £1750 for British Blue cross again from K&DE Woodhouse, Ellel. Aberdeen Angus cross achieved £1670 from MJ Shepherd, New Biggin and Hereford
cross £1580 from J Tattersall, Leyland and Limousin cross also £1580 from P Whitton & Son, Burneside. Other stronger heifers were £1400 to £1550, with younger longer keep cattle £1100 to £1250.
Store Bullocks Top Prices: British Blue: £1840, £1830, £1800, £1740 Kitchen Ground Farm, £1700 Cock Hall Farm, £1670 Cragg Farm. Angus: £1800 Cheetham House Farm, £1780 Yew Tree Farm, £1700 Wood Nook Farm, £1660 Gaskell House, £1610 Yew Tree Farm, £1560 Raw Head. Charolais: £1800 Cock Hall Farm, £1580 Wilmar Farms. Friesian: £1680 Gibraltar Farm, £1470 Lambrigg Head Farm, £1440
Carlingwha, £1390 Downlands Farm, £1350 Plumpton Hall Farm, £1000 Moss Gate Farm. Hereford: £1650 Snub Snape Farm, £1520 Lynwood, £1440 Thornton Barn Farm, £1220 Corney Hill Farm, £1160 Well House Farm. Blonde: £1640 Nook Farm. Limousin: £1600 Snub Snape Farm, £1560 Lambrigg Head Farm, £1440 Carlingwha.
Simmental: £1580 Hazelslack Tower Farm. Saler: £1550 Hazelgrove Lodge.
Montbeliarde: £1510 Gaskell House, £1480 Cock Hall Farm. Fleckvieh: £1440
Carlingwha, £1380 Corney Hill Farm. Shorthorn: £1210 Sporat Ghyll, £1080 Mill House Farm.
Store Heifers Top Prices: British Blue: £1750, £1650 Kitchen Ground Farm, £1540 Holmes Farm, £1480 Windy Hill Farm, £1390 Old Hall Farm, £1370 Netherbeck Barn. Angus: £1680 Kitchen Ground Farm, £1670 Gaskell House, £1550 Wood Nook Farm, £1510 Burnt House Farm, £1440 Raw Head, £1430 Hare Field House. Hereford: £1580 Snub Snape Farm, £1410 Oak Fold, £1220 Park Lane Farm. Limousin: £1580 High Tenement Farm, £1570 Gibraltar Farm, £1440 High Tenement Farm, £1400 Holmes Farm, £1350 High Tenement Farm, £1340 Oak Fold. Friesian: £1550 Kitchen Ground Farm, £1430 Holmes Farm. Fleckvieh: £1400 Holme Head, £1170 Angerton Hall Farm. Simmental: £1170 Park House Farm. Montbeliarde: £1170 Angerton Hall Farm. Shorthorn: £1160 Sproat Ghyll. Charolais: £1080 Middle Ridge Farm.
Store Bull Top Prices: British Blue: £1360 Thornton Barn Farm.
OTM Cattle
NWA Lancaster saw 101 cull cows forward which sold to a market average of 174p/kg. Beef cows sold to 214p/kg for an Aberdeen Angus cross from AK&PA Threlfall, Inskip and £1470 for a Limousin from Lakeland Farm, Ings. Dairy cows sold to 249.5p/kg for a Montbeliarde from MD Close & Son, Arkholme who sold others at £1711. Beef cows for further finishing were regularly 190p/kg to 205p/kg, with heavy well fleshed dairy cows 180p/kg to 195p/kg, parlour types 165p/kg to 178p/kg and the leanest 120p/kg to 140p/kg.
Over aged beef heifers sold to 269.5p/kg and £1482 for an Aberdeen Angus cross from WJ&LA Barker, Arkholme. Dairy heifers sold to 244.5p/kg for a Fleckvieh from CG Birkett, Carnforth and £1809 for a Montbeliarde from A&FM Bolland & Sons, Ellel. Other stronger dairy heifers were generally 220p/kg to 240p/kg, grossing £1400 to £1500.
A single OTM steer sold to 229.5p/kg and £2104 for a Simmental cross from J Bargh, Morecambe. Cull bulls sold to 179.5p/kg and £1184.
OTM Cow Top Prices: Montbeliarde: 249.50 Docker Hall Farm. Fleckvieh: 217.50 Docker Hall, 189.50 Birks Farm. Angus: 214.50 Lambrigg Farm. Hereford: 199.50 Trapp Farm. Friesian: 199.50 Catshaw Hall Farm, 197.50 Bannister Farm, 197.50 Yeat House, 194.50 Docker Hall Farm, 194.50 Kitchen Ground Farm, 189.50 Docker Hall Farm. Limousin: 199.50 (x2) Meadowbank Farm, 184.50 Nook Farm, 179.50 Meadowbank Farm. Simmental: 194.50 Cottam Farm.
Norwegian Red: 194.50 (x2) Docker Hall Farm. Swedish Red: 184.50, 179.50 Docker Hall Farm. Ayrshire: 154.50 Rose Farm. Shorthorn: 139.50, 129.50 Low Dubbs Farm.
OTM Heifer Top Prices: Angus: 269.50 Brown Edge, 239.50 Bensons Hall. Montbeliarde: 244.50 Yeat House. Fleckvieh: 244.50 Netherbeck Barn. Friesian: 239.50 (x2) High Snab, 239.50 Holly House Farm, 239.50, 229.50 Heaton Hall Farm, 224.50 Cocker House Farm. Ayrshire: 179.50 Bolton Fold Farm, 174.50 Rose Farm, 157.50 Bolton Fold Farm.
Cast Steer Top Prices: Simmental: 229.50 Cottam Farm.
Cast Bull Top Prices: Friesian: 179.50 Abbey House. Saler: 179.50 Stubbin Head Farm.
Next Week's Upcoming Sales
Monday 15th
Lancaster: Show of Ewes & Shearlings with Lambs at Foot
10:30am Weekly Sale of Spring Lambs, Prime Hoggs & Cast Sheep
11:30am approx Weekly Sale of Sheep with Lambs at Foot
Tuesday 16th
J36: Show of Ewes & Shearlings with Lambs at Foot
11am Weekly Sale of Sheep with Lambs at Foot
1pm Weekly Sale of Spring Lambs, Prime Hoggs and Cast Sheep
Thursday 18th
J36: 10am Fortnightly Sale of Calves
10:30am Fortnightly Sale of OTM/Cast Cattle
11:15am Fortnightly Sale of Stirks & Store Cattle
Friday 19th
Lancaster: 10:15am Weekly Sale of Calves, and OTM/Cast Cattle
11am Fortnightly Sale of Dairy Cattle
11:15am Weekly Sale of Store Cattle
Saturday 20th
J36: 10am General Sale of Horses, Ponies & Donkeys