Weekly Report and Newsletter - 15th March 2024
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Lancaster Auction Mart: Weekly Sale of Prime Hoggs, Cast Sheep & Sheep with Lambs at Foot. Monday 11th March 2024.
Prime Hoggs
More hoggs were forward, with new buyers around the ring ensuring a sharp trade. Texel hoggs topped at £210 from J France, Pilling with Beltexs to £208 from the same home and other pens to £206. Heavy Texel hoggs sold to £204 from GH Sanderson, Preston with many pens of heavy bred continental hoggs selling at £190 to £195. The best bred hoggs were keenly sort after, with Beltexs to 422p/kg from KA Purtill, Wigan and Texels to 420p/kg from the same home. Numerous pens were 400p/kg plus. A large offering of hill bred hoggs were forward, with Mules to £175 from DR Preston, Caton and a ring full of Mashams to £175 from T&D Wright, Wray. Pens of Cheviots sold to £171 from KA Purtill, Wigan with Lonks to £164 from S Bosworth, Burnley and Dalebreds to £158 A&MA Wright, Wray. A pen of 34kg well finished Dalesbred hoggs sold to £1230 or 362p/kg. A pen of 29kg Herdwicks sold to £97 from W Gardner, Brookhouse.
Prime Hoggs Top Prices: Texel: £210, £206 Merryfield, £204 Blackleach House Farm, £194 Merryfield, £192 Blackleach House Farm, £187 Park Farm Barn. Beltex: £208, £198, £196 Merryfield, £185, £180 Park Farm Barn, £179 The Hawthornes. Continental: £182 Pilling Hall Farm, £171 Little Crimbles, £170 Blackleach House Farm, £168, £166 Little Crimbles, £144 Little Fell. Mule: £175 Ellers Farm, £150, £148 Quarry House, £134, £118 High House Farm. Masham: £175 Allcocks Farm. Horned: £164 Lower Oakeneaves Farm, £150 Little Crimbles, £140 Lower Oakeneaves Farm, £91 Quarry House. Dalesbred: £158, £123 Stauvins Farm. Suffolk: £158 (x2) Little Crimbles, £108 Quarry House. Dorset: £141, £128 Corney Hill Farm. Cheviot: £140 School Lane. Dutch Spotted: £116 Burrow Heights Farm. Herdwick: £97 Quarry House. Swaledale: £92 High House Farm, £91 Quarry House.
Cast Sheep
All ewes forward averaged £125, with the best seeing first cross Texels to £178 from TM Townley, Over Wyresdale and other pens of Texel ewes selling to £174 from GH Sanderson, Preston. Suffolks sold to £160 from E Lund & Son, Carnforth. The strongest Mules sold to £140 from J France, Pilling with other pens to £128 from J Burr, Over Wyresdale. Lonks sold to £126 from S Bosworth, Burnley who sold other pens to £112.
Cast Ewes Top Prices: Texel: £178 Knowsley Farm, £174 (x2), £172 (x2) Blackleach House Farm, £170 Little Fell. Suffolk: £160 Lundholme Farm, £150 (x2) Knowsley Farm. Mule: £140 Merryfield, £128 Little Fell, £124, £110 Bensons Farm, £110 Old Parkside Farm, £109 Merryfield. Charolais: £130 Merryfield. Horned: £126, £112 Lower Oakeneaves Farm, £110 Brown Brook. Ryeland: £80 Old Parkside Farm. Masham: £80 Lundholme Farm.
Cast Ram Top Prices: Suffolk: £120 Knowsley Farm.
Sheep with Lambs at Foot
A real buzz was seen around the ewe and lamb ring and many more could have been easily sold to the vendors advantage. Aged Texel ewes with Beltex twin lambs from TR Gorst, Ellel who sold to £315 with other outfits with twins selling to £295. An aged Beltex cross ewe with a single Beltex lamb sold to £245 a unit or £122 a life. Other singles from the same home sold to £240 on three separate occasions. The run of aged Mule ewes with Texel twins from D&K Swarbrick, Out Rawcliffe saw their best sell to £255, with others to £250. Vendors are urged to enter sheep with lambs at foot with confidence at Lancaster.
Sheep with Lambs at Foot Top Prices: Texel: £315, £295, £280, £245, £240 (x2) Hole of Ellel. Mule: £255, £250, £235 Bensons Farm.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Sale of Pigs. Weekly Sale of Prime Hoggs and Cast Sheep. Opening Sale of Sheep with Lambs at Foot, Tuesday 12th March 2024.
Pigs
An increased entry of 108 pigs forward from throughout the Northern Countries, North Wales and South Scotland. Prime pigs sold to a top price of £155 for a trio of gilts from W Stamper, Chipping. With other gilts selling to £152 from J Stott Jnr, Crosscrake with lighter weight gilts selling to £145 from BR Harrison, Staveley. Other prime pigs generally £110-£130 depending on breed, quality and type with buyers showing preference towards gilts and hoggs and caution towards boars. Best prime pigs sold to 163p/kg from BR Harrison, Staveley with other generally 115-125p/kg. Cull sows sold to £170 and 68p/kg from T Hornsby, Silloth. Store and Weaner pigs sold to £52 for Oxford Sandy Black hoggs from R Hargreaves, Clitheroe with Large White x selling to £50 from A & E Clarkson, Cockerham with weaners selling to £41 from JGE Heseltine & Son, Skipton.
Prime Hoggs
35 pens of hoggs sold between £200-£234/head. Leading the way was a pen of Suffolks from AG Butler, Hambleton sold to £234, with pens of Texel selling to £233 from A Brown, Littledale. With pens of Beltex selling to £230 from C Preston, Whicham. Best bred hoggs saw Texels sell to 475p/kg from V & EJ Chadwick & Sons, Sowerby. With Beltex selling to 470p/kg from GM & A Jackson, Little Eccleston. A large show of hill bred hoggs were forward that saw Cheviot sell to £214 from G & ID Postlethwaite, Howgill who sold other to £207. Mules hoggs sold to £194 from FI & ME Little, Kendal with other pens selling to £186 from Long & Knipe, Ulverston. Pens of Masham sold to £184 from DE & J Waine, Longsleddale with a pen of 23 Scotch hoggs selling to £180 from G & ID Postlethwaite, Howgill with other 43kg Scotch hoggs selling to £172 from GM & A Jackson, Little Eccleston with the other same good home selling Swaledale to £170. Dalesbred hoggs sold to £170 from WI & AM Atkinson & Son, Bleasdale with a pen of 10 Rough Fell hoggs from RJ & OB Simpson, Longsleddale selling to £169 with other pens of Rough Fells selling to £168 from G & ID Postlethwaite, Howgill. Herdwick hoggs sold to
of £156 from SM Watson, Finsthwaite. Vendors are urged to take advantage of these current high levels of trade with an active ringside of 11 active buyers.
Prime Hoggs Top Prices: Suffolk: £234 Park Farm Barn, £200, £183 The Glen, £181 Sowerby Hall Farm, £162 Boon Town, £138 Homescales Farm. Texel: £233 Deep Clough, £230 Mire House Farm, £225 Park Farm Barn, £222 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £220 Helks Farm, £219 Moss Side. Charollias: £217 The Glen, £120 Rydal Farm, £115, £102 Becknook. Beltex: £214
Moorcock Hall Farm, £209 Holmelands, £208 Oak Avenue, £204, £200 Moorcock Hall Farm.
Cheviot: £214, £207 Riddings, £183 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £181 Outrake Foot, £177 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £174 Outrake Foot. Leicester: £208 Low Foulshaw Farm, £134 Ashstead. Mule: £194 Helm Croft, £186 The Glen, £183 Old School House, £177 Holme House Farm, £168 High Swinklebank Farm, £168 Murthwaite. Continental: £191, £161 Brow Head, £150 Mire House Farm, £147, £140, £132 Underhelm Farm.
Masham: £184 Murthwaite, £170 Mealriggs Farm, £154 Holme House Farm. Scottish Blackface: £180 Riddings, £172 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £170, £148 Riddings.
Swaledale: £170 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £169, £155 Rydal Farm, £155 Byre Cottage, £154 Holme House Farm, £152 Old School House. Dalesbred: £170, £154 Holme House Farm. Dutchspot: £170 Murthwaite. Rough Fell: £169, £168 High Swinklebank Farm, £168 Riddings, £165, £162 High Swinklebank Farm. Herdwick: £156 Old School House, £152 Byre Cottage, £145 Old School House, £144, £139 Byre Cottage, £130 Cinderbarrow Farm.
Hampshire: £147, £145 High Gregg Hall Farm. Jacob: £119 Brow Head. Horned: £109 Higher Salter.
Cast Sheep
Another increasing number of ewes forward with an overall average of £101.75 with over half the entry being pure bred hill ewes. Heavy pure ewes sold to £285 for Texel x from R & E Ladds, Kendal and others at £270 from A Brown, Lancaster with other regularly £190-£230. First cross ewes sold to £182 for Texel x from W Garnett & Son, Milnthorpe others at £175 from AW Crowe, Witherslack with other heavy ends regularly £150-£170, mediums £130-£145 with smaller meated sorts to £92-£105. Mules sold to a top of £136 from AW Crowe, Witherslack with others at £134 from MJ Shepherd, Newbiggin, £130 from H Parker, Bentham with other heavy mules regularly £122-£130 with mediums to £102-£115. Pure hill ewes sold to £148 for a Lonk from GJ & GM Ibbetson, Lancaster. Cheviots to £138 from DR & C Galbraith, Grayrigg with Herdwicks to £126 from Messrs Clegg & Bennett, Broughton in Furness. Rough Fells sold to £119 from NW & EM Mason & Son, Middleton. Swaledales to £104 from GJ & GM Ibbetson, Lancaster. Welsh ewes to £84 from PA & D Slater, Barnacre. Medium hill ewes regularly £75-£85 with the leanest and smallest generally £45-£55. Cull Rams sold to £185 for a Texel from V & EJ Chadwick & Son, Preston. With other medium continental £120-£150 with hill rams selling to £108 for Herdwick, £106 for Jacob, £104 for Swaledale, £100 for Rough Fell.
Cast Ewes Top Prices: Texel: £285 Benson Hall, £270 Deep Clough, £225 Benson Hall, £192 Deep Clough, £190
Homelands. Beltex: £198 Moorcock Hall Farm. Leicester: £172 Rydal Farm. Continental £162 Oak Avenue, £138 Lauder Farms Ltd, £132 Coldcotes Farm, £128 Gilsmere Farm, £128 Mire House Farm Cheviot: £138 Sunny Bank, £125
Beckside Mews, £122 Low Tarn Garn, £109 Gaythorn Hall, £108 Low Deepslack. Mule: £136 Ashtree Cottage, £134
Gaskell House, £130 The View, £129 Low Fold, £129 Far Highfield. Herdwick: £126 Tongue House, £106 The Glen, £84 Homelands. Dorset: £124 Brow Head. Suffolk: £198 £175 £118 Old Byre Barn, £175 Ashstead. Masham: £122 High
Underbrow Farm. Rough: £119 High Green Farm, £114 £92 Steps Farm, £99 Sproat Ghyll, £90 Low Fold. Scotch
Blackface: £70 Riddings. Swale: £104 High Salter, £94 £90 Low Deepslack, £88 Middle Sadghyll, £78 Nook Farm.
Horned: £88 £84 Higher Salter.
Cast Ram Top Prices: Texel: £185 Sowerby Lodge, £120 Low Fold, £120 Hawes Farm, £115 Nook Farm. Charollais: £140 Homelands. Herdwick: £108 Tongue House. Jacob: £106 Woodside. Swaledale: £104 Tongue House. Rough: £100 Steps Farm.
Sheep with Lambs at Foot
The opening sale of sheep and lambs starts with a bang with a massive ringside of travelled buyers ensuring a flying trade with a pen of aged Texel ewes with Berrichon twin lambs from DW Parsons, Ackenthwaite sold to £330 with aged Mules ewes with twins sell to £328 from R Lawrence, Cartmel who sold other pens to £315. Broken mouthed Cheviot ewes with twin lambs sold to £308 from JW & E Woof & Son, Sedbergh. Single outfits keenly bid for, with Texel ewes with Badger Face Texel lambs from JC & E Pedley & Son, Kirkby Stephen selling to £252 with other pens from the same home selling to £242. Broken mouth Cheviot ewes with Beltex x lambs from JW & E Woof & Son, Sedbergh sold to £222. Vendors are urged to enter ewes and lambs for upcoming sales here at J36 with confidence.
Shearling & Lamb Top Prices: Mule: £215 The Borrans.
Ewe & Lamb Top Prices: Texel: £330, £312 Highfield. Mule: £328, £315 Greaves Farm. Cheviot: £308, £222 Ghyll Farm. Continental: £252, £242 Wood House Farm, £220, £170 Ghyll Farm.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Fortnightly Sale of Store Hoggs, Thursday 14th March 2024.
Store Hoggs
The closing sale of store hoggs sold to expectational trade throughout, topping at £160 for a pen of 10 Texels from B&R Barnes, Carnforth, with another pen of 10 texels at £159 from B Clark, Grange over Sands. Also at £159 was the top price Mules from JT Tamlin, Arkholme. Top price Suffolks today was a pen of 7 from GM Redmayne, Kendal at £158 with numerous pens of medium to short keep store hoggs breaking the £140 barrier. A predominately smaller and longer keep show of hill bred lambs were forward, these topped at £100 for 18 Swaledales from GE&MG Dixon, Ambleside. Overall sale average of £107.57 was achieved, for a show of hoggs to include many vendors last draw of the season.
The store sheep sales here at NWA J36 have continued to grow in size and popularity this season, we would like to thank our loyal vendors and buyers for their continued support, and for putting J36 on the map. Numbers sold this season have seen new records with 21% more sold on the year. We look forward to seeing you all on Thursday 18th July 2024 for our first sale of Store Lambs.
Store Hoggs Top Prices: Texel: £160 Gilsmere Farm, £159 Head House, £159 High Fell Gate, £156 Larkrigg, £151, £150 Head House. Mule: £159 Becknook, £142 Droves Pass, £138 Hill Top Farm, £126 Fell End Farm, £125 The Glen, £121 Rydal Farm. Suffolk: £158 Gowan Bank Farm, £145 Head House, £133 Long Garth, £119 The Glen, £118 Fell End Farm.
Continental: £156 Carlton House, £146 Viver Mill Farm, £145 Haveriggs Farm, £139 Croft Foot Farm, £138 Gowan Bank Farm, £137 Borwick Lodge Farm. Beltex: £128 High Underbrow Farm. Cheviot: £120 Low Borrowbridge Farm, £110 Yealand Manor, £84 Rankthorn, £72 Audlands Park. Leicester: £114, £100 Yewbarrow. Swaledale; £100 Hill Top
Farm, £80 Rydal Farm, £77 Higher Thrusgill. Herdwick: £88 Rydal Farm, £80 Hill Top Farm, £69 Becknook. Dalesbred: £87, £84 Fell End Farm. Rough Fell: £80 Woodside, £78 Becknook, £66 Luneside. Scotch Blackface: £76 Audlands Park.
Lancaster Auction Mart: Sale of Calves, OTM's and Store Cattle. Friday 15th March 2024.
Another fabulous day’s trading at NWA Lancaster this Friday, with all classes of stock continuing to sell to the high rates which have come to be expected.
Calves & Weanlings
A super show of calves saw the strongest bulls sell to £645 for a British Blue cross from P&ME Higginson, Pilling with others at £590 from AW&AM Park, Ellel and WJ&E Woodhouse, Nateby. An eight week old Charolais sold at £540 from JH Towers & Sons, Tunstall, Herefords to £510 from TE&M Kidd, Ellel and Aberdeen Angus cross to £540 from J&G Thornley, Kirkham. Stronger beef bull calves were regularly £400 to £460, nice rearers £320 to £380 with the very young and smaller end £220 to £270.
Heifer calves sold to £565 for weaned Aberdeen Angus cross from WJ&E Woodhouse, Nateby with British Blue cross to £535 from P&ME Higginson, Pilling, Charolais cross to £515 from J&G Thornley, Kirkham and Hereford to £500 from T&ME Kidd, Ellel. The strongest rearing heifers sold to £450 for a seven week old Hereford from JH Towers & Sons, Tunstall. Other stronger end were £300 to £350, medium sorts £250 to £300, with the smaller younger end £180 to £240.
Dairy steers sold to £380 for a Holstein Friesian from Wannops Farms Ltd, Heaton with others regularly £300 to £350.
100 plus calves are required every week to fulfil strong buyer demand.
Heifer Calves Top Prices: Angus: £565 (x2) Gibsons Farm, £300 New Brows Farm, £280 Derby Lodge Farm, £260, £235 New Brows Farm. British Blue: £535 Ivy Farm, £405 Tunstall Hall, £300 New Brows Farm, £300 Ivy Farm, £290 New Brows Farm, £285 Ivy Farm. Charolais: £515 Derby Lodge Farm, £450 Tunstall Hall. Hereford: £500 (x3) Booth Hall.
Bull Calves Top Prices: British Blue: £645 Ivy Farm, £590 Gibsons Farm, £590 Walkers I’th Fields, £575 Ivy Farm, £505 (x2) Tunstall Hall. Charolais: £540 Tunstall Hall. Angus: £510, £485, £470 Derby Lodge Farm, £425 Tills Farm, £410, £380 Walkers I’th Fields. Hereford: £510, £500, £470 Booth Hall, £470, £360, £325 Lower Lingart Farm.
Steer Calf Top Prices: Angus: £555 Gibsons Farm. Friesian: £380, £340 (x2), £330 (x2) Heaton Hall Farm.
Store Cattle
Store cattle sold to a top of £1980 for a ring full of Aberdeen Angus cross steers from TC Whiteside & Son, Pilling. Limousin cross sold to £1820 from AG Stafford, Out Rawcliffe, Charolais cross to £1720 from AJ&D Knowles, New Hutton who also sold British Blue at £1550. Dairy bred steers sold to £1520 for Holstein Friesians from R&E Ladds, Kendal. Younger steers for turnout were generally selling at £1300 to £1450. All steers forward averaged £1383.
Heifers sold to £1740 for Aberdeen Angus cross from TJ Robinson, Milnthorpe with British Blue cross achieving £1650 from AJ&D Knowles, New Hutton, Simmentals to £1590 from SH&LE Birkett, Nether Kellet and Charolais
cross to £1560 from MJ Waller, Lupton. Younger heifers for grazing were generally £1200 to £1350. All heifers forward averaged £1225.
Store Bullocks Top Prices: Angus: £1980 New Ridge Farm, £1780 Chesnut House Farm, £1750 Stubb Hall Farm, £1620 Old Glasson Farm, £1580 Old Hall Farm, £1470 Grizdale. Limousin:
£1820 Birch Croft, £1600 Carlingwha, £1600 Hutton Roof Hall, £1400 Holly Grove. Charolais: £1720 Windy Hill Farm, £1680 Whelpside Farm, £1560 Old Glasson Farm, £1550 Carlingwha.
Simmental: £1640 Stubb Hall Farm, £1600 Benson Hall, £1460 Rylstone Barn. Saler: £1620 Rylstone Barn. Hereford: £1610 Birch Croft, £1590 Chestnut House Farm, £1460 Rylstone Barn, £1440 Edenmount, £1380 Middlebarrow Plain. British Blue: £1600 Stubb Hall Farm, £1560 Old Glasson Farm, £1280 Sproat Ghyll. Friesian: £1520, £1440 Benson Hall, £1270 Plumpton Hall Farm. Montbeliarde: £1380 Holly Grove. Fleckvieh: £1360, £1270 Upper Foxholes Farm.
Store Heifers Top Prices: Angus: £1740, £1620, £1610, £1560 Rowell Farm, £1560 Holme House Farm, £1480 Old Hall Farm. British Blue: £1650 Windy Hill Farm, £1520 Stubb Hall Farm, £1220 Plumpton Hall Farm, £1220 Boldens Farm. Simmental: £1590 Stubb Hall Farm, £1400, £1330, £1320 Ghyll Beck Farm. Charolais: £1560 Carlingwha, £1210 Ghyll Beck Farm. Limousin: £1350 Staffords Farm. Fleckvieh: £1300 Holme Head.
OTM Cattle
Cull cows sold to a top price of 244p/kg for a young Holstein Friesian from AT Burrow & Son, Gressingham with other young well fleshed cows regularly 215p/kg to 230p/kg. Beef cows sold to 219.5p/kg for a Hereford cross from JC Prickett, Bentham. Other heavy well fleshed cows were regularly 180p/kg to 200p/kg, mediums 165p/kg to 180p/kg with the leaner and lighter weights 140p/kg to 155p/kg. Top grossing being an Aberdeen Angus cross from CM&CA Jackson, Caton achieving £1906. Dairy cows sold to £1876 for a Fleckvieh from B&AC Barnes, Kirkby Lonsdale. All cull cows forward averaged 170p/kg or £1128 a head.
An entry of entirely dairy bred OTM heifers sold to 244.5p/kg and £1273 for a Holstein Friesian from J Bargh & Son, Morecambe. All OTM heifers forward averaged 205p/kg and £1152 a head.
OTM beef bred steers sold to 271.5p/kg for a Stabiliser from RW&FJ Rhodes & Son, Quernmore with others regularly 235p/kg to 260p/kg. Top grossing being a Stabiliser from F&SG Sanderson & Son, Woodplumpton totalling £1958. All OTM steers forward averaged 229p/kg and £1369.
An Aberdeen Angus cull bull from RG&B Lewis, Kirkby Lonsdale sold at 189.5p/kg and £1898.
OTM Cow Top Prices: Friesian: 244.50, 234.50, 234.50 High Snab, 231.50 Tunstall Hall, 199.50 Sweetings Farm, 184.50 Stauvins Farm. Hereford: 219.50 Ghyll Beck Farm. Limousin: 204.50, 199.50 Marshaw Farm, 169.50 Rooten Brook.
Fleckvieh: 197.50, 191.50 Hawkin Hall, 164.50 Holme Head. Angus: 194.50 Forgelands Estate, 179.50 Ghyll Beck Farm, 149.50 Rooten Brook. Montbeliarde: 189.50, 179.50 Yeat House. Norwegian Red: 184.50, 169.50 Holme Head.
Continental: 159.50 Higher Salter. Swedish Red: 149.50 Greenalls Farm.
OTM Heifer Top Prices: Friesian: 244.50, 241.50 North Farm, 237.50 Cotestone Farm, 229.50 Kirkwood Lodge Farm, 174.50 Holme Head, 159.50 Batty Hill.
Cast Steer Top Prices: Stabilsier: 271.50 Low Moor Head Farm. Angus: 269.50 Park House Farm, 249.50 Trapp Farm. Friesian: 234.50 Cross House Farm, 204.50 Greenside Farm. Limousin: 191.50, 174.50 Holme Farm.
Cast Bull Top Prices: Angus: 189.50 Bainsbank Farm.
Next Week's Upcoming Sales
Monday 18th
Lancaster: 10:30am Weekly Sale of Prime Hoggs & Cast Sheep
12noon Weekly Sale of Sheep with Lambs at Foot
Tuesday 19th
J36: 11am Weekly Sale of Sheep with Lambs at Foot
1pm Weekly Sale of Prime Hoggs and Cast Sheep
Thursday 21st
J36: 10am Fortnightly Sale of Calves
10:30am Fortnightly Sale of OTM/Cast Cattle
11:15am Fortnightly Sale of Stirks & Store Cattle
Friday 22nd
Lancaster: 10:15am Weekly Sale of Calves, and OTM/Cast Cattle
11am Fortnightly Sale of Dairy Cattle
11:15am Weekly Sale of Store Cattle