Weekly Report and Newsletter- 4th October 2024
L&K Group Plc Shares for
Sale
We have a number of L&K Group plc shares for sale and are being offered for sale by tender with a closing date of 10am on Thursday 10 October 2024. If you would like to learn more about the sale, number of shares or how to bid, please email our Company Secretary: [email protected] or for more details, please see our website https://www.nwauctions.co.uk/lk-group/shares-for-sale.aspx
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Draft Ewe Day, Friday 27th September 2024.
4490 DRAFT EWES FORWARD FOR THE ANNUAL DRAFT EWE DAY SALE
Swaledales
All classes of Swaledales in massive demand, and nice to sell throughout the sale. The pre sale show was kindly judged by Jimmy Bell and Frank Kitching, who we thank for their time and expertise, and sponsored by MB Nutrition, Carrs Billington, Lake District National Park & Joe Taylforth Sheep Scanning. They awarded the prizes as follows:
10 SWALEDALE EWES (3 CROP UPWARDS)
1st Messrs Hutchinson, Bridge Farm- £210
2nd JE & DJ Hutchinson, Hebblethwaite- £240 3rd Drinkall Bros, Catshaw Hall Farm- £250
10 SWALEDALE EWES (1 & 2 CROP)
1st E & A Wear, Grove Farm- £430
2nd GH & C Marwood & Sons, Hill Top Farm- £245 3rd R & A Taylforth, Side Farm- £195
10 SWALEDALE GIMMER SHEARLINGS
1st JA Alderson, Barras Farm- £250 2nd JA Simpson, Millstones- £225
3rd A Hartley, Tuner Hall- £240
10 SWALEDALE GIMMER LAMBS
1st Forrest Hall Farm LLP, Forest Hall- £92
2nd Forrest Hall Farm LLP, Forest Hall- £90 3rd RA Lancaster, Green Cottages- £88
CHAMPION – E & A Wear, Grove Farm RESERVE CHAMPION – GH & C Marwood & Sons, Hill Top Farm
Top end Swaledale ewes were regularly £170-£200, with good farming ewes £130-£160 with only smaller leaner ewes £120 or less.
2857 Swaledales ewes averaged £140.79, which is £23.43 up on the year. The champion pen of 2 crop ewes from E & A Wear, Hartsop went on to sell for £430. RS & BA Harker, Overthwaite sold their top pen of 3 crop ewes to £250 with Drinkall Bros, Over Wyresdale selling 3 crop ewes also at £250. Closely followed behind was GH & C Marwood, Newsham with 1 and 2 crop ewes achieving £245. JE & DJ Hutchinson, Cautley had 3 crop ewes making £240, with E & A Wear, Hartsop also at £240 with 2 crop ewes. A much admired run from Calderside Farm, Garstang topping at £230 for 3 crop ewes.
Swaledale shearlings saw top pens £200+, with plenty of honest working sorts from £170-£190. 583 Swaledale shearlings averaged £163.22, which is £39.22 up on the year. This section was topped at £250 from JA Alderson, Kirkby Stephen closely followed by Anthony Hartley, Seathwaite at £240, who sold others at £225. RF & CE Hodgson, Pennington achieved £235 closely followed by JA Simpson, Barnacre selling their much admired pen at £225.
Gimmer lambs concluded the Swaledale section, with 145 Swaledale gimmer lambs averaging £65.78. This section topped at £92 and £90 from the well followed annual consignment from Forest Hall Farm, Kendal closely followed by RA Lancaster, Coniston at £88.
Other Hill Breeds
Cheviot ewes averaged £98.54 with J Woof, Firbank saw a top of £195 and £180 for his 2 crop ewes. Cheviot shearlings averaged £149.02 with Naddle Farm, Penrith topping the shearlings at £162 and £152. 100 Herdwick ewes forward averaged £84.35. G Stephenson, Ravenstonedale topped at £98 and £92. Closely followed behind by RN Hoggarth, Howgill at £90 with VJ Edgar, Brampton also at £90.
Rough Fells
The annual show and sale of Rough Fell ewes and shearlings once again created a good deal of interest from buyers and onlookers nationwide. A terrific show of sheep were forward with credit going to the all vendors for their support. The presale show was kindly judged by Mr John Law, who we thank for sorting through the classes efficiently and expertly. Thanks also goes to the sponsors PV Dobson. The prizes were awarded as follows:
EWES (3 CROP)
1st E & K Bland, Cotegill Farm- £130
2ndW Beck & Son, Barugh House- £115
3rd P & S Hoggarth, Birkhaw Farm- £125
SHEARLINGS
1st GW Robinson & Son, Moss End Farm- £145
2nd P & S Hoggarth, Birkhaw Farm- £130
3rd P & S Hoggarth, Birrkhaw Farm- £100
LAMBS
1st E & K Bland, Cotegill Farm- £65
PAIR OF EWES
1st NC & S Dodd, Kirkby Stephen- £205
2nd V Guy, Whinfell Terrace- £205
3rd MP & HM York, Thwaite Farm- £115
PAIR OF SHEARLINGS
1st S & A Bland, Cotegill Farm- £150
2nd RC Lowery, Summer Hill
3rd M Harrison & J Biles, Walna Scar View- £98
CHAMPION – E & K Bland, Cotegill Farm- £130
RESERVE CHAMPION – W Beck & Son, Barugh House- £115
The sale commenced with ewes, these all selling to average £101.81. Top call of £205 was achieved 3 times, firstly for a pair from VR Guy, Tebay with 3 more from this home at the same price. A further pair from NC & S Dodd, Kirkby Stephen reaching £205. Shearlings received as much interest, these levelling out at £106.76 and selling to a top of £150 for the 1st prize pair from SA Bland, Gaisgill. GW Robinson, Crooklands sold his first price pen of 10 from £145 whilst D Stephenson, Ravenstondale sold 5 for £132.
Gimmer Lambs sold to £75 from AJ Ellis, New Hutton with other pens to £70 from J Capstick, Sedbergh and J Hunter, Tebay.
Lancaster Auction Mart: Sale of Prime Lambs & Cast Sheep, Monday 30th September 2024.
North West Auctions saw sheep flock from far and wide to its popular Monday morning sale, with many returning customers well suited with previous weeks trade.
Prime Lambs
841 prime lambs saw a top price of 363p/kg achieved for a Texel cross lamb from CJ Metcalfe, Ingleton with other well bred lambs selling to 337p/kg from J&M Cockett, Ingleton, 326p/kg KA Purtill, Wigan and 320p/kg WS Burrow, Silverdale with numerous other pens 300p/kg to 315p/kg. Well finished first cross lambs were keenly sort after, selling to 303p/kg for Texel cross from H Birkett & Son, Overton with others at 302p/kg from TR Prickett, Hutton Roof. Others were regularly 280p/kg to 295p/kg, with grass finished lambs 265p/kg to 280p/kg. Hill bred lambs sold to 290p/kg for Cheviots from KA Purtill, Wigan with Cheviot Mules to 279p/kg from CJ Metcalfe, Ingleton. Better end North Country Mules were 260p/kg to 270p/kg, with leaner sorts 240p/kg to 260p/kg. Heavy weight lambs continue to be a strong trade, selling to £169 for Texel cross from Messrs Hey & Son, Quernmore. Other heavy well finished lambs were £145 to £152. Well finished standard weight lambs were £118 to £126, and lighter weights £105 to £118, depending on quality and type.
Hard fed well finished lambs are required to satisfy buyer demand, with lighter weight and leaner lambs less desirable and perhaps more suited to the current buoyant store market.
Prime Lamb Top Prices: Texel: £169 Higher Hollinhead Farm, £158 Brown Brook, £156 Yarlsber, £155 Hill Farm, £151 Foredales Farm, £150.50 Wyre Farm. Beltex: £151 Foredales Farm, £144 Gibraltar Farm, £143 Foredales Farm, £140 Oak Aveune, £138 Far Highfield, £138 Foredales Farm. Hampshire: £150, £141 Cooilingel Farm, £113 Castle O Trim. Suffolk: £140 Maddison Aveune, £139 (x2) Pilling Hall Farm, £137 Abbotson Farm, £124.50 Pilling Hall Farm, £123.50 Beaumont Gate. Continental: £140 Gibraltar Farm, £136 Ellers Farm, £126 Head Farm, £119 Castle O Trim. Charollais: £127 Castle O Trim, £124 Wyre Farm. Cheviot Mule: £126 Lentworth Farm, £126, £123 Botton Hall Farm, £114.50 Yarlsber. Masham: £126 Allcocks Farm. Cheviot: £122 Oak Aveune. Mule: £121 Head Farm, £115.50 Beaumont Gate, £112 Botton Hall Farm, £108 Oakhead Farm, £101 High House Farm, £90.50 Brown Brook. Horned: £110 Higher Hollinhead Farm.
Cast Sheep
237 cull ewes maintained the recent high prices, with another good entry required next week to fulfil buyers orders. Heavy first cross ewes sold to £152 for a pen of Texel cross from Pilling Hall, Pilling, with other medium continental cross ewes £115 to £130. A keen interest in feeding type ewes were £85 to £110. Mules sold to £126 from M&J Ronson, Pilling with other heavier Mules £112 to £122, medium £95 to £108, with healthy feeding types ewes £75 to £90. Pure hill ewes sold to £118 for Cheviots, with SBF to £82, Lonk £102, Swaledale £84 and Welsh to £68. Please keep these numbers coming and take advantage of the Monday morning trade. #LAMBS2LAM
Cast Ewes Top Prices: Texel: £152 Pilling Hall Farm, £140 Cooilingel Farm, £137, £136 Dockensall Farm, £128 Old Parkside Farm, £112 Cooilingel Farm. Charollais: £138 Bensons Farm. Mule: £126 Head Farm, £126 Pilling Hall Farm, £124 Ouzelthorn Farm, £121 Rooten Brook, £115 North Farm, £113 Boarsden Farm. Cheviot: £118 Dockensall Farm, £116 Cooilingel Farm, £108, £90 Cragg Farm. Continental: £116, £96 Cooilingel Farm, £88 Head Farm, £80, £79 Cooilingel Farm. Scotch Blackface: £102 Cooilingel Farm. Swaledale: £94 Cooilingel Farm, £76, £69 Rooten Brook. Cast Rams Top Prices: Suffolk: £166, £136 The Old Stable. Texel: £144, £140 The Barn.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Sale of Prime Lambs, Cast Sheep & Boys are Back in Town, Tuesday 1st October 2024.
Prime Lambs
A nice show of 1400 lambs were forward, with more meat on offer. Beltex lambs sold to £159 from P Stephenson, Settle with pens of heavy Texels to £158 from Clark & Johnson, Windermere and £157 from Jake Gibson, Kendal. Heavy continental bred lambs full of meat and fed were regularly selling at £140 plus. Best bred Beltex sold to 350p/kg from JJ&J Woof & Sons, Dent and others to 320p/kg from JR Robinson, Endmoor with the best types 300p/kg plus. Good fit commercial lambs were 278p/kg to 285p/kg. More hill bred lambs forward today, with Cheviot Mules to £128 from JG&PH Thompson & Sons, Selside with Mules to the same price from WH Kitchen & Son, Heslington. A ring full of Mules sold to £120.50 from JD&M Capstick, Bootle.
Prime Lamb Top Prices: Texel: £159 Far Cappleside Farm, £158 Far Orrest, £157 Underley, £153 Ackenthwaite Farm, £151 Far Orrest, £151 Arklid. Suffolk: £157 Hampsfield Hall, £150 Station Hotel Farm, £137 Tunstall Hall, £132 Grindelwald, £129 Tunstall Hall, £127.50 Station Hotel Farm. Beltex: £143 Low Foulshaw Farm, £143 Low Foulshaw Farm, £134 Low Foulshaw Farm, £133 Station Hotel Farm, £132 Meathop Park Farm. Charollais: £138 Low Foulshaw Farm, £124 Low Foulshaw Farm. Continental: £129 Millbeck, £128 Dunningwell Farm, £125 Green Lane End Farm. Mule: £128 Hawes Farm, £120.50 Fellside Farm, £120 Fellside Farm. Cheviot Mule: £128 Poppy Farm, £116 Seedhowe. Lleyn: £115, £114 Low Foulshaw Farm.
Cast Sheep
Numbers rising every week, with a much planer show forward today with 847 through the ring and all sold. The best pure continental ewes sold to £250 for Texels, with other medium pure-bred ewes £170 to £200. The best first cross ewes sold to £181 for Texel cross with the heavier end £150 to £170, nice mediums £125 to £140 and better feeding types £95 to £115. Heavy weight Mules sold to £155, with a large entry of mediums £90 to £110, depending on quality and types. Endless pens of grazing Mule ewes were £60 to £80, depending on quality and types. Pure hill ewes sold to £127 for Cheviots, £100 for Lleyn, Gritstones £85, Rough Fells £81 and Swaledales £75. A large entry of worn hard worked horned ewes ranging from £35 to £50, depending on quality and type, with the very smallest and leanest of all types at realisation.
Cast Ewes Top Prices: Texel: £250 Inglebrough View Barn, £208 Tranthwaite Hall, £200 Cooiligel Farm, £188 Tranthwaite Hall, £181 Mason Gill, £180 Ashtree Cottage.Beltex: £198 Tranthwaite Hall, £173 Poppy Farm, £133 Blea Tarn Road.Mule: £155 Lower Highfield Farm, £118 Hollowmire Farm, £118, £116 Cooilingel Farm, £115 Borrans Farm, £114 Poppy Farm.Continental: £141Tranthwaite Hall, £140 Mill Barn, £118 Low House, £116 Ashtree Cottage, £107 Hall Farm.Suffolk: £134, £124, £110, £99 Cooilingel Farm. Cheviot: £127 Low Tarn Green, £112 Poppy Farm.Cheviot Mule: £110 Low House, £103 Mill Barn, £102 Hampshire Hall, £101 Chapel House.Zwartble: £110 Low Foulshaw Farm.Dorset: £102 Waitholme Bungalow.Lleyn: £100, £81 Low Foulshaw, £81 Birch Bank.Masham: £97, £86 Low Audlands.Gritstone: £85 Low House.Rough Fell: £81 Wasdyke Farm.Swaledale: £75 High Wardses Farm.
Cast Rams Top Prices: Texel: £190 Lower Highfield, £105 Greaves Farm. Continental: £158 Cooilingel Farm.
Boys are Back in Town
Customers from far and wide flooded to NWA J36 for the popular ‘Boys are Back in Town’ evening sale of breeding rams. All breeds were eagerly competed for with vendors leaving well suited with prices achieved. Suffolk shearlings sold to £1100 from M Kennedy and RA Batty, with all sold averaging £806. Suffolk lambs sold to £700 from Messrs Hewson averaging £495, several older rams saw two shears sell to £700 from J&C Airey. Texel shearlings sold to £1100 from PK&R Woof with others at £1050 from T & CM Kelsall & Sons, averaging £585. Texel lambs sold to £720 from SW Huck, averaging £624. Older Texels sold to £780 from J Smith. Other notable prices included Charollais cross shearlings selling to £700 from H Taylor & Partners, Beltex cross shearlings £900 WW&D Boow and Dutch Spotted shearlings £450 JA&R Caton. Rouge shealings sold to £500 from I McConnell. Charollais lambs sold to £500 from BR Harrison. A traditional Blue Faced Leicester lamb from Messrs Hewson sold to £600.
Ram Lamb Top Prices: Texel: £720 Dale View, £700 Storth End Farm,£650 Burgh Head Farm. Suffolk: £700 Burgh Head Farm, £550 Reeds Gardens, £550 Fleetwood Road South. Leicester: £600 Burgh Head Farm. Charollais: £500 The Old Vicarage, £300 Smithy Wood Farm. Rouge: £450 Crawford Hall.Continental: £100 The Beeches.
Shearling Ram Top Prices: Suffolk: £1100 Roman Vale, £1100 Dugg Hill, £900 New Close, £750 Roman Vale, £700 Reeds Gardens. Texel: £1100 Storth End Farm, £1050 Brown Brook. Beltex: £900 Corney Hall Farm, £850 Smithy Wood Farm, £800 Burgh Head Farm, £780 Smithy Wood Farm, £650 Corney Hall Farm, £550 Crawford Hall. Charollais: £700 Hope House Farm, £620 Bleaswood Road,£600 Hope House Farm, £600 Plumpton Cottage Farm, £550 Smithy Wood Farm, £550 Plumpton Cottage Farm. Continental: £520 Bogrie Farm. Rouge: £500 Crawford Hall. Dutch Spotted: £450 Otterburn Lodge.
Aged Ram Top Prices: Texel: £780 Moorcock Hall Farm, £600 The Old Vicarage, £500 Highfiled, £500 Hyning Home Farm, £280 Hawkrigg Farm.Suffolk: £600 Reeds Gardens, £300 Grindleward. Dutch Spotted: £300 Summer Hill, £280 Somme Avenue, £220 Summer Hill.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: First Show & Sale of Suckler Calves. Fortnightly Sale of Calves, Stirks, OTM Cattle & Store Cattle, Thursday 3rd October 2024. Calves
A large entry of 163 calves and stirks forward, with rearing calves slightly harder to place than previous months. The best end was however still good to sell, with one month old British Blue bulls selling to £415 and £400 from A Pickthall, New Hutton and Charolais bulls from Bambers Farm, Turnham to £410 and £400 (x2). Native sired saw Aberdeen Angus bulls sold to £300 from Strickland Hill Farming, Witherslack.
Heifer calves sold to £410 twice firstly from A Pickthall, New Hutton for British Blues with others from this home to £400. Also at £410 was Charolais from Gibson & Berry, Endmoor with their home providing another at £400. Also reaching £400 was a one month old cracker of a British Blue from DW&EA Cottam, New Hutton. Stirks sold to a top of £1090 for a Limousin bullock from Bambers Farm, Thurnham with this home producing Simmentals to £990 and Aberdeen Angus to £955 (x6). A quartet of Hereford cross bullocks reached £910 from AF&BA Dawson, Sedbergh with this home selling Friesians to £750.
Bull stirks reached £650 for a four and a half month old Charolais from AK&BM Robinson, Arkholme.
Heifer stirks sold to a top of £930 for a Limousin from Bambers Farm, Thurnham with others to £880 (x2) from this consignment.
Heifer Calves Top Prices: Charolais: £410, £400 Low Audlands, £300 Bambers Farm, £295 Low Audlands, £280, £275 Bambers Farm British Blue: £410, £400 Borrans Farm, £400 Hagg Farm, £350 Hallbeck, £280 Elm Tree Farm, £280 Colby Farm Hereford: £370 Lackslot Angus: £350 Hawkrigg Farm, £160 Tunstall Hall, £145 Elm Tree Farm, £105 Far Audlands, £100 Tunstall Hall Limousin: £190 Moss House Farm, £160 Colby Farm.
Bull Calves Top Prices: Angus: £520, £500, £450, £430 Hawkrigg Farm, £300 Strickland Hill, £270 Moss House Farm.= British Blue: £415, £400 Borrans Farm, £350 Hallbeck, £350 (2) Bambers Farm, £335 Tunstall Hall Charolias: £410, £400 (2), £390, £360, £350 Bambers Farm Limousin: £290, £250 Holmescales, £220 Colby Farm, £215 Moss House Farm, £200, Holmescales, £200 Colby Farm Friesian: £180 Hagg Farm, £130, £95 Holmescales Farm, £95 Halforth Farm Fleckvieh: £120 Far Audlands.
Steer Calf Top Prices: Hereford: £270 Lackslot.
Heifer Stirk Top Prices: Simmental: £990 Bambers Farm. Limousin: £930, £880, £810, £610 Bambers Farm. British Blue: £880 Bambers Farm, £710 Piked Howe. Angus: £780, £540 Bambers Farm, £400 Moss End Farm. Continental: £610 Bambers Farm. Longhorn: £560, £550 Piked Howe. Hereford: £440 Piked Howe, £290 Holmes Farm.
Bull Stirk Top Prices: Charolais: £650 Krichlow Farm.Hereford: £620, £520 Natland Mill Beck, £380, £150 Holmes Farm. Fleckvieh: £560, £240 Kitchlow Farm. Longhorn: £280 Kritchlow Farm. Friesian: £240 Kitchlow Farm. Angus: £230 Kitchlow Farm.
Steer Stirk Top Prices: Limousin: £1090, £930 Bambers Farm, £620 Scratchmere Scar. Angus: £955, £600 Bambers Farm, £580 Scratchmere Scar, £530 Moss End Farm. British Blue: £940 Bambers Farm, £600 Scratchmere Scar. Hereford: £910 Mill Cottage. Friesian: £750, £650 Mill Cottage, £420 Moss End Farm.
Store Cattle
Perhaps a more weather entry of store cattle forward but selling to more buyer interest to keep sheds full. Steers sold to £1730 for a Limousin cross from D&D Huddleston, Wray with British Blue cross achieving £1610 from M Moorhouse, Grange Over Sands. Other stronger beef steers were £1400 to £1550, with wintering sorts £1120 to £1280. Store heifers sold to £1490 for a Limousin cross from M&D Hatton, Broughton in Furness with British Blues to £1440 from TW Nelson, Stainton. Other wintering heifers were £1220 to £1350, with yearlings £920 to £1050.
Store Bullock Top Prices: Limousin: £1730 Botton Hall Farm, £1490 Hampsfield Hall, £1400 Botton Hall Farm, £1360 Cockrigg Farm, £1210 Moss House Farm. British Blue: £1610 Hampsfield Hall, £1600 Templand Farm, £1560, £1440 Cockrigg Farm, £1210 Moss House Farm, £1160 Tarnside Farm. Blonde: £1490 Hampsfield Hall. Angus: £1340 Templand Farm, £1140 Tarnside Farm, £1080 Lodge Bank Farm. Shorthorn: £1120 Lodge Bank Farm, £1030 Tarnside Farm. Simmental: £1110, £840 Old School House.
Store Heifer Top Prices: Limousin: £1490 Knott End Farm, £1360 Botton Hall Farm, £1340 Cockrigg Farm, £1280 Botton Hall Farm, £1140 Mireside Farm, £1110 Botton Hall Farm. British Blue: £1440 Cockrigg Farm, £1410 Knott End Farm, £1360 Cockrigg Farm. Angus: £1320 High Hollins, £1240 Tarnside Farm, £1200 Abbots Reading Farm, £1100 Archers Hall, £1050 Thrang, £1040 Archers Hall. Hereford: £1200 Thrang, £1150 High Hollins, £1080, £1000 Thrang. Shorthorn: £1140 Sayles Farm, £1040, £940 Lodge Bank Farm. Dairy Shorthorn: £1000 Tarnside Farm.
OTM Cattle
An entry of predominantly parlour type dairy cows, saw the best sell to 191.5p/kg from S&M Cooper, Leece with other stronger end 170p/kg to 185p/kg, plainer parlour types were 140p/kg to 150p/kg with lighter weights and leaner sorts 105p/kg to 120p/kg. Top grossing dairy cow was a Holstein Friesian at £1408, with others at £1320 and £1322. Only a handful of beef cows forward which sold to 219.5p/kg for Limousin cross from MJ&JD Handley, Sedbergh with other better feeding types190p/kg to 210p/kg, with hard worked recently weaned sucker cows 160p/kg to 180p/kg. Top grossing beef cow was a Limousin at £1591, with an Aberdeen Angus achieving £1514. Other feeding type beef cows were £1150 to £1400.
A single OTM beef heifers sold to 197.5p/kg and £1629 for a British Blue cross, with OTM beef steers to 149p/kg and £1631 again for British Blue cross.
A single cull stock bull sold to 179p/kg and £1491 for a Hereford.
OTM Cow Top Prices: Limousin: 219.5 Archers Hall, 209.5 (2) Greenside Farm, 194.5 Archers Hall, 189.5 Thrang. Saler: 197.5, 191.5 Millbeck, 187.5 New Hall. Angus: 191.5 Croft Close Farm, 164.5 Holmelands. Friesian: 191.5, 189.5 Tarnside Farm, 177.5 Carter House, 177.5 Tarnside Farm, 174.5 (2) Bridge End Farm. Shorthorn: 181.5 Abbots Reading Farm. Hereford: 179.5, 169.5 Angerton Farm. Continental: 179.5 Nibthwaite Farm, £169.5 Lickbarrow Farm. Montbeliarde: 179.5, 171.5 Low Sizergh Farm. British Blue: 169.5 Capplethwaite.
OTM Heifer Top Prices: British Blue: 197.5 Town House.
Cast Steer Top Prices: British Blue: 249.5 Green Close. Angus: 239.5 Green Close.
Cast Bull Top Prices: Hereford: 179.5 Nibthwaite Grange Farm.
Lancaster Auction Mart: Sale of Calves, OTM Cattle & Store Cattle. Friday 4th October 2024.
Calves & Weanlings
A smaller show of 58 calves and weanlings were forward today at Lancaster. Bull calves topped at £510 for a brute of a Hereford from Drinkall Bros, Over Wyresdale with a British Blue from J&G Thornley, Kirkham next in line at £460. Charolais sold to £460 from JS&KM Wilson, Kendal and Aberdeen Angus cross to £420 from J&G Thornley, Kirkham.
Heifer calves sold to £380 for an Aberdeen Angus from J Bargh & Son, Heaton with Hereford to £370 from Drinkall Bros, Over Wyresdale. Predominately native sired heifers in today, offerings saw other Angus to £360 from A Shepherd, Preesall and £340 from JS&KM Wilson, Kendal. Weanlings sold to £600 for a British Blue steer from Barker Farms, Carnforth with Angus steers to £550 from Mason Birkland Barrow, Over Kellet.
Heifer Calves Top Prices: British Blue: £450 Walkers I’th Fields, £290 Cotestone Farm, £260 Manor House Farm. Angus: £410 Walkers I’th fields, £380 North Farm, £360 Muffys Platt Farm, £340 North Farm. Hereford: £370 Catshaw Hall Farm. Charolais: £210 Bolton Fold Farm.
Bull Calves Top Prices: Hereford: £510 Catshaw Hall Farm, £370 Barrow Greaves Farm. British Blue: £460 Derby Lodge Farm, £410 Roe Farm, £370 Barrow Greaves Farm, £360 High House, £350 Roe Farm, £220 Norbreck Farm. Charolais : £450 High House, £400 Bolton Fold Farm, £370 High House, £270 Norbreck Farm. Angus: £420 Derby Lodge Farm, £380 High House, £350 Roe Farm, £295 Wyre Bank, £290 North Farm. Friesian: £160 North Farm.
Steer Calf Top Prices: Friesian: £100 Cotestone Farm.
Steer Stirk Top Prices: British Blue: £600 Cotestone Farm. Angus £550 Birkland Barrow.
Store Cattle
212 store cattle forward today with trade holding well for all goods. Top today was £1980 this paid for a Charolais from JM Haddow, Hinchaster. Limousin sold to £1860 from WS Burrow, Silverdale and £1740 paid for a pair of British Blues from H Birkett & Son, Overton. Native sired steers to £1700 for Aberdeen Angus from R Townsend, Freckleton and Shorthorns to £1620 from EW&CR Clegg, Stalmine.
A large show of Black and White steers were forward, with these reaching £1140 from GE&AP Hewitt, Cockerham with others to £1380 from this home.
Heifers to £1640 for a pair of British Blues from JD&GM Bracken, Catterall. A pair of Limousin to £1600 from AT Burrow & Sons, Hornby. Aberdeen Angus heifers sold to £1550 from EW&CR Clegg, Stalmine with this this home selling Simmentals to £1500.
Store Heifer Top Prices: British Blue: £1640 Greenlands Farm, £1520 Stubb Hall Farm, £1460 Wood Nook Farm, £1430 Yew Tree Farm, £1300 Nether Hall Farm. Limousin: £1600 High Snab, £1500 Pilling Hall, £1300 Gibralter Farm, £1150 Holme House Farm. Angus: £1550 Yew Tree Farm, £1500 Cheetham House Farm, £1480 Low Levens, £1360 Holme House Farm, £1200 Plumpton Hall Farm, £1140 Moss View. Simmental: £1500 Yew Tree Farm, £1340 Low Levens, £1220 Greenbank Farm. Charolais: £1220 Greenbank Farm, £1040 Holme House Farm. Hereford: £1170 High Road, £1130 Holly House Farm, £1040 Holme House Farm. Shorthorn: £980 Brantbeck Farm.
Store Bullocks Top Prices: Charollais: £1980 Viver Mill Farm, £1660 Yeat House, £1220 Holme House Farm. Limousin: £1860 Gibralter Farm, £1480 Yeat House, £1360 High Road, £1320 Endmoor Farm, £1270 Holme House Farm. British Blue: £1740 North Farm, £1720 Pilling Hall, £1700 Stubb Hall, £1420 Endmoor Farm, £1400 Wood Nook Farm. Angus: £1700 Viver Mill, £1700 Kirkham Road,£1640 Cheetham House Farm, £1580 Yew tree Farm, £1480 Rosegate Farm. Shorthorn: £1620 Yew Tree Farm. Hereford:£1580 Gibralter Farm, £1460 Biggins Lodge Farm, £1450 Longmeany Gate, £1160 Holme House Farm, £1130
Brantbeck Farm. Friesian: £1440 Grizedale, £1370 Low Deepslack , £1340 Gaskell House, £1330 Knotts Farm. Welsh Black: £1360 Kirkham Road. Continental: £1140 Holme House Farm.Simmental: £1100 Little Crimbles.
OTM Cattle
105 cattle through the cast ring today, sold to an overall average of 175p/kg for a very weathered entry. Well finished and well fed beef cows sold to 244p/kg from AE Atkinson, Endmoor with other strongest end beef cows 195p/kg to 210p/kg, with feeding types 180p/kg to 192p/kg. Top grossing being an Aberdeen Angus from GR&A Foy, Conder Green totalling £1586, with other beef cows £1200 to £1450. Heavy well fleshed dairy cows sold to 191p/kg for a Montbeliarde form EW&RM Towers, Hornby. Holstein Friesian to 184p/kg form T Taylor, Woodplumpton and DE&SM Moorhouse, Natland. Meated dairy cows were 170p/kg to 182p/kg, harder worked 175p/kg to 160p/kg, with learner and lighter weights less. Top grossing dairy cow was a Holstein Friesian from T Taylor, Woodplumpton totalling £1660. Other heavy well fleshed dairy cows were £1150 to £1300.
OTM beef heifer sold to 259.5p/kg for a Hereford from MS&G Mason, Kirkby Lonsdale with other well finished heavy heifers 210p/kg to 240p/kg, with better diary type heifers 180p/kg to 205p/kg. Top grossing being a Holstein Friesian from G&ME Woodhouse, Ellel totalling £1606.
OTM steers sold to 259.5p/kg for a British Friesian from A Kirkby & Co, Pilling with beef steers 210p/kg to 240p/kg and diary bred 170p/kg to 195p/kg. Top grossing being an Aberdeen Angus achieving £1704, with other £1692 and £1660. A single Aberdeen Angus stock bull achieved 214.5p/kg and £1610.
OTM Cow Top Prices: Limousin: 244.5 Stubb Farm, 224.5 Braida Garth, 224.5 Stubb Farm, 219.5 Pott Yeats, 149.5 Poppy Farm, Angus: 214.5 Chestnut House Farm, 209.5 Cardwell House Farm, 209.5 Parkside Farm, 189.5 Cardwell House Farm, 169.5 Poppy Farm, 139.5 Spital Farm. Hereford: 204.5 High House Farm, 189.5 Moss View, 174.5 High House Farm. Montbeliarde: 191.5 Holme Head. Shorthorn: 199.5 Parkside Farm. Friesian: 184.5 High House Farm, 184.5 Midge Hall Farm, 179.5 Sweetings Farm, 179.5 Holme head, 179.5 Boldens Farm, 179.5 Sweetings Farm. British Blue: 181.5 Poppy Farm. Fleckvieh: 179.5 Holme Head. Simmental: 169.5 Braida Garth, 167.5 Black Bull Farm, 119.5 Cragg House Farm.
OTM Heifer Top Prices: Hereford: 259.5 Spital Farm. Friesian: 239.5 Norbreck Farm, 229.5 Boldens Farm, 229.5 High Snab, 224.5 North Farm, 224.5 Tills Farm. British Blue: 239.5 Spital Farm. Angus: 227.5 Black Bull.
Cast Bull Top Prices: Angus: 214.5 Cardwell House Farm.
Next Week's Upcoming Sales
Monday 7th
Lancaster: 10am Weekly Sale of Prime Lambs & Cast Sheep
J36: 9am-12pm Machinery Viewing 4pm Bluefaced Leicester Rams & Females
Tuesday 8th
J36: 9am Online Machinery Sale concludes 10:30am Sale of all classes of Pigs
1pm Weekly Sale of Prime Lambs & Cast Sheep
Wednesday 9th
J36: 9am-4pm Machinery Collection
Thursday 10th
J36: 10:30am Second Sale of Gimmer Lambs followed by Fortnightly Sale of Store Lambs
Friday 11th
Lancaster: 10:15am Weekly Sale of Calves & OTM/Cast Cattle
11:15am Weekly Sale of Store Cattle
J36: 9am-4pm Machinery Collection
Saturday 12th
J36: 10:30am Charmoise Hill Sheep Society Show & Sale of Rams & Females 11am Rough Fell Sheep Breeders Association Annual Show & Sale of Rough Fell Rams
