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4.00pm 1,500-2,000 Cast & Feeding Ewes 6.00pm 3,000 Spring Lambs

AUCTIONEERS: Stephen J Dennis

Mobile: 07713 075 661 Greg MacDougall

Mobile: 07713 075 664 Will Alexander

Mobile: 07590 876 849

015242 61444/ 61246 (Sale Days)

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WEEKLY NEWS 25th OCTOBER 2019

Champion Dairy Heifer from PD & BS Lawrence

Auctioneer’s Report (Greg MacDougall) The October Sheep Fair once again had something to suit all requirements with buyers in attendance from various corners of the country. Swale ewes peaked at £76 from TA Sedgwick with stronger ewes in general £50-£65. Broken Mouths depending on quality £40-£60 topping at £72 from J & JE Bradley. The popularity of the Cheviot ewes was certainly obvious with a pen of NCC to £105 while Southies topped at £102. D & B Carlton sold a nice pen of shearlings to £140. Mule ewes looking good value on the day with plenty of pens around £60 with RL & LE Kendal, Outgang topping the section at £100 with a pen of 27. Regular vendors JA & F Nutter sold shearlings to £100 with second quality sorts £75-£90. All shapes and sizes of Continentals and Suffolks were on offer. J & JE Bradley sold Texel x Mule shearlings to £158 with Texel ewes topping at £120 from T Crick. As expected, a mixed show of quality in the gimmer lamb section with a pleasing trade throughout. J Verity, Mid-dlesmoor showed a strong consignment of Mashams topping at £112 with others to £102. Mules averaging just over £60 with nicer pens around £80 topping at £85 from BD & A Horner. Small lambs in the £50s but looking very well sold. Cheviot Mules met another flying trade with ST & EM Harrison selling his best to £88 followed at £86 from Chris Brown. Best Swale and Dalesbred £40-£48 with small lambs £22-£35, All in all, a good day’s trading.

Auctioneer’s Report (Will Alexander): A full ringside of buyers competed for the 139 calves on offer. Trade not as sharp as

previous weeks but still respectable considering the current beef market. Of the 16 Blue bulls on offer, Robin Boothman’s best topped £375, other nice sorts £260-£290, whilst a younger calf could be bought for less. Blue heifers to £285 & £280 from Tom Whitaker, whilst the majority of the 20 forward were younger and could be bought either side of £200. Other stronger Continentals in the £300s for Lims and Sims. Angus bulls generally £225-£265 topping at £290 from George Whitwell with the nicest Angus Heifers £180+, the next draw down £140-170 and those slightly plainer sorts sellable but either side of £110. 5 men ringside for Black and Whites, a weaned calf from D & A Blacoe, Lytham hit £142, others tended to be younger and were around the £70 mark, with the next draw £38-£55 and the smallest at realisation.

Saturday 19th October 2019 THREE COUNTIES SHEEP FAIR 2832 FORWARD

TO FROM AV

EWES

CHEVIOT £105 ST & EM Harrison, Tatham £70

CONTINENTAL £78 East Mains, Newbigging £74

DALESBRED £51 PD Bowdin, Outershaw £46

DORSET £60 JH Hockenhull, Nantwich £60

HERDWICK £51 JS & JJ Metcalfe, Ingleton £51

LLEYN £70 GR & R Pinguey, Wigton £64

MULE £100 RL & LE Kendal, Helton £64

SBF £57 East Mains, Newbigging £57

SCM £75 East Mains, Newbigging £70

SUFFOLK £62 T Crick, Suffolk £57

SWALEDALE £76 TA Sedgwick, Horton in Ribblesdale £47

TEXEL £120 T Crick, Suffolk £82

SHEARLINGS

CHEVIOT £140 D & B Carlton, Newton £117

CONTINENTAL £88 East Mains, Newbigging £75

LEICESTER £88 East Mains, Newbigging £88

MULE £110 JA & F Nutter, Hurst Green £77

SUFFOLK £102 East Mains, Newbigging £77

SWALEDALE £72 JA & F Nutter, Hurst Green £68

TEXEL £158 J & JE Bradley, Giggleswick £72

GIMMER LAMBS

CHEVIOT £88 ST & EM Harrison, Tatham £48

CONTINENTAL £125 GE Jackson, Bentham £118

DALESBRED £40 GR & J Batty, Tatham £27

HERDWICK £46 K Raw, Dent £46

MASHAM £112 J Verity & Sons, Middlesmoor £69

MULE £85 BD & A Horner, Garsdale £61

SWALEDALE £48 DA & J Faraday, Ingleton £36

TEXEL £72 GJ & L Taylor, Clapham £68

BM

DALESBRED £44 FW Horner & Son, Buckden £44

SWALEDALE £72 J & JE Bradley, Giggleswick £39

TEXEL £40 M Gillett, Penrith £40

Wednesday 23rd October Rearing Calves 139 Forward

Breed Top From Av

BB Bulls £375 JR Boothman, Fence £243

BB Hfrs £285 TD & V Whitaker, Preston £180 Sim Bulls £355 JR Boothman, Fence £312 Sim Hfrs £230 Wannops Farms, H with O £225 Lim Bulls £315 Boustagill Farms, Rathmell £248 Lim Hfrs £240 Boustagill Farms, Rathmell £226 AA Bulls £290 GW Whitwell Ltd, Austwick £188

AA Hfrs £205 D & A Blacoe, Lytham £130 Here Bulls £235 Wannops Farms, H with O £206 Here Hfrs £205 Wannops Farms, H with O £151

B + W £142 D & A Blacoe, Lytham £39

Top Top Price From: Av

NC Hfrs £2050 G Jennings, Harrogate £1728

NC Cows £1920 J & M Robinson, Over Kellet £1570

Wednesday 23rd October

FORTNIGHTLY DAIRY SALE

16 Forward

Judge: Mark Parker CHAMPION PD & BS Lawrence £2020 CLASS 1 – BEST NEWLY CALVED COW

1st J & M Robinson £1750

2nd AH Price & Son £1600

3rd J & M Robinson £1920

CLASS 2 – BEST NEWLY CALVED HEIFER

1st PD & BS Lawrence £2020

2nd G Jennings £2020

3rd G Jennings £2050

Auctioneer’s Report (Will Alexander) A nice

line up of cows and heifers today, 5 of the 16 over £2000. Robin Jennings was back with a bang, with two lovely heifers, securing second and third in the pre-sale show, his best took third prize and was the last through the ring, selling at £2050 to Ted Walton, Wrea Green. Robin’s second prize heifer was close behind at £2020. Also at the same price was the Champion, a smashing 35day calved Pedigree heifer yielding 34 litres from PD & BS Lawrence, Grange. Richard Robinson, Hoggetts was at the top of the cows with a pair of 2nd calvers at £1920 & £1750, whilst Alan and Colin Price’s 2nd price 2nd calver realised £1600. Thanks go to Mark Parker, Wennington for judging, a solid average of £1728 for all heifers, including those with faults and £1570 for all cows. Next sale in a fortnight’s time with the Christmas show on the 20th November.

Auctioneer’s Report

(Greg MacDougall Just short of

4000 lambs forward with something

to suit all requirements. Trade

certainly no less than a fortnight

ago with a busy ringside of buyers in

attendance and a strong contingent

from Wales and bordering Counties

in particular. Stronger Suffolk and

Texel lambs £58-£65 with medium

sorts £53-£55. Longer term lambs

either side of £50. Best bred lambs

good to sell throughout topping at

£75.50 from Robert Gunn,

Milnthorpe with others either side

of £70. Over 1200 Mule and

Tuesday 22nd October 2019

STORE LAMBS 3932 FORWARD

BREED TOP FROM AV

CTL £75.50 R Gunn, Milnthorpe £55.00

MULE £63.50 F & K Estates, Bentham £53.00

SUF £60.00 N Barker, Burton in Kendal £55.00

MAS £59.00 TW & IM Fawcett & Son, Long Preston £55.00

CHEV £58.00 RT & P Bainbridge, Middleton £48.00

LEIC £54.00 K Raw, Dent £50.00

WENS £59.50 TW & IM Fawcett & Son, Long Preston £59.50

XBR £63.00 B Dickinson & Co, Kentmere £48.00

HRD £44.50 RE Woodhouse, Roeburndale £37.00

HER £47.00 PD Pye, Over Wyresdale £42.00

ZWAR £46.00 SE Facer, Hawes £46.00

Overall Average: £50.32

Mashams forward saw the strongest pens sell between £55-£60 topping at £63.50 for a pen of 41

from F & K Estates. Next draw down £51-£54 with smaller sorts £45-£48. Cheviots to £58 from RT &

P Bainbridge with the better end in general early £50s and long keep lambs £40-£45. Cross bred

lambs mostly out of Swale ewes £50-£56 topping at £63 from B Dickinson & Co, Brockstones.

Smaller types £45-£46. A nice show of Horned lambs in general with more fleshy types forward.

Best pens £38-£44 topping at 344.50 from RE Woodhouse, Scale Farm with smaller sorts either side

of £30 depending on quality.

Auctioneer’s Report (Greg MacDougall) A

similar trade to that of other centres

throughout the country with an overall

average of 157.4p SQQ 162p being

achieved. Lighter weight lambs short of

requirements with the majority of the

lambs on offer 45kg+. As usual, best

meated lambs good to sell with lean types

harder to cash and making store price.

Commercial export lambs either side of

160p with nicer sorts 170p+. Best bred

lambs forward in larger numbers but many

more could have been sold. Trade 210p-

235p topping at 237.2p from EJ Ward &

Sons, Intack or £105 for Beltex from SR &

PA Thompson . Lambs weighing 45kg-50kg

selling between £72-£80 with nicer sorts

£90-£100. More trade for Mules and

Mashams, handy weights 152p-159p with

heavier sorts breaking the £70 bracket.

Nice pens of Horned lambs selling in the

£60s topping at £70 with lightweights

finding a more limited market.

PRIME LAMBS

3060 FORWARD

Overall Average 157.4ppkg

BREED TOP FROM AV

Top Price Per Head (Over 36kg)

CTL £105.00 SR & PA Thompson, Sedbergh £72.00

HRD £70.00 R & SH Stainton, Howgill £51.00

MAS £74.50 T & D Wright, Roeburndale £69.00

MUL £75.00 G & E Robinson, Clitheroe £66.00

SUF £91.50 W Peill, Carnforth £70.00

Top Price Per Kilo (Over 36kg)

CTL 237.2p EJ Ward & Sons, Nether Kellet 163.8p

HRD 170.5p GA & A Atkinson, Carnforth 131.9p

MAS 154.7p JW Dawson & Sons, Clapham 151.4p

MUL 159.3p SPA Rushton, Wigglesworth 149.5p

SUF 179.5p PM & ST Entwistle, Abbeystead 152.6p

Top Price Per Head (Under 36kg)

CTL £62.00 HC Nimmo, Carnforth £56.00

HRD £55.00 NM Breaks, Slaidburn £36.00

SUF £51.00 M Charnley, Settle £42.00

Top Price Per Kilo (Under 36kg)

CTL 177.1p HC Nimmo, Carnforth 165.8p

HRD 157.1p NM Breaks, Slaidburn 113.5p

SUF £145.7 M Charnley, Settle 129.6p

Auctioneer’s Report (Greg MacDougall)

Another decent entry all made up of local

sheep. All classes selling at similar rates with

AF Harker, Bend Gate topping the night’s

sale at £128.50 with Texel ewes. In general,

better bred ewes £100+, heavy sorts £80-

£90+ with good selling and lighter ewes £50-

£70. Mule ewes remain the hardest to cash,

heavier pens £60-£68 with JC Throup,

Draughton topping at £72.50. Smaller ewes

with flesh in the late £50s and lean pens £38-£44. Stronger Horned ewes to £69.50 for Gritstones

with the strongest SBF and Swales £48-£57. Medium types £30-£40 and lean ewes £15-£25

depending on condition. Cast rams to £100 from B Lancaster, Burnley.

Wednesday 23rd October

CAST SHEEP 1429 FORWARD

Breed Top From

BFL £103.50 GW Whitwell Ltd, Austwick

CTL £128.50 AF Harker, Long Preston

HRD £69.50 Westalls, Burnley

MUL £72.50 JC & N Throup, Draughton

SUF £84.50 JD & MP Burns, Bentham

CTL TUPS £100.00 B Lancaster & Sons, Fence

HRD TUPS £83.50 A Dixon, Bentham

Tuesday 5 November

Feeding & Cast Cows & OTM Cattle

2ND SALE OF SUCKLED CALVES

MONTHLY SALE OF STORE CATTLE & FEEDING BULLS