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NWA J36 Annual Autumn

Show & Sale of Store Cattle Thursday 17th September

The Autumn Show and Sale of Store Cattle attracted buyers from throughout the northern counties and Midlands, all keen to secure stock from this noted area. The pre-sale show was judged by Mr Geoff Birkbeck, who had an outstanding entry of cattle before him in all 8 classes. The Championship rosette was awarded to the first prize British Blue steer from T W Gorst, Gilpin Farm, which later sold for £1,280 purchased by F & B Smith. Reserve Champion was a Lim x heifer from D J Clarke, Orphan Crag, achieving £1,100. The sale topped at £1,390 for a Lim x steer from M J Shepherd, Gaskell House, who also topped the heifer sale at £1,385. Strong continental cattle were regularly £1180-£1250, with yearlings £950-£1120. Native breeds forward in greater numbers with Angus x to £1135, Hereford x to £1095, Shorthorn to £1045. All vendors must be complimented on the quality of cattle forward at the sale.

Show Results Limousin Heifer 1st & Reserve Champion D J Clarke, Orphan Crag, sold for £1100 to D Barker 2nd F I & M E Little, Helm Croft, sold for £1150 to M E Metcalfe 3rd P W Clarke, Woodside Farm, sold for £1150 to F Pooley British Blue Heifer 1st M A & J A Winn, High Underbrow, sold for £1340 to F Pooley 2nd T W Gorst, Gilpin Farm, sold for £1070 to F & B Smith 3rd F I & M E Little, Helm Croft, sold for £1000 to M E Metcalfe Any other breed Heifers 1st M A & J A Winn, High Underbrow, sold for £1070 to D A Wilcock 2nd F I & M E Little, Helm Croft, sold for £1150 to F Pooley 3rd M J Shepherd, Gaskell House, sold for £1385 to D Barker Limousin Bullocks 1st G H Jones, Fold Farm, sold for £1220 to D E & S M Moorhouse 2nd T,L,B & J Knowles, High Borrowbridge, sold for £1150 to F & B Smith 3rd J G & P H Thompson, Poppy Farm, sold for £1150 to F & B Smith British Blue Bullock

1st & Champion T W Gorst, Gilpin Farm, sold for £1280 to F & B Smith 2nd P D & P J Ellis, Moss Head, sold for £1375 to F Pooley 3rd M A & J A Winn, High Underbrow, solf for £1285 to J Bowling Any other breed Bullock 1st M J Shepherd, Gaskell House, sold for £1380 to T L Fell 2nd C I Briggs, High Wray, sold for £1200 to D E & S M Moorhouse 3rd P & S A Edmondson, Low Barrows Green, sold for £1190 to D Barker Best pair by any other breed bull – T W Gorst Best pair by Limousin bull – S Benson

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Lancaster Sale Reports

Friday 18th SeptemberFriday 18th SeptemberFriday 18th SeptemberFriday 18th September

A mixed show of Store Cattle forward this morning. Cattle carrying flesh sold well, topping at £1410 for a trio of Limousins from MS Dugdale & Son, Tewit-field. Native bred bullocks topped at £1380 from the same home, with a 26month Angus. Native bred heifers to £1120 from Redmayne Bros, Cuerdale Hall. A run of yearling Angus Bullocks from J Ridding sold to £730. Friesian bullocks to £1070 for the second to last bullock through the ring from A Kirkby & Co, Pill-ing.

Store Cattle Top Prices:Store Cattle Top Prices:Store Cattle Top Prices:Store Cattle Top Prices: Store cattle: FRI: £1070 Gulf Farm; £1020 Low Levens; £1000 Park Farm. ANG: £1380 Tewitfield Farm; £1300 Bainsbank Farm. SHO: £500 Springfield Farm. MRI: £940 Littlewood Hall Farm. LIM: £1410 Tewitfield Farm. OTHER: £830 Bibbys Farm; £720 Holme Head. CHAR: £1370 Low Levens; £1340 Kilburn House; £1180 Jolley Fold Farm. HERE: £1160 Hill Top; £1100 High House Farm. SIM: £900 Overhouses; £750 Stonehead. BRIT BLUE: £1300 Greenbank Farm; £1300 Throstle Grove Farm; £1270 Nutgill. MON: £1210 North Farm; £1090 Middle Grange Farm; £880 Holme Head. NOR: £910 Nineezergh; £720 Holme Head. FKV: £1090 Ninezergh; £1070 Carlingwha. BLO: £1170 Kilburn; £1020 Hoskinshire. HFR: FRI: £640 Tunsteads Farm. ANG: £1220 Cuerdale Hall Farm; £1080 Blakey Hey Farm; £1040 Cropper Farm. LIM: £1120 Greenlands Farm; £1080 Brow Foot

Farm; £1070 Lodge Cottage. CHAR: £1260 Elmridge Farm; £900 Higher Broomfield. HERE: £1090 Brow Foot Farm; £1040 Mill House Farm; £870 High House Farm. SIM:

£1050 Jolley Fold Farm; £1040 Kimberley Avenue; £880 Corney Hill Farm. BRIT BLUE: £1200 Sowermire; £1140 Hill Top; £1020 Slack Farm. BULL: £550 Greenhurst

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A mixed show of Cast Cows forward this morning at Lancaster with plenty of parlour cows about. More meaty cows forward in comparison to last week, sell-ing to a sharper trade. Topping the sale was R Oldfield with a Limousin cast heifer realising 194.5ppk. Top gross came from EJ Ward & Sons, Nether Kellet with a Blonde bull achieving £1332. Dairy cows sold to a top of 149.5ppk from J & G Thornley Ltd, Kirkham, dairy heifers also sold to the same price from Messers Drinkall Bros. Overall average of 105.38ppk for all forward.

Cast Cows Top Prices:Cast Cows Top Prices:Cast Cows Top Prices:Cast Cows Top Prices: OTM COWS FRI: 149.5 Derby Lodge Farm; 141.5 Norbreck Farm; 137.5 Old Hall Farm. ANG: 169.5 Steel Croft; 54.5 Middle Slater. LIM: 147.5 Red Scar; 141.5 Lane Head Farm. HERE: 139.5 High House Farm. SIM: 127.5 Hartrigg; 111.5 Lane Head Farm. SRW: 77.5 Manor House Farm. BB: 129.5 Botton Hall Farm; 79.5 Farleton House. OTM HFR: FRI: 149.5 Catshaw Hall Farm; 144.5 Holly House Farm; 139.5 Lane Ends Farm. LIM: 194.5 Brow foot Farm. CAST STEER: FRI: 114.5 Cliftons Farm. CAST BULL: 139.5 Intack Farm.

A nice show of Calves forward this morning saw calves top at £388 for a Blue Heifer from D Wightman and Blue Bulls to £385 from new vendors Kevin and Dorothy Kelsall, Chipping. A good run of Angus and Hereford calves sold to £380 for Angus Bulls, £318 for Angus Heifers, both from David & Eileen Wallbank. Herefords sold to £295 for both Heifers and Bulls from Steve Mason. Black and Whites faster this morning topping at £145 again from Messers Kelsall, best calves in escess of £100 with nice rearing calves £50-£80 depending on size. Overall average of £97 for all B&Ws forward. A run of Stirks saw Charollais at 4months sell to £630 for heifers and £600 for Bullocks from TW & BH Woodhouse, Roeburndale.

Calf Top Prices:Calf Top Prices:Calf Top Prices:Calf Top Prices: HFR CALF: £318 Tills Farm. HERE: £295 Birkland Barrow. BRIT BLUE: £388 Moss Side Farm. BULL CALF: FRI: £145 Little Blindhurst; £138 Brown Brook. ANG: £430 Muffys Platt Farm; £380 Tills Farm; £360 Moss Side Farm. HERE: £295 Birkland Barrow. BRIT BLUE: £440 Muffys Platt Farm; £385 Little Blindhurst. MON: £440 Muffys Platt Farm. BULL STIRK: CHAR: £555 Middle Salter. HFR STIRK: LIM: £380 Middle Salter. STR STIRK: CHAR: £600 Middle Salter.

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Wednesday 16th September The annual show and sale of Mule, Masham and Continental gimmer lambs at Lancaster had a catalogued entry of over 2,000 gimmer lambs. Vendors must be praised on a good quality entry of mule gimmer lambs throughout and a strong trade from start to finish with all Mule lambs forward selling to a market average of £95.91. Once again a strong line up of pens of tens and twenties forwarded in front of Judges Mr David Morris of Aylesbury and Darrell Shimwell of Derbyshire and thanks goes to them both for their time and expertise. The first prized pen of ten was awarded to a powerful pen of Mule gimmer lambs from Alan, Kim, Chris and Becky Pye of Dunkenshaw who were also awarded the red rosette in the pens of twenty. The day topped at £180 for the first prized pen from Alan, Kim, Chris and Becky Pye of Dunkenshaw selling to Chris Hewitt of Bentham. The first prized pen of 20 from the same home sold to £112 to Shelia Taylor of Tatham. There was plenty of top pens selling in excess of £135 with well grown bonny second and third pens selling in excess of £110. Middle pens of lambs sold similar to other markets with running lambs in strong demand and well bid for looking a very strong trade in comparison with bigger lambs. A consignment of Masham gimmer lambs from DC Miller of Cobble Hey created plenty of interest selling to a top of £80. A small selection of Continental gimmer lambs sold to £75 from George Newsham of Sellerley Fields. The prize for the highest priced 50 lambs not including prize pens was awarded to JS & S Atkinson of Sykes Farm averaging £119.80.

Show Results Pens of 10 1st AC & K Pyre & Son, Dunkenshaw Farm £180 2nd Drinkall Bros, Catshaw Farm, £132 3rd B & SE Carter, Crag End £150 4th W & A Cornall, Bank Farm £145 Pens of 20 1st AC & K Pye & Son, Dunkenshaw £112 2nd W & A Cornall, Bank Farm £120 3rd WI & AM Atkinson & Son, Holme House Farm £90 4th AC & K Pye & Son, Dunkenshaw £100 Prices Average Top Masham £79.33 £80 Mule £95.91 £180 Texel £75 £75

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The weekly sale of Prime Lambs at Lancaster had an entry of 1369 forward with the trade averaging up at 150ppk, slightly less than expected due to a lot of heavy weight lambs forward in the market. Light lambs sold to a top of 184ppk or £62.50 at 34kg from JA & MM Taylor of Lots House Farm. The day’s trade was topped at £84.50 by Ken Kelsall of Brown Brook with a couple of smart heavy weight Texel’s. Heavy weight Mashams sold to £76 from DC Miller of Cob-ble Hey with 49kg mules selling to £69.50 from WI & A Atkinson & Son of Holme House. Mules generally selling easily £20 plus above weight.

Prime Lamb Top Prices:Prime Lamb Top Prices:Prime Lamb Top Prices:Prime Lamb Top Prices: TEX: £84.50 Brown Brook; £82 Lentworth Farm; £78 Beaumont Grange Farm. SUFF: £81.50 Oak Head Farm; £79 Maddison Avenue; £75 North Farm. CH: £77 Parks Farm Barn; £72 Redbank Farm; £71.50 North Farm. MASH: £76 Cobble Hey Farm; £71.50 Allcocks Farm. BEL: £73.50 Beaumont Gate Farm. MULE: £69.50 Holme House Farm; £69 Isle of Skye Farm; £68.50 Oak Head Farm. CHEV: £65.50 Cragg Farm. SWALE: £56.50 Sykes Farm. DALES: £62 Yarlsber. CONT: £59 Upper Greenbank.

The Cull Ewe trade remains very similar with a smaller entry of 167 forward this week. Strong Mule ewes selling in the mid to late £60’s topping at £68 from JM Sanderson of Lower Highfield with Mashams from DC Miller selling to the same price. First cross Texel ewes sold to £83 from JK & BE Townley of Mears-beck with others selling in the mid to late seventies. Swaledale ewes sold to £41 from WI & A Atkinson & Son of Holme House with plenty of horned ewes selling in the mid to late thirties.

Cast Sheep Top Prices:Cast Sheep Top Prices:Cast Sheep Top Prices:Cast Sheep Top Prices: TEX: £83 Mearsbeck Farm; £77 Lower Highfield; £74 Farleton House. SUFF: £74 Maddison Avenue; £63 High Hallbeck. MASH: £68 Cobble Hey Farm. MULE: £68 Lower Highfield; £67 Lentworth Farm; £66 Maddison Avenue. LLEYN: £45 Lentworth Farm. SWALE: £41 Holme House Farm; £39 Cobble Hey Farm.

Just the one Prime Bull forward today with more desperately needed at Lancaster. A Montbeliarde from GA Haston of Lane House sold to 169.5ppk.

Lancaster Sale Reports

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Monday 21st SeptemberMonday 21st SeptemberMonday 21st SeptemberMonday 21st September The September Dairy Sale at Lancaster saw a large entry forward, comprising of 61 fresh calved heifers and cows, an in-calf heifer and 9 Bulls. The presale show, had a good line up of cows, heifers and bulls forward, with the judge Aubrey Greenhalgh casting his expert eye of the proceedings. In the bull class, the first place rosette was awarded to Lot 97, Stardale Rogul from J Burrow & Son, sired by M SSI DCY Mogul and out of Willsbro Mr Burns Raven VG88 (6YR) SP, he later went on to realise £1300. In the halter led heifer class, Lot 6, Stardale Reflex Kim, sired by Stardale Reflex and supported by two generations of EX cows, this sweet heifer went on to claim the Champion rosette before selling for the day’s top price of £2200. The Reserve Champion rosette was awarded to John, Jane & Richard Pye of Quernmore with Quernmore Dream 26, 3weeks calved, she went on to realise £1880. The current milk price situation definitely taking its toll on the dairy trade, with buyers cautious throughout the sale. A total of 28 active buyers’ ringside, com-peting for cattle to a price. A sale average of £1350 for all forward. An incalf heifer, due to sexed semen at the start of October sold for £1180 from M & M Carr, Burton. Finishing the sale, a selection of bulls forward sold to a top of £1980 for Sandey Pluto (pictured below) from GH Sanderson & Family. Will Alexander, Auctioneer, commented about the sale “There was 28 active buyers ringside, however they were cautious of the current milk prices and this reflected the trade on the day”. Prices Av. Top Heifers £1350 £2200 Cows £1230 £1500 Non Pedigree In-calf Heifers £1180 Bulls £1430 £1980

Show Results Champion J Burrow & Son Stardale Reflex Kim £2200 Reserve Champion JE & J Pye Quernmore Dream 26 £1880 Halter Led Heifer 1st J Burrow & Son Stardale Reflex Kim £2200 2nd A Grimshaw Carldanton Benjamin May £1380 3rd J Burrow & Son Stardale Wyman Vaakje 8 £1720 Junior Non Halter Led Heifer 1st KE Robinson Kilnhall Maria 37 £1900 2nd J & M Sanderson Sandcrest Dawn 119 £1600 3rd DJ & S Tomlinson Bilsrow Ostia Chicklet £1700

Senior Non Halter Led Heifer 1st JE & J Pye Quernmore Dream 26 £1880 2nd RW Bainbridge Longstar Merchandise Wendy £1680 3rd Drinkall Bros Pennine Poppy 1185 £1720 Cow 1st Drinkall Bros Pennine Poppy 1099 £1500 2nd JE & J Pye Quernmore Sunshine 59 £1120 3rd JE & J Pye Quernmore Sunshine 58 £1020 Best Pair of Heifers 1st J Burrow & Son Stardale Reflex Kim £2200

J Burrow & Son Stardale Wyman Vaakje 8 £1720

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J36 Sale Reports Continued from page one Beef Breeding Cattle saw Lim heifers with Lim bull calves at foot sell to £1,320 from R Holmes, who also sold 2nd calved Galloway cows with bull calves to £1,100. A Stabiliser cow with bull calf sold at £1,250 from R J & K R Wilkinson.

Record Entry of Calves and Stirks

A record entry of 141 Calves and Stirks at J36 Rural Auction. It was fantastic to see so many calves and vendors forward for the sale. The trade saw young rearing Black and Whites in strong demand and good to sell with strong beef calves wanted and eagerly bid for with younger types that tend to be a very strong trade at J36 slightly easier trade than normal. Beef heifer calves with cow making potential where keenly sought after today and sold to a top of £430 from W & S Airey of West Hall for a British Blue with others to £395 from PW & D Swindlehust of Tranthwaite Hall. Top quality beef bull calves in short supply sold to a top of £385 from M & C Booth of Hartrigg with a Charolais. A big entry of Black and Whites topped at £120 from Willowshaw Farm with better young rearing calves selling between £60 and £90 regularly. A better quality entry of stirks then seen over previous months saw British Blue bulls at 5 month old sold to £760 from FN Wilson & Partners of Low House Farm. Limousin heifers sold to £660 at six months old from D Penellum of Coolna Marra. Black and White bull stirks sold to £285 at six months old for a pair with all black and white stirks ranging between 3 and 6 months old averaging £208.

Calf Top Prices:Calf Top Prices:Calf Top Prices:Calf Top Prices: Bull Calves: Char: £385 Hartrigg. Lim: £370 Spout House; £340 Wraysholme Tower; £295 Halforth Farm. BrB: £370 Willowshaw Farm; £360, £305 Elm Tree Farm; £300 Wraysholme Tower; £265 School House. Sim: £330, £315, £210 Beckside. Ang: £200 The Lodge. FR: £120 Willowshaw Farm; £105 Beck Side; £98 Cracalt, High Foulshaw Farm. SH: £70, £65 Strickley. Heifer Calves: BrB: £430, £370 West Hall; £395, £340 Tranthwaite Hall; £350 Brackenfold. Lim: £310, £300 Spout House; £220 Halforth Farm. Sim: £275, £220 Beck Side. Ang: £255, £245, £210 Beckside; £250 Elm Tree Bull Stirks: BrB: £760 Low House Farm. Stab: £380 High Foulshaw. FR: £285, £235, £230 Moss House Farm; £230 Ormside Lodge Heifer Stirks: Lim: £660 Coolna Marra. Steer Stirks: Sim: £620 Swinside Farm. Lim: £480 Coolna Marra.

Two Dairy Cows forward, saw a pedigree Holstein, 10 days calved, giving 19L from Messrs Haygarth realise £1260. More are needed at the fortnightly sales. The weekly sale of Store Lambs saw best bunches of shorter keep lambs sell to £54.50, with others £52-£54. Medium keep lambs £48-£51. Mules sold to £53.50, with hill lambs selling to £38 for Rough Fells.

Store Lamb Top Prices:Store Lamb Top Prices:Store Lamb Top Prices:Store Lamb Top Prices: Tex: £54.50, £53.50 Stonethwaite Farm; £54.50, £54 Head House. Suff: £53.50, £48.50, £47 Tarn Foot; £49.50 Cragg House Farm. Mule: £53.50, £50 Low Mansriggs; £46.50 Boundary Beck. RghFell: £38 Bridge Stone; £37 Ellergill, Wath Farm.

Store Cattle Top Prices:Store Cattle Top Prices:Store Cattle Top Prices:Store Cattle Top Prices: Store Bullocks: Lim: £1390 Gaskell House; £1245 Fold Farm; £1230 Marsh Farm; £1225 Lane Head Farm; £1220 Dendron Farm. Baz: £1380 Gaskell House. BrB: £1375 Moss Head; £1290 Well Head Farm; £1285 High Underbrow; £1280 Gilpin Farm; £1190 Red Scar. Blo: £1290, £1165, £1160 Nook Farm; £1120 Gaskell House; £1075 Orphan Crag Barn. Char: £1225, £1190 Low Barrows Green; £1200 Low Woodhouse, High Wray Farm. Stab: £1175, £1140, £990 Kit Crag; £960 Causeway Farm. Ang: £1135 Lane Farm; £1100, £1095 Challon Hall Farm; £1100 Brow Top. Here: £1095, £1080, £1020, £930 West Plain Farm. Sim: £1040 Riddings. Fr: £860 Marsh Farm. Store Heifers: Baz: £1385, £1190 Gaskell House. Lim: £1380, £1145 High Underbrow; £1330 Crooklands Farm; £1190 Helm Croft; £1150 Woodside Farm. BrB: £1340, £1070 High Underbrow; £1120 Lockbank Farm; £1070 Gilpin Farm; £1020 Marsh Farm. Char: £1280 Dawson Fold; £1125, £1100, £1030 Crooklands Farm; £1120 Low Barrows Green. Sim: £1250 Marsh Farm. Blo: £1150 Helm Croft; £1100, £1065 Nook Farm; £1050 High Underbrow.Ang: £1050 Lockbank Farm; £1005 Moss Head; £880 Lane Farm.

Cast Cows Top Prices:Cast Cows Top Prices:Cast Cows Top Prices:Cast Cows Top Prices: OTM: Beef SH: 181.5p The Grange. FR: 139.5p, 121.5p Lupton Hall; 124.5p Beckside; 117.5p Orphan Crag; 109.5p Far Audlands, Tranthwaite Hall, Bridge End Farm. Blo: 141.5p Causeway Farm. Lim: 164.5p, 157.5p Summerlands; 157.5p Gaskell House; 141.5p Greenwood Haw; 139.5p Low House. Ang: 127.5p, 117.5p Bank Ground; 117.5p

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Friday 18th SeptemberFriday 18th SeptemberFriday 18th SeptemberFriday 18th September The annual show and sale of Bluefaced Leicesters at J36 Rural Auction continues to grow in size each year with a catalogued entry of over 200 breeding rams and females forward. The sale attracted many regular and fresh vendors. A selective trade was endured as seen at other Leicester sales this autumn with purchasers very selective. The pre-sale show was kindly judged by Mr John Townson of Clitheroe. An impressive show of sheep was put out for each class, especially the ram classes with over twenty entries. It was in fact the winner of the ram lamb class, from Brian and Jayne Knowles of High Borrow Bridge, with a very smart modern ram lamb that went onto take the overall championship with the reserve champion being awarded to the shearling ram from AC & K Pye and Son of Dunkenshaw. The Leicester females sold to a top of £480, bred by AR Edmondson of Hawkswell and was kindly donated by Andrew Thompson of Carnforth with funds raised being donated to Macmillan Cancer Support and was bought by Rod Dixon of Wellfoot. Gimmer lambs sold to £200 from Andrew Gibson of Longwell. The tup trade saw buyers looking for well grown rams which had plenty of good crossing breeding in their genetics. After their success of winning with the Mule Gimmer Lambs at the NWA J36 NEMSA sale the rams forward from the Inman family of Strickland Hill created a lot of interest and shearlings sold to a top price of £1,320 with others from the same home selling to £920. Aged rams sold to a top of £1,250 from AJ Benson of Gamswell Farm. Well grown ram lambs where eagerly bid for selling to a top price of £1,000 from Anthony Price of Penrith, whilst Peter Fell’s impressive run of lambs saw his ram lambs sell to £980 and Messer’s Lord of the Hewgill flocks sold tup lambs to £950. Auctioneer Ian Atkinson commented on the sale “A selective trade with buyers looking to purchase well grown correct Leicester tups with good crossing genetics.” Prices Av. Top Gimmer Lamb £140 £200 Gimmer Shearling £232 £480 Ewe £160 £220 Ram Lamb £328 £980 Shearling Ram £360 £1320 Aged Ram £480 £520

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J36 Sale Reports Bluefaced Leicester Show Results

Judge: Mr J Townson Class 1 – Aged Ram 1st Lot 214 AJ Benson, Gamswell Farm 2nd Lot 112 ST & SE Allen, Mount Pleasant 3rd Lot 80 J & JA Burrow, Thursgill Class 2 – Shearling Ram 1st Lot 36 AC & K Pye & Son, Dunkenshaw Farm 2nd Lot 148 AR Edmondson, Hawkswell 3rd Lot 62 RI Dixon, Low Newton Farm Class 3 – Ram Lamb 1st Lot 200 TLB & J Knowles, High Borrow Bridge 2nd Lot 151 AR Edmondson, Hawkswell 3rd Lot 145 A Price, Park Cottages Class 4 – Aged Ewe 1st Lot 7 CT & JE Willoughby, Woodend Farm Class 5 – Gimmer Shearling 1st Lot 16 AR Edmondson, Hawkswell 2nd Lot 6 CT & JE Willoughby, Woodend Farm 3rd Lot 12 JS & S Atkinson, Sykes Farm Class 6 – Gimmer Lamb 1st Lot 10 JA & CA Gibson, Longwell 2nd Lot 17 K Smith, Cooperage 3rd Lot 14 P & A Fell, Castle Hill Champion Lot 200 TLB & J Knowles, High Borrow Bridge

Reserve Champion Lot 36 AC & K Pye & Son, Dunkenshaw

J36 Show & Sale of Beltex RamsJ36 Show & Sale of Beltex RamsJ36 Show & Sale of Beltex RamsJ36 Show & Sale of Beltex Rams

Friday 18th SeptemberFriday 18th SeptemberFriday 18th SeptemberFriday 18th September NEW RECORDS AT NWA BELTEX SOCIETY SALE

The Annual Show & Sale of Pedigree Beltex Sheep on behalf of the Northern Beltex Club saw an entry, double that of last year, attract customers from throughout the Northern counties and Midlands with new sale records set in all sections. The judging was conducted by local breeder Mark Jennings, Selside who awarded the Champi-onship rosette to a shearling ram ‘Ivanhoe Watabootie’ from first time vendor JA Bailey, Bedale which later sold for the sale’s top price and new centre record for Beltex of 1300gns to RB Fitton of Bolton. The Reserve rosette was won by first prize Gimmer Shearling ‘Holmebeck Wren’ from P & A Moss, Barnard Castle which went on to sell at 500gns to S Hamilton-Guy, Lanark.

The 1000gn barrier was also achieved by ‘Wilson Wood Warrior’ from I Wilson & C Wood. Other shearling rams sold at 750gns & 720gns twice. A new centre record for females was achieved by the final lot of the sale ‘Holmebeck Winnie’, from P & A Moss, which sold for a final bid of 720gns to AJ Wood, Preston. Sale Statistics Beltex Shearling Rams to 1300gns Av. £475 Beltex Gimmer Shearlings 720gns Av. £345 SHOW RESULTS Judge: Mr M Jennings Class 1 – Shearling Ram 1st Lot 522 Ivanhoe Watabootie – JA Bailey, Wyvil Grange Farm 2nd Lot 529 Borderesk Whacky Racer – A Story, Hobbiesburn 3rd Lot 541 Midlock – LJJ Wight, Townfoot 4th Lot 509 Beck Hill Wanted – R Atkinson, Greenbury Grange 5th Lot 527 Borderesk Winter Warming – A Story, Hobbiesburn 6th Lot 518 Wilson Wood Warrior – I Wilson & C Wood, Low Flan Farm Class 2 – Gimmer Shearling 1st Lot 568 Holmebeck Wren – P & A Moss, Ewebank Farm 2nd Lot 546 Duddon Wrena – LM & C Whitaker, Moorland Cottage 3rd Lot 562 Holmebeck Waterlily – P & A Moss, Ewebank Farm 4th Lot 557 Borderesk Watch the Bridge – A Story, Hobbiesburn 5th Lot 559 Borderesk Wendy – A Story, Hobbiesburn Champion Lot 522 Ivanhoe Watabootie – JA Bailey, Wyvil Grange Farm

Mart’s the Hearts Awards 2015 We are very pleased to announce that two of our young auctioneers have made it down to the final five of the Farmers Guardian Marts the Hearts New Entrant Award. Will and Ian are both very honoured to have been nominated for the award and making it down to the final five. A combination of public vote and the opinion of the judging panel will be used to select a winner. Winners will be selected in mid-October and will be presented at the Livestock Auctoineers Association AGM lunch in November. To place your vote please visit the Marts the Hearts Website - www.martstheheart.co.uk

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J36 Sale Reports J36 Sale of Multi Breed RamsJ36 Sale of Multi Breed RamsJ36 Sale of Multi Breed RamsJ36 Sale of Multi Breed Rams

Friday 18th SeptemberFriday 18th SeptemberFriday 18th SeptemberFriday 18th September MULTI BREED RAMS ACHIEVES £870 at EVENING SALE

The second Multi Breed Sale of Rams saw a top price of £870 for a Texel Ram Lamb from PK & R Woof, Stainton. Shearlings topped at £420 for a Texel from G Wilson, Selside with Suffolks at £400 from A Neale, Cockermouth. Charollais sold to £400 from Messrs Wales of Carlisle.

Ram Lambs also achieved £350 for Texels, £280 for Suffolks and £250 for Charollais.

J36 Second Sale of Breeding Ewes & Gimmer ShearlingsJ36 Second Sale of Breeding Ewes & Gimmer ShearlingsJ36 Second Sale of Breeding Ewes & Gimmer ShearlingsJ36 Second Sale of Breeding Ewes & Gimmer Shearlings

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The second sale of Breeding Sheep saw a top price of £148 for a pen of 12 Shearlings from JS & KM Wilson & Son, High House, with other pens of strong shearlings £130-£140. Lesser sorts £100-£115. Texel x shearlings sold to £128 twice from J & M Wil-son, Cooper House and D Nicholson, Birch Bank.

Ewes sold to £128 for 2 crop Mules from JA & CA Gibson, Longwell, with others at £115, £110 and older flock ewes £78-£98. The Dispersal sale of the ‘Beeford’ flock of Texel sheep on behalf of Mr SJ Curtis saw a top price of £420 for Shearlings with others at £360, £220. Ewes twice reached £355 with others £295 and £270. Gimmer lambs peaked at £115.

Tuesday 22nd SeptemberTuesday 22nd SeptemberTuesday 22nd SeptemberTuesday 22nd September The Weekly sale of Prime Sheep saw 3,261 forward before a ringside of 12 buyers competing for all types and classes. Best meated Prime Lambs were easiest sold generally £66-£71 depending of weight and breed topping at £76 for a pen of Charollais x lambs from Freddy Lamb of Thurnham. Mules sold to £68.50 and Horned lambs £55. Well bred lambs sold to 176p/kg for Texel x from a strong run of lambs from SP Pease, Kirkby Lonsdale. Buyers cautious of underfinished lambs, please draw lambs carefully to ensure they can be sold to full value. An overall market average of 152p/kg was achieved for lambs ranging from 33kg to 59kg.

Prime Lamb Top Prices:Prime Lamb Top Prices:Prime Lamb Top Prices:Prime Lamb Top Prices: Char: £76 Gardners Farm; £72.50 Myers Farm; £72 Cross Hill Cottage. Texel: £75.50 Brentwood Farm; £74.50 Thwaitrigg End, Edenbrook House, Benson Hall; £74 Arklid Farm, Beaumont Grange Farm; £72.50 Endmoor Farm, Hill Park, Crabtree Farm. Suff: £71.50 Thwaiterigg End, Low Brundrigg; £71 Smithy Green, Meadow Oaks; £70 Arklid Farm, Birks Farm. Mule: £68.50 Low Scale; £67.50 Hole House; £67.50 Low House, Strickland Hill. Masham: £61.50 Steps Farm; £61 Marsh Grange. Dorset: £64.50 Green-lands Farm; £58.50 Brow Head. Ryeland: £57.50 Stoney Well House. Swale: £52.50 Lunds Farm. Lleyn: £68.50 Low Foulshaw Farm. Leicester: £68 The Borrans. Dales: £55 Fell End.

The weekly sale of Cast Ewes again saw another strong entry of 795 forward in front of a busy ring of active buyers. Texel tups sold to a top of £99 from SW Atkinson & Son of Cappelrigg Farm who also sold Texel ewes to £87. Generally big Continental and Suffolk ewes selling easily past the eighty pound mark. Big Mule ewes sold to a top of £70 with plenty of strong ewes selling in the late sixties with many plainer pens about resulting in an average of £54.90 for all Mules forward. Big Rough Fell ewes easily selling in the fifties topping at £59 from GT Hodgson of High Low Wood, with Swale ewes selling to £51 from JW Thwaites of Eskew Beck.

Cast Sheep Top Prices:Cast Sheep Top Prices:Cast Sheep Top Prices:Cast Sheep Top Prices: Texel: £99 (ram) Capplerigg Farm; £87 Capplerigg Farm; £86 Storth End Farm; £80 Kirkett Nook. Suff: £80 Thwaiterigg End; £75 Moss Howe; £73 Topthorn Farm; £72 Underley. Mule: £70 Benson Hall, Endmoor Farm; £68 Wyke Farm, Hodgson Green Farm, Birks Farm, Capplerigg Farm; £67 Redhills. Masham: £62 Bull Bank. Char: £79 Cross Hill Cottage. Chev: £69 Underley; £68 Beckfoot Farm Cottage; £54 Kate Farm. Rough Fell: £59 High Low Wood; £58 (ram) Steps Farm; £58 Hall Farm; £51 Howes Lodge. Swale: £51 Eskewbeck; £50 Fellside Farm. Lleyn: £56 Ellers Farm. Leicester: £78 (ram) Barrowfield; £75 Moss Howe. Dales: £44 Fell End. Grit: £50 Hole House. Herdwick: £36 Charley Crag; £35 Old Hall.

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Saturday 26th September Monthly Sale of Machinery to include a special

Vintage Section Keltruck Road Sweeper, John Deere 2650 2wd Tractor (1990), International 384 2wd

Tractor - power steering,Fiat 440 2wd Tractor, New Holland TT50A 2wd Tractor Manual Gearbox, MF Grey & Gold 1957 Tractor, David Brown 885 Narrow, David

Brown 885, Graham Edwards 12ft Tri Axle Livestock Trailer with Decks 10 x 5 Twin Axle Cattle Trailer with Sheep Decks, HB505 Horse Box, Vicon Fertilizer Spreader, Small Car Trailer 4ft x 6ft 6”, Ifor Williams 12ft Twin Axle Cattle Trailer with

Decks & Dividing Gate, Motor Bike Trailer, Quad Bike, 2wd Dumper Tipping Trailer, IBC Tanks, Super Single Axle & Wheels, Tine Harrow (8ft wide), 25ft

Livestock Container with Sheep Decks, Sheep Turnover Crate, Bale Sledge, Bomford Flail Trim Hedge Cutter, Calf De-horning Crush, Cattle Crush,

Ruscon Rotaspreader 750 Model Plus a Wide Range of Implements & Livestock Equipment,

Tuesday 29th September Weekly Primestock at 1pm

Thursday 1st October Weekly Sale of Calves & Store Lambs

Fortnightly Sale of Beef Breeding, Store Cattle & OTM Cattle Special Show & Sale for Suckled Calves

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Monday 28th September Weekly Sale of Primestock at 9am

Friday 2nd October Weekly Cattle Sale at 10.15am to include Show for Heifers

Saturday 3rd October Breeding Sheep Females including Horned Breeds, BFL &

Other Rams and Store Lambs

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Obituary & Funeral Notice

Is it with regret that we announce the sad death of Mr John T Birkett of White Lund Farm.

Probably the longest serving director of Lancaster Farmers Auction Mart Co Ltd, he was appointed to the board in 1954 and appointed

Chairman in 1968, a position he held until 1993 before standing down from the board in 1994 at the age of 72 years.

The funeral is to be held on Monday 28th September at Torrisholme

Church of Ascension at 11am and afterwards at the Scarthwaite Hotel, Caton.

Relief Milker Required

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