EVERY WEDNESDAY 11.00 25-30 Dairy Cattle (Fortnightly) 11.30am Sheep with Lambs at Foot 12.00 Noon 100-120 Rearing Calves

4.00pm 1,500-2,000 Cast & Feeding Ewes 6.00pm 3,000 Prime Hoggs

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 7th MARCH 2020

Champion Store Heifer from E & M Townley & Son

Tuesday 3rd March

BREEDING CATTLE

BREED TOP FROM AV IN CALF CATTLE AA £1100 M Waller, Lupton £1050

BrB £1200 M Waller, Lupton £1058

HERE £1150 M Waller, Lupton £1150

COWS WITH CALVES BrB Cow £1250 DJ & EM Barton, Arkholme £1250

Lim Cow £1300 ST Birkett, Carnforth £1110

Lim Hfr £1180 DJ & EM Barton, Arkholme £1180

Sim Cow £920 DJ & EM Barton, Arkhollme £920

Sim Hfr £900 DJ & EM Barton, Arkholme £900

TUESDAY 17TH MARCH

Feeding & Cast Cows & OTM Cattle

MONTHLY SALE OF FARMERS STIRKS

TUESDAY 3RD MARCH

CAST COWS

33 FORWARD

B + W to £1030.90 from R & E Butterfield or 130ppkg from J & I Whitaker

CTL to £1000.80 from SJ & M Richardson or 159ppkg from F & K Estates

Auctioneer’s Report (Stephen Dennis): More cows forward which were

again well sought after. B + W cows topped at £1030 for an 845kg milk cow

from Robert Butterfield whilst OTM B+Ws generally sold between 120p/kg-

130p/kg. Beef x cows also topped at £1000 for a 720kg Blonde x from Stan

Richardson. Top price per kg for a Char x young cow at 159p/kg from F & K

Estates. Messrs Goad from Dent selling 3 Blonde x feeding cows from 147p-

150p. More cows still required.

TUESDAY 3RD MARCH

STORE CATTLE

327 FORWARD BREED TOP FROM AV

BULLOCKS AA £1040 J Harvey, Claughton £864

BLONDE £1055 P & JM Wilson & Son, Westhouse £801

BEEF SHO £950 J Harvey, Claughton £950

BRB £1200 TW & AI Hilton, Tatham £1039

CHAR £1120 P & JM Wilson & Son, Westhouse £1016

FLECK £960 C Hewitt, Tatham £960 HERE £830 J Bargh & Son, Bentham £830 LIM £1210 TW & AI Hilton, Tatham £897 SIM £1005 R & J Mitton & Son, Clapham £965 B+W £995 TH Wensley & Son, Kirkham £759

HEIFERS AA £1010 J Harvey, Claughton £851

BLONDE £900 DR & JE Ellisom, Dent £822

BEEF SHO £700 J Harvey, Claughton £700

BRB £1500 J & I Whitaker, Clapham £1049

CHAR £1010 C Hewitt, Tatham £843 HERE £920 J & M Cockett, Ingleton £820 LIM £1650 G Parker & Co, Clapham £983 SALER £790 J & C Wright, Airton £790

BULLS LIM £700 R Brown, Kendal £700

Auctioneer’s Report (Stephen Dennis): The Spring Show & Sale once again created plenty of interest with both new and old buyers in attendance. Ian Swales of Goole expertly judged the pre-sale show awarding the Champion rosette to Jonathan Townley of Clapham for the 1st prize senior heifer, a Lim x BB reaching a bid of £1380 which was superseded by Carol Parker’s 2nd placed heifer topping the sale at £1650 going to breed for Mark Nelson of Bull & Cave. David Broadbent of Halifax took both 1st and 2nd prize with his junior heifers, both selling for £1160 to Francis and Andrew Smith of Westhouse. Messrs Whitaker of Bowsber sold their annual consignment of top quality bulling heifers topping at £1500 and mostly over £1300 selling to buyers from Leicestershire to Northumberland as well as an enthusiastic local audience. Overall, quality cattle selling at premium rates and all classes of commercial cattle being sold to their full value to a large audience of buyers.

Class 1: Best Junior Heifer

1st David Broadbent £1160

2nd David Broadbent £1160

3rd Daniel Broadbent £1110

Class 3: Best Junior Steer

1st AB Woodhouse £980

2nd David Broadbent £1000

Class 2: Best Senior Heifer

1st E & M Townley & Son £1380

2nd G Parker & Co £1650

3rd J & A Lawson & Son £1200

BEST BRITISH BLUE SIRED STEER

David Broadbent £1000

BEST BRITISH BLUE SIRED HEIFER

E & M Townley & Son £1380

BEST ANIMAL IN THE HANDS OF THE BREEDER

David Broadbent £1160

CHAMPION E & M Townley & Son

£1380

£1160 RESERVE David Broadbent

Great Annual March Show & Sale of Store Cattle

Judge: Ian Swales

KINDLY SPONSORED BY

Reserve Champion Junior Heifer from David Broadbent

Top Top Price From: Av NC Hfrs £2150 CG Birkett, Carnforth £1655 NC Cows £1880 AH Price & Son, Clapham £1693

Auctioneer’s Report (Will Alexander): A big entry of 152 calves, Henry Knowles leading the way at £390 with a Blue bull, other stronger end Blue bulls £300-350.Angus bulls with size were wanted, the top end £235-£255 with a top of £265 from M, DB & J Ashworth, Clitheroe. Continentals generally, £220-£280 with a few better sorts tipping over £300, whilst a large proportion of the entry would be young calves, 2-3weeks old, which were harder to place. A straight black and white trade, with all classes similar to previous weeks, a few more weaned calves around, the oldest £128+, peaking at £150 from France Bros, Littledale, stronger rearers £100-£115 with the mediums either side of £55 and the smalls around £30.

Wednesday 4th March 2020 Rearing Calves 152 Forward

Breed Top From Av

AA Bulls £265 M, DB & J Ashworth, Clitheroe £195

AA Hfrs £160 Kelsall & Wood, Scotforth £120

BrB Bulls £390 RR & JA Knowles, Kendal £258

BrB Hfrs £250 JC Hodgson, Dent £179

Fleck Bulls £200 B & AC Barnes, Middleton £165 Fleck Hfrs £155 WH Kitching & Sons, Helsington £155

Here Bulls £180 JP Mason, Bentham £150

Here Hfrs £140 JP Mason, Bentham £120

Lim Bulls £320 J & N Ashton, Bentham £203

Lim Hfrs £240 J & N Ashton, Bentham £94

Mont Bulls £190 CR & JA Booth, Wigglesworth £125

Sim Bulls £280 Kelsall & Wood, Scotforth £225

Sim Hfrs £180 Kelsall & Wood, Scotforth £132

B+W £150 France Bros, Littledale £73

Auctioneer’s Report (Will Alexander): John & Edward Fox were the team to beat this week, with both their cow and heifer taking the first class honours in each class of the presale show. Robin Boothman gave the champion rosette to the heifer which later realised £2000, heading north to Messers Taylor, Ainstable, Carlisle. Alan and Colin Price’s 2nd prize cow topped the cow section at £1880, ahead of the first prize cow at £1750. Not quite as many of top end heifers forward compared with a fortnight since, the best heifers on the day £1800-£1950, with others £1450-£1600. The top spot of the day was taken by Colin Birkett with a tremendous Fleckvieh x heifer at £2150.

Wednesday 4th March

SEMEX DAIRY DAY 27 Forward

Judge: Robin Boothman CHAMPION JT & B Fox £2000 CLASS 1 – BEST NEWLY CALVED COW

1st JT & B Fox £1750 2nd AH Price & Son £1880 CLASS 2 – BEST NEWLY CALVED HEIFER

1st JT & B Fox £2000 2nd P Knowles £1900 3rd J & N Young £1950

Champion Heifer & 1st prize cow

from JT & B Fox

Auctioneer’s Report: (Greg

MacDougall): A fantastic ewe

trade which can only be described

as off the clock. A larger show

forward with the total entry

averaging just short of £100 with

900 ewes selling from £100+,

thought to be a centre record.

Procters Farm topped the night’s

sale at £202 for two Texel ewes

with others to £190.50, while

Jennifer Aiken equalled this price.

Best bred ewes in general,

depending on size, £150-£190

with heavy ewes £140-£160.

Good selling types £110-£130.

Best of the Mule ewes sold

between £115-£130 topping at

£138.50 from JA & F Nutter. Next

draw down £90-£100 with lean sorts either side of £80. Stronger Horned ewes making over

£100 with Lonks to £109.50. Best Dalesbred and Swales to £92.50 with the best fleshy types in

general, £80, mediums £70 and plain £40-£65. Rams in strong demand, strong sorts £120-£160

with hill bred and well used types £70-£100.

Auctioneer’s Report: (Greg

MacDougall): More outfits

forward, with weather more

like Spring more interest

around the ring. WM & E

Dugdale, showing for the

first time this season,

topped the day’s sale with

Suffolk ewes with twins

realising £255. Texels with

singles peaked at £200 from

CD Slinger & LJ Eaton,

Middleton. A pen of Mule ewes with nice Texel lambs sold to £182. Stronger outfits with twins in

general £225-£245 with singles £140-£180. More expected next week with a special sale of 500

In Lamb Ewes & Hoggs. Sales of Sheep with Lambs at Foot are now every Wednesday morning

with entries invited in order to contact potential customers with numbers expected.

WEDNESDAY 4TH MARCH

SHEEP WITH LAMBS AT FOOT 49 Sheep with Lambs

TOP FROM AV

Berrichon Ewes (S) £135 WM & E Dugdale, Giggleswick £135 Dorset Ewes (S) £120 R Garth, Bentham £120

Mule Ewes (S) £150 WM & E Dugdale, Giggleswick £150

Mule Ewes (T) £182 J Tomlinson & Son, Preston £182 Suffolk Ewes (T) £255 WM & E Dugdale, Giggleswick £234

Texel BM (S) £200 CD Slinger & LJ Eaton, Middleton £180 Texel BM (T) £235 CD Slinger & LJ Eaton, Middleton £210

Texel Ewes (S) £180 R Garth, Bentham £152 Texel Ewes (T) £245 G Sunter, Carnforth £222

Texel Shearling (S) £152 CD Slinger & LJ Eaton, Middleton £152

Wednesday 4th March 2020

CAST EWES 1680 FORWARD Breed Top From BELTEX £172.50 Procters Farm, Tatham BFL £134.50 NJ & L Allan, Killington CHAROLLAIS £171.50 GA Stephens, Melton Mowbray CHEVIOT £158.50 GA Stephens, Melton Mowbray CHEVIOT MULE £114.50 R Randall & Son, Milton Keynes DALESBRED £92.50 DJ Charnley, Skipton DORSET £125.50 Procters Farm, Wray HAMPSHIRE £124.50 A Strickland, Austwick LLEYN £122.50 MJ Fell, Whittington LONK £109.50 J Pinder & Sons, Newton in Bowland MASHAM £125.50 RM Whitton, Cartmel MULE £138.50 JA & F Nutter, Clitheroe ROMNEY £110.50 R Randall & Son, Milton Keynes ROUGE £140.50 J Gate, Northwich SUFFOLK £164.50 JA & F Nutter, Clitheroe SWALE £92.50 JA & F Nutter, Clitheroe TEXEL £202.00 Procters Farm, Wray BLEU DE MAINE RAMS

£130.00 R Randall & Son, Milton Keynes

BFL RAMS £158.50 NR & CS Hodgson, Ravenstonedale CHAROLLAIS RAMS £100.50 P Kermode, Orrisdale DORSET RAMS £130.50 R Randall & Son, Milton Keynes

Wednesday 4th March 2020

PRIME HOGGS 3191 FORWARD

Overall Average 231.5p SQQ 231.4p BREED TOP FROM AV

Top Price Per Head (Under 36kg) CHEV £80.50 HJ Driver, Glossop £76.00 DALES £62.50 A & MA Wright & Sons, Roeburndale £62.50 LONK £70.00 Hey & Son, Quernmore £70.00 MULE £65.00 SR Dorey, Norton Disney £65.00 SUF £75.50 P Kermode, Orrisdale £74.00 SWALE £66.00 A & RA Middleton, Cowan Bridge &

J & AI Polkinghorne, Eldroth £57.00

TEXEL £81.50 JR Metcalfe, Thirsk £69.00 Top Price Per Kilo (Under 36kg) CHEV 250.0p HJ Driver, Glossop 244.1p DALES 183.8p A & MA Wright & Sons, Roeburndale 183.8p LONK 212.1p Hey & Son, Quernmore 212.1p MULE 185.7p SR Dorey, Norton Disney 185.7p SUF 235.9p P Kermode, Orrisdale 234.7p SWALE 208.9p S Taylor, Chapel le Dale &

A & M Brennand & Son, Chapel le Dale 177.9p

TEXEL 247.0p JR Metcalfe, Thirsk 213.5p

Auctioneer’s Report: (Greg MacDougall): Hoggs selling at similar rates to the

previous week with the usual ringside of buyers in attendance. With all the hill

bred, Mule and heavy hoggs included, an overall average of 231p was achieved.

Best bred hoggs in strong demand often selling between 260p-310p depending

on quality topping at 323.2p from Kevin Marshall, Darley, followed at 310.5p or

£135.50 from CM Bowser, Market Rasen. Dan Towers topped the night’s sale at

£135.50 for his best pen. Commercial export types 240p-260p with lightweights

220p-240p topping at 250p for a pen of 82 Cheviot Mules from H Driver,

Glossop. Hoggs weighing 45kg-50kg selling between £115-£120 with heavy

hoggs either side of £130. Handy weight Mules 230p-245p with the heavier

pens £107-£113 topping at £114.50. Best Horned hoggs 215p-230p or £80-£90

in money terms.

Wednesday 11th March

11.30am Sheep with Lambs at Foot

Followed by

SPECIAL SALE OF IN LAMB SHEEP

Top Price Per Head (Over 36kg) BELTEX £135.50 D Towers, Wray £126.00

BFL £75.00 JM & ED Hutchinson, Littledale £75.00 CHAROLLAIS £128.00 N Thorndyke, Horncastle £116.00 CHEVIOT £109.00 R & SH Stainton, Howgill £97.00 DALESBRED £100.00 RH Brown, Leyburn £77.00

DORSET £122.50 CM Bowser, Market Rasen £122.50

GRITSTONE £103.50 B Dibb, Yeadon £103.50

LLEYN £124.50 MJ Fell, Whittington £119.00

LONK £98.00 MJ Alpe & Sons, Whitewell £93.00

MASHAM £105.00 T & D Wright, Roeburndale £97.00

MULE £114.50 D Towers, Wray £93.00 ROUGH FELL £84.00 BR Butterfield, Burton in Kendal £84.00

SBF £108.00 D Towers, Wray £82.00

SUFFOLK £120.00 D Towers, Wray £108.00

SWALE £95.00 D Shirt, Edale £80.00

TEXEL £133.50 CM Bowser, Market Rasen £109.00

Top Price Per Kilo (Over 36kg)

BELTEX 298.8p D Towers, Wray 274.3p BFL 178.6p JM & ED Hutchinson, Littledale 178.6p

CHAROLLAIS 258.7p N Thorndyke, Horncastle 247.0p

CHEVIOT 248.7p AT Burrow & Son, Gressingham 231.9p DALESBRED 214.1p DJ Charnley, Litton 195.2p

DORSET 211.2p CM Bowser, Market Rasen 211.2p

GRITSTONE 235.2p B Dibb, Yeadon 235.2p

LLEYN 228.6p MJ Fell, Whittington 224.9p

LONK 216.7p JR Corless, Bentham 209.2p

MASHAM 232.9p SR Dorey, Norton Disney 213.0p

MULE 244.2p JA & F Nutter, Clitheroe 217.8p

ROUGH FELL 195.3p BR Butterfield, Burton in Kendal 195.3p

SBF 229.8p D Towers, Wray 209.8p

SUFFOLK 257.1p R Lamont, Duns 243.4p

SWALE 232.9p A Rigby, Slaidburn 199.0p

TEXEL 232.2p K Marshall, Darley 246.4p