NWA Newsletter 29th July 2015

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e. [email protected] t. 015395 66222 (J36 Kendal) t. 01524 63308 (Lancaster)

e. [email protected] t. 015395 66222 (J36 Kendal) t. 01524 63308 (Lancaster)

e. [email protected] t. 01524 63308 (Lancaster) t. 015395 66200 (J36 Kendal)

NWA Lancaster , Wyresdale Road, Golgotha, Lancaster, LA1 3JQ NWA J36, J36 Rural Auction Centre, Crooklands, Milnthorpe, Cumbria, LA7 7FP

NWA Lancaster

Early Breeding Sheep Sale Friday 24th July 2015

The open breeding sheep sale of the season at Lancaster saw a bumper entry of ewes and shearlings forward following the

success of this sale over the previous few years. The current prime lamb prices has had an effect with the trade easier than

previous years and buyers selective about the replacement sheep they buy. Mule gimmer shearlings sold to a top of £141 from

M Barker of Halton Park and £140 from EI Wilson of Sandgate.

Good quality shearlings easily sold in excess of £130. Aged Texel cross ewes sold to a top of £109 from CJ & C Cookson of

Kendal. Mule ewes sold to a top of £94 from George Bell from Kirkby Lonsdale.

Final ReminderFinal ReminderFinal ReminderFinal Reminder

Orton, PenrithOrton, PenrithOrton, PenrithOrton, Penrith

31.20ac/12.63 ha of Meadow & Pasture Land For Sale by Auction

The land is situated at Bretherdale and extends, in total, to 31.20 ac/12.63

ha or thereabouts of meadow and pasture land. The land is to be offered for sale in one or more lots.

Both lots have Fell Rights on Roundthwaite Common.

Public Auction to be held at J36 Rural Auction Centre on Tuesday 4th August at 7.00pm

NWA Property

South Lakeland, Low Wood, South Lakeland, Low Wood, South Lakeland, Low Wood, South Lakeland, Low Wood,

CrookCrookCrookCrook

For Sale by Informal Tender

An area of undulating mixed woodland together with a small area of open level grassland set within the South Lakeland Parish of Crook.

Extending to 2.85 acres/1.15 hectares or thereabouts.

Guide Price - In excess of £30,000

Closing date for Tenders - 3.00pm on Wednesday 12th August

NWA J36

Monthly Machinery Sale Wednesday 29th July 2015

The monthly sale of machinery saw over 500 lots offered for sale with a wide range of items forward. A restored Leyland 384 c/w loader sold for £2700 with a farm condition Ford 3000 selling at £1600. Balers sold to £1740 for a Welgar 200 and £580 for a conventional NH Baler. Trailers sold to £1830 for an IW Plant trailer with a 3T tipping trailer £700. Well maintained items continued to attract keenest interest with poorer quality items harder to sell.

Catch 23, Catch 23, Catch 23, Catch 23,

BorwickBorwickBorwickBorwick For Sale by

Informal Tender

A superb opportunity for anyone seeking to Invest in land and fast developing leisure business. Extending in total to some 55 acres or thereabouts, it comprises

approximately33 acres of well stocked fishing lakes with the increasingly popular Catch 23 restaurant ideally sited to take advantage of the scenic views over open water

Guide Price - In excess of £1,000,000

CLOSING DATE FOR TENDERS – 3.00 p.m. ON THURSDAY, 3rd SEPTEMBER

Lancaster - 01524 63308

Lancaster Sale Reports Friday 24th JulyFriday 24th JulyFriday 24th JulyFriday 24th July Store Cattle continue to be required at Lancaster to fulfil demand from a full ringside of buyers. Short keep and longer term beef types continue to sell well but plainer black and white bullock’s slightly easy trade this week. Short keep bullocks easily sold in excess of £1400 topping at £1,490 from RH Dodgson of Kilburn House with a Simmental steer. Heifers sold to a top of £1,300 from P & EM Mason of Spital Farm with a couple of Angus heifers.

Store Cattle Top Prices:Store Cattle Top Prices:Store Cattle Top Prices:Store Cattle Top Prices: STORE BULLOCKS – FR: £1080 Newsham Hall Farm; £1010 Cock Hall Farm; £990 Gulf Farm. AA: £1400 Daniel Fold Farm; £1380 Yealand Manor; £1380 Cuerdale Hall Farm. SHO: £980 Little Tunstall Hall. CON: £770 Middle Ridge Farm. WB: £1020 Cock Hall Farm. LIM: £1290 Daniel Fold Farm; £1220 Greenbank Farm; £1220 Down lands Farm. DR: £780 Middle Ridge Farm; £710 Walkers I’th Fields. CH: £1380 Yealand Manor. HE: £1250 Little Tunstall Farm; £1190 Humblescough Farm. SIM: £1490 Kilburn House; £1290 Cock Hall Farm; £1270 Daniel Fold Farm. BRB: £1480 Bensons Farm; £1360 Shaws Farm; £1350 The Dell. NOR: £970 Ellers Farm. BA: £1110 The Dell; £1060 Bradlow Farm. STORE HEIFERS – FR: £920 Fencefoot Farm. AA: £1300 Spital Farm; £1140 Cuerdale Hall Farm; £1130 Croppers Farm. LIM: £1190 Stubbins Farm; £1150 King Bank Farm; £1130 Croppers Farm. CH: £1180 Hawkrigg End; £1120 King Bank Farm; £1000 Yealand Manor. HE: £1070 Windy Hill Farm; £980 Mill House Farm. SIM: £1130 Croppers Farm. BRB: £1260 Pasture House Farm; £1140 King Bank Farm; £1120 Bouthwaite Farm. BA: £1040 The Dell.

A slightly easier trade for OTM Cattle with the start of the school holidays especially for plainer types of cows. The better types of beef cows sold to 149.5ppk from Ballacutchel Farms with other well fleshed beef cows still selling over 135ppk. Black and white cows sold to a top of 134.5ppk from GB & EA Metcalfe & Son of Holme House Farm as fleshed cows sold 120ppk plus but the real plainer parlour types selling for less.

Cast Cow Top Prices:Cast Cow Top Prices:Cast Cow Top Prices:Cast Cow Top Prices: CAST COW – FR: 134.5 Holme House Farm; 124.5 Bambers Farm; 121.5 Tills Farm. AA: 129.5 Yealand Manor; 117.5 Ballacutchel Farms LTD.LIM: 149.5 Ballacutchel

Farms LTD; 139.5 Field Head. CH: 129.5 Ballacutchel Farms LTD. HE: 114.5 Ballacutchel Farms LTD. SIM: 129.5 Ballacutchel Farms LTD; 121.4 Dove Cote Farm.

MO: 114.5 Lane House. BRB: 139.5 Ballacutchel Farms LTD.

CAST HEIFER – FR: 144.5 Ripon Hall. AA: 144.5 Midge Hall Farm; 129.5 Dove Cote Farm.

CAST STEER – FR: 127.5 New Eskham Farm; 119.5 Midge Hall Farm.

A reduced entry of Calves and Stirks to the previous week at Lancaster but a continued strong trade for all forward. All types of calves currently in strong demand and good too sell. Topping the day’s trade was a fantastic British blue calf selling to £595 from J & A Sheerin of Knotts Farm with younger types sell-

ing to £390 from TE & M Kidd of Booth Hall. Hereford bull calves sold to £445 from S Moore of Pilling. Heifer calves sold to a top of £340 for a British Blue

from TE & M Kidd of Booth Hall. Black and White rearing types in strong demand topping at £165 from Drinkall Bros of Catshaw Hall with other stronger types

selling £130 plus with younger rearers £60 plus.

Calf Top Prices:Calf Top Prices:Calf Top Prices:Calf Top Prices:

HEIFER CALF - AA: £300 Birkland Barrow. BRB: £340 Booth Hall; £280 North Farm.

BULL CALF – FR: £165 Catshaw Hall Farm; £140 Tills Farm. AA: £340 Birkland Barrow. HE: £445 Longwood House. BRB: £595 Knotts Farm; £515 Longwood House;

£390 Booth Hall.

BULL STIRK – FR: £615 Booth Hall. LIM: £460 Booth Hall.

HEIFER STIRK – AA: £540 Cock Hall Farm. LIM: £455 Booth Hall.

BULLOCK STIRK – AA: £600 Borwick Fold Farm

Monday 27th JulyMonday 27th JulyMonday 27th JulyMonday 27th July

The Prime Lamb trade continues to show little signs of improving with prices in keep-ing with other centres up and down the country as an overall average of 144ppk was

achieved at

Lancaster. A larger proportion of hill bred and none farm assured lambs in the market

today also having an effect on the overall market average. Generally 39kg – 43kg conti-

nental farm assured lambs sold between £18 and £22 above the weight.

Prime Lamb Top Prices:Prime Lamb Top Prices:Prime Lamb Top Prices:Prime Lamb Top Prices: TEX: £74 Friars Moss; £72 Moorbottom Farm; £71.50 Rye Close.CON: £66 Ivy Bank

Farm; £57.50 Upper Greenbank; £55.50 Botton Hall Farm. SUFF: £65 Rye Close; £62 North

Farm; £61 Oak Head Farm.CH: £63 Oak Head Farm; £62.50 Low Bendrigg Farm; £62.50

The Dingle.

MULE: 57.50 Ouzelthorn Farm; £53.50 Highfield Farm; £52.50 Low Moor Head Farm.

RYE: £56.50 Sykes Farm. HAMP: £55.50 Lower Highfield; £51.50 Upper Greenbank.

A larger entry of Cast Sheep in the market today with over 200 passing through the ring. Texel tups sold to a top of £117 from John Taylor of Lots House Farm. Cast ewes topped at £91 for a couple of Charollais’s from A & E Clarkson of Cock Hall. Mule ewes sold into the late fifties with better ewes selling over £60, topping at £63 from Andy Wilson of Burrow Height. Swaledale ewes sold to £50 from JS & S Atkinson of Sykes Farm.

Cast Sheep Top Prices:Cast Sheep Top Prices:Cast Sheep Top Prices:Cast Sheep Top Prices: TEX: £117 Lots House Farm; £91 Cock Hall Farm; £82 Burns House Farm. SUFF: £89 Greenbank Farm House; £79 Parks Farm Barn. MULE: £63 Burrow Heights Farm; £60 South Road; £60 Beckside. HRN: £51 Botton Hall Farm. SWAL: £50 Sykes Farm.

Half a dozen Prime Bulls forward today saw British blue bulls out of dairy sell to a top of 197.5ppk from E & N Wright & Sons of Allcocks Farm with others selling in the 180ppk. Black and whites sold to 161.5ppk from the same home.

Prime Beef Top Prices:Prime Beef Top Prices:Prime Beef Top Prices:Prime Beef Top Prices: FR: 161.5 Allcocks Farm. BRB: 197.6 Allcocks Farm; 187.5 Northwoods Farm.

Farm to Farm

Wanted

Charolais Bull

Easy Calving

Contact Matthew Probert 07760557 932

Available

Mowing Grass Available

10 acres near Staveley

20 acres near Borwick

Contact Matthew Probert 07760 557932

Herd of Pure Friesian Dairy Cattle

Cows in-milk, dry cows, in-calf Heifers, Bulling Heif-

ers, Heifer Stirks

ALSO

Cattle wintering available

Cubicles or loose housing

Contact Richard Gardiner 07713 787510

J36 - 015395 66200

J36 Sale Reports Thursday 23rd July Thursday 23rd July Thursday 23rd July Thursday 23rd July The only people leaving disappointed today were the buyers that had not been able to fulfil their requirements with an entry of 78 Calves forward and a ring full of buyers, as many again could have easily been sold to vendors’ advantage. Vendors strongly urged to forward their calves to J36. Plenty of good quality for buyers to choose from and compliments must go to vendors for the quality of calves produced. All beef calves in strong demand topping at £510 and £500 for six week old British Blue bull calves from Dennis Cottam of Hagg Farm. British Blue bulls sold to an average of £441. Limousin weanling bull calves topped at £520 from TK Robinson & Son of Greaves Farm with milk Limousin bull calves making £450 from Brian Wilson of Spout House. Native bred bull’s always good to sell at North West Auctions topping at £400 for a Hereford from R & EA Gardner of Barrowfield with Angus calves selling to £385 from Matthew Rob-inson of Holmescales. Heifer calves topped at £470 for a smart two month old Hereford from Messrs Moss of Congleton. Limousin heifers topped at £450 from Brian Wilson of Spout House with best types of heifers easily selling in excess of £400. A strong Black and White trade for the calves forward today top-ping at £175 from the Inman family of Strickland Hill and others to £170 from Messrs Sowerby, Town Head of Appleby. Well grown rearing types easily selling in excess of £140 with young rearing types selling £70 plus. A consignment of 4 to 5 month old British Blue heifer Stirks from Messrs Sowerby, Town Head of Appleby, achieved a top of £565 and all selling over £515. More stirks required to meet demand.

Calf Top Prices:Calf Top Prices:Calf Top Prices:Calf Top Prices: BULL CALVES – Lim: £520 Greaves Farm; £450 Spout House; £365 Strickley. BRB: £510 & £500 Hagg Farm; £440 Flodder Hall; £430 Beck House; £420 Brackenfold; £370 Beck Side. Hfd: £400 Barrowfield. AA: £385 & £380 Holmescales; £230 Strickley. Shorthorn: £200 Strickley. Fr: £175 Strickland Hill; £170 Town Head; £160 Holmescales; £155 Greaves Farm, Beck Side; £138 Brackenfold. HEIFER CALVES – Hfd: £470 Willowshaw. Lim: £450 & £440 Spout House; £420 Willowshaw; £290 & £275 Strickley. Sim: £440 Common Farm. BRB: £430 Town Foot; £420 & £400 Flodder Hall; £400 & £390 School House; £385 Brackenfold. AA: £320 & £310 Holmescales. HEIFER STIRKS – BRB: £565, £555 & £520 Town Head.

The fortnightly sale of cattle saw a competitive ringside of buyers for all classes of stock. The sale of Beef Breeding cattle topped at £1420 for Limousin x cows with young Limousin x calves at foot from JH Barker with others at £1380 twice. Store Cattle sold to £1050 for pure Limousin heifers from DJ & MJ Hoggarth, Ulpha with others at £960. A run of British Blue x heifers from A Taylor & Sons sold to £935 with Hereford x heifers at £910. Steers sold to £980 for pure Limousin yearlings again from DJ & MJ Hoggarth with Hereford x to £920 & British Blue x to £910. A larger entry of dairy bred steers sold to a top price of £975 for Swedish Red & White with Holstein Friesians to £720 and British Friesians to £700.

The Next Fortnightly Sale of Store & Breeding Cattle is Thursday 6th August. Please advise of entries in good time to assist with advertising.

Store Cattle Top Prices:Store Cattle Top Prices:Store Cattle Top Prices:Store Cattle Top Prices: STORE BULLOCKS – Lim: £980 Old Hall; £755 Low Nook. Hfd: £920 Birkland Barrow; £860 Todds Farm. BRB: £910 Low Nook. SRW: £975 Birkland Barrow. British White: £820 Bellart Howe. Short: £790 High Farm. Blo: £715 Granby. Fr: £720 Woodside; £700 Carter House. STORE HEIFERS – Lim: £1050 & £960 Old Hall; £840 Old Croft. Hfd: £910 Birkland Barrow. BRB: £935 (x3) & £890 (x4) Hope Stead. Blo: £790 Granby. Sim: £765 Todds Farm. BREEDING CATTLE – Lim Cow & Calf: £1420 & £1380 Stribers Farm. BRB Cow & Calf: £1300 & £1280 Town Foot. Mont Cow & Calf: £1300 Birkland Barrow. AA Cow & Calf: £1250 Stribers Farm.

Cast Cows & OTM Cattle sold to a top price of 147p/k (£982) for Limousin x cows from JL Bird, Grange Over-Sands with dairy cows reaching 134p/kg from P Knowles, New Hutton and £784 from JM Barton & Son, Lupton. An overall average of 115p/kg was achieved with 60% of the entry being dairy cattle and in mainly out of parlour condition.

Next Sale Thursday 6th August.

Cast Cow Top Prices:Cast Cow Top Prices:Cast Cow Top Prices:Cast Cow Top Prices: CAST COWS – Lim: 147.5p/kg West Plain Farm. Fr: 134.5 & 129.5p/kg Cragg Farm; 117.5p/kg Bridge End Farm; 114.5p/kg Beck House; 109.5p/kg Lupton Hall, Lower Hawthwaite. BB: 129.5p/kg Hall Croft; 124.5p/kg West Plain Farm. Shorthorn: 121.5p/kg Fell House; 117.5p/kg Strickley. AA: 114.5p/kg Crosscrake Farm. CAST BULL – Lim: 91.5p/kg Borwick Fold.

Tuesday 28th JulyTuesday 28th JulyTuesday 28th JulyTuesday 28th July The weekly sale of prime sheep saw 1,508 prime lambs forward selling to values in line with the national trend, albeit at a disappointing level Lambs sold to £76 for heavy Texel x from DM & D Cook with others £75 from JN & DJ Bowes. Standard lambs to £65.50 from JG & BJ Escolme and £64 from DE & SM Moorhouse. Light lambs to £61 from D Faraday. Hill lambs now starting to come forward in greater numbers with Masham £57 and Mules £55. Best lambs achieving 160p - 175p/kg with well finished first cross lambs 140p – 150p/kg dependant on weight.

An overall market average of 139p/kg was achieved along with 100% clearance. The Cast Ewe trade was noticeably better at J36 today with buyers expressing more interest. More ewes of all types could easily have been sold with the majority of pens being £8-£10 better than the previous week.

Texel tups sold to a top of £111 from G & W Penny of Marsh Grange Farm. Continental ewes sold to a top of £99 for Charollais ewes from PW Rhodes of Floraire with others selling in the late eighties and into the nineties. Cheviot ewes topped at £80 from RW Nicholson of Lupton. Mule ewes sold towards seventy pounds with leaner sorts looking dearer especially compared to fat ewes which buyers are especially cautious of, Mules averaged £61. Horned ewes a lot better to sell this week, Rough Fell ewes sold to £67 with the better types selling for £55 plus. Swaledales sold to £61 from Gordon Rawsthorne of Scargill with fit Swaledales £50 plus. Straight ewes sold around the £40 with pens of feeding ewes selling better £25 and £32.

TOP PRICESTOP PRICESTOP PRICESTOP PRICES Prime Lamb Top Prices:Prime Lamb Top Prices:Prime Lamb Top Prices:Prime Lamb Top Prices: PRIME LAMBS – Texel: £76 & £73.50 Smithy Green Farm; £75 Low Bundrigg; £65.50 Low Stanger Thwaite. Suffolk: £72 Smithy Green Farm; £69 Dunningwell Farm; £66 Arnside Tower; £64.50 Broomfield Farm, Lawsons Farm. Char: £62.50 Low Bendrigg Farm; £60 Myers Farm; £59 Floraire. Masham: £57 Steps Farm. Mule: £55 Kingsdale Head; £54 High Borrow-bridge; £53.50 Mosergh Farm. Beltex: £65.50 Kingsdale Head; £61 Stubb Farm Cast Sheep Top Prices: Cast Sheep Top Prices: Cast Sheep Top Prices: Cast Sheep Top Prices: CAST SHEEP – Char: £99 & £94 Floraire. Texel: £111 & £91 (rams) Marsh Grange; £80 Gilsmere Farm, Town End Farm; £76 Borwick Fold Farm; £70 Stubb Farm, Middleshaw Hall. Chev: £80 Green Lane End; £76 Marsh Grange. Mule: £69 Town End, Smithy Green, Cantsfield Hall. Rough Fell: £67 Marsh Grange; £62 Hole House. Swale: £61 Scargill Farm; £53 Eskew Beck. Leicester: £69 Preston Patrick Hall. Herdwick: £31 Borwick Fold Farm.

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Contact Details Bill Nelson Bill Nelson Bill Nelson Bill Nelson - Livestock Manager

07785 542738

Gary Capstick Gary Capstick Gary Capstick Gary Capstick - Auctioneer

07970 830518

Matthew Probert Matthew Probert Matthew Probert Matthew Probert - Auctioneer

07760 557932

Ian Atkinson Ian Atkinson Ian Atkinson Ian Atkinson - Auctioneer

07766 521472

Will Alexander Will Alexander Will Alexander Will Alexander - Trainee Auctioneer & Fieldsman

07976 646035

Richard Gardiner Richard Gardiner Richard Gardiner Richard Gardiner - Fieldsman

07713 787510

George Harryman George Harryman George Harryman George Harryman - Fieldsman

07759 278741

Bradley Thompson Bradley Thompson Bradley Thompson Bradley Thompson - Fieldsman

07867 000244

J36 Rural Auction Centre

Tuesday 28th Weekly Primestock at 1pm

Wednesday 29th July Monthly Machinery Sale at 10.30am

Please see website for entries to date

Thursday 30th July Weekly Sale of Calves & Fortnightly Sale of Store Lambs at

10.15am

Saturday 1st August Plants & Shrubs along side 1818 Auctioneers Architectural &

Garden Antiques, Rural Bygones & Salvage Items

Lancaster Auction Mart

Monday 27th July Weekly Sale of Primestock at 9am

Friday 31st July

Weekly Cattle Sale and Fortnightly Sale of Store Lambs at 10.15am

Coming up at North West Auctions…

Lancaster Lads &

J36 Lads Night Out

Lancaster Lads will be held on a new day of Thursday 13th August 2015 as an evening sale with the time to be confirmed in the catalogue. Lancaster lads is a prize show and sale of Breeding Rams including Suffolk, Texel, Charollais, Beltex and other Terminal

breeding rams, entries for the catalogue close on Friday 31st July.

J36 Lads Night Out will be held on Thursday 3rd September 2015 as an evening sale with the time to be confirmed in the catalogue. J36 Lads Night Out is a prize show and

sale of Breeding Rams including Suffolk, Texel, Charollais, Beltex and other Terminal

breeding rams. The sale will include a section for individual breeding females.

Entries for catalogue close on Friday 21st August 2015.

Congratulations to NWA

Auctioneer & Fieldsman

Will Alexander who

married the beautiful

Anna on

Saturday 25th July.

We wish them all the

best and a very

happy future together

Farm Plastic Recycling

at J36

Wednesday 12th

August

Please our website for details