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Town End Alpaca Retirement Dispersal Sale Saturday 2nd May

North West Auction held the dispersal sale of the Town End Alpacas on Saturday 2nd May 2015. The herd based at Crosthwaite near Kendal, were owned by

Brian Raine and Kim Kearney who are retiring from breeding. The first Cria (babies) were born at Town End in 2006, with the herd being formed by using some of the top genetics available throughout the world with the Bozedown genetics being extremely influential including importing prize winning studs from Australia. The majority of the herd was Huacaya with a couple being Suri.

The sale attracted national

attention with breeders present

from the top of Scotland to the

south west of England, even

attracting some interest from

as far afield as Belgium and Spain. A packed ringside present for the sale

watched the entire herd being sold. The sale was topped by Town End

Bunty, a Dark Fawn female pregnant for late summer selling for 1650gn to

join a herd up in Lanark. Yearling females sold to 1500gns for Town End

Sprite a Light Grey. The stud males created plenty of interest with some

extremely good genetics on offer, which saw Town End Plato selling to

1350gns. Young males ideal for breeding or as pets sold to 800gns for

males at a couple of years old with young males reaching 950gns.

Early Summer Sale of Poultry & Waterfowl

A bustling crowd gathered at the early summer sale of poultry on Saturday 2nd May. Opening the sale was the dead stock section which saw a fox trap sell to a final call of £140, from VJ Edgar. Bantam arks sold to £50 from S Mackley, Eggs were forward in plentiful supply, selling to a top of £28 for 6 Butterscotch Call Ducks from E Jackson, Cockermouth. Hen eggs sold to a top of £18 for a dozen Araucanas and the sale price for a dozen Speckled Sussex.

All classes of poultry sold well with large fowl reaching a top price of £100 for three Silver Pencilled Wyandottes from Colne based breeder R Whalley. Bantams sold to £75 for a trio of Blue Partridge Wyandottes again from S Mackley, and a single Pea Hen from the same home to £68.

The next sale is Saturday 4th July at J36.

Rare & Minority Breed Livestock

The much anticipated spring sale of rare and minority livestock attracted a wide range of entries and a large crowd of buyers. Cattle sold to £770 for a Belted Galloway Heifer and Calf from PC & BA Colbear with a White Galloway Cow & Calf £710 from SJ & M Richardson & Son. Maiden Longhorn Heifers from Messrs Norman & Winn sold to a top price of £730.

In the sheep section BA Hogg sold a Zwartble Shearling with twin lambs at £185 with others £180 from S Atkinson. Hebridean Ewes with twins sold at £128, Jacobs with twins £130, Manx Loaghton with twins £82. Gimmer Hoggs sold at £82 for Teeswater, £50 Manx Loaghton, Dorset horned £80.

Pygmy Goats with twin kids sold at £300.

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Lancaster Sale Reports Friday 1st May Friday 1st May Friday 1st May Friday 1st May ---- Annual Grass Day Show & Sale of Store CattleAnnual Grass Day Show & Sale of Store CattleAnnual Grass Day Show & Sale of Store CattleAnnual Grass Day Show & Sale of Store Cattle The Lancaster Annual Grass Day sale saw a nice show of Store Cattle forward, with plenty of meaty cattle and grazing cattle forward. Grazing cattle were a good trade with RH & C Ayrton selling their first prize Bullock to realise £1080, with heifers from the same home selling to £1000 both at 12months. Young B&W were dearer on the week, with older sorts talk a hit. With another forecasted drop in dead weight prices next week, trade for short keep cattle was slight-ly easier, topping at £1300 for a pen of Lim bullocks from GR Bargh & Co. Heifers sold to £1200 for a single Lim from JS & KM Wilson & Son.

Store Cattle Top Prices:Store Cattle Top Prices:Store Cattle Top Prices:Store Cattle Top Prices: STORE BULLOCKS – FR: £980 Low Levens; £960 Newsham Hall Farm; £820 Hallbeck. AA: £1180 Newsham Hall Farm; £1140 High Green; £1140 Park Farm. GA: £530 Mellings Barn. LIM: £1300 Rye Close; £1290 High House; £1140 Bouthwaite Farm. BS: £720 121 Pilling Lane. CH: £1240 Rye Close; £1200 Daniel Fold Farm; £930 Fell End Farm. HE: £1100 High House Farm. SIM: £1290 Rye Close. BRB: £1260 Rye Close; £1260 Pasture House Farm; £1130 High House Farm. BAZ: £1100 The Old Stable. BA: £1220 Daniel Fold Farm; £1070 The Dell.

STORE HEIFERS – AA: £1080 Little Fell Farm; £1000 Raw Head; £1000 Moss View. WB: £860 Myerscough College. LIM: £1200 High House; £1190 Rye Close; £1120

Fern Lea. CH: £1190 Rye Close; £1140 Newsham Hall Farm; £1080 High House. HE: £1070 Fern Lea; £910 High House Farm; £820 Bull Bank Farm. SIM: £920 Todgill

Farm. BRB: £1160 High House; £1140 Pasture House Farm; £1000 Ouzelthorn Farm. BA: £1080 High House; £820 The Dell.

A strong entry of 70 Cast Cows forward, defying the drop in beef price, with a flying trade throughout, selling to a top of 164.5ppk for a Lim cow, again from RH & C Ayrton & Son. Top gross was achieved by a Lim cow again selling to a total of £1170 from F & M L Lee & Son. OTM dairy cows sold to a top of 144.5ppk, twice, both from D & E Monk & Son. Dairy cows sold to average 120ppk, with an overall average of 122ppk.

Cast Cow Top Prices:Cast Cow Top Prices:Cast Cow Top Prices:Cast Cow Top Prices: CAST COW - FR: 144.5 Bannister Farm; 141.5 Pilling Hall; 139.5 Gibraltar Farm. AY: 129.5 Aughton Hall Farm. AA: 121.5 Gateside Farm. LIM: 164.5 Ouzelthorn Farm; 151.5 Moss End Farm; 149.5 Oak Head Bank. BRB: 144.5 High House. CAST HEIFER – FR: 134.5 Brown Brook. CAST STEER – FR: 134.5 Old Glasson Farm.

CAST BULL – FR: 117.5 Johnson House.

A strong trade for all Calves forward this morning, B&W’s to £190 from Wallbank Farms, best black and whites in excess of £150 with nice rearing sorts £80-

£120, to average £79/head. A shortage of heifer calves this morning, with Angus’ selling to £238 from Ken & Sheila Kelsall, Chipping. Topping the morning was a cracking Blue Bull at 1m26day from David & Eileen Wallbank selling to £530. Strong Hereford Bull calves from John Drinkall sold to £400 at 8weeks. Stirks from John Gorst at 8month sold to £600 for a BrB Heifer and £515 for a nice pair of Angus Heifers.

Calf Top Prices:Calf Top Prices:Calf Top Prices:Calf Top Prices: BULL CALF – FR: £190 Tills Farm; £170 Catshaw Hall Farm; £120 Boldens Farm. AA: £375 Tills Farm. LIM: £280 Middle Lee Farm; £265 Heaton Hall Farm. HE: £400 Catshaw Hall Farm. BRB: £530 Tills Farm; £305 Boldens Farm

HEIFER CALF – AA: £238 Brown Brook.

HEIFER STIRK – AA: £515 Appletree Farm. BRB: £600 Appletree Farm.

Lancaster Spring Show of Cattle Lancaster Spring Show of Cattle Lancaster Spring Show of Cattle Lancaster Spring Show of Cattle ---- 14 Months & Under14 Months & Under14 Months & Under14 Months & Under Prize Results

Steers 1st RH & C Ayrton LTD £1080 2nd ST Birkett £1070 3rd ST Birkett £1090

Heifers 1st RH & C Ayrton LTD £1000

2nd GR & A Foy £860 3rd RH & C Ayrton LTD £950

Monday 4th MayMonday 4th MayMonday 4th MayMonday 4th May A mixed entry of Prime Hoggs forward with many vendors coming to the end of the hoggs. Quality hoggs and those weighing between 40kg and 44kg good to sell easily selling between £30 and £35 above their weight. A lot of horned hoggs and heavy weight in the market lead to the trade averaging 170ppk for SQQ and overall market average of 165ppk.

A strong entry of 180 Spring Lambs forward sold to a similar trade if not slightly better than other markets up and down the country on the same day. Better quality lambs still achieving 220ppk plus topping at 226ppk from MJ Ayrton of Cockerham. Heavy weight lambs sold to a top price of £106.50 from Sandra Blades of Arkholme.

Prime Spring Lamb & Hogg Top Prices:Prime Spring Lamb & Hogg Top Prices:Prime Spring Lamb & Hogg Top Prices:Prime Spring Lamb & Hogg Top Prices: Prime Spring Lambs – SUFF: £90 Highfield Farm; £89 Keer Holme; £86.50 Beaumont Gate. CH: £79 Springfield Farm; £70 Stirzakers Farm. TEX: £105.50 Keer Holme; £90.50 Bambers Farm; £88.50 Springfield Farm.

Prime Hoggs – SUFF: £91.50 Parks Farm Barn; £87.50 Maddinson Avenue; £79.50 Sowerby Lodge. CON: £79 Medlar Hall Farm. MULE: £88.50 Isle of Skye Farm;

£79.50 Parks Farm Barn; £79 Medlar Hall Farm. HRN: £77 Medlar Hall Farm; £73 Sowerby Lodge; £71 Parks Farm Barn. CH: £83 Throstle Grove Farm. CHEV: £84.50

Inververvie. TEX: £92 Isle of Skye Farm; £88 Interbervie; £85 Parks Farm Barn. JAC: £49 Fell End Farm. GRIT: £76 Medlar Hall Farm. HERD: £69.50 Medlar Hall Farm.

ZWART: £82 Parks Farm Barn.

A smaller entry of Cast Sheep this week were all eagerly sought after. Cast Texel rams sold to £123 from D France of Isle of Skye with Charolais ewes achieving £114 as strong Continental ewes sold easily in excess of £100. Mule ewes sold to £88 from J Smith of Stanley farm with other fit mule ewes generally selling in the eighties. Horned ewes topped at £76 from J Smith of Stanley Farm.

Cast Sheep Top Prices:Cast Sheep Top Prices:Cast Sheep Top Prices:Cast Sheep Top Prices: MULE: £95 Curwen Hill Farm; £88 Stanley Farm; £86 Burrow Heights Farm. HRN: £76 Stanley Farm; £69

Isle of Skye Farm; £51 Stone Cottage. CH: £114 Curwen Hill Farm. TEX: £123 Isle of Skye Farm; £101 Corless

Mill; £100 Curwen Hill Farm. LEI: £92 Fell End Farm. ZWAR: £103 Inverbervie.

Spring Breeding Sheep SaleSpring Breeding Sheep SaleSpring Breeding Sheep SaleSpring Breeding Sheep Sale

A smaller entry of sheep forward this week with many people holding back sheep for the Annual Spring

Show of Hoggs with lambs on Monday 11th May. Once again a very firm trade was enjoyed at Lancaster,

2 crop mule ewes with Texel twins from PS Varley of Newton in Bowland sold to £198 with aged mule

ewes from John Hughes of Quernmore selling to £188. Texel ewes with young twin lambs sold to £170

from Messers Hey & Son of Quernmore.

Next week sale includes Show & Sale for Hoggs with Lambs.

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J36 Sale Reports Thursday 30th April Thursday 30th April Thursday 30th April Thursday 30th April ---- Annual Grass Day Show & Sale of Store CattleAnnual Grass Day Show & Sale of Store CattleAnnual Grass Day Show & Sale of Store CattleAnnual Grass Day Show & Sale of Store Cattle

Calves & Stirks

The weekly sale of calves and stirks attracted an entry of 66 selling to a firm trade, attracting buyers from far and wide. British Blue bull calves were in strong demand selling to £470 and £450 from JW & TE Sharpe of Flodder Hall. Angus bull calves sold to £422 from V & EJ Chadwick & Sons of Sowerby Lodge at 8 weeks old. All types of beef calves were wanted by buyers from young calves ideal for multi suckling cows to well grown beef calves. Black and white bull calves sold to a top of £200 from RA & E Edmondson of High Barns, with other best types of rearing calves selling in excess of £110, with plainer rearing types £60 - £90. A larger entry of stirks in the market this week met a strong trade. Eight month old Montbeliarde steers sold to £625 from Andrew Pratt of Sedbergh who also

sold British Blue heifer and steers to £590. Black and white steers at 7 month old sold to £405 from the same home.

Calf Top Prices:Calf Top Prices:Calf Top Prices:Calf Top Prices: Bull Calf – Brb £470, £450 Flodder Hall, £370 Sowerby Lodge. Ang £422 Sowerby Lodge. Lim £290 Birks Farm. Heifer Calf – Brb £410, £370 Flodder Hall. Ang £360 Sowerby Lodge. Lim £280 Birks Farm. Heifer Stirk – Brb £590 Buck Bank Farm. Ang £510 Orphan Crag Barn. Lim £392 Borwick Fold Farm.

Bullock Stirk – Mon £625 Buck Bank Farm. Brb £590 Buck Bank Farm. Ang £580 Orphan Crag. Fri £405 Buck Bank Farm.

North West Auctions held their fortnightly sale of Cast Cows at J36 where a show made up predominately Black & White Cows were put to an increased ring-

side of buyers. Black and White cows topped at 134.5p/kg from RG & JA Clark of Endmoor purchased by Mr L Fell. Good meated cows regularly 115 to 125p/

kg. A lot more lean plain cows forward today regularly being 85-95p/kg. A definite shortage of good continental cattle today but those forward were good to

sell, topping at 184.5p/kg for a Limousin Cow from CF Hoggarth & Son of Burneside. Overall Cast Cows averaged 115.63p/kg.

Cast Cow Top Prices:Cast Cow Top Prices:Cast Cow Top Prices:Cast Cow Top Prices: Fri 135.5 Far Audlands, 129.5 Warton Grange Farm, 127.5 Wyke Farm, Greaves Farm. Ayr 114.54 Sunny Bank. Ang 121.5 Low Hundhowe.

Sho 114.5, 111.5 Strickley. Gal 114.5 Long Green Head. Luing 131.5 High House Farm, 117.5 Poole Bank Farm. Lim 184.5 Low Hundhowe, 157.5

Stubb Farm, 154.5 Poppy Farm, 149.5 Ashstead. Char 144.5 Greaves Farm. Here 139.5 Lane Ends Farm, 114.5 Low Hundhowe. Sim 119.5 Low

Woodedge Farm.

Despite the inclement weather for the time of year and the ever on going drop in prime cattle prices, a huge ringside of buyers were present for the Annual Grass Day Prize Show & Sale of Store Cattle and the quality of cattle did not disappoint with all classes being good to sell, especially the smarter end of yearling Bullocks and Heifers but there was something for everybody.

The Pre-sale show of cattle was very ably judged by Mr Geoff Bell of Appleby, who used his expertise to judge the six classes of cattle put before him before having the very difficult task of awarding his overall Champion and Reserve Rosettes, but after a lot of very careful deliberation he went on to award the Championship Rosette and the Roger Griffiths Memorial Rose Bowl to a very shapely 12 month old Blonde Cross Bullock from Stephen Hill of Bolton-le-Sands and the Reserve Champion Rosette to a Yearling Limousin Bullock from JG & PH Thompson of Poppy Farm.

Show ResultsShow ResultsShow ResultsShow Results

Limousin Heifer 1st TMW & H Hodgson, Arklid £980

2nd JG & PH Thompson, Poppy Farm £990

3rd GC & GW Taylor, Farm £855

British Blue Heifer 1st RH & C Ayrton, Ouzlethorn Farm, £960

Any Other Breed Heifer 1st SA Hill, The Dell £1130

2nd SJ & NS Wood, Causeway Farm £955

Champion – British Blue Bullock from SA Hill, The Dell

Reserve Champion – Limousin Bullock from JH & PH Thompson, Poppy Farm

Throughout the sale there were some fantastic runs of cattle and with buyers returning year after year,

knowing they will be able to put together some tremendous cattle ideal to turnout for

summer grazing. There was also a lot interest from buyers looking to purchase good heifers for breed-

ing purposes.

Store Cattle Top Prices:Store Cattle Top Prices:Store Cattle Top Prices:Store Cattle Top Prices: Store Bullock – Fri £770 Buck Bank Farm, £715 Hal Farm, £715 Buck Bank Farm. Ang £875 Bank Ground, £860, £800 Low Stennerley, £750 Marl House. Sho £850 Kirkby Hall. Lim £1255, £1230, £1195 Stubb Farm, £1180 Poppy Farm, £1140 Levens Hall. Char £1095 Barker Knott, £1000 Dawson Fold, £985 Eskmeals, £920 Hartrigg. Here £935 West Plain Farm, £895 Crabtree Farm, £880 West Plain Farm, £860 High Biggarsbank. Sim £1175 Brow Head, £1085 Brow Head, £1020, £1000 High House Farm. Stab £770, £765 West Berrick Farm, £720 Old School House. Brb £1180 The Dell, £1090 Capplethwaite, £1070, £1060 Ouzelthorn. FKV £985, £955 Carlingwha. Blo £1100 Causeway Farm. £1070 The Dell, £1045 Poppu

Farm, £995 Causeway Farm. Store Heifer – Ang £845 Bank Ground, £830 Middle Birkby Farm, £750 Low Fell End, £720 Bank Ground. Lim £1250, £1240 Lane Head Farm, £1200 Cockrigg, £1180 Lane Head, £1150 North Lodge. Char £980 Bowkerstead Farm, £920 Dawson Fold, £900 Mountain View, £900 Barker Knott. Here £685, £665 Gowan Bank Farm. Sim £870 Brow Head, £820 Low Fell End. Brb £1065 High Biggarsbank, £1030 Capplethwaite Hall, £960 Ouzlethorn Farm, £940 Garnett House. Blo £1130 The Dell, £955 Causeway Farm, £950 Capplethwaite, £880 Millbeck Bungalow. Store Bull – Lim £975, £945, £895 Fold Farm. Cha £885 Mint Close. Stab £920 Park House Farm.

Limousin Bullock 1st JG & PH Thompson, Poppy Farm £1180

2nd JG & PH Thompson, Poppy Farm £1120

3rd TMW & H Hodgson, Arklid £1090

British Blue Bullock 1st SA Hill, The Dell £1180

2nd RH & C Ayrton, Ouzlethorn £1070

3rd RH & C Ayrton, Ouzlethorn £1060

Any Other Breed Bullock

1st SJ & NS Wood, Causeway £1100

2nd SJ & NS Wood, Causeway £1100

3rd SA Hill, The Dell £1070

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Tuesday 5th MayTuesday 5th MayTuesday 5th MayTuesday 5th May

North West Auctions held their weekly sale of prime sheep at J36 on Tuesday, where an increased entry of Spring Lambs sold to a competitive trade with more firms now starting to take a few Spring Lambs as well as Hoggets. Lambs were to 228.9p/kg and to £89.50/head, with lambs 38-42 kg, being the optimum weight range at the moment. A show of 75 Spring Lambs averaged 200.32p/kg.

Prime Hoggs were a very similar show to last week. However as hogg numbers seem to be tightening up a little. All classes saw a sharper trade on the week with our SQQ being up by some 15p/kg. Hoggs topped at £91/head for Suffolk hoggs from M Blease of Carnforth and to a top of 194.3p/kg for Texel hoggs from J & A M Mason of Mansergh, with an overall average of 176.69p/kg

Prime Spring Lamb & Hogg Top Prices:Prime Spring Lamb & Hogg Top Prices:Prime Spring Lamb & Hogg Top Prices:Prime Spring Lamb & Hogg Top Prices: Prime Lambs

Hamp: £83.50 Endmoor Farm. Suff: £89.50, £87 Hollins Farm. Char: £84 High Foulshaw. Tex: £86 Highfield; £85 Downlands. Prime Hoggs

Suff: £91 The Barn; £85 The Galleon. Mule: £78 Thwaite Rigg; £72.50 Hill Top Farm. Swale: £73 Thrang; £69.50 Moss House Farm. Char: £88.50 Larkrigg. Chev: £76 Dane Hill Farm; £74 Moss House Farm. Tex: £85.50 Thwaite Rigg, Mansergh High Farm; £84 Haveriggs Farm. Dales: £71, £68 Dane Hill Farm. Herd: £76, £69.50 Thrang.

With extra customers ringside, all classes of Cast Sheep sold to a very strong trade with the average being up some £5/head on the week. Cast sheep topped at £125.

Cast Sheep Top Prices:Cast Sheep Top Prices:Cast Sheep Top Prices:Cast Sheep Top Prices:

Suff: £107, £106 The Barn; £99 High Foulshaw. Mule: £92 Black Bull Farm; £86 Mid Town House; £86 White House, Hill Top Farm. Swale: £79, £77 Sykes Farm; £76 Cotegill Farm. RFell: £86 Croft Foot Farm; £79 Crabtree Farm, Cotegill Farm. Char: £99 Bull Bank Farm. Chev: £100 Green Head; £89 Low Tarn Green; £87 Hill Farm. Tex: £125 Bull Bank Farm; £119 Barrow House Farm; £100 Hill Top Farm; £109 Millbeck. Leic: £115, £99 Tongue House Farm. Herd: £87 Kate Farm; £64 Low Garths. Zwart: £85 Abbey Drive.

Sheep & Lambs

The weekly sale of sheep with lambs, saw 380 forward selling to a top price of £218 for Mule Shearlings with Texel twins from G & K M Atkinson. The first entry of Hoggs with lambs forward this week, selling at £170 for Texel x hoggs, with single Texel lambs. Older sheep sold to £180 for Texel x with twins from S & W Dickinson and £142 for singles from M & E Parrott.

Sheep & Lamb Top Prices:Sheep & Lamb Top Prices:Sheep & Lamb Top Prices:Sheep & Lamb Top Prices:

Mule Shearlings with twins £218

Mule Ewes with twins £168

Mule Ewes with singles £118

Cheviot Ewes with twins £140

Texel Ewes with twins £155

Texel Hoggs with singles £170

Lleyn Ewes with singles £142

Suffolk Ewes with twins £168

Herdwick Ewes with singles £78

Next week sale includes Show & Sale for Hoggs with Lambs.

J36 Rural Auction Centre

Thursday 7th May Weekly Sale of Calves & Fortnightly Sale of Dairy Cattle

Saturday 9th May On Farm dispersal to include 6 Tractors plus large selection of modern and well maintained grassland machinery

and equipment plus livestock equipment. Entries by permission from the Auctioneer Matthew Probert 07760 557932.

Lancaster Auction Mart Saturday 16th May

Collective Sale of Farm Machinery and Equipment plus household items in conjunction with 1818 Auctioneers

Monday 18th May Monthly Sale of Pedigree & Commercial Dairy Cattle

Catalogue entries close Friday 8th May

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