weekly news 25th septemer 2021
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AUCTIONEERS: Stephen J Dennis
Mobile: 07713 075 661 Greg MacDougall
Mobile: 07713 075 664 Will Alexander
Mobile: 07590 876 849 Office 015242 61444 Sale Days 61246
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WEEKLY NEWS 25TH SEPTEMBER 2021
Champion BFL Shearling Ram from C Hewitt realising £3200
SHOW RESULTS
Judges: Simon Garth
TEXEL SHEARLING RAM
CHAMPION Firm of G Gray
1st Firm of G Gray £1200
2nd DA Towell £2400
3rd Firm of G Gray £800
TEXEL RAM LAMB
1st Firm of G Gray £420
2nd DA Towell £320
SHOW RESULTS
Judge: Sam Bradley
SUFFOLK SHEARLING RAM
1st A Brown £650
2nd SC Walker £650
3rd SC Walker £800
SUFFOLK RAM LAMB
1st WM Hutchinson & Son £450
2nd TA Blair £350
3rd WM Hutchinson & Son £400
FRIDAY
SHOW & SALE OF
322 RAMS
SHOW RESULTS
Judges: Jack Monk
BELTEX SHEARLING RAM
1st J Garth & Son £480
2nd I & M Lancaster £600
3rd Messrs Wales £680
BELTEX SHEARLING RAM
1st T Craddock & Son £880
2nd T Craddock & Son £980
3rd Messrs Wales £680
Friday 17th September 322 RAMS
BREED TOP FROM AV
BELTEX Shearling £680 Messrs Wales, Carlisle £359
2 Shr £250 A & S Coupe, Longridge £250
BLUE TEXEL Lamb £120 B Walker, Askham in Furness £120
Shearling £380 P Holgate, Wigglesworth £296
CHAROLLAIS Lamb £150 B Walker, Askham in Furness £150
Shearling £570 Messrs Wales, Carlisle £508
2 Shr £450 B Walker, Askham in Furness £450
DORSET Shearling £200 J & R Waller, Killington £200
DUTCH SPOTTED Lamb £145 JM Abel, Ingmanthorpe £113
Shearling £290 B Barnes, Kirkby Lonsdale £255
HAMPSHIRE Shearling £150 J Walker, Kirby Sigston £150
SUFFOLK Lamb £550 SC Walker, Rushton £403
Shearling £800 SC Walker, Rushton £445
2 Shr £350 P Keyes, Salwick £340
TEXEL Lamb £420 Firm of G Gray, Selkirk £307
Shearling £2400 DA Towell, Glusburn £497
2 Shr £480 PW & DM Swindlehurst, Underbarrow £410
3 Shr £450 S & D Robinson, Horton in Ribblesdale £450
XBR Shearling £1000 RC Robinson, Pannal £505
2 Shr £600 R Burnett, Newark £453
Auctioneer’s Report (Will Alexander): All types good to sell, with the better end meeting a fast trade. Best of the Texels from DA Towell, Keighley, with his 2nd prize Shearling topping the day at £2400, Davids next best at £1500, whilst the first prize shearling from D&C Gray, Sel-kirk peaked at £1200. Plenty of better sorts £800-£1000, with the next bracket £500-700. The crossbred shearlings £680-£800 with the better sorts again dearer, topping at £1000 from RC Robinson, Harrogate. It was SC Walker of Cheshire who took all top spots in the Suffolk sec-tion, their best lamb at £550, another at £450, matched by Richard Hutchinson’s first prize lamb at the same price. Shearlings topped at £800 from the same home, with another at £650, matched by the first place shearling from Adam Brown, most sorts £400-£500. Thanks go to all our judges, Simon Garth, Jack Monk & Sam Bradley and sponsors NFU Skipton & I’Ansons.
SHOW RESULTS
Judge: Frank Kitching
CHAMPION Chris Hewitt
BFL AGED RAM
1st H Huddleston & Son £1700
2nd JM & JJ Dawson £1700
3rd B Lawrence £900
BFL SHEARLING RAM
1st C Hewitt £3200
2nd HW & G White £900
3rd S & D Robinson £900
BFL RAM LAMB
1st WM Hutchinson & Son £2400
2nd AC & K Pye £1800
3rd A White £2800
BFL FEMALE
1st RI Raw £420
2nd K Smith
3rd L White £180
SATURDAY 18TH SEPTEMBER
SHOW & SALE OF
BFL & TEESWATER RAMS & FEMALES
SHOW RESULTS
Judge: Jack Woodhouse
CHAMPION DE & J Waine
RESERVE CHAMPION JA & F ELliot
TEESWATER SHEARLING RAM
1st DE & J Waine £500
2nd JA & F Elliot £300
3rd JM Jackson £300
TEESWATER FEMALE
1st JM Jackson £220
2nd D & GC Newbould £200
3rd R Dawson £180
DE & J Waine’ Champion
Teeswater Shearling Ram
H Huddleston & Son WM Hutchinson & Son
HW & G White RI Raw
Saturday 18th September 292 Forward
BREED TOP FROM AV BFL
Ram Lamb £2800 WA & A Booth, Feizor
A White, Horton in Ribblesdale £670
Shearling Ram £6000 WA & A Booth, Feizor £714
2 Shear Ram £3000 K & GJ Huck, Austwick £748
3 Shear Ram £1800 WA & A Booth, Feizor £1125
Gimmer Lamb £150 A & L Huddleston, Wray £130
Gimmer Shearling £420 RI Raw, Farleton £238
Ewe £350 JA Ellershaw, Carnforth £205
Auctioneer’s Report (Stephen Dennis): The Annual Sale of BFL rams was once again a strong trade. The pre-sale show was judged by Frank Kitching of Thresfield, Skipton who carried out his duties with diligence and expertise, awarding the Overall Champion Rosette to Bentham breeder Chris Hewitt for his shearling ram sired by Highberries Hotshot H1 out of a ewe by Smearsett G11 selling for £3200 to Messrs Hodgson of Kirkby Stephen. A large class of ram lambs saw the judge pick the best from the Kirby Redgate run later selling to £2400 whilst 2nd place lamb from Dunkenshaw sold at £1800 with Abbey White taking 3rd prize with a Ribblesdale M2 lamb selling for £2800. Top prices in both the shearling and lamb section came from the Smearsett flock of David & Robin Booth. A bid of £6000 from James & Simon Garth of Birk Knott secured the purchase of their best shearling ram by Smearsett B13 while James Hall of Darnbrook took home the best of their ram lambs by Smearsett J30 with a bid of £2800. Shearling rams averaged £697 up £17 on the year whilst ram lambs saw an increase of £100 on the year to level at £669.
Auctioneer’s Report (Will Alexander): Teeswater shearlings to £500 from Da-vid Waine whilst the best of the aged tups sold to £380 from J & M Whitfield, Wray. Best of the females from JM Jackson for her 1st place shearling to £220.
TEESWATER Ram Lamb £80 I Tyson, Lupton £70
Shearling Ram £500 DE & J Waine, Kendal £234
2 Shear Ram £200 JK Gorst & Son, Tatham £200
3 Shear Ram £380 J & M Whitfield & Sons, Wray £380
Female £220 J Jackson, Yealand Conyers £159
TUESDAY 21ST SEPTEMBER
Highhills Limousin Dispersal On Behalf of Messrs Newburn, Halifax
HEIFERS WITH HEIFER CALVES
Top £2800 to Average £2650
COWS WITH HEIFER CALVES
Top £4100 to Average £3093
COWS WITH BULL CALVES
Top £2750 to Average £2588
BULLS
Top £3200 to Average £2250
Auctioneer’s Report (Stephen Dennis): The Dispersal of the Highhills Herd of Pedigree Li-mousin Cattle from Kim, Linda & Richard Newburn of Halifax created plenty of interest. The herd established in 2015 boasted a high health status being both BVD and IBR accred-ited, monitored free of Leptospirosis and Risk Level 1 Johnes Status. The sale topped at £4100 (a new mart record) for Highhills Magic born 2016 with her April born heifer calf Highhills Sorcerer purchased by Nigel Binns of Stoke on Trent. The same buyer also taking home Highhills Misty (born 2016) with her heifer calf Highhills Snowflake (born April 2016) with a bid of £3800 and a successful bid of £3550 for Simse Jenny, a 2014 cow with her May born heifer calf Highhills Summer ensuring the top three lots all headed to Stoke on Trent. The 13 cows and heifers with calves at foot and back in calf to stock bull Elderberry Northerner averaged £2869. All four bulls forward found new homes. The senior bull Eld-erberry Northerner selling for £3200 whilst the three junior bulls on offer sold to £2150.
FARMERS STIRKS 623 FORWARD
BREED TOP FROM AV
BULLOCKS AA £1030 J Shaw, Wennington £828
Blonde £870 G Sunter, Mansergh £870
Baz £870 TN Airey & Son, Eldroth £835
Belted Galloway £625 P Parker, Burton in Lonsdale £625
BrB £1070 L Burrow & Son, Tatham £780
BSH £770 SH Bowes, Stainton £761
Charolais £1085 J Shaw, Wennington £1034
DSH £705 J & R Batty, Burneside £705
Fleck £935 DA Sunter, Old Hutton £783
Hereford £925 PW & DW Roskell, Pilling £665
Longhorn £760 O & JR Dixon, Kendal £760
Limousin £1180 S & FM Heald, Ingleton £862
Montbeliarde £800 MD Close & Son, Arkholme £800
Norwegian Red £650 MD Close & Son, Arkholme £628
Simmental £995 WK & R Harrison, Arkholme £880
Stabiliser £630 D Breaks, Slaidburn £630
Welsh Black £500 SH Bowes, Stainton £500
B + W £750 PM & AM Ward & Sons, Arkholme £593
HEIFERS AA £840 MD Close & Son, Arkholme £608
Blonde £530 R & EM Cornall, Arkholme £530
Baz £730 TN Airey & Son, Eldroth £713
BrB £980 AG & GM Rowlinson, Killington £675
BSH £610 SH Bowes, Stainton £610
Charolais £1020 J Shaw, Wennington £947
Fleck £710 SJ & J Hodgson & Son, Greenodd £650
Hereford £780 ST & JE Foster, Calton £570
Longhorn £535 O & HR Dixon, Kendal £490
Limousin £1900 D Stubbs, Altham £825
Norwegian Red £670 TE & S Ridding, Kirkby Lonsdale £670
Simmental £960 MJ & C Thornber, Newton in Bowland £796
BULLS Blonde £700 JM Knowles, Lowgill £700
Charolais £970 ST & JE Foster, Calton £970
Limousin £1050 SJ & AL Dennis, Bentham £725
Auctioneer’s Report (Greg MacDougall): A large entry of 623 stirks were forward before a decent ringside of customers with several fit for numbers. Stronger wintering cattle good to place generally £800-£1100. A consignment of mainly Charolais steers and heifers from J Shaw, Wennington sold to £1085 with heifers to £1020. It was S & FM Heald, Broats Farm who topped the day’s sale at £1180 with a smart Limousin steer with JE Beresford close behind at £1150 with a tidy Lim x heifer. Younger stirks look the dearest things on the day with prices varying from £550-£750 depending on breed and quality. A varied trade for B + Ws but gener-ally selling well. Stronger sorts either side of £700 topping at £750 from PM & AM Ward, Docker, PW & DW Roskell’s monthly consignment to £705. Smaller end £520-£580. Next sale Tuesday 19th October which includes the 1st Sale of Suckled Calves.
Rearing Calves
124 Forward Breed Top From Av
AA Bulls £440 JT & B Fox, Quernmore £332
AA Hfrs £330 JT & B Fox, Quernmore £222
BrB Bulls £490 M & D Stable, Ulverston £394
BrB Hfrs £500 M & D Stable, Ulverston £349
Charolais Bulls £425 JH Towers & Sons, Tunstall £425
Hereford Bulls £330 A & ED Booth, Giggleswick £301
Hereford Hfrs £220 PJ & MR Stuart, Sowerby St Michaels £171
Limousin Bulls £545 NM Breaks, Slaidburn £360
Limousin Hfrs £275 JH Towers & Sons, Tunstall £213
Mont Bulls £185 HF Morphet, Ulverston £178
Simmental Bulls £400 Kelsall & Wood, Scotforth £400
Simmental Hfrs £460 NM Breaks, Slaidburn £338 B + W Bulls £230 P & M Crackles & Sons, Burrow £116
Auctioneer’s Report (Will Alexander): Following last week’s entry of 176 it was good to have another 124 forward. Younger calves would be sharper on the week, with the older stronger sorts a similar trade. Nicely reared Angus Bulls £295-£340, with the strong sorts £400+, topping at £440 from John & Edward Fox, Quernmore. Heifers to £330 from the same home, with the stronger sorts £250+ and those younger £180-£220. Another lovely run of Hereford bulls out of Friesian Cows from The Booths regularly £300-£320 with their 7 topping at £330. Continental bulls to a top of £490 for strong weaned sorts from M & D Stable, others £440+, whilst younger milky calves £400-£425 with the next draw £340-£400, smalls £280-£300. A stronger heifer trade, saw a high of £500 again from the Sta-bles, a pair sold by Dave Harrison at £420, plenty of others £370+. Other Continentals to £425 for a Charollais bull from JH Towers & Son, Tunstall, and the top spot of the day to David Breaks with a Lim Bull at £545, and a Sim from Phillip Wood at £400. A stronger show of Friesian bulls saw the best £200+ topping at £230 from P&M Crackles, nice rear-ers £110-£135, with the next notch down £80-£90.
CAST COWS 30 FORWARD B + W to £1165.60 or 188p from EB & S Coultherd
CTL to £1179.75 or 172p from AG & GM Rowlinson
Auctioneer’s Report (Stephen Dennis): Feeding & cast cows remain a buoyant trade with plenty of com-petition ringside. B + W cows to 150p for well fleshed sorts and to 188p for overage heifers. A run of beef x fed cows from Andrew Rowlinson sold from 163p-173p grossing an average of £1150. A group of light-weight hill feeding cows sold from 110-135p. More cows required weekly.
CAST EWES 2235 FORWARD
Breed Top From BFL £114.50 B & SE Carter, Ellel Charollais £127.50 LM Marsden, Bolton by Bowland Cheviot £108.50 J & M Cockett, Ingleton Dalesbred £72.50 J & M Whitfield & Sons, Wray Dorset £108.50 S Sleightholme, York
Lonk £77.50 J Pinder & Sons, Newton in Bowland
R Raby, Farleton Mule £110.50 RJ Farming, Preston SBF £94.50 RJ Farming, Preston Suffolk £118.00 W & J Livesey, Inskip Swale £84.50 J Parker & Sons, Skipton Texel £170.00 J Garth & Son, Clapham CTL Tups £205.00 EJ Ward & Sons, Nether Kellet
Auctioneer’s Report (Greg MacDougall): Another nice entry of ewes were for-ward to the usual ringside of buyers. All classes on the whole selling at similar rates once again. Plain horned ewes look nicely sold with heavy and best bred sorts short of requirements. Topping the night’s sale was a Texel ram from EJ Ward & Sons realising £205. Pure bred ewes in general £140-£170 with heavy Suffolk/ CTLs £120-£140. Good selling types around £100. Smaller types £70-£90. Fleshy horned ewes £65-£75 with a few pens getting over £80. SBF ewes sold to £94.50. Medium sorts £45-£55 with plain £28-£40. A larger entry of 66 cast rams. Hill rams to £80 with heaviest CTL and Suffolk £130-£180. Lesser sorts £100-£120.
FORTNIGHTLY SALE OF 6112 STORE LAMBS
**Please note change of date**
Monday 27th September at 12noon
NEXT SALE: Tuesday 12th October
Early entries requested
Auctioneer’s Report (Greg MacDougall): Helped with a better show of meat and weight, Bentham bucked the lamb trade with a much stronger trade than early week auctions. All classes keenly contested for with an overall market average of 228p being achieved. Best of the night was a heavy Texel x lamb from Esther Dennis of Farleton making £158 while RF Towers, Curwen Hill topped per kilo at 331.7p. Smartest of the lambs 280-320p with the smartest commercial types 250p+. Lambs weighing 45-50kg often £100-£108 with heavy £115-£125 with better butcher types £130-£140+. Mules in general 206-210p topping at 218.4p from RI Raw with JC Nelson, Bull n Cave topping at £113. A highlight of the night’s sale was the Annual Show & Sale for Masham Prime Lambs judged by Liam Broster. It was T & D Wright who took 1st prize with their pen scaling 51kg realising £119 with 3rd prize from the same home to £112.50. A & MA Wright took 2nd with their lambs making £112. Thanks to the judge and vendors for supporting.
2646 PRIME LAMBS Overall Av 228.0p SQQ 227.0p
BREED TOP FROM AV Top Price Per Head (Over 36kg) Beltex £136.50 DA Crosdale, Cold Cotes £116.00 BFL £108.50 H Huddleston & Son, Arkholme £108.50 Charollais £117.50 MT Wainwright, Poynton £98.00 Cheviot £111.50 D Gardner, Brookhouse £88.00 Cheviot Mule £90.50 J & I Whitaker, Clapham £86.00 Masham £119.00 T & D Wright, Roeburndale East £100.00 Mule £113.00 JC Nelson & Son, Clapham £88.00 Suffolk £124.50 Messrs Sayer, Penrith £100.00 Texel £158.00 PD Dennis, Farleton £100.00
Top Price Per Kilo (Over 36kg) Beltex 325.0p DA Crosdale, Cold Cotes 264.4p BFL 212.7p H Huddleston & Son, Arkholme 212.7p Charollais 286.6p MT Wainwright, Poynton 231.8p Cheviot 221.8p S Whitehead, Middleton 218.0p Cheviot Mule 215.5p J & I Whitaker, Clapham 211.9p Masham 233.3p T & D Wright, Roeburndale East 213.4p Mule 218.4p RI Raw, Farleton 204.6p Suffolk 237.2p GW Whittington, Papplewick 222.0p Texel 331.7p RF Towers, Wray 231.8p
Top Price Per Head (Under 36kg) Texel £95.00 Z Dennis, Bentham £95.00
Top Price Per Kilo (Under 36kg) Texel 279.4p Z Dennis, Bentham 279.4p
Masham Prime Lambs
1st T & D Wright £119.00 51kg
2nd A & MA Wright £112.00 51kg
3rd T & D Wright £112.50 51kg
T & D Wright’s 1st prize pen
Tuesday 28th September ANNUAL SHOW & SALE OF 5,000 SWALEDALE & OTHER HORNED EWES & GIMMER SHEARLINGS
SPECIAL SHOW & SALE OF SWALEDALE GIMMER LAMBS
Wednesday 29th September FORTNIGHTLY SALE OF DAIRY CATTLE
Friday 1st October
90TH ANNUAL SHOW & SALE OF DALESBRED DRAFT EWES FOR THE DALESBRED SHEEP BREEDERS ASSOC
Also Gimmer Shearlings & Gimmer Lambs (Entries to Assoc.)
Monday 4th October ANNUAL SHOW & SALE OF REGISTERED DALESBRED SHEARLING RAMS,
AGED RAMS & RAM LAMBS on behalf of the Dalesbred Sheep Breeders Assoc. (Entries to Assoc.)
Tuesday 5th October
Monthly Sale of Suckler Breeding Cattle 2ND SPECIAL SALE OF STORE BULLOCKS & HEIFERS
Including BEST OF BRITISH SELECTION for Native Bred Cattle
Tuesday 12th October FORTNIGHTLY SALE OF STORE LAMBS
Entries for catalogue close Monday 4th October
Wednesday 13th October FORTNIGHTLY SALE OF DAIRY CATTLE
SHOW & SALE OF MULE PRIME LAMBS (Pens of 5)
Thursday 14th October MULTI-BREED RAM SALE viz ALL BREEDS OF RAMS
followed by ANNUAL SHOW & SALE OF SWALEDALE AGED & SHEARLING RAMS Entries for catalogue close Monday 27th September
Saturday 16th October
THREE COUNTIES OCTOBER SHEEP FAIR All classes of Breeding Sheep & Gimmer Lambs
from the Counties of Yorkshire, Lancashire & Cumbria including 3RD SPECIAL SALE OF MULE, MASHAM & OTHER EWES, SHEARLINGS & GIMMER LAMBS
2ND SPECIAL SALE OF HORNED DRAFT EWES/ SHEARLINGS & HORNED GIMMER LAMBS 4TH SPECIAL SALE OF HALFBRED/ CONTINENTAL X EWES & SHEARLINGS
Entries for catalogue close Wednesday 6th October