AUCTIONEERS: Stephen J Dennis

Mobile: 07713 075 661 Greg MacDougall

Mobile: 07713 075 664 Will Alexander

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WEEKLY NEWS 19TH DECEMBER 2020

Champion & 1st Place Senior heifer from

Frankland Farms realising £1550

Tuesday 15th December

CHRISTMAS SHOW OF FARMERS STIRKS - 428 FORWARD BREED TOP FROM AV

BULLOCKS AA £1080 K Holt, Mewith £799 Blonde £670 J Knipe, Lambrigg £642

BrB £1180 B Thompson, Sedbergh £806 Beef Sho £650 W Gardner, Brookhouse £640

Charolais £960 H Halhead & Son, Nether Kellett £901

Hereford £880 H Halhead & Son, Nether Kellett £817 Fleckvieh £900 K Holt, Mewith £590

Limousin £1140 Frankland Farms, Rathmell £759 Norwegian £535 EW & RM Towers, Hornby £507

Saler £610 J Anderson, Canonbie £610

Swedish Red £705 PW & DW Roskell, Preston £705 B + W £850 R Lamont, Duns £624

HEIFERS AA £900 SR & PA Thompson, Sedbergh £652 Blonde £1120 E & M Townley & Son, Clapham £754

BrB £1380 Frankland Farms, Rathmell £796 Charolais £920 DF Ibbetson, Hornby £823

Hereford £840 AA & HM Capstick & Sons, Howgill £633

Limousin £1550 Frankland Farms, Rathmell £873 Norwegian £750 EW & RM Towers, Hornby £725

Simmental £630 R Lamont, Duns £563

BULLS BrB £880 FW Horner & Son, Buckden £778

Limousin £880 JM & ED Hutchinson, Littledale £765

Auctioneer’s Report (Will Alexander): The final of this season’s Christmas shows was no disap-pointment, with a tremendous entry of stirks and a flying trade to match. The presale show was in the capable hands of Barnard Castle farmer Chris Dent. Quality was forward in abundance in every class, but after much deliberation, Frankland Farms took the Champion Rosette with their 1st place senior heifer whilst Colin Bell took the Reserve with his 1st place senior bullock. A busy ring-side of 58 active buyers, some operating on numerous accounts, ensured all classes sold to full value. A superb entry of suckler bred heifers with future breeding potential were well received, the top price being achieved by the Champion at £1550, heading home with the judge, others from the Frankland’s consignment regularly £1200-£1300. A quartet of heifers travelling down from D Megahy in the Scottish borders topped at £1380 and averaged £1240. Best bullocks equal-ly well sought after, the Reserve Champion realising £1070, whilst Martin Fishwick and Family real-ised £1080 & £1110 of their 1st & 2nd prize junior bullocks. Taylor Bros, Skipton also in the prizes, their best heifers £1150 & £1140. Away from the show, strongest cattle up over £1000, nice win-tering sorts £800-900, yearling sorts nicely in the £700s. Black and whites well bid for, the strong-est coming from Messrs Lamont at £850, others in the £700s with some smaller 12m types look-ing well sold in £500s. A few more bulls on offer today the strongest to £880 from JM&ED Hutchinson, Pott Yeats and FW Horner & Son, Redmire, other stronger and smart types in the £800s, with the next draw in the late £600s.

Best Male Stirk Under 8mo

1st Fishwick Farms £1080

2nd Fishwick Farms £1110

3rd SJ & RK Handley £860

CHAMPION

Frankland Farms

RESERVE CHAMPION

C Bell

STIRK SHOW RESULTS

JUDGE: Chris Dent

Best Female Stirk Under 8mo

1st Taylor Bros £1140

2nd C Bell £1150

3rd E & M Townley & Son £1260

Best Male Stirk 8-12mo

1st C Bell £1070

2nd Frankland Farms £1140

3rd E & M Townley & Son £1160

Best Female Stirk 8-12mo

1st Frankland Farms £1550

2nd Frankland Farms £1380

3rd Taylor Bros £1150

Auctioneer’s Report (Will Alexander): Calves still coming forward in good numbers with 85 beef calves in the entry selling to a similar trade on the week. Henry Stephenson back with the best, his Blue Bull at £450, other top end blue bulls £400-£445, middle draw calves £300-£350. Cow making dark heifers well bid for, the best to £385 from Messers Sharp, Flodder Hall, others £300-£355, more whiter calves forward and a little harder to place. An-gus Bulls to £400 from Tom Stables, Ulverston, milky calves £270-£330. Heifers to a high of £225 twice, again from the Stables, as well as fellow Furness farmer Johnny Beresford. Less Black and Whites around, 15 peaked at £100, better end sorts £80-95, middle types £48-68.

Sale as usual next Wednesday following the Dairy.

Wednesday 16th December REARING CALVES

100 Forward Breed Top From Av

AA Bulls £400 M & D Stable, Ulverston £269

AA Hfrs £225 M & D Stable, Ulverston &

G Beresford & Son, Kirkby in Furness £183

BrB Bulls £450 H & A Stephenson, Tunstall £363

BrB Hfrs £385 JW & TE Sharp, Kendal £234

Fleck Bulls £140 A & E Barnes, Grayrigg £99

Here Bulls £340 J & N Young, Kendal £320

Here Hfrs £215 J & N Young, Kendal £193

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

Lim Hfrs £260 J & N Ashton, Bentham £250

Mont Bulls £205 G Beresford & Son, Kirkby in Furness £180 B + W £100 J & N Young, Kendal £59

TUESDAY 15TH DECEMBER

CAST COWS 30 FORWARD

B + W Cows to £928.80 from E & NJ Johnson or 156p from MH & AR Robinson

CTL Cows to £800.30 or 106p from PJ Richardson Auctioneer’s Report (Stephen Dennis): Cast cows once again selling to their full value. Underage B + W heifers from Home Scales topping at 156p. B + W cows mostly straight out of the parlour and generally 100-110p/kg. Little in the way of beef bred cows, the best grossing at £800 from Peter Richardson for a non– farm assured Angus x. More cows required for a competitive ringside. Next sale Tuesday 5th January.

Auctioneer’s Report (Greg MacDougall): A much larger entry of cast sheep with all classes once again meeting a fast selling trade with heavy and best bred kinds meeting an animated trade. Topping the night‘s sale were Texels from Procters Farm Ltd realising £158.50 with Robert Wilson, Edinburgh close behind at £155.50 for a pen of six. Best ewes in general £130-£150. Heavy ewes good to sell with plenty of pens £105-£135 depending on size. Good selling types £80-£100 with lean and plain ewes £60-£75. Heavy Mule ewes selling in the £90s topping at £101.50 from D Heywood, Manchester. Next draw down £80+ with smaller sorts £70-£80. Strongest of the Swale and SBF ewes £65-£78. Medium sorts £50-£60 with lesser sorts £35-£50 depending on quality. Over 80 rams in the entry with a strong trade for all types. Best heavy rams £130-£150 topping at £153.50. Lean well worked types £80-£100. Horned rams in general £70-£120 topping at £120. Goats from J & T Wharton, Kirfit Hall sold to £96.50.

CAST EWES 1904 FORWARD Breed Top From BFL £120.50 H Huddleston & Son, Arkholme Charollais £149.50 CW Marwood & Son, York Cheviot £95.50 A Peck, Norwich Cheviot Mule £90.50 ST & EM Harrison, Tatham Dales £73.50 Messrs Coates, Settle Dorset £90.50 R & E Dean, Chipping Gritstone £74.50 W Thwaite, Clitheroe Herdwick £52.50 A Peck, Norwich Lleyn £90.50 H & M Dugdale & Son, Settle Lonk £64.50 SG & LM Whalley, Chorley Mule £101.50 D Heywood, Middleton Rough Fell £82.50 A & H Watson, Kirkby Lonsdale SBF £74.00 R Wilson, Edinburgh Suffolk £132.50 D & V Lawson, Bentham Swale £77.50 A & M Brennad & Son, Chapel le Dale Texel £158.50 Procters Farm, Wray Woodland £70.50 SG & LM Whalley, Chorley HRD Tups £120.00 A Peck, Norwich CTL Tups £153.50 JH & J Ryder, Harrogate Goats £96.50 J & T Wharton, Casterton

2859 PRIME LAMBS Overall Av 207.3p SQQ 209.4p BREED TOP FROM AV

Top Price Per Head (Under 36kg) BELTEX £83.50 K & A Duncan, Mewith £83.50 DALESBRED £67.50 CC & DA Fawcett, Sedbergh £59.00 ROUGH £64.50 D & D Hodgson & Son, Tatham £64.00 SUFFOLK £72.50 R Johnson, Brookhouse £72.00 SWALE £67.50 A & RA Middleton, Cowan Bridge £57.00 TEXEL £90.00 P & JM Wilson & Son, Westhouse £68.00 XBR £71.50 R & P Parkinson, Ambleside £59.00 Top Price Per Kilo (Under 36kg) BELTEX 245.6p K & A Duncan, Mewith 245.6p DALESBRED 192.9p CC & DA Fawcett, Sedbergh 181.5p ROUGH 188.2p B Dickinson & Co, Kendal 184.9p0 SUFFOLK 207.1p R Johnson, Brookhouse 206.4p SWALE 198.5p Mrs Campbell, Mewith 172.7p TEXEL 264.7p P & JM Wilson & Son, Westhouse 211.8p XBR 205.2p AA & HM Capstick & Sons, Sedbergh 192.4p

Top Price Per Head (Over 36kg) BELTEX £134.50 SC Currie, Rathmell £112.00 CHEVIOT £92.50 AT Burrow & Son, Gressingham £88.00 CHEV MULE £85.00 J Turner, Sawley £85.00 DALES £90.00 R & A Wallbank & Son, Slaidburn £75.00 LLEYN £95.00 DR Robinson, Keasden £94.00 LONK £76.00 Hey & Son, Quernmore £74.00 MASHAM £92.00 T & D Wright, Roeburndale £83.00 MULE £90.00 D & V Lawson, Bentham £81.00 SUFFOLK £95.50 RG & H Preece, Roeburndale £89.00 SWALE £81.00 P & M Crackles & Sons, Burrow £77.00 TEXEL £120.00 Procters Farm, Wray £91.00 ZWAR £96.00 RE Wright, Hornby £85.00 Top Price Per Kilo (Over 36kg) BELTEX 292.3p NL & CJ Brown, Claughton 267.2p CHEVIOT 231.3p AT Burrow & Son, Gressingham 218.7p CHEV MULE 216.7p Messrs Livesey, Lowick 215.0p DALES 188.2p CC & DA Fawcett, Sedbergh 178.9p LLEYN 205.6p DR Robinson, Keasden 203.7p LONK 201.4p JR Corless, Bentham 191.0p MASHAM 203.9p HC Nimmo, Westhouse 186.5p MULE 201.3p J Turner, Sawley 192.7p SUFFOLK 222.4p K & A Duncan, Mewith 198.0p SWALE 195.9p CP & VM Cowgill, Mewith 189.2p TEXEL 282.1p G MacDougall, Selkirk 217.7p ZWAR 204.9p J & T Wharton, Casterton 194.7p

Auctioneer’s Report (Greg MacDougall): Bentham bucked the trend on Wednesday night with a sharper trade than some early week auctions averaging 207.3p (SQQ 209.4p) bearing in mind there was a large num-ber of hill bred and Mule lambs in the entry. Handy weight export lambs in the strongest demand often sell-ing between 210p-220p with nicer types 220p-230p. Best lambs as usual good to sell and short of demand with plenty of pens 260p-290p with heavy lambs less on the week mainly due to further lockdowns through-out the country. Topping the night’s sale at £134.50 were Beltex from SC Currie, Rathmell with NL & CJ brown topping per kilo at 292.3p. Lambs weighing 45kg-50kg £94-£100 with shapier butcher types £105-£125. Handy weight Mules either side of 200p with heavier sorts £85-£90. Horned lambs in general 185p-195p with leaner lambs 160p-170p. Lightweights still good to sell although slightly less with the Christmas rush now over, topping at 264.7p or £90 from P & JM Wilson & Son, Eccles Farm.

WARNING RE: UNFIT STOCK

Vendors are advised to be careful not to transport unfit/lame stock to the market. Wel-fare & market regulations prohibit the sale of such stock and Vendors will be required to re-

turn any unfit stock home under license or stock will be despatched onsite if unfit to travel

home and the vendor charged.

NOTE TO VENDORS Vendors are reminded that if they are not washing out at

the Auction, they must complete a separate FMAW27 Declaration Form, available from the office.

DEADWEIGHT SALES OPTION

We are continuing to partner with Dunbia to offer a weekly col-

lection for deadweight lambs allowing vendors to market their

lambs whilst under restrictions of the 6 day rule.

Please direct all enquiries to Will.

BELLY CLIPPING

Some buyers now require lambs to be belly clipped and

crutched. A cost of 50p/head will be charged for the Auction

service unless lambs have already been clipped

TUESDAY 22ND DECEMBER

CHRISTMAS POULTRY SALE

80-100 OVEN READY POULTRY

6.00pm in the Auction Mart

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Covid Protocol To Be Followed

WEDNESDAY 23RD DECEMBER 10.30am Fortnightly Sale of Dairy Cattle

11am Rearing Calves

3.30pm Cast Sheep followed by Prime Lambs

WEDNESDAY 30TH DECEMBER NO Sale of Rearing Calves this day

3.30pm Cast Sheep followed by Prime Lambs

WEDNESDAY 6TH JANUARY New Year Sale of Dairy Cattle & Rearing Calves

3.30pm Cast Sheep followed by Prime Lambs

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