AUCTIONEERS: Stephen J Dennis

Mobile: 07713 075 661 Greg MacDougall

Mobile: 07713 075 664 Will Alexander

Mobile: 07590 876 849 www.benthamauction.co.uk

015242 61444/ 61246 (Sale Days)

www.benthamauction.co.uk

info@benthamauction.co.uk

WEEKLY NEWS 28TH NOVEMBER 2020

Champion New Calved Cow from

GW Whitwell Ltd realising £2600

Tuesday 24th November

SALE OF 4534 STORE LAMBS

Overall Average: £72.39 BREED TOP FROM AV

Beltex £113.00 A Brown, Carnforth £95.00

Charollais £82.00 A & MA Burrow, Westhouse £82.00

Cheviot £82.50 DR & JE Ellison, Dent £77.00

Cheviot Mule £80.00 J & M Cockett, Ingleton £79.00

CTL £80.00 Matinley Farms, Selkirk £77.00

Gritstone £88.00 J Blacker, Sessay £81.00

Dalesbred £63.00 GR & J Batty, Tatham £55.00

Jacob £64.00 RG Lund, Skipton £64.00

Kerry Hill £67.00 I Cooper, Penrith £67.00

Mule £87.00 RA & C Benson, Pennington £76.00

Rough £77.00 B Dickinson & Co, Kendal £69.00

SBF £71.00 J Davidson, Carlisle £71.00

Shetland £73.50 East Mains, Newbigging £70.00

Suffolk £85.50 Westmorland Chapel Farm, Orton £75.00

Swaledale £62.50 SJ & RK Handley, Westhouse £48.00

Texel £105.00 RA & C Benson, Pennington £79.00

Welsh £69.50 Matinley Farms, Selkirk £66.00

XBR £80.00 DN Smith, Windermere £68.00

Zwa £69.50 Matinley Farms, Selkirk £69.50

Auctioneer’s Report (Greg MacDougall): A bumper entry of 4534 Store Lambs was met with a vey enthusiastic ringside of buyers, some attending for the first time and drawn to Bentham for the large numbers available. All classes selling to one of the dearest trades seen so far this season. Topping the day’s sale was Allen Brown, Hare Tarn Farm with Belt-ex realising £113. Topping the Texel section were Carol & Richard Benson, Ulverston at £105. Short keep lambs in general £84-£94 with the better bred sorts depending on size £85-£104. Medium term lambs around £80 with long keep lambs looking particularly well sold at £68-£75. Mule lambs sold to average £75.72 with the section being topped at £87 again from the Bensons with a pen of 28. DS Gregory, Jumble Farm sold a ring full of 80 to £85. Strong lambs in general £77-£84 with the next draw down around £70. Hill lambs much more plentiful. Better Dales and Swales £53-£63 with smaller, weaker lambs £25-£40. A pen of 104 long keep SBF sold to £71 with B Dickinson & Co, Brockstones left more than satisfied with their 49 Kendal Roughs at £77. Cheviots good to sell as ever averaging £76.70 for the section topping at £82.50. More lambs required for the next sale on Tues-day 8th December.

Wednesday 25th November

CHRISTMAS SHOW & SALE OF

DAIRY CATTLE

61 Forward

Top Top Price From: Av

NC Hfrs £2600 R & E Butterfield, Bentham £2009

NC Cows £2700 J Robinson, Nether Kellet £1759

NC Coloured Cows £2200 J & H Bland, Kendal £2067

Ayrshire NC Cows £1700 Messrs Livesey, Lowick £1700

IC Heifers £1900 A & AM Burrow, Carnforth £1633

Auctioneer’s Report (Will Alexander): 61 New Calved Cows, Heifers & In-calf Heifers filled the three shippons. With quality a plenty, one buyer commenting that a show of cattle of such quality would be hard to find anywhere - a credit to all vendors. The pre-sale judging was in the capable hands of Father & Son duo, Andrew & Daniel Bargh, Skelton who had some tremendous cattle put out in all classes, seamlessly placing every class, they awarded the champion ro-sette to George & David Whitwell, with their 2nd calved cow which stood first in the commercial cow class. A perfectly uddered cow, she was snapped up by local farmer Graham Stephenson, Kirkby Lonsdale at £2600. Taking the reserve ticket was Robert Butterfield with his first place pedigree heifer “Ingleview SC Doll” 28days calved and with a daily yield of 32litres she matched the same price as the champion at £2600, heading home with the judges. Richard Robin-son of Nether Kellet showed a superb second calved cow “Kelletview Fever Dutchy”, she stood 2nd in the Pedigree cow class and realised the day’s top price at £2700, heading to Skipton farmer Stephen Coates. David Knowles also up in the top spots, with his best pair of heifers at £2600 & £2580, closely fol-lowed by Edward & Angela Booth realising £2520 of their best heifer. 26 suc-cessful buyers, with others leaving empty handed, saw a total of 20 over £2000, 6 of which were in excess of £2500. New calved heifers averaged an impressive £2009, whilst cows levelled at £1759. Demand for all classes was strong throughout, the crossbred entry from Adrian Bland well followed, his best Fleckvieh cross realised £2200, whilst Mike Livesey’s 2nd calved Ayrshire cow peaked at £1700. A nice entry of in-calf heifers peaked at £1900 and averaged £1840 from Tom Noblet of A & AM Burrow, with the consignment from Harter-beck topping at £1700.

Best Newly Calved Cow

1st GW Whitwell Ltd £2600

2nd Booth Bros £1980

3rd GW Whitwell £1750

CHAMPION

£2600 GW Whitwell Ltd

RESERVE CHAMPION

£2600 R & E Butterfield

Best Newly Calved Heifer

1st MJ & H Atkinson £2400

2nd P Knowles £2580

3rd G Jennings £1800

Best Newly Calved Pedigree Cow

1st R & E Butterfield £2050

2nd J Robinson £2700

3rd PW & DM Swindlehurst £2000

Best Newly Calved Pedigree Heifer

1st R & E Butterfield £2600

2nd J & R Waller £2420

3rd RW Bainbridge & Son £2320

Best Coloured Cow/ Heifer

1st J & H Bland £2200

2nd J & H Bland £1950

3rd Messrs Livesey £1700

Best Cow/ Heifer Bred on Holding

1st Booth Bros £2520

2nd P Knowles £2600

3rd RE & EA Barker £2350

Best In Calf Cow/ Heifer

1st A & AM Burrow £1850

2nd A & AM Burrow £1820

RESERVE CHAMPION FROM R & E BUTTERFIELD

DAIRY SHOW RESULTS

JUDGES: Andrew & Daniel Bargh

1st Prize New Calved

Heifer from MJ & H

Atkinson realising

£2400

1st Prize Homebred Heifer

from Booth Bros realising

£2520

1st Prize Coloured

Cow from J & H Bland

realising £2200

1st Prize Pedigree New

Calved Cow from R & E

Butterfield realising

£2050

1st Prize In Calf Heifer

from Tom Noblet of A

& AM Burrow realising

£1850

2nd Prize Pedigree

New Calved Cow from

J Robinson realising

£2700

With thanks to sponsors of the Christmas Dairy Show

Auctioneer’s Report (Will Alexander): A big show of calves for the week be-fore the Christmas show. Strongest sorts up and over £400 regularly, Doug Wall-bank back for the second week with his best, a Blue heifer, at £450. Younger continental bulls £320-£380, whilst their female counterparts met a sharper trade, generally £260-£300. Native bulls to a top of £430 twice for young stirks, whilst the better end rearing Angus’ £340+. Heifers, sharper with the better end £220+. Black and whites in fierce demand, 3month reared calves from Ian & Mary Lancaster at £265. Other slightly younger sorts £120+, with the next draw £70-90.

Next week is the Christmas calf show with all classes of calves required to fulfil buyers demand.

Wednesday 25th November REARING CALVES

94 Forward Breed Top From Av

AA Bulls £430 DJ, GC, D & JE Wallbank, Preston £333

AA Hfrs £270 J Lawson & Son, Bentham £195

BrB Bulls £440 G & ME Woodhouse, Ellel £356

BrB Hfrs £450 DJ, GC, D & JE Wallbank, Preston £275

Fleck Bulls £192 A & E Barnes, Grayrigg £184

Here Bulls £250 DW Robinson, Milthorpe £210

Lim Bulls £205 R Wharton, Appleby £200

Lim Hfrs £255 J & N Ashton, Bentham £248 B + W £265 I & M Lancaster, Wiswell £138

CONGRATULATIONS

Congratulations to Will & Anna who

celebrated the safe arrival of

Lucy Rose Alexander on Saturday 21st

November. She joins big sister Jessica and we

are sure you will join us in wishing them

all the best!

CAST EWES 1639 FORWARD

Breed Top From Beltex £126.50 Orrisdale Livestock BFL £114.50 EW & JR Parkinson, Dunsop Bridge Cheviot £93.50 F & ML Lee & Son, Bentham Cheviot Mule £103.50 JH Thornhill, Stockport Dalesbred £70.00 J & JE Bradley, Giggleswick Dorset £86.50 D Beeby, Cheshire Easycare £69.00 Firm of Sutherland, Oxton Gritstone £74.50 A & V Needham, Rivington Hebridean £67.50 J & C Denney, Tebay Herdwick £74.50 L Brown & Sons, Halifax Lonk £68.50 T Foster, Tarleton Masham £85.50 JH Thornhill, Stockport Mule £97.50 DJ & S Stainton, Kendal Rough £77.50 DJ & S Stainton, Kendal SBF £74.50 AA & HM Capstick & Sons, Howgill Suffolk £123.50 R Johnson, Wigan Swale £70.00 L Brown & Sons, Halifax Texel £143.00 WH & MA Keighley, Castley HRD Tups £72.50 L Robinson, Clapham CTL Tups £128.50 S Gunn, Milnthorpe Goats £52.50 A Kirby, Kirkby Stephen

DEADWEIGHT SALES OPTION

We are continuing to partner with Dunbia to offer a weekly collection for

deadweight lambs allowing vendors to market their lambs whilst under re-

strictions of the 6 day rule. Please direct all enquiries to Will.

Auctioneer’s Report (Greg MacDougall): A larger entry of cast sheep sold at increased rates as

numbers continue to tighten around the country. A busy ringside of 12 buyers for all classes with

more required to fulfil orders. The sale topped at £143 for a pen of 12 Texels from WH & MA

Keighley, Otley with local vendor Jam Robinson close behind at £139.50. Best bred ewes in gen-

eral £128-£140. Heavy ewes in general £100-£125 and more could easily be sold. A decent run of

16 CTL and Cheviot x ewes from Cheshire vendor Dave Beeby topped at £129.50 to average

£107. Mule ewes to £97.50 with the heavier end overall £80-£90. Medium sorts mid £70s with

plain £55-£65. Well fleshed Horned ewes £60-£70 with a pen of strong SBF to £74.50 from AA &

HM Capstick, Howgill with near neighbour DJ & S Stainton to £77.50 for Roughs. Half meat ewes

£45-£55 with lean and grazing sorts £35-£45. Tups good to sell, stronger end £117-£128 with

leaner end sorts £80-£90.

Auctioneer’s Report (Greg MacDougall): Another rise in trade this week with all classes keenly contested for and short of requirements. Overall average 216.1p (SQQ 218.5p) including over 700 Mule and hill bred lambs. With more buyers for best bred types, plenty of pens sold between 250p-300p a kilo topping at 307.3p for Beltex from SR & PA Thompson, Newfield. Kevin Marshall, Harrogate was close behind with Texels at 300p while local vendor Mark Townley topped the lightweights at 301.5p. Commercial export types 210p-220p. Lambs weighing 45kg-50kg selling between £98-£105 with heavier lambs 55kg+ £120-£130 topping at £131 for Beltex from Procters Farm Ltd with others to £130.50. Making the journey from Fife, I Wainwright, Todhall sold his best pen to £127.50 with EJ Ward, Intack equalling this. Mule lambs adding up nicely with PT & L Johnson selling a nice pen of fed lambs to £97. Heavier sorts in general

£94-£96 with handy weights 210p-218p. Well finished Horned lambs around 200p a kilo with JM & DE Wood topping the Swale section at 217.6p and J & JE Bradley per head at £86.

Wednesday 25th November

2356 PRIME LAMBS Overall Av 216.1p SQQ 218.5p

BREED TOP FROM AV

Top Price Per Head (Under 36kg) CHEVIOT £75.50 L Robinson, Clapham £75.50 DALES £74.50 Huddleston & Longton, Bentham £65.00 HERDWICK £67.50 AJ Pratt, Sedbergh £67.50 SWALE £70.00 SJ & RK Handley, Westhouse £64.00 TEXEL £102.50 MB Townley, Gressingham £76.00 Top Price Per Kilo (Under 36kg) CHEVIOT 228.8p L Robinson, Clapham 223.3p DALES 219.1p Huddleston & Longton, Bentham 205.4p HERDWICK 232.8p AJ Pratt, Sedbergh 232.8p

SWALE 204.4p JM & JJ Dawson, Littledale 191.2p

TEXEL 301.5p M Townley, Gressingham 228.9p

Top Price Per Head (Over 36kg) BELTEX £131.00 Procters Farm, Wray £107.00 CHAROLLAIS £115.50 G & DM Howsam, Boston £94.00 CHEVIOT £112.00 Procters Farm, Wray £93.00 DALESBRED £84.00 GN Clarke, Leyburn £77.00 DORSET £98.50 Procters Farm, Wray £97.00 MASHAM £93.50 T & D Wright, Roeburndale £88.00 MULE £97.00 PT & L Johnson, Brampton £90.00 SBF £84.50 AA & HM Capstick & Sons, Howgill £83.00 SUFFOLK £114.50 JR Metcalfe, Thirsk £94.00 SWALE £86.00 J & JE Bradley, Giggleswick £81.00 TEXEL £130.50 Procters Farm, Wray £95.00 Top Price Per Kilo (Over 36kg) BELTEX 307.3p SR & PA Thompson, Sedbergh 260.6p CHAROLLAIS 218.3p SJ Crane, Ribchester 211.7p CHEVIOT 225.6p JF & GR Howard, Newton in Bowland 211.3p DALESBRED 208.8p S Wallbank, Wray 207.0p DORSET 218.9p Procters Farm, Wray 216.8p

MASHAM 211.8p IR & M Woodhouse, Roeburndale 203.0p

MULE 218.1p B Dickinson & Co, Kentmere 204.8p

SBF 218.9p JM Knowles, Lowgill 217.9p

SUFFOLK 230.6p IR & M Woodhouse, Roeburndale 206.7p

SWALE 217.6p JM & DE Wood, Horton in Ribblesdale 206.2p

TEXEL 300.0p K Marshall, Harrogate 221.3p

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

BENTHAM AUCTION

CHRISTMAS SHOWS

Tuesday 1st December

Cull Cows & OTM Cattle

Store Cattle & Feeding Bulls

Wednesday 2nd December

Rearing Calves

Long Wooled Prime Lambs

Short Wooled Prime Lambs

Wednesday 9th December

Cast Ewes

Tuesday 15th December

Farmers Stirks

Please note, these shows are subject to change to comply

with LAA/ government guidelines

WEDNESDAY 9TH DECEMBER

WINTER DAIRY DAY

Kindly sponsored by I’Ansons

TUESDAY 5TH JANUARY

Feeding & Cast Cows & OTM Cattle

MONTHLY SALE OF

SUCKLER BREEDING CATTLE, STORE CATTLE & FEEDING BULLS

TUESDAY 12TH JANUARY

ELITE BREEDING SALE

EVENING SALE OF INDIVIDUAL LOWLAND BREEDING EWES

viz. Texel & Beltex

Kindly sponsored by NFU Skipton

Entry Form available from the office or on the website

SATURDAY 6TH FEBRUARY

ANNUAL MULTI-BREED SALE OF

INDIVIDUAL BREEDING SHEEP

(viz. Dalesbred, Swaledale, Herdwick,

Blue Faced Leicester & Others)

Entry Form available from the office or on the website

John Wright

It is with great sadness that we wish to inform the farm-

ing community that John Wright of Bellhurst in Roeburn-

dale lost his battle with Pulmonary Fibrosis and passed

away on Friday 20th November.

John was a farmer through and through and worked tire-

lessly to produce the best lambs he could. He loved

working with his father and brothers and later with his

sons Graham and Mathew. He was happy to share his

knowledge with whoever wished to learn. He enjoyed visiting Bentham

Auction and chatting with other farmers often arriving home very late! He

appreciated the live streaming by which he could watch his son, Graham

selling lambs as he and his father had done before him.

He will be greatly missed by his family and friends especially Karen his wife

of 41 years and his two sons their partners and his four granddaughters.

He was a quiet man, an honest man, a lovely man, a gentle man, a family

man.

His funeral will be held at the Holy Trinity Church Wray at 12 noon on Friday

4th December. Due to Covid restrictions there are a limited number of spac-

es in church. Please spare a thought for John during the time of his funeral.

Donations if desired are for the British Lung Foundation which may be sent

to: B & W Funerals, 6 Chapel Lane, Ingleton, Via Carnforth. LA2 3FX.

Tel no: 015242 41293