AUCTIONEERS: Stephen J Dennis

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Mobile: 07713 075 664 Will Alexander

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WEEKLY NEWS 17TH JULY 2020

SALE TIMES - THROUGH THE MAIN RING

10.30am Dairy Cattle (fortnightly) 11.00am Calves

3.30pm Feeding & Cast Sheep, Hoggs followed by Spring Lambs

A FLYING TRADE FOR THE OPENING SALE OF

STORE LAMBS AVERAGING £71.60

Auctioneer’s Report: (Greg MacDougall): The Store Lamb season of 2020 got off to a flying

start with a tremendous entry of 3063. With the current Prime Lamb price at a record high for

the time of year and an abundance of grass buyers present from all parts of the UK all keen to

ensure numbers, plenty would leave empty handed or short of requirements. Lambs on the

whole in nice order although smaller than some years with the show mostly made up of genuine

stores with strong sorts in short supply. The day’s sale topped at £92 for a tremendous pen of

Beltex from DR & JE Ellison with the consignment averaging just over £83. WS Hudson & Son of

Izaak Walton once again produced a great run of mostly Suffolk x Mules topping at £82 with

others to £81 and RL & LE Kendal, Outgang equalling this price late in the sale. Travelling from

Oxfordshire, RH Mole showed over 400 lambs mostly out of hoggs topping at £83.50 to average

£74.85. Best bred and strong lambs in general £80-£90 with medium term sorts £75-£78. Long

keep lambs looking particularly well sold with plenty in the high £60s. A decent entry of Mule

wethers on offer with plenty of pens either side of £70 topping at £72.50 from Alex Denby, Moor

Platt and JW Hall, Darnbrook. Small sorts around £60. A nice pen of Cheviots from J Tomlinson,

The Marsh sold to £72 and Herdwick x lambs from ST & JE Foster to £69. One pen of Swales from

new vendor BH & MJ Gray sold to £41. Next sale Tuesday 28th July with early entries invited and

another hot trade expected. Overall average £71.60 (+£8.31 on the year for 894 more sold).

Tuesday 14th July

OPENING SALE OF STORE LAMBS

3063 FORWARD

Overall Average: £71.60

BREED TOP FROM AV Charollais £82.50 RH Mole, Chearsley £75.00

Cheviot £72.00 J Tomlinson & Son, Clifton £71.00

Cheviot Mule £77.50 RH Mole, Chearsley £75.00

Dorset £63.50 J & W Bracewell, Bacup £63.50

Hampshire £91.50 T Crick, Suffolk £91.50

Herdwick £69.00 ST & JE Foster, Skipton £60.00

Mule £72.50 A Denby, Caton & JW Hall, Settle

£65.00

Suffolk £82.00 WS Hudson & Son, Ashbourne £71.00

Swaledale £41.00 BH & MJ Gray, Ilkley £41.00 Texel £92.00 DR & JE Ellison, Dent £73.00

Auctioneer’s Report (Will Alexander): Numbers similar on the week, a few less purchasers ringside, but no let-up in trade. As usual the best of the Blue bulls well over £400, Andrew Booth, Slated House was last in the ring with his 4, which realised £440, £450, £460 with the final calf topping the sale at £465. The next draw bulls £345-£385 with very few younger sorts forward. Heifers to a top of £365 for Blues from Craig Johnson, other bests either side of £350. Native calves continue to be in demand, the strongest Angus £360+, topping at £390 again from Craig Johnson. Nice rearers generally £230-£260. A smattering of heifers saw Herefords top at £210 and Angus’ to £245. More black and whites on offer, rearing sorts £55-£70, with the better younger sorts £80-£100, anything with strength £105-£148, topping at £195.

Wednesday 15th July REARING CALVES

71 Forward Breed Top From Av AA Bulls £390 E & NJ Johnson, Settle £300 AA Hfrs £245 WA & A Booth, Feizor £245 BrB Bulls £465 AR Booth, Austwick £401 BrB Hfrs £365 E & NJ Johnson, Settle £325 Char Bulls £360 WE & G Hewitt, Cockerham £300 Fleck Bulls £295 B & AC Barnes, Middleton £221 Here Bulls £185 DW Robinson, Milnthorpe £185 Here Hfrs £210 DW Robinson, Milnthorpe £156 Lim Bulls £345 J & N Ashton, Bentham £345 Lim Hfrs £325 E & NJ Johnson, Settle £325 Sim Bulls £350 Boustagill Farms, Rathmell £350 Sim Hfrs £280 Boustagill Farms, Rathmell £263 B + W £195 E & NJ Johnson, Settle £80

BrB Bull from AR Booth, Austwick realising £465

Auctioneer’s Report: (Greg MacDougall): Cast sheep a sharper trade with the exception

of the lean horned ewes. Mule ewes in particular looking well sold. Plenty of customers

ringside keen to purchase numbers with the Eid festival fast approaching. Best bred and

pure ewes as usual short of requirements with plenty of pens £120-£140. Heavy ewes

often £100-£115 with a pen of Suffolk x HB from R Burnett, Newark to £117.50 with

N Thorndyke’s best pen to £112, equalled by a pen from B Poucher & Son, Horncastle.

Lean types and smaller ewes £70-£90. Heavy Mule ewes either side of £90 with a run of

smaller meaty types £80-£85, lean sorts in the £70s. Over 600 swale ewes included in the

overall entry, strongest pens £70-£78 with J & M Whitfield & Sons topping at £78.50.

Smaller fleshy ewes £60+ with mediums £40-£55. Plain and lean types £20-£30 depending

on condition. Hill rams £60-£90 with lean Continentals £80-£100. Strongest end £110-

£130. The night’s sale was topped at £155 for Texel rams from Procters Farm Ltd. A pen of

three billy kids from J & T Wharton, Casterton sold to £73.50.

CAST EWES

2386 FORWARD

Breed Top From BADGER FACE £63.50 WR Roberts, Anglesey BFL £113.50 R & PE Hargreaves, Burnley CHAR £116.50 ME & J Swarbrick, Stalmine CHEVIOT £95.50 R Burnett, Newark CHEV MULE £90.50 Bowes Farms, Thetford DORSET £78.50 AR Beckerton, Tatham HERDWICK £71.50 T Booth, Kendal

MULE £91.50 J Knowles, Clitheroe ROUGH £64.50 RG & B Lewis, Middleton ROUGE £108.50 DJ Summers & Son, Gainsborough SUFFOLK £117.50 R Burnett, Newark SWALE £78.50 J & M Whitfield & Sons, Wray TEXEL £140.00 DA Crosdale, Clapham &

W & D Lawson & Son, Masongill ZWAR £77.50 R & PE Hargreaves & Sons, Burnley

GOATS £73.50 J & T Wharton, Casterton BELTEX RAMS £110.00 Fishwick Farms, Lancaster CHAR RAMS £113.50 C Thornton, Lupton HRD RAMS £76.50 PL Metcalfe, Otterburn TEXEL RAMS £155.00 Procters Farm, Wray

NOTE TO BUYERS

Please pre-register with the Auctioneers your intention to attend in order that a space can be allocated.

Coronavirus protocols will be adhered to in the sale ring allowing spacing between buyers.

“We aim to keep you safe.”

VENDORS: COVID-19 UPDATE At the sales of breeding and store sheep, dairy cattle,

calves, store cattle & stirks, vendors will now be permitted to attend to represent their stock subject to

social distancing being maintained and protocols set out in the catalogues being followed.

The sales of cast sheep and prime lambs on a Wednesday will continue on a drop and go basis for the time being.

2942 SPRING LAMBS

Overall Average 223.5p SQQ 223.4p BREED TOP FROM AV

Top Price Per Head (Under 36kg) DALES £61.50 JM & JJ Dawson, Littledale £61.50 MULE £74.50 GW Whitwell Ltd, Austwick £68.00 SUFFOLK £71.50 EM Metcalfe & Son, Bentham £64.00 TEXEL £88.00 SJ & AL Dennis, Bentham £76.00 Top Price Per Kilo (Under 36kg) DALES 205.0p JM & JJ Dawson, Littledale 205.0p MULE 219.1p GW Whitwell Ltd, Austwick 205.9p SUFFOLK 216.7p EM Metcalfe & Son, Bentham 191.7p TEXEL 251.4p SJ & AL Dennis, Bentham 219.8p

Top Price Per Head (Over 36kg) BDM £110.00 R Burnett, Newark £105.00 BFL £78.50 Procters Farm, Wray £78.50 CHAR £112.50 J & A Lawson & Son, Westhouse &

B Poucher & Son, Horncastle £97.00

CHEVIOT £96.50 R Burnett, Newark £92.00 HAMPSHIRE £89.50 GA & A Atkinson, Cantsfield £89.50 JACOB £96.50 C Bentham, Long Preston £96.50 MASHAM £86.00 JW Dawson & Son, Clapham £86.00 MULE £103.50 JC White, Horton in Ribblesdale £81.00 ROUGE £112.50 Todd Farming, Market Rasen £103.00 SUFFOLK £115.50 B Poucher & Son, Horncastle £86.00 TEXEL £128.50 Procters Farm, Wray £92.00 ZWAR £95.00 J & T Wharton, Casterton £95.00 Top Price Per Kilo (Over 36kg) BDM 229.2p R Burnett, Newark 225.2p BFL 206.6p Procters Farm, Wray 206.6p CHAR 261.6p J & A Lawson & Son, Westhouse 226.5p CHEVIOT 225.6p JJ & M Metcalfe & Sons, Casterton 222.7p HAMPSHIRE 218.3p GA & A Atkinson, Cantsfield 218.3p JACOB 201.0p C Bentham, Long Preston 201.0p MASHAM 209.8p JW Dawson & Sons, Clapham 209.8p MULE 219.2p J & A Lawson & Son, Westhouse 211.4p ROUGH 236.4p Todd Farming, Market Rasen 230.9p SUFFOLK 234.4p AR Beckerton, Tatham 215.0p TEXEL 262.2p J & A Lawson & Son, Westhouse 226.3p ZWAR 202.1p J & T Wharton, Casterton 202.1p

Auctioneer’s Report (Greg MacDougall): Just short of 3000 prime lambs forward with trade slightly sharper than the previous week. Heavy lambs in strong demand and good to sell all evening with plenty of pens selling between £105-£125 depending on weight and quality. Topping the night’s sale was a pen of heavy Texels from Procters Farm Ltd at £128.50 followed at £125.50 from Rebecca Burnett of Newark. Best bred lambs as usual good to sell and short of requirements. Regular vendors of quality lambs J & A Lawson, High Threaber topped per kilo at 262.2p with SR & PA Thompson close behind at 261.9p. Also hitting the high spots was D Riding, Darwen at 261.8p and Donald Burns at 261.1p. Commercial export lambs 39kg-43kg selling between 220p-230p with first cross Suffolk lambs 215p-220p. Mule lambs to £103.50 from JC White with Chris Hewitt’s pen of 45kg to £96. Per kilo, most pens sold between 212p-219p. An odd pen of horned lambs forward topping at 205p for Dalesbreds from JM & JJ Dawson, Field Head.

Wednesday 15th July 2020

2942 SPRING LAMBS

Overall Average 223.5p SQQ 223.4p

Bentham Auction Café

Just a reminder that the Auction Cafe is now

open on sale days! Food will be available on a

take away basis but

there is also

limited seating inside

Tuesday 21st July Feeding & Cast Cows & OTM Cattle

Monthly Sale of FARMERS STIRKS & YOUNG STORES

Wednesday 22nd July FORTNIGHTLY SALE OF DAIRY CATTLE

Tuesday 28th July SALE OF EWES & SHEARLINGS

FOR EARLY BREEDING Entries for catalogue close Monday 20th July

Second Sale of

STORE LAMBS Entries for catalogue close Monday 20th July

Tuesday 4th August Feeding & Cast Cows & OTM Cattle

MONTHLY SALE OF BREEDING & STORE CATTLE & FEEDING BULLS

Entries for catalogue close Monday 27th July