EVERY WEDNESDAY 11.00 25-30 Dairy Cattle (Fortnightly) 12.00 Noon 100-120 Rearing Calves

4.00pm 1,500-2,000 Cast & Feeding Ewes 6.00pm 3,000 Spring Lambs

AUCTIONEERS: Stephen J Dennis

Mobile: 07713 075 661 Greg MacDougall

Mobile: 07713 075 664 Will Alexander

Mobile: 07590 876 849

015242 61444/ 61246 (Sale Days)

www.benthamauction.co.uk

info@benthamauction.co.uk

WEEKLY NEWS 27TH JULY 2019

Sale of 5000 Store Lambs on Tuesday 30th July

with Show Classes for Continental and Suffolk x Lambs

Tuesday 23rd July 2019

Summer Sale of Early Breeding Sheep

2021 Forward

TOP FROM AV

SHEARLINGS

CHEVIOT £75 East Mains, Newbigging £75

CHEVIOT MULE £114 JH Hockenhull, Nantwich £113

DALES MULE £101 J Smith, Quernmore £91

MULE £220 GE Jackson, Bentham £108

SCOTCH MULE £98 JH Hockenhull, Nantwich £84

SUFFOLK £225 JH Towers & Sons, Carnforth £129

TEXEL £165 East Mains, Newbigging £104

TEXEL MULE £105 East Mains, Newbigging £103

EWES

BFL £115 GE Jackson, Bentham £115

CHEVIOT £72 East Mains, Newbigging £72

MULE £128 MJ Lawson, Wigton £94

SUFFOLK £128 Ross Bros, Strichen £104

TEXEL £160 GE Jackson, Bentham £97

BM EWES

MULE £85 N Barker, Burton in Kendal £56

SUFFOLK £70 T Crick, Suffolk £70

TEXEL £95 AJ Haggas, Otterburn £95

Auctioneer’s Report (Will Alexander): Similar numbers on the week, best calves not quite to last week’s prices with John Salthouse, Elswick and GM Metcalfe, Underbarrow topping the sale at £375 with a Blue and Limousin bull respectively. Continental bulls generally £230-£285 with heifers £225-£260, the best of the heifers at £290 again from JA Salthouse. Angus bulls to £265 from Steve Postlethwaite, a younger run of heifers a shade sharper on the week topping at £180. A handful of bull stirks from J & M Kitching £205-£235 peaking at

£252. 3-4 month calves to £158 from S Woodhouse, Gowrey and £128 from JW Dawson, Bleak Bank, others £60-£90, averaging £102.

Wednesday 24th July Rearing Calves

61 Forward Breed Top From Av

BB Bulls £375 JA Salthouse & Son, Elswick £242 BB Hfrs £290 JA Salthouse & Son, Elswick £210

Lim Bulls £375 GM Metcalfe Jnr, Underbarrow £375 Lim Hfrs £240 A & E Barnes, Grayrigg £233 AA Bulls £265 S Postlethwaite, Old Hutton £221

AA Hfrs £180 DW Robinson, Milnthorpe £148 Her Bulls £135 DW Robinson, Milnthorpe £112 B+Ws £252 J & M Kitching, Brookhouse £102

Auctioneer’s Report (Greg MacDougall): A

busy ringside of mostly local buyers with some

travelled customers making use of the hot

weather and holding off until the August sale.

However, a virtual total clearance with vendors

left satisfied with people both sides of the ring

unsure of the future. Pure bred types £130-

£160 in general, topping at £165 for Texel

Shearlings from R Lawson with pure bred

Suffolks from JH Towers & Sons to £225 and

£220. Texels out of the Mule £100-£120 for

stronger sorts with smaller types either side of

£90. Ross Bros of Aberdeenshire sold their

best to £128. Mule shearlings topped at £220

from G Jackson, Bentham with a nice genuine

run from N Barker, Burton in Kendal to £130

with AHB Murray selling his best pen to the

same price. Mule shearlings in general £90-

£110 to average £108. Some nice

consignments of Mule ewes topped at £128

from MJ Lawson, Wigton with others to £122

and £118. Brothers I & T Edmondson of

Ulverston took home £102 for their 3 crop

ewes. Andrew Haggas’ Texel ewes once again

had a strong following toping at £120.

Auctioneer’s Report (Greg MacDougall): With large numbers of cast sheep coming forward in record numbers throughout the country, with the exception of heavy and best bred ewes, other classes sold at reduced rates by £5-£10. Heavy ewes continue to be in strong demand selling between £85-£100 with pure bred ewes selling between £100-£140 topping at £157.50 for Texels from Tom Crosdale, Clapham. Good selling lean types around £70 with small meaty ewes £60+ and grazers £50-£60. A few heavy Mules still managed to break the £80 barrier topping at £88.50 from RC Robinson of

Harrogate. The next draw down either side of £75 with smaller sorts £60+. Lean types £40-£50. Horned ewes seeing the biggest drop of the week with the best Swale and SBF ewes £50-£57. Stronger Horned breeds £60-£70 topping at £75. Medium type ewes £35-£45 with smaller leaner ewes £22-£28. Plain at realisation. A plain show of rams overall topping at £110.50 for Texels or £77.50 for Swales.

CAST SHEEP

2761 FORWARD Breed Top From

BFL £92.50 RA Ladds, Kendal

CTL £157.50 DA Crosdale, Cold Cotes

HRD £75.00 R Randall & Son, Milton Keynes

MAS £73.50 P Asbury, Abbeystead

MUL £88.50 RC Robinson, Pannal

SUF £96.50 RJ Farming, Preston CTL TUPS £110.50 AE & HR Stubbs, Uttoxeter

HRD TUPS £77.50 EW & JR Parkinson, Dunsop Bridge

Auctioneer’s Report (Stephen Dennis): Fewer customers buying lambs as demand weakened through the week. The Halal trade concentrating more on ewes and mature sheep for the forthcoming Eid festival. An overall average of 178.5ppkg, as good or better than could have been anticipated. Straight Texel or Suffolk x Mule medium weight lambs mostly top side of 170ppkg. Best quality either side of £2/kg with the best run of lambs show by Ben and Kate Thompson of Newfield whose superb run of Beltex x export weight lambs sold either side of 250p/kg topping at 262p/kg (£107.50) bought by Vivers of Annan. Heavy weight lambs still adding up, best between £80-£90 and the smarter well fleshed lightweights 180-200p/kg.

SPRING LAMBS 1732 FORWARD

Overall Average 178.5ppkg BREED TOP FROM AV

Top Price Per Head (Over 36kg)

BFL £53.00 JC Walker & Son, Dunsop Bridge £53.00

CTL £107.50 SR & PA Thompson, Sedbergh £74.00

HRD £55.00 JW Dawson & Sons, Clapham £55.00

MAS £65.00 JW Dawson & Sons, Clapham £65.00

MUL £74.00 WA & A Booth, Feizor £66.00

SUF £90.00 RJ Farming, Preston £71.00

Top Price Per Kilo (Over 36kg)

BFL 143.2p JC Walker & Son, Dunsop Bridge 143.2p

CTL 262.2p SR & PA Thompson, Sedbergh 180.9p

HRD 152.8p JW Dawson & Sons, Clapham 152.8p

MAS 158.5p JW Dawson & Sons, Clapham 158.5p

MUL 162.8p JC Walker & Son, Dunsop Bridge 156.6p

SUF 188.4p WB Alexander, Cockerham 169.9p

Top Price Per Head (Under 36kg)

CTL £71.50 HC Nimmo, Westhouse £55.00

HRD £51.00 O Hodgson, Kendal £45.00

MUL £53.50 O Hodgson, Kendal £51.00

SUF £61.00 K Patterson, Kirkby in Furness £57.00

Top Price Per Kilo (Under 36kg)

CTL 204.3p HC Nimmo, Westhouse 167.0p

HRD 150.0p O Hodgson, Kendal 140.8p

MUL 152.9p O Hodgson, Kendal 144.8p

SUF 174.3p K Patterson, Kirkby in Furness 166.9p

Tuesday 6 August Feeding & Cast Cows & OTM Cattle

MONTHLY SALE OF SUCKLER BREEDING CATTLE FEEDING BULLS & STORE CATTLE

Entries for catalogue close Monday 29th

July

Tuesday 13 August FORTNIGHTLY SALE OF STORE LAMBS

Entries for catalogue close Monday 5th August at 12noon

FARM TO FARM 30 Ped Hol/Fr Dutch Hfrs IC Due Aug-Oct

27 UK Fr/Hol Hfrs Due Oct-Dec Contact Will

Wednesday 14 August GENUS DAIRY EXTRAVAGANZA

Classes for Pedigree & Non– Pedigree Newly Calved Dairy Cattle

Tuesday 30 July

FORTNIGHTLY SALE OF 4000 STORE LAMBS Inc. Show of Continental & Suffolk x Store Lambs

(Pens of 20) With thanks to sponsors

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Wednesday 31 July

FORTNIGHTLY DAIRY SALE Show & Sale of Newly Calved Dairy Cattle

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