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WEEKLY NEWS 29TH MAY 2021

1st Prize Spring Lambs from WA Jenkinson realising £185.50 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 www.benthamauction.co.uk Wednesday 26th May FORTNIGHTLY DAIRY SALE 24 Forward Top Top Price From: Av J Robinson, & NC Hfrs £2150 £1743 S & CH Brennand, Ingleton NC Cows £1600 PW & DM Swindlehurst, Underbarrow £980 In Calf Hfrs £1800 W & R Mashiter, £1585 Auctioneer’s Report (Will Alexander): A nice line up of 13 heifers, saw the best sell to a top of £2150 on two occasions, firstly from Richard Robinson, Hoggetts Lane, with his Pedigree Heifer “Kelletview Twist Favourite”, 27days calved with a daily yield of 32litres, she was snapped up by Tom & Jonathon Pollock, Ainstable. Bentham local, Steven Brennand, later matched the top spot with his lovely Friesian type heifer, she headed home with Ian Askew, Kendal. Colin Birkett’s best to £1980, with the main of the others £1600-£1800. A run-of-the-mill entry of 5 cows, saw the best hit £1600 from Messrs Swindlehurst, with other older, 4th calved, cows either side of £900. A nice run of in calf heifers due June/July to the Angus, from Messers Mashiter, Harter- beck sold to a high of £1800, others £1720, £1750, to average £1585, another 6 from the same home in a fortnight. Next sale 9th June to include an entry of young stock from various farms, inc. full dispersal of 40 from GB & EA Metcalfe

Heifers from J Robinson & S & CH Brennand realising £2150 REARING CALVES 85 Forward Breed Top From Av AA Bulls £415 A Brough, Cockermouth £318 AA Hfrs £280 J Lawson & Son, Bentham £204 BrB Bulls £440 F & E Harrison, Wray £369 BrB Hfrs £350 JS & A Towers, Farleton £307 Charolais Bulls £460 W Hull, Out Rawcliffe £460 Fleckvieh Bulls £290 SJ & J Hodgson & Son, Greenodd £265 Hereford Bulls £335 JS & A Towers, Farleton £279 Hereford Hfrs £190 JS & A Towers, Farleton £183 Limousin Bulls £410 Sandwith Farm Services, Yeadon £367 Limousin Hfrs £400 D & V Lawson, Bentham £332 Mont Bulls £320 SPA Rushton, Wigglesworth £280 Simmental Bulls £450 W Hull, Out Rawcliffe £450 B + W Bulls £315 A Brough, Cockermouth £167 Auctioneer’s Report (Will Alexander): A healthy calf trade, for the 85 forward, a good show of 39 Angus’ saw the best of the 20 bulls hit £415 from A Brough, Cockermouth, with J Lawson & Son close behind at £410, better end £350+, next draw £270-£320. Heifers to a top of £280, again from the Lawsons, a run of sweet calves from J Whitaker & Son, , the best of their heifers £225-£245, with the next draw £170-£200. A shortage of blues, the best from Dave Harrison at £440, others £340-£350. Heifers £280-£330, with the best at £350 from JS & A Towers, Farleton. Only a handful of weaned calves forward, topping at £460 from Wynne Hull with his Charollais bull. Black & White num- bers still seriously short of requirements, a top of £315 from A Brough, nice reared calves £170-£195 topping at £230 from P&M Crackles, nice milk calves £95-£135. More needed each week to meet demand. Tuesday 8th June 100 COWS & HEIFERS WITH CALVES AT FOOT, IN CALF CATTLE, BULLING HEIFERS & BREEDING BULLS Entries for catalogue close Monday 31st May Wednesday 26th MaySheep with Lambs at Foot BREED TOP FROM AV Beulah BM (S) £148 EJ & AM Fox, Biggar £138 Beulah BM (T) £192 EJ & AM Fox, Biggar £172 Charollais Ewes (T) £240 MR & JE Davis, Eldroth £240 Cheviot Ewes (S) £150 EJ & AM Fox, Biggar £146 Cheviot Ewes (T) £198 EJ & AM Fox, Biggar £196 Easycare BM (S) £125 EJ & AM Fox, Biggar £125 Lonk BM (T) £170 A & CM Taylor, Tatham £170 Masham Shlgs (S) £165 D Jackson, Penrith £165 Masham Shlgs (T) £240 D Jackson, Penrith £233 Masham Ewes (T) £218 C Bell, Barnard Castle £218 Mule Shlgs (T) £275 R Sunderland, Aspatria £267 Mule Ewes (S) £180 NR & CS Hodgson, Ravenstonedale £161 Mule Ewes (T) £220 P Metcalfe, £193 Mule BM (S) £132 DN Smith, Windermere £125 Mule BM (T) £195 EJ & AM Fox, Biggar £186 Suffolk Shlgs (S) £220 SN Hodgson, Ravenstonedale £220 Suffolk Shlgs (T) £245 NR & CS Hodgson, Ravenstonedale £245 Suffolk Ewes (S) £150 P Metcalfe, Quernmore £150 Suffolk Ewes (T) £235 P Metcalfe , Quernmore £227 Suffolk BM (T) £202 A & CM Taylor, Tatham £202 Swale Ewes (T) £192 C Bell, Barnard Castle £167 Swale BM (S) £105 GW Wallbank, Keasden £105 Swale BM (T) £180 NR & CS Hodgson, Ravenstonedale £180 Texel Shlgs (S) £185 S Bentham, Chorley £170 Texel Shlgs (T) £268 S Bentham, Chorley £207 Texel Ewes (S) £190 NR & CS Hodgson, Ravenstonedale £145 Texel Ewes (T) £250 P Metcalfe, Quernmore £215 Texel BM (S) £178 EJ & AM Fox, Biggar £157 Texel BM (T) £230 TW&BH Wooodhouse, Roeburndale £185 Auctioneer’s Report (Stephen Dennis): One of the largest entries of the season selling to an enthusiastic audience. The stronger end of the Continentals either side of £80/ life for twins and £90/life for singles. Correct Mule ewes with twins generally £70/life. A large consignment of aged hillbred ewes from EJ & AM Fox of Biggar sold to advantage. A mixture of Mule, CTL x and Beulah ewes with well suckled lambs returned £55-£65/life for twins and £70-£75 for singles. A run of 2 crop Cheviots from the same vendor sold between £190-£198 for twins and £145— £150 for singles. The best of the Swaledale ewes making £192 for twins. A keen trade through- out. CAST EWES 1054 FORWARD Breed Top From Beltex £170.00 SR & PA Thompson, Firbank BFL £150.00 R & PE Hargreaves, Barley Charollais £160.00 Mrs R Capstick, Horton in Ribblesdale Cheviot £125.50 B Clark, Grange over Sands SR & PA Thompson, Firbank & Cheviot Mule £125.50 Hyde Park, Penrith Dales £91.50 GW Thackray, Harewood Dorset £129.50 J Driver, Glossop Herdwick £108.50 Hyde Park, Penrith Masham £120.50 MB Fawcett, Burton in Lonsdale Mule £130.50 Mission Springs, Doncaster SBF £123.50 AA & HM Capstick & Sons, Howgill Suffolk £163.50 A & RA Middleton, Cowan Bridge Swale £107.50 JC Hodgson, Dent Texel £177.50 R Skelton, Dearham Woodland £123.50 B Dibb, Yeadon Zwartbles £134.50 M Nunns, Birkin HRD Tups £119.50 J Driver, Glossop CTL Tups £215.00 W Harrison & Co, Bentham Auctioneer’s Report (Greg MacDougall): All classes in strong demand with trade back to where it was a few weeks ago. Prices some £10-£20 sharper than last week with trade expected to remain strong for several weeks with more re- quired to fulfil buyer demand. W Harrison & Co, Bentham topped the night’s sale at £215 for Texel rams with ewes to a top of £177.50 from R Skelton, Maryport. Plenty of best bred ewes £150-£170 with heavy ewes £130-£150. Smaller and good selling lean ewes £100-£120. Heaviest of the Mules £120- £130 with a top price of £130.50 achieved by Mission Springs, Doncaster. Small fleshy types £100-£110. Overall average for Mules £107.03. Horned ewes the trade of the night. Stronger sorts including Swales and SBF selling over £100 with medium types £70+ and plain £40-£60 depending on condition. Rams as ever good to sell averaging £137 with strongest types £150-£190. Hill breeds £100+ on the whole. 3783 PRIME HOGGS Auctioneer’s Report (Greg Overall Av 270.2p SQQ 262.5p MacDougall): Another BREED TOP FROM AV large show of prime hoggs Top Price Per Head (Over 36kg) with more new vendors Blue Texel £176.50 D Breaks, Slaidburn £162.50 this week taking ad- Cheviot £148.50 Skinnner Bros, Melton Mowbray £114.00 vantage of he strong com- Dorset £110.50 R Driver, Glossop £110.50 petition. Very much a two Easycare £158.50 Skinner Bros, Melton Mowbray £134.00 Gritstone £130.00 Skinner Bros, Melton Mowbray £100.00 tier trade with well Herdwick £96.50 EM Metcalfe, Bentham £90.00 fleshed hoggs, especially Jacob £122.50 R Skelton, Dearham £107.00 those 45kg + good to sell Lonk £141.50 PM & AM Ward, Arkholme £123.00 with heavy hoggs selling Mule £158.50 J Driver, Glossop £102.00 at extreme rates. For the SBF £130.00 AV & G Ratcliffe, Whixall £120.00 second week in a row, Suffolk £195.00 TI & GM Edmunds, Caerphilly £125.00 Skinner Bros of Melton Swale £119.50 PJ & MR Stuart, Sowerby £87.00 Mowbray showed another Texel £204.00 T Bustance, Melton Mowbray £130.00 marvellous consignment Woodland £134.50 B Dibb, Yeadon £135.00 of 400 hoggs. Every one Top Price Per Kilo (Over 36kg) well fed and well present- Blue Texel 326.9p D Breaks, Slaidburn 318.6p Cheviot 316.7p R Skelton, Dearham 279.2p ed topping at £169 to av- Dorset 251.1p R Driver, Glossop 251.1p erage £145 including Easycare 295.3p Skinner Bros, Melton Mowbray 291.6p Swales and other hill Gritstone 295.5p Skinner Bros, Melton Mowbray 256.0p sorts. Topping the night’s Herdwick 253.9p EM Metcalfe, Bentham 230.2p trading was Tessa Jacob 291.7p R Skelton, Dearham 225.9p Bustance again from Mel- Lonk 257.3p PM & AM Ward, Arkholme 251.1p ton realising £204 with Mule 292.6p SH Bowes, Barrow in Furness 239.7p others to £200. Making SBF 287.8p AV & G Ratcliffe, Whixall 276.1p the 250 mile trip were Suffolk 302.8p TI & GM Edmunds, Caerphilly 275.1p first time vendors TI & GM Swale 258.0p Skinner Bros, Melton Mowbray 213.9p Edmunds, Caerphilly sell- Texel 353.4p R Skelton, Dearham 283.2p ing Suffolks to £195 with Woodland 224.2p B Dibb, Yeadon 224.2p plenty of others £150- Top Price Per Head (Under 36kg) SBF £84.50 RL & AR Phillips, Burton Leonard £77.00 £170. A great run of hoggs Swale £84.50 W & J Whitaker, Westhouse £64.00 from R Skelton Contrac- Texel £114.50 R Skelton, Dearham £82.00 tors, Maryport saw Beltex Top Price Per Kilo (Under 36kg) types to £190 with other SBF 264.1p RL & AR Phillips, Burton Leonard 255.1p heavy pens £188.50 and Swale 242.4p B Maddock, Northwich 190.4p £179. A run of handy Texel 327.1p R Skelton, Dearham 244.2p weight Texels and Chevi- ots from the same home topped at 353.4p. Best handy weights in general around 300p a kilo with a few smarter pens 330p-250p. More commercial types 250p-280p and very much depending on condition. Heavier Mules in the £130s topping at £158.50 from J Driv- er with lighter sorts £100-£115. Best Swales to £119.50 from PJ & MR Stuart, St Michaels while the SBF topped at £130 x 2 from AV & G Ratcliffe, Whitchurch. Quality very mixed in the lightweight section. Bets 250p-300p with R Skelton topping at 327.1p. Most pens though selling at realisation with a very mixed entry. 1329 SPRING LAMBS Auctioneer’s Report (Stephen Dennis): The quali- Overall Av 341.5p SQQ 342.3p ty of the entry not quite BREED TOP FROM AV matching last week. Best Top Price Per Head (Over 36kg) quality lambs again selling at Beltex £206.50 AJ Wood, Preston £194.00 premium rates. A wonderful Blue Texel £164.50 A & RA Middleton, Cowan Bridge £164.00 pen of Beltex lambs from AJ Charollais £160.50 MB Fawcett, Burton in Lonsdale £142.00 Wood of Whittingham Dorset £140.00 T & S Blades, £140.00 topped the sale with his best Hampshire £157.50 GH Bell, £136.00 pair of 42kg lambs grossing Mule £134.00 RS & PH Warburton, Warrington £134.00 £205.50 or 492p. Freddie Suffolk £171.50 RB & ME Howorth, Ribchester £134.00 Jenkinson of Stalmine took Texel £186.50 GH Bell, Kirkby Lonsdale £138.00 the honours in the show with Zwartbles £124.50 M & A Bigland, Allithwaite £103.00 a pair of 40kg Texel x lambs selling for £185.50 to Harry Top Price Per Kilo (Over 36kg) Wood for Bowland Foods. Beltex 491.7p AJ Wood, Preston 463.7p Other leading prices included Blue Texel 416.7p D & A Livestock, Harrogate 399.6p local farmers: George Bell Charollais 385.9p RS & PG Warburton, Warrington 349.5p 38kg at £186.50. Brian & Dorset 333.3p T & S Blades, Carnforth 333.3p Tom Barnes 40kg at £181.50 Hampshire 366.3p GH Bell, Kirkby Lonsdale 325.1p and Stephen Thompson 43kg Mule 319.0p RS & PH Warburton, Warrington 319.0p at £178.50. Travelled ven- Suffolk 376.1p GH Bell, Kirkby Lonsdale 319.1p dors also in the top prices, Texel 490.8p GH Bell, Kirkby Lonsdale 346.0p the best of a cracking con- Zwartbles 327.6p M & A Bigland, Allithwaite 274.7p signment from Davison Bros selling making £184.50 for a Top Price Per Head (Under 36kg) pair of 45kg lambs; Graham Dorset £96.00 J & W Bracewell, Bacup £96.00 Cornforth of Tadcaster re- Texel £146.50 RJ Heigh, Bentham £113.00 turning £171.50 for a trio of Zwartbles £103.50 M & A Bigland, Allithwaite £89.00 42kg lambs; Jack Battersby of Top Price Per Kilo (Under 36kg) Lincoln topping at £171.50 Dorset 282.4p J & W Bracewell, Bacup 282.2p with a 52kg lamb; a stylish Texel 418.6p RJ Heigh, Bentham 340.6p consignment from Phillip El- Zwartbles 313.6p M & A Bigland, Allithwaite 269.7p liott from Penrith topping at £170 for pens of 42kg and 44kg lambs. 1st cross lambs either side of 325p and looking well sold on the week. An SQQ average of 342p. Quality sorts in big demand and more needed to fill buyers’ orders. May Spring Lamb Competition: Week 3 Judge: Liam Broster 1st WA Jenkinson £185.50 40kg 463p 2nd B & AC Barnes £165.50 38kg 435p 3rd SR & PA Thompson £178.50 43kg 415p

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