015242 61444/ 61246 (Sale Days) www.benthamauction.co.uk [email protected] WEEKLY NEWS 26TH SEPTEMBER 2020 BFL Shearling Ram from W & D Lawson & Son realising £4800 SALE TIMES - THROUGH THE MAIN RING 10.30am Dairy Cattle (fortnightly) 11.00am Calves 3.30pm Feeding & Cast Sheep followed by Prime Lambs AUCTIONEERS: Stephen J Dennis Mobile: 07713 075 661 Greg MacDougall Mobile: 07713 075 664 Will Alexander Mobile: 07590 876 849 www.benthamauction.co.uk Friday 18th September Annual Sale of Multi Breed Rams 269 Forward Breed Top From Av SUFFOLK - 49 Forward 2 Shr Rams £310 Messrs Ellwood, Grizebeck £310 Shlg Rams £700 SC Walker, Tarporley £325 Ram Lambs £400 S & G Mellor, Cellarhead £296 Auctioneer’s Report (Will Alexander): Quality in demand, best bred lambs £300-£350 topping at £400 from S & G Mellor, Stoke on Trent. Top of the shearlings came from SC Walker’s pen at £700, better end sorts in the £600’s with the next draw £400-£480. The lesser Suffolk Shearling from SC Walker quality types looking well sold £180-£250. realising £700 XBR - 52 Forward 3 Shr Rams £400 W & D Lawson & Son, Masongill £400 Shlg Rams £1400 T Craddock & Son, £410 Bolton by Bowland Auctioneer’s Report (Will Alexander): As expected, quality Beltex x in strong demand, the best from T Craddock, Bolton by Bowland at £1400 whilst RC Robin- son realised £700, £800 and £900 topping at £1050. Beltex x Texel Shearling from T Craddock & Sons realising £1400 Plenty of others £500-£650, the next bracket £400- £480 BELTEX - 19 Forward Shlg Rams £600 MR & JE Davis, Eldroth £362 Auctioneer’s Report (Will Alexander): A good show of Beltex Shearlings, Mike Davis leading the way with the pure Beltex at £600 with others at £500, matched by Mark Shaw, High Peak. Best pure Beltex £400+ with many others £300-£400. Beltex Shearling from M Davis realising £600 TEXEL - 96 Forward Auctioneer’s Report: 4 Shr Rams £200 JJ & M Metcalfe & Sons, Casterton £200 (Greg MacDougall): All types good to sell 3 Shr Rams £380 EJ Ward & Sons, Nether Kellett £380 with near enough 2 Shr Rams £310 P Keyes, Salwick £295 100% clearance. As Shlg Rams £900 DA Towell, Keighley & £449 usual, strong sorts the A & HC Smith, Hawick best to sell with £900 being achieved on Ram Lambs £350 Firm of G Gray, Selkirk £265 two occasions, firstly from DA Towell, Keighley with first time vendor A & HC Smith, Crumhaughhill equalling the top price later in the sale. WJ & JG Bell, Kinninghall once again showing a nice run topping at £850 twice with local vendor JT & J Kelsall next at £720. Strong tups in general £600-£800 with commercial sorts £350-£450. Texel lambs to £350 from Firm of G Gray, Sunnycroft. Saturday 19th September Annual Sale of Teeswater Rams & Females TEESWATER 21 Forward 2 Shr Rams £100 J & M Whitfield & Sons, Wray £100 Shlg Rams £400 J & M Whitfield & Sons, Wray £227 Ram Lambs £100 I Tyson, Lupton £80 Females £190 D & GC Newbould, Dallowgill £154 Auctioneer’s Report: (Will Alexander): A sharper Teeswater ram trade than expected, with a top call of £400 for a shearling from J & M Whitfield, Wray. Noted breed David Newbould realised £320 whilst others better tups found homes between £200-£300. A handful of females sold to a top of £190 again from David Newbould, Ripon, with a smart lamb, his second at £180, matched by GF Harker, Harrogate with their gimmer shearling . Saturday 19th September Annual Sale of Blue Faced Leicester Rams & Females 269 Forward Breed Top From Av BLUE FACED LEICESTER RAMS 248 Forward 3 Shr Rams £750 K & GJ Huck, Austwick £431 2 Shr Rams £1500 GW Whitwell Ltd, Austwick £604 Shlg Rams £4800 W & D Lawson & Son, Masongill £697 Ram Lambs £2600 Abbey White, Horton in Ribblesdale £569 Breed Top From Av BLUE FACED LEICESTER FEMALES 21 Forward Ewes £100 JA Ellershaw, Carnforth £100 Shearlings £600 JR & J Gorst & Son, Quernmore £226 Lambs £150 G Fairburn, Apperley Bridge £150 Auctioneer’s Report: (Stephen Dennis): The Annual Sale of Blue Faced Leicester Rams was well attended with 250 rams selling to a near complete clearance. Shearling rams as always in strong demand averaging £697.15, up £247 on the year. Ram lambs also getting away well averaging £569.26, up by £200 on last year. Topping the sale was a shearling ram from the Gragareth Flock of W & D Lawson & Son, Parr Bank. The ram, sired by Gragareth H5 out of a Kentmere Hall H1 ewe sold for £4800 joining Geoff & Josh Ryder of Harrogate. David & Robin Booth’s Smearsett Flock were again well followed with their first shearling sire by Smearsett G11 out of a W002 Harland ewe selling for £4100 to Messrs Dobson of Bishop Auckland, The Booths also sold shearlings to £3500, £3000, £2800, £2600 & £2200. Other leading prices for shearling rams included Chris & Tessa Hewitt selling their Riddings sired ram at £3000 and a Cherry Tree shearling at £1400. JC Walker & Son, (Brennand) selling shearlings at £1800, £1200 and £1100; J Huddleston, Ravenscar £1600 , £1100; H Huddleston & Son, Snab Green £1300; JR & J Gorst, Appletree Farm £1200. A top price in the lamb section was achieved by Abbey White of Hillside making £2600 for her lamb sired by Ribblesdale M2 our of a Carryhouse Jackpot ewe, the successful bidder being Paul Hallam of High Birkwith. Other leading lamb prices included AC & K Pye & Son, Dunken- shaw £1600, £1400 & £1100; WA & A Booth, Old Hall £1600; W & D Lawson & Son, Parr Bank £1500; WH Hutchinson & Son, Redgate £1300; R & PE Hargreaves & Son, Barley £1000 & MR Thornborrow, Dawyck £1000 TUESDAY 22nd SEPTEMBER CAST COWS– 23 FORWARD B + W Cows to £998.40 from J & M Whitfield & Sons or 134p from R & Butterfield CTL Cows to £1097.10 from ST & JE Foster or 146p from G Parker & Co Bulls to £984 or 160p from DJ Charnley Auctioneer’s Report (Stephen Dennis): A lighter show of cast cows and more could easily have been sold. Better B+W cows generally 120p-130p/kg topping at 134p/kg from R & E Butterfield, Linghaw and averaging a very respectable 116p/kg, bearing in mind the general lack of flesh on offer. Beef x cows good to sell topped by Carol Parker making 146p/kg with a 44mo Angus x heifer whilst Simon Foster of Calton grossed £1097 with a Here cow weighing 795kg. Bulls to 160p/kg for a 20mo old Hereford from David Charnley. STIRKS - 556 FORWARD Auctioneer’s Report (Will BREED TOP FROM AV Alexander): The largest entry of BULLOCKS stirks for some time, considering AA £910 H Halhead & Son, Nether Kellett £666 the numbers forward, cattle would Blonde £820 K Raw, Dent £720 generally sell to full value. Kevin Baz £790 TN Airey & Son, Eldroth £733 Harrison topped the day with a Lim BrB £880 TN Airey & Son, Eldroth £700 bullock late in the day at £1060. Beef Sho £480 D Slone, Barrow in Furness £475 Angus bullocks from Herbert & Dairy Sho £570 G Sunter, Mansergh £530 Chris Halhead to £910, others £750 Fleckvieh £770 EW & RM Towers, Hornby £637 -£850. A run of 16 Angus heifers Limousin £1060 WK & R Harrison, Docker £755 from Mark Townley realised £690 Mont £770 EW & RM Towers, Hornby £634 & £700, all heading north of the Norw £770 EW & RM Towers, Hornby £639 Border. Better end dairy and Saler £695 JJ & J Woof & Son, Dent £634 suckler bred cattle £750-£880, heif- Simmental £990 R Lamont, Duns £903 HEIFERS ers generally £620-£700 with a few AA £700 MB Townley, Gressingham £548 of the best realising a shade more. Blonde £560 K Raw, Dent £453 Younger soft cattle a little harder to Baz £700 TN Airey & Son, Eldroth £620 place with buyers cautious of a BrB £780 CR Alderson & Sons, Mallerstang £652 long winter and the prospect of Beef Sho £570 D Slone, Barrow in Furness £570 high straw prices. Black and whites Charollais £905 R Lamont, Duns £810 in demand, with buyers Hereford £760 R Lamont, Duns £512 represented from Longtown to Limousin £910 WP Sutcliffe, Horton in Ribblesdale £678 Buckinghamshire, better end £610- Simmental £540 R Lamont, Duns £540 £650 the next draw £510-£570. A BULLS handful of bulls forward selling to a AA £460 W &S Airey, Carnforth £433 top of £890 for a dairy bred blue Blonde £840 CR Alderson & Sons, Mallerstang £768 from Stuart & Ian Close and £840 BrB £890 MD Close & Son, Arkholme £689 for a suckler bred Blonde from Beef Sho £410 D Slone, Barrow in Furness £407 Hereford £540 GM & AM Wilson, Cartmel £540 Steve Alderson. Limousin £830 JM Kelsall & Son, Quernmore £720 Wednesday 16th September REARING CALVES 103 Forward Breed Top From Av AA Bulls £455 JM & AE Wallbank & Sons, Wray £319 AA Hfrs £195 JM & AE Wallbank & Sons, Wray £156 Blonde Bull £160 S & P Parker, Bentham £160 BrB Bulls £500 TD & V Whitaker, Winmarleigh £308 BrB Hfrs £320 R Packham & Sons, Kendal £240 Fleck Bulls £265 F & E Harrison, Wray £242 Hereford Bulls £345 A & ED Booth, Giggleswick £261 Hereford Hfrs £200 D W Robinson, Milnthorpe £200 Lim Bulls £310 J & N Ashton, Bentham £310 Lim Hfrs £210 J & N Ashton, Bentham £210 Longhorn Bulls £180 Booth Brothers, Wigglesworth £180 Longhorn Hfrs £125 JS & A Towers, Farleton £125 Sim Bulls £250 Wannop Farms, Heaton £250 B + W Bulls £75 EW Singleton, Inglewhite £45 Auctioneer’s Report (Will Alexander): Strongest calves on dry feed very good to sell, Tom Whitaker scoring the day’s top price at £500 with his Blue Bull.