WEEKLY NEWS 11TH JUNE 2022 - Top Price from P Knowles for his Heifer at £2780
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WEEKLY NEWS 11TH JUNE 2022
Top Price from P Knowles for his Heifer at £2780
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
Tuesday 7th June 2022
CAST COWS 37 FORWARD
B + W to £1344 from JA Parker & Son or 194p from JR Middleton & Sons
CTL to £1560 from TD, ME & GE Todd or 245p from DC Creer
Auctioneer’s Report (Stephen Dennis): The trade of the year so far. Decent
(not best) B+ W cows in the 180s and 190s. Plain cows 130-160p. Beef x cows all
top side of 200p grossing £1300-£1500. Under age cows 220-245p for further
feeding. Top price from Todds, Holme Farm, Sedbergh with a well fleshed Angus
x cow weighing 765kg grossing £1560.
STORE CATTLE
58 Forward
BREED TOP FROM AV
BULLOCKS
AA £1390 F & ML Lee & Son, Bentham £1196
Blonde £1030 Rushtons (Ingleton) £965
Hereford £940 TD, ME & GE Todd, Sedbergh £940
Limousin £1600 G Parker & Co, Clapham £1600
Simmental £1190 R & J Mitton & Son, Cold Cotes £1190
B+W £1150 C Gibson & Son, Kendal £1080
HEIFERS
AA £940 HF Morphet, Ulverston £900
BrB £1360 J & C Wright, Airton £1100
Beef SH £1070 R & J Mitton & Son, Cold Cotes £1070
Limousin £1380 F & ME Lee & Son, Bentham £1253
Auctioneer’s Report (Greg MacDougall): A small and mixed entry of store
cattle including several younger stirky types which saw all classes sell to full val-
ue. Best from Carol Parker of Reeby’s Farm with a strong Limousin x steer realis-
ing £1600 and a nice run from F & ML Lee of Bentham saw his best to £1390 for
AA steers. Heifers from the same home to £1380. Grazing types £1000+ with
commercial heifers £850-£900+. A pen of strong B + W from C Gibson & Son,
Burneside Hall to £1150.
JUNE FAIR OF BREEDING CATTLE
inc. 5 Bulls, 4 Bulling Heifers &
155 Cows with Calves
BREED TOP FROM AV
BULLS
AA £2500 D Timm, Pickering £2500
Blonde £3000 TW Clark & Sons, Alne £3000
Limousin £2700 T & E Priestley, Bentham £2467
COWS WITH CALVES
AA & Hfr Calf £2000 Barn Hey Farms, Flookburgh £1626
AA & Bull Calf £1720 TW Clark & Sons, Alne £1620
Barn Hey Farms, Flookburgh &
AA & Steer Calf £1900 £1744
J Quayle, IoM
Blonde & Bull Calf £1850 TW Clark & Sons, Alne £1685
Bazadaise & Hfr Calf £1600 TW Clark & Sons, Alne £1600
BrB & Hfr Calf £2180 ST Birkett, Carnforth £1853
BrB & Bull Calf £2000 ST Birkett, Carnforth £1716
BrB & Steer Calf £2100 A & S Jones, IoM £1938
BSH & Hfr Calf £2050 J Caley, IoM £1743
BSH & Steer Calf £1780 J Caley, IoM £1780
Charolais & Hfr Calf £1800 A & S Jones, IoM £1800
Hereford & Hfr Calf £1650 TW Clark & Sons, Alne £1500
Hereford & Bull Calf £1820 TW Clark & Sons, Alne £1735
Limousin & Hfr Calf £2600 Barn Hey Farms, Flookburgh £1796
Limousin & Bull Calf £3300 Barn Hey Farms, Flookburgh £2061
HEIFERS WITH CALVES
AA & Hfr Calf £1500 E & NJ Johnson, Settle £1500
BrB & Hfr Calf £2450 JT & J Kelsall, Cold Cotes £2013
BrB & Bull Calf £2450 JT & J Kelsall, Cold Cotes £2255
BSH & Hfr Calf £2220 GR & A Foy & Son, Conder Green £2085
BSH & Steer Calf £2180 GR & A Foy & Son, Conder Green £2073
Charolais & Hfr Calf £1500 Huddleston & Longton, Bentham £1500
Hereford & Hfr Calf £2300 A & ED Booth, Giggleswick £2058
Hereford & Bull Calf £2150 A & ED Booth, Giggleswick £1965
Hereford & Steer Calf £1900 GR & A Foy & Son, Conder Green £1775
Limousin & Hfr Calf £2420 ST Birkett, Carnforth £1945
Limousin & Bull Calf £3400 NL & CJ Brown, Claughton £2595
BULLING HEIFERS
Limousin £1400 T & E Priestley, Bentham £1170
JUNE FAIR OF BREEDING CATTLE Auctioneer’s Report (Will Alexander): The June Fair of Cows and calves saw a super entry of 155 cow and calf outfits as well as 5 bulls and 4 Bulling heifers. Buyers galore, the local farmers out in force, matched with those from Aber- deen to Devon, leading to a superb trade from start to finish. Limousin bulling heifers from T&E Priestley, sold to £1400, followed by breeding bulls from the same home at £2700, whilst older stock bulls from Mike Dixon, Flookburgh peaked at £2600 and TW Clarke, York at £3000 with their Blonde. Best of the heifers and calves to £3400 from Nick and Charlotte Brown, Claughton, John Kelsall, Summerlands sold 2 of his trio at £2450, Tony Birkett, Carnforth annual consignment peaked at £2420, with Andrew Foys best hitting £2300. Attracting much attention in the pens was Stephen & Linda Booth and Families run of smashing Hereford x Friesian Heifers with Hereford calves selling to a high of £2300 to average £1995 (+£161 on the year). Mike Dixons dispersal cattle well bid for, his best a Pure Lim cow, sucking twins selling at £3300, Clarkes of York selling their best aged cow at £1900. Plenty of heifers and calves £2000-£2200, the better end £2200-£2400, with cows looking nicely sold £1650-£1750 with the better sorts £1800-£1900, better bred 2nd calved cows achieving more. Next sale for cows and calves is Tuesday 5th July – early entries invited for advertis- ing.
Wednesday 8th June 2022
FORTNIGHTLY DAIRY SALE
Top Top Price From: Av
NC Hfrs £2780 P Knowles, New Hutton £2446
NC Cows £2500 JM Barton & Son, Kirkby Lonsdale £2400
Auctioneer’s Report (Will Alexander): More buyers than cows this week as
the demand for milk continues to rise. David Knowles’ first heifer in the ring
setting the bar unbeatably high, a lovely 30litre 2week calved non ped at
£2780, heading home with John & Richard Powley. Chris Lund, Nether Kellet
showed a super heifer which was snapped up by Andrew Avison at £2700,
whilst the best of Robert Sunderland’s pair realised £2500. Just a couple of
cows forward, Dave Barton’s 2nd calver at £2500 and Chris Lund’s 3rd calver at
£2300. Nothing under £2000, with heifers averaging £2446 and cows £2400.
EA & EM Lund’s heifer JM Barton’s cow R Sunderland’s heifer
realising £2700 realising £2500 realising £2500
NEXT SALE
Wednesday 22nd June
Wednesday 8th June
Rearing Calves
129 Forward
Breed Top From Av
AA Bulls £390 Kelsall & Wood, Scotforth £293
J Lawson & Son, Bentham &
AA Hfrs £265 £179
Kelsall & Wood, Scotforth
Blonde Bulls £505 NM Breaks, Slaidburn £473
Blonde Hfrs £500 NM Breaks, Slaidburn £500
BrB Bulls £455 G & ME Woodhouse, Ellel £345
BrB Hfrs £560 NM Breaks, Slaidburn £316
Charolais Bulls £430 JT & B Fox, Quernmore £323
Charolais Hfrs £350 Bambers Farm, Thurnham £243
Hereford Bulls £245 JM Barton & Son, Kirkby Lonsdale £182
Hereford Hfrs £200 Booth Bros, Wigglesworth £165
Limousin Bulls £460 NM Breaks, Slaidburn £450
Limousin Hfrs £500 NM Breaks, Slaidburn £428
Montbeliarde Bulls £240 WG Farms, Cockerham £240
B+W £200 G & ME Woodhouse, Ellel £150
Auctioneer’s Report (Will Alexander): A nice show of calves and plenty of
numbers with 129 forward. Some super suckler bred calves £500+, topping at
£560 from Neil Breaks. Dairy bred blues to £455 from G & ME Woodhouse,
Ellel, Charolais to £430 from neighbours John & Edward Fox, whilst fellow
Quernmore valley farmers Kelsall & Wood topped the Angus Bulls at £390 and
heifers at £265. Younger 4week calves looking well sold with Charolais bulls ei-
ther side of £350 and heifers towards £300 from Bambers Farm, Cockerham.
Black and white bulls in short supply and required to fill orders, the best
strong sorts to £20 whilst the young calves similar on the week and either side
of £150.
Wednesday 8th June
197 SHEEP WITH LAMBS AT FOOT &
June Fair of Hoggs with Lambs at Foot
BREED TOP FROM AV
Cheviot Ewes (T) £182 J & J Bentham, Dent £182
Cheviot Mule Hoggs (S) £218 D Gardner, Brookhouse £202
Cheviot Mule Ewes (T) £222 I Cooper, Penrith £222
Mule Hoggs (S) £275 RG Johnson, Feliscliffe £205
Mule Hoggs (T) £270 C Cornall, Arkholme £250
Mule Shlgs (S) £185 A Denby, Wennington £185
Mule Shlgs (T) £250 A Denby, Wennington £240
Mule Ewes (S) £195 I Cooper, Penrith £190
Mule Ewes (T) £265 GI & M Faraday, Bleasdale £234
Mule BM (S) £150 GI & M Faraday, Bleasdale £150
Mule BM (T) £160 J & J Bentham, Dent £160
Rough BM (T) £142 E & S Bower, Ulverston £142
Suffolk Hoggs (S) £290 JW Cornall & Sons, Goosnargh £290
Suffolk Hoggs (T) £200 RM Wilson, Horton in Ribblesdale £200
Texel Hoggs (S) £312 RT Gorst, Killington £261
Texel Ewes (S) £145 J & J Bentham, Dent £145
Texel Ewes (T) £250 D Gardner, Brookhouse £230
Welsh BM (S) £130 TK Kirkbride, Ulverston £130
Auctioneer’s Report (Greg MacDougall): A decent number of outfits forward
for the start of June including the June Fair of Hoggs with Lambs at Foot. Judg-
ing was in the capable hands of Ollie Martin, Maidstone, Kent who awarded 1st
prize rosette in the Continental class to BAM’s own Joe Gorst, later backing his
judgement and buying them for £312. RG Johnson of Summerfield was close
behind with his Continentals at £310. Making the trip to Bentham for the first
time was JW Cornall & Sons, Goosnargh who had a good day at the office mak-
ing £280 of Continental hoggs and £250 with Mules.
Sales for ewes and lambs continue next week.
Catalogue available online
June Fair of Hoggs with Lambs at Foot
Judge: Ollie Martin, Kent
Continental Hoggs with Lambs Mule Hoggs with Lambs
1st J Gorst £312 1st RG Johnson £275
2nd JW Cornall £280 2nd RG Johnson £250
3rd RG Johnson £310 3rd W Gardner £200
KINDLY SPONSORED BY
CAST EWES 2238 Forward
Breed Top From
Beltex £188.00 GH Bell, Kirkby Lonsdale
AM Sunderland, Halifax &
BFL £188.50
WA & GR Sedgley, Barbon
Charollais £216.00 CD Timm, Pickering
Cheviot £192.00 ES Batley & Son, Whitley
Cheviot Mule £154.00 Messrs Sayer, Penrith
Dalesbred £118.00 E & J Lees, Shawforth
Dorset £160.00 J Driver & Sons, Glossop
Easycare £135.00 G & MC Shepherd, Woodplumpton
Lleyn £135.00 G & A Fort, Whitley Head
Lonk £126.50 SD Driver, Glossop
Masham £164.00 Rowland & Woodward, Hope Valley
Mule £169.00 RI Raw, Farleton
Rough £120.00 CM Robinson, Kirkby Stephen
SBF £117.50 RJ Farming, Preston
Suffolk £212.00 RJ Farming, Preston
Swale £118.50 A Lodge, Langcliffe
Texel £300.00 ME & J Swarbrick, Stalmine
Zwartbles £160.50 T & P Moorhouse, Rathmell
CTL Tups £255.00 M & YS Barker, Halton
Goats £112.00 B & F Staveley, Clapham
Auctioneer’s Report (Greg MacDougall): Trade not just as dear as last week, dou-
ble the entry though and the first annual signs of spayned horned ewes coming into
the market with nearly 700 forward this week. Heavy ewes still best to sell with
plainer and light weights slightly harder to cash. Topping the sale was a Texel ewe
from ME & J Swarbrick, Stalmine realising £300. Best of the heavy ewes in general
£200 with crossbred types £160+. Good selling types £130-£150 with plain around
£100-£110. Some Mule ewes looking the best sold with the section topping at £169
from RI Raw, Farleton. Top pens £150-£164 with a general run of the mill type
£130+. Best fleshy horned ewes £105-£115 with A Lodge, Langcliffe to £118.50 with
a pen of Swales. Medium types £80-£90 with plain depending on condition £40-£60.
Plenty of the heavy cast rams £200-£230 with plainer end types or small sorts £130-
£150. M & YS Barker, Halton Park topping the section at £255. A decent number of
goats sold to £112 from B & F Staveley, Clapham.
PRIME HOGGS
1543 Forward
Overall Av 278.6pkg
BREED TOP FROM AV
Top Price Per Head (Over 36kg)
Cheviot £180.00 EJ Fleming, Duns £113.00
Clun Forest £148.00 RS & EJ Longden, Chinley £132.00
Gritstone £118.50 B Dibb, Yeadon £117.00
Lonk £161.50 J Lord, Littleborough £121.00
Mule £166.00 J & M Cockett, Ingleton £119.00
SBF £120.50 F Machin & Sons, York £113.00
Suffolk £174.00 ID Kirk, Thurgarton £114.00
Swale £117.50 J Redfern, Leek £84.00
Texel £200.00 ID Kirk, Thurgarton £124.00
Woodland £175.00 CJ Campbell, Holmfirth £147.00
Top Price Per Kilo (Over 36kg)
Cheviot 317.4p G & R Dawson, Crayke 263.4p
Clun Forest 259.6p RS & EJ Longden, Chinley 252.9p
Gritstone 269.3p B Dibb, Yeadon 260.3p
Lonk 252.1p B Dibb, Yeadon 250.0p
Mule 287.0p F Machin & Sons, Brandsby 263.6p
SBF 262.0p F Machin & Sons, York 247.6p
Suffolk 309.4p F Machin & Sons, Brandsby 259.0p
Swale 286.6p J Redfern, Leek 193.0p
Texel 338.1p W Oldfield, Gisburn 279.6p
Woodland 250.0p CJ Campbell, Holmfirth 218.6p
Auctioneer’s Report (Greg MacDougall): Another large entry of hoggs
and mature sheep with trade still strong especially for the heavy and
best meated types. Those with faults and lean harder to place and sell-
ing at realisation. ID Kirk, Woodside, Nottingham topped the evening’s
sale at £200 with W Oldfield, Gisburn topping per kilo at 338.1p x 2.
Wednesday 15th June
SHOW & SALE OF SUFFOLK X PRIME LAMBS (Pens of 5)
Wednesday 22nd June
SHOW & SALE OF TEXEL & BELTEX PRIME LAMBS (Pens of 5)SPRING LAMBS 2738 Forward
Overall Av 336.8p SQQ 336.3p
BREED TOP FROM AV
Top Price Per Head (Over 36kg)
Beltex £170.00 CM Bowser, Nettleham £165.00
Charollais £165.50 DA Barker, Louth £139.00
Cheviot £135.00 JJ & M Metcalfe & Sons, Casterton £135.00
Dorset £138.50 GA & A Atkinson, Cantsfield £126.00
Jacob £126.00 A & E Clarkson, Thurnham £126.00
Spotted £165.00 RJ Heigh, Bentham £165.00
Suffolk £162.00 GH Bell, Kirkby Lonsdale £137.00
Texel £186.00 CD Timm, Pickering £141.00
Zwartbles £148.00 C Chappell, Bentham £110.00
Top Price Per Kilo (Over 36kg)
Beltex 395.3p CM Bowser, Nettleham 388.7p
Charollais 400.0p K & A & E Avis, Goole 344.1p
Cheviot 337.5p JJ & M Metcalfe & Sons, Casterton 337.5p
Dorset 317.6p TH Plant, Hulland Ward 314.6p
Jacob 331.6p A & E Clarkson, Thurnham 331.6p
Spotted 351.1p RJ Heigh, Bentham 351.1p
Suffolk 360.0p GH Bell, Kirkby Lonsdale 323.4p
Texel 416.2p AR Beckerton, Tatham 338.9p
Zwartbles 302.1p C Chappell, Bentham 238.8p
Auctioneer’s Report (Stephen Dennis): Twice as many lambs forward than
last week with the sale average of 337p in line with the week’s trade. Heavy
lambs particularly well sought after topping at £186 for 55kg from CD Timm
and a pen of 17 from Messrs Moss weighing 54kg grossing £185. The very best
lambs either side of 400p with the general run of smart lambs 350-360p. Con-
gratulations to Erica Avis of Goole taking 1st and 2nd prize in the show of Char-
ollais x lambs. A sweet pen weighing 37kg grossing £148 or £4/kg.
Show of Charollais x Prime Lambs
1st K & A & E Avis £148 37kg 400p
2nd K & A & E Avis £142 37kg 383p
3rd ME & J Swarbrick £140 39kg 358p
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SHOW & SALE OF SUFFOLK X PRIME LAMBS (Pens of 5)
Tuesday 21st June
Feeding & Cast Cows & OTM Cattle
MONTHLY SALE OF FARMERS STIRKS & YOUNG STORES
Entries for catalogue close Monday 13th June
Wednesday 22nd June
FORTNIGHTLY SALE OF DAIRY CATTLE
SHOW & SALE OF TEXEL /BELTEX PRIME LAMBS (Pens of 5)
Tuesday 5th July
Feeding & Cast Cows & OTM Cattle
JULY FAIR OF SUCKLER BREEDING CATTLE
Cows & Heifers with Calves & In Calf Cattle
STORE CATTLE
Entries for catalogue close Monday 27th June
Wednesday 6th July
FORTNIGHTLY SALE OF DAIRY CATTLE
Tuesday 12th July
OPENING SALE OF STORE LAMBS
Entries for catalogue close Monday 4th July
Tuesday 19th July
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MONTHLY SALE OF FARMERS STIRKS & YOUNG STORES
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