WEEKLY NEWS 14TH MAY 2022 - 1st Prize winning hoggs & lambs from EJ Ward realising £400
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WEEKLY NEWS 14TH MAY 2022
1st Prize winning hoggs & lambs from
EJ Ward realising £400
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
Best Pen of 5 Mule Hoggs with Singles Auctioneer’s Report (Will Alex-
ander): A superb trade from
Judge: Gary Rylands
start to finish for the first Hogg
st
1 J Winter £360 and Lamb sale. All classes sell-
2nd EJ Ward & Son £300 ing well above vendors expec-
rd
tations, with all leaving well
3 Messrs G Sowerby £300 suited with their returns. Lead-
ing the way in the Mule hoggs
at £360 was Winter Bros, Click-
ham with their first prize pen,
heading home with judge Gary
Rylands, Kendal. Numerous oth-
er pens, including the second
and third prize at £300, with
plenty £250-£290 and the next
draw £220-£240, with only the
Best Pen of 5 CTL Hoggs with Singles smalls less. Continentals sold
Judge: Ellen Elliott to a top of £400 for the first
prize pen from EJ Ward & Son,
st
1 EJ Ward & Son £400 Carnforth, these caught the
2nd KG Stapleton & Sons £305 eye of Longtown farmer Joe
Marrs. The fancier sorts often
3rd KG Stapleton & Sons £300 £320-£350, with strong com-
mercial hoggs nicely either side of £300, the next draw £260-£280. Joe Gorst
taking the first and second rosette in the Masham class, with these realising
£320 & £260. Cheviot Mules from R & E Butterfield to £385 & £370 whilst the
1st place any other breed, Suffolk Halfbreds from Winter Bros realised £380.
Geld Mule hoggs to £152 twice, both pens from Frank & Sue Towers, plenty
£130-£140 and looking well sold for the goods on offer.
Show & Sale Kindly sponsored by
British Wool
Saturday 7th May
GREAT ANNUAL SHOW & SALE OF HOGGS WITH LAMBS AT FOOT
856 Hoggs with Lambs & 642 Geld Gimmer Hoggs
HOGGS WITH LAMBS TOP FROM AV
Cheviot Mule £385 R & E Butterfield, Bentham £378
Masham £320 JW Gorst, Killington £258
Mule £360 Winter Bros, Appleby £221
Mule (T) £175 J Monk, Mellor £175
Scotch Mule £190 J Monk, Mellor £190
Suffolk £380 Winter Bros, Appleby £352
Texel £400 EJ Ward & Sons, Nether Kellet £257
Texel (T) £250 RF Towers, Wray £250
GELD HOGGS
Cheviot £90 J & J Bentham, Dent £90
Masham £120 T Crick, Suffolk £120
Mule £152 RF Towers, Wray £129
Suffolk £92 J & J Bentham, Dent £92
Swale £108 AJ Haggas, Skipton £108
Texel £115 EE Watson & Son, Sawley £97
Welsh £72 TK Kirkbride, Ulverston £72
Best Pen of 5 Masham Hoggs with Singles
Judge: Maurice Lawson
1st Joe Gorst £320
2nd Joe Gorst £260
3rd JK Gorst & Son £195
Best Pen of 5 Hoggs AOB with Singles
Judge: Ellen Elliott
1st J Winter £380
2nd R & E Butterfield £385
3rd R & E Butterfield £385
Next sale Saturday 28th May with entries
invited for the catalogue asap.
Prize Winners from Saturday’s Show & Sale of Hoggs with Lambs
Wednesday 11th May 2022
WYNNSTAY DAIRY DAY
14 FORWARD
Judge: Will Oldfield
Top Top Price From: Av
NC Hfrs £2520 Morris Eyton & Son, Millom £2212
NC Cows £1700 R Sunderland, Carlisle £1700
CHAMPION RESERVE CHAMPION
PW & DM Swindlehurst Morris Eyton & Son
Auctioneer’s Report (Will Alexander): A
Class 1: Newly Calved Cow case of quality over quantity for the
st
1 R Sunderland £1700 Wynnstay Dairy show, 13 out of 14 being
heifers. Will Oldfield ably judged the pre-
Class 2: Newly Calved Heifer sale show, giving the Champion rosette to
1st PW & DM Swindlehurst £2500 Peter Swindlehurst’snd first place heifer and
his reserve to the 2 place heifer from
nd
2 Morris Eyton & Son £2520 Patrick Morris-Eyton, whilst John & Ed-
rd ward Fox took 3rd with their heifer. A busy
3 JT & B Fox £2400
ringside of men all keen to secure milk en-
sured all sold to full value, the Champion being bought by the judge at £2500 whilst the
reserve realised £2520, to regulars Ayrtons of Bambers Farm, Cockerham. Patrick Morris-
Eyton’s second heifer also at £2500, whilst The Fox’s sold at £2400. Also matching £2400
was James Bainbridge, Tebay. All bar 4 over £2150, with the others £1700-£1980, to aver-
age £2212.
Champion Heifer from
PW & DM Swindlehurst
realising £2500
(L-R: Hannah Kirkham-Wynnstay,
Will Oldfield- Judge &
Vendor Peter Swindlehurst)
WYNNSTAY DAIRY DAY
Reserve Champion Heifer from
Morris Eyton & Son realising the
day’s top price of £2520
(L-R: Hannah Kirkham-Wynnstay,
Will Oldfield- Judge &
Vendor Peter Swindlehurst)
PETER MORRIS OF AYLESBURY
The family of the late Peter Morris would like to make known to the customers of Bentham Auc-
tion Mart of his recent death. Peter first attended Bentham Auction in 2002 following the Foot &
Mouth outbreak as he sought to purchase quality Mule Gimmer Lambs. His continued support
without doubt lifted the profile of the Bentham sales attracting more quality consignments. For a
number of years, Peter also sold an annual consignment of 100 suckler bred store cattle at the
March sale until prevented by TB restrictions. As Pater passed on the baton to the next genera-
tion, his family have continued to support the mart and will be well known to many of our cus-
tomers. His son David continues to buy top pens of Mule gimmer lambs along with sister Caroline
Mole while husband Rob is a regular buyer at the store cattle sales. Peter’s reputation as a superb
stockman and judge of stock was countrywide. We are privileged to have been associated with
him as both a customer and friend and we are sure that all those at Bentham who knew him
would share in our sympathy to his wife Gwyneth and family.
Wednesday 11th May
Rearing Calves 112 Forward
Breed Top From Av
AA Bulls £390 J Lawson & Son, Bentham £312
AA Hfrs £290 J Lawson & Son, Bentham £205
BrB Bulls £475 RR & JA Knowles, Kendal £347
BrB Hfrs £320 Lawsons Farm, Cockerham £289
Beef SH Bulls £315 HC Nimmo, Carnforth £283
Beef SH Hfrs £280 HC Nimmo, Carnforth £280
Charolais Bulls £305 Bambers Farm, Thurnham £268
Charolais Hfrs £275 Bambers Farm, Thurnham £261
Hereford Bulls £350 J & N Young, Kendal £271
Hereford Hfrs £260 J & N Young, Kendal £186
Limousin Bulls £295 S Woodhouse & Son, Kirkby Lonsdale £264
Limousin Hfrs £255 Bambers Farm, Thurnham £243
B+W £220 Messrs Sowerby, Appleby £130
Auctioneer’s Report (Will Alexander): A blistering calf trade for the 112 for-
ward, plenty of young calves forward, looking trade of the day from start to fin-
ish, a run of month old Charolais from Ayrtons of Cockerham met frenzied bid-
ding, bulls to a high of £305 to average £268 and heifers to £275 to average
£260. Strong calves a sharper trade than last week, Blue bulls to £475, £430 x2,
£418 from Henry Knowles, Kendal, Blue Heifers to £320 from Lawsons Farm,
Cockerham and Henry Knowles. It was the Lawson name leading the way in the
Angus section, Bulls to £390, firstly from J Lawson, Bentham later matched by
cousin John Lawson of Cockerham! Youngs of Jenkin Cragg showed a good run
of strong calves, Herefords to £350 and £260 for Bulls and heifers respectively.
B&W bulls the best trade for sometime, top spot to Messers Sowerby, Appleby
at £220, Doug Wallbank at £215, whilst the young calves generally £150-£190,
with few plainer types £60-80.
Wednesday 11th May
226 SHEEP WITH LAMBS AT FOOT
BREED TOP FROM AV
Badger Face Ewes (T) £188 S Penellum, Millom £188
Charollais Shlgs (T) £200 France Bros, Littledale £200
Charollais Ewes (S) £198 A Lambert, Leyburn £198
Cheviot Ewes (S) £110 GJ Penellum, Millom £88
Cheviot BM (S) £150 JM Smith, Windermere £144
Cheviot BM (T) £178 J & W Bracewell, Bacup £178
Herdwick BM (S) £101 France Bros, Littledale £99
Herdwick BM (T) £120 France Bros, Littledale £120
Lleyn Shlgs (S) £168 A Towler, Malham Moor £168
Lleyn Ewes (S) £180 A Towler, Malham Moor £180
Masham Ewes (T) £205 A Lambert, Leyburn £205
Mule Hoggs (S) £210 AH Price, Clapham £206
Mule Shlgs (S) £185 France Bros, Littledale £185
Mule Shlgs (T) £200 A Lambert, Leyburn £200
Mule Ewes (S) £185 SJ & P Gardner, Dent £160
Mule Ewes (T) £280 ST Birkett, Carnforth £246
Mule BM (S) £130 MJ & RE Smith, Windermere £130
Mule BM (T) £222 MJ & RE Smith, Windermere £202
Texel Hoggs (S) £200 PM & AM Ward & Sons, Arkholme £200
Texel Hoggs (T) £278 PM & AM Ward & Sons, Arkholme £278
Texel Shlgs (S) £245 GS & FE Robinson, Austwick £190
Texel Shlgs (T) £330 J Foster, Wigglesworth £278
Texel Ewes (S) £265 PM & AM Ward & Sons, Arkholme £165
Texel Ewes (T) £275 PM & AM Ward & Sons, Arkholme £219
Texel BM (S) £185 Westmorland Chapel Farm, Orton £146
Texel BM (T) £258 Westmorland Chapel Farm, Orton £241
Welsh BM (S) £130 AM & M Skidmore, Penrith £103
Auctioneer’s Report (Will Alexander): The quality not as good as previous
weeks, more hillbred outfits coming on the market, including Herdwicks, Chevi-
ots and Welsh Ewes. Trade in general stronger with all the local customers pre-
sent, including men from Penrith, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and Norfolk.
Best outifts to £330 & £325 for Texel Shearlings with Twins from Jack Foster,
Wigglesworth. Correct Mules with twins from Tony Birkett at £280. A handful of
hoggs in the entry peaked at £278 for a set with twins from Chris Ward. Hill go-
ing ewes £55-65 for the better types and either side of £50 singles.
Next week is the Special Sale for
Hillbred Ewes with Lambs at Foot.
CAST EWES
1836 Forward
Breed Top From
Beltex £163.50 RM Cornforth & Son, Tadcaster
BFL £201.50 W & NL Baines, Sedbergh
Charollais £215.00 RJ Farming, Preston
Cheviot Mule £155.50 RW Nicholson, Lupton
Dalesbred £102.50 JT & J Kelsall, Cold Cotes
Herdwick £130.50 W Vose, Ormskirk
Lonk £130.00 D & J Coulson, Middle Rasen
Mule £138.50 IoM
Romney £120.50 JA Farming, Rougham
Rough £117.50 M & G German, Middleton
Suffolk £194.50 AL & SA Buckley, Thorpe le Fallow
Swale £116.50 P & M Crackles, Burrow
Texel £220.00 RJ Farming, Preston
Goats £112.00 RJ Farming, Preston
HRD Tups £128.50 N & J & S Taylor, Sheffield
CTL Tups £220.00 RJ Farming, Preston
Auctioneer’s Report (Greg MacDougall): The steam just out of the cast sheep
trade with all classes slightly easier on the week. Still a pleasing trade though
with a top price of £220 being achieved for 10 fantastic Texel ewes. Still a few
pens of best bred ewes breaking the £200 mark with heavy types £150-£180.
The best of the good selling lean types £120-£140. Lean types often £100+. The
strongest pens of Mules £120+ with a few £130-£138. Lean types £100+ with
grazing types £60-£80. P & M Crackles sold Swale ewes to £116.50 with best
fleshy sorts in general £85-£95. Mediums £70+ with plain either side of £50.
Fewer rams in the entry this week topping at £220. Strongest types £160-£190
with half meated types £120-£140.
PRIME HOGGS 6177 Forward Auctioneer’s Report (Greg
MacDougall): it was cer-
Overall Av 263p SQQ 258p tainly a case of weight pays
BREED TOP FROM AV
this week with the heavy
Top Price Per Head (Over 36kg)
Beltex £148.00 RJ Capstick, Bolton by Bowland £122.00 hoggs in much more de-
Charollais £150.00 DJ Summers & Son, Gainsborough £136.0 mand and meeting with one
Cheviot £137.00 J Turner, Sawley £114.00 of the dearest trades of the
Lonk £127.50 B Dibb, Yeadon £96.00
season. Trade somewhat
Masham £125.50 A & MA Wright & Sons, Roeurndale £117.00
Mule £133.50 RL & AR Phillips, Burton Leonard £114.00 the opposite to the rest of
SBF £125.00 Messrs Barker, Halton £109.00 the season with handy
Suffolk £173.50 N Thorndyke, Louth £134.00 weight hoggs harder to
Swale £126.50 N & J & S Taylor, Sheffield £100.00 place as more and more
Texel £175.50 N Thorndyke, Louth £122.00
processors make the switch
Top Price Per Kilo (Over 36kg)
Beltex 327.9p W Oldfield, Gisburn 300.5p to spring lamb, a larger en-
Charollais 267.9p DJ Summers & Son, Gainsborough 247.1p try than last week with
Cheviot 293.2p Mason & Gardner, Chapel le Dale 268.2p something most definitely
Lonk 255.0p B Dibb, Yeadon 231.8p to suit all requirements as
Masham 260.0p J & C Wright, Airton 259.1p
Mule 284.0p RL & AR Phillips, Burton Leonard 253.5p the quality now dwindles.
SBF 271.4p Messrs Barker, Halton 262.0p Topping the night’s sale at
Suffolk 285.7p RL & AR Phillips, Burton in Leonard 247.5p £175.50 was three heavy
Swale 259.4p G Parker & Co, Clapham 234.3p Texels from Nigel Thorndyke
Texel 329.3p N Thorndyke, Louth 266.0p with this marvellous run of
Top Price Per Head (Under 36kg) hoggs averaging £155.67
Beltex £109.00 RL & AR Phillips, Burton Leonard £106.00
selling others to £173.50,
Cheviot £90.00 M & C Booth, Kendal £84.00
SBF £90.00 T Holmes, Lockerbie £71.00 £170, £165. Fellow Lincoln-
Swale £115.00 JM & ED Hutchinson, Littledale £56.00 shire farmer Tim Dixon of
Texel £100.00 F Machin & Sons, York £71.00 Cabourne also presented
Top Price Per Kilo (Under 36kg) another great run of heavy
Beltex 311.4p RL & AR Phillips, Burton Leonard 306.6p hoggs this week topping at
Cheviot 263.2p J Lord, Littleborough 245.5p £170.50. Best per kilo this
SBF 264.7p T Holmes, Lockerbie 233.9p
week was a pen of 22 Beltex
Swale 371.0p JM & ED Hutchinson, Littledale 181.4p
Texel 285.7p F Machin & Sons, York 221.0p from CJ & LM Davis, Shrews-
bury realising 329.3p with
W Oldfield, Gisburn to 327.9p. Also up in the money per kilo was RJ Capstick at 326.1p, SP Woolhouse
322.6p, A Atkinson 321.4p Commercial type export hoggs 280p+ with those weighing under 40kg more
like 265-275p. Hoggs weighing around 50kg often £130+ with the best of the heavies £145-£165 depend-
ing on quality. Mule hoggs good to sell especially 47kg+ often making £127-£133 with handy weights 270-
280p with RL & AR Phillips topping at 284p. Some good runs of Swale and SBF hoggs saw N & J & S Taylor,
Wethercote top at £126.50 with Michael Barker, Halton selling some well fed Blackies to £125. Trade per
kilo often 260-270p. Lightweights a very mixed show with any amounts of tail end goods including several
with faults. RL & AR Phillips topping at £109 or 311.4p with 28 Beltex. Once again, big thanks to all the
staff, buyers and vendors for being patient on what was another very busy night/ early morning finishing
at just before 3am!!!SPRING LAMBS 1015 Forward
Overall Av 327.7p SQQ 325.0p
BREED TOP FROM AV
Top Price Per Head (Over 36kg)
Charolais £175.50 RW Nicholson, Lupton £136.00
Dorset £135.50 T & S Blades, Carnforth £131.00
Suffolk £161.00 RJ Farming, Preston £133.00
Texel £194.00 B & AC Barnes, Middleton £134.00
Top Price Per Kilo (Over 36kg)
Charolais 408.1p RW Nicholson, Lupton 329.7p
Dorset 310.5p PL Heath, Leek 307.5p
Suffolk 387.8p B Poucher & Son, Horncastle 310.6p
Texel 485.0p B & AC Barnes, Middleton 329.4p
MAY SPRING LAMB COMPETITION: WEEK 2
1st B & AC Barnes £194.00 40kg 485p
2nd C Bowser £173.00 40kg 432p
3rd WA Jenkinson £181.00 39kg 464p
Auctioneer’s Report (Stephen Dennis): Spring lambs forward in numbers but the overall
show lacking the quality of last week with many more first cross lambs being sold. The
overall average of 325p reflecting the quality and whilst the top and lambs were still north
of £4/kg, commercial Suffolk and Texel x Mules were 315-325p region and opposite to last
year, heavy lambs not yet sought after. Thomas and Brian Barnes again topping the sale
selling their best to £194 for a pair of 40kg lambs. The first consignment of Suffolk x lambs
from Messrs Poucher of Lincs topped at £159 for 41kg and Robin Nicholson’s first draw
sold to £175.50 for 43kg Charollais x.
May Spring Lamb Competition
Wednesday 18th & 25th May
Prizes for Best Pair of Spring Lambs
Kindly sponsored byWednesday 25th May
FORTNIGHTLY SHOW OF DAIRY CATTLE
Saturday 28th May
WHITSUNTIDE SHOW & SALE OF HOGGS WITH LAMBS AT FOOT
Entries for catalogue close Wednesday 18th May
Tuesday 7th June
Feeding & Cast Cows & OTM Cattle
JUNE FAIR OF COWS & HEIFERS WITH CALVES AT FOOT, IN CALF CAT-
TLE, BULLING HEIFERS & BREEDING BULLS followed by
MONTHLY SALE OF STORE CATTLE
Entries for catalogue close Monday 30th May
Wednesday 8th June
FORTNIGHTLY SALE OF DAIRY CATTLE
JUNE FAIR OF HOGGS WITH LAMBS AT FOOT
SHOW & SALE OF CHAROLLAIS X PRIME LAMBS (Pens of 5)
Friday 10th June
ANNUAL SALE OF WORKING & UNBROKEN SHEEPDOGS
Entries for catalogue close Wednesday 25th May
Wednesday 15th June
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
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