North West Auctions renowned “Lads Night Out” out sale moved back to a Thursday evening was deemed a huge success with a wonderful atmosphere throughout the evening with 243 active buyers travelling far and wide greeted with one of the best runs of tups seen at this sale a credit to all the vendors.

A special thank you goes to our pre-sale judges Steven Dixon, Kendal and Peter Edmondson, Kirkby in Furness who we thank for their time and expertise. Thank you goes to the sale sponsors Eden Farm Supplies, Colin W Parker Haulage, Crabtree Clay Pigeon Shoot, Wadland Finance, Westmorland Vetinary Group, Peter Horn Mobile sheep dipping and shepherding, First base plant and machinery.

Texel Rams

Power and quality was in huge demand throughout the evening in the Texel section. The trade peaked at £1600 for the first prized shearling from Amanda Williams, St Helens with others from the home selling to £1300 with the run of five tups averaging £1070. The next call was £1500 for the second prized Texel tup shearling from J Woodburn & partners, Ulverston whom had an impressive pen of tups forward for the sale selling others to £1200, four to £1100 with the pen of fifteen averaging £1033.33. The annual consignment of powerful Texel shearlings from Sue Cunliffe, Grange over Sands peaked at £1000 four times with the consignment of fifty averaging £631. The consignment of Texel shearling tups from Thomas Ayrton, Cockerham twice sold to £1000. Also achieving the £1000 mark with Texel shearlings where the pen leaders from R & E Ladds, Kendal, RH & L Geldard, Gilpin Bridge, JT & J Kelsall, Clapham and WJ & VJ Case, Ulverston. There were plenty of quality shearling tups regularly selling between the eight hundred and one thousand pound marks. Aged Texel rams sold to a top of £850 from D & R Cornthwaite, Lockerbie. Texel rams lambs saw the consignment from RS & J Bradley & Son, Barnoldswick lead the way selling to £650, £550 £520 and £500.

Beltex and Crossbred Rams

A buoyant trade until the end in the Beltex and crossbred section with quality and power in demand. Topping the section and topping the sale at £2,000 was powerful great confirmation Texel x Charollais tup shearling from H Taylor, Knutsford with others from the same home selling to £1150. A cracking consignment of Beltex x tups from G Sowerby, Appleby peaked at £1,800 with others from the same home selling to £1300, £1200, £1100 (x2) and £1050 with the consignment of 21 averaging £915. The consignment of Charolais x Beltex tups from Messrs Wales, Carlisle peaked at £1,100. The consignment of powerful Charollais x Beltex lambs from JA & R Geldard & Sons, Golpin Bridge sold to £1,100 and £1,000 with the consignment of fifteen averaged £854. As seen in the Texel ring plenty of good tups selling in excess of the eight pound mark.

Charollais Rams

Charollais shearlings achieved a top price of £650 from MS&AP Lee, Arkholme who sold others at £600 with Messrs Wales, Carlisle achieving £580. All Charollais shearlings averaged £435.
A large number of lambs forward sold to £580 from J Stott, Kendal with others at £400 from S Cummings, Millom. All lambs averaged £381.

MV Rams

The sale of MV accredited rams saw IM Jaeban, Cockermouth sell Texel Shearlings to £800 with others at £600. Texel Lambs sold to £200 from the same vendor.
Several Dutch Spotted lambs forward sold to £380 from M Radford & E Robinson, Durham with other at £200 from B Barnes, Kirby Lonsdale.

Suffolk Rams

A bursting ringside of keen and eager bidders were treated to a wonderful, quality entry of Suffolks which sold to a fast and competitive trade.
Shearlings sold to £1020 from AR Edmondson, Hawkswell Farm who sold others at £900. Also achieving £900 was a shearling from RA Batty, Heversham closely followed by JH Towers & Son, Tunstall achieving £850 and TA Blair, Poulton-le-Fylde at £820. All Suffolk shearling rams averaged £598.
Ram Lambs sold to £850 for a much admired lamb from TA Blair, Poulton-le-Fylde with others achieving £680 from J&C Airey, Ulverston and £580 from S Woodend, Bootle. All ram lambs averaged £425.

The next sale of breeding rams is Boys are Back in town on Tuesday 27th September with the entries closing on Tuesday 13th September.