LAKELAND FAIR
There was a large show of females at Kendal today for the Annual Lakeland Fair sale.
The most sought after sheep of the whole day was Swaledale ewes with 400 on show. They came to an average of £195, £61 up on the year. Topping the trade for these was GJ & GM Ibbetson with a pen of 10 at £280. Swaledale gimmer hoggs averaged £124 and topped at £198 from AJ & L Birkett.
Cheviot ewes were also in demand with an average of £179 and top price at £290 from Mr Angus Brown. Texel ewes came to an average of £194 and were topped by CR Alderson & Son Aisgill at £230.
Stealing the show for top price overall was RT & ME Sutton who had a tremendous run of pedigree Texels topping at £450. Texel gimmer shearlings averaged £220.