01 September 2026

J36 Crooklands Livestock Auction: J36 Weekly Sale of Prime Lambs & Cast Ewes, Tuesday 1st September

PRIME LAMBS

Up on numbers, up on trade.
More prime lambs about this week and an increased trade for all types but especially the fittest end. Texels topped at £222 from J Carrick & Sons. Others hit £215 from JD&M Capstick and £210 from SH Wightman. Leicester lambs sold to £204 from JM&NJ Strickland. Beltex lambs topped at 384.8p/kg from JA&R Geldard & Sons quality run. The same good home sold Texels to 355.3p/kg. Texels from LM Dickinson also hit 355.8p/kg. A pen of nine made 352.4p/kg from MA&DM Barnes & Son. R&E Ladds also sold a pen of five to the same pence per kilo. A pair of continentals reached 351.4p/kg from J Clarke & Sons. The overall market average was 319p/kg. More numbers of prime lambs are required every week here at J36, with an abundance of buyers ringside weekly. A highly completive trade and prompt payment always guaranteed. Contact Joel McGarva on 07920009097 with any enquiries.

CAST EWES

An increase in both numbers and appetite in the cull ewe section today selling to a top of £220 for Texels from J Fell, Kendal. Heavy Suffolk crosses to £204 from Messrs J Woodburn, Ulverston with this good home topping the mules at £181. Best mules today £160+ with leanest feeding types £95-£120. Horned ewes a similar trade, to a top of £158 for a single heavy Rough Fell from J Hunter, Tebay with Swaledales to £117 from JW & E Woof, Sedbergh. Best pens of Swaledales over £100, medium pens £65-£80 with lean types around the £40 mark.

• Texel to £220 from J Fell, Kendal
• Suffolk to £204 from J Woodburn & Partners, Ulverston
• Cheviot Mule to £200 from Messrs Blanc, Ulpha
• BFL to £198 from RI Dixon, Grange over Sands
• Cheviot to £194 from JW & E Woof, Sedbergh
• North of England Mule to £181 from J Woodburn & Partners, Ulverston
• Rough Fell to £158 from J Hunter, Tebay
• Swaledale to £117 from JW & E Woof, Tebay
• Goat to £116 from Greenlands Farm

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PRIME LAMBS:

TEXEL: £222 Ireshope Plains, £215 Fellside Farm, £210 Low Woodhouse, £190 Low Brundrigg, £180, £177 Ireshope Plains. LEICESTER: £204, £140 The Borrans. SUFFOLK: £183 (x2) Ireshope Plains, £177 Low Brundrigg, £174 Howriggs, £172 Ireshope Plains, £170 Nether House Farm. BELTEX: £177 Low Foulshaw Farm. DUTCH SPOTTED: £169, £162, £160 Grayrigg Foot, £140 Little Close. CONTINENTAL: £165 Little Close, £151 Cracalt Farm, £145 Lane Ends Farm, £144 Beckside Mews, £140 Oakfield Farm, £139 Lane Ends Farm. MULE: £160 Ireshope Plains, £119 Higher Watson House, £109 Meadow View Park. HAMPSHIRE: £141 Endmoor Farm. EASY CARE: £139, £125 Ninezergh. KERRY HILL: £129 Low Levens Farm. MILK: £118 Low Barns Farm. ZWARTBLE: £110 Somme Aveune. ROUGH FELL: £104 Galloper Park.

CAST EWES:

TEXEL: £220 Wreay Syke, £200 Craketrees, £198 Lane Ends Farm, £198 Wreay Syke, £194 Ashtree Cottage, £190 Craketrees. SUFFOLK: £204, £200, £199 Mansrigg Hall, £192 Ashtree Cottage, £186 Mansrigg Hall, £132 Ackenthwaite Farm. CONTINENTAL: £200 Long Garth, £184 Oak Aveune, £176 Long Garth, £170 (x2) Low House, £168 Rose Cottage. LEICESTER: £196 Summer Hill, £180 The Borrans, £171 Yarlsber, £166 Ghyll Farm, £148 Summer Hill. CHEVIOT: £194 Ghyll Farm, £167 Long Garth, £152 Orchard View, £152 Ghyll Farm, £150 Meadow View, £140 Long Garth. MULE: £181 Mansrigg Hall, £180 Helwith Bridge, £175 Mansrigg Hall, £170 Station Hotel Farm, £170 Overthwaite Farm, £167 Yoad Pot. ROUGH FELL: £158 Galloper Park, £126 Moss Side, £120, £82 Intake Farm. BELTEX: £148 Oak Aveune. CHEVIOT MULE: £146 Meadow View, £140 Lane Ends Farm, £132 St Annes Farm, £124 Meadow View. KERRY HILL: £120 Low Levens Farm. SWALEDALE: £117 Ghyll Farm, £102 Arklid Farm, £100 Borwick Lodge Farm, £100 Hall Farm, £97 Burnhead Farm, £94 Yoad Pot. GOAT: £116 Greenlands Farm. DALESBRED: £109, £67 Yarlsber, £67 Braida Garth. MASHAM: £100 Grate Farm. HERDWICK: £86 Cragg House Farm, £79 High Wallabarrow Farm. SHETLAND: £80 Intake Farm.

CAST RAM:

KERRY HILL: £158 Low Levens Farm. SWALEDALE: £128, £80 Overthwaite Farm. HERDWICK: £110 Greenlands Farm.

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J36 Crooklands Livestock Auction: J36 Weekly Sale of Prime Lambs & Cast Ewes, Tuesday 1st September

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