18 October 2025

J36 Crooklands Livestock Auction: J36 Lakeland Fair, Saturday 18th October 2025.

The annual Lakeland Fair sale once again attracted a large ringside of buyers for all breeds and classes of sheep. In ring one the sale commenced with horned and hill bred ewes, shearlings and lambs. Swaledale ewes topped at £195 for three crop ewes from Forest Hall Farm who sold other pens at £178. Swaledale ewes all in averaged a very respectable £133.67. Other breeds saw Gritstones shearlings to £188 from Messrs Edmondson, Langdale with Herdwicks ewes to £175 from L Hodgson, Witherslack. Rough Fells sold to £124 for three crops from JH&D Capstick, Lockholme with others at £120 from J Potter, Orton. A nice trade was seen for horned and hill bred gimmer lambs, selling to £130 for Swaledales from P&TL Edmondson, Low Hall with Swaledale also selling to £122 from AJ&L Birkett, Langgdale and £120 for Forest Hall Farm. Cheviot gimmer lambs sold to £120 from P Richardson, Newbiggin on Lune who sold others to £118. J Potter, Orton sold Gritstone to £86 and Rough Fells to £70 with Herdwicks topping at £70 from M&G German, S&N Hadwin and M Miller.
The show and sale of Swaledale rams witnessed a nice turnout, of some quality tups from noted breeders. Judging was kindly undertaken by Mr J Capstick, Fellside, who gave champion to an aged ram owned by Thomas and Helen Drinkall, Calderside Farm and bred by John White, Rigg Farm. Reserve champion went to David Harker, Overthwaite for a shearling ram. Topping todays trade with a shearling ram from Richard Tunstall, Foggygill making £650. The overall average for Swaledales was £220.56.
A good show of Cheviot rams today with a good trade to match. Taking both champion and reserve was Keith and Annie Stones, they went on to make £750 and £700 respectively. The champion went to the judge Mr J Capstick, Fellside. Topping trade today was Spring Bank Farm with a shearling ram at £900. The overall average for Cheviots was £376.34.

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Shearling Ram

Texel: £1500 Brown Brook, £1000 Bank Hey Farm, £750 Chapel House, £720 Burgh Head Farm. Cheviot: £900 Spring Bank Farm, £750 £700 Nun Cote Nook Farm, £680 Marshaw Farm, £650 Outrake Foot, £600 Nun Cote Nook Farm. Charollais: £700 Smithy Wood Farm, £380 Tweedside Park. Leicester: £650 Murthwaite, £600 Hill Park, £500 Murthwaite, £450 High Borrowbridge, £400 Brown Brook, £350 High Borrowbridge. Swaledale: £650 Foggy Gill, £300 Overthwaite Farm, £250 Barras Farm. Badgerface Texel: £550 Amos Hill Farm. Suffolk: £450 Brook House. Beltex: £300 Millstones, £220 Low Foulshaw. Teeswater: £280 Gowan Bank Farm. Chamoise: £200 Crake Hall. Rough Fell: £150 Whinfell Terrace.

Aged Ram
Cheviot: £650 School House, £600 Marshaw Farm, £400 £350 Forest Hall Farm, £320 Marshaw Farm. Swaledale: £600 Calderside Farm. Leicester: £450 Hill Croft, £380 £320 Forest Hall Farm, £220 Overthwaite Farm. Continental: £360 Gaythorne Hall. Gritstone: £220 The Park. Herdwick: £180 Tebay Ghyll.

Ram Lamb

Suffolk: £700 Burgh Head Farm, £600 Criccin Farm, £400 Burgh Head Farm, £380 Brook House, £350 Criccin Farm. Beltex: £700 Burgh Head Farm. Leicester: £580 Burgh Head Farm. Texel: £550 Burgh Head Farm, £550 Storth End Farm, £480 Burgh Head Farm, £420 Daub Hall Farm. Dutch Spotted: £300 Conway Close.

Gimmer Lamb

Dutch Spotted: £225 Conway Close, £115 The Park.Mule: £152 Catshaw Hall Farm, £150 Catshaw Hall Farm, £140 Catshaw Hall Farm, £135 Yewbarrow, £122 Woodside Farm, £108 Woodside Farm. Texel: £150 Daub Hall Farm, £90 Forest Hall Farm. Swaledale: £130 Low Hall Farm, £122 High Birk Howe Farm, £120 Thorn Cottage, £105 High Birk Howe Farm, £102 Thorn Cottage, £100 Thorn Cottage. Cheviot: £120 Hill Top £118 Hill Top, £112 £110 High Arnside Farm. Continental: £108 The Steading, £95 The Steading. Zwartable: £105 Lane House Farm, £105 Castle Syke, £92 Lane House Farm. Herdwick: £70 Sowermire Farm, £70 The Steading, £70 High Meadows Farm. Gritstone: £86 The Park. Roughfell: £70 The Park, £64 Wath Farm, £52 Wath Farm.

Gimmer Shearling

Ryeland: £110 Dovehouse Farm.
Mule: £305 £295 £240 Halton Park Farm, £250 £230 Dalton Old Hall. Beltex: £265 Field End. Suffolk: £205 Cobble End. Cheviot: £200 Paddock View, £168 Wall End. Charollais: £190 Field End. Texel: £190 Paddock View, £170 Low Hall. Gritstone: £188 Wall End Farm. Herdwick: £155 Wall End Farm. Dutch Spotted: £155 Criccin Farm, £158 The Steading. Swaledale: £108 Low Hall Farm.

Ewes

Swaledale: £195 £178 £162 Forest Hall Farm, £155 Higher Salter, £138 Low Haygarth. Mule: £190 £170 Low Hall Farm. Herdwick: £175 Bank End, £125 Braestead Farm. Beltex: £175 Field End. Dutch Spotted: £165 Criccin Farm. Continental: £138 Gaythorne Hall. Cheviot Mule: £160 Criccin Farm. Texel: £145 The Park, £122 Wath Farm. Rough Fell: £124 Lock Holme Farm £120 The Park, £112 Lock Holme Farm, £100 Crooksbeck. Ryeland: £105 Dovehouse Farm. Cheviot: £92 Moorcock Hall Farm.

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SWALEDALE SHOW

Aged Ram
1st T&H Drinkall, Calderside
2nd Forest Hall LLP, Thorn Cottage

Shearling Ram
1st RS&BA Harker, Overthwaite Farm
2nd KM&KJ Curwen, Marshaw Farm
3rd J Handley, Gunnerfleet

Champion: 1st T&H Drinkall, Calderside
Reserve: RS&BA Harker, Overthwaite Farm

CHEVIOT SHOW

Aged Ram
1st HR&KA Hodgson, Howriggs
2nd Forest Hall LLP, Thorn Cottage

Shearling Ram
1st KO Stones, Nun Cote Nook Farm
2nd KO Stones, Nun Cote Nook Farm
3rd Spring Bank Farm, Middlewich Road

Champion: KO Stones, Nun Cote Nook Farm
Reserve: KO Stones, Nun Cote Nook Farm

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J36 Crooklands Livestock Auction: J36 Lakeland Fair, Saturday 18th October 2025.

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