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J36 Crooklands Livestock Auction: J36 Fortnightly Sale of Store Lambs, Thursday 8th October 2026.

STORE LAMBS

“Over 150 vendors cash in a Kendal”

The biggest entry of store lambs this year saw over 6000 sell to an average of £119.94.

Topping today at £149 was pen of Mules from Messrs Bennison, Lazonby with Texels to £147 from DP Escolme, Gatebeck. Plenty of the strongest pens, selling at £140 with good pen fulls of forward stores regularly £130+. Medium term prospects anywhere from £115-£125 with only long-term types for less.

• Beltex to £140, av £131.43
• Texel to £145, av £127.88
• Suffolk to £143, av £125.72
• Mule to £149, av £118.53
• Cheviot to £136, av £118.44
• Swaledale to £90, av £71.80

Leading averages (50 or more)
• 50 av £135 from NP & CE Buckley, Fairbank
• 83 av £133.43 from JE D JER Wightman, Carnforth
• 79 av £130.24 from Nateby Farming, Kirkby Stephen
• 180 av £129.89 from MW & MR Black, Staveley
• 50 av £129.58 from MR Mason, Middleton

Entries open for next fortnight sale, do not hesitate to give us a try.

Top Prices

STORE LAMB:

MULE: £149, £140 Leigh Croft Farm, £132 School House, £132 Somme Aveune, £132 Town End, £132 Hart Head Farm. CHEVIOT: £147 Audlands Park, £136 Seedhowe Cottages, £125 Castle Rigg Farm, £121 Birks Farm, £119 Tilberthwaite Farm, £117 High Arnside Farm. CHAROLLAIS: £146 Rose Haven, £128 New House Farm, £128 Thornley Gale, £128 Thornley Gale. TEXEL: £145 The Borrans, £142 Dale End, £142 Grindelwald, £141 Dale End, £141 Meadow View, £140 Mireside Farm. SUFFOLK: £143 Sunny Brown, £139 Green Close, £138 Wyke Farm, £138 Potts Yeats, £138 Crooksbeck, £134 Summer Hill. BELTEX: £140 School Hill, £138 Thornley Gale, £138 Thornley Gale, £138 Thornley Gale, £124 Thornley Gale, £124 Thornley Gale. CONTINENTAL: £138 The Borrans, £135 Becknook, £134 Wyke Farm, £134 Rose Haven, £132 Lower Lodge, £132 Corney Hill Farm. BADGER FACE TEXEL: £137 School Hill, £120 Grindelwald, £119 High Ploughlands. ZWARTBLE: £134 Somme Aveune, £116 Castle Syke Farm, £110 Melbourne House, £110 Somme Aveune, £104 Castle Syke Farm. DUTCH SPOTTED: £131 Corney Hill Farm, £126 High Ploughlands, £121 Mill Barn, £108 Rose Havven. HORNED: £128 Drovers Pass, £121 Low Carlingill, £95 The Howes, £94, £92 Stribers Farm, £85 Hall Bank Farm. HERDWICK: £124 Middle Fell, £121 Somme Aveune, £119 Middle Fell, £116 The Howes, £116 Middle Fell, £114 Barker Knott. LEICESTER: £121 Summer Hill, £96 Hall Bank Farm. HAMPSHIRE: £120 Colby Farms. MASHAM: £120, £109 Marsh Grange Farm. ROUGH FELL MULE: £116 Rash Mill Cottage. EASY CARE: £110, £99 Ninezergh. ROUGH FELL: £101 New House Farm, £96 Blackmoss Farm, £96 Crooksbeck, £87, £79 New House Farm. GRITSTONE: £97 Low Beckside Farm. SWALEDALE: £90 School House, £70 Scar Sykes Farm, £69 Hall Bank Farm. JACOB: £80 High Mill Farm.

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