CAST EWES

Ewes an absolutely scintillating trade.
Top end ewes a flyer, to £320 for Texels from RJ Stott, Crosscrake with others £280 from H Geldard, Levens. Plenty of powerful crossed sheep £230 plus, with Mules to £216 on three occasions. Numerous pens of stronger end Mules were £190 plus. Hill going ewes to £196 for Cheviots, Swaledale £180 and Rough Fells £178.

Texels to £320 from RJ Stott, Crosscrake.
Charollais to £252 from J Chapman, Hawes.
Beltexs to £238 from E Lund & Son, Ingleton.
BFL’s to £228 from SJ Pedley, Kirkby Stephen.
Lleyns to £220 from JA&R Geldard, Levens.
Cheviot Mules to £216 from WL&FR Richardson & Son, Kirkby In Furness.
Rough Fell Mules to £216 from Messrs Dennison, Sedbergh.
North Country Mules to £216 from JE D JER Wightman, Lupton.
Cheviots to £196 from RJ Stott, Crosscrake.
Swaledales to £180 from Fishwick Bros, Longsleddale.
Rough Fells to £178 from A Prickett, Farleton.

CAST RAMS

Ram trade on fire, with a lack of the very best types about.

BFL’s to £220 from J&JA Burrow, Grayrigg.
Suffolks to £190 from BJ Bowness, Kendal.
Herdwicks to £176 from WL&FD Richards, Kirkby in Furness.

A seriously competitive trade for ewes here at Junction 36, don’t hesitate to contact Will on 07506283587 for more information.

PRIME LAMBS & HOGGS

A proper pick & mix- no shortage of demand

A smaller show of both prime lambs and prime hoggs on offer today however demand still very strong for all types forward.
A cracking run of prime lambs from FE&CM Robinson topped the springer section at £216 and 541p/kg. Demand continues to be very strong for new season lambs.

Hoggs also still very sought after with especially the better end all selling well north of 400p/kg. A very mixy show forward again today and a lot of big weights about proving slightly harder to sell on the week. Standard weights and lights a particularly good trade with horned sheep also maintain strong prices for the well fleshed end. Lleyns from JA&R Geldard & Sons topped todays sale at £218. Texels from Holgate Caravan Park LTD hit £212 and further Texels from C Wilson sold for £210 for a pair. Texels topped pence per kilo at 450 from JH Harrison for a pair. A pen of nine from LE&A Ridding hit 440p/kg. BJ Bowness sold hoggs to 435.4p/kg. Lighter 32kg hoggs sold to 421.9p/kg from J Angus.
An SQQ average of 395p/kg and an overall of 380p/kg reflecting the show of sheep forward. Next weeks sale is at the usual time of 1pm with numbers required to meet demand.

SHEEP WITH LAMBS AT FOOT - 205 Breeding Sheep

Averages:
Single - £146.70
Twins - £122.07

Grass is not the only thing growing now the suns out, confidence in sheep and lambs has outgrown everything in sight. Trade was up in all categories, singles in particular were on fire.
Continental ewes were making their presence felt this week compared to a mainly Mule based selection of other weeks. Trade was good for both!
Topping the trade for twins was Stephen Pedley, Musgrave making £450 for a pen of quality continental ewes with Beltex lambs. Top price for single was Daisy Riley with a pedigree Dutch Spotted making £400.

Sale Top Prices:

Texel ewe with twins - £450 SJ Pedley
Texel ewe with single - £385 JT&A Armistead
Dutch Spotted with single - £400 D Riley.
Mule ewes with twins - £342 SM&CL Bowes.
Mule ewe with single - £260 SJ Pedley.
Cheviot ewes with twins - £385 TW Wilson.
Cheviot ewe with single - £260 SM&CL Bowes.
Suffolk ewe with single - £305 D Riley.

Next week is the show and sale of shearling and lambs, ewes and lambs. Judging is at 10am. Contact the office or auctioneers with entries or enquiries.

Robert – 07867000244
Will – 07506283587