PIGS
A good show of prime pigs & weaners today.
Prime were as stronger trade as there has been for a few weeks with a top price of £225 twice from Messrs Horsley, Leyburn. The majority of prime were all over the £200 mark.
Weaners topped at £68 with an average of £57.
For any pig enquiries please contact the office or auctioneers.
SHEEP & LAMB FINALE
Mr John Metcalfe had another show of smart Texel cross ewes with single lambs, topping at £230
A good conclusion to what has been a very successful season.
For all enquiries about store lambs & breeding sheep going forward, call:
Rob – 07867 000244
Will – 07506 283587
CAST SHEEP
A smaller entry of farmers ewes in today, selling to £260 for Texels from T & CM Kelsall, Chipping; with trade for fit heavy ewes remaining good. Mules to £180 from DE & SM Moorhouse, Natland; with better end of mules trading between £165-£180. Horned ewes to £138 for Swaledales from RA Walton, Coniston; with plenty of other pens £115+.
Ewes
Texel to £260 from T & CM Kelsall, Chipping.
Charolais to £206 from JC Walling & Son, Kendal.
Hampshire to £200 from J&O Galbraith, Endmoor.
Suffolk to £190 from JT & A Armitstead, Selside.
Mule to £180 from DE & SM Moorhouse, Natland.
Cheviot to £160 from Stockdale Farms Sedbergh.
Easy Care to £158 from JH Bland & Son, Levens.
Swaledale to £138 from RA Walton, Coniston.
Rams
Charolais to £242 from JC Walling, Kendal.
Lleyn to £190 from DH Ashworth, Holme.
Beltex to £184 from HE & RB Taylforth, Ulverston.
PRIME LAMBS
Strong trade, New faces
Despite a softer trade nationally, lambs at J36 continued to sell to a very respectable level for over 1000 lambs forward.
With new buyers round the ring and plenty of competition for the right sorts, the well finished heavier end of lambs remained in serious demand. A little less fire than seen in recent weeks especially for the handy weights and lesser types. Two thirds of todays sale falling into this category showing in a lesser overall average. Lambs topped at £250 for a pen of 54kg Texels from Messrs W Garnett & Son. The same good farming sold a pen of 11 to £241 weighing 52kgs. Messrs DE & SM Moorhouse sold lambs to £232 and Messrs Ellwood sold Suffolk to £229. Messrs D & DW Prickett sold quality to 480p/kg for a pen of four lighter types. 45kg Texels hit 460p/kg from Messrs DC Pickthall or £207. Over 50kgs from Messrs Garnett sold for 463.5p/kg. An overall average of 405p/kg was achieved which reflected the types forward and the large number of export sheep through the ring. Next weeks sale at J36 starts at the usual time of 1pm with the ballot drawn at 12noon.
Contact Joel McGarva on 07920 009097.