10 March 2026

J36 Crooklands Livestock Auction: J36 Weekly Sale of Pigs, Prime Hoggs & Cast Ewes, Tuesday 10th March 2026

PIGS

Tidy show today mainly of prime and cast animals. Prime were upon the week with PK&R Woof making £225 x3 and £220 x3. John Stott had his usual consignment, hitting the £200 mark on every pig.
Boars were in demand with the category topping at £145 from B Horsley, Leyburn.
Pigs in demand for two weeks time, wanting weaners as well if possible next sale.
Do not hesitate to contact the office with entries or enquiries.

CAST EWES
A shortage of power in todays cast sheep offering all shapes and sizes still selling above vendors expectations.
Ewes to £210 for Suffolks from E Needham, Kendal with Texel x to £208 from R Harker & Son, Grayrigg. Plenty of good heavy sheep over £190 with the best of the Mules breaking the £170 barrier. Horned and hill bred ewes remain to look perhaps the dearest selling to £166 for Cheviots or £158 for Swaledales. Powerful well fleshed horned ewes selling to £120+, mediums £95-£110 and the leaner end £60-£80.

Ewes
• Suffolk to £210 from E Needham, Kendal
• Texel to £208 from R Harker & Son, Grayrigg
• Beltex to £204 from JW & AJ Matthews, Kendal
• BFL to £204 from Calderside Farm, Garstang
• Mule to £190 from WI & AM Atkinson, Bleasdale
• Cheviot to £166 from JW & E Woof, Sedbergh
• Swaledale to £158 from Calderside Farm, Garstang
• Rough Fell to £140 from RJ & OB Simpson, Longsleddale
• Dalesbred to £124 from WI & AM Atkinson, Bleasdale
• Herdwick to £122 from Kirkby & Longworth, Broughton in Furness

40 cast rams forward which were met with a flying trade
• Texel to £240 from Drinkall Bros, Lancaster
• Suffolk to £238 from E Needham, Kendal
• Beltex to £228 from MW & MR Black, Kendal
• BFL to £204 from R Harker & Son, Grayrigg
• Cheviot to £190 from Forest Hall, Selside
• Swaledale to £182 from R Harker & Son, Grayrigg
• Dalesbred to £168 from C Sayer, Longsleddale
• Herdwick to £120 from CJ Fearon, Keswick

PRIME HOGGS - Hoggs go up the way yet again.
Tuesday’s weekly sale of prime hoggs at Junction 36 top at 547.6p/kg or £230.
Faces old and new crowded the ringside from the very start today, with an all out bidding war lasting the duration.
Masie Beresford topped the day with a smart Beltex weighing 42kgs making 547.6p/kg or £230. Other Beltex hoggs sold to 446.2p/kg or £174 from FI&ME Little. Texels hit 442.1p/kg for a pen of 12 from G&E Livestock Ltd. Texels from Masie Beresford sold to 435p/kg and a pen of five from JD Dixon hit 431.5p/kg. Horned and hill hoggs were about in abundance and were met with huge demand. Cheviots from Stockdale Farms sold to 402.5p/kg, with a further thirteen from the same home selling for 397.1p/kg. Scotch Blackface hoggs hit 377.1p/kg from Cardwell Farms Ltd. Heavier end of sheep also up a lump on the week. A single from Masie Beresford hit 447.9p/kg. 51kg Texels from J Frace sold for 382.4p/kg, with the same home selling 59kg Texels for £214 and a pair for £207. Todays average was 372p/kg and an SQQ of 385p/kg overall. Next weeks sale starts at the usual time of 1pm at Kendal, were a highly competitive trade and prompt payment is always guaranteed. Contact Joel McGarva with any further enquiries on 07920009097.

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PRIME HOGGS:

BELTEX: £230 Angerton Hall Farm, £174, £165 Helm Croft, £163 Main Street. TEXEL: £215 Angerton Hall Farm, £214 Merryfield, £211 Red Scar Farm, £207 Merryfield, £204 Home Farm, £199 Merryfield. SUFFOLK: £206 Lane Ends Farm, £205 Birkrigg Park Cottage, £200 Lane Ends Farm, £190 Bank Farm, £178 Capplegill, £175 Home Farm. CHEVIOT: £188 Illingworth Cottages, £187, £184 Capplegill, £183 Catshaw Hall Farm, £175 Whinfield Farm, £172 Capplegill. CONTINENTAL: £187 Mosergh Farm, £172 Park House Farm, £154 Boon Town, £153 Home Farm, £121 Beckside Mews. LEICESTER: £170 Hareden Farm, £145 Hawkswell Farm. MULE: £169 Catshaw Hall Farm, £168 Holme House Farm, £166 Angerton Hall Farm, £166 Calderside Farm, £159 Greaves Farm, £155 West Lodge. ROUGH FELL: £168, £163, £160, £157, £151 High Swinklebank Farm. DALESBRED: £166 Holme House Farm, £157 Ubarrow Hall, £157 Holme House Farm. SWALEDALE: £165 Thorn Cottage, £162, £160 Holme House Farm, £150, £140 Arklid Farm, £121 Higher Salter. RYELAND: £161 Merryfield. SCOTCH BLACKFACE: £151, £136, £132, £114 Inverbervie. HERDWICK: £146 Cockley Beck Farm, £130 Knittleton Farm, £116 Nook Farm, £105 Knittleton Farm, £93 Nook Farm. HORNED: £132 Knittleton Farm, £115 Higher Salter.

CAST EWE

SUFFOLK: £210 Birkrigg Park, £190 £188 High House, £172 Meadow View Park, £164 £114 High House. TEXEL: £208 Grayrigg Hall, £200 Angerton Hall Farm, £198 Cooper House, £194 Cooper House, £184 The Borrans, £178 Farleton. LEICESTER: £204 Calderside Farm, £198 Grayrigg Hall, £194 Calderside Farm, £192 Moors Farm, £192 Greaves Farm. BELTEX: £204 Oldfield End, £184 Oldfield End, £76 Farleton House. CONTINENTAL: £192 Merryfield, £168 Moorcock Hall Farm, £162 Lackslot, £150 £148 Low Fold. MULE: £190 Holme House Farm, £188 New Parkside Farm, £174 Cooper House, £174 Oakenclough, £170 Hawkswell Farm. CHEVIOT: £168 Low Tarn Green, £166 Ghyll Farm, £154 Ghyll Farm, £148 Ghyll Farm, £144 Thorn Cottage. SWALEDALE: £158 Oakenclough, £144 Catshaw Hall Farm, £134 Oakenclough, £128 Thorn Cottage, £124 Holme House Farm. ROUGH FELL: £140 High Swinklebank, £128 High Swinklebank, £115 Low Fold, £114 Ghyll Farm. MASHAM: £136 Low Fold, £126 Mosergh Farm. HORNED: £128 Angerton Hall Farm, £96 Angerton Hall Farm, £88 Angerton Hall Farm. DALESBRED: £124 Holme House Farm, £102 Millriggs Farm. HERDWICK: £122 Sella Farm, £92 Tongue House Farm, £92 Angerton Hall Farm, £89 Cockley Beck Farm, £88 Tongue House Farm, £84 West Lodge. GOAT: £106 Rose Cottage.

CAST RAM

TEXEL: £240 Catshaw Hall Farm, £228 Scroggs Farm, £216 Scroggs Farm, £210 Grayrigg Hall, £194 Calderside Farm, £140 Rose Cottage. SUFFOLK: £238 Birkrigg Park Cottage. LEICESTER: £204 Grayrigg Hall, £190 Catshaw Hall Farm, £182 Rose Cottage, £180 Yoad Pot, £178 Calderside Farm, £150 Calderside Farm. CHEVIOT: £190 Thorn Cottage, £124 Nook Farm. SWALEDALE: £182 Grayrigg Hall, £166 Catshaw Hall Farm, £162 Catshaw Hall Farm, £150 Grayrigg Hall, £120 Nether House Farm, £114 Calderside Farm. DALESBRED: £168 Ubarrow Hall. HERDWICK: £120 Nook Farm, £84 Nook Farm, £82 Sella Farm. BELTEX: £84 Beech House, £76 Knittleton Farm.

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J36 Crooklands Livestock Auction: J36 Weekly Sale of Pigs, Prime Hoggs & Cast Ewes, Tuesday 10th March 2026

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