PIGS

Pigs sold to £245 for a pair from PK & R Woof, Stainton with others from this home at £240. Top ppkg was also from the Woofs selling 65kg gilts to 258ppkg or £165. Boars sold to £160 for 75kg from Cowell & Moore, Preston with store pigs topping at £86 from BR Harrison, Staveley and weaners to £62 from Sarah Whitley, Harrogate.

PRIME LAMBS

Sizzling lambs and scorching prices: Summer heat fires up the ring.
Buyers were hot on the heels of all types of lambs especially the well finished end and competition was as fierce as a midday sun on an unshaded back.
Lambs topped today at £213 for a big Charolais lamb from Messrs BR Harrison. The top price per kilo was for a pair of Texels from GR Geldard weighing 47kg and making 400ppk. Todays overall average totalled at 362ppk with again more numbers required to keep up with demand here on a Tuesday. Other lambs sold to 392.3ppk these were for a trio of 39kg from Messrs D & S Robinson. Heavies also in demand with 50kg continental lambs from Messrs S Crowe also hitting 392ppk mark. 43-45kg sheep regularly selling between the £160-£175 zone in saying this though all classes and weights saw good returns today.
Contact us ahead of next weeks sale with any questions or queries on 07920009097.

CULL SHEEP

Numbers coming forward as farmers look to wean lambs and off load passengers.
Just a handful of the strongest ewes forward selling to £268 for Texels with medium pures and best first cross £190-£215, next draw down £168-£185. Mules sold to £182 with other stronger pens £165-£180, mediums to £140-£155 with harder worked mules £118-£130. Pure hill ewes to £164 for Cheviots, £138 for Swaledales, £132 for Horned, £114 for Rough Fell. Medium rams selling to £200 for Texels, a handful of hoggs still turning up selling to £135.