PIGS
A good buzz down the pig alley this morning, with trade showing a slight increase on last sale.
Prime pigs sold to £230 for a pair of gilts from local producer Peter Woof, Stainton. A trio sold to £205 from J&JR Stott, Kingsland which achieved the days top pence per kilo at 241p/kg.
Boars sold to £185 from W Stamper, Chipping with the best of the steers achieving £142 from DA&AM Chalmers, Appleby.
Weaners perhaps the trade of the day, selling to £100 for five from M Berry, Endmoor with others to £90 from HA Sawrey, Ulverston.
BREEDING SHEEP
Trade holding up as the season winds down.
A tidy show of ewe and hogg families, consisting mainly of Mule hoggs, all achieving £285.
Texel cross ewes with Texel lambs reached £260 from Messrs Metcalfe, Ravenstonedale. The same vendor topped the hill sheep section with a pen of Swaledale ewes with Mule and Texel lambs making £200.
Sale statistics:
Swaledale ewes with twins, averaged £200.
Texel ewes with twins, averaged £260.
Texel ewes with singles, averaged £225.
Mule hoggs with singles, averaged £285.
A few families expected for next week, as trade rises for spring lambs. Don’t miss out on getting some stock on the ground. You can’t pay bills on fresh air!
SPRING LAMBS - Lots of demand for lambs at Junction 36.
Numbers of spring lambs starting to come forward now, however a lot more are required to meet the current demand on a Tuesday.
Suffolks sold to a top of 400p/kg from D&J Woof, Sedbergh while Texels hit £196 per head from J&JR Stott, Crosscrake. Once again, the lighter end of springers attracted the most attention ringside, however heavier lambs were noticeably dearer on the week again. 39kg Texels from HR Holmes, Inskip sold to £152 or 389.7p/kg for a pen of four. Lighter Texels from D&J Woof, Sedbergh sold to just shy of this at 387.1p/kg. 44kg lambs from E Dodgson, Kendal soared to £181 for good quality sheep, with the same home then selling 47kg lambs to £181 or 385.1p/kg.
An overall market average of 352p/kg was achieved, with lambs ranging from 29kg to 60kgs. More lambs are wanted on a weekly basis here at Junction 36 to match buyers appetite. Please contact Joel McGarva on 07920009097 for any enquiries.
PRIME HOGGS
Less hoggs around today, however an improved trade was achieved all round. An overall average of 310p/kg and SQQ of 325p/kg was welcomed for vendors selling today. Handy weight Cheviots topped at 352p/kg from Stockdale Farms, Sedbergh. A pen of eight Texels, again at handy weights, sold to just shy of this at 351.3p/kg. Dutch Spotted hoggs topped at £175 from J&H Bland & Son, Levens.
Next weeks sale of prime sheep starts at the usual time of 1pm, with the ballot to be drawn at 12 noon.
CAST EWES (209)
As to be expected less forward this week, no let up on trade with all buyers keen to fill orders. A handful of pure ewes forward selling to £245 for Suffolks from JH Towers & Sons, Texels to £238 from JT&A Armistead, £230 E Dodgson. Other heavier and better end £190 - £220, with first cross £180 - £210. Mules sold to £190 from KA Purtill with other stronger Mules £170-£185, mediums £148-£160 with the leaner end £125-£140. Kill ewes sold to £154 from Cheviots, £142 Rough Fells, £130 Swaledales, mediums £98-£105 with the smaller and leaner end generally £55-£70 with some less at realisation.
Heavy rams sold to £240 for Hampshires from P&H Clough with Texels £235 from RJ&R Holden, mediums £180-£210. Hill rams to £225 for Cheviots from MW&M Hodgson and Rough Fells £170 from BJ Bainbridge.