BREEDING SHEEP

The final sheep and lamb sale saw a solid trade right through. Texel and Mule ewes remained strong with an average of £85 per life. Herdwick ewes with lambs were good to sell, with twins making £65 per life and singles making £80 per life.

On behalf of North West Auctions, we would like to thank all vendors, buyers and sponsors for what a very successful season it has been. We hope to see you again soon.

REMINDER: Store lamb sales will be commencing on Thursday 17th July at Junction 36. All entries and enquiries are welcome, do not hesitate to contact the office or auctioneers with entries or for information.

PRIME LAMBS

Prime lamb trade moves up a gear.
Up and up and up! More numbers, more buyers and more trade at the weekly sale of prime lambs at Junction 36.
An overall average of 366p/kg saw all shapes and sizes up on the week and up on other centres so far this week. Today saw Lleyns hit £207 from JA&R Geldard & Son, Levens. Texels sold to £204 from RJ Stott, Stainton and Suffolks to £202 for a pen of three from CG Birkett, Carnforth. Hampshires topped at £196 from IL Dixon, Carnforth and pure bred Zwartbles hit the £190 mark again from Messrs Geldard. A nice run of lambs from HP Blackwell, Milnthorpe sold well with Texels at 41kg making 402.4p/kg or £165. RJ Stott also had a good run of Texels over the 400p/kg mark, with 49kg lambs making £196 and 46kgs lambs achieving £184. Lighter lambs were also flying, KA Purtill, Wigan sold a pair of 38kg Texels for £148 or 389.5p/kg. E Lund & Son, Carnforth then sold a pen of seven Texels at the same weight to make the exact same.
The message is very clear, “keep them coming”, for any enquiries call Joel McGarva on 07920009097 ahead of next weeks sale.

PRIME HOGGS

Hoggs also good to sell.
A surprising number of hoggs forward, saw an increased trade for anything in good condition. Texels topped at £192 from Messrs JW Robinson, Carnforth. A pen of eleven continentals from PJ&MR Stuart, Sowerby sold for 327.1p/kg. The same home sold a pair of 54kg hoggs to the same pence per kilo or £177. A large number of lighter hoggs around brought the average back, however a very strong trade for the time of year.

Matthew Probert – 07540 446667
Joel McGarva – 07920 009097
Will Rogerson – 07506283587
Robert Cloughton – 07867 000244

CAST SHEEP

All cull sheep sold to an animated trade, perhaps dearest seen for a few weeks.
Just a handful of pure-bred ewes forward today, which sold to £220 for Texels from A Brown, Carnforth. Other medium pure breds were generally £175 to £190. The strongest first cross ewes sold to £200 for Suffolks from RT&ME Sutton, Kendal, with £195 achieved for Charollais cross from JM&NJ Strickland, Whinfell and Texel cross from KA Purtill, Wigan. Other stronger end first cross ewes were £170 to £190, with mediums £150 to £170. The best of the Mules sold to £180 for Cheviot Mules from A Brown, Carnforth with medium North Country Mules at £168 from RT Gorst, Killington with others £165 from T Ellis, New Hutton and MG&J Parker, Wennington. Mediums Mules were generally £140 to £155. Pure hill ewes sold to £190 for Lleyns from JA&R Geldard & Sons, Levens, Cheviots £180 from KA Purtill, Wigan, Gritstones £140 from S Whitehead, Middleton, Herdwick £134 from K Hartley, Bootle, Swaledale £130 from AJ&L Birkett, Ambleside and Rough Fells from £122 RJ&OB Simpson, Longsleddale. Medium horned ewes were generally £80 to £100, with the smaller leaner end £60 to £80 and only a few less.
An abundance of cull rams saw the stronger end sell to £220 from TA&JA Dixon, Selside with others at £208 from MPG Gibson, Crossthwaite. Medium continental rams were regularly £160 to £180, with pure hill rams £125 to £140.