PRIME LAMBS

Prime Lamb trade remains solid
Good meat, quality and weight still adding up nicely today at J36. A big pair of Texels from Drinkall Bros sold to £198. A single Charolais sold to £192 from Messrs BR Harrison and a single Hampshire hit the £190 mark from Messrs IL Dixon. Today’s overall pence per kilo average was les on the week in line with the national trend finishing up at 301ppk however the well done to sheep still a joy to sell. Messrs PJ & ES Rogerson sold a pen of 9 Texel to 340ppk or £170. The same good farming sold another two pens of 4 to 339ppk. Heavier lambs still totalling up nicely too with 57kg Texels from Messrs J Holme & Son selling for 331.6ppk. Lighter lambs still selling well for quality however plenty of lambs forward again today in the early 30kg lacking flesh and harder to cash. Suffolks topped at £187 from M & RW Stirzaker and Mules topped at £149 for a pen of 19 from Drinkall Bros.
Next weeks sale starts at the usual time of 1pm with the ballot to be drawn at midday.
Contact Joel McGarva with any enquiries on 07920009097

CAST EWES

J36 largest entry of cast ewes this year with 1017 ewes and rams forward. 8 buyers were ringside ensuring all types were well bid for. Big well fleshed ewes seeing a slight lift in trade with leaner hard worked ewes looking well sold despite the large entry.
• Texel to £270 from IOM
• Beltex to £255 from A & C Bradley, Kendal
• Charolais to £210 from IOM
• Cheviot to £190 from RC & C Ellwood, Kirkby in Furness
• Mules to £178 from IOM
• Suffolk to £175 from M & RW Stirzaker, Milnthorpe
• Lleyn to £170 from P Knowles, New Hutton
• Masham to £140 from Gibson & Berry, Endmoor
• Swaledale to £110 from AW & AM Clarke, Windermere

Contact Will Rogerson for more information