BREEDING SHEEP

Today’s sale featured several dispersal sales from noted local flocks which saw a large crowd of local and travelled purchasers in attendance keen to secure additional and replacement stock.

The sale commenced with the dispersal of Cheviot and Swaledale ewes, shearlings and gimmer hoggs on behalf of Low Moor Howe Farm Ltd, Windermere due to a change in farming policy. The first lot in the ring shared the top price of the day being £300 for Black Cheviot 2 crop ewes carrying Texel x lambs. Other Cheviot ewes to £275, £260, £255, £240. Cheviot shearlings shared the top price of £300 for a pen of 10 due Mid-March to Cheviot with others at £270, £235, £225, £220. Cheviot gimmer hoggs sold to £170, £152, £150. Swaledale shearlings in lamb to Swaledale peaked at £225 with others at £220, £205, £200 with gimmer hoggs to £210, £192, £152, £148. Other in lamb sheep today saw Mule hoggs sell to £200 from W Gardner and aged Mule ewes from A Riley sell to £185, £175, £170.
The next sale of breeding sheep is Thursday 12th March to include flock dispersal of 150 Texel, Suffolk and Mule Ewes from Long & Knipe, Ulverston

STORE LAMBS

Store lambs up a gear in line with recent lift in prime lamb trade.

Topping today at £160 were Texels from CS Long & RH Knipe, Ulverston with other pens to £159 from DR & C Galbraith or £154 from the Holgate’s, Silverdale. Endless pens selling north of £135 with strongest mules reaching £138 from JH Barker & Son, Ulverston. Horned lambs looking well sold selling to £130 for Rough Fells from JH Barker & Son, Ulverston with the Hodgsons of Hartsop Hall topping the Swaledale’s at £116 and a further pen of 55 selling at £107. Other long-term hill bred lambs selling £80-£100 with only the real projects for less.

Overall average £112.20
• Texel to £160 av £123.64
• Suffolk to £143 av £121.50
• Mule to £138 av £117.37
• Swaledale to £116 av £94.60

Final sale of store lambs next fortnight, entries to the office on 015395 66200 by Wednesday 4th March.