STORE LAMBS

Average: £117.48

There was a surge in both strength and confidence at Kendal today with a Broadchurch range of lambs and buyers keen to buy quality now that grass has started to catch up. With 3500 lambs forward, all breeds would be stronger than the previous Fortnight with the average up towards £10.

Topping the market today was Messrs Brogden, Kirkby Stephen with a pen of smashing Beltex x gimmer lambs, reaching £186.

Texel x lambs dominated the numbers today with an impressive average of £119 and a top price of £153 from GM Strong, Maulds Meaburn. There was close competition with other notable pens at £150 from AE Atkinson, Crook and £149 from MB & J Fell, Old Hutton.
Suffolk lambs were in large number as well with Ben Heaps, Chorley making £141 and DR Law, Kirkby Stephen coming a very close second at £140. Mules were in demand today with a £112 average and a top price of £117 from Martin Fishwick, Longsleddale.

Trade was seen with massive embrace and plenty of demand was obvious.

Do not hesitate to contact us & enter store lambs for the next sale:
Rob – 07867 000244
Will – 07506 283587
Joel – 07920 009097

Beltex: Top £186, Messrs Brogden
Texel: Average £119, Top £153, GM Strong
Suffolk: Average £120, Top £141, B Heaps
Mule: Average £111, Top £117, Fishwick Bros
Cheviot: Average £101, Top £109 J Angus
Horned: Top £94, JH Harrison
Rough Fells: Average £68, Top £74, DR Law
Swaledale: Top £60, Messrs Whitaker
Cheviot x: Average £113, Top £115, HE & M Henderson
Zwarbtle: Top £117, C Wright