03 November 2025

Lancaster Livestock Auction: Lancaster Weekly Sale of Prime Lambs & Cast Sheep, Monday 3rd November 2025.

PRIME LAMBS
More fed lambs are coming forward each week and greeted with buyers approval. Topping today and achieving £171 was a Texel from TM Townley with others £170 from HJ&BE Kelsall, £168 KA Purtill, GM&A Jackson and £167 M Coxhead. Standards sold to £158 from both KA Purtill and M Coxhead and lighter weights £134 from TR Prickett. Hill bred lambs saw Mules sell to £147, Cheviots £142, Masham £140 and Swaledale £134.
Leading the sale at 364p/kg was a Beltex cross lamb from TW&BH Woodhouse & Partners, other better end fed lambs 340p/kg to 355p/kg, mediums 315p/kg to 335p/kg with out of specification 285p/kg to 300p/kg. An overall market average today of 305p/kg for lambs ranging from 31kg to 57kg, with 40% of the entry being horned and hill bred lambs.

CULL SHEEP
A sharp rise in demand saw all sold average £146! Continental sold to £212 for Texel cross from D&K Swarbrick who topped the Mules at £158. Medium continentals £160 to £180, with better bred £185 to £210. Medium Mules £130 to £145, with feeding types sheep of all breeds £110 to £125. Hill bred ewes to £174 for Cheviots, £142 Easy Cares, £138 Swaledale, £112 Dalesbred and £106 Herdwick.
Cull rams sold to £206 with mediums generally £115 to £180.

STORE LAMBS
Store lambs this week sold to £119 and £118 for Texel cross from JM Kelsall & Son, with Cheviots £104 from SE&J Gorst. All sold averaged £109.18.
There are 50 Cheviot and Texel cross already entered for next weeks sale.

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PRIME LAMBS:

TEXEL: £171 Knowsley Farm, £170 Walnut Tree Cottage, £168 Oak Aveune, £168 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £167 Hill View Farm, £161 Walnut Tree Cottage. CONTINENTAL: £165 Knowsley Farm, £154 Blackwood End, £148 (x2) Moss Gate Farm, £140 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £137 Hill View Farm. CHAROLAIS: £158 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £155 Oak Aveune. BELTEX: £158, £151 Hill View Farm, £149 Hutton Roof Hall. SUFFOLK: £152 Hutton Roof Hall, £151 Knowsley Farm, £140 Angerton Hall Farm, £130 Castle Mill Farm. MULE: £147 Oak Aveune, £105, £100 Longstripes Farm. DUTCH SPOTTED: £144, £135, £128 Middle Salter. CHEVIOT: £142 Angerton Hall Farm, £138 Marshaw Farm, £136 School Lane, £129, £120 Marshaw Farm. MASHAM: £140 Allcocks Farm. CHEVIOT MULE: £139, £136 School Lane. SWALEDALE: £134, £115, £112, £105, £102 Marshaw Farm. HERDWICK: £117 Middle Salter.

STORE LAMBS:

TEXEL: £119, £118 Low Pleasant. CHEVIOT: £104 Cragg Farm.

CAST EWES:

TEXEL: £212 Bensons Farm, £210 High Hallbeck, £210 Castle Mill Farm, £208 (x2), £188 Hutton Roof Hall. CHEVIOT: £174 Bensons Farm, £146 Marshaw Farm, £142 Bensons Farm, £114 Castle Mill Farm, £94 Middle Salter. SUFFOLK: £172 Castle Mill Farm, £146 Hill Top Farm. CONTINENTAL: £164 Moss Gate Farm, £142 Meadowside. MULE: £158, £154 Bensons Farm, £152 Castle Mill Farm, £142, £141 Thornton Barn Farm, £138 Moss Gate Farm. MASHAM: £150 Castle Mill Farm. SWALEDALE: £138, £128, £118 Higher Fair Snape Farm. CHAROLAIS: £125 High Hallbeck. DALESBRED: £112 Middle Salter. HERDWICK: £106 Middle Salter.

CAST RAM:

CHEVIOT: £206 Marshaw Farm. TEXEL: £180, £166, £156 Hill Top Farm. CONTINENTAL: £162, £160 Meadowside.

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Lancaster Livestock Auction: Lancaster Weekly Sale of Prime Lambs & Cast Sheep, Monday 3rd November 2025.

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