CULL SHEEP

All classes and types of cull sheep remain a fast and competitive trade with more required and easily sold each week.
Continental ewes sold to £214 for Texels from J Smith with Suffolk x to £202 from D & K Swarbrick, other stronger crossbred ewes £155-£180, mediums to £130-£148 and feeding types £110-£125. Mules sold to £152, others £140-£148. Pure hill ewes to £172 for Lleyns, £138 for Cheviots, £118 for Lonks and £110 for Dalesbred.
Several cull rams forward being predominantly medium types with Teeswater to £160, Dalesbred to £142 and Lonk to £128.

PRIME LAMBS

A sale of two halves today with well finished in spec lambs meeting buyers approval and under finished out of spec lambs harder to sell and better suited to the buoyant store lamb sales. A market sqq of 295p/kg was achieved with lambs forward ranging from 33kg-63kg.
Several heavyweights forward selling to £180 for Texel x from JM & MH France & Son with others generally £158-£170. Standards sold to £155 from D & D Huddleston, with other well finished £135-£142.
Lighterweights to £128 from H Birkett & Son, with super lights to £119 from GS Lander. Hill bred lambs sold to £145 for Lonks, £138 for Mules and £130 for Mashams.
Well finished continentals sold to 344p/kg from D & D Huddleston, others 315-338p/kg. Best grass finished lambs 295-308p/kg with far too many under finished lambs forward 260-280p/kg.
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