CULL EWES

No let up in trade on ewes today with more required and easily sold each week. Cross bred ewes today sold to £172 for mediums from D & K Swarbrick with others at £170 from Pilling Hall. Mules to £164 from J & K Burr and hill bred ewes to £108. Cull rams to £172.

PRIME HOGGS

Prime hoggs sell to £190 and 460ppk at LAM.

Plenty of interest in prime hoggs today with buyers ringside and keen to fulfil orders. Well finished and standard weight lambs were in keenest demand with a market sqq of 369ppk and overall 348ppk. Hoggs sold to £190 for Charolais x Beltex from regular supporter AG Butler closely followed by JE Parkinson & Son selling Beltex x at £187, £184 and Texel x to £182 from SH & LE Birkett and £180 from FI & ME Little. Hill bred lambs saw Cheviots sell to £170 from WB Kellet, Masham to £170 from T & D Wright and Mules to £155 from RG & H Preece and Swaledale to £129 from M & L Preece. JE Parkinson & Son enjoyed a good day’s trading leading the sale with Beltex x hoggs at 460ppk closely followed by RM Gornall selling Beltex x at 454ppk. Endless pens of well finished standard weights hoggs 380-420ppk with next draw 350-375ppk. Hill bred hoggs to 410ppk for Cheviots, 343ppk for Mules, 331ppk for Swaledales.

Keep these hoggs coming with this prompt Monday morning market once again proving to be a choice of buyers.

Any enquiries to Matthew on 07540446667 or Andrew on 07966556592