04 May 2026

Lancaster Livestock Auction: Lancaster Show & Sale of Hoggs with Lambs at Foot & Weekly Sale of Prime Hoggs, Cast Ewes & Sheep with Lambs at Foot, Monday 4th May 2026.

PRIME HOGGS

Numbers tightening with a real end of season offering this week. Best of the continental hoggs 420-445ppk. A market sqq average of 395ppk was achieved with in spec hoggs in keenest demand. Heavyweights sold to £214 with standards £198.

SPRING LAMBS

Todays sale featured the bank holiday prize show for best pair of lambs which was kindly judged by Mr Nathan Brown, Littledale and sponsored by The Bull Pen Café, Lancaster Auction Mart. From the 8 pens forward, the championship rosette was awarded to a pair of Texel x from D & K Swarbrick which later sold to £220 to the judge. Reserve champion from D & E Whitaker sold at £196 and 3rd prize from WN & D Smith & Sons to £198. Away from the show, lambs sold to £205 for Texel x from P Metalfe, £201 for Suffolk x with most in spec lambs £185-£195. Best lambs 480-512ppk with most commercial lambs 420-470ppk. All sold today generating a sqq average of 435ppk.

CULL EWES

Numbers creeping up as vendors start to draw lambs and offload older end ewes, taking advantage of this strong cull sheep trade. Strongest continentals £220-£250, peaking at £256 for Texel x from M Heap. Mules to £208 with stronger end £180-£200 and mediums £160-£175. Hill ewes sold to £190 for Cheviots, with other smaller framed £140-£165. Rough Fells to £168 and medium Swaledale to £130 with smaller sorts £115-£128.

Cull rams to £242 with plainer continentals £150-£180.

BREEDING SHEEP

The largest entry of sheep with lambs at foot, sold to a packed ringside of buyers, all keen to fill trailers.

Today’s sale featured the prize show for Hoggs with lambs at Foot which was kindly judged by Mr David Black, Leighton.

The championship rosette was awarded to a pen of 5 Mules hoggs with Texel x lambs from J Bargh, Heaton with Oxcliffe which later sold for a final bid of £435 to the judge. The reserve rosette was won by CD & HL Mason showing Mules with Suffolk lambs with W Gardner taking 3rd prize.
Other hoggs saw Texel x with twin Beltex x lambs from H Cooper & Son attracting much interest selling to £455 with others £400.

Ewes sold to £430 for Texel x ewes with twins from M Heap with others at £395 from G & ID Postlethwaite, £390 from JM & NJ Strickland, £365 from Stockdale Farms and £360 from TW Wilson. Older ewes with twins generally £290-£320.

Strongest singles sold to £365 from I Richardson with others generally £250-£280.

Just a handful of shearlings today selling to £370 for Texel x with twins and Mues with singles to £280.

Sheep and lambs will continue to be sold at 11am, following the sale of prime and cull sheep every Monday.

Top Prices

HOGG & LAMB:

TEXEL: £445, £400 Higham Side Farm, £255 Mill Farm. MULE: £435 Cottam Farm, £340 (x2) Quarry House, £330 Mearsbeck Farm, £325 Cottam Farm.

SHEARLING & LAMB:

TEXEL: £370 Riddings, £340 Burns Farm, £300 Stakes Moss Farm.MULE: £360 Stakes Moss Farm, £280 Lonstripes Farm.

EWE & LAMB:

TEXEL: £430 Burns Farm, £395 Riddings, £390, £370 The Borrans, £365 Bowers Farm, £360 Chapel Island View. MULE: £380, £370 The Borrans, £300 Chapel Island View, £260 The Borrans, £250, £240 Stakes Far. CONTINENTAL: £365 West View Farm, £340 Longstripes Farm, £340 West View Farm, £340 Longstripes Farm, £330 West View Farm, £265 Longstripes Farm. DUTCH SPOTTED: £330 West View Farm. SUFFOLK: £255 Chapel Island View. HORNED: £150 Cross House.

PRIME HOGGS:

TEXEL: £214 Park Farm Barn, £199 Spar House Farm, £197 Park Farm Barn, £196 Park Farm Barn, £194 Park Farm Barn, £194 Knowsley Farm. BELTEX: £211 Spar House Farm, £198 Park Farm Barn, £195 Park Farm Barn, £192 Throstle Grove Farm, £190 Oak Avenue, £181 Spar House Farm. DUTCH SPOTTED: £197 Winmara, £195 Spar House Farm. SUFFOLK: £195 Park Farm Barn, £190 Helm Croft, £181 Helm Croft. CHEVIOT: £194 Knowsley Farm, £190 Spar House Farm, £188 Cotestones Farm, £182 Cotestones Farm, £177 Moorcock Hall Farm, £175 Cotestones Farm. CONTINENTAL: £192 Spar House Farm, £186 Spar House Farm, £180 Winmara, £179 Ashton Road, £178 Winmara, £176 Low Moor Head Farm. CHAROLLAIS: £190 Park Farm Barn, Spar House Farm. MULE: £172 Moorcock Hall Farm, £142 Moorcock Hall Farm, £72 Ouzelthorn Farm. HERDWICK: £145 Helks Farm. SWALEDALE: £124 Ouzelthorn Farm, £122 Ouzelthorn Farm, £108 Marshaw Farm, £90 Shaws Farm.

SPRING LAMBS:

TEXEL: £220 Bensons Farm, £211 Ackenthwaite Farm, £205 Old Parkside Farm, £201 Bensons Farm, £200 Ackenthwaite Farm, £198 Cocker House Farm. SUFFOLK: £201 Cocker House Farm, £192 Cocker House Farm, £190 Cocker House Farm, £189 Cocker House Farm, £185 Oak Avenue, £184 Cocker House Farm. CONTINENTAL: £190 Bensons Farm, £189 Bensons Farm, £187 Bensons Farm, £186 Burrow Heights Farm, £185 Burrow Heights Farm, £179 Old Parkside Farm. DORSET: £187 Abbotson Farm. ZWARTBLE: £182 Millstones, £180 Millstones, £172 Millstones.

CAST SHEEP:

TEXEL: £256 Burns Farm, £252 Walmsley Fold, £250 Walmsley Fold, £250 Walmsley Fold, £242 Walmsley Fold, £218 Haversham House. SUFFLOK: £222 Haversham House, £194 Oak Avenue. MULE: £208 Mill Farm, £190 Haversham House Farm, £188 Bensons Farm, £184 Ouzelthorn Farm, £184 Old Parkside Farm, £184 Thwaite Barn. CHEVIOT: £190 Burrow Heights Farm, £176 Bowers Farm, £156 Longstripes Farm, £146 Moorcock Hall Farm, £138 Longstripes Farm, £136 Moorcock Hall Farm. CONTINENTAL: Haversham House Farm, £144 Low Moor Head Farm, £138 Low Moor Head Farm, £132 Low Moor Head Farm. DORSET: £188 Cumbrae, £118 Cumbrae. ZWARTBLE: £188 Millstones. ROUGH FELL: £168 Riddings, £154 Riddings, £144 Riddings. CHEVIOT MULE: £160 Bowers Farm, £138 Bowers Farm. SWALEDALE: £130 Moorcock Hall Farm, £126 Ouzelthorn Farm, £98 Marshaw Farm, £94 Ouzelthorn Farm.

CAST RAM:

TEXEL: £242 Walmsley Fold, £182 Quarry House, £152 Burrow Heights Farm.

More Info

LANCASTER SHOW OF SPRING LAMBS
SPONSOR: THE BULL PEN
JUDGE: MR N BROWN

CLASS 1 – PAIR OF SPRING LAMBS
1st – D & K Swarbrick, Bensons Farm, Texel 43kg
2nd – D & E Whitaker, Little Fell Farm, Texel 40kg
3rd – WN & D Smith, Cocker House Farm, Texel 42kg

LANCASTER SHOW OF HOGGS WITH LAMBS AT FOOT
SPONSOR: THE BULL PEN
JUDGE: MR D BLACK

CLASS 1 – 5 MULE HOGGS WITH LAMBS
1st – J Bargh, Cottam Farm
2nd – CD & HL Mason, Mearsbeck Fam
3rd – W Gardner, Quarry House

CHAMPION – J Bargh, Cottam farm
RESERVE CHAMPION – CD & HL Mason, Mearsbeck Farm

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Lancaster Livestock Auction: Lancaster Show & Sale of Hoggs with Lambs at Foot & Weekly Sale of Prime Hoggs, Cast Ewes & Sheep with Lambs at Foot, Monday 4th May 2026.

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