25 May 2026

Lancaster Livestock Auction: Lancaster Weekly Sale of Spring Lambs, Prime Hoggs, Cast Ewes & Sheep with Lambs at Foot, Monday 25th May 2026.

Buoyant Bank Holiday Monday at NWA Lancaster.

This popular Monday Morning Sale saw all pens full with all classes of sheep in high demand, with vendors leaving well suited with prices achieved.

CULL SHEEP
Plenty of culls forward today as farmers draw lambs and look to move on ewes ahead of shearing. Stronger end Continentals to £228 with others £195 to £218, Mediums £170 to £190 with Lighter weights £135 to £160. Mules to £186 with other Heavies £170 to £182, Mediums £145 to £160. Dorsets sold to £190, Zwartbles £187, Cheviots £187, Suffolk £180, Easy Care £139, Horned £122.

All ewes forward today averaged £163, ewes easiest sold are fit not fat.

PRIME HOGGS

No let up on trade with buyers keen to secure all classes and types. Best of the standards to 473p/kg for Texel with others generally 430p/kg to 465p/kg, all sold today averaged 413p/kg. Top price today was £239 for Heavy Texel cross with other Heavies £210 to £225, and standards £170 to £195.

Hill bred Hoggs to £215 for Cheviots, £192 Scotch Blackface, £183 Horned, £172 Mules, £167 Herdwicks.

SHEEP WITH LAMBS AT FOOT

Buyers keen to secure additional and replacement stock on the back of the current buoyant prime sheep trade.
Ewes with twins sold to £362, with other twin families £315 - £340 and singles to £295.
An abundance of hoggs with lambs attracted eager bidders with RH&C Ayrton Ltd selling North Country Mules with singles to £355. Other pens generally £325 to £350 from various vendors. Texel cross to £335 and Cheviot Mules £325.
Twenty families already entered for next Monday.

SPRING LAMBS

Numbers rising week on week with additional buyer interest. Best butcher types 490ppk upwards peaking at 547ppk for Texel x from KA Purtill. Well finished first cross lambs to 495ppk with others generally 470-490ppk. Heavy weights to 489ppk and light weights to 481ppk.

Top grossing today were texel x lambs from D & K Swarbrick achieving £230 with other better end, heavy lambs £210-£225, standards to £222 and light weights to £190, super lights to £148.

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SPRING LAMBS

TEXEL: £230 Bensons Farm, £228 Walmsley Fold, £224 Bensons Farm, £224 Walmsley Fold, £224 Fern Bank Farm. CHAROLLAIS: £230 Bensons Farm, £217 Jacksons Farm, £216 Jacksons Farm, £216 Bensons Farm, £211 Oak Avenue, £200 Jacksons Farm. CONTINENTAL: £222 Ackenthwaite Farm, £217 Ackenthwaite Farm, £206 Ackenthwaite Farm, £201 Ackenthwaite Farm, £171 Fern Bank Farm, £140 Potters Hill Farm. SUFFOLK: £211 New Parkside Farm, £205 Cocker House Farm, £204 Cocker House Farm, £204 New Parkside Farm, £202 Cocker House Farm, £202 Ackenthwaite Farm. DORSET: £204 Fern Bank Farm, £179 Fern Bank Farm. ZWARBTLE: £189 North Farm. DUTCH SPOTTED: £186 Fern Bank Farm. MULE: £183 Burrow Heights Farm. BELTEX: £178 Halton Park Farm.

PRIME HOGGS

TEXEL: £239 Throstle Grove Farm, £234 Beaumont Gate, £231 Birch House, £229 Park Farm, £228 Spar House Farm, £225 Beaumont Gate. CHAROLLAIS: £238 Spar House Farm, £215 Jacksons Farm, £204 Little Eccleston Hall. DUTCH SPOTTED: £229 Pennine Gardens, £203 Spar House Farm, £201 Little Eccleston Hall. CONTINENTAL: £220 Cliftons Farm, £194 Spar House Farm, £191 Throstle Grove Farm, £190 Little Eccleston Hall, £140 Lower Highfield, £100 Spar House Farm. CHEVIOT: £215 Spar House Farm, £194 Little Eccleston Hall, £191 Little Eccleston Hall, £189 Little Eccleston Hall, £184 Little Eccleston Hall. MULE: £210 Birch House Cottage, £172 Moorcock Hall Farm, £140 Halton Park Farm, £140 High House Farm, £112 Moorcock Hall Farm, £100 Longstripes Farm. SUFFOLK: £193 Cliftons Farm, £191 Little Eccleston Hall, £110 Cliftons farm. SCOTCH BLACKFACE: £192 Little Eccleston Hall, £130 Inverbie, £109 Inverbie. HORNED: £183 Little Eccleston Hall. HERDWICK: £167 School Lane, £131 Spar House Farm. TEESWATER: £152 Little Eccleston Hall. ROUGH FELL: £140 Marsh House Farm.

CAST EWES

TEXEL: £228 Oak Avenue, £218 Oak Avenue, £203 Lower Highfield, £200 Cock Hall Farm, £198 North Farm, £194 Birchall House Cottage. BELTEX: £190 Bensons Farm. CONTINENTAL: £190 Bensons Farm, £160 Low Pleasant, £110 Fern Bank Farm. DORSET: £188 Fern Bank Farm. ZWARTBLE: £187 North Farm. MULE: £186 Hollins Farm, £183 Bensons Farm, £182 Greenlot Farm, £180 Bensons Farm, £180 Little Fell Farm, £179 Cock Hall Farm. SUFFOLK: £180 Oak Avenue, £158 Oak Avenue, £152 Birch House Cottage. CHEVIOT: £180 Little Fell Farm, £163 Little Fell Farm, £117 Castle Mill Farm. MASHAM: £166 Bensons Farm, £160 Longstripes Farm. CHAROLLAIS: £122 Jacksons Farm. DUTCH SPOTTED: £126 Birch House Cottage, £139 Lower Swainhead Farm. ROUGH FELL: £116 Millbeck. JACOB: £106 Cliftons Farm.

CAST RAM

TEXEL: £218 Lower Highfield, £178 Hardhead Farm Cottage. CHEVIOT: £187 Millbeck. ROUGH: £122 Marsh House Farm.

HOGG & LAMB:

MULE: £355 (x2), £350 Ouzelthorn Farm, £340 Thornbush Farm, £315 (x2) Quarry House. TEXEL: £335 Thornbush Farm.

SHEARLING & LAMB:

TEXEL: £330 Thornbush Farm, £290, £265 The Borrans. MULE: £325 The Borrans, £295 The Borrans. DUTCH SPOTTED: £315, £300 Myerscough Hall.

EWE & LAMB:

TEXEL: £365 The Borrans, £325 High House Farm, £310 The Borrans, £250 Longstripes Farm. CHEVIOT: £325 High House Farm. DUTCH SPOTTED: £325, £320, £240 Myerscough Hall. MULE: £300 The Borrans. BELTEX: £200 Longstripes Farm.

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Lancaster Livestock Auction: Lancaster Weekly Sale of Spring Lambs, Prime Hoggs, Cast Ewes & Sheep with Lambs at Foot, Monday 25th May 2026.

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