Monday morning prime lambs sold to £180 and 393p/kg and cull ewes to £222, new butcher buyers again in attendance and keen to return. #LAMBS 2LAM

CULL SHEEP
Numbers very similar on the week, with perhaps a leaner entry forward as customers look to wean lambs. Best of the continental cross ewes sold to £220 for Texel cross from KA Purtill. Other pen fulls of stronger ewes £180 to £188, mediums £165 to £178 and leaner sorts £140 to £160. Mules sold to £170 from A&E Clarkson, with Mashams £166 from T&EA Garth. Medium Mules predominately selling at £140 to £160, with the next draw down £125 to £138.
Just a handful of hill bred ewes forward, selling to £158 for Cheviots cross from A&E Clarkson, with other Cheviots £119 and horned ewe £110. Smaller pure hill ewes were £58 to £75, with just a handful less selling at realisation.

PRIME LAMBS
Spring lamb numbers continue to rise, with additional buyer’s ringside keen to secure lambs at this prompt Monday morning sale and keen to return each week - keep these lambs coming!
Leading today’s sale at £180 was W Barnes, Lancaster selling heavy weight Texel cross lambs with others at £174.50 for Texel cross from JM Sanderson, Halton. Other well finished standard and heavy weight lambs were £162 to £170, with better end standard weights £150 to £162 and grass finished £140 to £150. Several pens of lighter weight lambs forward were well received, selling to £141 for Texel cross, with other at £136 and super lights to £111.
EJ&PE Burrow led the sale with Beltex cross lambs at 393p/kg, with other Texel cross lambs also selling at 393p/kg from CJ Metcalfe. Charollais cross achieved 390p/kg from D&K Swarbrick, Texel cross 388p/kg D Wightman and 381p/kg DR Preston. Well finish standard and heavy weights were regularly 350p/kg to 370p/kg, with the best grass finished 345p/kg to 360p/kg, mediums generally 340p/kg to 350p/kg, light weights 345p/kg to 365p/kg and an overall market average of 345p/kg.