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Lancaster Livestock Auction: Lancaster Weekly Sale of Prime Hoggs & Cast Ewes, Monday 5th January 2026.

CULL EWES

Strongest ewes to £240 from R & DL Cornthwaite selling Texels, with Suffolks to £205 from EW & A Bradshaw. Other crossbred ewes £170-£190 and Mules to £159 from DJ Casson & Son, mediums generally £130-£145. Hill ewes to £105 for Swaledales from JW Cornall & Sons.

PRIME HOGGS

The first prime hogg sale of 2026 saw a market average of 320p/kg for all sold. Thank you to those vendors who braved the conditions to draw sheep and travel to the market.
Well bred and well fed lambs continue to attract the keenest buyer interest and providing the best returns for vendors. Beltex x hoggs from J Twigge leading the way selling at 403p/kg with other better end hoggs generally 340-370p/kg and grass finished 315-335p/kg. Texel hoggs from Bargh Contractors topped the market achieving £188, £187 with other heavy weights £170-£185. Standards £140-£152 and lighter weights £118-£125. Hill bred hoggs sold to £148 (290p/kg) for Masham, £138 (329p/kg) for Cheviots, £118 (311p/kg) for Horned.

Top Prices

PRIME HOGGS:

TEXEL: £188, £187 Old Woodhouse, £186, £184, £179 Humblescough Farm, £178 Mearsbeck Farm. BELTEX: £180 Mearsbeck Farm, £175 Oak Aveune, £170 Ingrave Farm, £168 Stonehead, £166 Old Woodhouse, £160 Bensons Farm. DUTCH SPOTTED: £160 Old Woodhouse, £134 Overhouses. CONTINENTAL: £157 Old Woodhouse, £132 Moss Gate Farm, £129 Thornton Barn Farm, £128 Broseley Hall Farm, £128 Old Woodhouse, £127 Broseley Hall Farm. DORSET: £152 Stonehad. SUFFOLK: £150 North Farm, £145 Oak Aveune, £143 Lower Lingart Farm, £140 Old Parkside Farm, £139 Beaumont Gate, £139 Lower Lingart Farm. MASHAM: £148 Allcocks Farm. CHEVIOT: £138 North Farm, £138 Marshaw Farm, £134 Oak Aveune. CHAROLLAIS: £135 The Old Stables, £134 Broseley Hall Farm. MULE: £128 Beaumont Gate, £120 Overhouses, £116 High House Farm. HORNED: £118 Lower Oakeneaves Farm. SWALEDALE: £105 Higher Fair Snape Farm, £104 Marshaw Farm.

CAST EWES:

TEXEL: £240 Humblescough Farm, £185 (x2) Burns Farm, £184, £178 Mearsbeck Farm, £176 Humblescough Farm. SUFFOLK: £205 The Old Stable, £138 Bensons Farm. CONTINENTAL: £168 Bensons Farm. MULE: £159 Beaumont Gate, £138 Bensons Farm, £134 Thornton Barn Farm, £132 Bensons Farm, £117 Deep Clough, £112 Thornton Barn Farm. SWALEDALE: £105 Higher Fair Snape Farm, £96 High House Farm. CHEVIOT: £81 Bensons Farm.

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