PRIME LAMBS
MEAT MAKING THE MONEY
Another week at J36 and the message remains the same — well-fed lambs are still selling like hot cakes!
Trade for prime lambs was broadly similar on the week, with perhaps a little more resistance on the mixy, weathered-looking grass types. Ring-side demand was particularly strong for those early to mid-40kg lambs, while the well-finished heavies are still adding up nicely too.
TOPS OF THE DAY
Suffolks topped the price-per-head section at £220 from Messrs J Carrick, with Messrs P K & R Woof close behind at £216.
Texels reached £208 from messers TMW and H Hodgson, who sold further lambs at £204 for a pen of five.
Beltex topped the pence-per-kilo section at a cracking 397.6p/kg from Messrs M A & D M Barnes & Son.
J Carrick hit 395.8p/kg on two occasions with Texels, while lighter 37kg lambs from the same good home reached 381.1p/kg. Quality and finish continue to pay!
TOP CONSIGNOR AVERAGES
P K & R Woof — 10 lambs averaging £194.40
PJ & ES Rogerson — 38 lambs averaging £177.71
TMW & H Hodgson — 44 lambs averaging £172.95
RJ Stott — 6 lambs averaging £170.00
The overall average settled at 322p/kg, with an SQQ of 329p/kg.
MORE LAMBS WANTED EVERY WEEK!
Demand is there, buyers are ringside and J36 is ready for more. Whether you’ve got a handful or a full load, get them brought in next Tuesday and let us do the rest.
GET THE TRADE. GET PAID.
CAST EWES
Another good show of 600 farmer ewes in today, ewes to £268 for Texels from S Crowe with other heavies and pure bred £220+. Mules to £163 from RR & JA Knowles with better end £150+. Horned ewes to £122 for Rough Fells from H Chapman & Son with plenty of better end horned ewes of all breeds over £105.
• Texel to £268 from S Crowe
• Charollais to £220 from S Crowe
• BFL to £200 from Saltmarsh Farms
• Cheviot Mule to £190 from TH & DM Cornthwaite
• North of England Mule to £163 from RR & JA Knowles
• Rough Fell to £122 from H Chapman & Son
• Dalesbred to £118 from WI & AM Atkinson & Son
• Swaledale to £112 from Kevin Wrathall Ltd
CAST RAMS
Rams a belting trade
• Dutch Spotted to £272 from DA Dixon
• Dorset to £232 from N Waller
• Texel to £216 from J & R Waller
• Suffolk to £170 from C Harper