PRIME LAMBS
Lancasters weekly sale of prime lambs saw a pleasing entry of 675 lambs averaging 384ppk. No fancy saying or fire emojis needed- just look at the prices to see the trade. 50 lambs over the £200 barrier, topping at £224 for Texels from S Bosworth, Burnley. Other heavy weight Texels to £222 from S Ayrton, Thurnham with D & K Swarbrick with their usually run of quantity lambs to £218 also for Texels. Handy weighted butcher types seeing plenty of trade with M Coxhead, Preston selling 41kg Beltex to 507ppk or £208. M Clegg, Stalmine also making £208 or 495ppk this time for 42kg Beltex. Plenty of these types of lambs round the 460-490ppk mark with buyers able to cope with any amount of this type of lambs. Well finished 43-45kg commercial type lambs selling well round the 375ppk mark.
Top Price Per Head:
£224, 48kg, S Bosworth, Burnley.
£222, 64kg, S Ayrton, Turnham.
£218, 47kg, D&K Swarbrick, Out Rawcliffe.
£216, 49kg, D&D Huddleston, Lancaster.
£216, 44kg, D&K Swarbrick, Out Rawcliffe.
£212, 44kg, S Ayrton, Turnham.
£212, 49kg, D&D Huddleston, Lancaster.
£212, 50kg, M Coxhead, Preston.
£211, 47kg, GS Lander, Cheshire.
£210, 44kg, D&K Swarbrick, Out Rawcliffe.
£210, 50kg, GS Lander, Cheshire.
£210, 46kg, S Bosworth, Burnley.
£210, 50kg, R Doran, Preston.
Top Pence Per Kilo:
507/ppk, 41kg, M Coxhead, Preston.
495/ppk, 42kg, Michael Clegg, Poulton-Le-Fylde.
491/ppk, 44kg, D&K Swarbrick, Out Rawcliffe.
488/ppk, 41kg, A&E Clarkson, Lancaster.
485/ppk, 40kg, M Coxhead, Preston.
483/ppk, 41kg, Ripley St. Thomas, Lancaster.
482/ppk, 44kg, S Ayrton, Thurnham.
477/ppk, 44kg, D&K Swarbrick, Out Rawcliffe.
476/ppk, 42kg, M Coxhead, Preston.
473/ppk, 41kg, ST Birkett & Son, Carnforth.
CAST EWES
Cast sheep saw a similar trade on the week with a leaner show on offer seeing a decent average of £145.
M Clegg, Stalmine topping the trade with Texels to £245 with other Texels to £208 from M Coxhead, Preston. Well fleshed Mules to £182 from Pilling Hall, Pilling with others to £165 from D & E Whitaker, Quernmore. Leaner sorts round the £150 mark. Cheviot ewes to £165 from R Doran, Winmarleigh. Swales to £130 from T Ayrton & Sons, Over Wyresdale. Dutch Spotted to £175 from MR Houghton, Cabus. Cast rams to £190 for Charollais from MJ & LC Lund, Quernmore.