PRIME LAMBS
Lancasters weekly sale of prime lambs and cast ewes saw a few less about than last week, with 765 lambs and 60 ewes forward and seven active buyers ringside.
A plainer show of lambs this week, with more grassy store types forward with some of these types going on for further finishing, the divide between fed lambs and these was much more obvious this week. Vendors urged, if possible, to get the feed bay out for maximum returns. An overall average of 331p/kg was achieved today.
J Twigge saw his weekly consignment of fed lambs taking top of the leader board, with Betlex lambs to £212 and £198, with heavy weight Cheviots from this good home to £195. Texel lambs sold to £188 from D&D Huddleston, Wray.
Handy weights were in demand with Beltex to 452p/kg from KA Purtill and Cheviot to 453p/kg from JE Parkinson, Quernmore. Plenty of other handy weight types were around the 400p/kg mark. KM&KJ Curwen saw their terrific run of 38kg Cheviots lambs well sold to 363p/kg.
Not many Mule and Masham lambs about today, with these topping at £168 for heavy weighs from T&D Wright.
LEADING PRICE PER HEAD:
Beltex, 51kg, £212, Holmelands
Beltex, 51kg, £198, Holmelands
Cheviot, 49kg, £195, Holmelands
Beltex, 42kg, £190, Oak Avenue
Beltex, 45kg, £188, Bensons Farm
Texel, 44kg, £188, Botton Hall Farm
LEADING PRICE PER KILO:
Cheviot, 38kg, 453ppk, Castle Mill Farm
Beltex, 42kg, 452ppk, Oak Avenue
Beltex, 42kg, 440ppk, Angerton Hall Farm
Texel, 44kg, 427ppk, Botton Hall Farm
Cheviot, 44kg, 420ppk, Castle Mill Farm
Beltex, 45kg, 418ppk, Bensons Farm
CAST SHEEP
A sharper trade for cast sheep this week as numbers being to tighten, D&K Swarbrick sold Texel ewes to £205 with TW&BH Woodhouse & Partners at the same price also for Texels. The next grade down of Texels were around the £185 mark. Leicester ewes sold to £195 from P Metcalf. Mule ewes sold to £180 from D&K Swarbrick, with the next grade down around £160 and leaner sorts around the £140 mark. Cheviots sold £175 from D&K Swarbrick and Dalesbred to £130 from R Capstick & Son. An overall average today of £155 was achieved, with all shapes and sizes included in this.