12 December 2023

J36 Crooklands Livestock Auction: J36 Sale of Pigs, Prime Lambs and Cast Sheep, Tuesday 12th December 2023

PIGS

An additional sale of prime pigs saw a top price of £205 for a Pietrain cross boars from M Coxhead, Little Hool. Gilts sold to £200 from CR Dickinson, Thurnham who sold others at £190. Other heavy well bred pigs generally £175 to £190, with lighter weights selling to £150 from BR Harrison, Staveley.

PRIME LAMBS

A bumper entry of 2129 lambs were forward, with all selling to a similar trade. Grass fed and leaner lambs looked slightly reduced trade. Lighter lambs were a flying trade and many more could have been sold to the vendor’s advantage. Heavy lambs saw Charollais sell to £154 from EW&RJ Parkinson, Dunsop Bridge with Texels to £153 twice from TE JS CA Curruthers, Underbarrow and GC&G Taylor, Crook. Suffolk lambs saw a pen of fourteen sell to £152 from JE Read, Hutton Roof. Well meated export lambs were keenly bid for and generally sold at 270p/kg to 285p/kg or £118 to £120 a head. Hill lambs saw Cheviot Mules to £137 from S Crawford, Staveley, with Mules to £134 from EW&JR Parkinson, Dunsop Bridge. Pure Cheviot sold to £121 from GM Metcalfe, Underbarrow.

CAST SHEEP

694 cull ewes were forward, selling to an ever improving trade. Todays sale peaked at £144 for Texel cross ewes from J Woodburn & Partner, Ulverston and T Stephens, Kirkby Lonsdale. Others achieved £142 from J&O Galbraith, Endmoor and £140 from R&AC Harper, Grayrigg. Other stronger pure and first cross ewes were generally £115 to £135, medium meated £90 to £110 and smaller to leaner sorts £78 to £85. Mules sold to a top of £116 for a pen of ten from J Woodburn & Partners, Ulverston with Masham to £110 from JA Bennett, Longsleddale. Other stronger heavy Mules were £96 to £110, with mediums £85 to £92 and small meated ewes £72 to £80. Hill bred ewes sold to £110 for Lleyns from JM&MH Frace & Son, Littledale. Cheviots to £110 from Stockdale Farms, Sedbergh. Swaledales sold to £72 from GA Guy, Tebay. A large number of medium hill ewes sold to £64 for Dalesbreds from WI&AM Atkinson & Son, Bleasdale and Swaledales to £64 from AJ&L Birkett, Ambleside, who also sold Herdwicks at £51. The smallest leanest ewes were generally £35 to £45.
Cull rams sold to £140 on three occasion for Cheviot from J Angus, Eskdale, Texels from JG&B Escolme, Killington and C Harper, Docker. Other lighter weight rams were generally £85 to £100.

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PRIME LAMB TOP PRICES:

Suffolk; £152.00 Mealriggs, £140.00 Lane Ends Farm, £137.00 Mealriggs Farm, £136.00 Lane Ends Farm, £135.00 Maddison Avenue, £127.00 Lane Ends Farm. Charollais; £154.00 Hareden Farm. Texel; £153.00 High Farm, £153.00 Red Scar Farm, £148.00 Cantsfield all, £148.00 Red Scar Farm, £145.00 Arklid Farm, £140.00 Halton Park Farm. CheviotMule; £137.00 Seedhowe Cottages, £108.00 Seedhowe Cottages, £105.00 Croziers Croft, £104.00 Braida Garth, £102.50 Croziers Croft, £100.00 Seedhowe Cottages. Mule; £134.00 Hareden Farm, £124.00 Holme House Farm, £124.00 Hareden Farm, £119.50 Helm Croft, £119.00 Holme House Farm, £119.00 Yoad Pot. Dutchspotted; £131.00 High Farm, £119.00 High Farm. Dorset; £130.00 Fell View Farm, £119.00 Fell View Farm, £107.00 Fell View Farm, £103.00 Cumbrae. Continental; £127.00 Oak Avenue, £127.00 Oak Avenue, £127.00 Brookside, £115.00 Brow Head, £107.00 Underhelm Farm, £103.50 Brow Head. Zwartable; £126.00 Birks Farm. Cheviot; £121.00 Low Gregg Hall, £119.00 Botton Hall Farm, £118.00 Bowers Farm, £115.00 Howriggs, £114.00 Outrake Foot, £114.00 Thorn Cottage. Beltex; £118.50 St Annes Farm. Llyen; £115.00 Low Foulshaw Farm, £113.00 Low Foulshaw Farm, £111.00 Low Foulshaw Farm, £108.00 Low Foulshaw Farm, £105.00 Low Foulshaw Farm, £102.00 Low Foulshaw Farm. Hampshire; £113.00 High Farm, £88.00 High Farm. Rough Fell; £110.00 Whinfell Terrace, £91.00 Whinfell Terrace, £80.00 Whinfell Terrace. Herdwick; £110.00 Dale End, £88.00 Dale End. Swaledale; £102.00 Lunesdale House, £95.00 Middle Sadghyll, £90.00 Saddlers Croft, £87.00 Middle Sadghyll, £84.00 Well Foot, £81.00 Lunesdale House. Leicester; £101.00 Stickland Hill, £100.00 Thorn Cottage, £95.00 Wood Broughton. Masham; £99.00 Adamthwaite. Dalesbred; £94.00 Fell End Farm. Scottish Blackface; £92.00 Adamthwaite. Horned; £90.00 Field House. Gritstone; £82.00 High Farm.

CAST EWE TOP PRICES:

Beltex; £144.00 Belle Vue Cottage. Texel; £144.00 Mansrigg Hall, £142.00 Endmoor Farm, £140.00 Hardrigg Farm, £138.00 The Barn, £138.00 Hardrigg Farm, £136.00 Oldfield End. Suffolk; £138.00 The Glen, £136.00 Maddison Avenue, £128.00 Endmoor Farm, £118.00 Maddison Avenue, £110.00 Endmoor Farm. Dorset; £118.00 High Biggarsbank. Mule; £116.00 Mansrigg Hall, £108.00 The Glen, £106.00 Lane Ends Farm, £100.00 Mansrigg Hall. Lleyn; £115.00 Newhouse Farm, £110.00 Newhouse Farm. Continental; £110.00 Green Farm. Cheviot; £110.00 Bowers Farm. Leicester; £110.00 Town End, £82.00 Higher Standen. Masham; £110.00 Middale Farm, £90.00 Fieldhouse. Zwartable; £80.00 Bowston Hall, £64.00 Bowston Hall. Swaledale; £66.00 High Ground, £64.00 High Birk Howe Farm, £62.00 Holme House Farm, £62.00 Middale farm. Dalesbred; £64.00 Holme House Farm. Herdwick; Birk Howe Farm, £47.00 Holmelands. Horned; £40.00 Hawes Farm. Rough Fell; £30.00 Seat Barn.

CAST RAM TOP PRICES:

Texel; £140.00 Low Stangerthwaite, £140.00 Lower Lodge, £102.00 High Underbrow Farm, £98.00 Tranthwaite Hall, £90.00 Tranthwaite Hall. Cheviot; £140.00 High Ground, £9-8.00 High Ground, £90.00 High Ground. Beltex; £110.00 Highn Underbrow. Leicester; £96.00 High Row, £88.00 High Row. Suffolk; £88.00 The Glen. Continental; £56.00 Oldfield End. Swaledale; £54.00 Cockley Beck Farm. Herdwick; £34.00 Hazel Head Farm.

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J36 Crooklands Livestock Auction: J36 Sale of Pigs, Prime Lambs and Cast Sheep, Tuesday 12th December 2023

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