PIGS
Prime pigs sold to a top price of £215 for a Large White cross gilt from W Stamper, Chipping with prime hoggs selling to £210 for Large White cross from CR Dickinson, Thurnham. Pietrain cross sold to £185 from GC&G Taylor, Crook and prime hoggs £107 from S Crowe, Dalton in Furness. CR Dickinson, Thurnham topped the market with a prime gilt achieving 181p/kg, other well finished pigs were generally 165p/kg to 175p/kg. Weaners sold to £62 for Large White cross gilts from J.GE Heseltine & Son, Skipton who sold others at £50, with cross bred weaners selling to £48 from S Crowe, Dalton in Furness. The youngest weaners sold to £24 for Saddleback from T Harrison, Darwen.
PRIME LAMBS
1200 lambs were put before our weekly ring side of ten active buyers with once again meat and weight achieving maximum prices.
- Texels to £151 from T&M Halhead, Priest Hutton.
- Beltex to £140 from GM Metcalfe, Underbarrow.
- Suffolks to £130 from TW Nelson & Son, Stainton.
- Cheviots to £128.50 from GM Metcalfe, Underbarrow.
- Dutch Spotted to £118 from RJ&P Metcalfe, Crook
- Mules to £112.50 from Drinkall Bros, Over Wyresdale.
- All lambs forward averaged £110.62.
- Overall market averaged of 252p/kg.
CAST SHEEP
A large show of 641 predominately leaner hill ewes were forward today, showing the effect of the dry months and rearing lambs. A real shortage of best quality ewes were forward. Topping today at £166 for a Texel from MD Shuttleworth, Barbon with others at £164 from RA Batty, Haversham, others were generally selling at £140 to £150. Cross bred ewes sold to £126 for Texel x from B&D Willison & Son, Tebay with Suffolk x achieving £125 from W Garnett & Son, Milnthorpe. The better heavier ewes were £105 to £115. Mule ewes sold to £124 from RF&CE Hodgson, Ulverston with Cheviot Mules selling to £118 from JC Dunning, Orton. Heavier Mules were generally £95 to £110, with mediums £82 to £95. Buyers were looking to purchase ewes suitable for grazing. Hill bred ewes sold to £131 for Cheviots from S Bosworth, Burnley who sold others at £114. A large entry of Swaledale sold to £79 from M Holgate, Silverdale with Rough Fells to £77 from J Graham, Windermere and Herdwick to £79 from A Armstrong, Ulverston. A large proportion of lean light weight Swaledale ewes were forward, generally selling at £28 to £40, depending on size and quality.