BREEDING SHEEP

Ewes with lambs average £334.82
Shearlings with lambs average £399.32
Hoggs with lambs average £314

It’s not just the auctioneers that are good thrivers at Junction 36, the numbers and trade for sheep and lambs are also expanding in a very positive manner.
Today witnessed the spring show of shearlings and ewes with lambs, with 228 families to pick from there was a tremendous run of quality outfits.
The judging was very kindly conducted by Mr John Capstick, Killington and concluded on the result of both champion and reserve going to Geoff Atkinson.
Trade was as strong as the previous week, with top price today going to G&KM Atkinson, Colby with the champion pen of Texel gimmer shearlings with twin Texel lambs making £470.
Top price single went to PJ&ES Rogerson, Appleby with a pen of Texel ewes with Beltex lambs making £420.
Trade for strong continental and Suffolk families with these being very sort after, especially for outfits with strong lambs on them. Demand was a touch easier for young twin lambs but these were still coming to a decent trade.
The first entry of Mule hoggs with lambs was seen today from RC Wharton & Son, Appleby with a pen of five with Suffolk lambs making £315.
Mules were in demand today with shearlings topping at £420 and a multitude of pens around the £400 mark. Mule ewes reached £395 with a large number of pens over the £350 mark, along with plenty more above £320.
Numbers are rising and with the price of spring lambs and cast ewes in a positive position, sheep and lambs are turning out to be a sound worthwhile investment and especially with grass beginning to boom, the demand should continue to rise. A large entry is already booked in for next week and the number is rising.
All entries are welcome, contact the office or auctioneers for more information.

Top Prices
Texel shearlings with twins - £470 G&KM Atkinson.
Texel shearlings with singles - £420 PJ&ES Rogerson.
Mule shearlings with twins - £420 G&KM Atkinson.
Mule shearlings with singles - £345 JM&NJ Strickland.
Beltex shearlings with singles - £385 MW&HE Pedley.

Texel ewes with twins - £425 MW&HE Pedley & PJ&ES Rogerson.
Texel ewes with singles - £420 PJ&ES Rogerson.
Mule ewes with twins - £395 RC Wharton.
Mule ewes with singles - £260 RJ Bell.
Badger Face ewe with twins - £300 A&S Miles.
Suffolk ewes with twins - £430 JM Livestock.
Suffolk ewes with singles - £345 JM Livestock.
Cheviot ewes with twins - £310 HP Blackwell.
Cheviot ewes with singles - £200 HP Blackwell.

Hoggs with singles - £315 RC Wharton.

SPRING LAMBS ROCKET

The first of the new season lambs were sold at Junction 36 today and were highly sought after! FE&CM Robinson, Milnthorpe won the show and the proceeded to get up to 528.9p/kg for his lambs, which was purchased by Brown's Quailty Meats, Ulverston. Today’s show was kindly judged by Mr Alfie Blacklidge and sponsored by ELeck Energy, Barclays, Thornton Breakers and AW Jenkinson.

CLASS 1- SINGLE NATIVE SPRING LAMB
1st RJ & J TOWERS- SUFFOLK- 46KG- £230
2nd TA BLAIR- SUFFOLK- 58KG- £175
3rd N WALLER- DORSET- 48KG- £154

CLASS 2- SINGLE CONTINENTAL SPRING LAMBS
1st FE & CM ROBINSON- TEXEL- 45KG- £238
2nd FE & CM ROBINSON- TEXEL- 44KG- £224
3rd RJ & J TOWERS- CHAROLAIS- 44KG- £220

CHAMPION- FE & CM ROBINSON
RESERVE CHAMPION- FE & CM ROBINSON

An SQQ average of 470.67p/kg was achieved.

An overall average of 385p/kg.

Texel lambs topped at £238 from Messrs Robinson, as mentioned previously. Charollais hit £230 or 500p/kg from RJ&J Towers, Ingleton. Hampshires hit 344p/kg from A&S Miles, Ulverston. While Dorsets topped at 321p/kg from N Waller, Killington.

Contact Joel McGarva on 07920009097 with any enquiries about next week’s sale.

PRIME HOGGS

Mixy hogg show still sees demand.
A similar trade for most sheep on the week, with the in specification hoggs selling very well once again.
Heavier sheep however face more resistance with much of todays sale falling into this category.
40kg Blue Texels hit 402.5p/kg from A&S Miles, Ulverston. Heavier hoggs sold to 366p/kg for 47kg Beltex, this was for a pair from AT Burrow & Son, Gressingham. Texels topped at 360p/kg for a pen of six from R&J Moorhouse, Grange Over Sands. 39kg Texels from N Barker, Burton in Kendal hit 356p/kg or £139. While a run of eighteen from AW &AM Clarke, Windermere made £1 less for the same weight. Lighter end of hoggs also a tad less from a week ago. A pair of 38kg Texels sold to £136 from SH&PI Bowes, Stainton. Ultra lights long keep hoggs found less momentum, with 24kg hoggs selling under the 300p/kg mark. On a day which provided a proper mix of end of season hoggs show, ranging from 16kg to 77kg, an overall average of 308p/kg was achieved. Many types still very much wanted and with all types sellable at Junction 36, do not hesitate to get in touch regarding next weeks sale, contact Joel McGarva on 07920009097.

CAST SHEEP

Numbers forward increasing weekly with 640 genuine local farmer ewes at todays sale. All sold today averaged £121, with over half the sale being smaller and leaner hill ewes.
Only a handful of stronger ewes forward today, selling to £270 for Suffolks from TA Blair, Thornton with others £230 to £250. Mules sold to £230 for Cheviot Mules from WS Burrow Ltd, Silverdale with North Country Mules to £192 from K&S Troughton, Sedbergh. Others were £190 from RR&JA Knowles, Docker and RG&LR Holmes, Carnforth. Hill ewes sold to £194 for Cheviots, £136 Swaledales, £132 Rough Fells, £124 Herdwick, £108 SBF and £60 Hebrideans.

A few more cull rams forward selling to £208 for medium continentals, with others £170 to £190 and hill rams to £138 for Rough Fells.