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J36 Crooklands Livestock Auction: J36 Sale of Pigs, Prime Hoggs and Cast Sheep, Tuesday 11th February 2025.

PIGS

100 pigs of all classes were in today, with prime pigs not quite at the levels of last sale.
Topping at £230 was a trio of gilts from PK&R Woof, Stainton with these also topping the pence per kilo at 219p. Sows sold to £160 from M Coxhead, Preston with lightweight boars to £125 from J&L Mallender, Skipton.
Stores and weaners continue to arrive in volume at Junction 36, with these selling to £86 for a pen of eight Pie Train weaners from M Coxhead, Preston.

PRIME HOGGS - The prime sheep trade continues to delight.

An extremely strong trade yet again at Junction 36 shows no let up for the better end and well-fed types. A slight drop was witnessed for the lightest end of hoggs, in the 30kg-35kg range. Leaner and weathered types were also less than the previous couple of weeks. However fit and fed hoggs sold like hot cakes with as much demand as ever.
All the twos!! £222 was met twice for Texel hoggs from T Wilson, Selside and a continental hogg from RHMS Boyren, Ulverston. Many other pens sold over the £200 mark and a remarkable number of sheep today were over £190, including many Mules, topping at £197 from EJ Hodgson & Son, Kendal.
In specification and well fed hoggs were highly sought after from start to finish. A nice pen of four 49kg sheep hit £194 or 389.8p/kg from Messrs Rogerson, Appleby. Lighter 40kg hoggs sold to £154 for a pen of seventeen Texels and a pair in-between at 45kg reached £173.
Lighter hoggs today topped at 372.2p/kg for six Texel from Messrs Colbear, Appleby. Eleven Cheviots at a similar weight reached 367.6p/kg, these were from AA Bentham, Dent.
An overall average of 331.21p/kg or £149 was achieved today, with numbers sold well up on the year and an ever increasing ringside of buyers.
For any further enquiries, please contact Joel McGarva on 07920009097.

CAST SHEEP

Once again ewe numbers rising with over 800 genuine farmer ewes forward and all selling to an animated trade, with buyers competing for all classes and types. Best continentals were regularly £200 plus. Topping at £240 for Texels from PW&D Swindlehurst, Kendal with Suffolks to £225 from H Wilson, Selside.
Strongest first cross ewes were £180 plus, peaking at £208 from PJ&ES Rogerson, Appleby. Mediums were regularly £155 to £175 and the best of the smaller end £125 to £140. Mules sold to £160, with other heavies £150 plus. Mediums were £130 to £148 and smaller meated £110 to £125.
Pure hill ewes sold to £185 for Cheviots, Herdwicks £138, Dalesbred £130, Rough Fells £128, SBF £112, Gritstone £110 and Swaledale £110. Other medium hill ewes were regularly £90 to £110, with lighter weights £65 to £80 and only the smallest and leanest less.
30 cull rams sold to £200 for continentals with mediums generally £160 to £185, hill rams sold to £165, with others £130 to £155 and leaner harder worked lads £90 to £110.

Top Prices

PRIME HOGGS:

TEXEL: £222.00 Hill Park, £209.00 Thrimby Hall, £198.00 Borrow Bridge House, £196.00 Longfield Manor, £191.00 Mason Gill, £188.00 Thrimby Hall. CONTNIENTIAL: £222.00 Hill Park, £204.00 Marshside, £193.00 Marshside, £190.00 North Farm, £186.00 North Farm, £179.00 Marshside. MULE: £197.00 Lambrigg Head Farm, £174.00 Nether House Farm, £172.00 Holme House Farm, £165.00 Lambrigg Head Farm, £161.00 Holme House Farm, £157.00 Mansrigg Hall. SUFFOLK: £192.00 Longfield Manor, £169.00 Longfield Manor, £160.00 The Glen, £160.00 White Horse, £154.00 Greaves Farm, £136.00 Nether Hall Farm. TEESWATER: £178.00 Nether Hall Farm. ROUGH FELL: £172.00 Bowers Farm, £165.00 Lambrigg Head, £159.00 Millriggs, £156.00 Boundary Beck, £151.00 Boundary Beck, £145.00 Borrow Bridge Farm. HORNED: £167.00 Nether House Farm, £123.00 Rydal Farm, £100.00 Guides Farm. BELTEX: £163.00 Ashtree Cottage, £159.00 Middlebarrow Plain. DUTCHSPOTTED: £158.00 Lane Ends Farm, £150.00 Lane Ends Farm, £149.00 Lane Ends Farm, £146.00 Lane Ends Farm, £144.00 Lane Ends Farm. SCOTCH BLACKFACE: £156.00 Mansrigg Hall, £127.00 Parsonage Farm, £127.00 Parsonage Farm, £127.00 Parsonage Farm. LEICESTER: £155.00 Flodder Hall, £136.00 Flodder Hall, £100.00 Flodder Hall. CHEVIOT: £154.00 Outrake Farm, £147.00 High Tenement Farm, £140.00 Well Foot, £137.00 Outrake Foot, £136.00 Outrake Foot, £118.00 Nibthwaite Grange Farm. CHAROLLAIS: £153.00 Lane Ends Farm, £119.00 Tongue House Farm. SWALEDALE: £138.00 Nether House Farm, £134.00 Cobble Hey Farm, £131.00 Thrimby Hall Farm, £131.00 Thrimby Hall Farm. £128.00 Mill Riggs, £108.00 Rydal Farm. DALESBRED: £134.00 Brown Brook. BADGER TEXEL: £131.00 Brow Head. DORSET: £126.00 Nibthwaite Grange Farm. HERDWICK: £125.00 Millriggs, £115.00 Tebay Ghyll, £113.00 Hall Dunnerdale Farm, £111.00 Rydal Farm, £111.00 Hall Dunnerdale Farm, £88.00 Tongue House Farm.

CAST EWE:

TEXEL: £240.00 Tranthwaite Hall, £220.00 Brown Brook, £220.00 Mason Gill, £220.00 Storth End Farm, £208.00 Mason Gill, £205.00 Birch Bank. SUFFOLK: £225.00 Ashstead, £155.00 Marshside, £140.00 Sproat Ghyll. CHAROLLAIS: £200.00 Preston Patrick Hall. ZWARTABLE: £190.00 Greaves Farm. CONTINENTIAL: £185.00 Mint Close, £155.00 Mint Close, £138.00 Wall End Farm, £136.00 Sproat Ghyll, £130.00 Sproat Ghyll. CHEVIOT: £185.00 Forest Hall Farm, £142.00 Marshside, £140.00 Mansrigg Hall, £118.00 Mansrigg Hall. CHAROLLAISXMULE: £160.00 Marshside, £158.00 Fairbank Farm, £155.00 Fairbank Farm, £155.00 Fairbank Farm. MULE: £158.00 Mason Gill, £155.00 Marshside, £154.00 Riddings Farm, £146.00 Moorhouse Farm, £140.00 Mireside Farm. LEICESTER: £150.00 Yewbarrow, £142.00 Flodder Hall. MASHAM: £134.00 Lambrigg Head. DALESBRED: £130.00 Yarlsber, £95.00 Holme House. ROUGHFELL: £128.00 Mansrigg Hall, £125.00 Borrowbridge, £124.00 Lambrigg Head, £122.00 Sproat Ghyll, £110.00 High Swinklebank Farm. SCOTCH BLACKFACE: £112.00 Moor House Farm, £88.00 Moorhouse Farm, £70.00 Moorhouse Farm. SWALEDALE: £110.00 Nether House Farm, £108.00 Holme House, £106.00 Flodder Hall, £100.00 Wall End Farm, £98.00 Nether House Farm, £94.00 Bridge End Farm. HORNED: £110.00 Mansrigg Hall, £96.00 Holme House Farm, £96.00 Mansrigg Hall, £92.00 Mansrigg Hall, £90.00 Yewbarrow. HERDWICK: £110.00 Marshside, £96.00 Far Kiln Bank, £54.00 Thwaite End.

CAST RAM:

TEXEL: £200.00 Brown Brook, £182.00 Brown Brook, £172.00 Hallbeck, £172.00 Bandrake Farm, £170.00 Brown Brook. CHAROLLAIS: £195.00 Lane Ends Farm, £138.00 Lambrigg Head, £94.00 Beckside Mews. DUTCHSPOTTED: £190.00 Lane Ends Farm, £150.00 Bandrake Farm. HORNED: £165.00 Mansrigg Hall, £115.00 Higher Salter. SWALEDALE: £150.00 Forest Hall Farm, £110.00 Well Foot, £95.00 Tongue House, £80.00 Railway Cottages. DALESBRED: £140.00 Yarlsber, £122.00 Yarlsber, £120.00 Brown Brook, £100.00 Yarlsber. GRITSTONE: 132.00 Wall End Farm. KERRY HILL: £125.00 Hall Dunnerdale Farm House. JACOB: £124.00 Wall End Farm. CHEVIOT: £120.00 High Borrowbridge. SCOTCH BLACKFACE: £118.00 Moorhouse Farm. SUFFOLK: £110.00 Hallbeck. HERDWICK: £98.00 Hall Dunnerdale Farm House, £90.00 Wall End Farm.

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