25 March 2025

J36 Crooklands Livestock Auction: J36 Sale of Pigs, Breeding Sheep, Prime Hoggs & Cast Sheep, Tuesday 25th March 2025

170 BREEDING SHEEP

A large entry today at Junction 36 with a broad selection of quality of all breeds. 60 families were up for grabs today, with an overall average of £330 a family.
Topping today’s trade was R&E Ladds, Kendal with an impressive run of Dutch Spotted Texels with lambs to match reaching £435 for sets of twins. The same firm had a multitude of lots over the £400 barrier, the quality of the lambs on them was reflected in today’s price.
We had a large entry of Suffolk ewes with Charollais and Beltex cross lambs courtesy of JM Livestock, Ayrshire. This firm topped the single trade with a pen of five achieving £295 each. Most of the twins from the same home were over the £400 barrier, with a top price of £425 achieved.
Mules continue to be a solid trade, reflecting the confidence in the cull ewe trade. Mules topped today at £340 with twin Texel lambs from TW Gorst, Crook, with the overall average for Mules today finished at £292.50.
With April in sight and with grass beginning to boom, demand is forecast to increase. All entries of sheep and lambs are welcomed at Junction 36, so do not hesitate to contact the office or auctioneers with entries or for information. We have over fifty families on the books for next Tuesday, with many more expected in the next few days.

PIGS

87 store and prime pigs were forward today, with a selective trade witnessed and better end pigs achieving premium prices.
Topping at £250 was firstly a pair of gilts from D Nicholson, Cockerham weighing 96kg, these also topped the pence per kilo at 260. Also at £250 was J&JR Stott, Kingsland who sold a further two at £245. GC&GW Taylor, Kendal topped at £240 for a pair of gilts, with boars topping at £175 from D Nicholson, Cockermouth.
Stores and weaners sold to £66 for well grown gilts from Messrs Edmondson, Ambleside with weaners selling to £62 from M&S Blease, Milnthorpe.

PRIME HOGGS

Larger numbers and a larger trade.
Handy weight hoggs fly of the shelves, with 39kg to 45kg sheep dearer than the previous week. A large show of heavies forward still face some resistance however hoggs of the right specification saw fierce bidding from start to finish.
A pair of 45kg Texels from GM&A Jackson, Little Eccleston jump to £204 or 453.3p/kg.
The same home saw a further eleven pens over the 410p/kg weight up to 47kgs.
Lighter weight hoggs storm to 400p/kg for 39kgs from DJ Clarke Farming, Garstang.
Well fed heavy hoggs from 50kg to 57kg were regularly sold between the 315p/kg to 330p/kg mark, while the very light end topped at 355p/kg for a pen of 31kg Texels from A&A Newbold, Killington.
Despite numbers going up the way at Junction 36, more could have easily been sold today. The ever strong ringside of buyers continue to increase the demand for sheep.
Please get in touch before next weeks sale with any enquires. Contact Joel McGarva on 07920009097.

CAST SHEEP

As promised an exceptional trade for all sold averaging £139.28, with over half the entry been hill ewes. Strong continental to £250 on several occasions, with others to £235 to £248 and mediums £195 to £225.
Mule to £188 with others £184, £178 with other pens £165-£175.
Mediums £138-£150 with large leaner mules to £128-£140. Pure hill ewes to £206 for cheviot with others at £200. Well fleshed cheviots £145-£160. Swales to £142, £140, £138. Herdwicks to £134, £128. Rough fells to £118. Medium hill ewes £100-£118. Lighter weight and leanest £75-£190.
Just a handful of rams forward to £250 with others at £230 & £210 with learner continentals £150-£180.

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BREEDING SHEEP

SHEARLINGS: DUTCHSPOTTED: £435.00 Benson Hall, £405.00 Benson Hall, £405.00 Benson Hall, £355.00 Benson. ZWARTABLE: £365.00 Benson Hall. EWES: DUTCHSPOTTED: £430.00 Benson Hall, £380.00 Benson Hall, £255.00 Curlew Rock, £250.00 Curlew Rock, £240.00 Curlew Rock, £235.00 Crook Hall Farm Ltd. SUFFOLK: £425.00 Roan Farm, £410.00 Roan Farm, £405.00 Roan Farm, £400.00 Roan Farm, £295.00 Roan Farm, £200.00 Roan Farm. MULE: £340.00 Gilpin Farm, £285.00 Gilpin Farm, £270.00 Gilpin Farm, £230.00 Gilpin Farm. TEXEL: £310.00 Lundholme Farm. CONTINENTIAL: £160.00 Gilpin Farm, £150.00 Gilpin Farm. PRIME

HOGGS

TEXEL: £204.00 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £200.00 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £199.00 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £195.00 Little Eccleston Hall, £189.00 Little Eccleston Hall, £186.00 Little Eccleston Hall. BELTEX: £190.00 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £189.00 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £189.00 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £189.00 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £187.00 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £181.00 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage. CONTINENTIAL: £190.00 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £163.00 Hill Top Farm, £161.00 Bowers Farm, £159.00 Halton Park Farm, £156.00 Oak Avenue, £153.00 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage. SUFFOLK: £169.00 Calverts Farm, £165.00 Park Farm Barn, £157.00 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £156.00 Lane Ends Farm, £154.00 Calverts Farm, £152.00 Halton Park Farm. CHEVIOT: £156.00 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £153.00 Moors Farm, £153.00 Hall Trees Farm, £152.00 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £144.00 Helks Farm, £143.00 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage. HORNED: £ Fold Farm, £141.00 Old School House, £120.00 Higher Salter, £116.00 Higher Salter, £102.00 Higher Salter, £82.00 Higher Salter. SCOTCH BLACKFACE: £150.00 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £144.00 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage. HERDWICK: £149.00Dale End, £139.00 Dale End, £118.00 Hall Dunnerdale Farm, £116.00 Dale End, £104.00 Cinderbarrow Farm, £104.00 Cinderbarrow Farm. MULE: £148.00 Park Farm Barn, £145.00 Berryholme, £144.00 Moors Farm, £142.00 Red Scar Farm, £140.00 Station Road, £136.00 The Glen. SWALEDALE: £135.00 Tills Hole, £132.00 Halton Park Farm, £119.00 Old School House, £112.00 Tills Hole, £110.00 Old School House, £108.00 Millriggs. ROUGH FELL: £130.00 Millriggs, £125.00 Millriggs, £123.00 Millriggs, £122.00 Tills Holes, £119.00 Bowers Farm. GRITSTONE: £129.00 Yew Tree Close. RYELAND: £126.00 Field House.

CAST EWES

Texel: £250 Angerton Hall Farm, £246 Grayrigg Hall, £224 Gibraltar Farm, £224 Isle of Man, £218 Gibraltar Farm, £216 Lundholme Farm. Leicester: £228 Grayrigg Hall, £212 High Borrans Farm. Continental: £224 Holmelands, £210 Mill Barn, £196 Holmelands, £190 Gibraltar Farm, £176 Holmelands, £176 Railway Cottages. Cheviot: £206 £200 Low Mill House. £174 Isle of Man, £140 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £140 Angerton Hall Farm, £136 Oak Fold. Charollais: £198 Isle of Man, £196 Holmelands. Suffolk: £198 £192 Hazelslack Tower Farm, £162 Kiln Beck. Mule: £188 Ashtree Cottage, £184 Dalton Old Hall, £184 Hazelslack Tower Farm, £178 Hill Top Farm, £178 Homelands, £178 Low Woodhouse. Dorset: £184 £144 Isle of Man. Swale: £142 Grayrigg Hall, £140 Turner Hall Farm, £138 High Greenside, £134 Barbon Fell House, £130 Grayrigg Hall, £124 Oak Fold. Herdwick: £134 £128 Turner Hall Farm, £122 Far Kiln Bank, £120 Turner Hall Farm, £102 Carlton House. Rough: £118 Rash Mill Cottage, £110 High Farm, £98 Moser Hill, £88 Old School House. Ryeland: £112 Merryfield. Scottish: £98 Isle of Man. Zwartble: £96 High Farm. Horned: £64 Roundthwaite. Gritstone: £60 Mill Riggs.

CAST RAMS

Beltex: £250 £230 £205 Angerton Hall Farm. Texel: £210 High Wardses Farm. Ryeland: £160 Field House. Continental: £150 £138 Calverts Farm. Cheviot: £110 Railway Cottages. Scotch Blackface: £74 Isle Of Man. Swale: £65 High Green Farm.

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J36 Crooklands Livestock Auction: J36 Sale of Pigs, Breeding Sheep, Prime Hoggs & Cast Sheep, Tuesday 25th March 2025

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