20 May 2025

J36 Crooklands Livestock Auction: J36 Weekly Sale of Spring Lambs, Prime Hoggs, Cast Sheep & Sheep with Lambs at Foot, Tuesday 20th May 2025.

BREEDING SHEEP

A stronger show today with a decent trade right through despite the entire country praying for rain. - It will rain at some point!
There was a good mix of goods today with the sale evenly split with hoggs, shearlings and ewes.
Continental and Mule ewes with well grown lambs were in the most demand. Topping today was a Texel shearling with twins from JM&NJ Strickland, Whinfell making £360. The same vendor had the top price ewe, with a pen of Mule ewes with twins at £340.
Some new vendors on show today with sheep out if the Lakeland hills, who will have regular consignments for the next few weeks, these include Texedale, Herdwick, Swaledale and Cheviots with Texel and Mule lambs at foot.
Next week will be the second show and sale of hoggs with lambs, as well as the regular sheep and lamb sale. Catalogue entries close for hoggs close tomorrow. Next weeks sale starts at the slightly earlier time of 10.30am, for more information contact the office or auctioneers:
Rob Cloughton, 07867000244
Will Rogerson, 07506283587

PRIME LAMBS & HOGGS

Prime lambs sell well, however more resistance faced in general on the week for sheep.
224 spring lambs forward saw a slight decrease from last weeks fantastic trade.
Hoggs also sold in line with the general trade of late, with especially heavy weight or longer keep sheep a lot harder to sell. Handy weight sheep in both sections very much the desired item.
Texel lambs topped at £169 for a pair from D&K Swarbrick, Out Rawcliffe. Other Texels sold to £166 or 386p/kg for 43kg lambs. The same home then had a 42kg lamb at the same pence per kilo, totalling £162. Lighter spring lambs at 36kg sold to 358.3p/kg from EM Standing, Witherslack.
Hoggs topped at 347.1p/kg for a pair of Texels from BJ Bowness, Kendal. Heavies of which there were many, sold to £164 for a pair from AG Butler, Hambleton. Handy weight hoggs were regularly between the £130 and £140 mark.
Next week maintains the usual start time of 1pm, if you have any questions in relation to the Bluetongue restrictions, please contact one of our auctioneers.

CULL EWES

Cull ewes to £232 for Beltex from CM Jennings, Selside with all strongest continentals £200+. Suffolk x mules to £222 from DM & D Cook, Ulverston with Texel x mules to £218 from TH & DM Cornthwaite, Low Tarn. Cheviot mules to £218 from Harry Cornthwaite, Low Tarn with North of England mules to £180 from RI Dixon, Low Newton. Other breeds saw Hampshires to £198 from J & O Galbraith, Endmoor and the best of the hill breeds to £160 for Rough Fell from A O’neill, Sedbergh, £155 for Cheviot from EM Standing, Witherslack, £142 for Herdwick from AE Luffman, Sedbergh and £136 for Swaledale from D Sharp, Flodder.
Cull rams sold to £238 for a Beltex from MA & JA Winn, Burneside with others to £200 from JA & KJ Allen, Ings.

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HOGG & LAMB:

SUFFOLK: £300 (X2) Yoad Pot.

SHEARLING & LAMB:

TEXEL: £360, £240 The Borrans, £225 Low Beckside. MULE: £305, £220 Boundary Beck.

EWE & LAMB:

MULE: £340, £320 The Borrans, £305 Boundary Beck, £230, £210 Low Beckside, £180 High Woodend. TEXEL: £335 The Borrans, £305, £290, £275 Low Beckside. CONTINENTAL: £310, £305 Low Beckside, £255 (x2) High Greenside, £215, £202 Low Beckside. SWALEDALE: £190 High Greenside, £135, £125 High House Farm. CHEVIOT: £140 Sella Farm. HERDWICK: £105 Sella Farm.

SPRING LAMBS:

Texel: £169 Bensons Farm, £166 £162 The Hawthorns, £160 Bensons Farm, £154 Ackenthwaite Farm, £153 Endmoor Farm, £152 Warth Sutton Farm. Suffolk: £154 Ackenthwaite Farm, £151 £145 Station Hotel Farm, £141 Lackslot, £140 Ackenthwaite Farm, £139 Patton Hall. Hampshire: £149 £137 Endmoor Farm. Dorset: £140 £138 Farleton House, £136 Warth Sutton Farm. Charollais: £138 Redbank Farm, £137 Station Hotel Farm, £135 Redbank Farm. Beltex: £135 £127 Farleton House. Continental: £132 Head House.

PRIME HOGGS:

Texel: £164 Park Farm Barn, £156 Halton Park Farm, £156 Mint Close, £155 Park Farm, £153 Mint Close, £151 Halton Park Farm, £145 Brow Head. Suffolk: £151 x2 Halton Park Farm, £138 £136 Station Hotel Farm, £134 £128 £120 Helm Croft. Continental: £144 Red Scar Farm, £140 Halton Park Farm, £140 Red Scar Farm, £135 £134 £130 New Hall, £123 Halton Park Farm. Cheviot: £141 New Hall, £136 £124 Helks Farm, £117 New Hall. Beltex: £139 Helks Farm, £136 New Hall. Mule: £138 Barras Farm, £124 The Hawthorns, £124 New Hall, £118 Halton Park Farm, £104 High Gate House, £102 Well Foot. Charollais: £134 Halton Park Farm, £126 Dawson Fold. Swale: £129 £115 Halton Park Farm, £98 Well Foot, £95 £88 The Hawthorns. Herdwick: £120 Turner Hall Farm, £118 Helks Farm, £117 The Hawthorns, £112 Helks Farm, £108 The Hawthorns. Dalesbred: £117 Halton Park Farm. Scotch Blackface: £104 Kirkby Hall. Rough Fell: £76 £70 Millriggs, £64 High Bethicar.

CAST EWES:

BELTEX: £232 Crake Hall, £155 Farleton House. CHAROLAIS: £230 Oak Aveune, £165 Preston Patrick Hall, £140 Dawson Fold. SUFFOLK: £222 Smithy Green Farm, £170 Somme Aveune, £158 Halton Park Farm, £130 Tuner Hall Farm, £92 Strickland Hill. CHEVIOT MULE: £218, £178 Low Tarn Green, £172 Somme Aveune, £148 Carlton House. TEXEL: £218 Low Tarn Green, £210 Smithy Green Farm, £205 High Underbrow Farm, £205 Hill Top Farm, £205 Bensons Farm, £200 Spital Farm. HAMPSHIRE: £198 Endmoor Farm. CONTINENTAL: £180 Crabtree Farm, £166 Preston Patrick Hall, £158 Kirket Nook, £150 Broadhead, £130 Preston Patrick Hall, £130 Kirkby Hall. MULE: £180 Low Newton Farm, £178 Hill Top Farm, £172 Crabtree Farm, £170 Green Close, £168 Bensons Farm, £168 Smithy Green Farm. ROUGH FELL: £160 Shacklabank Farm, £148, £122 Bandrake Farm, £118 St Annes Farm, £112 Somme Aveune, £98 High Swinklebank Farm. LLEYN: £158, £130, £125 Low Longmire Farm. DORSET: £155 Farleton House. CHEVIOT: £155 Kirket Nook, £118 High Arnside Farm, £118 Low Deepslack, £92 (x2) Old School House, £80 Audlands Park. HERDWICK: £142 Beckside, £118, £115 Turner Hall, £80 High Wallabarrow Farm. MASHAM: £140 High Swinklebank Farm. SWALEDALE: £136, £120 Flodder Hall, £120 Low Newton Farm, £118 High Underbrow, £108 Well Foot, £108 Barras Farm. DUTCH SPOTTED: £130 Bandrake Farm. LEICESTER: £120 Well Foot, £102 Strickland Hill.

CAST RAMS:

BELTEX: £238 High Underbrow Farm, £200, £175 St Annes Farm, £170 High Underbrow Farm, £165 Town House. CHAROLAIS: £198 Farleton House. SWALEDALE: £112 Turner Hall Farm, £80 Low Deepslack. HERDWICK: £106, £90 High Wallabarrow Farm. CHEVIOT: £102 High Bethicar.

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J36 Crooklands Livestock Auction: J36 Weekly Sale of Spring Lambs, Prime Hoggs, Cast Sheep & Sheep with Lambs at Foot, Tuesday 20th May 2025.

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