Spring Lambs

A larger entry were forward this week were met by a stronger trade with all buyers keen to purchase. There were 514 spring lambs that averaged 258p/kg with lambs 40kg plus easiest to sell. Suffolk lambs sold to a top of £133.50 from Helen Newton of Low Levens closely followed by £132 from D Metcalfe of Dalton in Furness. Charolais lambs sold to a top of £132.50 from WS Burrow and Sons of Silverdale with Beltex lambs from the same good home selling to £129. Beltex lambs sold to a top of 286p/kg from WS Burrow and Sons of Silverdale, closely followed by AE Atkinson of Endmoor to 284p/kg with plenty of pens of good confirmation lambs in the region of 280p/kg. Lightweight lambs saw 35kg Beltex lambs from EM Standing of Witherslack with 35kg Texel lambs from WA Ward and Son of Slyne selling to £88.50.

Prime Hoggs

An entry of 150 hoggs in the Market saw a very mixed entry in terms of quality, as to be expected at this time of year. The trade topped at £116 for Texel hoggs from LC Cuthbertson of Windermere with decent Continental hoggs over £100. Better, well fleshed confirmation Continental hoggs sold over 200p/kg topping at 238p/kg from JG Harryman of Hawkshead. Hill hoggs sold to a top of 222p/kg for Herdwick from Messrs Edmondson of Great Langdale.

Cast Sheep

A larger entry of ewes sold to a very strong trade with all buyers keen to purchase ewes and rams. There was plenty of heavy weight Continental and Suffolk ewes selling in the £120’s selling to a top of £130 for Suffolk ewes from Liz Needham of Stainton with Texel ewes to £128 from E Dodgson, Kendal. All Suffolk ewes forward averaged £117 and Continental ewes averaged £106.33. There were many consignments of ewes averaging well over the £100 mark. Cheviot Mule ewes sold to a top of £110 from SP Pease of Underley with Mule ewes selling to £104 from JW & D Robinson and Son of Nook with plenty of good Mule ewes selling in the late nineties. Cast rams topped at £111 for Teeswaters from JA Bennett of Longsleddale, Rough Fell tups to £92 from BJ Bainbridge of Shap and Herdwick tups to £91 from JG Harryman of Hawkshead. Horned ewes topped at £85 for Scottish Blackface ewes from JW & TE Sharpe of Lyth closely followed by Swaledale ewes to £84 from TE, JA and SA Carruthers of Underbarrow.

Sheep with Lambs at Foot

The smallest entry of the season as the end draws to a close, but still plenty of interest from buyers with vendors wishing to sell sheep or hoggs with lambs at foot encouraged to contact a member of staff for marketing advice. Mule hoggs with Texel single lambs at foot sold to £172 from RG & H Preece of Roeburndale. Mule shearlings and single Texel lambs sold to £160 from ED Robinson of Whinfell.