Store Lambs

There was a slightly smaller entry of store lambs this week that saw a strong trade for larger types of lambs selling well into the sixties. Suffolk lambs lead the way today topping at £72.50 from HE & M Henderson, Dent closely followed by Charolais lambs from CC & HM Roberts of Tebay selling to £70.50. Texel lambs sold to a top of £70 from D & C Middleton of Carnforth and TLB & J Knowles of Selside. Others sold to £69 from JA Chapman of Singleton Park, with others to £68.50 TJ Beaty of Troutbeck. Beltex lambs sold to top of £68 from J Potter of Tebay. Buyers were looking to purchase lambs with plenty of growth about them with plenty of them strong medium keep Continental and Suffolk lambs selling towards the sixty mark. Hill bred lambs saw Cheviots top of £62 from TLB & J Knowles with Mules selling to £58 from SJ & M Richardson and Son of Lupton and others to £56.50 from RI Dixon of Low Newton with strong Mules selling in the mid- fifties.