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J36 Crooklands Livestock Auction: J36 Weekly sale of Sheep with Lambs at Foot, Prime Hoggs and Cast Sheep. Tuesday 5th April 2022

Sheep with Lambs at Foot

All classes of sheep with lambs at foot were a sharper trade with the most demand seen ringside so far this season.
Continental ewes with twins sold to £280, averaging £229.
Mule ewes with twins sold to £260, averaging £213.
Continental ewes with singles sold to £220, averaging £171.
Mule ewes with singles sold to £200, averaging £161.
Cheviot ewes with twins sold to £170, averaging £168.
Cheviot ewes with singles sold to £195, averaging £167.

Prime Hoggs

A better show of prime hoggs in terms of quality were met more demand ringside with all buyers noticeably keener for all speciation’s of hoggs. There was an overall market average of 254p/kg, with handy weights averaging 268p/kg. Trade peaked at £166 for heavy weighted Charollais from JA&R Geldard & Son, Levens.

Cast Sheep

The cast ewe trade goes from strength to strength, Leicester ewes won the top spot today selling to £210 from Strickland Hill Farming with other Leicester ewes selling to £197 from T Ayrton & Sons, Over Wyresdale. The Ayrton Family continued their good day at the mart with their Texels cast ewes selling to a top of £208. The best pure bred Texel ewes were regularly selling at the £190-£200 mark. A run of Lleyn ewes from JA&R Geldard & Sons, Levens sold to a top of £157. Mule ewes were a faster trade than last week, selling to a top of £154 from LE&A Ridding, Selside with others to £152 from M&JW Stirzaker, Milnthorpe. 110 Mule ewes were forward averaging £115. Rough Fell ewes sold to an impressive £129 from G&ID Postlethwaite, Howgill who also sold a pen of Scotch ewes to £118. Swaledale ewes topped at £119 from LM Berry, Cartmel with others to £117 twice from J&J Postlethwaite, Howgill and D Sharp, Lyth. The best meated Swaledale ewes were selling well over the £100 mark.
The cast ram trade gets better and better, Texel rams sold to a top of £252 from RJ&R Holden, Silecroft, whom also sold Cheviots to £210. Other noted prices for Texels included £208 from D&J Woof, Downbiggin. Hill tups sold to £168 for Scottish Black Faces from G&ID Postlethwaite, Howgill. All types of cast ewes and rams are required for next week sale.

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Top Prices

Shearling & Lamb:

Texel - £155 Scar Sykes Farm. Mule - £145 Scar Sykes Farm.

Ewe & Lamb:

Continental - £280, £268, £222 Hallbeck. Texel - £270 Headless Close, £228, £220 Mosergh Farm, £220 Headless Close. Mule - £260, £250, £220 Beaumont Gate. Cheviot - £195, £170, £168 Wood Broughton Barn. Charollais - £160 The Old Vicarage.

Prime Hogg:

Charollais - £166 Low Foulshaw Farm, £119, £116, £103 Holmelands. Texel - £153 The Barn, £149 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £147 Holmelands, £147 Oak Tree Farm, £146 Newcross House Farm. Beltex - £148 Meathop Park Farm. Cheviot - £139 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £133 Low Gregg Hall. Suffolk - £136 Dalton Old Hall, £132 Halton Park Farm, £131 Dalton Old Hall, £130 Kendal House Farm, £130 Halton Park Farm. Leicester - £134 Hareden Farm. Mule - £133, £127.5 Calderside Farm, £122 Hareden Farm, £122 Wilcocks Farm, £121 Sowerby Lodge. Horned - £125 Old School House, £121 Oak Tree Farm, £119 Hazelslack Tower Farm, £115 Sowerby Lodge. Continental - £123 Sowerby Lodge, £112 Old School House, £109 Oak Avenue, £105 Holmelands, £90 Rydal Farm. Lleyn - £120 Low Foulshaw Farm. Dales Bred - £119 Fell End Farm. Swaledale - £116, £96 Wilcocks Farm, £96 Old School House, £88.5 Rydal Farm. Rough Fell - £112 Boundary Beck, £99 High Swinklebank Farm, £85 Low Deepslack. Scotch - £109, £108.5 Halton Park Farm. Herdwick - £100 Rydal Farm, £90 Low Mill House.

Cast Ewe:

Leicester - £210 Strickland Hill, £197 Yates Farm, £170 Stonethwaite Farm, £162 Long Garth, £136 Yates Farm. Texel - £208 Yates Farm, £195 Holmescales Farm, £194 Holmelands, £184 Newcross House Farm, £166 Mosergh Farm. Lleyn - £157, £144, £112 Low Foulshaw Farm. Mule - £154 Steel Croft, £152 Station Hotel Farm, £151 Birks Farm, £149 Borrans Farm, £148 Cracalt Farm. Dorset - £139 Warth Sutton Farm. Ryeland - £138 The Beeches. Continental - £136, £128 Tailbert, £100 Scroggs Farm, £95 Moss End Farm. Suffolk - £132 Birks Farm. Zwartble - £130 Town End. Rough Fell - £129 Riddings, £106, £86 High Swinklebank Farm. Swaledale - £119 Long Garth, £117 Flodder Hall, £117 Bramaskew, £107 Flodder Hall, £100 Town End. Scotch - £118 Riddings. Dales Bred - £90 Fell End Farm. Herdwick - £86 Troutal Farm. Masham - £84 High Swinklebank Farm. Cheviot - £73 Keen Ground Bungalow.

Cast Ram:

Texel - £252 Newcross House Farm, £208 Kiln Beck, £198 Yates Farm, £186 Cooper House. Cheviot - £120 Newcross House Farm. Scotch - £168 Riddings. Suffolk - £165 Middle Birkby Farm, £138 Reeds Gardens. Swaledale - £126 Bridge End Farm, £112 Tailbert. Rough Fell - £125 Riddings. Herdwick - £122 Troutal Farm. Beltex - £120 Langhorn Farm.

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