Prime Lambs

The weekly sale of prime lambs had an entry of 1450 forward selling to an overall market average of 247p/kg. All specifications of lambs eagerly bid for at J36 with buyers looking to purchase lambs well finished. Once again heavy weight lambs continue to be very eagerly bid for a J36. The trade peaked at £157 for Texel’s from WT Whitaker & Son, Nether Kellet with other heavy weight Texels to £153 from EJ & P Burrow, Storth, £152.50 from TA Teasdale, Newton in Cartmel and £149 from FI & ME Little, Barrow Green. Charollais heavy lambs topped at £155 from TA Teasdale, Newton in Cartmel with heavy weight continentals to £152 from WB Kellet, Cockerham. Plenty more pens of heavy weight continental lambs selling in the region of £140.
Upland heavy weight lambs continue to be in demand selling to a top of £143 from a Leicester from EW & JR Parkinson, Dunsop Bridge. Cheviots at 55kg peaked at £138 from Stockdale Farms, Sedbergh. Mules sold to a top of £133 for a pen of 29 lambs weighing 53kg from EW & JR Parkinson, Dunsop Bridge followed by 49kg mules to £125 from FI & ME Little, Barrow Green and £124 from WJ & I France & Son, Chipping. Handy weighted in specification lambs between 42-47kg well finished well fleshed continental lambs regularly selling in the region of 250p/kg with better quality lambs selling often between 255-270p/kg with best types selling in excess of that.
Light weight export lambs starting to be required with light continental lambs between 32-36kg which are well finished trading between 240 and 250p/kg. if you have lightweight lambs to market, please contact a member of the team.

Cast Sheep

720 ewes forward today at J36. With trade up for all types many more numbers easier sold to a full ring side of buyers. Texel ewes sold to a top of £180 from RG&L Potter, Penrith. With others selling to £176 from J&C Airey, Little Urswick. Regular away the best Texel ewes were selling between to £150-£170 mark. Mule ewe trade increased on the week with the best selling to £134 from AW Crowe, Witherslack. Strong fleshed mule ewes were regular selling over the £110 mark. Hill ewes sold to a top of £100 for Rough Fells from WJ Dawson, Sedbergh. A large number of Swaledale ewes forward, these saw a top of £88 for a full pen from J Bargh & Son, Morecambe. With others selling to £87 from R Lawrence, Grange over Sands. Fit, Strong pens of Swaledale ewes were regular selling to the £75-£80 mark. Herdwick ewes sold to a top of £75 from AJ&L Birkett, Little Langdale.