Prime Hoggs

Once again, a wide range of hoggs were forward, ranging from 28kg to 68kg with buyers showing the keenest interest in well finished hoggs to fulfil orders. Heavy weight hoggs sold to £140 for Texel x Mules from R&EA Gardner, Briggsteer with other heavy weights generally selling at £120 to £130. Standard weight hoggs sold to £117 for Texel x from FI&ME Little, Barrows Green with others at £113 from G Hargreaves, Scotforth. Light weight hoggs saw a sharp rise selling to £96 for Beltex x from G Hargreaves, Scotforth with others also achieving £96 from K Little & D McClure, Carmel. Over half the entry again being hill bred hoggs, selling to £110 for Cheviots from Stockdale Farms, Sedbergh with Mules selling to £111 from R&PE Hargreaves & Son, Burnley and Mashams £110 from A Guy, Ambleside. Dalesbreds sold to £107 from R Capstick & Son, Ingleton, Herdwicks to £98 from MW&PA Rollason, Meathop and Scotch Black Face to £96 from GM&A Jackson, Little Eccleston.
Beltex hoggs from GM&A Jackson, Little Eccleston sold to 268p/kg with others at 262p/kg from BH Bainbridge and 260p/kg from Messrs Chaplin, Ulverston. Well finished hoggs were generally achieving 225p/kg-240p/kg, with the leaner grass fed hoggs 210p/kg-220p/kg.

Cast Sheep

440 ewes were forward with trade being sharper again on the week. Pure bred Texel ewes led the way selling to £172 from J Woodburn & Partners, Ulverston with other Texel ewes selling to £148 from D&S Robinson, Beckside. Suffolk ewes sold to £137 from J Woodburn & Partners, Ulverston who sold other full pens to £136. Meaty Continental bred ewes were regularly selling at the £120 to £130 mark. Mule ewes peaked at £124 from JBL&I Ellis, New Hutton with other full pens selling to £122 from J Woodburn & Partners, Ulverston with the best Mule ewes regularly selling at £110 plus, medium fit Mule ewes were £95 to £100. Hill ewes topped at £142 for Cheviots from J Woodburn & Partners, Ulverston with other Cheviots selling to £98 from J&A Smales, Ingleton. Rough Fells sold to a top of £124 from S&W Dickinson, Tebay with other Rough Fells to £103 from JA Law, Carnforth. Swaledales topped at £92 from M Todd, Longsleddale with medium fit Swaledale ewes regularly £60 to £65. Dalesbred ewes sold to a top of £94 for a pen of five from R Capstick & Son, Ingleton.
Texel rams sold to a top of £136 from TW&C Shepherd, Underbarrow. Leicester’s sold to £120 from WM&JE Shuttleworth, Barbon and Rough Fells selling to £100 from GM Sedgwick & Sons, Sedbergh.