SHEEP WITH LAMBS AT FOOT

The second show and sale of hoggs with lambs at foot was kindly sponsored by the Milking Parlour Ice Cream, Kirkby Lonsdale. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank our pre-sale judge Mrs Karen Swarbrick and her eager young shepherds, Henry and Freddie for their time and expertise, she awarded the prizes as followed:

Class 1- 5 Mule Hoggs with Lambs at Foot
1st Winter Bros- £310
2nd Winter Bros- £300
3rd G&KM Atkinson- £225

Class 2- 5 Continental Hoggs with Lambs at Foot
1st JC&E Pedley- £285
2nd JC&E Pedley- £250
3rd G&KM Atkinson- £260

Champion- JC&E Pedley- £285
Reserve Champion- Winter Bros- £310

First class hoggs with lambs were eagerly bid for, however some second class hoggs and lambs were harder to place. Once again Winter Brothers, Clickham brought a wonderful run of hoggs which saw their best pen selling to £310, with other pens from the same good home to £300. All Continental bred hoggs with lambs sold to a flying trade with JC&E Pendley & Sons, Sedbergh best pen selling to £285, with other pens to £260 from G&KM Atkinson, Colby. An overall average for all Continental hoggs with lambs of £252.
The continued flock reduction from P Mason, Burton in Kendal saw Cheviot Mule one crop ewes with Beltex lambs sell to £259. Texel shearlings from RG&H Preece, Roeburndale sold to £268. Aged Mule ewes sucking twin lambs from P Mason, Burton in Kendal sold to £260. More hill ewes were on offer today with new buyers round the ring ensuring a strong trade. Cheviot shearlings with single Cheviot lambs from Naddle Farms sold to £150. A run of broken mouthed Herdwick ewes from Kirby & Longworth, Kentmere saw ewes with twins sell to £122.

SPRING LAMBS

A wonderful run of spring lambs from W Garnett & Sons, Milnthorpe peaked todays sale at £183 for Texels. Other smart bred Texel lambs from D&K Swarbrick, Out Rawcliffe sold to £175. First draw lambs from DE&SM Moorhouse, Natland saw his best Suffolk Mule lambs sell to £174. Once again weight was in keen interest at Junction 36 with many pens of lambs selling at the £160 to £170 mark. Best bred lambs were regularly selling at 375 to 380p/kg. Topping at 390p/kg for a full pen of Beltex x lambs from Dave and Karen Swarbrick, Out Rawcliffe. Junction 36 hosts ten strong buyers around its ring competing for all types of spring lambs, please contact Bradley Thompson 07867000244 to discuss selling your spring lambs.

PRIME HOGGS

A reduced entry of 300 hoggs were forward, as seen in previous weeks there was a two tier trade with meat and weight selling to a premium and store types meeting restriction. Strong Texel hoggs from R&T Robinson, Old Hutton sold to £169. Other Texel hoggs sold to £165 from Holgates, Silverdale. Heavy Cheviot hoggs sold to £163 from The Inman Family, Witherslack. 50kg plus meated hoggs were regularly selling at £145 to £155. A respectable averaged of 252p/kg was achieved.

CAST SHEEP

410 cull ewes continue to sell to a fast trade, overall average today was £91.52 for an entry of predominantly medium and small ewes. The best continental ewes sold to £195 for Texel from RT Robinson, Old Hutton with others at £176 from M&S Blease, Carnforth and £166 from M Allen, Carnforth. All heavy ewes generally selling £145-£160. Medium continental ewes sold to £138 for Texel x from P Mason, Burton in Kendal with others at £136 from PW & G Robinson, Ingleton. Heavy mules sold to £136 from D&C Middleton, Carnforth with others to £131 from Drinkall Bros, Over Wyresdale. All pens of stronger mules selling from £110-£125 with mediums from £90-£108.
Hill bred ewes sold to £134 for a pen of Cheviot from Stockdale Farms, Sedbergh with others at £128 from SM Watson, Ulverston. Dalesbred to £126 from RG Woodhouse, Scorton. Rough Fell to £125 from W Beck & Son, Tebay and Swaledale to £114 from JF&AW Sutton, Longsleddale. All classes of ewes will be required to satisfy buyers demand over the next few weeks.
Cull rams sold to £168 for Texel with others at £167 and £164 with an entry of predominantly medium rams selling from £108-£135.