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J36 Crooklands Livestock Auction: J36 Weekly Sale of Pigs, Prime Lambs & Cast Sheep, Tuesday 27th August 2024

PRIME LAMBS

1200 lambs were forward, with a two tier traded seen here at Junction 36. Well meated / fed lambs were meeting plenty of bidding and easily sold, with leaner grass fed lambs harder to place. Heavy bred lambs met another strong trade at Junction 36, with a ring full of Texel to £166 from J Woodburn & Partners, Ulverston. Other Texels sold to £165 from F&CE Bentley & Son, Shap. Pens of Suffolks sold to £162 from J&R Waller, Killington. Many pens of meated / fed heavy continental lambs were regularly £145 plus.
The best bred lambs sold to 335p/kg for Texels from IL Dixon, Cantsfield with the best 330p/kg plus. Nice bred commercial lambs were regularly 305p/kg to 310p/kg.
More hill bred lambs on offer today, with a ring full of Mules to £131 from Drinkall Bros, Over Wyresdale.

CAST SHEEP

Just short of 500 ewes were forward, despite a lot of people being on standstill due to recent sheep sales. A full ringside of buyers were forward, to include several customers looking for grazing ewes. Just a handful of the strongest pure and pedigree bred ewes today, which sold to £232 for a Beltex ewe from R&E Ladds, Kendal. With Texels to £203 from D&A Nicholson, Ulverston and other medium pure and pedigrees £170 to £200. The best heavy first cross ewes sold to £198 for Texels, with others at £155 to £180. Meated mediums £128 to £140, with lighter weight ewes £105 to £118. Mules sold to £166, with heavy Mules to £164 and others generally £140 to £150, mediums £122 to £135 and best light weights £90 to £102. Leaner sorts finding a keen interest as grazing ewes, at £78 to £85. BFL’s sold to £196, Cheviots £168, Dorset £136, Lleyn £110, Rough Fells £106, SBF £101 and Swaledales £95. Medium hill ewes £70 to £85, with lesser and leaners sorts £40 to £60.
Several cull rams forward sold to £195 for both Texels and BFL’s, with other leaner continentals generally £120 to £140 and hill rams £80 to £100.

PIGS

An astronomical trade witnessed at J36 sale of prime and store pigs, with 14 prime pigs selling over £300. Battle for top price was hotly contested but coming but coming out on top was GC&GW Taylor, Crook with their pair of 120kg prime gilts at £340, with this home topping the hogs at £325 for 130kg. Jade Barkley made the trip down from Whitehaven with a consignment of six averaging £308 for 105kg. Boars topped at £320 for 120kg from the previous mentioned Taylors of Crook, with four more 100kg boars from this home at £280. Topping the pp/kg was C Woodhouse, Garstang with a pair of hogs at 322p/kg, grossing £290.
Stores sold to a top of £115 from M Howarth, Grange Over Sands and weaners to £98 from Messrs Halpin, Barrow.

Top Prices

PRIME LAMBS:

Texel: £166 Mansrigg Hall, £165 Hill Top Farm, £163 Mansrigg Hall, £159 Mansrigg Hall, £158 Field Broughton, £157.50 Gaskell House. Suffolk: £162 Hallbeck, £157 Mansrigg Hall, £156.50 Mansrigg Hall, £143 Halton Park Farm, £140 Cockrigg Farm, £136 Halton Park Farm. Continental: £149 Town End, £147 Milestones Cottage, £141 Low Croft, £140 Rakesmoor Farm, £136 Low Croft, £132 Hawkrigg End. Dutch Spotted: £141 Singleton Park. Blue Texel: £133.50 Helwith Bridge, £117.50 Cragg House Farm. Mule: £131 Catshaw Hall Farm, £120 High Greenside. Dorset: £125.50 Cumbrae, £120 Wild Boar Farm. Cheviot: £118 Marshaw Farm, £116 Marshaw Farm, £116 The Plough Inn. Zwartble: £105 High House. Rough Fell: £109 Maryfell.

CAST EWES:

Beltex: £232 Benson Hall. Texel: £203 Birch Bank, £198 Stubb Farm, £186 Mountain View, £184 Benson Hall, £182 Arklid Farm, £180 Low House. Leicester: £196, £182, £146 Benson Hall, £126 High Borrowbridge, £124 The borrans. Mule: £166 Catshaw Hall Farm, £164 Benson Hall, £146 Birch Bank, £145 Low Croft, £140 Catshaw Hall Farm, £136 Low House. Cheviot: £168 Benson Hall, £148 Cumbrae, £112 Crozier Croft, £110 Blea Crag. Charollais: £160 The Steading, £124 The Borrans.Dorset: £136 The Steading, £128, £102 Cumbrae. Continental: £132 Kirket Nook, £132 Low Garths Farm, £114 West Lodge, £110 Kirket Nook. Suffolk: £128 Burrow Heights Farm, £122 The Steading, £112 Cockrigg Farm. Cheviot Mule: £120 Low House. Dutch Spot: £108 The Park. Rough Fell: £106 Higher Standen Drive, £102 The Park, £98 Maryfell, £84 Fell Foot Farm. Scottish Blackface: £101 Low Garths. Lleyn: £100, £80 Birch Bank. Swaledale: £95 Brown Edge, £74 Catshaw Hall Farm, £70 West Lodge.

CAST RAMS:

Texel: £195 Larkrigg, £100 Fell Foot Farm. Leicester: £195 Catshaw Hall Farm. Cheviot: £120 Fell Foot Farm.

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