Store lambs gain momentum at Junction 36, good level pens of all breeds easy to sell, to an abundance of buyers.
The sale peaked at £152 for Texels from T Wilson, Selside with a pen of five Beltex from JA&KJ Allen, Ings next at £146. Suffolks sold to £137 from J&R Bell, Crook with short keep lambs regularly the top side of £130. Mules sold to £129 from S Robinson, Martindale with others to £126 from HM Hodgson, New Hutton. Hill bred lambs sold to £113 for Rough Fells from N&E Capstick, Tebay with Cheviot to £107 from JR Robinson, Nook. Swaledale sold to £89 from Westmorland Nicholson, Troutbeck and Herdwicks to £80 from S Procter, Selside.
Sale Statistics:
Texels sold to £152 and averaged £114.
Beltex sold to £146 and averaged £133.
Suffolks sold to £137 and averaged £108.
Mules sold to £129 and averaged £107.
Charollais sold to £125 and average £102.
Easycares sold to £117 and averaged £99.
Rough Fells sold to £113 and averaged £74.
Cheviots sold to £107 and averaged £95.
Swaledales sold to £89 and average £61.
Herdwicks sold to £80 and averaged £59.
The sale sold to an overall average of £105.72.
The winners of the week’s highest priced pen of twenty or more lambs are as follows:
Lowland: 20 Beltex at £135 from JA&KJ Allen, Ings.
Mule / Masham: 26 Mules at £124 from J&JA Burrow, Grayrigg.
Hill Bred: 23 Cheviot at £91 from Ashton Agricultural, Grizebeck.