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J36 Crooklands Livestock Auction: J36 Weekly Sale of Pigs, Prime Lambs & Cast Sheep, Tuesday 17th December 2024

PIGS

40 prime and store pigs forward today. It was once again J&JR Stott, Kingland leading the way selling gilts to £170, with PK&R Woof, Stainton next at £165. Store pigs sold to £85 from C Woodhouse, Nateby and weaners to £60 from J Collier, Oakworth.

PRIME LAMBS

Prime lamb trade sparkles before Christmas!
A larger show of lambs forward again this week, meets a nice increase in trade for the better end of sheep and the in-specification lambs.
Wall to wall with sheep saw an increase in average, even with a massive entry of heavy lambs- over 50% falling into this category! A further 500 lambs weighing on the very light side. The Mule trade here continues to delight vendors, with the biggest show of them through the ring to recent date.
Two very large heavy Texel lambs top the sales pound per head at £218 from PK&R Woof, Stainton. A pen of six continental lambs hit £200 from JB Airey, Kendal. PK&R Woof had a further two pair of Texels sell to £196. Cheviot lambs sold to £192.00 from P Whitton & Son, Burneside, while the Suffolk trade peaked at £190 from Stockdale Farms, Sedbergh.
49kg Texels from KA Purtill, Wigan sold to 365.3ppk. 47kg Beltexs from J Twigge, Lindal sold to 361.7ppk for a pen of three.
Our next sale at Junction 36 is NOT on the usual Tuesday, and instead falls on the Friday between Christmas and New Year. Friday the 27th December commencing at 1pm

CAST SHEEP

Ewes sell to £222 at NWA Junction 36.
The call for cull sheep was answered with 710 forward, averaging a superb £107, with over half the entry being leaner pure hill ewes.
Only a handful of the heavier, better end ewes today and selling to £222 for Texels from J Woodburn & Partners, Ulverston. Others were nicely £190 to £210 and the mediums £145 to £160. Heavier Cheviot Mules sold to £202, with North Country Mules £170 and others £145 to £160, medium Mules were £120 to £140 with the next draw down £105 to £118. Pure hill ewes saw Cheviots sell to £166, Herdwicks £120, Swaledale £114 and Rough Fells £110. Nice meated horned ewes were £88 to £105, mediums £75 to £85 and the leaner and lighter end £62 to £75.
A consignment of yearling goats sold at £134.
Cull rams sold to £178, with other better mediums £150 to £175, harder worked continentals were £120 to £145, with hill rams £80 to £115.

Top Prices

PRIME LAMBS:

TEXEL: £218.00 Storth End Farm, £196.00 Storth End Farm, £184.00 Helm Croft, £180.00 Park farm Barn, £179.00 Oak Avenue, £176.00 Mason Gill. CONTINENTAL: £200.00 Mint Close, £155.00 The Howes, £150.00 High Tenement, £150.00 Low Croft, £144.00 Ashtree Cottage, £143.00 Lunesdale House. CHEVIOT: £192.00 High Tenement Farm, £162.00 High Tenement Farm, £161.00 Bowers Farm, £147.00 Bowers Farm, £142.00 High Ground, £138.00 Far High Field. SUFFOLK: £190.00 Bowers Farm, £175.00 Helm Croft, £167.00 Bowwers Farm, £164.00 Far Orrest, £150.00 Mansrigg Hall, £149.00 Hazelslack Tower. BELTEX: £170.00 Holmelands, £170.00 Holmelands, £166.00 The Borrans, £161.00 Holmelands, £150.00 Longwell, £145.00 Holmelands. MULE: £165.00 High Tenement Farm, £149.00 Holme House Farn, £145.00 Holme House Farm, £144.00 Greaves Farm, £144.00 Mansrigg Hall, £144.00 Mansrigg Hall. DUTCH SPOTTED: £162.00 Holemlands, £129.00 Holmelands. CHAROLLAIS: £154.00 Birks Farm, £150.00 The Green, £141.00 High Snab, £134.00 Birks FARM, £125.00 Lane Ends Farm, £117.00 Kiln Beck. LLEYN: £136.00 Low Gregg Hall, £126.00 Low Gregg Hall. LEICESTER: £132.00 Low Newton Farm, £129.00 Yoad Pot, £127.00 Low Newton Farm. HERDWICK: £124.00Low Greenholme, £103.00 Cockley Beck Farm, £101.00 Cockley Beck farm. GRITSTONE: £121.00 Low Sizergh Farm. HAMPSHIRE: Bradleyfield House, £109.00 High Gregg Hall. DALESBRED: £116.00 Fell End Farm. ZWARTABLE: £112.00 Birks Farm. SWALEDALE: £98.00 Cockley Beck Farm, £96.00 Middale Farm, £90.00 Yoad Pot.

CAST EWES:

TEXEL: £222.00 Mansrigg Hall, £208.00 Timber Hill, £178.00 The Barn, £174.00 Endmoor Fram, £174.00 Storth end, £172.00 Mansrigg Hall. CHAROLLAISXMULE: £202.00 Gibraltar Farm, £174.00 Gibraltar Fram, £166.00 Mansrigg Hall, £134.00 Grange Farm, £124.00 Gibraltar Farm. LEICESTER:£194.00 Holme House Farm, £138.00 Hill Park, £112.00 Meadow Wood. MULE: £170.00 Mansrigg Hall, £168.00 Howriggs, £164.00 Timber Hill, £160.00 Rowe End Farm, £156.00 Hill Top farm, £154.00 Howriggs. CHAROLLAIS: £168.00 Gibraltar Farm, £162.00 Gibraltar Farm, £140.00 Oldfield Farm, £118.00 Nibthwaite Grange Farm. CHEVIOT: £166.00 Mansrigg Hall, £118.00 Low Gregg Hall, £114.00 Thrimby Hall, £98.00 Brow Head. DORSET: £144.00 High Biggarsbank. HAMPSHIRE: £138.00Endmoor Farm. CONTINENTIAL: £138.00 Gibraltar Farm, £128.00 Killington Drive, £128.00 Dawson Fold, £124.00 Killington Drive, £118.00 Howriggs, £110.00 Dawson Fold. LLEYN: £136.00 Newhouse Farm. GOAT: £134.00 Sheepfileds. MASHAM: £132.00 Killington Drive, £124.00 Low Audlands, £120.00 Grate Farm, £114.00 Killington Drive, £112.00 Low Audlands. HERDWICK: £120.00 Place Farm, £116.00 Moss Howe Farm, £92.00 High Ground, £86.00 High Birk Howe Farm. SWALEDALE: £114.00 Catshaw Hall Farm, £114.00 Holme House Farm, £114.00 Birk Howe Farm, £110.00 Holme House Farm, £108.00 Mill Cottage, £108.00 Gaskell House. ROUGH FELL: £110.00 Ghyll Farm, £110.00 Mill Cottage. ZWARTABLE: £102.00 Somme Avenue. DALESBRED: £94.00 Fell End Farm, £90.00 Low Audlands. TEESWATER: £88.00 Low Audlands.

CAST RAMS:

CHEVIOT: £178.00 Mansrigg Hall, £138.00 Audlands Park. CHAROLLAIS: £174.00 Red Scar Farm. SUFFOLK: £170.00 Rowe End Farm. TEXEL: £160.00 Rowe End Farm, £158.00 Rowe End Farm, £158.00 Arklid Farm, £155.00 Hill Park, £142.00 Fold Farm, £100.00 Mireside Farm. LEICESTER: £160.00 Skelghyll, £94.00 Audlands Park, £76.00 Audlands Park, £76.00 Low Hall Farm. TEESWATER: £122.00 Low Audlands. CONTINENTIAL: £122.00 Killington Drive. BELTEX: £108.00 Belle Vue Cottage. Swaledale: £98.00 Hareden Farm. HERDWICK: £90.00 Cockley Beck farm.

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