1524 prime sheep forward at NWA Junction 36 with prime hoggs selling to £183 and cull sheep to £240.

PRIME HOGGS

1000 prime hoggs were forward with all types selling to a sharper trade on the week and an overall average of 298p/kg achieved, with over half the sale being hill bred. Heavy hoggs continue to be keenly bid for at Junction 36, with Texel selling to £183 from L McCarrick, Chorley who sold a wonderful ring full of Suffolk hoggs to £173. Beltexs sold to £171 from JA Airey, Kendal. Heavy continental bred hoggs were regularly away at £150 to £160 a head. Medium bred export type hoggs were a sharp trade, with these regularly selling at 320p/kg to 325p/kg. A pen of 45kg Texels sold to £152 from RHM&S Boyren, Ulverston. Light hoggs full of meat were the fastest trade seen for some time, with all breeds regularly selling at 295p/kg to 305p/kg. Pens of 35kg Texels sold to £127 from JJ&J Woof & Sons, Sedbergh. Hill bred hoggs saw Mules sell to £148 from JM&NJ Strickland, Whinfell with other pens of Mules to £146 from Long &Knipe, Ulverston. A pen of twenty five Mules at 50kg from EW&JR Parkinson, Dunsop Bridge sold at £140. Cheviots sold to £141 from JM Metcalfe Jnr, Underbarrow. Pens of Rough Fells to £130 from I&J Mallinson, Selside with others to £129 from AJ&CM Harrison, Kentmere and Swaledales to £126 from EW&JR Parkinson, Dunsop Bridge. Scotch Black Face hoggs sold to £120 from AW&D Brown, Ulverston.

CAST SHEEP

Another rise in ewe number sold to a market average of £79.30, with 75% of the sale being pure hill bred ewes. Heavy pure bred ewes sold to £240 for Texels from H Geldard, Levens with other pen full at £215 from T&CM Kelsall & Sons, Chipping who sold others at £170 and £156. Charollais’s sold to £150 from JA&R Geldard & Sons, Levens. Heavy first cross ewes sold to £150 for Texel cross from WS Burrow, Silverdale and W Garnett & Sons, Milnthorpe with others regularly £130 to £145. Suffolk cross sold to £134 from RHM&S Boyren, Ulverston. Medium cross breds were regularly £105 to £118. Pure hill bred sheep sold to £133 for a pen of Lleyns from JA&R Geldard, Levens with others at £124 from D&A Nicholson, Ulverston. Other hill breeds saw Cheviots sell to £114 from K&S Troughton, Sedbergh, Rough Fells to £102 from GR Park & Sons, Whinfell, Herdwicks to £98 from A Carr, Grange Over Sands with country bred to £86 from GJ&G Ibbetson, Roeburndale. Medium hill ewes were regularly £55 to £70 for well fleshed sorts, with mediums £45 to £55 and only the smallest and leanest less. Mules sold to £117 from TA Teasdale, Grange Over Sands with other heavy weights regularly £105 to £115. Mediums types were frequently £92 to £104, with the fleshiest smaller end £86 to £90.
39 cull rams saw Texels sell to £180 from TA Teasdale, Grange Over Sands and H Geldard, Levens. Other stronger continentals were £140 to £160, mediums £120 to £135. Pure hill rams sold to £140 for Lleyns from JA&R Geldard, Levens and Herdwicks to £98 from A Hartley, Broughton in Furness and SW&A Hoggarth, Broughton in Furness. Swaledale rams sold to £86 from AJ&L Birkett, Ambleside.