PIGS

An increased entry of 108 pigs forward from throughout the Northern Countries, North Wales and South Scotland. Prime pigs sold to a top price of £155 for a trio of gilts from W Stamper, Chipping. With other gilts selling to £152 from J Stott Jnr, Crosscrake with lighter weight gilts selling to £145 from BR Harrison, Staveley. Other prime pigs generally £110-£130 depending on breed, quality and type with buyers showing preference towards gilts and hoggs and caution towards boars. Best prime pigs sold to 163p/kg from BR Harrison, Staveley with other generally 115-125p/kg. Cull sows sold to £170 and 68p/kg from T Hornsby, Silloth. Store and Weaner pigs sold to £52 for Oxford Sandy Black hoggs from R Hargreaves, Clitheroe with Large White x selling to £50 from A & E Clarkson, Cockerham with weaners selling to £41 from JGE Heseltine & Son, Skipton.

SHEEP WITH LAMBS AT FOOT

The opening sale of sheep and lambs starts with a bang with a massive ringside of travelled buyers ensuring a flying trade with a pen of aged Texel ewes with Berrichon twin lambs from DW Parsons, Ackenthwaite sold to £330 with aged Mules ewes with twins sell to £328 from R Lawrence, Cartmel who sold other pens to £315. Broken mouthed Cheviot ewes with twin lambs sold to £308 from JW & E Woof & Son, Sedbergh. Single outfits keenly bid for, with Texel ewes with Badger Face Texel lambs from JC & E Pedley & Son, Kirkby Stephen selling to £252 with other pens from the same home selling to £242. Broken mouth Cheviot ewes with Beltex x lambs from JW & E Woof & Son, Sedbergh sold to £222.
Vendors are urged to enter ewes and lambs for upcoming sales here at J36 with confidence.

PRIME HOGGS

35 pens of hoggs sold between £200-£234/head. Leading the way was a pen of Suffolks from AG Butler, Hambleton sold to £234, with pens of Texel selling to £233 from A Brown, Littledale. With pens of Beltex selling to £230 from C Preston, Whicham. Best bred hoggs saw Texels sell to 475p/kg from V & EJ Chadwick & Sons, Sowerby. With Beltex selling to 470p/kg from GM & A Jackson, Little Eccleston. A large show of hill bred hoggs were forward that saw Cheviot sell to £214 from G & ID Postlethwaite, Howgill who sold other to £207. Mules hoggs sold to £194 from FI & ME Little, Kendal with other pens selling to £186 from Long & Knipe, Ulverston. Pens of Masham sold to £184 from DE & J Waine, Longsleddale with a pen of 23 Scotch hoggs selling to £180 from G & ID Postlethwaite, Howgill with other 43kg Scotch hoggs selling to £172 from GM & A Jackson, Little Eccleston with the other same good home selling Swaledale to £170. Dalesbred hoggs sold to £170 from WI & AM Atkinson & Son, Bleasdale with a pen of 10 Rough Fell hoggs from RJ & OB Simpson, Longsleddale selling to £169 with other pens of Rough Fells selling to £168 from G & ID Postlethwaite, Howgill. Herdwick hoggs sold to of £156 from SM Watson, Finsthwaite. Vendors are urged to take advantage of these current high levels of trade with an active ringside of 11 active buyers.

CULL EWES

Another increasing number of ewes forward with an overall average of £101.75 with over half the entry being pure bred hill ewes. Heavy pure ewes sold to £285 for Texel x from R & E Ladds, Kendal and others at £270 from A Brown, Lancaster with other regularly £190-£230. First cross ewes sold to £182 for Texel x from W Garnett & Son, Milnthorpe others at £175 from AW Crowe, Witherslack with other heavy ends regularly £150-£170, mediums £130-£145 with smaller meated sorts to £92-£105. Mules sold to a top of £136 from AW Crowe, Witherslack with others at £134 from MJ Shepherd, Newbiggin, £130 from H Parker, Bentham with other heavy mules regularly £122-£130 with mediums to £102-£115. Pure hill ewes sold to £148 for a Lonk from GJ & GM Ibbetson, Lancaster. Cheviots to £138 from DR & C Galbraith, Grayrigg with Herdwicks to £126 from Messrs Clegg & Bennett, Broughton in Furness. Rough Fells sold to £119 from NW & EM Mason & Son, Middleton. Swaledales to £104 from GJ & GM Ibbetson, Lancaster. Welsh ewes to £84 from PA & D Slater, Barnacre. Medium hill ewes regularly £75-£85 with the leanest and smallest generally £45-£55. Cull Rams sold to £185 for a Texel from V & EJ Chadwick & Son, Preston. With other medium continental £120-£150 with hill rams selling to £108 for Herdwick, £106 for Jacob, £104 for Swaledale, £100 for Rough Fell.