01 October 2024

J36 Crooklands Livestock Auction: J36 Weekly Sale of Prime Lambs & Cast Sheep, Tuesday 1st October 2024

PRIME LAMBS

A nice show of 1400 lambs were forward, with more meat on offer. Beltex lambs sold to £159 from P Stephenson, Settle with pens of heavy Texels to £158 from Clark & Johnson, Windermere and £157 from Jake Gibson, Kendal. Heavy continental bred lambs full of meat and fed were regularly selling at £140 plus. Best bred Beltex sold to 350p/kg from JJ&J Woof & Sons, Dent and others to 320p/kg from JR Robinson, Endmoor with the best types 300p/kg plus. Good fit commercial lambs were 278p/kg to 285p/kg. More hill bred lambs forward today, with Cheviot Mules to £128 from JG&PH Thompson & Sons, Selside with Mules to the same price from WH Kitchen & Son, Heslington. A ring full of Mules sold to £120.50 from JD&M Capstick, Bootle.

CAST SHEEP

Numbers rising every week, with a much planer show forward today with 847 through the ring and all sold. The best pure continental ewes sold to £250 for Texels, with other medium pure-bred ewes £170 to £200. The best first cross ewes sold to £181 for Texel cross with the heavier end £150 to £170, nice mediums £125 to £140 and better feeding types £95 to £115. Heavy weight Mules sold to £155, with a large entry of mediums £90 to £110, depending on quality and types. Endless pens of grazing Mule ewes were £60 to £80, depending on quality and types. Pure hill ewes sold to £127 for Cheviots, £100 for Lleyn, Gritstones £85, Rough Fells £81 and Swaledales £75. A large entry of worn hard worked horned ewes ranging from £35 to £50, depending on quality and type, with the very smallest and leanest of all types at realisation.

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PRIME LAMB:

Texel: £159 Far Cappleside Farm, £158 Far Orrest, £157 Underley, £153 Ackenthwaite Farm, £151 Far Orrest, £151 Arklid. Suffolk: £157 Hampsfield Hall, £150 Station Hotel Farm, £137 Tunstall Hall, £132 Grindelwald, £129 Tunstall Hall, £127.50 Station Hotel Farm. Beltex: £143 Low Foulshaw Farm, £143 Low Foulshaw Farm, £134 Low Foulshaw Farm, £133 Station Hotel Farm, £132 Meathop Park Farm. Charollais: £138 Low Foulshaw Farm, £124 Low Foulshaw Farm. Continental: £129 Millbeck, £128 Dunningwell Farm, £125 Green Lane End Farm. Mule: £128 Hawes Farm, £120.50 Fellside Farm, £120 Fellside Farm. Cheviot Mule: £128 Poppy Farm, £116 Seedhowe. Lleyn: £115, £114 Low Foulshaw Farm.

CAST EWES:

Texel: £250 Inglebrough View Barn, £208 Tranthwaite Hall, £200 Cooiligel Farm, £188 Tranthwaite Hall, £181 Mason Gill, £180 Ashtree Cottage.Beltex: £198 Tranthwaite Hall, £173 Poppy Farm, £133 Blea Tarn Road.Mule: £155 Lower Highfield Farm, £118 Hollowmire Farm, £118, £116 Cooilingel Farm, £115 Borrans Farm, £114 Poppy Farm.Continental: £141Tranthwaite Hall, £140 Mill Barn, £118 Low House, £116 Ashtree Cottage, £107 Hall Farm.Suffolk: £134, £124, £110, £99 Cooilingel Farm. Cheviot: £127 Low Tarn Green, £112 Poppy Farm.Cheviot Mule: £110 Low House, £103 Mill Barn, £102 Hampshire Hall, £101 Chapel House.Zwartble: £110 Low Foulshaw Farm.Dorset: £102 Waitholme Bungalow.Lleyn: £100, £81 Low Foulshaw, £81 Birch Bank.Masham: £97, £86 Low Audlands.Gritstone: £85 Low House.Rough Fell: £81 Wasdyke Farm.Swaledale: £75 High Wardses Farm.

CAST RAMS:

Texel: £190 Lower Highfield, £105 Greaves Farm. Continental: £158 Cooilingel Farm.

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J36 Crooklands Livestock Auction: J36 Weekly Sale of Prime Lambs & Cast Sheep, Tuesday 1st October 2024

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