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J36 Crooklands Livestock Auction: J36 Weekly Sale of Pigs, Prime Lambs & Cast Sheep, Tuesday 8th October 2024.

PRIME LAMBS

The weekly sale of 1400 prime lambs sold, once again well fed and well bred lambs continue to be well bid for at Junction 36. The sale topped for a Texel at £168 from R Allen, Ings with Charolais lambs to £163 from JE&WB Wearing, Millom and Cheviot Mules to £161 from M Robinson, Stainton. Many pens of heavy continental lambs were regularly £140 plus. The smartest bred lambs saw Texels to £157 from PJ&ES Rogerson, Appleby with Beltexs to 330p/kg from AW&AM Clark, Windermere with others at 322p/kg from R Allen, Ings. Commercial export type lambs, full of meat, were regularly 270p/kg to 280p/kg. More hill bred lambs are coming forward now, with Mule lambs selling to £122 from JD&M Capstick, Bootle with other ring fulls selling to £119 from R Capstick & Son or 260p/kg. A ring full of light Cheviots sold to £109 twice or 287p/kg from KM&KJ Curwen, Abbeystead.

PIGS

116 pigs forward today, with trade again selective for prime pigs. The best end gilts still well sought after selling to £220 for a trio of 100kg well finished sorts from D Nicholson, Cockermouth. Cull cows sold to £165 from regularly supporter J McEwan, Dumfries. Store and weaners continue to sell well with a pen of seven from Belmont Farm achieving £92 while fourteen weaners from SP Pheonix made £65.

CAST SHEEP

A much leaner and lighter weight show of ewes forward, as many farmers look to off load passengers ahead of the season change. The best continentals sold to £230 for Texels, with other stronger end £170 to £190. The best first cross ewes were £135 to £155. Cheviot Mules sold to £136 and North Country Mules £118, with a large number of feeding type Mule ewes £78 to £95, depending on quality and type. Pure hill ewes sold to £112 for Cheviots, £90 SBF, Lonks £88, Rough Fells £78, Swaledale £69 and Herdwick £67. Smallest and leanest hard worked pure hill ewes were generally £35 to £45.

Top Prices

PRIME LAMB TOP PRICES:

Texel: £168 St Annes Farm, £157 Mason Gill, £155 Arklid Farm, £152 Warth Sutton Farm, £151 Far Orrest, £150 Belle Vue Cottage. Charollais: £163 Low Shaw Farm, £147 Low Shaw Farm, £119 Birks Farm, £114 Loweswater Terrace. Cheviot Mule: £161 Low Barrows Green Farm, £131 Low Barrows Green Farm, £127 Low Barrows Green Farm. Suffolk: £147 Hazelslack Tower Farm, £139 Hallbeck, £132 Syke House Farm, £130 Steel Croft, £127 Steel Croft, £124 Swallowmire. Zwartble: £146 Arklindd Farm. Dutch Spotted: £143 Flass Lane, £136 Grayrigg Foot, £108 Flass Lane. Dorset: £140 Hallbeck. Beltex: £140 St Annes Farm, £138 Gibraltar Farm, £130 St Annes Farm, £130 St Annes Farm, £122 West Lodge, £118 Stubb Farm. Hampshire: £124 Endmoor Farm, £116 Endmoor Farm. Mule: £122 Fellside Farm, £119 Fell End Farm, £119 Mosergh Farm, £118.50 Low Longmire, £117.50 Fellside Farm. Continental: £116 Briar Cottage. Mashams: £114 Mealriggs Farm, £107 Mealriggs Farm. Rough Fell: £109 Bargh House. Cheviot: £109 Marshaw Farm, £109 Marshaw Farm.

CAST SHEEP TOP PRICES:

Texel: £230 Spital Farm, £230 Belle Vue Cottage, £172 Oldfield End, £172 Belle Vue Cottage, £169 Mason Gill, £168 Market Street. Beltex: £202 Wreay Syke. Charolais: £152 Loweswater, £118 Low Foulshaw Farm. Dutch Spotted: £138 Grayrigg Root, £132 Grayrigg Foot, £132 Grayrigg Foot, £124 Grayrigg Foot, £112 Flass Lane. Cheviot Mule: £136 Briar Cottage, £96 Mill Barn, £70 Mill Barn. Suffolk: £126 Newcross House Farm, £107 Newcross House Farm, £88 Hill Park. Continental: £126 Owlnook, £110 Crabtree Farm, £108 Market Street, £96 The Borrans, £91 Low Shaw Farm, £90 Wreay Syke. Mule: £118 Low Fold, £115 Downfield, £115 Low Longmire, £112 Hallbeck, £110 Hill Park, £108 Far Kiln Bank. Cheviot: £112 Barugh House, £86 Crabtree Farm, £84 Grayrigg, £76 Mosergh Farm, £76 Marshaw Farm. Zwartble: £106 Arklid Farm, £98 Arklid Farm. Horned: £88 Botton Hall Farm, £70 Addingham, £58 Botton Hall Farm. Masham: £86 Mosergh Farm. Rough Fell: £78 Barugh House, £65 Boundary Beck. Jacob: £74 Broadhead. Herdwick: £67 Glessal, £64 Far Kiln Bank, £42 Glessal. Swaledale: £69 Arklid Farm, £67 Arklid Farm, £63 Hill Park. Lleyn:m £58 Low Foulshaw Farm.

CAST RAM TOP PRICES:

Suffolk: £179 Storth End Farm. Leicester: £155 Middle Sadghyll. Beltex: £84 West Lodge. Jacob: £82 The Yews.

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