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J36 Crooklands Livestock Auction: J36 Lakeland Fair, Saturday 19th October 2024.

BREEDING EWES, SHEARLINGS & GIMMER LAMBS

The annual lakeland fair sale of breeding sheep once again attracted buyers from far and wide attracted by the variety of sheep on offer- something for everyone.
¾ bred continental ewes sold to £190 with others £160-£180, first cross ewes to £150 with others £120-£140. Mule Shearlings sold to £150 on several occasions with farming sorts £120-£140. Mule ewes sold to £155 with most £115-£130. Hill ewes sold to £150 for Cheviots, £150 for Herdwicks, £138 for Rough Fells and Swaledales to £120. Gimmer Lambs sold to £175 for Pure Texels, £135 for Zwartbles, £130 for Suffolk x, £125 for Mules, £108 for Swaledales, £94 for Rough Fell, £83 for Herdwicks, £80 for Gritstones and £80 for Cheviots.
With many buyers leaving unable to fill trailers we have made the decision to hold an additional sale for all classes of Breeding Sheep on Thursday 7th November at 10am prior to the sale of store lambs. Please advise of entries.

BREEDING RAMS

Lakeland Fair ram sale saw an entry of all breeds sell to a top of £1400
The sale commenced with Swaledales, these selling to £500 from Forest Hall Farms with others to £450 from JA Alderson following the Swaledales was Cheviots with trade sharp and these were well sought after. Top price was £550 from KO Stones with others from this home at £520, John Swift also reached £520, and TW Bell achieved £500. Other hill bred tups sold to £300 for Herdwick and £220 for Rough Fell. Blue Faced Leicester were very easily sold, selling to £1150 from DE & J Waine with others from this home next at £1000. Others sold to £750 from T & CM Kelsall and £650 from RI Dixon.
Finally, was all continental and terminal rams where the best end tups achieved maximum returns. Sue Cuncliffe sold to the top price of the sale at £1400 for Texel with others to £1000 from the same home. A nice show of ram lambs sold to £800 for Texel from R Wilson. Suffolks to £750 for shearlings from ID & HJ Rawlng with Blue Texel from this home at the same price.

Top Prices

SHEARLING RAM:

Texel: £1400, £1000, £800 Seatle Hall, £700 Bank Hey Farm, £620 Brown Brook, £600 Bank Hey Farm. Leicester: £1150, £1000 Murthwaite, £750 Brown Brook, £650 Low Newton Farm, £620 Red Scar Farm, £600 High Borrowbridge. Suffolk: £800 Quarry Bank House. Beltex: £600 Longwell, £300 Old Woodhouse, £300 Middlegill Farm. Cheviot: £550 Nun Cote Nook Farm, £520 Dry Howe, £520 Nun Cote Nook Farm, £500 Hill Top Farm, £480 Melbourne House, £420 Dry Howe. Swaledale: £500 Thorn Cottage, £450 Barras Farm, £350 Overthwaite Farm, £220 Thorn Cottage, £220 Gunner Fleet Farm. Badger Face Texel: £320 Amos Hill Farm. Charollais: £320, £300 (x2) Blackwell Farm. Lleyn: £300 Low Foulshaw Farm. Herdwick: £300 Ellwood. Dutch Spotted: £300 Middlegill Farm. Rough Fell: £220 Millbeck.

AGED RAM:

Blue Texel: £750 Quarry Bank Farm. Texel: £700 Scar Syke Farm, £500 Thorn Cottage, £480 Scar Syke Farm, £400 Storth End Farm. Leicester: £700 Longwell, £700 Yewbarrow, £650 Wood Broughton Barn, £550 Low Foulshaw Farm, £500 Wood Broughton Barn, £450 Thorn Cottage. Cheviot: £320, £300 Thorn Cottage, £300 Melbourne House. Swaledale: £250 (x4) Spanham Farm. Herdwick: £200 Baskall Farm.

RAM LAMB:

Texel: £800 Lowfield Cottage, £750 Daub Hall Farm, £500 Lowfield Cottage, £380, £350 Storth End Farm, £300 Lowfield Cottage. Suffolk: £650, £500, £450 Criccin Farm. Dutch Spotted: £300 Middlegill Farm. Leicester: £200 Low Foulshaw Farm.

GIMMER LAMBS:

Texel: £185 Wood Broughton Barn, £125 The Steading, £120 Wath Farm. Zwartble: £135 Castle Syke Farm, £100 Lane House Farm. Suffolk: £130 Barnaby Rudge Tavern. Mule: £125 Higher Core Farm, £125 Hill Croft, £120Higher Core Farm, £120 Hill Croft, £118 Roundthwaite, £110 Wood Broughton Barn. Leicester: £120 Wood Broughton Barn. Swaledale: £106 High Birk Howe Farm, £92 Forest Hall Farm. Continental: £105 The Steading, £101 Askham Hall.

GIMMER SHEARLINGS:

Texel: £190 Seatle Hall, £145 The Plough, £125 Highfield, £120 Stonecross. Mule: £150 Hole House Farm, £150 Tottlebank, £145 Hole House Farm. Leicester: £150 North Lodge, £100 Spanham Farm. Continental: £135 West Hope. Dutch Spotted: £125 West Hope, £100 Inglebrough View Barn. Rough Fell: £108 Middle Sadghyll, £104 Spanham Farm.

EWES:

Texel: £175 Seatle Hall, £165 Criccin Farm. Mule: £155 Wilcocks Farm, £145 Wilcocks Farm, £135 Croziers Croft, £130 Wilcocks Farm, £130 Eskew Beck, £120 Croziers Croft. Cheviot: £150 Springs Cottage. Continental: £140 Wilcocks Farm, £125 Totterbank, £120 Low Borrowbridge Farm, £105 Totterbank, £105 Low Borrowbridge Farm. Rough Fell: £138 Middle Sadghyll, £110 Spanham Farm, £102 Chapel House. Suffolk: £135 Eskew Beck. Cheviot Mule: £130 Croziers Croft. Swaledale: £120 Braestead Farm, £120 Forest Hall Farm, £118 Aisgill Farm, £110 Braestad Farm. LLeyn: £110 Far Close Farm. Herdwick: £108 Low Borrowbridge, £105 Cockley Beck Farm, £102 Spanham Farm. Dutch Spotted: £105 Applegarth. Gritstone: £102 The Park.

More Info

NWA LAKELAND FAIR, SATURDAY 19TH OCTOBER 2024
JUDGE-NEIL BENTHAM
SPONSOR- CARRS BILLINGTON

SWALEDALE SHOW

CLASS 1- SHEARLING RAM
1st J Handley, Gunnerfleet- £220
2nd Forest Hall Farm, Forest Hall- £500
3rd Forest Hall Farm, Forest Hall- £220

CHAMPION- J Handley, Gunnerfleet- £220
RESERVE CHAMPION- Forest Hall Farm, Forest Hall- £500

CHEVIOT SHOW

CLASS 1- AGED RAM
1st DH Hogg, Melbourne House- £300
2nd Forest Hall Farm, Forest Hall- £320
3rd Forest Hall Farm, Forest Hall- £300

CLASS 2- SHEARLING RAM
1st KO Stones, Nun Cote Nook Farm- £550
2nd TW Bell, Hill Top Farm
3rd KO Stones, Nun Cote Nook Farm- £520

CHAMPION- KO Stones, Nun Cote Nook Farm- £550
RESERVE CHAMPION- TW Bell, Hill Top Farm

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