NWA held it’s annual ‘Lads Night Out’ sale which was once again, a huge success with averages up across the board. Credit must go to our vendors on a marvellous show of sheep and thanks must go to our pre sale show judges, Mr D Lindow, Mr M & Mr J Cook and Mr B Johnson for efficiently sorting through the strong classes put before them. Thanks also to the sponsors RE Consultants, Imagine Asset Finance, WCF Fuels and Carrs Billingtons.

The sale saw a top price of £2000 paid for a much admired ram from the Woodburn Family of Mansrigg with this well finished annual consignment also reaching £1400 x2. All pure Texels sold incredibly well, with two tups reaching £1900, firstly from Bambers Farms, Thurnham with this pen also providing one at £1550. The second tup to reach £1900 was brought to sale by WJ&VS Case, Ulverston with this much admired run selling other to £1800. Ram lambs sold to £1050 for a cracker from the pen of Harry and Bradley Wharton, Tebay.

Cross bred rams followed the pure Texels with this section topped at £1900 for a Charollais cross Beltex from the much admired powerful pen from JA&R Geldard, Low Foulshaw Farm with others to £1650 from the same run. The annual consignment from G Sowerby, Terrys Farm received a great deal of interest with these selling to £1500 plus and £1350 x2.

Suffolks ram lambs sold to a top of £1000 for a much admired lamb from Mr TA Blair, Thornton Cleveleys with others from this same good home to £850 and £800. Other lambs sold to £650 and £600 from T&E Redmayne, Carlisle and £500 from J&C Airey, Ulverston. Suffolks shearling sold to £1500 from noted breeder TA Blair, Thornton Cleveleys. The annual consignment from JH Towers, Tunstall sold to £1400, with other at £1300. RA Batty, Selside sold shearlings to £1200 on two occasions, with S Mason, Kirkby Stephen achieving £1000 and AR Edmondson, Ulverston £950. Several older rams forward saw two shear Suffolks to £1350 from AR Edmondson, Ulverston who sold others at £1200. Other two shear Suffolks were generally £550 to £800.

Charollais ram lambs sold to a top of £500 from S Cummings, Millom who sold other at £450. Charollais shearlings sold to £550 from MS&AP Lee, Arkholme with others at £450.
A pen of Millennium Bleu shearling sold to £450 on two occasions from B&A Crane, Tockholes with Dutch Spotted shearling to £600 from O Marrs, Carlisle.