PIGS

76 prime and store pigs sold to £240, this paid for a trio of prime gilts from John Critchley, Preston with a further two from this home at £235. Pence per kilo was topped by W Stamper, Chipping selling four gilts to 218p/kg. Stores sold to £215 again from W Stamper, Chipping with weaners reaching £82 from A Ryder, Ainstable.

345 BREEDING SHEEP

Ewes with lambs averaged £275.17
Shearlings with lambs averaged £355.60
Hoggs with lambs averaged £285

A slightly smaller show today, but trade on the whole held firm. Being the sale after last weeks show meant that there was an absence of some of the show type sheep, however there was still some top quality to suit all buyers.
Topping todays trade once again was G&KM Atkinson with two pens of Mule shearlings making £400 and £402. Mules were the most in demand commodity today all round, Mule hoggs were also sort after following last weeks flyer, with two pens of ten with Suffolk lambs making £285 each. Mule ewes were topping out at £330, courtesy of TW Wilson and H Cook, both with good runs of sheep.
A special mention also goes to Matt Allinson with a smashing pen of twelve Texel cross ewes with singles making £290 and another pen at £385.

Hoggs
Mules with single lambs, topped at £385 from RC Wharton & Son.

Shearlings
Mules with twin lambs, topped at £402 from G&KM Atkinson.
Texels with twin lambs, topped at £385 from R Allinson.
Texels with single lambs, topped at £290 from R Allinson.
Hampshires with twin lambs, topped at £305 from AP Metcalfe.

Ewes
Mules with twin lambs, topped at £330 from TW Wilson.
Mules with single lambs, topped at £245 from TW Wilson.
Cheviots with twin lambs, topped at £330 from H Cook.
Cheviots with single lambs, topped at £260 from H Cook.
Texels with twin lambs, topped at £345 from G&SM Stephenson.
Texels with single lambs, topped at £325 from RT Colbear.
Beltex with single lambs, topped at £265 from T Crosdale.

Sheep and lamb sales at Junction 36 every Tuesday, as grass grows so does demand.
All enquiries are welcome, don’t hesitate to contact the office or auctioneers.

CULL SHEEP

A plainer show of cull sheep today, sold to an exceptionally fast trade averaging a tremendous £144.
Strongest ewes were £250 to £270, topping at £285 for Suffolks from RA Batty, Haversham. Medium and best first cross were £210 to £240. Mules sold to £244 for Cheviot Mules from M Allen, Carnforth with North Country Mules £202 from WH&G Hodgson, Patton. Others regularly £178 to £190. Hill ewes sold to £224 for Lleyns, Cheviot £162, Swaledale £156, Rough Fells £148, Dalesbred £146, Gritstones £138, Herdwicks £134 and SBF £134. Medium hill ewes £90 to £110, with smaller and leaner sorts £65 to £80.
Cull rams sold to £216 for mediums continentals, with others £170 to £200 and hill rams to £130.

PRIME LAMBS & HOGGS

‘Perky, Peppy and Progressing’

Prime hoggs see a nice lift in trade at Junction 36. Both fat hoggs and spring lambs experienced vigorous bidding action today at North West Auctions.
The top price of the day was for a single Texel hogg from K Little, Grange Over Sands which sold for £210. Other Texels sold to the £190 mark from Messrs Carruthers, Kendal. In specification weight sheep were of the highest demand once again. 44kg Beltexs from PW&D Swindlehurst, Kendal sold to £170. 42 kg Beltexs sold to £161 from Messrs Mason, Carnforth. Lighter hoggs also a strong trade, with 37kg Texels selling to £141 for a pen of three from Messrs Bowes, Barrow in Furness.

Todays SQQ average was 331p/kg, with the overall levelling out at 316p/kg. Entries today once again well up on the year, with vendors old and new taking advantage. For further enquires contact Joel McGarva on 07920009097.