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J36 Crooklands Livestock Auction: J36 Weekly Sale of Prime Hoggs & Cast Sheep, Tuesday 7th January 2025

PRIME LAMBS

A remarkable surge in the prime hogg trade to kick off 2025.
J36 saw its weekly sale of prime hoggs take on a new gear, with a very healthy ring side of buyers with a large appetite for all types.
The sale topped at £220 for Texels from H Geldard, Levens. A further five lots of sheep including Cheviots sold over the £200 mark. Mules were a particularly good trade today, topping at £167 from FI&ME Little, Kendal. Horned sheep also up a good portion on the last sale. Pence per kilo was topped by R Allen, Ings for a Beltex selling at 380p/kg, shortly behind was P Whitton & Son, Burneside who sold a pen of three continental hoggs to 376p/kg, with over 50% of the sale in the heavy or very light category and the biggest show of Mules and hill sheep to recent date. A very encouraging overall average of 336p/kg was achieved. As momentum continues here, we urge vendors to get in touch and join us next week to take advantage of current trade.

CAST SHEEP

What a start to the year, with buyers ringside ensuring a red-hot trade to warm the hearts of vendors. The sale peaked at £234 for a trio of Blue Faced Leicesters from EW&JR Parkinson, Dunsop Bridge. Closely followed by a pen of five BFL’s from R Harker & Son, Grayrigg selling at £230. Other stronger end ewes were regularly £180 to £210, with Mules just short of the mark peaking at £198 from AW Crowe, Witherslack and TMW&H Hodgson, Nibthwaite. Suffolk cross sold to £180 from K&S Troughton, Sedbergh. Mashams sold to £178 from EJ Hodgson & Son, Lambrigg and Cheviot Mules £168 from M Allen, Carnforth. Other stronger end Mules and first cross ewes were regularly £155 to £180, with mediums £135 to £150, and lighter weights £110 to £125. Hill ewes sold to £132 for Swaledale’s from D&P Johnson, Broughton in Furness with Rough Fells to £126 from RJ&OB Simpson, Longsleddale. Several ring fulls of well-fed Swaledales were regularly £118 to £125 from R Harker & Son, Grayrigg. Rings full of Herdwicks from SC Gorst, Broughton in Furness sold at £106. Medium hill ewes were regularly £80 to £100, with only the very smallest and leanest less.
41 cull rams sold to £240 for Dutch Spotted from GA Metcalfe, Kirkby Stephen with Beltex to £228 from RF Morphet, Holton, Lleyn £214 from JA&R Geldard, Levens, Texels £206 from CG Taylor, Kendal, Charollais £182 from MW&MR Black, Staveley, Suffolk £175 R&J Dodgson, Natland, BFL £172 from AP Metcalfe, Crook, Herdwick £128 E Parker, Bentham with Swaledales also £128 from R Harker & Son, Grayrigg.
Keep these ewes coming with all classes and types required at our weekly sale, to fulfil buyer demand.

Top Prices

PRIME HOGGS:

TEXEL: £220 Whitbarrow View, £207 St Annes Farm, £203 Mason Gill, £202 Heights Farm, £198 Helm Croft, £197 The Glen. CHEVIOT: £202 Bowers Farm, £169 High Tenement Farm, £154 Low Gregg Hall, £150 Braida Garth, £150 Bowers Farm, £149 High Tenement Farm. SUFFOLK: £195 Oak Aveune, £184 Helm Croft, £179, £167 The Glen, £156 Bowers Farm, £153 The Glen. BETLEX: £182, £176 St Annes Farm, £160, £151 Quarry House, £145 Main Street, £130 Quarry Close. CONTINENTAL: £182 Low Croft, £176 Hill Top Farm, £169 High Tenement Farm, £163 Low Croft, £160 Ashtree Cottage, £156 Oakfield Farm. CHAROLLAIS: £170 Hampsfield Hall, £149 Arklid Farm. MULE: £167 Helm Croft, £153 Hareden Farm, £151 Arklid Farm, £151 High Tenement Farm, £150 Greaves Farm, £150 Helm Croft. ZWARTBLE: £158 Curlew Rock. LLEYN: £148, £13, £136 Low Foulshaw Farm. DUTCH SPOTTED: £142, £135 Curlew Rock. LEICESTER: £136 Moors Farm. SWALEDALE: £133 Arklid Farm, £118 Green Cottage, £108 Hall Dunnerdale Farm, £108 Green Cottage, £99 Yoad Pot. ROUGH FELL: £130 Borrow Bridge House, £126 Boundary Beck, £114 Borrow Bridge House. JACOB: £129, £111 Raw End Farm. RYELAND: £128 Tebay Ghyll. HERDWICK: £126 Hoses Farm, £116 Tebay Ghyll, £110 Green Cottages, £108 Hall Dunnerdale Farm. DORSET: £122 Lyndarick. GRITSTONE: £119 Yew Tree Close.

CAST EWES:

Leicester: £234 Hareden Farm, £230 Grayrigg Hall, £202 £190 Moors Farm, £174 Grayrigg Hall, £172 Moors Farm. Texel: £214 Oakfield Farm, £206 Whitbarrow View, £206 Yealand Mannor, £190 Ashtree Cottage, £176 £164 High Wray Farm. Mule: £198 Ashtree Cottage, £198 £166 Arklid Farm, £174 Cracalt Farm, £164 Myers Farm, £162 High Wray Farm. Charolais: £190 Lambrigg Head Farm. Suffolk: £180 Moors Cottage, £160 Cracalt Farm. Masham: £178 Lambrigg Head Farm, £128 Grate Farm, £124 High Swinklebank Farm. Beltex: £176 St Annes Farm. Cheviot: £168 Yealand Manor, £86 High Cark Farm. Zwartable: £150 Mint View, £148 Lambrigg Head Farm. Swale: £132 Crossgates Farm, £125 £124 £119 Grayrigg Hall, £116 Moss Howe Farm, £114 Crossgates Farm. Cheviot Mule: £132 Oakfield Farm, £127 Hebblethwaite. Rough: £126 £125 £118 £110 High Swinklebank Farm, £114 High Green Farm. Continental: £124 Yealand Manor, £100 Garnett Folds, £84 Hoses Farm, £80 St Annes Farm. Herdwick: £106, £86 Hoses Farm, £80 Hall Dunnerdale Farm House.

CAST RAMS:

Dutch Spotted: £240 Quarry Close. Beltex: £228 Far Highfield, £175 Scroggs Farm. Texel: £206 Meadow View, £160 Hill Farm, £152 Well Foot. Charolais: £182 Scroggs Farm. Suffolk: £175 Cracalt Farm, £132 Hill Farm. LLeyn: £172 Curlew Rock, £172 Grayrigg Hall, £170 Well Foot, £120 Burnhead Farm. Swale: £128 Grayrigg Hall, £116 Meadow View, £152 Well Foot. Herdwick: £128 Burnhead Farm, £120 £102 Hoses Farm. Jacob: £120 Raw End Farm. Continental: £92 Longworth.

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