Monday morning mixture met with much momentum.

PRIME LAMBS

Once again numbers continue to rise at this popular Monday morning market, with new and returning customers from through the northern counties and beyond. The best well bred and fed lambs continue to attract a keen buyer interest selling to £150 for a pen full of Beltex cross lambs from R&A Easterby, Westhouse. Other pen fulls sold to £141.50 from WS Burrow Ltd, Silverdale, £141 J&M Cockett, Ingleton, £140.50 PJ&ES Rogerson, Appleby, £139 GR&A Foy, Conder Green and £138.50 DR Preston, Caton. Other heavy meated lambs were generally £128 to £135, with the best standard weights £118 to £125. Several pens of lighter weight lambs forward, providing they have finish are met with buyers approval, selling to £115 with other lights £92 to £98. Hill bred lambs continue to come forward in greater numbers, with Cheviots to £127.50, horned £126.50, Cheviot Mules £122.50 and Mules to £120.
An overall market SQQ of 281p/kg, for lambs forward with variable finish. The sale peaked at 333p/kg from R&A Easterby, Westhouse with others at 323p/kg from J&M Cockett, Ingleton, 321p/kg D Cockett, Ingleton, 318p/kg PJ&ES Rogerson, Appleby and 315p/kg GR&A Foy, Conder Green. Other pure and ¾ bred well finished lambs were generally 290p/kg to 310p/kg, with the best first cross 280p/kg to 295p/kg with grass finished lambs generally 260p/kg to 275p/kg, with several pens of under finished lambs at realisation, and perhaps better suited to the buoyant store market.
To ensure maximum returns vendors are encouraged to feed lambs, to put on the final coat of paint.

CAST SHEEP

Cull ewes sold to a top of £194 for a Texel from MR Gorst, Dolphinholme with other Continental and cross bred ewes £160 to £180, with mediums £110 to £125 and several leaner sorts £80 to £95. Mules sold to £151 with other strong mediums £116 to £125 and lighter leaner weights £78 to £90. Pure hill ewes sold to £82 for Cheviots, with todays entry comprising of predominately lean horned ewes generally £40 to £65, with the very smallest and leanest at realisation.