Prime Hoggs
Lancaster Auction Mart held their weekly sale of Prime Hoggs which had an entry of 192 forward for the sale. Leading the way today was heavy weight hoggs from G & D Ball & Son, Great Eccleston selling heavy weight Texels to £95. Other Texels sold to £88 and £87 from AG Butler, Hambleton. Leading the way with Charollais at £87 was BD Wood, Out Rawclife, with plenty of heavy weight hoggs selling in the eighties. Mules sold to a top of £78 from Cardwell Farms, Stalmine, with others to £77.50 from D & D Huddleston, Wray. Horned hoggs sold to a top of £76 for Scottish Blackfaces from WM Pye, Lancaster. There was an overall market average of 180p/kg.
Cast Sheep
There was an entry of 30 ewes in the market this week, which saw Texel ewes top at £83 from G & D Ball & Son, Great Eccleston with Suffolk tups twice selling to £80 from WN & D Smith & Son, Cockerham.