Prime Lambs
It was nice to have a larger offering of over 600 prime lambs forward this morning, with a total market average of 248p/kg well finished lambs continue to sell in excess of 250p/kg with the best types selling around the 300p/kg mark. Peaking at 302p/kg were Beltex lambs from JS Horner, Ingleton, 300p/kg from KA Purtill, Wigan and 298p/kg from D Cockett, Ingleton. Heavy weight Suffolk lambs from W&D Bradley, Goosnargh sold to £144 with Texel lambs from the same home selling to £135 at 51kgs. Texel lambs peaked at £140 at 54kgs from H Birkett & Son, Overton. The consignment of heavy weight lambs from RC Billington & Son, Claughton on Brock sold to £140, £136, £135 and £133. Mule lambs sold to a top of £110 from R Capstick & Son, Ingleton whom sold 43kg Mules to £107.
Cast Sheep
The weekly sale of cast sheep at Lancaster saw a large quantity of leaner types of sheep forward today, the trade today peaked at £190 from E Hartely, Hornby with a run of Texel x ewes from JM Sanderson, Halton selling to £137, £134 and £132 with the Sanderson Family also topping the Mule trade today at £116. Plenty of pens of Continental ewes sold in the £120’s. Hill ewes today sold to a top of £114 for Cheviots from R Doran, Winmarleigh with plenty more Cheviot ewes selling around the £100 mark. Horned ewes saw Rough Fells to £78 from D&J Hey, Cockerham with Scottish Black Face to £75 from S Ashcroft, Euxton.