Prime Lambs
The weekly sale of prime lambs in Lancaster had an increased entry of 830 forward selling to an overall market average of 233p/kg. The trade today saw well meated lambs continue to be eagerly bid for by a busy active ring of buyers with lean types of lambs getting penalised. Weight continues to be in big demand with lambs in excess of 52kg averaging 244p/kg.
The trade peaked at £138 for 55kg Texels from WI&A Atkinson & Son, Bleasdale with heavy weigh Continentals to £134 from RW&FW Rhodes & Son, Quernmore. Followed by £132 from MJ&LC Lund, Quernmore and £131 from R&DL Cornthwaite, Nateby. Better confirmation lambs were eagerly bid for with Texels to 287p/kg or £121 from JR&LA Capstick, Killington. Followed by other Texels to 280p/kg or £126 from J Bargh, Heaton with Oxcliffe. Mule lambs peaked at £114 from WI&A Atkinson & Son, Bleasdale.

Cast Sheep
The cast sheep trade remains very similar topping with Texels selling to £120 from JM Sanderson, Halton. Continental ewes sold to £114 from DJ&MC Platts, Caton with plenty of pens of continental ewes selling in the early hundreds. Mule ewes topped at £100 from JM Sanderson with plenty of pens of strong Mule ewes selling into the nineties.

Breeding Sheep
The second sale of breeding sheep at Lancaster Auction saw the sale commence with breeding rams selling two sheared Beltex x Texel tups to £300 and 3 shear Charolais rams to £220 from J&R Waller, Killington. Mule gimmer shearlings twice peaked at £150 from W Pinder Jnr, Newton in Bolland with other pens to £150 from R&E Dean, Chipping.