PRIME LAMBS

The same old story, well meated and heavy lambs continue to achieving maximum prices with under finished lambs meeting less demand from our ringside of nine active buyers. The sale peaked at £140 twice for a wonderful run of Texel lambs from D&K Swarbrick, Out Rawcliffe, who sold other pens to £132. Many pens of heavy weight Continental bred lambs sold at £128 to £130. Once again smarter bred lambs continue to achieve maximum prices, with the best selling to 300p/kg from KA Purtill, Wigan. These type of lambs were regularly selling at 290p/kg to 300p/kg. More upland lambs in the market today with Cheviot Mules at 49kg selling to £129 from S Bosworth, Burnley with other Cheviot Mules selling to £117 from D&D Huddleston, Wray who sold 47kg Mule lambs to £111.

CAST SHEEP

Ewes were a sharper trade on the week, with Suffolk selling to £145 and Texels to £132 from GR&RA Surtees, Stodday. Heavy continental ewes were regularly selling at £120 plus. Hill ewes saw Cheviots sell to £106 from KA Purtill, Wigan with all ewes forward averaging £88.

STORE LAMBS

The opening sale of store lambs saw catalogue entry of 200, all store lambs were keenly bid for and meeting their full value. Texel x lambs sold to £91 from PD Pye, Over Wyresdale. Medium term Texel lambs sold to £85 from J Gardner, Bay Horse. A ring full of Cheviot Mules sold to £80 from G&D Ball & Son, Little Eccleston with other pens of Mules selling to £79 from PD Pye, Over Wyresdale.
The next sale of store lambs is on Monday 4th September 2023, please advise the office of catalogue entries by Monday 28th August.