Prime Hoggs

An increased entry of 590 hoggs were forward which sold to a sharper trade of 233p/kg, to include a large proportion of upland hoggs and consigners sweepings ups. Heavy weight hoggs continue to meet large demand at Lancaster peaking at £149 from JE&J Pye & Son, Quernmore with others to £134. A consignment of heavy weight hoggs from R&DL Cornthwaite, Nateby sold to £148, £143, £140, £137, £136 and £133. Other leading prices saw the consignment of Texel and Suffolk hoggs from J Bargh & Son, Heaton with Oxcliffe sell to £127, £126, £125 three times and £124. Heavy weight Suffolks from Pilling Hall, Pilling peaked at £126. This was followed by the consignment from AG Butler, Hambleton selling to £125 twice, £124 twice, £123.50 and £123. The top pence per kilo of 285p/kg was consigned by AG Butler with a pair of Beltex’s. Plenty of pens of smarter bred commercial hoggs sold in the region of 270p/kg. Upland hoggs saw heavy weight Mule peak at £120 from JW Cornall & Sons, Bleasedale, Mashams to £118 from T&D Wright, Roeburndale East and WI&A Atkinson & Son, Bleasdale with Leicesters achieving the same price from RH&C Ayrton, Abbeystead. Plenty of pens of well fleshed Mules were between £105 and £110.

Cast Sheep

Leading the way at Lancaster was a pen of heavy weight Mule ewes to £110 from JE&J Pye & Son, Quernmore followed by Continental x rams to £102 from J Burgh, Quernmore with Texel x ewes to £100 twice from PD Anderston, Scorton and R&DL Cornthwaite, Nateby.