SPRING LAMBS

Small show of Spring Lambs forward today, peaking at £193 and 480p/kg from S Wilson & Son, Scotforth with other at £192, £185 and £180 from the same home. More spring lambs needed at Lancaster on a Monday to satisfy our ringside of buyers.

PRIME HOGGS

A nice show of 350 hoggs saw heavy and well meated hoggs meeting plenty of demand and selling to an SQQ averaged of 388p/kg. The sale topped at £208 four time for pens of Texels from F&SG Sanderson & Son, Woodplumpton and M&YS Barker, Halton. Pens of Suffolks sold to £206 from WN&D Smith & Sons, Cockerham with an additional twenty pens over £200. Beltex cross hoggs sold to 450p/kg from AG Butler, Hambleton with the best regularly 430p/kg to 445p/kg. Hill bred hoggs saw Cheviots sell to £187 from Kelsall & Wood, Scotforth with others pens to £184 from J&H Davis, Garstang. Pens of Mules sold to £180 from M&YS Barker, Halton who sold other pens to £176. Horned hoggs saw Dalebreds to £160 from T&D Wright, Wray with Swaledale to £120 for 37Kg hoggs from KM&KJ Curwen, Abbeystead.
More hoggs could have easily been sold to the vendors advantage, withs an active ring side of eight buyers.

CAST SHEEP

All ewes forward averaged £118, with Texel ewes to £182 from JC Richardson, Slyne with Suffolks to £175 from WN&D Smith & Sons, Cockerham. First cross Texels sold to £174 from TR Gorst, Bay Horse. Pens of Mules saw the best sell to £138 from T&EA Garth, Bleasdale who sold others to £136. Horned ewes saw Dalebreds sell to £114 twice from S&J France, Over Wyresdale.

SHEEP WITH LAMBS AT FOOT

120 lives forward in the ewe and lamb section, with the busiest ring side of buyers seen for some time. Aged Texel ewes with Beltex twin lambs sold to £315 on three occasions from TR Gorst, Bay Horse. A run of aged Mule ewes with Texel twins from Myerscough College sold to £252. Single outfits were once again keenly bid for with Blue Texel ewes with Badger Face lambs selling to £225 twice from JR Gorst, Dolphinholme, with Texels with Beltex lambs to the same price from TR Gorst, Bay Horse.
Please note it is our annual show and sale of ewe and shearlings with lambs at foot next week. Please advise the office with catalogue entries by Wednesday 10th April.