PRIME LAMBS

A bigger show of 550 lambs were put before a full ring side of buyers, all keen to purchase all types of lambs. Heavy bred first cross Suffolks sold to £178 from R&D Kellet, Cockerham with Texels to £175 from B&J Preston, Caton and Beltex cross to £172 from C Ellison, Pilling. Best bred lambs were keenly bid for, with these regularly 340p/kg to 350p/kg. The best sold to 362p/kg for a pen of Beltex from C Ellison, Pilling with others to 360p/kg from P&V Bennett, Lancaster. Well finished commercial type lambs were regularly 320p/kg to 330p/kg, with other slightly under finished lambs below 300p/kg. A bigger show of hill bred lambs were forward, with a run of well finished Masham lambs from S&J France, Over Wyresdale to £130. A pen of 36kg Horned lambs sold to £102.50 from W Pinder, Clitheroe.
More lambs could have easily been sold to the vendor’s advantage.

CAST SHEEP

100 ewes were forward, selling to an over average of £122. Pure bred Texels sold to £252 from JRP Hughes, Quernmore. A pen of strong first cross Texel ewes sold to £196 from CM&CA Jackson, Caton with the strongest end £180 plus. Strong Mules sold to £172 from JE&J Pye & Son, Quernmore who sold other pens to £164, with nice meated sorts £130 to £140. Dalesbred ewes sold to £112 from D&J Hay, Cockerham, with Herdwicks to £102 from W Pinder Jnr, Clitheroe. Meated strong Horned ewes were regularly £85 to £95.