PRIME LAMBS

A few less about today, with vendors on the cautious side after the drop in trade seen each day last week. Well meated / fed lambs attracted plenty of interest from all buyers forward, with leaners / light weight lambs meeting a lot less demand and some looking suited to the store ring. Texel lambs sold to a top of £157 from B&SE Carter, Elel with others to £146 from KA Purtill, Wigan. A proper pen of Beltex cross lambs from D&K Swarbrick, Out Rawcliffe sold to £142, with first cross Texel lambs to £138 from A&E Clarkson, Thurnham. 40kg to 43kg commercial export type lambs were regularly £118 to £122. More hill bred lambs were forward, with a run of grass fed Mules at 39kg selling to £103.50 from S Park, Halton.

CAST SHEEP

180 ewes were forward with all selling to a competitive trade. Texels sold to £152 from KA Purtill, Wigan with Suffolks to the same good price. Cheviot Mules sold to £150 from B&SE Carter, Ellel with Mules to £132 from J&A Sheerin, Quernmore. Hill bred ewes saw Cheviots to £104 from KA Purtill, Wigan, Dalesbreds to £100 from T&D Wright, Roeburndale and Swaledales £80 from KM&KJ Curwen, Abbeystead.