SPRING LAMBS

Spring lambs seeing a little resistance in trade on the week, with may outlets concentrating on ewes and hoggs, for the upcoming festival. 412 lambs sold to a top of £190 for a super Beltex cross lamb from D&K Swarbrick, Out Rawcliffe. Suffolks sold to £186 from RC Billington & Son, Claughton on Brock. Texels sold twice to £182 from D&K Swarbrick, Out Rawcliffe and KA Purtill, Wigan. Best bred lambs sold to 435p/kg from D&K Swarbrick, Out Rawcliffe, with others to 428p/kg for Texels from KA Purtill, Wigan. The best bred lambs were regularly 400p/kg to 410p/kg, with first cross Mule types, full of meat regularly selling 375p/kg to 385p/kg.

PRIME HOGGS

150 hoggs were forward, with once again well meated and fed hoggs meeting eager bidding, with leaner types to realisation. Texels sold to £172 from AG Butler, Hambleton and Beltexs sold to £160 from T&E Burrow, Slyne. Horned hoggs sold to £148 from S Bosworth, Burnley with Mules to £133 from A&L Huddleston, Wray and Swaledales to £130 from KM&KJ Curwen, Abbeystead.

CAST SHEEP

170 ewes were forward selling to an overall averaged of £149.15. Texels sold to £200 from DR&BE Rolfe, Scorton and a pen of Beltex to £195 from M Coxhead, Little Hool. A pen of first cross Texel ewes sold to £190 from A&E Clarkson, Thurnham. Mules sold to £182 from H Birkett & Son, Overton. 73 Mule ewes were forward averaging £151. Horned ewes sold to £141 for Lonks from S Bosworth, Burnley with Cheviots to £138 from KA Purtill, Wigan and Dalesbreds £122 from WI&A Atkinson, Bleasdale.

BREEDING SHEEP

The closing sale of ewes and lambs attracted a busy ringside of buyers, ensuring all types sold to a flying trade. Aged Cheviot ewes with Texel twin lambs from SE&J Gorst, Littledale sold to £268, with other pens to £262.