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Lancaster Livestock Auction: Lancaster Sale of Prime Lambs, Cast Sheep & Store Lambs, Monday 25th November 2024.

PRIME LAMBS

The prime sheep trade at Lancaster takes a nice jump in the right direction, with a pleasing average of 315p/kg.
Good quality 43kg Texel lambs sold to 377p/kg from M&S Purtill, West Houghton. KA Purtill, Wigan sold heavier 46kg Beltexs to 370p/kg, again for top quality sheep. M&S Purtill also sold Beltexs to £165 for a pen of two.
Mules sold to £157 for a pair from Messrs Kelsall & Sons, Chipping. Lighter weight lambs hit 338p/kg for 38kg Beltexs from Messrs Metcalfe, Ingleton who also had other 37kg lambs at £121. Messrs Rogerson, Appleby received £156 for a nice pen of eight Texels, while the same good home had lighter 42kg lambs to £148.

CAST SHEEP

A smaller show of ewes was also met with a good trader, with numbers clearly running out! All cast sheep forward averaged £110.

STORE LAMBS

Store lambs at the end of the sale were phenomenal trade, acting as the cherry on top for the day and proving evidence of the massive demand for sheep going forward. Store lambs averaged £93, for a show which included a lot of longer keep lambs.

Top Prices

PRIME LAMBS:

BELTEX: £170 Oak Aveune, £165 The Hawthornes, £152, £150 Hill View Farm, £150, £149 Oak Aveune. TEXEL: £167 High Tenement Farm, £162 The Hawthornes, £158 Wyre Farm, £158 Park Farm Barn, £157 North Farm, £156 Oak Aveune. MULE: £157, £147 Brown Brook, £140 Old Parkside Farm, £135 High Tenement Farm, £132 Old Parkside Farm, £129 Thornbush Farm. SUFFOLK: £151 Oak Aveune, £150 Wyre Farm, £141 Maddison Aveune, £134 Old Parkside Farm, £128 Wellington Crag Farm, £124 Maddison Aveune. CHEVIOT: £144 Millbeck, £131 North Farm, £118, £115 Yarlsber, £110 Greenwoods. CONTINENTAL: £143, £141 Broseley Hall Farm, £141 Millbeck, £138 Thornton Barn Farm, £137 (x2) Broseley Hall Farm. CHAROLLAIS: £136 Wellington Crag Farm.

CAST EWES:

SUFFOLK: £156 Bensons Farm, £135 Oak Aveune. TEXEL: £156, £140 Haversham House Farm, £136, £120 Cock Hall Farm, £118 Old Parkside Farm, £110 Cock Hall Farm. CONTINENTAL: £142 Lower Castle O Trim. ROUGH FELL: £140, £90 Millbeck. MULE: £138 Lower Castle O Trim, £138 Cock Hall Farm, £135 Maddison Aveune, £134 Moss Gate Farm, £123 Lower Castle O Trim, £120 Millbeck. CHEVIOT: £128 Yarlsber, £92 Millbeck, £88 Yarlsber, £82 Greenwoods.

CAST RAM:

TEXEL: £144 Millbeck. SWALEDALE: £98 Thornbush Farm.

STORE LAMB:

SUFFOLK: £112 Cliftons Farm. TEXEL: £103 Low Pleasant, £99 Overhouses, £88, £85, £82, £79 Haversham House. DUTCH SPOTTED: £96 Overhouses. MULE: £93 Overhouses, £88, £85 Haversham House Farm. CONTINENTAL: £91 Higher Hollinhead Farm.

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