Monday morning once again proving popular with vendors, with lambs selling to £175 and 365p/kg and cull sheep to £258.
CAST SHEEP
137 cull sheep were forward today, which sold to an exceptional trade, with many saying ahead of other local centres. Best continental ewes sold to £222 for a Texel from J&S Winstanley, Clifton. Other continental cross ewes were regularly £135 to £155, with mediums £118 to £130. Mules sold to a top of £131 from J Pinder & Sons, Newton with other mediums Mules generally £100 to £115, with leaner types £75 to £90. Pure hill ewes sold to £122 for Lonks from J Pinder & Sons, Newton with Cheviots to £110 and Swaledale to £90. Medium hill ewes sold at £60 to £70, with leaner and lighter weights £45 to £55.
Cull rams sold to £258 for a Texel from T Carter, Bolton.
More ewes are required every week, to fulfil buyer demand.
PRIME LAMBS
Monday morning once again proving popular with vendors with 726 forward, selling to an overall market average of 280p/kg for lambs ranging from 29kg to 67kg. Well finished pure and three quarter bred lambs, were once again easily sold to an appreciative crowd of buyers. Topping at £175 from JR&LA Capstick, Killington with others at £168 from I Richardson, Catforth and T&E Burrow, Slyne. Numerous others in the chasing pack were £150 to £158. Well finished first cross lambs with weight and meat were regularly £136 to £145, with lighter weights £118 to £126. Mules sold to a top of £133, with other heavy weights at £131 and well finished standard weights £122 to £128. Several pens of light weight lambs saw the best Beltex to £120, with others £101 to £110. Super light weights sold at £82.50, with others £75 to £80.
A top price of 365p/kg was achieved for a Beltex cross from JR&LA Capstick, Killington, with others at 335p/kg from M Coxhead, Little Hool and J Twigge, Lindale. Other well finished pure and three quarter bred lambs were regularly 320p/kg to 340p/kg. Well finished first cross lambs were 290p/kg to 305p/kg, with grass finished lambs 270p/kg to 285p/kg. Best light weight lambs sold to 343p/kg, with others 290p/kg to 310p/kg.
Vendors are encouraged to feed lambs to ensure maximum returns. #LAMBS2LAM