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Lancaster Livestock Auction: Lancaster Weekly Sale of Prime Lambs & Cast Sheep, Monday 23rd September 2024.

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

Top Prices

PRIME LAMBS:

Beltex: £175 Beckside, £168 West View Farm, £168 Throstle Grove Farm, £156 Hill View Farm, £156 Holmelands, £153 West View Farm. Texel: £156.50 Park Farm Barn, £155 Botton Hall Farm, £154.50, £154 Cottam Farm, £154 (x2) Mearsbeck Farm. Continental: £153 Mearsbeck Farm, £125 Holmelands, £101 Woodfold Lane. Dutch Spotted: £145 Holmelands. Charolais: £143 Throstle Grove Farm, £138 Holmelands, £136 Throstle Grove Farm, £133.50 Holmelands. Suffolk: £138 Park Farm Barn, £134 Maddison Aveune, £130 Walnut Tree Cottage, £130 Calderside Farm, £129 Maddison Aveune, £125 Wellington Crag Farm. Mule: £133 Burrow Heights Farm, £131 Park Farm Barn, £128.50 Calderside Farm, £122 Oak Aveune, £118.50 Botton Hall Farm, £114 High House Farm. Teeswater: £109 Middle Lee Farm. Masham: £106 Middle Lee Farm.

CAST SHEEP:

Texel: £222, £156 Savick Brook, £150 Hill Farm (x2), £145 Hill View Farm, £140 Old Waterslack Farm. Suffolk: £132, £131 Old Waterslack Farm. Mule: £131 Boarsden Farm, £120 Botton Hall Farm, £117 Maddison Aveune, £114 (x2) Walnut Tree Cottage, £108 Millbeck. Horned: £122, £102 Boarsden Farm. Continental: £115, £87 Old Waterslack Farm. Cheviot: £110 Savick Brook Farm, £85 Old Waterslack Farm. Swaledale: £90 Millbeck, £74, £69, £68 Marshaw Farm. Rough Fell: £60 Millbeck.

CAST RAM:

Texel: £258 Hill Farm.

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