Lancaster Mondays maintain momentum:
- Spring Lambs to £181.
- Prime Hoggs to £198.
- Cull Ewes to £235
- Ewes with lambs to £430 or £165 per life.

PRIME LAMBS

Numbers creeping up with 49 forward today. A top price of £181 for Texel cross lambs from WA&LM Jenkinson, Stalmine who sold others at 424p/kg. Other better end lambs were generally 380p/kg to 400p/kg, with a SQQ of 390p/kg.
Lambs are needed each week now to fulfil buyers’ orders. Next weeks sale will include a show for pairs of prime lambs.

CAST SHEEP

Cull sheep maintained the high prices of recent sales, with all ewes today averaging £138. Strong continental cross ewes sold to £235 from G Beresford & Son, Broughton in Furness, with others £220 and £215 from PJ&ES Rogerson, Appleby. Mules sold to £208 from H Hesketh & Son, Longton with others at £198 from T&CM Kelsall, Chipping. Other heavier end ewes were £165 to £180, with lighter weights £140 to £160. Hill ewes sold to £164 for Rough Fells from LA Bradshaw, Stalmine, who also sold Herdwicks to £163. Dalesbred sold to £108 from A&MA Wright, Roeburndale East. Cull rams sold to £198 for Texels.
32 hoggs showing mature teeth sold to a top of £175 for Texel cross, with the better end £140 to £155. Smaller and lighter weights continental were £110 to £130, and hill bred £85 to £100.

PRIME HOGGS

The weekly sale of prime hoggs saw a large proportion being overweight, selling to a trade in line with other leading centres. Standard weights hoggs were keenly competed for and falling short of buyers requirements.
Hoggs sold to a top of £198 for heavy weight Texel cross from AG Butler, Hambleton with others £192 from L&A Duckett, Bartle and £191 from SH&LE Birkett, Nether Kellet. Other well bred heavy weights were £170 to £182. Standard weights sold to £176 for Texel cross from KA Purtill, Wigan who sold others at £169 and lighter standard weights at £167. Well bred and well finished hoggs attract keen attention, selling to 388p/kg for Beltex cross from KA Purtill, Wigan. Other better end hoggs were 350p/kg to 370p/kg. Middle range continentals 320p/kg to 340p/kg. An overall market SQQ of 311p/kg was achieved today, but it should be noted that hoggs today ranged from 31kg to 67kg, with 70% outside of the SQQ range. Several pens of well finished lightweight hoggs were keenly sort after, selling to £125 and 347p/kg for Cheviots from AJ Cardwell, Pilling.
Vendors are strongly encouraged to arrive in good time to allow all stock to be sorted and booked, to allow for a prompt 10am sale start time. Market gates are open from 6.30am.

BREEDING SHEEP

Another fast trade for all classes of breeding sheep, with more required to satisfy buyers requirements. Next weeks sale includes the annual price show of pens of five Mule and Continentals with single lambs at foot.
Today’s sale topped at £430 twice for pens full of Texel cross with twin Texel lambs from PJ&ES Rogerson, Appleby who sold others at £420 and singles to £330. Aged Cheviot Mule ewes with twin lambs sold to £355 and £350 twice from Stockdale Farms, Sedbergh who also sold twins at £255. J Shanley, Nateby sold aged Texel ewes with twins to £350, Dutch Spotted cross hoggs with singles to £235 and Welsh ewes with twin continental lambs to £188.