STORE LAMBS

Once again an abundance of potential purchasers with many leaving empty handed. Long keep Texel crosses from J Bargh, Morcambe sold to £124 with other pens £114 and £112, with all sold averaging £110.

CULL SHEEP

Another fast trade for all classes and types, with all sold averaging £133. Continentals sold to £214 for Texel crosses from D&K Swarbrick, who also sold Suffolk crosses at £210. Other better medium continentals were £165 to £190. Mules topped at £141, with others £132 to £140. Pure hill ewes saw Cheviots to £126, Lonks to £118 and Swaledales to £109. Cull rams sold to £215 for a Dutch Spotted.
Keep these ewes coming, more required every week to fulfil demand.

PRIME LAMBS

Christmas Champions sell for new market record at NWA Lancaster.

NWA Lancaster saw a new market record achieved at its Christmas show and sale of prime lambs. Judge, Mr R Moore of Moore & Co Butchers & Farmers, Windermere awarded the championship rosette to a trio of Beltex cross lambs from GR&A Foy, Conder Green which later achieved the new market record price of £315 a head, purchased by Abbas Shan on behalf of Yorkshire Halal LTD, Ossett.

Other notable prices included JE Parkinson & Son, Quernmore who sold Beltex crosses at £191, J Twigge Lindale sold Texel crosses at £182. Maisie Beresford, Kirkby-in-Furness sold Beltex crosses at 445p/kg, JE Parkinson & Son, Quernmore to 406p/kg and TR Prickett, Hutton Roof to 400p/kg.

Thanks must go to our show judge, Mr R Moore, who had 24 pens of show lambs before him in 4 classes and our sponsor Yasmin Lewtas-Wood on behalf of Agri Lloyd.

Away from the show, best bred lambs were £165 to £185 (340p/kg to 380p/kg) with a nice grass finished lamb £140 to £160 (310p/kg to 330p/kg) with on spec lambs in keenest demand. Lightweights easily sold to both fat and finishing buyers with heavies and super heavies experiencing some resistance.

An overall market average of 320p/kg was achieved for lambs ranging from 31kg to 56kg and an SQQ average of 338p/kg.