Monday morning market once again sees sheep pens full and buyers keen to fulfil orders.

PRIME HOGGS

The popular prompt Monday morning sale once again saw a weekly increase in number forward and prices achieved, with today’s sale averaging 348p/kg. The sale topped at £210 on several occasions for Beltex cross hoggs from R&DL Cornthwaite, Nateby. Endless pens were £170 to £180 from J Twigge, Lindale, KA Purtill, Wigan, JE Parkinson & Son, Quernmore and AG Butler, Hambleton. Well finished first cross hoggs were keenly competed for, selling to £168 from RE&P Miller, Barnacre and J Bargh & Son, Morecambe with others regularly £152 to £164. Pure hill bred hoggs sold to £168 for Cheviots from P Prickett, Hutton Roof who sold others at £158. Mashams sold to £151 from T&D Wright, Wray, Herdwick £148 from P Prickett, Hutton Roof and Mules £146 from M J R Standen, Lancaster. Lighter weight hoggs were once again keenly sort after, with continentals regularly £125 to £130, first cross £100 to £115 and hill bred £80 to £95.
The 400p/kg barrier was broken on several occasions from JE Parkinson & Son, Quernmore who sold Beltex to 402p/kg. Other well bred and well finished hoggs were 375p/kg to 395p/kg, first cross 348p/kg to 360p/kg, with standard weights in the keenest demand. Heavy weights sold to 362p/kg, with others generally 325p/kg to 340p/kg. Light weight hoggs sold to 345p/kg, with others generally 315p/kg to 330p/kg. Hill bred light weights hoggs were 280p/kg to 310p/kg.

CULL SHEEP

After a fast and competitive sale of cull sheep, all vendors left the site feeling “ewe”phoric . The strongest ewes were regularly sailing past £200, topping at £236 on two occasions for pens of Texel cross from GH Sanderson & Family, Catforth with others to £228 from RM Gornall, Forton. Endless pens closely following at £185 to £200. Mules sold to a top of £182 again from GH Sanderson & Family, Catforth with others to £180 from A&E Clarkson, Thurnham, £178 from P Metcalfe, Quernmore and £174 from A&FM Bolland & Sons, Ellel. Medium Mules and first cross ewes were regularly £145 to £160, with the lighter weight leaners sorts £110 to £125. Several pens of pure hill ewes forward saw medium Swaledales to £92 from T Ayrton & Sons, Over Wyresdale. All ewes forward today averaged £156.56.
Just a handful of cull rams sold to £180 from P Prickett, Hutton Roof, with others generally £140 to £160.