Final February fling sees hoggs sell to £202 and 447p/kg and cull ewes to £240.

PRIME HOGGS

The popular Monday morning sale of prime hoggs was once again well supported by loyal and new customers, which saw a market SQQ of 341p/kg for an entry ranging from 28kg to 64kg. Well-bred and well finished hoggs continue to sell to a premium, with the day’s sale peaking at £202 for a pair of Texels from AG Butler, Hambleton. Closely followed by JE Parkinson & Son, Quernmore selling Beltex cross at £194 and £192. Others achieved £188 from M&L Preece, Kirkby Lonsdale and £180 from KA Purtill, Wigan. Well finished level pens of hoggs were regularly £162 to £170. The best grass finished hoggs sold to £161 for Texel cross, with others regularly £152 to £158. Several pens of light weight hoggs were keenly competed for selling to £139 from A V A Thornton, Cockerham with others selling at £124 to £133. Just a handful of hill bred hoggs saw Mashams to £167 from T&D Wright, Wray with Cheviots £155 from A Collier, Chorley, Dalebreds £152 and Mules £150.
JE Parkinson & Son, Quernmore led today’s sale with an outstanding pen of Beltex cross hoggs achieving 447p/kg, with another pen from this same good home at 441p/kg. Other vendors to break the 400p/kg barrier included AJ Lyons, Wigan, AG Butler, Hambleton, KA Purtill, Wigan and G Beresford & Son, Kirkby in Furness. Othe pens of well finished standard weight hoggs were regularly selling at 355p/kg to 380p/kg, with the next draw down 330p/kg to 350p/kg.

CAST SHEEP

91 cull sheep sold to an animated trade, with an overall market average of £142. Just a handful of the stronger end continental forward today, sold to £240 from AJ Lyons, Wigan. Others achieved £212 from Hill Farm, Lancaster and £206 CM&CA Jackson, Caton. Other stronger end first cross ewes were regularly £170 to £200 and mediums £140 to £165, with large framed lean ewes £115 to £130. Mules sold to a top of £172 from PM Sidebottom, Warton with other stronger Mules £160 to £170, mediums £135 to £150 and leaner end £102 to £115. Pure hill ewes sold to £164 for Cheviots, £148 Dalesbred and medium Swaledales to £94.
Stronger end cull rams sold to £192 with other continentals generally £130 to £170, depending on quality and strength.