WEEKLY SALE 11:30AM. 473 BREEDING & STORE SHEEP (55 Ewes with 91 Lambs at Foot and 327 Store Lambs)
A good show of ewes and lambs were a nice sharp trade with good outfits of Texel ewes, regardless of age, making £210-£230 for twins and £150-£180 for singles. Sheep and lambs averaged £193 per family or £72.84 per life. More outfits required each week with a good ringside of buyers looking for sheep.
Also today we sold 327 store lambs with a mixed bag seeing better Continental crosses from £70-£75, and medium to longer keep lambs £65 to £70. Better pens of Mules £66 to £69.
Entries for the Weekly catalogue of Breeding and Store Sheep to the Mart Office by Friday lunchtime please.
Texel 3crop Twins to £230 CE Knaggs & Son
Texel correct Twins to £220 CE Knaggs & Son
Texel B/M with Twins to £215 RJ Umpleby
Texel Shearlings with Twins to £215 M Hutchinson
Texel Shearling with Single £145 M Hutchinson
Texel Correct with Singles to £165 CE Knaggs & Son
Suffolk Correct with Twins to £220 CE Knaggs & Son
Mule Correct with Single to £170 M Hutchinson
Zwartbles x with Twins to £180 M Hutchinson
STORE LAMBS (Av £65.75)
Texel to £75 (av £69.88) WM May
Mule to £69 (av £62.99) WM May
Charollais to £72.50 (av £69.01) WM May
Swaledale to £47 (av £42.33) Ellis Bros