MARKET REPORT - WEDNESDAY 15TH JANUARY 2014
1,710 Head, 1279 Store Lambs & 431 Breeding Sheep
A good start to the New Year with Store Sheep a sharp trade and plenty of customers present from Welsh Borders & further afield. Plenty more could have been sold and demand looks strong for the next sale.
A special sale of inlamb ewes created a great amount of interest including a dispersal sale for Mr John Turner, Draughton whose sheep were in fine order. They helped attract a good company of mainly local buyers, friends and neighbours to bid for them and produced a highly satisfactory trade.
Fortnightly Catalogue Sale of Store Lambs & Breeding Sheep
Forward: 1,710 Head, 1279 Store Lambs & 431 Breeding Sheep
Next Sale is Wednesday 29th January – Store Lambs & Breeding Sheep
Entries close Monday 20th January
A good start to the New Year with Store Sheep a sharp trade and plenty of customers present from Welsh Borders & further afield. Plenty more could have been sold and demand looks strong for the next sale.
A special sale of inlamb ewes created a great amount of interest including a dispersal sale for Mr John Turner, Draughton whose sheep were in fine order. They helped attract a good company of mainly local buyers, friends and neighbours to bid for them and produced a highly satisfactory trade.
PRINCIPLE PRICES
Store Sheep – Av £60.14
Suffolk – Av £65.53
£70 £65 £62 DN&JM Molyneux; £70 CH&OF Hammond; £69 £60 T&J Smith; £69 S Horn; £61 R Falshaw;
£58.50 CJ&J Harker;
Texel – Av £62.28
£74.50 AJ Barker; £74 S Horn; £70 £69.50 £67 CH&OF Hammond; £69.50 JR Parker; £68 £67.50 Thwaite Bros;
£68 £67 B Shepherd; £67.50 JC Wade; £67 AJ Barker; £65.50 JR Parker;
Beltex – Av £64.22
£70 £55.50 R Sunter; £68 A Fisher; £59 JGE Heseltine; £
Mule – Av £60.88
£65 T&J Smith; £64 S Carruthers; £63.50x2 JC White; £63 R&C Greenwood; £62.50 JC Wade; £62.50 A Layfield; £62.50 JW Hall; £62 R Nutter; £61.50 A Wilson & Son; £60 WP Sutcliffe; £60 W&J&E Harker & Son;
Swaledale – Av £41.32
£60 A Layfield; £48 £40.50 S Pepper; £47 W&J&E Harker; £45.50 £40 Greaves Bros; £38.50 WP Sutcliffe;
Charollais – To £54
£54 AC Ward
Cheviot – To £66
£66 AJ Barker
Lleyn – To £66
£66 RG&SJ Paul
Gimmer Lambs – Av £65.82
Texel – Av £63.33
£71.50 TB Moorhouse; £71 WM&E Dugdale; £70 £65 M Bowen; £68 IR Lampkin; £64.50 JR Emmott; £64 RH Hall;
Mule – Av £68.03
£76.50 £64.50 TB Moorhouse; £67 R Sunter; £67 R&N Carlisle;
Breeding Sheep –
Ewes in Lamb – Av £145
Texel 2 shears – Av £162.13
£200 £190 £175 £170 £165 £160 J Turner
Texel Shlgs – Av £172.94
£180x2 £175 £170 £160 J Turner
Texel Ewes – Av £136.66
£145 £135 £130 J Turner
Mule Ewes – Av £117
£125 £120x2 £118x2 £115 £110x2 J Turner
Texel BM – To £98
£98 WM&E Dugdale
Swaledale –
2 Shear – To £90 Execs of N Hall
3 Shear – To £80 Execs of N Hall
4 Shear – To £62 Execs of N Hall