Forward: 4,380 Head – 4,207 Store Lambs & 173 Breeding Sheep
Store Sheep Overall av £59.24
Another nice entry of Store Lambs forward at the fortnightly sale and trade just slightly dearer than the opening sale. Trade still sensible though with an overall selling average of £59.24 (+£2.51)
The Annual Show and Sale of Pens of 50 Down Cross Lambs was held and prizes were Kindly Sponsored by Laurence Pierce Wool Merchants represented by Grace Dobson. The Judge was Mr James Spensley.
1st RD Metcalfe & Son, Brearton. 50 Suffolk x @ £71.50 each
2nd JME&C Mckenzie, Arncliffe. 50 Suffolk x @ £70 each
3rd JME&C Mckenzie, Arncliffe. 50 Suffolk x @ £69 each
Next Sale is Wednesday 6th August – Entry of 7500 expected.
Including Special Lingfields Summer Sheep Fair Sale of Breeding Ewes & Rams
Entries close Monday 28th July @ 4pm
PRINCIPLE PRICES
STORE LAMBS
Texel – Av £59.04
£73 M Thwaite; £72.20 £71.20 £69 RG Greenwood; £70.80 E&AM Simpson; £70.80 C Dawson; £69 Thwaite Bros;
£67.50 JME&C McKenzie; £65.50 W Mason & Son; £65.50 JW Hall.
Suffolk – Av £61.50
£71.50 RD Metcalfe & Son; £71 £61.50 £60 CA Foster; £70 £69 £62.50 JME&C McKenzie; £63.20 £61.50 MAC Iveson Partners; £61.50 MR&VL Parsons; £61.20 R Metcalfe.
Dales Mule Wethers - £55.00
£55 R&VJ Brown.
Mule Wethers – Av £50.55
£51.50 JME&C McKenzie; £51 AJ Mason; £50.50 M Burnop; £50 W Banks & Son.
Charollais – Av £66
£66 MAC Iveson & Partners.
Beltex – Av £60.18
£69 AR&FT Naylor; £65 P Metcalfe; £61.80 ST Gardner; £61 J Sugden; £54.80 J Garth & Son.
BREEDING SHEEP
Down Shearlings to £86 from Bowland Farms
Mule Shearlings to £140 from I Gregory
Texel Ewes to £127 from T Smith
Mule Ewes to £86 from J Turner
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