Fortnightly Sale of 4,219 Store Lambs & 480 Breeding Sheep & Rams
Forward: 4,699 Head, Overall av £56.41
A cracking sale for Mid November with still a large line up of 4,219 store lambs alongside nearly 500 breeding sheep attracting a good company of buyers and a fast trade ensued. Best Continental Store lambs into the 70’s, strong Suffolks and Texels in the mid 60’s, as were the best pens of Mules and Mashams including a pen of 112 mules at £65 each from James Harrison, Weston. Mid to long keep lambs have also been better to sell this last few sales as seasonal buyers get clear ground to graze. Horned lambs found a very strong following.
In the sheep ring at lunchtime, we held our fortnightly sale of Rams, Ewes and Gimmer lambs. Rams started the sale and sold to a complete clearance, gimmer lambs were again good to sell, with 383 Mules averaging £67.08 as several clients looked to fill their order books, with texel ewes to £105, and Swaledale Gimmers to £50.
With grazing in good supply around the country, take advantage of the trade and tidy up end of season stores, entries for the catalogue by next Monday please.
Next Sale is Wednesday 29th November – Entry of 5,000 expected.
Entries of Store Lambs, Gimmer Lambs, Ewes and Rams of all classes to the Mart Office
Entries close Monday 20th November
PRINCIPLE PRICES
Suffolk – Av £56.18
£66 F Reeday & Son; £66 RD Metcalfe; £62 AJ Ogden; £62 D&FJ Leeming; £61 BW Appleton; £60 SA Robinson;
Texel – Av £58.65
£73 DE&CP Sayer; £70.50 TB Moorhouse; £70 D Teal; £70 F&R Fielden; £69 AJ Ogden; £69 JG Hall; £69 ES Fearnley;
Mule – Av £58.20
£65.50x2 DA Harrison; £64.50 JW Hall; £62 JC Wade; £62 FG Reeday & Son; £61 V Verity & Son; £61 AJ Mason; £61 SL&SD Lund; £61 D&FJ Leeming; £61 Fleets Farm;
Charolais – Av £57.31
£63 £40 DN&JM Molyneux; £60 Hayton & Stocks;
Beltex – Av £61.73
£74 TB Moorhouse; £70 D&J Carlisle; £68 RT Booth; £63.50 JR Metcakfel £57.50 TB Moorhouse; £56 JGE Heseltine;
Masham – Av £60.42
£64 K Wilson; £61 V Verity; £60 JM Wilson;
Swaledale – Av £35.09
£39 £37 J Rayner & Son; £39 E&E Metcalfe; £39 £38 W&J&E Harker; £38.50 J Palmer & Son;
Dalesbred – Av £46.85
£48.50 £47 JA Stoney; £46 JM Wilson;
BREEDING SHEEP
Texel Gimmers Lambs – Av £65.53
£66 K Chapman; £65 T&J Smith;
Mule Gimmer Lambs – Av £67.08
£85 JW Sayer & Son; £85 PL Metcalfe; £82 RJ Scholefield; £82 J Cheetham; £80 £77 FG Throup;
Swaledale Gimmer Lambs – Av £47.56
£50 £45 Hayton & Stocks; £48 DA Robinson; £48 £45 AJ Haggas;
Texel Aged Ewe – Av £70.64
£105 £77 £65 £64 RH Hall;
Mule Aged Ewe – Av £69
£69 C Nelson & Son;
Texel Ram – Av £243
360gns 350gns 300gns FA Nairey;
Beltex Ram – Av £210
200gns TA Robinson;