Fortnightly Catalogue Sale of Store Lambs and Breeding Sheep
Forward: 7,399 Head, Overall av £55.88
A great entry of lambs met with a strong trade as buyers were out on force looking for both short keep and long keep lambs. Still a few pens of good drawn gimmers in the sale, making prices £75 to £95, whilst the 4,300 Lowland bred lambs (Texel, Suff, Beltex, Charollais) saw strong and smart lowland bred stores on the day around £64-£72. Medium keep lambs were keenly contested being £60-£63 whilst long keep types were £54-£59. A few pens of small lambs in the 40’s.
Hill bred lambs were in a similar vein, with some 2,000 Mule lambs, 700 Horned lambs and 400 Cheviot lambs in the mix. The best Mules/Mashams around £60 or just over, stronger types £57-59, medium types £55 and only smaller sorts £52-54. Horned lambs also well sought , better types around £40, medium types £30’s, small £20’s.
Next Sale is Wednesday 2nd November
Total Entry of 10,000 Sheep expected comprising
8,500 Store Lambs and 1,500 Breeding Sheep & Mule Gimmer Lambs expected.
Entries close Monday 24th October
PRINCIPLE
Texel – Av £59.42
£75 M Harker; £74, £72.50 RH Marston; £70 D&J Carlisle; £68 Hunters Oak Ltd; £68 MJ&PJ Campbell
Drawn Gimmers: £97 £80 RA&M Earnshaw & Son, £85 FW&JM Edington, £75 M Harker.
Suffolk – Av £59.04
£64.50 AJ Shepherd; £64.50 MR&VL Parsons; £64 MD Parkinson; £64 RD Metcalfe; £64 BW Appleton;
Mule – Av £55.84
£61 S&T Fawcett; £60 JM Wilson; £60 W&A Lambert & Son; £59 JC Wade; £59 RW Tarbatt; £59 JW&ME Taylor
Swaledale – Av £31.66
£41 KM&SM Sayer; £40 Hayton & Stocks; £39 G&P Middleton; £37 JB Taylor; £37 JG&B Brown & Sons
Dalesbred – Av £37.41
£41.50 K Lister & Sons; £39.50 GN Clarke; £37 W&R Verity; £36 KR Verity; £29 W&R Verity;
Charolais – Av £55.37
£60 N Speake; £59.50 JN Bradley & Son; £58 x2 SJ Scholefield; £56 JR Metcalfe; £54, £52 BG&LM Hawksworth
LLeyn – Av £59.13
£63 Fleets Farms; £58 NG Bailey Ltd; £55 N Speake
Beltex – Av £63.95
£75, £73.50, £73, £72 MP&NEG Burnop; £70 F&R Fielden; £68.50 MP&NEG Burnop; £67 AM Leach
Cheviot – Av £49.85
£58 K Lister & Sons; £57 Broomhead Estates; £56 A&D Rhodes; £56 Katie Hill; £55x2 D Sayer