Fortnightly Catalogue Sale of Store Lambs & Breeding Sheep
Forward: 4282 Head, Overall av £54.79
A large contingent of travelled buyers meant for a swifter trade on average today. A lighter show of lambs certainly concentrated the trade but a full ringside of buyers was present from the start to the finish of the sale. The top price came for a pen of ¾ Beltex lambs of TB Moorhouse at Dacre for £79. Mules were better to sell with a strong average of £53.91 with lots of pens mid to late £50’s with the last consignment of mules through the ring from JW Hall seeing his lambs reach £58. Suffolk and continental lambs were on the receiving end of a firmer trade with a number of dairy and arable farmers contesting strongly for healthy medium keep lambs.
Next Sale is Wednesday 15th November – Entry of 6000 expected.
Entries close Monday 6th November
PRINCIPLE PRICES
Suffolk – Av £59.04
£65.50 RD Metcalfe; £64 JS Throup; £63.50 F Reeday & Son; £63.50 SL&SD Lund; £61.50 J&JA Preston; ;
Texel – Av £57.56
£73 PR Wearmouth; £72 J Sugden; £68 J&C Grayston; £66 MJ O’Donnell; £66 J&C Grayston; £65 TP&EA Clayton;
Mule – Av £53.91
£60 W Furniss; £59 AJ Ogden; £58.50 RL Wearmouth; £58.50 JC White; £58.50 TB Moorhouse & Son;
Charolais – Av £60
£60 Hayton & Stocks;
Beltex – Av £66.27
£79 TB Moorhouse & Son; £76.50 Townhead Farm Partners; £75 TB Moorhouse & Son; £74 F&R Fielden;
Cheviot – Av £55.68
£59 J Drinkall Ltd; £57, £55 K Lister & Sons; £53 DE&CP Sayer; £47.50 D Pearson;
Swaledale – Av £28.33
£42 JS Harker; £39 J Rayner; £37 E&E Metcalfe; £36 JS Harker; £34 SA&FM Hall; £31 RW&B Chapman
Dalesbred – Av £35
£35 C Harrison & Son
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BREEDING SHEEP
A good entry of breeding sheep for the early November sale,
and included a nice entry of 800 Mule Gimmer Lambs for what is effectively our
5th fortnightly sale. Trade for these was much sharper than the two
previous sales and an overall average of £67.31 reflects a healthy late season
bounce in trade. Best end £80 to £90, and anything smart or loking stronger for
the time of year was £70 plus. Rams were also a good trade for late season with
the pick of the day a Swaledale Shearling Ram from Roy Nelson selling for
500gns, and the main of Texel Shearling either side fo 300gns, whilst a run of
Texel ram lambs from Procters Farms created a stir and all found new homes at a
good average of £275 topping at 320gns.
Mule Gimmer Lamb av
£67.31
£90 V Verity & Son; £89 CD&RF Kitching; £85 RJ Scholefield; £84x2 JA
Stoney; £84 M Ryder & Son; £82 JG&B Brown;
Texel Gimmer Lamb av
£67.91
£72 £64 JW Stockdale; £65 J Harrison; £50 A Wilson & Son;
Masham Gimmer Lamb av
£63.77
£78 JM Wilson & Son; £74 V Verity & Son; £68 £60 K Lister & Son;
Swale Gimmer Lambs av
£32.96
£50 £48 JB Taylor; £50x2 £30 SA&FM Hall; £30 A Wilson; £30 SM Towler;
BFL Gimmer Lambs av £68
£78 Ellis Bros; £58 T&C Robinson;
Beltex Gimmer Lambs av £92
£92 T&C Robinson;
Texel Shearling av
£103
£120 £110 £108 TA Robinson; £100 £90 RH Hall;
Swale Shearling av
£52
£52 A&N Fothergill;
Dalesbred Shearling av £76
£76 A&N Fothergill;
Swaledale Ewe av £37
£72 £66 C Nelson & Son; £29 BW Appleton; £25 £22 H&M Plews;
Texel Ram Lambs av
£275
320gns 300gns 280gns 250gns Procters Farm;
Texel Rams av
£269
320gns 300gns Procters Farm; 250gns 200gns TA Robinson; 220gns B Roberts;
Swale Rams av
£220
500gns C Nelson & Son; 160gns K Dickinson;
Beltex Rams av £287
320gns 300gns Procters Farm; 200gns T&C Robinson;