Fortnightly Catalogue Sale of Store Lambs
Forward: Head, Overall av £53.96
The fortnightly sale saw 66 buyers operating throughout the course of the day, with long keep wintering lambs noticeably dearer on the fortnight. Mule lambs averaged £50.97 with a higher percentage of small lambs in the sample but plenty of competition for medium keep mule lambs which topped at £59 from John Schindler of Thorpe for Lonk bred mules and £56 for 179 from Granville and Paul Fairburn, Marriforth for Swale bred Mules and last man in the ring V Verity & Son, West End at £54.50 proved trade was consistent all day long. Continental lambs were also noticeably dearer in the longer keep lambs with anything fleshy working into late £50’s early £60’s all day long with TB Moorhouse of Dacre topping at £72 for a pen of Beltex lambs. Brian Lund topped the Gimmer lamb trade with a sweet pen of Beltex’s at £89.
Show Results –
Swaledales
1st G Banks & Son selling for £38
2nd AJ Ogden unsold
3rd DD ME GE Todd selling for £33.50
Dalesbred
1st Hayton & Stocks selling for £45
Next Sale is Wednesday 7th October – Entry of 10,000 expected.
Entries close Monday 29th September
PRINCIPLE PRICES
Texel – Av £56.44
£66, £65 Thwaite Bros; £64x2 E Fairburn & Son; £63.50 JS Stephenson; £62 P Robison £61.50 AR&P Hargreaves
Suffolk – Av £55.73
£61 R Garth; £58 SL&SD Lund; £57.50 CR&H Weatherhead; £57.50 MJ O’ Donnell; £57 C&RH Weatherhead
Charolais – Av £51.40
£55.50 CG Cooke; £54.50 N Speake; £54 P Robison; £53 MJ Holmes £47 P Robison
Mule – Av £50.97
£59 AE Schindler; £56x2 E Fairburn & Son; £55 F Reeday & Son; £55 W Harrison & Son; £54.50 V Verity & Son
Swaledale – Av £33.36
£38 W Banks; £37 E&E Metcalfe & Son; £37 Hayton & Stocks; £36.50 P Robison; £36, £35.50 J Hopkinson;
Dalesbred – Av £43.75
£45 Hayton & Stocks; £44 GN Clarke; £41.50 JM Wilson
Lonk – Av £50
£50 AE Schindler
Masham – Av £51.12
£53 JM Wilson & Son; £50 K Lister & Sons
Beltex – Av £61.14
£72 £65 TB Moorhouse; £69 AJ Haggas; £69 R Garth; £68.50 BR Lawson & Son;
LLeyn – Av £57.03
£57.50 DMH Marriott; £56.50 N Speake
Breeding Sheep
Gimmer lambs
Suffolk av £58.14 to £61 JR Metcalfe
Texel av £60.94 to £80 R Berry;
Beltex av £74.36 to £89 B Lund