Fortnightly Catalogue Sale of Store Lambs & Breeding Sheep
Forward: 6053 Head, Overall av £55.21
A nice show of lambs forward on Wednesday for CCM Auctions Fortnightly sale at Skipton Mart and in the end a nice trade ensued. With grass keep short and prime lambs just a bit steadier this week, the sale started slowly, but soon found a rhythm, and the medium to short keep lambs were in very strong demand, especially stronger Mule Wethers which were generally £55-£60, handier wethers early £50’s.
Suffolk and Continental short keep lambs were good to sell, better smart Beltex types in the 70’s and 80’s, strongest Suffolks and Texels in the £60s, nice sorts late 50’s, but medium to smaller types looked good value as wintering buyers struggle to get access to grass keep.
Next Sale is Wednesday 17th October – Entry of 8000 expected.
Entries close Monday 8th October
PRINCIPLE PRICES
Suffolk – Av £57.15
£66 K&J Marshall; £62.50 £62 RD Metcalfe; £61.50 P&A Riley; £60 AS Staveley; £600x2 AJ Shepherd;
Texel – Av £56.45
£84 £82 JR Smith; £81 £74 RJ Bailey; £75 J Lund; £75 I&M Lancaster; £75 Frankland Farms; £70 C Fewster;
Mule – Av £54.74
£60 JC White; £60 AE Schindler; £59.50 AJ Ogden; £58.50 E&E Metcalfe; £58.50 £58 G&P Middleton; £58 JR Fothergill;
Charolais – Av £55
£55 RE&BJ Potter;
Masham – Av £55.06
£59 £54 K Lister & Son;;
Swaledale – Av £27.16
£30 E Pennock & Son; £28 J Garth & Son; £27 J Rayner; £20 JB Taylor;
Cheviot – Av £48.34
£58 £55 Westalls; £52.52 £47 K Lister & Son; £49 J Shorrock; £48 P&M Ashbury;
Beltex – Av £65.99
£88 £83 £77 Frankland Farms; £78 AJ Haggas; £71 E Pennock & Son; £70 Townhead Farm; £69 RG Johnson; £69 JGE Heseltine;