Fortnightly Catalogue Sale of Store Lambs & Breeding Sheep
Forward: 3,442 Head – 3297 Store Lambs & 145 Feeding Ewes and Breeding Sheep
Store Lamb Overall av £61.27
A tidy show of sheep sold to a very good trade, with strong Texels in high demand, topping at £95 from RJ Bailey of Reeth who also sold others at £88. Rob Smith, Steeton sold Texels to £90. Best Suffolks and smarter but smaller Beltex also into the 70’s. The next grade of medium keep Lowland lambs was £65-£70, whilst smaller lambs were £58-£64.
Hill bred lambs took a good lift in price, with Mules and Mashams a fantastic trade on the day, Best of these in the late 60’s, John Fawcett topping the trade at £69, closely followed by James Harrison, Weston with a pen of 60 Mule wethers at £68. Just over 1000 Mules and Mashams averaged £62.47.
Horned lambs were forward in large numbers best end £45-£47, Trevor Stoney selling 42 Horned at £45 in one pen, David Wilson 29 at £44.50 each.
Vendors can now sell Feeding Ewes with Store Lambs on a Wednesday and there were 114 in the entry today. Lowland Ewes to £89 averaging £50.85, Horned ewes to £30, averaging £23.86. Entries to the office for next sale.
Next Sale is Wednesday 12th December – Entry of 5000 expected.
Store Lambs, Feeding Ewes, Gimmer Lambs, Breeding Ewes
Including Addingham Sheep Breeders Show & Sale
Entries close Monday 3rd December
PRINCIPLE PRICES
Suffolk – Av £67.19
£74.50 SM Russell; £72 JS Throup; £72 £67 RD Metcalfe; £70 A Fisher; £69 JB Bancroft; £68 I Coates;
Texel – Av £64.99
£95 £88 RJ Bailey; £90 R Smith; £78 J Brotherton; £74 J&C Grayston; £73.50 DE&CP Sayer; £73.50 TP&EA Clayton; £73 J Sugden; £73 £71.50 WH&MA Keighley; £73 SI Horn; £72.50 T&J Smith; £72 KH&HL Fawcett; £72 D&FJ Leeming; £71.50 DC Wood;
Beltex – Av £68.68
£75x2 £73.50 ££73 £71.50 £70 Frankland Farms; £74 D&J Carlisle; £72.50 £71.50 F&R Fielden; £70.50 WM&E Dugdale;
Charolais – Av £63.94
£72 SM Russell; £69 £67 SI Horn; £59 £53 Hayton & Stocks;
Masham – Av £60.83
£67 JM Wilson & Son; £63 £55.50 K Lister; £62 P Leeming;
Mule – Av £62.60
£69 KA&HL Fawcett; £68 JR Lancaster; £68 £65 W Harrison & Son; £67 PL Metcalfe; £66.50 DE&CP Sayer; £66 JW Sayer; £65 CJ Wardell; £65 PL Metcalfe; £64.50 RJ Gardt; £64.50 W Furniss;
Swaledale – Av £30.55
£47 £40 J Verity & Sons; £46 T&J Smith; £46 RJ Gardt; £43 RD Metcalfe; £42 T&J Smith;
Dalesbred – Av £36.34
£45 JA Stoney & Son; £44.50 JM Wilson & Son; £36 K Lister & Son;
Cheviot – Av £50.40
£58 K Lister & Son; £54 SE&HB Robinson; £53 AJ Ogden;
FEEDING EWES
Texel – Av £64.50
£89 £66 £59 JN Bradley;
Mule – Av £32.54
£49 JN Bradley; £35 MD Parkinson;
Down – Av £51
£56 £47 JN Bradley;
Horned – Av £23.86
£30 K Lister & Son; £24 JN Bradley; £21 DE&CP Sayer;