Fortnightly Catalogue Sale of Store Lambs & Breeding Sheep
Forward: 4,118 Head (Overall av £62.84).
CCM Auctions held their Annual opening Sale of Store Lambs at Skipton on Wednesday where a there was a reasonable show for numbers for the time of year. The lambs were generally smaller than previous years, reflecting the lighter average prime weights also seen this last month. Like for like, lambs would mainly be £2-£3 dearer on the year, but smart lambs would be £5-£8 dearer, whilst a half bred first cross lamb was similar.
The Prize Show was kindly sponsored by Tops Tags (Piers Holmes-Smith) and judged by Mr James Spensley.
1st Prize: JGE Heseltine & Son, 40 Texel/Beltex crosses at £79
2nd Prize: M&C Mckenzie, 48 Texel crosses at £74
3rd Prize: WM&E Dugdale, 49 Texel crosses at £76
Next Sale is Wednesday 26th July – Entry of 6,000 expected.
Entries close Monday at 4pm
PRINCIPLE PRICES
Suffolk – Av £62.44
£73.50 C&RH Weatherhead; £71 Swinbank & Briggs; £70 M Parker; £70 GT Carr; £65x2 M Parker;
Texel – Av £62.58
£81.50 GT Carr; £79 JGE Heseltine; £78.50 J&J Garnett; £78 B McKenzie; £76 WM&E Dugdale; £75 TA&N Whitfield; £74 P Sedgwick; £74 JM&E Mckenzie; £72 JR Carr;
Mule – Av £50.77
£53 GM&J Robinson; £50 R&VJ Brown; £49.50 C&M Crawshaw; £49 AMS Robinson;
Charolais – Av £52.91
£54 C&M Crawshaw; £49 R&VJ Brown
Beltex – Av £70.45
£81 J&J Garnett; £79 GT Carr; £70 WM&E Dugdale; £63.50 N Caton
Gimmer Lambs
Texel – Av £67.01
£86 x2 A&SL Throup; £83 S&D Robinson; £72 GT Carr; £66 A&SL Throup; £65 J Peace;
Show Results (40 or More)
1st JGE Heseltine & Sons
2nd M&C Mckenzie
3rd WM&E Dugdale