Fortnightly Catalogue Sale of Store Lambs (inc Suffolk & Cont x Gimmer Lambs)
Forward: 7420 Head, Overall av £59.03
Included in todays’ sale was the Annual Special Show for pens of Continental and Suffolk Gimmer Lambs. Trade for these was good, with a large company of buyers keen to purchase the good clean headed types with a nice skin. The best end of both breeds over £90.
The prize show was kindly judged by Mr Robert Towers of Farleton and the Continental championship ticket was awarded to David Towell, Glusburn whose pen of 10 sold for £200 each. In the new section for pens of Suffolk Lambs, Stuart and Stephen Lund of Littondale were victorious and their pen sold for £103 each, whilst a further pen made £100 each.
Buyers turned out in force for store lambs and all classes were good to sell. Strong lowland lambs were into the £60’s, medium keep lambs £55 to £59, Long keep lambs £48 to £54.
The Hill bred lambs were also a sharp trade, especially Mules, with 1,308 Wethers averaging £51.08. James Harrison from Covey Hill Farm led the section at £55.50 for a pen of 84 head, John Harker from Lofthouse made £55.20 of a pen of 45, whilst £54.50 was achieved twice for a pen of 50 from Mark Harrison t/a V Verity & Son, West end and Rosemary Berry made the same price of a pen of 46 head.
Cheviot bred lambs are becoming even more popular at Skipton, with Broomhead Estate Farms, Bolsterstone, Sheffield topping at £57.80 per head.
Next Sale is Wednesday 1st October – Entry of 10,000 expected.
Entries close Monday 22nd September.
Inc Show for Swaledale & Dalesbred Wethers
PRIZE SHOW
Judge – Mr Robert Towers
Continental (Competing for The Chris Hagar Trophy)
1st R&M Towell sold for £200 to T Jackson
2nd KW Gamble sold for £120 to T Jackson
3rd OM Chapman sold for £90 to JP&KE Hartley
Suffolk
1st SL&SD Lund sold for £100 to TJ Burke
2nd W Crane sold for £87 to W Thomas
PRINCIPLE PRICES
5871 Store Lambs Averaged £54.99
Texel – Av £56.68
£65.20 E&AM Simpson; £63 T&A Hird; £62 JR Parker; £61.50 AM Leach; £61 R Garth; £61 £60 AR Beckerton;
£60 K Waddington; £60 JGE Heseltine;
Suffolk – Av £54.53
£61.50 J Heaton; £58.20 J&V Blakey; £58 AG Horn; £57 CA Foster; £57 T&J Smith; 56.50 AR Beckerton;
£55.80x2 MR&VL Parsons;
Mule – Av £51.08
£55.50 W Harrison & Son; £55.20 J&K Harker; £55 AE Schindler; £54.50 V Verity & Son; £54.50 R Berry;
£54.20 ST Gardner; £53.80 W Banks & Son; £53.50 Hopkinson; £53.20 RJ&CM Clarkson;
Masham – Av £51.36
£54.80 JM Wilson & Son; £49.50 K Lister & Son;
Charollais – Av £58.73
£62 £60.20 J&SJ Harrison; £54.80 AG Horn; £51.20 N Speake;
Lonk – Av £39.18
£45 AE Schindler; £43 £33.50 £32 JA&E Metcalfe;
Cheviot – Av £51.97
£57.80 £57.50 £56.50 £52.20 Broomhead Estate Farms; £53.80 K Lister & Son; £53 £47.80 PR&J Wood;
£50.80 W Howarth; £50 AM Gray; £46.50 D Pearson;
Lleyn – Av £53.77
£55 AR&FT Naylor; £55 PJ Henfrey; £52 N Speake; £51.80 DMH Marriott;
Zwartable – Av £53
£54.50 JF Norcross; £51.50 GC Pickup;
Beltex – Av £62.55
£79x2 £77 £67 R Garth; £69 £66 AM Leach; £67.50 J Sugden; £66 JGE Heseltine; £65.80 AJ Haggas;
1585 Gimmer Lambs Averaged £73.92
Suffolk – Av £78.49
£103 £100 £98 SL&SD Lund; £90 Townhead Farm Partners; £87 W Crane; 386 £85 Ashfield Farms;
Texel – Av £73.56
£200 £170 DA Towell; £120 KW Gamble; £95 £94x2 £93 JA&JH Hewetson; £90 JR&PH Hodgson;
£90 W Crane; £90 OM Champan;
Charollais – Av £72
£72 JA&JH Hewetson;
Lleyn – Av £53.50
£53.50x2 DC Wood;
Beltex – Av £66.12
£84 JR&PH Hodgson; £72 £64 £62 MJ Wells; £58.50 A Jenkinson;