SPECIALS LINGFIELDS FAIR SALE OF BREEDING SHEEP, GIMMER LAMBS AND RAMS. Forward: 1,417 Head Comp: 45 Rams, 1171 Gimmer Lambs & 201 Ewes.
The Special Lingfields Fair Sale of Breeding Sheep & Gimmer Lambs & Rams took place today at Lunchtime in the Sheep Ring with 1,417 head presented. As ever at this sale there was a good entry of nearly 1,000 Mule Gimmer Lambs, our fifth sale of the season, and trade was on a high note, averaging £71.85 (+£13.70 on 2015). There were several pens of nice lambs that made £90 plus, topping at £105 from JA Stoney & Son and M Ryder & Son, and £100 from Richard Close. Masham Gimmer Lambs averaged £82.13. Horned Ewes were a mixed show, Roy Nelson topped the sale at £100, £80 and £70 with Andrew Haggas making £88. Swaledale Gimmer Lambs topped £82 from A&PM Hall, £75 RW&B Chapman and £70 W&SM Bilsborough. Dalesbred Sheep topped at £90 for a pen of shearlings from V Verity & Son. A good enquiry for Continental Gimmer Lambs saw trade peak at £103 for Texel crosses from Frank Throup, £96 D&FJ Leeming and £94 M Harker of Wycollar. Rams opened up the sale and anything with power and style was a sharp trade with a BFL at 520gns from Roy Nelson being top priced ram.
BREEDING SHEEP
Rams
BFL ram lamb to 280gns
BFL to 520gns
Suffolk to 200gns
Texel to 440gns
Charolais to 150gns
Swaledale to £150gns
Beltex to 180gns
Gimmer Lambs
MGL to £105 av £71.85
Texel GL to £103 av £83.56
Masham to £84 av £82
Swaledale GL to £82 av £41
Dalesbred to £31 av £27
LLeyn to £84 av £77
Zwartbles to £72
Ewes
Dalesbred Shlg to £90
Swaledale 2 Shr to 88
Swaledale 3 Shr to £100
Texel Aged to £82
Swale to £80
BFL to £110
Herdwick to £59