Trade very good with the stores. Some good runs of medium/ small lambs with frame and meat selling £90-£105 some smaller longer term leaner lambs in the £78-£84 range for Suffolk and continentals, Best ended Texel/ Beltex lambs £110-£120 regular. Buyers bid for the tail end goods accordingly. Mules a good trade again mediums with meat £90-£105 a leaner longer-term mules mid 60’s to £80 depending on goods. Overall Mule wether avg of £87. Swales up to £82 from J Hirst Litton size sold at £68-£78 mediums £58-£68. Buyer cautious of the very small end £20’s up to £40 for the very small. Beltex lambs a flyer for all sizes. £108-£126 for best some smaller goods but started on the trough selling £100-£110.

Next Sale is Wednesday 10th February – Entry of 1000-1200 expected.

Inc Breeding Sheep – Special Sale of Pure Blue Faced Leicester Sheep & Inlamb Ewes

Entries close Monday 1st February  

PRINCIPLE PRICES

Suffolk – Av £88.94

£115 SR Dorey; £115 RH&B Lofthouse; £93 £85 SL&SD Lund; £90 JG&B Brown; £88 K Marshall; £78 SA Robinson; £78 S White;  

Texel – Av £90.71

£12 £114 M Thwaite; £114 S White; £111 J Swales; £111 T Charnley; £109 T&J Smith; £107 P&J Chapman; £105 RH&B Lofthouse; £105 RH Hall;  

Mule – Av £87.84

£105 J Dibb; £104 £99 £98 SR Dorey; £95 £90 E&E Metcalfe; £92 RH&B Lofthouse; £89 D Wade; £89 MJ&C Thornber; £89 M Thwaite;  

Charolais – Av £93.20

£110 MJ&C Thornber; £94 SR Dorey; £86 E&S Baines;

Beltex – Av £104.64

£126 AM&HV Brown; £126 J&J Garnett; £125 M Thwaite; £111 FH&N Bell; £110 £108 JS Stephenson; £106 A&G Midgley;

Masham – Av £76

£76 KA Liddle & Partners;

Swaledale – Av £54.96

£82 £73 J Hirst; £78 SR Dorey; £70 SL&SD Lund; £70 E&E Metcalfe; £68 W J E Harker; £68 AL Dean & Son; £68 D Pearson;

Dalesbred – Av £54.44

£65 KA Liddle & Partners; £62 £54 JG&B Brown; £56 G Greenwood;

Cheviot – Av £73.19

£75 H&M Plews; £68 D Pearson;

BREEDING SHEEP

Inlamb Mules                    to £163 av £137                W Richardson

FEEDING EWES

Texel                     to £72

Swaledale           to £65

Cheviot                 to £61

CONTACT DETAILS

Skipton Auction Mart
Gargrave Road
Skipton
North Yorkshire
BD23 1UD

Tel 01756 792375

Jeremy Eaton 07747 780481
Ted Ogden 07855 958211
Kyle Hawksworth 07538 539077