Fortnightly Catalogue Sale of Store Lambs & Breeding Sheep
Forward: 6117 Head, Overall av £57.68
A relatively similar trade on last fortnight on paper however in reality longer keep lambs would be a shade cheaper with more buyers on better fleshed types. Mules wethers saw a good steady trade throughout the day with some short keep pens from Rayner, Pateley Bridge at £62.5 and Rosemary Berry, Cowling at £61.5. Longer keep mules were harder to place which reflected a straight average of £54.31.
Continental lambs met a ready audience with mid term lambs a nice trade throughout. Best prices were again achieved by a couple of pens of drawn gimmers with Messrs Newburn topping at £92. In general continental stores sold away well with well conformed tighter skin lambs commanding a premium. Michael Dugdale of Giggleswick would see the peak of this trade at £82.5 for a cracking pen of Beltex wethers which helped towards a breed average of £66.01.
Suffolk’s found a strong average with welsh and southern buyers forcing a healthy average of £65.25 however this was representative of a good even show of Suffolk lambs today.
Next Sale is Wednesday 3rd October – Entry of 9000 expected.
Entries close Monday 24th September
PRINCIPLE PRICES
Suffolk – Av £65.25
£84 £82 £77 T Edmondson; £79 £72 MR&VL Parsons; £79 JB Bancroft; £78 B Spensley; £71.50 MD Parkinson;
Texel – Av £58.25
£92 £85 £76 L Newburn; £78 £76 KM&L Throup; £78 RW&B Chapman; £75 J&C Grayston; £72 JI&MP Greenwood; £72 D&J Coates; £72 K&J Crabtree;
Mule – Av £54.31
£62.50 J Rayner; £61.50 R Berry; £61 W Harrison & Son; £59 F Reeday & Son; £57.50 £57 JC White; £56.50 E&E Metcalfe; £56.50 AJ Mason; £56.50 AJ Bland;
Charolais – Av £49.63
£66 Hayton & Stocks; £58 £49 SI Horn; £48.50 AG Horn;
Masham – Av £59.82
£64.50 £54.50 K Lister & Son;
Swaledale – Av £33.59
£40 JR&JC Greenwood; £36 E&E Metcalfe; £35 £34 £33.50 JR Crabtree; £34 JB Taylor; £33 G Banks;
Cheviot – Av £48.41
£59 £51.50 K Lister & Son; £49 £41 SE&HB Harrison; £41 D Pearson;
Zwartable – Av £53.86
£55 £31 P King;
Beltex – Av £66.01
£82.50 £69 Townend £71 £70 TB Moorhouse; £69.50 £69 JGE HEseltine; £69 N Robson; £69x2 BR Lawson;