Fortnightly Catalogue Sale of Store Lambs
Forward: 8,048 Head - Overall av £59.61
The largest entry of the season so far met with a grand trade that wasn’t much different to the previous sale. Suffolk’s and Texel’s again offered customers a good selection of short and longer keep lambs with both breeds averaging over £60. Tops of £82 per head for Texel’s from CG Dibb of Low Snowden, whilst Steven Wells of Monyash made £81 of the 1st prize pen of Beltex crosses, the 1,127 Beltex crosses averaged £65.10.
There was a great entry of this fortnight of 2,773 Mule Wether Lambs, John Mason led the way at £67.50 for a pen of 50, Mark Harrison of V Verity & Son from West End made £66 for a pen of 50, Trevor Stoney of Pateley Bridge had a pen of 52 at £65 whilst Robert Metcalf of Brearton also made £65 of a pen of 51 wethers.
The first Swaledale Wethers of the season were forward from regular vendors James & Simon Garth whose pen of 69 head came straight off Keasden Fell yesterday and made £38.50 each.
Next Sale is Wednesday 7th September – Another entry of 10,000+ expected.
Entries close Monday 29th August at 4pm
SHOW RESULTS
Best Pen of 50 Mule Wethers
1st V Verity & Son £66
2nd WP&B Walker £63
3rd JA Stoney & Son £65
Best Pen of 25 Beltex x
1st MJ Wells £81
2nd Ivanhoe Livestock £75.50
3rd AM Leach £69
PRINCIPLE PRICES
Beltex – Av £65.10
£81 MJ Wells; £75.50 Ivanhoe Livestock; £74 Chris Beresford; £73 AM Leach; £72 JGE Heseltine & Sons;
Texel – Av £60.89
£82, £81 CG Dibb; £74 J Wilson; £70 A&M Beecroft; £69 C Dibb; £68 RG Johnson & Son; £67.50 FT Shackleton;
Suffolk – Av £60.53
£69.50 SL&SD Lund; £68 C&RH Weatherhead; £66 RG Findaly; £65.50 C&RH Weatherhead; £64.50 MJ O’Donnell
Mule – Av £56.91
£67.50 KR Verity; £67.50 AJ Mason; £66 V Verity &Son; £65 JA Stoney & Son; £65 RD Metcalfe &Son;
Swaledale – Av £38.26
£38.50 James Garth &Son; £37 MJ Wells
Masham – Av £53.52
£64, £54x2, £J Verity &Sons; £49 S Beeforth
Charolais – Av £58.08
£62 T Longton & Son; £57 AG Horn; £53 GM&J Robinson;
LLeyn – Av £61.31
£69, £56.50 West Berwick Farm LLP
Cheviot – Av £56.48
£62 B Woodcock; £60.50 PR&J Wood; £55 S Hallam; £52, £51.50 B Woodcock