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STORE LAMBS & BREEDING SHEEP - WEDNESDAY 29TH NOVEMBER 2018

Fortnightly Catalogue Sale of Store Lambs & Breeding Sheep Forward: 3,442 Head – 3297 Store Lambs & 145 Feeding Ewes and Breeding Sheep Store Lamb Overall av £61.27 A tidy show of sheep sold to a very good trade, with strong Texels in high demand, topping at £95 from RJ Bailey of Reeth who also sold others at £88. Rob Smith, Steeton sold Texels to £90. Best Suffolks and smarter but smaller Beltex also into the 70’s. The next grade of medium keep Lowland lambs was £65-£70, whilst smaller lambs were £58-£64.




Hill bred lambs took a good lift in price, with Mules and Mashams a fantastic trade on the day, Best of these in the late 60’s, John Fawcett topping the trade at £69, closely followed by James Harrison, Weston with a pen of 60 Mule wethers at £68. Just over 1000 Mules and Mashams averaged £62.47.
Horned lambs were forward in large numbers best end £45-£47, Trevor Stoney selling 42 Horned at £45 in one pen, David Wilson 29 at £44.50 each.
Vendors can now sell Feeding Ewes with Store Lambs on a Wednesday and there were 114 in the entry today. Lowland Ewes to £89 averaging £50.85, Horned ewes to £30, averaging £23.86. Entries to the office for next sale.

 

 

Next Sale is Wednesday 12th December – Entry of 5000 expected.

Store Lambs, Feeding Ewes, Gimmer Lambs, Breeding Ewes

 

Including Addingham Sheep Breeders Show & Sale

Entries close Monday 3rd December

 

 

 

PRINCIPLE PRICES

Suffolk – Av £67.19

£74.50 SM Russell; £72 JS Throup; £72 £67 RD Metcalfe; £70 A Fisher; £69 JB Bancroft; £68 I Coates;

Texel – Av £64.99

£95 £88 RJ Bailey; £90 R Smith; £78 J Brotherton; £74 J&C Grayston; £73.50 DE&CP Sayer; £73.50 TP&EA Clayton; £73 J Sugden; £73 £71.50 WH&MA Keighley; £73 SI Horn; £72.50 T&J Smith; £72 KH&HL Fawcett; £72 D&FJ Leeming; £71.50 DC Wood;

Beltex – Av £68.68

£75x2 £73.50 ££73 £71.50 £70 Frankland Farms; £74 D&J Carlisle; £72.50 £71.50 F&R Fielden; £70.50 WM&E Dugdale;

Charolais – Av £63.94

£72 SM Russell; £69 £67 SI Horn; £59 £53 Hayton & Stocks;

Masham – Av £60.83

£67 JM Wilson & Son; £63 £55.50 K Lister; £62 P Leeming;   

Mule – Av £62.60

£69 KA&HL Fawcett; £68 JR Lancaster; £68 £65 W Harrison & Son; £67 PL Metcalfe; £66.50 DE&CP Sayer; £66 JW Sayer; £65 CJ Wardell; £65 PL Metcalfe; £64.50 RJ Gardt; £64.50 W Furniss;  

Swaledale – Av £30.55

£47 £40 J Verity & Sons; £46 T&J Smith; £46 RJ Gardt; £43 RD Metcalfe; £42 T&J Smith;

Dalesbred – Av £36.34

£45 JA Stoney & Son; £44.50 JM Wilson & Son; £36 K Lister & Son;

Cheviot – Av £50.40

£58 K Lister & Son; £54 SE&HB Robinson; £53 AJ Ogden;

 

FEEDING EWES

 

Texel – Av £64.50

£89 £66 £59 JN Bradley;

Mule – Av £32.54

£49 JN Bradley; £35 MD Parkinson;

Down – Av £51

£56 £47 JN Bradley;   

Horned  – Av £23.86

£30 K Lister & Son; £24 JN Bradley; £21 DE&CP Sayer;