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Weekly Report and Newsletter - 6th December 2024 Lancaster Auction Mart: Christmas Show of Prime Lambs. Sale of Prime Lambs & Cast Sheep. Monday 2nd December 2024. Prime Lambs CHRISTMAS CHAMPIONS SELL TO £200 AND 435P/KG. NWA held its annual Christmas prize show and sale of prime lambs on Monday 2nd December, which this year was kindly judged by Mr Alfie Blacklidge, Chorley and sponsored by J Bargh Welding and Fabrication, Morecambe and Northern Fallen Stock Ltd, Dalton in Furness. The championship rosette was awarded to the first prize pen of Beltex cross lambs weighing 46kg from regular supporter AG Butler, Hambleton which later sold for the sales top price of £200 per head and 435p/kg, and were purchased by the judge. The reserve champion rosette was awarded to a trio of Beltex cross lambs from GR&A Foy, Conder Green which were also purchased by the judged at £161. Away from the show, other well finished and well bred lambs saw Texels sell to £165 from J Pinder & Sons, Newton, £164 from HJ&BE Kelsall, Gressingham and £161 from JM&MH France & Son, Littledale. Other well-bred heavy weights were £145 to £155. The best standard weights sold to £150 for Texel cross from KA Purtill, Wigan with others £140 to £150 and first cross £130 to £138. Pure hill lambs sold to £146 for Cheviots from P Prickett, Hutton Roof, with others at £144 from D&D Huddleston, Wray. Mashams sold to £140.50 from T&D Wright, Roeburndale, Cheviot Mules £140 A&J Smith, Ingleton. Mules sold to £127 and horned lambs to £111. Well finished lambs were nicely selling at 320p/kg to 340p/kg, first cross were 290p/kg to 305p/kg, with best grass fed lambs 280p/kg to 295p/kg. Leaner lambs were a more selective trade at 260p/kg to 280p/kg. Several pens of light weight lambs sold to £115 and 311p/kg. Todays sale saw an overall average of 297p/kg. Prime Lambs Top Prices: BELTEX: £200 Park Farm Barn, £161, £160 Parkside Farm, £157 The Hawthornes, £156, £155 Parkside Farm. TEXEL: £165 Boarden Farm, £164 Walnut Tree Cottage, £161 Newhouse Farm, £156 Birch House Cottage, £155 The Hawthornes, £154.50 Boarsden Farm. SUFFOLK: £156, £147 Walnut Tree Cottage, £143 Lower Highfield Farm, £142 Low Croft, £128.50, £127.50 Wellington Crag Farm. CONTINENTAL: £152 Low Croft, £151 Birch House Cottage, £138.50, £135.50, £134 Bensons Farm, £132 Low Croft. CHEVIOT: £146 Hutton Roof Hall, £144 Botton Hall Farm, £142 (x2) Hutton Roof Hall, £138.50 Botton Hall Farm, £137 Hutton Roof Hall. MASHAM: £140.50, £138, £135 Allcocks Farm, £124.50, £113 Kays Farm. CHEVIOT MULE: £140, £117 Cross Farm. CHAROLAIS: £137, £136, £126 Jacksons Farm. DORSET: £136, £116 Corney Hill Farm. MULE: £128, £126, £120.50 Conder Mill, £108 Old Parkside Farm. SWALEDALE: £111, £102, £100 Marshaw Farm. DALESBRED: £110, £109 Kays Farm. Christmas Show of Prime Lambs Judge- Alfie Blacklidge Sponsor- John Bargh Welding & Fabrication and Northern Fallen Stock Class 1 – 3 x Lowland Lambs 1st – A Butler – Beltex 2nd – A Foy – Beltex 3rd – A Foy – Beltex Class 2 – 3 x Mule/Mash/Cheviot Mule Lambs 1st – J Drinkwater – Mule 2nd – S & J France – Masham 3rd – T & D Wright – Masham Class 3 – 3 x Swaledale/Dalesbred Lambs 1st – S & J France – Dalesbred Class 4 – 3 x Pure any other breed 1st - P Prickett- Cheviot 2nd – P Prickett- Cheviot 3rd – D & D Huddleston- Cheviot Champion – A Butler – 3 x Beltex Reserve Champion – A Foy – 3 x Beltex Cast Sheep All cull sheep today averaged £103, with a large number of leaner hill ewes included in this weeks entry. Continentals sold to £164 from A Thornton, Woodplumpton with others at £162 from H Hesketh & Sons, Longton with other mediums regularly £118 to £135. Cheviots Mules sold to £160 from A&J Smith, Ingleton, North Country Mules £140 from WJ&EA Woodhouse, Nateby with other stronger medium Mules £120 to £130. Hill ewes sold to £122 for Gritstones and £116 for Cheviots. Lighter leaner horned ewes to £88 for Rough Fells, £80 Swaledale and £78 Dalesbred. Several cull rams forward with continentals to £182, with others generally £130 to £160. Hill rams sold to £126 for Cheviots.