Weekly Report and Newsletter - 7th April 2023 Lancaster Auction Mart: Easter Spring Lamb Show and Sale. Weekly Sale of Prime Hoggs, Cast Sheep and Sheep with Lambs at Foot, Monday 3rd April 2023. Spring Lambs The Easter show and sale of spring lambs attracted an entry of 46 forward. Todays judge was David Breaks and the show was kindly sponsored by WCF Fuels. The overall championship rosette was awarded to the first prize Continental x lamb from WA &LM Jenkinson, Stalmine, this lamb went on to top todays sale at £175. Other Texel lambs sold to £161 from S Wilson & Son, Scotforth who also sold heavy Dorset lambs to £146. Best bred lambs sold either side of £4 a kilo, topping at 427p/kg from WA&LM Jenkinson, Stalmine. Spring lambs were regularly selling at 335-345p/kg with native breds selling at the 315320p/kg mark. Spring Lamb Top Prices: Texel: £175 Woodlands Farm, £161 Burrow Heights Farm, £160, £154, £150, £146 Woodlands Farm. Dorset: £146 Burrow Heights Farm, £125 Lower House Farm, £120, £110, £108 Boundary Farm, £107 Lower House Farm. Beltex: £144, £138, £127, £118, £111 Firtree Cottage. Suffolk: £140 Burrow Heights Farm, £115 Lower House Farm. Charollais: £130 Woodstock. Cheviot: £129 Boundary Farm, £122, £111 Lower House Farm, £104 Woodstock. Hampshire: £121 Woodstock.
Prime Hoggs Another pleasing entry of 965 hoggs, sold to an average of 269p/kg with hoggs weighting from 28kg to 68kg. The sale peaked at £158 for Texels from SH&LE Birkett, Nether Kellet who sold others to £155. A wonderful run of well meated hoggs from AG Butler, Hambleton peaked at £153 for Beltexs. Heavy Continental bred hoggs were regularly selling at £135-£140. Twenty lots of hoggs today sold at 300p/kg plus, topping at 334p/kg from AG Butler with other Beltexs selling to 333p/kg from GM&A Jackson, Little Eccleston. Continental bred export hoggs were frequently selling at the 290-295p/kg mark. 44kg Cheviot hoggs from GM&A Jackson, Little Eccleston sold to £144 or 327p/kg. Heavy Mule hoggs sold to a top of £135 from F&SG Sanderson, Woodplumpton. Other Mules sold to £133 from RH&C Ayrton, Abbeystead. Horned hoggs sold Dalebred to £120 from WI&A Atkinson & Son, Bleasdale with Swaledales selling to £119 from JS&S Atkinson, Scorton. M&YS Barker, Halton sold Scottish Black Face hoggs to a top of £115. Prime Hoggs Top Prices:Texel: £158, £155 Stubb Hall Farm, £151, £149, £148.50 Park Farm Barn, £148 Rooten Brook. Beltex: £153 Park Farm Barn, £140 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £140 Halton Park Farm, £139 Cross House Farm, £137 Park Farm Barn. Zwartble: £149 Inverbervie. Cheviot: £144 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage, £139 Boundary Farm, £137, £132, £130 Weavers Farm. Charollais: £143, £128 Inverbervie. Mule: £135 Cross House Farm, £133 Ouzelthorn Farm, £132 Halton Park Farm, £130 Cross House Farm, £126.50 Lower Langthwaite Farm, £125 North Farm. Suffolk: £134 Halton Park Farm, £131 Oak Aveune, £131, £130.50 Little Crimbles, £126 Halton Park Farm, £125.50 North Farm. Continental: £130 Lower Lingart Farm, £130 Meadow Croft, £129 Inverbervie, £121 Lower Lingart Farm, £119 Rooten Brook, £118 Mearsbeck Farm. Gritstone: £125 Inverbervie. Dalesbred: £120, £108 Holme House Farm. Swaledale: £119