Weekly Report and Newsletter - 12th April 2024 Lancaster Auction Mart: Weekly Sale of Spring Lambs, Prime Hoggs, Cast Sheep & Sheep with Lambs at Foot. Monday 8th April 2024. Spring Lambs Small show of Spring Lambs forward today, peaking at £193 and 480p/kg from S Wilson & Son, Scotforth with other at £192, £185 and £180 from the same home. More spring lambs needed at Lancaster on a Monday to satisfy our ringside of buyers. Spring Lambs Top Prices: Continental: £193, £192, £170, £165, £146 Burrow Heights Farm. Texel: £185, £180 Burrow Heights Farm.
Prime Hoggs A nice show of 350 hoggs saw heavy and well meated hoggs meeting plenty of demand and selling to an SQQ averaged of 388p/kg. The sale topped at £208 four time for pens of Texels from F&SG Sanderson & Son, Woodplumpton and M&YS Barker, Halton. Pens of Suffolks sold to £206 from WN&D Smith & Sons, Cockerham with an additional twenty pens over £200. Beltex cross hoggs sold to 450p/kg from AG Butler, Hambleton with the best regularly 430p/kg to 445p/kg. Hill bred hoggs saw Cheviots sell to £187 from Kelsall & Wood, Scotforth with others pens to £184 from J&H Davis, Garstang. Pens of Mules sold to £180 from M&YS Barker, Halton who sold other pens to £176. Horned hoggs saw Dalebreds to £160 from T&D Wright, Wray with Swaledale to £120 for 37Kg hoggs from KM&KJ Curwen, Abbeystead. More hoggs could have easily been sold to the vendors advantage, withs an active ring side of eight buyers. Prime Hoggs Top Prices: Texel: £208 (x2) Cross House Farm, £208 Halton Park Farm, £208 Cross House Farm, £206, £204 Cross House Farm. Suffolk: £206 Cocker House Farm, £172 Little Crimbles. Beltex: £194, £184 Newhouse Farm, £182 Park Farm Barn, £178 Oak Aveune, £175 Newhouse Farm, £174 Oak Aveune. Continental: £190.50 Weavers Farm, £177, £165, £162, £158, £133 Little Crimbles. Cheviot: £187 Lower Langthwaite, £184 Weavers Farm, £162 Little Crimbles, £154 Lower Langthwaite Farm, £152, £150 Hillam House Farm. Mule: £180, £176 (x2) Halton Park Farm, £162 Thornton Barn Farm, £140 Little Crimbles. Masham: £176 Allcocks Farm. Dalesbred: £160 Allcocks Farm. Dutch Spotted: £160 Oak Aveune. Swaledale: £120, £96 Marshaw Farm. Herdwick: £119 Little Crimbles.
Cast Sheep All ewes forward averaged £118, with Texel ewes to £182 from JC Richardson, Slyne with Suffolks to £175 from WN&D Smith & Sons, Cockerham. First cross Texels sold to £174 from TR Gorst, Bay Horse. Pens of Mules saw the best sell to £138 from T&EA Garth, Bleasdale who sold others to £136. Horned ewes saw Dalebreds sell to £114 twice from S&J France, Over Wyresdale. Cast Ewes Top Prices: Texel: £182 Brookside, £174 Hole of Ellel, £155 Corney Hill Farm, £124 Newhouse Farm, £122, £92 Longstripes Farm. Suffolk: £175 Cocker House Farm. Zwartble: £170 Corney Hill Farm. Mule: £138, £136 Bailey Hey Farm, £116 Ellers Farm, £112 Bailey Hey Farm, £110 Cocker House Farm. Dorset: £137, £128, £110 Corney Hill Farm. Dalesbred: £114 (x2), £90 Kays Farm. Masham: £104 Longstripes Farm.