Weekly Report & Newsletter - 29th May 2026 Lancaster Auction Mart: Weekly Sale of Spring Lambs, Prime Hoggs, Cast Sheep & Sheep with Lambs at Foot. Monday 25th May 2026. Buoyant Bank Holiday Monday at NWA Lancaster. This popular Monday Morning Sale saw all pens full with all classes of sheep in high demand, with vendors leaving well suited with prices achieved. SPRING LAMBS Numbers rising week on week with additional buyer interest. Best butcher types 490ppk upwards peaking at 547ppk for Texel x from KA Purtill. Well finished first cross lambs to 495ppk with others generally 470-490ppk. Heavy weights to 489ppk and light weights to 481ppk. Top grossing today were texel x lambs from D & K Swarbrick achieving £230 with other better end, heavy lambs £210-£225, standards to £222 and light weights to £190, super lights to £148. Spring Lambs Top Prices: TEXEL: £230 Bensons Farm, £228 Walmsley Fold, £224 Bensons Farm, £224 Walmsley Fold, £224 Fern Bank Farm. CHAROLLAIS: £230 Bensons Farm, £217 Jacksons Farm, £216 Jacksons Farm, £216 Bensons Farm, £211 Oak Avenue, £200 Jacksons Farm. CONTINENTAL: £222 Ackenthwaite Farm, £217 Ackenthwaite Farm, £206 Ackenthwaite Farm, £201 Ackenthwaite Farm, £171 Fern Bank Farm, £140 Potters Hill Farm. SUFFOLK: £211 New Parkside Farm, £205 Cocker House Farm, £204 Cocker House Farm, £204 New Parkside Farm, £202 Cocker House Farm, £202 Ackenthwaite Farm. DORSET: £204 Fern Bank Farm, £179 Fern Bank Farm. ZWARBTLE: £189 North Farm. DUTCH SPOTTED: £186 Fern Bank Farm. MULE: £183 Burrow Heights Farm. BELTEX: £178 Halton Park Farm.
PRIME HOGGS No let up on trade with buyers keen to secure all classes and types. Best of the standards to 473p/kg for Texel with others generally 430p/kg to 465p/kg, all sold today averaged 413p/kg. Top price today was £239 for Heavy Texel cross with other Heavies £210 to £225, and standards £170 to £195. Hill bred Hoggs to £215 for Cheviots, £192 Scotch Blackface, £183 Horned, £172 Mules, £167 Herdwicks.