Weekly Report & Newsletter - 10th April 2026 Lancaster Auction Mart: Sale of Spring Lambs, Prime Hoggs, Cast Sheep & Sheep with Lambs at Foot. Monday 6th April 2026. A buoyant bank holiday sale at NWA Lancaster. SPRING LAMBS Keen interest in spring lambs with a top price of £210 & 526p/kg for a Texel cross from WA & LM Jenkinson with others £206, £204 & £200. Dorsets from Messrs Charnley sold to £184. Spring Lamb Top Prices: TEXEL: £210, £206, £204, £200 (x2) Woodlands Farm. DORSET: £184, £168 Waller Clough Farm. CONTINENTAL: £150, £148 Waller Clough Farm.
PRIME HOGGS A very respectable SQQ of 403p/kg for a variable entry of hoggs with many vendors very much at the end of their runs. Best end hoggs keenly competed for and regularly 420p/kg to 450p/kg peaking at 464p/kg for Beltex cross from SH & LE Birkett with others 461p/kg from KA Purtill. Top grossing today was £213 for Texel cross from AG Butler with endless better end pens £195 to £210. Hill bred hoggs saw Mules sell to £185 & 409p/kg, Cheviots £197 & 403p/kg, Herdwicks £164 & 387p/kg, Horned £151 & 396p/kg. Prime Hoggs Top Prices: TEXEL: £213, £210, £206 Park Farm Barn, £202 Stubb Hall Farm, £201 Cliftons Farm, £201 Park Farm Barn. BELTEX: £208 Oak Aveune, £207 Park Farm Barn, £197 North Farm, £190 (x2), £189 Oak Aveune, SUFFOLK: £199 North Farm, £196, £192, £189 Park Farm Barn, £189 North Farm, £187 Greenbank Farm. CHEVIOT: £197 Park Farm Barn, £195, £192 Weavers Farm, £190 Stubb Hall Farm, £188, £186 Weavers Farm. CHAROLAIS: £186 Jacksons Farm, £178 Wyre Farm. CONTINENTAL: £185 West View Farm, £179 Jacksons Farm, £173 Cliftons Farm, £172 Inverbervie, £171 Cliftons Farm, £170 Inverbervie. MULE: £184 North Farm, £160 Thornbush Farm, £139 Moorcock Hall Farm, £130 Thornbush Farm. ZWARTBLE: £175 Cliftons Farm. HERDWICK: £164 Cliftons Farm, £151 Helks Farm. SCOTCH BLACKFACE: £151 Inverbervie. SWALEDALE: £100 Thornbush Farm.
CULL SHEEP Stronger end Continentals £195 to £215 with a top of £223 from D & K Swarbrick. Mules to £186 from D Eames. Medium ewes of all breeds generally £155 to £180, Hill ewes £156 for Cheviots, Swaledale £135.