Weekly Report & Newsletter - 14th November 2025 Lancaster Auction Mart: Sale of Prime Lambs & Cast Sheep. Monday 10th November 2025. PRIME LAMBS Lambs numbers continue to rise with buyers showing preference towards hard fed lambs and more cautious to under finished and grass finished lambs. Texel cross lambs sold to £173 from P Whitton & Son with others £171 KA Purtill, £168 CD&HL Mason and DR Preston. Standard weights nicely selling between £140 to £150, topping at £165 from G Beresford & Son. Several pens of lighter weights selling to £120 for Cheviots and Texel cross. CD&HL Mason lead todays sale with Beltex cross lambs achieving 375p/kg, with others 367p/kg from G Beresford & Son, better end lambs were 330p/kg-350p/kg, grass finished 305p/kg-320p/kg, with several pens of under finished / out of specification lambs less. An overall market average of 313p/kg for lambs ranging from 35kg to 73kg. Lambs are required to be belly clipped next week to meet FSA requirements. A team of clippers will be available from 7am, vendors are encouraged to arrive as early as possible to allow for a prompt sale start time of 10am. Prime Lambs Top Prices: TEXEL: £173 High Tenement Farm, £171 Oak Avenue, £168 Ellers Farm, £167 Beaumont Gate, £166 Oak Avenue, £165 Angerton Hall Farm. BELTEX: £168 Mearsbeck Farm, £165 Mearsbeck Farm, £157 The Hawthornes, £144 Mearsbeck Farm. CHAROLLAIS: £161 Inverbervie, £151 Inverbervie, £144 Brisekey Hall Farm, £141 Corney Hill Farm. MASHAM: £158 Allcocks Farm, £148 Allcocks Farm, £146 Ellers Farm. SUFFOLK: £155 Parkside Farm, £149 Low Croft, £148 The Hawthornes, £147 Parkside Farm, £145 Higher Fair Snape Farm, £145 The Hawthornes. CONTINENTAL: £153 The Hawthornes, £147 Inverbervie, £138 Old Parkside Farm, £117 Corney Hill Farm. DUTCH SPOTTED: £145 Old Parkside Farm, £139 Ellers Farm, £125 Middle Salter. DORSET: £144 Abbotson Farm. CHEVIOT: £144 Ellers Farm, £143 Ellers Farm, £120 Middle Salter. MULE: £134 Cottam Farm.
STORE LAMBS Just a handful forward this week and falling short of buyer’s requirements, long keep Texel sold to £107, with others £99.