Weekly Report & Newsletter - 24th July 2026 Lancaster Auction Mart: Weekly Sale of Prime Lambs & Cast Sheep. Monday 20th July 2026. PRIME LAMBS Lancasters weekly sale of prime lambs saw a pleasing entry of 675 lambs averaging 384ppk. No fancy saying or fire emojis needed- just look at the prices to see the trade. 50 lambs over the £200 barrier, topping at £224 for Texels from S Bosworth, Burnley. Other heavy weight Texels to £222 from S Ayrton, Thurnham with D & K Swarbrick with their usually run of quantity lambs to £218 also for Texels. Handy weighted butcher types seeing plenty of trade with M Coxhead, Preston selling 41kg Beltex to 507ppk or £208. M Clegg, Stalmine also making £208 or 495ppk this time for 42kg Beltex. Plenty of these types of lambs round the 460-490ppk mark with buyers able to cope with any amount of this type of lambs. Well finished 43-45kg commercial type lambs selling well round the 375ppk mark. Top Price Per Head: £224, 48kg, S Bosworth, Burnley. £222, 64kg, S Ayrton, Turnham. £218, 47kg, D&K Swarbrick, Out Rawcli e. £216, 49kg, D&D Huddleston, Lancaster. £216, 44kg, D&K Swarbrick, Out Rawcli e. £212, 44kg, S Ayrton, Turnham. £212, 49kg, D&D Huddleston, Lancaster. £212, 50kg, M Coxhead, Preston. £211, 47kg, GS Lander, Cheshire. £210, 44kg, D&K Swarbrick, Out Rawcli e. £210, 50kg, GS Lander, Cheshire. £210, 46kg, S Bosworth, Burnley. £210, 50kg, R Doran, Preston. Top Pence Per Kilo: 507/ppk, 41kg, M Coxhead, Preston. 495/ppk, 42kg Michael Clegg, Poulton-Le-Fylde. 491/ppk, 44kg D&K Swarbrick, Out Rawcli e. 488/ppk, 41kg A&E Clarkson, Lancaster. 485/ppk, 40kg M Coxhead, Preston. 483/ppk, 41kg Ripley St. Thomas, Lancaster. 482/ppk, 44kg S Ayrton, Thurnham.