Weekly Report & Newsletter - 26th June 2026 Lancaster Auction Mart: Weekly Sale of Prime Lambs & Cast Sheep. Monday 22nd June 2026. PRIME LAMBS More lambs forward each week with a large number of returning vendors keen to take advantage of the buoyant Monday Morning sale at Lancaster Auction. Back on the top of the leaderboard this week was Kevin Purtill selling Beltex lambs at 550p/kg with other pens of well-bred and well finished lambs nicely 500p/kg to 535p/kg. First cross lambs generally 450p/kg to 470p/kg, an overall market average of 440p/kg for lambs ranging from 32kg to 53kg. P & V Bennett, lead todays sale selling Beltex at £245 with D & K Swarbrick achieving £235 and H Birkett & Son £233. Light weight lambs looking well sold with Texels from G Barton, Arkholme at 38kg to £205. In spec and well finished lambs easily sold with more required to satisfy buyers demand here at Lancaster Auction on a Monday Morning. Prime Lambs Top Prices: BELTEX: £245 Arna Wood Farm, £235 Bensons Farm, £233 North Farm, £220 Oak Avenue, £220 Oak Avenue, £208 Yarlsber. TEXEL: £230 North Farm, £230 North Farm, £220 Oak Avenue, £219 Bensons Farm, £216 Ellers Farm, £215 Oak Avenue. CHAROLLAIS: £229 Jacksons Farm, £224 Hazelslack Towers Farm, £220 Jacksons Farm, £217 Jacksons Farm, £215 Ackenthwaite Farm, £209 Hazelslack Towers Farm. SUFFOLK: £220 Station Hill Farm, £210 Station Hill Farm, £208 Potters Hill Farm, £205 Ackenthwaite Farm, £204 Station Hotel Farm, £198 Hazelslack Towers Farm. CONTINENTAL: £198 Ackenthwaite Farm, £189 Jacksons Farm, £185 Potters Hill Farm, £184 Bensons Farm, £178 Gillbrands Farm, £176 Bensons Farm. MULE: £135 Thornton Barn Farm. DORSET: £127 Burnhead Farm.
CULL SHEEP All ewes forward today averaged £162 with a large number being harder worked, twin rearing ewes. Stronger end Continental ewes to £224 for Texels from H Birkett & Son with others £216 from CJ Metcalfe and £210 for KA Purtill. Medium cross bred ewes £180 to £195, best of the Mules to £196 from D & E Whitaker with other stronger ends £170 to £180. Hill bred ewes saw Cheviots sell to £187, Rough Fells £164, Swaledales £120 and Welsh £90. Just a handful of Rams today selling to £220. Keep these ewes coming Cast Ewes Top Prices: TEXEL: £224 North Farm, £216 Yarlsber, £210 Oak Avenue, £208 Annasghyl, £206 Gillibrand’s Farm, £194 Annasghyl. MULE: £196 Little Fell Farm, £172 Ellers Farm, Burrow Heights Farm, £172 Oak Avenue, £162 Appletree Farm, £162 Yarlsber. SUFFOLK: £192 Oak Avenue, £174 Oak Avenue. BELTEX: £196 New Bungalow, £182 New Bungalow. CHEVIOT: £187 Yarlsber, £148 Greenwoods. DORSET: £184 Burnhead Farm, £140 Burnhead Farm. ROUGH FELL: £164 Marsh House Farm. CHEVIOT MULE: £160 Low Stangerthwaite, £138