Weekly Report and Newsletter - 28th February 2025 Lancaster Auction Mart: Sale of Prime Hoggs & Cast Sheep, Monday 24th February 2025. Final February fling sees hoggs sell to £202 and 447p/kg and cull ewes to £240. Prime Hoggs The popular Monday morning sale of prime hoggs was once again well supported by loyal and new customers, which saw a market SQQ of 341p/kg for an entry ranging from 28kg to 64kg. Well-bred and well finished hoggs continue to sell to a premium, with the day’s sale peaking at £202 for a pair of Texels from AG Butler, Hambleton. Closely followed by JE Parkinson & Son, Quernmore selling Beltex cross at £194 and £192. Others achieved £188 from M&L Preece, Kirkby Lonsdale and £180 from KA Purtill, Wigan. Well finished level pens of hoggs were regularly £162 to £170. The best grass finished hoggs sold to £161 for Texel cross, with others regularly £152 to £158. Several pens of light weight hoggs were keenly competed for selling to £139 from A V A Thornton, Cockerham with others selling at £124 to £133. Just a handful of hill bred hoggs saw Mashams to £167 from T&D Wright, Wray with Cheviots £155 from A Collier, Chorley, Dalebreds £152 and Mules £150. JE Parkinson & Son, Quernmore led today’s sale with an outstanding pen of Beltex cross hoggs achieving 447p/kg, with another pen from this same good home at 441p/kg. Other vendors to break the 400p/kg barrier included AJ Lyons, Wigan, AG Butler, Hambleton, KA Purtill, Wigan and G Beresford & Son, Kirkby in Furness. Othe pens of well finished standard weight hoggs were regularly selling at 355p/kg to 380p/kg, with the next draw down 330p/kg to 350p/kg. Prime Hoggs Top Prices: TEXEL: £202 Park Farm Barn, £194, £192 Castle Mill Farm, £188 Park Farm Barn, £188 High House Farm, £174 Park Farm Barn. BELTEX: £180 Oak Aveune, £178 Park Farm Barn, £177, £170, £168 Mill Farm, £167 Angerton Hall Farm. CHAROLAIS: £168 Park Farm Barn, £165 Oak Aveune. MASHAM: £167, £152 Allcocks Farm. CONTINENTAL: £157 Angerton Hall Farm, £149 (x2) Brabiner House Farm, £139, £138 Little Crimbles, £136 Moss Gate Farm. CHEVIOT: £155, £151 Manston Grove, £126 Little Crimbles. DALESBRED: £152 Allcocks Farm. MULE: £150, £136 High House Farm, £135 Hill Farm, £132 Brabiner House Farm, £124 High House Farm, £107 Moorcock Hall Farm. SUFFOLK: £148 Angerton Hall Farm, £140 Little Crimbles, £131 Wellington Crag Farm. CHEVIOT MULE: £140 North Farm. Cast Ewes 91 cull sheep sold to an animated trade, with an overall market average of £142. Just a handful of the stronger end continental forward today, sold to £240 from AJ Lyons, Wigan. Others achieved £212 from Hill Farm, Lancaster and £206 CM&CA Jackson, Caton. Other stronger end first cross ewes were regularly £170 to £200 and mediums £140 to £165, with large framed lean ewes £115 to £130. Mules sold to a top of £172 from PM Sidebottom, Warton with other stronger Mules £160 to £170, mediums £135 to £150 and leaner end £102 to £115. Pure hill ewes sold to £164 for Cheviots, £148 Dalesbred and medium Swaledales to £94. Stronger end cull rams sold to £192 with other continentals generally £130 to £170, depending on quality and strength. Cast Ewes Top Prices: TEXEL: £240 Mill Farm, £212 Hill Farm, £206 Forgelands Estate, £192 Hill Farm, £188 Kellamergh Farm, £178 Hill Farm. LEICESTER: £200, £160 Hill Farm. CHAROLAIS: £174, £142 Hill Farm. CONTINENTAL: £174 Kellamergh Farm. MULE: £172 Kellamergh Farm, £168 Mill Farm, £164 Hill Farm, £160 Castle Mill Farm, £158 Burrow Heights Farm, £152 Kellamergh Farm. CHEVIOT: £164 Hill Farm, £158 Burrow Heights Farm, £140 Oak Aveune, £114 Moorcock Hall Farm. SUFFOLK: £158 Hill Farm, £152 Moss Gate Farm. DALESBRED: £148, £125 Allcocks Farm. MASHAM: £124 Allcocks Farm. JACOB: £116 Hill Farm. SWALEDALE: £94 Castle Mill Farm. Cast Ram Top Prices: TEESWATER: £192 Allcocks Farm. TEXEL: £132 Old Waterslack Farm. JACOB: £105 Hill Farm.
J36 Rural Auction Centre: Sale of Pigs, Prime Hoggs & Cast Sheep, Tuesday 25th February 2025. Pigs As with all sales there was a wide range of pigs on offer at this sale. Well finished pigs attracted keenest attention with Pietrain x gilts selling to £205 with other white gilts £195, £185 & £180. Coloured pigs and boars heavily discounted. Top of 182p/kg this sale. Weaners and stores sold to £60 for gilts with others generally £40-£50. Over 50% of todays sale turned up unentered, it is in the interest of the vendors to pre-enter pigs for each sale by 12noon on the Monday prior to the sale.