Tuesday 9th June 2026

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Forward: 847 Sheep comprising 222 Spring Lambs, 342 Prime Hoggs, 283 Cast Ewes and Rams, 

 

SHOW AND SALE OF SPRING LAMBS

It was Spring Lamb Show Week at Hawes today, and it was met with tremendous demand, resulting in an excellent trade and leaving vendors well pleased with the day’s proceedings.

Spring lambs sold to an impressive top price of £280 for the Champion Pair of Beltex lambs from R Mudd & Sons, Cubeck, weighing 45kg and selling at 622p/kg, purchased by D Morland. A sincere thank you goes to our judge, Mr David Palmer of Whitby, for his time and expertise, along with our sponsors Horner Shearing for their continued support.

The Reserve Champion pen was awarded to the first prize pair of Suffolk lambs from BC Gregg, Masham, weighing 47kg and selling for £230, purchased by Neil Iveson. The Gregg family enjoyed further success, with their consignment peaking at £258 for 52kg Beltex lambs.

The weekly consignment from JR & LA Capstick, Killington also enjoyed success in the show ring, securing two second prizes and a third. Their consignment topped at £266 for 49kg Beltex lambs, followed closely by £264, £255, and £248.

Heavyweight Suffolk-cross lambs topped at £254 for 51kg from JW & ME Taylor & Sons, Dent, while a couple of pens of pure heavyweight Suffolks sold to £240, achieved twice by SR Crossland and EJ Body, Low Row. Plenty more pens sold around the £230 mark, highlighting the strength of trade throughout.

The first upland lambs of the season were also forward from A & JA Iveson, Litherskew, selling 43kg Mule lambs to £180, with 41kg and 42kg lambs making £174 twice and £169. Swaledale lambs at 34kg sold to £134 from the same home. Further Mule lambs at 33kg sold to £143 from WC Porter & Son, Reeth.

Spring lambs averaged an impressive 463p/kg overall.

 

Kindly Sponsored by Horner Shearing.

Judged By David Palmer, Whitby

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Continentals

1st & Champion R Mudd & Son, Cubeck, 45kg, £280/622p/kg to D Morland, Tebay

2nd - JR & LA Capstick, Killington, 48kg, £264/550p/kg 

3rd - JR & LA Capstick, Killington, 47kg, £255/543p/kg

 

Suffolks       

1st & Res Champion BC Gregg, Ellingstring, 47kg, £230/489p/kg to Neil Iveson, Hawes

2nd - JR & LA Capstick, Killington, 44kg, £222/505p/kg

3rd - Crossland & Boby, Low Row, 66kg £240/364p/kg         

 

Mules           

1st - A & AJ Iveson, Hawes, 41kg, £169/412p/kg

2nd - A & AJ Iveson, Hawes, 41kg, £174/424p/kg

3rd - A & AJ Iveson, Hawes, 43kg, £180/419p/kg  

 

Total Av. 463p/kg    

 

Beltex - R Mudd & Sons, £280, £230, 188, £170, JR & LA Capstick, £266, £255, £224, £216, £193, BC Gregg, £258,

JW Porter & Sons, £228 x2, Jess Labbate, £210, R & JM Harper, £208, £193, 

Texel x - JR & LA Capstick, £264, JR & LA Capstick, £248, £231, BC Gregg, £240, £232, £210, JJ & E Labbate, £238, £200, £190,

Sarah Bland, £228, B Spence & Sons, £216, x2, RS & BA Harker, £215, £195, £191, £189, £182, £181, R & JM Harper, £212,

JW Porter & Sons, £196, £187, £181,  DA & MA Brown & Son, £192, £190, £186, Whyte & Percival, £192, £191, DB & A Hoggarth, £187,

RF Lambert, £186, R Mudd & Sons, £166, 

Suffolks - JW & ME Taylor & Sons, £254, SR & EJ Crossland & Boby, £240 x2, JR & LA Capstick, £231, £222, £212, BC Gregg, £230,

A & H Watson, £217 x2, DA & MA Brown & Son, £210, £197, £190, DB & A Hoggarth, £198, £191, £189, A & H Watson, £189,

R Mudd & Sons, £188.

Mules - A & AJ Iveson, £180, £174 x2, £169, WC Porter & Son, £143, 

Swaledales - A & JA Iveson, £134.

 

PRIME HOGGS

Although the prime hogg trade may now be nearing its seasonal conclusion, demand remains exceptionally strong and continues to produce an excellent trade. Heavyweight Texel hoggs peaked at £252 from D & B Harding, Whitby, who also sold Suffolk hoggs to £228. 

Horned hoggs topped at £220 from EW Snowdon & Son, Helmsley with Swaledales. Scotch Blackface hoggs sold to £202 from P Turnbull, with further hoggs from the same home reaching £191.

Another tremendous day’s trading at Hawes, with strong demand right across the board and vendors leaving well pleased.

 

Leading Prices:

Continental - D & B Harding, £252, £220, £212, £182, M & P Carter, £200, P Turford, £200, £188,

JR Davidson & Son, £180, £140, £132, £130, P Dinsdale & Son, £178, £158, JE & SF Ward, £170, WM Scott, £157, £140,

RF Lambert, £150, JE & SF Ward, £149, £143, £130, DE & P Wilson & Ptn, £142, R & J Myers, £140, S Featherstone, £140. 

Suffolk - D & B Harding, £228, JR Davidson & Son, £150, DE & P Wilson, £150.

Swaledale – EW Snowdon & Son, £220, £158 x2, £150, £138, £132, J Rukin & Son, £184, £182, £172, DJ Amsden, £176,

P Turford, £170, £158, £154, £145, £141, A & J Myers, £168, J & SJ Bland, £162, M & P Carter, £151, £150, £148, £140,

P Turnbull, £148, £147, £130, RW & MA Suttill & Son, £130.

Blackface - P Turnbull, £202, £191, D & B Harding, £179, £168, £148, HH Smith, ££156, W Tyreman & Sons, £146,

Burwarton Estates, £132. 

Herdwick - M & P Carter, £170, £134.

Mules - JW & ME Taylor & Sons, £166, JR Davidson & Son, £154, £138, J Pratt & Sons, £144, £134, DE & P Wilson & Ptn, £140.

Dalesbred - RW & MA Suttill & Son, £150.

 

CAST EWES 

A good show of Ewes forward with a bit more meat about and averages were up on last week. Texels topped the trade with two smart packets from S & A Bland both realising £230 followed by a consignment from JR 7 LA Capstick at £200, £192 & £190 and J Dixon & Sons at £198. BFL made £218 and £180 for J Scarr & Sons. Suffolks topped at £192 for S Featherstone with JR & LA Capstick at £190& £180. Some strong fit mules in with M & P Carter topping at £188 followed by B Spence & Sons at £180 and 2 lots making £178 for JR & LA Capstick and DA & MA Brown & Son. Not many Beltex x forward making £182 and £170 both R Mudd & Sons. Horned ewes were headed by Roughfells from GM Sedgwick & Son at £152 and £150. With M & P Carter at £132 and P Turnbull at £130 with all the Swaledales averaging £101. Rams topped with a BFL at £178 for R & J Myers and £152 & £130 for Swaledales from M & P Carter.

 

Continentals to £230, S & A Bland, Gaisgill

BFL to £218, J Scarr & Sons, Askrigg

Suffolks to £192, S Featherstone, Farndale

Beltex to £182, R Mudd & Sons, Cubeck

Mules to £188, M & P Carter, Rosedale

Cheviot to £176, JR & LA Capstick, Killington

Rough Fells to £152, GM Sedgwick & Son, Sedbergh

Swaledale to £141 P Turford, Whitby

Blackface to £136, D & B Harding, Whitby

 

CAST RAMS

BFL to £178, R & J Myers, Bransdale

Swaledale to £152, M & P Carter, Rosedale

Blackface to £120, Burwarton Estates

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Tuesday 2nd June 2026

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Forward: 475 Sheep comprising 162 Spring Lambs, 96 Prime Hoggs, 91 Cast Ewes and Rams, and 48 Ewes with 78 Lambs at foot.

 

SPRING LAMBS

There was an increased entry of prime lambs this week, with the trade topping at £242 and £238 from High Greenbury Farm, both lots purchased by Martin Hare of Lane End Farm Shop. The consignment from JR & LA Capstick, Killington sold to a top of £240, with others from the same home reaching £232. The consignment from BC Gregg, Masham twice topped at £234 for Beltex and Texel lambs. Native lambs saw Suffolk-sired lambs from JR & LA Capstick top at £226.

The sale on Tuesday 9th June will include the Early Summer Show of pairs of prime lambs, kindly sponsored by Horned Shearing.

 

Continentals to 522p, JR & LA Capstick, Killington

Suffolks to 461p, KJ Burrow, Dent

 

Total Av. 450p/kg    

 

Continentals - High Greenbury, £242, £232, £230 x2, £221, £178, £170, JR & LA Capstick, £240, £232, £212, £202 x2,

BC Gregg, £234 x2, £230, £200, DA & MA Brown & Son, £222, £208, £194, £191, £185, KJ Burrow, £202, £188,

MA Donaldson & Sons, £190, £170, S Bell & Sons, £188, £171, RC Whitehead & Son, £188, £184, Whyte & Percival, £186, £172,

WT Metcalfe & Son, £176, 

Suffolks - High Greenbury, £238, JR & LA Capstick £226, £210, KJ Burrow, £212, £206,

RC Whitehead & Son, £205, £192, £179, £178, £178, £174, BC Gregg, £200, MA Donaldson & Sons, £188, £171, £162,

DA & MA Brown & Son, £178.

Charollais - JR & LA Capstick, £220.

 

PRIME HOGGS

As expected, there was a much smaller entry of prime hoggs this week following last week's festival sale, although trade remained strong with plenty of demand. Mule hoggs topped at £200 from High Greenbury Farm, with horned hoggs from the same home selling to £191. Demand for hoggs remains strong, with an increased entry already booked for next week's sale.

 

Leading Prices:

Blackface - High Greenbury Ltd, £191.

Continental - RG Blackburn, £164, SM Iveson, £166, JMW Brown & Son, £130

Mules - High Greenbury, £200, £180.

Swaledale – JS &S Atkinson, £176, JA Alderson, £170, A & TA Blades, £168, L Blades, £164, G Calvert & Sons, £150.

Dalesbred - T & A Hird, £156, £148.

 

CAST EWES 

Just a small show forward today but trade still as good as last week. Topping today was a BFL Ram from H & EM Tiplady at £238 and a Texel at £198. Ewes were topped with a good consignment from JR 7 LA Capstick, his Texels made £220 & £192 with a further lot at £210, the same consigner topped the Suffolks at £218 and £198 with RC Whitehead & Son at £210 & £195. Shapely Beltex x from T Pounder achieved £192 & £182. Not many Mules forward but a pleasing trade at £182 for JR & LA Capstick and £180 for Isla Bell. Some good Swaledale ewes in with Swaledales topping at £152 for JS & S Atkinson, £150 for H & EM Tiplady and £148 for JH Pedley.

 

Continentals to £220, JR & LA Capstick, Killington

Suffolks to £218, JR & LA Capstick, Killington

BFL to £195, SE Hunter, Forest-in-Teesdale

Beltex to £192, T Pounder, Bedale

Mules to £182, JR & LA Capstick, Killington

Cheviot to £175, JR & LA Capstick, Killington

Swaledale to £152, JS & S Atkinson, Scorton

Dalesbred to £128, T & A Hird, Buckden

 

CAST RAMS

BFL to £238, H & EM Tiplady, Walden

Continental to £198, H & EM Tiplady, Walden

 

SALE OF EWES & LAMBS

The season may now be getting later on, but there was still plenty of demand today, with trade remaining as strong as seen all season. Leading the way this week was the consignment of Mule hoggs with lambs at foot from JS & S Atkinson, Scorton, peaking at £405, with other pens reaching £325 and Texel x hoggs from the same home selling to £340. Pure Suffolk ewes with pure single Suffolk tup lambs at foot sold to £390 from Sophie Rigg, while continental ewes with twin lambs from the same home sold to £375 on two occasions. Mule ewes with Suffolk twin lambs sold to £362 from SR & EJ Crossland & Body, Low Row, with singles from the same home reaching £252. There was just a handful of Swaledale ewes with single Mule lambs selling to £285 and £250 from JA Alderson, Barras.

 

Twins

Continentals - S Riggs, £375 x2, JM Dickeson, £360, £345, £325, £320, AT Lambert & Son, £340. Av. £351.5

Mules - SR & EJ Crossland & Boby, £362, AT Lambert 7 Son, £340, JM Dickeson, £312, £308, £300, £300, AT Lambert & Son, £300.

Av. £319

Suffolks - JM Dickeson, £325.                                             

                    

Singles

Mules - JS & S Atkinson, £405, £325, SR & EJ Crossland & Boby, £252. Av. £315

Suffolks - S Riggs, £390

Continentals - JS & S Atkinson, £340

Swaledale - JA Alderson, £285, £250, £225.

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Tuesday 26th May 2026

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Forward: 3 Calves 632 Sheep comprising 79 Spring Lambs, 98, Prime Hoggs, 169 Cast Ewes and Rams, and 108 Ewes with 178 Lambs at foot.

 

SPRING LAMBS

As the sunshine continued in Hawes, so did the heat in the spring lamb trade, with prices holding firm and confidence high. With all prime lamb buyers expected back in attendance next week, vendors can continue to market lambs with confidence as demand remains strong across all weights and grades.

Hawes enjoyed another strong prime lamb trade, selling twice to a top price of £230. Firstly, from JR & LA Capstick, Killington, selling 47kg Beltex lambs purchased by C Steadman Butchers, Kirkby Stephen. This was matched at £230 from BC Gregg, Masham, with 51kg Texel lambs purchased by M Hare of Lane End Farm Shop, who also purchased the next highest priced lambs at £224 for heavyweight Texels from High Greenbury. Others from this home sold to £222 for pens of Suffolks and Charollais.

Handy-weight spring lambs sold to average 465p/kg, with all spring lambs forward averaging an impressive £208.41 per head.

 

Continentals to 489p, JR & LA Capstick, Killington to C Steadman Butchers, Kirkby Stephen

Suffolks to 475p, DA & MA Brown & Son, Coverdale

Charolais to 427p, High Greenbury Farm Ltd, Scorton

 

Total Av. 465p/kg    

 

Continentals - JR & LA Capstick, £230, £216, £212, £208, £202, £200, BC Gregg, £230, £212, £195,

High Greenbury, £224, £221 x2, £219 x2, £218, £216, MW & HE Pedley, £218, £210, £202, £198, Springhill Ptns, £218,

DA & MA Brown & Son, £191, £190 x2, J Sunter & Sons, £190 x2, R Wood & Son, £148.

Suffolks - High Greenbury Farm Ltd, £222, JR & LA Capstick, £217, DA & MA Brown & Son, £200, £190, £185, G Scott, £194.

Charolais - High Greenbury, £222, £220, £216.

 

PRIME HOGGS

With many outlets filled for the upcoming festival celebrations, a smaller entry of prime hoggs came forward this week. Heavyweight hoggs topped at £218 from Springhill Partnership. Prime hoggs are expected to remain in strong demand following the festival period.

 

Leading Prices:

Continental - T & C Norton, £200, WJ Metcalfe & Ptns, £186, £180, £166, £150, 3140, 3130, £122, Springhill Ptns, £180,

PE & TJ Wilson, £170, WM Scott, £170, £132, £120.

Mules - PE & TJ Wilson, £178, £170, WJ Metcalfe & Ptns, £162, £130.

Swaledale – K & GJ Huck, £182 x2, GJ & JM Scarr, £180, J Sunter & Sons, £172, MC Staley, £170, LV & N Croft, £136, £122, £120.

Jacob - SW & TA Milner, £120

 

CAST EWES 

Smaller show forward and trade would be just less than last week with some buyers already full for festival but still a very pleasing trade on the whole. Topping the trade was a cracking Tex x ewe from BC Gregg at £215 followed by Springhill at £204 and then £198 for JR & LA Capstick, who also sold Suffolks to£198. BFL topped at £190 for GJ & JM Scarr, some good Mules forward and these topped at £184 for R Wood & Son and J & S Mithcell achieving £180. Only a few Cheviots forward these were topped by a couple of nice ones from Luke Bell-Percy. Roughfells topped the horned ewe trade at £150 for SW & TA Milner with others at £117. Some good Swaledale ewes forward with 2 packets from DJ Amsden achieving £141 and £137 with K & GJ Huck in-between at 3140 and 3 lots from TM Barrass at £134, £122, £118. A late consignment from K & J Stables topped with a pure Blue de Maine at £202 with others at £160 and both Texel and Suffolk x achieving £190 each.

 

Continentals to £215, BC Gregg, Ellingstring

Blue de Maine to £202, K & J Stables, Durham

Suffolks to £198, JR & LA Capstick, Killington

BFL to £190, GJ & JM Scarr, Garsdale

Beltex to £190, MW & HE Pedley, Little Musgrave

Mules to £184 R Wood & Son, Aysgarth

Cheviot to £160, Luke Bell-Percy, Jervaulx

Rough Fell to £150, SW & TA Milner, Saltburn by the Sea

Swaledale to £141, DJ Amsden, Hawes

Blackface to £120, PE & TJ Wilson, Swinithwaite

 

CAST RAM

Blue de Maine to £144 K & J Stables, Durham

 

CALVES

Only three calves forward from the same good home today and were all seriously well bid for with more could have been sold to advantage. A limousine heifer sold for £810 a long stretchy 6-week-old from J Scarr & Sons. Their blue bull achieved £770 and their 3-week-old blue heifer sold for £510.

 

Heifers      

Limousin to £810, J Scarr & Sons, Askrigg

BRB to £510, J Scarr & Sons, Askrigg

 

Bulls          

BRB to £770 J Scarr & Sons, Askrigg

                    

SALE OF EWES & LAMBS

The weekly sale of sheep with lambs at foot once again attracted an entry in excess of 100 families, meeting another buoyant trade, with the recent warm weather helping grass growth and adding confidence to buyers.

Leading the way was the consignment from JM Dickeson, Middleton-in-Teesdale, selling aged Continental ewes with twins to £375, with aged Mule ewes from the same home selling to £358 and £355. Correct Mule ewes with Suffolk twins from Kev Hulley, Hawes, sold to £350.

A large number of Swaledale ewes with Mule lambs at foot met eager bidding from the ringside. Leading the section were four-crop Swaledale ewes with twin Mule gimmer lambs from GM Sedgwick & Son, Sedbergh, selling to £345. Other Swaledale ewes with twins from the same home sold to £305 and £300, while Swaledale ewes with single gimmer lambs sold to £315.

The sale also included the special consignment from D Eccles, Hauxside. Swaledale ewes with Mule lambs sold to a top of £320 for ewes with single Mule gimmer lambs, with other singles selling to £290. Swaledale ewes with twins from the same home sold to £275 and £270.

The consignment also included lowland ewes, with Continental ewes and twins selling to £348 and £340, while Mule ewes with twins sold to £340.

We already have entries booked for the Tuesday 2nd June sale of sheep with lambs at foot and hoggs with lambs at foot.

 

Twins

Continentals - JM Dickeson, £375, D Eccles, £348, £340, £332. 

Mules - JM Dickeson, £358, £355, £315 x2, KD Hulley, £350, J Alderson, £345, D Eccles, £340, £290.

Swaledales – GM Sedgwick & Son, £345, £305, £300, £205, D Eccles, £275, £270, £240, £200 x2, J Alderson, £235.

                                                                 

Singles

Swaledale - D Eccles, £320, £290, £250, £188, £170, GM Sedgwick & Son, £315, £230.

Continentals - D Eccles, £238, J Alderson, £232.

Mule - D Eccles, £155.

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