Thursday 3rd October 2024

 

THE ANNUAL SALE OF BLUEFACED LEICESTER RAMS & FEMALES ON BEHALF OF THE BLUEFACED LEICESTER SHEEP BREEDERS ASSOCIATION

Kindly Sponsored by Farmers Guardian & I’ Anson Bros.

 

Forward: 527 Sheep comprising 442 Ram Lambs, 29 Shearling Rams, 19 Aged Rams, 12 Gimmer Shearlings and 19 Gimmer Lambs & 6 Ewes.

 

Ram Lambs

1st & Champion - 98 - J Hunter & Sons, Steel, £30,000

2nd & Reserve Champion - 478 - RD Archer & Son, Carryhouse, £20,000

3rd - 521 - A & D Mckillop, Giants Causeway, £10,000

4th - 207 - M & W Porter, Skelgate, £16,000

5th - 99 - J Hunter & Sons, Steel, £45,000

6th - 4 - JA Middleton, Wharfdale, £3,200          

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Leading Prices:

J Hunter & Sons, £45,000, £30,000, £14,000, £9500, £6500, £5500, £4800, £3000,

M/S Lord, £35,000,  £32,000, £8000, £5500, £5000, £3500, £3200,

RD Archer & Son, £20,000, £18,000, £6000, £5200, £5000, £4200, £3800 x2, £3500,

J Wight & Sons, £18,000, £10,000, £9000, £3800, £3200, £3000, M & W Porter, £16,000, £5000, J & A Brown, £10,000, £7500,

A & D Mckillop, £10,000, £3800, G Loughery, £9500, £5800, £5500 x2,

NC Marston, £9000, £5500, £5000, £4800, £4200, £3200, £3000 x2, WM Reed & Sons, £9000, £6500, £4500,

E Fairburn & Sons, £9000, £4800, M/S Lawson, £8000, £6000, £3500 x2, PL Heard, £7000, W &D Lawson & Son, £6500,

JC & E Pedley & Sons, £6000, W Ridley, £5500, I Borthwick, £5000 x2, £3000, MW & CM Ridley, £5000, £4800, £4000,

J Warnock & Sons, £4500, JA & R Caton, £4500, x2, WA & A Booth, £4500, £3800, £3600, J Allison & Sons, £4200, £3200, £3000,

C Campbell, £4000, £3800, G & HR Shields, £3800 x2, JC Walker & Son, £3800, H Huddleston & Son, £3200,

M Thornborrow, £3200, P Ayrton, £3200, R & L Browell, £3200, J Middleton, £3200, A & H Watson, £3200, WA & GR Sedgley, £3200,

S & T Fallows, £3000, KA Brown & Sons, £3000 x2, Breck House Ent Ltd, £3000, JE & SJL James, £3000, HW & G White, £3000.

Average: £2571.7

 

Leading Flock Averages:

J Hunter & Sons, £13389 for 9, M/S Lord, £11,800 for 8 , M & W Porter, £10,500 for 2, RD Archer & Son, £7170 for 10,

G Loughery, £6575 for 4, WM Reed & Sons, £5625 for 4, J & A Brown, £4925, for 4, I Borthwick, £4333 for 3,

J Wight & Sons, £4273 for 15, W Ridley, £3550 for 2, C Campbell £3433 for 3 , JA & R Caton, £3300 for 6, M/S Lawson £3267 for 9,

A & D Mckillop, £3089 for 9, NC Marston, £3088 for 17, WA & A Booth, £2842, for 7, PL Heard, £2700 for 4,

MW & CM Ridley, £2591 for 11, G & HR Shields, £2560 for 5, JC Walker & Son, £2400 for 3, W & D Lawson, £2386 for 7,

J Warnock, £2367 for 3, E Fairburn & Sons, £2300 for 10, J Allison & Sons, £2191 for 11, KA Brown & Sons, £2186 for 7,

M Thornborrow, £2160 for 6, H Huddleston, £2150 for 4.

 

Shearling Rams

1st - 1 - S Sayer, Pear Tree, £1300     

2nd - 32 - JC & N Throup, Chelker, £1200

3rd - 33 - JC & N Throup, Chelker, £1700

 

Leading Prices:

JA & R Caton, £7500, £1800, J Wight & Sons, £3000, £1900, Breck House Ent Ltd, £2800, £1500, WC Porter & Son, £2300, £1300,

DIL Jones, £2000, JC & N Throup, £1700, £1300, £1200, x2 SD Thompson, £1600, JL Cloughton & Son, £1500, £1000,

KM & SM Sayer, £1300, £1100, K & A Woof, £1300, £1100, RJ Hargreaves, £1200, J Middleton, £1200 x2,

Bank House Farms, £1200, £1100, 

Average: £1624

 

Aged Rams

1st - 19 - R Bland, Rachan, £2200

2nd - 12 - E Fairburn & Sons, Marriforth, £1700

3rd - 38 - M James, Dunhonw, £800

4th - 30 - JC & N Throup, Chelker, £1200

5th - 39 - J Taylor, Lunesdale, £800

 

Leading Prices:

JA & R Caton, £3200, R Bland, £2200, SD Thompson, £2200, Breck House Ent Ltd, £2200, £2000, R & PE Hargreaves, £2000,

E Fairburn & Sons, £1700, W Barrowman, £1400, JL Cloughton & Son, £1400, JC & N Throup, £1200, £1100,

Bank House Farms, £1100, £1000, C & M Richard.

Average: £1463

 

Ewe

1st & Reserve Champion Female - 631 - E Fairburn & Sons, Marriforth, £1500

2nd - 630 - E Fairburn & Sons, Marriforth, £1000

3rd - 639 - GT Davies & Son, Ty-Gwyn, £300

                 

Leading Prices:

E Fairburn & Sons, £1500, £1250, £1000, I Borthwick & Son, £450, GT Davies & Son, £300.

Average: £900

 

Gimmer Shearlings

1st - 624 - A Ainslie, Linkshead, £700

2nd - 625 - A Ainslie, Linkshead, £850

3rd - 643 - GT Davies & Son, Ty-Gwyn, £600

4th - 671 - WM & JE Shuttleworth, Barbon Fell House, £620

 

Leading Prices:

GA & BB Ainslie, £850, £700, WM & JE Shuttleworth, £680, £620, A & H Watson, £620, £580, £320, GT Davies, £600, £400,

AH Barker, £300.

Average: £567

 

Gimmer Lambs

1st  & Champion Female - 667 - A & D Mckillop, Giants Causeway, £1550  

2nd - 653 - HD Bennett, Springwood, £780

3rd - 666 - A & D Mckillop Giants Causeway, £1050

4th - 627 - A Ainslie, Linkshead, £500

                                   

Leading Prices:

A & D Mckillop, £1550, £1050, £700, £300, H Bennett, £780, £480, GA & BB Ainslie, £550, £500, D Curr & Son, £320, £300.

Average: £496.6

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Tuesday 1st October 2024

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Forward: 1005 Sheep comprising 635 Prime Lambs & 370 Cast Ewes & Rams

 

PRIME LAMBS

There was a smaller entry of prime lambs forward this week with more interest from buyers with thanks going to the vendors for forwarding a show of well finished lambs. The overall market average was 270p/kg with lambs weighing in excess of 45kg in strong demand averaging 276p/kg. The better conformation lambs continue to easily sell in excess of the 300p/kg mark. It was a heavy weight Beltex lamb from JR & LA Capstick, Killington that topped the market selling to £171 or 325p/kg with other lambs from this home selling to £156 or 320p/kg with other pens from the same home to £150 and £149. The consignment from of Beltex lambs from R Marwood & Son sold to £156 and £154. 

Heavy weights were keenly sought after selling Texels to a top of £163 from TG & B Todd, Sedbergh and £159 from A & AJ Lambert, Bainbridge with plenty more selling in the region of £150. Heavy weight upland lambs sold to a top of £143 for a pen of heavy weight cheviots. Mule lambs sold to a top of £141.50 at 52kg and £140 at 50kg from J Scarr & Sons with 53kg Mules to £140 from SD Thompson, Aysgarth. Plenty of pens of well fleshed mules in the late forty kilos selling between mid-one twenties to early one thirties.    

There were more horned lambs forward selling to a sharper trade. Rough Fell lambs sold to £100 from SL Hoggarth, Sedbergh.   

        

Beltex to 323p, JR & LA Capstick, Killington, Av. 308p/kg

Texel x to 318p, JR & LA Capstick, Killington, Av. 277p/kg

Suffolk to 277p, R & JM Harper, Marthwaite, Av. 263p/kg

Mule to 280p, J Scarr & Sons, Askrigg, Av. 260p/kg   

 

Overall Average: 270.2p/kg

    

Leading Prices:

Beltex - JR & LA Capstick, £171 (to C Steadman Butchers, Kirkby Stephen),  R Marwood & Son, £156, £154, £147,

BC Gregg, £140, £129, R Mudd & Sons, £138, £135, £134, £133, £131 x2, £128, G Harper, £136, £131, R & JM Harper, £132, 

Texel – TG & B Todd, £163, £143, £122, A & AJ Lambert, £159, £149, £139, £129, £128, JR & LA Capstick, £156, £150, £149, £142,

ME Dinsdale, £147, £136.50, B & J Park, £147, £135, RP Sedgwick, £146, £133.50, £126.50, A & NJ Heseltine, £144, BC Gregg, £142, £124, LV & N Croft, £141, £128.50, JR Rukin, £139.50, £137, £125.50, AD Coates & Son, £138, £122, DA & MA Brown & Son, £137.50,

HJ Thwaite, £137, £120.50, J Scarr & Sons, £137, Whyte & Percival, £135.50, KJ Burrow, £134.50, EG Clark, £130,

H Kirkbride & Son, £125, J Sunter & Son, £125, 3120, R Marwood & Son, £124.50.

Mules – J Scarr & Sons, £141.50, £140, £124.50, SD Thompson, £140, A & AJ Lambert, £140, £122.50, S Bell & Sons, £132, £124,

DA & MA Brown & Son, £131.50, £114,  A Spence, £130, £115.50, JF & GR Howard, £122, £107, £106.50, G Mudd, £117.50, £103,

WC Porter & Son, £117.50, £100, LV & N Croft, £117, SL Hoggarth, £114.50, £100, W & A Lambert & Son, £111.50,

A & NJ Heseltine, £110.50, DB & A Hoggarth, £109, GJ & JM Scarr, £108, K Milburn & A Devlin, £103.

Suffolk - DA & MA Brown & Son, £141, DB & A Hoggarth, £131, £120.50, £110, H Kirkbride & Son, £129, SL Hoggarth, £129,

R & JM Harper, £122, AC & SG Ramsden, £111

BFL x - K Milburn & A Devlin, £133, £115.

Masham - DA & MA Brown & Son, £127.

Hampshire - KJ Burrow, £125.50, AC & SG Ramsden, £123.

Herdwick x - LC Scarr & Son, £111.

Rough Fell - SL Hoggarth, £100 x2.

Swaledales – LV & N Croft, £84, B & J Park, £78, GJ & JM Scarr, £70.50, WC Porter & Son, £64.

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CAST EWES & RAMS

370 Ewes & Rams forward. Not many strong big ewes forward. Texels topped at £175 and “162 with good cheviots full of meat were £150. Mules (68) topped at £142 x2 from R Moore & Son & WJ Metcalfe & Ptns and 10 lots were £102 or above. 240 Swales that topped at £88 with 9 lots between £66-£88, lean ewes would be less on the week. Not many Rams forward. A Texel ram topped at £220 and £102 for Swaledale & BFL.

 

CAST EWES

Cheviot to £150, JT Iveson, Hawes

Texel to £175, JT Iveson, Hawes

Mules to £142, R Moore & Son, Hawes & WJ Metcalfe & Ptns, Nappa Scar

Swaledale to £88, T & G Farrow, Richmond

Blackface to £70, K Milburn & A Devlin, Sedbergh

Suffolk to £68, A & TA Blades, Hawes

 

CAST RAMS

Texel to £220, JT Iveson, Hawes

BFL to £102, T & G Farrow, Richmond

Swaledale to £102, T & G Farrow, Richmond

 

 

Monday 30th September 2024

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The Second Show & Sale of 8639 Gimmer Lambs comprising 8313 Mules, 30 Masham’s, 162 Cheviot Mules, 134 Continental & other Gimmer Lambs & 101 Gimmer Shearlings.

Kindly Sponsored by JN & E Capstick, Insurance Consultants 

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Forward: 8740

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The second show and sale of mule gimmer lambs saw an increased number of 8740 lambs sold. There was an impressive line-up of 13 pens of North of England mules forward for the pre-sale show in which we thank Trevor Sharp and Callum Kettles for their time and expertise judging. A special thank you goes to the sale sponsors Capstick Insurance limited. The first prize rosette & Chester Kneller Memorial Cup was awarded to Breck House Enterprise Ltd that went onto sell for £210 purchased by the judge Mr T Sharp. The second prize rosette was awarded to J & SE Bainbridge, Newsham that went onto sell for £230. A new show class for 2024 was the Cheviot mule class in which was well supported with the first-place rosette awarded to DA & MA Brown & Son selling to £200 with others from the same home selling to £202. 

Following on from the roaring trade at the first sale, it was a sale of more realisation today. Good quality lambs continue to be in big demand and eagerly bid for with quality top pens selling between £170 and £230. Good quality tupping lambs with good mule characteristics regularly sold between £140 and £170. Good running lambs regularly sold between £125 and £140. It was the lower end of the sale that were harder to place. All North of England Mules sold to a market average of £126. 

The cheviot mule gimmer lambs were in big demand selling to an impressive overall market average of £163. Masham gimmer lambs from J Brown, Agglethorpe sold to £158, £150 and £140.

A handful of shearlings forward saw the consignment of Mules from G & P Middleton sell to £230, £220 and £205. Continental shearlings from J & T Hunter sold to £190 with Cheviot mules from the same home sell to £180.   

 

Show Results

Kindly Judged by T Sharp, Kendal & C Kettles, Penrith.

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Mules

1st - Breckhouse, Bransdale, £220

2nd - J & SE Bainbridge, Newsham, £230

3rd - LV & N Croft, Ellingstring, £195

 

Cheviot Mules

1st - DA & MA Brown & Son, Coverdale, £200

2nd - KD & L Armer, Newbiggin-on-Lune, £195

3rd - P Hunter, West Witton, £162

 

Gimmer Lambs

Mule to £230, J & SE Bainbridge, Newsham, Av. £126.21

Cheviot Mules to £202, DA & MA Brown & Son, Coverdale, Av. £163.68

Continental x to £152, KD & L Armer, Newbiggin-on-Lune, Av. £117.87

 

Total Average: £126

                        

Leading Prices:

Mule Gimmer Lambs – J & SE Bainbridge, £230, Breck House, £220, A Lodge, £210, £198, £180, £178 X2, £175,

J Handley, £205, £162, £155, R & J Myers, £198, LV & N Croft, £195, £180, £168, J & G Huck, £185, £162, K & A Woof, £185,

JR Lancaster, £185, J Taylor, £182, K Adams, £182, Bainbridge Bros, £180, RW Ridley, £180, SD Thompson, £178, £158,

JW Porter & Sons, £175, SH TA & M Sutcliffe, £172, CT & JE Willoughby, £172, £162, A & F Watson, £170, ME Bainbridge, £170, £158,

JC & N Throup, £170, £155, A & H Watson, £170, GD & AR Barningham, £168, £161, B Spence & Sons, £168, RW Clarkson & Son, £165, TK Styan & Ptns, £165, Drinkall Bros, £160, WI & AM Atkinson, £160, D & DR Alderson, £160, JR Fothergill, £160,

WM & JE Shuttleworth, £158 x2, N & ME Harrison, £158, RJ Lawrence, £158, MP Capstick, £155, R & J Myers, £155, RW Tarbett, £155,

E Fairburn & Sons, £155, T Metcalfe & Son, £155, A & TA Blades, £155, T Dent & Son, £155. 

Cheviot Mule Gimmer Lambs – DA & MA Brown & Son, £202, £200, £188, £158, KD & L Armer, £195, £180, £148,

JS & D Cloughton & Son, £180, W & J Ousby, £174, P Hunter, £162, £145, AT Pratt, £160, £118, RM & D Dixon, £155,

E Marshall-Brownrigg, £151, J & T Hunter, £150, D & D Huddleston, £142, J Chapman, £135, CB Alderson £135, D Pearson & Son, £105. 

Masham Gimmer Lambs - J Brown, £158, £150, £140.

Suffolk - D Alderson, £158, £135 x2.

Zwartble Gimmer Lambs - W & A Lambert & Son, £155, E Brown, £152, £145.

Continental x Gimmer Lambs – KD & L Armer, £152, A & NJ Heseltine, £130, OJ & AJ Kendall, £120, £108, REC Simpson & Sons, £120.

¾ BFL Gimmer Lambs - JL Cloughton & Son, £145.

Herdwick Mule Gimmer Lambs - JM & AM Morland, £125, LJ Winspear, £110, J & T Hunter, £108.

 

Mule Gimmer Shearlings – G & P Middleton, £230, £220, £205, £160, J Alderson, £170, D Pearson & Son, £168, £160,

JE Woof, £164, £158, AD Lambert, £152, K Raw, £142. Av. £180.84

Continental Gimmer Shearlings - J & T Hunter, £190, J Alderson, £152. Av. £160.44

Cheviot Gimmer Shearlings - J & T Hunter, £180, D Pearson & Son, £155, £148. Av. £168.29.

Zwartble Gimmer Shearlings - E Brown, £170.

 

 

Friday 27th September 2024

 

SALE OF STORE LAMBS

 

Total Forward: 1525

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1525 lambs sold, a few less than expected due to the awful day yesterday. Lambs would be dearest trade this season for the size that were forward and more could have been sold to advantage. Leading the trade was a ring full from T Metcalfe at £114 and his smart run also had pens at £108 and £106.50.These were followed by regular consigners T & G Farrow achieving £112.50 & £108. Just short of 700 mules in and some good runs of lambs once again at Hawes. Top price was £101.50 from F Bainbridge but pens of 40 & 50 lambs were making £100 & £99.50 for JS & D Cloughton & Son & JC Fawcett respectively but with 14 pens above £90 and a further 12 pens above £81 the mule average was fantastic at £90.57. 300 Swale lambs forward sold well & wether lambs topped the trade at £66 from M Kearton and a full pen from & J & SJ Bland at £63, 13 lots achieved £51 or above. Tup lambs making just as much but need separating for different jobs.

 

Texel x to £114, T Metcalfe, Garsdale, Av. £94.58

Mules to £101, F Bainbridge, Baldersdale, Av. £90.57

Horned to £66, M Kearton, Thwaite, Av. £51.14

 

Leading Prices:

Texel x - T Metcalfe, £114, £108, £106.50, T & G Farrow, £112.50, £108, £93, C Hird & Son, £107, £97, F Bainbridge, £103, £95.50,

E Bousfield, £102, A & AJ Lambert, £100.50, A & NJ Heseltine, £99.50, S & RD Parker, £98.50, AJ & L Hunter, £98, £91, C Harper, £97,

RI Capstick, £95.50, £95, Collier Holme, £95, £91, K Metcalfe & Sons, £95, K Calvert Ltd, £95, DH & J Lowther, £92.50, £92,

C Stanley, £91.

Mules - F Bainbridge, £101, JS & D Cloughton & Son, £100, JC Fawcett, £99.50, E Bousfield, £99.50, SD Thompson, £99,

RJ Cloughton, £98.50, TW & GM Hartley, £96, C Stanley, £96, S Alderson, £94.50, JC & E Pedley & Sons, £94.50,

A & NJ Heseltine, £92, T Metcalfe & Son, £91, £90, RW Clarkson & Son, £90, D Hodgson, £89.50, J & JH Whaley, £89, DL Mudd, £89, GJ & JM Scarr, £89.

Suffolk - C Hird & Son, £101, DH & JR Lowther, £92.

Beltex x – C Harper, £99, £91.

Zwartble - AJ & L Hunter, £95.

Horned - M Kearton, £66, £50.50, J Alderson, £65, RK Ridley, £64, £57, £51.50, £51, J & SJ Bland, £63, AJ & L Hunter, £60,

F Bainbridge, £57, MR Ewbank, £56.50, J Hallam Son & Daughter, £55, £49, £41, £40, RW Ridley, £54.50, £51.50, £45.

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Thursday 26th September 2024

 

HAWES HUNKS

SHOW & SALE OF TERMINAL SIRE BREEDING RAMS AND BLUEFACED LEICESTER RAMS

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The opening Hawes Hunks show and sale of breeding rams was deemed a huge success with a strong trade throughout the evening for all breeds. A special thank you goes to the sale sponsors Midgley Motor Cars and Castle Farm Vets, Barnard Castle. Thanks to the pre-sale judges Tim and Edward Brown for their time and expertise judging. The championship was awarded to S & A Bland, Tebay with the first prize Beltex. This much-admired tup saw eager bidding going on to sell for £1050.

 

The trade was buoyant throughout the evening for terminal sire tups. The trade peaked at £1250 for a powerful Texel shearling from J North, Giggleswick with others to £1050 and £1000 from the same home. The consignment from GA & DE Slack, Appleby created much interest and eager bidding selling to £1200 three time for Texel shearlings with others to £1050 and £1000 twice. The consignment of powerful Texel shearlings from S & A Bland sold to £1100 twice with others to £1050 and £1000. Beltex x Texel from same home sold to £1050 twice. Texel shearlings from JT & J Kelsall, Clapham sold to £1,000. Pure Beltex shearling tups from Page Farm Partnership, Ripon saw their consignment top at £1,000. Plenty of tups sold between £800 and £1000. The consignment of Suffolk shearling tups from L Bosomworth, Northallerton sold to £880 twice, £850 and £820.   

 

The Leicester tups saw much demand and eager bidding with a strong trade from start to finish especially for powerful shearlings and aged rams. The trade peaked at £2000 for a shearling from regular sale supporters A Lodge, Malham Moor. Other leading prices for Leicester shearlings were £1650 from Rachel Bland, Tebay, £1400 from CT & JE Willoughby, Redmire £1,300 from G Mudd, Burtersett and £1250 from EW & JR Parkinson, Dunsop Bridge with plenty more selling in the region of one thousand. Aged Leicester rams sold to £1500 for a two shear from RS Harker & Son, Grayrigg. Leicester tup lambs sold to a top of £800 twice from CT & JE Willoughby and JC & E Pedley & Sons.   

 

Forward: 137 Rams comprising 9 Ram Lambs, 110 Shearling Rams & 18 Aged Rams.

 

Kindly Judged by: Mr Tim Brown & Mr Edward Brown, Coverdale

 

Beltex & Crossbred Shearling Rams

1st & Champion - 60 - S & A Bland, Gaisgill, £1050

2nd - 59 - S & A Bland, Gaisgill, £1050  

3rd - 26 - R Marwood & Son, Newsham   £700

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Texel Shearling Rams

1st & Reserve Champion - 80 - GE & DA Slack, Appleby, £1200

2nd - 55 - S & A Bland, Gaisgill, £1100

3rd - 81 - GE & DA Slack, Appleby, £1200

 

Suffolk Shearling Rams

1st - 96 - L Bosomworth, Northallerton, £850

2nd - 97 - L Bosomworth, Northallerton, £880

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MV ACCREDITED TERMINAL RAMS

Texel - J North, £1250, £1050, £1000, B & A Myers, £500 x2.

Beltex - T & J Hunter, £700 x2, £650, £550, £300.

Charollais - T & J Hunter, £550,

 

TERMINAL RAMS

SHEARLING RAMS:

Texel - GA & DE Slack, £1200, x3, £1050, £1000x2, £800, £700, S & A Bland, £1100 x2, £1050, £1000, £950 x2, £850,

JT & J Kelsall, £1000 x2, £700, £600, KO Stones, £950, £600, R & D Waggett, £900x2, £680, Springhill Ptns, £900 x2, £700, £650,

JM & AM Morland, £800, Z Gornall, £600, L Sharp, £550, JWA Farms, £200. Av. £867

Beltex - S & A Bland, £1050 x2, Page Farm, £1000, £900 x3, £750, £500, R Marwood & Son, £700. Av. £760.7

Suffolk - L Bosomworth, £880 x2, £850, £820. Av. £857.5

Charollais - JK Foster, £480, £400. Av. £476.6

Cheviot - KO Stones, £450, JD & J Ford, £300, £250. Av. £333.3

Berrichon - L Sharp, £220, £200.

Millenium Blue - K & J Stable, £200.

 

AGED RAMS:

Texel - G Mudd, £680, £420, CR & A Thornborrow, £550, £400, R & D Waggett, £500. Av. £510

Beltex - S & A Bland, £550, JM & AM Morland, £350. Av. £450

Cheviot - S & A Bland, £300.

 

RAM LAMBS:

Suffolk - L Bosomworth, £380, £280, £260. Av. £306.6

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BLUEFACED LEICESTER BREEDING RAMS 

SHEARLING RAMS - A Lodge, £2000, R Bland, £1650, £750, CT & JE Willoughby, £1400, £1100, G Mudd, £1300, £650,

EW & JR Parkinson, £1250, £750, S Yates, £1100, £1050 x2, £950, £900, GR Scarr, £950, £750 x2, £400, JH Pedley, £850, £700, £550,

RS Harker & Son, £850, £700, £650, SH TA & M Sutcliffe, £650, DE Crane, £600, £450, £420, JK Foster, £550, L Bainbridge, £550,

JC & E Pedley & Sons, £550, £500, AC & SG Ramsden, £400, SH TA & M Sutcliffe, £350, K & A Woof, £250. Av. £797.7

 

AGED RAMS - RS Harker & Son, £1500, K & A Woof, £950, £480, £420, J Caton, £750, DE Crane, £550, £420, JK Foster, £450,

AC & SG Ramsden, £400, Av. £657.7

 

RAM LAMBS - CT & JE Willoughby, £800, JC & E Pedley & Sons, £800, £500, LJ Winspear, £420, L Bainbridge, £200. Av. £544

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Tuesday 24th September 2024

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Forward: 9 Calves 2005 Sheep comprising 1322 Prime Lambs & 683 Cast Ewes & Rams

 

PRIME LAMBS

There was a larger entry of prime lambs greeted with a returning buyer. The entry of lambs was very mixed with heavy weight well fleshed lambs and good conformation lambs a respectable trade with a number of lambs forward today lean and requiring further feeding which were financially penalised in the prime ring today.

Heavy weighted well finished lambs were keenly sought after and keen competition from buyers today to purchase them. Topping the market today was the consignment from JR & LA Capstick, Killington selling 54kg Texel lambs to £172 with 48kg Texel lambs from the same home selling to £160 both purchased by C Steadman Butchers, Kirkby Stephen. Leading prices for heavy weight texels was £167 from Whyte & Percival, Bainbridge, £162 and £160 from J Scarr & Sons, Askrigg and at £160 was G Harker & Son, Arkengarthdale with plenty more pens selling in the one hundred and fifties. 

Beltex lambs were keenly sought after selling to a market average of 3.06p/kg. They sold to a top of 345p/kg for the consignment from R Mudd & Son, Cubeck who sold two pens at £140. Beltex lambs sold to a top of £165 from JW & JH Burton & Son who sold others to £157. 

A cracking run of Suffolk lambs from L Bosomworth, Northallerton who has a consignment of Suffolk rams for the Hawes Hunks on Thursday evening. They sold a pen of 27 lambs at 51kg to £147 with a pen of 23 lambs at 48kg selling to £139.50. 

A bumper entry of well over 500 mule lambs forward today. Well fleshed and mule lambs with weight saw eager bidding with grass mules in the early forty kilograms harder to place. Heavy weight mules sold to a top of £141 from J Scarr & Sons, with other pens of heavy weighted mules selling in excess of the one hundred and thirty marks.

There are more horned and hill lambs in today saw Gritstone lambs from JE Cowperthwaite sell to £125. Cheviot lambs sold to £122 from WA Dinsdale & Son. Swaledale lambs sold to a top of £100 from Bainbridge Bros, Marrick. There was an overall market average of 261p/kg to include a broad spectrum of lamb’s weights. 

         

Beltex to 341p, R Mudd & Sons, Cubeck, Av. 306p/kg

Texel x to 333p, JR & LA Capstick, Killington, Av. 269p/kg

Suffolk to 291p, L Bosomworth, Northallerton, Av. 277p/kg

Mule to 295p, DJ Amsden, Hawes, Av. 253p/kg   

Swaledales to 222p, Bainbridge Bros, Marrick, Av. 177p/kg

 

Overall Average: 261p/kg

    

Leading Prices:

Texel – JR & LA Capstick, £172, (to C Steadman Butchers, Kirkby Stephen), £160, £141, Whyte & Percival, £167, £147,

J Scarr & Sons, £162, £160, G Harker & Son, £160, £129, A Oversby, £155, £125, JR Rukin, £155, £124, £120,

D & A Cowperthwaite, £153, JR Rukin, £150, £140, £135.50, K Chard, £149, WA Dinsdale & Son, £145, £121, BC Gregg, £144, £127,

MR & LE Rukin, £144, £132, £123, N Iveson, £143.50, £122, G Mudd, £142, OJ & AJ Kendall, £142, £141, HH Smith, £141,

ME Bainbridge, £140, JW & JH Burton & Son, £139, AT Lambert & Son, £138, £136, £134, £127.50,  RF Lambert, £136,

C & M Hugill, £132, Petch Farms, £131.50, JW & JH Burton & Son, £128, LC Scarr & Son, £128, A Sharples, £127.50,

J Scarr & Sons, £127, AD Lambert, £127, JW Porter & Sons, £126.50, DL Mudd, £125, AT Pratt, £124, T Tennant & Son, £124,

JS & S Atkinson, £124, R Mudd & Sons, £123 C & K Ellis, £123, BC Gregg, £122, B Spence & Sons, £122, RW Ewan, £120.50,

AD Coates & Son, £120, K Mason, £120.

Beltex - JW & JH Burton & Son, £165, £157, £144, R Mudd & Sons, £140 x2, £136, £135,  BC Gregg, £138, £129,

MK Verity, £135, £132, £123, £120, AT Lambert & Son, £126, JR Blades, £115.

Suffolk - L Bosomworth, £147, £139.50, A Lambert, £131, JR Rukin, £125, HH Smith, £122, Coverhead Farms, £122, £108,

JH Pedley, £120, CG Barraclough, £110, £100.

Cheviot - WA Dinsdale & Son, £122.

Mules – J Scarr & Sons, £141, DJ Amsden, £140,  £119.50, £116, C & M Hugill, £137, £116, EM Winspear, £136, £118.50,

A Oversby, £136, AT Pratt, £134, WA Dinsdale & Son, £133, G Mudd, £133, JE Cowperthwaite, £131, £120, S Bell & Sons, £130, £117 x2, JW Porter & Sons, £130, £121.50, J Sunter & Sons, £128.50, JC Fawcett, £128.50, ME Bainbridge, £125, J Nelson & Son, £125, £115,

DL Mudd, £124, JL Cloughton & Son, £123, £112, B Spence & Sons, £122.50, HJ Thwaite, £121, JS & S Atkinson, £120, £117,

N Iveson, £120, A Fawcett & Sons, £119.50, Bainbridge Bros, £117, JJ & E Labbate, £116, D & DR Alderson, £115.

BFL - WA Dinsdale & Son, £140, £125, A Fawcett & Sons, £105.

Gritstone - JE Cowperthwaite, £125.

Masham - A Lambert, £105, £86, AH Price & Son, £91.

Swaledales – Bainbridge Bros, £100, CB Alderson, £86, MR & LE Rukin, £84, £77, £75, OJ & AJ Kendall, £80, J Sunter & Sons, £80,

J Pratt & Sons, £80, JH Sharp & Sons, £77, MM & CL Whitehead, £77, J Nelson & Son, £75, D & DR Alderson, £74,

JJ & E Labbate, £70, RW Clarkson & Son, £70.

Dalesbred - AD Lambert, £78.

 

CAST EWES & RAMS

683 forward. Ewes were easier than fortnight since but not much flesh about today and grazing jobs filling up fast. Cheviots topped the trade at £164 followed by a tidy Beltex x at £160 from R Mudd & Sons, Cubeck. Seth Guy topped the Texels with a pen of 4 at £150. Mules topped at £130 with 9 lots between £105- £130 but most of the mules would be leaner sorts to run on and were £65-£90. 381 Swaledales in the sale they topped at £88 twice from J & SJ Bland & JS Calvert with 9 lots between £62-£88 medium fleshed stronger ewes were£50-£60 lean ewes were £32-£44. 14 Rams forward topped at £110 for a Texel tup from CR & A Thornborrow and swales topped at £100 from ME Waggett.

 

CAST EWES

Cheviot to £164

Beltex to £160, R Mudd & Sons, Cubeck

Texel to £150, S Guy, Hawes

Suffolk to £140 

Mules to £130, J Scarr & Sons, Askrigg

BFL to £120, DT Dinsdale & Son, Aysgarth

Swaledale to £88, J & SJ Bland, Hawes & JS Calvert, Reeth

Blackface to £80

Blue de Maine to £70

Romney to £70

Rough Fell to £58, AE Luffman, Howgill

Gritstone to £54, JE Cowperthwaite, Eldroth

 

CAST RAMS

Texel to £110, CR & A Thornborrow, Thornton Rust

Swaledale to £100, ME Waggett, Gunnerside

Teeswater to £100, A Lambert, Bainbridge

Suffolk to £82   

 

CALVES

9 young calves forward. £450 for a BBX was top price today from B Clarkson and H Kirkbride topped the heifers with a good long Lim x. More could be easily sold, next sale in 2 weeks.

 

Bulls              

BRB to £450, B Clarkson, Bainbridge

Limousin to £420, J Scarr & Sons, Askrigg, Av. £388.3     

 

Heifers          

Limousin to £430, H Kirkbride & Son, Askrigg  

BRB to £380, AE Luffman, Howgill, Av. £368.7​​

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