Tuesday 14th July 2026

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Forward: 855 Sheep comprising 489 Spring Lambs, 43 Prime Hoggs, 323 Cast Ewes and Rams.

 

SPRING LAMBS

the trade remained very similar on the week as a nice increase in upland forward in the market as more mule lambs now start to come forward into Hawes. As per the trade last week nicely bred heavy weight lambs continue to easily sell in excess of the £200 mark with nice conformation lambs quickly surpassing the 400p/kg mark. Commercial lambs nicely bid for and similar to last weeks trade. Mule lambs seem best with lambs in early forties regularly selling in excess of the £150 mark. 

Once again the consignment from JR & LA Capstick, Killington continued to lead the way selling to a top of £228 for 51kg beltex lambs purchased by C Steadman Butchers of Kirkby Stephen. Next call at £222 was a couple of 51kg Texel lambs from the same good home purchased by Dave Morland who also purchased 48kg Beltex lambs at £220 from JR & LA Capstick. 

Heavy weighted Leicester lambs from WC Porter & Son, Reeth sold to £222 and £209. The trade for Suffolk lambs topped at £190 from KJ Burrow, Dent followed by £189 for 49kg Suffolk lambs from P Turnbull, Whitby. Zwartble lambs sold to £188 from SJ Stainthorpe, Whitby and Hampshire sold to £187 and £186 from Sir J Bell, East Rounton. 

It nice to welcome more Mule lambs now starting to come forward, they peaked at £165.50 at 45kg from P Turnbull, Whitby. Mule lambs sold to £157 at 43kg from WC Porter & Son, Reeth and 44kg from E & K Bland, Gaisgill. 

There was an overall market average of 375p/kg.

 

Beltex to 458p, JR & LA Capstick, Killington

Texel to 435p, JR & LA Capstick, Killington

Suffolks to 400p, JR & LA Capstick, Killington 

Charollais to 393p, JK Foster, Leyburn

Mules to 373p, Breck House Enterprise Ltd, Bransdale 

 

Total Av. 375p/kg    

 

Texel x – JR & LA Capstick, £222, £200, £195, R Wood & Son, £201, £166, AT Pratt, £200, £157, JR Blades, £192, £152.50,

Whyte & Percival, £179, £163, K & A Woof, £179, SH TA & M Sutcliffe, £179, £160, Croft Farm Ptns, £179, £156, £153,

CT & JE Willoughby, £175, £166, £158,  KJ Burrow, £173.50, ME Dinsdale, £171, D & A Cowperthwaite, £169, RJ Cloughton, £165.60,

JW Porter & Sons, £165, £156.50, R & JM Harper, £163, S Bell & Sons, £162, BL Acton, £161 x2, B Spence & Sons, £160.50, £159.50,

RF & RD Kettlewell, £160, LC Scarr & Son, £160, TG & B Todd, £158, RW & RA Booth, £157, WT Metcalfe & Son, £154.

Beltex - JR & LA Capstick, £228 (to C Steadman, Butchers, Kirkby Stephen), £220, £202.50, R Mudd & Sons, £200, £199, £182, £180, JW Porter & Sons, £172, CT & JE Willoughby, £162, £160.

BFL - WC Porter & Son, £222, £209, £190, £150, £144. 

Suffolks - KJ Burrow, £190, £170.50, £166, £164, P Turnbull, £189, £171 x2, JR & LA Capstick, £184, A & H Watson, £184,

RF & RD Kettlewell, £180, £161, J Sunter & Son, £170, G Harper, £162, JH Pedley, £160, A & H Watson, £158, £150.50.

Zwartble x - SJ Stainthorpe, £188, £182, £157.50, £140.

Hampshire - J Bell, £187, £186, £171, £155. 

Charollais - E & K Bland, £186, £161, JK Foster, £169, Croft Farm Ptns, £166.50, £162.50.

Cheviot x - JK Foster, £169.

Mules - P Turnbull, £165.60, E & K Bland, £157, WC Porter & Son, £157, SH TA & M Sutcliffe, £154.50, £144.50, S Bell & Sons, £153,

JW Porter & Sons, £149, B Spence & Sons, £147, Breck House Enter Ltd, £147, £145.50, £135.50, £128.50.

Swaledale - E & K Bland, £130, £100.

Rough Fell - E & K Bland, £128.

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PRIME HOGGS 

The trade for prime hoggs saw the well fleshed hoggs be in plenty of demand. They sold to a top of £172 from G Barraclough, Pickering for Mules. Herdwick hoggs topped at £152 at 43kg from The Cragg and Carr, Hawes.

 

Leading Prices: 

Mules - G Barraclough, £172, DE & P Wilson & Ptn, £112, P Turnbull, £112.

Herdwick - Cragg & Carr, £152, £120.

Blackface - P Turnbull, £138.

Swaledale – G Barraclough, £112, P Turnbull, £110, £100 x2.

 

CAST EWES 

Not as many ewes forward this week but a good show considering the Great Yorkshire Show is on. Not as much power about today and the horned ewes would be less money than last week but still a good trade as most would be leaner freshly spained ewes. Today’s top price were fit Hampshire ewes from J Bell selling for £208 & £192. Some powerful BFL Ewes followed with WC Porter & Son’s consignment reaching £206, £200 x2 followed by £192 from B    reck House. Not many Suffolks forward today and these were headed by KJ Burrow at £200. Texels cam next with SJ Stainthorpe at £195 and RF & RD Kettlewell at £192. Followed by A & H Watson at £190. Mules would be a sale of two halves meated ewes topped twice at £186 from WC Porter & Son with both A & H Watson and MA Donaldson both achieving £178 with AT Pratt, with AT Pratt at £176. With the leanest Mule ewes above £100-£120. The horned ewes once again were topped by Roughfell from E & K Bland at £168 & £138. Swales topped at £133 & £130 for A & H Watson with E & K Bland at £131 and RA & M & EJ Thompson at 3129. Not many Rams forward with RF & RD Kettlewell topping with a Texel at £192, Beltex for J & J Postlethwaite at £182 and fit Swaledales from AD Coates at £142 and T Metcalfe & Son at £138.

 

Hampshire to £208, J Bell, Northallerton

BFL to £206, WC Porter & Son, Reeth

Suffolks to £200, KJ Burrow, Dent

Continentals to £195, SJ Stainthorpe, Hutton Mulgrave

Zwartble to £188, SJ Stainthorpe, Hutton Mulgrave

Mules to £186, WC Porter & Son, Reeth

Romney to £178, JW & JH Burton & Son, Hawes

Rough Fell to £168, E & K Bland, Gaisgill

Cheviot to £150, G Barrraclough, Rosedale

Swaledale to £133, A & H Watson, Kirkby Lonsdale

Blackface to £110, P Turnbull, Kildale

Dalesbred to £102, RA & M & EJ Thompson, Westerdale

 

CAST RAMS

Texel to £192, RF & RD Kettlewell, Stalling Busk

Beltex to £182, J & J Postlethwaite, Howgill

BFL to £155, JW & JH Burton & Son, Hawes

Roughfell to £150, E & K Bland, Gaisgill

Swaledale to £142, AD Coates & Son, Keld

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Tuesday 7th July 2026

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Forward: 924 Sheep comprising 449 Spring Lambs, 40 Prime Hoggs, 435 Cast Ewes and Rams.

 

SPRING LAMBS

Heavy-weight lambs continue to add up well, with the best pens of heavies once again selling in excess of the £200 mark. The trade peaked at £227 for 56kg Suffolk lambs from KJ Burrow, Dent, followed by Texels at £223 from BC Gregg, Masham, and 51kg Texels to £220 from Seth Guy, Gayle.

The consignment from JR & LA Capstick, Killington, peaked at £220 for 52kg Suffolk lambs, while 49kg Beltex lambs from the same home sold to £213. Other notable prices included Colin & Mary Hugill selling a pair of 50kg Texel lambs to £216.

The better-conformation lambs sold to a top of 440p/kg for a pair of Beltex lambs from JR & LA Capstick, with plenty of better-conformation lambs still selling around, and in excess of, the 400p/kg mark. The market average today was 379p/kg. Handy-weight commercial lambs regularly sold around the market average, in keeping with national trends for commercial handy-weight lambs.

Mule lambs sold to a top of £190 for 51kg lambs from DJ Amsden, Hawes. Handy-weight 43kg Mule lambs from S Bell & Son, Askrigg, sold to £157.

 

Texel to 438p, JR & LA Capstick, Killington

Beltex to 435p, JR & LA Capstick, Killington 

Suffolks to 426p, JR & LA Capstick, Killington

Mules to 373p, DJ Amsden, Hawes

 

Total Av. 379p/kg    

 

Suffolks - KJ Burrow, £227, £196, £179, £168, JR & LA Capstick, £220, £200, A & H Watson, £191, £159, R & JM Harper, £184,

K Milburn & A Devlin, £177.50, DA & MA Brown & Son, £173.50, £157, BC Gregg, £173.50, MW & HE Pedley, £170, £162,

J & JH Whaley, £160, DB &A Hoggarth, £157, £154.50, Knock Hall Farm, £148.

Texel x – BC Gregg, £223, S Guy, £220, £160, C & M Hugill, £216, JR & LA Capstick, £206, J Rukin & Son, £196, £166,

AT Pratt, £192, £162, GM Sedgwick & Son, £191, £190, DA & MA Brown & Son, £190, £168, J Handley, £188, £170, £166.50,

RS & BA Harker, £182, £172, £161.50, £160.50, £160,  R Wood & Son, £181, £161.50, MW & HE Pedley, £181, £170, £165.60,

R Moore & Son, £180, A & H Watson, £179, £175, SM Elphick, £179, £178, £161, C & M Hugill, £177, R Marwood & Son, £176, £164,

BC Gregg, £173.50, £172, Whyte & Percival, £169.50, J & JH Whaley, £169 x2, £160, R & JM Harper, £166, A Whaley, £165,

J & JA Preston & Son, £164, K Milburn & A Devlin, £163, S Bell & Sons, £160.50, 

Beltex - JR & LA Capstick, £213, £207, BC Gregg, £199, MW & HE Pedley, £198, £181, £165, R Marwood & Son, £177.50, £163,

R Mudd & Sons, £171, £170, LM Braithwaite, £164 x3, £151.

Mules - DJ Amsden, £190, S Bell & Sons, £157, Knock Hall Farm, £148, J & SJ Bland, £144.50, JT Millman, £109. 

Cheviot - MW & HE Pedley, £170.

Swaledale - J Handley, £117. 

Zwartble x - J & JH Whaley, £166. 

 

PRIME HOGGS 

Well-finished handy-weight hoggs continue to sell in the region of 300p/kg, with better-bred hoggs easily surpassing this level. Swaledale tup hoggs topped the market at £160 from J Handley, Chapel-le-Dale, followed by Suffolk hoggs to £158 from J & JA Preston & Son, Stainforth.

 

Leading Prices:

Swaledale – J Handley, £160, J & SJ Bland, £152, £116, JC Alderson, £139, J Sunter & Sons, £118, MR & LE Rukin, £110, £100. 

Suffolk - J & JA Preston & Son, £158.

Herdwick - Cragg & Carr, £129, £122.

Blackface – K Milburn & A Devlin, 3116.

 

CAST EWES 

A good show of ewes & rams forward today, trade would be very similar to last week with well over half the sale being horned ewes and a bigger proportion would be freshly spained ewes and some leaner sorts about but ewes still want to be away before grazing men ask for them to be clipped. Topping the trade was a good consignment from MW 7 HE Pedley and they topped with their Texel x ewe at £243 & £212 with R Marwood & Son achieving £221 and R Mudd & Son £208 on two occasions. Beltex x was also topped by the Pedley family at £212 & £200. BFL came next achieving £206 for A & H Watson with BR Fawcett making £198 & £172. Suffolks topped at £199 for KJ Burrow with two lots from JR & LA Capstick achieving £198 & £190. Mules average much the same as last week with maybe not just as big ewes at the top end. JW Porter & Son topped the Mules making £172 with a further 3 lots making £170 but the leaner fresh spained ewes probably better than last weeks making between £110-£125. Roughfells once again topped the horned ewe trade with K Milburn & A Devlin making £156 but with nearly 240 Swaledales forward they made up the majority of horned ewes, JS & S Atkinson topped at 3134 with JR Davidson achieving the same price. 9 lots making £120 or more. Leaner ewes would be as dear as last week between £60-£80. Rams once again were headed by BFL with £215 for RW & MA Suttill & Son and A & H Watson achieving £204. Swaledale rams were topped with a strong ram from GJ & JM Scarr at £150 with JR & SL pratt following at £142, £132. 

 

Texel x to £248, MW & HE Pedley, Little Musgrave

Beltex x to £212, MW & HE Pedley, Little Musgrave

BFL to £206, A & H Watson, Kirkby Lonsdale

Suffolks to £199, KJ Burrow, Dent

Cheviot to £190, WT Metcalfe & Son, Hawes

Mules to £172, JW Porter & Sons, Gunnerside

Teeswater to £170, Bainbridge Bros, Marrick

Rough Fell to £156, K Milburn & A Devlin, Sedbergh

Swaledale to £134, JS & S Atkinson, Scorton, JR Davidson & Son, Horton-in-Ribblesdale

Dalesbred to £131, Bainbridge Bros, Marrick

Herdwick to £130, The Cragg & Carr, Hawes

Jacob to £116, WT Metcalfe & Son, Hawes

 

CAST RAMS

BFL to £215, RW & MA Suttill & Son, Carlton

Swaleedale to £150, GJ & JM Scarr, Garsdale

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Tuesday 30th June 2026

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Forward: 5 Calves 967 Sheep comprising 435 Spring Lambs, 68 Prime Hoggs, 464 Cast Ewes and Rams.

 

SPRING LAMBS

A much sharper trade than many expected saw prime lambs sell to a strong trade, with all classes meeting demand. A very respectable market average of 405p/kg.  Heavyweight lambs continue to be in exceptional demand, once again selling well beyond the £200 mark. Leading the way were outstanding 55kg and 56kg continental lambs from Springhill Partnership, Masham, selling to £245 and £242 respectively.

Well-bred, better-conformation lambs were eagerly sought after, with plenty selling in excess of 450p/kg, while the very best pens selling in excess of the 500p/kg mark. An increased show of hill-bred lambs did little to affect the overall trade, with the market returning an average of 405p/kg, highlighting the strength of demand for all types of prime lambs at Hawes Auction. 

Other notable prices amongst the heavyweight lambs included 55kg Texels selling to £240 from DA & MA Brown & Son, Leyburn. This was followed by 51kg Texels to £234 from J Sunter & Sons, Askrigg, purchased by Hammonds Butchers, Bainbridge, with 52kg Texels from R Wood & Son, Aysgarth, selling to the same price. Heavyweight Suffolks topped at £228 for 49kg from J & J Postlethwaite, Howgill, followed by 51kg Suffolks from R & JM Harper, Sedbergh, selling to £227.

The weekly consignment from JR & LA Capstick, Killington, enjoyed another tremendous trade, averaging in excess of £210. The pick of the consignment flew past the 500p/kg mark, with a superb 47kg Beltex lamb selling to £238, purchased by Dave Morland. Close behind were a pair of smart 46kg lambs selling to £224 (490p/kg), purchased by C Steadman Butchers, Kirkby Stephen.

Commercial handy weight lambs continue to be eagerly bid for in the Hawes ring, and more are required each week to satisfy buyer demand.

Mule lambs topped at an impressive £196 for 48kg lambs from DJ Amsden, Hawes. Forty-two-kilogram Mules sold to £162 from E & K Bland, Gaisgill, followed by lambs of the same weight from JS & S Atkinson, Scorton, at £159, who also sold 39kg Swaledales to £148. Lightweight Mules saw 37kg lambs sell to £143 from SH, TA & M Sutcliffe, Horton in Ribblesdale, while 32kg Mules sold to £117 from JT Millman, Horton in Ribblesdale. Rough Fell lambs weighing 34kg sold to £132 from E & K Bland, Gaisgill.

 

Beltex to 506p, JR & LA Capstick, Killington

Texel to 487p, JR & LA Capstick, Killington 

Suffolks to 465p, J & J Postlethwaite, Howgill

Mules to 408p, DJ Amsden, Hawes

 

Total Av. 405p/kg    

 

Texel x – Springhill Ptns, £245, £242, £187, £175, DA & MA Brown & Son, £240, £194, R Wood & Son, £234, £187,

J Sunter & Sons, £234, £181, £177, £166, M Hugill, £230, JR & LA Capstick, £224, £221, £211, £202 x2, £199 x2,

CT & JE Willoughby, £210, £201, £180, £167, £163,  DA & MA Brown & Son, £202, £169, £168,  C & M Hugill, £200, £180,

A & H Watson, £198, £196, JA & UM Fawcett, £193, £167, £160 x3, WT Metcalfe & Son, £191, JJ & E Labbate, £189, £173.50,

Whyte & Percival, £184, R Mudd & Sons, £181, B Spence & Sons, £180, RF & RD Kettlewell, £180, KJ Burrow, £180,

MA Donaldson & Son, £179, R & JM Harper, £173, £168, JR & P & RA Swainson, £172, J & J Postlethwaite, £171.50, £166,

JW Porter & Sons, £167, B Clarkson, £167, S Alderson, £164, JH Sharp & Sons, £163, LC Scarr & Son, £162, WT Metcalfe & Son, £161.

Beltex - JR & LA Capstick, £238, J & J Postlethwaite, £216, £186, R Mudd & Sons, £178, £174, £170, JW Porter & Sons, £167.

Suffolks - J & J Postlethwaite, £228, R & JM Harper, £227, £189, JH Pedley, £212, £159, KJ Burrow, £200 x2, £191,

JR & LA Capstick, £200, HB Farms, £190, £169.50 x2, £164.50, DA & MA Brown & Son, £190, £189, RF & RD Kettlewell, £185.50, £164,

A & H Watson, £177, S Alderson, £169, MA Donaldson & Son, £159, £154, £144.50, £142, R & R Gornall, £159, £150, JT Millman, £129.50.

Mules - DJ Amsden, £196, £157.50, E & K Bland, £162, JS & S Atkinson, £159, R &R Gornall, £146, SH TA & M Sutcliffe, £143,

JT Millman, £117.

Hampshire - PM Fawcett, £185, MA Donaldson & Son, £146.50.

Charollais - E & K Bland, £184, £181, JK Foster, £183, £172.

BFL - Breck House Enter Ltd, £184, MA Donaldson & Son, £160.

Swaledale - JS & S Atkinson, £148.

Rough Fell - E & K Bland, £132. 

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PRIME HOGGS 

There was a much-improved trade for prime hoggs, with buyers keen to secure well-fleshed sheep. Breck House topped the market at £180 with heavyweight Leicester’s, while Texel hoggs sold to £176. Handy weight Texel hoggs topped at 372p/kg from E Blackburn, Low Row.

 

Leading Prices:

Continental - Croft Farm Ptns, £176, P Dinsdale & Son, £175, E Blackburn, £169, £164, 

BFL - Breck House Enter Ltd, £180.

Mules - JS & S Atkinson, £170, B & J Aconley, £118, 

Swaledale – A & TA Blades, £156, M/S Hutchinson, £149, E & K Bland, £142, DE & P Wilson & Ptn, £129, £127,

PJ Broughton, £124, £120, £116, B & J Aconley, £118.

Suffolk - DE & P Wilson & Ptn, £152.

Teeswater - AR Barker, £142.

Herdwick - B & J Aconley, £128.

Cheviot - E Blackburn, £110.

 

CAST EWES 

Much bigger show of cast sheep forward today with the majority being horned ewes freshly spained. Trade would be every bit as dear as previous week and anything with meat was a very good trade. Still the leanest of Horned Ewes look an exceptional trade. Topping the trade at £260 was a pure Charollais Ewe from K Foster. Texel x ewes came next with R & R Gornall achieving £215 then £200 was made on five occasions with a further 4 lots at £198. BFL came next topping at £215 & £207 for Breck House Enter Ltd. Suffolks reached £208 on three lots with 2 coming from Jess Labbate and one from JR & LA Capstick. JJ & E Labbate also topped the Mules at £190 followed by J Sunter & Sons at £187. The lower end of the Mules would be on the lean side but still achieve between £140-£125. Only a handful of Cheviots forward with JR Blades hitting £194 followed by A & JL Hunter at 3164 & £144. Horned Ewes we had everything forward from the strong and fit to the very lean. Topping the horned ewe’s sections were E & K Bland with some powerful Roughfells at £178 & £132. The Swaledales were headed also by the same vendor at £160 with S Bell & Sons at £150 & £143 for PJ Broughton. Tups not many forward but what we had were good strong sheep. BFL topped for a whopping Ram from JC Fawcett making at £240 with RF & RD Kettlewell at £200 with Swaledales topping at £162 for a big lad from A & TA Blades with 3 other lots achieving £136 twice for DJ Amsden & M/S Hutchinson. 

 

Charollais to £260, JK Foster, Leyburn

Continentals to £215, R & R Gornall, Dent

BFL to £215, Breck House Enter Ltd, Bransdale

Suffolks to £208, Jess Labbate, Garsdale & JR & LA Capstick, Killington

Cheviot to £194, JR Blades, Muker

Mules to £190, JJ & E Labbate, Garsdale

Rough Fell to £178, E & K Bland, Gaisgill

Swaledale to £160, E & K Bland, Gaisgill

Teeswater to £160, AR Barker, Halton Gill

Beltex to £148, T Pounder, Bedale

Blackface to £132, P Dinsdale & Son, Carlton

Herdwick to £128, JE & SF Ward, Whitby

Dalesbred to £112, DA & MA Brown & Son, Coverdale

 

CAST RAMS

BFL to £240, JC Fawcett, Hawes

Swaledale to £162, A & TA Blades, Hawes

Easy Care to £110, A & A Farming, Leyburn

 

CALVES

Just five smart blue calves forward from the same good home of J Scarr & Sons topping the trade was a strong bull that achieved £790 with a young bull at £650. But the heifers were a fantastic trade all going to a new buyer, these are all young 4-week-old but out of good Friesians cows and always fill out into good sorts they achieve £780, £770, £750.

 

Bulls             

BRB to £790, J Scarr & Sons, Askrigg, Av. £720

 

Heifers          

BRB to £780, J Scarr & Sons, Askrigg, Av. £766

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Tuesday 23rd June 2026

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Forward: 550 Sheep comprising 414 Spring Lambs, 13 Prime Hoggs, 123 Cast Ewes and Rams.

 

SPRING LAMBS

Numbers continue to increase at Hawes, with fresh vendors coming forward and an increasing number of buyers around the ring. As the weather warmed up, so too did the trade, with Hawes continuing to maintain a strong and consistent demand, unlike many centres that reported a cooler trade on Monday. The overall market average was 423p/kg, only a couple of pence behind the previous week's average.

There were plenty of pens of quality, heavyweight lambs on offer, with lambs continuing to sell comfortably in excess of the £200 mark. A top price of £228 was achieved on several occasions throughout the sale. The consignment from MW & HE Pedley, Little Musgrave, peaked at £228 for heavyweight Texels purchased by Martin Hare, Lane End Farm Shop, while Beltex lambs from the same home sold to £220, also purchased by Martin Hare. Heavyweight Texels from R Moore & Son, Hawes, also reached £228.

The top price of £228 was matched by High Greenbury Farm with heavyweight Texels, while others from the same home sold to £220 and £215 on numerous occasions. This week's consignment from JR & LA Capstick, Killington, topped at £218 for 47kg Texel lambs purchased by David Morland, who also bought Suffolk lambs from the same home at £211. The Suffolk trade peaked at £215 from High Greenbury Farm, closely followed by £214 from G Harper, Sedbergh.

Well-conformed lambs continue to command a premium, regularly selling in excess of 455p/kg. A lovely consignment of Beltex lambs from R Mudd & Son sold to a sale-topping 490p/kg, with 44kg lambs grossing £214 and purchased by Martin Hare. Others from the same home sold to 480p/kg.

Only one hill lamb was forward this week, a 49kg Swaledale from J Dixon & Sons, Downholme, which sold for £160.

A good entry of commercial lambs met plenty of demand from a busy ring of buyers, resulting in a very respectable market average of 423p/kg. Prime lambs continue to be in strong demand at Hawes, so please keep them coming our way.

 

Beltex to 486p, R Mudd & Sons, Cubeck

Texel x to 473p, R Marwood & Son, Newsham

Suffolks to 449p, JR & LA Capstick, Killington

 

Total Av. 423p/kg    

 

Texel x – High Greenbury, £228, £220, £215 x2, £210 x2, £208 x2, £204, £195, R Moore & Son, £228, £204, £199,

MW & HE Pedley, £228, £184, JR & LA Capstick, £218, £210, £193, A & H Watson, £204, DA & MA Brown & Son, £199, £186, £179 x2,

RS & BA Harker, £195, £176, £169, £168, £165, £162, R Marwood & Son, £194, £190, TG & B Todd, £193, £177, £168,

R & JM Harper, £188, £183, JW Porter & Sons, £188, £184, £166, £164, Whyte & Percival, £186, S Bell & Sons, £181,

WT Metcalfe & Son, £172, £160, LC Scarr & Son, £167, MA Donaldson & Son, £166, £164,.

Beltex - MW & HE Pedley, £220 (to M Hare, Lane End Farm Shop, Tong), £198, High Greenbury, £214, £213,

R Mudd & Sons, £214, £206, £200, £183, FE & CM Robinson, £163.

Suffolks - High Greenbury, £215, G Harper, £214, JR & LA Capstick, £211, £202, £193, £191, MA Donaldson & Sons, £197, £161, £160, MW & HE Pedley, £195, A & H Watson, £186, £184, D Alderson, £185, £175, £172, £169, DA & MA Brown & Son, £182, £180,

R & JM Harper, £175.

Zwartble - E Brown, £184.

Blue-de-Maine - K & J Stables, £177, £165, £157.

Swaledale - J Dixon & Sons, £160.

 

PRIME HOGGS

There was just a handful of hoggs forward that sold to £138 from JR Davidson & Son, Settle with Texels.

 

Leading Prices:

Continental - JR Davidson & Son, £138, £130, £108.

Swaledale – D Hogson, £120. 

Mules - JR Davidson & Son, £108, £104.

 

CAST EWES 

Smaller show forward today but with plenty of heat outside the cast trade was just as hot in the ring. A good consignment from regular JR & LA Capstick topping the Texel, Suffolk & Beltex sections. His Texel x ewes headed at 3236 & £225 with B Acton at £220 and Woodend at £216. Suffolks topped at £206 & £186 and Beltex at £204. Mules only a handful forward topped at £196 for A & H Watson with DA & MA Brown & Son at £164. A few Cheviots in today and sold really well for the new spained ewes with AJ & L Hunter at £182 followed by K & J Stables at £176 & £148. Horned ewes had joint Roughfells from A & H Watson at £152 making the same price was Swaledales from J Dixon & Sons at £152 & £130 with A & AJ Lambert at £136.  Only a few rams forward but they were good sorts with meat from J Dixon & Sons at 3245, £235 x2. Easy-care rams from A & A Farming selling for £156 & £148.

 

Texel x to £236, JR & LA Capstick, Killington

Beltex to £204, JR & LA Capstick, Killington

Suffolks to £206, JR & LA Capstick, Killington

Mules to £196, A & H Watson, Kirkby Lonsdale 

Zwartble to £186, E Brown, Coverdale

Cheviot to £182, AJ & L Hunter, Gunnerside

Swaledale to £152, J Dixon & Sons, Downholme

Rough Fell to £152, A & H Watson, Kirkby Lonsdale

 

CAST RAMS

Continental to £245, J Dixon & Sons, Downholme

Easy-Cares to £156, A & A Farming, Leyburn

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Forward: 533 Sheep comprising 320 Spring Lambs, 76 Prime Hoggs, 137 Cast Ewes and Rams, 

 

SPRING LAMBS

Prime lamb numbers continue to flock through the gates at Hawes, matched with another strong trade. Despite the market easing slightly this week, many vendors of handy-weight lambs are still trading in the region of £40 up on the same week last year. The trade may have eased slightly, but there is certainly no need for anyone to feel sheepish about this week's returns. There was a pleasing overall market average of 430p/kg, well in line with other centres.

 

Quality heavy-weight lambs continue to trade in excess of the £200 mark, with buyers showing plenty of appetite for quality. The top price this week of £250 was achieved by the Gregg Family of Masham with a 54kg Beltex lamb, purchased by C Steadman Butchers, Kirkby Stephen. MW & HE Pedley, Little Musgrave were next up, selling 49kg Beltex lambs to £224.

 

The consignment from JR & LA Capstick, Killington peaked at £220, or 478p/kg, with Beltex lambs purchased by Hammonds Butchers, Bainbridge. Other lambs from the same home sold to £219 and £210 twice.

 

Heavy-weight Suffolk lambs sold to a top of £220 from R & R Gornall, Dent, proving that heavy lambs continue to pull their weight in the marketplace. Bleu du Maine lambs sold to a top of £200 from K & J Stables, Esh Village.

 

There were a few upland lambs forward once again, with a pen full of 34kg Mule pet lambs selling to £132 from WC Porter & Son, Reeth, while Swaledale lambs sold to £125 at 37kg from JC White, Lunedale. The upland lambs were certainly not left out in the cold, attracting keen bidding from buyers around the ring.

 

We would like to thank all our buyers for their continued support around the ring at Hawes Auction Mart. A particular thank you goes to our butcher buyers who this week has been – Hammonds Butchers of Bainbridge, C Steadman Butchers of Kirkby Stephen, and Martin and Sally Hare of Lane End Farm Shop. Their continued support for Hawes Auction Mart provides a valuable outlet for quality local produce and helps return strong prices for our vendors.

 

Leading Consignment Averages

JR & LA Capstick – 15 lambs averaged £202.80

MW & HE Pedley – 8 lambs averaged £199.75

BC Gregg – 12 lambs averaged £197.67

 

Beltex to 478p, JR & LA Capstick, Killington

Suffolks to 466p, JR & LA Capstick, Killington

Texel x to 457p, JR & LA Capstick, Killington

 

Total Av. 430p/kg    

 

Beltex - BC Gregg, £250, £208, £190, £174, MW & HE Pedley, £224, JR & LA Capstick, £220, £210, R Mudd & Sons, £186 x2, £185.

Suffolks - R & R Gornall, £220, £179.50, JR & LA Capstick, £219, £190, KJ Burrow, £208, £192, £190, £189,

MA Donaldson & Son, £200, £187, £176, £174, £157, MW & HE Pedley, £190, DA & MA Brown & Son, £189, £179,

JH Pedley, £186.50, £180, £175, A & H Watson, £185, £179, DB & A Hoggath, £174, £167, 

Texel x - JR & LA Capstick, £210, £198, £194, MW & HE Pedley, £209 x2, £192, £190, LC Scarr & Son, £190, £177,  KJ Burrow, £186,

SH TA & M Sutcliffe, £186, £182, £176, £175, BC Gregg, £180, B Clarkson, £180, £175, £154, R Mudd, £179,

DA & MA Brown & Son, £178 x2, £175, MA Donaldson & Son, £178 x3, DB & A Hoggarth, £177, £171, Whyte & Percival, £171,

R Mudd & Sons, £156, JC White, £154.

Blue-de-Maine - K & J Stables, £200, £184.

BFL - R Hallam, £160, DB & A Hoggarth, £157.

Mules - WC Porter & Son, £132. 

Swaledales - JC White, £125.

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PRIME HOGGS 

There were fewer hoggs forward today, selling to a top of £184 and £180 for Leicester hoggs from A & K Dowsland, Bransdale. The trade was slightly easier today, with many companies now switching over to spring lambs. Nevertheless, there was still plenty of competition for the better sorts, proving quality remains in demand.

 

Leading Prices:

BFL - A & K Dowsland, £184, £180.

Continental - JP Floyd, £170, £150, £140 x2, SH TA & M Sutcliffe, £140, JE & SF Ward, £140, £114, £110, £108, J Duffus & Son, £130, 

Suffolk -J Duffus & Son, £140, JE & SF Ward, £138, A & H Watson, £100.

Swaledale – MM & CL Whitehead, £140, MR & LE Rukin, £138, £132, £130, B Thornborrow, £138, JC White, £133, R Hallam, £130,

P Hallam, £130, £120, JL Cloughton & Son, £120. 

Blackface - CD & NA Smith, £132, £118, £116, £105.

Cheviot - J Duffus & Son, £104.

 

CAST EWES 

Less Numbers forward toward but trade would be every bit as strong with a bit more power about mainly due to more continental sheep about and less horned ewes. Texel x topped the trade with a smart ewe from DA & MA Brown & Son making £220 followed by MW & HE Pedley at £216 & £208 for MA Donaldson & Son. BFL only a handful but good quality with R Hallam at £212 & £204, SH TA & M Sutcliffe at £205. Suffolks had two packets from MA Donaldson 7 Son achieving £208 & £188 with JR & LA Capstick at £202. Some good Mule ewes forward topped at £186 for DA & MA Brown & Son followed by A & H Watson at £180 and a pen full achieving £179 for MA Donaldson & Son. Not many Swales forward but strong ewes made £132 for JS & D Cloughton & Son with a further 2 lots at £122 for R Hallam & SE Hunter. Only 2 Rams forward both Swaledales at £129 for J Duffus & Son with JC White at £122. 

 

Continentals to £220, DA & MA Brown & Son, Coverdale

BFL to £212, R Hallam, Horton-in-Ribblesdale

Suffolks to £208, MA Donaldson & Son, Bedale

Mules to £186, DA & MA Brown & Son, Coverdale

Cheviot to £180, JR & LA Capstick, Killington

Swaledale to £132, JS & D Cloughton, Bainbridge

Rough Fell to £128, K Milburn & A Devlin, Sedbergh

 

CAST RAMS

Swaledale to £129, J Duffus & Son, Leyburn

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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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