Show & Sale of Spring Lambs 2025
Tuesday 10th June 2025
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Forward: 6 Calves and 549 Sheep comprising 180 Spring Lambs, 241 Prime Hoggs and 128 Cast Ewes and Rams.
SPRING LAMBS
The summer show and sale of prime lambs enjoyed a far better trade then expected with a busy ring of buyers ensuring all types of lambs keenly bid for. The overall market average was 345p/kg very much in line with other market centres especially with a good number of hill bred lambs already coming forward early in the season.
A highlight of the day was the early summer show and sale of prime lambs kindly sponsored by Horner Shearing equipment. The judging was in the capable hands of Martin Hare of Lane End Farm Shop who we thank for his time and expertise. Some great pens of lambs put forward for the judge to cast his eye over saw the championship rosette awarded to a cracking pair of Beltex x lambs from BC Gregg of Angram Livestock which created eager bidding selling to £270 or 587p/kg with the judge backing his judge and purchasing the winners! A successful day saw them collect second prize Suffolk lambs selling to £218 at 52kg purchased by Mr D Morland of Westmorland Ltd. A great consignment of lambs from JR & LA Capstick, Killington saw them awarded reserve champion rosette with the first prize pen of Suffolk lambs selling for £196 at 45kg purchased by Mr D Morland of Westmorland Ltd with this consignment also awarded the second prize pen of continental lambs selling to £192 at 46kg.
More lambs easily could have been sold to the vendors advantage with more needed each week as buyers left today short in supply. There were more hill lambs forward selling cheviots to £156 at 47kg from Springhill partnership. Mule lambs topped at £149 at 50kg from DJ Amsden, Hawes. A number of horned spring lambs forward saw Rough Fells at 37kg selling to £113 from E & K Bland and Swaledales at 34kg selling to £99 J Sunter and Son, Simonstone.
SHOW AND SALE OF SPRING LAMBS
Kindly Sponsored by Horner Shearing & WH Harker, Leyburn.
Judged By Martin Hare, Lane End Farm Shop, Tong
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Continentals
1st & Champion, BC Gregg, Ellingstring 46kg £270/587p/kg to M Hare, Lane End Farm Shop Tong
2nd - JR & LA Capstick, Killington, 46kg, £192
3rd - JR & LA Capstick, Killington, 45kg, £172
Suffolks
1st & Res Champion, JR & LA Capstick, Killington, 45kg, £196/436p/kg to Westmorland Ltd
2nd - BC Gregg, Ellingstring, 52kg, £218
Continentals out of Mules
1st - MW & E Pedley, Little Musgrave, 42kg, £145
Mules
1st - DJ Amsden, Hawes, 46kg, £140
2nd - DJ Amsden, Hawes, 50kg, £149
3rd - DJ Amsden, Hawes, 44kg, £135
Continentals to 587p/kg, BC Gregg, Ellingstring
Suffolks to 436p/kg, JR & LA Capstick, Killington
Mules to 326p/kg, E & K Bland, Gaisgill
Total Average 345p/kg
Leading Prices:
Continental – BC Gregg, £270, £154.50, £141, £139, JR & LA Capstick, £192, £172, £157, £154, £153, H Kirkbride & Son, £170,
E & K Bland, £155, MW & HE Pedley, £154, £153, £145, Springhill Ptns, £154, £146, £140, JW Porter & Sons, £151, £146,
R & JM Harper, £150, £146.50, DA & MA Brown & Son, £148, £147, LC Scarr & Son, £145,£140, Whyte & Percival, £144,
P Dinsdale & Son, £144, £142, RC Whitehead & Son, £143, £140, M Bateman & Son, £140, DB & A Hoggarth, £138, £123,
K Calvert Ltd, £134.
Suffolk - BC Gregg, £218, £140, JR & LA Capstick, £196, DA & MA Brown & Son, £172, £170, £163, S Troughton, £165,
RC Whitehead & Son, £165 x2, £147, £138, JM Smith, £164.50, £157.50, £155, £150 x2, R & JM Harper, £144.50,
DB & A Hoggarth, £138 x2, £130.
Cheviot - Springhill Ptns, £156,
Zwartble - E Brown, £150.
Mule - DJ Amsden, £149, £141, £140, £135, £130, E & K Bland, £137.
Blackface - P Dinsdale & Son, £130.
Rough Fell - E & K Bland, £113.
Swaledale - J Sunter & Son, £99.
PRIME HOGGS
The trade for prime hoggs was far better than expected with buyers eagerly and actively looking to purchase them. Well fleshed continental hoggs regularly selling in excess of the 300p/kg peaking at 330p/kg from S Featherstone, Kirkby Moorside. Heavy weighted hoggs topped at £168 from DE & P Wilson and Partner, Farndale. Horned hoggs topped at £138 for heavy weight Swaledale tup hoggs from G Calvert & Sons, Keld with plenty selling around £130 mark.
Continental - DE & P Wilson & Ptns, £168, £144, S Featherstone, £154, £152, £138, £132, £120, £118, £116, Springhill Ptns, £142,
HB Farms, £142, KR & SN Dinsdale, £142 x2, £140, A & TA Blades, £120, JS Lynas, £120, £112, P Turnbull, £118, HB Farms, £118,
RF Lambert, £117,
Herdwick x - RC Whitehead & Son, £144.
Mule - DE & P Wilson, £138, KR & SN Dinsdale, £138, £125, S Featherstone, £130, A & TA Blades, £120, £114, £105,
T & LM Goad & Sons, £112, DE & P Wilson & Ptns, £110.
Swaledale - G Calvert & Sons, £138, J Rukin & Son, £132, £118, £100, S Bell & Sons, £132, DE & P Wilson & Ptns, £124, £118 x2,
D Bentley, £112, £110, £100, P Turnbull, £107, £106, G Barraclough, £104, P Turford, £104, J Hallam Son & Daughter, £104,
T & LM Goad & Sons, £100.
Suffolk - DE & P Wilson & Ptns, £140, D Bentley, £120, £100.
Blackface - D Shaw-Fencing & Forestry, £138, HH Smith, £117, £116, £109, P Turnbull, £115, P Turford, £110.
Cheviot - G Barraclough, £126.
CAST EWES
Less Ewes forward but a good trade throughout. Texels topped at £200 for JR & LA Capstick followed with CR & A Thornborrow at £188. Suffolks were next with a nice packet from Sledmere Est, Driffield at £198, £170 & £165. BFL Achieved £185 for R Bland. Some strong cheviot ewes from J Binns realised £176 followed by Springhill Ptns at £142. Horned sheep were headed by some powerful Roughfells from E & K Bland at £140 and followed with T & LM Goad & Son at £128, not many Swale Ewes forward today but still anything with meat were good. Topping again from E & K Bland at £120 and followed with two Whitby consigners of P Turford at £116 and J Hallam at £112. Mules were fewer in numbers and topped at £148 for P Dinsdale & Son and J Binns at £142.
Texel x to £200, JR & LA Capstick, Killington
Suffolk to £198, Sledmere Estate, Diffield
BFL to £185, R Bland, Gaisgill
Cheviot to £176, J Binns, Keighley
Beltex to £150, JR & LA Capstick, Killington
Charollais to £150, J Binns, Keighley
Mules to £148, P Dinsdale & Son, Carlton
Rough Fell to £140, E & K Bland, Gaisgill
Swaledale to £120, E & K Bland, Gaisgill
Blackface to £108, P Turnbull, Kildale
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CAST RAMS
E & K Bland topped the Ram section with a Cheviot Ram at £170 and then also had a Roughfell at £140. D Shaw had a massive Blackface at £145.
Cheviot to £170, E & K Bland, Gaisgill
Blackface to £145, D Shaw-Fencing & Forestry, Whitby
Roughfell to £140, E & K Bland, Gaisgill
BFL to £126, BL Acton, Leyburn
Continental to £100, JR Blades, Muker
Swaledale to £46, T & LM Goad & Sons, Dent
CALVES
6 young calves forward selling to a very good trade. Topping was a Limousin Bull from H Kirkbride & Son at £595 this was followed by J Scarr & Sons Blue bull at £590 and a Friesian x at £300. Heifers made £475 for a Blue from J Scarr & Sons with a Limousin from H Kirkbride & Son at £460. More could be sold to advantage so if you fancy trying some ring, Kenton Foster.
Bulls
Limousin to £595, H Kirkbride & Son, Askrigg, Av. £422.5
BRB to £590, J Scarr & Sons, Askrigg, Av. £445
Heifers
BRB to £475, J Scarr & Sons, Askrigg
Limousin to £460, H Kirkbride & Son, Askrigg