Show & Sale of Young Farmers Prime Lambs 2025

Tuesday 18th February 2025

Forward: 1813 Sheep comprising 1497 Prime Lambs and 316 Cast Ewes and Rams.

SHOW & SALE OF YOUNG FARMERS PRIME LAMBS

Kindly Sponsored by Lane End Farm Shop, Tong, Massey Feeds & The Sheep Show.

Judged by Martin Hare, Lane End Farm Shop.

Continental

1st & Champion, Jonny Cloughton, Askrigg, 49kg, £240, 490p/kg to Lane End Farm Shop

2nd - Robert Facer, Hawes, 53kg, £200, 377p/kg to Lane End Farm Shop

3rd - Wilf Gregg, Ellingstring, 55kg, £200, 364p/kg to Lane End Farm Shop

Native

1st - Lily Shuttleworth, Barbon, 69kg, £188, 272p/kg to Lane End Farm Shop

2nd - Ted Alderson, Hawes, 54kg, £168, 311p/kg to Lane End Farm Shop

3rd - Ben Scarr, Askrigg, 60kg, £170, 283p/kg to Lane End Farm Shop

PRIME LAMBS

Hawes continues to have a strong trade for prime hoggs with a more mixed entry forward this week still meeting eager bidding from buyers. The sale included the annual prize show and sale of young farmers prime hoggs. A big thank goes to Martin and Sally Hare of Lane End Farm Shop, Tong, Bradford for their time and expertise judging as well as their continued support sponsoring the show and awarding trophies for each class. A special mention goes to Massey Feeds and The Sheep Show for their prizes. It was wonderful to see over 25 young farmers entering the competition, thank you to the young farmers and their families for putting the time and effort into turning out a wonderful line up of hoggs. The JW Cockett & Son Butchers, Hawes shield for the champion prime hogg was awarded to Jonathan Cloughton, Bainbridge with the first placed continental hogg with a Beltex hogg weighing 49kg sold to a top price of £240 purchased by the judge Martin Hare. The first placed native hogg was awarded to Lili Shuttleworth with her mule hogg weighing 69kg and selling for £188 purchased by the judge Martin Hare. A special thank you to all our buyers for supporting this event generously especially Martin Hare for purchasing all the prize winning hoggs.

Trade remained firm, slightly easier than the previous week. In specification hoggs continue to be the best to sell. There was more interest in heavy weight hoggs this week as buyers gain additional jobs for this specification of hoggs. Well finished mule and horned hoggs weighing mid-forties into the early fifty-kilogram bracket hoggs continue to be in big demand at Hawes with more of these required to fill buyer’s requirements with plenty of pens selling in the one hundred and fifties.

More prime hoggs required for the active ring of buyers at Hawes please do not hesitate to contact us for more information.

Beltex to 490p/kg, J Cloughton, Askrigg, Av. 353p/kg

Texel to 377p/kg, R Facer, Hawes, Av. 320p/kg

Mule to 340p/kg, DL Mudd, Buckden, Av. 316p/kg

Suffolk to 336p/kg, M Bell & Son, Askrigg, Av. 321p/kg

Swaledale to 326p/kg, GJ & ME Walker & Sons, Dunsop Bridge, Av. 296p/kg

Total Average: 306.29p/kg

Leading Prices:

Beltex – JH Cloughton, £240, Jo Hodgson, £204, Wilf Gregg, £200, Reuben Iveson, £196, P Keiley, £192, £116, J Pedley, £190,

Emma Cloughton, £172, MW & HE Pedley, £170, £152, E Forster, £168, Theo Verity, £162, BC Gregg, £159, £149,

Whyte & Percival, £152, Theo Sunter, £150, CT & JE Willoughby, £148, Isla Sunter, £146, G Pedley, £146, WJ Metcalfe & Ptns, £110.50.

Texel – Lily Alderson, £202, Robert Facer, £200, Matt Alderson, £192, Lili Shuttleworth, £192, A & J Myers, £190, R Wood & Son, £189, Ted Alderson, £188, JA Alderson, £170, A & TA Blades, £169, JA & UM Fawcett, £169, £153, £147.50, £144,

R & PR Banks & Son, £165, £142, Bank House Farms, £162, £150, WJ Metcalfe & Ptns, £161, S Reynoldson & Son, £160,

Taylor Bros, £159, £157, £156, WM & JE Shuttleworth, £158, A & J Myers, £158, £143, CT & JE Willoughby, £156,

T & LM Goad & Sons, £154, £153, B & J Park, £153, PJ Broughton, £152.50, MW & HE Pedley, £152.50, WC Stones & Son, £152, £142.50, R & RM Dent, £151.50, Jack Facer, £150, Whyte & Percival, £149.50, WJ Metcalfe & Ptns, £147.50, MC Staley, £146.50,

SW & TA Milner, £146, JR Rukin, £146, A Whaley, £143, H Kirkbride & Son, £140, SW & TA Milner, £140.

Mule – Lili Shuttleworth £188, Ben Scarr, £170, Ted Alderson, £168, WM & JE Shuttleworth, £164, £154 x2, Rory Scarr, £162,

Faye Scarr, £161, Lily Alderson, £158, T & LM Goad & Sons, £157.50, Matt Alderson, £157, RW Ridley, £156.50, R & RM dent, £155.50,

DI Holliday, £155, M Bell & Son, £155, R Wood & Son, £155, CD & RF Kitching, £155, £151.50, H & EM Tiplady, £155, Olivia Blades, £154. Bank House Farms, £154, Margaret Park, £154, JS & D Cloughton & Son, £153, A Fawcett & Sons, £152.50, S Bell & Sons, £152, £149, Spout House Farms, £149.50, GJ & ME Walker & Sons, £149.50, S Alderson, £149, JW & JH Burton & Son, £148 x2,

A & AJ Lambert, £147, R & PR Banks & Son, £146.50, WA & A Booth, £146.50, G Barraclough, £146.50, M Bell & Son, £146,

DL Mudd, £146, S Alderson, £143.50, A & H Watson, £141.50, £141.

Rough Fell – SL Hoggarth, £155, £154, £151, £149, EG Clark, £148.50, £143.50, £131, J & PR Woof, £148, SW & TA Milner, £115.50,

A & H Watson, £115.

Swaledale – JR Rukin, £157, £154.50, £154, £148.50, WH Harker, £156.50, £156, £143, DJ Amsden, £156, £154.50,

JW Porter & Sons, £155, JA Alderson, £154.50, £154, DW & K Hutchinson, £154, £153, £149.50, £144,

MR & LE Rukin, £154, £152, £149, £144.50, S Bell & Sons, £154, J Newhouse, £153, £151.50, Bank House Farms, £153,

WM & JE Shuttleworth, £151, GJ & ME Walker & Sons, £150, £146.50, RW Clarkson & Son, £150, WC Porter & Sons, £149, £143,

DL Mudd, £148.50, £144, S Reynoldson & Son, £148.50, RT Tennant, £148.50, £145.50, Elm Gill Farm, £147.50, JH Sharp & Sons, £146,

J Allison & Sons, £146, S & RD Parker, £146, AD Coates & Son, £145, J Scarr & Sons, £141, R & PR Banks & Son, £140.50.

Suffolk – SW & TA Milner, £156.50, A & TA Blades, £156.50, M Bell & Son, £153.50, £151, Spout House Farms, £149,

PJ Broughton, £148, DB & A Hoggarth, £122.

Dalesbred – C Lambert, £155.50, £155, M/S Coates, £154, £137, E Forster, £121, £115.50.

Herdwick - B & J Park, £154, J Newhouse, £152, JH Sharp & Sons, £109.50.

Cheviot - Emma Cloughton, £152, B & J Park, £148, GJ & ME Walker & Sons, £144, J Alderson & Son, £131.50, Collier Holme, £124,

KJ Burrow, £123.50, £115, JF & GR Howard, £109.

Romney - JW & JH Burton & Son, £149.50.

Charollais - Croft Farm Ptns, £149, £147, £144.

Blacknose Valais - A & H Watson, £148.

BFL - DT Dinsdale & Son, £145.50, CT & JE Willoughby, £131.

Masham - SW & TA Milner, £133.50.

Jacob - J Chapman, £110.

CAST EWES

Stronger ewes would be a similar trade to last week although resistance to anything fat. Horned sheep would be better on the week with more available, plenty of lean horned ewes although they would be dearer on the week. Texels topped the trade at £205 for PJ Broughton, Bransdale followed by RG Blackburn, Penrith at £190. Zwartbles from AJ Whaley made £168 Mules topped at £160 for WA & A Booth. Mules topped at £160 for WA & A Booth followed with big ewes

From J Scarr & Sons & A & H Watson at £140. Cheviot topped at £160 and £151. Blackface ewes had 2 consignments from HH Smith, Whitby at £124 and W Tyreman & Son at £92. 185 Swaledales forward which topped at £112 twice for AJ Sunter and J Scarr & Sons followed by DT Dinsdale at £110 and J Sunter at £108. The leanest ewes showed the biggest lift from £38-£60. Much bigger show of Cast Rams forward with 37. Topping the trade at £180 for BFL AND Beltex Rams to £162. Texel Rams at £175, £165 x2 and Swaledales topped at £116.

Zwartble to £168, AJ Whaley, Hawes

Suffolk to £162, HB Farms, Fadmoor

BFL to £160, B Spence & Sons, Thornton Rust

Cheviots to £160

Mules to £160, WA & A Booth, Feizor

Blackface to £124, HH Smith, Whitby

Swaledales to £112, AJ & J Sunter, Askrigg & J Scarr & Sons, Askrigg

Rough Fell to £102, A & H Watson, Kirkby Lonsdale

Herdwick to £80, JH Sharp & Sons, Chapel le Dale

CAST RAMS

BFL to £180, DJ Amsden, Hawes

Texel to £172, RG Blackburn, Gt Strickland