Weekly Report and Newsletter - 10th June 2022 Lancaster Auction Mart: Weekly Sale of Spring Lambs, Prime Hoggs and Cast Sheep, 6th June 2022. Spring Lambs The largest entry of spring lambs this season with 705 forward which was met with the strongest trade so far selling to an impressive market average of 337p/kg or £141.96 a head. JS Horner, Ingleton stole the headlines today selling 51kg Texel lambs to £183 with other Texel lambs from the same home to £170 and £164 with Suffolks from this home selling to £165. This consignment averaged £169.80. 49kg Texels from TJ&P Burrow, Milnthorpe sold to £171. Beltexs peaked at £170 from S Rossall, Over Wyresdale whoms consignment averaged £155. Heavy weight lambs from J Singleton, Great Eccleston sold Suffolks to £167 and Texels to £166, with this consignment averaging £155.50. Texels from S Wilson & Son, Scotforth sold to £166, followed by other Texels to £163 from JT&B Fox, Quernmore, £162 from RA Holmes, Inskip, £160 and £159 from A&E Clarkson, Thurnham with J&H Huddleston, Brookhouse selling Texels to £160. Many more pens of lambs regularly sold around the £150 mark. S Wilson & Son, Scotforth saw Texel lambs to 395p/kg or £166 purchased by M Lomax on behalf of Woods Farm Shop, Preston. Another fresh face ring side today at Lancaster meant their was 9 active buyers in attendance all eager to purchase, with more lambs required next week. Spring Lamb Top Prices: Texel - £183 Ingleborough Park, £171 Hazelslack Tower Farm, £170 Inglebrough Park, £166 Stonelands, £166 Burrow Heights Farm, £164 Inglebrough Park. Beltex - £170 Stonehead, £130 Burrow Heights. Suffolk - £167 Stonelands, £165 Ingleborough Park, £152 Hazeslack Tower Farm, £150 Beaumont Gate, £146 Slack Farm, £146 Slack Farm. Continental - £151 Slack Farm, £149 Little Fell, £148 Stonehead, £145.50 Little Fell, £140.50 Burrow Heights Farm, £140 Slack Farm. Charollais - £148 Little Fell, £147 Burrow Heights, £141 Little Fell, £137 Little Fell. Ryeland - £130 Old Parkside Farm. Dorset - £131 Fern Bank Farm.
Prime Hoggs There was an entry of just over 100 prime hoggs forward today that saw well fleshed hogg selling to a shaper trade with handy weighted hoggs averaging 261p/kg. Teeswaters topped the market selling to £144 from T&D Wight, Roeburndale East. Texels sold to £141 from T&E Burrow, Slyne with other Texels to £139 from AG Butler, Hambleton. Handy weighted Continental hoggs sold to 315p/kg at 41kg grossing £129 from T&E Burrow. Prime Hogg Top Prices: Teeswater - £144 Allcocks Farm. Texel - £141 Thostle Grove Farm, £139 Park Farm Barn, £135 Throstle Grove Farm, £133 Winmara, £132 Moss House Farm, £129 Throstle Grove Farm. Cheviot - £125 Moss Gate Farm, £94 Hillam House Farm. Continental - £125 Oak Avenue, £112 Moss Gate Farm, £94 Hilliam House Farm. Mule £120 Throstle Grove Farm. Masham - £114 Allcocks Farm. Scottish black Face - £102 Moss Gate Farm. Rough Fell - £81 Moss House Farm, £74 Moss House Farm. Dalesbred - £70 Allcocks Farm. Herdwick - £65 Moss House Lane.
Cast Sheep Once again Lancaster enjoyed a buoyant trade for all speciation’s of cast sheep. S Rossall, Over Wyresdale led the way selling a pen of Texels to £204 with others from the same home to £200. Texel x ewes from T&S Blades,