Weekly Report and Newsletter - 17th December Lancaster Auction Mart: Weekly Sale of Prime Lambs and Cast Sheep, 13th December 2021 Prime Lambs This week at Lancaster saw another good entry of 993 prime lambs forward, selling to a slightly easier trade of 268p/kg. Well finished and heavy weight lambs continue to be in strong demand with buyers more cautious of the grassier types. A consignment of heavy weight lambs from P Kaye, Brindle led the way, selling to £149 with Texels followed by Suffolks from the same home, selling to £148. This was followed by other heavy weights to £147.50 and £145 from V &EJ Chadwick & Son, Sowerby. Plenty more heavy weights were selling around the £140 mark, with heavy weights averaging 272p/kg. Best quality lambs continue to sell around the 300p/kg mark and more, topping at 318p/kg from TR Prickett, Hutton Roof. Mule lambs sold to a top of £133 for 50kg lambs from Drinkall Bros, Over Wyresdale. Prime Lamb Top Prices Texel: £149 Breworth Fold Farm, £147.50 Sowerby Hall Farm, £145 Park Farm Barn, Sowerby Hall Farm, £144 Breworth Fold Farm, Old Woodhouse. Suffolk: £148, £140.50 Breworth Fold Farm, £129.50 Hudsbrook Farm, £129 North Farm, £128 Park Farm Barn, £118.50 Breworth Fold Farm. Continental: £144 Carr House Farm, £142 Sowerby Hall Farm, £129.50 Botton Hall Farm, £121 Oak Avenue, £113 Carr House Farm. Charollais: £134 West View Farm, £130 Park Farm Barn, £120, £113 Carr House Farm, £108 Thornbush Farm, £104 Carr House Farm. Mule: £133 Catshaw Hall Farm, £124.50 Sykes Farm, £121 Cobble Hey Farm, £115 Ouzelthorn Farm, £113.50 Fell End Farm, £112.50 Moss House Farm. Cheviot: £125 Hazel Brae, £121 Cross Farm, £120.50, £113.5 Rigg Farm, £84, £72 Cross Farm. Masham: £123, £111 Cobble Hey Farm. Ryeland: £109 West View Farm.
Cast Sheep Lancaster was short of cast sheep this morning with the trade remaining firm. Once again, Lancaster cast sheep averaged in excess of the £100 mark. Texel ewes sold to a top of £151 from Elsie Hartley, Hornby with others from the same home selling to £129. Cast tups sold to £130 for continentals from David Gardner, Brookhouse. Mule ewes peaked at £118 from B & J Preston, Caton. Cast Ewe Top Prices Texel: £151, £129 Hazel Brae, £120 Ellers Farm, £119 (2) Hutton Roof Hall. Continental: £121, £109 Newhouse Farm. Mule: £118 Ellers Farm, £102 Chapal House, £88 Newhouse Farm, £75 Ellers Farm. Cheviot: £108 Hutton Roof Hall. Jacob: £75 Chapal House. Cast Tup Top Prices Continental: £130 Quarry House Farm. Leicester: £102 High House Farm.