PIGS

An entry of 50 prime, store and breeding pigs were forward, with once again prime pigs selling to a firm trade through out. Top price of the day was £238 for a prime hogg from JM Navesey, Darwen, with others from this home selling to £235 on an additional three occasions. Regular supporter J Stott, Kendal sold gilts at £230.
Prime boars sold to £160 on four occasions from C Barr, Coniston, with many boars around the £150 mark. JE Atkinson, Nibthwaite topped the store pigs at £98 for five with eight more recently weaned sorts from P Martin, Balderdale selling at £70.

PRIME LAMBS

The weekly sale of 1100 lambs, saw lambs forward ranging from 28kg to 64kg, with a pleasing average of 303p/kg achieved. Heavy lambs were once again adding up nicely here at Junction 36 with Texels to £180 from RS&BA Harker, Holme, Suffolks £178 from M&RW Stirzaker, Milnthorpe and Beltex to £172 from J Stott Jnr, Crosscrake. Nice bred lambs full of meat were regularly 330p/kg to 340p/kg, with nice export bred lambs regularly selling at 310p/kg to 315p/kg, with a ring full of 45kg Texels to £146 from TMW&H Hodgson, Ulverston. The first of the Mule lambs saw 43kg to £128 from A Clarke, Nether Kellet.

CAST SHEEP

350 cull ewes were forward today, which sold to an overall average of £107, with a large proportion of the sale being small, light weight and lean pure hill ewes, being recently weaned. A real shortage of the best heavy ewes, with the few which were forward today selling to £284, with other mediums £200 to £240. First cross ewes sold to £182 for both Suffolk cross and Texel cross, with better first cross ewes £150 to £170 and mediums £130 to £150. The best Mules sold to £172, with other heavier end £140 to £155, stronger mediums £128 to £140 and leaner hard worked Mules and first cross ewes £100 to £118. Pure hill ewes sold to £114 for Swaledales, with Cheviots to £112, Jacobs £100 with medium hill ewes £78 to £90. Better small ewes were £55 to £70, with the very smallest and leanest £38 to £52.