A total entry of 8,307 Store Lambs and Breeding Sheep
A very pleasing entry with buyers and vendors in attendance from a wide area.
Store Lambs
There were 6,099 store lambs with a total clearance to average £100.53 which did include a number of smaller lambs which reduced the average.
Top price of the day was £142 for Suffolk ewe lambs from P & M Hayward & Son of Chapel en le Frith with another pen of Suffolk from A & A Spooner of Macclesfield Forest achieving £140.
Other Suffolk prices included: –
£139 DW Fox, Buxton
£133 JF Barker, Quarnford
£127 P J Hooley, Wildboarclough
The average for Suffolks was £113.34.
Texel lambs topped at £139 for V M Hanley of Stockport and P Kirkham & I C Bourne of Werrington.
Other Texel prices included: –
£130 W & N Sherratt, Hartington
£129 DA Naylor, Castleton
£129 CS Edge, Ballidon
£128 RS & EJ Longden & Sons, Chinley
£127.50 W & N Sherratt, Hartington
£127.50 J L Mellor & Partners, Macclesfield
£127.50 P Kirkham & I C Bourne, Werrington
Average for Texels was £104.69.
Beltex £139 RE Smith, Cheddleton
Charollais £118 Messrs Gabbott, Rainow
Lleyn £126.50 KEM Group Holdings, Wincle
Herdwick £90 A Heathcote, Macclesfield
Gritstone £107.50 CE Burgess, Biddulph
Blue Texel £121 C Wood, Cauldon Lowe
Rouge £128 J A Lemon, Atlow
Dutch Spotted £119 P & NJ Ashworth, Leigh
Mule X Wethers £100 NG & P Sidebottom, Marple
To average £83.26.
Breeding Sheep
Ewe Lambs (896) – Average £123.74
A smaller entry of ewe lambs this week after the show and sale a fortnight ago seeing Texels topping the day for N Richardson of Longnor at £420 and £370 with other pens to £158 and £157 for L R & M Lowe of Buxton and J B Rowlinson & Son of Ramshorn had pens to £156, £155, £154 and £152.
Suffolk sold to £144 and £142 for Dunstall Estate.
A pen of Mule sold to £136 for EJ & LE Williams of Combs with a pen of Zwartble to £130 for A Porter of Cauldon Lowe.
Blue Texel sold to £127 for D R Flower & Son of Alstonefield.
Shearlings (825) – Average £192.67
An increased entry compared to the sale a fortnight ago with an increase in the averages also.
Texels topped at £275 for E Morten & Sons of Barmoor Clough who had other pens to £255, £245 (twice), R Gibson of Wincle had a pen of Texels to £250.
Mules sold to £255 for P H Williams of Tean, £250 for T & J M White of Sheffield and £240 for M Riley of Newtown.
Cheviot sold to £250 for an Ipstones vendor with Suffolks to £245 for A E Neachell & Son of Walsall who also had pens of Charollais to £240 (twice).
Ewes (487) – Average £107.79
Ewes topped at £202 today for a pen of 4T-FM Texels for J Naylor of Hulme End, other pens of 3 crop Texels sold to £195 for G J Bailey of Weston and GH & M Torr of Bradnop had a pen of 1 crop Texels to £178 with R Gibson of Wincle achieving £175 for a pen of 2 crop Texels.
Cheviot ewes sold to £150 for M & D Doody of Solihull.
K Hill of Quarnford had BM Mule ewes to £138, GJ Bailey of Weston had FM Mules to £135.
A pen of FM Suffolk ewes sold to £135 for G J Bailey of Weston.
Next Sale
Fortnightly Sale of Store & Breeding Sheep
Saturday 18th October 2025
Entries Close Friday 10th October
