8,359 Store Lambs and Breeding Sheep
A good firm trade throughout and some excellent prices in all sections.
6,455 Store Lambs
Top price of the day was £166 for Texel ewe lambs from W R & L Snape of Sutton with other Texels up to £163.50 from S C Jones of Norbury.
Other Texels: –
£160 Stephen Pye, Swythamley
£156 P & M Hayward & Son, Chapel en le Frith
£150 DA Naylor, Chapel en le Frith
£150 A & J Henshaw, Fairfield
£148 EJ & LE Williams, Combs
£148 W R & L Snape, Sutton
Plenty of other pens over £140 to average £128.81.
Beltex topped at £143 from R Rowlinson of Ramshorn.
Suffolk lambs were in good demand seeing a top of £165 from P & M Hayward & Son of Chapel en le Frith
Other Suffolk: –
£159 T Etches, Longnor
£142 Ross Worthington, Edale
Average £129.18.
Other Top Prices: –
Charolais £155 Stephen Pye, Swythamley
Lleyn £140 EF & W Johnson, Adlington
Cheviot £142 JP Austin, Parwich
Abermax £136 R Belfield, Upper Hulme
Cotswold £134 RJ & J Moore, Sandbach
Oxford £131 PJ & JA Wain, Upper Hulme
Rouge £131 J A Lemon, Atlow
Oxford £129 J F Barber, Quarnford
Dutch Spotted £126 P & NJ Ashworth, Leigh
Dorset £124 H R Jonhson & Sons, Longnor
Mule Wethers £120 R & L White, Turnditch & RD & L Worthington, Upper Booth
The overall average of Store Lambs was £125.61.
989 Ewe Lambs
Some excellent prices with a top of £265 for Dutch Spotted from J Hall of Ashbourne with others to £252 and £00 from the same home.
Texel £215 S J Hudson of Ilam,
£212 F Potter & Son of Yeaveley
£212 DV Holland of Blore
Other Top Prices: –
Swaledale £208 Ashes Farm Services, Bamford
Mule £206 N, J & S Taylor, Hollow Meadows
£205 N, J & S Taylor, Hollow Meadows
Suffolk £178 Alan Wilshaw, Meerbrook
£176 Dunstall Estate, Dunstall
£174 Dunstall Estate, Dunstall
Gritstone £172 J Barker, Brown Edge
Cheviot £162 J F Deaville, Newtown
Overall average for ewe lambs £166.80
543 Shearlings
These were dearer again, seeing a top price of £380 for Mule from I & J Cantrill of Alkmonton and £370 for the same home.
Other Mule: –
£320 M Riley, Newtown
£320 David Naylor, Glossop
£320 Philip Wiliams, Tean
With plenty more around the £300 mark.
Texels: –
£350 J Pennington, Glossop
£340 J L Morris, Cresswell
£340 A Hayes, Cromford
£322 W M Lomas, Carsington
£322 E Morten & Sons, Barmoor Clough
£322 J E Reynolds, Loughborough
Average for Texels was £303.47
Swaledale £310 N Richardson, Reapsmoor
Dutch Spotted £275 J Walker, Meerbrook
Bluefaced Leicester £275 Jack Darlington, Derby
Suffolk £320 JF & IM Hill & Son, Furness Vale
Cheviot £348 C Wood, Cauldon Lowe
Average for Shearlings was £293.95
372 Ewes
Swaledale topped the ewes at £325 for N Richardson of Reapsmoor.
Other Ewes: –
Mule £275 T J Burke, Altrincham
Charollais £265 J Darlington, Derby
Texel £230 G Webster, Fenny Bentley
Dutch Spotted £225 P & NJ Ashworth, Leigh
Texel £218 G J Bailey, Weston
Charollais £215 G J Bailey, Weston
Suffolk £215 G J Bailey, Weston
Mule £202 D Benbow, Stone
To average £149.60.
Next Sale
Saturday 17th October 2026
Fortnightly Sale of Store & Breeding Sheep
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