Store Lambs
There were 3,004 Store and Breeding Sheep on offer on Saturday. The vast majority of the entry were Store Lambs, with 2,911 being presented for sale and a total clearance achieved, seeing a very sharp, much improved trade on the last sale before Christmas.
The top price of the day was £137 which was paid for a Mule X Wether Lamb, from DA Taylor of Hollington, with Charolais Lambs from, Clive Grindey of Adlington, up to £126 and Texels topping at £126 also, from B Pegg of Ashbourne, £123.50 from RS Torr of Tissington, £120 from the same farmer and £119.
Other Texel Lambs from, Clive Grindey of Adlington, sold up to £117.50 with several other pens of Texel X Lambs above £110.
Beltex Store Lambs, from S Galtrey of Matlock, topped at £112 with another Beltex from the same vendor at £111, Suffolk Lambs, from Joe Austin of Parwich, sold up to £111.50.
Other Suffolk Lambs, from Jane Bonsall of Atlow, sold up to £107.50 with Lleyn Store Lambs, from Clive Grindey of Adlington, at £107.50 also, Mule Wether Lambs, from R Rowlinson of Ashbourne, up to £107, Charollais, from Christopher Joyce of Thorncliffe, £106.50 with other Charollais, from Stephen Pye of Swythamley, at £105.
Cheviot Lambs, from RC & JM Torr of Macclesfield, were well sold at £100.50.
Overall average received was £89.
Breeding Ewes
There was a small entry of Breeding Ewes including In-Lamb Texel Ewes, scanned to the Texel Ram, from Michael Turner of Grindon, sold up to £179 with Mule Ewes, also scanned In-Lamb, to the Texel Ram, from the same vendor, at £174 and £170. A pen of Zwartble Ewes, again scanned In-Lamb to the Texel Ram, also sold for £170 with a Texel X Ewe with Double Lambs at foot, from S Galtrey of Matlock, achieving
£244.
Next Sale
Fortnightly Sale of Store & Breeding Sheep
Saturday 10th February 2024
