7,782 Store Lambs and Breeding Sheep
A total entry of 7,782 store Lambs and breeding sheep with buyers in attendance from a wide area.
Store Lambs
There were 5,963 store lambs with a firmer trade than a fortnight ago with some excellent prices achieved with plenty of buyers around the ring.
Top price of the day was £142 for Texel X lambs from Tim Piper and family of Doveholes with others from Nicola Beardsley of Weston Underwood at £138.
Other Texels sold as follows: –
£134 A Robinson, Belper
£132 B & K Stevenson, Quarndon
£132 M &D Barber, Blore
£130 A L Turnock & Sons, Wincle
£130 P & M Hayward & Son, Chapel en le Frith
£126.50 S J Coates, Fenny Bentley
£126 B & K Stevenson, Quarndon
£126 J Naylor, Hulme End
The average for Texels was £108.00
Suffolks topped at £135 for Ewe lambs from P & M Hayward & Son of Chapel en le Frith and £126 from W S Hudson & Son of Ilam.
Others achieved: –
£122 W S Hudson & Son, Ilam
£121.50 P J Hooley, Wildboarclough
£120 J F Barber, Quarnford
The average for Suffolks was £110.80.
Other top prices: –
Blue Texel £131 Nicola Beardsley, Weston Underwood£
Charollais £114 CJ & MJ Campbell, Hilderstone
£111 Ian Archer, Elkstones
Lleyn £115 S W Edwards, Bottomhouse
£110.50 Fletchers Farm, Wincle
£110 E S Bennison, Campstall
Beltex £122 M S Lancaster, Congleton
£118 N G & P Sidebottom, Marple
Zwartble £114.50 P Webster, Fenny Bentley
£109 P Webster, Fenny Bentley
Oxford £116 R & M Phillips & Sons, Ladmanlow
£107 R & M Phillips & Sons, Ladmanlow
Cheviot £110 I J Burton, Ashbourne
Mule wethers were a particularly strong trade up to £109 for S B Wilde, Quarnford with others as follows: –
£95.50 E J & D C Kidd, Quarnford
£84 R Marples, Stoney Middleton
£84 H Wainwright, Pott Shrigley
Dorset £96 Sally Hodgson, Chinley
Kerryhill £97.50 S Carter, Swythamley
Swaledale £80 P J Staden, Brandside
Herdwick £98 A Robinson, Belper
Gritstone £88 A & A Spooner, Macclesfield Forest
Overall average £104.46.
Breeding Sheep
Ewe Lambs (426) – Average £128.98
Ewe Lambs topped at £245 (twice) for Texels from R S Hulme of Calton, LR & MJ Lowe of Upper Hulme had three pens of Texel to £178, £172 and £158.
Cheviot £208 Pilkington Farmers, Hartington.
Mule £145 (twice) J Burrows, Macclesfield.
Blue Texel £142 A G F Chadwick, Macclesfield.
Suffolk £138 W S Hudson & Son, Ilam.
Charolais £121 E M Sisson, Stafford
Masham £98 AR & H M Etches, Earl Sterndale
Shearlings (801) – Average £195.83
Another solid entry and an increase in the averages compared to a fortnight ago.
Mule topped the shearlings at £270, £245, £240 and £235 for GV & P Matkin of Kirk Ireton, £265 for JF & IM Hill & Son of Furness Vale, £255 for P Hall & T Hunt of Combs and £235 for P H Williams, Tean.
Cheviot sold to £230 (twice) for R G Emmot of Stockport.
E Morten & Sons of Barmoor Clough sold Texel to £225 (twice), £220 (twice) and £215 (twice), A M Jones, Rorrington sold Texel to £225.
Suffolk £205 P & S Johnson, Winkhill
Blue Texel £200 N Beardsley, Weston Underwood
Charollais £195 R Wood, Bradnop
Masham £190 D A Naylor, Glossop
Ewes (592) – Average £123.76
An increased entry in the ewes with averages up on the sale a fortnight ago.
Topping the ewes was Pilkington Farmers, Hartington who had Cheviot to £232 (twice).
Texel £188 T & JM White, Holdworth
Mule £185 DF & A Wainwright, Cold Eaton
Welsh Mule £160 JFW Hayes, Cromford
Beltex £150 C N Clayton, Sheffield
Next Sale
Fortnightly Sale of Store & Breeding Sheep
Saturday 1st November 2025
Entries Close Friday 24th October
