Total entry of 3,454 Store Lambs and Breeding Sheep were on offer with plenty trading all sections.
Store Lambs
There were 2350 Store Lambs with prices up to £117 per pen of Charolais from A Heathcote of Macclesfield and a second pen from the same vendor at £100.
Charolais Lambs averaged at a pleasing £92.74.
Suffolk Wether Lambs from P J Hooley of Wildboarclough up to £109 and other Suffolk Lambs from J Burton of Ipstones Edge at £96 and a pen of 50 from P & M Hayward & Son of Chapel en le Frith at £96. A second pen of Suffolks from P Hooley sold for £94.
Suffolk Lambs averaged £88.62 overall.
Lleyn Lambs from Messrs Turner of Longnor sold at £95 to produce an average of Lleyns of £89.41.
Texel Lambs topped at £106 from S Lloyd of Ipstones with a pen from C Needham of Foxt up to £99 and £98.50 was paid for a pen from Mr J Kirkham of Derby. A L Turnock & Sons from Wincle achieved £97 for a pen 57 Texels with LS Riley and Family of Longnor selling at £96.50 and a second pen from C Needham £94, R Frith £94 also.
The average for Texel Lambs which did include a number of smaller sorts, came out at £86.05.
Mule X Wether Lambs from J Dakin of Rushup Edge achieved £79 with others at £70.
Mixed Continental Lambs from M Woodward of Whiston sold up to £106.50 with others from Robin Smith of Cheddleton at £95 to average £96.60.
Overall average achieved for Store lambs, including a number of smaller sorts was £85.52 with a total clearance being
achieved.
Ewe Lambs
A small entry of Breeding Ewe Lambs sold up to £125 for Texel Ewe Lambs from S & D Fearn of Wardlow Mires (four times) with a pen from Messrs White of Shottle at £116 to average £107.20.
Shearlings & Ewes
There were 904 Shearlings on offer with a top price of £280 for a pen of 10 Texels from JWA Jeffery of Sudbury (twice) with another pen of Texels from P Storer of Reapsmoor up to £110 and other Texels from E Moss &Son of Endon at £205 and also a pen from L R & M J Lowe of Hulme End. E Morten & Sons of Barmoor Clough sold Texel Shearlings up to £200 with several other pens making over £190.
The average for Texel Shearlings was £180 57.
Texel MuleShearlings from E Morten & Sons at Barmoor Clough sold at £192 with another pen of Mule Shearlings from P Williams from Tean at £190 and a pen from S Allen of Butterton £190 and £188 for a pen from GM Wilkinson of Newborough with an average achieved for Mule Shearlings of £159.74.
There was a shortage of quality Suffolks with the best pen from P Williams of Tean selling for £160 (twice) with Cheviots up to £150 for Messrs Wainwright of Bamford Kerry Hill up to £150 from A Eardley of Sutton and Mashams up to £145 from GM Wilkinson of Newborough.
All the Ewes sold up to £140 for a pen of Cheviots from J L Morris of Cresswell with Mule Ewes from J Conway of Glossop up to £110.
Next Sale
Fortnightly Sale of Store & Breeding Sheep
Including the Show & Sale of Breeding Ewe Lambs
Saturday 16th September 2023
