A total entry of 4,801 Store Lambs and Breeding Sheep were on offer.
Store Lambs
3,245store lambs achieving a total clearance and a good company of buyers met a stronger trade than many people anticipated with blue tongue movement restrictions to Wales and the shortage of grass in many parts of the country.
The total average was a satisfying £96.67 per head.
Top price of the day was £131 for a pen of good shaped Texel lambs from Joe Austin of Parwich with other Texels as follows: –
£129 D & A Dickinson, Bradbourne
£126 A Heathcote, Macclesfield
£121 T & E mather, Brassington
£121 PJ & JA Wain, Upper Hulme
£119.50 E J Williams, Coombs
£118 A J Peach, Warslow
With several other pens over £110 per head.
Suffolk lambs topped at £130 from A & A Spooner of Macclesfield, £119.50 for L Wainwright of Bollington and £118 from A & A Spooner.
Beltex lambs achieved up to £121 and £120 for R E Smith of Cheddleton.
Kerry Hill lambs up to £121 from S J Hawkins of Middleton by Youlgreave.
Cotswold lambs up to £107 from R J & J Moore of Sandbach.
Mule wethers sold up to £111 from A & J Henshaw of Buxton.
Shearlings
There were 1,259 on offer seeing a good trade for the best quality with Mule shearlings topping the market at £315 for W Allen of Butterton with other Mules up to £270 from the Klucznik Family of Ipstones Edge and others as follows: –
£265 M Riley, Newtown
£260 M Riley, Newtown
£255 H White, Snelston
£255 GL Staley & Son, Ashbourne
£250 S Allen, Butterton
Overall average for Mules was £213.16.
Welsh Mule shearlings sold up to £250 from ID & TJ Gregory of Peak Forest at £235 from P H Williams of Tean.
Texel shearlings from J L Morris of Cresswell topped at £270 with others as follows: –
£260 E Morten & Sons of Barmoor Clough (twice).
£255 Renshaw & Brassington, Ashbourne
£250 D Ede, Cubley
£240 C Wood, Cauldon Lowe
Average for Texel shearlings was £188.78.
Suffolk shearlings topped at £265 from D Ede of Cubley and £245 for GA Cooper of Sheffield to average £215.40.
Cheviot shearlings achieved up to £265 from P J Williams of Tean, £265 from ID & TJ Gregory of Peak Forest and £240 for H White of Snelston to average £228.81.
Jacob shearlings £160 E Kirkham of Hartington
Masham shealings £190 R Bassett & Son of Hulme End
Herdwick shearlings £130 N Stubbs, Hilderstone
Charollais Shearlings £185 F D Hobson, Macclesfield
Zwartble Shearlings £165 Klucznik Family, Ipstones
The overall average for shearlings was £202.70.
Ewe Lambs
Ewe lambs topped at £150 for Texels from S & D fearn of Wardlow Mires (3 times) with others to £148 (twice), £146 and £142.
Blue Texels £140 R Darlington, Berresford Dale
Suffolk £130 GA & SM Wainwright & Sons, Bamford
Mules £128 GA & SM Wainwright & Sons, Bamford
Herdwick £128 R Darlington, Berresford Dale
Cheviot £128 GA & SM Wainwright & Sons, Bamford
Overall average of £134.46 per head.
Ewes
Older ewes sold up to £170 for CJ Hidderley, Ipstones for Cheviot ewes with Mules to £130 for A Heathcote of Macclesfield and Jacobs to £115 for G & H Ashford of Stafford.
Next Sale
Fortnightly Sale of Store & Breeding Sheep
Including the Show & Sale of Breeding Ewe Lambs
Entries Now Invited
Saturday 20th September 2025
