Tuesday 22nd April 2025

                                                     

Forward: 6 Calves 1038 Sheep comprising 623 Prime Hoggs, 173 Cast Ewes & Rams, 91 Breeding Ewes with 151 Lambs at Foot.

 

PRIME HOGGS

There was slightly more optimism ringside today with the ring back full of buyers. Leading the way was the consignment of heavy weights from FA Broadwith & Son, Thornton Watlass selling texels to £166, Zwartbles to £162 and two pens of Beltexs to £160 at 48kg. Heavy weight Suffolks sold to a top of £153 from JMW Brown and Son, Low Row followed by £150 from FA Broadwith & Son. Handy weighted well finished continental hoggs continued to be in most demand and keenly bid for. The horned hoggs trade peaked at £139 from GM Sedgwick & Son, Sedbergh for Rough Fells with Scotch Blackfaced hoggs topping at £135. Mule hoggs topped at £133 with plenty of other pens selling in the region of £130. 

    

Continental to 343p, JB & AEA Longworth, Kentmere, Av. 285p/kg

Suffolk to 313p, T Richardson, Leyburn, Av. 285p/kg

Swaledale to 303p, A & H Watson, Kirkby Lonsdale, Av. 261p/kg

Mule to 297p, WJ Metcalfe & Ptns, Nappa Scarr, Av. 269p/kg

                               

Leading Prices:

Continentals - FA Broadwith & Sons, £166, £156, £145, £144, £140, Taylor Bros, £149, £140, £134, JB & AEA Longworth, £145, £120, 

M & P Carter, £145, £126, Whyte & Percival, £144, Spout House Farms, £141, WJ Metcalfe & Ptns, £140, £138 x2, £138,

DE & P Wilson & Ptns, £139, JMW Brown & Son, £138.50, £134, £130, P Turnbull, £138, S & RD Parker £138, £134,

H Peirson & Son, £138, £124, T Richardson, £131, £129, A Hollings, £125.50, J Dixon & Sons, £122, RF & RD Kettlewell, £115.

Zwartble - FA Broadwith & Sons, £162, £125.

Suffolk - JMW Brown & Son, £153, £141, FA Broadwith & Sons, £150, DE & P Wilson, £145, £139, A Hollings, £132, £116,

T Richardson, £119, RF & RD Kettlewell, £118.

Rough Fell - GM Sedgwick & Son, £139, £109.50, £104, A & H Watson, £121, JB & AEA Longworth, £108.50.

Blackface - P Turnbull, £135, £120.

Mule – R & R Gornall, £133, FA Broadwith & Sons, £133, RW & MA Suttill & Son, £133, £115, DE & P Wilson, £130,

WJ Metcalfe & Ptns, £130, £110, T & LM Goad & Sons, £130, £120.50, M Bell & Son, £129, Bainbridge Bros, £121.50,

W & M Bland, £120, W & M Bland, £120. 

Swaledale – TW Clark & Sons, £127.50, £120, £118, RT Tennant, £122, Spout House Farms, £121.50, P Turnbull, £120,

M & P Carter, £117, £114, £110.50, Bainbridge Bros, £116.50, MM & CL Whitehead, £116, TM Barrass & Son, £116, £110,

T & LM Goad & Sons, £115, JH Pedley, £115 x2, JR Blades, £112, M Bell & Son, £112.J Dixon & Sons, £111 x2, 

Masham - Bainbridge Bros, £117, £110.

Herdwick - JB & AEA Longworth, £115.

 

CAST EWES  

Less ewes forward and trade would be very similar to last week leanest ewes would be the dearest in comparison. Suffolk ewes topped the trade at £235 for HB Farms with T Richardson at £205. A cracking Beltex ewe from S & A Bland made £205 not many Texels in today and Petch Farms topped at £200 followed by Booth Bros at £190 & £180 x2. A few quality Cheviots forward and these £175 & £140 for HB Farms and others at £160 & £154. Mules wouldn’t be as dear on the week topping at £152 for Taylor Bros followed with D & PE Wilson at £148. Horned ewes would be dearest though with Roughfell Ewes reaching £160 & £148 for E & K Bland, Swaledales topped at £160 and averaged £94 with 10 lots £116 or above. Not many Rams forward but a Beltex Ram topped at £220 for AT Lambert & Son and followed with P Turnbull with a Texel at £180. 

 

Suffolk to £235, HB Farms, Fadmoor

BFL to £212, AD Lambert, Raydaleside

Beltex to £205, S & A Bland, Gaisgill

Continentals to £200, Petch Farms, Middlesbrough

Cheviot to £175, HB Farms, Fadmoor

Rough Fells to £160, E & K Bland, Gaisgill

Mules to £152, Taylor Bros, Richmond 

Swaledale to £160

Dalesbred to £116, A Lambert, Bainbridge

Blackface to £104, P Turnbull, Kildale

 

CAST RAMS       

Beltex to £220, AT Lambert & Son, Simonstone

Continental to £180, P Turnbull, Kildale

BFL to £150, A & H Watson, Kirkby Lonsdale

Swaledales to £140, E & K Bland, Gaisgill

 

CALVES

6 young Calves forward topping the trade was a Limousin heifer from J Scarr & Sons at £490.

Bulls sold to £470 and £460 for the same home for Blue Bulls. Calves in 2 weeks times and more expected with the Show & Sale for the Bill Thompson Trophy.

 

Bulls                 

BRB to £470, J Scarr & Sons, Askrigg

Limousin to £400, H Kirkbride & Son, Askrigg

 

Heifers             

Limousin to £490, J Scarr & Sons, Askrigg

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SALE OF EWES WITH LAMBS

There was a stand on trade for Sheep with lambs at foot from the previous week with fresh and returning buyers ringside looking to purchase. Continental ewes with twin lambs at foot from WC Stones & Son, Arkengarthdale topped the market at £325. Mule ewes with Suffolk twins sold to £322 from T & K Ellison, Dent followed Mule ewes with Texel Lambs selling to £315 from AD Lambert, Raydale. Plenty more pens of sheep with twins selling in excess of the £300 mark. 

The trade for sheep with singles was topped by Libby Winspear, Hawes selling Texdale ewes with strong Texel singles to £250 with shearlings selling to £230 from the same home. Mule ewes with Suffolk singles sold to £228 from T & K Ellison, Dent. 

Please enter sheep with lambs at foot by Wednesday 10am for the sale on Tuesday 29th April. We request that vendors enter for the catalogue as it helps attract buyers with buyers travelling from southern counties to be in Hawes today.   

 

Twins       

Continental to £325, WC Stones & Son, Arkengarthdale, Av. £310.3

Mule to £322, T & K Ellison, Dent, Av. £303.8

Swaledales to  £172, G Mudd, Hawes               

 

Singles    

Continental to £250, EM Winspear, Hawes, Av. £230.8

Mules to £228, T & K Ellison, Dent, Av. £208.8 

Cheviot to £188, J Pratt & Sons, Bainbridge, Av. £169

                                                 

Twins

Continental - WC Stones & Son, £325, J Pratt & Sons, £305, AP Moore, £285, £268.

Mules - T & K Ellison, £322, £312, AD Lambert, £315, JF & GR Howard, £308, £302, J Pratt & Sons, £305, £302, £282,

RR Akrigg, £302, £295, A Lambert, £300, AT Lambert & Son, £295, AP Moore, £282. 

Cheviot - J Pratt & Sons, £308.

Masham - A Lambert, £300.

Swaledales - G Mudd, £172.

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Singles

Continental - EM Winspear, £250, £230, £225, WC Stones & Son, £222.

Mules - T & K Ellison, £228, AP Moore, £222, A Lambert, £195, J Pratt & Sons, £185. 

Cheviot - J Pratt & Sons, £188, £150.

Lonk - A Lambert, £168, £152.

Dalesbred - A Lambert, £142. 

Swaledales - LJ Winspear, £85.

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Tuesday 15th April 2025

                                                     

Forward: 1212 Sheep comprising 493 Prime Hoggs, 335 Cast Ewes & Rams, 141 Breeding Ewes with 243 Lambs at Foot.

 

PRIME HOGGS      

Continental to 345p, JW & E Bostock & Ptns, Gammersgill, Av. 300p/kg

Mule to 309p, H Morphet & Sons, Austwick, Av. 267p/kg

Dalesbred to 300p, M/S Coates, Stainforth, Av. 267p/kg

Swaledale to 298p, GJ & ME Walker & Sons, Dunsop Bridge, Av. 254p/kg

                               

PRIME HOGGS

The weekly sale of prime hoggs saw a smaller entry then the previous week, as seen nationally trade slightly less. This being down to the domestic market being filled for the easter trade with imported lamb. Returning faces ring side looking to purchase heavy weight continental hoggs helped the trade but this short in supply with an entry today consisting virtually entirely of hill hoggs. If you have continental hoggs ready to sell prime, please do not hesitate Hawes Auction to discuss as we need them to fill buyers’ requirements.

 

They topped for heavy weight Texel hoggs at £169 from JA Alderson, Barras purchased by Dave Morland of Westmorland Tebay Services. This was followed by the consignment of texel hoggs from JMW Brown & Son, Low Row selling to £162 and £160 x2 at 50 and 51kg. Handy weighted continental hoggs sold to 350p/kg with others selling in the region of 340p/kg and more of these are required. 

 

Cheviot hoggs twice sold to £145 from GJ & ME Walker, Dunsop Bridge at 46kg and others to thew same price from RW Ewan, Kendal. A shortage of mule hoggs which always are met with demand in Hawes sold to £140 at 46kg from CT & JE Willoughby, Redmire. A large proportion of horned hoggs in the market with buyers keen to bid on well finished hoggs and were extremely cautious of lean hoggs. Heavy Swaledale’s topped at £142 from J Nelson and Son, Clapham. In specification well fleshed horned hoggs still sold towards 300p/kg. 

 

Leading Prices:

Continentals - JA Alderson, £169, JMW Brown & Son, £162, £160 x2, £150 x2, T & LM Goad & Sons, £153, £140,

H Morphet & Sons, £150, £130, PE & TJ Wilson, £148, £146, £122, JW & E Bostock & Ptns, £148, £138, TW Clark & Sons, £140 x2, £134, RA & M & EJ Thompson, £138.50, HH Smith, £138, JS & D Cloughton & Son, £136, J Duffus & Son, £125, P Dinsdale & Son, £125,

P Turnbull, £123.

Cheviot - GJ & ME Walker & Sons, £145, RW Ewan, £145, £130, P Dinsdale & Son, £140.

BFL - J Turnbull, £144, £130, CT & JE Willoughby, £126, RA & M & EJ Thompson, £115.

Swaledale – J Nelson & Son, £142, £127, £120, JA Alderson, £141, JR & SL Pratt, £138, P Turford, £137, TW Clark & Sons, £134 x2,

JS & D Cloughton & Son, £132, £129, JW & E Bostock & Ptns, £128, H Morphet & Sons, £127, S Guy, £126,

GJ & ME Walker & Sons, £125, £120.

Mule – T & LM Goad & Sons, £141, CT & JE Willoughby, £140, £139, H Morphet & Sons, £139, £136, TW Clark & Sons, £137,

JW & E Bostock & Ptns, £136, £133, HH Smith, £135, J Nelson & Son, £126.

Blackface - SW & TA Milner, £139, P Turnbull, £126, HH Smith, £124.

Dalesbred - M/S Coates, £135, £129, JR & P & RA Swainson, £130, £124, T & A Hird, £110.

Suffolk - HH Smith, £130.

Gritstone - PE & TJ Wilson, £118, £108.

Masham - SW & TA Milner, £100.

 

CAST EWES 

More Ewes about today and would be a touch easier on the week, Suffolks topped the trade at £240 for M & K Chippendale. Texels were headed at £230 for G Mudd and followed with 2 lots at £220 from M & K Chippendale. BFL achieved £230 for JH Sharp & Sons and £220 for G Mudd. More Mules forward and trade on these would be easier than last week, fit not fat is required. G Mudd topped at £185 and £170 with AT Lambert & Son following at £172. Horned Ewes were good to sell with a Roughfell coming out on top from SL Hoggarth. Some good Swales forward and ME Allison topped at £132 followed by J Sunter at £124 with a further 8 lots £110 or above. 16 Rams forward topped with a Texel from Petch Farms at £222, who also topped Swaledale Rams at £108. P Turnbull, topped the BFL at £175 and with a cracking Blackface ram at £162. 

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Suffolks to £240, M & K Chippendale, Kirkby Stephen

Continentals to £230, G Mudd, Hawes

BFL to £230, JH Sharp & Sons, Chapel Le Dale

Mules to £185, G Mudd, Hawes

Rough Fells to £148, SL Hoggarth, Sedbergh

Cheviot to £148, P Dinsdale & Son, Carlton

Swaledale to £132, ME Allison, Spennithorne

Zwartble to £115, TW Clark & Sons, York

Blackface to £110, G Scott, Saltburn by Sea

Jacob to £102, G Scott, Saltburn by Sea 

Dalesbred to £101, TW Clark & Sons, York

 

CAST RAMS       

Continental to £222, Petch Farms, Middlesbrough

BFL to £175, P Turnbull, Kildale

Teeswater to £145, SW & TA Milner, Easington

Beltex to £128, JW Porter & Sons, Gunnerside

Swaledales to £108, Petch Farms, Middlesbrough

Herdwick to £102, M & P Carter, Rosedale

 

SALE OF EWES WITH LAMBS

The largest entry to date this season attracted a good ringside of buyers looking to purchase quality outfits of all ages. Trade remained buoyant with buyers this week slightly cautious of outfits with young lambers but still eagerly bid for. A highlight of the sale was the consignment of Quality Continental shearlings and ewes with great conformation lambs from Stephen Thompson, Aysgarth. This consignment twice sold to £500 for Beltex Gimmer shearlings with single Texel tup lambs. Continental shearlings from the same home sold to £425 followed by aged Beltex ewes and twins to £380. Continental ewes and singles from this good home twice sold to £350. Continental ewes with twins sold to £340 from SJ Pedley, Little Musgrave. 

 

A large number of mule ewes with twins forward saw the consignment from JS & S Atkinson, Scorton lead the way selling to £352, £335 and £330 with Mule and single texel lambs from same home selling to £265. 

 

Horned ewes with continental twins sold to a top of £215 from Alec Lambert, Bainbridge. Please inform our team of entries for next week’s sale by 10am Thursday.  

 

SALE OF EWES WITH LAMBS

Singles    

Beltex to £500, SD Thompson, Aysgarth, Av. £257.2

Texel to £350, SD Thompson, Aysgarth, Av. £257.2

Mules to £265, JS & S Atkinson, Scorton, Av. £194.2

 

Twins       

Texel to £425, SD Thompson, Aysgarth, Av. £315.3

Beltex to £380, SD Thompson, Aysgarth

Mule to £352, JS & S Atkinson, Scorton, Av. £292.6

Swaledales to £160, AD Lambert, Raydaleside

                                  

Singles

Beltex - SD Thompson, £500 x2, J Wearmouth, £270.

Texels - SD Thompson, £350 x2, £265, J Wearmouth, £302, £235, S Pedley, £280, £215, A Lambert, £255, £235, £230, £180, £165,

J Pratt & Sons, £142.

Cheviot - A &TA Blades, £280.

Mules - JS & S Atkinson, £265, A Lambert, £215, £195, £175, J Wearmouth, £190, J Pratt & Sons, £165. 

Suffolk - J Wearmouth, £265, J Pratt & Sons, £170.

Swaledales - AD Lambert, £108.

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Twins

Beltex - SD Thompson, £380.

Texels - SD Thompson, £425, £335, S Pedley, £340, £325, WM & JE Shuttleworth, £302, Croft Farm Ptns, £298, AT & A Blades, £292, RF & RD Kettlewell, £380, £200, A Lambert, £255.

Mules - JS & S Atkinson, £352, £335, £330, £325, A Lambert, £330, £302, £275, £270, £255, £200, AD Lambert, £305, £275,

J Pratt & Sons, £302, £295, £265, WM & JE Shuttleworth, £300, AT Lambert & Son, £290, £225, Croft Farm Ptns, £290,

J Wearmouth, £255, RF & RD Kettlewell, £235, £180.

Cheviot - A & TA Blades, £330.

Dalesbred - A Lambert, £215, £200, £170.

Swaledales - AD Lambert, £160.

 

Triplets

Mules - A Lambert, £270, J Pratt & Sons, £240.

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Tuesday 8th April 2025

                                                     

Forward: 1208 Sheep comprising 3 Spring Lambs, 792 Prime Hoggs, 139 Cast Ewes & Rams, 98 Breeding Ewes with 176 Lambs at Foot.

 

SPRING LAMBS

The first consignment of Spring lambs of the year sold to a buoyant trade with plenty of interest from buyers. The consignment of Suffolk x lambs from RC Whitehead & Son, West Burton selling 42kg lambs to £184 and 41kg lambs to £175. Spring lambs averaged 434p/kg.

 

Suffolk to 438p, RC Whitehead & Son, West Burton, Av. 434p/kg

Suffolk - RC Whitehead & Son, £184, £175.

 

PRIME HOGGS     

The trade as seen nationally was steadier than the previous week with a very mixed entry of hoggs forward as many come to the end of their consignments. Texel hoggs from WS & EM Hartle, West Burton lead the way selling 55kg to £160 and 52kg to £160. This was followed by Texel hoggs to £156 from JMW Brown & Son, Low Row and Suffolks from same home to £155.50 and £155. Cheviot hoggs sold to a top of £155 from Scott Middleton, Dent with others from same home selling £153 at 50kg and £152 at 42kg. Handy weighted continental hoggs still in demand selling with well fleshed hoggs selling between 340p/kg and 362p/kg

Mule hoggs topped at £150 from WI & AM Atkinson and Son, Bleasdale with plenty of pens of well finished mule hoggs selling in the mid one hundred and forties. There was a bumper entry of horned hoggs in the market, buyers today slightly shy of the tup hoggs. Swaledales topped at £149 from DJ Amsden, Hawes. Blackface hoggs sold to a top of £147.50 from P Turnbull, Whitby at 49kg and Dalesbreds topped at £142.50 for 47kg hoggs from WI & AM Atkinson and Son, Bleasdale.

 

Cheviot to 362p, S Middleton, Dent, Av. 311p/kg

Texel x to 358p, Elm Gill Farm, Mallerstang, Av. 307p/kg

Suffolk to 322p, HH Smith, Whitby, Av. 305p/kg

Swaledale to 311p, A & H Watson, Kirkby Lonsdale, Av. 264p/kg

Mule to 314p, HH Smith, Whitby, Av. 294p/kg

 

Total Average: 284.6p/kg

                               

Leading Prices:

Continentals - WS & EM Hartle, £160 x2, JMW Brown & Son, £156, £154, Elm Gill Farm, £154, WJ Metcalfe & Ptns, £154, £140,

JR Blades, £148, HH Smith, £143.50, £136, S Reynoldson & Son, £142, RC Whitehead & Son, £142, A & TA Blades, £140,

M Bell & Son, £140, P Turnbull, £140, £132, WM Scott, £140, P Dinsdale & Son, £138.

Suffolk - JMW Brown & Son, £155.50, £155, HH Smith, £148, T Richardson, £141.

Cheviot - S Middleton, £155, £153, £152.

Mule – WI & AM Atkinson, £150, T & LM Goad & Sons, £148, G & G Schofield, £148, £132, TM Barrass & Son, £145.50, £144.50,

T & SB Procter, £145, Bainbridge Bros, £135, £131.50, H Morphet & Sons, £134, SH TA & M Sutcliffe, £133, £131, M Bell & Son, £133,

HH Smith, £132, A & TA Blades, £130.

Swaledale – DJ Amsden, £149, TM Barrass & Son, £146, H Morphet & Sons, £144, MA Bainbridge, £142, £132, RT Tennant, £140, £130, T & SB Procter, £140, JS Calvert Ltd, £140, G Calvert & Sons, £139, G & G Schofield, £139, £132, S Reynoldson & Son, £138,

J Dixon & Sons, £136, A & TA Blades, £134. 

Blackface - P Turnbull, £147.50, £139.50, £133, HH Smith, £128, £124, K Milburn & A Devlin, £128.

Dalesbred - WI & AM Atkinson, £142.50, £132.50. 

BFL - A & H Watson, £136.

Rough Fell - SL Hoggarth, £135, A & H Watson, £131. 

Masham - WI & AM Atkinson, £132.

Herdwick - H Morphet & Sons, £130.

 

CAST EWES & RAMS

Less in numbers forward but trade off the clock. Texel ewes led the way at £285, £280 & £270. Suffolks were topped by first time vendor MA Donaldson & Son at £265 & £260. The same vendor started top price with A & TA Blades with Mules at £202 with all the mules averaging £163. BFL and Swaledales were both headed by SH TA & M Sutcliffe at £245 for his BFL and £148 for his Swaledales. Swales were up again and Breck house and ST & SE Allen both followed at £140 and all Swales averaged £102. Some belting Roughfelll ewes forward from SL Hoggarth at £155 x2 and £145. Closely followed by A & H Watson at £151. Blackface ewes came from P Turnbull and achieved £140 & £126. 

12 Rams forward and were topped from consignment for S Hare, Tong with a Dutch Spotted and Blue Texels at £200 and JR Blades achieved £180 for his BFL.

 

CAST EWES  

Continentals to £285 

Suffolks to £265, MA Donaldson & Sons, Bedale

BFL to £245, SH TA & M Sutcliffe, Horton-in-Ribblesdale

Mules to £202, A & TA Blades, Hawes 

Cheviot to £195, P Dinsdale & Son, Carlton

Rouge to £180, M Hare, Tong

Rough Fells to £155, SL Hoggarth, Sedbergh

Swaledale to £148, SH TA & M Sutcliffe, Horton-in-Ribblesdale

Blackface to £140, P Turnbull, Whitby 

 

CAST RAMS       

Continental to £200, S Hare, Tong

BFL to £180, JR Blades, Muker

Cheviot to £160 

Blackface to £140, K Milburn & A Devlin, Sedbergh

Rough Fell to £135, K Milburn & A Devlin, Sedbergh

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SALE OF EWES WITH LAMBS

There was a bumper entry of 98 families of sheep with lambs at foot selling to another strong trade at Hawes. The trade topped at £365 for correct Continental ewes with texel twin lambs at foot from EA & KD Robinson, Kirkby Stephen. Mule ewes with texel twins topped at AD Lambert, Askrigg sold to a top of £358 followed by other Mule ewes with Twins selling to £340. Plenty more mule ewes with twins selling in the region of £330. Aged Cheviot mule ewes with twins sold to £332 from A & TA Blades, Hawes. Cheviot mules with singles sold to £255 and £250 from the same home. Mule ewes with Texel singles sold to £245 from EA & KD Robinson, Kirkby Stephen. 

There was the first horned sheep with lambs at foot on the market today. Lonks with cheviot twin lambs sold to £220 from A Lambert, Bainbridge. Swaledale ewes with continental twins sold to £175 and £160 from LC Scarr & Son, Bainbridge followed Swaledale ewes with mule single wethers selling to £115 and £112 from LJ Winspear, Askrigg. 

Entered for Tuesday 15th April 2025 are 120 outfits to include 12 Continental Shearlings and young ewes with quality Beltex/Texel lambs at front from SD Thompson, Aysgarth.  

 

Twins       

Continental to £365, EA & KD Robinson, Crosby Garrett, Av. £321

Mule to £358, AD Lambert, Raydaleside, Av. £307

 

Singles    

Cheviot to £255, A & TA Blades, Hawes, Av. £247.5

Continental to £245, G Mudd, Hawes, Av. £216

Mules to £245, EA & KD Robinson, Crosby Garrett, Av. £225

                                  

Twins

Continental - EA & KD Robinson, £365, A Lambert, £335, £332, £322, £312, £310, £250, BE Hall, £300, £295. 

Mules - AD Lambert, £358, BE Hall, £340, AT Lambert & Son, £332, £330, £300, A Lambert, £325, £322, £310, £308 x2,

Croft Farm Ptns, £315, EA & KD Robinson, £312, £270, P Dinsdale & Son, £308, A & TA Blades, $295,

WM & JE Shuttleworth, £280, £245, H Kirkbride & Son, £252.

Cheviot - A & TA Blades, £332.

Lonk - A Lambert, £220.

Swaledales - LC Scarr & Son, £175, £160.

 

Singles

Cheviot - A & TA Blades, £255 x2, £218.

Continental - G Mudd, £245, A Lambert, £225, BE Hall, £178.

Mules - EA & KD Robinson, £245, Croft Farm Ptns, £225, £218, £208, AT Lambert & Son, £220.

Swaledales - LJ Winspear, £115, £112.

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Tuesday 1st April 2025

                                                     

Forward: 1109 Sheep comprising 813 Prime Hoggs, 154 Cast Ewes & Rams, 53 Breeding Ewes with 89 Lambs at Foot.

 

PRIME HOGGS      

There was a smaller number of prime hoggs forward this week. Trade was slightly easier following the Ramadan festival at the weekend but ended up being a sharper trade then had been expected. Heavy weight hoggs trade remains very similar, in specification hoggs continue to be in strongest demand with lightweights eagerly bid for in Hawes. 

The trade topped at £170 for heavy weight Leicester hoggs from JW Porter & Sons, Gunnerside. This was followed by heavy weight texel hoggs to £161 from M & P Carter, Pickering. In specification Beltex hoggs at 47kg sold to £159 from J Dixon and Sons, Downholme. Handy weighted continental hoggs continue to sell between 330 and 360p/kg with better conformation selling in excess of this topping at 375p/kg from JW & E Bostock & Partners, Leyburn. 

There was another large proportion of hill bred and horned hoggs forward in Hawes today meeting strong demand and keenly sought after. Mule hoggs topped at £152 from R & E Cowperthwaite, Settle followed by £150.50 from Spout House Farm, Masham and T & LM Goad & Sons, Dent. Cheviot hoggs to £150 from A Hollings, Whitby. 

There was a big number of horned hoggs forward topping at £153 for the consignment of Dalebreds from M/s Coates, Stainforth selling to £153 at 49kg and £152.50 at 45kg. Swaledale hoggs topped at £153 from M & P Carter, Pickering followed by £150.50 from A Fawcett & Sons, Hardraw. Rough Fell hoggs sold to a top of £150 from D Stephenson, Garsdale.

 

Continental to 374p, JW & E Bostock & Ptns, Gammersgill, Av. 322p/kg

Dalesbred to 339p, M/S Coates, Rainscar, Av. 319p/kg

Suffolk to 335p, HG Lynas & Son, Ravensworth, Av. 311p/kg

Mule to 333p, SW & TA Milner, Easington, Av. 301p/kg

Swaledale to 319p, A Fawcett & Sons, Hardraw, Av. 294 p/kg

                               

Leading Prices:

BFL - JW Porter & Sons, £170, D Stephenson, £143.

Continentals - M & P Carter, £161, J Dixon & Sons, £159, £151, DJ Charnley, £153, R & E Cowperthwaite, £153, T & LM Goad & Sons, £153, G Calvert & Sons, £149, £146, R & SA Wilson, £149,  RJ Tiplady, £148, R & D Waggett, £147, JW & E Bostock & Son, £146,

PD Bowdin, £144, Spout House Farms, £142.50, B & J Aconley, £141, P Turnbull, £140.

Swaledale – M & P Carter, £153, A Fawcett & Sons, £150.50, £149, £140.50, S & D Robinson, £149.50, £147, JE Cowperthwaite, £149,

J Dixon & Sons, £149, J & SJ Bland, £148.50, £146, R & E Cowperthwaite, £148, £147.50, £146, £142, £140.50, JA Alderson, £148, £146, AT & A Bainbridge, £147.50, £145.50, GJ & JM Scarr, £146, P Hallam, £146, £145,  ME Waggett, £146, B & J Aconley, £145.50,

WM Scott, £145, JM Dickeson, £144, CJ & AJ Owen, £144, R & SA Wilson, £144, MM & CL Whitehead, £144, JW Porter & Sons, £141,

T & LM Goad & Sons, £140.50.

Dalesbred - M/S Coates, £153, £152.50, £143, DJ Charnley, £146, £111, Bainbridge Bros, £129, PD Bowdin, £115.50.

Suffolk - A Hollings, £152, £134, £116, G Barraclough, £114, RF & RD Kettlewell, £111, HG Lynas & Son, £104.

Mule – R & E Cowperthwaite, £152, Spout House Farms, £150.50, £144.50, T & LM Goad & Sons, £150.50, £149, A Hollings, £149.50,

B & J Aconley, £148, JM Dickeson, £148, R & SA Wilson, £148, D Oversby, £147, DT Dinsdale & Son, 3145,

JW & E Bostock & Ptns, £145, RW & MA Suttill & Son, £144.

Cheviot - A Hollings, £150, GJ & ME Walker & Sons, £137.

Rough Fell - D Stephenson, £150, £120.50.

Gritstone - JE Cowperthwaite, £145.

Masham - DJ Charnley, £143, SW & TA Milner, £118.

Blackface - P Turnbull, £133.50, £122, £117.

Herdwick - DJ Charnley, £129, G Stephenson, £124.50, £114.

 

CAST EWES  

Less numbers forward but met with an excellent trade. Suffolks from JM Smith topped the trade with a cracking pair at £224 and followed with another lot at £195. Hampshire down from J Chapman was next at £180 followed by a nice pair of BFL Ewes from Breck House at £178. Not many Mules forward with 5 lots at £155 and above and a top of £178 from P Turnbull. The same vendor topped the horned ewes with a cracking Blackface at £152 with a further lot at £118. Swaledale ewes were the majority of the sale and these were a god trade throughout DT Dinsdale & Son topped at £130 then followed by Breck House at £126. Six lots achieved £114 or more and the leanest of ewes were on very good trade between £50-£80.

 

Suffolks to £224, JM Smith, Mickleby

Hmapshire to £180, J Chapman, Hawes

BFL to £178, Breck House Enter Ltd, Bransdale

Mules to £178, P Turnbull, Kildale 

Continentals to £174, G Stephenson, Ravenstonedale

Cheviot to £162, D Oversby, Dent

Blackface to £152, P Turnbull, Kildale 

Swaledale to £130, DT Dinsdale & Son, Aysgarth

Dalesbred to £124, D Charnley, Litton

Rough Fells to £94, SW & TA Milner, Easington

Lonk to £94, A Lambert, Bainbridge

 

CAST RAMS       

Continental to £180, SM Towler, Malham Moor

Swaledales to £142, P Hallam, Horton-in-Ribblesdale

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OPENING SALE OF EWES WITH LAMBS

The opening sale of sheep with lambs at foot saw a buoyant trade in which more could have easily been sold to the advantage of vendors. The consignment from Alec Lambert, Bainbridge lead the way selling aged continental ewes with Texel twins to £350 and £335. Aged correct mule ewes with Suffolk twin lambs from the same home sold to £325 three times. This consignment also topped the ewes with singles selling to £240. 

Other leading prices saw Mule ewes with Texel twins sell to £330 AP Moore, Reeth followed by aged Mule ewes with Texel twin lambs from AT Lambert & Son, Simonstone selling to £325. Majority of sheep with twins sold in excess of the three-hundred-pound mark. 

Suffolk x ewes with single lambs sold to £230 from J Chapman, Hawes with aged continental ewes with single lambs to £230 from EA & KD Robinson, Kirkby Stephen. All sheep with lambs at foot forward sold to an average of £107.64. There are over forty families entered for the sale on Tuesday 8th April 2025. More entries required to meet buyers demand please contact Ian Atkinson on 07957256337.

 

Twins       

Continental to £350, A Lambert, Bainbridge, Av. £325.50

Mule to £330, AP Moore, Reeth, Av. £319.8

Suffolk to £320, J Chapman Hawes

 

Singles    

Continental to £240, A Lambert, Bainbridge, Av. £221

Suffolk to £230, J Chapman, Hawes, Av. £220

Mules to £228, A Lambert, Bainbridge, Av. £221

                                

Twins

Continental - A Lambert, £350, £335, £315, AP Moore, £302.

Mules - AP Moore, £330, A Lambert, £325 x3, AT Lambert & Son, £325, £290, EA & KD Robinson, £310, J Chapman, £295.

Suffolk - J Chapman, £320.

 

Singles

Continental - A Lambert, £240, £228, EA & KD Robinson, £230, £210, £195.

Suffolk - J Chapman, £230, £215 x2.

Mules - A Lambert, £228, £208, EA & KD Robinson, £215.​​

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