Friday 17th July 2026

 

OPENING SALE OF 416 STORE LAMBS​

Hawes Auction Mart held it opening fortnightly sale of Store Lambs, with just over 400 lambs forward. Buyers were met with a quality entry of predominantly well-bred Texel cross lambs, together with a useful show of Mule lambs. Trade throughout was exceptionally buoyant, with strong competition from start to finish resulting in an excellent market average.

Leading the way were two outstanding pens of smart, tight-skinned three-quarter bred Texel lambs from PJ Broughton, Bransdale, selling to £156 and £144. Close behind came two powerful, well-fleshed pens of Texel lambs from T Richardson, Hawes, which realised £152 and £150.

A strong consignment from Sledmere Estate, Driffield was well rewarded, with their Texel lambs selling to £134.50, Cheviot cross lambs to £134, and Suffolk lambs to £133.

Although only a small show of Mule lambs was on offer, demand was keen throughout. The section peaked at £119.50 for an excellent pen from A & K Dowsland, Bransdale, who also sold further pens to £110.50. AD Lambert, Raydale followed closely, selling Mule lambs to £102.

A pen not often seen in the Hawes ring attracted plenty of attention, with a bonny pen of Teeswater ram lambs from I Tyson selling to £119.

The overall market average for all lambs sold was an impressive £128.70 per head, reflecting the confidence in the store lamb trade and providing an encouraging start to the 2026 season.

The next Fortnightly Sale of Store Lambs will be held on Friday 31st July. Vendors are encouraged to enter lambs early, as buyers are keen for all classes of well-bred store lambs.

 

Continental to £156, PJ Broughton, Bransdale, Av. £132.5

Suffolk to £133, Sledmere Estate, Driffield, Av. £132

Mules to £119.50, A & K Dowsland, Bransdale, Av. £104

 

Leading Prices: 

Continental - PJ Broughton, £156, £144, T Richardson, £152, £150, £135.50, Sledmere Estate, £134.50, £134, £126, £125.50,

B Clarkson, £134, J & JH Whaley, £131.50, £124, £113.50, A & AJ Lambert, £126.50, Croft Farm Ptns, £125, £114, AD Lambert, £121,

AD Coates & Son, £115, A & K Dowsland, £112.50.

Suffolk - Sledmere Estate, £133, A & K Dowsland, £121.

Mules – A & K Dowsland, £119.50, £110.50, AD Lambert, £102, JT Millman, £92.

Teeswater - I Tyson, £119. 

BFL x - Croft Farm Ptns, £118, £110.

 

Total Average: £128.70​

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Tuesday 14th July 2026

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Forward: 855 Sheep comprising 489 Spring Lambs, 43 Prime Hoggs, 323 Cast Ewes and Rams.

 

SPRING LAMBS

the trade remained very similar on the week as a nice increase in upland forward in the market as more mule lambs now start to come forward into Hawes. As per the trade last week nicely bred heavy weight lambs continue to easily sell in excess of the £200 mark with nice conformation lambs quickly surpassing the 400p/kg mark. Commercial lambs nicely bid for and similar to last weeks trade. Mule lambs seem best with lambs in early forties regularly selling in excess of the £150 mark. 

Once again the consignment from JR & LA Capstick, Killington continued to lead the way selling to a top of £228 for 51kg beltex lambs purchased by C Steadman Butchers of Kirkby Stephen. Next call at £222 was a couple of 51kg Texel lambs from the same good home purchased by Dave Morland who also purchased 48kg Beltex lambs at £220 from JR & LA Capstick. 

Heavy weighted Leicester lambs from WC Porter & Son, Reeth sold to £222 and £209. The trade for Suffolk lambs topped at £190 from KJ Burrow, Dent followed by £189 for 49kg Suffolk lambs from P Turnbull, Whitby. Zwartble lambs sold to £188 from SJ Stainthorpe, Whitby and Hampshire sold to £187 and £186 from Sir J Bell, East Rounton. 

It nice to welcome more Mule lambs now starting to come forward, they peaked at £165.50 at 45kg from P Turnbull, Whitby. Mule lambs sold to £157 at 43kg from WC Porter & Son, Reeth and 44kg from E & K Bland, Gaisgill. 

There was an overall market average of 375p/kg.

 

Beltex to 458p, JR & LA Capstick, Killington

Texel to 435p, JR & LA Capstick, Killington

Suffolks to 400p, JR & LA Capstick, Killington 

Charollais to 393p, JK Foster, Leyburn

Mules to 373p, Breck House Enterprise Ltd, Bransdale 

 

Total Av. 375p/kg    

 

Texel x – JR & LA Capstick, £222, £200, £195, R Wood & Son, £201, £166, AT Pratt, £200, £157, JR Blades, £192, £152.50,

Whyte & Percival, £179, £163, K & A Woof, £179, SH TA & M Sutcliffe, £179, £160, Croft Farm Ptns, £179, £156, £153,

CT & JE Willoughby, £175, £166, £158,  KJ Burrow, £173.50, ME Dinsdale, £171, D & A Cowperthwaite, £169, RJ Cloughton, £165.60,

JW Porter & Sons, £165, £156.50, R & JM Harper, £163, S Bell & Sons, £162, BL Acton, £161 x2, B Spence & Sons, £160.50, £159.50,

RF & RD Kettlewell, £160, LC Scarr & Son, £160, TG & B Todd, £158, RW & RA Booth, £157, WT Metcalfe & Son, £154.

Beltex - JR & LA Capstick, £228 (to C Steadman, Butchers, Kirkby Stephen), £220, £202.50, R Mudd & Sons, £200, £199, £182, £180, JW Porter & Sons, £172, CT & JE Willoughby, £162, £160.

BFL - WC Porter & Son, £222, £209, £190, £150, £144. 

Suffolks - KJ Burrow, £190, £170.50, £166, £164, P Turnbull, £189, £171 x2, JR & LA Capstick, £184, A & H Watson, £184,

RF & RD Kettlewell, £180, £161, J Sunter & Son, £170, G Harper, £162, JH Pedley, £160, A & H Watson, £158, £150.50.

Zwartble x - SJ Stainthorpe, £188, £182, £157.50, £140.

Hampshire - J Bell, £187, £186, £171, £155. 

Charollais - E & K Bland, £186, £161, JK Foster, £169, Croft Farm Ptns, £166.50, £162.50.

Cheviot x - JK Foster, £169.

Mules - P Turnbull, £165.60, E & K Bland, £157, WC Porter & Son, £157, SH TA & M Sutcliffe, £154.50, £144.50, S Bell & Sons, £153,

JW Porter & Sons, £149, B Spence & Sons, £147, Breck House Enter Ltd, £147, £145.50, £135.50, £128.50.

Swaledale - E & K Bland, £130, £100.

Rough Fell - E & K Bland, £128.

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PRIME HOGGS 

The trade for prime hoggs saw the well fleshed hoggs be in plenty of demand. They sold to a top of £172 from G Barraclough, Pickering for Mules. Herdwick hoggs topped at £152 at 43kg from The Cragg and Carr, Hawes.

 

Leading Prices: 

Mules - G Barraclough, £172, DE & P Wilson & Ptn, £112, P Turnbull, £112.

Herdwick - Cragg & Carr, £152, £120.

Blackface - P Turnbull, £138.

Swaledale – G Barraclough, £112, P Turnbull, £110, £100 x2.

 

CAST EWES 

Not as many ewes forward this week but a good show considering the Great Yorkshire Show is on. Not as much power about today and the horned ewes would be less money than last week but still a good trade as most would be leaner freshly spained ewes. Today’s top price were fit Hampshire ewes from J Bell selling for £208 & £192. Some powerful BFL Ewes followed with WC Porter & Son’s consignment reaching £206, £200 x2 followed by £192 from B    reck House. Not many Suffolks forward today and these were headed by KJ Burrow at £200. Texels cam next with SJ Stainthorpe at £195 and RF & RD Kettlewell at £192. Followed by A & H Watson at £190. Mules would be a sale of two halves meated ewes topped twice at £186 from WC Porter & Son with both A & H Watson and MA Donaldson both achieving £178 with AT Pratt, with AT Pratt at £176. With the leanest Mule ewes above £100-£120. The horned ewes once again were topped by Roughfell from E & K Bland at £168 & £138. Swales topped at £133 & £130 for A & H Watson with E & K Bland at £131 and RA & M & EJ Thompson at 3129. Not many Rams forward with RF & RD Kettlewell topping with a Texel at £192, Beltex for J & J Postlethwaite at £182 and fit Swaledales from AD Coates at £142 and T Metcalfe & Son at £138.

 

Hampshire to £208, J Bell, Northallerton

BFL to £206, WC Porter & Son, Reeth

Suffolks to £200, KJ Burrow, Dent

Continentals to £195, SJ Stainthorpe, Hutton Mulgrave

Zwartble to £188, SJ Stainthorpe, Hutton Mulgrave

Mules to £186, WC Porter & Son, Reeth

Romney to £178, JW & JH Burton & Son, Hawes

Rough Fell to £168, E & K Bland, Gaisgill

Cheviot to £150, G Barrraclough, Rosedale

Swaledale to £133, A & H Watson, Kirkby Lonsdale

Blackface to £110, P Turnbull, Kildale

Dalesbred to £102, RA & M & EJ Thompson, Westerdale

 

CAST RAMS

Texel to £192, RF & RD Kettlewell, Stalling Busk

Beltex to £182, J & J Postlethwaite, Howgill

BFL to £155, JW & JH Burton & Son, Hawes

Roughfell to £150, E & K Bland, Gaisgill

Swaledale to £142, AD Coates & Son, Keld

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Tuesday 7th July 2026

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Forward: 924 Sheep comprising 449 Spring Lambs, 40 Prime Hoggs, 435 Cast Ewes and Rams.

 

SPRING LAMBS

Heavy-weight lambs continue to add up well, with the best pens of heavies once again selling in excess of the £200 mark. The trade peaked at £227 for 56kg Suffolk lambs from KJ Burrow, Dent, followed by Texels at £223 from BC Gregg, Masham, and 51kg Texels to £220 from Seth Guy, Gayle.

The consignment from JR & LA Capstick, Killington, peaked at £220 for 52kg Suffolk lambs, while 49kg Beltex lambs from the same home sold to £213. Other notable prices included Colin & Mary Hugill selling a pair of 50kg Texel lambs to £216.

The better-conformation lambs sold to a top of 440p/kg for a pair of Beltex lambs from JR & LA Capstick, with plenty of better-conformation lambs still selling around, and in excess of, the 400p/kg mark. The market average today was 379p/kg. Handy-weight commercial lambs regularly sold around the market average, in keeping with national trends for commercial handy-weight lambs.

Mule lambs sold to a top of £190 for 51kg lambs from DJ Amsden, Hawes. Handy-weight 43kg Mule lambs from S Bell & Son, Askrigg, sold to £157.

 

Texel to 438p, JR & LA Capstick, Killington

Beltex to 435p, JR & LA Capstick, Killington 

Suffolks to 426p, JR & LA Capstick, Killington

Mules to 373p, DJ Amsden, Hawes

 

Total Av. 379p/kg    

 

Suffolks - KJ Burrow, £227, £196, £179, £168, JR & LA Capstick, £220, £200, A & H Watson, £191, £159, R & JM Harper, £184,

K Milburn & A Devlin, £177.50, DA & MA Brown & Son, £173.50, £157, BC Gregg, £173.50, MW & HE Pedley, £170, £162,

J & JH Whaley, £160, DB &A Hoggarth, £157, £154.50, Knock Hall Farm, £148.

Texel x – BC Gregg, £223, S Guy, £220, £160, C & M Hugill, £216, JR & LA Capstick, £206, J Rukin & Son, £196, £166,

AT Pratt, £192, £162, GM Sedgwick & Son, £191, £190, DA & MA Brown & Son, £190, £168, J Handley, £188, £170, £166.50,

RS & BA Harker, £182, £172, £161.50, £160.50, £160,  R Wood & Son, £181, £161.50, MW & HE Pedley, £181, £170, £165.60,

R Moore & Son, £180, A & H Watson, £179, £175, SM Elphick, £179, £178, £161, C & M Hugill, £177, R Marwood & Son, £176, £164,

BC Gregg, £173.50, £172, Whyte & Percival, £169.50, J & JH Whaley, £169 x2, £160, R & JM Harper, £166, A Whaley, £165,

J & JA Preston & Son, £164, K Milburn & A Devlin, £163, S Bell & Sons, £160.50, 

Beltex - JR & LA Capstick, £213, £207, BC Gregg, £199, MW & HE Pedley, £198, £181, £165, R Marwood & Son, £177.50, £163,

R Mudd & Sons, £171, £170, LM Braithwaite, £164 x3, £151.

Mules - DJ Amsden, £190, S Bell & Sons, £157, Knock Hall Farm, £148, J & SJ Bland, £144.50, JT Millman, £109. 

Cheviot - MW & HE Pedley, £170.

Swaledale - J Handley, £117. 

Zwartble x - J & JH Whaley, £166. 

 

PRIME HOGGS 

Well-finished handy-weight hoggs continue to sell in the region of 300p/kg, with better-bred hoggs easily surpassing this level. Swaledale tup hoggs topped the market at £160 from J Handley, Chapel-le-Dale, followed by Suffolk hoggs to £158 from J & JA Preston & Son, Stainforth.

 

Leading Prices:

Swaledale – J Handley, £160, J & SJ Bland, £152, £116, JC Alderson, £139, J Sunter & Sons, £118, MR & LE Rukin, £110, £100. 

Suffolk - J & JA Preston & Son, £158.

Herdwick - Cragg & Carr, £129, £122.

Blackface – K Milburn & A Devlin, 3116.

 

CAST EWES 

A good show of ewes & rams forward today, trade would be very similar to last week with well over half the sale being horned ewes and a bigger proportion would be freshly spained ewes and some leaner sorts about but ewes still want to be away before grazing men ask for them to be clipped. Topping the trade was a good consignment from MW 7 HE Pedley and they topped with their Texel x ewe at £243 & £212 with R Marwood & Son achieving £221 and R Mudd & Son £208 on two occasions. Beltex x was also topped by the Pedley family at £212 & £200. BFL came next achieving £206 for A & H Watson with BR Fawcett making £198 & £172. Suffolks topped at £199 for KJ Burrow with two lots from JR & LA Capstick achieving £198 & £190. Mules average much the same as last week with maybe not just as big ewes at the top end. JW Porter & Son topped the Mules making £172 with a further 3 lots making £170 but the leaner fresh spained ewes probably better than last weeks making between £110-£125. Roughfells once again topped the horned ewe trade with K Milburn & A Devlin making £156 but with nearly 240 Swaledales forward they made up the majority of horned ewes, JS & S Atkinson topped at 3134 with JR Davidson achieving the same price. 9 lots making £120 or more. Leaner ewes would be as dear as last week between £60-£80. Rams once again were headed by BFL with £215 for RW & MA Suttill & Son and A & H Watson achieving £204. Swaledale rams were topped with a strong ram from GJ & JM Scarr at £150 with JR & SL pratt following at £142, £132. 

 

Texel x to £248, MW & HE Pedley, Little Musgrave

Beltex x to £212, MW & HE Pedley, Little Musgrave

BFL to £206, A & H Watson, Kirkby Lonsdale

Suffolks to £199, KJ Burrow, Dent

Cheviot to £190, WT Metcalfe & Son, Hawes

Mules to £172, JW Porter & Sons, Gunnerside

Teeswater to £170, Bainbridge Bros, Marrick

Rough Fell to £156, K Milburn & A Devlin, Sedbergh

Swaledale to £134, JS & S Atkinson, Scorton, JR Davidson & Son, Horton-in-Ribblesdale

Dalesbred to £131, Bainbridge Bros, Marrick

Herdwick to £130, The Cragg & Carr, Hawes

Jacob to £116, WT Metcalfe & Son, Hawes

 

CAST RAMS

BFL to £215, RW & MA Suttill & Son, Carlton

Swaleedale to £150, GJ & JM Scarr, Garsdale

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