Carlisle

Averages improved by £43.11 to level at £164.60 at Harrison and Hetherington’s Latter Fair sale of Mule ewe lambs.

John and Mandy Smith-Jackson, Lipwood, produced the champion pen which went to sell for £350, while the top price of £380 was paid for the third prize pen from Richard Ridley, Woodhall.

The Euro Continental ewe lamb sale peaked at £230 for two Texels from Messrs Smith and Co, Roachburn Farm.

Texels from R and A Harrison, Hazel Head, Wigton, topped the Latter Fair ram sale selling at £1250 twice, with the flock selling 10 to average £915.

Leading Prices

Ewe lambs – NEMSA – £380, £195, £190, £182, £175, £172, £160 Wood Hall; £350, £235, £230, £190, £185, £185, Lipwood; £300, £210, £190, £169, £160 (x2) Midtodhills; £230, £190, £172, £166, £162, £160 Coombe Crag; £205, £180, £168, £160 High Park Foot; £200 (x2), £198, £170, £164, £162, £160, £168, £164, The Faulds; £186, £162, £161, £160, Roachburn Farm.

Non-NEMSA – £210, £188, £176, £165 Hargill House; £175, £162, £160 (x2) Spoutbank; £162, £160, Nether Oakshaw.

Euro Continental ewe lambs – Tex – £230, £180, Roachburn Farm; £200 Littlegala Farm; £190, £180, £170 Orton Rigg; £180, £178 Coombe Crag; £160, £152 Cubby Hill; £150, Linnhead. Belt – £192, £190 Linnhead; £182, £178, £168, £158, Littlegala Farm; £180, £178, £155 Dotland Park. CHM – £128, £127 Pearsbyhall Farm.

Aged rams – Tex – £1050, New Grange Farm.

Shearling rams – £1250 (x2), £1150, £1100, £950, £850 Hazel Head. Belt – £800 Flimby Hall

Ram lambs – Suff – £1000, £900, £850, Burgh Head Farm; £650 Ballakilley Farm.

Leading Flock Averages

Farm (No) Average (£)

Mule ewe lambs

Lipwood (80) 212.80

Woodhall (264) 177.25

Coombe Cragg (150) 166.13

The Faulds (123) 163.85

High Parkfoot (143) 163.09

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Penrith

An entry of 10,000 North of England Mule ewe lambs and Cheviot Mule gimmers sold through Penrith and District Farmers’ Mart saw lambs average £155, a rise of £35.27 on the year.

Top price was £460 paid for the champion pen from Messrs Lord, West Dowgill, purchased by J Winter, Clickham.

Cheviot Mules averaged £156.03 and sold to £285 from JR Weir, Elva Plain Farm, Cockermouth, purchased by Messrs Knight, Stepheny Farm.

Leading Prices

Ewe lambs – Mule – £460, £166 West Dowgill; £300 Knock Hall; £230, £210, £176, £175, £172, £171, Street House (Maughan); £215, £180, Waterside House; £215 Redgate; £215 Fawcett Park; £210, £195, High Side (Moor); £210, £178, Manor Farm (Marrs); £210, £175, Howburn; £205, The Old Forge; £200, £190, £188, £178, Cote House Barn; £200, Oddendale Hall; £200, Lonscale; £200 Longwell; £200 Old Parks; £195, £180, Hollins Farm; £195, £178, Shield Hill Top; £195, Fellside; £195 Bank End Mill; £190, Hegdale; £190 Undercragg; £188 Wythop Hall; £185, Low Mill; £185 Haresceugh Castle; £184, £182, £176, £175, Fawcett Park; £180, Crosby Lodge; £175, Hill Top (Bell).

CHM – £285, £265, £215, £185, £172 Elva Plain Farm; £192, £180, Bank Hall; £188, £187, £183, £180, £178 Ranbeck; £172, Skelling Farm.

Leading Flock Averages

Farm (No) Average (£)

Ewe lambs

Street House (309) 170

Fawcett Park (166) 170

Cote House (108) 168

Manor Farm (162) 159

High Side (128) 159

Shield Hill Top (104) 159

West Dowgill (280) 156

Low Mill (200) 156

Oddendale Hall (170) 156

Hollins Farm (327) 155

Gap Shield (177) 155

Well House (517) 152

Waterside House (584) 152

Cheviot Mule

Elva Plain (54) 217

Ranbeck (99) 176

Skelling Farm (117) 160

Town Foot (55) 159

Hawes

Prices peaked at £2000 at the opening Hawes Hunks show and sale of multi-breed rams for a Bluefaced Leicester shearling from A Lodge’s Westside flock from Malham Moor, Settle.

Blues enjoyed the best trade of the day with other shearlings at £1650 from Rachel Bland, Tebay; £1400 from CT and JE Willoughby, Redmire; £1300 from G Mudd, Burtersett and £1250 from EW and JR Parkinson, Dunsop Bridge, while aged Leicester rams sold to £1500 for a two-shear from RS Harker and Son, Grayrigg.

Texels were topped at £1250 by a shearling from J North, Giggleswick and GA and DE Slack, Appleby sold three at £1200 each, while S and A Bland, Tebay sold to £1100 twice.

The overall champion, a Beltex from S and A Bland, Gaisgill, made £1050, with others of the same breed reaching £1000 from Page Farm Partnership, Ripon

St Boswells

Some 26 rams averaged £480 at Harrison and Hetherington’s multi-breed ram sale, where crossing-type Bluefaced Leicester shearlings from PW Hedley, Corsbie Cottage, led the trade selling at £780 and £700.

Suffolks sold to £700 twice from N Sandilands, Brown’s Cottage, with Texels to £550 from Messrs Riding, Lanton Crag.

Traditional Bluefaced Leicesters reached £550 from Scott Mabon, Howden.

Leading Prices

Shearling rams – BFL – £780, £700 Corsbie Cottages; £550, £500 Howden. Suff – £700 Brown’s Cottage; £350 Springhill, Berwick. Tex – £550 , £500 Lanton Crag. Rous – £350, £320, £300 Nether Firth.

Dumfries

A good ringside of buyers was in attendance at C and D Auctions’ sale of 490 Blackface ewes and gimmers which sold to £110 for ewes from Hallscaur Farming, Glenwhargen and others to £105 from Auchenbrack Estates.

Blackface gimmers peaked at £112 from MHJS Statham, Laghead, £110 Hallscaur Farming, Glenwhargen.

Leading Prices

Ewes – BF – £110, £92, Glenwhargen; £105, £92 Auchenbrack; £95 Kirkland; £95 Bridgemark. NCC – £120 Hastingshall. CHM – £95 Glenjaan. SMule – £78 Ewanston; £78 Hastingshall.

Gimmers – £112 Laghead; £110, £92 & £90 Glenwhargen

Ewe lambs – BF – £62 Laghead.

Mains of Airies on-farm

The third annual flock production sale of 42 Texel gimmers and ewes from John Douglas and family, peaked at £500 for an Airies Camet-sired one-crop ewe purchased by Mandy Graham, Hillend.

The sale, conducted by C and D Auctions saw other ewes reach £450 to average £244.64.

Gimmers peaked at £450 for and Airies Fergus daughter to average £300.77.

Lerwick

A mixed show for the sale of 2704 head of ewe lambs saw a full ringside of buyers looking for top draw entries which resulted in an average of £65.27, up £2.48 on the year.

Top price at the sale conducted by Shetland Marketing Group and Aberdeen and Northern Marts, was £180 paid for a pair of pure Cheviot lambs from Gremista Farm, Lerwick.

Overall, 1745 Cheviot ewe lambs averaged £71.23 (+£3.93 on the year); 331 Texels, £72.30 (+£1.05) and 534 Shetlands, £41.32 (+£8.40).

Leading Prices

Ewe lambs – Chev – £180, £162 Gremista Farm; £105 Varhjem, Brae; £103 Brouster, Bridge of Walls; £100 Roadside, North Roe, Hametoon, East Burrafirth, Gardielea, Aith; £99 Brouster, Annsville, Sand; £98 Parkview, Bigton, Leady, West Sandwick; £96 Solnabrack, Wethersta, South Hill, Tresta; £95 South Collafirth, Ollaberry.

Tex – £128 Burnside, Williamsetter; £120 Burnside; £118 Sunnybrae, Camb; £107 Millingsounds, Brough; £102 Akaroa, Wethersta; £101 Muckleure, Walls; £97 Sillerford, Sandness; £95 Akaroa; £92 Fjara, Gulberwick.

Shet – £71 The Haa, Queyfirth; £61 Brouster; £60 Aestdaeks, Setter; £58 Bakka, Dale of Walls; £57 Bakka; £54, £53 Sandlodge Farm, Sandwick; £51 Bakka, Haggrister, Sullom; £50 Westerwick, Skeld, Sandlodge Farm; £48 Haggrister, Ayres of Sellivoe, Bridge of Walls, Westerleigh, Burravoe; £45 Kurkigarth, Weisdale, Aestdaeks.

Rouge X – £111 South Collafirth, Ollaberry.

Thainstone

A good entry of breeding sheep included four dispersals ensured a strong demand at Aberdeen and Northern Marts’ sale.

Breeding sheep (1349) averaged £157.53 and sold to £280 for Kerry Hill gimmers from An Airidh, Cuminestown.

Seven rams hit a top of £850 for Texels from Upper Tillenhilt, Midmar, to average £595.71.

Ewe lambs (136) reached £178 twice for Texels from Rinaiten, Glenrinnes and Mules from Mains of Glenbuchat, Strathdon.

On Tuesday, 1609 breeding sheep averaged £121.58 having sold to £210 for Mule gimmers from Tollo Farm, Fortrie.

Leading Prices

Gimmers – Tex X – Tillywhanland Farm £225; Lost Farm, Strathdon £200. Cross BM – East Cairnton, Lumphanan £190. Tex X BM – Rennieshill , Newmachar, Belniden, Strathdon £170.

Dispersals – Stonefolds – Ewes – Black 3-crop £250; Bel X 1-crop; Tex 1-2-crop £240; Tex 1-crop £238.

Upper Tillenhilt – Ewes – Mule 2-crop £190, £185.

14 Balloch Road – Tex 2-crop £185; Cont X £178; Tex X 3yr £172.

Newtack – Ewes – Tex X 2-crop £200; Tex X 1-crop £190 x2.

Breeding rams - Tex 2-shear – Upper Tillenhilt, Midmar £680; Tex 3-shear – Upper Tillenhilt, £580, £400; Bel X 1-shear – Stonefolds £500, £480.

Ewe lambs – Mule – Mains of Glenbuchat £168; KH – Bellfield Road £140.

Tuesday – Gimmers – Tex – Lost Farm, Strathdon £200; Tex X Cloak Farm, Lumphanan, Bellfield Farm, Newmachar £195; Mule Wardhead, Strichen £195, Greenhaugh, Ordie £190; Suff X Sunnybrae Lodge, Blackhills £178; BF Braes of Ardeonaig, Killin £150.

Ewes – Tex X 2-crop Raemoir Rd, Banchory £190; Chev 1-crop Cormalet, Cairnie £185. Tex X WM South Law, New Pitsligo £175; Chev WM South Law £160; Bel WM South Law £160; BFL 4-crop Tillylodge, Newe £160; Mule 4-crop Tillylodge £160.

Ewe lambs – Mule, Mains of Glenbuchat, Strathdon, North Garmond, Turriff £170;Mains of Glenbuchat £168; North Garmond £165; Tex X Ballhall Cresent, Menmuir £162.