Ahhh I see… I noticed this morning which dropping lambs was boot dips all over the place and wondered if last weeks foot and mouth scare might just affect prices a little… after all they’ll try anything too pull the price back …pansies
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Beef / Lamb & Pig Price Tracker
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muleman
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We were 45kg, £137.12. 1kg heavier and £3 less on the week. Ewes would be less a bit too.
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- Cheshire
Lancaster Auction Mart Sale of Spring Lambs, Prime Hoggs and Cast Sheep 
Monday 27th June 2022.
Spring LambsTodays sale saw 789 lambs through the Lancaster ring, achieving a market average of £124.22 per head or 296.67p/kg. Taking top spot this week was S Rossall, Over Wyresdale selling 49kg Texels to £156. Other noted consignments of Texels included H Birkett & Son, Overton selling to £146 at 47kg and K P Dragger, Catterall to £146 at 47kg with £145 being achieved on four occasions from B&M Slater, Chipping, A&E Clarkson, Thurnham, S Rossall, Over Wyresdale and B&J Preston, Caton. Suffolks sold to £154 at 51kg from KA Purtill, Wigan. S Wilson & Son, Scotforth sold 51kg Charollais lambs to £153 followed by a pen of three to £145 at 45kg’s from S Rossall. A few Dutch Spotted lambs were on the market today, achieving a top price of £133 from Charnleys, Preston. Topping the pence per kilo today was 40kg Texels achieving 345p/kg from JS Horner, Ingleton closely followed by 340p/kg for 40kg Texels from S Wilson & Son, Scotforth.
Prime HoggsA small entry of prime hoggs saw pens of Horned hoggs achieve £100 from DC&E Miller, Claughton on Brock.
Cast SheepThe largest entry of cast ewes seen for some time at Lancaster, as 446 sheep were put before our busy ring of buyers keen to secure all classes and types. Leading the way was a Leicester ram from DC&E Miller, Claughton on Brock selling to £195 with others from the same home achieving £160. All cast rams forward averaged £142.40.
Texel ewes were a flying trade topping at £166 from PF Lee, Over Wyresdale followed by a pair from the same good home achieving £165. Not far behind also with pens of Texels was JS Horner, Ingleton at £159 and E Hartley, Lancaster at £150. The 42 Texel ewes forward sold to an overall average of £129.07. Suffolk ewes peaked at £136 from B&J Preston, Caton. Leicester ewes sold to a top of £134 for a pair from RH&C Ayrton & Son, Abbeystead with other pens to £124. The 105 Mule ewes forward sold to an overall market average of £117.86 with the best selling to £137 from S Wilson & Son, Scotforth, closely followed by £136 from both J Burr, Littledale and T&EA Garth, Bleasdale. A larger entry of hill ewes were on the market today, with Lonks to £130 from A Brown, Littledale, Cheviots to £120 from S Wilson & Son, Scotforth and Swaledales reaching £111 from DC&EM Miller, Claughton on Brock and Dalesbreds achieving the same price from the same home.
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- Cheshire
livestock 1
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Ha I just wrote that on the wrong thread !!'I'm going to the sale but im not going to go daft'
Someone's famous last words on here the other night!
livestock 1
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Must have been a goodn
muleman
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muleman
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Look very good on the pics
livestock 1
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Av £2467
Probably more too do with the cull ewe price than the creep price I would think !Wonder why numbers are lower on such a good spring/summer.
Cant be all to do with creep price.
Maybe something to do with the auctioneerWonder why numbers are lower on such a good spring/summer.
Cant be all to do with creep price.
Sierra Lama
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General trend of lambing flocks decreasing combined with the price of concentrates going up I would have thought. The lambs born early and are in the system or being fed out to catch the early trade are decreasing having been sold and then the lambing flocks in and around March to April probably haven't had the concentrates on the same numbers to pull them forward. Who here isnt buying creep now for their lambs where as they once did. Maybe a few....Wonder why numbers are lower on such a good spring/summer.
Cant be all to do with creep price.
I used to creep all lambs off Suffolk cross ewes, but don’t anymore because of cost, but seriously thinking about lambing 200 in late feb/ early match and creep to get a load way for now when we dry up.
I’ll have another year at it next year because I don’t think jumping in and out of things every time there’s a bad year is a good idea but next year will be my last if we don’t see some better returns next year, I’ll change too late lambing outdoor and won’t even get the weigh crate out until after Christmas off turnips..
How lean where the ewes?Todays efforts.
Pleased enough with lambs especially the first pen. But back a touch really , culls well back.
