AN increased entry of 3,666 prime sheep at Skipton Auction Mart’s weekly Monday sale saw the 3,176 lambs selling to an overall average of £70.37 per head, or 168.06p/kg.
There was again good demand for the smarter end of the turnout, as well as well fleshed lambs, although anything lacking finish was slightly harder to sell, as processors look to buy just the well covered lambs.
Frank and Robert Fielden, of Todmorden, presented the top price per head and by-weight pen of Texel lambs at £96 and 240p/kg respectively.
A total of 490 cast sheep were forward. Cull ewes attracted sharp trade, with heavy ewes in strong demand, topping at £94.50 for a nice pen from Janet Ewin-Newhouse, of Stackhouse.
Continental ewes exceeded £100 on several occasions, selling to a high of £108.50 each for a Texel pen from Richard Towell, with an overall cull ewe average of £46.69 per head. Cast rams averaged £68.13 each.
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