THE much anticipated first fixture in Skipton Auction Mart’s brand-new Lingfield sheep sales ring produced a solid turnout for an Easter bank holiday Monday of 2,657 head and another very sharp trade to match.
The 19 Spring lambs on offer levelled at £134.15 per head, or 289.8p/kg, with 2,426 old season lambs selling to an overall average of £108.84 each, or 250.3p/kg, up 9p on the week. The very first sheep into the new sale ring was a single Mule wether lamb that stood champion at last December’s Addingham and District Sheep Breeders’ Association’s annual charity show and sale ,staged on behalf of Sue Ryder Manorlands Hospice in Oxenhope, Keighley.
Having been over-wintered and fed by mart regular Steve Dorey, of Newark, it again met with spirited bidding, eventually falling for £155 to regular buyer Andrew Atkinson, of Felliscliffe.Back with the Spring lambs, handy weights all sold at over £3 per kilo, topping at 342p/kg for 40kg Charollais from Charles Marwood, of Whenby, near York, which were purchased on behalf of Roland Agar Wholesale Butchers in Ilkley.
The previous week’s Easter prime lamb champion, Robert Towers, of Farleton, Lancaster, returned to achieve top price of £150 per head with Charollais-cross-Beltex lambs. The overall Charollais Spring lambs selling average was £134.15 per head, or 289.9p/kg.
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