Borderway Store Lamb Sale

On Monday 20^th November Harrison and Hetherington conducted the weekly sale of store lambs.  A much larger entry of 700 head were presented to a much larger show of buyers looking for all classes of lambs.  Topping the sale was a pair of Texel cross lambs from J H Richardson, Underbank selling for £123. Beltex lambs topped at £122 for a single lamb from J G Bewley, Mid Farm, Wigton.  Mules topped at £92 for a pen of 7 from J H Richardson, selling for £92.  Swaledale lambs topped at £95 from B & D Willison, Penrith.  Suffolks topped at £87 from SJ North Lewis South Farm,  Hexham.  More vendors are seeing the potential with first time vendors G Clarkson, Elrington Hall, Hexham selling a fantastic run of 41 Texel cross lambs to average £96.44.  Trevor Harrison, Lesson Hall sold 10 Beltex to average £106.90. The sale averaged a very respectable £81.80.  Many more lambs can be sold to vendors advantage. 

Leading prices per head:

Store Lambs: Texel £123 £98 Underbank £119 £112 £98 £97 Lesson Hall Farm, £108 £99 £93 Thrimby Hall  £103 Bybeck Farm, £102 £96.50 £94 Elrington Hall, £97 £92 Randalfoot, £96 Flaggy Stonebarn, £96 Mid Farm,  £93 Midtown Farm, Beltex £122 £109 £93 Mid Farm, £95 £88 Mill Farm, £85 Low Thorney Farm, Swaledale £95 Bybeck Farm, £86 £81 Middle Shields £42 Thrimby Hall, Grey Faced £92 £78 Underbank £87 £86 £80 Hawksteel Farm, £87 Thrimby Hall, Ryeland £88 £85 £82 Ladyhousesteads, Suffolk £87 Lewis South Farm, Dartmoor £85 £67 Glebe House, Dorset £82 Balcalk Farm, Hill Cheviot £76 Bybeck Farm.