Borderway Prime and Cast Sheep & Spring Lambs

PRIME SHEEP: Monday 15^th June saw the weekly sale of prime lambs in Borderway. An increased number of lambs forward with 599 being sold to average 447ppkg or 439SQQ. A sale forward that showed that 45kg plus lambs are in short supply and met a delightful trade from the get-go. With some lighter lambs starting to meet resistance. Topping the sale was a pair of 53kg Suffolks from Neil Milbourn, Walby selling to £241 (454ppkg) well fleshed lambs were keenly bid for with plenty lambs 44/45kg selling over the £200 mark. Messrs Johnson, Penrith brought a smart 44kg Blue Texel for £221 which also topped the pence per kilo of 502ppkg. Messrs Story, Jackson Rigg sold 45kg Texel to £218. Andrew Slack, Cockleybank had his first draw of the year in selling a 49kg Suffolks to £232 and 45kg to £205. Suffolk lambs topped at £238 for 51kg from Messrs Connell, Aspatria. Despite a slow start to numbers vendors should remain confident that lambs can be sold to vendors advantage with a large ringside of buyers forward.

Spring Lambs:

Leading Price per Head: SUFFOLK: £241 ,53kg, Walby Grange,  £238 ,51kg,  £237 ,50kg,  £234 ,49kg, 46 Noble Croft,  £236 ,49kg, Pearsbyhall Farm,  £232 ,50kg,  £220 ,46kg, Fell End,  £232 ,49kg, Cockleybank,  £230 ,48kg,  £227 ,47kg, Jackson Rigg,  £225 ,48kg, Dykehead,  £220 ,47kg, Old Rectory Farm,  £220 ,47kg, The Estate Office,  MILLENIUM BLEU: £240 ,51kg,  £230 ,53kg, Corrie Field,  TEXEL: £238 ,49kg,  £230 ,49kg, Cumdivock House,  £238 ,51kg,  £229 ,49kg, Walby Grange,  £230 ,48kg, Wavercroft,  £230 ,49kg, Lyndale,  £229 ,47kg, Braithwaite Hall,  £227 ,46kg, Jackson Rigg,  £226 ,47kg, Nelson Hill Farm,  £225 ,47kg, Wetheral Shields,  £220 ,46kg, Boggle Hall,  CHAROLLAIS: £236 ,49kg, Street Head,  ROUGE : £233 ,48kg,  £219 ,46kg, Braithwaite Hall,  £200 ,43kg, Boggle Hall,  DUTCH SPOTTED: £231 ,55kg, Keppel Vale,  £200 ,51kg,  £184 ,42kg, Pearsbyhall Farm,  BLUE TEXEL: £221 ,44kg, Nelson Hill Farm,  DORSET: £200 ,45kg, Cumdivock House,  £180 ,43kg, Walby Grange,  ZWARTBLES: £187 ,43kg, Wetheral Shields,

Leading Prices per Kilo: BLUE TEXEL: 502.5p ,44kg, Nelson Hill Farm,  TEXEL: 493.5p ,46kg, Jackson Rigg,  487p ,47kg, Braithwaite Hall,  485.5p ,49kg,  469.5p ,49kg, Cumdivock House,  481p ,47kg, Nelson Hill Farm,  479p ,48kg, Wavercroft,  478.5p ,47kg, Wetheral Shields,  478.5p ,46kg, Boggle Hall,  469.5p ,49kg, Lyndale,  467.5p ,49kg,  466.5p ,51kg, Walby Grange,  ROUGE : 485.5p ,48kg,  476p ,46kg, Braithwaite Hall,  465p ,43kg, Boggle Hall,  SUFFOLK: 483p ,47kg,  479p ,48kg, Jackson Rigg,  481.5p ,49kg, Pearsbyhall Farm,  478.5p ,46kg,  464p ,50kg, Fell End,  477.5p ,49kg,  474p ,50kg,  466.5p ,51kg, 46 Noble Croft,  473.5p ,49kg, Cockleybank,  469p ,48kg, Dykehead,  468p ,47kg, Old Rectory Farm,  468p ,47kg, The Estate Office,  454.5p ,53kg, Walby Grange,  CHAROLLAIS: 481.5p ,49kg, Street Head,  MILLENIUM BLEU: 470.5p ,51kg,  434p ,53kg, Corrie Field,  DORSET: 444.5p ,45kg, Cumdivock House,  418.5p ,43kg, Walby Grange,  DUTCH SPOTTED: 438p ,42kg,  392p ,51kg, Pearsbyhall Farm,  420p ,55kg, Keppel Vale,  ZWARTBLES: 435p ,43kg, Wetheral Shields,

Prime Hoggs: Monday 15^th June saw the weekly sale of hoggs in Borderway, with a lighter class of hoggs today with only a handful forward topping the sale was a Dutch spotted hogg selling for £219 from Messrs Brown, Irthington weighing 72kg.

Leading Price per Head: DUTCH SPOTTED: £219 ,72kg,  £215 ,86kg, Keppel Vale,  BERRICHON: £210 ,47kg, Newark Farm,  TEXEL: £200 ,93kg,  £186 ,73kg, Newmains,  £199 ,59kg,  £180 ,49kg, Walby Grange,  £180 ,47kg,  £168 ,48kg, Pearsbyhall Farm,  £165 ,47kg, Hawthorn House,  SUFFOLK: £180 ,62kg,  £130 ,40kg, Field House,  HILL CHEVIOT: £148 ,42kg, Nunscleugh,  HERDWICK: £105 ,43kg, 2 The Square,  BLACKFACE: £70 ,35kg, Hawthorn House,  DUTCH TEXEL: £50 ,42kg, Springfield Farm,  HAMPSHIRE DOWN: £30 ,32kg, Hawthorn House,

Leading Prices per Kilo: BERRICHON : 447p ,47kg, Newark Farm,  TEXEL: 383p ,47kg,  350p ,48kg, Pearsbyhall Farm,  367.5p ,49kg,  337.5p ,59kg, Walby Grange,  351p ,47kg, Hawthorn House, 255p ,73kg,  215p ,93kg, Newmains,  HILL CHEVIOT: 352.5p ,42kg, Nunscleugh,  SUFFOLK: 325p ,40kg,  290.5p ,62kg, Field House,  DUTCH SPOTTED: 304p ,72kg,  250p ,86kg, Keppel Vale,  HERDWICK: 244p ,43kg, 2 The Square,  BLACKFACE: 200p ,35kg, Hawthorn House,  DUTCH TEXEL: 119p ,42kg, Springfield Farm,  HAMPSHIRE DOWN: 94p ,32kg, Hawthorn House,

Cast Ewes & Rams:

Leading prices: TEXEL : £240, £201,Ashley Grove Farm,  £218,Morrach Farm,  £215,(x2) ,  £206,(x6) , Wavercroft,  £215,(x3) ,  £206,(x3) , Dykehead,  £213,Cumdivock House,  £200,Lakeland View,  £200,Lyndale,  BELTEX: £239, £190,(x3) ,  £162, £155,(x4) , Lakeland View,  BLUE DUTCH TEXEL: £231,Chapel House,  SUFFOLK: £220,(x2) ,  £189,Braco Farm,  £176,(x3) , Denton Farm,  DORSET: £213,Cumdivock House,  BERRICHON: £187, £168,(x2) , Newark Farm,  DUTCH SPOTTED: £180,Chapel House,  MULE: £179, £169,(x2) , Braco Farm,  £168,(x2) ,  £160,(x16) , Lakeland View,  £168,(x6) , Morrach Farm,  £166,Cumdivock House,  £164,The Estate Office,  £162,(x3) , Pinclanty,  CHEVIOT MULE: £172,Street Head,  HILL CHEVIOT: £158,(x11) , Morrach Farm,  £151,(x15) ,  £124,(x7) , Pinclanty,  BLACKFACE: £147,(x2) , Pinclanty,  £130,(x4) , The Estate Office,  SWALEDALE: £137,Beyond The Moss