Last updated 09:21, Friday, 10 October 2008

CARLISLE

Monday October 6

TOTAL FORWARD 1720 store lambs.

LEADING PRICES –

STORE LAMBS – Texel £49 Spency Croft, £44 Yew Tree, £41 Stone House Farm, £41 Ratlingate. Suffolk £43.50 Beckstonegate, £40 Westhotbank, £40 Charles River, £39.50 Quarry Hose. Hampshire £39.50 Suncroft. Greyfaced £38, £35.50 Grassfield, £37.20 (x2) High Lovelady Shield. Hill Cheviot £32 Westhotbank. Blackfaced £30 Westhotbank.

BREEDING SHEEP – Gimmers, Lleyn £70 The Home Farm, £60, £56 Toppin Castle, £56 The Height, £55 Norman Farm. Greyfaced £55, £53 (x2) Cardewlees Farm. Ewes Greyfaced £52, £47 Kiln Croft. Lleyn £43, £40, £37 The Height, £35 Greenholme.

Dumfries

Friday October 3

TOTAL FORWARD 2260 Scotch Mule Ewe Lambs, 1262 Store Lambs, 568 Breeding Sheep and 437 Breeding Rams

LEADING PRICES

Scotch Mule Ewe Lambs – £60, £58 Dalpeddar, £58 Ardoch, £58 Fraserford Farms, £58 Nunnerie.

BREEDING SHEEP – Texel Gimmers £70 Hillhead. Cross £70 Hartwood, £69 Merkland. Suffolk Ewes £56, £55 Lochill. Texel Ewes £50 The Mark. Cross Ewes £45 Ballinnie. Half Bred Ewes £50 Marwhirn.

STORE LAMBS – Texel £50, £48 Westhills, £39 Balgerran. Beltex £42.50 Millside. Cross £39 Netherton, £36.50 Auchengruith, £35 Duncanziemere. Suffolk £38.50 Hastingshall. Lleyn £37.50 Millside. Blackface £33.50 Locherben, £26.50 Merkland. Cheviot £31 Hawkshaw, £29 Auchengruith.

RAMS – Texel Shlgs £500 Kilnford Croft, £460 (x2) Woodhead, £460 Dinwoodie Green. Suffolk Shlgs £450, £380 (x2) Kilnford Croft. Blue Leicester £420, £380, £320 Kirkton, £320 Elvanfoot. Texel Ram Lambs £400, £360 Woodhead, £320 (x2) Hillside. Suffolk Ram Lambs £260 Pretts Mill. Charollais Shlgs £340 N Keir. Beltex Shlg £400 Laggan Park.

LONGTOWN

Tuesday October 7

TOTAL FORWARD 4,679 store lambs and 324 store lambs

Store lambs met a similar trade. Top was £55 for Texels from Beckses.

Hill Cheviots (1522) were a larger show and a good trade. Top was £40 from Parkhill, others to £36 Greenside & Linhope, £35.50 Wardlaw.

Breeding sheep were a smaller show with best ewes easy to sell.

LEADING PRICES

STORE LAMBS – Texels £55 Beckses, £46 Blinkbonny. Suffolks £42.50 Claryghyll, £42 Gillalees. Zwartbles £48, £47 Faugh Head. Beltex £41 East Foreshield. Greyfaces £37.50 Flatt, £37 High Edges Green & Coatlith Hill. Charollais £36.80 Townfoot. Blackfaces £37 Horseholm, £36 West Hottbank. Swaledales £22 Underbank. Herdwicks £30 Boathouse.

BREEDING SHEEP – Suffolk ewes £66, £61 Hallees. Lleyns £44 The Height. Hill Cheviots £24 Hawkshaw.

Shearlings £56 for Greyfaces from The Close. Lleyn crosses £45 The Height. Feeding ewes £35 Colisinn Steading.