Strong trade was seen at the opening sale of 359 in-lamb ewes at Skipton Auction Mart today - a good turnout in prevailing weather conditions.
Top price fell to a pen of seven Texel ewes, scanned in-lamb for March, from Alan Birbeck, Kirkby Stephen, acquired at £160 a head by East Yorkshire purchaser L.D. Sutherland.
Mr Birbeck also sold pens of ewes at £158 and £155 per head, along with Mule ewes at £140 and Swaledale ewes at £126 each.
In-lamb Mule hoggs sold to a high of £122 each, this for a pen from C. and N. Shearing, Littledale, Lancaster, and bought by C.E. and S.J. Mills, York.
In-lamb Texels averaged £104, Mules £114 and Swaledales £122. Mashams sold to £118 (av £113), Cheviots to £130, Mule broken-mouthed to £122 and Gritstone to £95. Mule hoggs averaged £117, while store hoggs sold to £80 (av £65).
Auctioneers: Craven Cattle Marts.
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