TOP price at Hawes Auction Mart's annual two-day show and sale of 23,036 North of England Mule ewe lambs, was £350 paid for the first prize pen from Messrs Lord, West Dowgill, North Stainmore, which sold to Messrs Winter, Appleby.

The sale, which saw half of the lambs sold on the Monday average £79.99, and the other half on the Tuesday level at £77.63, resulted in an overall average of £79.06 which is back £21.07 on the year for 2224 less.

Second top price was £280 for the first prize pen of lambs on the Tuesday from Neil Marston, Highberries, Cockermouth, which were knocked down to Henry Tustian, Banbury, Oxfordshire.

LEADINGawards:

Monday – 1 and champion, Messrs Lord, West Dowgill, £350; 2, WC Porter and Son, Reeth, £260; 3, G and HR Sheilds, Ravenstonedale, £210; 4, GP Taylor & Son, Great Asby, £270; 5, J and K Metcalf & Son, Barningham, £155.

Tuesday – 1 and champion, NC Marston, Cockermouth, £280; 2, WA and A Booth, Feizor, £220; 3, E Fairburn and Sons, Thornton Steward, £170; 4, JC and E Pedley and Sons, Lunds, £162; 5, S and T Fawcett, Barden, £230.

LEADINGprices:

Mule ewe lambs – Monday – Messrs Lord £350, £200, £142; GP Taylor and Sons, £270; WC Porter and Son £260, £170, £145, £130; G and HR Shields £210, £158, £145; N White £180, £140, £132; JE Thorpe £175; JW Porter and Sons £175; R and PE Hargreaves and Sons £172, £135; A and H Watson £170, £145; WA Dinsdale and Son, £162; JS Cloughton £160, £138; W and D Lawson and Son £155; J and K Metcalf and Son £155, £130; DA and MA Brown and Son £155, £130; J Allison and Sons £152; WM Heron and Son £152; A Lodge £152, £130; JW and ME Taylor and Sons £150; WJ and LA Barker £148; RA Busby and Son £145; T Ayrton and Son £144; HW and G White £140; JH Pedley £140; MA Crocker £138; Bainbridge Bros £130.

Tuesday – NC Marston £280; £170, £130 S and T Fawcett; £230, £152, £130 WA and A Booth; £220, £142; S Allan and Sons £220; NJ and L Allan £220, £132; JA and R Caton £200, £158; Breck House Enterprises £182, £130; E Fairburn and Sons £170, £150, £130, £135; WA and GR Sedgley £168, £130; CT and JE Willoughby £165, £135; JC and E Pedley and Sons £162; SH Sutcliffe and Son £140; RS Harker and Son £132; S Allan and Sons £130; B Spence and Sons £130; J Scarr and Sons £130.