Store lambs sales in the August 18 issue

LEADING prices:

Store lambs – Tex – £70, £65 Jackson Ground; £65.50, £58 Abbot Park; £64.50, £61.50 Coniston Hall; £60 Bank Head; £58 Lane End. Belt – £68 Folds Farm. Suff – £59 Lane End; £56 Heather Croft; £55 Stone Arthur. Roug – £58 Green Bank. Hill Chev – £56 Low Scales. 

Ayr
ALONGSIDE its sale of store cattle last week, Craig Wilson offered 455 store lambs at its opening sale where a smaller entry met an extremely buoyant trade throughout. 
The sale averaged £56.58 (-£1.76 on the year), and sold to £66 for Texels from Messrs Adamson, East Raws Farm.

LEADING prices:

Store lambs – Tex – £66 East Raws; £63.50 Barbae; £60 Dinwoodie Farms; £59 Dalreoch Estate; £58 West Lochhead; £57.50 Knockormal. Suff – £62 Dallowie; £58Windyedge. Mule – £56 Grassmillees. Rous – £51 Dallowie. 

Thainstone
STORE lambs met a strong demand and exceeded sellers’ expectations at Aberdeen and Northern Marts’ sale of 2229 store lambs, breeding and feeding sheep., 
The 786 store lambs sold to £69 for continentals from Dunearn, Nairn, but it was continentals from Speylea, Fochabers, that topped the 19 ewe lambs at £86. 
Breeding sheep (34) sold to £86 for Suffolk gimmers from Hillhead, Glen of Newmill, while feeding sheep (1390) sold to £115 for Suffolks from Wester Arr, Nairn.

LEADING prices:

Ewe lambs – HD – Speylea £76. Black – Speylea £75. Char – Meiklebogs, Gordonstown £74.
Store lambs – Tex – Tullochcoy, Crathie £65. Belt – Wester Arr £65. Mule – Wester Arr £63.50. Tex X – 28 Hill Street, Newmill £63. Cont – Skinners Cottage, Durris £62. Suff – Deecastle, Dinnet £62. Suff X – Tamala, Burnside £61.50. Cont X – 3 North Shawbost, Isle of Lewis £59. Chev – 43 Lower Barvas, Isle of Lewis £58.50. Cross – 30 Balallan, Isle of Lewis £58. KH – Craiglands, Lonmay £57.

Stirling (UA)
MOST averages improved on the week at United Auctions’ sale of 3276 store lambs and feeding sheep, on Monday, where Texels from Masterfield topped the lamb entry at £76.50.

LEADING prices:

Breed averages – Tex X, £62.36 (+£3.85 on the week); Belt X, £66.52 (+£4.81); Cheviot, £58.86 (+£5.23); Suff X, £60.47 (-15p); Mule, £56.39 (+£2.54); BF, £37.82 (+£2.82). 
Store lambs – Tex – Masterfield £76.50; Craigannet £76; Invernoaden £68; Easter Auchencarroch £68. Mule – Blarnavaid £74; Jaw £66; Gartincaber £60. Belt – Strachurmore £69.50. Chev – Tulchan Croft £64. Suff – Bellcraig £67; Cairncurran £62.50; Claylands £61. BF – Ashintully £46; Tullochan £39; Littleport £35.

Hexham
IT was the champion pen from Hexham and Northern Marts’ anniversary show of store lambs that topped the trade when the first prize continentals, Beltex crosses from CA and JG Skidmore, sold for £108 apiece. 
They were picked out by K Harryman, Keskdale, and two further pens passed the £100 barrier – from SH Spours and Son, Henlaw, at £105, and James Latimer, Chapel House, at £100. 

LEADING awards:

Store lambs – Tex X – 1 and reserve, Rinnion Hill; 2, Whittonshields; 3, Falstone Farm. Cont – 1 and champion, Needless Hall; 2, Henlaw; 3, Errington Red House. Suff – 1, Lowes Fell. Mule – 1, Penpeugh; 2, Softley; 3, The Knarr. Hill – 1, Greenchesters (Cheviots) 

LEADING prices:

Store lambs – Belt X – £108 Needless Hall; £105, £91, £85.50 £90 Henlaw; £86.50 Jolly Body; £84 Blakelaw; £78.50 Linacres; £77.50 Hownsgill; £76 Yatesfield. Tex X – £100, £89, £77 Chapel House; £92 Lough Green; £85 Chesterwood; £85 Stobby Lea; £84, £83, £75 Simonburn Kennels; £83.50, £80.50 Felton Demesne, £83, £77 Willimoteswick; £82.50 Amos Hill; £82 South Gunnerton; £81 (x2) Errington Red House; £80.50 Old Blacksmith Shop; £78.50, £77.50, £76 Normans Riding; £77.50 Whittonshields; £77 High Yarridge; £76 Rinnion Hills; £76 Haggate. Suff X – £88, £70 £86 Woodhall; £82 Felton Demesne; £81, £64 Snabdough; £73.50 Harsondale; £72 Lowes Fell; £70 Woodhall; £67 Settlingstones; £64 West Park; £63 Henlaw; £63 Dale House. Cross – £86, £80 High Yarridge; £82, £71 Felton Demesne. Mule – £84.50 Settlingstones; £84 Dickson Drive; £79, £71 Harsondale; £75, £63 Penpeugh; £72.50, £64.50 Allenshields; £65 Softley; £65 Flotterton; £64 Amos Hill. Chev X – £78, £76 Greenchesters. 

Stirling (Cal)
ALL classes of short-keep lambs met a similar trade on the week while longer keep types were easier at Caledonian Marts, where 2276 store lambs averaged £54.73 (-£2.24 on the year). 
A feature of the sale was a pair of Suffolk lambs donated by Cameron and James MacInnes, Culbhuirg, on the Isle of Iona, which raised £150 for the My Name’5 Doddie Foundation and Iona Village Hall when bought by John Gilvear, Graystale. 
Otherwise, trade peaked at £80.50 for Texels from Shona Dougall, Ardriona, Iona.

LEADING prices:

Store lambs – Suff – £76 Culbhuirg (Isle of Iona). Tex – £72 Ardriona (Isle of Iona). Suff X – £70 Ardriona (Isle of Iona). Tex X – £68.50 Traighmor (Isle of Iona). Belt – £68 Meikle Seggie and Craigmad. Belt X – £66 Golland. Mule – £56 Culbhuirg (Isle of Iona); £54.50 Shankhead. BF – £50 Aberuchill Estate. 

Quoybrae
LAMBS that summered well sold at rates similar to last year, while smaller lambs that were affected by the dry weather proved more difficult to cash at Aberdeen and Northern Marts’ sale of 3533 store and prime sheep, on Monday, which incorporated the Dunbeath, Bettyhill, Forsinard and North-west Sutherland areas.
Averages were back on the year as the sale levelled at £51.54 (-£2.21), with Cheviot ewe lambs from Braemore (Mcgonigill) topping the entry at £90 as 565 ewe lambs averaged £50.38 (-£1.20). 
The 1566 wedder lambs levelled at £46.07 (-£4.07), having sold to £64.50 for Cheviots from Braehillor, Dunbeath, while the 1259 cross lambs averaged £60.32 (-£1.11) and sold to £79.50 for Texels from 5 Upper Dounreay, Thurso. 
Prime lambs (90) hit 178.9p per kg for 45kg Texels from 3 Braal, Halkirk, and £84.50 for 49kg Texels from The Smithy, Haster, while feeding ewes and rams (53) sold to £91 for Texels from Thurdistoft, Castletown.

LEADING prices:

Halladale, Forsinard and Portskerra – Ewe lambs – Chev – Trantlebeg £81. Store lambs – Suff – Kirkton £74.50. Chev – Trantlemore £57. 
Bettyhill – Ewe lambs – Chev – Skelpick (Bannerman) £57. Store lambs – Chev – Skelpick (Bannerman) £51. 
Dunbeath – Ewe lambs – Chev – Tacher £79. Tex – Tacher £68. Store lambs – Tex – Tacher £61. Chev – Braemore (Mcgonigill) £56. Cont – Braehillor £54. 
Armadale and Strathy – Ewe lambs – Chev – 184 Armadale £76. Store lambs – Tex – 27 Brawl £65.50. Chev – 184 Armadale £58.50. 
Skerray – Ewe lambs – Chev – 265 Tubeg £32. Store lambs – Chev – 265 Tubeg £46. 
Caithness – Ewe lambs – Tex – Achaguie Farm £75. Chev – Westerloch £72. Chev Mule – 5 Upper Dounreay £69. Store lambs – Belt – 5 Upper Dounreay £76. Tex – Haakon £74. Chev – Westerloch £64. Suff – Dounreay Post Office £59. Cont – Mains of Warse £56. Blk – Mains of Warse £50. 

Carlisle
A SMALLER show of 909 store lambs sold through Harrison and Hetherington, where a pen of Beltex crosses from Jack Richardson, Whitehead Brow, topped at £91. 

LEADING prices:

Store lambs – Belt – £91, £66 Whitehead Brow; £75, £63 Goodlie Hill; £69 Brazendale; £68.50, £65, £60.50, £60 Sleetbeck Farm; £67.50 Bonshawside; £67 Elva Plains; £65, £63 Brocklebank. Tex – £78.50, £70 Cowranside; £69 Southernby Hall; £69, £68.50 Desoglin; £66, £63.50 Chapel House; £65, £61.50 Burthwaite; £64 Brackenber; £62 Bonshawside; £61.50 Elva Plains; £61 Whitehead Brow; £60 Field Croft; £60 Denton Cresent; £60 Hensol; £60 The Croft. Suff – £75, £63 High Keenley Fell. Char – £62 Chapel House. GF – £58.50 Field Croft; £52.50 Flimby Hall; £50 Whitehead Brow. BL – £58 Bonshawside. HD – £54 The Haven. NCC – £52 Penny Hill. 

Longtown
ANDREW Hutchinson, Yorkshire, judged the show of 4438 store lambs at C and D Auction Marts’ sale on Tuesday and found his champion winners in a pen of Suffolk crosses. 
Consigned by Messrs Laing, Tarrasfoot, they later sold for £85.50. The reserve pen, continentals from Messrs Reed and Hill, Lingey Field, topped the trade at £95. 
Outwith the show, lambs sold to £86 for Texels from Felton Demesne. 

LEADING awards:

Store lambs – Tex X – 1, Messrs Tailford, Rinnion Hills, West Hall, £77; 2, Messrs Dalgleish and Waugh, Crew, Roadhead, £64.50. Belt X – 1, Messrs Henderson, Felton Demesne, Morpeth, £74. Cont – 1 and reserve, Messrs Reed and Hill, Lingey Field, Riding Mill, £95; 2, Messrs Storrow, Willimoteswick, Bardon Mill, £78. Suff X – 1 and champion, Messrs Laing, Tarrasfoot, Canonbie £85.50; 2, Tarrasfoot, Canonbie £86. 

LEADING prices:

Store lambs – Tex – £86 Felton Demesne; £82.50 Rinnion Hills; £81 Lingey Field. Suff – £79 Raggetsyke; £78 Tarrasfoot; £71 Borthwick Brae. Char – £81 Butterdale. Chev Mule – £65 Sorbietrees. GF – £65 Beacon Rigg; £63 Townfoot.