St Johns Chapel Store Sale
St Johns Chapel Auction Mart
05.09.2026
St Johns Chapel held its fortnightly Sale of Store Lambs, today on a Thursday, due to a number of local shows on Saturday. A pleasing entry of 1261 Store Lambs and Ewes were well sold to very strong rates all in averaging £112.12 with not one but eight first time vendors marketing stock at St Johns Chapel!
Topping at £158 was a quality Beltex x lamb from N Demuschamp, Park View who also sold others at £151 and £135.
T & D I Allen & Son, Chatterley sold a pair of Texel x lambs at £144, with others at £140 and 14 powerful Suffolks also at £140.
R M Hooper, Brockersgill made his first trip to St Johns peaking at £140 then seeing 24 sweet sorts at £133.
Suffolk x lambs proved well cashed, peaking at £138 for 19 great lambs from J L Archer, Whitehill. This home also sold 15 super Mule lambs at £130.
J M & K Robinson, Ling Riggs brought a solid run of 139 Texel x lambs, reaching £131 for a pen of 45 and averaging £119.43.
A strong show of Mule lambs averaged a whopping £113.49 with previously mentioned J L Archer with 15 at £130. T W Vickers, Thornley Hall also sold a pen at £126. Another first-time vendor P D & J Johnson, Herdship sold 24 quality mules at £124. A pen of 21 made £121 from R Collingwood, Stewartshield Meadows, as well as 45 at £118 from W Morley & Son, Warden Hill.
Swale lambs are now coming forward, reaching £74 from Hudgill Rigg with another pen at £70 from D Collingwood, Intake.
Cheviot lambs sailed to £110 from Mr W Burton, West Common Top who made the worthy trip to Chapel.
Many more lambs wanted for the next sale at St Johns Chapel back on a Saturday the 19th September. Entries keenly invited.
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Leading prices;
STORE LAMBS
Beltex Cross
£158 Park View, £129 Thornley Hall Farm
Blue Texel Cross
£151 Park View
Texel Cross
£144 Chatterley Farm, £140 Chatterley Farm & Brockersgill Farm, £139 Pry Hill, £135 Park View, £133 Brockersgill Farm & Intake, £131 1 Ling Riggs, £128 Chatterley Farm & Woodcroft, £125 Woodcroft, £122 Pry Hill, £120 Branch End & 1 Ling Riggs & Thornley Hall Farm & Woodcroft, £119 1 Ling Riggs, £118 Allergill Farm & Shield Hill Top & Stewart Shield Meadows & Cross View Cottage x2, £117 Shield Hill Top, £116 Branch End, £115 Goldhill & Intake, £113 Low Huntwell, £112 Shield Hill Top, £111 Branch End, £110 West Common Top & Goldhill & 1 Ling Riggs
Suffolk Cross
£140 Chatterley Farm, £138 White Hill x2, £135 Chatterley Farm, £122 Stewart Shield Meadows, £118 Park View & Shield Hill Top & 1 Ling Riggs & Allergill Farm, £117 Hudgill Rigg
Cheviot Cross
£135 Chatterley Farm, £118 Cross View Cottage x2, £98 Cross View Cottage, £77 Cross View Cottage
North of England Mule
£130 White Hill, £126 Thornley Hall Farm, £124 Herdship Farm, £121 Stewart Shield Meadows, £118 Warden Hill & Shield Hill Top, £117 Hudgill Rigg & Thornley Hall Farm, £115 Pry Hill & Glenwhelt, £106 Thornley Hall Farm, £103 Shield Hill Top
Cheviot
£110 West Common Top
Swaledale
£74 Hudgill Rigg, £70 Intake, £67 West Underhurth, £65 Intake
EWES
Texel Cross
£160 Burn House
Blue Texel
£152 Park View
Cheviot Cross
£134 Herdship Farm
Swaledale
£103 Beacon Rigg, £90 Herdship Farm
North of England Mule
£101 Park View