St Johns Chapel Store Sale
St John’s Chapel Opening sale of Store Lambs and Feeding Ewes
08.08.2026
On Saturday the 8th of August St John’s Chapel held its opening show and sale of Store Lambs in 2026 offering a fantastic catalogue of 2470 Store lambs and feeding Ewes. A market packed with sheep was met with an atmosphere that remains unbeaten and a strong trade throughout. An overall average of £123.40 was achieved for 1037 more lambs sold on this day last year, although credit must be due to all vendors for putting forward such quality sheep considering the dry weather in the area.
Topping the sale at £172 was a trio of strong Texel x lambs from W Wearmouth, Rosehill this home also claimed the overall champion pen, a quality pen of 10 continental lambs which sold to £152 then selling another 10 at £148 and another 10 at £145 rounding off a good day’s trading for Wearmouth team.
Texel x lambs proved well cashed with 1401 of the 1453 texel lambs selling for £105 or more, next up at £166 was J Bowes, Glenwhelt House who sold 201 lambs to average £121.46 which includes 50 Mule Lambs.
D Collingwood, Intake peaked at £146 for a trio of texel x lambs and a further 7 at £144 and then reaching £134 with strong mule lambs with 51 Mule lambs from this home averaging a pleasing £121.04
SW Pybourne made the trip up the dale to St John’s with some cracking lambs to peak at £148 for 13 and another 25 at £134. F Johnson, West Shipley also made the trip up the dale to sell a pen of 40 well-bred lambs for £145.
D Fletcher & D Coates brought their usual quality run to St John’s to top at £148 with others to £145 and £143 and an eye-catching pen of 40 at £140.
Mule Lambs were well cashed averaging £119.34 for all 238 sold with not a single one below £100. Topping was the reserve champion pen of lambs from R Collingwood, Stewart Shield who reached £140 for a dozen corkers this home also sold 18 more at £119. J Lee & Sons, Morley Hill sold 16 strong mules at £137 with a further 14 at £120. C Hodgson sold 22 sweet mules to also reach £120.
Suffolk x lambs made £148 for 7 powerful sorts from O Harrison, Aimshaugh with other suffolks to £147 from J & C Dent, Longdale Grove.
Beltex x lambs were also easily cashed reaching £152 for the 1st prize pen of 10 from C Everitt Jolly Body who sold 2 more shapey pens of 10 to make £143 and £141.
A special mention must go to Shaun and Jennifer of Hudgill Rigg, Alston who kindly donated a Suffolk x lambs to the Stroke Association charity which went onto make £2000 in total. Generously purchased by Andrew Hutcheson, Ben Haigh, Robert Carrick, William Tindale, James Rutherford, Robert Atkinson, Jack Walton and Dennis Bulman.
Many more lambs could be sold to Farmers advantage here at St John’s Chapel, please do not hesitate to get in touch, next sale is Saturday 22nd of August.
Harrison Collingwood 07895 761102
Leading prices;
Ewes
Charollais x – £180 Park View
Blue Texel – £150 Park View
Swaledale – £94 Intake
Store Lambs
Suffolk x – £200 Intake, £148 Aimshaugh, £147 Longdale Grove, £140 Glenhill, £138 Warden Hill, £137 Hill Crest, £133 Aimshaugh, £130 Jolly Body, £128 Allergill Farm & Dyke Nook & White Hill, £127 Glenhill, £125 Allergill Farm & Longdale Grove & Woodcroft, £124 Glenhill, £123 Middle Farm, £122 Allergill Farm, £120 Sparks Farm, £119 Hudgill Rigg
Texel x – £172 Rosehill, £166 Glenwhelt House, £160 Aimshaugh, £151 Glenwhelt House, £148 Park View & Rosehill & Shortthorns & The Causeway & Woodcroft & Longdale Grove, £146 Intake, £145 Rosehill & Shortthorns & West Shipley, £144 Aimshaugh & Glenwhelt House & Intake & Warden Hill, £143 Longdale Grove & Jolly Body & Ludwell & Shortthorns, £141 Intake & Longdale Grove, £140 Shortthorns, £139 Cronkley, £138 Aimshaugh & New Meadows, £137 Park View x2, £136 Glenwhelt House & Rigg Farm, £134 Ludwell & Shortthorns & The Causeway & White Hill, £131 Woodcroft, £130 Glenwhelt House & High Wiserley & Hill Crest & Intake, £129 Dyke Nook & Rosehill, £128 East Friar & Shortthorns, £127 Longdale Grove, £126 East Friar & Thornley Hall Farm & Warden Hill, £125 Glenhill, £123 Glenwhelt House, £122 High Wiserley & Longdale Grove & Shortthorns, £120 East Friar & Glenwhelt House & High Wiserley, £119 Ludwell & Monk, £118 Allergill Farm & Sparks Farm & Thornley Pit House, £117 Middle Farm
Beltex x – £152 Jolly Body, £148 Sparks Farm, £143 Jolly Body, £141 Jolly Body & Woodcroft, £130 Jolly Body, £126 Thornley Hall Farm, £124 Jolly Body, £122 Park View
Charollais x – £152 Rosehill, £180 Park View, £117 Glenwhelt House, £116 Rosehill
Blue Texel – £148 & £136 Park View, £122 Shortthorns
North of England Mule – £140 Stewart Shield Meadows, £137 Morley Hill, £134 Intake, £129 Intake, £125 Glenwhelt House, £120 Hill House West x2 & Morley Hill, £119 Stewart Shield Meadows, £118 Glenwhelt House, £116 Intake & Thornley Hall Farm, £112 Park View
Blue Texel x – £132 Shortthorns, £128 Meadow Cottage
Dutch Texel x – £132 Shortthorns
Cheviot x – £116 Blackcleugh
Cheviot – £110 Thornley Hall Farm
