St Johns Chapel Sale of Store Lambs & Feeding Ewes
St John’s Chapel Mart held it’s fortnightly Saturday Sale of Store Lambs and presented another cracking entry of 2518 Store Lambs and Feeding Ewes to another fantastic trade with 4 more first time Chapel vendors a reminder to all that St John’s is the number 1 place in County Durham and further afield to sell all types and classes of Lambs, averaging £107.49 which includes 844 Swale Lambs this is up £18.85 on the same sale last year for 312 more Lambs sold.
Firstly, we must mention the very generous gesture from loyal Chapel and Hexham supporters D Fletcher and D Coates, Short Thorns who sold a Pure Texel Lamb in aid of Cancer Research UK in memory of Colleen Emerson, a fantastic £3380 was raised, a special mention must go to all those who bought the lamb then resold it for in the region of £200-280 this included;
Aydan Bowers, Chris Wearmouth, Julie-Anne Peadon, Paul Heppel, Mickey Emerson, Lewis Stephenson, Harrison Collingwood, Mark Emerson, Paul Ferris, Ben Haigh, Drew Patrick, Brian Rogerson and finally bought for £300 by George Slack.
Trade peaked with a pair of well-bred lambs from T & D I Allen & Son, Chatterley at £181 this home also sold a dozen strong Suffolk x Lambs at £145 a run of 71 from this home averaged a pleasing £138.92.
Other Texel x Lambs sold to £158 from I Collinson, Billing Shield and to £151 from Messrs Humble, Allergill.
Suffolk x Lambs were well cashed topping from previously mentioned Messrs Allen, Chatterley at £145 with a sweet pen of 10 from J Walshaw & Son, Dryderdale reaching £144 and another pen of 29 from this home at £140.
The harvest of the Swaledale Lambs has well and truly begun with 844 gracing St John’s and selling to strong rates, topping at £90 was 2 different vendors firstly for 11 from J Archer, Whitehill and then from R Collingwood, Stewart Shield. J Archer also sold 38 more at £89. Numerous vendors hit £88 firstly for 60 from D J and J E Lumley, Nookton which was the first pen in the ring. also, at £88 was I Collinson Billing Shield with a pen of 47, hitting £88 again having another great Saturday at St John’s was J R & C M Dalton, South Wellhope with 17 good swales, and another 23 at £88 from J Archer. An unbelievable 617 Swale Lambs out of 844 sold at £80 or more.
O Harrison, Aimshaugh saw high rates for his well-bred cheviots topping at £146 with others to £133 and £127 and successful trip for the Alston man.
Mule Lambs are always well bid for at Chapel with 680 in today averaging all in £117.87 topping at £141 for 29 thumpers was LM Hutchinson, Pease Myers with more from this home at £136. M Mascall, Burnfoot also had a strong pen at £131. J A and J D Robsinson, Middle Farm brought a cracking run of 220 Mules to top at £127 with 60 more at £120 also making the trip from Middleton was MF and KC Stobart, Grains O Beck when they sold 36 at £120. Collingwoods also had big trades with 81 from Ambling Gate at £123 and 40 from Stewart Shield at £125.
Ewes topped at £165 for a Texel cross from O Harrison, Aimshaugh.
Next Sale at St John’s is the D District tup Sale of over 300 Swaledale Rams on Tuesday the 13th of October starting at 10:30.
Next Store Sale is Saturday the 17th including the Show and Sale of Lambs for Young Handlers.
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Texel Cross
£300 Shortthorns; £165 Aimshaugh; £158 Billing Shield; £151 Allergill Farm; £148 Chatterley Farm; £146 Chatterley Farm; £144 Allergill Farm; £144 Dryderdale Farm; £139 Chatterley Farm; £138 Billing Shield; £137 Warden Hill; £134 The Causeway; £133 Eastgate House; £133 Aimshaugh; £132 Chatterley Farm; £132 Chatterley Farm; £132 Shortthorns; £132 Aimshaugh; £131 Hill Crest; £131 Ludwell; £130 Rosehill; £130 Thornley Pit House; £128 Allergill Farm; £128 Aimshaugh; £128 Milescott; £127 Aimshaugh; £126 Hill Crest; £126 Ludwell; £126 Milescott; £125 Shortthorns; £125 Shortthorns; £125 The Causeway; £125 Thornley Pit House; £125 High Wiserley; £124 Park View; £124 Shortthorns; £123 Allergill Farm; £123 Warden Hill; £123 Aimshaugh; £123 High Wiserley; £122 Goldhill; £122 Eastgate House; £121 Allergill Farm; £121 Park View; £121 Park View; £121 Aimshaugh; £121 Ludwell; £121 Ludwell; £120 Hawkwell Head; £120 High Wiserley; £120 Stobby Lea; £120 Milescott; £119 Billing Shield; £119 Grain O Beck; £119 Ludwell; £118 Allenheads; £118 Milescott; £117 Warden Hill; £116 Goldhill; £116 Warden Hill; £111 Allenheads; £111 South Wellhope; £110 South Wellhope; £110 Park View; £110 The Causeway
Texel
£181 Chatterley Farm.
Cheviot
£146 Aimshaugh; £124 Aimshaugh; £118 Aimshaugh; £118 Aimshaugh
Suffolk Cross
£145 Chatterley Farm; £144 Dryderdale Farm; £140 Dryderdale Farm; £132 Chatterley Farm; £130 Aimshaugh; £124 Allergill Farm; £124 Allenheads; £122 Aimshaugh; £120 Allenheads; £119 Hawkwell Head
North of England Mule
£141 Pease Myers; £136 Pease Myers; £131 Burnfoot; £127 Middle Farm; £125 Stewart Shield Meadows; £125 Billing Shield; £123 Ambling Gate; £122 Rosehill; £121 Shortthorns; £120 Stewart Shield Meadows; £120 Middle Farm; £120 Grain O Beck; £118 Burnfoot; £118 Glenhill; £117 Laneside; £117 Warden Hill; £115 Herdship Farm; £112 Allenheads; £112 Middle Farm; £112 Milescott; £110 Middle Farm
Cheviot Mule
£126 Randalholme.
Swaledale
£100 Stobby Lea; £90 Stewart Shield Meadows; £90 White Hill; £89 Glenhill; £88 Nookton; £88 South Wellhope; £88 Billing Shield; £88 White Hill; £87 Stewart Shield Meadows; £85 Lilswood Grange; £85 Agars Hill; £85 Shittlehopeside; £85 Stobby Lea; £84 Cronkley; £84 Glenhill; £83 Lilswood Grange; £83 Eastgate House; £82 Glenwhelt; £82 White Hill; £81 Agars Hill; £81 Ouston; £81 Glenhill; £80 Stewart Shield Meadows; £78 Low Huntwell; £74 Low Huntwell; £74 Goldhill; £73 Shittlehopeside; £72 Shittlehopeside; £72 Stobby Lea; £70 Glenwhelt; £70 Stobby Lea
Blackface
Herdwick
£80 Redburn