There was a shortage of lambs at Caledonian Marts Ltd’s sale on Tuesday. 2,077 spring lambs, prime hoggets, cast ewes and tups were sold, but lambs were again short of buyers’ requirements, and more could have been sold to sellers’ advantage.
Spring lambs (132) averaged 285ppkg (+27p on the week) selling to 337p for three cracking Beltex lambs at 41.3kg from DS & RC Taylor, Easter Ochtermuthill and to £148 for a pair of 46kg lambs, also from Easter Ochtermuthill.
Hoggets had a good show forward for numbers, with well Theshed 38kg-50kg selling between 190-210ppkg.