Hoggets average £89 at Kington

More than 200 sheep were forward at Kington auction last week with hoggets averaging 203p/kg and averaging £89 a head.

Hoggets between 38kg and 43kg which were of export specification and were sort after and fetched premium prices averaging a good 208p/kg. Heavier hoggets between 44kg and 47kg averaged a good 200p/kg. Hoggets over 48kg also sold well averaging 1.90p/kg and up to £101 a head.

Lambs sold to £101 a head for some 55kg lambs from Dudley Williams.

Some 39kg hoggets from C E Jones made £84, 40kg hoggets from P C Brigg made £85.20, 42kg hoggets from C R Evans made £86.10, 45kg hoggets from R J Harris made £90, 48kg hoggets from A Layton made £93.20, 52kg hoggets from D Williams made £97, 54kg hoggets from J W Lloyd and Sons made £97.80

There was a good entry of 300 cull ewes selling to another excellent trade. Ewes sold to a top of £123 with some Texel ewes from P J and C S Barrell and all the ewes averaged an excellent £86 a head with many hill ewes forward. Tups sold to a good trade with a top of £100 and to average £88 a head. Cull ewes included a large proportion of thinner mule ewes and smaller hill ewes.

(McCartneys)