Knighton Market saw an excellent sale of 720 store sheep on Friday, January 30, with strong buying support continuing for a yard of mainly longer-term hoggets.

Nicest Continental X lambs regularly sold for over £120, while longer-term sheep, including Welsh ram lambs, averaged £103.77 per head, with many selling around £100.

Top prices included £140 per head for Texel X ram hoggets from TJ Richards & Son, £134 for Texel X ram hoggets from AJ & IH Morris, and £131 for Texel X mixed hoggets from DM, MR & CM Price. Other pens of Texel X mixed hoggets sold at £130 per head, including stock from J Bright & Son and A Scatched.

Mule lambs reached £113 per head for a pen of Mule ram hoggets from P M Thomas, while Welsh ram hoggets sold to £110 per head for J & R Watkins. Welsh mixed hoggets sold to £106 per head for JW Bevan, with further Mule ram hoggets at £104 from P M Thomas.

Overall, large Continental X or Suffolk X hoggets sold between £125 and £140 per head, medium-sized Continental X or Suffolk X hoggets fetched £110–£125, and smaller or longer-term hoggets ranged from £70–£105 depending on size. Hillbred or Mule hoggets sold from £65 up to £113 per head depending on type and size.

The next sales at Knighton Market include late entries on Friday, February 6, and a sale of store cattle, cull cows, and store sheep on Friday, February 2o, with entries closing on February 12 at 5pm.

For more information, contact Katie Davies on 07817 474241, Jenny Layton Mills on 07867 522859, or the Knighton office on 01547 528621.