| 2019-07-02 |    |
Kitson & Sons Secure Bentham Prime Lamb Champions
North of England butchers Kitson & Sons have snapped up both the champion and reserve champion pens at Bentham Auction Mart’s annual summer show and sale of Beltex and Texel prime lambs. (Wed, June 26)
They were purchased on behalf of Kitsons by the show judge, Mick Etherington, of Eldwick, who buys lambs at local auction marts for the award-winning butchers, whose latest acquisitions are again on sale at the Five Houses Farm Shop and Kitchen in Crathorne, along with three retail shops in Northallerton, Stockton-on-Tees and Hutton Rudby, along with its latest
Adam and Stephen Lawson with their Bentham summer prime lamb champions, which fell to Kitson & Sons Butchers.
The title-winning pen of five 41kg Beltex-cross lambs was shown by father and son, Stephen and Adam Lawson, who trade as J&A Lawson & Son at High Threaber Farm, Westhouse, Ingleton
They were knocked down to Kitson & Sons for £122 per head, who also went to £120.50 each to secure the reserve champion pen of five 40kg Beltex-cross lambs from brother and sister, Ben and Katie Thompson, of SR&PA Thompson at Newfield, Sedbergh.
The third prize pen of 39kg Beltex-cross lambs was consigned by father and son, Richard and Jonathan Frankland, of Frankland Farms in Rathmell, which recently hosted NSA North Sheep 2019. They were purchased for £103 per head by Simon Heather, buying on behalf of Oldham wholesale butchers, J&R Fitton Ltd.
A total of 2,237 prime lambs were penned for sale, producing an overall average of 205.4p/kg, or £81.71.per head. Adam Lawson was also responsible for the day’s top price pen, 56kg Suffolk-cross lambs sold at £126.50 each to Worsley Wholesale Butchers in Dewsbury.
The Auctioneers were Richard Turner & Son at Bentham Auction Mart.
