Classes for Continental-x, Suffolk-x and Cheviot Mule gimmer lambs provided an enticing showcase of good quality lambs, with trade described as buoyant despite numbers being slightly down on last year. Jason Craddock, Flass Farm, Bolton-by-Bowland, which he runs with father, Roger, reclaimed the commercial gimmer lambs crown he won in 2023 after being knocked into second place last year. Flass Farm lambs around 300 each year and pure Texels are the base for everything they breed, with some females put to a Beltex tup. Third place went to Howard Barker, Fewston, for a pen of 10 Beltex-x gimmer lambs making £185. Two pens of Mule gimmer lambs from Jack Foster, Wigglesworth, sold for £132 and £120.