The packed pens at Lazonby’s annual Alston Moor sale, once again the largest single sale of North of England Mule gimmer lambs in the country..Credit Wayne Hutchinson, Farm Images THE livestock auction marts may be living through unusual times with the Covid-19 restrictions, but the pandemic failed to impact of the North of England Mule Sheep Association’s high profile 2020 gimmer lamb sales season. Some 149,000 NEMSA-tagged ewe lambs, 2,000 up on the previous year, were successfully sold this autumn at official annual sales staged by northern auction marts – and in every single instance averages were not only up across the board, but also well up in most cases.