On Wednesday Penrith & District Farmers’ Mart LLP held their weekly sale of 2,866 Cast Ewes & Rams. A very similar trade on the week with the trade consistent throughout the sale, with £300 being achieved on several occasions firstly from A M Connon & Son, Skilmafilly Farm, Aberdeenshire with 3 Texel Ewes, who’s run of 42 averaged a very hot £215.95. Secondly to Mr P Baker, Lincolnshire with both Charollais and Texel Ewes all selling to Romford Halal. The same home sold a ringful of 25 best English Mules to £188 selling to Mr A Dawson, with two further pens to £170 x 18 & 22. Horned ewes were forward in good numbers with Mr D Raine, Old Parks topping the Swales at £118 with larger pens to £110 x 10, £110 x 25, £108 x 15, £102 x 18. Monster Blackies topped at £146 with larger ewes off grass to £120 x 18, £116 x 35, £115 x 14, £110 x 16, £109 x 44. Cast Rams topped at a mighty £218 for a Wensleydale from E L Sherwin, Bedale, North Yorkshire. Leading Prices Cast Ewes £/head Texel (av £195.70) - £300 (2), £250, £225 Skilmafilly Farm; £295, £240, £228, £224, £216, £200 Shethin Farm; £285, £232, £216 Clea Hall; £275, £198 Huntly Lodge Farm; £255, £235, £192 Lansmere; £246 Wetheriggs Farm Cottage; £244, £204 Far Broom; £220 Sandhills; £218 (2) Fawcett Park; £218, £216 Green Farm (Hodgson); £218, £208 Hewer Hill; £214 (2), £198 Drumreach Farm; £196 Low Garth; £190 West Stobswood Farm; £190 Hole Farm Continental (av £161.43) - £300, £290, £265 (2), £234, £232, £228, £220, £198 (2), £191 Glebe Cottage; £280, £196 Green Farm (Hodgson); £270, £190 Huntly Lodge Farm; £250, £248, £240, £214, £204, £200, £190 Skilmafilly Farm; £234, £214, £200 (2) Home Farm (Coupland); £212, £196 (2), £191 West Stobswood Farm; £210 Clea Mire; £210 Hewer Hill; £206 Lower Gate Farm; £204 Inglewood Edge; £200 Wayside Cottage; £194 Drumreach Farm; £192 School Hill; £190 Far Broom Charollais (av £196.00) - £300 Glebe Cottage; £196 Shethin Farm Beltex (av £226.07) - £275, £216 Far Broom; £248, £244, £198 West Stobswood Farm; £232, £218 Green Farm (Hodgson); £224 Clea Hall; £218 Low Garth; £200 Riggshield Blue Texel (av £198.89) - £265, £235, £220, £200 Wayside Cottage Suffolk (av £171.36) - £218 Skilmafilly Farm; £214 Lower Gate Farm; £213, £192 Glebe Cottage; £212 Huntly Lodge Farm; £200 West Stobswood Farm; £198, £192 Shethin Farm; £198 Lansmere; £191 Home Farm (Coupland); £190 (2) Green Farm (Hodgson) Bluefaced Leicester (av £154.83) - £200 Tarn House; £196 Glebe Cottage Wensleydale - £200, £174, £168 Longwool Lodge Mule (av £141.17) - £188, £170 (2), £162, £158, £152 Glebe Cottage; £182 Gale Hall; £168 Hosremoor Hills; £158 East Newbiggin Farm; £156 Hewer Hill; £156 Green Farm (Hodgson); £155, £151 Home Farm (Coupland); £155 Sandhills; £154 Huntly Lodge Farm; £152 Low Garth; £152 Waterside House Cheviot (av £113.88) - £180 Lansmere; £168, £151 Glebe Cottage; £162 Huntly Lodge Farm; £162 Fawcett Park; £160, £150 Hole Farm; £154, £150 Shethin Farm; £150, £142, £140 West Stobswood Farm; £142 (2) Clea Hall Half-Bred - £174 Drumreach Farm Cheviot Mule (av £141.86) - £157 Lansmere; £150 Highrigg Kerry - £150 Drumreach Farm Easycare (av £125.31) - £143 East Newbiggin Farm Zwartble - £142 Rietfontein Jacob – £120 Glebe Farm; £106 (2) Huntly Lodge Farm Swaledale (av £97.72) - £118 Old Parks; £112 Low Mill; £111 Moory Lea Farm; £110 Gale Hall; £110 Hollins Farm; £108, £100 Fawcett Park; £102 Horsemoor Hills; £102 Ranbeck; £98 Riggshield Herdwick (av £82.03) - £99 Middle Fell Farm; £98 Knott Houses; £95 Clea Hall Shetland – £98, £70 Shethin Farm; £80 Greenacres Scotch Blackfaced (av £100.35) - £146 Glebe Cottge; £124 Shethin Farm; £120, £106 Parkdargue; £116, £109, £100 Bogie Street; £115 Huntly Lodge Farm; £110, £108 (2), £101, £100 West Stobswood Farm; £100 Ireshope Plains Cast Rams £/head Wensleydale - £218 Longwool Lodge Texel - £215 Shethin Farm Zwartble – £205 Rietfontein Suffolk - £190 Belvedene Bluefaced Leicester - £185 Low Snab

On Wednesday Penrith & District Farmers’ Mart LLP held their weekly sale of 2,875 Prime Lambs. A bigger entry of 2,875 prime lambs was forward with a far superior trade than pre-sale predictions. A whole sale average of 313ppk or 335sqq or £151.60 per head. 1,990 of the lambs on show were in excess of 46kg. Topping todays trade at 443ppk came for a pen of 3 Beltex’s weighing 42kg achieving £186 from Messrs M Bindloss & Son, Shap Abbey, closely following at 442ppk with a Beltex lamb weighing 38kg, realising £168 from Messrs R Hall & Son, Inglewood Edge. Top price per head of £198 came for a pen of 5 Texel lambs weighing 65kg, from M/s JG & DH Nevinson, High House Farm, this homes run of 29 sold to average £189.38. Suffolk lambs topped today at £195 for 2 weighing 68kg from Messrs D G & L M Strong Ltd, Sleagill House. The Bindloss Family sold Suffolk lambs to 340ppk for a pen weighing 45kg achieving £153. Messrs T Armstrong, Sceugh Dyke sold a pen of Mule lambs to 296ppk for 50kg receiving £148. M/s JC Robinson, Black Leases sold their run of 60 Mule lambs to average 53kg achieving £155.30. Inside fed sheep really reaped the rewards this week. More are needed to fill demand here in Penrith. More sheep can be sold to vendors’ advantage. Please advise entries to Paul Gardner on 07552 589141, or Andrew Maughan on 07717611952. Leading Prices Prime Lambs £/head Texel - £198, £190 (2), £186, £180 High House Farm; £192 Glebe Cottage; £190, £188, £175, £171 Sleagill House; £188 Clifton Moor Farm; £184 Brocklebank Farm; £180 (2), £175, £170 Ireby Hall; £180, £178 Hall Bank; £180 Hewer Hill; £179 Park House; £178 Newbiggin Farms; £178 Inglewood Edge; £178 High Knipe; £177 Pear Tree House; £176 Silverband; £175 Waterside House; £174 Hewer Hill Cottage; £174 Glebe Cottage; £170 Low Row; £170 Glaslyn House; £170 Rottington Hall; £170 Fowrass; £170 (2) Hole House Farm Suffolk - £195, £189, £187, £171 Sleagill House; £186 Highrigg; £180, £171, £168 (2) Brocklebank Farm; £186, £164 Jacksonrigg Farm; £179, £167 Low Abbey; £179 Gaitsgill Hall; £176, £162 Rottington Hall; £171 Towcett Farm; £171 Heatherbrae; £170, £168 Nether House Farm; £170, £162 East Cliff; £170 Cape Farm; £170 Low Row; £167, £164 South View; £165 Scales Farm; £162 West End; £162 Pear Tree House; £162 Inglewood Edge; Mule - £190 Brocklebank Farm; £170, £155 Nether House Farm; £158 (2) Low Mill; £158, £154 (2) Black Leases, £154 Low Row Beltex - £188 Stoneybeck Farm; £186, £185, £180, £175, £170 (2) Shap Abbey; £178, £172, £171, Waterside House; £174 Riggshield; £174 Black Leases; £173, £172 High Knipe; £173 Inglewood Edge; £172, £170 (2) Woodfoot; £170 Home Farm; £170 Clifton Moor Farm; Continental - £172, £158, £154 Sceugh Dyke; £160, £156 Gaitsgill Hall; £154 Shap Abbey; Cheviot Mule - £166, £165, £151 Low Abbey Blueface Leicester - £160 Tarn House Cheviot - £155 Low Abbey; £150 High Knipe; £147 Gall Farm; £145 Clifton Moor Farm Badgerface - £150 Inglewood Edge Prime Lambs p/kg Beltex – 443.0, 362.0 (2) Shap Abbey; 442.0, 395.0, 393.0 Inglewood Edge; 415.0, 395.0, 385.0, 364.0 Home Farm; 413.0 Moory Lea Farm; 411.0, 405.0, 398.0, 391.0, 364.0 Shap Abbey; 405.0, 400.0 Woodfoot; 405.0 Black Leases; 402.0 High Knipe; 390.0, 389.0 Noth Gill Bank; 386.0 Riggshield; 381.0 Glebe Cottage; 376.0 Green Farm; 366.0 Bank House; 363.0 Hopper Hill Texel – 386.0, 362.0, 351.0 Bank House; 373.0 Glaslyn House; 370.0 Sandhills; 365.0 Shethin Farm; 363.0 Hewer Hill; 360.0 Nook Farm; 359.0 Clifton Moor Farm; 355.0, 353.0, 347.0 Old Wall; 354.0 Home Farm; 352.0, 349.0 Ranbeck; 351.0 (2) Clea Mire; 350.0 Bromley Green; 349.0 Woodfoot; 347.0 The Wreay (Graham); 346.0 Lower Gate Farm; 344.0 Green Farm; 343.0 Jacksonrigg Farm; 342.0 Newbiggin Farm; 341.0 Glebe Cottage; 340.0 Reservoir Farm Cheviot – 358.0 Gall Farm; 344.0, 323.0, 307.0 High Lodore; 306.0 High Knipe; 302.0 Clifton Moor Continental – 344.0 Gall Farm; 341.0 Haltcliffe Bridge; 340.0 Shap Abbey Suffolk – 340.0, 304.0 Shap Abbey; 318.0 Rottington Hall; 313.0, 304.0 Low Abbey; 313.0 Hall Bank; 309.0, 306.0 Hay Close; 308.0, 303.0 Gaitsgill Hall; 307.0 Nook Farm; 306.0, 305.0, 304.0, 302.0 Jacksonrigg Farm; 306.0 Highrigg; 306.0 Inglewood Edge; 305.0, 304.0 Brocklebank Farm; 305.0, 302.0 Sleagill House; 305.0 Park Head (Hird); 304.0 Low Abbey; 304.0 West End; 304.0 Thorneycroft Blackfaced - 318.0 Gall Farm Mule – 316.0 Reservoir Farm; 302.0 Brocklebank Farm; 296.0 Sceugh Dyke; 296.0 Low Row; 293.0 (2) Low Mill (Flemming & Wilson); 293.0, 291.0 (2) Black Leases; 292.0 Sceugh Dyke; 292.0 Nether House Farm; 291.0 Tarn House; 291.0 Skirling Mains Farm Cheviot Mule – 307.0 Fowrass; 298.0, 296.0 Low Abbey

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💥Input lot for this saturday at Newark!💥 🚛Mercedes Aroc 3243 8x4 tipper/blower wagon. Full list of spec in the pictures. 📍Newark live sale This saturday For enquiries contact Andrew maughan on 07717611952 or Paul Gardner on 07552589141

💥 Private Sale 💥 🔸️ 2 Texel and Suffolk Stock Rams 💷 £285 📍 Collection Penrith Auction Mart ☎️ For any further information please Contact Andrew Maughan on 07717 611952

🐮 🐑 🐮 🐑 🐮 🐑 🐮 🐑 🐮 🐑 🐮 🐑 🐮 🐑 🐮 🐑 Both of the catalogues are now online for our sales of Store Cattle and Store Lambs, both the be held on Monday 15th December. 📕 https://www.penrithauction.com/Sales-Catalogues