Penrith & District Farmers’ Mart LLP held its weekly sale of 2,344 prime lambs and 504 lightweight hoggs and lambs, bringing the total prime sheep entry to 2,848 head.
Another outstanding day’s trading at Penrith Auction saw 2,344 lambs forward, averaging £156.49 per head—£15 more than the corresponding week last year—and a whole sale average of 331p/kg.
Heavy sheep looked set to become harder to sell earlier in the week, but there was no let-up today, with prices as strong as we have seen for several weeks.
The day’s trade topped at 439p/kg for a superb 41kg lamb from R A Crichton, Rottington Hall, which realised £180. Numerous pens sold for more than 400p/kg. The top price per head was £210 for 61kg Texel lambs from R W & G Dickinson, High Knipe.
A number of lambs sold for more than £200. Mr M G Hunter, Oaklands, sold a cracking pen of 14 Texel lambs, weighing 62kg and realising £207 per head. Suffolk lambs topped at £198 for 58kg from W J Whitfield, Pennine View, while the Bindloss family, Shap Abbey, sold 44kg Suffolk lambs for £158, or 360p/kg. Numerous vendors averaged more than £170 for their entire run of lambs this week.
P E & M A Holmes sold 15 lambs to average £185.93, with Mr M G Hunter close behind, selling 40 to average £184.73. The prices below are well worth a read: sheep continue to sell exceptionally well, supported by an active ringside of 11 buyers competing for your stock. Please do not hesitate to get in touch.
Our next sale will be held on Wednesday 9th September. Please advise entries to Paul Gardner on 07552 589141 or Andrew Maughan on 07717 611952.
Leading Prices
Prime Lambs £/head
Texel - £210, £176, £175 High Knipe; £208, £186, £180, £177 Clea Mire; £208 Old Parks; £207, £187 Oaklands; £206 Street; £198, £188 Plantation View; £198 Street Head (Wilson); £192 Morton Sceugh; £191 Church Street; £190 Clifton Moor Farm; £190 Tilery Farm; £184 Salkeld Road; £182, £180 Sycamore Rise; £180, £178 Milburn Grange; £178, £175 Hermitage; £178 Glebelands; £178 Broomhill Farm; £178 Hesket House; £176 (2), £175 Thorneyland; £176 Rottington Hall; £176 Fowrass; £175 Willimoteswick Farm
Beltex - £208 Mill Farm; £188 Gale Croft; £184 (2), £172 Glebelands; £182 (3), £170 Thorneyland; £182 Church Street; £180, £178, £171 High Knipe; £180, £178, £170 Rottington Hall; £180, £170 Crossfell House; £180 Shap Abbey; £178, £172 (2), £170 (2) Hollands; £174 Sycamore Rise; £172 Clea Hall; £172 Milburn Grange; £170 Foxton Farm
Zwartbles - £200, £170 Ormside Lodge
Suffolk - £198 (2), £184 (2), £182 Hesket House; £198 Pennine View; £195, £172 Tilery Farm; £194, £180 Low Row; £186, £179, £170 Mellgates; £186 Street Head (Wilson); £182, £172 Braithwaite Mill; £178 High Knipe; £178 Sceugh Dyke; £176 Stackyard House; £176 South View; £174, £172, £170 Willimoteswick Farm; £174 Scales Farm (Pollock); £174 Crossfell House
Continental - £198, £184 (2) Holme House; £195 Sceugh Dyke; £192 Hesket House; £180 Currah Close
Dutch Spotted - £198, £190 Holme House
Cheviot - £167 Nook Farm; £164, £163, £162 Clifton Moor Farm
Charollais - £164 Manister Road
Mule - £163 Harbour Flatt; £144 South Field Farm
Prime Lambs p/kg
Beltex – 439.0, 405.0, 396.0 Rottington Hall; 430.0 Milburn Grange; 419.0 Shap Abbey; 418.0, 400.0, 391.0 Glebelands; 414.0, 387.0, 379.0 Thorneyland; 405.0, 393.0 Foxton Farm; 400.0, 380.0 Gale Croft; 390.0, 386.0, 381.0, 374.0 (2) Hollands; 390.0, 379.0 Green Farm; 389.0, 373.0 High Knipe; 378.0 Sycamore Rise
Texel – 398.0, 373.0 (2), 364.0 Clea Mire; 391.0 Sycamore Rise; 387.0 Glebelands; 386.0, 363.0, 359.0 Ratten Castle; 381.0 Thackwood; 379.0, 376.0, 357.0 Hermitage; 378.0, 364.0 Foxton Farm; 374.0, 367.0 Thorneyland; 371.0 Huntly Lodge Farm; 367.0 (2), 355.0 Rottington Hall; 367.0 Milburn Grange; 364.0 Sandhills; 363.0 Glebelands; 362.0 Drovers Cottage; 357.0 Oaklands; 356.0 Howe Farm; 355.0 Braithwaite Mill; 355.0 Gale Croft
Suffolk – 359.0, 336.0 Shap Abbey; 350.0, 339.0 (2) Foxton Farm; 348.0 Rottington Hall; 344.0 Huntly Lodge Farm; 342.0 Tilery Farm; 341.0 Pennine View; 340.0, 335.0, 333.0 Willimoteswick Farm; 340.0 High Wreay Farm; 338.0 South View; 338.0 Mellgates; 337.0, 335.0, 330.0 (2) Hesket House; 336.0, 334.0, 333.0 Low Row; 335.0 Lea Croft; 335.0 Crossfell House; 332.0, 330.0 Street Head (Wilson); 331.0 Tilery Farm; 331.0 Braithwaite Mill; 331.0 Silver Howe Farm; 330.0 High Knipe
Continental – 347.0, 341.0 Holme House; 343.0 Hesket House; 340.0 Nook Farm
Dutch Spotted – 345.0, 322.0 Holme House
Cheviot – 333.0 Nook Farm; 331.0 High Harberwain; 330.0 West Hot Bank
Charollais – 328.0 Manister Road; 323.0 (2) Thackwood
Mule – 313.0 Harbour Flatt
Scotch Blackfaced – 312.0 Mellgates
Penrith & District Farmers Mart
03/09/2026