💥 Private Sale 💥 🔸️ 8 Texel x Gimmer Shearlings 💷 £235 📍 Collection Penrith Auction Mart ☎️ For any further information please Contact Andrew Maughan on 07717 611952

💥 Private Sale 💥 🔸️ 49 Cheviot Mule Gimmer Shearlings 💷 £265 📍 Collection Penrith Auction Mart ☎️ For any further information please Contact Andrew Maughan on 07717 611952

🔥SOLD🔥 💥 Private Sale 💥 🔸️ 40 Mule Gimmer Shearlings 💷 £235 📍 Collection Penrith Auction Mart ☎️ For any further information please Contact Andrew Maughan on 07717 611952

Penrith & District Farmers Mart LLP held its opening sale of 600 store lambs on Monday. It was a fantastic opening sale, with no shortage of buyers ringside to purchase stock. Many buyers reported that sheep were £5–£10 dearer than at the previous week’s sales. The day’s trade topped at £138 for an outstanding pen of 18 Texel-cross lambs from J T Little, Ennerdale. Suffolk lambs reached £135 for a pen of four from Mr M R W Bell, Chesterwood. A small selection of Mules sold to £102 for a pen of 15, while a further pen of 35 from the same holding realised £98. Numerous other pens sold to £100. Top consignment averages: • £133 from J T Little, Ennerdale, for 26 • £120.50 from Mr D A Race, Burnthwaite, for 56 • £119.33 from Andrew Spence Farming for 30 • £118.32 from M/s J R Jackson, Scales Hall, for 22 • £118.23 from Mr S D Lambert, Kitridding Farm, for 40 Our next sale will be held on Monday 17th August. Entries close at noon on Monday 10th August. For enquiries, please contact Paul Gardner on 07552 589141. Leading Prices Texel - £138, £122 Ennerdale; £135, £120 Kitridding Farm; £124, £121, £108, £106, £105, £94 West View; £108 Folly Lane; £ Suffolk - £135, £114, £108 Chesterwood Farmhouse; £126, £118 Scales Hall; £118 Grasvegas; £118 Fryup End Farm. Continental - £131, £110, £109, £94, £82 Holmewood; £130, £114, £90 Kitridding Farm; £125, £118 Burnthwaite; £124 (2), £108 High Head Chapel; £122, £92, £88 Plumpton Foot; £120, £118 Low Brooms Farm; £119 (2), £117, £90 Scales Hall; £115 Grasvegas; £109, £98 Grandy Close; £108, £100 Chesterwood Farmhouse; £84 Greystoke Road. Cheviot - £108 Chesterwood Farmhouse. Mule - £102, £98 Wythop Hall; £100 Chesterwood; £100 Midtown Farm; £80, £36 Holmewood.

On Monday, Penrith & District Farmers’ Mart LLP held their fortnightly sale of 126 store cattle. A superb show of quality stock met an exceptionally strong trade, with demand evident across all classes and prices continuing to rise. Leading the day’s trade at £2,515 was an outstanding 24-month-old Limousin-cross bullock from regular supporters Messrs M Ridsdale & Son, Yew Tree Farm. The same home also topped the heifer section, selling a Limousin-cross heifer for £2,365. Messrs S & W Maughan, Street House, sold a tremendous run of 24-month-old Aberdeen Angus bullocks, topping at £2,435 for a pair. Their impressive consignment of 11 bullocks averaged £2,302. Messrs J C Thwaites & Co, Thorneycroft, sold dairy-bred British Blue bullocks to £2,305. Messrs M A Crocker, Town End, sold 14-month-old Limousin heifers to £1,925 for a pen of three. With trade remaining exceptionally strong, greater numbers are required for our next sale on Monday 17th August. Take advantage of the current buoyant market by entering your cattle now. Entries close strictly at 12 noon on Monday 10th August. Leading Prices - www.penrithauction.com/reports