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Dec
21
2020

Prime Sheep 211220

Posted 3 years 120 days ago ago by Penrith Mart

On Monday Penrith & District Farmers’ Mart LLP held their weekly sale of 3,932 prime sheep, comprising 2,078 prime lambs & 1,854 cast ewes & rams.

A commercial show of lambs was forward with the trade exceeding this morning’s expectations.

The sale topped at 272ppk for a pen of 36kg Beltex cross Texel lambs from Grassknop Farm, realising £98 per head, purchased by Mr A Dawson.

Heavy lambs met a bonanza trade with plenty up £5 per head on the week. Messrs PD Hird, Broomhills, sold 48kg Suffolk lambs to £114 purchased by Mr M Bowe, this run of lambs averaged £106.67/202ppk.

M MacTaggart, Dunjop Farm, Castle Douglas, sold a run of 183 Texel and Scotch Mule lambs to average £103.34/205ppk for 50.5kg. A pen of eighteen 52kg Scotch Mule lambs realised £102, purchased by Mr J Tucker.

Messrs KJ & C Wilson, Wood Farm, sold a run of forty-one Texel cross Mule lambs, weighing 48kg to average 210ppk/£101.20.

Several extra buyers were forward to our cast ewe ring, this section topped at £178 per head for Texel ewes from Mr AJ Bell, Thethwaite Farm, purchased by Pak Mecca Meats, another pen of three Texel ewes from the same home realised £170 selling to Yorkshire Halal.

A ring full of fifteen Mule ewes sold to £98 per head from Green Farm, purchased by Pak Mecca Meats.

All classes are required for our next sale on Sunday 27th December at 9am. Please advise all entries to Andrew Maughan on 07717 611952.

Leading Prices
Prime Lambs p/kg
Texel – 272.0 & 245.0 Grassknop Farm; 256.0 & 250.0 Silverband; 254.0, 245.0 & 241.0 West View (Davidson); 248.0, 247.0, 245.0 & 221.0 Wreay Hall Farm; 247.0, 237.0, 234.0 & 221.0 Langton Gate; 245.0 & 233.0 Low House (Dickinson); 243.0 Ranbeck; 242.0 Undercragg; 237.0, 233.0 & 227.0 Dunjop Farm; 234.0 Thrang Crag; 223.0 & 220.0 Waterside House; 222.0 Park House (Henderson)
Continental – 244.0 Ranbeck; 230.0, 228.0, 225.0, 224.0, 223.0 & 221.0 Riverview; 230.0 & 221.0 Low Garth; 228.0 & 221.0 Hewer Hill; 220.0 Pennine View
Beltex – 242.0, 236.0 & 225.0 Town End (Sayer); 238.0 Silverband
Suffolk – 238.0 (2) Broomhill; 217.0 & 212.0 Hallgarth; 210.0 Dunjop Farm
Charollais – 217.0 Dunjop Farm
Jacob – 209.0 Gate Ghyll
Cheviot – 207.0 Riverview; 206.0 High Lodore Farm; 200.0 Chapel Farm
Mule – 207.0 Bluebell Cottage; 205.0 Town End (Sayer); 196.0 (2) Dunjop Farm; 195 (2) Cottage Farm; 195.0 Thrang Crag; 195.0 Town Head (Potter)
Swaledale – 188.0 & 180.0 Gate Ghyll; 186.0 Undercragg

Prime Lambs £/head
Suffolk - £114 (2), £106 & £100 Broomhill; £109 & £101 Dunjop Farm; £106 Riverview; £105 Waterside House; £104 & £103 Scales Farm (Pollock)
Texel - £110, £108, £107 & £103 Waterside House; £109, £102 & £100 Dunjop Farm; £108, £106 (2), £104 (2) & £100 Wreay Hall Farm; £107 & £103 Ranbeck; £105 (2) & £103 Silverband; £105 Low House (Dickinson); £105 Wood Farm (Wilson); £104 Undercragg; £104 Thrang Crag; £104 Hill Top; £103 & £100 Park House (Henderson); £102 High Lodore Farm; £100 Hewer Hill
Continental – £109, £107 & £104 Waterside House; £106, £105, £104 & £102 Dunjop Farm; £106 Riverview; £105 Ranbeck; £103 & £100 Park House (Henderson); £102 & £100 Hill Top; £102 Hewer Hill; £102 Pennine View; £100 Crossrigg
Cheviot - £105 Riverview
Beltex - £104 & £102 Town End (Sayer)
Mule - £102 & £98 Dunjop Farm; £99, £94 & £92 Waterside House; £90 Undercragg
Charollais – £102 Dunjop Farm
Swaledale – £80 Undercragg; £80 Gate Ghyll

Cast Ewes £/head
Texel – £178, £170, £150 (3), £124 & £120 Thethwaite Farm; £170, £136 & £115 Clifton Moor Farm; £165 Towiemore Farm; £163, £132, £130, £127, £118 & £116 Holme House; £130 Green Farm; £116 (2) Scales Hall (Hewetson); £116 Cottage Farm
Continental - £140 & £113 Holme House; £120, £107 & £106 Hewer Hill; £113 Green Farm; £109 & £102 Fawcett Park; £107 Crindledyke; £106 Thethwaite Farm; £106 Bluebell Cottage; £104 Drumreach Farm; £103 Scales Hall (Hewetson); £102 & £100 Riverview; £102 Town Head (Mounsey); £101 Towiemore Farm
Beltex - £140 Town End (Sayer); £112 Fawcett Park
Charollais - £140 & £110 (2) Holme House
Suffolk - £139, £120 & £109 Towiemore Farm; £116 & £105 Holme House; £115, £104 & £103 (2) Scales Hall (Hewetson); £105 Thethwaite Farm; £103 Fog Close; £102 Bluebell Cottage
Badger-faced - £104 Silverband
Mule - £98 & £83 Green Farm; £90 & £89 Kettleside Farm; £89 Galloway Lodge; £88 & £85 Castle Nook; £88 & £81 (2) Bluebell Cottage; £86 (2) Brewery House Barn; £85 & £81 Cottage Farm; £84 Silverband
Cheviot - £95, £89, £85, £84 & £83 Riverview; £90 Bluebell Cottage; £85 Castle Nook; £81 Drumreach Farm
Bluefaced Leicester - £92 Towiemore Farm
Scotch Blackfaced - £80 & £66 Towiemore Farm; £60 Riverview; £60 Huntley Lodge
Herdwick – £70 Towiemore Farm; £60 Chapel Farm; £54 Crook A Beck
Swaledale - £67 Castle Nook; £63 (2) Fawcett Park; £61 Crindledyke

Cast Rams £/head
Charollais - £140 (2) Holme House
Continental - £140, £125 & £110 Holme House
Suffolk - £118 Holme House; £98 Crindledyke
Texel - £110 Thethwaite Farm; £108 Penny Hill Park
Beltex - £103 Bluebell Cottage