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On Wednesday Penrith & District Farmers’ Mart LLP held their weekly sale of 2,588 prime sheep, comprising of 788 prime lambs, 427 prime hoggs & 1,373 cast ewes & rams.

More than twice the number of lambs were forward on the week to an increased ringside of customers. A shortage of ¾ bred lambs were presented with these achieving some great returns.

The sale averaged an astounding £140.18, topping at £190 (317ppk) for 60kg Suffolk cross Texel lambs from Mr M Trotter, High Greenrigg Farm, Caldbeck, purchased by Jewitt Meat Company.

Heavy lambs achieved the dearest trade on the day, with Mr JD Johnson, Castle Bank, selling 48kg Texel cross lambs to £187 purchased by Mr R Skelton.

Holme House sold handy-weight Texel cross lambs, weighing 39kg, to £151 (387ppk) purchased by Yorkshire Halal.

Most orders were short of numbers today, with many more lambs needed on a weekly basis to fulfil buyers demand.

A very mixed show of hoggs was forward with meat still being very good to sell, Messrs T Armstrong & Sons, Sceugh Dyke, sold 57kg Continentals to £156, purchased by Mr R Skelton, with this run averaging £130.36.

Messrs R Noble, Murrah Hall, achieved 298ppk for 48kg Texel cross hoggs, realising £143, purchased by Mr N Lomax

Another bumper show of cast ewes and rams was forward to an extremely competitive ringside of buyers, with extra orders ensuring all classes were up on the week once again.

The sale topped at £210 for a pair of Texel ewes from Holme House, purchased by Pak Mecca Meat Ltd. A total of 215 ewes and rams sold in excess of £140, with a total of 247 Suffolk ewes averaging £131.57, topping at £160.

First-time customers, Mr TJ Ball, Darlington, sold a run of 94 commercial fat Texel cross Mule & Suffolk ewes to average a staggering £138.34.

Horned and Mule ewes achieved some cracking returns with a ring full of English Mules from Backmuir Livestock realising £122, purchased by Mr D Kemp. Swaledale ewes from Mr D Raine, Old Parks, achieved £106, purchased by Mr N Lomax. Scotch Blackfaced ewes averaged a staggering £94.40, topping at £110.
A pen of 10 Herdwick tup shearlings achieved £112 from Mr A Cleasby, Eamont Bridge, purchased by Mr J Linsley.

Cast rams still achieved some rare returns with Witton Farms realising £175 per head for a pen of Texels, purchased by S & S Meats.

Please advise entries for our sale next week to Andrew Maughan on 07717611952.

Leading Prices
Prime Lambs p/kg
Continental – 387.0, 350.0 Holme House; 375.0, 366.0, 359.0 Waterside Farm; 350.0, 341.0 Gaitsgill Hall; 350 Thackwood; 349.0, 341.0 (2) Wreay Hall Farm; 345.0 Low Row; 345.0 Currah Close; 342.0, 340.0 Tarn End; 342.0 Cottage Farm; 341.0 Howe Farm
Texel – 385.0, 357.0, 350.0 Mill Farm; 378.0, 350.0, 343.0 Ratten Castle; 376.0 Belvedene; 373.0, 351.0, 347.0 Currah Close; 367.0, 363.0 Castle Bank; 366.0, 357.0, 341.0 Mirkbooths; 363.0, 349.0, 341.0 Nelson Hill; 361.0 Low Row; 359.0, 342.0 Reagill Grange; 349.0 Luketon Stud; 348.0 High Greenrigg Farm; 345.0, 341.0 Colstons; 342.0 Oakdene; 340.0 Midtown Farm (Strong)
Beltex – 375.0 Low Row; 373.0 Gaitsgill Hall; 367.0 Holme House; 366.0, 365.0 New Rent Farm; 364.0 Barkbeth; 360.0 Lea Croft
Suffolk – 359.0 High Greenrigg Farm; 358.0, 334.0, 327.0, 326.0 Low Row; 350.0, 341.0 Sunnyside; 347.0, 341.0, 339.0 Holme House; 344.0, 343.0 Wreay Hall Farm; 340.0 Old Parks; 339.0, 330.0 Park Nook; 338.0 Mill Farm; 333.0 Reagill Grange; 331.0, 325.0 Sceugh Dyke; 331.0 Plumpton Foot; 326.0, 325.0 Midtown Farm (Strong); 326.0, 322.0 Lea Croft; 324.0 Ratten Castle; 323.0, 322.0 Cliburn Hall; 320.0 New Rent Farm
Charollais – 344.0 Thackwood; 343.0, 338.0, 336.0 (2) Holme House

Prime Lambs p/kg
Suffolk – £190, £165 High Greenrigg Farm; £170 Colstons; £167, £157, £154 Low Row; £167, £140 Tarn End; £163, £156, £140 Holme House; £163 Old Parks; £162, £143 Sceugh Dyke; £155, £151 Wreay Hall Farm; £150, £145 Midtown Farm (Strong); £142 Park Nook; £140 (2) Sunnyside; £140 Ratten Castle
Texel - £187, £167, £140 Castle Bank; £170, £155 (2) Tarn End; £167, £150 (2) Nelson Hill; £136, £145, £144 Midtown Farm (Strong); £162, £157, £144 Colstons; £155, £150, £144, £140 Ratten Castle; £154 Oakdene; £153, £149 Currah Close; £153 High Greenrigg Farm; £150 (2), £140 Mirkbooths; £150 (2), £140 Mill Farm; £143 Belvedene; £140 (2) Reagill Grange
Continental – £182 Gaitsgill Hall; £170, £154 Tarn End; £169 Currah Close; £159, £146 Thackwood; £158, £151, £150, £149 Holme House; £150 (3) Wreay Hall Farm; £150 (2) Waterside Farm; £149 Lea Croft; £145 Low Row
Beltex – £168 Gaitsgill Hall; £160, £146, £140 Barkbeth; £158, £150, £146, £140 New Rent Farm; £150 Low Row; £144 Lea Croft; £140 Tarn End
Charollais - £168, £142 Holme House; £149, £148 Thackwood

Prime Hoggs p/kg
Texel – 298.0, 282.0 Murrah Hall; 289.0, 273.0 Black Leases; 287.0 Hay Close
Continental – 295.0, 259.0, 256.0 Cottage Farm; 286.0 Black Leases; 276.0 Hay Close; 274.0, 261.0 Sceugh Dyke; 273.0, 263.0 (2), 258.0 Eamont Terrace; 271.0 Murrah Hall; 268.0 Rockholme
Scotch Blackface – 273.0 Black Leases
Cheviot – 264.0 Black Leases; 256.0 Murrah Hall
Suffolk – 255.0 Sceugh Dyke
Swaledale – 237.0 Cottage Farm
Herdwick – 236.0 Hay Close
Mule – 227.0 Brackenburgh Home Farm; 226.0 Tailbert

Prime Hoggs £/head
Continental - £156, £146, £130 (2) Sceugh Dyke; £142 Rockholme; £142 Eamont Terrace; £138 Murrah Hall; £135 (2), £130 Thwaite Hall
Texel - £143 Murrah Hall; £140 Eamont Terrace; £133 Black Leases; £130 North Netherscales
Suffolk - £140, £130 Sceugh Dyke
Scotch Blackfaced - £120 Black Leases
Beltex - £120 Murrah Hall
Mule - £112 Hazelrigg; £110 Sceugh Dyke
Herdwick - £106 Hay Close

Cast Ewes £/head
Continental (av £122.13) - £210 (2), £175 (2), £165, £145 (2) Holme House; £148, £140 Gate Farm; £148 Mill Farm; £146 Thethwaite Farm; £145 Waterside Farm; £144 Greenacres; £140 Dalvorich Cottage
Texel (av £134.24) - £190, £160, £146, £144 Greenacres; £175 (3), £155, £148 Cracrop Farm; £172 Gaitsgill Hall; £160 Backmuir Farm; £152, £148 Littlebeck; £149, £142 Holme House; £148 Thethwaite Farm; £145, £144 East Newbiggin Farm; £141, £140 Hay Close
Charollais (av £144.44) - £170 Witton; £154, £152, £139, £134 Holme House; £149 East Newbiggin Farm; £144 Thethwaite Farm
Beltex (av £122.67) – £166, £148 Elm House; £130 Cottage Farm; £124 Huntly Lodge Farm; £120 Highfield Farm
Suffolk (av £131.57) - £160, £143, £141, £138, £136 Holme House; £160 Parkdargue; £145 East Newbiggin Farm; £144 Greenacres; £142, £138, £136 Greening; £140 Gate Farm; £140 Sunnyside; £140 Witton; £139 Tarn End; £138 Croft House; £137 Luketon Stud; £136 (2) Grassknop Farm
Zwartble (av £108.71) - £138 Gate Farm; £114 Dalvorich Cottage
Cheviot Mule (av £126.82) - £136, £135, £130, £124 Gate Farm
Bluefaced Leicester (av £126.60) - £135, £122 Old Parks; £128 Holme House
Cheviot (av £98.91) - £133, £116, £105, £100 Greenacres; £128, £118 Gate Farm; £118 Backmuir Farm; £114 Eamont Terrace; £114 Hay Close
Bleu-du-Maine - £124 Penny Hill Park
Mule (av £109.13) - £122, £117 Backmuir Farm; £120, £119 Lea Croft; £119, £111 Newton Rigg; £117 Holme House; £116, £115, £110 Cottage Farm; £116 Greening; £115 Kettleside Farm; £115 Greenacres; £115 Hay Close; £114 Longlands; £113 Parkdargue; £113 Gate Farm; £112 Tailbert; £112 East Newbiggin Farm
Jacob – £122 Backmuir Farm
Herdwick - £112 Eamont Terrace; £84 Cottage Farm; £84 Howe Farm
Scotch Blackfaced (av £94.40) - £110 Greenacres; £102, £94 Huntly Lodge Farm; £99 Tarn End; £96 Barkbeth
Masham - £108 Cottage Farm
Swaledale (av £84.31) - £106, £95 Old Parks; £104 Ghyll House; £104 Greenhow; £102 Eamont Terrace; £94 Cottage Farm; £90 Burtree Ford

Cast Rams £/head
Texel - £175 Witton
Continental - £169, £150 Holme House
Suffolk - £160 East Newbiggin Farm; £142 Holme House
Bluefaced Leicester - £132 Old Parks; £130 Highfield Farm
Cheviot - £117 Greenacres
Swaledale - £100 Greenhow