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On Monday Penrith & District Farmers’ Mart LLP held their fortnightly Sale of 100 Store Cattle & Feeding Bulls.
A seasonal show of store cattle sold to some unbelievable returns, with a whole sale average of £1155.88 being achieved.
The sale topped at £1665 for a dairy-bred British Blue heifer from Messrs JG & RW Nevinson, High House Farm, Pica, purchased by Mr R Dickinson. This consignment of cattle averaged £1571.67. Dairy-bred bullocks from the same home achieved £1555, bought by Mr D Barker.
Rough cut Limousin bullocks, twenty-four-months-old, straight off the grass achieved £1525 from Messrs AJ Glendinning, Dacre Banks Farm.
Fourteen-month-old Beef Shorthorn bullocks from Messrs P & J Bailey, Far Bank End, realised £1075, bought by Mr D Barker.
A pen of Belted Galloway bullocks, over-thirty-month-old and straight off the fell sold for £1005 from Messrs CA & JR Brown, Deepdale Hall.
Our next sale of feeding bulls and store cattle of all classes is on Monday 18th July, entries close noon Monday 11th July.
Leading Prices
Store Heifers
British Blue - £1665 High House Farm (Nevinson); £1245, £1225, £1155, £1140, £1135 (3), £1095 (2). £1085, £1075 Arnold House; £1185 Sleddale Hall
Limousin - £1495 High House Farm (Nevinson); £1385 (2), £1365, £1295, £1185 Dacre Banks Farm; £1265 Arnold House; £1165, £1155, £1145, £1095 Hollins Farm; £1155 Sleddale Hall; £1035 (2) Town Head (Mounsey)
Aberdeen Angus - £1355 Bloan Farm; £1125 Park Head (Hird); £1075 Demesne
Simmental - £1115 Bloan Farm
Beef Shorthorn - £1045 Far Bank End
Store Bullocks
Limousin - £1555 High House Farm (Nevinson); £1525 Dacre Banks Farm; £1255, £1245 (2) Denense; £1095 Arnold House; £1085 Town Head (Mounsey)
Hereford - £1275 Dacre Banks Farm
British Blue - £1255 Dacre Banks Farm; £1215 (2) Park Head (Hird); £1175 Arnold House
Aberdeen Angus - £1215 Park Head (Hird); £1095 Demesne
Beef Shorthorn - £1075 Far Bank End
Belted Galloway - £1005 Deepdale Hall