Prime Sheep - 21.09.22
On Wednesday Penrith & District Farmers’ Mart LLP held their weekly sale of 5,375 prime sheep, comprising of 2,058 prime lambs & 3,317 cast ewes and rams.
A larger show of prime lambs was forward with an SQQ average of 258ppk. Topping at 331ppk from Messrs Gardner, Glebelands, Roweltown, with a pen of 42kg, Texel X Beltex lambs totalling £139 selling to Yorkshire Halal.
Over 34 pens sold in excess 3.00ppk with Messrs Lowis, Galloper Park leading the averages with a consignment of 36 Beltex X Texel’s, averaging 41.5kgs (£126.31/305ppk).
A sale average of £116.59 was achieved, topping at £150 for 47kgs Texel lambs from M/s W Gribbon & Co, Waterside Farm selling to Mr R Skelton.
A consignment of 49 Texel X Mule lambs from Messrs Lowis, Waterside, averaged 52kgs (£134/256ppk).
Suffolk lambs weighing 57kgs, from M Mactaggart, Dunjop Farm achieved £142, purchased by Mr N Lomax.
A mammoth show of cast ewes and rams were forward to a level trade from start to finish. Topping at £266 for a pair of Texel’s from S Armstrong & Son, Mooriggs selling to Mr R Skelton.
Heavy Suffolk X Texel’s achieved £155 per head from Holme House selling to Mr A Dawson. There was plenty of demand for ewes with weight, with mules topping at £127 from Messrs J & J K Spedding, Salter Hall Farm.
There was a shortage of horned ewes with weight and flesh seeing scotch blackfaced achieving £90 per head from Backmuir Livestock and Swaledales achieving £80, from Messrs N & AM Brough, Cotlands, Dumfries.
Leading Prices
Prime Lambs p/kg
Continental – 331.0, 318.0, 309.0 Glebelands; 327.0 Low Row; 317.0, 295.0, 293.0, 286.0 Woodfoot; 313.0, 309.0, 282.0 Birks Head; 298.0, 283.0 Townhead Farm (Sowerby); 289.0 East Cliff; 286.0 Ravenwood; 284.0 Rowan Garth; 283.0 Asby Mill; 281.0 Galloper Park
Beltex –321.0, 310.0, 308.0, 305.0, 300.0, 290.0, 284.0 Grange Hall; 321.0, 307.0, 304.0 Milburn Grange; 310.0, 300.0, 293.0, 288.0, 285.0 Maisongill; 307.0, 300.0 Reagill Grange; 305.0, 291.0 High Knipe; 293.0, 281.0 Low House (Dickinson); 286.0 Inglewood Edge; 286.0 Low Abbey
Texel – 320.0, 319.0, 300.0 Waterside Farm; 319.0 (2), 315.0, 295.0, 284.0 Low Row; 317.0, 312.0, 309.0, 305.0, 303.0 Galloper Park; 312.0 High Moss; 300.0 Waterside House; 296.0 Dunjop Farm; 288.0 Wreay Hall Farm; 284.0, 281.0 Green Farm (Mattinson); 282.0, 281.0 Ravenwood; 280.0 Reagill Grange; 280.0 Low Abbey
Charollais – 305.0 Barkbeth
Suffolk – 252.0, 246.0, 244.0 East Cliff; 252.0, 240.0 Hole House (Coulston); 249.0 Dunjop Farm; 248.0 Crindledyke; 247.0, 240.0 Shap Abbey; 247.0, 243.0 Plumpton Old Hall; 245.0, 243.0 Wreay Hall Farm; 243.0 Tilery Farm; 242.0, 241.0 Town Foot; 241.0 Mossknowe Farm
Cheviot – 249.0 Murrah Hall; 246.0, 241.0 Inglewood Edge
Prime Lambs £/head
Texel - £150, £137, £131, £129 Waterside Farm; £142, £135, £133, £130 Dunjop Farm; £142, £141, £132 (2) Ravenwood; £139, £138 (2), £129 Waterside House; £138 Stackyard House; £138, £134 (2) Wreay Hall Farm; £135, £131 (2) Haltcliffe Bridge; £135 Milburn Grange; £134 Longhurst; £133, £131, £130 Galloper Park; £133 Mooriggs; £129 Tara; £129 Green Farm (Mattinson)
Continental - £149 Irton House; £145, £144, £131 Birks Head; £140 Townhead Farm (Sowerby); £139, £133, £129, £217 Glebelands; £138, £126 Sceugh Dyke; £135, £130, £125 Mooriggs; £134, £130 Low Row; £130, £125 Dunjop Farm; £130, £129, £128, £126 Woodfoot; £128 Rowan Garth; £127 Wreay Hall Farm; £127 East Cliff; £126 Ravenwood
Beltex - £146, £138, £135 Milburn Grange; £137, £128 (2), £127 High Knipe; £135, £128, £126 (2), £125 Grange Hall; £131, £126 Inglewood Edge; £127 Low Abbey; £126 (2) Maisongill; £126 Reagill Grange; £125 Low House (Dickinson)
Suffolk - £142 Dunjop Farm; £135 Wreay Hall Farm; £131 Midtown Farm (Fisher); £131, £128 East Cliff; £126 Howrigg; £126 Shap Abbey; £126 Sceugh Dyke; £126 Hole House (Coulston)
Charollais - £134 Barkbeth
Cheviot - £123 Inglewood Edge; £117 Murrah Hall
Mule - £120 Sceugh Dyke
Cast Ewes £/head
Texel (av £136.11) - £266, £224, £140 (2) Mooriggs; £265 Greenacres; £260 Salter Hall; £260, £160 Huntly Lodge; £230, £155 Tarn End; £198, £168, £144 Backmuir Farm; £192, £160 (2) Holme House; £170, £140 Wreay Hall; £154 Glebelands; £150 (2) Haltcliffe Bridge; £140 Hewer Hill
Beltex (av £135.66) - £240 Inglewood Edge; £224 Shap Abbey; £180 Low Moor; £170, £142 Westlea; £160, £148, £145 Littlebeck; £150, £140 Haltcliffe Bridge
Continental (av £105.90) - £228, £202, £150 (2) Slealands; £224, £178, £150 Tarn End; £174, £158, £150 Holme House; £170 Low Moor; £165 Inglewood Edge; £162 Mid Farm; £160 High Oaks; £150 Backmuir Farm
Charollias (av £142.36) - £200 Mooriggs; £168, £150 Tarn End; £138 Farewell Grange
Suffolk (av £122.55) - £155, £140, £137 Holme House; £148, £138, £130 Huntly Lodge; £145, £138 Backmuir; £136 Cormeen Road; £134 Tarn End; £133 High Oaks; £131 Wreay Hall
Bluefaced Leicester (av £112.29) - £138 Holme House; £114 Stubsgill; £114 Backmuir Farm; £100 River View
Cheviot Mule (av £111.00) - £136, £116 Halleykes Farm; £112 River View
Mule (av £92.96) - £127, £118 Salter Hall; £120, £114, £108 Backmuir Farm; £117 Haltcliffe Bridge; £115 Cotland Farm; £112 Stubsgill; £110 Cormeen Road; £110 Bank End; £110 Halleykes Farm; £110 Sceugh Dyke; £109 Scales Farm
Cheviot (av £82.65) - £127, £95 (2) Holme House; £120 (2), £94 River View; £118, £110 Wickerslack; £110 Hole Farm; £108 Murrah Hall; £108 Inglewood Edge; £106 Cotland Farm; £106, £100, £97 Backmuir Farm; £105 High Drybarrows; £96 Brownrigg Hall; £94 Cormeen Road
Zwartble (£108.57) - £120, £110 Backmuir Farm; £110 River View
Scotch Blackfaced (av £66.98) – £90, £77 Backmuir Farm; £78 River View
Swaledale (av £56.65) - £80 Cotland Farm; £69 Hollins; £68 Scales Farm; £67 High Drybarrows; £67 High Beckside; £65 Manesty
Herdwick (av £37.03) - £72 The Hills
Cast Rams £/head
Continental - £150, £132 Holme House; £120, £115 Hesket House; £118 Rowan Garth
Beltex - £138 Farewell Grange; £130 Littlebeck
Texel - £130 River View; £110 Dairy House; £110 Holme House; £110 Backmuir Farm; £108 Dale Head
Cheviot - £125, £122 Backmuir Farm; £122 River View
Bluefaced Leicester - £124 Cotland Farm
Suffolk - £120 Holme House