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Rearing Calves & Stirks 111220

On Friday Penrith & District Farmers’ Mart LLP held their fortnightly sale of 112 Rearing Calves and Stirks.

 

Our calf and stirk sale continues to strengthen each fortnight, with over forty buyers around the ringside and several new vendors taking advantage of demand.

 

The sale opened with a fantastic run of well-reared Simmental stirks out of Friesian cows from Messrs G & EA Harrison, Mount Clifton, topping the sale at £630 for a bullock purchased by Mr J Horn, Lazonby, with other six-month-old stirks regularly selling in excess of £550 from the same home.

 

Messrs Walsh, Bunkers Hill, sold a run of four-month-old British Friesian stirks to average a staggering £277, topping at £310, purchased by Messrs Musgrave, Hartlepool.

 

A run of five Limousin calves, eight-weeks-old, averaged £335 from Thackwood Farms, majority being heifers out of Holstein cows.  

 

Mr KJ Burne, High Barn, achieved an unbelievable trade for a run of eight to ten-week-old Limousin and British Blue calves, averaging £349 for mainly heifers.

 

Young Black & White calves from Messrs JH Capstick, Lockholme Hall, sold to a top of £270, purchased by Mr D Holgate.

 

Limousin cross British Friesian bull calves, four-weeks-old, from Messrs JD & F Wharton, Town Head Farm, Tebay, sold to £380 & £350 purchased by Mr P Bousfield.

 

We are seeing a very strong demand for five to ten-month old stirks with many customers going home empty-handed, quality Limousin and British Blue young calves are also in short supply and could be sold to premium prices.

Our next sale will be held at 10am on Friday 8th January 2021, please contact Andrew Maughan on 07717611952 to advise entries.

 

Leading Prices

 

Bull Stirks

Simmental - £630, £600, £590, £570, £560, £550, £540 (2), £530, £500 & £450 Mount Clifton

British Blue - £580 Mount Clifton, £450 Winter Crag

Limousin - £530 & £500 Greening

Hereford - £450 Mount Clifton

Black & White - £310, £290, £260 & £240 Bunkers Hill; £340, £260, £215 & £210 (2) Penny Hill Park

Shorthorn – £285 Bunkers Hill

 

Bull Calves

Limousin - £385, £375, £365 & £345 Lockholme Hall; £380 & £350 Town Head Farm (Wharton); £350 Thackwood Farm (Wilson)

British Blue – £370, £365 & £350 High Barn

Black & White - £270 Lockholme Hall; £165, £145 & £135 Low Moor Dyke; £75 Penny Hill Park

Aberdeen Angus - £250, £240, £230, £220 & £200 (2) Bramery

 

Heifer Stirks

British Blue - £480 Mount Clifton, £460 (3) & £450 Penny Hill Park

Limousin - £450 Greening

Simmental - £420, £415, £410 & £400 Mount Clifton

Hereford – £305 Penny Hill Park

 

Heifer Calves

British Blue - £375, £370, £365, £360 & £355 High Barn; £360 & £350 (2) The Ling

Limousin - £350 & £340 (2) Thackwood Farm (Wilson); £320 High Barn

Aberdeen Angus - £260 High Barn; £150 (3) Bramery

 

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