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On Wednesday Penrith & District Farmers’ Mart LLP held their opening sale of 3,083 prime sheep, comprising of 1,931 prime hoggs & 1,152 cast ewes & rams.

An unbelievable trade was witnessed today with an SQQ average of 262ppk being achieved for a large proportion of commercial hoggs.

The sale topped at 346ppk for 39kg Beltex hoggs from Messrs Tweddle, Haltcliffe Bridge, realising £135, purchased by Mr M Bowe.

Messrs R & JM Ridley, Ranbeck, sold an extremely good run of sixty-one well-fed Beltex cross hoggs to average £122.84/284ppk for 43kg.

Messrs RW & G Dickinson, High Knipe, sold a run of sixty-one Texel cross hoggs to average a staggering £124.18/82ppk for 44kg.

The sale averaged £111.62 overall, up £16 per head on the year, topping at £138 twice for 66kg Texel hoggs from Messrs JG & RW Nevinson & Son, High House Farm, purchased by Farmers Fresh, this run of hoggs averaged £128/233ppk for 55kg.

Messrs T Armstrong & Sons, Sceugh Dyke, averaged £123.93/239ppk for Suffolk cross Texel hoggs weighing 51.5kg.

Messrs Lowis, Waterside House, sold seventy-nine Texel cross and Mule hoggs to average £123.43/239ppk for 51kg, with a pen of nineteen 55kg Mule hoggs achieving £124, closely followed by a pen of 54kg at £123, purchased by Farmers Fresh.

Horned and hill sheep sold to some outstanding returns with Dale Head Farming Company selling forty-five Swaledale tup hoggs, weighing 44kg, to 223ppk/£98, purchased by Mr R Vivers.

Messrs J Ellwood & Partners sold a pen full of 46kg Mule hoggs to £111/241ppk, purchased by Mr R Vivers.

Messrs Rebanks, Racy Ghyll Farm, sold 41kg Herdwick hoggs to £95/232ppk purchased by Yorkshire Halal.

Messrs Wilson, Street Head, sold a run of forty-three well-fed Scotch Blackface hoggs to average £104.93/244ppk for 43kg, topping at £111 for 45kg.

Messrs Iredale, Greenbank Farm, sold a pen full of 34kg Cheviot hoggs to £89/261ppk, purchased by Mr N Lomax.

All classes of hoggs are required for our sale next week with demand strengthening all the time.
Cast ewes and rams met the dearest trade of the season with an overall average of £93.38 being achieved, up £8 per head on the week.

The sale topped at £199 for a Texel ewe from Mr JA Brownrigg, The Croft, purchased by Mr J Tucker, this run of ewes averaged £153.42.

Mr JJ Crichton, Loughrigg, sold a run of Texel cross ewes to average £179.80, topping at £198 purchased by Pak Mecca Meats. Suffolk ewes, from the same home, achieved £150 purchased by Lancashire Direct.

Messrs T & J Airey, New Grange Farm, sold a run of twenty-eight Texel ewes to average a staggering £151.25, topping at £186 purchased by Pak Mecca Meats.

Scotch Mule ewes sold to £111 from Foley Brothers, Capheaton, purchased by Yorkshire Halal. English Mules achieved £110 per head from Messrs Jenkinson, Clifton Moor Farm.

Horned ewes achieved some phenomenal prices with numerous pens of Swaledales achieving in excess of £75 and Herdwick ewes topping at £77 from Green Farm, Shap.

Cast rams also seen a large lift, topping at £156 for a Charollais from Messrs LW Taylor, Hill Top, purchased by Mr N Lomax.

All classes are required for next weeks sale, please advise entries to Andrew Maughan on 07717611952.

Leading Prices
Prime Hoggs p/kg
Beltex – 346.0 Haltcliffe Bridge; 318.0 (2), 310.0 High Knipe; 318.0 Woodfoot; 316.0 Lower Gate Farm; 310.0, 305.0. 303.0 & 295.0 Ranbeck; 308.0 Tehilluh Farm; 305.0 Howrigg; 292.0 Park House (Henderson)
Texel – 314.0, 290.0 Grassknop Farm; 312.0, 300.0 Gillside; 309.0, 298.0 Smallthwaite Farm; 308.0, 290.0 Waterside Farm; 302.0 Ratten Castle; 298.0 Moss Dyke; 292.0 Haltcliffe Bridge; 290.0 Ranbeck; 290.0 Hewer Hill
Continental – 302.0 High Garth Meadows; 298.0, 295.0 Crindledyke; 293.0 Maisongill; 290.0 Hall Field (Mallinson)
Suffolk – 267.0 Moss Dyke; 261.0 Dalemain; 259.0, 254.0 Plumpton Old Hall; 255.0 Dacre Banks Farm; 253.0 Grassknop Farm
Cheviot – 262.0 Greenbank Farm; 256.0 Brownrigg Hall Farm; 254.0, 250.0 Dalemain
Scotch Blackfaced – 247.0, 245.0, 244.0 Street Head (Wilson)
Mule – 241.0 Howrigg; 238.0, 223.0 Milburn Grange; 236.0 Ratten Castle; 235.0 Thrang Crag; 232.0 Crosby Hall; 228.0, 225.0 Waterside House; 228.0 Dalemain; 228.0 Tarn House; 227.0, 221.0 Old Parks; 223.0 Fog Close; 223.0 Street House (Maughan)
Herdwick – 232.0 Racy Ghyll Farm
Swaledale – 224.0 Crosby Hall; 223.0 (2) Dalemain



Prime Hoggs £/head
Texel - £138 (2), £127, £124 High House Farm (Nevinson); £133, £127 Ratten Castle; £133, £122, £120 Smallthwaite Farm; £132 Grassknop Farm; £131 Silverband; £129, £128 (2), £120 Gillside; £128, £127, £121 High Knipe; £126, £125, £124, £121 Waterside House; £126, £124 Bells View; £125 (2), £122 Howrigg; £123, £122 (2) Waterside Farm; £122 Ranbeck; £122 Milburn Grange; £120 (2) Fowrass; £120 Clea Hall; £120 Street House (Maughan)
Beltex - £135 Haltcliffe Bridge; £130, £125 (2), £124, £121 Ranbeck; £128, £127 (2), £126 (2), £124 High Knipe; £127 Woodfoot; £122 Howrigg; £120 Lower Gate Farm
Suffolk - £133 Hill Top (Taylor); £132 High Knipe; £127, £125 Brougham Castle; £127, £120 Moss Dyke; £127 Sceugh Dyke; £123, £120 Mirlaw House; £122 High Garth Meadows; £120 Grassknop Farm
Continental - £129, £124 Ranbeck; £127, £124, £123 Hill Top (Taylor); £127 High Garth Meadows; £126, £123, £122, £120 Sceugh Dyke; £126, £122, £120 Brougham Castle; £126, £120 Pennine View; £125 (2), £122 Lodge Farm (Mallinson); £124, £122 Mirlaw House; £124, £121 Hole House (Coulston); £124 South View (Wilson); £124 Hewer Hill; £123 Old Parks; £122 Petteril Green; £121 Crindledyke; £120 Maisongill; £120 Plumpton Old Hall
Mule - £124, £123 Waterside House; £124, £116 Old Parks; £116, £114 Street House (Maughan); £115 Thrang Crag; £112 Milburn Grange; £111 Howrigg
Cheviot - £123 Ranbeck
Scotch Blackfaced – £111, £105 Street Head (Itonfield)
Swaledale - £98 (2) Dalemain; £94 Crosby Hall
Herdwick - £95 Racy Ghyll Farm

Cast Ewes £/head
Texel (av £133.37) - £199, £175, £172 The Croft (Brownrigg); £188, £172, £170 Loughrigg; £186, £170, £166, £165, 151, £150, £147, £146, £132 New Grange Farm; £188 Holme House; £178, £166, £146 Clea Hall; £170, £133 Sea View; £168, £160, £134 Backmuir Farm; £166, £160 (2), £158, £152 (2) Clifton Moor Farm; £162, £132 Holme House; £142 Green Farm (Hodgson); £139 Ratten Castle; £136 Fell End (Taylor & Gill)
Beltex (av £112.60) - £138 Sea View; £122 Greenside; £114 Backmuir Farm
Continental (av £103.68) - £198, £194 Loughrigg; £184 The Croft (Brownrigg); £162, £120 Grassknop Farm; £140, £138, £118 Chapel Farm; £130, £120 Holme House; £118 Fell End (Taylor & Gill); £117 Waterside Farm; £116 West View (Davidson); £116 Barkbeth
Suffolk (av £112.63) - £150 Loughrigg; £132 Mill Farm (Noble); £132 Green Farm (Hodgson); £131, £130, £124, £115 Mirlaw House; £124, £120 Holme House; £123 Backmuir Farm; £120 Grassknop Farm; £116 High Garth Meadows
Charollais (av £140.80) - £145, £136 Holme House; £112 Grassknop Farm
Bleu du Maine (av £118.67) – £120 & £116 Barkbeth
Bluefaced Leicester (av £98.00) - £119, £112, £110 Backmuir Farm; £119 Branthwaite Farm; £111 Barkbeth
Cheviot (av £79.63) - £117, £90, £89, £88 Backmuir Farm; £108 Greenacres; £106, £92 Barkbeth
Mule (av £94.52) - £111 Mirlaw House; £110, £103, £100 Clifton Moor Farm; £109, £107, £100, £97, £95 Backmuir Farm; £102, £97 High Garth Meadows; £98 Fell End (Taylor & Gill); £96 Shire Lodge; £95 Scales Hall (Jackson); £95 Smallthwaite Farm; £95 Ratten Castle
Rough Fell (av £94.00) - £94 Backmuir Farm
Scotch Blackfaced (av £60.43) - £90 Fowrass; £75 Mirkbooths; £74 Greenacres; £68, £64 Harbarrow Farm; £67 Winter Crag; £64 Tehilluh Farm
Swaledale (av £64.54) - £86 High Beckside; £79 Branthwaite Farm; £79 Fell End (Taylor & Gill); £79 Shire Lodge; £76 Hollins Farm; £75 Lower Gate Farm; £73 Waterside House; £72 Winter Crag; £71 Green Farm (Hodgson)
Herdwick (av £54.76) - £77 Green Farm (Hodgson); £63 Bayes Brown; £60 Thrang Crag
Jacob - £67 Barkbeth

Cast Rams £/head
Charollais - £156 Hill Top (Taylor); £140 Holme House; £128 Chapel Farm
Texel - £144, £136 Fell End (Taylor & Gill); £140 (2) Holme House; £132 Hole House (Coulston)
Continental - £136 Fell End (Taylor & Gill)
Cheviot - £122 Nook Farm
Beltex – £117 Green Farm (Mattinson)