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Prime Sheep 270121

On Wednesday Penrith & District Farmers’ Mart LLP held their weekly sale of 3,391 prime sheep, comprising of 1,832 prime hoggs & 1,559 cast ewes & rams.

A mixed show of hoggs was forward with a shortage of smart, well-fed sheep on offer. An SQQ average of 268ppk was achieved, up again on last week.

The sale topped at 363ppk for 41kg Beltex hoggs from Messrs MTP & SD Wills, Fawcett Park, realising £149 purchased by Mr M Bowe, this run of hoggs averaged £130.71/300ppk. Also achieving £149 per head was a pen of 44kg hoggs from Messrs Lightfoot, Gillside, purchased by Mr M Bowe, this run of thirty-two Beltex cross hoggs averaged £139.25/316ppk.

Messrs RW & G Dickinson, High Knipe, sold a run of Texel cross hoggs to average £130.59/305ppk for 42.5kg.

Mule hoggs from Mr S Robinson, Thrang Crag, achieved 245ppk for 42kg, realising £103 per head. Riverview sold a ring full of 55kg Mule hoggs to £122, purchased by Farmers Fresh.

Horned hoggs sold exceptionally well with Messrs Elliott Bros, Harbour Flatt, selling 46kg Swaledales to £107, averaging £106.33 for 44.5kg. Lightweight hoggs were in short supply with Messrs Rebanks, Racy Ghyll, selling 36kg pure Herdwicks to £91, purchased by Mr W Shearer and Messrs AJ Glendinning, Dacre Banks Farm, selling twenty 35.5kg Continentals to average £96/270ppk.

A total of 1,559 ewes forward averaged £90.56, topping at £164 twice, firstly for a pen of four from Holme House purchased by Mr J Tucker and secondly for a pen of three from Backmuir Livestock purchased by Pak Mecca Meats. A total of 221 Texel ewes averaged £110.67.

Horned ewes sold exceptionally well with Messrs S & W Maughan, Street House, selling Swaledales to £80, purchased by Mr J Tucker. Herdwicks averaged £62.50, topping at £69 from Mr N Gill, Stonethwaite Farm, purchased by Mr N Lomax.

A full ringside of buyers was present ensuring all classes held the recent trade, with lean and horned ewes achieving premium prices.

All classes are required for our sale next week. Please advise entries to Andrew Maughan on 07717611952.




Leading Prices
Prime Hoggs p/kg
Beltex – 363.0, 333.0, 319.0, 309.0, 291.0 Fawcett Park; 354.0, 349.0, 316.0, 293.0, 292.0 Ranbeck; 345.0, 339.0, 322.0, 316.0, 307.0 Gillside; 337.0, 329.0, 325.0, 315.0 (2), 300.0, 298.0 High Knipe; 336.0, 321.0, 318.0, 305.0 Waterside Farm; 300.0 Manor Farm (Pearson)
Continental – 329.0 Bromley Green; 319.0 Riverview; 313.0, 305.0 Woodfoot; 297.0 Thrang Crag; 292.0 Ghyll House
Texel – 317.0 Petteril Green; 316.0 Plumpton Old Hall; 305.0 Black Leases; 303.0 (2), 290.0 Sickergill; 300.0 Ireby Hall; 298.0, 292.0 Sleddale Hall; 298.0 Town Head (Potter); 292.0 Howrigg; 290.0 Colstons
Cheviot – 279.0 High Lodore Farm; 272.0 Woodfoot; 270.0 Bluebell Cottage; 267.0, 263.0 Brownrigg Hall Farm; 261.0, 260.0 Ranbeck; 260.0 Dalemain
Suffolk – 272.0 White Gate Farm; 264.0 Thrang Crag; 263.0, 257.0 Park Head (Hird); 254.0, 253.0 Plumpton Old Hall; 250.0 Grassknop Farm
Herdwick – 256.0 Gillside; 253.0 Racy Ghyll Farm; 252.0 Winter Crag; 250.0 Farmanby; 242.0 High Lodore Farm
Mule – 245.0 Thrang Crag; 241.0 Howrigg; 238.0 (4) 237.0 Fog Close; 237.0 Dalemain; 235.0 Street House (Maughan); 234.0 Ghyll House; 233.0 Crindledyke; 233.0 White Gate Farm; 233.0 Ratten Castle; 231.0 Winter Crag
Scotch Blackface – 247.0 (2) Black Leases
Swaledale – 241.0, 233.0 Harbour Flatt; 233.0 High Row Farm; 230.0, 229.0 Sleddale Hall; 229.0 Dalemain

Prime Hoggs £/head
Beltex - £149, £145 (2), £139 (2), £138, £128 Gillside; £149, £140, £137, £134, £133, £127 Fawcett Park; £139, £138, £136, £128 Ranbeck; £138, £132, £131, £130 (2), £129 (2), £125 High Knipe; £131, £127, £125 Waterside Farm; £130, £125 Manor Farm (Pearson); £130 Milburn Grange
Continental - £135 Bromley Green; £127, £125 Sceugh Dyke; £125 Woodfoot; £125 Milburn Grange; £125 Riverview; £125 Park Nook
Texel - £134 Black Leases; £131 Sleddale Hall; £130, £128, £127 High Knipe; £130, £126 Petteril Green; £129, £128 Ireby Hall; £126 Low Barn (Sowerby); £125 Riverview
Suffolk - £132, £127, £120 Sceugh Dyke; £128, £125, £124, £120 (2) Riverview; £120 Park Nook; £120 Sherriff
Charollais - £125 Sceugh Dyke
Cheviot - £124, £118 Riverview; £117 Woodfoot; £117 Ranbeck
Mule - £122, £118 Riverview; £115 Street House (Maughan); £113 Old Parks; £112 (3), £110 Fog Close; £110 Ghyll House
Scotch Blackface - £116, £111 (2) Black Leases
Herdwick - £110 Gillside; £95 Farmanby
Swaledale - £107, £106 Harbour Flatt; £106 Sleddale Hall



Cast Ewes £/head
Texel (av £110.67) - £164, £145, £132, £127, £123 Backmuir Farm; £164, £138, £122 Holme House; £140 Surron Court; £136 (2), £126 Waterside Farm; £132 Hallrigg; £122 (4) Home Farm (Metcalfe)
Beltex (av £112.92) - £152, £118 (3), £114 Haltcliffe Bridge; £118 Metcalfe (Home Farm)
Charollais (av £109.72) - £140, £130, £116 & £110 Holme House
Continental (av £97.88) - £124 Low Barn (Sowerby); £119, £114, £113, £110, £106 Holme House; £117 Colstons; £111 (2), £110, £106, £105 Backmuir Farm; £109 Home Farm (Metcalfe); £106 The Wreay
Suffolk (av £102.07) - £124 Haltcliffe Bridge; £118, £113, £108 Holme House; £118 Nunfield Farm; £113, £105 Backmuir Farm; £111 Plumpton Old Hall; £108 Home Farm (Metcalfe); £108 Bluebell Cottage; £108 Clifton Gardens; £103 Hallrigg; £100 Sceugh Dyke
Cheviot (av £81.20) - £110 Ranbeck; £106, £104, £103, £100 Backmuir Farm
Bluefaced Leicester (av £98.71) - £110, £105 Low Barn (Sowerby); £110 Ingledene; £103 Bluebell Cottage; £103, £102 Backmuir Farm; £101 Nunfield Farm
Mule (av £86.15) - £97, £95, £91, £89, £88 Backmuir Farm; £96 Docker Hall; £92 & £89 (2), £88 Bluebell Cottage; £91 Milburn Grange; £91 North Netherscales; £90 Lodge Farm (Mallinson); £88 Swathburn
Cheviot Mule (av £89.13) - £97 Bluebell Cottage
Swaledale (av £59.74) - £80, £71 Street House (Maughan); £77, £73 Town End Farm (Crocker); £74 Swathburn; £73 Low Barn (Sowerby); £71 Scales Farm (Braithwaite); £70 Milburn Grange
Scotch Blackfaced (av £66.67) - £76 Wallthwaite; £75 Brewery House Barn; £74 Greenacres; £73 Bckmuir Farm
Herdwick (av £65.20) - £69 Stonethwaite Farm; £64 North Netherscales

Cast Rams £/head
Texel - £122 Bluebell Cottage; £110 Swathburn; £110 Nunfield Farm
Bluefaced Leicester - £120, £116 Sanders Close; £114 Bluebell Cottage
Continental - £107 Backmuir Farm

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