Prime Sheep 210421
On Wednesday Penrith & District Farmers’ Mart LLP held their weekly sale of 2,547 prime sheep, comprising of 26 prime lambs, 1,275 prime hoggs & 1,246 cast ewes & rams.
Prime Spring Lambs opened up the sale topping at £150/360ppk for a Suffolk X Texel Lamb weighing 41kgs from Messrs W E Strong & Partners, Midtown Farm selling to Mr M Bowe.
Prime Hoggs sold to a SQQ average of 307ppk, topping at 366ppk from Mr T H Harrison, Sleddale Hall with a pen of 41kgs totalling £150 ahead selling to Yorkshire Halal.
An overall sale average of £131.99 was achieved, topping at £163 ahead for 60kg Texel X Suffolk Hoggs from Messrs WW Armstrong, Stoneybeck selling to Mr N Lomax.
Messrs I E Irving & Sons, East Cliff sold a run of 48 Texel X Mule & Suffolk Mule Hoggs to average £145.60/280ppk for 52kgs.
Messrs Sowerby, Sycamore Rise sold a run of 99 Texel X and Suffolk X Mule Hoggs to average £149.10/274ppk.
Messrs BK Rowand & Son, Bayes Brown, Great Langdale sold a ring full of 36kg Herdwick Hoggs to £105 ahead (292ppk) selling to Mr J Tucker with a pen of 37kgs selling to £107 ahead.
Cast Ewes and Rams were still very good to sell with Texel Ewes achieving £212 from Mr A J Bell, Thethwaite Farm, purchased by Mr Jason Tucker with a total of 90 Ewes selling in excess of £150 ahead. Suffolk Ewes realised a top of £168 ahead from Messrs J Harrison, Wickerfield selling to Mr A Dawson and Mr M Kennedy, Romanvale, sold a run of Suffolk Ewes to average £147.92.
Horned Ewes sold to a very strong trade with all equally as dear as previous sales with numerous pens of Swaledales realising £100. Scotch Blackfaced Lightweight shearlings achieved £99 ahead for a pen of 26.
Mule ewes topped at £124 ahead from Mr M Holmes, Tilery Farm, selling to Mr W Shearer.
Cast Rams still achieved previous sales premium prices with Messrs Moscrop and Waugh, Albyfield selling Texels to £184, with all tups sold averaging £130.83.
All classes are required for our sale next week to fulfil demand. Please advise entries to Andrew Maughan on 07717611952.
Leading Prices
Prime Lambs p/kg
Continental – 353.0 Dufton House; 338.0 Plumpton Foot
Suffolk – 366.0 Midtown Farm (Strong)
Prime Lambs p/kg
Suffolk – £152 Plumpton Foot; £150, £138 Midtown Farm (Strong); £138 Barrock End Farm
Charollais – £152, £144, £135 Brick House
Continental – £142, £140, £130 Plumpton Foot; £141 Dufton House
Prime Hoggs p/kg
Beltex – 365.0 (2), 353.0, 345.0, 325.0 Fawcett Park; 362.0 (2) Waterside Farm; 359.0, 354.0, 327.0 Ranbeck; 358.0 Shap Abbey
Texel – 366.0, 359.0, 357.0, 352.0, 326.0 Sleddale Hall; 355.0, 350.0, 324.0 High Knipe; 351.0 East Cliff; 339.0 Murrah Hall; 335.0, 327.0, 320.0 Sickergill; 324.0, 321.0 Witton Farm; 322.0 Petterill Grange
Charollais - 263.0 Crindledyke
Continental – 356.0 Hollands (Cartmel); 345.0, 339.0, 335.0, 333.0, 321.0 Honeypot; 337.0, 334.0 Sleddale Hall; 334.0 Birks Head; 331.0 Bank Hall; 331.0 Woodfoot; 321.0 Crindledyke
Cheviot – 314.0 Woodfoot; 312.0 Ranbeck; 303.0 Hay Close; 302.0 Honeypot
Cheviot Mule – 279.0 Close House Farm; 272.0, 271.0 Howtown Hotel
Herdwick – 292.0, 282.0 Bayes Brown
Suffolk – 298.0, 291.0, 280.0 Riverview; 281.0 Sycamore Rise; 278.0 Scales Farm (Pollock); 273.0 Nook Farm; 273.0 East Cliff; 273.0 Backmuir Farm; 271.0 Tweedside Park
Scotch Blackfaced – 290.0 Shire Lodge
Mule – 288.0 Hay Close
Prime Hoggs £/head
Beltex - £154, £147 (2), £145, £144 Ranbeck; £152 (2), £146 (2), £143 Fawcett Park; £146 (2) Sycamore Rise; £143, £140 Shap Abbey; £141 Waterside Farm
Texel - £163 Stoneybeck Farm; £156, £150, £146 Sycamore Rise; £154, £150, £145, £140 Petteril Green; £153 Bank Hall; £150 (3), £149, £147, £146, £144 High Knipe; £150 (2), £148, £147, £144, £140 Sleddale Hall; £150 Durdar Road; £148, £145, £144 East Cliff; £146 Witton Farm; £144 Sickergill; £142 Bluebell Cottage; £140 West View; £140 Reagill Grange; £140 Smallthwaite Farm
Suffolk - £152, £150 (2), £140 Scales Hall (Hewetson); £151, £146 Sycamore Rise; £150 Sleddale Hall; £147 Tweedside Park; £145 Stoneybeck Farm; £144 Smallthwaite Farm; £142 East Cliff
Continental - £150, £146 Hollands (Cartmel); £150, £145, £140 Scales Hall (Hewetson); £146, £145 (2), £141 Sleddale Hall; £144, £143 Riverview; £144 (2), £142, £ Honeypot; £143, £140 Ratten Castle; £143 (2), £140 Bank Hall; £142, £140 Sycamore Rise; £141 Moor End (Wiseman); £141 Glenzier Foot Farm; £140 Backmuir Farm
Cheviot - £150 Skiddaw View; £140, £136 Honeypot; £135 Woodfoot
Cheviot Mule - £140, £130 Nook Farm
Mule - £130 Hollands (Cartmel); £125 Yew Tree Farm; £124 Close House Farm
Scotch Blackfaced - £122 Shire Lodge
Swaledale - £113 Ranbeck; £112, £111 Howtown Hotel; £110 Ghyll House
Herdwick - £107, £105 Bayes Brown; £104 (2), £100 Howtown Hotel
Cast Ewes £/head
Texel (av £140.11) - £212, £180, £172, £150 Thethwaite Farm; £200, £189, £181, £170, £164, £159, £157, £150, £143 Holme House; £182, £162, £161, £152 Low Row; £166, £162 Dufton House; £160 Brougham Castle; £160, £140 Anchor Farm; £152, £146 Romanvale; £148 Mirkbooths; £148 Glaslyn House
Suffolk (av £130.74) - £168 Wickerfield; £158, £155, £150, £144 Romanvale; £144 Durdar Road; £144 Backmuir Farm; £142, £138, £131 Holme House; £140 Stoneybeck Farm; £140 Midtown Farm (Strong); £134 Anchor Farm; £134 Dufton House
Continental (av £115.78) - £166, £134 Dufton House; £162, £151, £145, £143, £132 Holme House; £142 Thethwaite Farm; £138 Anchor Farm; £138 Ratten Castle; £138 Brackenburgh; £136 Albyfield; £132 Friarbiggin; £130 (2) Low House (Dickinson); £130 Scales Hall (Hewetson); £130 The Mains; £130 Durdar Road; £130 Bluebell Cottage
Charollais (av £138.38) - £162, £147, £139 Holme House
Bluefaced Leicester (av £119.40) - £139 Swathburn; £134 Glaslyn House
Cheviot (av £92.66) - £138 Holme House; £122 Bluebell Cottage; £116 Greenacres; £108, £106 Friarbiggin; £108 Skiddaw View; £106 Hill Top (Bell); £105 Littlewater
Beltex (av £116.85) – £133 Shap Abbey; £130 Low Row
Zwartble - £130 Park Head (Hird)
Mule (av £101.14) - £124 Tilery Farm; £120, £114 Leigh Croft; £120 Mellgates; £118 Stoneybeck Farm; £116 Low Row; £115 Low House (Dickinson); £114 Brackenburgh Home Farm; £114, £112 Bluebell Cottage; £114 Barrock End Farm; £113 Mirkbooths; £113 Clea Mire; £111 How Hill; £111 Reagill Grange; £110 Park Head (Hird)
Cheviot Mule - £117 Bluebell Cottage
Kerry Hill - £111 Highfield Farm
Jacob – £108 Penny Hill Park
Swaledale (av £84.01) - £100, £94 Swathburn; £100 Greenhow; £100 Woodhall; £100 Lea Croft; £100 Yew Tree Farm; £99 Mid Toddhills; £96 Albyfield; £96 Throstle Hall; £96 Low Mill; £94 Mellgates
Scotch Blackfaced (av £92.57) - £99 Greenacres
Cast Rams £/head
Texel - £184 Albyfield; £170 Skiddaw View; £166 Holme House; £147 Murrah Hall; £145 Dryevers Farm
Charollais - £182 Brougham Castle; £180 (2) Holme House
Bluefaced Leicester - £174 Swathburn