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On Wednesday Penrith & District Farmers’ Mart LLP held their weekly sale of 3,104 prime sheep, comprising of 756 prime lambs, 535 prime hoggs & 1,813 cast ewes & rams.
A majority offering of heavy lambs was forward to our complete ringside of buyers, demand was much dearer than expected and a sale average of £140.10 per head was achieved.
The sale topped at £178 for 68kg Texel cross Suffolk lambs from Holme House, purchased by Mr N Lomax, this run of 255 lambs averaged £148.22 for 45kg.
Messrs TF & GL Pollock, Wreay Hall Farm, sold a run of 44kg Texel cross Suffolk lambs to average £150.46, topping at 364ppk for 39kg lambs purchased by Yorkshire Halal.
Smart little Texel lambs, weighing 25kg, achieved a staggering £85 (340ppk) from James Linsley, Cottage Farm, purchased by Yorkshire Halal.
A larger show of prime hoggs was forward to an extended ringside of buyers, topping at 268ppk/£142 from Mr G Pyman, Park View, purchased by Mr R Skelton.
Handy weight hoggs topped a 260ppk for 40kg Cheviots from Messrs JC Robinson, Black Leases, purchased by Yorkshire Halal.
A huge show of cast ewes and rams was forward, demand was equally as strong and vendors were going home highly delighted with their returns with many customers averaging in excess of £140.
The sale topped at £216 for a pair of Texel ewes from Holme House, purchased by Mr J Tucker, all Texel ewes sold averaged £147.06.
Several new vendors were once again taking advantage of our trade and demand on a consistent basis.
A ring full of Mules achieved £123 per head from Backmuir Livestock, purchased by Mr D Kemp.
A lighter show of horned ewes was forward with strength in short supply, a ring full of Scotch Blackface ewes from Greenacres Farm achieved £110, closely followed by another pen at £108 purchased by Mr R Skelton.
Cast rams sold to a sharper trade with Messrs DE & AM Hodgson, Green Farm, achieving £165 per head for Bluefaced Leceisters and Messrs Braithwaite, Scales Farm, selling Texel cross rams to £165, all purchased by Mr D Kemp.
More numbers are required on a weekly basis. Please advise entries to Andrew Maughan on 07717611952.
Leading Prices
Prime Lambs p/kg
Texel – 364.0, 351.0, 348.0, 333.0 Wreay Hall Farm; 357.0, 345.0 Holme Wrangle; 350.0 (2), 341.0 Staingills; 348.0, 339.0 Nelson Hill; 343.0, 337.0, 334.0 Holme House; 342.0, 333.0 Macey Bank; 340.0 Cottage Farm; 338.0 (2) Birks Head; 336.0 Home Farm (Metcalfe); 332.0 Town Head (Potter); 330.0 Blands Farm
Suffolk – 342.0 Holme Wrangle; 336.0 Wreay Hall Farm; 333.0 Holme House; 332.0 Cliburn Hall
Continental – 338.0, 332.0 Staingills; 334.0 Fell Farm House; 333.0 Ellonby Hall; 331.0 Barkbeth
Charollais – 328.0 (2) Cairnbridge Farm
Prime Lambs p/kg
Suffolk – £178, £156, £150 Holme House; £164 Holme Wrangle; £156 Cliburn Hall; £156 Low Abbey; £151 Wreay Hall Farm; £145 Tarn End; £140 Park Nook
Continental – £173, £168, £160 (2) Tarn End; £168, £159, £148, £147, £142, £141, £140 Holme House; £157 Fell Farm House; £147, £140 Sceugh Dyke; £144 Broomhill; £142 Staingills
Texel - £169 Holme Wrangle; £165, £158, £147, £141 Holme House; £160, £149 Nelson Hill; £158, £146, £142, £140 Wreay Hall Farm; £147 Braithwaite Mill; £142 Birks Head; £140 (2) Staingills; £140 Blands Farm
Prime Hoggs p/kg
Beltex – 268.0 Park View (Pyman)
Cheviot – 260.0 Black Leases; 256.0 Hay Close
Texel – 257.0 Green Farm (Hodgson)
Continental – 256.0, 251.0, 246.0, 245.0 Black Leases; 255.0 Highrigg; 248.0 Greenacres
Scotch Blackface – 244.0 Hay Close; 241.0 Highrigg; 241.0 Black Leases
Mule – 235.0 Torgormack
Swaledale – 229.0 Side Farm; 222.0, 205.0, 200.0 Flakebridge Farm; 210.0 Castle Nook
Rough Fell – 204.0 Flakebridge Farm
Prime Hoggs £/head
Beltex - £142 Park View (Pyman)
Texel - £136 Meadow View; £135, £100 Murrah Hall; £132, £130 Sewell House; £126 Green Farm (Hodgson); £110 Park View (Pyman)
Continental - £135 (2) Highrigg; £130, £106 Sceugh Dyke; £118, £109 Greenacres; £103, £100 Black Leases; £100 (2) Ellonby Hall Bungalow
Scotch Blackfaced - £120, £118 Highrigg; £100 (3) Sceugh Dyke
Bluefaced Leicester - £118 Green Farm (Hodgson); £105 Throstle Hall
Cheviot - £104 Black Leases; £101 Torgormack; £100 Hay Close
Mule - £102 Green Farm (Hodgson)
Rough Fell - £100 Flakebridge Farm
Swaledale - £100 Murton Hall
Cast Ewes £/head
Texel (av £147.06) - £216, £194, £179, £150, £146 Holme House; £181 Park View (Pyman); £180, £160, £142, £140 Tarn End; £180, £172 High Aketon; £172 Espland House; £170 Glebe Road; £162, £148, £142 Nelson Hill; £160 Greenacres; £150 Hay Close; £148 Drumreach Farm; £140 Bank House
Charollais (av £142.14) - £202, £146, £141 Holme House; £170, £158, £144 (2) Tarn End; £140 High Aketon
Continental (av £119.68) - £180, £168, £156, £152, £150, £140 (2) High Aketon; £172, £158 Holme House; £172 Espland House; £160, £156 Ellerslea; £159, £155, £145 Staingills; £148 Galloper Park; £147 Tarn End; £144 Bank House; £142, £140 Harleycroft; £140 Hay Close
Beltex (av £132.88) – £165 Espland House; £152 Green Farm (Hodgson); £148 Ellerslea; £140 Holme House; £140 Cottage Farm
Suffolk (av £130.99) - £145, £136 (2) Tarn End; £145 Thwaite Hall; £139, £136 (2) Holme House; £136 (2), £134, £130 Staingills; £136 Park Nook, £134 Hay Close; £133 East Newbiggin Farm; £132 Torgormack; £130 Galloway Lodge
Zwartble - £140, £115 Meadow View; £121 Drumreach Farm; £114 Greenacres
Cheviot Mule (av £108.52) - £130 Meadow View; £129 Backmuir Farm; £117 Greenacres
Mule (av £110.61) - £123 Backmuir Farm; £120 Thwaite Hall; £119 Newton Rigg; £116, £110 Galloway Lodge; £115 Greenacres; £115 Cottage Farm; £115 Hay Close; £115 Low Abbey; £115 Holme House; £114 (2) Clea Mire; £114 Ellerslea; £114 Green Farm (Hodgson); £114 Town Head (Potter); £113, £110 Meadow View; £113 Staingills; £110 (2) Kettleside Farm
Bluefaced Leicester - £120 Old Parks
Cheviot (av £96.29) - £119, £106, £104 Drumreach Farm; £118, £101 Greenacres; £116 Skelling Farm; £114 Hay Close; £114 Braithwaite Mill; £111 Town Head (Potter); £108 Ranbeck; £106, £104 Torgormack; £104 Littlewater; £100 Meadow View
Scotch Blackfaced - £110 Greenacres; £108 Drumreach Farm
Rough Fell - £110 High Harberwain
Swaledale (av £79.01) - £98 Greenbank Farm; £98 Ranbeck; £98 Green Farm (Hodgson); £90 Crosby Lodge; £90 Stemabanning
Herdwick - £92 Drumreach Farm; £88 Green Farm (Hodgson)
Cast Rams £/head
Continental - £165 Scales Farm (Braithwaite); £165 Holme House; £160 Meadow View Bluefaced Leicester - £165 Green Farm (Hodgson); £150 Throstle Hall
Zwartble - £155 Meadow View
Charollais - £150 Holme House
Cheviot - £134 Skelling Farm