Rearing Calves & Stirks 110621
On Friday Penrith & District Farmers’ Mart LLP held their fortnightly sale of 81 Rearing Calves and Stirks.
A smaller show of calves and stirks was forward on the fortnight, demand was still equally as strong with purchasers going home empty handed.
The sale topped at £650 for a pair of eight-month-old Aberdeen Angus cross bullocks from Mr B Hogg, Cairnbridge Farm, selling to Mr A Ross.
Black & Whites sold to a top of £300 for a three-month-old stirk from Messrs JH & JE Taylor, The Harras, bought by Mr D Holgate.
Young calves sold to a sharper trade, with more local farmer customers forward looking to buy. Messrs AD & FE Elliott, Askrigg Hall sold four-week-old British Blue cross bull calves to £400, selling to Mr W Bowman. The same home achieved £280 & £275 for three-week-old Fleckvieh calves.
Messrs JA Ritson, Baggra Yeat sold four-week-old Limousin calves to £480, selling to Mr P Bousfield.
Several new vendors were taking advantage of our successful sale here on a Friday, with all classes and breeds required between one week and twelve-months-old.
Plenty of entries are already forward for our sale in a fortnight, but many more are still required. Our next sale is on Friday 25th June. Please contact Andrew Maughan on 07717611952 for any further information.
Leading Prices
Bullock Weaned Stirks
Aberdeen Angus - £650 (2) Cairnbridge Farm
Bull Weaned Calves & Stirks
Limousin - £630 Pennine View
British Blue - £540 Harbour Flatt; £520 (2), £505 (4) School Hill; £490 Blunderfield East
Dairy Shorthorn - £500, £445 Pennine View
Simmental - £450 Mount Clifton
Aberdeen Angus – £430 Mount Clifton
Black & White – £300 The Harras; £285 Mount Clifton; £280 Low Moor Dyke
Bull Calves
Limousin - £480 Baggra Yeat; £415, £390 High Barn; £345 Thackwood Farm
British Blue – £400 Askrigg Hall; £355, £320, £300 The Ling (Donald); £310 Thackwood Farm
Aberdeen Angus - £400 Blunderfield East; £300, £290 Bramery
Saler - £360, £335 Blunderfield East
Fleckvieh - £280, £275, £230 Askrigg Hall
Black & White - £142 High Barn; £88, £85, £80 The Harras
Heifer Weaned Stirks
Aberdeen Angus – £510 (2) Cairnbridge Farm
British Blue - £490 Blunderfield East; £450 Low Moor Dyke
Limousin - £470, £450 Beverley Cottage
Hereford - £425, £405 Beverley Cottage
Heifer Calves
Limousin - £435, £360 High Barn; £300 (2) Thackwood Farm
British Blue - £320, £310 Thackwood Farm
Beef Shorthorn - £200 Askrigg Hall
Aberdeen Angus - £235 Bramery