Prime Sheep 300621
On Wednesday Penrith & District Farmers’ Mart LLP held their weekly sale of 3,027 prime sheep, comprising of 945 prime lambs, 497 prime hoggs & 1,585 cast ewes & rams.
A larger show of lambs was forward to an extended ringside of buyers. The whole sale achieved an overall average of 261ppk, up 24ppk on the week.
The sale topped at 303ppk twice, firstly for a pen of lovely Texel cross Beltex Lambs, weighing 40kgs from Messrs W Gribbon & Co, Waterside Farm, realising £121, purchased by Mr M Bowe. Secondly from Messrs Metcalfe, Home Farm for 40kg Texel cross lambs, purchased by Yorkshire Halal.
The overall sale averaged £110.46 per head, topping at £160 for cracking Texel lambs weighing 58kgs from Mr A Wilson, Hardrigg Hall purchased by Mr N Lomax. Messrs Wilson, Hardrigg Hall sold a run of superb Texel Lambs to average 284ppk/£126.91. Heavy Lambs took a sharp rise, averaging 201ppk for all sold weighing over 52kgs.
A huge show of prime hoggs was forward for the time of year, peaking at 237ppk (£128) for 54kg Texel crosses, purchased by Mr R Skelton.
A run of 57 Texel cross & Scotch Blackfaced hoggs weighing 59.5kg from Messrs J Armstrong, Highrigg, averaged 217ppk (£127.19).
Gate Farm sold a ring full of 69kg Texel cross hoggs to realise £135. Hoggs with meat and weight were still very easy to sell and many buyers were short of requirements, regularly selling in excess of 200ppk.
Riverview sold forty-two Cheviot hoggs, weighing 32kg to £67, bought by Yorkshire Halal.
Cast ewes were forward in strong numbers once again, but heavy ewes were in short supply.
The ewe section topped twice at £208, firstly for a single Texel from Mr A Wilson, Hardrigg Hall, purchased by Mr W Shearer. Secondly for another Texel ewe, this time from regular customer Greenacres Farm, selling to Mr J Tucker. A total of 206 Texel bred ewes averaged £139.43.
Horned and Mule ewes were most definitely considerably dearer, with Backmuir Livestock selling a pen of twenty Mules to £126 a head, purchased by Mr D Kemp. All Mules in the sale averaged £111.07.
Messrs Marston, Millstone Moor had a bonanza of a trade, with a run of 75 Swaledale ewes peaking at £104, closely followed at £98 for a pen of ten, and £92 for a pen of twenty.
Messrs DE & DR Ewart & Son, Nunfield Farm sold Charollais Tups to £175 a head.
More numbers are required on a weekly basis. Please advise entries to Andrew Maughan on 07717611952.
Leading Prices
Prime Lambs p/kg
Texel – 303.0, 290.0, 280.0 Waterside Farm; 303.0, 288.0 Home Farm (Metcalfe); 300.0 Tarn End; 295.0, 294.0; 277.0, 276.0 Hardrigg Hall; 292.0, 273.0 Reagill Grange; 290.0, 273.0 Holly House; 288.0, 283.0 Grassknop Farm; 287.0, 277.0 (2) Brockwoodlees Farm; 285.0 (2) Low Abbey (Cannon); 285.0, 283.0 (2) Milburn Grange; 283.0, 279.0 Mirkbooths; 282.0, 275.0 Castle Bank; 279.0, 278.0, 274.0, 271.0 Town Head (Potter); 277.0 Highfield Farm; 276.0 Sleagill House; 276.0 Gables; 276.0 Threlkeld Hall; 271.0 Colstons; 270.0 How Hill
Continental – 295.0, 290.0, 283.0, 278.0, 273.0, 271.0, 270.0 Clifton Moor Farm; 295.0, 284.0 Crosby Hall; 293.0 Grassknop Farm; 290.0, 279.0 Moorriggs; 285.0 Smallthwaite House; 281.0 Wreay Hall Farm; 277.0, 270.0 Home Farm (Metcalfe); 276.0 Highfield Farm; 275.0 Tarn End; 273.0 Low Abbey (Cannon); 270.0 Ratten Castle
Suffolk – 278.0 Crosby Hall; 269.0, 259.0 Holme House (Ryder); 269.0, 265.0, 263.0 Sleagill House; 260.0 Grassknop Farm; 260.0 Sunnyside; 257.0, 254.0 Low Abbey (Cannon); 256.0, 253.0 Cliburn Hall; 254.0 Midtown Farm (Strong); 253.0 Wreay Hall Farm; 253.0 Ratten Castle; 251.0 Street House (Strong)
Prime Lambs £/head
Texel - £160, £138, £122 Hardrigg Hall; £143, £121 Waterside Farm; £141, £121 (2) Castle Bank; £139, £120 (2) Holly House; £138, £136 Tarn End; £134 Low Abbey (Cannon); £130, £124 Grassknop Farm; £124, £120 Sleagill House; £122 (2) Brockwoodlees Farm; £122 Colstons; £121 Home Farm (Metcalfe); £120 Reagill Grange
Suffolk - £156, £126, £122 Sleagill House; £140 Holme House (Ryder); £139, £130 Tarn End; £120 Hardrigg Hall
Continental - £151 Smallthwaite House; £151 Ratten Castle; £140 Tarn End; £136, £120 Clifton Moor Farm; £130, £126 Sootyhill; £129, £123 Midtown Farm (Strong); £123 Low Abbey (Cannon); £122 Crosby Hall; £122 Brackenburgh Home Farm; £121 Colstons; £121 Greenacres; £120 Grassknop Farm
Charollais - £120 Home Farm (Metcalfe)
Prime Hoggs p/kg
Texel – 237.0 Murrah Hall
Continental – 229.0, 219.0 Gate Farm; 217.0 (2) Highrigg; 211.0 Riverview; 211.0 High Greenrigg Farm
Cheviot – 220.0 Riverview
Scotch Blackface – 217.0 Highrigg; 205.0 Greenacres; 200.0 Sceugh Dyke
Suffolk – 200.0 Backmuir Farm
Prime Hoggs £/head
Continental - £135, £127, £110 Gate Farm; £133, £130, £128 Highrigg; £120 Riverview; £114 High Greenrigg Farm; £110 The Wath (Wilson); £108 Stewart Lane
Texel - £128 Murrah Hall
Scotch Blackfaced - £117 Highrigg
Suffolk - £114 Greenacres; £113 Sceugh Dyke; £110 Dalvorich Cottage
Cheviot - £110 Riverview
Mule – £102 Dalvorich Cottage
Cast Ewes £/head
Texel (av £139.43) - £208, £143 Hardrigg Hall; £208 Greenacres; £190, £160, £140 Park View (Pyman); £170, £154 Aspatria Hall; £170 Moorriggs; £162, £142 Littlebeck; £158, £140 Clifton Moor Farm; £156 Waterloo Farm; £148 Bassenthwaite Hall; £148 Waterside Farm; £146 Brockwoodlees Farm; £146, £144 Backmuir Farm; £146 Tarn End; £145 Scales Hall (Jackson)
Continental (av £115.84) - £166, £136 Blands Farm; £160 Gables; £145, £137, £132, £130 Aspatria Hall; £142 Littlebeck; £142 Mirkbooths; £138, £133 Town Head (Potter); £137 Scales Hall (Jackson); £134 Tarn End; £132 Dalvorich Cottage
Beltex (av £133.18) – £165 Waterloo Farm; £154 Littlebeck; £148 Park View (Pyman); £147, £145 Bassenthwaite Hall; £144 Backmuir Farm; £140 Crosby Hall
Bluefaced Leicester (av £118.30) - £145, £135 Swathburn; £132 Grassknop Farm
Suffolk (av £124.89) – £144, £138, £136 Backmuir Farm; £137, £134 Tarn End; £134 Gables; £131 Moorriggs; £130 Stewart Lane
Charollais (av £121.87) - £139 Tarn End; £131 Stewart Lane
Mule (av £111.07) - £126 (2), £111 Backmuir Farm; £120 (2), £114, £111 Greenacres; £120, £119, £113, £110 Stewart Lane; £118, £113, £110 Blands Farm; £116 Brackenburgh Home Farm; £116 Waterloo Farm; £113 Crosby Hall; £112 Tarn End; £112 Greening; £112 Tarn House; £111 (2) Nunfield Farm; £111 Kettleside Farm; £111 Town Head (Potter); £110 Swathburn
Cheviot (av £96.04) - £119, £114 Holly House; £117 Murrah Hall; £112, £106 Backmuir Farm; £112 Crosby Hall; £107 Town Head (Potter); £100 Barton Church Farm
Zwartble (av £111.33) - £113 Backmuir Farm; £112 Kettleside Farm; £110 Greenacres
Kerry Hill - £111 Grassknop Farm
Swaledale (av £66.34) - £104, £98, £92 Millstone Moor; £90, £89, £86 Swathburn; £84 Well House; £84 Aspatria Hall; £82 Woodhall; £80 Dalvorich Cottage; £80 Milburn Grange
Scotch Blackfaced (av £70.79) - £98, £86 Greenacres; £96 Tarn End; £84 Noran Bank Farm; £82 Stewart Lane; £80 High Lodore Farm
Herdwick - £88 Aspatria Hall
Cast Rams £/head
Charollais - £175, £150 Nunfield Farm
Bluefaced Leicester - £156, £152 Well House
Texel - £150 Clifton Moor Farm
Zwartble - £126 Ormside Lodge
Kerry Hill - £115 Grassknop Farm
Cheviot - £112 Noran Bank Farm