Prime Sheep 210721
On Wednesday Penrith & District Farmers’ Mart LLP held their weekly sale of 2,235 prime sheep, comprising of 1,481 prime lambs & 754 cast ewes, rams & prime hoggs.
A marvellous run of lambs was forward, the best seen in a long time. The sale averaged a staggering 267p/kg, up 3p/kg on the week.
The sale topped at 318p/kg for a pen of 39kg Beltex lambs from Messrs Lyle, Staingills. These lambs totalled £124 per head, bought by Mr M Bowe. This run of thirty-three averaged 300p/kg (£121.39).
There was plenty of demand throughout the sale for smart bred lambs, with a run of superb Texel X Cheviot & pure Texel lambs from Mr S Harrison, Aimshaugh, averaging 292p/kg (£114.70) for 39kgs.
Heavy lambs proved to be very easy to sell, with Messrs R & A Cullen, Cross Hill Farm, Blackford, selling 65kg Continental lambs to £151, selling to Farmers Fresh.
Suffolks sold to a top of £142 a head for 54kg lambs out of Mules from Messrs DG & LM Strong, Sleagill House, whose run averaged £128.30 (270p/kg) for 47kg.
Messrs DE & SM Moorhouse, High House Farm, sold a run of 51kg Texel X Mule & Suffolk X lambs to average £133.12 (259p/kg).
Commercial lambs once again met a very sharp trade, with Mr IC Copeland, Bailey Mill, Newcastleton, selling English Mules at 41kg to £105 a head (256p/kg). Mr J Shields, Gooselands Barn sold a ring full of twenty-six Mules to £100 (250p/kg).
A much larger show of ewes was forward that first expected, with all classes holding up to last weeks trade, an overall sale average of £96.59 was achieved. The sale topped at £174 a head for a pair of Continental ewes, selling to Pak Mecca Meats. Closely followed at £170 a head for a pen of Texels from Mr CW Donald, Lamonby Hall.
Plenty of Mule ewes were still achieving £100 plus, with Backmuir Livestock topping at £118 a head.
Horned ewes with flesh met the exact same trade, with Messrs W Ridley, Woodall, selling a pen of twenty Swaledales selling to £96, purchased by Yorkshire Halal.
Leading Prices
Prime Lambs p/kg
Beltex - 318.0, 314.0, 305.0, 300.0 (2) Staingills
Texel - 309.0, 302.0 Sleagill House; 308.0, 298.0, 283.0 Brougham Castle; 305.0, 295.0, 285.0, 280.0 Clifton Moor Farm; 300.0 (2), 295.0, 286.0 Aimshaugh; 300.0, 293.0 Westward Park; 300.0, 285.0 Home Farm (Metcalfe); 300.0, 283.0 Staingills; 298.0, 289.0, 280.0 Reagill Grange; 294.0, 285.0, 282.0 Holly House; 293.0, 282.0 Galloper Park; 286.0 Haltcliffe Bridge; 283.0 Old Wall; 282.0 Redgill
Continental - 305.0, 290.0, 288.0, 271.0 Maisongill; 300.0, 274.0 Cairnbridge Farm; 297.0, 295.0, 284.0 Asby Mill; 290.0, 286.0, 285.0 Shap Abbey; 286.0 Galloper Park; 284.0, 282.0, 273.0, 271.0, 270.0 Clifton Moor Farm; 283.0, 280.0 Barkbeth; 282.0 Brownrigg Hall; 280.0 Westward Park; 278.0 Park Nook; 276.0 Brougham Castle; 272.0 Cross Hill Farm
Charollais - 283.0, 270.0, 263.0 Thackwood
BDM - 276.0 Barkbeth
Suffolk - 269.0, 263.0 Sleagill House; 266.0 Reagill Grange; 262.0, 258.0 Lazonby Estate Farm; 261.0, 257.0 High House Farm (Moorhouse); 261.0 Hallgarth; 261.0 Brooklyn; 260.0 Demesne; 259.0 (2), 255.0 Shap Abbey; 258.0 Town End Farm (Crocker); 258.0 Broomhill; 257.0 Threlkeld Hall; 256.0, 255.0 Glebe Road
Mule - 256.0 Bailey Mill; 250.0 Gooselands View Barn; 246.0 Manesty Farm
Badgerface - 250.0 Braithwaite Mill; 250.0 Castle Bank
Cheviot - 249.0 The Wath
Prime Lambs £/head
Continental - £151, £135, £128 Cross Hill Farm; £136 Park Nook; £133 (2), £125 Clifton Moor Farm; £131, £126 Shap Abbey; £128 Ellonby Hall; £128 High House Farm (Moorhouse); £128 Maisongill; £125 Old Wall; £124 Asby Mill; £124 Brooklyn; £123 Cairnbridge Farm; £120 Sandwick Farm; £120 Galloper Park
Texel - £142, £140, £139, £138 Sleagill House; £138, £127 Holly House; £137 Stoneybeck Farm; £134, £126 Clifton Moor Farm; £134, £120 Brougham Castle; £133 High House Farm (Moorhouse); £132, £122 (2), £120 Holme House; £132 Lingstubbs; £130 (3), £128, £125 Old Wall; £130, £123 Staingills; £130 Reagill Grange; £129, £120 Westward Park; £129 Stoneybeck Farm; £127, £120 Galloper Park; £124, £120 Haltcliffe Bridge; £121 Broomhill; £120 (2) Aimshaugh
Suffolk - £142, £129 Sleagill House; £136, £133 High House Farm (Moorhouse); £136 Lazonby Estate Farm; £128, £124 Brooklyn; £122 Holme House; £120 Braithwaite Mill
Badgerface - £125 Braithwaite Mill; £120 Castle Bank
Beltex - £124, £123 (2), £122 Staingills
Charollais - £119 Thackwood
Mule - £105 Bailey Mill; £101 Manesty; £100 Gooselands View Barn
Cast Ewes £/head
Continental (av £111.13) - £174, £138 (2), £122 Backmuir Farm; £147, £120 Lingstubbs; £133, £130, £119 Holme House; £130, £117 Lodge House; £130 Barkbeth; £121 Kirkland Fold; £119 Glebe Road
Texel (av £115.84) - £170, £145, £125, £119 Lamonby House; £149, £120 Staingills; £148, £122 Shap Abbey; £128, £122 Maisongill; £124 Brooklyn; £121, £115 Hollands; £121 Holme House; £119 (2) Backmuir Farm; £118 Fell End
Suffolk (av £116.24) - £134, £127, £125 Backmuir Farm; £128, £115 Holme House; £127, £119 (2) Lodge House; £126 Denton House; £126 Lamonby House; £125, £116 Shap Abbey
Cheviot (av £85.95) - £134 Backmuir Farm; £100 Friarbiggin; £88 Doddick Farm; £86 Howe Farm
Charollais (av £130) - £131 Backmuir Farm
Mule (av £97.39) - £118, £110, £108 Backmuir Farm; £113 Baggra Yeat; £112 Woodhall; £109 Lamonby House; £109 Hallgarth; £108 Holme Farm; £108 Fell End; £104 Shap Abbey; £100 Lodge Farm; £100 Brooklyn
Dorset (av £115.00) - £115 Lamonby House
Bluefaced Leicester (av £95.43) - £112 & £110 Bank End Mill; £112 Lonscale
Beltex (av £100.09) - £112 Hollands; £108 Shap Abbey
Scotch Blackfaced (av £83.18) - £100 Lodge House; £90 Sceugh Dyke; £85 Holme Farm
Swaledale (av £59.56) - £96 Woodhall; £82 Doddick
Cast Rams £/head
Dorset - £140 Holme Farm
Texel - £130 Lodge House
Continental - £113 Hollands
Suffolk - £110 Shap Abbey