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On Wednesday Penrith & District Farmers’ Mart LLP held their weekly sale of 3,263 prime
A larger show of prime lambs was forward with a shortage of fed lambs on offer, however well finished lambs still achieved a fast trade. The sale topped at 338ppk for 40kg Beltex lambs from Messrs RW & PM Jackson, Moss Dyke, realising £135 purchased by Mr R Vivers, closely followed by a pen of 37kg lambs achieving £119 (322ppk) from the same home. Numerous pens of lambs achieved in excess of 300ppk, with smart-bred lambs short of requirements.
Heavy lambs topped at £150 (268ppk) for 56kg Suffolk cross Texel lambs from Messrs WM & DW Hutton, Fern House.
Messrs Clubbs, Old Wall, Irthington, sold a great run of heavy Continental lambs to average £120/250ppk for 48kg.
A sharper trade was witnessed in the cast ewe ring with an overall average of £91.98 being achieved, up £7 per head in the week and all classes were most definitely easier to sell.
The sale topped at £188 for Texel ewes from Greenacres Farm, Aberdeen, purchased by Mr J Linsley, plenty of pens of ewes were still selling well in excess of £170. A pen of nine Charollais cross ewes achieved £168 per head, with all Charollais ewes sold averaging £147.52.
Heavy Mule ewes were very good to sell again, topping at £115 from Messrs Mitchell, Grassknop Farm, purchased by Mr A Dawson.
Messrs J Armstrong, Highrigg, sold 22 wether shearlings, both Texel cross Mule and Scotch Blackface to average £101.59, topping at £116 per head.
Suffolk ewes topped at £148 from Backmuir Livestock, purchased by Mr W Shearer, with plenty more pens achieving over £130 and all sold averaging £123.44.
More numbers are required for next week’s sale. Please do not hesitate to contact to Andrew Maughan on 07717611952 for further information.
Leading Prices
Prime Lambs p/kg
Beltex – 338.0, 322.0, 300.0, 293.0 Moss Dyke; 313.0, 305.0 Crosby Hall; 310.0, 308.0, 305.0, 300.0, 277.0 Brockwoodlees Farm; 310.0, 308.0, 288.0, 278.0, 276.0 Maisongill; 310.0, 289.0, 284.0 Asby Mill; 300.0, 292.0, 285.0, 283.0 Waterside Farm; 293.0 Pringle House; 281.0 Inglewood Edge; 275.0, 273.0, 270.0 (2) Sycamore Rise; 270.0 High Lodore Farm
Texel – 313.0, 268.0 Crosby Hall; 279.0 Haltcliffe Bridge; 273.0 Street (Iveson)
Continental – 300.0 Sunny Bank; 295.0 West View; 291.0 Wreay Hall Farm; 270.0 Hole House (Coulston)
Suffolk – 268.0 Fern House; 266.0 Shap Abbey; 260.0 Holme Wrangle; 252.0 Brockwoodlees Farm; 250.0 Yanwath Woodhouse
Rouge – 261.0 Inlgewood Edge
Cheviot – 239.0 High Lodore Farm; 233.0 Crooklands View
Charollais – 236.0 Cairnbridge Farm
Prime Lambs £/head
Suffolk - £150, £115 Fern House; £140, £119 Yanwath Woodhouse; £125 Holme Wrangle; £118, £115 (2) Hole House (Coulston); £118 Nook Farm; £117 Shap Abbey; £117 Haltcliffe Bridge; £117 Park Head (Hird); £115 Midtown Farm (Strong)
Beltex – £135, £120, £119, £117 Moss Dyke; £131, £125, £121 Crosby Hall; £127, £123; £115 Maisongill; £126, £124, £120 (2), £119 (2), £115 Brockwoodlees Farm; £124, £122 (2), £120 (3), £119, £118 (3) Sycamore Rise; £123, £120, £116 Waterside Farm; £122, £121 Asby Mill; £118 Inglewood Edge; £117 Pringle House
Continental - £131, £125, £124, £118 Lodge House; £128, £116, £115 Wreay Hall Farm; £124 West View; £123 Old Wall; £123 Sunny Bank; £120 Drawbriggs Court; £118, £116 Castle Bank; £118 Nook Farm; £117 Sycamore Rise; £117 Broomhill; £117 Midtown Farm (Strong); £116 Hole House (Coulston); £116 Howgill; £115 High Street; £115 Sleagill House
Texel - £127, £121 Lodge House; £125, £123, £119 Crosby Hall; £121 Grassknop Farm; £120, £119 Old Wall; £120, £117 Fern House; £120 Wreay Hall Farm; £120 Street (Iveson); £119, £118 (2), £117 (2), £116 Fenton Farm; £119; £117 Haltcliffe Bridge; £119 Drawbriggs Court; £119 Lodge Farm; £117, £115 Sleagill House; £116 Birks Head; £115 Shire Lodge; £115 Reagill Grange
Rouge - £116 Inglewood Edge
Cheviot - £110 Castle Bank; £100 Crooklands View
Charollais - £110 Witton
Cast Ewes £/head
Texel (av £118.02) – £188, £178, £158 Greenacres; £187, £174, £140, £134, £120 Backmuir Farm; £180 Ascot House; £170, £168, £158, £154, £128, £126 Lodge House; £169 Clear View Farm; £138 Inglewood Edge; £131, £123 Low House (Dickinson); £126, £120 Bustabeck; £126 High Drybarrows; £120 Plumpton Foot
Charollais (av £147.52) – £168, £140, £134 Lodge House; £133 Ling Cottage
Beltex (av £127.96) - £166, £138, £129, £125 Shap Abbey; £132 Lodge House; £124 Ascot House
Continental (av £109.53) - £160 Ling Cottage; £158 Greenbank Farm; £140, £126, £119, £118 (2) Backmuir Farm; £136, £133, £115, £110 Lodge House; £130, £120 Low Howgill; £129 Sky House; £128 The Hills; £125, £121, £117 Shap Abbey; £120, £117 Bustabeck; £119 Grassknop Farm; £116, £114 Greenacres; £116 Pear Tree House; £115 Reagill Grange; £113 Witton; £110 High Drybarrows
Suffolk (av £123.44) – £148, £136, £124, £116 Backmuir Farm; £136, £135, £124 Lodge House; £135, £126 Greenacres; £130 Ascot House; £127 Holme House; £119 Witton; £119 Eden Croft; £114 Broomhill
Bluefaced Leicester (av £120.92) – £140, £130 Tarn House; £140 Greenacres; £125 Town End Farm (Crocker)
Cheviot-Mule - £131, £123 Backmuir Farm; £112 Low House (Dickinson); £106 Greenacres
Cheviot (av £88.71) - £119, £113, £105 Sky House; £119, £112 Lodge House; £117, £101, £100 Backmuir Farm; £110, £100 Witton; £109, £104 Hole Farm; £108 Town End Farm (Crocker)
Mule (av £95.51) – £115, £105 Grassknop Farm; £111, £108, £101 Backmuir Farm; £111 Sky House; £110 Low Howgill; £108 Greenacres; £103 Clear View Farm; £100 High Drybarrows
Zwartble - £113, £105, £102 Sky House
Half-Bred - £110 Backmuir Farm
Swaledale (av £58.74) – £86 Pear Tree House; £75 Haresceugh Castle; £72 High Drybarrows
Scotch Blackfaced – £80 Lodge House
Rough Fell - £73 The Wath; £71 Ellergill