Rearing Calves & Stirks 291021
On Friday Penrith & District Farmers’ Mart LLP held their fortnightly sale of 165 Rearing Calves and Stirks.
A much larger show of calves and stirks was forward from as far afield as Ayrshire and Middleton-in-Teesdale. The sale topped at £760 per head for a pen of seven Aberdeen Angus cross & Limousin cross bulls, 7-8-months-old from Messrs A & W Johnston, White Fold, purchased by Mr J Field. Heifers from the same home achieved £650 per head for a pen of 3 Limousins, six-months-old, purchased by Mr D Winder.
Messrs Donaldson, Cleater Moor, sold seven-month-old British Blue bulls to £680 per head.
Younger calves topped at £520 per head from Messrs Turnbull, Monks House, for a British Blue bull, ten-weeks-old, purchased by Mr WH Raine, with others from this home closely following at £500.
Messrs AD & FE Elliott, Askrigg Hall, sold six-week-old Fleckvieh bull calves to £260 per head, purchased by Mr P Roddam.
More buyers were forward and several new purchasers were in attendance resulting in a level trade from start to finish, with quality very dear but plainer weathered calves looking good value.
More numbers are required for our next sale on Friday 12th November, with demand for all classes. Please contact Andrew Maughan on 07717611952 for any further information.
Leading Prices
Bullock Weaned Stirks
Aberdeen Angus – £625 (2) Cottage Farm; £605 (4) Cairnbridge Farm
Bull Weaned Calves & Stirks
Limousin - £760 (5), £625, £600 (5), £590 White Fold
Aberdeen Angus - £760 (2), £590 (3) White Fold
British Blue - £680 Threapthwaite Farm; £540 Whitrigg Farm
Black & White - £210 (3), £200 Whitrigg Farm; £210 Causeway Foot Farm; £175 The Harras
Bull Calves
British Blue – £520, £500, £470 Monks House; £490 Kaber Fold; £440, £420 Skirwith Abbey; £405 Macherquhat Farm
Limousin - £405 The Harras; £395 Kaber Fold; £370, £360 Causeway Foot Farm; £370, £340 Melmerby Mill; £360 White Fold; £350 Lodge Farm (Mallinson)
Aberdeen Angus - £395 Low Moor Dyke; £240 (2) Brackenburgh Home Farm
Fleckvieh - £260, £200, £170, £165 Askrigg Hall
Black & White - £130, £80 Skirwith Abbey; £105 (2) Low Moor Dyke
Heifer Weaned Calves & Stirks
Limousin - £650 (3), £475 (7) White Fold; £490 Lodge Farm (Mallinson); £485, £475 Skirwith Abbey
Charolais - £600 Cottage Farm
Aberdeen Angus - £555 (5) Cairnbridge Farm; £500 (2) White Fold
British Blue - £510 Threapthwaite Farm
Heifer Calves
British Blue - £350 Monks House
Limousin - £320 (2) Skirwith Abbey; £300 (2) White Fold
Black & White - £200 (2) Townhead Farm
Hereford - £205 Low Plains