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On Wednesday Penrith & District Farmers’ Mart LLP held their weekly sale of 5,595 prime sheep, comprising of 2,947 prime lambs & 2,648 cast ewes and rams.

One of the largest shows of prime sheep was forward to our ringside of fifteen active buyers purchasing on behalf of over 40 outfits, proving the live ring is certainly the best way to market your prime stock.

The sale topped at 364ppk from Sam Pollock, Wreay Hall Farm, for a Beltex cross Texel lamb, weighing 44kg, realising £160, purchased by Yorkshire Halal.

A lovely consignment of well-presented lambs from Messrs AJ and FM Harrison, Grange Hall, averaged 333ppk/£136.80/41kg, topping at 356ppk for a pen of 41kg Beltex cross lambs, totalling £146, purchased by Mr M Bowe.

An overall sale average of £124.77 was achieved, up £35.95 on this day last year, topping at £170 per head from Messrs S Jackson & Sons, Lingstubbs, for 64kg Texel lambs purchased by Mr N Lomax.

A run of 44 Texel cross Mule lambs from Messrs JJ Henderson & Son, Park House, topped at £168 for 60kg lambs purchased by Mr N Lomax, with this run averaging £152.14/277ppk/55kg.

There was lots of demand and competition for Mule lambs in the live ring, topping at £150 for 55kg lambs from Messrs Smith, Kelmore Hills. Messrs Lowis, Waterside House, sold a pen of 14 weighing 53kg to £145 (270ppk), purchased by Mr J Tucker.

Lightweight well-fed Herdwick lambs from Mr J Cartmel, Winter Crag, achieved 247ppk for 34kg, realising £84 per head, purchased by Mr A Dawson.

A huge show of cast ewes and rams was forward, a thousand more than expected, to thirteen active buyers in the ring, ensuring all classes achieved premium prices and the journey to Penrith was well worth the effort. Numerous pens of Texel ewes sold in excess of £200 per head, topping at £217 for a pen from Greenacres, Aberdeen, purchased by Mr J Tucker.

Several new vendors from all over the country were here again, with many from Aberdeen. Scotch mule ewes topped at £118 for a pen of 12 from Backmuir Livestock, purchased by Mr W Shearer.

Messrs Skelton, Low House, Maryport sold a run of 86 Swaledale, Herdwick and Scotch Blackface ewes to average a staggering £80.78, with a pen of 11 Swaledales realising £84 and a ring full of 20 Herdwicks at £83.

Please do not hesitate to contact us regarding marketing your stock with us next week, we are happy to help organise haulage from anywhere in the country, contact our auctioneer Andrew Maughan on 07717611952 or the main office on 01768 864700.
Leading Prices

Prime Lambs p/kg
Texel – 364.0, 304.0 Wreay Hall Farm; 344.0, 326.0, 314.0, 305.0 High Knipe; 343.0, 338.0, 320.0, 317.0, 313.0, 305.0 Grange Hall; 336.0, 329.0, 324.0, 314.0, 307.0 Broomhills; 333.0, 311.0 (2), 309.0 Sycamore Rise; 324.0, 319.0, 310.0 (2), 305.0 Home Farm (Metcalfe); 324.0, 303.0 Sickergill; 324.0, 302.0 Haltcliffe Bridge; 323.0, 321.0 Kelmore Hills Farm; 321.0, 314.0, 307.0 Fenton Farm; 320.0 Manor Farm; 317.0, 310.0, 307.0, 305.0 Maisongill; 315.0 Plumpton Old Hall; 313.0 Moss Dyke; 309.0 Low House (Dickinson); 305.0 Dale Head; 305.0 Town Head (Potter); 305.0 Reagill Grange; 305.0 Hunter's Place, 303.0 Howe Farm, 300.0 Hay Close, 300.0 Sandriggs
Beltex – 356.0, 333.0 Grange Hall; 342.0, 316.0 Crosby Hall; 338.0 Shap Abbey; 333.0, 323.0, 316.0 Ranbeck; 318.0, 313.0, 305.0, 302.0 Galloper Park; 315.0, 313.0 (2), 308.0 Inglewood Edge
Continental – 330.0, 329.0, 324.0, 323.0, 311.0 Low Row; 330.0, 300.0 Milburn Grange; 323.0, 320.0, 310.0, 305.0, 303.0 Clea Mire; 319.0 Moorriggs; 317.0, 305.0, 302.0, 300.0 Brockwoodlees; 315.0 Crosby Hall; 309.0 Glenzier Foot Farm; 307.0 (2) Kelmore Hills Farm; 307.0 Crindledyke; 305.0, 300.0 Woodfoot; 305.0 Hollins Farm, 302.0 Shap Abbey
Blue de Maine - 300.0 Sickergill
Suffolk – 290.0 Fowrass; 288.0, 276.0 Shap Abbey; 287.0, 279.0 Highrigg; 283.0, 275.0 Low Row; 282.0 Waterside House, 279.0, 278.0 Dale Head; 276.0 Lodge Farm; 275.0 Town Head (Potter)
Cheviot – 278.0 Fowrass; 278.0 Bank Hall
Cheviot Mule – 276.0 Ranbeck
Mule – 273.0, 250.0 Kelmore Hills Farm; 270.0 Waterside House; 258.0, 256.0 Lea Croft; 258.0 Milburn Grange; 257.0 Low Mill; 256.0, 253.0 Tarn House; 256.0 Scales Farm; 256.0 Bank End Mill; 255.0 Town End Farm (Crocker); 253.0 Howrigg; 252.0 Gooselands View Barn
Herdwick – 247.0 Winter Crag
Swaledale – 239.0 Low Row; 223.0 Winter Crag, 221.0 Ulcatrow; 218.0 Gooselands View Barn

Prime Lambs £/head
Texel - £172, £144 Lingstubbs; £168 Park House; £163, £158, £157, £146, £144, £143 (2), £140 (3) Sycamore Rise; £160, £146, £143 Wreay Hall Farm; £160 Grange Hall; £157 Kelmore Hills Farm; £154, £148 (2), £143, £140 High Knipe; £153, £146 (3) Town Head (Potter); £148, £141 (2), £140 Broomhills; £148, £140 Green Farm (Mattinson); £144 Tarn End, £142 (2), £141 Manor Farm; £141 (2) Old Wall, £140 Fenton Farm; £140 Reagill Grange
Suffolk - £170, £149 Highrigg; £162, £145, £141 Dale Head; £159, £151 Low Row; £155 Waterside House; £146 Town Head (Potter); £146 Haltcliffe Bridge; £144 Wreay Hall Farm; £142 Hallgarth; £140 Shap Abbey; £140 Longlands
Continental - £161, £145, £142 Woodfoot; £161, £144, £140 Milburn Grange; £153 Auchtygall; £152 Hewer Hill; £151, £143 Park House; £150 Blands Farm; £149, £146, £140 Low Row; £147 Ranbeck; £146, £145 Glenzier Foot Farm; £144 Hay Close; £140 Low House Farm (Skelton)
Beltex – £160, £150, £147, £144 Inglewood Edge; £159, £142 Shap Abbey; £146, £140 Grange Hall; £140 Ranbeck

Mule - £150, £130, £128 Kelmore Hills Farm; £143 Waterside House; £133, £122 Howgill Castle; £131 Low Mill; £129 Milburn Grange, £119 Howrigg; £116, £115 Lea Croft; £115, £114 Tarn House; £115 Scales Farm; £114 Hollins Farm; £112 Town End Farm (Crocker); £111 Gooselands View Barn; £110 Bank End Mill
Cheviot Mule - £138 Ranbeck
Swaledale - £105 Low Row

Cast Ewes £/head
Texel (av £130.82) – £217, £152, £130 Greenacres; £215 (2), £210, £200, £198, £192, £174 (2), £150, £140, £134 Tarn End; £206 Lingstubbs; £195, £160, £148 (2), £140, £139, £135 River View; £188 West Park Farm; £170, £154, £140, £132, £130 (2) Mains of Bal Hall Farm; £164, £142 Bolton Wood Lane Farm; £160 Moorriggs; £160 Home Farm (Metcalfe); £155, £132 Gordonhall Farm; £150 Glenzier Foot Farm; £138, £136, £130 Backmuir; £138 Colstons; £136 Murrah Hall; £135 Thwaite Hall; £134 Wreay Hall Farm; £130 (2) Netherplace Farm
Continental (av £100.94) - £186, £125 West Park Farm; £176, £148, £143 Manor Farm; £148, £129, £125, £124 (2) Greenacres; £130, £127, £126 Drumreach Farm; £128, £120 River View; £128 Bolton Wood Lane Farm; £127 Glenmoy Estate; £125 Dryevers; £122 High Knipe; £120 Howe Foot
Charollais (av £154.57) - £178 Mains of Bal Hall Farm; £172, £158 Low Garth; £160 Tarn End
Beltex (av £138.12) - £174, £156 Tarn End; £146 Hollands
Suffolk (av £120.62) – £148 River View; £148 Wreay Hall Farm; £134, £131, £126, £123, £120 Tarn End; £130 Grassknop Farm; £130 Highrigg; £130 Backmuir; £128 Bolton Wood Lane Farm; £128 Thwaite Hall; £125 Greenacres; £123 Glenmoy Estate
Cheviot (av £90.90) - £138, £103 River View; £115, £106, £105, £102 Netherplace Farm; £114 Low House Farm (Skelton); £111 High Knipe; £107 Tarn End; £106 Howe Foot; £102 (2) Murrah Hall; £102 Friarbiggin; £102 Glenmoy Estate; £100 Ranbeck; £100 High Lodore Farm
Bluefaced Leicester (£119.38) - £136 Town Head; £130 Thrang Cragg
Mule (av £98.69)– £118, £101 Backmuir; £116 Thwaite Hall; £114; £101 Town End Farm (Burne); £114 Brigg Farm House; £113 Blands Farm; £113 Penny Hill; £109, £101 Greenacres; £109 Lingstubbs; £106 Grassknop Farm; £106 River View; £106 Hill Top; £105 Dryevers Farm
Zwartble (av £117) - £117 Grange Hall
Scotch Blackfaced (av £70.10) – £115 Highrigg; £96 Howe Foot; £95 River View; £90, £83 Low House Farm (Skelton); £86 Drumreach Farm
Swaledale (av £54.73) – £84, £77 Low House Farm (Skelton); £80 West Foreshield; £80 Flakebridge Farm; £80 Waterside House; £78 Brownrigg Hall Farm; £77 Hollands; £73 Haresceugh Castle; £72 Ranbeck; £72 Town Head
Herdwick - £83, £70 Low House Farm (Skelton); £70 Greenacres
Shetland - £40, £32 River View

Cast Rams £/head
Texel - £160 Thorneyscale; £152 Low House (Dickinson)
Suffolk - £154 Glenmoy Estate
Dutch Spotted - £128 Kirkland Howe Farm
Beltex - £122 Mains of Bal Hall Farm
Cheviot – £118 River View