Prime Sheep 241121

On Wednesday Penrith & District Farmers’ Mart LLP held their weekly sale of 5,011 prime sheep, comprising of 2,526 prime lambs & 2,485 cast ewes and rams.

Numbers from all over the UK came forward to ringside of fourteen active buyers, this ensured an SQQ average of 285p/kg, topping at 370p/kg for a pen of 43 Beltex lambs from Messrs R & JM Ridley, Ranbeck, selling to Mr M Bowe. This consignment of fifty-six lambs averaged 291p/kg/£143 per head, this included a pen of 25 Cheviot Mules which realised £143 purchased by Mr J Tucker.

Top consignment average per kilo was 326p/kg/£128.85 for a run of twenty-seven handy weighted 39kg Texel cross Beltex lambs from Messes Lowis, Galloper Park.

An overall sale average of £128.07 was achieved on the week, this up £32 per head on the year and £6 a head on the week. Topping at £163 for a pen of 57kg Texel lambs from Messrs Sowerby, Sycamore Rise, selling to West Scottish Lamb. This run of forty-five averaged £155.73/56kg.

Some super pens of Suffolk cross Mule lambs sold exceptionally well, with Mr WR Wilson, South View selling a pen of twenty-four 58kg lambs to total £159 a head, selling to Mr J Tucker. This run of forty-five averaged £155.73/56kg.

Messrs TE Irving & Sons, East Cliff, had a bonanza with a ring full of thirty-one Suffolk Mule lambs weighing 53kg achieving £151 (285p/kg). This consignment of fifty-five averaged 288p/kg (£149.82).

Mule lambs once again hit some high returns with Mr TJ Bark, Biggar, making the trip down to Penrith with a pen of twenty-one 39kg lambs realising £105 (269p/kg). Heavy lambs from Messrs Fleming and Wilson, Low Mill, weighing 55kg achieved £145, this consignment averaged £135 for 51kgs.

A massive show of cast ewes was forward to a complete ringside of buyers, with numerous pens selling in excess of £200 per head, topping at £228 for a pen of Texel ewes from Town End, selling to Mr J Tucker.

All Texels in the sale averaged £133.55. An overall sale average of £91.81 was achieved this up £10.63 on the week. Heavy ewes regularly sold between £130-£140 per head.

Mule ewes sold exceptionally well, with Backmuir Livestock realising £123 for a pen of thirteen, with several other pens £110 plus.

Horned ewes topped at £118 for a pen of Rough Fell ewes from Mr A Kipling, Hardendale. The better end of Swaledales were getting comfortably over £80 pounds, topping at £86 from Messrs Lawson, Stubbsgill. Scotch Blackfaced ewes from Inverness topped at £97 per head for a ring full of twenty.

Theres plenty of demand once again for all classes of prime stock, please do not hesitate to contact to Andrew Maughan on 07717611952 for further information.

Leading Prices

Prime Lambs p/kg
Beltex – 370.0, 338.0, 325.0, 311.0 Ranbeck; 344.0, 340.0 Waterside Farm; 333.0 Wreay Hall Farm; 329.0 Shap Abbey; 327.0, 318.0 Sycamore Rise; 326.0 Clickham; 307.0 Park Nook
Texel – 345.0, 318.0 Woodfoot; 339.0, 326.0, 323.0, 321.0, 317.0 (2), 309.0 (2) Town Head (Potter); 335.0, 328.0, 324.0, 305.0 Galloper Park; 331.0, 319.0, 313.0, 302.0 (2) Brockwoodlees Farm; 328.0, 312.0, 309.0, 302.0 Clea Mire; 326.0 Grassknop Farm; 323.0 Plumpton Old Hall; 321.0 Low House (Dickinson); 319.0 Clickham; 315.0, 302.0 Howrigg; 309.0 Waterside Farm
Continental – 344.0, 321.0, 308.0, 304.0 (2), 300.0 High Knipe; 337.0, 312.0, 314.0 Broomhills; 330.0 Kirkbarrow Hall (Fabi); 330.0 Barnskew; 329.0, 312.0, 302.0 Pringle House; 325.0, 324.0, 315.0, 302.0 Crindledyke; 320.0, 309.0 Glaslyn House; 314.0 Howe Farm; 313.0, 311.0 Wreay Hall Farm; 313.0 Hole House (Coulston); 310.0 Mains of Balhall Farm; 307.0, 302.0 Ratten Castle; 305.0 Plumpton Old Hall; 304.0, 302.0 (2) Sycamore Rise; 304.0 Throstle Hall; 303.0 Dacre Banks Farm; 302.0, 300.0 Old Wall; 302.0 Park Nook; 302.0 Three Gables
Suffolk – 293.0 Friarbiggin; 285.0 East Cliff; 284.0 Hole House (Coulston); 284.0 Anns Cottage; 283.0 Dacre Banks Farm; 282.0 West Foreshield; 282.0 Clea Mire; 281.0, 278.0 Waterside House; 281.0 Mains of Balhall Farm; 280.0 (2) Shap Abbey; 280.0, 275.0 Hallgarth; 280.0 Waterside Farm; 279.0 Wreay Hall Farm; 278.0 Town Head (Potter); 277.0 Low House (Dickinson); 277.0 Grassknop Farm; 276.0 High Crossgill; 275.0 West Foreshield
Cheviot – 283.0 Dacre Banks Farm; 280.0 Crosby Hall; 275.0 High Knipe; 275.0 Ranbeck
Cheviot Mule – 278.0 Glaslyn House; 275.0 Bank Hall; 270.0 Crosby Hall
Mule – 269.0 Skirling Mains Farm; 266.0 West Foreshield; 265.0, 260.0 Stubsgill Farm; 265.0 Croft Road; 264.0, 259.0 (2) Low Mill; 264.0 Low Side; 264.0 Ranbeck; 264.0 Tarn House; 263.0 Howrigg; 263.0 Bank End Mill; 261.0 Eden Park; 260.0 Howgill Castle; 256.0 High Crossgill; 254.0 Crosby Hall
Herdwick – 243.0 Crook A Beck; 243.0 Anns Cottage
Swaledale – 237.0 Ulcatrow; 233.0 Tarn House

Prime Lambs £/head
Continental - £165 Sceugh Dyke; £163, £150, £148 (3), £147, £146, £145 Sycamore Rise; £162, £154, £148, £146 High Knipe; £158 Throstle Hall; £153, £149 (2), £145 Broomhills; £152 South View; £152 East Cliff; £150, £145 (2) Hall Bank; £149 Bromley Green; £148 Dacre Banks Farm; £147, £145 Glaslyn House; £147 Hole House (Coulston); £145 Old Wall
Suffolk - £161, £145, £143 Hole House (Coulston); £161 Hill Top; £159 South View; £154, £149 Waterside House; £151 East Cliff; £146 Hallgarth; £145 Wreay Hall Farm; £143 (2) Shap Abbey; £142 Anns Cottage; £142 Woodfoot; £142 Town Head (Potter); £141 Clea Mire; £140 Sceugh Dyke; £140 Waterside Farm
Beltex – £159 (2), £156, £149 Ranbeck; £157, £145, £140 Sycamore Rise; £154 (2), £140 Clickham; £150, £145 Shap Abbey; £148 Waterside Farm; £143 Wreay Hall Farm
Texel - £159, £153, £145 (2) Park House (Henderson); £157 Milburn Grange; £155 Tarn End; £151, £147 High Knipe; £150 (3) Clickham; £147 Sycamore Rise; £146 Low House (Dickinson); £145 Woodfoot
Mule - £145, £127 (2) Low Mill; £140 Ranbeck; £130, £127 Stubsgill Farm; £130 Croft Road; £126, £122 Howgill Castle; £126 Town Head (Potter); £125 Sycamore Rise; £125 West Foreshield; £123 High Crossgill; £122 Crosby Hall
Cheviot Mule - £143 Crosby Hall; £142 Glaslyn House
Cheviot - £143, £135 Ranbeck; £140 High Knipe; £137 Crosby Hall
Bluefaced Leicester - £120 Throstle Hall
Rough Fell - £110 Hardendale
Scotch Blackfaced - £91 Skirling Mains Farm

Cast Ewes £/head
Texel (av £133.55) – £228, £185, £175, £172, £146, £136, £133 Tarn End; £225, £196, £170, £146 Holme House; £220 Lingstubbs; £212, £202, £138, £132 Clickham; £185 Green Farm (Hodgson); £164, £149, £146, £142, £141, £138, £132 Elm House; £156 Bells View; £138 Woodfoot; £133 Backmuir Farm; £130 Fell Side Farm; £130 Sleddale Hall; £130 Meadow Farm
Charollais (av £124.57) - £201 Tarn End
Continental (av £100.84) - £200 Holme House; £164, £130 Sleddale Hall; £155, £145 Riverview; £152, £135 Kirkbarrow Hall (Fabi); £150, £142, £136 South Lambhill; £148 Elm House; £140 Hardendale; £137, £135 Tarn End; £134 Greenacres; £132 Borrans Hill; £130 Backmuir Farm
Beltex (av £120.67) - £160 Highfield Farm; £142 Shap Abbey
Suffolk (av £120.80) – £152, £149, £137, £120 Holme House; £146, £137 Thwaite Hall; £142 Riverview; £138 Shap Abbey; £134, £129, £124 Tarn End; £129 Fog Close; £129 Middle Bank End; £128 Greenacres; £126 Sceugh Dyke; £125 Hole House (Coulston)
Cheviot Mule - £129 Fawcett Park; £109 Meadow Farm
Cheviot (av £83.81) - £125 Tarn End; £120 Backmuir Farm; £116, £109, £102 Riverview; £109, £103 Low Prior; £104 Holme House; £100 Middle Bank End; £98 Drumreach Farm; £98 Netherplace Farm
Mule (av £97.73) – £123, £116, £115, £106 Backmuir Farm; £115 Sceugh Dyke; £112 Borrans Hill; £111, £109 Thwaite Hall; £111 Clickham; £108 West End; £108 Riggfoot Farm; £107 Greenacres; £107 Netherplace Farm; £107 Sleddale Hall; £106 Yew Tree Farm (Teasdale); £105 Bells View; £105 Waterside Farm; £105 Lingstubbs; £104, £103 Fog Close; £104 Riverview; £103 Woodfoot; £100 Dacre Banks
B.D.M - £120 Tarn End
Rough Fell - £118, £92 Hardendale
Zwartble - £116 Greenacres
Goat - £114, £90 Grassknop Farm
Scotch Blackfaced (av £68.94) – £97, £82, £80 Low Proir
Swaledale (av £57.41) – £86 Stubsgill Farm; £82 Hollins Farm; £76 Fawcett Park; £73 Throstle Hall; £72 Well House (Strong)

Cast Rams £/head
Bluefaced Leicester - £190 Holme House; £140 Manesty Farm
Texel - £180 Green Farm (Hodgson); £138 Thorneyland; £130 Netherplace Farm; £130 Bells View
Beltex - £145 Thorneyland
Continental - £140 Holme House
Charollais - £140 Holme House
Suffolk - £135 Holme House