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Prime Sheep
Wednesday 8th December 2021
On Wednesday Penrith & District Farmers' Mart LLP held their weekly sale of 4,742 Prime sheep, comprising of 2,249 prime lambs and 2,493 cast ewes and rams. The sale also included our Christmas show and sale of prime lambs, expertly judged by Mr M Bowe, Keswick, who awarded the following: -

Christmas Show Results

Class 1 - Texel Lambs (5 in a pen)
1st R Hall & Son, Inglewood Edge
2nd MTP & SD Wills, Fawcett Park

Class 2 - Beltex Lambs (5 in a pen)
1st R Hall & Son, Inglewood Edge
2nd MH Elliott, Espland House
3rd MTP & SD Wills, Fawcett Park

Class 3 - Suffolk Lambs (10 in a pen)
1st Messrs Lowis, Waterside House
2nd Messrs Hird, Town Head

Class 4 - Mule Lambs (10 in a pen)
1st TE Clarke, Howgill Castle
2nd Messrs Lowis, Waterside House
3rd MTP & SD Wills, Fawcett Park

Class 5 - Swaledale Lambs (10 in a pen)
1st JD & JP Nelson, Hedwynds
2nd AJ & J Fell, Mosedale End
3rd JD & JP Nelson, Hedwynds

Champion Pen - First prize Texel lambs from Messrs R Hall & Son, Inglewood Edge.
Reserve Champion Pen - First prize Beltex lambs from Messrs R Hall & Son, Inglewood Edge.

Today’s sale also included our annual Christmas Show and Sale of Prime Lambs. Champion honours went to Messrs R Hall & Sons, Inglewood Edge with a pen of 5 Cracking Texel X Butchers lambs weighing 48kgs realising £235 ahead/490ppk purchased by Mr R Skelton.

A slightly smaller show of prime lambs was forward to a complete ringside of buyers, an SQQ average of 293ppk was achieved on the week.

Quality handy weight lambs were in short supply, resulting in the best, being considerably dearer on the week, with Messrs A J & F M Harrison, Grange Hall selling a run of well-presented Beltex Lambs to average £154/375ppk.

Weight seemed to be an advantage once again, with the whole sale averaging £132.26. Mr J R Weir, Borrowdale, sold 64kg, Texel X Cheviot Lambs to £173 a head purchased by Mr Jason Tucker.

Suffolk X Mule Lambs from Messrs D G & L M Strong, Sleagill House realised £166 a head for 61kgs lambs, this run averaged 53kg (£152.33/287ppk).

Messrs Lowis, Waterside House achieved 281ppk/£152 a head for a pen of 54kg Mule lambs, selling to Mr N Lomax.

A run of sixty well turned-out Texel X lambs from Messrs R W & G Dickinson, High Knipe averaged a staggering 303ppk/£150.07 for 49.5kgs.

Cast Ewes and Rams maintained last week’s bonanza trade with a total of twenty-six ewes selling in excess of £200 ahead topping at £240 ahead, for an outstanding Bleu Du Maine ewe from Mr C Maclennon, Dalvorich Cottage.

First drawn ewes from Messrs T & J Airey, New Grange Farm, Dearham averaged an unbelievable £190.57 for a run of twenty-eight.

Plenty of heavy ewes were £150 plus, and short of requirements, with a pair of Bluefaced Leicester ewes achieving £168 from Messrs G & H R Shields, Tarn House, selling to Yorkshire Halal.

Plenty of demand for horned ewes with Mr G Cartmel, selling Swaledales to £90 a head, a ring full of sixteen Herdwick ewes achieving £83 a head from Mr R Weir, Chapel Farm.

All classes of ewes are required here on a weekly basis to satisfy the demand from our strong ringside of buyers.

Leading Prices

Prime Lambs p/kg
Beltex – 490.0, 422.0 Inglewood Edge; 415.0 Fawcett Park; 363.0, 361.0, 356.0, 343.0 Waterside Farm; 360.0 Ranbeck; 354.0, 344.0 Brockwoodlees; 348.0 Low Row; 348.0 Glenzier Foot Farm; 347.0 Woodfoot
Texel – 415.0, 368.0 (2), 343.0, 337.0 (2), 334.0, 324.0, 322.0 Crosby Hall; 414.0; 380.0, 378.0, 374.0 Grange Hall; 390.0 Fawcett Park; 386.0, 352.0, 329.0 High Knipe; 357.0, 331.0 Ranbeck; 356.0, 323.0 Woodfoot; 354.0 Greenacres; 353.0, 349.0, 344.0, 337.0, 335.0, 323.0 Low Row; 344.0 Sleagill House; 339.0 Mains of Bal Hall Farm; 338.0 Clear View Farm Lodge; 335.0 (2) Low Garth; 333.0 Undercragg; 324.0 Fenton Farm; 320.0 Brockwoodlees; 320.0 Friarbiggin
Continental – 373.0 Grange Hall; 346.0 Holme House; 338.0 Low Row; 333.0 Ranbeck; 331.0, 325.0, 319.0 Inglewood Edge; 320.0 Dale Head; 315.0, 310.0 (2) Sunny Bank
Blue de Maine – 332.0 Barkbeth
Suffolk – 304.0 West End; 298.0 Scales Farm; 294.0 Waterside House; 293.0, 284.0, 280.0 Dale Head; 292.0, 291.0 Holme House; 290.0, 286.0 Hole House; 289.0 Low Row; 287.0, 286.0 High Knipe; 285.0 Hallgarth; 284.0, 281.0 Fenton Farm; 282.0 Tilery Farm; 282.0 Town Head
Cheviot – 295.0 Inglewood Edge; 284.0 Greenbank Farm; 280.0 Friarbiggin
Mule – 281.0, 263.0 Waterside House; 279.0, 268.0, 265.0 Howgill Castle; 275.0, 265.0 Dale Head; 274.0, 269.0 Fawcett Park; 273.0 Undercragg; 272.0 Helm Croft; 271.0 Low Mill; 270.0 Bank End Mill; 268.0, 264.0 Howrigg; 266.0 Skirling Mains Farm; 262.0 Low Garth; 262.0 Throstle Hall
Cheviot Mule – 276.0 Ranbeck
Swaledale – 261.0, 259.0 Hedwynds; 260.0 Mosedale End; 258.0 Hollands; 252.0 Undercragg
Herdwick – 245.0 Hedwynds

Prime Lambs £/head
Beltex - £235, £190 Inglewood Edge; £170 Fawcett Park; £167 Low Row; £167 Glenzier Foot Farm; £160 Espland House; £155 Ranbeck; £149 Woodfoot; £148, £146 (2), £145 Waterside Farm; £148, £145 Brockwoodlees
Texel - £174, £157, £152, £151, £150 Grange Hall; £173, £152 Thorneythwaite; £170, £148 Sleagill House; £170 Hollands; £168, £166 Holme House; £166, £162, £160, £153, £149, £148 (4), £146 High Knipe; £164, £158, £156 Tarn End; £162, £151 (2), £147 Crosby Hall; £160 Fawcett Park; £159, £150 Ranbeck; £159, £147 Low Row; £159 Milburn Grange; £156 (2) South View; £155, £154 Park House; £150 South Bogbain; £149 Fenton Farm; £148 Mosedale End; £147 (2) Hewer Hill; £146 Old Wall
Charollais - £171 Holme House; £164 Sceugh Dyke
Continental – £169 Sceugh Dyke; £168 Hallgarth; £167, £159, £144 Holme House; £167 Tarn End; £162, £157 High House Farm; £162, £149 Thwaite Hall; £162 Sceugh Dyke; £161 Iton Field; £159 Low Row; £153 Grange Hall; £149 Inglewood Edge; £148, £145, £144, £141, £140 Hole House; £146 Barkbeth; £144 Thorneythwaite; £143 Clear View Farm Lodge; £140 Ranbeck
Suffolk - £166, £148 Sleagill House; £166, £145 Fenton Farm; £164 South View; £163, £152 High Knipe; £163 Sceugh Dyke; £162 Dale Head; £160, £155 Holme House; £160 Hallgarth; £159, £147 Waterside House; £156 Skirling Mains Farm; £155 Tarn End; £145, £143 Hole House; £144 Town Head; £143, £140 West End; £141 Plumpton Old Hall
Mule - £152, £134 Waterside House; £145, £130, £126 Howgill Castle; £140, £137 Fawcett Park; £138 Low Mill; £132 Sceugh Dyke; £131, £120 Throstle Hall; £131 Milburn Grange; £131 Hollands; £129, £122, £121 Dale Head; £128 Helm Croft; £125 Scratchmere Scar; £124 Howrigg; £123 Undercragg; £120 Tarn House
Blue de Maine - £146 Barkbeth
Cheviot Mule - £138 Ranbeck
Bluefaced Leicester - £137 Tarn House
Cheviot - £126 Friarbiggin
Swaledale – £121 Undercragg, £120 Hedwynds; £110 ECT Farms Ltd
Cast Ewes £/head
Blue de Maine (av £232.50) - £240, £225 Dalvorich Cottage
Texel (av £151.39) - £238, £230, £216, £203, £198, £191, £140 Holme House; £232, £230, £210, £190 (3), £170, £160, £155 New Grange Farm; £230, £215, £212, £185, £180, £156 Tarn End; £228, £215, £170 Dalvorich Cottage; £212, £150 Far Broom; £190, £158 Lansmere; £175, £173, £145 Backmuir Farm; £170, £165, £142, £140 Drumreach Farm; £160, £154 Skelling Farm; £155 Littlebeck; £145 Bank House
Beltex (av £145.83) - £195 (2), £160 Espland House; £172, £164 (2), £155, £148 Littlebeck; £160 Lansmere; £155, £147 Low Garth; £150 Dalvorich Cottage
Suffolk (av £128.60) - £170, £164, £162 Dalvorich Cottage; £170 Tarn End; £163, £144 Holme House; £162 New Grange Farm; £148 Stamphill Farm; £144 Backmuir Farm; £140 Plumpton Old Hall; £132 Drumreach Farm
Charollais (av £150.14) - £199, £188, £160 Holme House; £185, £180, £150 Tarn End; £158, £150 Dalvorich Cottage
Bluefaced Leicester (av £149.11) - £168 Tarn House; £152 Skirling Mains Farm; £144 Castle Croft Farm
Zwartble (av £121.33) - £166 Backmuir Farm; £134 Greenacres; £132 Dalvorich Cottage; £121 Drumreach Farm
Continental (av £109.71) - £158 (2) Far Broom; £158, £156, £154, £140, £132 Dalvorich Cottage; £152 Stamphill Farm; £150, £148 Bromley Green; £147, £137, £132, £131 Tarn End; £138 Waterside House; £136 Sceugh Dyke; £136 Bells View; £134 Peterhouse; £131 Lansmere
Badger Face (av £146) - £146 Bank House
Cheviot Mule (av £125.41) - £135, £127 Backmuir Farm; £128 Greenacres
Cheviot (av £75.91) - £132, £126, £120 (2), £110 Drumreach Farm; £126, £117 Skelling Farm; £120 Hole Farm; £115 Holme House
Mule (av £109.09) - £125, £122, £115, £113 Backmuir Farm; £124, £114 Greenacres; £123 Sceugh Dyke; £122, £120 Bells View; £122, £112 Drumreach Farm; £120 Waterside House; £119 Broomhill; £119 Lansmere; £115 Peterhouse; £112 Tarn End; £110 Plumpton Old Hall
Masham (av £120) - £120 Dancing Gate Farm
Jacob (av £105) - £105 Huntly Lodge Farm
Scotch (av £60.58) - £98 Tarn End; £91 Drumreach Farm; £84 Greenacres; £84 Backmuir Farm
Swaledale (av £61.23) - £90 Hollands; £88 Low Mill; £85 Waterside House; £84 Low Snab

Cast Rams £/head
Continental - £210, £190, £158 Holme House; £162 Sceugh Dyke
Rouge - £190 Tarn End
Beltex - £175 Espland House
Cheviot - £162 Farmanby; £148 Tarn End; £134 Riverview
Bluefaced Leicester - £150, £142 Low Snab; £148 Holme House
Charollais - £140 Tarn End
Scotch - £108 Skirling Mains Farm
Swaledale - £90 Dalebottom Farm