Prime Sheep 221221
On Wednesday Penrith & District Farmers' Mart LLP held their weekly sale of 3,653 Prime sheep, comprising of 1,808 prime lambs and 1,845 cast ewes and rams.
A smaller show of prime lambs was forward to a complete ringside of buyers, with an SQQ average of 296ppk being achieved. The sale topped at 378ppk for a pen of 37kg Beltex lambs, totalling £140 purchased by West Scottish Lamb.
Messrs W Gribbon & Co, Waterside Farm, sold a lovely run of Beltex cross Texel lambs, 42-48kg, realising £143/333ppk.
Topping per head at £160 (355ppk) was a pen of 45kg Texel cross Beltex lambs from Mr G Cartmel, Hollands, purchased by West Scottish Lamb.
Heavy lambs were just a fraction less on the week but meat was still good to sell with 58kg Suffolk lambs realising £158 from Mr JH Hird, West End, Cockermouth, purchased by Mr J Tucker.
A good run of 40 well-fed, square lambs from Messrs WH & M Sisson & Sons, Fenton Farm, averaged £144.18/300ppk/48kg.
Plenty of commercial export lambs were achieving over 300ppk for 39-44kg, with Messrs RG & TB Wilson, Scales Farm, averaging 312ppk/£128/41kg.
A smaller show of cast ewes sold to an exceptional trade, averaging £105.57 and topping at £250 for a pair of Texel ewes from Greenacres Farm, with all Texel ewes sold averaging £151.75.
A pen of five pure-bred Suffolk ewes from Holme House achieved £176 per head, with all Suffolk ewes sold averaging £136.59. Mr M Kennedy, Romanvale, sold a run of Suffolk ewes to average £140.10
Heavy Mule ewes regularly achieved £120 per head, topping at £127. Horned ewes topped at £109 from Mr T Mackenzie, Inverness, for a pen of 21 purchased by Mr J Blenkhorn.
A ring full of Woodland ewes from Backmuir Livestock achieved £101, purchased by Mr N Lomax. Swaledale ewes from Messrs TS Macdonald, Hammershields, achieved £100.
Leading Prices
Prime Lambs p/kg
Texel – 378.0, 356.0, 311.0 Shap Abbey; 356.0, 302.0 Hollands; 354.0, 331.0, 324.0 Brockwoodlees Farm; 350.0, 343.0, 313.0 Ratten Castle; 344.0, 336.0, 300.0 Galloper Park; 318.0, 300.0 Aimshaugh; 316.0 Sunny Bank; 315.0, 300.0 Friarbiggin; 302.0 Bank House
Beltex – 353.0, 338.0, 317.0 High Knipe; 347.0 Ranbeck; 341.0 Brockwoodlees Farm; 340.0 (2), 333.0, 330.0 Waterside Farm; 340.0, 328.0, 319.0, 316.0 Maisongill
Continental – 337.0 East Cliff; 334.0, 307.0, 302.0 Ranbeck; 333.0, 322.0, 318.0, 314.0 Murrah Hall; 327.0, 325.0 High Knipe; 314.0 West End; 312.0 Shap Abbey; 312.0 Scales Farm; 311.0 (2), 302.0, 300.0 Fenton Farm; 306.0 Cairnbridge Farm; 305.0 Bank House; 303.0, 300.0 Sunny Bank; 303.0 The Hills; 302.0, 300.0 River View
Suffolk – 312.0 Scales Farm; 300.0, 293.0 Far Bank End; 298.0, 287.0 River View; 289.0 Plumpton Old Hall; 285.0, 283.0 Shap Abbey; 285.0 Westray; 282.0 South View; 281.0 High Knipe; 280.0 Sleagill House
Cheviot – 293.0 Murrah Hall; 290.0, 288.0 River View
Scotch Blackfaced – 288.0 Balgray Hill
Cheviot Mule – 283.0 Slack Farm Cottage
Mule – 271.0 Eden Park; 268.0 Bank End Mill; 266.0 Greenhow; 261.0 Low Abbey; 261.0 Low Side
Swaledale – 249.0 Evistones Farm; 237.0 Hollands; 235.0 Ulcatrow
Herdwick – 248.0 Ulcatrow
Prime Lambs £/head
Texel - £160, £150 Hollands; £159, £149 Milburn Grange; £158 Town Head; £152 (2), £146, £140 Low Abbey; £146, £140 Shap Abbey; £145 Sceugh Dyke; £144 (3), £140 Ratten Castle; £144, £141 (2) Galloper Park; £142 South View; £140 Brockwoodlees Farm
Beltex - £159, £152, £149 High Knipe; £149 Ranbeck; £146 (2), £145, £140 Waterside Farm; £143, £141 Maisongill
Suffolk - £156 West End; £156 Fenton Farm; £152 High Knipe; £150 South View; £148 Sceugh Dyke; £145 Broomhill; £141 Low Moor Dyke, £140 Shap Abbey; £140 River View; £140 Low Abbey; £140 Sleagill House
Continental – £156, £147 Sceugh Dyke; £154, £144, £143 (2), £141 (2) Fenton Farm; £154 South View; £151, £147 Sleagill House; £149, £147, £144, £143, £140 (3) High Knipe; £148 Drumreach Farm; £146, £145, £142 East Cliff; £143 (2) Old Parks; £143, £140 Murrah Hall; £141 River View; £140 The Hills; £140 Far Bank End
Cheviot - £140 High Knipe; £132 Murrah Hall; £128 Scratchmere Scar; £124 River View
Cheviot Mule - £133 River View; £130 Slack Farm Cottage; £129 Ranbeck
Mule - £128 (2) Low Abbey; £125 Greenhow; £122 Slack Farm Cottage; £120 Low Side
Scotch Blackfaced - £128 Evistones Farm; £121 Balgray Hill
Swaledale – £116 Low Side; £107, £105 Evistones Farm
Cast Ewes £/head
Texel (av £151.75) - £250, £220 Greenacres; £225, £220, £202, £186, £145, £140 (2) Holme House; £220, £215, £180, £175 (2), £170, £150, £148 Dalvorich Cottage; £220, £170 Backmuir Farm; £200 (2), £150 (2), £140 Drumreach Farm; £200, £150, £140 Dryevers Farm; £180, £144 Newton Hill; £152 Bank House; £150 Green Farm; £147 Romanvale; £141 High Knipe
Suffolk (av £136.59) - £176, £157, £154, £144, £132, £130 Holme House; £160, £147 Romanvale; £156, £140 Lingfield Bungalow; £150, £142 Dalvorich Cottage; £150, £133 Greenacres; £148 Backmuir Farm; £144 Kettleside Farm; £141, £139, £134 Rottington Hall; £140 South View; £138 (2) High Knipe; £136 The Wreay; £135 Sceugh Dyke; £135 Drumreach Farm
Continental (av £107.14) - £170, £132, £130 (2) Grassgarth; £168, £151, £132, £131, £130 Backmuir Farm; £150 Fawcett Park; £144 Newton Hill; £139 Dalvorich Cottage; £138, £130 Clea Mire; £136, £134 Rottington Hall; £134 Drumreach Farm; £134 Glebe Road; £134 Bank House; £131 Ratten Castle; £130 West Dowgill; £130 Greenacres
Beltex (av £138.47) - £160 Ascot House; £138 School Hill; £136 Skelling Farm
Zwartble (av £128.43) - £150, £134 Backmuir Farm; £150 Romanvale
Bluefaced Leicester (av £114.29) - £150 West Dowgill; £145 Eden Park; £137 Greenacres; £132 Newton Hill
Cheviot Mule (av £126.31) - £144, £127 Backmuir Farm; £123 Fawcett Park
Charollais (av £129.43) - £141, £138 (2) Holme House
Half Bred (av £140) - £140 Backmuir Farm
Cheviot (av £90.81) - £137 Dalvorich Cottage; £136 Fawcett Park; £133, £114 Drumreach Farm; £127, £126 High Knipe; £120 Skelling Farm; £114 Backmuir Farm
Mule (av £109.41) - £127, £125 Greenacres; £125, £116 Clea Mire; £125 High Knipe; £124, £118 South View; £123 Newton Hill; £121 Starrah, £120 Drumreach Farm; £120 Sceugh Dyke; £120 Cotland Farm; £118 Kettleside Farm; £118 Dryevers Farm; £117 West Dowgill; £116 Ratten Castle
Scotch (av £83.96) - £109, £96, £88 Drumreach Farm; £96 Gate Farm; £89 Greenacres; £89 Torgormack; £83 Fawcett Park
Woodland (av £101) - £101 Backmuir Farm
Swaledale (av £61.58) - £100 Hammershields; £94 Starrah
Jacob (av £58.00) - £90 High Head Chapel
Goat (av £90) - £90 Cotland Farm
Herdwick (av £68.05) – £74 Huntly Lodge Farm; £70 Starrah
Cast Rams £/head
Suffolk - £175 Holme House
Texel - £175 Holme House
Cheviot - £170 Skelling Farm
Continental - £150 Backmuir Farm
Charollais - £150 Holme House
Jacob- £110 Barton Church Farm