Prime Sheep - 19.01.22
On Wednesday Penrith & District Farmers’ Mart LLP held their weekly sale of 3,969 prime sheep, comprising of 1,898 prime hoggs & 2,071 cast ewes & rams.
A much-improved prime hogg trade was witnessed, with a SQQ average of 274ppk. Top Price of 354ppk being achieved from Messrs A J & F M Harrison, Grange Hall with a pen of 39kgs realising £138 ahead purchased by Mr R Vivers, with this consignment of 33 averaging 39kgs, £134.88 / 340ppk.
A sale average of £120.43 was achieved with a top of £156 ahead for 48kgs from Mr J R Weir, Chapel Farm with Texel x Beltex Hogg selling to Mr R Skelton with this consignment averaging, 47kg’s (293pph / £138.50).
Heavy hoggs met a much sharper trade and most certainly dearer than last week, with Messrs R W & G Dickinson, High Knipe selling a run of smart heavies to average £144.04 / 278ppk and selling 60kgs to £150.
Messrs T E Irving & Sons, East Cliff sold 54 Commercial heavies, out of Mule ewes to average, 261pph (£138.81 / 53kg)
A larger show of Cast Ewes and Rams were forward with a sale average of £100.15 ahead, being achieved, topping at £250 ahead for a pen of 4 Texel ewes from Tarn End Farm, purchased by Pak Mecca Meats, Birmingham with all Texel’s ewes averaging £150.16.
Messrs B S & J Strong & Son, Hewer Hill, sold a run of exceptional Texel ewes to average £199.17 topping at £216.
A total of 131 ewes and rams were sold in excess of £140 ahead, with Cast Rams realising £182 from High Knipe and all rams sold averaging £119.38.
Plenty of demand for horned ewes once again with many more required to fulfil demand with Scotch Blackface ewes topping at £110 from Backmuir Livestock. Several good pens of Swaledales were sold in excess of £90 ahead with Messrs T W Bell & Sons, Hill Top, topping at £99 a head selling to Mr J Blenkhorn.
All classes are required for next weeks sale, please advise entries to Andrew Maughan on 07717611952.
Leading Prices
Prime Hoggs p/kg
Texel – 354.0, 349.0, 344.0, 340.0, 325.0, 320.0 Grange Hall; 341.0 High Knipe; 333.0, 329.0 (2), 326.0, 324.0 Galloper Park; 333.0 Glaslyn House; 332.0 Haltcliffe Bridge; 329.0, 326.0 (2) Moss Dyke; 328.0, 324.0 Claish Farm; 326.0 Ranbeck; 325.0 Thorneythwaite; 324.0 Black Leases; 320.0 Milburn Grange
Continental – 348.0 Holme Farm (Bousfield); 336.0, 321.0 Moss Dyke; 334.0, 311.0 (2) Ranbeck; 333.0 Murrah Hall; 323.0 Low House (Dickinson); 317.0 Hewer Hill; 313.0 Crindledyke
Beltex – 323.0, 311.0 Crosby Hall
Suffolk – 272.0 Greening; 271.0 Westray; 265.0, 263.0 Scales Farm (Wilson); 263.0 Plumpton Old Hall; 262.0, 260.0, 257.0 Waterside House; 259.0 (2) East Cliff; 258.0 High Knipe; 256.0 Crindledyke
Cheviot – 261.0 Black Leases; 257.0 Nook Farm; 256.0 Murrah Hall; 256.0 Aimshaugh
Cheviot Mule – 256.0 Ranbeck
Mule – 253.0 Hollands; 247.0 (2), 246.0, 245.0 Slack Farm Cottage; 246.0 Hill Top (Bell)
Prime Hoggs £/head
Texel - £156, £149 Thorneythwaite; £153 Burtree Ford; £152, £147, £146 (2) Milburn Grange; £150 (2), £140 (2) High Knipe; £144, £140 Ireby Hall; £144 Petteril Grange; £143, £140 Galloper Park; £143 Lamonby House; £143 Sceugh Dyke; £142, £140 (2) Glaslyn House; £141 Sleddale Hall; £141 Grange Hall; £140 Moss Dyke; £140 Ranbeck; £140 Wreay Hall Farm; £139 Tarn End
Continental - £151 Skygarth; £150, £144, £141 (2) High Knipe; £146, £140 (3) Ranbeck; £144, £141 Low House (Dickinson); £141 Drumreach Farm; £140 Clea Hall; £140 Murrah Hall
Suffolk - £149 Sykgarth; £142 High Knipe; £140 (2) East Cliff; £139, £135 Waterside House; £139 Pennine View; £138 Crindledyke; £137 Grassknop Farm; £136 Scales Farm (Pollock); £136 Moss Dyke; £133 Tarn End; £133 Sceugh Dyke
Cheviot Mule - £138, £128 Ranbeck
Cheviot - £134 Clea Hall; £133 Farmanby; £133 Hill Top (Bell); £130 Chapel Farm
Mule - £132 Glaslyn House; £123 Brewery House Barn
Cast Ewes £/head
Texel (av £150.16) - £250, £220, £170 Tarn End; £228, £208, £198, £160 Park View (Pyman); £220, £154 Backmuir Farm; £218, £190, £178, £162, £156 Holme House; £216, £205 Hewer Hill; £195, £184, £180 Lamonby House; £188 Wreay Hall Farm; £185 Huntly Lodge Farm; £165 Clea Hall; £160 Chapel Farm; £148 Haltcliffe Bridge; £144 Drumreach Farm; £140 High Bracken Hall
Continental (av £103.51) - £170, £152, £130 Harleycroft; £144 Chapel Farm; £140, £133 (2), £130 (3) Newbiggin Farm; £140 High Bracken Hall; £135 Tarn End; £134 Haltcliffe Bridge; £132 Aimshaugh; £130 Backmuir Farm; £130 Holme House
Beltex (av £114.63) - £160 Harleycroft
Charollais (av £137.39) - £156, £132 Holme House; £155, £131 Tarn End; £138 Backmuir Farm
Suffolk (av £123.98) - £146, £144, £134 Holme House; £144 Luketon Stud; £140, £139, £136 Tarn End; £132 Wreay Hall Farm; £131 (2) Witton Farm; £130 Grassknop Farm
Bluefaced Leicester (av £109.40) - £135 Burtree Ford; £132 High Bracken Hall; £129 Buckles Farm
Mule (av £102.31) - £129 Tomich; £123, £114 Backmuir Farm; £121, £111 South View; £114 Lamonby House; £114 Westward Park; £112 Ravenwood; £112 Milburn Grange; £112 North Netherscales; £110 Wreay Hall Farm; £110 Haltcliffe Bridge
Cheviot Mule (av £107.85) - £127 Tarn End
Cheviot (av £83.36) - £120 Holme House; £120 Huntly Lodge Farm; £117, £114 (2) Backmuir Farm; £116 Tarn End; £113 Gate Farm; £112 Howrigg
Zwartble (av £93.23) - £120 Backmuir Farm
Scotch Blackfaced (av £74.90) - £110, £96 Backmuir Farm; £102 Brewery House Barn; £96 Tarn End; £93 Drumreach Farm; £90 Gate Farm
Swaledale (av £70.72) - £99, £82 Hill Top (Bell); £94 Newlands; £92 Ascot House; £88 Brewery House Barn; £84 Burtree Ford; £82 High Bracken Hall
Goat - £97 Grassknop Farm
Herdwick - £90 Farmanby
Cast Rams £/head
Texel - £182 High Knipe; £165 Clea Hall; £162 Holme House
Rouge - £176 Holme House; £165 Grassknop Farm
Charollais - £150 Holme House
Cheviot - £144 Clea Hall; £134 Woodfoot; £130 Aimshaugh
Bluefaced Leicester - £142 Bank End Mill
Beltex - £134 High Knipe
Suffolk - £130 Crosby Hall; £128 Holme House
Continental - £128 Holme House; £128 Hole Farm (Mark)