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On Monday Penrith & District Farmers’ Mart LLP held their fortnightly sale of 401 store cattle.
One of the dearest sales of store cattle was held here today in a very long time, with returns not seen like it before. A twenty-two-month-old Limousin heifer achieved £1700 from Messrs Raine, Fog Close, purchased by Foley Brothers. This consignment of heifers averaged just shy of £1301.14. All Limousin heifers in the sale sold to average £1169.24. Over 111 cattle sold in excess of £1300, with bullocks selling to a top of £1625 from Messrs A & S Robley, Nelson Hill Farm. This consignment averaged £1503.33.
Messrs Wales, Thackwood, sold a consignment of twenty-month-old Limousin X bullocks to average £1487.
Some marvellous consignments of Dairy-bred cattle sold exceptionally well with Messrs T J & J M Powley, Blands Farm averaging £1376, topping at £1385 with a Limousin X bullock purchased by Mr F Towers, the same home sold a pen of six Limousin heifers to Foley Brothers.
A consignment of Montbeliarde and Holstein bullocks from Messrs M & M Milne, Parkdargue achieved some phenomenal returns, with a pen of four Montbeliarde bullocks achieving £1385, purchased by Mr M Crapper, Barnsley. The same home sold a pen of five Holsteins to £1325, purchased by Mr F Towers.
Please do not hesitate to enter for our next sale in a fortnights time, Monday 14th March. This sale is our Annual March show and sale of top-quality Continental store cattle and feeding bulls. Entries for this sale close noon Monday 7th March February.
Leading Prices
Store Bullocks
British Blue - £1625, £1435 Nelson Hill Farm; £1565, £1415 Far Close Farm; £1445, £1345 Claylands Farm; £1415 (3), £1405 Bogie Street; £1385 Well House (Strong); £1335 Midtown Farm (Strong); £1285 Askham Gate; £1255 Inglewood Edge; £1175 Clickham Farm
Limousin - £1575, £1535, £1475, £1465, £1385 Thackwood; £1415 (3), £1365, £1295 Hay Close; £1385, £1375 (3) Blands Farm; £1385 High House Farm (Nevinson); £1375, £1345, £1335 (2) Well House Farm (Strong); £1265, £1175, £1105 Ravenwood; £1195, £1185 (2), £1135 (5) Skelling Farm; £1165, £1125 Barnskew; £1145 Friendship Farm; £1135, £1125 High Howe
Simmental - £1545, £1505 Nelson Hill Farm; £1495 (4), £1385 Bogie Street; £1375 The Wath
Aberdeen Angus - £1545 (2), £1365 (4) Hay Close; £1485, £1425 Nelson Hill Farm; £1365 (7) Street House (Maughan); £1345, £1295 Midtown Farm (Strong); £1325 (2) Yew Tree Farm (Ridsdale); £1295, £1225 Bogie Street; £1125 Clickham Farm
Charolais - £1465 Town Head (Mounsey); £1385, £1315 The Wath; £1335 Hay Close
Montbeliarde - £1385 (4) Parkdargue
Black & White - £1325 (5), £1225, £1025 Parkdargue; £1145 The Wath; £1075 Town Head (Mounsey)
Hereford - £1315 (2) Hay Close
Ayrshire - £1285 Parkdargue
Continental - £1125 Midtown Farm (Strong)
Store Heifers
Limousin - £1700, £1695, £1605, £1495 (2), £1195, £1185 (2), £1175, £1145, £1125 Fog Close; £1685, £1675, £1575 (2), £1555 (2), £1475 (2), £1365 (2) Bogie Street; £1475 Far Close Farm; £1375 (6) Blands Farm; £1375, £1285 Friendship Farm; £1275 (6), £1235 Hay Close; £1245 (2) High Howe; £1245 Macey Bank; £1215, £1175 Ravenwood; £1195, £1165 Park House (Brown); £1145 Scales Farm (Wilson); £1145 Clickham Farm; £1115 Parkdargue
Aberdeen Angus - £1675 Bogie Street; £1385 Askham Gate; £1195, £1105 (2) Clickham Farm; £1195 (3) Yew Tree Farm (Ridsdale)
British Blue - £1595 (2) Hay Close; £1555, £1335, £1325 (3), £1255 Bogie Street; £1505 High House Farm (Nevinson); £1455 Far Close Farm; £1335 Askham Gate; £1295 High Springfield; £1295 Macey Bank; £1235 Fog Close; £1235 Midtown Farm (Strong); £1175 (2) Lea Croft
Charolais - £1365, £1325 (2), £1315 (2), £1195 (2), £1185, £1115 Fog Close; £1115 Scales Farm (Wilson)
Simmental - £1235 (2), £1135 (2) Bowness Farm
Beef Shorthorn - £1065 Bogie Street
Store Bulls
Limousin - £1065, £1035 Shap Abbey
British Blue - £1045 Barnskew