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On Wednesday Penrith & District Farmers’ Mart LLP held their weekly sale of 4,234 prime sheep, comprising of 1009 prime lambs, 211 prime hoggs & 3,014 cast ewes and rams.
A much larger show of prime lambs was forward to a strong ringside of fourteen active buyers. The whole sale averaged 319p/kg (£136.10), topping at 391p/kg (£180) for a pen of 46kg Texel X Beltex lambs from Messrs Jenkinson, Clifton Moor Farm, purchased by Mr J Blenkhorn.
A lovely consignment of twenty-five Texel X Beltex lambs, weighing 40-52kg, from Mr WH Brass, Low Row, averaged 365p/kg (£147.92).
Heavy lambs sold exceptionally well, but were in short supply throughout the sale. 56kg Suffolk X Mule lambs realised £170 from Mr R Milne, Parkdargue, selling to Pickstock Foods.
Topping the Suffolk lamb section at 347p/kg (£156) was a pen of 45kg lambs from Messrs TF & GL Pollock, Wreay Hall Farm, with these lambs going to Cranston’s Quality Butchers’, Penrith. This consignment of forty-nine lambs averaged £146.29 for 46kg.
Prime hogg numbers seem to be drying up now, nevertheless, meat was strongly bid for, topping at £150 for a pen of 64kg Scotch Mule hoggs from Mr H McRae, Huntley.
Hogg trade peaked at 265p/kg (£109) for a pen of Texel X Mules, weighing 41kg, from Mr R Wilson, Scales Farm.
Another massive show of cast ewes and rams was happily bid for in all classes. The sale topped at £260 for Texel ewes from Messrs Graham, Hallrigg, bought by Mr W Shearer.
Weight sold as well as anything on the week, with a pen full of Suffolk X Mule ewes realising £170 per head from Messrs Foley Brothers, Capheaton, purchased by Mr A Dawson. Numerous other pens of Suffolks achieved £160 plus.
Plenty of pens of Mule ewes sold in the region of £130-£140, topping at £144 twice, firstly for a single from Messrs RW Sowerby, Sycamore Rise, this was followed by a pen of seven from Messrs T Armstrong & Son, Sceugh Dyke, selling to Mr A Dawson.
Strong, horned ewes and Cheviots, with meat, still kept up with last weeks rates, Cheviots regularly sold between £120-£130 and horned ewes sold between £100-£110. Plainer, leaner ewes definitely took a slight rewind in value, but were still comfortably bid for.
Cast rams topped at £220 for a Bluefaced Leicester from Messrs Marston, Millstone Moor, this was closely followed at £210 from the same home.
Leading Prices
Prime Lambs p/kg
Texel - 391.0, 380.0, 375.0 (2), 359.0, 356.0, 351.0, 349.0, 347.0, 346.0 Clifton Moor Farm; 380.0, 375.0 (2), 372.0, 370.0 (2), 369.0, 355.0, 351.0, 349.0, 343.0 Low Row; 374.0, 363.0, 353.0 Pringle House; 371.0, 341.0 Hewer Hill Cottage; 364.0, 347.0 Sycamore Rise; 358.0, 343.0 Home Farm; 347.0 Haltcliffe Bridge; 346.0 Woodhead Farm; 343.0 Currah Close; 342.0 Barkbeth; 340.0 Ratten Castle
Continental - 378.0 (2), 356.0, 348.0 (3) Home Farm; 353.0 Hallrigg; 349.0 Wreay Hall Farm; 342.0 Woodhead Farm; 341.0 Reagill Grange
Suffolk - 347.0 Wreay Hall Farm; 340.0, 313.0 Hewer Hill; 330.0 Ratten Castle; 327.0, 313.0 Hallrigg; 327.0 Pear Tree House; 326.0, 319.0 Stoneflatts; 323.0 Reagill Grange; 321.0 Currah Close; 314.0 Cairnbridge Farm; 314.0 Cliburn Hall; 312.0 Midtown Farm; 311.0 West End; 311.0 Haltcliffe Bridge
Prime Lambs £/head
Texel - £180, £177, £170 (2), £165 (3), £158, £157, £153, £152, £148 Clifton Moor Farm; £176, £150 Stoneflatts; £168, £156, £153 Sycamore Rise; £168, £154 Currah Close; £166 Woodhead Farm; £165, £152, £149 Castle Bank; £161, £160, £159, £156, £150, £149, £148 Low Row; £159, £154 Thrang Cragg; £157, £156 Hewer Hill; £157, £149 Pringle House; £154 Home Farm; £152 Hesket House; £149 (2) Haltcliffe Bridge; £148 Clea Mire
Suffolk - £170, £162, £142 Parkdargue; £156, £142 (2) Wreay Hall Farm; £153 Stoneflatts; £151 Cliburn Hall; £146, £144 Hewer Hill; £145 Ratten Castle; £140 West End
Continental - £166, £147 Woodhead Farm; £165, £144 Sceugh Dyke; £164 Wreay Hall Farm; £159, £140 Parkside Road; £158 Cairnbridge Farm; £155 (2), £150, £146 (3) Home Farm; £152, £143 Hallrigg; £147 Old Parks; £145 The Quarters; £143 Goose Green Cottage; £142 Ghyll House; £140 Reagill Grange
Charollais - £158 Cairnbridge Farm
Beltex - £140 Haltcliffe Bridge
Mule - £134 Gosling Terrace; £124 Parkdargue
Prime Hoggs p/kg
Continental - 266.0 Scales Farm (Wilson); 250.0 Torgomack
Texel - 255.0 Highrigg
Cheviot - 251.0 Torgomack; 250.0 Stewart Lane
Scotch Blackfaced - 244.0, 243.0 Highrigg
Mule - 241.0 Stewart Lane
Prime Hoggs £/head
Mule - £150, £140 Stewart Lane
Texel - £140, £130 (2) Highrigg; £140 Stewart Lane
Continental - £140, £120 Greenacres; £130 (2), £120 Park House Farm; £130 Shap Abbey; £122 Thorneythwaite
Cheviot - £130 Stewart Lane; £124 Greenacres
Scotch Blackfaced - £112, £110 Highrigg
Cast Ewes £/head
Texel (av £154.63) - £260, £200, £150 Hallrigg; £250, £230, £195, £150 Holme House; £220, £178 Eviestones Farm; £205, £175, £150 Clea Hall; £200, £168 (3), £163, £162 Greenacres; £180, £152 Thorneythwaite; £180, £150 Wetheriggs Farm Cottage; £180 Shap Abbey; £175 Staingills; £170, £155 Glenzier Foot Farm; £170, £155 Cardew Hall; £170 Terrace Farm; £168, £158 Backmuir Farm; £168 Thethwaite Farm; £165 Jacksonrigg Farm; £162 Smallthwaite Farm; £160 Pasture House; £160 Stewart Lane; £155 Wreay Hall Farm; £154 Hay Close; £153 (2) Willow Farm; £152 Hundith House; £151 Sycamore Rise; £150 Buckles Farm; £150 Back Farm; £150 Town Head (Potter); £150 Copperthorns
Suffolk (av £147.23) - £170, £165, £161, £158 (2) Mirlaw House; £162, £153 Rottington Hall; £162, £151 Holme House; £160 Backmuir Farm; £156 Sceugh Dyke; £152 Pinfold House; £150 Back Farm (Harrison); £150 Greenacres; £150 Thethwaite Farm
Continental (av £132.56) - £170, £158 Low Row; £170 Clea Hall; £168 Rottington Hall; £165 (2), £156, £150 Holme House; £165 Elm House; £160, £155, £150 Thethwaite Farm; £160, £155 Jacksonrigg Farm; £154 Hundith House
Beltex (av £137.38) - £170, £150 Elm House; £165, £160, £150 Inglewood Edge; £150 (2) Bon-Vista; £150 Cardew Hall
Charollais (av £160.91) - £168, £164, £160 (2) Holme House
Bluefaced Leicester (av £134.95) - £165, £150 Millstone Moor; £154 Wythop Hall Farm
Cheviot (av £109.21) - £150, £130 (2), £128, £125, £123 Backmuir Farm; £142 Smallthwaite Farm; £131 Holme House; £130 Huntly Lodge Farm; £126 Inglewood Edge; £124 Tomich
Mule (av £118.03) - £144, £135 Sycamore Rise; £144 Sceugh Dyke; £143, £133 Mirlaw House; £140, £130 Greenacres; £140 Millstone Moor; £140 Copperthorns; £139, £136 Huntly Lodge Farm; £136 Broomhill; £136 Barrock End; £135 Willows Farm; £134 Kettleside Farm; £134 Pear Tree House; £133 Terrace Farm; £133 Old Parks; £130 Leigh Croft
Cheviot Mule (av £125.17) - £135 Riverview
Swaledale (av £72.44) - £110 Willows Farm; £108 Fawcett Park; £104 Riverview; £98 Highbeckside
Scotch Blackfaced (av £82.03) - £110 Drumreach Farm; £98 Eviestones Farm
Cast Rams £/head
Bluefaced Leicester - £220, £210, £180 Millstone Moor; £162 Hegdale
Continental - £175, £158 Backmuir Farm; £170, £160, £150 Holme House; £160 Thethwaite Farm
Texel - £168 Broomill; £150 (2) Greenacres
Charollais - £165 Greenacres
Cheviot - £145 Greenacres
Swaledale - £134 Low Mill
Beltex - £132 Ascot House
Scotch Blackfaced - £120 Backmuir Farm