Store Cattle Report 180722
On Monday Penrith & District Farmers’ Mart LLP held their fortnightly Sale of 209 Store Cattle & Feeding Bulls.
Store cattle achieved fierce trade today, with quality bringing in some rare returns. The sale topped at £1625 for a twenty-eight-month-old, dairy-bred British Blue heifer from Messrs JG & RW Nevinson & Son, High House Farm, purchased by Mr D Barker.
Bullocks topped at £1625 for a Limousin X from Messrs M Bindloss, Shap Abbey, bought by Mr R Dickinson. This consignment of 63 Limousin & Charolais X bullocks, 14-16-month-old, averaged £1301.83. Numerous cattle from this consignment sold in excess of £1400, with a Charolais achieving £1575, selling to Mr J Crichton.
Dairy-bred cattle were in short supply for buyers’ requirements, with twenty-four-month-old Aberdeen Angus X British Friesian bullocks realising £1445 from Messrs EA & A Dodd, Roanstrees.
Messrs DW Burne & Son, Greenlands, sold a consignment of twenty-four-month-old Friesian bullocks for £1215 per head.
Our next sale of feeding bulls and store cattle of all classes is on Monday 1st August, entries close noon Monday 25th July.
Leading Prices
Store Heifers
British Blue - £1735 High House Farm (Nevinson); £1255 (3) Park Head (Hird); £1245 Yew Tree Farm; £1135, £1075 (2) Raw Foot
Limousin - £1635 High House Farm (Nevinson)
Charolais - £1395 Lowther Park Farm; £1275, £1175 (2), £1085 (2), £1035 Raw Foot
Store Bullocks
Limousin - £1625, £1525, £1505, £1475, £1465, £1455 (2), £1435, £1395, £1385, £1375 (4), £1275 (8), £1255 (7), £1245 (4); £1195 (4), £1185 (7), £1165 (2) Shap Abbey; £1285 Greenlands
Charolais - £1575, £1565, £1555 (2), £1475 (2), £1265 Shap Abbey
Aberdeen Angus - £1445 Roanstrees; £1445 Lowther Park Farm; £1355 (5), £1275 (2), £1215 Street House (Maughan)
British Blue - £1375 (3), £1245, £1125 Shap Abbey; £1325 (3) Yew Tree Farm; £1245 Park Head (Hird)
Hereford - £1355, £1265 (2), £1155, £1085 Dacre Banks Farm
Black & White - £1215 (5) Greenlands; £1215, £1195, £1165 Roanstrees; £925 (6) Whygill Head