Rearing Calves & Stirks 160922
On Friday Penrith & District Farmers’ Mart LLP held their fortnightly sale of 261 Rearing Calves and Stirks.
A fantastic days trading again here at Penrith, with a bumper entry of 261 calves & stirks forward. A large ringside of buyers present ensured all cattle were well bid for. The sale topped at £880 for a British Blue bullock from Lowther Park Farms, this home also sold a pair of twelve-month-old Aberdeen Angus bullocks for £840.
A good entry of dairy-bred stirks was forward, topping at £605 for a Fleckvieh bullock from Messrs AF & BA Dawson, Rash Mill Cottage.
Weaned calves also realised a good trade, topping at £480 for an Aberdeen Angus bull from Green Farm. Mr R Wallace, Macherquhat Farm, sold a run of three-month-old British Blue calves regularly achieving £420-£480 per head.
A smaller entry of very young calves was forward with a similar trade to previous sales, this section topped at £360 on two occasions, firstly for a pair of British Blue bulls from Brackenburgh Home Farm, purchased by Messrs WK & D Hall, Bells View, and secondly for a pen of three Limousin bulls from Mr D Mallinson, Lodge Farm. Messrs AD & FE Elliott, Askrigg Hall, sold a pair of three-week-old British Blue bull calves to £345. Young Black & White calves topped at £180 from Messrs J & AG Nicholson, Causeway Foot Farm.
Our next sale is on Friday 30th September at 10am, please contact Paul Gardner on 07552589141 to advise entries.
Leading Prices
Bullock Stirks
British Blue - £880, £710 Lowther Park Farm
Aberdeen Angus - £840 (2), £730, £690 (5) Lowther Park Farm; £525 (2) Cairnbridge Farm
Beef Shorthorn - £810 (2) Lowther Park Farm
Black & White - £740, £730 Lowther Park Farm; £490 (2), £380 Lowther Park Farm
Hereford - £580, £560 Sleetburn Farm
Bull Stirks
British Blue - £750 Rash Mill Cottage
Limousin - £690, £650, £550 Green Farm
Fleckvieh - £605 Rash Mill Cottage
Black & White - £470 (2), £400 (2), £390 (4) Galemire House; £370 (3) Cairnbridge Farm
Weaned Bull Calves
Aberdeen Angus - £480, £340 Green Farm; £380, £310 (3) Park House (Henderson); £340 (2) Macherquhat Farm; £340 (2) Town Head; £335 Brackenburgh Home Farm
Limousin - £430 (5), £360 Skirwith Abbey; £390 Green Farm
British Blue - £425, £415, £410, £405, £395 (4), £380 (5), £330 Macherquhat Farm; £400 (2), £360 (2), £320 Skirwith Abbey; £400 Park House (Henderson)
Hereford - £390 Causeway Foot Farm; £370 Park House (Henderson)
Young Bull Calves
Limousin - £360 (3), £270 Lodge Farm; £350 High Howe; £300 (2) Green Farm
British Blue - £360 (2) Brackenburgh Home Farm; £345 (2) Askrigg Hall; £335, £300, £290 Monks House
Hereford – £340 Howes Farm; £235 Fellsyke Farm
Black & White - £180 (2) Causeway Foot Farm; £120 Lodge Farm
Heifer Stirks
Aberdeen Angus - £655 (2), £570 (3), £490 Lowther Park Farm; £490 (8) Plumpton Foot; £430 (3) Cairnbridge Farm
British Blue - £625, £590 (3) Seat Farm; £620, £570 (2) Lowther Park Farm; £550, £480 (4), £460 (4) Penny Hill Park
Limousin - £600, £560 Green Farm; £530 Seat Farm
Beef Shorthorn - £555 (2), £530 (2) Lowther Park
Belted Galloway - £500 (2) Plumpton Foot
Weaned Heifer Calves
Limousin - £460, £400, £350 Green Farm; £290 (2), £260 (2) Skirwith Abbey
British Blue - £420, £330 Skirwith Abbey; £410 (3), £405 (2), £340, £330 Macherquhat Farm; £320 Park House (Henderson)
Aberdeen Angus - £400 Green Farm
Beef Shorthorn – £380 Fellsyke Farm
Hereford – £290 Park House (Henderson)
Young Heifer Calves
British Blue - £340 Blunderfield East
Limousin - £320 (2), £310 Causeway Foot Farm; £305 Green Farm; £270, £260 (2) Lodge Farm