Rearing Calves & Stirks 281022
On Friday Penrith & District Farmers’ Mart LLP held their fortnightly sale of 222 Rearing Calves and Stirks.
A great entry was forward, with cattle over three months old selling with ease and many new purchasers present. The sale topped at £840 for a pair of lovely 12-month-old British Blue bull stirks from Messrs D & ML Nelson, Petteril Grange. This consignment of five averaged £824.
Heifer stirks topped at £780 for a 10-month-old Aberdeen Angus heifer from Messrs A & W Johnston, White Fold, this home sold a fantastic run of Limousin and Aberdeen Angus stirks; a pen of four 6-month-old Limousin X bulls realised £680 per head, with heifers the same age achieving £600.
Another strong entry of calves was forward, this section topped at £500 for a pen of 4 Limousin heifers from Messrs A & W Johnston, White Fold, closely followed by a 2-month-old Limousin at £490 from the same home, purchased by Messrs JG & RW Nevinson & Son, Park House Farm.
Bull calves topped at £455 for a Limousin from Skirwith Abbey. Black & White bulls achieved £125 for a pen of three from Messrs W & SE Dickinson, Kirkbarrow Hall.
Our next sale is on Friday 11th November at 10am, please contact Paul Gardner on 07552589141 to advise entries.
Leading Prices
Bullock Stirks
Beef Shorthorn - £565 (2) Lamonby Hall
British Blue - £550 Lamonby Hall
Hereford - £500 Lamonby Hall; £490 (2), £415 (5), £410 Little Blencowe Farm
Black & White - £460 (4) Galemire House
Norwegian Red - £460 Galemire House
Bull Stirks
British Blue - £840 (2), £820, £810 (2) Petteril Grange; £560 (2) Macherquhat Farm
Aberdeen Angus - £730, £600 (4) White Fold; £570 (2) Crossrigg
Belted Galloway - £730, £500 White Fold
Limousin - £680 (3), £600 White Fold
Black & White - £490 Galemire House
Bull Calves
Limousin - £455, £350 Skirwith Abbey
British Blue - £375, £320, £300, £280, £270 Askrigg Hall; £340, £320 Brackenburgh Home Farm; £300 (2), £240, £230 Blunderfield East; £300 Bank View; £280, £230, £220 Skirwith Abbey; £260 (2) Townhead Farm (Sowerby)
Aberdeen Angus - £350, £330, £280 Holmwrangle; £240, £205 Bank View
Black & White - £125 (3), £65 (2) Kirkbarrow Hall; £75 Greenah Cragg; £70 Whitehouse Farm; £60 (4) Skirwith Abbey
Heifer Stirks
Aberdeen Angus – £780, £600 (2), £565 (2), £465 White Fold; £550, £450 Plumpton Foot
British Blue - £710, £530 Lamonby Hall
Belted Galloway - £605 (2) White Fold; £480 Plumpton Foot
Limousin - £600, £580 (5), £565 White Fold
Hereford - £550, £410 (3) Little Blencowe Farm; £500 (2) Plumpton Foot
Simmental – £525 Calebreck Hall
Heifer Calves
Limousin - £500 (4), £490 White Fold; £220, £200 Greenah Cragg; £200 Skirwith Abbey
British Blue - £460, £310, £180 (3) Skirwith Abbey; £255, £240 Bank View; £220 Brackenburgh Home Farm; £195 (2) Whitehouse Farm
Aberdeen Angus - £320 Holmwrangle