Prime Sheep - 19.04.23

On Wednesday Penrith & District Farmers’ Mart LLP held their weekly sale of 5,421 prime sheep, comprising of 2,790 prime hoggs & 2,630 cast ewes & rams.

Fantastic numbers forward at Penrith today, with some great runs of well finished sheep on offer.

The top price per kilo was 436ppk from Messrs Lightfoot, Gillside, realising £170, for a pen of 3 Beltex Hoggs, weighing 39kg purchased by Vivers Scotlamb.

The overall top price was £183 for a single Texel hogg from Auchengray Farms purchased by Mr M Bowe.

Messrs Savage, Petteril Green sold a run of 63 fabulous Beltex Hoggs, to average 358ppk/£163.46.

Messrs Dickinson, Kirkbarrow Hall sold 141 hoggs, averaging 50kg at 316ppk/£159.

Messrs Irving, East Cliff sold 20 Suffolk X Hoggs, 61kgs/£161 ahead.

Ireshope Plains sold some fantastic Scotch Blackface hoggs topping the ppk at 321p.

Another large entry of cast ewes with all sold averaging £115.20. A total of 71 sold in excess of £200 ahead. The sale today topped at £280 from Tarn End with a Texel selling to Mr James Linsley with all sold averaging £160.07.
Beltex Ewes was the top of the shops at Penrith, with all sold averaging £184.92, topping at £268 from Holme House.

Heavy ewes still regularly £150-£160 topping at £172 for a pen of 18 Suffolk X Cheviot from Holme House selling to Pak Mecca Meats and Messrs G & H R Shields, Tarn House selling Bluefaced Leicester Ewes to £160.

A top price of £200 was achieved 6 times for rams, including a Bluefaced Leicester from Messrs Lord, West Dowgill.

Horned ewes would see a comfortable rise with Greenacres selling Scotch Blackface to £122 for a pen of 16, and pen of 29 achieving £104 selling to Pickstock Foods. Swaledales from Messrs S Allan & Son, Greenhow sold a ring full of 20 to £116.

Please advise entries to Andrew Maughan on 07717611952.

Leading Prices
Prime Hoggs p/kg
Beltex – 436.0, 424.0, 370.0 Gillside; 421.0, 407.0, 402.0, 393.0, 382.0, 372.0, 356.0, 351.0 Ranbeck; 408.0, 405.0 (2), 384.0 Shap Abbey; 393.0, 384.0 Petteril Green
Continental – 428.0, 384.0, 373.0 Bank House (Elliott); 422.0, 393.0, 378.0 Kirkbarrow Hall; 422.0, 402.0, 360.0 Low Row; 417.0, 414.0, 372.0 Honeypot; 392.0 Lower Gate Farm; 384.0, 371.0 (2), 369.0, 364.0 Petteril Green; 380.0 Park House (Henderson); 378.0 Town Head (Mounsey); 375.0 Lower Gate Farm; 374.0 Wham Head Farm; 372.0 Park View (Pyman); 369.0 Silverband; 369.0, 362.0, 360.0 Auchengray Farm; 366.0 North Netherscales; 366.0 Street House (Maughan)
Charollais – 391.0 (2) Auchengray Farm
Texel – 379.0, 370.0 Gallowberry; 369.0, 359.0 Bromley Green; 364.0 Sycamore Rise; 357.0 Murrah Hall
Cheviot Mule – 328.0 Ireshope Plains
Cheviot – 321.0 Honeypot; 311.0, 302.0, 294.0 High Lodore Farm; 308.0 Midtown Farm (Fisher); 300.0 (2) Skirling Mains; 300.0, 297.0 Newton Field Farm; 300.0 Ranbeck; 298.0 Quarry Gill
Scotch Blackface: 321.0 Ireshope Plains; 304.0, 302.0 Kirkbarrow Hall; 300.0 Wham Head Farm.
Suffolk – 309.0, 298.0 Town Head (Hird); 302.0 Broomhill; 298.0 Lower Gate Farm; 298.0 Sceugh Dyke; 290.0 Midtown Farm (Fisher); 290.0 Fern House; 290.0 Town Head (Potter)
Mule – 302.0, 296.0 Ireshope Plains; 298.0 Tarn House; 295.0, 284.0 (2) Slack Farm Cottage; 287.0 Street House (Maughan); 286.0 Waterside House; 279.0, 270.0 Old Parks; 273.0 Gallowberry; 271.0 Lingstubbs
Swaledale – 286.0 Street House (Maughan); 282.0 Howtown Hotel; 280.0 Gillside
Herdwick – 279.0 Gillside; 263.0 Howtown Hotel

Prime Hoggs £/head
Continental - £183, £173 (2), £170, £166 Auchengray Farm; £178, £173, £172, £167 High House Farm (Nevinson); £177, £173, £172, £170, £168, £167 (2), £165 Kirkbarrow Hall; £174, £171 Honeypot; £173, £165 Low Row; £171 The Harras; £170 Street Head (Wilson); £169, £167, £166, £165 Petteril Green; £167 Garth House; £167, £165 Bank House (Elliott); £167 Park House (Henderson); £165 Fern House; £165 (3) East Cliff
Beltex - £178, £170 (2) Gillside; £171 (2), £169, £166, £164, £161 Ranbeck; £169 (2) Petteril Green.
Suffolk - £170 The Harras; £165, £164, £156 Fern House; £164 Broomhill; £162 (2), £150 Hill Crest; £161 East Cliff; £155 Sceugh Dyke; £155, £152 Town Head (Potter); £154 Town Head (Mounsey); £152 Low Row; £150 Newlands Hill Cottage; £150 Town Head (Hird)
Cheviot - £157, £149 Quarry Gill; £150 (2) Ranbeck; £144, £140 High Lodore Farm; £138 Honeypot; £137 Bank Hall; £134 Greenbank Farm
Texel - £178, £170 (2), £162, £161 (2), £160 Tarn End; £170, £165, £164 (2) Clifton Moor Farm; £166 Rottington Hall; £160 Howrigg; £160 (2) Sycamore Rise
Charollais - £180 (2) Auchengray Farm;
Scotch Blackfaced - £145 Kirkbarrow Hall; £145, £135 Ireshope Plains; £143 Kirkbarrow Hall.
Mule - £155 Ranbeck; £148, £130 Ireshope Plains; £145 Sceugh Dyke; £143 Waterside House; £141 Lingstubbs; £140 Howrigg; £140 Tarn House; £135, £131, £130 Old Parks; £133 Garth House; £132 Street House; £130 Howtown Hotel; £130 Slack Farm Cottage.
Swaledale - £138 Howtown Hotel; £126 Street House; £123, £112 Gillside; £113 Tarn House; £110 Slack Farm.
Cheviot Mule- £141 Ireshope Plains.

Cast Ewes £/head
Texel (av £160.07) - £280, £220 (2), £215, £215, £205, £190 Tarn End; £270 Clickham; £265, £220 Backmuir Farm; £205 Belvedene; £202 Shethin Farm; £182, £180 Greenacres; £180 Silverband; £172 Holme House; £170 Croft House (Thomlinson)
Beltex (av £184.92) - £268, £250, £248, £220, £210, £172 Holme House; £200, £190, £182, £180 Gillside; £180 Park View (Pyman); £170 Woodhead Farm
Continental (av £126.33) - £265, £225, £180 Tarn End; £260, £220 (2) Toftscomb Farm; £255, £175 Clifton Moor Farm: £235, £230 (2), £182 Cardew Hall; £225 Wickerslack; £225, £212, £208 (2), £200, £179 (2) Far Broom; £220, £184, £170 Holme House; £190 Rowan Garth; £190 Springfield Farm; £176 Brougham Castle; £170 Drawbriggs Court; £170 Woodhead Farm
Charollais (av £153.35) - £220, £180, £178 Holme House; £174 (4) Tarn End
Suffolk (av £132.46) - £172, £158 (2), £156, £147, £144, £140 Holme House; £168, £140 Low Row; £148 Hunger Hill; £146 New Rent Farm; £146 Tarn End; £144 Clickham; £144 Sceugh Dyke

Bluefaced Leicester (av £124.00) - £160 Tarn House; £146 Lonscale; £145 Bank End Mill; £142 Backmuir Farm; £140 Holme House
BDM - £148 Tarn End
Cheviot (av £93.07) - £147, £12 Holme House; £137, £102 Osmond Flatt; £136 Wickerslack; £117 Grove Farm; £112 Backmuir Farm; £112 Belvedene; £111 Drumreach Farm; £106 Scales Farm; (Wilson); £103 Greenacres
Zwartble – £139 Drumreach Farm
Mule (av £92.65) - £137, £122 Greenacres; £131, £130 Sceugh Dyke; £130, £111 Backmuir Farm; £127 Woodhouse; £126 Scales Farm (Braithwaite); £125 Low Row; £120 Mellgates; £119 Moss Dyke; £118 Park View (Pyman); £117 Grove Farm; 116 Wham Head Farm; £115 Town Head (Hird); £114 Greenhow; £112 Belvedene; £112 Sycamore Rise
Cheviot Mule - £132 Leigh Croft
Scotch Blackfaced (av £85.05) - £122, £104 Greenacres; £109 Barcully Farm; £100 Grove Farm; £98 Backmuir Farm; £97 Drumreach Farm
Swaledale (av £65.83) - £116 Greenhow; £110 Castle Nook; £108 Gillside; £106 Low Mill; £106 Fordlands Farm; £100 Newlands
Jacob - £116 Backmuir Farm

Cast Rams £/head
Continental - £200, £175, £170, £150 Tarn End; £200, £150 (2) Belvedene; £175 Penny Hill Park; £155 Mellgates; £150 Backmuir Farm
Charollais - £200, £190 Holme House; £165 Tarn End
Bluefaced Leicester - £200 West Dowgill
Texel - £180 Ranbeck; £170 Keld Farm
Herdwick - £114 Greystoke Road
Swaledale - £108 Gillside; £106 Newlands