Early Breeding Ewes & Tups 160823

On Wednesday Penrith & District Farmers’ Mart LLP held their early sale of Breeding Ewes and Rams.

A lovely show of well-presented breeding ewes was brought out, with demand extremely high for all classes. The sale topped at £225 twice, firstly for a pen of ten lovely Texel cross shearlings from Messrs JA & HA Chapman, North Lodge, purchased by Messrs CL & ME Howe, Colene Croft, this home sold 29 to average £205. Secondly, Miss H Wilson, Swallow Heights, sold a pen of five Beltex X Charollais shearlings for £225 per head, selling to Messrs Metcalfe, Home Farm. This home also sold five pure Charollais three shear ewes for £195 and £192.

Seymour Farms had a run of Suffolk X shearlings which attracted high interest, with a pen of ten selling for £195 to Mr M Strong, Hewer Hill Farm.

Mr RW Armstrong, Garth House, sold thirteen dry Mule shearling ewes for £150 per head.

Tups topped at £580 for a Beltex shearling from Mr J Hewson, Burgh Head, selling to Mr A Bell, Thethwaite. This was closely followed at £500 for a Suffolk lamb from the same home, also for a Charollais shearling from Swallow Heights.

Our Annual Prize Show & Sale of Suffolk & Continental Rams will be held on Tuesday 12th September. Entries for this sale closes noon Thursday 31st August.

Leading Prices

Breeding Ewes
Continental - £199, £185 Linton Ghyll (2-Shear)
Charollais - £195, £192 Swallow Heights (3-Shear)
Texel - £165, £155 Town Head (Potter) (Correct)

Shearlings
Texel - £225, £205, £185 North Lodge
Continental - £225 Swallow Heights; £180 Linton Ghyll; 152 The Beeches
Suffolk - £195 Seymour House
Mule - £150 Garth House

Breeding Rams

Shearlings
Beltex - £580 Burgh Head
Charollais - £500 Swallow Heights
Continental - £350 Itonfield
Suffolk - £300 Macey Bank
Texel - £300 Macey Bank

Ram Lambs
Suffolk - £500 Burgh Head

Aged
Suffolk - £350 Wreay Hall Farm