Prime Sheep - 21.02.24

On Wednesday Penrith & District Farmers’ Mart LLP held their weekly sale of 5,508 prime sheep, comprising of 2,847 prime hoggs & 2,661 cast ewes & rams.

Another brilliant entry of 2847 Prime hoggs were forward with trade continuing to excel and rise. A whole sale average of £153.42pph up £46 on the same week as last year which includes 1600 heavy hoggs an overall average of 347sqq (327ppk) was achieved.

Topping today’s sale at 447ppk for a pen of 7 38kg Beltex hoggs achieving £170pph from Messrs Hall, Inglewood Edge with 160 hoggs selling in excess of 400ppk. Top price per head of £212 came for a pen of 7 at 66kg from Grange Walls with Suffolk hoggs selling to £200 for 2 at 84kg from Messrs W R & F D Siddle, Honeypot.

Messrs W & S E Dickinson & Son, Kirkbarrow Hall, sold a great single hogg at 52kg or £192pph or 369ppk.

Messrs W R & F D Siddle, Honeypot sold 14 heavy hoggs to average £194.29. Messrs Murray, Prior House sold another great run of 42 averaging 48kg at 369ppk or £178pph. Messrs A J & F M Harrison, Grange Hall’s run of 45 brilliant Beltex hoggs to average 414ppk for 38kg at £161.

Mules topped at £153 or 326ppk for a pen of 22 at 47kg selling from Messrs D W Cannon & Son, Low Abbey. Scotch hoggs sold exceptionally well with a pen of 12 at 44kg achieving £147 or 334ppk from Messrs W & S E Dickinson & Son, Kirkbarrow Hall.

Cast Sheep sold to average £131.09 up £7 on paper. Show stock comfortably £12 - £15 ahead more. A result of 15 active buyers, all competitively bidding for all classes. Numbers are required over the coming weeks to fulfil demands.

Topping at £305 went to Holme House with pure Texel’s selling to Najib & Sons, Derbyshire.

Ewes with weight sold to some rare returns with Suffolks averaging £149.26 with all the heavies £170 - £195. With pures topping at £290 from Glenroyd Road and closely followed at £240 from Mr C Abernethy.

Mule Ewes hit the big price’s with Backmuir Livestock, selling 11 releasing £137, 32 to £134 and 65 to £122 with all in all averaging £117.56.

Horned ewes comfortably fell a long way short of buyer’s requirements with Messrs N & A Robertson, North Blackbogs selling a ring full of wethers to £136 but plenty of Swale and Scotch Ewes £90 plus.

Strong Rams comfortably £200 plus topping at £230 selling from Tarn End.

More sheep are needed on a weekly basis, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with enquiries to Andrew Maughan on 07717611952, or Paul Gardner on 07552 589141.


Leading Prices
Prime Hoggs p/kg
Beltex – 447.0, 426.0 Inglewood Edge; 430.0, 405.0, 398.0 Wham Head Farm; 389.0 Ranbeck
Continental – 446.0, 430.0, 417.0, 391.0, 381.0 Prior House; 431.0, 430.0, 415.0, 413.0, 408.0, 397.0, 371.0 Shap Abbey; 423.0, 403.0, 400.0 Town Head; 414.0, 408.0 Grange Hall; 409.0, 381.0, 370.0 Inshes Farm; 405.0 Glaslyn House; 403.0 Bank House; 398.0, 389.0, 385.0 Braithwaite Mill; 398.0, 392.0 Lea Farm; 390.0 Murrah Hall; 386.0, 373.0 Crewgarth; 379.0 Thrang Cragg; 378 Wham Head Farm; 376.0, 375.0, 373.0 Brockwoodlees Farm; 371.0 Mellgates; 371.0 Ridley; 371.0 Badowney Road; 370.0 Plumpton Old Hall; 370.0 High Knipe
Texel – 441.0, 432.0, 430.0, 429.0 Grange Hall; 416.0, 414.0, 412.0, 367.0 High Knipe; 397.0, 377.0, 376.0, 338.0, 325.0, 320.0 Hewer Hill; 371.0 Sleddale Hall; 362.0, 347.0, 325.0 Fowrass; 344.0, 328.0, Ireby Hall; 335.0, 328.0 Itonfield; 328.0, 327.0 Holme House; 327.0, 321.0 Grange Walls
Badgerface – 407.0 Ranbeck
Charollais – 379.0 High Knipe; 376.0 Backmuir Farm; 356.0 Pennine View
Rouge – 375.0 Inglewood Edge; 360.0 Cottage Farm
Cheviot – 357.0 Fowrass; 328.0 Wham Head Farm; 326.0, 321.0, 320.0 Ranbeck; 325.0, 324.0 Inglewood Edge; 322.0 Murrah Hall; 320.0 Clea Hall; 318.0 Clear View Farm; 315.0 Ireshope Plains
SX – 353.0 Cottage Farm; 345.0 Grange Walls; 342.0, 337.0, 333.0, 311.0 Inshes Farm; 334.0, 333.0, 317.0, 316.0 Holme House; 331.0Braithwaite Mill; 326.0 Fowrass; 326.0 Ireshope Farm; 323.0, 311.0 Shap Abbey; 322.0 Westray; 321.0 Plumpton Old Hall; 317.0 The Harras; 316.0, 313.0 Park Head; 314.0 Low Abbey; 314.0 Hill Crest; 313.0 Low Moorside; 312.0 Newlands Hill Cottage; 310.0 High Knipe
Scot – 334.0, 322.0, 319.0 Kirkbarrow Hall; 326.0, 310.0 Greystone House; 315.0 Wham Head Farm
Mule – 326.0, 300.0 Low Abbey; 320.0, 319.0, Old Parks; 320.0 Inshes Farm; 319.0, 317.0, 316.0 Fog Close; 315.0 Lea Croft; 315.0 Wham Head Farm; 314.0 Town Head; 310.0 Howrigg; 310.0 Thrang Cragg; 307.0 Shap Abbey; 306.0 Grange Walls; 302.0, 298.0 Hole House; 297.0 Dacre Banks Farm
Cheviot Mule – 319.0 Clea Hall
Herdwick – 309.0 Gillside; 300.0 Farlam Hill
Swaledale – 302.0 Brewery House Barn
Zwartble – 260.0 Park Head

Prime Hoggs £/head
Rouge - £300, £280, £250, £200, £180, £150 Cottage Farm
Texel - £212, £200, £196 Grange Walls; £187, £174, £173, High Knipe; £180, £174, £170 Holme House; £180, £169, £166, £160 Hewer Hill; £180 Clea Hall; £178 Street Head; £177 Grange Hall; £176, £174, £172 Ireby Hall; £167 Sleddale Hall; £164 Ireby Hall; £164, £163 Grange Hall; £16 Fowrass; £160 Cottage Farm;
Continental - £200, £188, £177, £171 Holme House; £198, £184, £180, £172 Grange Walls, £192, £186, £181, £180, £171, £170 Kirkbarrow Hall; £191, £180, £179, £175, £174, £172 Prior House; £188, £183, £176, £175, £171 High Knipe; £188, £174 Glaslyn House; £188, £171 Ranbeck; £184 Willows Farm; £181, £176 Hill Crest; £180 Dublin Road; £180 Hill Crest; £178 Sceugh Dyke; £177, £170 Crewgarth; £177, £172 The Harras; £176 Inshes Farm; £176 Inglewood Edge; £175 Braithwaite Mill; £175 Pettigo Road; £174 Stoneybeck Farm; £172 Clea Hall; £171 Pennine View;
SX - £200, £196, £188 Honeypot; £180 Wham Head Farm; £180 Cottage Farm; £178, £176, £168 Grange Walls; £175, £169, £165, £163, £157 Holme House; £171 Sceugh Dyke; £170 Hill Cottage; £170 Coolkeeran Road; £170 Pettigo Road; £168 The Harras; £166 Park Head; £160 Hill Crest;
Beltex - £185, £175, £174 Wham Head Farm; £175 Ranbeck; £170, £166 Inglewood Edge;
Charollais - £182 High Knipe; £160 Pennine View
Badgerface - £175 Ranbeck
Dspot - £175 Badowney Road
Cheviot - £165, £156 Inglewood Edge; £163, £160 Ranbeck; £158 Town Head; £158 Lea Farm; £157 Clea Hall; £155 Pettigo Road; £154 Wham Head Farm; £151 Ireshope Plains; £150 Fowrass
Mule - £153 Low Abbey; £152 Ireshope Plains; £152 Howrigg; £151 Lea Croft; £151, £150, £149 Hole House; £150 Old Parks; £149 Thrang Cragg; £149 Fog Close; £147 Grange Walls; £145 Wham Head Farm; £144 Inshes Farm
Scot - £153, £148, £147 Kirkbarrow Hall; £153, £152 Greystone House; £148 Inshes Farm; £146 Dublin Road; £145 Town Head
Cheviot Mule - £150 Clea Hall
Zwartble - £148 Park Head
Swaledale - £140 Ireshope Plains; £139 Brewery House Barn; £135 Sleddale Hall
Herdwick - £133 Gillside

Cast Ewes £/head
Texel (av £211.18) - £305, £290, £265, £260, £235 Holme House; £290 Belvedene; £280, £260, £235, £200, £192 Glenroyd Road; £220 High and Low Buildings; £200 Backmuir Farm; £195 Tarn End; £176, £170 Glebe Cottage; £170 Hill Crest
Suffolk (av £149.26) - £290, £195, £194, £192, £188, £184, £179, £172, £161, £159, £153 Glenroyd Road; £240, £215, £185, £150 Belvedene; £196, £160, £158 Glebe Cottage; £185, £180, £170, £150 Tarn End; £184, £170, £151 Holme House; £180 High and Low Buildings; £180 Haltcliffe Bridge; £170 Cracrop Farm; £168 Nutholm Farm; £165 Backmuir Farm; £165 Brockwoodlees Farm; £160 Holme House; £154 Inshes Farm; £152 Bridge End; £150 Midtown Farm; £150 Greenacres;
Continental (av £140.65) - £280 Holme House; £255, £230, £220, £195, £175, £174, £172, £170, £168 Tarn End; £250, £205, £180, £178, £170, £170 Glenroyd Road; £245, £225, £202, £200, £195, £176, £172, £170 Cracrop Farm; £240, £225, £185, £184, £180, £178, £176, £170 Nutholm Farm; £190 Lamonbie Farm; £178 Currock Farm; £175 Haltcliffe Bridge; £170 Brockwoodlees; £170 Braithwaite Mill; £168 Backmuir Farm; £168 Drumreach Farm
Charollais (av £174.24) - £215, £195 Backmuir Farm; £210, £182, £170 Witton Farm; £200, £176, £174 Holme House; £188, £178 Tarn End; £185, £170 Glenroyd Road
Beltex (av £204.00) - £215 Witton Farms
Leicester (av £162.50) - £185 Glenroyd Road; £140 Backmuir Farm
Cheviot Mule (av £125.84) - £174, £140, £130 Tarn End; £134 Glebe Cottage; £130 Mellgates; £126, £116 Backmuir Farm; £120 Drumreach Farm; £118 Glenroyd Road;
Cheviot (av £108.24) - £185, £140 Belvedene; £146, £128 Tarn End; £139, £117 Bridge End; £138; £122 Backmuir Farm; £128, £110 Osmond Flatt; £126 Nutholm Farm; £116, £111 Inglewood Edge; £114 Drumreach Farm; £112 Holme House
Mule (av £117.56) - £137 £134, £122, £116 Backmuir Farm; £131, £126 Currock Farm; £130 Langton Field; £130 Huntley Lodge Farm; £130 Tarn End; £128 Osmond Flatt; £127 Crewgarth; £124, £120, £119, £118 Glebe Cottage; £116 Braithwaite Mill; £116 Stoneybeck Farm
Scotch Blackface (av £85.79) - £136 North Blackbogs; £102, £100, £94 Glenroyd Road; £94 Inshes Farm; £94 Holme House; £90 Drumreach Farm
Swaledale (av £60.36) - £96 Haltcliffe; £84 Mellgates; £83 Howgill Castle; £81 Setmabanning
Goat (av £120) - £120 High Greenrigg Farm

Cast Rams £/head
Continental - £230, £208 Tarn End; £215, £205, £185, £175 Greenacres; £195 Holme House; £165 Home House
Suffolk - £205 Holme House; £198 Belvedene
Bluefaced Leicester - £165 Holme House
Texel - £178 Farlam Hill; £168 Glenroyd Road
Charollais - £158 Bridge End