Prime Sheep - 03.04.24

On Wednesday 3rd May 2024 Penrith & District Farmers’ Mart LLP held their weekly sale of 6,783 prime sheep, comprising 24 spring lambs, 2,770 prime hoggs & 4,013 cast ewes & rams.

Another great entry of 2,770 hoggs with quality far superior than the previous week and a trade to match.

A whole sale average of 408ppk/418ppk sqq or £194 per head a credit to all vendors that support this mart and bring quality well finished sheep.

Topping the sale at 533ppk for a pen of 12 shapey Beltex hoggs, weighing 43kg realising £229 from Messrs Gribbon, Waterside. Top price per head of £270 was achieved for 2 Suffolk hoggs weighing 78kg from Grange Walls. Messrs Dickinson, Kirkbarrow Hall sold heavies to 450ppk for 56kg realising £252, with the same home selling 47kg realising 511ppk/£240.

Messrs Bindloss, Shap Abbey sold 37g Continental hoggs to £197/532ppk. Messrs Irving, East Cliff sold an exceptional run off 66 heavy hoggs averaging 62kg realising £239.52. Mule hoggs sold to £198 for 51kg from Tarn End.

Cheviot Hoggs sold to 448ppk for 10, weighing 48kg achieving £215 from Messrs Savage, Petteril Green. Messrs Ridley, Ranbeck sold cheviots to £244 for 65kg. Messrs Gillespie, Quarry Gill sold 33, clipped Cheviot hoggs to average 48kg/£201.42.

Another large entry of hill sheep were still exceptionally good to sell topping at 416ppk for 46 blackface hoggs, weighing 43kg, realising £179 from Messrs Dickinson, Kirkbarrow.

Top price per head of £189 for Blackface Hoggs, for a pen of 15 weighing 47kg from Messrs Carrick, Ireshope Plains. Swaledales sold to 396ppk for 27 weighing 45kg, achieving £178 from Messrs Carrick, Ireshope Plains.

The weekly sale of cast ewes and rams was truly amazing from start to finish. A record day of trading, with most breed averages higher than most other centres.

10%/367 head sold in excess of £200. The sale topped at £295 for 3 Texel ewes from Holme House purchased by regular customer A J Meats, Birmingham.

Once again, the Suffolks stole the show with 582 sold, averaging a huge £180.87. Topping at £262 for 2 superb pure-bred ewes from local breeders Messrs T E Irving & Sons, East Cliffe, Kirklinton, with a total of 115 ewes over £200.

15 active buyers will always prove to provide healthy spirited bidding and a fair genuine trade for all vendors, with customers travelling length and breath of the country to take advantage of this trade.

668 Mule ewes averaged £146.99 topping at £196 for 2 huge English Mule ewes from Messrs J G & R W Nevinson & Son, High House, purchased by Mr A Dawson.

Larger pens achieving £168 for a mix of 25 Mule & Masham ewes from Goldon Lane, Suffolk.
Mr P Baker, Lincoln sold 18 English Mules realising £166.

Horned ewes were considered to be extreme rates with Messrs Lightfoot, Gillside selling 10, realising £134, purchased by Mr J Khan. With all sold averaging £90.57.

331 Scotch Blackfaced averaged £119.21. Topping at £154, but a pen of 41 from Tarn End achieved £132 and Backmuir Livestock, Aberdeen sold 35 to £132.

130 Cast Rams sold to an average £160.97. Topping at £248 from Mr A Straney, Glenroyd Road with numerous others £200 plus.

We require all classes of ewes for next week’s sale so please don’t hesitate to get in touch and market your stock in the best way possible with enquiries to Andrew Maughan on 07717611952, or Paul Gardner on 07552 589141.

Leading Prices

Prime Lambs p/kg
Texel – 524.0, 423.0 Grange Walls
Suffolk – 431.0 Grange Walls
Charolais – 419.0, 413.0 Grange Walls

Prime Lambs £/head
Suffolk - £220 Grange Walls
Texel - £220 Grange Walls
Continental - £192, £190, £184, £182 Grange Walls
Charolais - £190, £180 Grange Walls

Prime Hoggs p/kg
Continental – 533.0, 500.0, 445.0 Waterside Farm; 532.0, 527.0, 495.0, 469.0 Shap Abbey; 524.0 Silverband; 513.0, 498.0, 492.0, 490.0, 479.0, 478.0, 477.0, 459.0, 455.0, 442.0 High Knipe; 510.0, 491.0 Woodfoot; 506.0, 496.0, 475.0, 471.0, 450.0, 449.0, 440.0 Kirkbarrow Hall; 505.0, 467.0, 450.0 Smallthwaite House; 503.0, 479.0, 454.0 Bank House; 478.0, 462.0, 443.0 Towcett Farm; 478.0 Street House; 474.0, 449.0 Clea Hall; 473.0, Haltcliffe Bridge; 468.0, 447 Bromley Green; 467.0, 463.0, 443.0 Galleywreay Farm; 465.0, 442.0 Grange Walls; 463.0 Town Head; 456.0, 447.0 Howgill; 443.0 Ireshope Plains; 443.0 Backmuir Farm; 442.0 Reagill Grange
Texel – 512.0, 511.0, 476.0, 458.0 Ranbeck; 511.0, 489.0, 476.0, 471.0, 465.0, 458.0, 450.0, 449.0, 447.0 Petteril Green; 486.0, 453.0 Gillside; 475.0, 448.0 Galleywreay Farm; 471.0 Murrah Hall; 467.0, 454.0 Park View; 443.0 Wham Head Farm; 441.0 Backmuir Farm
Beltex – 511.0 Kirkbarrow; 438.0 Greenacres
Charolais – 471.0, 402.0 Backmuir Farm; 400.0 Grange Walls
Cheviot – 448.0 Petteril Green; 424.0 Ireshope Plains; 420.0, 414.0, 410.0 Ranbeck; 408.0 High Knipe; 408.0 Quarry Gill; 403.0 Parsonage Farm; 402.0 Wham Head Farm
Suffolk X – 429.0, 409.0 Galemire House; 422.0, 416.0 Ireshope Plains; 422.0, 389.0, 388.0 Tarn End; 416.0, 404.0, 395.0 Honeypot; 413.0 Broomhill; 409.0 Scales Farm; 404.0, 392.0 Moss Dyke; 404.0 Wham Head Farm; 393.0 Town Head; 392.0, 388.0 Hammershields; 391.0 Holme House; 390.0 Sleddale Hall; 389.0 Greenacres
Cheviot Mule – 419.0 Pine Wood; 377.0 Ranbeck
Scotch Blackfaced – 416.0, 413.0, 411.0, 407.0 Kirkbarrow; 402.0 Ireshope Plains; 400.0 Brisco Hill; 400.0 Greystone House
Swaledale – 396.0 Street House; 378.0, 327.0 Hammershields; 344.0 Wham Head Farm; 344.0 Parsonage Farm; 343.0 Beeches Farm; 338.0 Hollins Farm; 333.0 Gillside; 331.0 Brownrigg Hall
Mule – 394.0 Street House; 388.0 Tarn End; 387.0 Silverband; 382.0, 352.0 Beeches Farm; 380.0 Galleywreay Farm; 378.0, 373.0 Old Parks; 370.0 Fog Close; 360.0 Sleddale Hall; 360.0 Castle Nook; 357.0 Brownrigg Hall; 352.0 Howrigg; 351.0 Hammershields
Herdwick – 385.0, Gillside; 375.0 Parsonage Farm;
Zwartble – 384.0 Greenacres
Dspot – 383.0 Marton Gill; 375.0 Holme House

Prime Hoggs £/head
Suffolk - £270, £248, £232, £214 Grange Walls; £248, £242 East Cliff; £224 Town Head; £221, £212 Honeypot; £220 Wreay Hall Farm; £219 Broomhill; £219 Holme House; £214 Tarn End; £212, £200 Ireshope Plains; £208 Moss Dyke; £206 Greenacres; £204 Hammershields; £200 Sceugh Dyke
Continental - £254, £246, £242, £240, £234, £230 Grange Walls; £252, £240, £238, £234, £232, £231, £230, £228, £226, £220 Kirkbarrow Hall; £248, £238, £230, £229, £226 Towcett Farm; £242, £240, £222, £220 Clea Hall; £236, £231, £220, £220, High Knipe; £233, £222, £220 Holme House; £230 Howgill; £230 Sleddale Hall; £229, £226 Waterside Farm; £228 Wreay Hall Farm; £228 East Cliff; £224 Smallthwaite House; £220 Street House; £220 Greenacres
Texel - £250, £210 Grange Walls; £250 Holme House; £249, £229, £227, £220, £215, £213, £212, £210 Honeypot; £246, £244, £238, £234, £226, £225, £224, £223, £220, £219, £212 Petteril Grange; £246 East Cliff; £232 Wham Head Farm; £230, £227, £210 Park View; £226, £210 Backmuir Farm; £225, £220, £214, £210 Ranbeck; £219, £214 Gillside
Charollais - £245, £244, £208, £204 Grange Walls; £206 Galemire House
Cheviot - £244, £209, £182 Ranbeck; £215 Petteril Green; £212 High Knipe; £208 Greenbank Farm; £204 Galleywreay Farm; £204, £199 Quarry Gill; £182 Ireshope Plains
Beltex - £240 Kirkbarrow Hall; £210 Greenacres
Dspot £222, Marton Gill; £214 Holme House
Cross - £200 Greenacres
Mule - £198 Tarn End; £190 Ranbeck; £190 Howrigg; £186 Galleywreay Farm; £186 Hammershields; £185 Street House; £180 Sleddale Hall; £176 Beeches Farm; £174 Old Parks; £174 Silverband; £173 Castle Nook
Zwartble - £196 Greenacres
Bluefaced Leicester £190 Greenhow
Scotch Blackfaced - £189, £177 Ireshope Plains; £187, £186, £181, £179 Kirkbarrow Hall; £186, £176 Greystone House; £180, £174 Brisco Hill
Swaledale - £185, £180 Hammershields; £178 Street House; £170 Gillside
Cheviot Mule - £181 Ranbeck; £180 Pinewood
Herdwick - £158 Gillside; £135 Parsonage Farm

Cast Ewes £/head
Texel (av £211.81) - £295, £292, £262 Holme House; £290, £285, £280, £242, £240, £225, £220 Glenroyd Road; £280, £255, £250, £220, £205, £195, £190 Tarn End; £270, £255, £235, £210, £195 Backmuir Farm; £265, £245 The Laurels; £255, £220 Plumpton Foot; £240, £225 Waterside Farm; £232 The Croft; £230 Sunnyside; £230, £200 Parsonage Farm; £225, £195, £190 Terrace Farm; £205 The Thwaite Farm; £200 High House Farm; £195 Hole Farm
Continental (av £157.51) - £270, £205 Park View; £260, £240, £205, £200 Belvedene; £255, £202, Seymour House; £255, £200 Stobswood Farm; £250, £215 Cobble Hall; £240, £235, £220, £210, £199, £192 Glenroyd Road; £230, £202, £194 Holme House; £226, £190 Bridge End; £222, £208, £195 High House Farm; £220, £215, £205, £202, £194, £192 Tarn End; £220 Peterhouse; £215, £205 Chishillways; £210 Great House Farm; £205 Sycamore House; £202, £200, £194, £190 Backmuir Farm; £200 Howgill; £200 Glebe Cottage; £200 Greenacres; £200 Drumreach Farm; £195, £190 Wreay Hall Farm; £199Huntley Lodge Farm; £190 Field House
Charollais (av £219.42)- £270, £255, £215 Glenroyd Road; £255, £208, £198 Holme House; £235 Blevedene
Suffolk (av £180.87) - £262, £255, £220 East Cliff; £240, £200, £192 Belvedene; £236, £234 Wreay Hall Farm; £235, £230, £200, £194, £190 Backmuir Farm; £228 Grassknop Farm; £228, £220 Seymour House; £225, £200 Tarn End; £212, £210, £192 Straney; £210 Field House; £210, £208, £198, £190 Holme House; £205 West Stobswood Farm; £202 The Thwaite Farm; £198 Hill Crest; £195 The Laurels;
Half-Breed (av £177.49) - £215 Ireshope Plains; £180, £173 Backmuir Farm
Cont (av £185.00) £210, £205 The Laurels
Cheviot Mule (av £153.22) - £200 Tarn End; £192, £150 Seymour House; £155 Lea Croft
Cheviot (av £140.37) - £198 Glenroyd Road; £190 Ireshope Plains; £172, £166, £146 Holme House; £166, £154, £150 Backmuir Farm; £163, £155 Mains of Techmuiry; £162 Glebe Cottage; £160 Waterside Farm; £155 Drumreach Farm; £151, £150, £146 Chishillways; £148 West Stobswood Farm; £148, £145 Crake Trees Manor; £147 Mains of Techmuiry; £145 Drumreach Farm
Mule (av £146.99) - £196 High House; £176 Moss Dyke; £173 Parsonage Farm; £168 Goldon Lane; £165, £162, £161, £160, £153 Backmuir Farm; £166, £164 Hallgarth; £166, £160, £157, £155, £151 Glebe Cottage; £163 Wreay Hall Farm; £162 Huntley Lodge Farm; £162 Sceugh Dyke; £160 Kettleside Farm; £158 Pine Wood; £158 Auchtydore Farms; £157, £155, £151 Glebe Cottage; £156 Glenroyd Road; £154 Great House Farm; £154 West Stobswood; £151 Chishillways; £150 Tarn End; £150 Crindledyke; £150 Blunderfield West; £150 Bank Farm
Bluefaced Leicester (av £160.71) £195 Kettleside Farm; £180 Tarn End; £164 Armstrong Ghyll; £162 Greenhow; £160 Glenroyd Road
Rouge (av £180.00) £180 Glenroyd Road
Jacob (av £136.67) £170 Backmuir Farm
Zwartble (av £161.00) £162 Glenroyd Road; £160 Tarn End
Kerry (av £120.75) - £155 Grassknop; £148 West Stobswood Farm;
Scotch Blackfaced (av £119.21) £154 Goldon Lane; £132 Backmuir Farm; £147 Chishillways; £146, £126 Holme House; £138, £130 Bridge End; £132 Silverband; £132, £122 Tarn End; £128, £116, £114 South Laggan; £123 Plumpton Foot; £120 Greenacres; £119 Drumreach Farm; £112 Glenroyd Road
Swaledale (av £90.57) - £138 Gillside; £126, £112 Castle Nook; £126, £104 Crindledyke; £124 Ranbeck; £118 Silverband; £117 Greenhow; £116 Peterhouse; £115 Hill Top; £115 West Dowgill
Rough Fell (av £115.20) £134 Goldon Lane
Herdwick (av £76.29) - £132, £130 Gillside

Cast Rams £/head
Continental - £245, £185 Tarn End; £232 The Laurels; £212 Belvedene; £210 Holme House; £205 Ireshope Plains; £184 Glenroyd Road; £180 Backmuir Farm; £180 Bridge End
Suffolk - £248 Glenroyd Road; £216 Tarn End
Texel - £240 Terrace Farm; £210 Glenroyd Road; £195 Tarn End; £185 Peterhouse; £180 Parsonage Farm
Zwartble - £205 Terrace Farm
Cheviot - £204 Glenroyd Road; £200 Belvedene
Bluefaced Leicester - £200 Tarn End
Scotch Blackfaced - £135 Plumpton Foot
Swaledale - £130 Greenhow