Annual "New Fair" & "Troutbeck" Breeding Ewes & Lambs - 07.05.24

On Tuesday Penrith & District Farmers’ Mart LLP held their Annual “New Fair” Prize Show & Sale of 5,795 Hoggs, Ewes & Shearlings with Lambs at Foot & Geld Gimmer Hoggs together with the “Troutbeck” Sale of Swaledale, Herdwick and Hill Bred Ewes with Lambs at foot kindly sponsored by Peter Horn Mobile Sheep Dipping & PFK Rural.

Our annual noted sale attracted once again one of the finest offerings of Breeding Sheep any where in the country. From start to finish the demand throughout the sale and the trade held extremely strong a reflection of the quality forward.

The sale topped at £200 a life from Mr N Edmondson, Low Wood Farm, Barnard Castle in a popular section if the sale with a pen of Suffolk x Cheviot Mule Hoggs with Texel lambs selling to Messrs A & M J Trafford.

Mule Hoggs and lambs attracted a larger audience of buyers compared to previous years providing a lot of strong bidding with the sale topping at £180 from stalwart supporters to this sale Messrs Winter, Clickham also taking Champion honours selling to D Brennand, Hackthorpe. Regularly Hogg’s with single lambs £140 - £155 and twins achieving a top of £115 a life from Mr W J Messenger, Howes Farm.

Loads of demand throughout the sale for Shearlings with lambs at foot. Mules topping at £142 for singles and £124 for twins on 2 occasions from Messrs T W Fawcett, Little Blencowe Farm with superb Suffolk Lambs.

Older Ewes met spirited bidding with Suffolks topping at £195 with single lambs from Mr M Allan, Knock Hall and Mr J C Horn, Birks Head selling a consignment of Texel x Ewes with Beltex lambs to average £132.30 topping at £182. 3 & 4 shear Mule Ewes topped at £128 from Mr W N Robinson, Eden Hall with twins at £114.

The traditional Troutbeck section topped at £84 a life from Messrs R & J M Ridley, Ranbeck with a pen of young Swaledale Ewes with Mule lambs at foot. Herdwicks topped at £58 a life with Texel lambs at foot from Mr Toms, Middle Fell Farm, Great Langdale.

All in all, a huge success was witnessed helped by the massive audience of buyers and the quality on offer. All classes are required for our next sale The Second “Troutbeck” and “Latter” Fair sale on Tuesday 21st May, entries close noon Tuesday 14th May.

Show Results - New Fair Show
The pre-sale show was kindly judged by Mr B Robson, Newstead Grange (Mule) & Mr T Magney, Galleywreay (Continental), who awarded the following:-

Class 1 - 10 Mule Hoggs with Suffolk Sired Lambs
(Receiving the M & JM Kennedy, “Wayside” Trophy)
1st Messrs Winter Bros, Clickham Farm
2nd Messrs Winter Bros, Clickham Farm

Class 2 - 10 Mule Hoggs with Continental Sired Lambs
1st Mr J Whitehead, Ploveriggs
2nd Messrs M Ridsdale & Son, Yew Tree Farm
3rd Messrs J H & J E Taylor, The Harras

Class 3 - 5 Continental or Suffolk Hoggs with Lambs
1st Mr T C Whiteford, Tercrosset Farm
2nd Messrs D Carr & Son, Highwood Farm
3rd Messrs J H & J E Taylor, The Harras

Leading Averages (per head)
Hoggs
Suffolk Hoggs with lambs at foot - £167.67, topping at £200.
Texel Hoggs with lambs at foot - £156.01, topping at £190 on two occasions.
Continental Hoggs with lambs at foot - £147.64, topping at £195.
Mule Hoggs with lambs at foot - £124.85, topping at £180 for the Champion pen.
Cheviot Mule Hoggs with lambs at foot - £118.00, topping at £145.
Geld Mule Hoggs - £165.02 topping at £180.

Ewes
Beltex Ewes with lambs at foot - £129.11, topping at £165.
Texel Ewes with lambs at foot - £118.59, topping at £182.
Suffolk Ewes with lambs at foot - £118.19, topping at £195.
Continental Ewes with lambs at foot - £99.62, topping at £138.
Mule Ewes with lambs at foot - £94.19, topping at £128.
Cheviot Ewes with lambs at foot - £82.71, topping at £124.

Shearlings
Beltex Shearlings with lambs at foot - £156.50, topping at £180.
Suffolk Shearlings with lambs at foot - £145.06, topping at £167.
Texel Shearlings with lambs at foot - £120.80, topping at £170.
Mule Shearlings with lambs at foot - £116.11, topping at £142.
Continental Shearlings with lambs at foot - £112.09, topping at £132.



Leading Prices - “New Fair” Sale
Hoggs & Single Lambs
Suffolk - £200, £160 £148 Low Wood Farm (Edmondson); £190, £158 Seymour House; £168 Clickham Farm; £168 Cote House Barn
Continental - £195, £182 Tercrosset Farm; £160, £158, £145 Clea Mire; £148 The Harras; £145 Street House (Maughan)
Texel - £190, £185, £170 Tercrosset Farm; £190, £165, £162 Highwood Farm; £188, £170 Clea Mire; £175, £158 Street House (Maughan); £165 Bustabeck; £162, £150, £148, £145 Yore House; £162 The Harras; £158, £155 Hartley Castle; £152, £150 Braithwaite Shields; £150 (2) Cote House Barn
Mule - £180, £165 (2), £160, £155, £152, £145, £144, £140, £138 Clickham Farm; £150, £142, £138 Yew Tree Farm (Ridsdale), £144, £138 Ploveriggs; £135, £134 High Dyke Farm; £134 The Harras
Cheviot Mule - £145, £138 Low Wood Farm

Shearlings & Single Lambs
Beltex - £180, £172 Clea Hall
Texel - £170 Yew Tree Farm (Ridsdale); £152, £140, £135 Towcett Farm; £135 Manor Farm (Marrs)
Suffolk - £167, £138 Homewrangle
Mule - £142, £138, £122 Little Blencowe; £130 Barras Farm; £128 Glebelands
Continental - £132 Braithwaite Shields
Cheviot Mule - £120 Towcett

Shearlings & Twin Lambs
Beltex - £162 Clea Hall
Texel - £160, £135 Yew Tree Farm (Ridsdale); £150 Clea Hall; £140 Towcett Farm; £138, £126 Pine Wood; £140, £138 The Harras; £128 Bustabeck
Suffolk - £145, £138, £128, £126 Homewrangle; £145, £135 Knock Hall
Continental - £130 Towcett Farm; £125 Yew Tree Farm (Ridsdale)
Mule - £124 (2), £122 (2), £120 (2), £118 (3), £114 (2) Little Blencowe Farm; £123, £120 (2), £114, £111 Glebelands (Smith & Shepherd); £114 Yew Tree Farm (Ridsdale)
Cheviot Mule - £115 Towcett

Ewes & Single Lambs
Suffolk - £195, £135 Knock Hall; £108 Woodhouse (Harrison)
Texel - £182, £175, £132, £122 Birks Head; £130 West Briscoe; £128 Woodhouse (Harrison); £120 Anns Cottage; £118, £112 Glebelands; £103 Dry Howe
Continental - £138, £120, £115 West Briscoe; £130 Leigh Croft; £118, £108 Glebelands
Beltex - £138 Birks Head; £126 Glebelands
Mule - £128 Sunnyside; £114 Salkeld Road; £105 Leigh Croft; £96 Todd Farm; £96 West Briscoe; £95 Fellside Farm
Cheviot - £124, £93 Pine Wood; £90 Winter Crag

Ewes & Twin Lambs
Texel - £165 Yew Tree Farm; £140 Barras Farm; £130, £122, £106 Braithwaite Shields; £130 Lamonby Hall; £128, £114 Bustabeck; £116 Salkeld Road; £115, £102 Anns Cottage; £108 Pine Wood; £106, £104 Sunnyside; £104 Burblethwaite; £104 Leigh Croft
Beltex - £165 Yew Tree Farm; £120 Birks Head
Suffolk - £138, £108 Leigh Croft; £124 Braithwaite Shields; £120 William House; £120 Knock Hall; £118 Hellbeck; £115 Dacre Banks; £112 Yew Tree Farm; £111, £102 Woodhouse (Harrison)
Continental - £132, £112, £100 Glebelands; £126, £106 West Briscoe; £122, £120, £114, £100 Braithwaite Shields; £122 Woodhouse (Harrison); £114 Hellbeck; £112 (2), £104 Leigh Croft; £100 Slakes Farm; £100 Midtown Farm (Fisher)
Mule - £114, £100 Sunnyside; £110 Knock Hall; £108 Barras Farm; £106, £97 Salkeld Road; £104 Hellbeck; £104 Fox Tower View; £100 Woodhouse (Harrison); £98 West Briscoe; £98 Braithwaite Shields; £96 Todd Farm; £96 William House
Cheviot - £95, £92, £90 Dry Howe; £93 Pine Wood

Geld Hoggs
Mule - £180 The Harras; £175 Shatton Lodge; £174 (2), £172, £170 Little Blencowe Farm; £170 The Keld
Continental - £202 Burblethwaite Farm; £200 Shatton Lodge

Leading Prices - “Troutbeck” Sale
Ewes & Twin Lambs
Swaledale - £84, £70 Ranbeck; £79 Burblethwaite Farm; £72 (2) Wlamgate; £70 Heysham House
Herdwick - £52 Middle Fell Farm; £50 Mellbeck Farm

Ewes & Single Lambs
Herdwick - £58, £57 Middle Fell Farm; £50 Noran Bank Farm

Geld Hoggs
Swaledale - £138 Cragg House