On Wednesday Penrith & District Farmers’ Mart LLP held their weekly sale of 2,754 Cast Ewes & Rams. One of the best shows of ewes seen in a long time with a total sale average of £169.80 being achieved. Topping at £345 from Mr G Bell, Hass Side and Mr H Mcrae, Shethin Farm, Aberdeenshire selling Pure Texels as well to £330 purchased by A J Meats, Birmingham. All Suffolks sold averaged a staggering £195.25 topping at £300 for a Suffolk x Texel from Mr M McNally, Northern Ireland with larger pens to £258 x10, £248 x10, £218 x11, £218 x23, £204 x14, £199 x28, £198 x18. A grand total of 597 sold in excess of £200 with some greater pens of Continental ewes achieving £288 x14, £275 x21, £244 x18, £242 x19, £229 x18, £229 x14, £228 x12, £224 x13, £221 x12. The best English Mules to £186 from Mr P Baker, Lincolnshire with a pen of 17, followed with a pen of 33 achieving £181 with other larger pens to £181 x14, £181 x14, £170 x28, £170 x12, £169 x15. Horned ewes were completely mad with numbers a million-mile short of requirements. The best Scotch Blackface to £150 from Mr B Duffton, with a pen of 14 and pen of 13 closely followed at £140. Swaledales topped at £117 from Messrs T L Thompson & Sons, Askham Gate with 13 and Messrs E & S M Taylforth, Yew Tree Lodge achieving an average of £107.62 for 74. Herdwick ewes sold topped at £110 for a pen of 38 and 25 from the same home. Again, more numbers are required to fulfil the demand more on a weekly basis not just a one-week wonder! Take advantage of the ringside of 10 – 12 weekly buyers. Ensuring a very competitive and an honest trade for all. Our next sale will be held on Wednesday 14th January. Please advise entries to Paul Gardner on 07552 589141, or Andrew Maughan on 07717611952. Leading Prices Cast Ewes £/head Texel (Av £231.10) - £345, £265, £235, £231, £230, £227, £225 Haas Side; £330, £232, £222 (2), £221 Shethin Farm; £300, £288, £240, £228 Holme House; £295 (2), £232, £222 Irton House; £293, £290 Gable End; £258 Glaslyn House; £255 Greenlands; £245 Barnskew; £229 Waterside Farm; £224 Rottington Hall; £220 Riggshield Suffolk (Av £195.25) - £300 (2), £260, £248, £218 Holme House; £258, £245, £218, £214, £204 Tarn End; £238, £224 Gable End; £234, £226, £222, £216, £213, £200 Glebe Cottage Continental (Av £182.57) - £300, £260, £246, £244, £242, £229 (2), £224, £221, £218, £216, £212, £210 Tarn End; £292, £275, £224 Holme House; £268, £250, £246, £244, £240, £226, £225, £222, £218, £212 Gable End; £258, £250, £232, £230, £222 (3) Glebe Cottage; £234 Greenlands; £230, £214 West Stobswood Farm; £222 Ravenwood; £220 Hall Bank; £216 Skelling Farm; £212 (2) Shethin Farm Beltex (Av £219.50) - £275 Ravenwood; £272, £228 Osmond Flatt; £270, £239, £229 Elm House; £232 (2) Westmorland Rise; £226 Hall Bank (Dawson) Charollais (Av £223.43) - £272 Tarn End; £266, £258, £230 Holme House Blue Texel (Av £226.50) - £230 Gable End Dutch Spotted (Av £218.00) - £222 Shethin Farm Cheviot Mule (Av £190.31) - £210 Gable End Cheviot (Av £143.36) - £192, £172, £156 Glebe Cottage; £178, £161 Holme House; £172 Osmond Flatt; £169, £161 Greenacres; £167, £160, £151, £144 Gable End; £164, £140 Green Farm; £162, £148 High Pow Farm; £158, £149, £141 Ranbeck; £150 East Cocklaw Farm; £148 Haas Side; £143 Skelling Farm; £140 Braithwaite Shields Mule (Av £156.12) - £186, £181, £170 Glebe Cottage; £181 Holme House; £180, £172 Gable End; £176 Birks Farm; £172 Hall Bank (Dawson); £171 Askham Gate; £170 Rottington Hall; £170 Irton House Scotch Blackfaced (Av £129.53) - £150, £140, £128 Gable End; £140, £131 Braithwaite Shields; £135 Greenacres Swaledale (Av £103.27) - £117 Askham Gate; £114 Rakefoot Herdwick (Av £104.88) - £116 Greenlands; £111 (2) Yew Tree Lodge Cast Rams £/head Beltex - £225, £212 Green Farm Continental - £224 Gable End; £222 Greenlands; £200 (2) Hill Top Cheviot - £176 Gable End Herdwick - £128 Farriers Folly

Today we held our weekly sale of 2,041 Prime Hoggs. Following on from our Sunday sale we had another entry of 2,041 hoggs sold, equating to 4,580 sold within the week. A wonderful way to start 2026. All classes sold to dearer rates, this resulting in an average of 338p/kg overall, 355p/kg SQQ, for a more weathered show of lambs. Topping today’s sale at 436p/kg (£170) was a pen of four Beltex hoggs, weighing 39kg, from Messrs W Gribbon & Co, Waterside Farm. This homes run of thirty-two sold to average 403.8p/kg. A top price per head of £196 was achieved for a single Texel 62kg hogg from Messrs JH & MJ Jefferson, High Pow Farm. Suffolks sold to a top of £194 for 64kg lambs from Messrs DG & LM Strong, Sleagill House. Suffolks realised a top of 370p/kg (£122) for a clipped hogg weighing 33kg from Mr LW Taylor, Hill Top. Mules sold to £174 for a pen of seventeen weighing 57kg from Messrs Lowis, Waterside House. RM & A Hall, Sunny Bank, sold 44kg Mules to £148 (344p/kg). Our next sale will be held on Wednesday 14th January. Please advise entries to Paul Gardner on 07552 589141, or Andrew Maughan on 07717611952. Leading Prices Prime Lambs £/head Texel - £196 High Pow Farm; £192, £172 Glaslyn House; £190, £185, £182, £174 Sleagill House; £190, £173, £168 (2), £167, £166 Fenton Farm; £190 Pennine View; £180, £179, £178 Sceugh Dyke; £175 Garth House; £172, £168, £166, £162 Reagill Grange; £172 Hole Farm; £172 Towcett Farm; £171, £165, £164, £163 (2) Brockwoodlees Farm; £170 Riggshield; £167, £163 Reservoir Farm; £167 Milburn Grange; £167 Currah Close; £164, £163 Sleddale Hall; £164, £163 Nook Farm; £164, £162 Shap Abbey; £163, £162 Gaitsgill Hall; £163 Sandhills; £163 The Hills; £162 Hunley Bank Farm Suffolk - £194, £177 Sleagill House; £185 Crindledyke Farm; £176, £165, £164 Sceugh Dyke; £175 Pennine View; £172, £170 Grassknop Farm; £170 Fenton Farm; £168 Garth House; £165, £159 Hall Bank; £164 Brockwoodlees Farm; £163 (2), £158 Shap Abbey; £163, £162 Gaitsgill Hall; £160 Black Leases; £160 Park Head (Hird); £158 Nook Farm; £156 The Hills Blue Texel - £192 Garth House; £163 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage Continental - £190, £158 Sunny Bank; £187, £160 Sceugh Dyke; £172, £168 (2), £164, £155 High Pow Farm; £160, £158, £157 Nook Farm; £159, £157 Black Leases; £158 Sleddale Hall Beltex - £186 Riggshield; £181, £179, £160 Fenton Farm; £178, £164, £163 Milburn Grange; £173 (2), £170, £168, £166 Waterside Farm; £173 Black Leases; £172, £170, £160 Glaslyn House; £170 (2), £169, £168 (2), £164, £161 Shap Abbey; £170, £168, £167, £160 Brockwoodlees Farm; £168 Reagill Grange; £164 Stanley House Mule - £174, £164 Waterside House; £163 Towcett Farm; £162, £159 Black Leases; £159, £155, £154 Sceugh Dyke; £157 Crindledyke Farm; £156 Milburn Grange; £154 High Park Foot; £153 Pennine View Cheviot - £164 High Pow Farm; £157, £150 Nook Farm; £154 Low Greenside Farm Cheviot Mule - £164 Black Leases Bluefaced Leicester - £163 Grassknop Farm Dutch Spotted - £162, £156 Hill Top Prime Lambs p/kg Beltex – 436.0, 433.0, 402.0 Waterside Farm; 421.0, 407.0, 382.0 Brockwoodlees Farm; 411.0, 400.0, 391.0, 382.0, 378.0, 374.0 Shap Abbey; 404.0 Riggshield; 402.0, 373.0 Fenton Farm; 400.0, 374.0 Stanley House; 391.0 Reagill Grange; 390.0 Glaslyn House; 379.0 Milburn Grange; 376.0 Black Leases; 370.0 Brougham Castle Texel – 400.0 Brougham Castle; 384.0, 366.0, 359.0 Thrang Crag; 380.0, 370.0, 367.0 Brockwoodlees Farm; 379.0 Sleddale Hall; 378.0 Riggshield; 377.0, 350.0 Gall Farm; 371.0, 370.0, 368.0 Shethin Farm; 371.0 Sandhills; 368.0, 361.0, 354.0 Dale Head; 368.0, 351.0 Glaslyn House; 366.0, 362.0, 351.0 Nook Farm; 364.0 Sandhills; 361.0, 350.0 Crindledyke Farm; 360.0 Hall Bank (Dawson); 359.0 West View; 358.0 Milburn Grange; 357.0 Sandhills; 356.0, 350.0 The Hills; 355.0 Shire Lodge; 355.0 Gaitsgill Hall; 355.0 Currah Close; 354.0, 351.0 Hill Top; 350.0 Reservoir Farm Dutch Spotted – 379.0, 363.0 Hill Top Suffolk – 370.0, 346.0 Hill Top; 351.0, 343.0, 333.0 Shap Abbey; 348.0, 336.0 West View; 342.0 Dale Head; 340.0 Hall Bank (Dawson); 336.0 Thrang Crag; 336.0 South Dyke; 333.0 Black Leases; 333.0 Gall Farm; 330.0 Sleddale Hall Continental – 364.0 High Park Foot; 362.0 West View; 359.0 Sunny Bank; 355.0, 349.0, 345.0 Reservoir Farm; 346.0 Gall Farm; 344.0 Shap Abbey; 344.0, 339.0 Thrang Crag; 343.0 Sleddale Hall; 340.0 Weestray; 336.0, 330.0 High Pow Farm; 334.0 Black Leases Cheviot – 357.0 High Lodore; 349.0, 346.0, 341.0 Nook Farm; 344.0 Gall Farm; 342.0 High Pow Farm Blue Texel – 347.0 Little Eccleston Hall Cottage Mule – 344.0 Sunny Bank; 330.0 Shire Lodge; 321.0, 316.0 (2) High Park Foot; 321.0, 316.0 Sceugh Dyke; 316.0 (2) Dale Head; 313.0 Riggshield; 306.0 (2) Black Leases; 305.0 Waterside House; 304.0 Thrang Crag; 302.0 Crindledyke Farm; 302.0 Towcett Farm; 300.0 Pennine View Cheviot Mule – 320.0 The Hills; 215.0 Black Leases Herdwick – 300.0 High Lodore Farm

Ballot for Hoggs is Pen 6 - 140

🚂💨 Lightweight Hoggs wanted for Wednesday's Collection 🚂💨 💥💥Numbers Required/Wanted/Needed 💥💥 🔥PRIME LIGHT WEIGHT HOGGS🔥 💥🔥 All Classes are required for this weeks Collection please get intouch for a competitive price 🔥💥 ➡️ Continental, Cheviot and Suff x 30 - 41kgs ➡️ Swaledale, Herdwick, Scotch Blackface, Shetland and Mule 29 - 39kgs 🔸️No Haulage Charge 🔸️No Belly Clipping 🔸️Instant Weights and Price 🔸️NO DISCOUNT for None Farm Assured and No VAN 🔸️Prompt Payment ⚠️ Collection all stock must be pre booked in⚠️ ☎️ For any further information or regarding pricing, please Contact Andrew Maughan on 07717 611952 or Paul Gardner on 07552 589141

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Today we held our opening 2026 sale of 143 Store Cattle and Feeding Bulls of all classes. The new year opened on a high with Mr D Smith, Far Close, Dufton, topping the sale at £2575 for a nineteen-month-old Limousin cross British Blue bullock, selling to Mr D Barker. This run averaged £2442.50. Heifers topped at £2295 for a dairy-bred British Blue from Messrs E Hird, Park Head, and closely followed at £2155 for a dairy-bred Aberdeen Angus heifer from the same home. Our next sale is the Bonanza prize show & sale and will be held on Monday 19th January, entries are required for this sale where a full accompaniment of buyers is expected, please don’t hesitate to enter, entries for this sale close Noon Monday 12th January. Full report online now: https://www.penrithauction.com/Portals/0/EasyDNNnews/Uploads/339/Store%20Cattle%20050126.pdf