Penrith & District Farmers’ Mart LLP held its weekly sale of 2,762 cast ewes and rams on Wednesday. Numbers were strong, although still well short of buyers’ requirements. Vendors took full advantage of 13 active buyers today, ensuring all customers achieved a premium over other centres. Topping the sale at £350 was Mr K Hunt, Braithwaite Shields, with a superb pure-bred Texel selling to Mr James Linsley. A pair followed very closely at £340 from Mr P Qua, Northern Ireland, selling to weekly customers A J Meats, Birmingham. Plenty of customers averaged over £200, with the whole sale averaging £171.38. All 506 Suffolks sold to average £188, topping at £280 from Parkside Livestock, Aberdeen. Larger pens sold to £220 x 13, £212 x 11, £212 x 16, £206 x 11 and £200 x 15. Heavy fat ewes sold very well, unlike reports from other markets. Bluefaced Leicester ewes from Messrs Lord, West Dowgill, achieved £230 ahead. Plenty of Mules £190 ahead, topping at £206 from Mr A G Teasdale, Colstons. Horned ewes continued to achieve strong returns, with Mr M McNally, Northern Ireland, selling 25 Scotch Blackfaces to £155. There were some marvellous returns among the small ewes, with first-time vendors travelling from Cwmbran, South Wales, Mr S Wadley sold a ring full of Welsh Mountains to £106, and Mr T J Noble, Mellgates, sold pure Shetlands to £88 a head. Cast rams fell short of requirements, with plenty more easily sold. Texels topped at £260 from Messrs R & J M Ridley, Ranbeck. Please keep the numbers coming to fulfil demand from this healthy ringside of buyers. The next sale will be held on Wednesday 22nd July. Please advise entries to Andrew Maughan on 07717 611952 or Paul Gardner on 07552 589141. Leading Prices Cast Ewes £/head Texel (Av £248.00) - £350, £270, £240 Braithwaite Shield; £340, £325, £272, £246 (2) Brannock Courts; £330, £325, £294, £280, £268, £265, £258, £252, £230 Shethin Farm; £295, £245 Clickham; £295, £252, £238 Belvedene; £285, £262, £248, £240 (2), £236, £228 Holme House; £285, £265, £226, £224 Ballymena Road; £275 Low Row; £250 Greenacres; £250 Clea Hall; £228 Parkdargue; £226 Bogie Street; £226 The Faulds; £ Charollais (Av £219.91) - £285, £234, £226 Brannock Courts; £258, £220 Shethin Farm; £258, £225 Belvedene; £244 Ballymena Road; £222 Manister Road Continental (Av £189.02) - £284, £256, £246 Low Row; £275, £248, £238, £234 (3) Newbiggin Farm; £265, £232 Holme House; £255, £236 Braithwaite Shields; £255 Ballymaderphy Road; £250, £242, £235, £230, £226 Belvedene; £248, £230, £228 Holme Wrangle; £246 Ploveriggs; £242 Auchengray Farm; £242, £238 Bogie Street; £240, £220 Brannock Courts; £238 (2) Manister Road; £232 Nutholm Farm; £230 Westward Park; £220 The Wath; £220 Pringle House Suffolk (Av £188.00) - £280 Parkside Cresent; £248, £220, £212 (2) Holme House; £236, £232 Bogie Street; £228 Close House; £228, £206 Parkdargue; £228 South Field; £224 Holme Wrangle; £220, £214 Belvedene; £220, £206 Clickham; £214 Nutholm Farm; £212 Staffield Old Hall; £210, £206 Ballymena Road; £210, £206 High House (Dickinson); £208, £206 Brannock Courts; £208 Low Row; £206 Shethin Farm Blue Texel (Av £238.00) - £262 Low Row; £258 Shethin Farm; £220 Hay Close Beltex (Av £222.64) - £258, £234 Nutholm Farm; £248 Bogie Street Bluefaced Leicester (Av £184.91) - £230 West Dowgill; £228 Bogie Street; £212 Old Parks; £204 Barnshangan Cheviot Mule (Av £178.92) - £218, £190 Ballymaderphy Road; £204, £201 Shethin Farm; £202 Nutholm Farm Zwartbles - £208 Bogie Street; £185 Belvedene Cheviot (Av £128.25) - £206, £176 (2) Nook Farm; £190 Nutholm Farm; £189 Holme House; £180 Ranbeck; £178, £160 Shethin Farm; £174 Witton Farm; £174 Bogie Street; £171 Braithwaite Shields; £163 The Wath Mule (Av £160.91) - £206 Colstons; £204, £198 Bogie Street; £200, £196 Ballymena Road; £198 Staffield Old Hall; £198, £192 Shethin Farm; £196 Parkdargue; £188 Barnshangan; £188 Witton Farm; £186 Rosgill Head Dutch spotted - £200 Brannock Court Masham - £190 South Field Scotch Blackfaced (Av £126.65) - £156, £133 Holme House; £144, £130 Greenacres; £140 Cottage Farm; £134 Gall Farm; £132 Manister Road; £130 Brannock Court Jacob (Av £146.36) - £156 Greenacres Rough Fell - £150 The Wath Swaledale (Av £94.83) - £132 Town Head Farm (Wharton); £126 West Dowgill; £124 May Cottage; £123 Branthwaite Farm; £120 Spring Graove Goat (Av £116.00) - £125 Cairn Cottage; £110 Auchlyle Farm Kerry Hill (Av £110.67) - £124 Tarn End Herdwick (Av £88.77) - £121 Auchengray Farm; £120 Clea Hall Welsh - £120 Manister Road; £106 Spring Grove Shetland (Av £78.42) - £88 Mellgates; £82 Auchlyle Farm Cast Rams £/head Texel (Av £260.00) - £260 Ranbeck BDM - £228 Belvedene Continental (Av £215.64) - £236 Auchengray Farm; £232 Belvedene; £216 Holme House Cheviot (Av £185.13) - £220 Holme House; £196 Greenacres Bluefaced Leicester (Av £185.14) - £238 Town Head Farm (Wharton); £220 Leigh Croft; £200 Barnshangan Swaledale (Av £118.00) - £168 Branthwaite Farm

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👀🐑 The First of our Breeding Sale's is just around on the corner on Friday 21st August 2026 which includes both Females and Rams 🐑👀 Entries already include - 🔹️120 North of England Mule 3 Shears plus from Messrs E Hird, Park Head Entries close Friday 14th August at 12 noon ☎️ All entries or for any further queries please Contact Andrew Maughan on 07717 611952 or Paul Gardner on 07552 589141

🐮 🐮 🐮 🐮 🐮 🐮 🐮 🐮 🐮 🐮 🐮 🐮 🐮 🐮 🐮 The catalogue is now online for our fortnightly sale of store cattle of all classes to be held on Monday 20th July - 📕 https://www.penrithauction.com/Portals/0/EasyDNNnews/Uploads/431/SC%20200726.pdf

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿💥2️⃣6️⃣0️⃣💥 Record Entries are expected at our upcoming sale on Friday 24th July 💥2️⃣6️⃣0️⃣💥🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 All Entries to jennysayer@penrithauction.com no later than 12 noon on Friday 17th but earlier if possible to help with advertising purposes. ✍️ https://www.penrithauction.com/Portals/0/EasyDNNnews/Uploads/324/Dairy%20Cattle%20Entry%20Form%202026.pdf ☎️ For any further information please Contact Andrew Maughan on 07717 611952 or Paul Gardner on 07552 589141