On Wednesday Penrith & District Farmers’ Mart LLP held their weekly sale of 3,625 prime sheep, comprising of 461 prime hoggs, 782 spring lambs & 2,382 cast ewes & rams.
A larger offering of 782 lambs were forward with demand still extremely strong. A wholesale average of 361ppk/sqq or 358ppk overall or £158 per head.
Topping today’s sale at 421ppk for 5 brilliant Beltex lambs, weighing 38kg and achieving £160 from Messrs W Gribbon & Co, Waterside Farm. Top price per head of £199 for a brilliant texel lamb, weighing 59kg from H M Livestock. Heavy sheep prove to be at the peak of demand. Messrs Graves, Hesket House sold a run of 25 heavy sheep to average 51kg at £181 per head. Suffolk lambs continue to sell well with Mr W N Robinson, Sunnyside for 2 Suffolks, weighing 38kg, achieving £156 or 411ppk.
Messrs Pollock, Wreay Hall sold 3 pens of Suffolk lambs to 376ppk for 45kg achieving £169. Many more lambs are needed here to fulfil buyers needed.
493 hoggs were forward with meaty sheep of all classes. Topping at 341ppk for 41kg Beltex at £140 from Messrs J C Robinson, Black Leases. Top price per head came from Messrs W R & F D Siddle, Honeypot of £201 for 3 separate pens firstly for a pen of 4 at 71kg.
In the cast Ewe section an overall sale average of £158 was achieved, topping at £300 from Mr W Morrison, South Bogbain with superb pure Texels selling to A J Meats, Birmingham. The heaviest of the ewes still motoring over £200. Topping at £245 with Suffolk half breds from Tann House, Aberdeenshire with 521 Suffolk Ewes sold to average £177.84.
Horned ewes held there value once again proving very good to sell topping at £150 for best of scotch blackface with larger pens to £135x16, £122x54, £114x39, £112x15. Swaledales from Messrs Barker, Town Head, topped at £128 for a pen of 11 selling to Mr M Bowe.
Cast Rams sold exceptionally well with pure Bluefaced Leicester’s to £254 and Texel X Bluefaced Leicesters to £250 with numerous others to £200.
Please advise entries to Andrew Maughan on 07717611952, or Paul Gardner on 07552 589141.
Leading Prices
Prime Lambs p/kg
Beltex – 421.0, 413.0, 371.0 Waterside Farm; 414.0, 409.0, 381.0 Rottington Hall; 413.0 New Rent Farm; 400.0, 395.0, 391.0, 390.0 Mill Farm; 398.0, 380.0, 371.0 Thackwood; 390.0, 387.0 Haltcliffe Bridge; 385.0 Hermitage
Texel – 409.0, 402.0, 381.0 Hermitage; 400.0, 380.0, 375.0 Woodhead Farm; 382.0 Wreay Hall Farm; 381.0, 368.0, 367.0, 366.0(2), 364.0, 362.0, 361.0, 360.0 Newstead Grange; 380.0, 367.0, 364.0, 362.0 Reagill Grange; 379.0 Wetheriggs Farm Cottage; 376.0, 371.0, 365.0 Holme Farm; 375.0, 369.0 Wayside Cottage; 375.0, 374.0, 368.0, 367.0 Rottington Hall; 374.0, 361.0 Town Head; 373.0 Ratten Castle; 371.0 Mill Farm; 364.0 Thackwood; 363.0 Merryvale; 363.0 Eden Close; 362.0 Sceugh Dyke; 361.0 Castle Bank;
Suffolk – 411.0, 359.0 Sunnyside; 376.0(3) Wreay Hall Farm; 370.0, 368.0 Rottington Hall; 367.0, 359.0 Lea Croft; 364.0 Ratten Castle; 360.0 Mill Farm; 359.0 Low Abbey; 357.0(3) Ashbourne Drive; 356.0 Hesket House; 356.0 Low Farm; 355.0 Hay Close; 355.0(2), 351.0 Cliburn Hall; 353.0 Grassknop
Continental – 407.0 Cocklaw Farm; 376.0 New Rent Farm; 374.0 Waterside Farm; 362.0 Grassknop
Blue Texel – 381.0, 375.0, 370.0 Wayside Cottage
Dspot – 361.0 Victoria Road
Charollais – 356.0 Grassknop
Prime Lambs £/head
Texel - £199, £194, £165 Shethin Farm; £194, £186, £182, £176 Hesket House; £192, £188, £185, £160 Hermitage; £190, £167 Wetheriggs Farm; £190, £186, £174 Merryvale; £184, £174, £161 Town Head; £184, £166 Grassknop; £182, £180(2), £172, £170, £160 Newstead Grange; £180, £160 Thackwood; £178, £164, £160 Ratten Castle; £177 Wayside Cottage; £176, £169, £166, £165, £162 Rottington Hall; £176 Mill Farm; £176 Hay Close; £175, £163, £161 Sceugh Dyke; £168, £160 Wreay Hall Farm; £168, £166 Castle Bank; £163 Ashbourne Drive;
Suffolk - £192, £182(2), £164(2) Ashbourne Drive; £184, £178(2) Hesket House; £180, £167, £156 Cliburn Hall; £178, £168, £165, £155 Low Abbey; £174, £160, £158 Hay Close; £174 Cobble End; £173, £156 Grassknop; £172 Burblethwaite; £170, £166, £160 Ratten Castle; £169(3) Wreay Hall Farm; £165 Lea Croft; £162, £159 Rottington Hall; £160, £156 Sunnyside; £160 Low Farm; £157 Home Farm; £155 Mill Farm
Continental - £190 Newstead Grange; £178 Burblethwaite Farm; £170 Grassknop; £157 Home Farm; £154 New Rent Farm
Beltex - £185 Hermitage; £180, £174, £164 Rottington Hall; £174, £164 Haltcliffe Bridge; £168(2), £166, £160 Mill Farm; £163 Thackwood; £161, £160 Waterside Farm;
Charollais - £178 Grassknop; £167 Thackwood
Blue Texel – £172, £163 Wayside Cottage
Dutch Spotted - £160 Victoria Road
Prime Hoggs p/kg
Beltex – 341.0 Black Leases; 327.0, 314.0 Sickergill; 325.0, 319.0 Honeypot; 304.0 Shethin Farm
Texel – 333.0, 308.0 Grange; 319.0, 298.0 Sickergill; 315.0, 305.0, 302.0, 287.0 Sceugh Dyke; 309.0 West Stobswood Farm; 308.0, 300.0, 288.0, 286.0, 283.0 Honeypot; 307.0, 302.0, 300.0(2), 280.0 Bank End; 302.0, 300.0 Ireby Hall; 288.0 Cocklaw Farm; 286.0 Pear Tree House; 284.0 Shethin Farm;
Cheviot – 329.0 Greenbank Farm
Dutch Spotted – 310.0, 280.0 Victoria Road
Continental – 307.0 Black Leases; 295.0 Dyce
Blackfaced – 305.0 Sceugh Dyke; 304.0 Greenbank Farm; 295.0 Cocklaw Farm; 286.0, 284.0 Grange; 282.0 Dyce
Suffolk – 298.0 Cocklaw Farm; 298.0(2) West Stobswood Farm; 298.0 Bank End; 296.0 Eden Terrace; 288.0 Cobble End; 288.0 Pear Tree House
Jacob – 293.0 Greenbank Farm
Mule – 279.0, 268.0 High House;
Herdwick – 265.0 West Stobswood Farm
Prime Hoggs £/head
Texel - £201, £198, £180, £160, £150 Honeypot; £184, £178, £154 Sceugh Dyke; £182, £180, £178(2), £150 Bank End; £180, £176, £160 Shethin Farm; £174 Ireby Hall; £160 Pear Tree House; £155, £150 Sickergill; £150 Cocklaw Farm
Suffolk - £201(2) Honeypot; £188 Bank End; £174 Sceugh Dyke; £170 Cobble End; £170 Cocklaw Farm
Beltex - £192, £182 Honeypot; £160 Sickergill; £158 Shethin Farm
Continental – £178 Bank End;
Dutch Spotted - £175, £155 Victoria Road
Mule - £145 High House
Blackface - £140 Greenbank Farm; £128 Sceugh Dyke; £124 Cocklaw Farm; £120 Grange; £120 Stobswood Farm
Cast Ewes £/head
Texel (av £188.49) - £300 Greenacres; £285, £240, £215(2) Shethin Farm; £280, £225 Holme House; £280, £245, £212, £208 West Stobswood Farm; £232 Plumpton Foot; £228 Tann House; £224, £222 James House; £220 Dale View; £220 Belvedene; £215(2) Waterside Farm; £212 Tarn End; £210(2) Haas Side Farm; £208 Wreay Hall Farm; £202, £200 Sowerby Wood Farm
Suffolk (av £177.84) - £245, £232, £225(2), £214, £202, £200(2) Tann House; £216, £212, £210, £205 Holme House; £215 Ashbourne Drive; £215 Bank End; £210 Belvedene; £200 Wreay Hall Farm;
Continental (av £159.51) – £234 James House; £228 Tann House; £225, £212, £208 Holme House; £225, £210 Shethin Farm; £218, £208 Waterside Farm; £218, £200 Bank End; £200 Belvedene
Beltex (av £187.05) - £232 Bank End; £202 West Stobswood Farm; £200 Tann House; £200 Inglewood Edge
Charollais (av £169.88) - £226 Tann House
Cheviot Mule (av £154.25) - £194 Bank End; £184 Tann House; £165 Ashbourne Drive
Zwartble (av £144.50) - £188 Tann House
Mule (av £146.30) - £180 Tann House; £180 Greenacres; £176 Sceugh Dyke; £174 Cliburn Hall; £174 Sootyhill
Cheviot (av £127.30) - £170, £144(2) Shethin Farm; £160 Greenacres; £150(3) Tann House; £148 Cocklaw Farm; £144 Hole Farm; £141 James House; £140 Low House
Kerry (av £152.00) - £152 Tann House
Scotch Blackface (av £115.04) - £150, £124(2) Tann House; £135, £122(2), £114, £112 Greenacres; £122 Cocklaw Farm
Swaledale (av £97.78) - £128 Town Head; £104 Lonscale
Jacob (av £94.20) - £118 Hall Farm; £110 Beech Croft
Cast Rams £/head
Bluefaced Leicester - £254 Holme House
Continental - £250 Town Head; £226 Holme House; £210 Greenacres
Suffolk - £205 Greenacres
Texel - £195 Sickergill; £192 Rigg House Farm
Blue Texel - £195 Holme House
Cheviot - £170 Bank End
Blackfaced - £150 Greenacres; £130 Sceugh Dyke; £128 Tann House
Herdwick - £128 Burnthwaite
Penrith & District Farmers Mart
19/06/2025