Prime Sheep - 27.03.24
On Wednesday 27th March 2024 Penrith & District Farmers’ Mart LLP held their weekly sale of 5,906 prime sheep, comprising 3,573 prime hoggs & 2,633 cast ewes & rams.
A good show considering a great proportion of store/grass fed hoggs were forward. Meaty, well-fed hoggs were the same trade as last week and a joy to sell.
Topping today’s sale at 556ppk was a cracking single Beltex hogg from Messrs R & J M Ridley, Ranbeck, weighing 41kg at £228. The same home sold a pen of 7 at 46kg to the same price or 530ppk.
Topping today’s sale at £240 for a pen of 6 exceptional 46kg Beltex hoggs from Jonny Aiken, 4 Brick House. This home also sold others at 57kg to £240.
Good Continental types regularly sold for £210 plus, and are well short of buyers’ requirements. Suffolks sold to a top of £226 for 3 at 63kg from Messrs J L Potter & Son, Town Head. Suffolks from Messrs T E Irving & Sons, East Cliff, sold to 388ppk (£202) for 26 weighing 52kg. Messrs Gillespie, Quarry Gill, sold Cheviot hoggs weighing 51kg to £200.
Mules topped at £192 for 55kg from Messrs J L Potter & Son, Town Head.
Messrs J Carrick & Sons, Ireshope Plains, sold Scotch Blackface to 380ppk (£175) for 46kg.
In the cast ewe section 14 active buyers will not be beat with a trade surpassing vendors expectations by teens of pounds and an average of £148.29 being achieved for 3573 sold. Up £10.10 on the week.
The sale topped at £330 from Holme House selling to Mr J Linsley, with a total of 207 selling in excess of £200. It takes some believing but exactly 600 Suffolk ewes sold averaged £165.90 with 13 lots selling over £200 topping at £235 from Mr C Abernethy, Aberdeenshire, and secondly from Messrs Trafford, Bassenthwaite Hall with a load of Suffolk cull ewes average £217.67.
Mules and Horned ewes again just knocked the spots of other centres, 608 Mules sold to average a staggering £138 topping at £164 firstly from Messrs T J & J M Powley, Blands Farm following by Backmuir Livestock with a ring full of Scotch Mules to £164, following with 22 at £153, 22 at £152 and 18 at £150.
Swaledales topped at £124 from Messrs Lightfoot, Gillside with a pen of 20 and Herdwicks to £112 from Waterside House.
88 cast rams sold to a top of £250 for a pair of Charollais from Gate & West Farm selling to Mr D Kemp. With all sold average £168.61.
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 Hoggs p/kg
Continental – 556.0, 530.0, 502.0, 500.0, 496.0, 442.0, 426.0 Ranbeck; 522.0, 421.0 Brick House; 510.0, 493.0, 489.0, 484.0 Grange Hall; 502.0, 456.0 Inglewood Edge; 489.0, 484.0, 396.0 Black Leases; 477.0 Gaitsgill Hall; 448.0, 440.0, 398.0 Smallthwaite House; 425.0, 404.0, 396 Clea Mire; 423.0, 409.0, 405.0, 397.0 Grange Walls; 418.0, 406.0 Firbank; 410.0 Parkdargue; 409.0 Park House Farm (Henderson); 408.0, 400.0 Sleddale Hall; 408.0 High House Farm; 404.0, 396.0 Tarn End; 400.0, 398.0 Ireshope Plains; 400.0 East Cliff
Beltex – 543.0, 494.0 Gaitsgill Hall
Texel – 486.0, 475.0, 450.0, 438.0, 405.0 Sickergill; 480.0, 435.0, 411.0 Wham Head Farm; 477.0, 468.0, 467.0, 449.0, 431.0, 423.0, 411.0 Gillside; 462.0, 424.0 Town Head (Potter); 444.0, 436.0, 419.0; 414.0 Bromley Green; 433.0 Parkdargue; 421.0 Grange Walls; 404.0 Holme House
Cheviot – 455.0, 403.0, 400.0 Ireshope Plains; 409.0 Ranbeck; 398.0 Sceugh Dyke; 393.0 Wham Head Farm; 392.0 Quarry Gill
Cheviot Mule – 418.0 Clea Mire; 387.0, 379.0 Ranbeck; 387.0 Ireshope Plains; 371.0 Town Head (Potter)
Suffolk – 388.0 East Cliff; 387.0 Sleddale Hall; 384.0, 374.0, 367.0, 365.0 Grange Walls; 382.0 Ireshope Plains; 375.0, 367.0, 365.0 Holme House; 373.0 Smallthwaite House; 371.0, 367.0 Tarn End
Charolais – 388.0 Holme House; 380.0 Grange Walls
Scotch Blackfaced – 380.0, 377.0, 369.0 Ireshope Plains; 375.0 North Netherscales; 374.0 Town Head (Potter); 374.0, 365.0 Wham Head Farm
Herdwick – 376.0 Gillside
Mule – 361.0, 360.0 Backmuir Farm; 360.0 Black Leases; 359.0 Sleddale Hall
Swaledale – 360.0, 338.0, 337.0 Hole House; 324.0 Ghyll House; 323.0 Hedwynds
Prime Hoggs £/head
Continental - £240 Brick House; £238, £216, £210 Clea Mire; £234, £230, £220, £217, £214, £211, £210, £206, £204 Grange Walls; £232, £218, £214, £200 Tarn End; £228, £212, £210, £206, £200 Ranbeck; £228, £206 Inglewood Edge; £222, £220, £218, £208 High House Farm; £222, £208 East Cliff; £220, £208 Black Leases; £220, £219, £206, £204, £203 Holme House; £211 Smallthwaite House; £207 Grange Hall; £205 Gaitsgill Hall; £201 Park House Farm; £200 Howtown Hotel
Texel - £234, £228, £218, £204 Town Head; £230, £220, £210 Grange Walls; £224, £220, £218, £210 Gillside; £218, £200 Wham Head Farm; £214, £210, £204 Holme House; £212 Sleddale Hall; £204 Sickergill
Suffolk - £226 Town Head (Potter); £226, £206, £202 Holme House; £221 East Cliff; £208 Tarn End; £202 East Cliff
Cheviot Mule - £209 Clea Mire; £204 Town Head (Potter); £197 Ranbeck
Beltex - £201 Gaitsgill Hall
Cheviot - £200, £196 Quarry Gill; £198 Ranbeck
Charollais - £198 Holme House
Zwartble - £194 Ireshope Plains
Mule - £192 Town Head (Potter); £190 Bassenthwaite Hall; £178 Ireshope Plains; £176 Sleddale Hall; £174, £166 Waterside House; £169 Backmuir Farm; £169 Black Leases; £168 Howtown Hotel
Scotch Blackfaced - £181, £179, £175 Ireshope Plains; £176 Town Head (Potter); £165 North Netherscales
Swaledale - £162 Hole House; £150 Sleddale Hall
Herdwick - £159 Ulcatrow; £158 Gillside
Cast Ewes £/head
Texel (av £217.43) - £330, £305, £290, £260, £250, £230, £210, £196 Holme House; £310, £298, £265, £260, £220, £200, £185 Backmuir Farm; £290, £265, £260, £230, £225, £222, £205, £192 Glenroyd Road; £290, £246, £238, £224, £195 Greenacres; £280, £240, £230, £185 Belvedene; £270 Hardrigg Hall; £270 Bassenthwaite Hall; £260, £185 Blands Farm; £245, £225, £215 Tarn End; £228 The Cottage; £220 Cross Hill Farm; £198 Gate & West Farm; £195 Gillside;£190 Whygill Head
Continental (av £156.70) - £285, £190, £180 Tarn End; £250, £195 Bridge End; £235 Brick House; £225, £212, £186, £185, £182 Backmuir Farm; £225 Crewgarth; £215, £206, £198, £194, £186, £185 Glenroyd Road; £212, £182 Gate & West Farm; £205, £185, £180 Belvedene; £200, £180 Braithwaite Shields; £195, West Stobswood Farm; £192 Huntley Lodge Farm; £190 Greenacres; £186, £184 Holme House; £185 Brayton Road; £180 Ireshope Plains; £180 Cross Hill Farm
Charollais (av £179.52)- £250 Gate & West Farm; £230 Backmuir Farm; £220, £198, £184 Holme House; £214 Brick House; £200, £181 Glenroyd Road; £200 Greenacres; £195 Tarn End; £182 Greystone House
Suffolk (av £165.90) - £245, £232, £215 Bassenthwaite Hall; £245, £228, £196, £195, £184, £182 Belvedene; £235, £225, £215, £206, £198, £196, £185, £180, £170 Grange Walls; £225 Hardrigg Hall; £218, £198, £188, £180, £170 Backmuir Farm; £215 Gate & West Farm; £195, £190, £188, £183, £175, £170 Holme House; £190, £174 Tarn End; £182 Huntly Lodge; £170 Brayton Road
Cheviot (av £119.99) - £218 The Cottage; £164, £138, £128 West Stobswood Farm; £158, £148, £147, £146, £128 Greenacres; £155 Farmanby; £150 Glenroyd Road; £147 New Springs Farm; £142 Huntly Lodge; £140 Inglewood Edge; £136, £135 Baddington Bank Farm; £132 Haas Side Farm; £129 Auchtydore Farm; £128 Ranbeck; £128 Backmuir Farm
Mule (av £138) - £164, £153, £152, £150, £148, £146 Backmuir Farm; £164 Blands Farm; £162 Huntly Lodge; £160, £148 Crewgarth; £156, £144 Baddington Bank Farm; £155 West Stobswood Farm; £153 Reservoir Farm; £152, £150, £149, £141 Auchtydore Farm; £150 Tarn End; £148, £146 Greenacres; £146 Glenroyd Road; £144 Holme House; £143 New Springs Farm; £143 Dedra Banks; £140 Bridge End; £140 Leigh Croft; £140 Three Ways Farm
Cheviot Mule (av £132.80) - £158 West Stobswood Farm; £142 Greenacres
Scotch Blackfaced (av £99.52) - £138, £123, £120 Greenacres; £137 Auchtydore Farm; £120 Tarn End; £118 Parkdargue; £117 Drumreach Farm; £116 West Stobswood Farm; £114, £110 Cocklaw Farm; £113 Holme House; £108 Mains of Techmuiry; £108 Brewery House Barn; £105 Backmuir Farm; £100 Drumreach Farm
Kerry (av £125.33) - £135 Backmuir Farm
Swaledale (av £85.95) - £124 Gillside; £116 Shire Lodge; £100 New Springs Farm; £100 Waterside Farm
Herdwick (av £61.68) - £112 Waterside House; £90 Lodore Farm
Cast Rams £/head
Charollais - £250, £180 Gate & West Farm; £215 Blevedene; £195 Tarn End
Continental - £220 Home House; £206, £200, £196, £186, £176 Glenroyd Road; £190 Waterside House; £188 Bridge End; £178 Backmuir Farm
Texel - £194 Glenroyd Road
Suffolk - £170 Glenroyd Road
Goat - £160 Netherscales