On Saturday 13th December Penrith & District Farmers Mart LLP held an onsite sale of the entire cattle and sheep pens, stalls and handling equipment, including races, walk planks, weighbridges and crushes from the old Newark Auction Mart, Great North Road. Interest sparked from as far as Southern Ireland, Aberdeenshire and as far as Sussex from a range of traders, local farmers and several auctions. Prices were firm and achieving strong demand throughout the sale. The sale included several inputted items with a Mercades Acro 3243 8x4 Tipper Blower Wagon, 2017 with 520397km on the clock achieving £20,500. A John Deere 6530 on a, 2008 Reg achieving £20,000.

Today we held our fortnightly sale of 105 Rearing Calves and Stirks. A smaller offering of calves and stirks was forward to finish the year, thanks go to all vendors and buyers who support our sales throughout the year. The sale topped at £1,500 for a pair of 14-month-old bulls from Mr J Linsley. Messrs DW & DM Elliott, Bank House, sold a pair of Limousin bulls at 11-months-old to £1390, purchased by Mr K Hunt. Mr TW Fawcett, Little Blencowe Farm, sold a pen of 7 Hereford bullocks, 8-10 months old to £1040. Calves continue to fly, topping at £780 for a beautiful 7-week-old British Blue bull from Turnbull Farming, purchased by Mr C Riley, this home also topped the heifer section at £710 for a lovely dark British Blue, this consignment of 4 sold to average £712.50. Aberdeen Angus bull calves topped at £760 for a pen of 3 from Messrs GL Armstrong & Son, Blunderfield East, with this home selling 4 to average £755. Dairy-bred calves sold with ease, with a Montbeliarde bull realising £500 from Messrs GP & JG Simpson, Knock Cross. Holsteins topped at £270 for a 2-month-old bull from Messrs TR & PE Little, Low Moor Dyke. Our next sale will be our opening sale of 2026 on Friday 9th January at 10am, please do not hesitate to contact us regarding marketing here. Please advise entries to Paul Gardner on 07552 58914 or Andrew Maughan on 07717 611952. Full report online now: https://www.penrithauction.com/Portals/0/EasyDNNnews/Uploads/234/Calf%20Report%20191225.pdf

Included in tomorrows sale of stirks! 2 lovely Lim x Bulls Sale at 10am tomorrow for enquiries contact Paul Gardner on 07552589141

STORE CATTLE at PENRITH The next sale at Penrith is Monday the 5th January 2026 entries close Sunday 28th December

Christmas Arrangements 🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑 ☃️🎄 Sunday 28th December 8am- Cast Ewes and Rams followed at 10.30am with Prime Lambs (Lamb Ballot 10.30am) Sunday 4th January 8am- Cast Ewes and Rams followed at 10.30am with Prime Lambs (Lamb Ballot 10.30am) Contacts Andrew Maughan 07717 611952 Paul Gardner 07552 589141

Wow what a day here in PDFM a record entry of 4,414 Prime Lambs descended the most seen here at PDFM just short of 10,000 sheep in total sold. A huge thank you must go to all staff who worked extremely hard throughout the day. Aswell as all our vendors who helped during the day and supporting us throughout the year. Once again numbers were no issue with a trade on fire from start to finish and buyers battling hard for stock. Numerous new faces continue to flood into Penrith we thank them for making the trip. A total of 117 different vendors on show. Christmas certainly came early with a whole sale average of 328ppk or 342sqq equating to £152.60 per head. 49 – 57kg lambs showed the strongest lift on the week with lightweights again a flyer. Top price of £200 per head came for a super 60kg Beltex x lamb from Messrs H G Jackson, Littlebeck the first time back in Penrith in many years. Top price per kilo of 457ppk came for regular stalwart family the Bindloss’s, Shap Abbey selling 2 Beltex lambs weighing 37kg to £169. Two other vendors sold sheep over 350ppk. Firstly, from Messrs W Gribbon & Co, Waterside for a pen of 9 Beltex lambs weighing 40kg realising for £182 or 455ppk. Secondly Messrs Gardner, Glebelands sold a pen of 5 Beltex lambs weighing 43kg achieving £196 or 456ppk. 135 sheep sold in excess of 400ppk a credit to all vendors bringing forward quality well fed sheep. Messrs W Murray & Son, Prior House sold 44 super lambs to average £182.20. 12 vendors sold consignments to average over £170. The Story Family up at Newbiggin Farms sold 139 lambs to average 49.5kg at 335ppk or £166.13. Suffolk lambs sold to £185, weighing 66kg from Messrs T K & E M Story, Jacksonrigg Farm with Suffolks to 352ppk for a pen of 13 weighing 44kg achieving £155. Messrs T F & G M Pollock, Wreay Hall Farm who sold a beautiful pen of 10 weighing 58kg to realising £183. Mule lambs topped at £176 weighing 59kg from Messrs W J Whitfield, Pennine View. All Mules were a joy to sell Messrs Lowis, Waterside sold 20 weighing 56kg to £172. Messrs R & J M Ridley, Cheviot Mules sold 23 weighing 52kg realising £167 a head. Cheviot lambs sold to 352ppk for a pen of 20 weighing 33kg achieving £116 from J Weir, High Lodore. The same home sold 13 Herdwicks weighing 38kg selling for £127. Once again, many thanks to all staff, vendors and buyers who support us week in week out, we wish them all a very Merry Christmas. More sheep can be sold to vendor’s advantage. Numbers are needed each week now going forward. Please advise entries to Paul Gardner on 07552 589141, or Andrew Maughan on 07717 611952 Prime Lambs £/head Beltex - £200, £188, £173 Littlebeck; £196, £192, £186 (2), £178, £176 Glebelands; £188, £177 Murrah Hall; £186, £182, £173, £172 Waterside Farm; £185, £170 Milburn Grange; £183, £178, £173 Newbiggin Farm; £182 Greensyke Farm; £180 Ranbeck; £180 Crosby Hall; £179 Street Head; £178, £174, £172 (2) Hewer Hill; £176, £170 Stanley House; £174, £172 Brockwoodlees Farm; £172, £170 Ireshope Plains; £172 Glaslyn House; £172 Black Leases; £170 (2) Wreay Hall; £170 (2) Sycamore Rise; £170 Fenton Farm; £170 Town Head Farm Texel - £198, £194, £190 (2), £188, £186, £182, £180 (2), £178, £175 Prior House; £187, £180, £177 Home Farm (Griffin); £187, £179 Sleagill House; £185, £175 (2) Castle Nook; £184 Salkeld Road; £182, £180 Waterside House; £182 Reagill Grange; £181, £174 (2) Shap Abbey; £181 Cleamire; £180, £174 Sycamore Rise; £180 Glaslyn House; £180 Shethin Farm; £180 Milburn Grange; £178, £174 High Street; £178 Hall Bank; £178 Littlebeck; £177 Grassknop Farm; £175, £174 High Knipe; £174 Newbiggin Farm; £174 Pennine View; £174 The Wreay; £174 Wester Bogieside Farm Suffolk - £185, £178, £165 Jacksonrigg Farm; £183 Wreay Hall Farm; £180, £177, £170 Sleagill House; £180 Home Farm (Griffin); £178, £168 Grassknop Farm; £178 High Knipe; £177 Brockwoodlees Farm; £173 Gallywreay Farm; £172, £170, £168 Park Nook; £172, £167 West End; £172, £164, £160 Ireshope Plains; £168 Hall Garth; £165 Crindledyke Farm; £163 Dale Head; £162 Lea Croft; £160 Birks Farm Continental - £179 High Park Foot; £174, £158 Pennine View; £170 Gallywreay Farm; £169, £152 Fog Close; £163 Crosby Hall; £160 Balnellan; £160 Westray; £160 Birks Farm; £159 Hall Bank, £158, £150 (2) Sunny Bank; £156 Black Leases; £150 Sherriff; £150 Hole House Cheviot - £179 Murrah Hall; £160 High Knipe; £158, £152 Bank Hall Mule - £176 Pennine View; £172, £166 Waterside House; £170 Harbour Flatt; £170 Ranbeck; £170 Hole House Farm; £165, £160 Castle Nook; £164 Street House; £164 High Park Foot; £160, £158 Black Leases; £160, £150 Undercragg; £158 Ireshope Plains; £156 (2) Shap Abbey; £156 Sceugh Dyke; £152 Dale Head; £150 Milburn Grange Cheviot Mule - £167 Ranbeck; £156 Fenton Farm; £154 Ireshope Plains; £151 Skelling Farm Herdwick - £155 Wester Bogieside Farm Scotch Blackfaced - £145, £144 Gall Farm Prime Lambs p/kg Beltex – 457.0, 410.0 Shap Abbey; 456.0, 423.0, 417.0, 405.0, 383.0, 380.0 Glebelands; 455.0, 443.0, 410.0, 402.0 Waterside Farm; 429.0, 370.0 Ranbeck; 427.0, 421.0 Murrah Hall; 418.0, 371.0 Moory Lea Farm; 415.0, 388.0, 380.0, 375.0 Stanley House; 408.0, 379.0 Bank House; 402.0 Littlebeck; 400.0 Black Leases; 395.0 Town Head Farm; 395.0 Brougham Castle; 393.0, 385.0, 376.0, 371.0 Home Farm (Metcalfe); 391.0, 387.0 Brockwodlees Farm; 390.0, 377.0 Walton High Rigg; 390.0, 374.0, 370.0 Kirkhouse; 390.0, 374.0 Thorneyland; 389.0 Newbiggin Farm; 388.0, 374.0 Glaslyn House; 386.0 Sycamore Rise; 383.0, 376.0 Pringle House; 379.0 Greensyke Farm; 378.0 (2) West View Texel – 435.0, 421.0, 418.0, 415.0, 405.0, 400.0, 398.0, 370.0 Shap Abbey; 417.0, 396.0, 363.0 Prior House; 407.0 Wester Bogieside Farm; 403.0, 361.0 Moory Lea Farm; 400.0 Brockwoodlees Farm; 391.0, 377.0 Home Farm (Griffin); 388.0 Green Farm; 386.0 Black Leases; 381.0, 380.0 Shethin Farm; 377.0, 372.0 High Knipe; 374.0 Low Moor Dyke; 373.0 Old Wall; 365.0 Ormathwaite Farm; 364.0 Milburn Grange; 363.0 (2) Thrang Crag; 360.0 Brougham Castle; 360.0 Anvil Cottage Continental – 356.0 High Lodore Farm; 355.0, 352.0 Sunny Bank; 351.0 Thrang Crag; 351.0 High Park Foot; 346.0, 340.0; 333.0 Brow Top; 345.0 Bank Farm; 344.0 Sherriff; 343.0 Hay Close; 343.0 Ireshope Plains; 340.0 Hall Bank; 336.0 Birks Farm; 335.0 Black Leases; 335.0 Hall Farm; 334.0 The Wreay; 333.0 Gall Farm Badgerface – 363.0 Brougham Castle Suffolk – 352.0, 322.0 Shap Abbey; 351.0 West View; 346.0, 339.0 Kirkhouse; 345.0, 343.0, 339.0 Birks Farm; 340.0 Hall Bank; 339.0, 333.0 Ormathwaite Farm; 331.0 Low Abbey; 331.0 Midtown Farm; 329.0 Thackwood; 327.0 Ireshope Plains; 327.0 Brow Trop; 327.0 Rectory Farm; 324.0, 323.0 Grassknop Farm; 324.0 Jacksonrigg Farm; 322.0 West End; 322.0 Sleagill House; 322.0 Hall Garth; 321.0 Black Leases; 320.0 Reservoir Farm; 320.0 Hay Close Cheviot – 352.0 High Lodore Farm; 345.0 Bank Hall; 330.0 Bogie Street; 329.0 Black Leases; 323.0 Skelling Farm; 321.0 Gall Farm Charollais – 339.0 Black Leases Herdwick – 334.0 High Lodore Farm; 310.0 Wester Bogieside Farm Scotch Blackfaced – 322.0, 320.0, 315.0, 310.0 Gall Farm Cheviot Mule – 321.0 Ranbeck; 316.0 Clea Hall; 315.0 Skelling Farm; 314.0 Ireshope Plains; 312.0 Fenton Farm Mule – 318.0 Sceugh Dyke; 313.0, 308.0 Undercragg; 310.0, 308.0 Black Leases; 310.0 Ireshope Plains; 309.0 Street House; 308.0, 300.0 Harbour Flatt; 307.0 (2) Waterside House; 306.0 (2) Shap Abbey; 305.0, 300.0 Lea Croft; 304.0 High Park Foot; 304.0 Jacksonrigg Farm; 302.0 The Wreay; 300.0 Dale Head Swaledale – 282.0 The Wreay