Tomorrow sale of 150 calves and stirks 10am To include: 8 AA & BB blks & hfrs 10-12month 5 Lim & BB blks & hfrs 6-7 months 19 Lim & BB bulls & hfrs 2-4 months 15 BB bulls & hfrs 4 months 5 B&W & BB bulls & hfrs 3-4 month 2 BB bull & hfrs 2-3 month 8 BSH & AA bulls & hfrs 1-2 month 30 BB,AA & B&W bulls & hfrs 1-3 months 15 BB bulls & hfrs 2-4 weeks 5 AA bulls & hfrs 2-4 weeks 1 BB hfr 4 weeks (suckler) Plus more entries on the day. For enquiries contact Paul on 07552 589141

Included in tomorrow's sale of 180 calves and stirks 2 BBx calves out of montbeliarde cows! Propper sorts 🤩 For more information contact Paul on 07552 589141

👀 Included in tomorrow's Calf and Stirk Sale 🔸️7 AA and BB Bullocks and Heifers 🔸️10 - 12 mths 🔸️TB4 For any further information please Contact Andrew Maughan on 07717 611952 or Paul Gardner on 07552 589141

🤩To be included in tomorrow's Calf and Stirk Sale🤩 🔸️Suckler Bred British Blue x Bull Calf, 4 weeks old from Messrs Carruthers, Rawfoot, Bampton. ‼️Unlimited numbers of both Calves and Stirks are required for tomorrow's sale please do not hesitate to contact Paul Gardner on 07552 589141 with entries or for further marketing advise ‼️

PRIME LAMBS & HOGGS On Wednesday Penrith & District Farmers’ Mart LLP held their weekly sale of 2,625 prime sheep, comprising of 212 prime hoggs and 1,026 spring lambs. A much larger show of spring lambs was forward, with a larger proportion of the sale being commercial types. A whole sale average of 350ppk/£153 per head was achieved, with an SQQ average of 351ppk. Meaty, well-fed lambs excelled in value. The sale topped at 461ppk for a single Beltex lamb weighing 41kg, realising £189 from Mr R A Crichton, Rottington Hall, with this home also selling the same breed and weight at 441p/kg (£181). Suffolks from this home sold to 372p/kg for a pen of fifteen weighing 43kg to realise £160. A top price per head on the day of £206 was achieved for a pair of Texels weighing 60kg from Mr C B Abernethy, Belvedene. Messrs T A Robson & Son, Newstead Grange, travelled over from Malton with some lovely well-fed sheep, achieving £202 (381p/kg) for 53kg Beltex lambs. Heavy lambs continue to excel, with 48kg upwards really catching the demand. 56kg Suffolks from Messrs C Scott & E Harryman, Low Farm, sold for £194. Messrs D W Cannon & Son, Low Abbey, sold a great run of Suffolk lambs out of Mule ewes to average 171.83 for 48kg. Leading Prices Prime Lambs p/kg Beltex – 461.0, 441.0, 430.0, 425.0 Rottington Hall; 400.0, 381.0, 377.0 Newstead Grange; 400.0 Ploveriggs; 385.0 Currah Close; 379.0 Clea Mire; 366.0, 361.0 Park House Texel – 414.0, 391.0, 381.0, 376.0 Rottington Hall; 412.0, 363.0 Currah Close; 409.0 Brick House; 400.0, 390.0, 360.0 Reagill Grange; 391.0, 381.0 High House; 382.0, 376.0, 369.0 Bromley Green; 381.0, 371.0, 366.0 (2), 364.0, 363.0 (2) Clifton Moor; 381.0 Wreay Hall Farm; 375.0, 374.0, 371.0, 367.0, 361.0 Newstead Grange; 370.0 Belvedene; 369.0, 364.0 Walmersyke; 367.0 Clea Mire; 367.0 Hay Close; 366.0 Rectory Farm; 365.0, 360.0 West End; 364 (2) Thackwood; 363.0 Colby Hall; 360.0 Sootyhill; 360.0 Grassknop Farm Suffolk – 372.0, 367.0 Rottington Hall; 364.0, 360.0, 359.0, 355.0, 352.0 Low Abbey; 359.0, 352.0 Grassknop; 359.0 Birks Farm; 359.0, 350.0 Hay Close; 357.0 Town Head; 357.0 Wreay Hall Farm; 355.0 Pennine View; 354.0 Sootyhill; 353.0 Thackwood; 353.0 Ghyll House; 350.0 Lea Croft; 350.0 Rectory Farm Charollais – 371.0, 363.0 Birks Farm Rouge - 368.0 Grassknop Continental – 366.0 Hay Close; 360.0 Thackwood; 359.0, 358.0 Street Head (Wilson); 358.0 Sootyhill; 357.0 Grassknop Dorset – 353.0 Grassknop Prime Lambs £/head Texel - £206, £194, £160(2) Belvedene; £198, £170, £162 Sootyhill; £188, £181, £168 Bromley Green; £186, £178, £174, £164, £160(2) Clifton Moor; £180, £178, £160 Rottington Hall; £180, £172, £167, £166, £164, £160 Newstead Grange; £180, £160 High House; £180 Brick House; £180 Hay Close; £178, £162 Sceugh Dyke; £177, £167 Currah Close; £175, £162 West End; £174, £163 Pennine View; £169, £168 Grassknop Farm; £164 Walmersyke; £162 Town Head; £160 Colby Hall; £160 Reagill Grange; £160 Wreay Hall Farm; £160 Thackwood; £160 Clea Mire Beltex – £202, £172 Newstead Grange; £189, £181, £172, £170 Rottington Hall; £178 Clea Mire; £160 Ploveriggs; £154 Currah Close; £150 Park House Farm Suffolk - £194 Low Farm; £182 Redgate; £181, £180, £176(2), £171, £156 Low Abbey; £180 Thackwood; £176, £162 Grassknop; £175, £167, £165, £159 Hay Close; £174 High House; £174 Pennine View; £170, £162, £152 Sootyhill; £168 Rectory Farm; £167, £152, £150 Belvedene; £166 Ghyll House; £164, £160 Wreay Hall Farm; £160, £154 Rottington Hall; £154 Lea Croft; £150 Town Head; £150 Nunfield; £150 Ratten Castle Continental - £191, £153 Thackwood; £183 Hay Close; £172 Sootyhill; £172 Street Head (Wilson); £168 Low Field Cottage; £157 Grassknop Rouge - £184 Grassknop Charollais - £174, £152 Birks Farm; £150 Thackwood Leicester - £170 May Cottage Dutch Spotted - £162 Welton Farm Zwartble - £160 Ormside Lodge Dorset – £159 Grassknop Prime Hoggs p/kg Continental – 298.0, 278.0 Tann House; 287.0, 271.0 Belvedene; 284.0 Sky House; 283.0 Sceugh Dyke Suffolk - 293.0, 284.0 Tann House; 293.0 Sky House; 276.0 Belvedene Texel – 290.0 Sky House; 286.0 Town Head; 280.0 Lingstubbs Mule – 271.0(2) Sky House Beltex – 271.0 Shap Abbey Prime Hoggs £/head Beltex - £190 Shap Abbey Continental – £170, £160, £155 Belvedene; £162 Sky House; £150, £140 Tann House Texel - £170 Ploveriggs; £160 Bromley Green; £160 Sceugh Dyke; £150 Lingstubbs Suffolk - £160(2) Belvedene; £150 Town Head Cheviot – £160 Belvedene; £150 Hill Top Blue Texel - £150 Town Head Mule - £122(2) Sky House

On Wednesday Penrith & District Farmers LLP held their weekly sale of 2,413 cast ewes & rams. A Bonanza trade was had in the ewe section for all categories with the stronger end of the ewes up £10-£15 per head, topping at £325 for some super pure Texels from Mr H McRae, Sheathin Farm, Aberdeen, these sold to Romford Halal, Essex. A pair of Texel ewes from Messrs R J & A Y Armstrong, Terrace Farm, Cockermouth, achieved £300 per head, again being bought by Romford Halal. Heavy and fat ewes sold to a good trade with a sharp lift in demand. All Suffolks sold across the sale to average £186.13, topping at £260 for a pair of huge Suffolk X Texels from Messrs W M Hutchinson & Sons, Howgill Foot. This consignment averaged £211.09 for 35 sold. The demand for horned ewes proved huge with so many more required to fulfil weekly orders. Scotch Blackfaced ewes sold to £134 for a pen of nine from Messrs M McNally. Swaledale ewes with flesh were regularly £110 plus per head. With all cast sheep in the sale selling to average £151.97, this being once again one of the leading averages in the country. Cast rams were again consistently £200 plus for strength, topping at £232, from Mr M McNally, with a pen of 15. Leading Prices Cast Ewes £/head Texel (av £203.07) - £325, £280, £275, £245, £242, £238, £216 Shethin Farm; £300, £208 Terrace Farm; £290, £224 Haltcliffe; £280, £250, £218, £214 Harrot Hill Farm; £275, £255 Haas Side Farm; £268, £250, £228, £210 Holme House; £260, £234, £218 Firbank; £250 Far Broom; £246, £228, £218, £200 Belvedene; £246, £225 West Stobswood Farm; £238 Haltcliffe; £220 Cottage Farm; £218, £214 Harrot Hill Farm; £206 Ploveriggs; £205 Lingstubbs; £204 Clea Mire; £202(3), £200 Greenacres; £202 Drumreach; £200 Grassknop Blue Texel (av £221.83) - £300, £255 Shethin Farm; £236 Harrot Hill Farm Suffolk (av £186.13) - £260, £251, £226, £220, £211 Redgate; £250, £242, £220, £210, £202 Shethin Farm; £226, £194, £190 Belvedene; £220, £205, £199, £196 Holme House; £218, £212, £192 West Stobswood; £218 Terrace Farm; £212, £210 Middle Bank End; £212, £195, £192 Tann House; £210 Greenacres; £195 Ploveriggs; £192 Asby Mill Charollais (av £214.08) - £258, £216, £209 Holme House; £238 Belvedene Cheviot Mule (av £189.88) - £220(2), £200 Shethin Farm; £217, £199, £190, £188, £186 Drumreach Farm Continental (av £163.14) – £216 Beech Croft; £215, £214, £202 Haas Side Farm; £214, £196 Shethin Farm; £212, £194 Drumreach Farm; £210 Middle Bank Farm; £199, £197(2), £193(2), £191, £190 Holme House; £198, £194, £192 Greenacres; £192, £190 West Stobswood Bluefaced Leicester (av £183.27) - £216 Terrace Farm; £212 Greenacres; £200 Shethin Farm Beltex (£174.86) - £208 Hall Farm Cheviot (av £126.67) - £196, £160, £152, £148 Shethin Farm; £188, £176, £154 Greenacres; £170(2), £142(2) Drumreach Farm; £168, £164, £152 Tann House; £166 Ireshope Plains; £152, £144 Middle Bank End; £150, £143, £140 Cottage Farm; £140 The Beeches Hampshire (av £180.00) - £180 Middle Bank End Mule (av £142.10) - £179, £162 Holme House; £172 Clea Mire; £170 Greenacres; £168 Terrace Farm; £168, £160 Tann House; £164 Haas Side Farm; £160 Cotland Farm; £160 Town Head Farm Scotch Blackface (av £103.91) - £134 Holme House; £124 Low Cockhow; £121 Shire Lodge; £116 Greenacres; £116 Tann House; £114 Cottage Farm; £112 Middle Bank End Swaledale (av £69.42) - £130 Ireshope Plains; £120 Thrang Crag; £118 Rakefoot; £116 Hegdale; £115 Greenacres; £106 Hill Top Herdwick (av £77.59) - £118 Broomhill Shetland (av £86.68) – £106 Greenacres Cast Rams £/head Continental - £232 Holme House Suffolk - £220 Shethin Farm; £204 Widewath Texel - £215 Cotland Farm Bluefaced Leicester - £185 Moffat Cottage Swaledale - £134 Moffat Cottage; £130 Rakefoot