PENRITH: Wednesday, December 30.

Penrith & District Farmers’ Mart LLP held their weekly sale of 3,403 prime sheep, comprising of 2,456 prime lambs & 947 cast ewes & rams.

Topping the sale on the day at 226p/kg was a pair of Beltex lambs from Mr WH Brass, Low Row and bought by Mr S Stoddart, Wigton.

The top price per head on the day at £98 was for a single Texel Lamb from Messrs JG & RW Nevinson, High House Farm bought by Mr M Bowe, Keswick.

Large numbers of lambs came forward once again with all classes being easily sold compared to Tuesday’s trade with an average of 170p/kg being achieved.

Cast Ewes & Rams remained still good to sell just fat Ewes being hard to cash.

Leading Prices:

Prime Lambs p/kg Beltex – 226.0 & 213.0 Low Row; 226.0 Espland House; 222.0 Sowerby Wood Farm; 216.0 Fawcett Park; 214.0 Sleddale Hall; 211.0 Scales Farm (Wilson); 209.0 (2) Hollands; 208.0 Green Farm (Hodgson); 207.0 Elm House Texel – 211.0 Hewer Hill; 203.0 Galloper Park; 202.0 Sycamore Rise; 200.0 Pringle House; 200.0 Kirkbarrow Hall; 198.0 Reagil Grange; 198.0 Grange Hall Continental – 197.0 Fog Close; 182.0 Honeypot; 181.0 Sycamore Rise Suffolk – 175.0 Low Row; 169.0 Hallgarth; 168.0 Crindledyke; 167.0 Reagill Grange; 167.0 The Wath (Bell) Cheviot Mule – 167.0 Crindledyke; 166.0 Skelling Farm Cheviot – 164.0 Bank Farm; 162.0 Doddick Mule – 159.0 & 158.0 Greystoke Castle Farm; 158.0 Redgate; 157.0 Reagill Grange; 155.0 The Faulds; 153.0 Throstle Hall; 152.0 Ravenwood Cottage; 152.0 (2) Waterside House; 152.0 Fog Close; 152.0 Gale Hall; 152.0 Old Parks Dorset – 159.0 & 155.0 Plumpton Old Hall Herdwick – 154.0 Low Garth; 142.0 High Lodore Farm

Prime Lambs £/head Texel - £98, £97 (2), £95.50 & £91 High House Farm (Nevinson); £90 Plumpton Old Hall; £89 (2) Kirkbarrow Hall Beltex - £96, £95, £94 (3), £92 & £90 Espland House; £91 Low Row; £90 (2) Hollands Suffolk - £90.50 Crindledyke; £89 & £85 Hyde Park; £86 Scales Farm (Pollock); £85 Honeypot; £85 Waterside House Continental - £88 & £86 Whitehead Hill Farm; £88 Plumpton Old Hall; £85.50 Thrang Cragg; £85 Sycamore Rise Mule - £85 Gale Hall; £73 & £71 (3) Stubsgill Farm; £70.50 Street House (Maughan); £70.50 Throstle Hall Cheviot Mule – £75 Crindledyke; £74.50 Skelling Farm; £72 Old Mill Flatt Bluefaced Leicester – £74 Old Parks; £70 Street House (Maughan) Cheviot - £73 High Knipe; £72 Ranbeck; £72 Waterside House; £64 High Lodore Farm; £64 Bank Farm Scotch - £70 Bank Farm; £67.50 Greystone House (Dawson) Dorset – £70 & £65 Plumpton Old Hall Kerry Hill – £68.50 Grassnop Farm

Cast Ewes Texel ¬- £110 & £82.50 Hyde Park; £94 & £90 Hewer Hill; £85 High Knipe; £84.50 Greystone House (Dawson) Suffolk - £96.50 Hyde Park; £83 & £82 Upper Cullernie Farm Continental - £88, £86, £79.50 & £76 Hyde Park; £71 Upper Cullernie Farm; £70 Lingfield Bungalow Cheviot - £76.50, £72.50, £71.50 & £71 Upper Cullernie Farm; £76 Hyde Park; £72 Fawcett Park; £71.50 High Knipe Cheviot Mule - £76.50 Crindledyke Mule - £66 Upper Cullernie Farm; £64.50 & £62 Hallgarth; £64.50 Hyde Park; £64 Southernby Hall Rough ¬- £54.50 Low Wilkinson Farm Scotch - £54 & £48 Upper Cullernie Farm; £48 Waterside House; £46 Fawcett Park Swaledale - £51.50 & £48 Hole House (Ivinson); £50 Gale Hall

Cast Rams Texel - £90 Honeypot; £68 Moss Dyke; £60 Penny Hill Park Bluefaced Leicester - £79 Hole House (Ivinson) Suffolk - £66 Upper Cullernie Farm; £60 Hyde Park Scotch ¬- £60 Hyde Park Continental - £51 Penny Hill