On Monday, January 4, Penrith & District Farmers’ Mart LLP held their fortnightly sale of 42 OTM Cattle, Prime Cattle, and Store Cattle, with a catalogued entry of 242 store cattle forward.
A reduced entry of cast cows saw a larger proportion of well-fleshed cattle through the ring. With 16 buyers present trade was better than expected and more could have easily sold.
All classes would be proven to be 10p/kg sharper than previous weeks.
Leading Prices
Cast Cows p/kg
Limousin – 160.5 & 146.5 Skelling Farm; 138.5 & 126.5 Dry Howe; 136.5 Town Head Farm; 134.5 Grove Farm; 133.5 Crossfell House; 128.5 Undercragg
Normandy – 144.5, 118.5 & 107.5 Moorside Farm
British Blue – 138.5 Howgill Castle; 134.5 Gateghyll
Charolais – 128.5 Crossfell House
Aberdeen Angus – 123.5 Bromley Green
Black & White – 116.5 Mount Clifton; 115.5 & 76.5 Mounsey Bank; 113.5 Penny Hill; 102.5 White House; 100.5 Cliburn Hall
Montbeliarde – 107.5 & 101.5 Town End Farm (Mounsey)
Cast Cows £/head
Limousin - £1168.44 & £1106.08 Skelling Farm; £1061.21 Grove Farm; £1022.86 Undercragg; £1006.01 Town Head Farm
Charolais - £1102.53 Crossfell House
Normandy - £1048.73, £881.45 & £760.03 Moorside Farm
British Blue - £995.92 Howgill Castle; £919.98 Gateghyll
Black & White - £925.58 White House; £857.27 Cliburn Hall; £838.53 & £ 533.21 Mounsey Bank
Aberdeen Angus - £836.10 Bromley Green
Simmental - £726.71 Moorside Farm
Montbeliarde - £828.24 & £790.13 Town End Farm (Mounsey)
Prime cattle vendors were pleased with the first sale of the year. A small entry averaged 209.88p/kg selling to a top of 227.5p/kg for a British Blue heifer produced by Messrs Pearson, Manor Farm and purchased by Mr Owain Llyr of Ruthin.
Prime bulls peaked at 203.5p/kg for a Limousin from Messrs Raine, Fog Close, purchased by Mr J A Jewitt of Spenymoor.
Leading Prices
Clean Cattle p/kg
British Blue – 227.5 Manor Farm
Limousin – 226.5 & 199.5 Old Parks; 190.5 Manor Farm
Clean Cattle £/head
British Blue – £1371.83 Manor Farm
Limousin – £1314.71 & £1266.14 Old Parks; £1285.88 Manor Farm
Prime Bulls p/kg
Limousin – 203.5 Fog Close; 193.5 Old Parks
Prime Bulls £/head
Limousin - £1360.31, £1274.33 & £1237.27 Old Parks; £1323.81 & £1310.54 Fog Close
A bright start to the store cattle trade in 2016, with fewer strong cattle and an increased number of heifers, prices proved to be strong with some buyers leaving empty-handed.
Topping the trade with a strong Charolais X Bullock was D & J Errington, Annfield Farm selling for £1335.
Heifers peaked at £1315 to Messrs J Wilson, Low Borrow Bridge for a Charolais. Vendors can enter the next sale with confidence.
Leading Prices
Store Bullocks – Over 12 months
Charolais - £1335 Annfield Farm
Limousin - £1285 & £1245 Gateghyll; £1265 (3), £1205 & £1065 (2) Crossfell House; £1235 Town Head Farm (Holliday); £1175 Kirkbarrow Hall (Dickinson); £1175, £1145 (2) & £1135 Annfield Farm; £1135 Undercragg
Hereford - £1125 Annfield Farm
British Blue - £1085 Town Head Farm; £995 Park House Farm (Brown)
Aberdeen Angus - £1075 Town Head Farm (Holliday)
Store Bullocks – 12 months and under
Simmental - £845 & £805 Dalemain
Store Heifers – Over 12 months
Charolais - £1315, £1225 (2), £1175, £1145 (2) & £1135 Low Borrow Bridge; £1225 (2) Ploveriggs
Limousin - £1295 (2) & £1215 Croft House; £1245 & £1185 Kirkbarrow Hall (Dickinson); £1195, £1085 & 1075 Home Farm (Metcalfe); £1135 (2) West End (Hird); £1135, £1085 & £1075 Howgill Castle; £1125 Thackwood; £1075 Mill Cottage
British Blue - £1175, £1155 (3) & £1045 Bongate Moor; £1095 Park House Farm (Brown); £1035 Kirkbarrow Hall (Dickinson)
Black and White - £905 & £835 Annfield Farm
Store Bulls – Over 12 months
Limousin - £1045 Town Head Farm; £975, £955 & £935 Keisley; £945 Harca
Store Bulls – 12 months and under
Limousin - £925 (2) & £875 Birk Howe Farm
On Wednesday, January 6, Penrith & District Farmers’ Mart LLP held their fortnightly sale of store lambs.
All classes were sharper on the fortnight with still plenty of customers wanting lambs.
Leading Prices
Texel - £70 & £60 Moss Dyke; £65 Hill Crest; £63.50 & £60 Smithy Garth; £60 Lodge Farm (Mallinson); £60 North Ghyll Bank; £60 Ellergill
Suffolk - £60 Moss Dyke; £52.50 Thrang Cragg
Mule - £59.50 North Ghyll Bank; £54.50 Hill Crest
Beltex - £58 Smithy Garth
Cheviot - £57.50 Fellside
Continental - £55, £54.50 & £52.50 Thrang Cragg; £54 Ellergill
Swaledale - £55 Hill Crest
On Wednesday, January 6, Penrith & District Farmers’ Mart LLP held their weekly sale of 2,636 prime sheep, comprising of 1874 prime hoggs & 762 cast ewes & rams.
Another real pleasing trade was witnessed with a full sale average of 175p/kg being achieved with extra buyers around the ringside.
Big hoggs again were good to sell with good pens of Suffolks and Continentals often 175p/kg.
Cast ewes and rams would be a good £5-7 dearer on the week with all customers short of requirements.
Topping the sale on the day at 254p/kg was a pen of two Beltex hoggs from MTP & SD Wills, Fawcett Park and bought by Mr S Stoddart, Wigton.
The top price per head on the day at £100 was for a single Beltex Hogg from MTP & SD Wills, Fawcett Park and bought by Mr S Stoddart, Wigton.
Leading Prices
Prime Hoggs p/kg
Beltex – 254.0, 246.0 & 244.0 Fawcett Park; 238.0, 230.0 & 226.0 Shap Abbey; 231.0 & 229.0 Ranbeck; 230.0 & 210.0 Scales Farm
Texel – 226.0, 217.0 & 215.0 Low House; 225.0 Murrah Hall; 223.0 & 212.0 Manor Farm (Pearson); 215.0 & 211.0 Ranbeck; 210.0 Old Mill Flatt; 210.0 Reagill Grange
Continental – 195.0 Randalholme; 195.0 Bindloss; 190.0 Crindledyke
Suffolk – 178.0 Leigh Croft; 176.0 (2) & 175.0 Hyde Park; 174.0 & 171.0 Greystone House (Dawson); 173.0 Demense; 171.0 Threlkeld Hall; 171.0 High Harberwain
Cheviot – 175.0 (2) & 172.0 Shap Abbey; 172.0 Murrah Hall
Cheviot Mule – 169.0 Skelling Farm
Mule – 166.0 Harbour Flatt; 166.0 Gategyhll; 164.0 Greystone House (Dawson); 163.0 (2) Ravenwood; 161.0 Old Mill Flatt; 159.0 Old Parks; 159.0 Randalholme
Swaledale – 159.0 (2) Shap Abbey; 157.0 Ghyll House; 156.0 Brook Field
Prime Hoggs £/head
Beltex - £100, £99 & £96 Fawcett Park; £94 & £90 Ranbeck; £93 & £88 Bromley Green; £91 (2) Skelling Farm; £91 & £90 Fawcett Park; £88 (2) Shap Abbey
Suffolk - £ 96.50, £88 (2) & £87.50 Hyde Park; £96 Dacre Banks Farm; £92.50 & £90 Demense; £91 Gateghyll; £90.50 Scales Hall; £90.50 Reagill Grange; £87 Old Parks
Texel - £96 & £91 Manor Farm (Pearson); £94 & £92 Pennine View; £93 Brougham Castle; £92 Howtown Hotel; £91 Lodge Farm (Mallinson); £91 Hyde Park
Rouge – £90 & £86 Inglewood Edge
Continental - £88 North Ghyll Bank; £85 Crindledyke; £85 Fowrass Farm; £82 Randalholme
Cheviot - £80 Hyde Park; £77 (2) Shap Abbey
Mule - £77.50 Harbour Flatt; £75 (3) Ravenwood; £75 & £74.50 Fog Close; £74 Old Mill Flatt; £74 Pennine View
Rough – £72 Shap Abbey
Swaledale – £70 (2) Shap Abbey
Cast Ewes
Texel - £96 & £93 Eamont Bridge Farm; £94, £84.50 & £84 (2) Cragg House; £89 Haithwaite Farm; £88.50 & £86 Brougham Castle; £86 Ewan Close; £85 Howrigg
Charolais - £92 Cragg House
Suffolk - £89, £86.50 & £81 (2) Cragg House; £84 Brougham Castle; £84 Haithwaite Farm; £83 Eamont Bridge Farm
Continental - £86 Woodhouse Farm
Cheviot - £82 & £75 Hole Farm; £75.50 Cragg House
Bluefaced Leicester - £73 Barkbeth
Zwartble - £72 & £71 Cragg House
Mule - £70.50 Yew Tree Farm (Teasdale); £70 Askham Gate; £69 West Dowgill; £68 Haithwaite Farm; £68 Stoneybeck Farm
Swaledale - £60.50 Askham Gate; £54 Harbour Flatt; £50.50 fog Close
Jacob - £50 Eamont Terrace
Scotch - £50 Barkbeth
Cast Rams
Texel - £99 & £84 Eamont Bridge Farm; £92 Town End Farm (Burne); £90 Reagill Grange
Cheviot - £92 Hole Farm; £84 Murrah Hall
Continental - £92 & £81.50 Hole Farm; £85 Cragg House
On Wednesday, January 6, Penrith & District Farmers’ Mart LLP held their fortnightly sale of 136 rearing calves.
Calves topped at £420 for a British Blue bull from Messrs Turnbull, Monks House purchased by Mr P Bousfield, Glasslyn House.
Heifer calves topped at £400 for a Limousin from Bolton Lodge Farms, which was also purchased by Mr P Bousfield, Glasslyn House.
A large entry was forward for the opening sale of the year. All buyers were out in force wanting calves but keeping the fat cattle trade in mind when purchasing.
Leading Prices
Bulls Calves (12 Weeks and Under)
British Blue – £420 & £400 Monks House; £360 Berrier Head Farm
Charolais – £355 Mooriggs; £280 Hesket Farm
Limousin – £340 Monks House
Aberdeen Angus – £218 Woodhouse; £200 Winterslack
Black & Whites – £100 (2) Berrier Head Farm; £98 Askrigg Hall; £98 Mid Town
Weaned Bulls (Over 12 Weeks)
Limousin – £400 & £360 Melmerby Mill; £380 Bolton Lodge
British Blue – £360 Mooriggs
Aberdeen Angus – £290 & £180 Clifton Hall
Heifer Calves (12 Weeks and Under)
British Blue – £315 Berrier Head Farm; £305 Monks House
Black & White – £78 Askrigg Hall
Weaned Heifers (Over 12 Weeks)
Limousin – £400 Bolton Lodge; £385, £350 & £342 Melmerby Mill
British Blue – £325 Woodhouse
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