On Wednesday, Mitchells Livestock Centre, Cockermouth, held their weekly sale of primestock with 31 Cattle comprising of 2 Prime Cattle and 25 cast cows and 3 bulls: 1118 sheep including 822 prime lambs and 296 cast ewes and rams.
The top price was 210p paid for a Simmental cross cow shown by KG Holliday, Strudda Bank, Calderbridge.
Top gross was £1780.59 paid to R Mattocks & Son, Row Hall, Dearham for a Holstein Friesian.
Bulls sold to 261p and £1704.33 paid to Wellington Farm, Aspatria for a British Friesian
OTM heifers sold to 200p and £1216 for a British Friesian again paid to Wellington Farm, Aspatria.
Cast Cows (Price per kg - £) – Simmental 210 Strudda Bank, Charolais 206 Shatton Lodge Close British Friesian 205, 179 Stainburn Hall Farm Hereford 200 Strudda Bank Holstein Friesian 200, 183, 163 Row Hall, 172 New Mill Angus 200 Crosshow Farm Limousin 192 Seathwaite Farm Montbeliarde 168 New Mill
Cast Cow (Pence per head) – Holstein Friesian 1780.59 1658.00 Row Hall 1523.15, 1249.42 Stainburn Hall Farm Charolais 1604.74 Shatton Lodge Close Limousin 1203.84 Seathwaite Montbeliarde 1221.36 New Mill Hereford 1170.00 Angus 1170 Crosshow Farm
OTM Heifer (Price per head - £) – 1216 (200ppk) Wellington Farm
Prime Heifer (Price per head - £) – Montbeliarde 1364.00 (220ppk) Bolt How
Prime Bull (Price per head - £) – Holstein Friesian 1704.33 (261ppk) Wellington Farm, 1236.40 (221ppk), 1233.18 (220ppk) Waites Farm
Well Fleshed ewes were sold to premium, many more could have been sold to our ring of buyers.
Cull Ewes (per head - £): Texel 196, 178 Corney Hall, 190, 186, 176 Briary Bank, 190, 185, 178 High Flatts, 190 High Farm, 184 Summerhill, 182, 170 Park House, 172 Fieldside, 170 Millgate Beltex 186, 160 Park House, 160, 114 Meadow Farm Suffolk 172 Sneckyeat, 139 Meadow Farm, 130 Park House, 100 Meadowfields Blue Texel 150 Park House Mule 150, 138 Summer Hill, 134, 108 Fieldside, 128 Park House 124 Shatton Lodge Close, 120 Riggingill, 120 Thornholme, 102 Sneckyeat 100 Keskadale
Charollais 137 Scalesmoor, 108 Woodend Farm Herdwick 100 Fieldside 90 Seathwaite Farm, 90 Miller Place Farm, 90 Cockley Beck Cheviot 82, 70, Thornholme, 70 Low Eskholme Swaledale 80 Sneckyeat, 70 Millgate Farms, 58 Whinnerah, 54 Lane Foot Farm 50 The Globe Texel cross Herdwick 52 Hayescastle
The top price per head was £195 paid by TA Jefferson, Aspatria Hall for Dutch Texel cross Lambs.
Pence per kg honours went to W & E Gate, Rook Farm for Texel lambs sold for 376p per kg and these were purchased by regular weekly supporter Tony Harrison for his Main Street Butchers Shop, Cockermouth.
Prime Lambs (Top price per head - £):
Dutch Texel 195 Aspatria Hall Texel 188, 186, 180 Rook Farm, 187, 176 Fieldside 181 Summe Hill, 180 High Flatts, 176 , 168 Peter House Farm 175 Riggingill 170 Shatton Lodge Close 170 Town Head, 170 Sneckyeat Suffolk 174 Aspatria Hall, 170, 139 Scalesmoor, 151 147 Scalesmoor, 145 Peter House , 132 Ryhola Meadow Charollais 171, 159 Fieldside, 170 Scalesmoor Beltex 136 Nr Branthwaite Edge 127 Outgang Cheviot 140 Outgang Mule 128, Uldale Hall, 119 Mosser Heights, 102 Bully House Texel cross Herdwick 125 Grange Grassings, 115 Burnthwaite Farm, 109 Bully House Farm
Prime Lambs (Top price per kilo – pence):
Texel 376, 364.70 346.20, Rook Farm, 360, 352.90 High Flatts, 352.00 Peter House Farm, 340 Shatton Lodge Close, 337.50 High Flatts, 336.60 Parkhouse, 336.50 Riggingill, 330 Aspatria Hall 328.10 Fiedside,
Charollais 354.20 Scalesmoor, 316.70 311.80, Fieldside Beltex 331.70 Nr Branthaite Edge Dutch Texel 330 Aspatria Hall Suffolk 320.80 295.70 Scalesmoor, 294, 290.40 Sneckyeat 293.30 Rhyola Meadow Texel cross Herdwick 302.60 Burnthwaite 296.90 Cockley Beck 279.50 Bully House 277.80 Grange Grassings Mule 278.30 Uldale Hall, 264.40 Mosser Heights, 255 Bully House Farm