On Wednesday 18th September, Mitchells Livestock Centre, Cockermouth, held their weekly sale of primestock.
Small show of cattle was forward, selling well to recent trends, many more could have been sold to
Cast Cows –
British Blue - 1540.26 (258ppk) Hinning House.
Hereford – 1446.73 (199ppk), 1083.98 (166ppk) Troutal Farm.
Montbeliarde – 1404 (208ppk), 1075.12 (178ppk), 1044.90 (162ppk) Green Acres.
Cast Bulls –
Galloway – 1415.98 (166ppk) Field Head.
Today we had similar amount of ewes on the week, with well fleshed ewes selling to a premium. Many more could have been sold to vendors advantages.
Cull Ewes (per head - £):
Texel – 252, 225 Summerhill, 194, 164, 162 Low Boonwood, 172 Far End, 172 Ryola Meadow, 170 Overcroft, 166 Parsonage, 166 Lynedraw. Blue Texel – 232, 188 Parsonage Farm. Suffolk – 150 Sneakyeat. Mule- 138 Summerhill, 134, 128, 116 Hunday Farm, 128 Croft House, 126 Parsonage, 120 Sneakyeat, 110 Byresteads, 108 Ryola Meadow. Zwartble – 128 Low Boonwood. Beltex – 124 Riggingill, 106 Hunday. Cross – 110 Ratlingate. Herdwick – 100, 100, 74 Seathwaite, 98 Far End, 78 Greenhouse, 74 Miller Place, 73 Low Eskholme, 72 Elva Plain. Texel x Herdwick – 95 Far End. Swaledale – 88 Beechcroft, 86 Far End, 73 Muncaster Head. Cheviot – 85 Low Eskholme.
Cull Rams (per head - £):
Beltex – 136 Orchard Farm. Texel – 130 Croft House.
More Lambs forward on the week. Selling inline with other markets and the national average.
Top 5 Lamb Vendrors
TW Johnstone, Briary Bank 23 @ £159.22
W&E Gate, Rook Farm 20 @ £154.00
M/s Fraser, High Flatts 20 @ £153.70
R&S Purdham, Low Boonwood 10 @ £153.70
J Blackburn, Greenbank Close 14 @ £150.36llilll
Prime Lambs (Top price per head - £):
Texel – 188, 172 Rook Farm, 187, 176 x2, 172, 169, 168, 157 Briary Bank, 182, 179, 172, 171, 169 High Flatts, 180, 170, 161 Greenbank Close, 171 Mid Farm, 165 Overcroft, 160 Scalesmoor, 159 Abbey Terrace, 157 Summerhill. Suffolk – 179, 150, 139 Aspatria Hall, 143 Sneckyeat, 139 Croft House, 139 Woodside, 132 Scalesmoor, 132 East House, 128 Far End, 126 Orchard. Beltex – 178, 175 Low Boonwood, 176, 170 Aspatria Hall. Dutch Spotted – 157, 128 Bell House, 149 Low Boonwood. Mule – 134 Beechcroft, 117 Wilson Park, 102 Mosser Heights. Texel x Herdwick – 127 Grange Grassings, 119 Greenhouse, 118 East House. Blue Texel – 126 Oaklands.
Prime Lambs (Top price per kilo – pence):
Beltex – 372.3, 363.3 Low Boonwood, 338.5, 326.9 Aspatria Hall. Texel – 356.9, 344.2, 337.3, 331.4, 328.8 High Flatts, 354.7, 330.8 Rook Farm, 340, 324.5, 320.4, 314.3 Briary Bank, 328.8 Mid Farm, 327.3, 326.9 Greenbank Close, 320.9 Hundith Hill, 318.6 High Farm, 317.5, 313.9 Chapel Howe, 317.3 Overcroft, 316 Woodside, 314.9 Low Boonwood, 314 Scalesmoor. Dutch Spotted – 327.1, 290.9 Bell House, 317 Low Boonwood. Texel x Herdwick – 305.3 Greenhouse, 282.5 Dearham Row, 282.2 Grange Grassings. Suffolk – 300 East House, 298.3 Aspatria Hall, 295.7 Croft House, 287 Scalesmoor, 286 Sneckyeat, 278.3, 270.5 Far End, 278 Crooklands, 278 Woodside, 260.5 Orchard. Blue Texel – 293 Oaklands. Mule – 272 Wilson Park, 268 Beechcroft, 248.8 Mosser Heights.