Penrith Ram Sale Sale Reports

Penrith Ram Sale

10th October 2019

Penrith

Mr G Inman, Witherslack

Penrith & District Farmers’ Mart LLP held their sixteenth annual show and sale of Bluefaced Leicester rams and females on behalf of the Bluefaced Leicester Sheep Breeders’ Association, sponsored by H. Pigney & Son, Appleby.

Judging was in the capable hands of G Inman, Witherslack, who awarded the Champion honours to lot 10, from Messrs Lord, Hewgill. This was for a very classy modern shearling with great power and skin sired by a homebred sire F52 Hewgill, and he was sold for top price on the day £5500 and was purchased by G & H R Shields, Tarn House. Ram lamb also from the Hewgill flock achieved a top of £4000 by the Marriforth G23 selling to Northern Irish buyer C Coulter.

Leading Prices
Shearling Rams: £5500, £3200, £1200 (2); £1000 (3) Hewgill
Ram Lambs: £4000, £600 Hewgill; £650 Bank End Mill; £500 Redgate; £400, £380 Lingfield Bungalow; £300 Sandersons Croft

Ewe Lambs – £540 Hewgill House; £520 Kirkby Redgate

Aged Rams

Placing Class Exhibitor Flock Name Lot Number
1st Aged Rams S & W Maughan Street House 19

Shearling Ram

Placing Class Exhibitor Flock Name Lot Number
1st Shearling Ram Messrs Lord Hewgill 10
2nd Shearling Ram Messrs Lord Hewgill 15
3rd Shearling Ram Mrs J S Watson Muncaster 2

Ram Lambs

Placing Class Exhibitor Flock Name Lot Number
1st Ram Lambs J H Little Leavyholme 34
2nd Ram Lambs W M Hutchinson & Sons Kirkby Redgate 58
3rd Ram Lambs Messrs Lord Hewgill 30
4th Ram Lambs Messrs Curr & Sons Bowderdale 26

Females

Placing Class Exhibitor Flock Name Lot Number
1st Females Messrs Lord Hewgill (ewe lamb) 70
2nd Females W M Hutchinson & Sons Kirkby Redgate (ewe lamb) 72

Bluefaced Champions

Category Exhibitor Type
Overall & Male Champion Messrs Lord Shearling Ram
Reserve Overall & Reserve Male Champion J H Little Ram Lamb
Female Champion Messrs Lord Ewe Lamb
Reserve Female Champion W M Hutchinson & Sons Ewe Lamb

Gallery

Champion and reserve with Judge

Reserve Male and Reserve Overall First prize Ram Lamb Lot 34 J H Little

Top Price Ram Lamb Lot 29 sold for £4000

Sponsor David Dent

Champion Female

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