Mitchells Livestock Auction

13/11/2026

👀 Viewing this evening from 6pm - 9pm
🔨 The Hammer will start dropping tomorrow at 2pm

We look forward to see you all there 🫡

13/11/2026

📢 𝗡𝗢𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗘 𝗧𝗢 𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗖𝗨𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗠𝗘𝗥𝗦 📢

We would like to make our customers aware that our email systems are currently unavailable as a result of a wider Microsoft service outage.

While this issue is ongoing, please contact our team by telephone for any enquiries or assistance.

📞 Our phone lines remain fully operational, and it’s business as usual across all our departments.

We hope to have our email services back up and running as soon as possible and will keep you updated.

Thank you for your continued patience and understanding.

Mitchells Auction Company

12/11/2026

🎄𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐭 𝟏𝟎:𝟎𝟎𝐚𝐦🎄

🎄 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐚𝐬 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐰 & 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 🎄

Join us at Mitchells Livestock Centre, Cockermouth, for this year’s Christmas Show & Sale!

Judge: Craig Robertson

📅 𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫
⚖️ Weighing from 7am
🏆 Show at 11am
🔨 Sale at 3pm

‼️ 𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟑𝐭𝐡 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐭 𝟏𝟎𝐚𝐦 ‼️

11/11/2026

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11/11/2026

𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐂𝐊 𝐑𝐄𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓
Wednesday 11th November 2026

“Despite a sharp decline in trade being witnessed in the early part of the week putting the jitters up vendors, Cockermouth once again recorded what must be described as the leading cow trade locally and nationally, the sale saw a heady swing to dairy cows this week, this being said the beef cows still hit 340p for pure Limousins from Old Hall, 314p for Simmental cows from Strudda Bank and 298p for young Holsteins from Burton House, all classes can easily be handled in Mitchells every week”

🔸𝘾𝘼𝙎𝙏 𝘾𝙊𝙒𝙎 – 𝙋𝙀𝙍 𝙃𝙀𝘼𝘿🔸
Limousin – £2,692.80 – DJ & MJ Hoggarth, Old Hall Farm
Holstein Friesian – £1,993.62 – CW & RW Gott, Burton House Farm
Saler – £1,966.56 – Messrs Mounsey, Wardhall Guards
British Blue – £1,944.00 – AJ Wood, Woodhall Brow Farm
Simmental – £1,899.92 – JA Ritson, Baggra Yeat
Angus – £1,872.95 – TB Stamper & Son Farms, Harrot Hill Farm

🔸𝘾𝘼𝙎𝙏 𝘾𝙊𝙒𝙎 – 𝙋𝙀𝙍 𝙆𝙄𝙇𝙊🔸
Limouisn – 340.00ppk – DJ & MJ Hoggarth, Old Hall Farm
Simmental – 314.00ppk – K G Holliday, Strudda Bank
Holstein Friesian – 298.00ppk – CW & RW Gott, Burton House Farm
Saler – 272.00ppk – Messrs Mounsey, Wardhall Guards
Angus – 258.00ppk – S J Sherwen, Hawkbarrow
British Blue – 270.00ppk – AJ Wood, Woodhall Brow Farm

𝙈𝙞𝙩𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙨 𝘼𝙪𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝘾𝙤 𝙇𝙩𝙙 • 𝙇𝒂𝙠𝙚𝙡𝒂𝙣𝙙 𝙇𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙘𝙠 𝘾𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙚 • 𝘾𝙤𝙘𝙠𝙚𝙧𝙢𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙝
☎𝟬𝟭𝟵𝟬𝟬 𝟴𝟮𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟲
📩𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼@𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗹𝘀𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗰𝗸.𝗰𝗼.𝘂𝗸

𝐒𝐀𝐋𝐄𝐒 𝐓𝐄𝐀𝐌
James Little - 07498 385577
Lilly Hodgson - 07789 841466
David Walker - 07747 633829

11/11/2026

𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐌𝐄 𝐒𝐇𝐄𝐄𝐏 𝐑𝐄𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓
Wednesday 11th November 2026

“As they say in Yorkshire……’sometimes it’s best to be thought a fool, then to open your mouth and dispel any doubt!’ Ewes to £450, lambs to £255 per head and 568.2p per kilo, no need to head to any Websites , the trade is in Cockermouth and is free to view every Wednesday , now sit back, grab a mojito and enjoy reading tonight’s version of what sheep trade should look like”

🔥 Ewes to £450
🔥 Lambs to £255
🔥 31 lots of Ewes over £210
🔥 8 pens of lambs over 460p
🔥 17 pens of lambs over £200
🔥 Jeff Aiken , Carlisle breaks the Market Ewe Record at £450
🔥Dave Scott, Thirlwall Castle, Greenhead tops the lambs at £255
🔥 M/s Wigham , Haltwhistle sell 46 Beltex and Dutch Lambs to £250 twice or 568.2p and average £193.47 or 444.77p per kilo
🔥Pettigo Road sell 225 ewes to a top of £290 to average £197.50
🔥Herdwick ewes average £101.04
🔥Swaledale ewes average £96.35

𝙋𝙍𝙄𝙈𝙀 𝙇𝘼𝙈𝘽𝙎
Overall average 340p SQQ 347p

𝙏𝙊𝙋 𝙋𝙍𝙄𝘾𝙀 𝙋𝙀𝙍 𝙃𝙀𝘼𝘿
Dutch Texel – £255 – R & M Scott, Thirlwall Castle Farm
Beltex – £250 – S & E Wigham, Park Burnfoot
Texel – £240 – W & E Gate Ltd, Rook Farm
Charollais – £184 – H Wilson, Swallow Heights
Suffolk – £180 – R Lister & D Hird, Julian Holme Farm
Blue Texel – £172 – E B Lishman, Fell Lane Farm
Mule – £153 – G W Whitfield & Sons, Low Stowbank
Cheviot – £152 – R & M Scott, Thirlwall Castle Farm
Swaledale – £150 – S & E Wigham, Park Burnfoot
Lleyn – £149 – S Watson, Streetgate
Dorset Spot – £148 – GS & B Barwise, Bell House Farm
Cheviot Mule – £147 – G W Whitfield & Sons, Low Stowbank
Texel x Herdwick – £141 – G A Stamper, 1 Dearham Row

𝙏𝙊𝙋 𝙋𝙍𝙄𝘾𝙀 𝙋𝙀𝙍 𝙆𝙄𝙇𝙊
Beltex – 568.20ppk – S & E Wigham, Park Burnfoot
Dutch Texel – 554.30ppk – R & M Scott, Thirlwall Castle Farm
Texel – 500.00ppk – Guise Farm Partnership, Alford
Blue Texel – 358.30ppk – E B Lishman, Fell Lane Farm
Texel X Herdwick – 355.90ppk – H Wilson, Swallow Heights
Suffolk – 350.00ppk – JA & CM Brown, Parkhouse Farm
Cheviot – 337.80ppk – R & M Scott, Thirlwall Castle Farm
Dutch Spotted – 328.90ppk – GS & B Barwise, Bell House Farm
Cheviot Mule – 326.70ppk – G W Whitfield & Sons, Low Stowbank
Lleyn – 317.00ppk – S Watson, Streetgate
Mule – 315.00ppk – Messrs Stobart & Bland, Howbeck Lodge

𝘾𝘼𝙎𝙏 𝙀𝙒𝙀𝙎
🔥Texel – £450 – J Aiken, Ainstable Hall🔥
Beltex– £250 – J Aiken, Ainstable Hall
Cheviot Mule – £222 – J Aiken, Ainstable Hall
Bluefaced Leicester – £215 – Guise Farm Partnership, Guise of Tough
Dutch Spotted – £202 – P Leonard, Pettigo Road
Suffolk – £200 – P Leonard, Pettigo Road
Charollais – £198 – P Leonard, Pettigo Road
Mule – £192 – J Aiken, Ainstable Hall
Zwartbles – £190 – Jack Roper, Kirkland Howe Farm
Cheviot – £188 – P Edmundson & J Loan, Seathwaite Farm
Welsh Badger Face – £142 – AM Sessford, Buckle Avenue
Swaledale – £132 – W Ridley, Wood Hall
Herdwick – £128 – Knight, Stephney Farm

𝙏𝙊𝙋 𝘾𝙊𝙉𝙎𝙄𝙂𝙉𝙈𝙀𝙉𝙏 𝘼𝙑𝙀𝙍𝘼𝙂𝙀𝙎
𝙇𝘼𝙈𝘽𝙎
G Gate, Hollins Farm – 2 Av £222.00
H Pickthall, Swallow Heights – 2 Av £200.00
S & E Wigham, Park Burnfoot – 46 Av £193.47
A & M Roberts, Riggingill – 21 Av £185.43
M/s Fraser, High Flatts – 21 Av £185.05
M/s J Sewell, Mayfield – 9 Av £181.00
W R Sparke & Son, Little Swinburne – 45 Av £179.58
J & M Wilson, Meadow Farm – 22 Av£179.23
W & E Gate Ltd, Rook Farm – 14 Av £177.29
E B Lishman, Fell Lane Farm – 35 Av £174.72
W W & D Boow, Corney Hall – 5 Av £169.00
J & E Scott & Son, Mid Farm – 16 Av £168.50
R & M Scott, Thirlwall Castle Farm – 77 Av £165.70
T H Craig, High Farm – 30 Av £165.53

𝘾𝘼𝙎𝙏 𝙀𝙒𝙀𝙎
AJ Brown, Parkhouse Farm – 4 Av £231.75
J Aiken, Ainstable Hall – 19 Av £222.53
P Leonard, Pettigo Road – 225 Av £197.50
J & E Scott & Son, Mid Farm – 7 Av £185.71
W W & D Boow, Corney Hall – 10 Av £181.80
JP Graham & Son, The Wreay – 57 Av £170.77
JW Hartley, Low Priorscales – 2 Av £170.00

𝙈𝙞𝙩𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙨 𝘼𝙪𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝘾𝙤 𝙇𝙩𝙙 • 𝙇𝒂𝙠𝙚𝙡𝒂𝙣𝙙 𝙇𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙘𝙠 𝘾𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙚 • 𝘾𝙤𝙘𝙠𝙚𝙧𝙢𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙝
☎𝟬𝟭𝟵𝟬𝟬 𝟴𝟮𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟲
📩𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼@𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗹𝘀𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗰𝗸.𝗰𝗼.𝘂𝗸

𝐒𝐀𝐋𝐄𝐒 𝐓𝐄𝐀𝐌
James Little - 07498 385577
Lilly Hodgson - 07789 841466
David Walker - 07747 633829

11/11/2026

🔥𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐫’𝐬 𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐇𝐞𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐞🔥

We are delighted to announce that James Little will be taking to the rostrum once again as Guest Auctioneer at this year’s 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐫’𝐬 𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐇𝐞𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐞! 🐄

📅 𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟒𝐭𝐡 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫
⏰ 𝟐𝐩𝐦
📍 𝐄𝐥𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐭, 𝐂𝐨. 𝐑𝐨𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧
🐮 𝟏𝟐𝟓 𝐌𝐚𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐇𝐞𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐬

With 125 outstanding maiden heifers on offer, from exciting flushing prospects to future super cow makers, this promises to be a fantastic sale packed with quality and potential!

📖 𝐂𝐀𝐓𝐀𝐋𝐎𝐆𝐔𝐄 𝐍𝐎𝐖 𝐀𝐕𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐀𝐁𝐋𝐄
🔗 https://canva.link/breeders-choice-catalogue

💻 Online bidding will be available via 𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐁𝐈𝐃𝐒.
‼️ Register with Elphin Mart on 00353719635061‼️

A sale not to be missed! We wish everyone involved the very best of luck and look forward to seeing James in action on Saturday! 🔨

Breeders Choice Maiden Heifer Sale

09/11/2026

📸 𝐀𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐢𝐧𝐠 — 𝐁𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐞 🔥

A few familiar faces around the ring at last Friday’s Bonfire Sale!

Thank you to everyone who joined us and supported the sale. See anyone you know? Give them a tag! 👇

09/11/2026

🔥🔥 ALL CLASSES OF PRIME AND CAST SHEEP REQUIRED THIS WEEK🔥🔥

We will just let the results do the talking , take a look below, a bit of a different pricing structure to anything else you’ll read today 😅🔥🫡

𝙏𝙊𝙋 𝙋𝙍𝙄𝘾𝙀 𝙋𝙀𝙍 𝙃𝙀𝘼𝘿
Beltex – £248.00 – J Skelton, Truncheon Trees Barn
Texel – £245.00 – J Skelton, Truncheon Trees Barn
Dutch Texel - £222 - JW Storey & Son, Woodhead Farm
Suffolk – £201.00 – G Gate, Hollins Farm, Eaglesfield
Texel X Herdwick – £175.00 – W S & C Jackson, Croft House
Charollais – £165.00 – Seymour Farms, Seymour House
Bleu de Maine – £163.00 – R Anderson, Sootywells Farms
Cheviot – £150.00 – DJ Porter, Easthwaite Farm
Mule – £150.00 – R Anderson, Aberdeenshire
Dutch Spotted – £150.00 – J Skelton, Truncheon Trees Barn

𝙏𝙊𝙋 𝙋𝙍𝙄𝘾𝙀 𝙋𝙀𝙍 𝙆𝙄𝙇𝙊
Dutch Texel - 516.00ppk - JW Storey & Son, Woodhead Farm
Beltex – 452.50ppk – J & A Moralee, Hardriding Farm
Texel – 422.20ppk – S & K Carr, West Farm
Suffolk – 391.10ppk – JW Storey & Son, Woodhead Farm
Bleu de Maine – 379.10ppk – R Anderson, Aberdeenshire
Charollais – 348.00ppk – J P Pattinson & Son, Uldale Hall
Cheviot – 338.60ppk – R Anderson, Aberdeenshire
Texel X Herdwick – 330.80ppk – V & G Edmondson, Sun Lea
Mule – 324.00ppk – Arthurhouse Livestock Ltd, Brenan

𝘾𝘼𝙎𝙏 𝙀𝙒𝙀𝙎
Texel – £372.00 – DA Moir, Aberdeenshire
Blue Texel – £250.00 – P Leonard, Pettigo Road
Beltex – £245.00 – P Leonard, Pettigo Road
Suffolk – £234.00 – Fraser, High Flatts
Llyn – £197.00 – B Latimer, The Beeches
Mule – £188.00 – Kedzlie Farm Ltd, Swalesmoor Farm
Charollais – £186.00 – A McCutcheon, Bodoney Road
Cheviot Mule – £180.00 – Kedzlie Farm Ltd, Swalesmoor Farm
Cheviot – £180.00 – DA Moir, Aberdeenshire
BFL – £168.00 – R & J Brown, Wilson Park Farm
Dorset – £145.00 – A McCutcheon, Bodoney Road
Zwarble – £132.00 – B Latimer, The Beeches

𝘾𝘼𝙎𝙏 𝙍𝘼𝙈𝙎
Texel – £275.00 – Haltcliffe, Hesket Newmarket
Charollais – £240.00 – P Leonard, Pettigo Road
Blue Texek – £240.00 – P Leonard, Pettigo Road
Dutch Spotted – £190.00 – P Leonard, Pettigo Road
Cheviot – £140.00 – BK & J Rowand, Stool End Farm

📈𝙏𝙊𝙋 𝘾𝙊𝙉𝙎𝙄𝙂𝙉𝙈𝙀𝙉𝙏 𝘼𝙑𝙀𝙍𝘼𝙂𝙀𝙎📈
𝙇𝘼𝙈𝘽𝙎
JJ Crichton, Loughrigg – 5 Av £217.40
G Gate, Hollins Farm – 2 Av £210.50
RJ & AY Armstrong, Terrace Farm – 2 Av £208.00
S & K Carr, West Farm – 72 Av £183.08
M/S Fraser, High Flatts – 20 Av £182.80
JW Storey & Son, Woodhead Farm – 44 Av £181.23
J Skelton, Truncheon Trees Barn – 35 Av £179.43
J & A Moralee, Hardriding Farm – 71 Av £176.03
IR & JM Fearon, Frizington Hall – 12 Av £174.00
W & E Gate Ltd, Rook Farm – 14 Av £171.64
M/S R A Rawling, Overcroft – 13 Av £170.08

𝘾𝘼𝙎𝙏 𝙀𝙒𝙀𝙎
E Cranston, Croftlands – 3 Av £240.67
M/S Fraser, High Flatts – 3 Av £216.00
CR Goddard, Eirintalla – 2 Av £212.50
Davidson, Newry – 36 Av £204.67
TW Bell, Grange Farm – 10 Av £204.30
Mr J Jennings, Arkleby Farm – 3 Av £193.33
P Leonard, Pettigo Road – 90 Av £192.32
JE & HL Jackson, Rosemount – 13 Av £190.77
Kedzlie Farm Ltd, Swalesmarr Farm – 142 Av £188.62
B Latimer, The Beeches – 32 Av £183.97
D & MA Wilson, Lamplugh Hall – 11 Av £174.91
S Watson, Streetgate – 8 sold, Average £169.25
A McCutcheon, Bodoney Road – 9 Av £169.00
G Bell, Haas Side Farm – 46 Av £167.52

𝙈𝙞𝙩𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙨 𝘼𝙪𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝘾𝙤 𝙇𝙩𝙙 • 𝙇𝒂𝙠𝙚𝙡𝒂𝙣𝙙 𝙇𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙘𝙠 𝘾𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙚 • 𝘾𝙤𝙘𝙠𝙚𝙧𝙢𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙝
☎𝟬𝟭𝟵𝟬𝟬 𝟴𝟮𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟲
📩𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼@𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗹𝘀𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗰𝗸.𝗰𝗼.𝘂𝗸

𝐒𝐀𝐋𝐄𝐒 𝐓𝐄𝐀𝐌
James Little - 07498 385577
Lilly Hodgson - 07789 841466
David Walker - 07747 633829