Kirkby Stephen Prime Sheep Sale

Harrison & Hetherington Ltd, Kirkby Stephen Mart held their weekly sale of prime sheep on Tuesday night when 2,850 sheep were forward consisting of 2,236 prime lambs, 614 cast sheep.

Topping the prime lambs at £156 were a pair of 45kg Beltex cross lambs from Messrs Hunter, Upper Brydekirk, Annan.

Topping at 365.9p/kg were a pen of four 41kg Beltex cross lambs which sold for £150 also consigned by Messrs Hunter, Upper Brydekirk.

Messrs Slater, Whiteley Hey Farm, Macclesfield sold a pair of 46kg Beltex cross lambs to make £155.

Messrs Sowerby, Terrys Farm, Ormside sold 53kg Dutch Texel cross lambs to make £150 selling to Dowdings Butchers, Appleby.

Messrs Skidmore, Needless Hall Farm, Toronto sold three 40kg Beltex cross lambs to make £144 (360p/kg) with another pen of six 42kg lambs making £149.50 (356p/kg) also from this home.

The consignment of lambs from Needless Hall Farm sold to average £145.99 and 344p/kg.

Messrs Slater, Macclesfield sold a pen of seventeen 37kg Beltex cross lambs to make £128 (345.9p/kg).

Another fantastic overall sale average of 250.4p/kg (SQQ 251.6p/kg) was achieved which included 302 Mule and horned lambs.

376 Beltex cross lambs sold to average £123.12 and 307p/kg.

42 pens and 112 lambs sold between £130 - £156.

32 pens 146 lambs sold between 320-365p/kg.

Mule lambs topped at £112 on two separate occasions firstly for a pen of twenty 49kg lambs which also topped at 228.6p/kg consigned by Messrs Hayton, Asby Grange, Great Asby. Messrs Hutchinson, Redgate, Rookby also sold Mule lambs to £112.

Suffolk cross lambs sold to £126.50 for a pen of 46kg lambs from Messrs Sowerby, Terrys Farm.

Heavy lambs were in strong demand once again with Messrs Hunter, Upper Brydekirk selling 48kg lambs to make £144 (3.00p/kg). Miss R.C. Bainbridge, Red House Farm, Barnard Castle sold 47kg lambs to make £140. Messrs Armstrong, Moor Riggs, Penrith sold 50kg lambs to £138.

Leading Lamb Consignments
No.        Weight    p/kg    Head    From
17    @    42.4kg    344p    £145.88    CA&JG Skidmore, Bishop Auckland
19    @    42.2kg    318.9p    £134.63    S Armstrong & Sons, Thrimby
14    @    45.2kg    290p    £131.36    G Sowerby, Ormside
34    @    42.3kg    306.2p    £129.78    TW Hunter, Annan
37    @    46.5kg    266.4p    £123.95    KJ&CS Wilson Ltd, Thursby
62    @    36.9kg    333.6p    £123.34    GE&VH Slater, Macclesfield
18    @    42.8kg    283.8p    £121.72    S&C Gill, Barnard Castle
11    @    45.9kg    263.2p    £120.86    JM&AM Morland, Kaber
20    @    47.9kg    252.2p    £120.83    RG Mark, Ousby
14    @    43kg    277.7p    £119.43    A Maughan, Great Asby
23    @    39.4kg    301.9p    £119.09    WA&GR Sedgley, Barbon
25    @    43.2kg    274.2p    £118.46    HW&J Birkbeck, Soulby
161    @    40.8kg    289.1p    £118.04    M Wynne, Snitterton

Leading Prices –

Spring Lambs –

Price Per Head –

Beltex £156, £150, £149, £144, £143, £130, £124.50 Upper Brydekirk; £155, £135, £128, £126Whiteley Hey Farm; £149.50, £145, £144(x3), £143 Needless Hall Farm; £147.50 Asby Grange; £146, £129, £124.50 Bowes Cross Farm; £141.50, £139, £138, £136.50, £130, £122 Moor Riggs; £140 Red House Farm; £137.50, £131.50 Windygate; £135, £128, £127.50, £122 Castle Hill; £134, £128 Town End Farm; £133, £126.50 Terrys Farm; £130.50 Rennels House; £130 Goodlie Hill Cottage; £130, £126,£125.50 Staingills; £128.50, £126(x2), £125 Hall Farm House; £127.50 Red House Farm; £126.50, £121.50 Low Bank House; £125.50 Buddle House; £123.50 Smardale Mill; £122.50 Woodland House Farm: Dutch Texel £150 Terrys Farm: Texel £136, £129 Terrys Farm; £135(x3), £134 Wood Farm; £130 Grains O Beck; £129.50 Sunny Gill Farm; £128.50 Upper Brydekirk; £127.50 Yore House; £126.50, £121.50 Starrah; £125, £124.50, £120 Sunny Gill Farm; £124.50, £120 Whygill Head; £124.50 Moor Riggs; £124 Hawkrigg Farm; £124 Powis House; £124 Goodlie Hill Cottage; £123.50 Buddle House; £123 High Beck Head; £122.50, £120 Staingills; £122 Keepers Cottage; £121 Stanhope Gate Farm; £120.50 Rigby House; £120 Low Bank House: Blue Texel £133.50 Staingills: Suffolk £126.50 Terrys Farm; £118 Etherley House; £118 Rigby House; £117.50 Lankaber; £115 Wood Farm: Charolais £118 Swarthymere; £115 Dry Evers: Cheviot £117 Whygill Head: Mule £112(x2) Asby Grange; £112 Redgate; £106.50 Red House Farm; £105.50, £102.50 Whitewall Farm; £104, £101 Kilnstown; £103.50 Argill House; £103 Yore House; £101.50 West Friar House; £100.50 Galloper Garth: Jacob £99 Park House Farm: Swaledale £76 Stoneriggs; £74 Buddle House:

Price Per Kilo

Beltex 365.9p, 346.7p 340.5p, 331.1p Upper Brydekirk; 360p, 356p, 353.70p, 342.9p, 320p Needless Hall Farm; 347.5p, 332.9p, 329.1p Moor Riggs; 345.9p, 337p, 331.6p, 328.6p Whiteley Hey Farm; 339.5p Bowes Cross Farm; 336.8p, 335p Town End Farm; 335.4p Windygate; 335.2p Asby Grange; 329.30p, 320p Castle Hill; 325p Goodlie Hill Cottage; 324.4p Low Bank House; 324.4p Terrys Farm;322.4p Woodland House Farm; 321.8p Staingills;321.6p Hall Farm House : Blue Texel 333.8p Staingills : Texel 294.2p Starrah; 293.6p Dry Evers; 292p Upper Brydekirk; 286.6p, 274.4p Staingills; 285.1p, 281.3p, 275.5p,270p Wood Farm; 283p Moor Riggs; 281.8p Goodlie Hill Cottage; 280.6p High Beck Head; 276.8p Windygate; 276.8p Woodland House Farm; 276.8p Bowes Cross Farm; 276.7p, 273.2p Hall Farm House; 274.4p Castle Hill; 273.3p Musgrave House; 270.9p Stanhope Gate Farm; 270.7p Whygill Head :Dutch Texel 283p Terrys Farm : Suffolk 269.1p Terrys Farm; 250p Wood Farm; 240.8p Etherley House : Charollais 261.4p Dry Evers; 240.8p Swarthymere : Jacob 230.2p Park House Farm : Mule 228.6p(x2) Asby Grange; 226.1p, 224.4p Kilnstown; 225p Argill House; 224.5p, 222.8p Whitewall Farm; 223.9p Yore House; 223.3p Galloper Garth; 222.1p Waterhouses; 221.9p Red House Farm; 221.1p Milestone House; 221.1p High Beck Head; 220.7p Swarthymere; 220p Musgrave House; 220p Ellergill :  HH Cheviot 225.6p Bank Head; 225p Whygill Head : Swaledale 200p Stoneriggs :

Cast Ewes

Texel £139.50, £120.50 Woodland House; £130, £125.50 High Beck Head; £125.50 Dry Evers; £120 Southfield; £120 Goodlie Hill Cottage : Beltex £124.50 Woodland House : Suffolk £120 Woodland House; £116 Etherley House : Mule £110.50 Sandford Hall; £110 Bracken Bank; £107.50 Park House Farm; m£99.50 High Beck Head; £95.50 Step Ends Farm; £94.50 Littlebeck Farm : Bluefaced Leicester £108.50 Park House Farm : Lleyn £94.50 Croup Farm : Swaledale £80 Ettersgill House; £71 Redgate; £70.50 High Birk Hatt : Herdwick £61.50 Cow Bank :

Cast Rams

Texel £130 High Birk Hatt : Ryeland £102 Park House Farm(Newby) : Swaledale £70 Wythes Hill :