Kirkby Stephen Store Lamb Sale

Harrison & Hetherington Ltd, Kirkby Stephen Mart held their fortnightly sale of Store lambs on Tuesday when 1476 were forward.

Topping the sale at £182 was a Beltex cross lamb from Messrs Marston, Easegill Head, Kirkby Stephen.

Pens of lambs also sold to £175 and £166 with pens of wether lambs from this home also selling to £158 twice, and £154 twice, and a pen of 10 wether making £146.

Messrs Skidmore, Needless Hall Farm, Toronto sold a pen of nine Beltex cross wether lambs to make £154.

The consignment of 24 Beltex cross lambs from Needless Hall Farm sold to average a whopping £144.88!

Messrs Brown, Catherine Holme, Great Asby also sol a pen of three Beltex cross wether lambs to make £154, with the consignment of lambs averaging £139.23.

Messrs Millman, Brackenslack, Mauld Meaburn sold a pen of five Beltex cross wether lambs to make £150, and a pen of four wethers making £147. The consignment of 31 lambs from this home averaging £133.

The store lamb trade for all classes of lambs was unbelievable with a packed ringside of 40 plus active buyers present, and others leaving the sale empty handed.

557 Beltex cross store lambs sold to average an whopping £112.37.

14 pens and 40 lambs sold between £150-£182

31 Pens and 110 lambs sold between £130-£182.

81 pens and 525 lambs sold between £100-£182.

The whole sale store lamb average for 1476 store lambs was £92.13

Messrs Marston, Easegill Head sold their annual consignment of 321 Beltex and Texel cross lambs to average a wonderful £114.09

Mule lambs topped at £82 for a pen of 26 from Messrs Carr, Nova Scotia, Barnard Castle.

Swaledale lambs sold to £55 twice for pens of 20 & 19 lambs from Messrs Spry, Revelin Farm, Barnard Castle.

Consignment Averages
No.         Head          From  
24    @    £144.88    CA&JG Skidmore, Needless Hall Farm
13    @    £139.23    T&R Brown, Catherine Holme
31    @    £133.00    S Millman, Brackenslack
25    @    £117.20    JG Richardson, Low Garth
321  @    £114.09    D&CE Marston, Easegill Head
107  @    £111.79     BR Lawson & Son, Buddle House
17    @    £100.76    JC Horn, Birks Head Farm
4      @    £99.25      LC&D Wearmouth, Parkside
142  @    £95.29      M/s Lyle, Staingills

Leading Prices:

Beltex £182, £175, £166, £158(2), £155, £154, £150(4), £146, £142, £139, £136, £134, £129(2), £127, £125, £124, £120(2), £117, £114(2), £112, £111, £110, £109, £100 Easegill Head; £154, £148, £134, £128 Catherine Holme; £154, £144, £141, £138 Needless Hall Farm; £150, £147, £130, £129, £128, £127, £116 Brackenslack; £149, £104 Birks Head Farm; £139, £121, £120, £116, £114, £109 Low Garth; £132, £127, £116, £104, £103, £102, £101 Staingills; £132, £123, £118(2), £117, £113(2), £112(2), £109, £108(3), £104, £103 Buddle House; £109 Parkside: Texel £130, £126, £117, £116, £114, £113, £103(2), £105(2), £102, £101, £100, £98(2), £96, £94, £92, £90 Easegill Head; £96 Parkside; £92 Castlethwaite: Mule £82, £73 Nova Scotia; £77 Roundthwaite Abbey; £73.50 East Friar House; £72 Cross Hall Farm: Suffolk £70 High Wood End; £70 Sleetburn: Scotch Blackface £65, £57 Roundthwaite Abbey: Badgerface £64 Alma Cottage: Ryeland £59 Sleetburn: Swaledale £55(2) Revelin Farm; £54 Strutt Green Cottage.