Kirkby Stephen Prime Sheep Sale

Harrison & Hetherington Ltd, Kirkby Stephen Mart held their weekly sale of prime sheep on Tuesday night, when 3,486 sheep were forward consisting of 2,862 prime hoggs and 624.

Topping the sale at £187 was a 70kg Texel hogg from Messrs Teward, New View Farm, Darlington.

Next selling for £185 was a 69kg Blue Texel hoggs from Messrs Jewitt, Gracies Farm, Barnard Castle.

Topping at 416.3p/kg were a pen of four 40kg Beltex cross hoggs which sold for £166.50 from Page Farm Partnership, Ripon, another pen of 40kg hoggs from this home sold to make £164.50 (411.3p/kg).

Messrs Robshaw, Tadcaster sold 45kg Beltex cross hoggs to make £176 with another pen of five 44kg hoggs making £175.50 also from this home.

Messrs Mellor, Doncaster sold a pen of five 44kg Beltex cross hoggs to make £173.50.

Downie Farming Company, Aberdeenshire sold a pen of 38kg Beltex cross hoggs to make £154.50 (406.6p/kg)

Messrs Simpson, Highscale Farm, Wigglesworth sold a pen of six 39kg hoggs to make £158.50 (406.4p/kg) with another pen of ten 39kg hoggs making £157.50 (403.8p/kg) also from this home.

Messrs Hunter, Upper Brydekirk, Annan sold a pen of five 40kg hoggs to make £162.50 (406.3p/kg).

Messrs Maughan, Ash Garth, Great Asby sold a pen of 37kg Beltex cross hoggs to make £150 (405.4p/kg).

2,862 hoggs sold to average 289.5p/kg with a whopping SQQ of 301.57p/kg being achieved here at Kirkby which includes over 800 horned and Mule hoggs.

All classes weights and breeds of hoggs suppressed expectations once again and were the dearest recently seen anywhere providing Kirkby Stephen can sell all classes of prime hoggs to great advantage!

Heavy hoggs were a much stronger trade than has been seen recently.

Messrs Robshaw, Tadcaster sold 54kg hoggs to make £173 with 57kg and 53kg hoggs making £170 (321p/kg) also from this home.

Mule hoggs sold to £139 for a pen from Messrs Smith, Kelmore Hill.

Messrs Wills, Fawcett Park Farm sold a pen of 18 54kg Mules to make £136.50 with another pen of 17 at 53kg making £134.50 also from this home.

Messrs Fisher, Smalmstown Farm, Longtown sold a pen of 43kg Mules to make £119 (276.7p/kg).

Blackfaced hoggs sold to £130.50 for a pen of 51kg hoggs from Messrs Addison, Greystone House, Kings Meaburn.

Messrs Fisher, Smalmstown also sold Blackfaced hoggs to top at 284.1p/kg for a pen of 20 41kg hoggs making £116.50, another pen of 22 42kg Blackfaced hoggs sold to make £118 (281p/kg) also from this home.

Swaledale hoggs sold to 250p/kg for a pen of 13 41kg hoggs which made £102.50 from Messrs Pattinson, Pinfold House, Bishop Auckland.

811 Beltex cross hoggs sold to average £148.04 and 345p/kg.

45 pens and 130 hoggs sold between £160-£187

130 pens and 458 hoggs sold between £150-£187

34 pens and 134 hoggs sold between 380-416p/kg

86 pen and 381 hoggs sold between 350-416p/kg

Light weights Swaledales with good meat were good the sell with a pen of 12 33kg making £81.50 from Messrs Dickeson, East Rackwood Hill Farm, Hamsterley.

With Messrs Wharton, Keisley Farm, Murton selling a pen of 35kg Swaledales to make £87.50 (250p/kg)

All classes of cast sheep were a flying trade and many more could have easily been sold to great advantage.

Topping at £192.50 was a Texel ewe from Messrs Pedley, Yore House, Sedbergh.

Mule ewes topped at £124.50 for a pen from Messrs Walton, Goodlie Hill Cottage, Great Asby.

Cast rams topped at £176.50 for a Bluefaced Leicester from Messrs Brown, Asby Hall, Great Asby.

Leading Consignment Averages (Hoggs)
No.        Weight      p/kg        Head         From
30    @    50.4kg    328.6p    £165.62    W Robshaw & Son, Tadcaster
46    @    47.6kg    327.1p    £155.80    GJ Mellor & Partners, Doncaster
59    @    39.5kg    286.1p    £152.76    PW Simpson, Wigglesworth
21    @    51.3kg    296.6p    £152.40    S & C Gill, Barnard Castle
35    @    42.9kg    347.5p    £149.36    TW Hunter, Annan
51    @    42.3kg    351.6p    £148.91    RN&RA Scott, Wigton
17    @    46kg       322.5p    £148.38    M/s Somerville, Penrith
56    @    50.2kg    287.5p    £144.61    MTP&SD Wills, Dufton
39    @    40.9kg    352.4p    £144.23    Page Farm Partnership, Ripon
213  @    44.9kg    320.1p    £143.98    Downie Farming Ltd, Aberdeenshire
22    @    54.3kg    263.8p    £143.45    F Simpson & Son, Bishop Auckland
56    @    46.4kg    301.4p    £140.92    M/s Sayer, Hackthorpe
121  @    45.5kg    306.2p    £140.41    R Skelton, Maryport

Leading Prices –

Prime Hoggs

Price per head –

Dutch Spotted £151.50, £123 Gracies Farm; £130 Chapel Farm: Texel £187 New View Farm; £162.50, £158, £156.50 Short Thorns Farm; £158.50, £154.50, £148.50(2) Bowes Cross Farm; £156.50, £156, £153, £151 Beck House Farm; £156, £155.50, £148 Lansmere; £156 Leigh Croft; £156 Easegill Head; £156 Calva Farm; £155.50, £155, £153, £145 Newton Farm; £153.50 Newhall Farm; £152 .50 The Croft; £151.50 Rookwith House; £150.50 Chapel Farm; £150, £148 Smalmstown Farm; £149 Town End Farm; £148 Westwick Farm; £148 Manor Farm; £146 High Beck Head: Blue Texel £185, £154.50 Gracies Farm; £159.50 Rookwith House; £157 Town End Farm; £157 West Micklethwaite; £144 Newton Farm: Beltex £176, £175.50, £173, £172.50, £170(3), £166.50 Beck House Farm; £173.50 West Hale Farm; £168, £167, £166, £165, £162.50 Newton Farm; £168, £162.50 Hallbankgate Farm; £166.50, £164.50, £161.50, £160.50 Rookwith House; £166, £162 Highscale Farm; £166 Newhall Farm; £165; £160 Marriforth; £164.50, £162.50 Upper Brydekirk; £164.50 Lansmere; £164.50 Castle Hill; £164, £162.50(2), £160.50 Fawcett Park Farm; £164 Manor Farm; £163.50 Stoneriggs; £162.50 Bowes Cross Farm; £160 West Micklethwaite: Charollais £146.50, £132.50 The Croft; £136.50 House & Holme Farm; £134 Hensingham Road: Dorset £140.50, £138, £134.50 Buckles Farm: Zwartble £140.50 Gracies Farm: Dutch Texel £140, £127.50 Gunnerwell: Mule £139, £134.50, £128.50, £121.50 Kelmore Hill Farm; £136.50, £134.50 Fawcett Park Farm; £132, £120.50 Wemmergill Farm; £128, £122.50 High Beck Head; £127.50, £122.50, £121 Marriforth; £126.50 Keisley Farm; £123.50 Middle Shipley Farm; £123 Castle Hill; £122.50 Manor Farm; £122.50 Low Farm; £121.50 Eden Flatt: Suffolk £137.50, £136.50 Chapel Farm; £137.50(2) Newhall Farm; £136.50 Marriforth; £135 New Blainslie; £134.50 Rigg House: Scotch Blackface £130.50, £117 Greystone House; £124, £119.50, £119(2), £118, £116.50, £114.50 Smalmstown Farm: Hampshire £125.50 Porthy Green: Badgerface £123.50 Gracies Farm: Cheviot £122.50 Hallbankgate Farm; £121.50 Smalmstown Farm; £121.50 Westwick Farm; £114 Skylin; £112.50 Amersber Cottage; £112 Buckles Farm: Bluefaced Leicester £120, £118 School Cottage: Swaledale £117 Pinfold House; £114.50 Eastfield Farm; £108.50 Keisley Farm; £104 Holly Cottage Barn; £103.50 Breaks Hall; £102.50 Pinfold House; £101.50 Low Farm; £101 Wemmergill Farm: Rough £115 Smardale Hall: Herdwick £102 Wemmergill Farm; £100 Lower Griseburn.

Price Per kilo –

Beltex 416.3p, 411.3p, 401.3p, 393.8p, 391p, 393.8p, 391p, 384.5p Rookwith House; 406.6p, 400p Newton Farm; 406.4p, 403.8p, 401.3p, 395.2p, 397.4p Highscale Farm; 406.3p, 391.3p, 380.8p Upper Brydekirk; 405.4p Ash Garth; 400p Hallbankgate Farm; 398.9p, 391.1p Beck House Farm; 397.4p, 394.6p, 392.5p, 384.1p 1 West Micklethwaite; 396.3p, 380.3p Stubsgill Farm; 394.7p Ash Garth; 394.3p West Hale Farm; 393.6p, 385.9p Newhall Farm; 390.2p Marriforth; 385.1p Chapel Farm; 382.6p Castle Hill: Blue Texel 392.5p West Micklethwaite; 370.9p Rookwith House; 348.9p Town End Farm; 343.3p Gracies Farm: Texel 333.7p Lansmere; 324.4p, 302p, 300p Smalmstown Farm; 322p, 302.2 Newhall Farm; 321.3p Bank House; 317.3p Newton Farm; 310.3p Porthy Green; 310p West Micklethwaite; 304.4p Kelmore Hill Farm; 303.8p Short Thorns Farm; 302.3p Town End Farm; 302p, 301p Beck House Farm; 301.1p High Beck Head; 300p New Blainslie: Dutch Texel 318.8p Gunnerwell: Badgerface 316.7p, 296p Gracies Farm: Charollais 296.1p, 290.9p, 278.9p Newsham Grange; 296.1p, 283.3p, 279.5p High Drybarrows; 287.8p Hensingham Road; 287.2p Manor Farm; 284.4p New Blainslie; 281p House & Holme Farm: Dutch Spotted 288.9p Chapel Farm: Suffolk 287.2p, 273p Chapel Farm; 280.6p, 277.3p, 275p, 273.9 Newhall Farm; 278.6p Marriforth; 277.5p New Blainslie; 275.9p Gracies Farm: Scotch Blackface 284.1p, 281p, 277.9p, 277p, 276.7p, 273p Smalmstown Farm: Cheviot 282.6p Smalmstown Farm; 280p Buckles Farm; 273.1p Chapel Farm; 266.3p Hallbankgate Farm; 265.1p Skylin: Mule 276.7p Smalmstown Farm; 261.4p Stoneriggs; 260.8p Skylin; 258.7p Eastfield Farm; 257.8p Stubsgill Farm; 257.4p Marriforth; 256.9p West End Farm; 256.5p Red House Farm; 256.3p Castle Hill; 256p Asby Grange; 255.2p Manor Farm: Herdwick 270.3o Lower Griseburn: Dorset 263.7p Buckles Farm: Bluefaced Leicester 263.4p Chapel Farm: Hebridean 260p West Micklethwait: Swaledale 250p Pinfold House; 250p, 244.9p Keisley Farm; 248.9p Eastfield Farm; 247p East Rackwood Hill Farm; 241.3p  Amersber Cottage: Rough 244.7p Smardale Hall.

Cast Ewes

Texel £192.50, £180.50, £160.50, £154.50 Yore House; £182.50 Stripes Farm; £180 Earnwell; £174.50 New View Farm; £164.50 Easegill Head; £160.50 Short Thorns Farm; £152.50 Poppin Cottage: Blue Texel £162.50 Gracies Farm: Beltex £154.50 Ash Garth; £146.50 Asby Grange; £138.50 Bolton Road; £128.50 Town Foot: Bluefaced Leicester £148.50 Yore House; £136.50 Easegill Head: Suffolk £146.50 Gracies Farm; £120.50 Bolton Road: Charollais £138.50(2) Orchard Farm: Lleyn £128.50, £114.50, £100.50 Helm Farm; £108 New View Farm: Mule £124.50 Goodlie Hill Cottage; £112.50 Rosgill Head; £104.50 Searchlight Farm; £102 Garth Side; £102 Windygate: Cheviot £104.50, £92.50 Westwick Farm; £96.50 Mountlea; £90.50 Bolton Road: Zwartble £98.50 Rietfontain; £90.50 House & Holme Farm: Swaledale £90.50, £77.50 Wemmergill Farm; £79.50 Yore House; £78.50 Uldale Farm; £78.50 Asby Grange; £78.50 Asby Hall; £77.50 West Stoney Keld; £77.50 Lands Farm; £76.50 Westwick Farm; £76.50 Short Thorns Farm; £75.50 Lanehead Farm; £75.50 Villa Farm: Rough £90 Town Foot: Jacob £78.50 Orchard Farm: Kerry Hill £68.50 Poppin Cottage: Scotch Blackface £66.50 Hallbankgate Farm: Herdwick £62.50 Marriforth: Hebridean £38.50 Waitby Farm.

Cast Rams

Bluefaced Leicester £176.50 Asby Hall; £172.50 Short Thorns Farm; £140.50 Lands Farm; £136.50 Westwick Farm; £132.50 Yore House:

Texel £160.50 Chapel Farm; £156.50 New View Farm; £153.50 Smardale Hall; £150.50 Short Thorns Farm; £146.50 Yore House; £134.50 Wackerfield: Cheviot £142.50 Westwick Farm: Bleu du maine £140 Chapel Farm: Suffolk £138.50 Chapel Farm: Dorset £124.50 Buckles Farm: Beltex £122.50 Rietfontain: Blue Texel £118.50 Chapel Farm: Swaledale £110.50, £108.50, £94.50 Lanehead Farm; £106.50 Villa Farm; £104.50 Glebelands.