Kirkby Stephen Prime Sheep Sale

Harrison & Hetherington Ltd, Kirkby Stephen Mart held their weekly sale of prime sheep on Tuesday night, when 3,807 sheep were forward consisting of 3,401 prime hoggs and 406 cast sheep.

Topping the sale at £176.50 were 44kg Beltex cross hoggs from Messrs Phillips, Fir Tree Farm, Harrogate.

Topping at 421.6p/kg was a pen of 37kg Beltex cross hoggs which made £156 from Messrs Simpson, Highscale Farm, Wigglesworth.

Messrs Robshaw, Tadcaster sold a pen of 43kg hoggs to make £173.50, with another pen of 45kg hoggs selling for £172 also from this home.

Messrs Dinsdale, High Field, Morland sold 45kg hoggs to make £172.50, with a pen of eleven 43kg hoggs making £171.50 also from High Field.

Messrs Simpson, Highscale Farm sold a pen of ten 40kg hoggs to make £165 (412.5p/kg)

Messrs Fell, Chapel Farm, Keswick also sold a pen of 40kg hoggs to make £165.

Mule hoggs sold to £135 from Messrs Pedley, Yore House, Sedbergh.

Good meated pens of all breeds of lightweight hoggs were in strong demand with a pen of thirty-five 33kg Swaledale hoggs selling for £83 (251.5p/kg) from Messrs Lawson, Pasture House Farm, Wigton.

34 pens and 115 hoggs sold between £160-£176.

103 pend and 324 hoggs sold between £150-£176

33 pens and 140 hoggs sold between 380p/kg-421p/kg

67 pens and 294 hoggs sold between 350p/kg-421p/kg

Cast sheep were a flying trade for all classes and more of these can be easily sold to great advantage on a weekly basis here at Kirkby Stephen.

Topping at £230 on two separate occasions were Texel cross ewes from Messrs Bainbridge, Bonnygate Farm, Soulby, and also from Messrs Brannen, Scar Top, Penrith.

Blackface ewes sold to top at £110 for a pen from Castle Hill Estates.

Leading Consignment Averages (Hoggs)
No.          Weight    p/kg        Head         From
6      @    69.3kg    229.5p    £159.17    CR Raine & Son, Middleton-in-Teesdale
31    @    48.9kg    319.1p    £156.05    W Robshaw & Son, Tadcaster
93    @    44.8kg    344.2p    £154.30    JM Andrews, York
34    @    50.8kg    299.9p    £152.60    W&SE Dickinson & Son, Penrith
63    @    39.5kg    384.2p    £151.94    PW Simpson, Wigglesworth
50    @    44.2kg    343.3p    £151.76    W&J&I Dinsdale, Morland
20    @    45.7kg    331p       £151.48    MH Elliott, Penrith
14    @    45.8kg    325.9p    £149.46    HG Jackson, Kings Meaburn
16    @    46kg       318.8p    £146.69    I&P Clarke, Waitby
21    @    42.6kg    337.3p    £143.88    HW&J Birkbeck, Soulby
21    @    50.3kg    281.9p    £142.02    S&C Gill, Boldron
49    @    46kg       306.4p    £141.11    D Stainthorpe, Cleaveland
42    @    40.7kg    344.8p    £140.65    M/s Fell, Keswick
53    @    50kg       278.6p    £140.58    MTP&SD Wills, Dufton
6      @    46.3kg    302.1p    £140.00    P Elliott, Penrith

Leading Prices –

Prime Hoggs

Price per head –

Beltex £176.50, £157.50, £156.50, £156 Fir Tree Farm; £173.50, £172, £166.50, £163.50, £156.50, £156 Beck House Farm; £172.50, £171.50, £170, £166.50, £165.50, £158.50 High Field; £168, £165, £161, £158 Chapel Farm; £168, £162.50(3), £160.50, £159.50, £158.50(2), £158, £157.50, £156 Boscar Flats; £167.50 Little Beck; £167 Stripes Farm; £166.50(2), £158.50 Fawcett Park Farm; £165.50, £165, £156.50, £156 Highscale  Farm; £164 Low Grange Farm; £164 Buddle House; £163.50, £156.50, £155 Littleburn Farm; £163.50 Espland House; £162.50, £158 Town End Farm;  £161, £157.50 Castle Hill; £158.50 Marriforth; £158, £156, £155.50 Kirkbarrow Hall: Texel £169, £160, £156, £155 Stanhope Gate Farm; £162, £154.50 Beck House Farm; £161 Hundith House; £158, £156, £150 Boscar Flats; £156, £144 Fir Tree Farm; £155 Kirkbarrow Hall; £150.50, £144, £137 Smalmstown Farm; £150 Buddle House; £149.50, £147 Town End Farm; £146, £142 Stripes Farm; £145, £143.50, £135 Little Beck; £145, £140.50, £137 Yore House; £144 Redlands Bank; £140 Cairn Cottage; £138.50 East Todholes; £138, £135 Fawcett Park Farm; £138 Low Grange Farm; £138 Calva Farm; £137.50 Castle Hill; £137 West Farm: Charollais £144 Black Syke; £135 Orchard Farm: Blue Texel £143 Espland House; £140 Town End Farm; £137 West Farm: Suffolk £138 Low Grange Farm; £135 Redlands Bank; £130.50 Marriforth; £130.50 Smalmstown Farm: Mule £135 Yore House; £130, £124(2) Kelmore Hill Farm; £128 Fawcett Park Farm; £126 East Todholes; £124.50 Smalmstown Farm; £124 Howgill Farm; £122 Croft House Farm; £121.50(2) Kilnstown: Bluefaced Leicester £130 Kilnstown: Scotch Blackface £123.50, £120(2), £119.50, £119, £117.50 Smalmstown Farm: Cheviot £120 Orchard Farm; £118 Westwick Farm; £115 Shrubbery Farm; £113.50 Kelmore Hill Farm: Dutch Texel £119.50 Gunnerwell: Swaledale £118 Wythes Hill; £117, £116.50 Manor House Farm; £114.50 East Todholes; £114 Blunt House; £113, £104 Howgill Castle; £113 Step Ends Farm; £108 Croft House Farm; £106 Prospect House; £105 Shieldhill Top: Herdwick £113 Thorney Gale; £110 Castle Hill: Kerry Hill £108 Littleburn Farm.

Price Per kilo –

Beltex 421.6p, 412.5p, 393.2p, 391.3p, 390.5p(2), 384.9p Highscale Farm; 412.5p, 402.8p, 402.5p, 395p Chapel Farm; 408.8p Espland House; 407.9p, 398.8p, 391.3p Littleburn Farm; 403.8p, 396.3p, 390.7p, 386.9p Boscar Flats; 403.5p, 382.2p Beck House Farm; 402.5p Castle Hill; 401.1p Fir Tree Farm; 398.8p, 386.4p, 383.3p High Field; 394.9p Shrubbery Farm; 389.5p Little Beck; 388.4p Stripes Farm; 387.2p Fawcett Park Farm; 386.3p Black Syke; 381.4p Low Grange Farm: Rouge 364.5p Chapel Farm: Texel 320.9p Low Grange Farm; 320p, 306.6p, 292.2p Haithwaite; 304.1p Town Head; 302.6p Preston Manor; 300p, 292p Smalmstown Farm; 296.6p, 293.9p Fir Tree Farm; 295.8 The Cottage; 294.1p West Hindon Farm; 292.6p Castle Hill; 292.5p, 291.3p Shrubbery Farm: Blue Texel 311.1p Town End Farm; 304.3p Espland House: Charollais 288.2p Newsham Grange; 281.3p Orchard Farm; 275.6p Shrubbery Farm: Cheviot 276.8p Kelmore Hill Farm; 275p Battle Hill Farm; 275p, 267.4p Shrubbery Farm; 271.3p Buckles Farm; 268.3p Buckles Farm; 268.3p Briggle Farm: Kerry Hill 270p Littleburn Farm: Mule 268.1p Claylands Farm; 263.5p, 255.6p Pasture House Farm; 257.7p Uldale Farm; 256.7p Howgill Farm; 254.3p Marriforth; 254.2p Croft House Farm: Suffolk 266.3p Marriforth; 266.3p Smalmstown Farm; 262p Brackenslack: Scotch Blackface 255.4p, 255.3p, 254.3p, 252p, 250p  Smalmstown Farm; 250p East Todholes: Herdwick 253.2p Pasture House Farm; 251.1p Thorney Gale: Swaledale 251.5p, 248.4p, 245.5p Pasture House; 245.7p, 241.9p Howgill Castle; 245.6p Claylands Farm; 243.8p Howgill Farm; 240p Step Ends Farm; 240p Croft House Farm: Bluefaced Leicester 240.8p Kilnstown.

Cast Ewes

Texel £230 Bonnygate Farm; £230, £190.50 Scar Top; £192, £162.50, £149.50 Staingills; £180, £150 Brackenslack; £170 Rookwith House; £150 Little Beck: Beltex £186.50, £158.50 Brackenslack; £170.50 Asby Grange; £156.50 Rookwith House: Suffolk £168 Staingills; £148.50, £145 Scar Top: Blue Texel £140.50 Bank House: Lleyn £124.50 Rookwith House: Mule £121 Staingills; £115 Ormathwaite Farm; £110.50 Brackenslack; £110.50 Sandwath Farm: Bluefaced Leicester £114.50 Little Musgrave Farm: Cheviot £114.50 Bents Farm; £102.50 Ellergill; £100 Marriforth: Swaledale £90 Howgill Castle; £82.50 Asby Grange; £80 Valley Farm; £79.50 Uldale Farm; £77 Howgill Farm; £70.50 Shieldhill Top: Scotch Blackface £90 Castle Hill: Rough £85.50 Crooksbeck; £84.50 Greenside Farm: Herdwick £76.50 Asby Grange.

Cast Rams

Texel £168 Fair View; £150.50 Staingills; £148.50 Bonnygate Farm: Beltex £146.50 New Hall: Bluefaced Leicester £120 Musgrave House: Swaledale £104.50 New Hall; £103.50 Valley Farm.