Kirkby Stephen Prime Sheep Sale

Harrison & Hetherington Ltd, Kirkby Stephen Mart held their weekly sale of prime sheep on Tuesday night, when 3,608 sheep were forward consisting of 3,070 prime hoggs and 538 cast sheep.

Topping the sale at £173.50 were a pen of four 43kg Beltex cross hoggs from Messrs Robshaw, Beck House Farm, Tadcaster, another pen of 43kg hoggs from this home sold to make £172.50.

Topping at 419.2p/kg were a pen of seven 39kg Beltex cross hoggs which made £163.50 and were consigned by Messrs Dent, Elm House, Bolton.

Messrs Jackson, Little Beck, Kings Meaburn sold a pen of 41kg Beltex cross hoggs to make £171 (417.1p/kg).

Messrs Tustian, Banbury sold a pen of 38kg Beltex cross hoggs to make £156 (410.5p/kg) with a pen of 41kg hoggs making £167.50 (408.5p/kg) also from this home.

Messrs Dent, Elm House sold a pen of thirteen 39kg hoggs to make £153.50.

The consignment of 32 hoggs from Messrs Robshaw, Tadcaster sold to average 46.5kg £158.30.

Messrs Dent, Elm House sold their run of 38 hoggs to average 39.7kg £155.05 (390.4p/kg)

An SQQ average of 282.7p/kg and an overall sale average of 268.1p/kg was achieved for 3070 hoggs which included 1080 Mule and horned hoggs.

20 Pens and 57 hoggs sold between £160-£173

81 pens and 348 hoggs sold between £150-£173

13 pens and 36 hoggs sold between 400-419p/kg

67 pens and 317 hoggs sold between 350-419p/kg

Cast sheep topped at £180 for a Texel cross ewe from Messrs Slack, Stoneriggs, Hilton.

Swaledale ewes topped at £104.50 for a pen of eight from Messrs Heron, Eastfield Farm, Warcop.

No.        Weight      p/kg        Head         From
32    @    46.5kg    340.1p    £158.30    W Robshaw & Son, Tadcaster
17    @    42.6kg    365.3p    £155.79    HG Jackson, Kings Meaburn
38    @    39.7kg    390.4p    £155.05    M/s Dent, Bolton
49    @    44.4kg    336.3p    £149.43    D Stainthorpe, Cleveland
52    @    43.1kg    344.8p    £148.70    PW Simpson, Wigglesworth
52    @    42.2kg    348p       £146.98    RN&RA Scott, Wigton
111  @    43.6kg    336.1p    £146.68    J&H Tustian, Banbury
70    @    43.7kg    334.8p    £146.37    R Skelton, Maryport
19    @    39.3kg    367.3p    £144.61    TW Hunter, Annan
12    @    46.5kg    306.3p    £142.46    S&C Gill, Boldron
51    @    61.7kg    228p       £140.82    W A Richardson, Richmond
222  @    44.6kg    315.8p    £140.84    Downie Farming Company, Aberdeenshire

Leading Prices –

Prime Hoggs

Price per head –

Beltex £171, £166.50, £165.50, £159.50 Little Beck; £170, £169, £167.50, £165, £164.50, £157.50(2), £156.50(2), £156, £155.50(2), £154 £153.50, £152, £150.50 Yarnhill Farm; £167.50, £158.50, £157.50, £156.50(2), £155.50(2), £154.50(2), £153.50, £152.50, £151.50 Newton Farm; £166.50, £163.50, £154.50, £153.50(2), £150 Elm House; £163.50, £160, £159.50, £153.50 Low Grange Farm; £158.50, £157.50, £154.50, £153.50 Fawcett Park Farm; £157.50, £155.50, £154.50, £153.50(2) West Micklethwaite; £157.50(2), £156.50, £153.50 Highscale; £157.50(2), £153.50(2), £152.50 Newhall Farm; £156.50 Crossfell House; £154.50, £151.50 Bowes Cross Farm; £154, £150 Hundith House; £153.50 Upper Brydekirk: Texel £156, £150, £148.50, £147.50, £130.50 Newton Farm; £155 Yarnhill Farm; £144 Lansmere; £142, £130 Yarnhill Farm; £142 Huttonfields: £141.50, £138, £131 Priory Nook; £140, £130 Crossfell House; £140 Newhall Farm; £140 Highscale Farm; £140 Bolton Fold Farm; £138.50 Prospect Farm Cottage; £138.50 Low Grange Farm; £135 Stubsgill Farm; £134 Fountain Head; £130.50 Smalmstown Farm; £130 Fields Barn Farm: Blue Texel £155.50, £135 Kelmore Hill Farm; £134 Newton Farm; £131.50 Marriforth: Suffolk £140(2) Huttonfield; £133.50 Clarks Farm; £124 Home Farm; £123.50 Smalmstown Farm; £122 High Toft Hill Farm: Charollais £134.50, £125.50, £123, £121.50 Manor Farm: Cheviot £130.50 Lansmere; £115.50, £114.50(2), £111.50 Crossfell House; £109 Hundith House: Scotch Blackface £124, £112 Greystone House; £116, £114.50, £114, £113.50, £112.50 Smalmstown Farm: Mule £123, £116.50, £116 Kelmore Hill Farm; £120 Fawcett Park Farm; £118 Smalmstown Farm; £116.50, £115 Villa Farm; £115.50 Woodbine House; £115 Wood Farm: Bluefaced Leicester £115.50 Stubsgill Farm: Dorset £114 (2) Home Farm: Swaledale £113.50 Wythes Hill; £106.50 Well House; £103 Allergill Cottage: Hampshire £112.50 Colby Laithes: Zwartble £100 Highfield Farm.

Price Per kilo –

Beltex 419.2p, 406.6p, 393.6p, 384.6p Elm House; 417.1p, 389p, 384.9p Beck Kings; 410.5p, 408.5p, 402.4p, 391.7p, 384.1p, 383.7p Yarnhill Farm; 407.1p, 404.2p, 386.3p West Micklethwaite; 403.5p, 401.2p Beck House Farm; 401.3p, 390.5p, 389.5p Newton Farm; 400p Lansmere; 400p Dona Close; 393.6p, 385.5p Upper Brydekirk; 393.2p Hundith House; 389p Low Grange Farm; 388.2p Highscale Farm; 384.1p(2) Newhall Farm: Blue Texel 370.2p, 341.9p Kelmore Hill Farm: Texel 343p, 294.3p, 285.6p Newton Farm; 322.1p Prospect Farm Cottage; 311.1p Newhall Farm; 308.5p Dona Close; 303.9p Haithwaite; 292.7p, 291.5p, 289.3p, 284.5p Smalmstown Farm; 291.5p Stubsgill Farm; 288.6p Bolton Fold Farm; 288.5p, 285.6p Low Grange Farm; 287.5p 284p, 282.6p Yarnhill Farm; 285.2p Highscale Farm: Charollais 286.2p, 279.5p Manor Farm: Suffolk 273.8p Fields Barn Farm; 268.3p Marriforth: Dutch Spotted 272.6p Pasture House Farm: Cheviot 271.1p, 270.5p Pasture House Farm; 266p, 265.5p Crossfell House: Scotch Blackface 265.1p, 250p Smalmstown Farm: Mule 255.8p Manor Farm; 247.8p, 245.6p Red House Farm; 246.6p Marriforth; 246.5p Stubsgill Farm; 245.7p Bolton Fold Farm: Swaledale 227.1p, 222.9p Pasture House Farm; 222.7p Palliard; 222.5p Wythes Hill.

Cast Ewes

Texel £180, £140 Stoneriggs; £161.50, £144 Huttonfields; £160.50 Midtown Farm; £148.50 Galloper Garth; £140.50 Goodlie Hill Cottage; £138.50 Lummas House; £132.50 Skirwith Hall; £132.50 Laneside; £130.50 Crossfell House: Beltex £172 Hundith House; £136 Villa Farm; £130.50 Ellergill: Suffolk £160.50 Bank Head; £152.50, £146, £136 Huttonfields; £138.50 Crossfell House: Bluefaced Leicester £140 Villa Farm; £128.50 Ellergill: Charollais £138 Hundith House: Mule £104.50 Crossfell House; £100.50 Galloper Garth; £100 Bowderdale Head: Swaledale £104.50 Eastfield Farm; £87.50 Spanham Farm; £85.50 Kelmore Hill; £82.50 Coombe Crag; £82.50 Woodbine House; £82.50 Bowderdale Head; £81.50 Villa Farm; £80.50 Lummas House; £80 Villa Farm; £80 Warden Hill: Cheviot £93.50 Bank Head; £90 Goodlie Hill Cottage; £80.50 Low Greenside: Rough £92 Cocklake Farm; £90 Smardale Hall; £82.50 Archers Hall: Masham £90.50 Beverley Cottage: Herdwick £87.50 Spanham Farm.

Cast Rams

Texel £180 Huttonfields; £154.50 Rathvale Farm; £138.50 Lockthwaite; £130.50 Galloper Garth; £130 Crossfell House: Bluefaced Leicester £150 Villa Farm: Beltex £140.50 Crossfell House; £140 Bowes Cross Farm: Cheviot £125.50 Scar Sykes Farm: Swaledale £88.50 West Hinedon; £80.50 Lummas House.