Kirkby Stephen Prime Sheep Sale

Harrison & Hetherington Ltd, Kirkby Stephen Mart held their weekly sale of prime sheep on Tuesday night, when 4,475 sheep were forward consisting of 3,674 prime hoggs and 801 cast sheep.

Topping the sale at £185 and 486.8p/kg were a pair of 38kg Beltex cross hoggs from Messrs Robshaw, Tadcaster.

Messrs Skelton, Newhall Farm, Maryport sold 42kg Beltex cross hoggs to make £182.

Mr Tommy Tustian, Yarnhill Farm, Banbury sold a pen of four Beltex cross hoggs weighing 37kg to make £176.50 (477p/kg)

Henry Tustian, Banbury sold a pen of six 38kg Beltex cross hoggs to make £172.50 (453.9p/kg), with another pen of five 39kg hoggs making £174.50 (447.4p/kg) and a pen of ten 41kg hoggs selling for £173.50 (423.2p/kg) also from Messrs Tustian.

Messrs Jefferson, Aspatria Hall, Wigton sold 42kg Beltex cross hoggs to £179.

The consignment of 21 hoggs from this home sold to average £169.36.

3674 hoggs sold to a fantastic SQQ average of 293.6p and overall average of 274.3p/kg and £121.09 per head, with over 1100 horned and Mule hoggs being forward.

941 Beltex cross hoggs sold to average a whopping £152.38 & 360p/kg

The best bred continental types were the dearest seen for some time, and anything nicely three quarter bred and handier weighted also were good to sell.  Heavy commercial sheep were a similar trade not seeing any lift yet.

28 pens, 99 hoggs and 12 different vendors sold between £170-£185

137 pens and 634 hoggs sold between £150-£185

52 pens and 227 hoggs and 15 different vendors sold between 400-486p/kg.

118 pens and 536 hoggs sold between 360-486p/kg

Cast sheep were the dearest seen for some time also.

Topping the sale at £194.50 was a Charollais cast ram from Messrs Benn, Wodencroft, Barnard Castle.

Topping the ewes at £194 were a pen of Texel cross ewes from Messrs Slater, Whiteley Hey Farm, Macclesfield.

Beltex ewes sold to £180 from Messrs Buckle, Buckles Farm, Barras.

Hill cheviot ewes sold to £150 from Messrs Long, Rathvale Farm, Ulverston.

Swaledale ewes sold to £100 from Messrs Patchett, Ripon.

Leading Consignment Averages (Hoggs)
No.          Weight    p/kg        Head         From
21    @    44.2kg    382.8p    £169.36    TA&A Jefferson, Aspatria
33    @    43.4kg    380.1p    £165.09    W Robshaw & Son, Tadcaster
13    @    39.6kg    414.9p    £164.38    T Tustian, Banbury
19    @    40.1kg    395.6p    £158.66    HG Jackson, Kings Meaburn
110  @    42kg        377.4p    £158.52    J&H Tustian, Banbury
86    @    41.7kg    378.6p    £158.15    RN&RA Scott, Wigton
58    @    39.4kg    395.6p    £155.96    PW Simpson, Wigglesworth
200  @    46.6kg    315.6p    £147.21    R Skelton, Maryport
170  @    44.7kg    314.9p    £140.96    M Wynne, Derbyshire
48    @    49.2kg    282.4p    £140.23    MTP&SD Wills, Dufton

Leading Prices –

Prime Hoggs

Price per head –

Beltex £185, £178, £174.50, £171.50, £169.50, £168.50, £167.50 (2), £166.50, £164.50 Beck House Farm; £182, £171.50 (2), £168.50, £166.50, £164.50 (2), £163.50, £161.50 Newhall Farm; £179, £175, £173.50, £172.50, £167.50, £164.50, £163.50 Aspatria Hall; £176.50, £172.50, £170.50, £168.50, £167.50 Newton Farm; £176.50, £174.50, £173.50 (2), £172.50 (2), £168.50 (3), £167.50 (2), £166.50, £164.50, £161.50 Yarnhill Farm; £175.50, £164.50, £160 Fawcett Park Farm; £174.50, £172.50 (2), £168.50 Low Grange Farm; £172.50, £164.50 Kelmore  Hills Farm; £171.50, £162.50 Little Beck (Jackson); £168.50 Hall Farm House; £168.50 Sawbridge Hall; £167.50. £162.50 Highscale Farm; £167.50 (3), £166.50 (3), £164.50, £162.50 (2), £160.50, £160 West Micklethwaite; £166.50 Crossfell House; £165.50, £163.50 Kirkbarrow Hall; £165.50 Little Langton Grange: Texel £152.50, £152, £138.50, £136 Yarnhill Farm; £152.50, £134, £131.50, £130.50, £130 Newton Farm; £147.50 West Micklethwaite; £144.50 Town End Farm (Sayer); £142.50, £141, £139, £131.50 Kirkbarrow Hall; £142.50 Low Grange Farm; £138.50, £133 Newhall Farm; £136.50 Prospect Farm Cottage; £135 West Summersides; £133.50 Chapel Farm; £133 Kelmore Hill Farm; £132.50 High Griseburn; £132.50 West Briscoe; £132.50 Brackenslack; £132.50 Hall Farm House; £131

Calva Farm; £130 West Summersides: Charollais £150 Newhall Farm; £144 Whiteley Hey Farm; £121 Towers Farm: Blue Texel £141.50 Brackenslack: Suffolk £134 Newton Farm; £124 Dona Close; £123 Brackenslack; £120 High Toft Hill Farm; £118.50 Smalmstown Farm; £118 Ireshope Plains: Mule £119, £118 Fawcett Park Farm; £115.50, £115 Kelmore Hill Farm; £115.50 Castle Hill; £114.50 Fountain Head; £114 Burton Hill; £114 (2) Green Farm; £114 Chapel Farm (Hebson): Kerry Hill £118.50 Chapel Farm (Hebson): Cheviot £116.50 Castle Hill; £116 Smalmstown Farm; £115, £114.50 (3), £113.50, £113, £112 Capplegill; £112.50 Battle Hill Farm: Border Leicester £115 Chapel Farm (Hebson): Blackfaced £114.50, £112,50, £112, £111 (3) Smalmstown Farm; £113.50 Castle Hill: Swaledale £113 Pinfold House; £102 Easegill Head; £100 Bridge Farm House, £92.50 Lanehead Farm; £91 Glebe Farm: Herdwick £104.50 Castle Hill; £101 Bridge Farm House: Shetland £100.50 Castle Hill: Rough Fell £97.50, £95 Crooksbeck: Jacob £80.50 Chapel Farm (Hebson).

Price Per kilo –

Beltex 486.8p, 436.3p, 428.8p, 414p, 406.1p, Beck House Farm; 477p, 453.9p, 447.4p,432.1p, 423.2p, 421.3p, 417.6p, 414.5p, 414.1p, 410.7p, 408.5p, 404.2p, 403.5p, 401.4p, 401.2p Yarnhill Farm; 439.7p, 416.2p, 406.3p Little Beck (Jackson); 436.3p, 415.5p Low Grange Farm; 433.3p, 418.3p, 411p, 408.3p Newhall Farm; 430.5p, 418.8p, 415.9p, 401.4p, 401.2p Newton Farm; 429.5p, 416.7p, 416.3p (2), 411.3p, 408.5p West Micklethwaite; 426.2p Aspatria Hall; 417.9p Fawcett Park Farm; 418.8p, 409.7p, 406.4p, 403.5p, 401.4p Highscale; Farm; 413.8p Little Langton Grange; 411p Sawbridge Hall; 403.5p Aspatria Hall; 401.2p Kelmore Hill Farm: Texel 354.7p, 296.6p Newton Farm; 354.2p, 348.6p Little Langdon Grange; 341.3p Prospect Farm Cottage; 339.3p Low Grange Farm; 327.8p West Micklethwaite; 324.5p, 322.1p Yarnhill Farm; 323.2p Brackenslack; 317.9p Chapel Farm; 308.8p Park House Farm; 307.8p Newhall Farm;306.1p Prospect Farm; 301p Town End Farm; 296.4p Breaks Hall; 294.4p High Griseburn: Blue Texel 353.8p Brackenslack: Charollais 272.7p Newhall Farm: Cheviot 270.9p Castle Hill; 265.9p (2), 265.5p, 260.7p Crossfell House; 262.8p Buckles Farm; 260.7p Chapel Farm; 260p Capplegill; Herdwick 261.3p Castle Hill; Blackface 261p, 258.1p (2), 254.5p, 250p Smalmstown Farm; 252.4p Buckles Farm: Suffolk 258.3p Chapel Farm: Kerry Hill 253.4p Chapel Farm: Shetland 251.3p Castle Hill: Mule 251.1p Kelmore Hill Farm; 247.8p, 245.6p Park House Farm; 245.7p, 244.6p Castle Hill; 244.4p Musgrave House; 240.2p Ulwith Farm; 240p Chapel Farm: Swaledale 223.1p Musgrave House; 222.1p Gillfield; 222p Glebe Farm: Rough Fell 221.6p Crooksbeck.

 

Cast Ewes

Texel £194, £172, £166 (2) Whiteley Hey Farm; £180.50 Gillses Farm; £176.50, £160 Musgrave House; £158.50 Langton Field; £150.50 West Briscoe; £150 Town Head Farm; £150 Dry Evers; £140.50 Middle Bank End; £140 High Griseburn: Beltex £180, £174 Buckles Farm; £162, £154 Whiteley Hey Farm: Charollais £166.50 Wodencroft: Bluefaced Leicester £160.50 Greenriggs; £150.50 Glebe Farm; £146.50 Galloper Rise; £140 Paddock House Farm: Cheviot £150.50 Rathvale; £133.50 West Summedrsides; £131.50 The Howes: Suffolk £138.50 Middle Bank End: Zwartble £131.50 Thwaite House Farm; £130.50 Middle Bank End Farm: LLeyn £124.50 Wodencroft; £120.50 Rake Head: Mule £125.50 Glebe Farm; £125 Musgrave House; £124, £120, £115, £111, £110.50 (2), £110 West Summersides; £112 Ulwith Farm; £110 Town Head (Richardson): Swaledale £100, £90.50, £81.50 West Summersides: £98.50, £88.50 West Briscoe; £88.50 Quarry Cottage; £87.50 Close House; £85.50 Hebblethwaite Hall; £85.50 Southwaite Farm; £85.50 Glebe Farm; £84.50 Paddock House Farm; £84 Park House Farm; £83.50 Ellergill; £83.50, £80.50 Lanehead Farm; £82.50 Gillses Farm; £80.50 Southwaite Farm; £80 Swathburn; £80 Quarry Farm; £80 Kelmore Hill Farm: Herdwick £81.50 Southwaite Farm.

 

Cast Rams

Charollais £194.50 Wodencroft: Texel £188.50 The Howes; £146.50 Coupland Beck Farm; £120 Easegill Head: Blue Texel £141.50 Middle Bank End Farm: Bluefaced Leicester £140 Quarry Farm; £130.50 Easegill Head: Beltex £136.50 Intake Farm; £130 Skylin: Rough Fell £106 Manor Court: Swaledale £94.50 Close House; £92, £80 Quarry Farm.