Kirkby Stephen Prime Sheep Sale

Harrison & Hetherington Ltd, Kirkby Stephen Mart held their weekly sale of prime sheep on Tuesday night, when 3,569 sheep were forward consisting of 3,052 prime hoggs and 517 cast sheep.

Topping the sale at £181 and 441.5p/kg were a pair of 41kg Beltex hoggs from Messrs Wills, Fawcett Park Farm, Dufton which were bought by West Scottish Lamb.

Messrs Dinsdale, High Field, Morland sold a pen of seven 39kg Beltex cross hoggs to make £168.50 (432.1p/kg)

Messrs Foster, Fordham Farm, York sold a pen of 41kg Beltex cross hoggs to make £177 (431.7p/kg).

Another pen of eight hoggs sold for £176.50 and a pen of 42kg making £175.50 also from Messrs Foster.

Messrs Skelton, Newhall Farm, Maryport sold 42kg Beltex cross hoggs to make £178, another pen of fourteen 44kg hoggs made £172.50 also from this home.

Messrs Dickinson, Kirkbarrow Hall, Penrith sold 42kg Blue Texel cross hoggs to make £176 (419p/kg)

Messrs Robshaw, Beck House Farm, Tadcaster sold 46kg hoggs to make £175.

Blackfaced hoggs sold to 272.1p/kg for a pen of 23 weighing 45kg and making £117.50 from Messrs Fisher, Smalmstown Farm, Longtown.

Another pen of 18 43kg Blackfaced hoggs sold to make £116.50 (270.9p/kg) from Messrs Carrick, Ireshopeburn, with another pen of 20 44kg Blackfaced hoggs making £117.50 (267p/kg) also from this home.

A pen of 42kg hill cheviot hoggs sold to make £116 (276.2p/kg) from Messrs Downie Farming Company, Aberdeenshire.

Mule hoggs sold to 262.8p/kg for a pen of 43kg making £113 from Messrs Birkbeck, Castle Hill, Soulby.

Swaledale hoggs sold to 252.9p/kg for a pen of 35kg making £88.50 also from Messrs Birkbeck, Castle Hill.

Another great SQQ average of 281.07p/kg and an overall average of 265p/kg was achieved for 3,052 hoggs which included over 1,100 horned and mule hoggs.

75 pens and 278 hoggs sold between £150 and £180

36 pens and 136 hoggs sold between 380p/kg and 441p/kg

Cast sheep topped at £202 for a Texel ram from Messrs Dargue, Well House, Appleby.

Blackfaced ewes sold to £110 for a pen from Messrs Morland, Starrah, Kirkby Stephen.

Swaledale ewes sold to £103.50 for a pen of 19 from Messrs Watson, Sanders Close, Slaggyford.

Herdwick ewes sold to £94.50 for a pen of 16 from Messrs Barker, Derwentdale Farm, Scarborough.

Rough fell ewes sold to £116.50 for a pen from Messrs Hebson, Chapel Farm, Carlisle.

Mule ewes sold to £131.50 from Messrs Clarke, Stripes Farm, Waitby.

All classes of cast sheep were the dearest seen for some time with umbers being way short of buyers requirements!

Seventeen active buyers were in attendance competitively bidding to supply 30 different outlets, and many more of all classes of prime and cast sheep can be easily sold to advantage here at Kirkby Stephen on a weekly basis!

Leading Consignment Averages (Hoggs)

No.		Weight	p/kg	Head	From
12	@	41kg	398.5p	£163.75	HG Jackson, Kings Meaburn
52	@	45.46kg	355.4p	£161.60	CW Foster, York
23	@	42.7kg	374p	£159.72	MTP&SD Wills, Dufton
35	@	50.5kg	303.1p	£153.24	W Robshaw & Son, Tadcaster
200	@	45.7kg	330p	£150.81	R Skelton, Maryport
46	@	47.8kg	313.7p	£150.18	D Stainthorpe, Cleveland
21	@	39kg	378.8p	£147.93	W&J&I Dinsdale, Morland
44	@	48.4kg	300.3p	£145.60	W&SE Dickinson & Son, Greystoke
29	@	63.4kg	221.7p	£140.72	J Smithson, Kirkby Stephen
11	@	40.1kg	348.6p	£140.09	B Maughan, Crosby Ravensworth

Leading Prices –
Prime Hoggs
Price per head –
Beltex £181, £176.50, £160.50, £158.50, £150.50 Fawcett Park Farm; £178, £172.50(2), £163.50, £162.50, £158.50, £157.50, £152.50, £150.50 Newhall Farm; £177, £176.50, £175.50, £173.50, £172.50, £170, £168.50, £167, £166.50(2), £160, £158.50, £155.50 Fordham Farm; £175, £171.50, £167.50, £155.50(2), £154.50, £151.50(2) Beck House Farm; £174, £164.50, £158.50, £157.50, £156.50, £152.50 Newton Farm; £172, £170.50, £165.50, £158.50 Little Beck; £170.50, £168.50, £167.50, £154.50, £153.50 Low Grange Farm; £168.50, £165.50, £159.50, £155.50, £150 Town End Farm; £168.50, £164 High Field; £165, £153.50 Hurstbrook; £164.50, £157.50, £156.50, £152 Kirkbarrow Hall; £158.50 Crossfell House; £157.50 Windygate; £157.50 Kelmore Hill; £155 Castle Hill; £153.50 Hawkrigg Farm; £152.50 High Toft Hill Farm: Blue Texel £176 Kirkbarrow Hall; £157.50 Low Grange Farm; £132 West Summersides: Rouge £157, £149, £140 Skelcies Hall: Texel £156.50, £143 Beck House Farm; £152.50, £140.50, £138.50 Prospect Farm Cottage; £148.50, £147.50, £140 Kilnknowe; £148.50, £140, £132 Newton Farm; £146, £142.50 Low Grange Farm; £145(2), £144, £138, £131.50 Smalmstown Farm; £141, £135 Haithwaite; £140.50 Hurstbrook; £140, £138 Calva Farm; £140, £130(2) McNeil Farm; £138, £130(2) Kirkbarrow Hall; £138  Kelmore Hill; £136 Fordham Farm; £135 Newhall Farm; £134(2) Town End Farm; £134 Hawkrigg Farm; £134 Catherine Holme; £130 Little Westfield: Bluefaced Leicester £148 Bowderdale Head: Charollais £140, £130(4) McNeil Farm; £131.50 Orchard Farm: Suffolk £127 Whins Farm; £126 McNeil Farm; £120.50 Alder Bank: Mule £126, £120 Sowerthwaite Farm; £120 Rosgill Head; £120 Little Westfield; £120 High Greenbury; £118.50 Kelmore Hill Farm; £117 Pasture House Farm; £116, £115.50 Starrah: Cheviot £123, £120, £119.50, £119 Smalmstown Farm; £119 Crossfell House; £116 Newton Farm: Scotch Blackface £120 High Greenbury Farm; £120, £118.50, £115 Greystone House; £117.50(2), £117 Smalmstown Farm; £117.50, £117, £116.50 Ireshope Plains; £115 House & Holme Farm: Swaledale £112 Yore House; £112 Blunt House; £112 Easterbeck House; £111 Billing Shields Farm; £105 Ravenseat; £104 Strutt Green: Shetland £93 Castle Hill: Herdwick £83 Spanham Farm.

Price Per kilo –
Beltex 441.5p, 410.5p, 377.4p, 373.3p Fawcett Park Farm; 432.1p, 400p, 383.8p High Field; 431.7p, 423.2p, 408.1p, 401.1p, 392p, 387.2p, 383p, 379.5p, 378.4p Fordham Farm; 423.8p, 410.7p, 392p, 386.9p, 380.2p Newhall Farm; 421.8p, 401.3p, 393.8p, 378.3p Newton Farm; 421.3p, 370.2p Town End Farm; 419.5p, 413.8p, 406p, 396.3p Little Beck; 418.8p, 398.8p, 380.4p Beck House Farm; 408.5p, 387.5p, 374.4p Low Grange Farm; 396.3p Crossfell House; 391.7p Kirkbarrow Hall; 384.1p Kelmore Hill Farm; 383.7p Hurstbrook; 375p Windygate; 374.4p Hawkrigg Farm: Blue Texel 419p Kirkbarrow Hall; 335.1p Low Grange Farm; 321.6p Newton Farm; 312.1p, 306.1p Hurstbrook: Texel 346.6p, 314.8p, 298.9p Prospect Farm Cottage; 330p, 301p Kilnknowe; 330p, 294p Newton Farm; 329.5p, 320p, 295.9p Smalmstown Farm; 319.3p Hurstbrook; 313.6p, 300p, 291.9p Kelmore Hill Farm; 311.6p Hawkrigg Farm; 304.5p Catherine Holme; 302.6p, 292p, 291.7p Town End Farm; 296.4p Castle Hill; 294.6p Amersber Cottage; 291.7p Spanham Farm: Cheviot 276.2p Newton Farm; 274.4p Castle Hill; 273.8p, 270p Crossfell House; 263.6p, 263.2p, 262.1p Pasture House Farm: Scotch Blackface 272.1p, 261.1p Smalmstown Farm; 270.9p, 267.p Ireshope Plains; 267.1p Town End Farm; 264.1p Castle Hill; 261.4p Greystone House; 261.4p House & Holme Farm: Mule 263.8p Castle Hill; 253.4p Starrah; 250p Musgrave House; 242.9p Pasture House Farm: Suffolk 259.8p Pasture House Farm; 252.2p High Toft Hill Farm: Charollais 257.8p Orchard Farm; 240.4p Whins Farm: Swaledale 252.9p Castle Hill; 238.3p Easterbeck House; 235.7p Gillfield; 233.8p Wemmergill Farm; 233.3p Blunt House; 231.4p Buddle House; 230.8p Musgrave House: Herdwick 244.1p Spanham Farm: Rouge 238.5p, 237.7p Skelcies Hall.

Cast Ewes: Rouge £183.50, £130.50 Skelcies Hall: Texel £182.50 Amersber Cottage; £166.50 Swarthymere; £156.50 Musgrave House; £156.50 Dry Howe; £152.50 Middle Bank End Farm; £152.50, £150 Wharton Hall; £150.50, £144.50 North Farm; £150.50 Well House; £148.50, £147.50 Stamper Hill Farm; £142.50 Melbourne House: Bluefaced Leicester £178.50 Gillcumber Edge; £148.50 Bowderdale Head: Beltex £165, £140, £130 Derwentdale Farm; £140.50 High Field: Charollais £163.50 Middle Bank End Farm: Suffolk £156.50 Riverside Cottage: Lleyn £154.50 Whingill: Blue Texel £136.50 Dry Howe: Mule £131.50 Stripes Farm; £130.50 Musgrave House; £125.50 Well House; £122.50 North Farm; £118 Derwentdale Farm; £115.50 Little Westfield: Cheviot £126.50 Dry Howe; £125.50 Melbourne House; £114.50 Effgill: Masham £121.50 Belay: Rough £116.50, £95.80 Chapel Farm; £96.50, £93.50 Low Stead: Dutch Spotted £115.50 Stamper Hill Farm: Scotch Blackface £110 Starrah; £109 Derwentdale Farm; £98.50, £91.50 Chapel Farm; £95.50, £90.50 Middle Bank End Farm: Swaledale £103.50 Sanders Close; £102.50 Foxtower View; £100, £87.50 Chapel Farm; £96.50 Derwentdale Farm; £92.50 Glebe Farm: Border Leicester £100 Well House: Herdwick £94.50, £83.50, £80.50 Derwentdale Farm: Goat £90.50 Well House; £74.50 Riverside Cottage: Lonk £84.50 Mill Street: Jacob £72.50 Middle Bank End Farm.

Cast Rams: Texel £202 Well House; £188.50 Billing Shield Farm: Rouge £168.50 Skelcies Hall: Beltex £148.50 Ellergill; £148.50 Skelcies Hall; £146.50 High Field; £144.50 Buddle House: Berrichon £146.50 House & Holme Farm: Bluefaced Leicester £146.50 Ellergill: Suffolk £146.50 Forest Farm: Swaledale £117.50 Buddle House; £100 Well House.