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Date: 12 April 2022 | Primestock

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Kirkby Stephen Prime Sheep Sale

Kirkby Stephen, Faraday Road, Kirkby Stephen, CA17 4QL

Harrison & Hetherington Ltd, Kirkby Stephen Mart held their weekly sale of prime sheep on Tuesday night, when 3,577 sheep were forward consisting of 3,130 prime hoggs, 444 cast sheep and 3 spring lambs.

Topping the sale at £189 were a pen of twelve 44kg Beltex cross hoggs from Messrs Mason, East Farm, Malton.

Topping at 442.9p/kg were a pen of 42kg Blue Texel cross hoggs which made £186 from Messrs Fell, Stanger Hill, Wigton.

Another fantastic SQQ average of 319p/kg and overall sale average of 294.29p/kg and £132.67 was achieved for 3,130 hoggs which included over 1,200 horned and Mule hoggs.

Selling for 437.2p/kg were a pen of eighteen 43kg Beltex cross hoggs which made £188 also from East Farm, with a pen of fifteen 45kg hoggs selling to make £188 also from this home.

Messrs Lawson, Pasture House Farm, Wigton sold a pen of 38kg Beltex cross hoggs to make £165 (434.2p/kg)

Messrs Robshaw, Tadcaster sold a pen of 36kg hoggs to make £156 (433.3p/kg)

Messrs Mason sold a pen of twelve 43kg hoggs to make £185 (430.2p/kg)

490 Blackfaced hoggs were forward and averaged £120.54 and 274p/kg.

Topping these at £128 were a pen of 52kg hoggs from Messrs Fisher, Smalmstown Farm, Longton.

Messrs Fisher also topped the Blackfaced hoggs at 291.7p/kg for a pen of thirty 42kg hoggs which made £122.50, with another pen of twenty-five 42kg Blackfaced hoggs making £121.50 (289.3p/kg) also from this home. The consignment of 253 Blackfaced hoggs from Smalmstown sold to average 44.4kg £122.04 and 275p/kg.

Williamson Bros, Ulverston sold a pen of twenty-four Blackfaced hoggs weighing 41kg to make £115.50 (281.7p/kg).

Messrs Jackson, Great Eccleston sold a ring-full of thirty-four Blackfaced hoggs weighing 44kg to make £123.50 (280.7p/kg) with Messrs Carrick, Ireshopburn also selling a pen of sixteen Blackfaced hoggs at the same weight and price.

Hill cheviot hoggs topped at 285p/kg for a pen of seventeen 40kg which made £114 from Messrs Buckle, Buckles Farm, Barras.

Messrs Birkbeck, Castle Hill, Soulby sold a pen of 39kg hill cheviot hoggs to make £111.

Messrs Fisher, Smalmstown Farm sold a pen of nineteen 42kg hill cheviot hoggs to make £119 & 283.3p/kg.

Messrs Williamson, Green Hills Farm, Ulverston sold a pen of 41kg hill cheviots to make £115.50 and 281.7p/kg.

Mule hoggs topped at 264.8p/kg for a pen of 44kg making £116.50 from Messrs Tiplady, Red House Farm, Barnard Castle.

Williamson Bros, Ulverston sold a pen of 45kg Mule hoggs to make £119 and 264.4p/kg.

912 Beltex cross hoggs forward sold to average £163.79 & 372p/kg.

Cast sheep topped at £212 for a pen of eighteen Beltex cross ewes from Messrs Slater, Whitley Hey Farm, Macclesfield.

A pen of twelve Texel cross ewes sold to make £180 also from this home.

The eighty three sucked ewes from Whiteley Hey Farm sold to average a wonderful £175.35.

Texel and Bluefaced Leicester cast rams topped at £207 both from Elliott Bros, Harbour Flatts, Murton.

Leading Consignment Averages (Hoggs)
No.            Weight    p/kg        Head        From
409    @    44.8kg    389.3p    £174.45    JP Mason, Malton
124    @    44.1kg    381p       £168.15    LW Aconley & Son, Pickering
51      @    44.5kg    384.3p    £171.00    ME&JJ Fell, Wigton
109    @    41.5kg    397.9p    £165.38    JM Andrews, York
57      @    43.4kg    357.9p    £155.34    RN&RA Scott, Wigton
8        @    46.7kg    313.1p    £146.38    JJ&S Raine, Appleby
177    @    44.4kg    326.1p    £144.83    High Greenbury, Richmond
37      @    49.8kg    290.6p    £144.78    W Robshaw & Son, Tadcaster
14      @    39.6kg    364.3p    £144.43    HG Jackson, Kings Meaburn

Leading Prices –

Prime Hoggs

Price per head –

Beltex £189, £188(2), £185, £183, £182, £180.50, £180, £179, £178, £175, £174.50, £174(2), £173.50, £172.50, £172, £169, £165.50, £165, £164.50 East Farm; £181, £170, £168(2), £167.50, £163 Cawthorne Farm; £180(3), £175, £173(2), £170, £169, £168.50, £164.50, £161 Boscar Flats; £179, £170, £165.50 West Micklethwaite; £172, £164 Parkgate Hall; £171 Smalmstown Farm; £170 Cobble Croft; £166(2) Hazel House; £165.50, £160.50 High Greenbury Farm; £165, £161 Pasture House; £164.50, £160.50 Little Beck; £162 Beck House Farm: Blue Texel £186, £177(2), £172, £169, £162, £160, £154.50, £154, £150 Stanger Hill: Texel £158.50, £146.50, £145.50 High Greenbury Farm; £148.50 Pasture House Farm; £148, £145(2), £140 Far Shields; £147, £140.50 Glebe Road; £145.50 Old Spital Farm; £143.50, £140(2), £138, £135 Smalmstown Farm; £138 Friars Garth; £135.50 Dunjop: Bleu du maine £145 Low Esh Farm: Scotch Blackface £128, £123, £122.50(3), £122(2), £121.50, £120(2) Smalmstown Farm; £123.50, £123 Ireshope Plains; £123.50, £120 Little Eccleston Hall, £121.50 Greystone House: Cheviot £127.50, £120.50 Little Eccleston Hall; £126.50, £122.50(2), £121, £120 Green Hills Farm; £122 Hazel House; £121.50, £120 Smalmstown Farm; £120 East Rackwood Hill Farm: Suffolk £125.50 Friars Garth; £125, £122.50 Hazel House; £123.50 Dunjop; £123.50, £121 Smalmstown Farm; £123 Preston Manor; £122 Nixon Terrace; £121 High Greenbury Farm: Charollais £125 Dunjop: Dutch Spotted £125 Town End Farm: Mule £123 Dunjop; £123 Helbeck Grange; £121.50 Burton Hill; £120(2) Sunrise House Farm; £119 Green Hills Farm; £119 Preston Manor; £118 Smalmstown Farm; £118 Villa Farm: Swaledale £118 Sunrise House Farm; £117 Eastfield Farm; £117 Ravenseat; £116, £112 Hole House; £114 Thwaite Farm; £111 Old Spital Farm; £110 Ash Dub: Herdwick £118 Green Hills Farm; £105.50 Pasture House Farm: Bluefaced Leicester £106 Whingill: Jacob £88.50 Helbeck Grange.

Price Per kilo –

Blue Texel 442.9p, 402.3p(2), 400p, 367.4p, 366.7p, 347.8p, 334.8p Stanger Hill; 396.2p High Greenbury Farm; 352.2p East Farm: Beltex 437.2p, 430.2p, 429.5p, 424.4p, 417.8p, 416.7p, 413.6p, 410.2p East Farm; 434.2p Pasture House Farm; 433.3p Beck House Farm; 428.6p, 421.3p, 418.6p, 416.7p, 411.9(2), 404.8p, 402.5p, 402.4p Boscar Flats; 420.9p Cawthorne Farm; 416.3p, 414.6p, 405.4p West Micklethwaite; 413.8p High Greenbury Farm; 411.3p, 403.8p Little Beck; 407.1p Smalmstown Farm: Texel 390.8p, 294.7p Pasture House; 360.2p, 333p, 330.7p, 316.7 High Greenbury Farm; 333.7p, 318.2p Smalmstown Farm; 305.3p School Cottage; 302.3p, 294p High Griseburn; 296.3p Hazel House; 293p Prospect Farm Cottage; 292p Dunjop; 290.2p Glebe Road; 290.2p Musgrave House: Blackfaced 291.7p, 289.3p, 279.5p, 278.4p, 277.3p, 272.2p Smalmstown Farm; 281.7p, 280.5p, 278.6p, 274.4p Green Hills; 280.7p Little Eccleston Hall; 280.7p, 279.5p Ireshope Plains; 273.3p Greystone House: Cheviot 285p Buckles Farm; 284.6p, 272.7p Castle Hill; 283.3p Smalmstown; 281.7p, 278.4p Green Hills Farm; 279.2p Helbeck Grange; 279p Valehurst; 278.6p, 273.9p(2) Little Eccleston Hall; 270.3p Crossfell House: Herdwick 274.4p Green Hills Farm; 263.8p, 251.4p Pasture House Farm: Suffolk 267.4p Preston Manor; 254.4p Fell View: Mule 264.8p Red House Farm; 264.4p Green Hills Farm; 258.7p Preston Manor; 258.1p Well House; 251p Helbeck Grange: Swaledale 258.6p East Rackwood Hill Farm; 256.9p High Lane; 251.1p Sunrise House Farm; 250p Pasture House Farm; 245.2p Ireshope Plains; 242.3p Musgrave House; 240.2p Helbeck Grange: Jacob 232.9p Helbeck House: Rough 227.6p High Lane.

Cast Ewes

Beltex £212, £170.50, £150.50 Whiteley Hey Farm; Texel £200 Low Hall; £190, £176.50 Fair View; £180, £166.50 Whiteley Hey Farm; £178.50 Dunjop; £178, £166.50 Stanhope Gate Farm; £177.50 Rosegill Head; £172, £170 Goodlie Hill Cottage; £170.50 Dry Evers; £170.50 Abbey Park; £170 New Hall; £170 Grove House Farm; £168.50 Town End Farm; £160 East Mellwaters Farm; £160 Allergill Cottage: Suffolk £199.50 Scar Top; £151.50 Buckles Farm: Bluefaced Leicester £196.50 Argill House; £174.50 Oaktree Farm; £164.50 Asby Hall; £150 Woodfoot: Bleu du maine £176.50 Low Esh Farm: Border Leicester £140.50 Buckles Farm: Mule £134 Abbey Park; £132 Town End Farm; £124 Stanhope Gate Farm; £118.50 Eden Terrace; £117.50 Goodlie Hilll Cottage; £116.50 Asby Hall: Lleyn £122.50 Rake Head: Swaledale £112 Argill House; £110 Greenriggs; £110 New Hall; £106 Stanhope Gate Farm; £101 Asby Hall; £100 Bank Bam Farm; £92.50 Doddick Farm; £92 Pinfold House; £90.50 Villa Farm: Cheviot £106.50 Fell View; £100 Buckles Farm: Rough £104 Raisgill Hall.

Cast Rams

Texel £207 Harbour Flatt; £196.50 Raisegill Hall; £168.50 Stanhope Gate Farm: Bluefaced Leicester £207 Harbour Flatt; £143.50 Asby Hall; £140 Allergill Cottage; £140 Greenrigg: Beltex £194.50 Argill House; £158.50 Allergill Cottage: Ryeland £121.50 Far Shields: Swaledale £116.50 Thwaite Farm; £102 Eastfield Farm; £100 Harbour Flatt.

Spring lambs

Price per head

Suffolk £143.50 Scar Top: Texel £142.50 Scar Top.

Spring lambs

Price per kilo

Suffolk 341.7p Scar Top: Texel 375p Scar Top.