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Date: 12 July 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 1,517 sheep were forward consisting of 1,064 prime lambs and 453 cast sheep.

Topping the sale at £176 was a 47kg Dutch Texel cross lamb from Messrs Sowerby, Terrys Farm, Ormside which were bought by Dowdings Butchers, Appleby.

Topping at 392.9p/kg were a pair of 42kg Beltex cross lambs which sold for £165 also from Terrys Farm.

Beltex cross lambs topped at £175.50 for a pair of 48kg lambs purchased by M. Bowe, with a 55kg Dutch Texel cross lamb making £175 all from this home and selling to Dowdings Butchers, Appleby.

Messrs Atkinson, Abbey Park, Bleatarn sold 45kg Beltex cross lambs to £173, with a pen of 18 45kg Texel cross lambs making £169 also from this home and selling to M. Bowe.

The consignment of 21 lambs from Abbey Park sold to average 45.3kg £169.10 (373.3p/kg)

Messrs Allinson, Windygate, Winton sold 45kg Beltex cross lambs to make £170.

Messrs Lyle, Staingills, Penrith sold a pen of 14 41kg lambs to make £150 selling to M. Bowe.

Good meated heavy lambs were in demand and sold well with these types adding up per head very well.

Messrs Robson, Malton sold a pen of 53kg Texel cross Mule lambs to make £153, with another pen of 53kg selling for £150 and a pen of 8 47kg first cross Texel lambs selling for £140 also from this home.

Good quality lambs and heavier lambs which have been fed and are good meat were still a very strong trade with buyers looking for more numbers of these types!

Mule lambs topped at £120 for 47kg lambs from Messrs Steadman, Ellergill, Gaisgill.

Cast sheep topped at £150 for a Texel cross ewe from Messrs Wall, Raygill Farm, Barnard Castle.

Swaledale ewes topped at £95 for a pen of 10 from Messrs Bell, Scarrowmanwick, Croglin.

Messrs Jenkinson, Whingill, Hartley sold another pen of 13 Swaledale ewes to make £94.00

Leading Prices –

Spring lambs

Price per head

Dutch Texel £176, £175 Terrys Farm: Beltex £175.50, £165, £158 Terrys Farm; £173 Abbey Park; £170, £140.50 Windygate; £159, £156 Ascot House; £152.50, £150, £142, £141, £140, £135 Staingills; £147 Ellergill; £143 Yore House; £140.50 Street House; £137, £134, £130 Bolton Road; £136.50 Abbey Park; £136 Row End Farm; £136 Buddle House; £130 Smardale Mill: Texel £169, £168 Abbey Park; £167, £152.50, £149, £139.50 Barrowmoor Farm; £157, £148.50 Terrys Farm; £156 Town Head; £153, £150, £140, £134 Newstead Grange; £148 Clockeld; £146, £141 Yore House; £145 The Cottage; £143 Sunnyside; £143 Leekworth Gardens; £143, £133.50 Windygate; £141.50 Porthy Green; £140 Row End Farm; £137, £135.50, £135, £130 Jardines; £136 Scar Sykes; £136 Street House; £135 Staingills; £134.50 Rennels House; £134 Friars Garth; £134 Rathvale Farm; £132 Lady Anne Drive; £132 Yore House; £131.50 Galloper Rise; £131.50 Barrowmoor Farm; £130 Breaks Hall: Rouge £152 Skelcies Hall: Suffolk £135 Leekworth Gardens; £131.50 Williams House; £121.50 Lankaber: Hampshire £125.50 Windygate: Mule £120 Ellergill.

Price per kilo

Beltex 392.9p, 385.4p, 365.6p Terrys Farm; 384.4p Abbey Park; 377.8p Windygate; 375p, 364.6p, 355p, 352.5p, 350p Staingills; 369.8p, 362.8p Ascot House; 367.6p, 324.3p, 322.2p Buddle House; 360.5p, 357.9p, 352.6p, 351.4p Bolton Road; 344.4p Goodlie Hill Cottage; 341.3p Abbey Farm; 326.7p Street House; 325.6p Low Bank House; 325p Wharton Hall; 325p Yore House; 323.1p Friars Garth; 320.5p Low Bank House: Texel 375.6p, 342.9p Abbey Park; 363p Barrowmoor Farm; 347.6p Yore House; 346.7p Town Head; 335p, 310.3p Friars Garth; 332.6p Windygate; 331.1p Barrowmoor Road; 330p, 328.1p Terrys Farm; 325p Sunnyside; 316.7p Leekworth Gardens; 315.4p Bolton Road; 315.1p Jardines; 314.5p Buddle House; 309.5p Breaks Hall; 306.8p Staingills; 306.6p Wharton Hall; 305.7p Rennels House; 302.6p Raygill Farm; 302.4p Street House; 302.4p Windygate; 301.1p Porthy Green; 300p Yore House: Dutch Texel 374.5p, 318.2p Terrys Farm: Suffolk 285.9p Williams House; 282.6p Lankaber; 281p Ascot House: Hampshire 285.2p Windygate: Dorset 282.2p Friars Garth: Rouge 281.5p Skelcies Hall: Mule 255.3p Ellergill.

Cast Ewes

Texel £150 Raygill Farm; £135 Goodlie Hill Cottage; £130 Sideway Bank; £130 Friars Garth: Bluefaced Leicester £140 Bollihope Shield: Halfbred £136(2), £126 Friars Garth: Beltex £130 Skelcies Hall: Blue Texel £128.50 Friars Garth: Mule £126 Fieldham House; £110 Villa Farm: Lleyn £110 Whingill: Swaledale £95 Scarrowmanwick; £94 Whingill; £80 Gillses Farm; £75 Villa Farm; £70 Oaktree Farm; £70 Swale Cottage:

Cast Rams

Beltex £140 Abbey Farm: Goat £98.50 Rathvale Farm: