Kirkby Stephen NEMSA Lamb Sale

Harrison & Hetherington Ltd, Kirkby Stephen mart held their annual prize NEMSA show and sale of Gimmer Lambs on Friday 9^th September, where a catalogued entry of 9252 lambs were on offer.

The sale set off with a flying start with the first pen in the ring selling for £600 being the champion pen which received the late C Jackson Perpetual Cup for 10 lambs shown by the Brown Family Asby Hall, and which were successfully purchased by regular customer James Robinson, Carnforth.

The overall reserve pen and receiving the H&H Perpetual Trophy was Messrs Hutchinson, Redgate with the pen selling for £300 and were bought by John Gate, Northwich.

Great thanks and appreciation goes to our show judges, Miss Emily Pearse, Crediton, Mr Chris Hewitt, Lancaster and our referee Mr Thomas Hird, Cockermouth, who’s knowledge and expertise we are grateful for.

Lambs on a whole were said to be smaller than usual and with torrential rain the previous evening and sale morning not doing lambs any favours, nevertheless an overall sale average of £119.29 (down £6.01) was achieved which was a wonderful outcome when taking into account the extreme drought like conditions and lack of grass in many areas of the country where Mule Gimmer Lambs are bought to go from the North of England.

10 pens sold between £230-£600

40 pens sold between £150-£600

Strong pens of well grown tupping lambs were in strong demand with buyers prepared to give premiums for good pens with these regularly selling between £160-£180, and £130-£150 regardless of colour.

Messrs Brown Asby Hall sold a pen of 20 strong lambs to £240, with this same home selling another pen of 20 lambs to £175.

The consignment of 430 lambs from this home, first through the ring and sold to average a wonderful £140.33

Messrs Dent, Greenriggs sold their run of 172 lambs to average a fantastic £148.17, Topping at £250 and £240.

Messrs Hutchinson, Redgate topped their run at £300, with this run of lambs averaging an excellent £144.48 for 255.

Messrs Hayton, Asby Grange topped their consignment at £300 for a pen of 10 lambs, with another pen selling for £250 also from this home.

Messrs Taylor Swathburn also took the prize for best run of lambs in the sale which was kindly judged by Kevin Wilson, Skipton.

Credit must go to all our consigners who strive to breed top quality North of England Mule Gimmer Lambs which are fit to travel and perform anywhere in the country!

A massive thanks goes out to all our buyers both local, and who travel the length and breadth of the country to Kirkby Stephen to source quality lambs, and to which we really are

appreciative to. We also thank and commend all our staff involved with the sale who all play a part by working as a team to make the sale such a success.

The show was kindly sponsored by Westmorland Accountants, Eden Farm Supplies (Brough) Ltd, Paul Armer Fabrication, Carrs Billington Agriculture, Dugdale Nutrition, I’Ansons, Shearwell Data, H & H Insurance Brokers, H & H Land & Estates and Stephen Huck in conjunction with Jameson & Nutrigrow.

Class 1 – 10 Lambs open to all vendors

1^st  - KA Brown & Sons, Asby Hall - £600

2^nd  – WM Hutchinson & Sons, Redgate - £300

3^rd – HW&MA Alderson & Son, Howgill Grange - £280

4^th – M/s Jenkinson Ltd, Whingill - £170

5^th – W&CW Dent, Greenriggs - £250

Class 2 – Restricted to Members of Kirkby Stephen NEMSA Branch presenting no more than 200 lambs. 

1^st – P Brown, Oak House - £230

2^nd – G Stephenson, The Gables - £168

3^rd – D Curr & Son, Bowderdale - £162

4^th – D Alderson, Cockleberry - £152

5^th – C Hancock, Uldale - £150

 

CHAMPION PEN – KA Brown & Sons, Asby Hall         

Champion – Tracy Hodgson for Carrs Billington, Stephen Huck, Catherine Raine for I’Ansons, Adam & Andrew Brown Consignors, Thomas Hird (referee) Chris Hewitt and Emily Pearse (Judges) Peter Pratt, Kevin Batty for Westmorland Accountants, Aaron Kirby for Eden Farm Supplies.

RESERVE CHAMPION- WM Hutchinson & Sons, Redgate

Reserve Champion – Richard & Max Hutchinson (Consignors), Thomas Hird (referee) Chris Hewitt and Emily Pearse (Judges).

Leading averages,

  22 @ £159.27 The Gables

172 @ £148.17 Greenriggs

255 @ £144.48 Redgate

186 @ £142.95 Bleathgill

232 @ £141.83 Swathburn

430 @ £140.33 Asby Hall

  31 @ £135.97 Townend Farm

  28 @ £134 Prospect Farm

  56 @ £133.54 Keisley Farm

  99 @ £133.03 Argill House

  90 @ £131.38 Croft House

  54 @ £130.78 Galloper Rise

224 @ £129.81 Whingill

286 @ £129.42 Eastfield Farm.

Leading Prices

£600, £240, £175, £148, £145, £140 Asby Hall; £300, £250, £148 Asby Grange; £300, £180, £150(2), £148, £140 Redgate; £280, £150, £142 Howgill Grange; £250, £240, £150, £145 Greenriggs; £240, £152, £142(2), £140 Swathburn; £230, £140 Oak House; £170 Croft House; £170, £150 Whingill; £168, £152 The Gables; £168 Gillses Farm; £165, £148, £145, £142, £140(4) Bleathgill; £162 Bowderdale Head; £160 Argill House; £158 Keisley Farm; £155 Ellergill; £155, £142 Galloper Rise; £155, £148, £142, £140 Park House Farm; £155, £140 Thorney Gale; £155, £150 Lockholme Hall; £155 Villa Farm; £152 Cockleberry; £152, £145, £140 Brow Farm; £150 Prospect Farm; £150 High Stennerskeugh; £150 Red House Farm; £150 Uldale Farm; £148, £145, £140(2) Eastfield Farm; £145 Bridge End Farm; £145 Townend Farm; £142 Hillcrest; £140 Easegill Head; £140 Elm Pot; £140 West Stoney Keld; £140 Stoneriggs; £140 Gill Gate; £140 Sandwath Farm; £140 Waterhouses; £140 Williams House.