Kirkby Stephen Prime Sheep Sale

Harrison & Hetherington Ltd, Kirkby Stephen Mart held their weekly sale of prime sheep on Tuesday night, when 3,067 sheep were forward consisting of 2,021 prime lambs and 1046 cast sheep.

Topping the sale at £181 were a pair of 53kg Dutch Texel cross lambs from Messrs Sowerby, Terrys Farm, Ormside.

Thompson Livestock, Penrith topped at 421.3p/kg for a pair of 40kg Beltex cross lambs which made £168.50, with 45kg lambs from this home making £167 (371.1p/kg).

£172 was achieved twice firstly for a pair of 48kg Beltex cross lambs from Messrs Lee, Carkin Moor Farm, Richmond.

Also making £172 was a 50kg Beltex cross lamb from Messrs Sowerby, Terrys Farm which was bought by Dowdings Butchers, Appleby.

Messrs Sowerby, Terrys Farm also sold a pen of three 43kg Beltex cross lambs to make £168 (390.7p/kg) with a 54kg Dutch Texel cross lamb making £164 also from this home.

Messrs Lee, Carkin, Moor Farm, Richmond sold a pen of six 51kg lambs to make £166, with a pen of twenty 49kg lambs making £161, 46kg making £158.50 and a pen of six 42kg lambs making £157 (373.8p/kg) all from this home.

The consignment of 106 exceptionally well fed and bred lambs from Carkin Moor Farm, sold to average 47.9kg £146.85.

Messrs Birkbeck, Castle Hill, Soulby sold a pen of three 41kg Beltex cross lambs to make £153 (373.2p/kg)

Thompson Livestock, Penrith sold a pen of eighteen 46kg lambs to make £152.50 with the whole run of 81 perfectly finished lambs from this home sold to average 44kg £146.23 and 332.4p/kg.

Messrs Wearmouth, Parkside, Barnard Castle sold a pen of five 55kg Texel cross lambs to make £164 with the consignment of fifteen lambs from this home selling to average 47.7kg £150.97 (310p/kg)

21 pens and 103 lambs sold between £150-£181.

44 pens and 203 lambs sold between £140-£181.

35 pens and 167 lambs sold between 320-421p/kg

Mule lambs sold to £114 for a pen of twenty two 51kg lambs from Messrs Wharton, Keisley Farm, Murton.

A pen of twenty 47kg Mule lambs sold to make £107 (227.7p/kg) also from Keisley Farm.

Mules also topped at 227.9p/kg for a pen of 43kg lambs which sold for £98 from Messrs Rutter, Green Gill Farm, Barnard Castle.

A pen of five 48kg Suffolk crops lambs sold to make £119.50 (249p/kg) from Terrys Farm.

A SQQ average of 255.63p/kg and an overall sale average of 251.7p/kg was achieved.

527 Beltex cross lambs forward sold to average £131.21 and 300p/kg.

Many more good meated lambs of all classes and weights can be sold to vendors advantage throughout the live ring here at Kirkby Stephen!

Cast sheep were a strong trade once again with all classes being very similar on the week.

Topping this section at £150 on two occasions for a Beltex cross and Texel cross cast rams from Messrs Teasdale, Ousby.

Swaledale ewes topped at £70 for a pen of ten from Messrs Buckle, Bleathgill, Barras.

Lamb Leading Consignment Averages
No.         Kg          p/kg        £/head    From
15    @    48.7kg    310p        £150.97    LC&D Wearmouth, Middleton in Teasdale
106   @    47.9kg    306.3p    £146.85    GW Lee & Son, Richmond
19    @    48.6kg     301.2p    £146.50    G Sowerby, Ormside
81    @    44kg        332.4p    £146.23    Thompson Livestock, Penrith
11    @    46.6kg     290.4p    £135.45    P&E Chester, Soulby
28    @    51.7kg    260.5p    £134.82    TA Robson & Son, Malton
7     @    48kg        280.7p    £134.75    TAJ Sayer, Hackthorpe
8     @    51.1kg     258.6p    £132.25    B Teasdale, Ousby
16    @    44.6kg    288.6p    £129.00    D Dinsdale, Bleatarn
103  @    44.5kg    285.5p    £127.12    E&EM Fairburn, Ripon
41    @    43.2kg    290.2p    £125.37    JT Steel, Bishop Auckland

Leading Prices –

Spring lambs

Price per head

Dutch Texel £181, £164 Terrys Farm: Beltex £172, £166, £161, £158.50, £157(2), £152, £147, £145.50, £136, £135, £130 Carkin Moor Farm; £172, £168, £146 Terrys Farm; £168.50, £167, £154, £152.50, £152, £148, £145.50, £145, £143.50, £141, £140 Anchor Farm; £153 Castle Hill; £152, £148.50, £139.50 Parkside; £150 Carpool; £149, £147, £138.50 Newstead Grange; £142, £139(2), £137.50, £135, £132.50 Marriforth; £141 Brackenslack; £140.50  Buddle House; £140, £138, £137.50, £132.50, £131 Steeley Farm; £139 Pinfold House; £138.50, £137.50, £131 Grassgill Lodge; £136 Park House Farm; £135 Kilnknowe; £134.50 Hawkrigg Farm; £130(2) Red House Farm: Texel £164, £132.50 Parkside; £150, £144, £139, £125 Ling Cottage; £148(2), £144, £132.50, £126 Town End Farm; £146, £127 Terrys Farm; £141, £140, £127, £125 Newstead Grange; £139, £136.50, £127.50 Old Mill Flatt; £135.50, £135 Carkin Moor; £135, £131.50, £127, £126, £125.50 Kilnknowe; £133 Hawkrigg Farm; £132(2) Kirkbarrow Hall(Fabi); £130(3), £126.50 Martindale (Wearmouth); £130 Brackenbank View; £130 Town Foot; £129, £126, £125 Park House Farm; £128.50 School Farm; £129 Westgarth Hill; £126.50 Jardines; £126 Martindale (Robinson); £125 Buddle House: Charollais £130 Carkin Moor Farm; £125.50 Kilnknowe; £113 Castle Hill: Bluefaced Leicester £130, £110.50 Park House Farm: Suffolk £125.50 Marriforth; £119.50 Terry Farm; £118.50 Old Mill Flatts; £116.50 Carpool Farm; £115 Town End Farm; £110 Martindale Farm: Cheviot £115, £107 Roundthwaite Abbey; £104 Old Mill Flatt: Mule £114, £107 Keisley Farm; £114 Elm Pot; £112, £108.50 Kilnknowe; £110 Keld Farm; £108 East Todholes; £108 Park House Farm; £107 Marriforth; £106.50 Croft House Farm; £105 Wharton Hall: Swaledale £90 West End Farm; £80 Stoneriggs; £73.50 holly Cottage Barn: Goat £81Thornfield Close: Scotch Blackface £80 Middle Bank End Farm: Dalesbred £77.50 Hillgill Farm.

Price per kilo

Beltex 421.3p, 371.1p, 361.5p, 350p, 336.4p, 331.5p, 330.7p, 330.4p, 329.5p, 327.7p Anchor Farm; 390.7p, 344p Terrys Farm; 373.5p, 358.3p, 344.6p, 341.3p, 333.3p, 330.4p, 328.6p, 325.5p Carkin Moor Farm; 373.2p Castle Hill; 351.3p Buddle House; 345.3p, 323.4p Parkside; 340.9p Carpool; 340.2p Parkside; 336.3p Hawkrigg Farm; 327.4p, 325.6p Steeley Farm; 322.2p Westgarth Hill: Texel 370p, 286.4p, 282.4p, 262.5p Town End Farm; 298.2p, 270.4p Parkside; 285.6p Westgarth Hill; 280.8p Terrys Farm; 269.1p Martindale Farm(Wearmouth); 267.3p, 266p Ling Cottage; 260.6p Carkin Moor: Dutch Texel 341.5p, 303.7p Terrys Farm: Charollais 256.8p Castle Hill; 250p Carkin Moor; 246.1p Kilnknowe: Suffolk 249p Terrys Farm; 246.1p Marriforth; 234.7p Town End Farm; 233p Carpool Farm; 231.5p High Plains Farm; 231p West Hindon Farm: Mule 227.9p Green Gill Farm; 227.7p, 223.5p Keisley Farm; 224.4p East Todholes; 224.3p Middle Bank End Farm; 223.9p Brow Farm; 223.4p Wharton Hall: Goat 225p Thornfields Close: Cheviot 222.9p Roundthwaite Abbey; 214.5p Middle Bank End Farm; 212.2p Old Mill Flatt: Dalesbred 221.4p Hillgill Farm: Scotch Blackface 216.2p Middle Bank End Farm: Bluefaced Leicester 215.2p Scar Sykes: Swaledale 205.1p Stoneriggs; 200p West End Farm.

Cast Ewes

Texel £132 School Farm; £130 Barnskew; £130 Woodfoot; £128 Brackenslack; £124 Breaks Hall; £120 Windygate; £120 Buddle House: Suffolk £120 Westgarth Hill; £118, £110 Lankaber: Bluefaced Leicester £110 Bleathgill: Beltex £104 Middle Bank End Farm; £96 Woodfoof; £90 Marriforth: Mule £90 Smardale Mill; £90 Brackenslack; £90 Lankaber: Cheviot £89, £81 Middle Bank End Farm: Easycare £80 Ling Cottage: Swaledale £70 Bleathgill; £66.50 Punchard Farm; £66 Howgill Castle; £65 Yore House; £63 Kilnstown Farm; £60 Westgarth Hill; £60 Bail Hill; £60 East Todholes: Lleyn £70 Westgarth Hill: Rough £60 Cocklake Farm.

Cast Rams

Beltex £150 Ling Cottage; £130 Red House Farm: Texel £150 Ling Cottages: Swaledale £60 High Beck Head; £60 Yore House; £60 Ash Dub.