Kirkby Stephen Prime Sheep Sale

Harrison & Hetherington Ltd, Kirkby Stephen Mart held their weekly sale of prime sheep on Tuesday night, when 3,814 sheep were forward consisting of 2,603 prime lambs and 607 cast sheep and 604 store lambs.

Topping the sale at £230 were a pair of 63kg Texel lambs from Messrs Hastwell, The Buildings Farm, Kaber. This same home sold Texel lambs weighing 57kg to make £190, a pen of four 57kg selling for £189 and a pen of 68kg to make £180. The consignment of 47 Texel lambs from this home sold to average £150.81.

Topping at 403.7p/kg were a pair of 41kg Beltex cross lambs which sold for £165.50 from Messrs Birkbeck, Castle Hill, Soulby.

Messrs Maughan, Ash Garth, Great Asby sold a pen of six 39kg Beltex cross lambs to make £152 (389.7p/kg)

Messrs Slater, Whiteley Hey Farm, Macclesfield sold a pen of ten 36kg Beltex cross lambs to make £140 (388.9p/kg).

Messrs Dodd, Skylin, Temple Sowerby sold a pen of eleven 51kg Beltex cross lambs to make £155 (378p/kg).

Messrs Armstrong, Moor Riggs, Thrimby, Penrith sold 58kg Texel lambs to make £158.

Messrs Lee, Carkin Moor Farm, Richmond sold a pen of four 43kg Beltex cross lambs to make £155 (360.5p/kg).

Messrs Wearmouth, Parkside, Barnard Castle sold a pen of 41kg Beltex cross lambs to make £149 (363.4p/kg).

Beltex cross lambs sold to £172 for 51kg lambs from Messrs Sowerby, Terrys Farm, Ormside which were bought by Dowdings Butchers, Appleby.

Heavy lambs were a flying trade with 52kg Dutch Texel cross lambs selling for £165 from Messrs Sowerby, Terrys Farm.

Messrs Hunter, Upper Brydekirk, Annan sold  65kg Beltex cross lambs to make £160 and 55kg making £156 also from this home.

Messrs Clarke, Stripes Farm, Waitby sold 49kg Beltex cross lambs to make £156.

Another leading trade for all classes of prime lambs was achieved here at Kirkby Stephen with a SQQ average of 260.02p/kg and an overall average of 252.42p/kg for 2603 lambs sold.

Good meated pens of Mule lambs were good to sell topping at £117 for a pen of 21 Mule lambs from Messrs Huck, Church Farm, Skipton.

Messrs Pratt, Intake Bottom sold a pen of 50kg Mules to make £116.50 (233p/kg)

Messrs Hayton, Asby Grange, Great Asby sold a pen of 51kg Mules to make £115.50 (226.5p/kg)

Messrs Fairburn, Marriforth, Ripon sold a pen of 43kg Mule pet lambs to make £97.50 (226/7p/kg)

44 pens and 150 lambs sold between £140 - £230.

34 pens and 161 lambs sold between 320p/kg – 403p/kg.

Cast sheep topped at £215 for a pair of Beltex Rams from Messrs Jewitt, Gracies Farm, Barnard Castle.

Cast ewes topped at £168 for a pen of seven Texel oewes from Messrs Slater, Whiteley Hey, Macclesfield with this home also topping with Beltex cross ewes at £160 for a pen of 10.

Swaledale ewes topped at £76 for a pen of four from Messrs Beaty, The Croft.

Messrs Buckle, Bleathgill, Barras sold a pen of six Swaledale ewes to make £75.

Lamb Leading Consignment Averages
No.           Kg          p/kg        £/head      From
47    @    54.7kg      275.7p    £150.81    SJ Hastwell, Kaber
21    @    40.5kg     344p        £139.60    J Maughan, Asby
12    @    42.9kg     322.1p     £138.25    B Maughan, Crosby Ravensworth
25    @    46.9kg     293.9p     £137.58    S Armstrong & Sons, Penrith
45    @    48kg        280.5p     £134.73    GW Lee & Sons, Richmond
12    @    43kg        312.7p     £134.50    R Allinson & Sons, Winton
50    @    43.7kg     306.8p     £134.15    JS&JO Dodd, Temple Sowerby
9     @    42.4kg      315.9p     £134.11    EM & C Longstaff, Murton
20    @    46.3kg     288.9p     £133.80    LC & D Wearmouth, Middleton in Teesdale
17    @    42.1kg     317.2p     £133.79    HW & J Birkbeck, Soulby
14    @    48.2kg     275.5p     £133.14    I&P Clarke, Waitby

Leading Prices –

Spring lambs

Price per head

Texel £230, £190, £189, £180, £156, £154, £145, £141, £140, £134, £130 The Buildings Farm; £158, £136.50, £130, £128, £126 Moor Riggs; £145 Terrys Farm; £140, £126 Intake Bottom; £138, £130, £126 Kilnknowe; £137.50, £130 Carkin Moor Farm; £136, £131.50 Newstead Grange; £134, £132, £130, “128 Abbey Park; £134 High Stennerskeugh; £134 Dale View; £132.50, £129.50 Stripes Farm; £131.50 Scar Top; £131.50 West Farm; £130.50 Parkside; £129.50, £127, £126.50, £125 Etherley House; £129 Martindale Farm; 128, £125 Stoneriggs; £126 Black Syke; £125.50 Starrah; £125 The Sycamores; £125 Orchard Farm: Beltex £172 Terrys Farm; £165.50, £146.50 Castle Hill; £160, £156, £146 Upper Brydekirk; £156 Stripes Farm; £155, £140, £136(x2) Carkin Moor Farm; £155, £142,£136, £135 Skylin; £152, £142, £137 Marriforth; £152, £136 Ash Garth; £149, £145, £136, £135.50 Parkside, £148, £137 Crossfell House; £147.50, £145(x2), £140, £138Moor Riggs; £147, £140 Church Farm; £142.50, £141, £135 Woodfoot; £140 Little Beck; £140 Ascot House; £140 Whiteley Hey; £140 Newstead Grange; £140, £138 West Hale Farm; £138.50, £138, £135.50 Fair View; £138 Abbey Park; £138 Hallbankgate Farm; £138 Goodlie Hill Cottage; £136 Grassgill Lodge; £135 Amersber Cottage; £135 Dale View: Dutch Texel £165, £126 Terrys Farm: Suffolk £140, £121 Scar Top; £132 Southfields; £124 Black Syke; £118 Terrys Farm; £115 West Farm; £115 Keld Farm: Charollais £130 Orchard Farm; £117 West Farm: Cheviot £118.50 Crossfell House; £105.50 East Rackwood Hill; £102 Amersber Cottage: Mule £117 Church Farm; £116.50 Intake Bottom; £115.50 Asby Grange; £110 Stobbs Farm; £110 Stonecrest; £110 Eden Flatt; £110 Kilnknowe; £109 Eastfield Farm; £107 Old Mill Flatt; £106.50 Waterhouses: Bluefaced Leicester £116 Asby Grange; £114 Marriforth; £110 Cote House Barn: Swaledale £108.50, £97 Parkside; £89 Studfold Farm; £87 Gold Hill Farm: Rough Fell £104 Town Head: Scotch Blackface £87.50 Laneside:

Price per kilo

Beltex 403.7p, 357.3p Castle Hill; 389.7p, 331.7p Ash Garth; 388.9p, 364.7p, 355.9p Whiteley Hey; 378p, 322.7p, 321.4p Skylin; 363.4p Parkside; 360.5p Carkin Moor Farm; 352.5p, 331.4p Woodfoot; 350p Ascot House; 346.2p Amersber Cottage; 345.5p, 338.1p. 326.2p Marriforth; 344.2p Crossfell House; 343p, 329.5p Moor Riggs; 337.8p, 328.6p Fair View; 337.3p Terrys Farm; 336.6p, 333.3p, 320p West Hale Farm; 330p West Lea; 320.9p Hallbankgate Farm: Texel 365.1p, 333.3p, 331.6p, 278.6p, 273.5p The Buildings Farm; 303.3p, 293p, 272.4p £160Mill Flatt; 272.1p Abbey Farm; 271.9p Parkside; 271.4p West Farm; 270.5p Hallbankgate Farm: Dutch Texel 317.3p, 268.1p Terrys Farm: Charollais 272.1p West Farm; 250p Orchard Farm: Cheviot 241.8p Crossfell House; 237.2p, 229.3p East Rackwood Hill; 229.8p Bank Head: Suffolk 240.9p Forest Farm; 240.8p Terrys Farm; 239.6p West Farm; 239.6p Keld Farm; 236.4p The Oaks; 234.4p Black Syke: Mule 233p Intake Bottom; 226.7p Marriforth; 226.5p, 223.9p Asby Grange; 224.5p Stobbs Farm; 224.4p, 221.9p, 221.7p Waterhouses; 223.9p Williams House; 222.8p Uldale Farm; 222.8p Dousgill Farm; 222.4p Eastfield Farm; 221.7p(x2) Cote House Barn; 220p Kilnknowe: Scotch Blackface 224.4p Laneside; 208.3p Middle Bank End Farm: Bluefaced Leicester 219.6p Claylands Farm; 215.7p Cote House Barn: Swaledale 217p, 210.9p Parkside; 207.1p Gold Hill Farm; 207p Studfold Farm: Rough Fell 208p Town Head:

Cast Ewes

Texel £168 Whiteley Hey; £160 Mill Cottage; £150 Scar Top; £130 Barrowmoor Road; £130 Brackenslack; £125 Black Syke; £122 Mill Street; (Hague); £120 West Farm; £120 Arla Burn Farm; £120 Fair View:  Beltex £160 Whiteley Hey; £120, £114 Brackenslack: Charollais £140 West Farm: Suffolk £128 Crossfell House; £124 Bank Head: Blue Texel £120 Crossfell House: Bluefaced Leicester £116 Eden Flatt: Mule £110 Waterhouses; £100 Fair View; £91 Barningham House: Lleyn £90, £74 Rake Head; £72 Whingill: Zwartble £82 Lowfield Cottage: Cheviot £80 Crossfell House; £80, £78.50 Bank Head:  Swaledale £76, £62 The Croft; £75 Bleathgill; £68, £66 Asby Grange; £66 Barningham House; £65.50 Claylands Farm; £65 Eden Flatt; £64 Parkside: Scotch Blackface £74 Stobbs Farm, £65 Middle Bank End Farm: Easy Care £60 Ling Cottages(Teasdale): Herdwick £56 Nags Head Farm:

Cast Rams

Beltex £215 Gracies Farm: Dutch Spotted £180 Gracies Farm: Texel £156.50 Fair View: Scotch Blackface £70 Middle Bank End Farm: