Kirkby Stephen Prime Sheep Sale

Harrison & Hetherington Ltd, Kirkby Stephen Mart held their weekly sale of prime sheep on Tuesday night, when 3,511 sheep were forward consisting of 3,006 prime lambs and 505 cast sheep.

Topping the sale at £167 were a pair of 45kg Beltex cross lambs from Messrs Jackson, Little Eccleston Hall, Great Eccleston.

Topping at 405.3p/kg were a pen of four 38kg Beltex cross lambs which sold for £154 from Messrs Longstaff, Ascot House, Murton.

Messrs Lee, Carkin Moor Farm, Richmond sold a pen of twenty one 42kg Beltex cross lambs to make £161 (383.3p/kg). This same home sold 47kg lambs to make £160, a pen of seven 46kg lambs to make £158 and a pen of thirty one 42kg lambs to make £156.

Messrs Dodd, Skylin, Temple Sowerby sold a pen of 39kg Beltex cross lambs to make £156 (400p/kg).

Thompson Livestock, Anchor Farm, Penrith sold a pen of sixteen 42kg lambs to make £158 (376.2p/kg) with a pen of fourteen 41kg lambs to make £154 (375.6p/kg).

Messrs Wills, Fawcett Park Farm, Dufton sold a pen of 43kg lambs to make £157 with another pen of 42kg lambs selling for £156 also from this home.

Messrs Mellor, Doncaster sold a pen of five 44kg lambs to make £157.50.

Heavy lambs were a strong trade and in demand with Messrs Ward, Lockerbie selling 51kg lambs to make £155 (304p/kg) with a pen of seven 52kg Texel cross lambs making £150 (288.5p/kg)

Messrs Lee, Carkin Moor Farm sold a pen of eighteen 50kg Texel cross lambs to make £150 (300p/kg) with a pen of 51kg lambs making £152 (298p/kg) and a pen of 53kg lambs making £154 (290.5p/kg) all from this home.

Good well finished pens of Mule lambs sold well with these topping at £119.50 for a pen of sixteen 51kg lambs from Messrs Lawson, Stubsgill Farm, Workington.

Messrs Fawcett, Argill House sold a pen of eighteen 50kg Mule lambs to make £117.

Mules topped at 241.9p/kg for a pen of 46.5kg lambs which made £112.50 from Messrs Richardson, Croft House.

Suffolk cross lambs topped at £131 for a pen of eight from Messrs Fisher, Smalmstown Farm, Longtown.

This same home also topped at 248.1p/kg for a pen of twenty five 52kg Suffolk cross lambs which sold for £129.

Swaledale lambs sold to £107.50 for 48kg lambs from Messrs Wearmouth, Parkside, Barnard Castle.

Messrs Whitfield, Cote House Barn, Bleatarn topped Swaledale lambs at 230.4p/kg for a pen of 46kg lambs which made £106.

An SQQ average of 258.56p/kg and an overall average of 254.4p/kg for 3006 lambs was achieved; this including over 600 Mule and horned lambs.

26 pens and 159 lambs sold between £150 - £167

62 pens and 324 lambs sold between £140 - £167

32 pens and 230 lambs sold between 330 – 405p/kg

Cast sheep sold to £192 for Texel ewes from H & B Wharton, Galloper Rise, Tebay, Penrith.

Swaledale ewes sold to £70 for a pen of 15 from Messrs Fawcett, Argill House.

Lamb Leading Consignment Averages

No.        Kg        p/kg        £/head    From
 5    @    40.20kg    363.38    £146.20    EM & C Longstaff, Ascot House
116    @    42.50kg    341.83    £145.28    Thompson Livestock Ltd, Anchor Farm
210    @    47.89kg    300.22    £143.77    GW Lee & Sons, Carkin Moor Farm
16    @    43.75kg    328.36    £143.66    Mr HG Jackson, Little Beck
15    @    43.27kg    328.89    £142.30    Messrs GM&A Jackson, Little Eccleston Hall
33    @    50.47kg    277.03    £139.82    JR&CJ Ward, Whitstonehill
26    @    48.75kg    283.55    £138.23    MTP&SD Wills, Fawcett Park Farm
 9     @    42.11kg    322.69    £135.89    Messrs JS&JO Dodd, Skylin
44    @    46.55kg    290.58    £135.25    GJ Mellor & Partners, West Hale Farm
20    @    55.95kg    239.14    £133.80    Messrs P&SA Nelson, Rosgill
 8    @    50.38kg    260.55    £131.25    Messrs G Sowerby, Terrys Farm
 9     @    39.94kg    326.56    £130.44    Messrs JJ&S Raine, West Lea
38    @    42.08kg    308.41    £130.00    Messrs HW&J Birkbeck, Castle Hill

Leading Prices –

Spring lambs

Price per head

Beltex  £167 Little Eccleston Hall; £161, £160, £158, £156, £154, £152, £150, £146, £141, £136(x2) Carkin Moor Farm; £158, £154(x2), £148, £147.50(x2), £144.50, £141.50 Anchor Farm; £157.50, £140 West Hale Farm; £157, £156, £150, £148, £140 Fawcett Park Farm; £156, £155 Skylin; £155, £144 Whitstonehill; £154 Ascot House; £153, £149.50 Castle Hill; £152 Skelcies Hall; £150, £140 Wharton Hall; £150 Langford Farm; £148.50, £148, £140(x3, £138.50)Little Beck; £146.50 Bolton Road; £145, £138 Stubsgill Farm; £145 West Lea;; £143, £138 Hall Farm House; £140 Newstead Grange; £138.50(x2) Barton Hall; £137(x2) Newton Farm; £136 Barnskew: Texel £151 Fawcett Park Farm; £150, £146.50, £144.50, £136, £130(x2) Whitstonehill; £146 Terrys Farm; £142.50, £142, £135 Carkin Moor Farm; £142, £135 Langford Farm; £140 Green Farm; £140, £130 Barton Hall; £140, £137, £134(x2), £130 Newstead Grange; £140 Kilnknowe; £140 West Hale Farm; £137, £130, £126.50, £126 Abbey Park; £134(x2, £130) Rosgill Head; £134 Barnskew; £131, £129 Town End Farm (Sayer), £131 Little Herdhill Way; £130 Whygill Head; £130 Anchor Farm; £130, £128, £127 The Buildings Farm; £130 River View; £129 Dale View; £127.50, £125(x2) Smalmstown; £125.50 Stotley Hall Farm; £125 Stubsgill Farm: Suffolk £131, £129, £125, £123.50, £116.50 Smalmstown Farm; £125.50 Kilnknowe; £120 Terrys Farm; £115 Ascot House: Mule £119.50, £117, £112 Stubsgill Farm; £117, £114.50 Fawcett Park Farm; £117, £112.50 Croft House Farm; £117 Argill House; £116.50 Haber; £116 Kilnknowe; £116 Cote House Barn; £112.50 Gillcumber Edge; £112 Ellergill: Bluefaced Leicester £115 Whitewall Farm; £115 Cote House Barn; £112 Villa Farm: Cheviot £112.50 Smalmstown Farm; £104.50 Yew House: Swaledale £107.50 Parkside; £106 Cote House Barn; £92.50, £80 Thwaite Farm; £90 High Birk Hatt; £84 Stanhope Gate Farm; £80 Holly Cottage Barn; £80 Claylands Farm: Blackface £104.50 Smalmstown Farm:  Rough Fell £101 Yew House:

Price per kilo

Beltex 405.3p Ascot House; 400p, 365.3p Skylin; 383.3p, 371.4p, 340.4p, 339.8p Carkin Moor Farm; 376.2p, 375.6p, 268.8p, 364.2p, 361p, 353.8p, 344p Anchor Farm; 373.2p, 365p Castle Hill; 371.4p, 365.1p Fawcett Park; 371.1p, 322.1p Little Eccleston Hall; 362.5p West Lea; 362.2p, 340.2p Little Beck; 361.9p Skelcies Hall; 353.9p West Hale Farm; 344.7p Bolton Road; 342.5p Newton Farm; 340.9p Wharton Hall; 337.1p, 332.6p Fawcett Park Farm; 333.3p Langford Farm; 331.1p, 328.7p, 320.9p Hall Farm House; 329.1p West Lea; 323.6p Whitstonehill; 320.2p Stubsgill: Blue Texel 339p Hall Farm House; 260.9p, 264.7p, 260.6p Carkin Moor Farm: Texel 296.4p, 260.9p Musgrave House; 288.9p Abbey Park; 285.7p, 273.8p, 266.7p Whitstonehill; 284.9p Fawcett Park Farm; 282p Stotley Hall Farm;280p Kilnknowe; 278.4p, 264.7p Langford Farm; 275.6p Stoneriggs; 275.5p Terrys Farm; 272.7p Breaks Hall; 271.8p West Hale Farm; 270.8p Anchor Farm; 265.2p Raygill Farm; 263.8p Terrys Farm; 263.2p Southfield; 261.7p Parkside; 260.6p Town End Farm (Sayer);  260.4p Smalmstown Farm; 260p Guise: Dutch Spotted 285.1p Abbey Park: Rouge 280p Skelcies Hall: Dutch Texel 263.6p Terrys Farm: Suffolk 248.1p, 247p, 245.3p, 245.1p Smalmstown Farm; 240p Terrys Farm: Mule 241.9p Croft House Farm; 234.3p, 233.3p Stubsgill Farm; 234p, 233.7p Argill House; 232.6p Newton Farm; 232.3p Eastfield Farm; 231.8p East Todholes; 230.4p Claylands: Blackfaced 237.5p Smalmstown Farm: Cheviot 236.8p Smalmstown Farm; 234.8p Yew House: Blackfaced 237.5p Smalmstown Farm: Swaledale 230.4p Cote House Barn; 221.6p Parkside; 221.1p Stanhopegate Farm: Rough Fell 210.4p Yew House.

Cast Ewes

Texel £192, £132 Galloper Rise; £178 West End Farm; £170 Lower Griseburn; £140 Guise; £130, £120 Friars Garth: Beltex £133 Bolton Road: Bluefaced Leicester £116 Whitewall; £114 Marriforth: Mule £100 Abbey Park; £90 Middle Bank End; £90 Marriforth: Hampshire £90 Bolton Road: Rough Fell £86 Lockholme Hall: Cheviot £83 Bolton Road; £78 Bank Head: Swaledale £70 Marriforth; £70 Argill House; £65 West End; £64 Gaylesfield Farm; £58 Thorney Gale; £56 Middle Bank End; £56 Uldale Farm; £55 Gilts.

Cast Rams

Rouge £160 SKelcies Hall: Beltex £130 Skelcies Hall: Bluefaced Leicester £130 Argill House: Swaledale £70 Uldale Farm; £65 Billing Shield Farm.