Kirkby Stephen Prime Sheep Sale

Harrison & Hetherington Ltd, Kirkby Stephen Mart held their weekly sale of prime sheep on Tuesday night, when 4,216 sheep were forward consisting of 3,062 prime lambs and 848 cast sheep and 306 store lambs.

Topping the sale at £170 and 435.9p/kg were a pen of twelve 39kg Dutch Texel cross lambs from Messrs Fell, Chapel Farm, Bassenthwaite.

D&A Livestock, Harrogate sold a pen of 40kg Beltex cross lambs to make £165 (412.5p/kg).

Messrs Foster, Fordham Farm, York sold a pen of 38kg Beltex cross lambs to make £158 (415.8p/kg). another pen of 11 38kg lambs sold to make £153 (402.6p/kg) with a pen of six 40kg lambs selling for £158 (395p/kg) and a pen of 40kg making £156 (390p/kg) all from Fordham Farm.

Messrs Fell, Chapel Farm sold a pen of 12 40kg Dutch Texel cross lambs to make £160 (400p/kg) with another pen of 12 40kg lambs making £159 also this home.

The consignment of 52 lambs from Chapel Farm sold to average 39.7kg £156.56 (394.05p/kg)

Messrs Longstaff, Ascot House, Murton sold a pen of 39kg Beltex cross lambs to make £156 (400p/kg)

Messrs Maughan, Ash Garth, Great Asby sold a pen of 40kg Beltex cross lambs to make £156 (390p/kg)

Messrs Birkbeck, Castle Hill, Soulby also sold 40kg Beltex cross lambs to £156 (390p/kg)

Messrs Fell, Bassenthwaite sold a pen of Rouge cross lambs weighing 45kg to make £160.

Once again Kirkby Stephen prime lamb sale led the way with an SQQ average of 271.21p/kg and an overall average of 263.22p/kg being achieved for 3062 lambs which includes over 600 Mule and horned lambs.

Good meated heavy lambs were in demand once again with Messrs Andrews, York selling 51kg lambs to make £150 (294.1p/kg)

Messrs Wall, Barnard Castle sold 51kg lambs to make £148 (290.2p/kg)

Thompson Livestock, Penrith sold 54kg Dutch Spotted lambs to make £150 (277.8p/kg)

Taylor Brothers, Skipton also sold 54kg lambs to make £150 (277.8p/kg)

Mule lambs sold to £126 for a pen from Messrs Smith, Kelmore Hill Farm, Workington.

Messrs Fairburn, Ripon sold a pen of 22 46kg mule lambs to make £111 (241.3p/kg)

Good meated heavy weighted pens of horned/hill lambs were good to sell with a pen of 38kg Swaledale making £84.50 (222.4p/kg) with another pen of 20 36kg Swaledale lambs making £79 both from Messrs Johnson, West Shipley Farm, Bishop Auckland.

Messrs Foster, West End Farm, Barnard Castle sold a pen of 39kg Swaledales to make £86 (220.5p/kg)

28 pens and 148 lambs sold between £150-£170

66 pens and 325 lambs sold between £140-£170

30 pen and 188 lambs sold between 350-435p/kg

Cast sheep topped at £152 for a pen of three Texel cross ewes from Messrs Guy, Fountain Head, Barnard Castle.

Swaledale ewes sold to £81 on two separate occasions firstly for a pen of 9 from Messrs Skelton, Low House, Maryport and also for ewes from Messrs Smith, Kelmore Hill Farm, Workington.

Blackfaced ewes sold to £80 for a pen of ten from Messrs Skelton, Low House.

Store lambs sold to a top of £95 for a pen of 21 Texel cross Mule lambs from Nateby Farming Partnership, Kirkby Stephen.

Lamb Leading Consignment Averages

No.          Kg           p/kg         £/head       From
52    @    39.7kg    394p        £156.56    Messrs Fell, Bassenthwaite
43    @    40.6kg    363.9p    £147.86    CW Foster, York
41    @    44.1kg    332.5p    £146.87    JM Andrews, Thirsk
20    @    40kg        364p        £145.60    J Maughan, Great Asby
81    @    41.3kg    350.7p    £145.06    Thompson Livestock, Penrith
43    @    40.8kg    341.5p    £139.65    D&A Livestock, Harrogate
25    @    45.9kg    301p        £138.26    A&R Steel, Little Musgrave
30    @    52.2kg    263p        £137.32    DE&AM Hodgson, Shap
16    @    45.7kg    295.6p    £135.25    A&R Little, Soulby
22    @    44kg        306.1p    £135.00    Taylor Brothers, Skipton
15    @    55kg        243.6p    £134.00    P&SA Nelson, Penrith
10    @    43.2kg    309.7p    £133.80    JC Bainbridge & Sons, Soulby
34    @    47.8kg    276.2p    £132.18    MTP&SD Wills, Dufton
10    @    43.3kg    304.9p    £132.05    D Dinsdale, Bleatarn
22    @    46.3kg    282.7p    £131.07    TW Hunter, Annan
22    @    47.5kg    273.9p    £130.23    G Sowerby, Ormside

Leading Prices –

Spring lambs

Price per head

Dutch Texel £170, £160, £159 Chapel Farm(Fell); £150(2), £140 Terrys Farm:

Beltex £165, £153, £149, £144, £142(2) Prospect Farm(D&A Livestock); £159, £152.50, £151, £150, £147 Boscar Flats; £158 Town End Farm; £158(3), £156, £153 Fordham Farm; £156, £143 Ash Garth; £156 Castle Hill; £156 Ascot House; £152.50, £146.50 Low Hall; £152, £150, £149(2), £145, £143 Anchor Farm; £151, £142 Row End Farm; £150, £146 Studfold Gill; £150 Beechcroft Farm; £149, £146, £140 Upper Brydekirk; £149, £146, £140 Fawcett Park Farm; £149 Wood Farm; £148(2) Fordham Farm; £148 Raygill Farm; £145.50 Steeley Farm; £143 Bowes Cross Farm; £143 Pasture House; £143 Fair View; £142.50 Sawbridge Hall; £142.50 Black Syke; £142 Buckles Farm: Rouge £160, £149, £143 Chapel Farm(Fell): Dutch Spotted £150 Anchor Farm: Texel £141, £140, £137, £136, £134.50 Green Farm; £140 Black Syke; £140 Breaks Hall; £138 Thorney Gale; £137.50 Anchor Farm; £137, £136, £135.50(2) Wood Farm; £137 Fawcett Park Farm; £136.50, £133.50 Chapel Farm(Hebson); £136 Kelmore Hill; £136, £131 White House; £135, £133.50 Etherley House; £135 Newstead Grange; £134 Rosgill Head; £130.50, £130 Bank House; £130.50 Old Mill Flatt; £130 Bowes Cross Farm; £130 Studfold Gill; £130 High Griseburn; £130 Breaks Hall; £130 Row End Farm; £130 Hall Farm House; £130 Porthy Green; £130 Brackenslack; £130 East Todholes: Bluefaced Leicester £140 Green Farm: Suffolk £136 Old Mill Flatt; £131 Wood Farm; £129, £125 Terrys Farm; £127 Palliard; £124 Marriforth; £122.50, £119 White House; £119 Rigby House: Mule £126, £114.50 Kelmore Hill Farm; £118 Fawcett Park Farm; £116.50 Haber; £115 Greenriggs; £115 Ascot House; £114(2), £112.50 Thorney Gale; £113 Asby Grange; £112 Scarowmanwick: Charollais £120 Orchard Farm:  Blue Texel £115 Chapel Farm(Hebson); £114 Town End Farm: Cheviot £114 Orchard Farm; £103 Amersber Cottage: Hampshire £110 Porthy Green: Scotch Blackface £105 Preston Manor: Swaledale £91 High Beck Hatt; £89.50 Ashgill Farm; £86 West End Farm; £84.50 West Shipley Farm; £84, £81.50 Swarthymere; £83 Eller Gill Barn; £83 Springfield; £81 Step Ends Farm: Herdwick £83 The Gables: Rough £82 The Gables.

Price per kilo

Dutch Texel 435.9p, 400p, 397.5p, 345p Chapel Farm(Fell); 340.9p Terrys Farm: Beltex 415.8p, 402.6p, 395p, 390p, 389.5p, 370p, 359.1p Fordham Farm; 412.5p, 369.2p, 364.3p, 364.1p, 346.5p Prospect Farm(D&A Livestock); 400p Ascot House; 390p, 357.5p Ash Garth; 390p Castle Hill; 385.4p Town End Farm; 371.8p, 366.7p, 365.9p, 345.5p Anchor Farm; 365p Studford Gill; 363.4p Wood Farm; 361.4p, 346.6p, 343.2p Boscar Flats; 354.7p Low Hall; 347.6p, 346.5p Fawcett Park Farm; 346.4p Steeley Farm; 340.9p Beechcroft Farm: Rouge 382.1p, 376.3p, 355.6p Chapel Farm(Fell): Texel 319.8p Anchor Farm; 302.3p East Todholes Farm; 296.2p Amersber Cottage; 295.7p Kelmore Hill Farm; 293.6p Thorney Gale; 291.7p Black Syke; 291.1p White House; 288.9p Breaks Hall; 278.6p, 276.6p Studford Gill; 274.4p Carpool Farm; 268.6p Fawcett Park Farm; 267.5p Croup Farm; 266.7p, 263.6p Town End Farm; 266.7p Green Farm; 265.7p(2) Wood Farm; 265.3p Porthy Green; 264.6p Prospect Farm(Robinson); 263.8p, 260.9p Stoneriggs; 263.5p Upper Brydekirk; 263.4p Abbey Farm; 262.8p Friendship Farm; 261.4p Pasture House Farm; 260p Hawkrigg Farm; 260p Row End Farm; 260p Hall Farm House: Blue Texel 300p Town End Farm; 273p Beechcroft Farm: Dutch Spotted 277.8p Anchor Farm: Suffolk 263.3p, 250p Terrys Farm; 247.9p, 245p White House; 243.1p Marriforth; 242.9p Rigby House; 240 Black Syke: Charollais 255.3p Orchard Farm: Cheviot 247.8p Orchard Farm; 239.5p Amersber Cottage: Mule 241.3p Marriforth; 240.2p Intake Bottom; 240p Pinfold House; 239.4p, 237.5p Thorney Gale; 239.1p Fountain Head; 238.9p Buckles Farm; 236.9p Asby Grange: Scotch Blackface 226.3p Laneside: Swaledale 222.4p, 219.4p West Shipley Farm; 220.5p West End Farm; 216.7p High Birk Hatt; 214.5p Swarthymere; 213.2p Step Ends Farm; 210.9p Beechcroft Farm: Herdwick 218.4p The Gables: Hampshire 215.7p Porthy Green.

Cast Ewes

Texel £152 Fountain Head; £140 Friar House Farm; £135, £120 Anchor Farm; £132, £125 Hall Farm House; £124 Abbey Park; £122 High Wardses; £120 Low House: Suffolk £132 Rigby House; £120 Anchor Farm: Beltex £132 Fordham Farm: Bluefaced Leicester £110 Fountain Head; £90 Pembrook Close; £90 Marriforth: Cheviot £100, £90, £80 Low House; £83 Bents Farm: Mule £100 Low House; £95 Hall Farm House; £91 Brogden Farm; £90 Snaisgill Farm; £90 Upper Brydekirk; £90 Middle Bank End Farm; £90 Row End Farm: Swaledale £81, £70 Kelmore Hill Farm; £81 Low House; £77 Scarrowmanwick; £76, £70 Mount Pleasant Farm, £74 Castle Hill; £71 High Blackton: Scotch Blackface £80 Low House: Rough £80 Raisgill Hall.

Cast Rams

Beltex £140 Buckles Farm: Bluefaced Leicester £140 Brow Farm; £120 Buckles Farm: Rough £80 Ellergill Farm: Swaledale £75 Brow Farm.

Store Lambs

Texel £95, £79 Low Farm; £89, £71 Woodside; £74 Middle Bank End Farm; £70 Snaisgill Farm: Rough £65 Town Foot: Cheviot £47, £43 Middle Bank End Farm; £40 Roundthwaite Abbey: Swaledale £40 The Street.