Kirkby Stephen Prime Sheep Sale

Harrison & Hetherington Ltd, Kirkby Stephen Mart held their weekly Sale of prime sheep on Tuesday night, when 4,510 sheep were forward consisting of 3,907 prime lambs and 603 cast sheep.

Topping the sale at £175 were a pen of eleven 53kg Beltex cross lambs from Messrs Lee, Carkin Moor Farm, Richmond.

Topping at 420p/kg were a pen of four 40kg Beltex cross lambs which made £168 from Jojo Andrews, Boscar Flats, York, the Yorkshire lady also sold a pen of seven 40kg lambs to make £164 (410p/kg) with this same home selling 48kg lambs to make £170 and a pen of fifteen 45kg lambs making £164.50.

Messrs Simpson, Highscales Farm, Wigglesworth sold a pen of seven 44kg Beltex cross lambs to make £172.50, with another pen of ten 44kg lambs making £171.50.

Messrs Phillips, Fir Tree Farm, Harrogate sold 47kg lambs to make £170.

Messrs Maughan, Ash Garth sold a pen of five 39kg Beltex cross lambs to make £157 (402.6p/kg)

Thompson Livestock, Penrith sold a pen of 37kg Beltex cross lambs to make £148 (400p/kg)

Messrs Dickinson, Kirkbarrow Hall, Penrith sold a pen of 41kg lambs to make £162.50 (396.3p/kg) with another pen of 41kg lambs making £162 (395.1p/kg) also from this home.

Messrs Lee, Carkin Moor Farm, Richmond sold a pen of fourteen 42kg lambs to make £162.50 (386.9p/kg) with a pen of five 44kg lambs making £169 (384.1p/kg) also from this home.

A unbelievable SQQ average of 290.03p/kg and overall average of 278.08p/kg and £122.55 for 3907 lambs which includes over 900 Mule and horned lambs.

Heavy lambs were a flying trade for all classes.

Messrs Lee, Carkin Moor Farm, Richmond sold a pen of eighteen 51kg lambs to make £162.50 (318.6p/kg) with a pen of eighteen 57kg Texel cross lambs making £154.50, and a pen of nineteen 50kg Texel cross lambs making £146.50 (293p/kg) also from this home.

Messrs Sowerby, Terrys Farm, Ormside sold 51kg lambs to £167 (327.5p/kg) with 56kg lambs at £169 and 53kg lambs at £160 (301.9p/kg) all from this home.

Jojo Andrews, York sold 53kg lambs to £156 (294.3p/kg)

Messrs Fisher, Smalmstown, Longton sold 53kg Texel cross lambs to £156 (294.3p/kg)

Messrs Fairburn, Ripon sold 49kg lambs to make £169 (344.9p/kg)

Suffolk cross lambs full of meat were also good to sell with Messrs Fisher, Smalmstown selling a pen of 15 53kg lambs to make £138 (260.4p/kg) with a pen of 16 52kg lambs making £136 (261.5p/kg) a pen of 26 49kg Suffolk cross lambs making £130 (265.3p/kg) all from Smalmstown Farm.

Mule lambs sold to £125 for a pen of 15 52kg lambs from Messrs Wearmouth, Gillses Farm, Stainmore, with this home also selling a pen of 23 49kg Mules to make £122.50 (250p/kg) and another pen of 23 48kg Mules to make £118 (245.8p/kg)

~Mules also topped at 254.8p/kg for a pen of 42kg making £107 from Messrs Cannon, Friarbiggin, Orton.

Messrs Hayton, Asby Grange sold a pen of eleven 42kg Mules to make £106 (252.4p/kg)

Good meated Blackfaced lambs were a flying trade with a pen of 17 43kg lambs making £114 (265.1p/kg) and another pen of 15 45kg Blackfaced lambs making £115.50 (256.7p/kg)

Hill cheviot lambs topped at 273.8p/kg for a pen of 25 42kg lambs making £115 from Messrs Fisher, Longtown.

Meaty pens of lightweight horned lambs were a strong trade with a pen of 19 33kg Swaledales making £74.50 (225.8p/kg) from Messrs Rutter, Barnard Castle.

70 pens and 374 lambs sold between £150-£175

64 pens and 381 lambs sold between 350-420p/kg

Cast sheep were also dearer with this section topping at £265 for a pen of three Beltex cross ewes from Messrs Slater, Whiteley Hey Farm, Macclesfield with this same home selling Texel cross ewes to £250.

Bluefaced Leicester ewes sold to £151 from Messrs Heron, Eastfield Farm, Warcop.

Mule ewes sold to £118 from Messrs Weighell, Richmond.

Swaledale ewes sold to £87 for a pen of four from Nateby Farming Partnership.

Messrs Lawson, Hundith House, Wigton sold a pen of seven Swaledale ewes to make £86.

Leading Lamb Averages
No.          Weight       Head        p/kg          From
58     @    42.7kg      £161.67    378.1p    PW Simpson, Wigglesworth
112   @    51kg        £158.53    310.4p    GW Lee & Sons, Richmond
14     @    67kg         £150.00    223.8p    G&FJ Soulsby, Temple Sowerby
132   @    43.9kg    £147.61    335.6p    JM Andrews, York
20     @    40.8kg     £145.75    357.2p    J Maughan, Great Asby
17     @    44.5kg     £143.94    322.8p    MH Elliott, Penrith
173   @    42.4kg    £143.05    337.1p    Thompson Livestock, Penrith
19     @    45.8kg     £141.95    309.2p    M/s Sommerville, Newby
49     @    48.5kg     £141.94    292.2p    W&SE Dickinson & Son, Greystoke
10     @    48.2kg     £139.40    289.2p    S Millman, Maulds Meaburn
130  @    41.9kg    £138.86    331.1p    RL&AR Phillips, Harrogate
18    @    43.5kg    £138.47    318.3p    G Sowerby, Ormside
14    @    37.7kg    £135.93    359.7p    JJ&S Raine, Appleby in Westmorland

Leading Prices –

Prime Lambs

Price Per head –

Rouge £134 Old Mill Flatt:

Blue Texel £128 Fir Tree Farm; £128 Town End Farm:

Dutch Texel £160 Terrys Farm:

Lleyn £150 Williamsgill Farm:

Beltex £175, £169, £162.50(2), £157 Carkin Moor Farm; £172.50, £171.50, £162, £159(2), £155, £151.50 Highscale Farm; £170, £168, £166, £158(2), £156, £149(2), £145 Fir Tree Farm; £170, £168, £164.50, £164, £159, £156, £155, £150.50(2), £150, £149, £146(2) Boscar Flats; £169, £167, £154, £148.50 Terrys Farm; £169, £154, £150 Marriforth; £162.50, £162, £148.50, £145 Kirkbarrow Hall; £162, £152 Fawcett Park Farm; £158, £145 Bleathgill; £157, £154, £148, £147 Hundith House; £157, £148 Ash Garth; £156, £148 New Hall; £155, £151 Green Farm; £155 Castle Hill; £154.50, £152, £148(2), £147.50(2) Anchor Farm; £154, £147 Espland House; £154 Lansmere; £150.50 Fordham Farm; £150, £146.50 Stoneriggs; £149.50, £145 Brackenslack; £149.50 West Lea; £148.50 Stubsgill Farm; £147 Old Mill Flatt; £145 Ascot House:

Scotch Blackface £115.50, £114 Smalmstown Farm; £115, £104.50 Ireshope Plains:

Cheviot £125.50 Prospect Farm; £116, £115 Smalmstown; £115.50 Orchard Farm:

Charollais £130(2), £127 Orchard Farm; £125 Fir Tree Farm:

Mule £125, £122.50, £118 Gillses Farm; £124.50, £116(2) Marriforth; £123, £119 Kelmore Hill Farm; £120 Argill House; £120 Fountain Head; £119 Fawcett Park Farm; £119(2) Town End Farm; £117.50 Haber; £116.50 Kilnstown:

Suffolk £138, £136, £131.50, £131, £130 Smalmstown Farm:

Swaledale £113, £108 New Hall; £96 Keisley Farm; £93.50(2) High Beck Hatt; £85 Starrah; £84 Green Gill Farm:

Texel £164, £155.50, £154.50, £152, £146.50 Carkin Moor Farm; £160 East View; £159 Haber; £157 Fox Grove Farm; £156 Prospect Farm; £156, £152, £149, £141 Smalmstown Farm; £154 Lansmere; £152 Boscar Flats; £150 Whiteley Hey Farm; £149 Espland House; £148, £145 Green Farm; £148, £140 Anchor Farm; £146 Fair View; £145, £140 Kirkbarrow Hall; £144 Miller Hill; £144 Hall Farm; £144 Stripes Farm; £142 Brackenslack;

Goat £100 Green Gill Farm; £86 Balgray Hill:

Price per kilo –

Beltex 420p, 410p, 375p, 365.6p, 358.3p, 354.2p, 350p Boscar Flats; 402.6p, 353.8p Ash Garth; 400p, 386.3p, 368.8p, 363.2p, 361.9p, 352.4p, 352.4p Anchor Farm; 396.3p, 395.1p, 371.3p Kirkbarrow Hall; 393.4p, 370p, 356.6p West Lea; 392p, 389.8p, 387.8p, 387.5p, 369.5p, 360p, 353.3p Highscale Farm; 386.9p, 384.1p Carkin Moor Farm; 385p, 367.5p Espland House; 385p Terrys Farm; 380.6p Town End Farm; 378p, 356.6p Castle Hill; 377.3p, 376.2p, 362.8p, 361.7p, 351.1p Fir Tree Farm; 376.3p, 375.7p Fordham Farm; 376.2p, 356.8p Bleathgill; 373.8p Hundith House; 371.8p Ascot House; 368.2p, 361.9p Fawcett Park Farm; 363.2p Hall Farm House; 362.2p, 357.5p Stubsgill Farm; 360p Row End Farm; 357.1p Marriforth; 354.5p New Hall; 353p Whiteley Hey Farm; 351.2p Smalmstown Farm; 350p Lansmere; 350p Flatt House Farm: Texel 320.5p, 316.3p, 314.6p, 312.5p(2), 288.4p, 284.1p Fir Tree Farm; 310.2p, 294.3p, 289.6p, 281.3p Smalmstown Farm; 307.7p Steeley Farm; 293p Carkin Moor; 288.6p Breaks Hall; 288.5p Hall Farm House; 288p Fordham Farm; 288p Stripes Farm; 287.8p, 286.9p, 281.7p Castle Hill; 287.5p 283.3p Searchlight; 286.9p, 286p Town End Farm; 286.6p Steeley Farm; 285.7p, 284.6p Anchor Farm; 284.6p Martindale Farm; 284.1p Stubsgill Farm; 284.1p, 283.8p Hall Farm House; 283.8p Towers Farm; 282.9p, 281.7p Kelmore Hill Farm; 281.3p Marriforth; 280.2p Stoneriggs; 280p East Todholes: Blue Texel 320p Town End Farm; 297.7p Fir Tree Farm: Dutch Texel 301.9p Terrys Farm: Charollais 297.6p Fir Tree Farm; 288.9p Orchard Farm: Rouge 285.1p Old Mill Flatt: Cheviot 273.8p, 252.2p  Smalmstown Farm; 270p Friarbiggin; 251.1p Orchard Farm; 251p Prospect Farm: Suffolk 268.4p, 265.3p, 261.5p, 260.4p Smalmstown Farm; 264p, 261.9p Briggle Farm: Scotch Blackface 265.1p, 256.7p Smalmstown Farm; 255.6p Ireshope  Farm: Goat 263.2p Green Gill Farm; 240 Balgray Hill: Mule 254.8p Friarbiggin; 252.4p Asby Grange; 250p, 245.8p, 240.4p Gillses; 244.4p The Park Wall; 244.4p Terrys Farm; 243.3p Williams House; 243.3p Thorney Gale; 242.7p Kilnstown; 242.5p Green Gill Farm; 241.7p(2) Marriforth; 241.3p Stubsgill Farm; 141.3p Burton Hill; 240p Argill House: Swaledale 228p, 228p High Birk Hatt; 225.8p, 221.1p Green Gill Farm; 220.4p New Hall.

Cast Ewes

Beltex £265, £160.50 Whiteley Hey Farm; £140 Bonnygate Farm: Texel £250 Whiteley Hey Farm; £180 Low Field Farm; £164, £160 Bonnygate Farm; £150 New Hall; £150 Lowfield Farm: Bluefaced Leicester £151 Eastfield Farm; £140 Oaktree Farm: Mule £118 Fox Grove Farm; £117 Kelmore Hill; £115.50 Fountain Head; £110.50 Oaktree Farm; £110, £100 Orchard Farm; £106.50 Chapel Farm; £103.50 Stotley Hall Farm: Zwartble £110.50 Castle Hill: Hampshire £96 Bonnygate Farm: Goat £90(3), £80 Balgray Hill: Swaledale £87 Low Farm; £86 Hundith House; £85 Haber; £81 Kelmore Hill; £80 Whitewall Farm; £79 Castle Hill; £74 Chapel Farm: Cheviot £84.50, £71.50(2) Middle Bank End Farm: Scotch Blackface £81 Castle Hill; £76 Chapel Farm; £75 Brookside.

Cast Rams

Texel £140 Leather Howe Farm: Swaledale £85 Bleathgill; £79 Oaktree Farm; £77 Slip Cottage.