Kirkby Stephen Prime Sheep Sale

Harrison & Hetherington Ltd, Kirkby Stephen Mart held their weekly Sale of prime sheep on Tuesday night, when 4,483 sheep were forward consisting of 4,013 prime lambs and 470 cast sheep.

Topping the sale at £166 were a pen of six 43kg Beltex cross lambs from Jojo Andrews, Boscar Flats, York.

This same home also topped at 400p/kg for a pen of eight 41kg Beltex cross lambs which made £164.

Also making £166 were a pen of ten 44kg Beltex cross lambs from Messrs Simpson, Highscale Farm, Wigglesworth, with this same home making £163 and 397.6p/kg for a pen of eight 41kg Beltex cross lambs, and £156 for a pen of eight 41kg (380.5p/kg).

Messrs Lee, Carkin Moor Farm, Richmond sold a pen of seven 41kg lambs to make £161.50 (393.9p/kg).

Miss Eddleston, Great Harwood sold a pen of six 41kg lambs to make £160.50(391.5p/kg).

Thompson Livestock, Penrith sold a pen of eighteen 41kg lambs to make £156 (380.5p/kg)

Weekly supporters here at Kirkby Stephen market Messrs Lee, Carkin Moor Farm very kindly donated a lamb to be sold in aid of the British Heart Foundation which went on to sell for £1000 with Yorkshire Halal Meats, Ossett showing their generosity and successfully purchasing the lamb.

55 pens and 312 lambs sold between £140-£166

46 pens and 289 lambs sold between 330-400p/kg

An SQQ sale average of 265.35p/kg and an overall sale average of 258.81p/kg for 4013 lambs was achieved which included over 1000 mule and horned lambs.

Suffolk cross lambs topped at £137 for a pen of 24 from Messes Fisher, Smalmstown Farm, Longtown. With this same home also selling a pen of 26 48kg Suffolk cross lambs to make £120.50 (251p/kg)

Blackfaced lambs sold to £119 and 238p/kg for a pen of 22 50kg lambs from Smalmstown Farm with another pen of 30 46kg Blackfaced lambs making £108 (234.8p/kg and a pen of 26 45kg Blackfaced lambs selling for £106 (235.6p/kg) all from this same home.

Mule lambs topped at £119.50 from Messrs Barker, Bolton.

Mules also topped at 240.2p/kg for a pen of 46kg lambs making £110.50 from Messrs Smith, Kelmore Hill Farm, Workington.

Cast sheep were a similar price with good meated pens of hill ewes being the best to sell.

Blackfaced ewes sold to £86 for a pen from Messrs Birkbeck, Castle Hill, Soulby.

Swaledale ewes topped at £85 for a pen from Messrs Bousfield, Fieldham House, Kirkby Stephen.

Messrs Foster, West End Farm, Barnard Castle sold a pen of ten Swaledale ewes to make £80.

Messrs Birkbeck, Castle Hill, Soulby sold a pen of 20 Swaledale ewes to make £75.

Leading Lamb Averages

No.		Weight	p/kg	Head	From
59	@	43.1kg	359.5p	£155.09	PW Simpson, Wigglesworth
40	@	44.5kg	332.5p	£148.00	T&J Airey, Maryport
101	@	46.9kg	302.2p	£141.87	GW Lee & Sons, Richmond
90	@	41.6kg	337.9p	£140.78	Thompson Livestock, Penrith
119	@	43.5kg	322p	£140.09	JM Andrews, York
21	@	46.1kg	301.2p	£139.00	MTP&SD Wills, Dufton
42	@	40.5kg	340.9p	£138.31	M&S Eddleston, Great Harwood
26	@	48kg	276.9p	£132.92	I&P Clarke, Waitby

Leading Prices –

Prime Lambs

Price Per head –

Beltex £166, £164, £154, £152, £151.50, £147 (2), £140 Boscar Flats; £166 (2), £163, £158, £156, £150, £148.50 (2), £140 (2) Highscale Farm; £161.50, £156, £140, £135 (2) Carkin Moor Farm; £160.50, £148.50, £141, £136.50, £135 Martholme Lane; £158.50 Stoneriggs; £156 (2), £146.50, £144.50 Anchor Farm; £153.50, £150, £146.50, £143 New Grange Farm; £152, £151 (2), £149, £135 Fawcett Park Farm; £148, £139 Upper Brydekirk; £147.50, £140, £139, £135 Marriforth; £146.50, £143.50 Castle Hill; £145.50, £137 Stripes Farm; £145 New Hummerbecks Farm; £142 Town End Farm (Sayer); £141 Ascot House; £141 Barton Hall; £139, £136 Smalmstown Farm; £139 West Lea; £139, £138.50 Hall Farm House: Texel £156, £130 Manor Farm; £154, £150 Boscar Flats; £150 Bollihope Shield; £148, £129 Upper Brydekirk; £145, £133 Cote House Barn; £140, £136 (3), £135, £132, £131 (2), £127 (4) Askrigg Hall; £138 Barton Hall; £138 Porthy Green; £136, £130, £130, £129 (2), £128 Smalmstown Farm; £136, £134, £131 Miller Hill; £135, £132.50, £129 Rosgill Head; £133, £126 Hyde Park; £131 Gaylesfield Farm; £129 Fawcett Park Farm; £128.50, £128 Stripes Farm; £128 (3) Bowes Cross Farm; £126 Tailbert; £126 (2) Whinfell Road; £125 Barton Hall; £125 Abbey Farm: Blue Texel £140 Kelmore Hill Farm; £123 Town End Farm (Sayer); £122 Askrigg Hall: Suffolk £137, £125.50, £125 (2), £120.50 Smalmstown Farm; £130 Town End Farm (Sayer); £126 House and Holme Farm; £125 Green Farm (Hodgson); £123.50 Preston Manor: Cheviot £125, £111 Smalmstown Farm; £111.50 Orchard Farm: Charollais £122 Bowes Cross Farm; £121.50 Green Farm; £116.50 Orchard Farm: Mule £119.50, £110 Whinfell Road; £117, £114 Howgill Farm; £116 Green Farm; £114.50 Manor Farm; £112.50 Croft House Farm; £112, £110.50 Kelmore Hill Farm; £112 Cote House Barn; £111.50 Marriforth; £110.50 Eastfield Farm; £110 Preston Manor: Blackfaced £119, £108, £106 Smalmstown Farm; £102, £101.50 Ireshope Plains: Bluefaced Leicester £114 Cote House Barn: Border Leicester £109 House and Holme Farm: Swaledale £106.50 Argill House; £101 The Park Wall; £99 Thorney Gale; £92.50 Hoggarths Farm; £92 Irestone; £91 Cote House Barn; £91  Ellergill; £90 Castle Hill.

Price per kilo – Beltex 400p, 386p375.6p, 361.9p, 344.3p, 341.5p, 326.7p Boscar Flats; 397.6p, 380.5p, 377.3p(2), 362.2p(2), 351.1p, 333.3p Highscale Farm; 393.9p Carkin Moor Farm; 391.5p, 371.3p, 359.2p, 352.5p Martholme Lane; 380.5p(2), 357.3p, 344p, 327.5p Anchor Farm; 371.1p Ascot House; 370.7p, 343.2p, 328.3p Fawcett Park Farm; 368.6p, 351.4p Stoneriggs; 366.3p, 358.8p, 348.6p Castle Hill; 364.5p, 323.3p Hall Farm House; 352.4p, 347.5 Upper Brydekirk; 347.5p, 331.4p West Lea; 346.4p Stripes Farm; 341.1p, 333p, 326.1p, 325p New Grange Farm; 338.1p Town End Farm; 335.2p, 323.3p Marriforth; 331p Smalmstown Farm: Blue Texel 348.6p Askrigg Hall; 261.7p Town End Farm: Texel 294.3p, 282.6p Manor Farm; 291.1p, 270.2p, 267.3p Askrigg Hall; 287.2p Miller Hill; 283.3p, 280p, 267.9p Boscar Flats; 283.3p, 275p Croft House; 281.6p, 267.9p, 265.4p Hyde Park; 281.3p New Hummerbecks Farm; 280p Thorney Gale; 280p, 270.3p, 266.7p Castle Hill; 273.8p Low Garth; 273.8p Breaks Hall; 270p Grove Farm; 269.8p Marriforth; 268.3p House & Holme Farm; 268.3p Smalmstown Farm; 267.9p Nethergreen Barn; 266.7p Stripes Farm; 266.7p Town End Farm; 266.2p Hesket House; 265.1p Prospect Farm: Suffolk 257.5p Fell View; 252p House & Holme Farm; 251p, 250p, 246.1p, 245.1p Smalmstown Farm; 247.8p, 245.7p Crompton Farm; 245.3p Town End Farm: Cheviot 255.1p Smalmstown Farm; 250p Castle Hill: Charollais 254.5p Orchard Farm; 254.2p Bowes Cross Farm; 251.2p New Hummerbecks Farm: Mule 240.2p Kelmore Hill Farm; 238.5p Manor Farm; 236.7p, 235.6p Pasture House Farm; 235.6p, 234.8p, 232.3p Marriforth; 234.1p Thorney Gale; 233p Red House Farm; 232.2p Low Garth; 231.8p Castle Hill; 230.4p Gaylesfield Farm; 230p Starrah: Scotch Blackface 238p, 235.6p, 234.8p Smalmstown Farm; 230.7p Ireshope Plains; 230.3p Laneside: Broder Leicester 237p House & Holme Farm: Swaledale 230.8p Castle Hill; 230p, 226.9p Irestone; 226.6p Argill House; 222.7p Howgill Farm; 222p Cote House Barn; 221.6p Grains O Beck; 220.2p Hoggarths Farm: Hampshire 214.5p Porthy Green: Rough 204.5p Yew House.

Cast Ewes-Texel £149 Prospect Farm Cottage; £140, £120 West Hindon Farm : Suffolk £118.50 West Hindon Farm;

Mule £106 Chapel Farm; £100 Quarry Close; £99 Rosgill Head; £99 Middle Bank End Farm; £98 Nethergreen Barn; £97 West End Farm; £95 Middle Bank End Farm: Beltex £100 Chapel Farm: Cheviot £90 Chapel Farm; £83 Castle Hill: Blackface £86 Castle Hill; £75 Chapel Farm: Swaledale £85 Fieldham House; £80 West End Farm; £75, £72 Castle Hill; £72 Kelmore Hill Farm; £71 Chapel Farm; £70 Argill House.

Cast Rams - Bluefaced Leicester £144 Claylands Farm; £144, £140 Thorney Gale : Beltex £120 Prospect Farm : Texel £120 High Griseburn; £118.50 Rosgill Head; £114 Stoneriggs : Swaledale £100 Bleathgill; £78 Bollihope Shield; £78 Holly Cottage Barn; £70 West End Farm.