Kirkby Stephen Prime Sheep Sale

Harrison & Hetherington Ltd, Kirkby Stephen Mart held their weekly Sale of prime sheep on Tuesday night, when 3,620 sheep were forward consisting of 3,092 prime hoggs and 528 cast sheep.

Topping the sale at £168 were two different consignors, firstly for a pen of seven 43kg Beltex cross hoggs at (390.7p/kg) from Messrs Dinsdale, High Field, Penrith, then also making £168 were a pen of 45kg Beltex cross hoggs from Messrs Wills, Fawcett Park Farm, Dufton.

Topping at 397.3p/kg were a pen of 37kg Beltex cross hoggs which sold for £147 from Messrs Skelton, Newhall Farm, Maryport.

Thompson Livestock, Penrith sold a pen of six 42kg Beltex cross hoggs to make £164 (390.5p/kg)

Messrs Somerville, Lansmere, Penrith sold 49kg Beltex cross hoggs to make £164.

Messrs Smith, Kelmore Hill Farm, Workington sold a pen of 45kg Beltex cross hoggs to make £162.

Messrs Simpson, Highscales Farm, Wigglesworth sold a pen of eight 38kg Beltex cross hoggs to make £150 (394.7p/kg)

Jojo Andrews, Boscar Flats, York sold a pen of 42kg hoggs to make £160, with a pen of nine 41kghoggs making £158 (385.4p/kg) and a pair of 54kg Beltex cross hoggs making £160 57kg Texel cross hoggs making £155 also from Boscar Flats.

Messrs Clarke, Stripes Farm, Waitby sold a=39kg Beltex cross hoggs to make £152. (389.7p/kg)

The annual Horned prime hogg show for pens of 10 Swaledale, Blackfaced and Rough Fells was held which was kindly sponsored by Aldersons Nateby Service Station and the Swaledale Sheep Breeders Association and with the judging been carried out by Mr T. Birkbeck, Soulby.

The overall champion pen of horned hoggs was awarded to the first placed pen of 10 Blackfaced hoggs from Messrs Fisher, Smalmstown Farm, Longton which weighed 51kg and sold for £115.

The reserve overall pen of horned hoggs was awarded to the first placed pen of 10 Swaledale hoggs which weighted 43kg and sold to £87 from Messrs Iceton, High Birk Hatt, Barnard Castle

Show Results

Swaledale

1^st        AR Iceton & Sons, High Birk Hatt – 43kg £87

2^nd       SJ&WEJ Dickinson, High Wood End – 43kg £89.50

3^rd       J Nattrass, Shield Hill Top – 44kg £88

Rough Fell

1^st        SJ&WEJ Dickinson, High Wood End – £95

Scotch Blackface

1^st        M/s Fisher, Smalmstown Farm – 51kg £115

2^nd       M/s Fisher, Smalmstown Farm – 48kg £109.50

3^rd       J Carrick & Son, Ireshope Plains – 46kg £100

champion pen of lambs from the horned prime hoggs show and sale.
(Left to Right) Tom Fisher (vendor) and Gary Alderson of Nateby Service Station (Sponsor)

Messrs Fisher, Smalmstown Farm, Longtown sold a pen of 10 48kg Blackfaced hoggs to make £109.50 (228.1p/kg)

Blackfaced hoggs also topped at 234.1p/kg for a pen of 13 41kg hoggs which made £96 from Bolton Lodge Farms, Appleby.

Messrs Fisher, Smalmstown Farm sold a pen of 20 55kg Suffolk cross hoggs to make £135.50.

Mule hoggs topped at £112 from Messrs Smith, Kelmore Hill Farm, Workington.

Mules topped at 226.1p/kg for a pen of ten 46kg which made £104 from Messrs Fairburn, Marriforth, Ripon.

Another great SQQ average of (266.37p/kg) and overall average of 257.9p/kg which includes over 800 horned and Mule hoggs.

35 pens and 173 hoggs sold between £150-£168

43 pens and 259 hoggs sold between 350-397p/kg

Cast sheep sold to top at £175 for a Beltex ewe from Messrs Seymour, Brackenslack, Penrith.

Texel ewes sold to £174 from Messrs Collin, Intake Farm, Barnard Castle.

Bluefaced Leicester ewes topped at £160 for a pair from Messrs Taylor, Swathburn, Great Asby.

Mule ewes sold to £109 for a pen of six from Messrs Nelson, Rosgill Head, Penrith.

Swaledale ewes topped at £79 for a pen of five from Kilnstown Farms, Roweltown, Carlisle.

Leading Hogg Averages
No.         Weight    p/kg         Head         From
23    @    40.5kg    381.9p    £154.76    Thompson Livestock Ltd, Penrith
54    @    40.9kg    365.9p    £149.70    PW Simpson, Wigglesworth
143  @    43.5kg    336.3p    £146.46    JM Andrews, York
44    @    42.5kg    342.5p    £145.59    W&J&I Dinsdale, Morland
25    @    43.7kg    322.4p    £141.12    TW Hunter, Annan
24    @    43.6kg    317.2p    £138.42    MTP&SD Wills, Dufton
86    @    39.1kg    344p        £134.66    R Skelton, Maryport
16    @    41.5kg    322.8p    £134.19    B Maughan, Crosby Ravensworth
52    @    45.8kg    287.3p    £131.80    A&JN Story, Carlisle
10    @    42.3kg    310.9p    £131.55    I&P Clarke, Waitby

Leading Prices –

Prime Hoggs

Price Per head –

Beltex £168, £155, £144 Fawcett Park Farm; £168, £159, £155 High Field; £164, £151.50 Anchor Farm; £164 Lansmere; £162, £140 Kelmore Hill Farm; £160(2), £158(3), £157, £155, £153.50, £152.50, £152(2), £151, £150, £147, £145.50, £145 Boscar Flats; £159, £142, £140 Stubsgill Farm; £155 Hallbankgate Farm; £155, £148 Woodfoot; £153.50, £152.50, £152, £150, £149, £148.50, £147.50, £146 Highscales; £153.50 Hall Farm House; £153, £148 Upper Brydekirk; £152 Stripes Farm; £148.50 Ascot House;  £147.50, £144, £140 Marriforth; £147, £143 Newhall Farm; £141 High Griseburn; £140.50 Black Syke; £140.50 Newton Farm; £140 Newbiggin Farm; £140 Hallbankgate Farm; £140 Green Farm: Texel £155, £155 Boscar Flats; £146 Hallbankgate Farm; £140, £129 Black Syke; £140(2), £135 Askrigg Hall; £140, £130 Green Farm; £140, £130, £127 Upper Brydekirk; £140(2), £134.50, £128, £125 Newbiggin Farm; £134.50 High Griseburn; £132.50 Pinfold House; £130, £125 Stoneriggs; £130 Kelmore Hill Farm; £128 Rosgill Head; £127.50 Moor Riggs; £127 Calva Farm; £126, £125 Town End Farm; £125 Lansmere: Suffolk £135.50, £126, £120.50, £114.50(2) Smalmstown Farm; £124.50, £119.50 Marriforth; £116 Ascot House: Blue Texel £130 Askrigg Hall; £114 Town End Farm: Charollais £126 High Field, £126 Brackenslack: Cheviot £120, £107 Smalmstown Farm; £106 Hope House: Scotch Blackface £115, £109.50, £105.50, £100.50 Smalmstown Farm; £100 Ireshope Plains: Mule £112, £105 Kelmore Hill Farm; £111.50, £104 Marriforth; £110.50 Town End Farm; £107.50 Eden Flatt; £107.50 Stubsgill; £106 Argill House; £106 Keisley Farm; £105.50 Green Farm; £104.50 Well House; £104 Croft House Farm: Rouge £111 Bolton Road: Swaledale £99 Ireshope Plains; £99 Pinfold House; £98, £88 Shieldhill Top; £96.50, £85.50 Lanehead Farm; £93 Croft House Farm; £92, £89.50 High Wood End Farm; £90.50 The Park Wall; £87 High Birk Hatt: Bluefaced Leicester £97 Croft House Farm: Hebridean £95 Amersber Cottage: Rough £95 High Wood End: Shetland £80 Newton Farm.

Price per kilo –

Beltex 397.3p, 366.7p(2) Newhall Farm; 394.7p, 382.1p, 370.7p, 365.5p, 359.8p, 356.1p, 354.7p Highscale Farm; 390.7p, 378.6p 369p High Field; 390.5p, 378.8p Anchor Farm;  389.7p Stripes Farm; 385.4p, 381p, 374.4p, 373.8p, 372p, 351.1p, 350p Boscar Flats;  380.8p Ascot House; 378.6p Stubsgill Farm;  373.3p, 369p Fawcett Park Farm; 365.5p Hall Farm House; 364.3p, 361p Upper Brydekirk; 361.8p Moor Riggs; 361p Woodfoot; 360.3p, 352.6p Newton Farm; 360p, 353.8p Kelmore Hill Farm; 359p, 351.3p Marriforth; 351.4p, 350p Green Farm; 350p Thorney Gale: Charollais 340.5p Brackenslack; 293p High Field: Texel 324.3p Thorney Gale; 218.2p, 310p, 274.5p, 266.7p, 266p Newbiggin Farm; 317.4p, 361.7p Hallbankgate Farm; 296.5p Moor Riggs; 291.5p High Griseburn; 288.5p, 271.9p Boscar Flats; 285.7p Brackenslack; 283.3p, 260.5p Town End Farm; 276.6p Stoneriggs; 275p, 266.7p, 264.2p Askrigg Hall; 271.7p Lansmere; 268.3p, 265.8p Bolton Road: Blue Texel 265.1p Town End Farm; 260p Askrigg Hall; 253.8p Newton Farm: Rouge 258.1p Bolton Road: Suffolk 247.6p Black Syke; 247.1p, 246.4p, 243.6p, 241p Smalmstown Farm; 244.1p, 243.9p Marriforth; 241.7p Ascot House: Cheviot 238p Smalmstown Farm: Scotch Blackface 234.1p, 221.4p(2) Bolton Lodge; 228.1p, 225.5p Smalmstown Farm; 220p Ireshope Plains: Mule 226.1p Marriforth; 224p Stubsgill Farm; 221.4p Well House; 220.8p Keisley Farm; 219.8p Green Farm; 218.8p Kelmore Hill Farm; 216.7p Croft House Farm: Shetland 216.2p Newton Farm: Bluefaced Leicester 215.6p Croft House Farm: Swaledale 211.4p Croft House Farm; 210.6p Ireshope Plains; 208.5p, 205.3p Lanehead Farm; 208.1p High Wood End; 205.7p, 202.4p The Park; 203.8p(2), 202.3p High Birk Hatt; 202p Pinfold House; 201.3p Keisley Farm; 200p Shieldhill Top; 200p(2) Irestone: Hebridean 211.1p Amersber Cottage.

Cast Ewes

Beltex £175 Brackenslack; £100 Chapel House Farm: Texel £174 Intake Farm; £156 Bridge End Farm; £152 Upper Brydekirk; £150 Hartley Castle: Bluefaced Leicester £160, £142 Swathburn; £151 Kilnstown: Mule £109 Rosgill Head; £108.50 Martindale Farm(Wearmouth); £100 Forest Farm; £98.50 Middle Bank End Farm; £98.50 Bridge End Farm; £96 Upper Brydekirk; £96 Martindale Farm(Robinson); £95 Kelmore Hill Farm: Charollais £101, £90 Middle Bank End Farm: Suffolk £96 Martindale(Wearmouth): Lleyn £93 Williamwood: Blue Texel £92 Scar Sykes: Swaledale £79, £63 Kilnstown Farm; £76 Stoneriggs; £75 Argill House; £74 Swathburn; £72 West End farm; £65 Thorney Gale; £64 Hartley Castle; £63.50 Kelmore Hill Farm; £62 Intake Farm: Rough £78 High Wood End Farm: Scotch Blackface £75 Laneside: Cheviot £72 Yew House; £68 Martindale Farm; £63 Scar Sykes Farm: Jacob £71 Rosgill Head: Hebridean £52 Kelmore Hill Farm.

Cast Rams

Beltex £130 Abbey Farm: Texel £120 High Lane; £105 Bridge End Farm: Lleyn £100 Williamwood: Cheviot £92 Valehurn:

Swaledale £84 Well House.