Kirkby Stephen Prime Sheep Sale

Harrison & Hetherington Ltd, Kirkby Stephen Mart held their weekly Sale of prime sheep on Tuesday night, when 4,044 sheep were forward consisting of 3,517 prime hoggs and 527 cast sheep.

The sale topped at £170 on three different occasions firstly for a pen of eleven 41kg Beltex cross hoggs from Jojo Andrews, Boscar Flats, York, who also sold 45kg Beltex cross hoggs to £170.

Jojo also topped at 442.1p/kg for a pen of six 38kg Beltex cross hoggs which sold for £168, with a pen of ten 39kg hoggs making £165.50 (424.4p/kg) and a pen of six 40kg hoggs making £162 (405p/kg) also from this home.

The consignment of 125 hoggs from Jojo Andrews sold to average 42.3kg £150.72 (356p/kg)

Messrs Jackson, Little Beck, Kings Meaburn sold 42kg Beltex cross hoggs to make £170.

Messrs Simpson, Highscale Farm, Wigglesworth sold a pen of eleven 38kg Beltex cross hoggs to make £165 (434.2p/kg) with another pen of eleven 38kg Beltex cross hoggs making £164 (431.6p/kg) and a pen of eleven 39kg hoggs selling for £164 (420.5p/kg) all from Highscale Farm.

The 64 hoggs from this home sold to average 38kg £149.59 (393.1p/kg).

Messrs Lawson, Stubsgill Farm, Distington sold a pair of 39kg Beltex cross hoggs to make £164 (420.5p/kg)

Messrs Tiplady, Red House Farm, Barnard Castle sold 41kg hoggs to make £165 (402.4p/kg)

Messrs Dent, Elm House, Bolton sold a pen of five 41kg hoggs to make £164 (400p/kg).

Texel cross hoggs sold to £155 for a 71kg hogg from Messrs Elliott, Askrigg Hall, Penrith.

Blue Texel cross hoggs sold to £157 and 392.5p/kg for a pen of twelve 40 kg hoggs from Jojo Andrews.

Another wonderful SQQ average of 266.26p/kg and overall average of 243.4p/kg for 3517 hoggs which includes 1228 horned and Mule hoggs.

Blackfaced hoggs topped at £114.50 for a pen of 20 from Messrs Fisher, Smalmstown Farm, Longtown, with this home also selling a pen of 32 48kg Blackfaced hoggs to make £107 (222.9p/kg) and a pen of 32 49kg Blackfaced hoggs to make £109 (222.4p/kg)

Messrs Carrick, Ireshope Plains sold a pen of 47kg Blackfaced hoggs to make £105 (223.4p/kg)

453 Blackfaced hoggs forward sold to average £105.72.

Swaledale hoggs sold to £106 from Messrs Lawson, Hundith House, Wigton.

This same home also topped Mule hoggs at £112 for a pen of ten.

Mule hoggs sold to 232.1p/kg for a pen of 42kg making £97.50 from Messrs Procter, Villa Farm.

Swaledale hoggs also topped at 215.9p for a pen of eleven 44kg hoggs which sold for £95 from Messrs Sayer, Musgrave House.

Messrs Rutherford, Wearhead sold a pen of 23 38kg Swaledale hoggs to make £80.50 (211.8p/kg)

41 pens and 173 hoggs sold between £150-£170

68 pens and 320 hoggs sold between £140-£170

15 pens and 106 hoggs sold between 400p/kg-442p/kg

50 pens and 274 hoggs sold between 350-442p/kg

A display of generosity occurred at Kirkby Stephen Auction Market at their Tuesday evening prime sheep sale. Regular consignor and supporter of Kirkby Stephen Auction George Slack, Stoneriggs Farm kindly offered a prime hogg to be sold with the proceeds to be donated to Cancer Research UK.

The hogg was purchased by Mr Dan Towers, Scale House Farm for £340, Dan then offered the hogg to be resold being purchased by Gerallt Roberts of Field Fresh Trading for £340. Gerallt offered the hogg for resale once again this time selling for £320 to Mr Morgan Helliwell, Rochdale.

Harrison and Hetherington kindly donated £200 taking the final total donated for Cancer Research UK on the evening £1200.

Cast sheep topped at £200 for a pen of six Beltex cross ewes from Messrs Slater, Whiteley Hey Farm, Macclesfield. Texel ewes topped at £180 also from this home.

Swaledale ewes topped at £85 for a pen from Messrs Akrigg, Manor House Farm, Skipton.

All classes of cast sheep were dearer and many more can be easily sold well!

Leading Hogg Averages
No.           Weight    p/kg       Head         From
125  @    42.3kg    356p       £150.72    JM Andrews, York
64    @    38kg        393.1p    £149.59    PW Simpson, Wigglesworth
47    @    42.2kg    351.9p    £148.81    M/s Dent, Bolton
39    @    41.6kg    356.1p    £148.23    W Robshaw & Son, Tadcaster
21    @    39.1kg    353.7p    £138.45    HG Jackson, Kings Meaburn
51    @    46.6kg    293.2p    £136.90    D Stainthorpe, Saltburn-by-Sea
20    @    49.1kg    273.8p    £134.45    GE&VH Slater, Macclesfield

Leading Prices –

Prime Hoggs

Price Per head –

Beltex £170(2), £168, £165.50, £162, £160, £159(3), £151, £140.50 Boscar Flats; £170, £157, £145, £140.50 Little Beck; £165, £149, £146 Red House Farm; £165, £164(2), £143.50, £140 Highscale Farm; £164, £158, £141.50 Stubsgill Farm; £164, £160, £159, £153, £152, £150, £149 Elm House; £163, £159, £158, £141, £140 Low Grange Farm; £158, £156(2), £154, £150, £147.50, £144, £142 Beck House Farm; £157, £151, £149(2), £148 Marriforth; £157 Whiteley Hey Farm; £153 Barton Hall; £145, £140 Friars Garth; £143 West Hale Farm; £142 Castle Hill; £141 Muirburn: Blue Texel £157 Boscar Flats: Texel £155 Askrigg Hall; £145, £144, £141.50, £140, £136, £130(2) Boscar Flats; £140 Buddle House; £136(2), £134, £132.50, £127, £126, £124, £123.50(4), £123, £121.50, £121(2), £120(3) West Summersides; £136, £128.50, £128, £126 Smalmstown Farm; £132, £123 Helbeck Grange; £130 Friars Garth; £128.50 Whygill Head; £125 High Griseburn; £124 Marriforth; £124 West Farm; £120 Whiteley Hey Farm; £120 Yew House: Suffolk £131.50, £120, £118.50 Smalmstown Farm; £120 Palliard; £112 Friars Garth; £111 Helbeck Grange: Hampshire £130 Smalmstown Farm: Cheviot £122, £105 Smalmstown Farm; £103 Orchard Farm: Charollais £115 Orchard Farm: Scotch Blackface £114.50, £109, £108(3), £107 Smalmstown Farm; £108.50(2), £108(2), £107.50, £107, £106 Snowfield Farm; £105 Ireshope Plains: Mule £112, £105, £104 Hundith House; £110 Marriforth; £107.50 Stubsgill Farm; £107(2), £106.50, £104.50 Snowfield Farm; £106.50 Starrah; £104 Howgill Castle: Dutch Texel £106 Gunnerwell: Swaledale £106 Hundith House; £105 Lanehead Farm; £104 Ireshope Plains; £103 Yore House; £99, £95 Musgrave House; £97 Arngill House; £97 Glen Whelt: Rough £90 Yew House: Shetland £83 Castle Hill.

Price per kilo –

Beltex 442.1p, 424.4p, 414.6p, 405p, 387.8p, 378.6p, 378.6p, 377.8p, 372.1p, 360.3p, 351.2p Boscar Flats; 434.2p, 431.6p, 420.5p, 400p, 377.6p, 368.4p Highscale Farm; 420.5p, 385.4p Stubsgill Farm; 404.8p, 382.9p, 381.6p, 351.3p Little Beck; 402.6p Whiteley Hey Farm; 402.6p, 382.1p(2), 354.5p Marriforth; 402.4p Red House Farm; 400p, 375p, 372.5p, 361.4p, 355.6p Elm House; 400p, 394.4p, 380.5p, 359.8p, 359.1p, 357.1p, 356.4p, 350p Beck House Farm; 395p, 379.1p, 353.3p Low Grange Farm; 394.4p, 355.3p Castle Hill; 382.5p Barton Hall: Blue Texel 392.5p Boscar Flats: Texel 309.5p(2), 293.9p, 291.7p, 267p, 258.9p, 256.6p Boscar Flats; 289p Waitby Farm; 280.3p, 272.7p Marriforth; 276.7p Barton Hall; 275.6p Bowes Cross Farm; 266.3p, 261.4p Friars Garth; 260.7p High Griseburn; 257.5p Haithwaite; 257.1p, 256p Smalmstown Farm; 250p Stubsgill Farm: Charollais 244.7p Orchard Farm: Suffolk 243.2p Stoneriggs; 239.5p Marriforth; 235.3p Smalmstown Farm; 232.1p Fell View: Cheviot 234.1p Orchard Farm; 232.6p Castle Hill; 225.9p Smalmstown Farm: Mule 232.1p, 218.3p Villa Farm; 225p Castle Hill; 222.3p, 218.4p Snowfield Farm; 219.6p, 218.2p Marriforth; 219.6p Stubsgill Farm; 218.9p Orchard Farm: Scotch Blackface 223.4p Ireshope Plains; 222.9p, 222.4p, 221.7p, 221.3p(2), 220.4p Smalmstown Farm; 222.2p Castle Hill; 220.4p Snowfield Farm: Shetland 218.4p Castle Hill: Swaledale 215.9p, 210.6p Musgrave House; 211.8p, 209p Irestone; 210.3p Glen Whelt; 210.2p Yore House; 209p Arngill House; 206p Palliard; 204.2p Howgill Castle: Herdwick 205p Castle Hill.

Cast Ewes

Beltex £200, £175, £140 Whiteley Hey Farm: Texel £180 Whiteley Hey Farm; £164 Gillses Farm; £132 West Briscoe; £130 Yore House: Blue Texel £172, £140 Whiteley Hey Farm: Bluefaced Leicester £136 Keisley Farm; £130 Hundith House; £118 Gillses Farm: Teeswater £128 Selgin House: Suffolk £120 Middle Bank End Farm: Mule £114 Yore House; £103 Middle Bank End Farm: Cheviot £112 Coupland Beck Farm; £96.50 Whinfell Road; £92 Whygill Head: Lleyn £94.50 Wharton Hall: Swaledale £85, £74 Manor House Farm; £80 Gillses Farm; £79 Marriforth; £79 Stotley Hall Farm; £75 Middle Bank End Farm; £74 West Briscoe; £70 Yore House: Zwartble £80 Middle Bank End Farm: Rough £66 Ellergill: Scotch Blackface £60 Middle Bank End Farm.

Cast Rams

Beltex £160 Manor House Farm: Texel £144 Snaisgill Farm: Bluefaced Leicester £124 Yew House: Swaledale £88 West Briscoe; £74 Manor House Farm.