Kirkby Stephen Prime Sheep Sale

Harrison & Hetherington Ltd, Kirkby Stephen Mart held their weekly Sale of prime sheep on Tuesday night, when 4,530 sheep were forward consisting of 3,855 prime hoggs and 675 cast sheep.

Topping the sale at £184 was a 68kg Texel cross hogg from Messrs Fisher, Smalmstown Farm, Longtown.

Topping at 448.7p/kg were a pen of five 39kg Beltex cross hoggs which made £175 from Messrs Robshaw, Beck House Farm, Tadcaster.

A pen of ten 42kg Beltex cross hoggs sold for £179 from Messrs Phillips, Fir Tree Farm, Harrogate.

Messrs Skelton, Newhall Farm, Maryport sold a pen of fifteen 41kg Beltex cross hoggs to make £177.

Messrs Smith, Kelmore Hill Farm, Distington sold 47kg Beltex cross hoggs to make £176 with this same home also selling 38kg hoggs to make £167 (49.5p/kg)

Jojo Andrews, Boscar Flats, York sold a pen of ten 42kg Beltex cross hoggs to make £175, another pen of fifteen 40kg hoggs selling for £173 (432.5p/kg), a pen of five 42kg to make £170, and a pen of nine 39kg making £169 (433.3p/kg.

Messrs Phillips, Fir Tree Farm sold a pen of fourteen 40kg Beltex cross hoggs to make £175 (437.5p/kg and a pen of twelve 42kg making £171.50.

The great consignment of 175 hoggs from Fir Tree Farm sold to average £163.69 (391.93p/kg)

Messrs Bell, Hallbankgate Farm, Brampton sold 40kg Beltex cross hoggs to make £174.50 (436p/kg)

Messrs Simpson, Highscale Farm, Wigglesworth sold a pen of ten 41kg hoggs to make £170, with a pen of twelve 37kg hoggs making £161 (435.1p/kg)

A flying trade for all classes and weights of prime hoggs was achieved with an eye watering SQQ average of 315.49p/kg and an overall average of 284.56p/kg and £127.30 per head being achieved for 3855 hoggs which includes over 1100 horned and Mule hoggs.

Smart heavy hoggs were good to sell with 56kg making £160 5kg making £158 and 54kg selling for £154 from Jojo Andrews.

Messrs Wills, Fawcett Park sold 50kg hoggs to make £158.

Messrs Robshaw, Beck House Farm, Tadcaster sold a pen of six 52kg hoggs to make £150.

Blackfaced hoggs topped at £127 for a pen of fifteen 55kg hoggs from Messrs Fisher, Smalmstown Farm, Longtown.

Another pen of 29 48kg Blackfaced hoggs sold to make £124.50 (259.4p/kg), a pen of twenty six 45kg making £121.50 (270p/kg) and a pen of twenty-seven 46kg Blackfaced hoggs selling for £120 (260.9p/kg) all from this some.

The consignment of 360 Blackfaced hoggs from Smalmstown Farm sold to average 49kg £122.50 (250pkg)

Messrs Carrick, Ireshope Plains sold a pen of 43kg Blackfaced hoggs to make £115.50 (268.6p/kg).

Mule hoggs topped at £125 for a pen of six 55kg hoggs from Messrs Smith, Kelmore Hill Farm, Distington.

Messrs Huck, Sowerthwaite Farm, Austwick sold a pen of twenty-two 53kg Mules to make £123, and a pen of twelve 52kg Mules making £122 also from this home.

Mule hoggs also topped at 258.5p/kg for a pen of 41kg which made £106 from Harrison, Tailbert, Penrith.

A pen of 40kg Mules sold for £103 (257.5p/kg) from Messrs Taylor, Redlands Bank.

Swaledale hoggs topped at £125 for 60jg hoggs from Messrs Wallace, Lanehead Farm, Barnard Castle.

Messrs Fawcett, Argill House, South Stainmore also sold Swaledale hoggs to £124.

Lightweight hoggs of all breeds were off the clock, with a pen of thirteen 34kg Hill cheviot hoggs making £107 (314.7p/kg) from Messrs Rutherford, Waterside Farm, Wearhead.

A pen of thirty five Swaledale hoggs weighing 38kg sold for £91.50 (240.8p/kg)

1037 Beltex cross hoggs sold to average £150.80 and 361p/kg.

13 pens and 99 hoggs sold between £170-£184

50 pens and 364 hoggs sold between £160-£184

32 pens and 274 hoggs sold between 400-448p/kg

86 pens and 621 hoggs sold between 350-448p/kg.

Cast sheep topped at £255 for a pen of three Texel ewes from Messrs Brannen, Scar Top, Penrith.

Messrs Knight, Stephney Farm, Seascale sold a pen of ten handy weighted Beltex cross ewes to make £175.

Rough fell ewes sold to £106 for a pen of twelve from Messrs Dunning, Raisgill Hall, Tebay.

Swaledale ewes topped at £88 for a pen from Messrs Stobbart, Wemmergill, Barnard Castle.

Messrs Akrigg, Manor House Farm, Skipton sold a pen of seven Swaledale ewes to make £87.

Leading Hogg Averages
No.        Weight    p/kg        Head        From
175  @    41.7kg    391.9p    £163.69    RL & AR Phillips, Harrogate
66    @    38.2kg    416.1p    £159.35    PW Simpson, Wigglesworth
161  @    42.7kg    368.6p    £158.63    JM Andrews, York
38    @    45.8kg    342.2p    £156.62    W Robshaw & Son, Tadcaster
24    @    44.9kg    340.2p    £152.81    MTP&SD Wills, Dufton
300  @    47kg        319.3p    £150.17    R Skelton, Maryport
25    @    40kg       368.6p    £147.58    M/s Dent, Bolton
50    @    42.1kg    341.6p    £143.80    TW Hunter, Annan
33    @    42kg       337.3p    £141.86    M Wynne, Derbyshire

Leading Prices –

Prime Hoggs

Price Per head –

Texel £184 Smalmstown Farm; £160, £158, £154, £150 Boscar Flats; £150, £147(2), £140 Beck House Farm; £148.50 Townfoot; £148 Cowsgill Bridge View; £146, £140 Aspatria Hall; £146 Huttonfields; £144 Newhall Farm; £142 Tailbert; £141.50 West Summersides; £140 Hallbankgate Farm; £140 Whygill Head: Beltex £179, £175, £171.50, £169.50, £169, £168.50, £166, £163, £162, £161.50, £160(2), £159, £158.50, £157.50, £155.50, £154, £152, £150(2) Fir Tree Farm; £177(2), £168(3), £166.50, £165, £164, £163, £158, £153.50, £152 Newhall Farm; £176, £167, £158, £150 Kelmore Hill Farm; £175, £173, £170, £169.50, £169, £166, £164, £157, £156, £151, £150.50 Boscar Flats; £175, £167, £166, £160, £156 Beck House Farm; £174.50, £162(2) Hallbankgate Farm; £170, £162, £161, £159, £158, £157.50 Highscale Farm; £169, £167, £160, £158 Fordham Farm; £167, £165, £158, £156.50 Fawcett Park Farm; £166, £164, £156, £154.50 Elm House; £158.50, £158, £157, £153, £151 Upper Brydekirk; £158.50 Carpool Farm; £150(2) Aspatria Hall: Suffolk £144 Newhall Farm; £139, £124.50 Smalmstown Farm; £130 Helbeck Grange; £127 East View; £124 Kilnknowe; £120.50 Carpool Farm: Charollais £131.50 Meadow Ing Farm: Cheviot £130 Dona Close; £126.50, £122 Smalmstown Farm; £119, £116 Crossfell House; £117.50 Waterside Farm; £117 Askrigg Hall; £116 Helbeck Grange: Scotch Blackface £127, £124.50, £124, £123.50(2), £123, £122.50(3), £121.50(2), £120(2) Smalmstown Farm: Swaledale £125, £119, £115 Lanehead Farm; £124, £111.50 Argill House; £120, £115 Ettersgill House; £118 Pinfold House; £115.50, £114(2) Helbeck Grange; £114.50, £107 Arngill House; £112.50 Manor House Farm; £112 Cowshill Bridge View; £107.50 Slip Cottage; £106.50 Springfield; £104.50 Musgrave House: Mule £125 Kelmore Hill Farm; £123, £122, £120 Sowerthwaite Farm; £120.50 Helbeck Grange; £119.50, £119 Meadow Ing Farm; £116 Upper Brydekirk: Blue Texel £121 High Toft Hill Farm: Hampshire £117.50 Helbeck Grange: Rough £110, £100.50 Hardendale Hall: Herdwick £103 Hallbankgate Farm.

Price per kilo –

Beltex 448.7p, 415p, 385.1p 381p Beck House Farm; 439.5p Kelmore Hill Farm; 437.5p, 426.2p, 423.8p, 421.3p, 411p, 408.3p, 404.9p, 396.3p, 395.1p, 393.9p, 387.8p Fir Tree Farm; 436p, Hallbankgate Farm; 435.1p, 429.7p, 427p, 426.3p, 414.6p, 384.1p Highscale Farm; 433.3p, 432.5p, 423.8p, 416.7p, 404.8p, 400p, 395.2p, 392.5p Boscar Flats; 431.7p(2), 420.5p, 412.5p, 406.1p, 393.6p, 381.8p Newhall Farm; 428.2p, 427p, 402.7p, 400p, 386.5p Fordham Farm; 406.6p, 390.5p Elm House; 397.6p, 383.7p Fawcett Park Farm; 394.6p Smalmstown Farm; 392.5p, 392.3p Upper Brydekirk: Texel 333p Hallbankgate Farm; 315.9p, 309.3p, 295.3p, 284.5p, 281.7p High Toft Hill Farm; 313.1p Kelmore Hill Farm; 304.9p, 302.3p, 300p, 290p, 285.7p Muirburn; 303.1p Townfoot; 300p Towers Farm; 297.5p, 286.3p, 280.2p Tailbert; 297p Carpool Farm; 293p, 281.8p Smalmstown Farm; 292.7p Fordham Farm; 288.5p, 282.7p, 280p Beck House Farm; 285.7p, 285.2p, 283p Boscar Flats; 285.1p Kilnknowe; 284.5p, 280.2p Askrigg Hall; 283.3p Friars Garth; 281.1p Waterside Farm: Cheviot 314.7p, 267p Waterside Farm; 276.7p Crossfell House; 270p, 268.3p, 267.5p Redlands Bank; 264.7p Townfoot; 263.2p Castle Hill; 261.5p Whygill Head: Scotch Blackface 270p, 260.9p, 259.4p, 255.3p, 254.3p, 250p Smalmstown Farm; 268.6p, 259.1p Ireshope Plains; 262.5p Redlands Bank; 250p Castle Hill: Charollais 267.6p High Toft Hill Farm: Suffolk 266.7p Redlands Bank; 255p Beechcroft Farm; 246.9p Askrigg Hall; 240p Newhall Farm: Mule 258.5p Tailbert; 257.5p, 250p Redlands Bank; 252.6p, 250p Castle Hill; 252.2p Upper Brydekirk; 249p Southwaite Farm; 247.7p Meadow Ing Farm; 247.4p Townfoot; 246.4p Askrigg Hall; 246.4p Briggle Farm: Herdwick 251.2p Hallbankgate Farm: Swaledale 243p Musgrave House; 243p236p  Arngill House; 242.4p Argill House; 240.8p, 239.5p Irestone; 240.6p, 232.7p(2) Helbeck Grange; 237.5p Townfoot; 234.7p, 230.5p Lanehead Farm; 234p Manor House Farm; 231.9p Fordham Farm: Hampshire 239.8p Helbeck Grange: Bluefaced Leicester 228.3p Meadow Ing Farm: Rough 223.3p Hardendale Hall.

Cast Ewes

Texel £255, £158 Scar Top; £162 High Beck Head; £140 Upper Brydekirk: Beltex £175, £160(2), £150(3), £148, £145 Stephney Farm; £168 Glebe Road: Suffolk £175 Scar Top; £134 Hawkrigg Farm; £134 Fell View; £130 Ling Cottage: Blue Texel £158 Stephney Farm: Bluefaced Leicester £143 High Beck Head; £136 Bollihope Shield: Mule £120.50 Duckintree Farm; £114 Sandwath Farm; £110 Goodlie Hill Cottage; £108 High Beck Head; £107.50, £105.50West Summersides; £105.50 High Toft Hill Farm: Cheviot £120 West Summersides; £110 Coupland Beck Farm: Masham £116 Sykeside: Lleyn £108 Woodfoot:   Rough £106, £90 Raisgill Hall; £92 Hardendale Hall: Ryeland £100 Middle Bank End Farm: Swaledale £88 Wemmergill Farm; £87 Manor House Farm; £85 Bollihope Shield; £75 Buddle House; £73 Kelmore Hill Farm; £70 Easegill Head.

Cast Rams

Beltex £180, £130 Stephney Farm; £154 High Lane: Bluefaced Leicester £140 High Beck Head: Swaledale £138 Well House; £112 High Lane; £96 Bollihope Shield: Texel £130 Well House: Blue Texel £125 Westgarth Hill: Ryeland £120 Middle Bank End Farm.