Date: 28 March 2023 | Primestock
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Harrison & Hetherington Ltd, Kirkby Stephen Mart held their weekly Sale of prime sheep on Tuesday night, when 4,007 sheep were forward consisting of 50 spring lambs, 3,664 prime hoggs and 293 cast sheep.
The annual Easter Spring Lamb show was held which saw a wonderful turnout of 50 lambs forward.
Judging was carried out by regular supporter Morgan Helliwell, Rochdale who awarded the overall championship to a 38kg Beltex cross lamb which went on to sell for £190 (500p/kg) and was consigned by Messrs Musgrave, Cardew Hall, Carlisle, with Mr Helliwell backing his judgment and successfully purchasing the lamb.
Messrs Musgrave also sold the first prize Texel cross lambs weighing 42kg to make £178 (423.8p/kg)
Dan Stainthorpe, Low Grange Farm, Cleveland sold the first prize Suffolk cross lamb which weighed 37kg and make £168 (454.1p/kg)
This same home sold the second prize Beltex lamb weighing 36kg to make £155 (430.6p/kg)
A spring lamb average of 342.68p/kg was achieved.
Champion lambs (Left to Right) Stephen Huck for WE Jameson & Son (Sponsors), James Musgrave (Consignor) with Jack Musgrave holding the lamb & Morgan Helliwell (Judge)
The pre sale show was kindly sponsored by WE Jameson & Son, Masham and the following awards were made
Beltex
1st WL Musgrave & Sons, Cardew Hall 38kg £190 (500p/kg)
2nd D Stainthorpe, Low Grange Farm 36kg £155 (430.6p/kg)
3rd JB Marwood & Son, Studdah Farm 41kg £158 (385.4p/kg)
Texel
1st WL Musgrave & Sons, Cardew Hall 42kg £178 (423.8p/kg)
2nd D Stainthorpe, Low Grange Farm 45kg £160 (355.6p/kg)
3rd JB Marwood & Son, Studdah Farm 39kg £158 (405.1p/kg)
Suffolk
1st D Stainthorpe, Low Grange Farm 37kg £168 (454.1p/kg)
2nd P&K Brannen, Scar Top 43kg £168 (390.7p/kg)
Any other breed
1st JB Marwood & Son, Studdah Farm (Charollais) 47kg £150 (319.1p/kg)
2nd D Stainthorpe, Low Grange Farm (Dorset) 37kg £115 (310.8p/kg)
3rd JB Marwood & Son, Studdah Farm (Dutch Spotted) 39kg £148 (379.5p/kg)
Prime hoggs topped at £190 for a 54kg Beltex cross hogg from Messrs Skelton, Newhall Farm, Maryport.
Messrs Mason, East Farm, Malton topped at 448.7p/kg for a pen of nine 39kg Beltex cross hoggs which made £178 with another pen of ten 40kg hoggs making £178 (445p/kg) and a pen of eleven 39kg making £172.50 (442.3p/kg) also from this home.
The consignment of 132 hoggs from East Farm sold to average 42kg £170.03 (404.8p/kg).
Messrs Phillips, Fir Tree Farm, Harrogate sold a pen of twelve 42kg Beltex cross hoggs to make £179, with another pen of eleven 43kg also making £179 and a pen of 44kg selling for £175 also from Fir Tree Farm.
Jojo Andrews sold a pen of eight 41kg Beltex cross hoggs to make £175 a pen of fourteen 42kg hoggs for £174.50 and a pen of eight 41kg hoggs to make £174.
Heavy hoggs were a flying trade with Dan Stainthorpe, Cleveland selling 55kg Beltex cross hoggs to make £178.
Messrs Skelton, Newhall Farm sold 58kg Texel cross hoggs to make £178.
Jojo Andrews sold a pair of 63kg Texel cross hoggs to make £170 with this same home selling 58kg Suffolk cross hoggs to make £158.
Messrs Fisher, Smalmstown Farm, Longtown topped the Suffolk cross hoggs at £160 for a pair of 70kg hoggs.
Messrs Fisher also topped the Blackfaced hoggs at £130.50 for two pens of 25 53kg hoggs, with another pen of 31 48kg Blackfaced hoggs making £130 and a pen of 32 49kg Blackfaced hoggs also making £130.
This same home also topped the Blackfaced hoggs at 283.7p/kg for a pen of 31 43kg hoggs which sold for £122 with another pen of 31 43kg hoggs making £121 (280.4p/kg)
The 207 Blackfaced hoggs from Smalmstown Farm sold to average 47kg £127.41 (271.1p/kg)
Hill cheviot hoggs topped at £134.50 for a pen of 17 54kg hoggs from Smalmstown Farm with the 140 Cheviot hoggs from this home selling to average 46kg £128.29 (279p/kg)
Mule hoggs topped at £128.50 (267.7p/kg) for a pen of 29 48kg hoggs also from Smalmstown Farm.
A pen of 38kg Mule hoggs sold for £102 (268.4p/kg) from Messrs Rutherford, Irestone, Weardale.
Swaledale hoggs sold to £123 and £122 for three pens of 52kg hoggs from Messrs Hutchinson, Dirt Pit Farm, Barnard Castle.
Swaledale hoggs topped at 263.5p/kg for a pen of 14 37kg hoggs which made £97.50 with another pen of 36kg Swaledale hoggs making £94 (261.1p/kg) also from this home.
Hayllar Farms, Brough sold a pen of 25 47kg Swaledale hoggs to make £120 (255.3p/kg) with a pen of 16 46kg Swaledales making £118 (256.5p/kg) also from this home.
Another great SQQ average of 300.65p/kg and an overall average of 285.99p/kg and £126.51 for 3664 hoggs which includes over 1400 horned and Mule hoggs.
670 Beltex cross hoggs sold to average £157.47 and 370p/kg.
21 pens and 145 hoggs sold between £170-£190
54 pens and 372 hoggs sold between £160-£190
20 pens and 180 hoggs sold between 400-448p/kg
61 pens and 481 hoggs sold between 350-448p/kg
Cast sheep topped at £160 on two separate occasions firstly for Texel cross ewe from Miss Lewtas-Wood, Poulton le Fylde and also £160 was a Cast Texel ram from Messrs Procter, Villa Farm, Kirkby Stephen.
Swaledale ewes sold to £85 from Messrs Harrison, Tailbert.
Leading Hogg Averages
No. Weight p/kg Head From
132 @ 42kg 404.8p £170.03 JP Mason & Sons, Malton
165 @ 42.9kg 380.5p £163.49 RL&AR Phillips, Harrogate
45 @ 45.8kg 353.3p £161.89 D Stainthorpe, Cleveland
172 @ 42.7kg 365p £156.21 JM Andrews, York
344 @ 48.6kg 295.6p £143.94 R Skelton, Maryport
34 @ 54.3kg 258.5p £140.62 WA Richardson, Richmond
46 @ 46.8kg 295.3p £138.30 TC Findlay & Son, Fyvie
29 @ 46.2kg 287.9p £133.03 JWN & WEC Paul, Bleatarn
40 @ 47.9kg 275.4p £131.95 DF&MG Littlefair, Darlington
653 @ 49.1kg 265.9p £130.57 M/s Fisher, Longtown
Leading Prices –
Prime Lambs
Price Per Head –
Beltex £190 Cardew Hall; £158 Studdah Farm; £155 Low Grange Farm: Texel £178, £159, £158 Cardew Hall; £160 Scar Top; £160, £157 Low Grange Farm; £158 Studdah Farm: Suffolk £168 Scar Top; £168 Low Grange Farm: Blue Texel £158 Cardew Hall: Charollais £150 Studdah Farm: Dutch Spotted £148 Studdah Farm.
Price Per Kilo –
Beltex 500p Cardew Hall; 430.6p Low Grange Farm; 385.4p Studdah Farm: Suffolk 454.1p Low Grange Farm; 390.7p Scar Top: Texel 423.8p, 418.4p, 405.1p Cardew Hall; 411.1p, 397p, 342.9p Street House; 405.1p, 340.5p Studdah Farm; 365.1p, 355.6p Scar Top: Blue Texel 415.8p Cardew Hall: Dutch Spotted 379.5p, 341.5p Studdah Farm: Charollais 319.1p Studdah Farm.
Prime Hoggs
Price Per head –
Beltex £190, £167, 166, £164, £160(2), £158(2), £155.50, £152 Newhall Farm; £179(2), £175, £174, £173, £170, £169, £167.50, £167(2), £166.50, £166, £164(2), £160, £158, £157, £156(2), £155, £154(2), £152.50, £151 Fir Tree Farm; £178, £175, £172.50, £172, £170(3), £169.50(2), £164(2), £161, £160 East Farm; £178, £165, £161, £158, £157 Low Grange Farm; £175, £174.50, £174, £168, £167, £166, £165, £158.50, £153, £150 Boscar Flats; £162, £155 Smalmstown Farm; £160 Hallbankgate Farm; £159 Little Langton Grange; £159 Sawbridge Hall; £154.50, £150 Buddle House: Texel £178, £157, £153, £150, £145.50(2), £144, £142, £141, £140(4), £138(2), £136, £135(3) Newhall Farm; £170, £154, £150, £144 Boscar Flats; £162 Kilnknowe; £160, £155, £140, £138.50 Smalmstown Farm; £160, £150 Fir Tree Farm; £159, £150, £147, £145, £140, £135 Huttonfields; £154, £151, £145, £137 Buddle House; £147.50 Hallbankgate Farm; £138 West Farm; £137 Little Langton Grange; £136.50 Woodfoot; £136 Tailbert: Blue Texel £160 Fir Tree Farm; £148.50 Boscar Flats; £138 Smalmstown Farm: Suffolk £160, £141, £136.50, £135.50; £158 Boscar Flats; £134.50 Newhall Farm;; £134 Palliard; £132 Pilling Lane: Charollais £152.50 Boscar Flats; £137.50, £130 Orchard Farm: Cheviot £134.50, £128, £127.50(4), £127 Smalmstown; £130 Newhall Farm; £124, £122.50 Pitfourie: Scotch Blackface £130.50(2), £130(2), £129(2), £122, £121 Smalmstown Farm; £127 Helbeck Grange; £118 Pitfourie: Mule £128.50, £128 Smalmstown Farm; £128(2) Helbeck Grange; £126 Kilnknowe; £123.50 Woodbine House: Gritstone £123.50 Middle Ridge Farm: Swaledale £123(2), £122, £117 Dirt Pit Farm; £120, £118, £114.50, £114 Helbeck Grange; £116 Palliard: Masham £118 Helbeck Grange: Bluefaced Leicester £115 Bleathgill: Herdwick £110 Starrah.
Price per kilo –
Beltex 448.7p, 445p, 442.3p, 409.5p, 404.8p, 395.3p, 392.7p, 390.5p(2), 377.8p, 376.7p East Farm; 428.2p, 426.8p, 424.4p, 423.1p, 415.5p, 395.2p Boscar Flats; 426.2p, 421.1p, 416.3p, 407.3p, 406.1p, 402p, 400.3p, 397.7p, 397.6p, 394.9p, 393.2p, 390.5p, 389.5p, 386p, 380.5p Fir Tree Farm; 417.5p, 410p, 390.2p, 377.3p, 376.2p(2), 370.7p Newhall Farm; 406.6p Buddle House; 390.2p Hallbankgate Farm; 388.9p Red House Farm; 375p Low Grange Farm: Texel 348.9p Newhall Farm; 342.9p Boscar Flats; 326.5p Fir Tree Farm; 325p Woodfoot; 320.2p, 309.6p, 306.9p, 306.1p, 302.1p, 297.9p Newhall Farm; 312.2p Little Langton Grange; 311.3p, 310p, 300p, 294.3p Muirburn; 308p, 297.8p, 290p Buddle House; 300p Dona Close; 295.2p Helbeck Grange; 294p Red House Farm; 290.7p Hallbankgate Farm; 290.5p Whinfell Road; 290.5p Calva Farm: Blue Texel 333p Boscar Flats; 326.5p Fir Tree Farm; 305p Orchard Farm: Charollais 302.3p, 270p Orchard Farm; 287.7p Boscar Flats: Cheviot 295.3p, 272.3p, 271.3p(4) Smalmstown Farm; 288.4p, 281.1p, 272.2p Pitfourie; 279.3p, 273.8p Redbanks Bank: Scotch Blackface 283.7p, 281.4p, 280.4p, 274.5p, 270.8p Smalmstown Farm; 275p, 272.2p, 271.1p Roromore Farm; 274.4p Pitfourie; 270.2p Helbeck Grange: Suffolk 282.1p Hallbankgate Farm; 274.4p Middle Ridge Farm; 272.4p Boscar Flatts: Gritstone 272.5p, 268.5p Middle Ridge Farm: Mule 268.4p Irestone; 267.7p, 256p Smalmstown Farm; 256p Helbeck Grange; 252p Woodbine House; 251.2p Newsham Grange: Masham 268.2p Helbeck Grange: Swaledale 263.5p, 261.1p, 252.7p(3) Irestone; 256.5p, 255.3p, 253.3p Helbeck Grange; 250p(2) Buddle House: Hebridean 257.9p Irestone: Herdwick 250p Starrah.
Cast Ewes
Texel £160, £120 Pilling Lane; £152, £126, £120 Carkin Moor Farm; £130 Sideway Bank; £130 Martindale Farm; £122 Little Langton Grange: Bluefaced Leicester £135 Woodbine House; £132 Rigg Farm: Beltex £132 Carkin Moor Farm: Suffolk £127 Pilling Lane; £120 Eden Terrace: Mule £118 Martindale Farm; £115 Smardale Mill; £107 Blades Field Farm: Rough £100, £88 Manor Court: Charollais £100 Newsham Grange: Cheviot £88 Townhead New Farm: Swaledale £85 Tailbert; £80 Woodbine House; £80 Bleathgill; £79 Smardale Mill; £78 Close House.
Cast Rams
Texel £160 Villa Farm; £130 Ellwood Croft:
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