Kirkby Stephen Prime Sheep Sale

Harrison & Hetherington Ltd, Kirkby Stephen Mart held their weekly Sale of prime sheep on Tuesday night, when 3,139 sheep were forward consisting of 2,605 prime hoggs, 51 spring lambs and 483 cast sheep.

Topping the prime hogg section at £211 was a pen of six 54kg Beltex cross hoggs from Messrs Mason, East Farm, Malton, who also sold 56kg hoggs to make £210, a pen of seven 52kg hoggs at £208, a pen of eight 53kg hoggs at £208, a pen of eight 50kg hoggs for £207 and a pen of ten 50kg hoggs to make £205.

The wonderful consignment of 82 hoggs from East Farm sold to average 50.9kg and a whopping £202.

Jojo Andrews, Boscar Flats, York once again turned out another fantastic consignment of 188 hoggs here at Kirkby Stephen to top at 535.9p/kg for a pen of eight 39kg hoggs which sold for £209, this same home also sold a pen of nine 38kg hoggs to make £194 (510.5p/kg), a pen of fifteen 39kg hoggs for £195 (500p/kg) a pen of eleven 41kg hoggs for £201 (490.2p/kg) a pen of fourteen 38kg at £186 (489.5p/kg) and a pen of fourteen 43kg hoggs to make £198 (460.5p/kg).

The perfectly finished consignment of 188 hoggs from Boscar Flats sold to average a phenomenal 44.5kg £190.24 (427.2p/kg)

Trade for prime sheep here at Kirkby Stephen just goes from strength to strength with an SQQ average of 324.83p/kg and an overall sale average of 316.8p/kg and £148.34 was achieved.

Texel cross hoggs topped at £200 from Hollins View Farm, Brough Sowerby.

Jojo Andrews also sold four pens of eight Texel cross hoggs from 49-55kg to all make £194.

Messrs Fell, Stanger Hill, Wigton sold two pens of 42kg and 48kg Blue Texel cross hoggs to make £196 and a pen of 40kg Blue Texel crosses making £188 (470p/kg)

Hill Cheviot hoggs sold to £168 for a pen of ten from Messrs Smithson, Bloan Farm, Brough Sowerby with another pen of ten 55kg Cheviot hoggs selling for £165 (300p/kg) also from this home.

Cheviot hoggs also sold to 329.5p/kg for a pen of 44kg hoggs which sold for £145 from Messrs Fisher, Smalmstown Farm, Longtown.

Blackfaced hoggs topped at £156 for a pen of twenty 50kg hoggs from Messrs Fisher, Smalmstown Farm, with this same home selling a pen of twenty-five 44kg Blackfaced hoggs to make £143 (325p/kg) another pen of forty 42kg Blackfaced hoggs sold to make £134.50 (320.2p/kg) and a pen of twenty-three 46kg Blackfaced hoggs making £145 (315.2p/kg) all from Smalmstown Farm.

Mule hoggs sold to £150 for a pen from Messrs Turnbull, Boghall, Fife.

Mules also topped at 286.4p/kg for a pen of eleven 44kg hoggs which sold for £126 from Messrs Lawson, Pasture House Farm, Wigton.

Messrs Lawson also sold a pen of twenty Swaledale hoggs weighing 37kg to make £111.50 (301.4p/kg)

18 pens and 98 hoggs sold between £200-£211

50 pens and 251 hoggs sold between £190-£211

72 pens and 420 hoggs sold between £180-£211

43 pens and 299 hoggs sold between 400-535p/kg

368 Beltex cross hoggs sold to average £188.31 (416p/kg)

Cast sheep topped at £190 for a pair of Suffolk ewes from Messrs Brannen, Scar Top, Penrith.

Mule ewes sold to £132 for a pen from Messrs Hill, Whitewall Farm, Great Asby.

Rough Fell ewes sold to £123 for a pen of five from Messrs Chappelhow, Beckstones, Newbiggin on Lune.

Swaledale ewes topped at £118 for a pen from Messrs Hill, Whitewall Farm.

Messrs Elliott, Harbour Flatt, Murton sold a pen of five Swaledale ewes to make £115, with another pen of eight selling for £112 also from this home.

Leading Hogg Averages
No.           Weight    p/kg        Head         From
82    @    50.94kg    396.5p    £202.00    JP Mason & Sons, Malton
7      @    51.6kg      383.1p    £197.57    WL Musgrave & Sons, Carlisle
19    @    46kg         419.6p    £193.00    MTP&SD Wills, Dufton
188   @    44.5kg     427.2p    £190.24    JM Andrews, York
30    @    44.5kg       427p        £190.04    ME&JJ Fell, Wigton
41    @    55kg        335.6p    £185.30    RG Mark, Penrith
13    @    56kg        293.3p    £164.46    P&SA Nelson, Penrith
25    @    55.6kg    294.6p    £163.80    R&EM Smithson, Brough Sowerby
30    @    53.2kg    307.5p    £163.47    JA&E Dinsdale, Kirkby Stephen
9       @    40.6kg    401.1p    £162.67    HG Jackson, Penrith
374   @    47.6kg    322.5p    £153.41    M/s Fisher, Longtown

Leading Prices –

Prime Hoggs

Price Per head –

Beltex £211, £210, £208(2), £207, £205(2), £200, £199, £198, £196, £191, £188 East Farm; £209, £207, £203, £202, £201, £200, £198, £195, £194, £188, £186, £185, £182, £180 Boscar Flats; £202, £200, £198, £192 Cardew Hall; £200, £199, £196, £182, £180 Fawcett Park Farm; £196, £190(2), £188, £186, £180 Hallbankgate Farm; £195, £190 Sunny Gill Farm; £194 Stanger Hill; £190 Little Beck; £189 Smalmstown Farm: Texel £200, £180 Hollins View; £194(4), £190, £188, £181, £176, £175 Boscar Flats; £192.50, £186, £180, £175 Sunny Gill Farm; £182, £181.50, £168, £166 Smalmstown Farm; £180, £178 Boghall; £174 Lady Anne Drive; £173, £167, £160 Hallbankgate Farm; £170, £160 Pasture Park; £169, £164 Coalbrookdale; £168 Rosgill Head; £168 Kelmore Hill Farm; £167 Midtown Farm; £166 Hartley Castle; £164, £160 West Summersides; £161 Green Farm; £160 Stripes Farm: Blue Texel £196(2), £194, £191(2), £190, £188, £186 Stanger Hill: Suffolk £172, £170, £164(3), £163, £161.50, £160(2) Boghall; £160(2) Smalmstown Farm: Dutch Spotted £170 Lady Anne Drive: Cheviot £168, £165, £153 Bloan Farm; £164 Sunny Gill Farm; £164, £145 Boghall; £145 Smalmstown Farm: Scotch Blackface £156, £145, £143, £134.50 Smalmstown Farm; £143 Hallbankgate Farm: Lleyn £151.50 Williamsgill Farm: Mule £150, £149, £144 Boghall; £146.50 High Toft Hill Farm; £135 Kelmore Hill Farm: Swaledale £135, £124 Ettersgill House; £132, £124 Easterbeck House; £128 Hope House; £125 Musgrave House; £125 West Summersides; £124 Billing Shield Farm; £121 East Rackwood; £120.50 Palliard; £120 Hope House: Charollais £132 Rigby House: Easycare £126.50 Boghall: Jacob £125 Middle Ridge Farm: Herdwick £116 Low Howgill.

Price per kilo –

Beltex 535.9p, 510.5p, 500p, 492.9p, 490.2p, 489.5p, 462.5p, 460.5p, 433.3p, 431.9p, 418.6p, 408.2p Boscar Flats; 475p, 455.8p, 442.9p, 427.3p, 422.2p, 400p Hallbankgate Farm; 458.5p, 454.8p, 414p, 410p, 400p(2) East Farm; 454.5p, 452.3p, 433.3p Fawcett Park Farm; 452.4p, 425p, 414p Little Beck; 402.1p Smalmstown Farm: Blue Texel 470p, 466.7p, 465p, 434.1p, 422.2p, 421.7p, 408.3p, Stanger Hill: Texel 419p, 395.9p, 388p, 395.3p, 352.7p, 333.3p, 329.8p Boscar Flats; 403.3p, 379.2p, 328.7p, 323.9p, 321.9p Smalmstown Farm; 370.2p, 350.9p Sunny Gill Farm; 367.3p, 329.6p, 323.9p Boghall; 360.4p, 333.3p Hallbankgate Farm; 355.6p Stripes Farm; 325.6p, 323.8p Kelmore Hill Farm; 322.9p West Summersides: Dutch Spotted 303.6p Lady Anne Drive: Lleyn 297.1p Williamsgill Farm: Cheviot 329.5p Smalmstown Farm; 314.8p(2), 311.4p, 310(2) Boghall: Scotch Blackface 325p, 320.2p, 315.2p, 312p Smalmstown Farm: Suffolk 309.8p, 309p, 305.9p Boghall; 307.7p(2), 304.1p Smalmstown Farm: Swaledale 301.4p, 287.8p Pasture House Farm; 277.4p, 268.1p East Rackwood; 271.7p, 263.4p, 261.9p West Summerside; 268.3p Musgrave House: Easycare 301.2p Boghall: Mule 286.4p Pasture House; 282.4p Boghall; 281.8p Kelmore Hill Farm: Herdwick 276.2p Low Howgill: Jacob 271.7p Middle Ridge Farm.

Cast Ewes

Suffolk £190, £150 Scar Top; £162 Bridge End Farm; £150 Terrys Farm; £150 Williamsgill Farm: Texel £172, £155, £152 Yore House; £170 Whitewall Farm; £162 High Toft Hill Farm; £155, £150 Kelmore Hill Farm; £150 Sawbridge Hall; £144 Musgrave Hall; £144 Beckstones; £142(2), £140(2) Middle Bank End Farm; £140 Rose Tree Farm: Herdwick £170 Charity; £99 Nova Scotia: Beltex £146 Street House: Bluefaced Leicester £146 Scarrowmanwick: Charollais £142 Starrah: Lleyn £140 Williamsgill Farm: Mule £132 Whitehall Farm; £129 Sandford Hall; £127 Yore House; £125, £124 Middle Bank End Farm; £124 Musgrave House; £124 High Toft Hill Farm; £122 Nova Scotia: Zwartble £128 Powis House; £122 Middle Bank End Farm: Scotch Blackface £122 Laneside; £94 Boghall; £88 Elm Gill; £81 Laneside: Swaledale £118 Whitewall Farm; £115, £112 Harbour Flatt; £114 Musgrave House; £114 High Beck Head; £106 The Croft; £104 Nova Scotia; £101 Easterbeck House; £101 Keisley Farm; £98 Ellergill; £95 Easterbeck House; £90 Lockthwaite: Easycare £104 Middle Bank End Farm: Cheviot £96, £86 Middle Bank End Farm; £95 Boghall: Goat £90, £80 Rathvale Farm.

Cast Rams

Texel £142 Kelmore Hill Farm: Bluefaced Leicester £118 Hartley Castle: Lleyn £108 The Oaks: Swaledale £108 Palliard.