Kirkby Stephen Prime Sheep Sale - Hoggs & Cast Sheep

Harrison & Hetherington Ltd, Kirkby Stephen Mart held their weekly Sale of prime sheep on Tuesday night, when 3,973 sheep were forward consisting of 1038 spring lambs, 2,254 prime hoggs and 681 cast sheep.

A fantastic entry for the time of year of 2,254 prime hoggs were forward from Fife to Norfolk here at Kirkby Stephen.

Topping the sale at £191 were a pen of 68 kilo Charollais cross hoggs from Messrs Hetherington, Old Hall Farm, Penrith, this same home also sold a pen of ten 62 kilo Charollais hoggs to make £190, they also sold pens of Suffolk cross and Texel cross hoggs to £190 and Beltex cross hoggs making £188 and pens of 24 and 20 Texel cross hoggs making £188 and £186, the consignment of 159 hoggs from Old Hall Farm averaged £181.44. 

Hill Cheviot hoggs sold to £171 for a pen of fourteen 59 kilo hoggs from Messrs Smithson, Bloan Farm, Brough Sowerby who also sold a pen of fifteen 60 kilo hoggs to make £169 and a pen of twelve 56 kilo Cheviot hoggs to make £167. 

Mule hoggs sold to £146 for a pen of eleven from Messrs Wood, Middle Ridge Farm, Out Rawcliffe. Mule hoggs also topped at 291.5p per kilo for a pen of 47 kilo making £137 from Messrs Fisher, Smalmstown Farm, Longtown. 

Blackfaced hoggs sold to £145 (302.1p per kilo) for a pen of thirty tree 48 kilo hoggs also from Messrs Fisher, Smalmstown Farm with this home also selling a pen of thirty two 44 kilo Blackfaced hoggs to make £130 (295.5p per kilo). 

Swaledale hoggs sold to £135 from Messrs Staley, Poppin Cottage, Kaber. 

A wonderful sale average for the stage of the hoggs season of 286.3p per kilo for 2,254 hoggs was achieved with many more well fleshed hoggs being required by our competitive ringside of buyers over the next few weeks. 

Leading Hogg Averages

Leading Prices –
Prime Hoggs
Price Per head – Charollais £191, £190, £140 Old Hall Farm ; £160 High Farm (Rome): Suffolk £190, £181, £180, £162 Old Hall Farm; £160 Home Farm; £154, £140 Smalmstown Farm; £146 Boghall; £146 High Farm (Rome): Texel £190, £164, £144, £143.50, £142,  £140 Smalmstown Farm; £188, £186, £183.50 (2), £160, £144 Old Hall Farm; £180, £176 (2), £174.50, £171 Sunny Gill Farm; £165, £155 (2), £141 Home Farm; £160 Pasture House Farm; £160 Lady Ing Farm; £155 Woodbine House; £155 Middle Ridge Farm; £146 High Farm (Rome); £145, £140 Kelmore Hill Farm; £144 West Farm; £144 Woodbine Cottage: Beltex £188 Old Hall Farm; £182, £142, £130 Kelmore Hill Farm; £136 Home Farm: Cheviot £171, £169, £167 (2) Bloan Farm; £148 Middle Ridge Farm; £145 Smalmstown; £132, £128, £127 (2) Boghall: Blue Texel £151 Home Farm; £130 Kelmore Hill Farm: Zwartble £149 Home Farm; £140 Boghall: Blackfaced £145, £130, £121 (2) £120 Smalmstown Farm: Mule £146, £135 Middle Ridge Farm; £139, £134 Pasture House Farm; £137 Smalmstown Farm; £129 Kelmore Hill Farm: Hampshire £141 Boghall: Swaledale £135 Poppin Cottage; £128, £126 Town End Farm; £124 Greenhills; £122 Easterbeck House; £117 High Street; £114 Pasture House Farm

Price per kilo – Beltex 367.6p, 322.9p Home Farm; 318.6p Old Hall Farm; 317.1p, 315.6p Kelmore hIll Farm: Texel 327.9p,322.9p, 321.4p, 316.3p, 311.3p Home Farm; 327.3p, 320p, Old Hall Farm; 322.6p, 320p, 317.3p Sunny Gill Farm; 317.5p, 3145.4p. 312p, Smalmstown Farm; 311.1p Kelmore Hill Farm: Suffolk 320p, 287.9p Home Farm; 309.5p (2)308p, 285.7p Smalmstown Farm; 298p (2) Boghall; 294.5p, 281.3p Old Hall Farm; 292.7p Howthat: Cheviot 315.2p, 302.6p (2), 297.4p, Smalmstown Farm; 310.4p Middle Ridge Farm; 298.7p, 292.7p, 292.7p, Home Farm; 298.2p, 289.8p, 281.7p Bloan Farm; 293.4p, 291.9p, 289.5p (2) Howthat; 281.1p, 280.9p Boghall: Charollais 306.5p, 304.3p, 280.9p Old Hall Farm; £280.7p High Farm (Rome):   Blackfaced 302.1p, 295.5p, 289.5p, 288.1p (2), 283.8p, 283.3p Smalmstown; 282.1p Howthat: Mule 291.5p, 280.5p Smalmstown; 278p Pasture House Farm; 275.5p Middle Ridge Farm: Blue Texel 290.4p, 284.5p Home Farm; 288.9p Kemore Hill Farm; Zwartble 270.9p, 265.9p Home Farm: Hampshire 266 Boghall: Swaledale 259.6p Easterbeck House; 253.3p Pasture House Farm.