Kirkby Stephen Prime Sheep Sale -Spring Lambs

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.

Topping the spring lambs as the Reserve Overall Champion and First Prize pen of Beltex at £250 and 555.6p per kilo were a pair of 45 kilo Beltex cross lambs from Messrs Musgrave, Cardew Hall, Carlisle. 

Our Anniversary show and sale for new season lambs was very ably judged by weekly supporter and sheep buyer Ben Gray, with the show being generously sponsored by the NFU. 

The over Championship was awarded to the first prize pair of Texel cross lambs which weighed 41 kilos and sold for £200 (487.8p per kilo) and which were shown by Messrs Sowerby, Terrys Farm, Ormside.  This same home also sold 50 kilo Dutch Texel cross lambs to make £215 selling to Dowdings Butchers, Appleby.  Two lots of 45 kilo Dutch Texel cross lambs also both sold to £208 (462.2p per kilo) also from Terrys Farm and Susan Sowerby Terrys Farm. 

Show Results

Texel
G Sowerby, Terrys Farm – 41kg £200 (487.8p/kg)
PA & NS Tattersall, Town Farm – 37kg £161 (435.1p/kg)
WL Musgrave & Sons, Cardew Hall – 40kg £185 (462.5p/kg)

Beltex
WL Musgrave & Sons, Cardew Hall – 45kg £250 (555.6p/kg)
G & EA Ewin, Black Syke – 43kg £197 (458.1p/kg)
PA & NS Tattersall, Town Farm – 35kg £150 (428.6p/kg)

Suffolk
S Ellwood & Son, Old Mill Flatt – 45kg £164 (364.4p/kg)
G Sowerby, Terrys Farm – 47kg £173 (368.1p/kg)
WL Musgrave & Sons, Cardew Hall – 40kg £137 (342.5p/kg)

Any other breed
G Sowerby, Terrys Farm – 45kg £208 (462.2p/kg)
S Armstrong & Sons, Moor Riggs – 43kg £183 (425.6p/kg)
WL Musgrave & Sons, Cardew Hall – 43kg £176 (409.3p/kg)

Champion - Vendors Messrs G Sowerby alongside the Judge Mr Ben Gray who buys on behalf of Messrs Andrew Atkinson Livestock Ltd.

Reserve Champion - James Musgrave of the vendors W L Musgrave & Sons again alongside the Judge Mr Ben Gray. 

Messrs Ewin, Black Syke, Sandford sold a pen of 43 kilo Beltex cross lambs to make £197. 

Messrs Musgrave, Cardew Hall, Carlisle sold a pen of 40 kilo Beltex cross lambs to make £185 (462.5p per kilo) with 39 kilo lambs from this home making £179 (459p per kilo). 

Heavy lambs were a strong trade with 53 kilo Dutch Texel cross lambs selling to £190 from Messrs Armstrong, Moor Riggs, Penrith. 

Blue Texel cross lambs sold to £180 for 47 kilo lambs from LR Armstrong, Bonny Rigg, Penrith. 

Charollais cross lambs sold to £179 for 51 kilo lambs from Messrs Armstrong, Moor Riggs, Penrith. 

Suffolk cross lambs sold to £173 (368.1p per kilo) for 47 kilo lambs from Messrs Sowerby, Terrys Farm. 

Mule lambs sold to £116 for a pen of 40 kilo lambs from Messrs Jenkinson, Whingill, Hartley. 

Over 1000 new season lambs offered for sale with some larger draws of spring lambs taking advantage of our competitive ringside of twelve active buyers looking for all classes and weights of lambs. 

30 Pens of lambs sold between £170 -£250. 

Beltex cross lambs sold to average 4.17p per kilo. 

Leading Consignment Averages (Spring Lambs – 5 or More)

No.		Weight	p/kg	Head	From
11	@	47.7kg	376.57p	£179.73	S Armstrong & Sons, Thrimby
17	@	43.1kg	410.37p	£176.94	WL Musgrave & Sons, Dalston
27	@	43.2kg	406.86p	£175.70	G Sowerby, Ormside
38	@	44.8kg	372.54p	£167.05	G&EA Ewin, Sandford
21	@	27kg	430p	£159.33	PA&NS Tattersall, Ellerton
11	@	44.18kg	347.3p	£153.45	B Atkinson, Lady Anne Drive
186	@	40.72kg	372.34p	£151.60	Messrs Lyle, Culgaith

Cast Sheep sold to £300 for a Texel ewes from Ioan Jones, Green Bank, Brough Sowerby. 

Beltex cross ewes sold to £270 from Messrs Musgrave, Cardew Hall, Carlisle. 

Messrs Sayer, Town End Farm, Penrith also sold Beltex cross ewes to make £260. 

Swaledale ewes sold to £115 from Messrs Bainbridge, Ettersgill House, Barnard Castle. 

Cast Rams sold to £208 for a Texel cross from Messrs Dunning, Raisgill Hall, Tebay. 

All classes of cast sheep were a flying trade and plenty of numbers are needed on a weekly basis to fulfil buyers demand here at Kirkby Stephen!

Leading Prices –
Spring lambs
Price per head: Beltex £250, £185, £179, £170 Cardew Hall; £197 , £169 Black Syke; £180, £170 Terrys Farm; £171 Wood Farm; £167, £165, £161 (2) Town Farm; £160 Wharton Hall: Dutch Texel 215, £208 (2), £170 Terrys Farm; £190, £183, £180 (2), £170 Moor Riggs; £150 High Meadow Farm: Texel £200, £165 Terrys Farm; £178 Rosgill Head; £175, £164, £163.50, £160, £159, £158, £156 Staingills; £173, £171,, £166, £160 (2), £158, £157 Wood Farm; £172 Moor Riggs; £171, £167, £166, £165, £164 Black Syke; £171 Cardew Hall; £169 Bonny Rigg; £160 Lady Anne Drive; £160 Newstead Grange; £157 Barningham House; £156 Sandwath Farm; £155 Town Farm: Blue Texel £180 Bony Rigg; £176 (2) Cardew Hall; £149 East Mellwaters; £145 Town End Farm ( Sayer): Charollais £179 Moor Riggs; £166 Cardew Hall; £165 Staingills; £145.50 Town End Farm (Sayer); Suffolk £173 Terrys Farm; £164, £163 Old Mill Flatt; £158.50 Wood Farm: Rouge £140 Middle Bank End Farm: Dutch Spotted £145 High Meadow Farm: Lleyn £138.50 Whingill: Mule £116 Whingill. 

Price per kilo: Beltex 555.6p, 462.5p, 459p, 395.3p Cardew Hall; 458.1p, Black Syke; 447.2p, 439.5p. 435.1p, 434.2p, 428.6p Town Farm; 439p, 425p, Terrys Farm; 410.5p, 394.9p Staingills; 407.1p Wood Farm; 405.1p Wharton Hall: Texel 487.8p, Terrys Farm; 410.5p, 410p, 390.2p, 378.6p, 371.6p Staingills; 405.6p, 378.4p Street House; 400p390.2p, Wood Farm; 397.4p Town Farm; 392.9p Black Syke; 382.5p Town End Farm (Sayer); 375p Old Mill Flatt: Dutch Texel 462.2p, 430p Terrys Farm; 425.6p, 391.3p Moor Riggs: Blue Texel 409.3p Cardew Hall; 383p Bonny Rigg; 372.5p East Mellwaters; 362.5p Town End Farm (Sayer): Charollais 377.3p Cardew Hall; 358.7p Staingills; 351p Moor Riggs: Suffolk 368.1p Terrys Farm; 364.4p Old Mill Flatt; 342.5p Cardew Hall: Rouge 350p Middle Bank End: Lleyn 337.8p Whingill:   Mule 290p Whingill. 

Cast Ewes: Texel £300 Green Bank; £250 Barningham House; £232, £160 Newstead Grange; £210, £205 Terrys Farm; £188 Galloper Rise; £180 Cardew Hall; £178, £174 Town End Farm (Sayer): Beltex 270 Cardew Hall; £260 Town End Farm (Sayer); £230 Terrys Farm: Charollais £182 Orchard Farm; £170 (2) Newsham Grange: Rouge £170 Middle Bank End; Blue Texel £178 Town End Farm (Sayer); £175 Barningham House; £150 Coldcoates: Bluefaced Leicester £175 Barningham House; £172 Raisgill Hall: Suffolk £168, £160 Terrys Farm; £155 Town End Farm (Sayer): LLeyn £142 Whingill; £131 Wharton Hall: Cheviot £125 Stobswood; £121 Middle Bank End; £120 Rosgill Head: Mule £135 Town End Farm (Sayer); £130 Newstead Grange; £128 Wharton Hall; £128 Rosgill Head; £125 Raisgill Hall; £122 Hesket Demain; £120 Sandwath Farm; £120 Lady Anne Drive: Zwartble £131 Middle Fank End Farm: Swaledale £115 Ettersgill House; £108 Lockthwaite; £108 Harbour Flatt; £106 Eastfield Farm; £100 West End Farm: Masham £126 Middle Bank End Farm: Blackfaced £111 Middle Bank End Farm; £109 West Stobswood: Rough Fell £100 Town Head:  Jacob £96 Coldcoates. 

Cast Rams: Texel £208 Raisgill Hall; £200 West End Farm; £152 Coldcoates. Swaledale £88 Bail Hill.