Kirkby Stephen Prime Sheep Sale

Harrison & Hetherington Ltd, Kirkby Stephen Mart held their weekly Sale of prime sheep on Tuesday night, record entry for time of year of 2203 prime hoggs.

Topping the hoggs at £1920 were pen of fifteen Texel cross hoggs with teeth up from Messrs Hetherington, Old Hall Farm, Penrith.

This same home also sold a pen of six Beltex cross hoggs weighing 67kg to make £191.

The consignment of 119 heavy hoggs all with teeth up sold to average a whopping £190.09.

Hill cheviot hoggs sold to £172 for a pen of thirteen 62kg from Messrs Smithson, Bloan Farm, Brough Sowerby with this same home also selling a pen of eight 61kg cheviot hoggs to make £169.

Beltex cross hoggs sold to 338.6p/kg for a pen of 44kg which made £149 from Messrs Smith, Kelmore Hill Farm, Workington, with this selling a pen of seven 47kg Beltex cross hoggs to make £155.

Messrs Mark, Sunny Gill Farm, Penrith sold a pen of twelve 50kg Texel cross hoggs to make £160 (320p/kg).

Messrs Downie, Newton Farm, Aberdeenshire sold a pen of 54kg Texel cross hoggs to make £171 (316.7p/kg).

The same home sold a pen of sixteen 49kg Hill Cheviot hoggs to make £156.50 (319.4p/kg).

Mule hoggs sold to £153 and 294.2p/kg for a pen of twelve 52kg hogg from Messrs Wells, Middle Shipley Farm, Barnard Castle.

Blackfaced hoggs sold to £135.50 for a pen of sixteen 47kg hoggs from Messrs Fisher, Smalmstown Farm, Longtown.

Leading Hogg Averages

No.		Weight	p/kg	Head	From
119	@	70.8kg	268.5p	£190.09	T Hetherington, Penrith
21	@	61.6kg	277.3p	£170.86	R&EM Smithson, Brough Sowerby
95	@	59.3kg	283.4p	£167.96	RG Mark, Ousby
12	@	55kg	296.8p	£163.25	CA&JG Skidmore, Bishop Auckland
22	@	50kg	317p	£158.55	R Downie, Aberdeenshire
32	@	54.6kg	285.6p	£155.94	S&C Gill, Boldron
20	@	52.8kg	293.9p	£155.20	JT&H Inman, Lockerbie

Leading Prices –

Prime Hoggs

Price Per head –

Beltex £191, £179, £159 Old Hall Farm; £176, £171, £155, £150 Kelmore Hill; £170 Sunny Gill Farm; £167(2), £160(2), £155 Needless Hall Farm; £162, £157 Bowes Cross Farm; £160 Hallbankgate Farm; £160, £159 Grassgill Lodge; £159 Dona Close; £150 Red House Farm: Texel £192, £190(4), £189 Old Hall Farm; £186, £180, £177, £176, £175, £170(2), £168(2), £165, £160 Sunny Gill Farm; £172, £171, £166, £165, £156(2) Bowes Cross Farm; £171, £155 Newton Farm; £167 Allerbeck Farm; £165, £156 Smalmstown Farm; £163 Ladying Farm; £162(2), £160(2), £158 High Farm; £160 Hyde Park; £160 Hallbankgate Farm; £155.50 West Farm: Charollais £190 Old Hall Farm; £131 Hyde Park: Cheviot £172, £169 Bloan Farm; £162 Hallbankgate Farm; £156.50 Newton Farm; £154, £146, £136(2) Hyde Park; £139, £135 West Stobswood: Dutch Spotted £170 Hyde Park; £147 High Meadow Farm: Suffolk £162, £150 Smalmstown Farm; £162 Needless Hall Farm; £157, £153, £150 Hyde Park; £155, £153 High Farm; £150 Newton Farm: Blue Texel £160 Hyde Park: Mule £153, £126 Middle Shipley Farm; £146, £124 Smalmstown Farm; £141, £136 Hyde Park; £137 Low Farm; £127 Keisley Farm: Bluefaced Leicester £150 Hundith House: Scotch Blackface £135, £127, £126, £123, £120 Smalmstown Farm; £125 Hallbankgate Farm: Zwartble £132 Beechcroft Farm: Swaledale £127 Rigg Farm; £126 Hyde Park; £123 Hundith House; £120 Well House; £119 Ashgill Farm; £119, £115 Hartley Castle; £117 Midfield; £115 Ash Dub; £115 Swale Cottage: Badgerfaced £120 Tailbert: Shetland £76 Beechcroft Farm; £72 Gillfield.

Price per kilo –

Beltex 338.6p, 333.3p, 329.8p, 327.3p, 310p Kelmore Hill Farm; 324.5p Old Hall Farm; 319.1p Red House Farm; 314p, 305.7p, 302.3p Bowes Cross Farm; 313.7p Needless Hall Farm; 307.7p, 306.7p, 300p Hallbankgate Farm: Texel 320p, 300p Sunny Gill Farm; 316.7p Newton Farm; 308.9p, 303.6p Allerbeck Farm; 307.3p Smalmstown Farm; 305.9p Bowes Cross Farm; 301.9p High Farm: Cheviot 319.4p Newton Farm; 303.6p, 297.6p, 296.5p, 296.4p, 282.1p, 281p(2) High Greenbury Farm; 292p, 289.4p, Hyde Park; 285.5p, 284.1p, 283.7p Smalmstown Farm; 283.7p West Stobswood: Badgerface 307.7p Tailbert: Suffolk 300p, 287.p Smalmstown Farm; 300p Newton Farm; 288.7p Hyde Park; 287p High Farm: Mule 294.2p Middle Shipley Farm; 266.7p, 266p Hyde Park; 259.2p Keisley Farm; 258.3p, 256.1p Smalmstown Farm; 256.8p Beechcroft Farm: Scotch Blackface 288.3p, 279.5p, 275p, 273.8p, 272.6p Smalmstown Farm; 271.7p Hallbankgate Farm: Charollais 278.7p Hyde Park: Dutch Spotted 275p High Meadow Farm: Zwartble 269.4p Beechcroft Farm: Herdwick 261.4p Hallbankgate Farm; 254.3p Pasture House: Swaledale 252p Hyde Park; 240p Beechcroft Farm; 238.8p Midfield; 231p Thorney Gale.