Kirkby Stephen Prime Sheep Sale - Hoggs

Harrison & Hetherington Ltd, Kirkby Stephen Mart held their weekly Sale of prime sheep on Tuesday night when a record entry for the time of year of 3032 prime hoggs.

Topping the hoggs at £200 was a 66kg Texel cross hoggs from Messrs Slack, Stoneriggs, Hilton.

Topping at 362.9p/kg were a pen of 35kg Texel cross hoggs which made £127 from Messrs Dawson, Mount Pleasant Farm, York.

Messrs Smith, Kelmore Hill Farm, Workington sold 57kg Beltex cross hoggs to make £177.

Texel cross hoggs sold to £170 (320.8p/kg) from Messrs Wood, Middle Ridge Farm, Preston.

Messrs Mark, Sunny Gill Farm, Penrith sold a pen of ten 52kg Texel cross hoggs to make £165 (317.3pkg) with this home also selling 46kg Beltex cross hoggs to make £151 (328.3p/kg)

Suffolk cross hoggs sold to £160 for a pen of nine from Hyde Park.

A pen of eleven 48kg Suffolk cross hoggs sold to make £142.50 (296.9p/kg) from Messrs Dawson, York.

Hill Cheviot hoggs topped at £156 for a pen of nine 58kg hoggs from Messrs Smithson, Bloan Farm, Brough Sowerby.

Hill cheviots also topped at 310p/kg for a pen of thirty-nine 45kg hoggs which sold for £139.50 from Messrs Dawson, York, with another pen of twenty 49kg hill cheviot hoggs making £146.50 (299p/kg) also from this home.

Mule hoggs topped at £139 and 383.7p/kg for a pen of twenty one 49kg hoggs from Messrs Dawson, York.

Blackfaced hoggs topped at £138 for a pen of sixteen 48kg hoggs from Messrs Dawson, York; with this same home also making £118 and 295p/kg for a pen of 40kg Blackfaced hoggs.

Swaledale hoggs topped at £134.50 and 269p/kg for a pen of twenty-four 50kg hoggs from Messrs Ryder, New Farm, York.

Leading Prices –

Prime Hoggs

Price Per head –

Texel £200 Stoneriggs; £170, £154 Middle Ridge Farm; £165, £160, £146.50, £145, £143, £141(2) Sunny Gill Farm; £160, £147 Kelmore Hill Farm; £154, £148 Cottage Farm; £153, £143.50 Hyde Park; £152 New Farm; £150, £146 New Hummerbecks Farm; £147.50, £146.50(2), £146, £143.50, £143, £142.50, £140.50 Mount Pleasant Farm; £140 Fair View: Beltex £177 Kelmore Hill Farm; £154 Cottage Farm; £151, £135 Sunny Gill Farm; £136.50 Mount Pleasant Farm; £134 High Field: Suffolk £160 Hyde Park; £156 Middle Ridge Farm; £149, £145, £142.50, £141, £136, £131 Mount Pleasant Farm; £144.50 Hyde Park: Cheviot £156, £151 Bloan Farm; £147, £146.50, £145.50, £139.50, £134(2), £128, £126, £122 Mount Pleasant Farm; £127 Cottage Farm: Zwartble £140, £130 Mount Pleasant Farm; £127 Smalmstown Farm: Mule £139, £133, £132.50, £131.50(2), £131(2), £130.50, £130, £126(2) Mount Pleasant Farm; £132.50 New Farm; £130 Cottage Farm; £125 Paradise Farm: Scotch Blackface £138, £135.50, £132.50(2), £129, £128.50, £127, £126.50, £126, £123, £120.50 Mount Pleasant Farm; £125.50 Smalmstown Farm: Masham £136.50 Lankaber: Swaledale £134.50, £115 New Farm; £130 Friar House; £123, £120.50, £114 Mount Pleasant Farm; £119 Arngill House; £114, £112 Easterbeck House: Herdwick £124 Mount Pleasant Farm; £94 Middle Ridge Farm: Jacob £124, £100 Mount Pleasant Farm: Bluefaced Leicester £122 Greenriggs; £120 Mount Pleasant Farm: Dutch Spotted £116 Meadow Farm: Rough £100 Barugh House.

Price per kilo –

Texel 362.9p, 304.3p, 299p, 298p, 293p, 292.9p, 292p Mount Pleasant Farm; 320.8p, 293.5p Middle Ridge Farm; 317.3p, 302.2p, 297.9p, 290p Sunny Gill Farm; 303p Stoneriggs; 302.7p, 296.2p Cottage Farm; 292.9p, 291.3p Hyde Park; 290.7p Smalmstown Farm: Beltex 328.3p, 317.5p Sunny Gill; 310.5p Kelmore Hill Farm: Cheviot 310p, 299p, 294p, 274.5p, 273.9p, 272.3p, 271.1p Mount Pleasant Farm; 282.4p, 277p, 276.3p Hyde Park; 276.1p Cottage Farm: Suffolk 296.9p, 287.8p, 277.6p, 275.9p, 271.7p Mount Pleasant Farm: Scotch Blackface 295p, 287.5p, 282.3p, 279.3p, 270.4p, 270.2p, 267.8p, 267.4p, 265p, 263.3p Mount Pleasant Farm; 267p Smalmstown Farm: Jacob 289.3p, 258.3p Mount Pleasant Farm: Mule 283.7p, 268.1p, 267.8p, 266p, 262p, 260p Mount Pleasant Farm; 276p, 263.3p New Farm: Zwartble 270.8p Mount Pleasant Farm: Swaledale 269p, 250p New Farm; 253.3p, 238.3p Easterbeck House; 251p, 245.9p, 232.7p Mount Pleasant Farm: Masham 262.5p Lankaber: Herdwick 258.3p Mount Pleasant Farm; 241.9p Villa Farm; 241p Middle Ridge Farm: Shetland 224.1p Pasture House Farm.