Kirkby Stephen Prime Sheep Sale

Harrison & Hetherington Ltd, Kirkby Stephen Mart held their weekly Sale of prime sheep on Tuesday night, when 4,050 sheep were forward consisting of 1,672 spring lambs, 1,558 prime hoggs and 820 cast sheep.

Topping the spring lambs at £175 on two separate occasions was 47kg Texel cross lamb from Susan Sowerby, Terrys Farm Ormside with Messrs Sowerby, Terrys Farm, Ormside also making £175 for a 48kg Dutch Texel lamb which were purchased by Dowdings Butchers, Appleby.

Topping at 400p/kg were a pen of eight 40kg Beltex cross hoggs making £160 from Charlotte &Georgia Davies, Top Field Farm, Leicester.

Also reaching the 400p/kg mark were a pen of fifteen 35kg Beltex cross lambs from Messrs Slater, Whiteley Hey Farm, Macclesfield.

Messrs Pickard, Cheney House Farm, Leicester sold a pen of six 40kg hoggs to make £156.50 (391.3p/kg).

Messrs Thompson, New Field Farm, Sedbergh sold 44kg lambs to make £159.

Messrs Sowerby, Terrys Farm sold a pen of eight 41kg lambs to make £158 (385.4p/kg)

C&G Davies sold a pen of five 41kg lambs to make £157 (382.9p/kg), with another pen of eleven 39kg lambs making £150 (384.6p/kg) also from this home.

Heavy lambs were in good strong demand and added up well with Blue Texel sold to £168 for 59kg from Ioan Jones, Green Bank, Brough Sowerby and 52kg Texel selling to £167 from Messrs Armstrong, Moor Riggs, Thrimby.

Messrs Pickard also sold a pen of 50kg Texel cross lambs to make £158 with 50kg Dutch Spotted lambs selling to £156 from Messrs Longrigg, Breaks Hall.

Messrs Tompson, Newfield sold 50kg lambs to make £155. With Messrs Kidd, Jardines also selling 50kg lambs to make £155.

Suffolk lambs topped at £154 for 54kg from Messrs Wearmouth, Martindale Farm, Crosby Garret.

With the slipping prime lamb trade nationally, Kirkby managed to hold their own once again with an SQQ average of 310.47p/kg and an overall average of 308.08p/kg being achieved.

25 pens 217 sold between 360p and 400p

22 pens sold between £150-£175

Ioan Jones generously offered a Blue Texel lamb to be sold with the fund being donated to the charity Every Life Matters, a charity which means a lot to Ioan and other in the local community. The lamb was first bid to £220 being purchased by Harrison & Hetherington and was then reoffered for sale this time being purchased by Morgan Helliwell, Rochdale for £190. Thanks goes to Ioan, Morgan and the under bidders.

Leading Consignment Averages (Spring Lambs – 5 or More)
No.         Weight     p/kg        Head         From
10    @    42.2kg    373.2p    £157.50    G Sowerby, Ormside
54    @    39.7kg    370.4p    £147.25    C&G Davies, Leicestershire
114  @    42kg        342.4p    £143.89    WF&RCM Pickard, Leicestershire
9      @    43.7kg    324.2p    £141.56    S Armstrong & Sons, Penrith
6      @    44kg       315.4p    £139.83    M/s Jackson, Long Marton
22    @    45.6kg    303.8p    £138.64    GW Longrigg & Sons, Appleby
48    @    41.5kg    332.3p    £137.98    CW Foster, York
26    @    41.9kg    325.5p    £136.33    SR&RA Thompson, Sedbergh

Cast ewes topped at £180 on two occasions firstly for a pen of twelve Beltex cross ewes and also for a pen of four Texel ewes both from Messrs Slater, Whiteley Hey Farm, Macclesfield. With this home also selling a pen of twelve Beltex ewes to £176, a pen of fifteen pen of Beltex to make £154 and another pen of twenty Beltex ewes to make £150. The consignment of 124 Beltex and Texel ewes from Whiteley Hey Farm sold to average £152.47.

Messrs Barker, Middle Bank End Farm, sold a pair of texel cross ewes to make £177.

Messrs Thompson, Grove House Farm, Darlington also selling Texel ewes to make £174.

Suffolk ewes sold to £156 for a pair from Messrs Hutchinson, Red Gate Farm.

Swaledale ewes sold to £104 for a pen from Messrs Harrison, Tailbert, Penrith. With Messrs Luck, Milestone House, Barnard Castle sold a pen of 5 Swaledale ewes to make £101.

Cast rams topped at £176 for three Dutch Spotted from Messrs Farrell, Low More, Kirkby Thore.

Texel tups topped at £168 from Sarah Wilson, Aiskew Grange Farm, Bedale.

All classes and breed of cast sheep and rams were also dearer than had been seen in the week so far with a wonderful sale average of £101.24 being achieved.

Leading Prices –

Spring lambs

Price per head

Blue Texel £190, £168 Greenbank; £146, £141 Powis House: Dutch Texel £175 Terrys Farm: Texel £175, £136 Terry Farm; £167, £136 Moor Riggs; £158, £146, £140 Cheney House Farm; £156 Porthy Green; £155 Jardiens; £155 Railway Terrace; £154, £130 Staingills; £148, £132 Fox Grove Farm; £147 Whiteley Hey Farm; £146.50, £143, £140 Aiskew Grange Farm; £146, £130 Newstead Grange Farm; £144 Riverside Cottage; £143, £130 Brogden Farm; £140 Dry Evers; £140, £131.50 Musgrave House; £140, £131 Fordham Farm; £139 Breaks Hall; £138.50 Green Bank; £134.50 Starrah; £134 Martindale Farm; £134 Black Syke; £133 Waitby Farm; £132 Lankaber: Beltex £160, £157, £150, £146, £140 Top Field Farm; £159, £155, £144 Newfield Farm; £158 Terrys Farm; £156.50, £149, £148, £143.50, £141 Cheney House Farm; £155 Rennels House; £155 Sunnyside; £150, £148.50, £146 Fordham Farm; £146 Moor Riggs; £143 Bolton Road; £141.50 Castle Hill; £140.50, £140 Whiteley Hey Farm: Dutch Spotted £156, £136 Breaks Hall: Suffolk £154, £126 Martindale Farm; £134 Staingills; £127 Villa Farm; £122 Town Head Farm(Wharton): Hampshire £132.50 Porthy Green: Badgerface £127 Yore House: Mule £89 Milestone House.

Price per kilo

Blue Texel 413p Greenbank; 351.4p Whiteley Hey Farm; 340p Bonny Rigg; 324.4p, 313.3p Powis House: Beltex 400p, 387.1p, 382.4p, 375p, 367.6p, 363.6p, 361.1p, 360.3p Whiteley Hey Farm; 400p, 384.6p, 382.9p, 374.4p Top Field Farm; 391.3p Cheney House Farm; 385.4p Terry Farm; 376.3p Bolton Road; 374.4p, 365.9p, 362.2p Fordham Farm; 365p, Moor Riggs; 364.9p, 363.9p Staingills; 361.4p Newfield Farm: Texel 372.3p Terrys Farm; 326.7p Whiteley Hey Farm; 324.4p, 318.2p, 316p Cheney House Farm; 321.3p Staingill; 321.2p, 316.3p Moor Riggs; 314.9p Fox Grove Farm; 313.8p Fordham Farm; 311p Stripes Farm; 310p Jardines: Dutch Texel 364.6p Terry Farm: Dutch Spotted 312p, 302.2p Breaks Hall.

Cast Ewes

Beltex £180, £176, £154, £150, £148, £142 Whiteley Hey Farm; £166 Hoff Row Farm; £142 Middle Bank End Farm: Texel £180, £143 Whiteley Hey Farm; £177, £154, £144 Middle Bank End Farm; £174 Grove House Farm; £154 Moor Riggs; £152, £142 Green Bank; £145 Lowfield Farm; £143 Aiskew Grange Farm; £142 Lime House; £140 Forest Farm: Suffolk £156 Redgate; £132 Greenriggs: Dutch Spotted £134(2) Lowfield Farm: Halfbred £133 Lowfield Farm: Charollais £130 East Upper Priestside: Mule £114 Villa Farm; £112 Langhorn Farm; £112 Stripes Farm; £111 Raisgill Hall; £110 Milestone House; £108 Greenriggs; £106 Tailbert; £105 Lime House: Valais Blacknose £113, £106 Aiskew Grange Farm: Dorset £113 Aiskew Grange Farm: Lleyn £110, £103 Middle Bank End Farm; £105 Rake Head: Cheviot £109 Castle Hill; £94 Highfield Farm; £90 Green Bank: Swaledale £104 Tailbert; £101 Milestone House; £96 West Briscoe; £88 Easegill Head; £88 The Croft; £80 Greenriggs: Rough £100 Town Head: Shetland £80 The Croft: Scotch Blackface £79 Castle Hill; £74 Middle Bank End Farm: Herdwick £70, £69 Middle Holling Carr.

Cast Rams

Dutch Spotted £176 Low Moor: Texel £168 Aiskew Grange Farm; £160 Hollins View: Suffolk £130 Railway Terrace: Bluefaced Leicester £124 West Briscoe; £124 Milestone House: Hampshire £118 Middle Holling Carr: Beltex £108 Railway Terrace: Swaledale £108 Eller Gill Barn.