Kirkby Stephen Prime Sheep Sale - Hoggs

Harrison & Hetherington Ltd, Kirkby Stephen Mart held their weekly Sale of prime sheep on Tuesday night when 428 prime hoggs were forward.

Prime hoggs topped at £188 (324.1p/kg) for a pair 58kg Texel cross from Messrs Sayer, Town End Farm, Hackthorpe.

Messrs Little, Row End Farm, Soulby sold 59kg Rouge cross hoggs to make £184.

Messrs Rome, High Farm, Whitehaven sold a pen of 69kg Texel cross hoggs to make £170 with another pen of 60kg hoggs making £164 and a pen of four 54kg Texel cross hoggs making £153 also from this home.

Hill cheviot hoggs sold to (294.9p/kg) for a pen of twenty 39kg hoggs which sold for £115.

Beltex cross hoggs sold to £150 from Messrs Humble, Cowshill Bridge, Weardale.

Hill cheviot hoggs sold to £136 from Messrs Capstick, Lockholme Hall, Ravenstonedale.

A pen of twenty six 45kg Suffolk hoggs sold to make £125.50 (278.9p/kg)

Swaledale hoggs sold to £129.50 and 275.5p/kg for a pen of 47kg hoggs from Messrs Gibson, Easterbeck House, Barnard Castle.

Any weight of hoggs which were well fleshed sold to a fantastic trade being the dearest seen in recent weeks.

Leading Prices –

Prime Hoggs

Price Per head –

Texel £188 Town End Farm; £170, £164, £153, £151, £150 High Farm; £154, £143 Hyde Park; £150 Beverley Cottage; £145(2) Clockeld; £142 Lowfield Cottage; £141 Rampkin Pastures: Rouge £184 Row End Farm: Blue Texel £141 High Farm: Suffolk £141, £134, £123 High Farm; £125.50 Hyde Park: Beltex £150 Cowshill Bridge View: Scotch Blackface £120.50, £111 Hyde Park: Cheviot £136 Lockholme Hall; £120, £115, £110 Hyde Park: Swaledale £129.50 Easterbeck House; £121 Hyde Park; £120 Cowshill Bridge View; £112 Helbeck Grange; £106 Lockholme Hall: Mule £120, £108 Barningham House; £118 Row End Farm: Zwartble £111 Clockeld: Rough £102 Town Head.

Price per kilo –

Texel 324.1p, 300p Town End Farm; 291.8p, 286.9p, 284.1p, 279.2p, 278.3p, 278p, 277.6p, 277.4p Hyde Park; 283.3p, 273.3p High Farm; 283p Beverley Cottage: Rouge 311.9p Row End Farm: Cheviot 294.9p, 268.3p, 266.7p(2) Hyde Park: Suffolk 278.9p Hyde Park; 247.4p, 232.1p High Farm: Blue Texel 276.5p High Farm: Swaledale 275.5p Easterbeck House; 257.4p Hyde Park; 224p Helbeck Grange: Scotch Blackface 264.3p, 256.4p Hyde Park: Mule 220.4p, 210.5p Barningham House.