Kirkby Stephen Prime Sheep Sale

Harrison & Hetherington Ltd, Kirkby Stephen Mart held their weekly Sale of prime sheep on Tuesday night, when 2429 sheep were forward consisting of 1,238 spring lambs, 482 prime hoggs and 709 cast sheep.

Topping the spring lambs at £220 and 523.8p/kg were the overall champion pen of “High Fives” which were a pen of 42kg Beltex cross lambs consigned by regularly supporters Messrs Sowerby, Terrys Farm, Ormside.

The overall reserve champion pen was the first placed pen of five Texel cross lambs which weighted 43kg and sold for £210 (488.4p/kg).

The judging duties of our annual “High Fives” show were able carried out by weekly buyers Mr J Birkbeck, Soulby.

Messrs Sowerby, Terrys Farm also completed a trio of pens of lambs to exceed £200 by selling a pair of 46kg Beltex cross to make £206 (447.8p/kg) selling to Dowdings Butchers, Appleby.

Terrys Farm also went on outside the show lambs to sell a pen of seven 42kg lambs to make £198 (471.4p/kg) and a pen of five 43kg Texel cross lambs making £186 also from this home. The consignment of 26 lambs from Terrys Farm sold to average 42.7kg and a whopping £203.25 (475.4p/kg)

Messrs Hunter, Upper Brydekirk, Annan sold a pen of five 41kg Beltex cross lambs to make £182.50 (445.1p/kg)

Heavy lambs were a flying trade and were in short supply.

Messrs Trafford, Bassenthwaite Hall Farm, Keswick sold 61kg Texel cross lambs to make £182, with another two pens of 56kg and 57kg Texel crosses making £180, a pen of 55kg and £176 and the first placed pen of five Suffolk cross lambs weighing 55kg and making £176 all from this home.

The run of sixteen Suffolk and Texel cross lambs from Bassenthwaite Hall Farm sold to average 55.8kg £177.44.

Messrs Porter, Knock Cross Cottage, Long Marton sold 52kg Texel cross lambs to make £181.

Texel cross Mule lambs weighing 54kg sold to make £166 from Messrs Capstick, Lockholme Hall, Ravenstonedale.

Messrs Scott, Brogden Farm, Northallerton sold a pen of four 54kg Texel cross Mule lambs to make £163, with another pen of weight 49kg Texel cross Mules making £162 also from this home.

The consignment of 50 Texel cross Mule lambs from Brogden Farm sold to average 44.9kg £145 (322.37p/kg)

Messrs Dent, Greenriggs, Kirkby Stephen sold a pen of 49kg Texel cross Mule lambs to make £152.

Several large pens of first cross lambs sold to extreme rates with a pen of eighteen 40kg Texel cross Mule lambs making £139.50 (348.8p/kg), with two pens of twenty-six and fifteen 43kg Texel cross mules selling for £140 (325p/kg) from Messrs Chappelhow, Friendship Farm, Burrells, and from Messrs Pedley, Yore House, Sedbergh.

All classes of prime lambs from 33-37kg were a flying trade and the dearest seen for some time.

An SQQ average of 338.54p/kg and an overall average of 335.9p/kg and £140.85 was achieved.

44 pens and 146 lambs sold between £160-£220

73 pen and 282 lambs sold between £150-£220

11 pens and 64 lambs sold between 400-523p/kg

47 pens and 265 lambs sold between 350-523p/kg

High Fives Show Results

Beltex

1^st G Sowerby, Terrys Farm - 42kg - £220

2^nd CA & JG Skidmore, Needless Hall - 40kg - £140

3^rd TW Hunter, Upper Brydekirk - 41kg - £182.50

Texel

1^st G Sowerby, Terrys Farm - 43kg - £210

2^nd G Sowerby, Terrys Farm - 43kg - £186

3^rd JR & M Richardson, Etherley House - 46kg - £160

Suffolk

1^st A & MJ Trafford, Bassenthwaite Hall - 55kg - £176

2^nd CA & JG Skidmore, Needless Hall - 43kg - £146

3^rd JS & JO Dodd, Skylin - 44kg - £145

Mule

1^st PL & J Dawson - 41kg - £115.50

Champion - Messrs G Sowerby - Beltex

Reserve Champion - Messrs G Sowerby - Texel

Cast sheep topped at £200 for a Texel ewe from H & B Wharton, Galloper Rise, Tebay.

Mule ewes topped at £134 from Hyde Park.

A ring-full of 20 Mule ewes sold to make £130 from Messrs Marston, South View, Winton, another pen of twenty one Mule ewes sold to make £122 from Messrs Akrigg, Home Farm, Skipton, with Messrs Metcalfe, Barningham House, Richmond selling a pen of thirteen Mule ewes also to make £122.

Swaledale ewes sold to £111 for a pen of four from Messrs Lawson, Hundith House, Wigton.

All classes of cast sheep were also a flying trade and many more could have been sold to great advantage!

Leading Consignment Averages (Spring Lambs – 5 or More)
No.           Weight    p/kg       Head          From
26    @    42.7kg    475.4p    £203.25    G Sowerby, Ormside
16    @    55.8kg    317.9p    £177.44    AM & MJ Trafford, Bassenthwaite
6     @     53.5kg    318.3p    £170.33    Mr J Porter, Long Marton
18    @    40.7kg    414.3p    £168.72    TA Greensit & Sons, Northallerton
6      @    43kg      388.3p    £167.00    R Allinson & Sons, Winton
15    @    44kg       374.4p    £166.00    Mr RN Strong, Pooley Bridge
20    @    42.2kg    381.9p    £161.20    TW Hunter, Annan

Leading Prices –

Spring lambs

Price per head

Beltex £220, £206, £198 Terrys Farm; £182.50, £174 Upper Brydekirk; £173, £169.50, £166 Friars Gath; £169, £160 Ascot House; £167 Windygate; £165 Barton Hall; £163, £146 Lansmere; £161 Skylin; £154, £150, £143, £141 Bolton Road; £153 Old Mill Flatt; £150 Angerton Hall Farm; £149.50 Row End Farm; £147 Low Bank Farm; £145 Dale View; £141 Cote House Barn; £141 Little Langton Grange; £140 Needless Hall Farm: Texel £210, £186, £166, £153 Terrys Farm; £182, £180(2), £176, £175 Bassenthwaite Hall Farm; £181, £175(2), £156, £154 Knock Cross Cottage; £176, £149, £146 Lansmere; £174 Galloper Rise; £170, £165(2), £157, £148.50 East View; £170, £145 Breaks Hall; £168 Barton Hall; £166 Lockholme Hall; £164 Askrigg Hall; £163, £162, £160 Brogden Farm; £163, £154(2) Martindale Farm; £161, £145 Bank House; £160, £159.50(2), £158, £156, £155 Etherley House; £159, £147 Cote House Barn; £153 Fair View; £153 Low Bank House; £152(2), £145 Lowfield Cottage; £152 Greenriggs; £148, £145.50 Upper Brydekirk; £147 Old Moll Flatt; £147 Skylin; £146 High Toft Hill Farm; £146.50 Colby Hall: Suffolk £176 Bassenthwaite Hall Farm; £160 Allergill Cottage; £156 Lansmere; £152.50 Bolton Road; £152 Old Mill Flatt; £151.50 East View; £150 Mere Bank; £148 Low Hall Beck; £148 High Toft Hill Farm; £147 Friendship Farm; £146(2) Needless Hall Farm; £145 Skylin; £144 Martindale; £143.50 Hillcrest; £141 Eden Flatt: Blue Texel £168 Askrigg Hall: Rouge £165 Askrigg Hall; £159, £140 Dale View: Badgerfaced Texel £154, £140 Yore House: Charollais £150 Ascot House; £145.50 Friendship Farm; £136.50, £135 Park Farm; £133.50, £130 Little Langton Grange; £132 Angerton Hall Farm; £131.50 Rectory Farm: Dutch Spotted £144 Breaks Hall: Hampshire £133 Friars Garth: Mule £115.50 School Cottage: Swaledale £62 Slip Cottage.

Price per kilo

Beltex 523.8p, 471.4p, 447.8p Terrys Farm; 445.1p, 395.5p Upper Brydekirk; 432.5p, 413.4p, 404.9p Friars Garth; 416.2p, 405.4p, 381.1p Bolton Road; 388.4p Windygate; 384.1p Ascot House; 383.7p Barton Hall; 383.3p Row End farm; 382.5p Old Mill Flatt; 379.1p, 365p Lansmere; 374.4p Skylin; 372.1p Ascot House; 365.9p Angerton Hall Farm; 361.5p, 361.1p Little Langton Grange: Texel 488.4p, 432.6p, 353.2p Terrys Farm; 361.1p, 359.2p, 348.7p Angerton Hall Farm; 358.5p Old Mill Flatt; 358.5p Skylin; 357.4p Barton Hall; 357.3p, 350p High Toft Hill Farm; 355.8p Fair View; 354.9p, 344.2p Upper Brydekirk; 354.5p, 354.4p(2), 352.3p, 351.1p, 347.8p Etherley House; 348.8p Little Langton Grange; 348.1p Knock Cross Cottage; 347.7p Low Bank House; 347.5p Bolton Road; 345.1p Lansmere; 345.2p, 343.6p Bank House; 341.7p Askrigg Hall; 341.3p, 340.5p East View: Charollais 384.6p Ascot House; £356.8p, 336.1p Angerton Hall Farm; 333.3p, 325.6p Little Langton Grange; 330.7p Friendship Farm; 325p, 321.4p Walton Park Farm: Suffolk 347.6p, 339.5p Needless Hall Farm; 343.4p Angerton Hall Farm; 336.4p High Toft Hill Farm; 331.6p, 328.9p Low Hall Beck Barn; 329.5p Skylin; 325.6p Mere Bank; 323.4p, 322.1p Old Mill Flatt; 320p Bassenthwaite Hall Farm: Rouge 336.7p Askrigg Hall; 325.6p Dale View: Blue Texel 333.3p Hopewell Farm: Badgerface 327.3p Yore House: Dutch Spotted 327.3p Breaks Hall: Hampshire 289.1p Friars Garth: Mule 281.7p School Cottage.

Cast Ewes

Texel £200, £170 Galloper Rise; £180 Beverley Cottage; £166, £155 Yore House; £159 Breaks Hall; £157 Upper Brydekirk; £154 Low Bank House; £151 Allergill Cottage: Bluefaced Leicester £153, £148 Yore House; £126 Barningham House: Beltex £140 Skylin; £132 Brackenslack: Suffolk £140 Colby Hall; £131 Skylin: Mule £134 Hyde Park; £130, £120 South View; £129 Hillcrest; £127 Raisgill Hall; £122 Park Farm; £122 Home Farm; £122 Barningham House; £121 Yore House: Cheviot £120, £119, £111 Hyde Park; £110 Bents Farm: Swaledale £111, £86 Hundith House; £110 Barningham House; £101, £91 Asby Hall Mews; £90 Yore House; £86 Easterbeck House; £86 Greenhills Farm: Hampshire £104 Middle Holling Carr: Lleyn £100 White Hurworth Farm; £94 Rake Head: Scotch Blackface £95 Hyde Park: Herdwick £78 Kelmore Hill Farm.

Cast Rams

Texel £150 Town End Farm: Rough £134 Raisgill Hall: Cheviot £131(2) Hyde Park: Suffolk £126 White Hurworth Farm: Lleyn £116 White Hurworth Farm: Beltex £116 Brackenslack.