Kirkby Stephen Prime Sheep Sale

Harrison & Hetherington Ltd, Kirkby Stephen Mart held their weekly Sale of Prime Sheep on Tuesday night, when 2,046 sheep were forward consisting of 1,275 prime lambs and 771 cast sheep.

Topping the sale at £190 was a 59kg Suffolk cross lambs from Messrs Hodgson, Chapel House, Galssonby.

Topping the sale at 378.8p/kg was a pen of fourteen 33kg Beltex cross lambs which sold from £125 from Messrs Slater, Whiteley Hey Farm, Macclesfield, this same home also sold another pen of fourteen 32kg lambs to make £120 (375p/kg).

Messrs Robson, Newstead Grange, Malton sold 58kg Texel cross lambs to make £178 with this home selling 51kg lambs to make £170, 55kg lambs to make £163, and 54kg Texel cross lambs making £162 all from this home.

Messrs Strong, Barton Hall, Penrith sold 48kg Beltex cross lambs to make £171.

Messrs Maughan, Sunnyside, Great Asby sold 51kg lambs to make £164.

Messrs Chester, Grassgill Lodge, Soulby sold 52kg Rouge cross lambs to make £164.

Messrs Hodgson, Green Farm, Shap sold 58kg Texel cross lambs to make £162.50.

Messrs Hodgson, Chapel House, Glassonby sold 51kg Suffolk cross lambs to make £159 with a pen of eleven 46kg Suffolk cross Mule lambs making £134.50 also from this home.

Messrs Brass, Bridge End Farm, Soulby sold a pen of twenty 45kg Texel cross Mul lambs to make £136 (302.2p/kg) with another pen of fifteen 43kg Texel cross Mule lambs making £125 (290.7p/kg).

The consignment of 93 Texel cross lambs from this home sold to average 43.4kg £125.70 (289.6p/kg)

Messrs Robson, Newstead Grange, Malton sold a pen of fourteen 45kg Texel cross Mule lambs to make £137.50 (305.6p/kg)

Mule lambs sold to £118.50 and 257.6p/kg for a pen of seven 46kg lambs from Messrs Whitfield, Cote House Barn, Bleatarn.

Messrs Alderson, Rudd Hills, Great Musgrave sold 45kg Mules to make £116 (257.8p/kg)

Messrs Stephenson, The Gables, Ravenstonedale sold a pen of ten 44kg Mules to make £112.50 (255.7p/kg).

Kirkby Tuesday proved itself to be the leading prime sheep market once again when an unbelievable overall sale average of 295p/kg and £124.24 was achieved. Many more lambs all classes, breeds and weights could have been easily sold to great advantage!

Leading Consignment Averages (Spring Lambs – 5 or More)

No.          Weight     P/KG      Head          From  
10    @    41.7kg     356.1p    £148.50    JS&JO Dodd, Temple Sowerby
35    @    48.7kg     295.5p    £144.01    TA Robson & Son, Malton
9      @    47kg       304.5p    £143.11     P&E Chester, Soulby
32    @    44kg       323.5p    £142.45     RN Strong, Pooley Bridge
13    @    43.6kg    324.2p    £141.38     G Maughan, Great Asby
56    @    44.4kg    313p        £138.85    JR&M Richardson, Darlington
10    @    43.2kg    313.9p    £135.60     JM&AM Morland, Kaber

Cast sheep were another very strong trade throughout.

Topping this section at £190 for a Texel cross ewes from Messrs Foster, West End Farm, Barnard Castle.

Messrs Slater, Whiteley Hey Farm sold a pen of nine Texel cross ewes to make £183.

A pen of five Bluefaced Leicester ewes sold to make £157 from Kilnstown Farm, Carlisle.

Mule ewes sold to £128 for a pen from Messrs Carr, Nova Scotia, Barnard Castle.

Rough fell ewes sold to £95 from Messrs Wilson, Wath Farm, Newbiggin on Lune.

Swaledale ewes sold to £94 from Messrs Birbeck, High Stennerskeugh, Ravenstonedale.

A pen of twenty one Swaledale ewes sold to make £88 from Kilnstown Farms, Carlisle.

Leading Prices –

Spring lambs

Price per head

Suffolk £190, £159 Chapel House; £142.50 Waitby Farm; £141 Town End Farm; £138.50 Eden Flatt; £137 Grassgill Lodge; £134.50 White House: Texel £178, £162, £153, £149.50, £137.50, £137, £131 Newstead Grange; £162.50, £149 Green Farm; £157, £137.50 Grassgill Lodge; £157 Barton Hall; £155, £134.50 Jardines; £152.50 Parkside; £150, £135 Martindale Farm (Robinson); £147, £138.50 Galloper Rise; £146 Green Bank; £144, £134 Breaks Hall; £143, £138.50, £134.50 Etherley House; £140 Barrowmoor Road; £140, £136 Martindale Farm (Wearmouth); £140 Claylands Farm; £139.50 Stoneriggs; £137.50, £132.50 Low Hall; £136 Bridge End Farm; £136 Rudd Hills; £136 Starrah; £136 Eden Flatt; £135.50 Hesket Demain; £134 Waterhouses; £130 Waitby Farm: Beltex £171, £151, £149, £136 Barton Hall; £170, £163 Newstead Grange; £164, £139.50 Sunnyside; £154 Green Bank; £151(2), £148, £143 Skylin; £150 Sawbridge Hall; £141.50 Martindale Farm; £140, £135 Wharton Hall; £140, £131 Whiteley Hey Farm; £138.50 Castle Hill; £138, £130 Starrah; £136.50 Rennels House; £136 Green Farm; £134, £132.50 Town End Farm; £134 Chapel House Farm; £133.50 Cote House Barn; £132, £130 Parkside; £131.50, £131 Low Hall; £130 Waitby Farm: Rouge £164 Grassgill Lodge: Blue Texel £145 Grassgill Lodge; £138 Whiteley Hey Farm: Dutch Spotted £139.50 Barton Hall; £135 Breaks Hall: Herdwick £126 Town End Farm: Mule £118.50 Cote House Barn; £116.50 Galloper Rise; £116 Rudd Hills; £112.50 The Gables; £108 Waitby Farm: Swaledale £98 Parkside; £82 Slip Cottage: Badgerface £86 Green Bank: Rough £86 Town Head: Hebridean £65 Green Bank.

Price per kilo

Beltex 378.8p, 375p, 368.4p, 354.1p, 352.9p, 347.2p Whiteley Hey Farm; 371.4p, 347.4p Parkside; 370p, 368.3p, 340.5p, 335.6p Skylin; 359p, 337.5p Wharton Hall; 356.3p, 346.5p, 328.3p, 323.8p Barton Hall; 353.8p Starrah; 346.3p Castle Hill; 333.3p Newstead Grange; 331.7p Green Farm; 329.1p Martindale Farm(Robinson); 328.8p Low Hall; 326.1p Sawbridge Hall; 325 Waitby Farm; 324.4p, 321.6p Sunnyside; 320.8p Green Bank: Blue Texel 353.8p Whiteley Hey Farm; 322.2p Grassgill Lodge: Texel 338.9p, 313.5p Parkside; 320.4p Barton Hall; 320p Breaks Hall; 319.2p Amersber Cottage; 317.8p, 314.8p, 312.8p, 307.8p Etherley House; 317.4p Green Bank; 312.5p Grassgill Lodge; 311.1p Barrowmoor Road; 311.1p Martindale Farm(Wearmouth); 310p Stoneriggs; 310p Jardines; 309.1p Starrah; 308.1p Low Hall; 306.9p, 305.6p, 300p Newstead Grange; 306.8p Martindale (Robinson); ; 305.6p Low Hall; 304.3p Claylands; 302.2p Bridge End Farm; 301.9p Grassgill Lodge; 301.1p Galloper Rise; 300p Stoneriggs: Suffolk 322p, 311.8p Chapel Farm; 313.3p Town End Farm; 303.2p Waitby Farm; 292.7p Railway Terrace; 292.4p White House; 291.9p Green Bank; 285.4p Grassgill Lodge: Rouge 315.4p Grassgill Lodge: Dutch Spotted 310p Barton Hall; 306.8p Breaks Hall: Herdwick 273.9p Town End Farm: Badgerface 252.9p Green Bank: Rough 245.7p Town Head: Swaledale 227.9p Parkside; 205.3p West End Farm.

Cast Ewes

Texel £190, £168 West End Farm; £183 Whiteley Hey Farm; £181, £176 Green Farm; £162 Keld Farm; £158, £153 Breaks Hall; £150 Parkside; £149 New Hall; £148 Skylin; £148(2) Easegill Head; £145 Raisgill Hall; £143 Newstead Grange; £140 Windygill: Bluefaced Leicester £157, £126 Kilnstown Farm: Suffolk £139 Skylin; £130 High Wood End: Mule £128 Nova Scotia; £118 Keld Farm; £116 The Park Wall; £115 Whingill; £115 White House; £112 Quarry House; £110 West End Farm; £110 Bridge Farm House: Beltex £126 Easegill Head; £123 Skylin: Lleyn £120 Whingill: Cheviot £112 Nova Scotia; £92 Amersber Cottage: Scotch Blackface £101(2) Green Bank: Rough £95, £84 Wath Farm: Swaledale £94, £76 High Stennerskeugh; £88 Kilnstown; £86 Lockthwaite; £86 The Park Wall; £76 Green Farm; £75 West End.

Cast Rams

Swaledale £108 Hatley Castle; £84 New Hall.