Kirkby Stephen Store Sheep Sale

Harrison & Hetherington Ltd held their fortnightly sale of store lambs on Tuesday evening.

Topping the sale aty £90.50 were a pen of twenty two Dutch Texel cross lambs from Messrs Fell, Chapel Farm, Bassenthwaite.

Texel cross lambs sold to £89 for a pen of eleven from Messrs Lawson, Buddle House, Richmond.

Messrs Graves, Hesket Deman, Carlisle sold a pen of twenty Texel cross Mule lambs to make £88 with Messrs Wearing, Stephens Farm, Sedbergh also selling a pen of Texel cross Mules to make £88.

All classes of store lambs were in demand from a full ringside of buyers once again with an overall sale average of £80.69 being achieved.

Many more store lambs can be sold to great advantage here at Kirkby Stephen!

Our next sale is on Tuesday 12^th September with catalogue entries closing on the 5^th September. 

Leading Prices:
Texel £89 Buddle House; £88, £80.50 Stephens Farm; £88, £85 Hesket Demain; £88, £86.50 Tarn House; £88, £86.50 Castlethwaite; £87, £83.50 Colby Hall; £81.50, £80 Brackenslack; £80 High Wood End: Beltex £85(2), £82 Town Foot; £84 Brackenslack: Suffolk £79.50, £78 Brackenslack; £78 High Wood End: Cheviot £75.50 Mount Pleasant Farm: Mule £74.50 High Wood End Farm; £73 Poppin Cottage: Dutch Texel £72 Bowlees Farm.