Kirkby Stephen Pirme Sheep Sale

Harrison & Hetherington Ltd, Kirkby Stephen Mart held their weekly Sale of Prime Sheep on Tuesday night, when 3,495 sheep were forward consisting of 2,000 prime lambs, 927 cash sheep and 568 store lambs.

Topping the sale at £198 and 495p/kg was aa 40kg Beltex cross lamb from Messrs Maughan, Ash Garth, Great Asby.

Messrs Musgrave, Cardew Hall, Carlisle sold a 43kg Blue Texel cross lamb to make £195 (453.5p/kg), this home also sol 40kg Beltex cross lambs to make £172 (430p/kg), with 39kg lambs making £165 (423.1p/kg)

Messrs Trafford, Bassenthwaite Hall Farm, Keswick sold 46kg Beltex cross lambs to make £195 (423.9p/kg) with a pair od 43kg lambs making £173 (402.3p/kg) and a pair of 42kg making £172 (409.5p/kg) also from this home.

Messrs Atkinson, Abbey Park, Bleatarn sold a pen of five 45kg Beltex cross lambs to make £185 (411.1p/kg)

Page Farm Partnership, Ripon sold 54kg lambs to £180.

Messrs Dodd, Skylin, Temple Sowerby sold 47kg lambs to make £175, with this home also selling a pair of 41kg lambs to make £160 (390.2p/kg).

Messrs Burbridge, Park Farm, Stamford sold 48kg lambs to make £171 who also sold a pair of 40kg at £160 (400p/kg) and a pen of eight 40kg to make £157 (392.5p/kg)

Messrs Maughan, Ash Garth sold a pen of eight 39kg Beltex cross lambs to make £160 (410.3p/kg), with another pen of four 39kg making £156 (400p/kg) and a pen of four 39kg selling for £154 (394.9p/kg), a pen of ten 38kg making £148 (389.5p/kg) and a pen of five 40kg making £155 (387.5p/kg)

The 52 lambs from Ash Garth sold to average 38.8kg £148.77 and a whopping 383.4p/kg.

Messrs Fairburn, Marriforth, Ripon sold a pen of three 43kg lambs to make £168 (390.7p/kg)

Heavy lambs were in short supply and any nice bred types full of meat were in extreme demand.

Messrs Hodgson, Green Farm, Shap sol 55kg lambs to make £170.

Messrs Trafford, Bassenthwaite Hall Farm sold 59kg Suffolk cross lambs to make £170 with another pen of five Suffolk crosses weighing 54kg making £162.

Texel cross lambs weighing 61kg sold to £169, with 48kg making £165, and a pen of seven 56kg Texel crosses making £165 all from this home.

The consignment of 32 lambs from Bassenthwaite Hall Farm sold to average 53.7kg £164.19 (305.6p/kg)

Mule lambs sold to £134 from Messrs Strong, Midtown Farm, Great Strickland.

Messrs Fairburn, Marriforth sold a pen of 47kg Mules to make £117 (248.9p/kg).

Kilnstown Farms, Carlisle sold a pen of twenty three 48kg Mules to make £115.50.

Once again Kirkby Stephen proved itself to be one of the most competitive markets to sell your prime sheep with an SQQ average of 280.8p/kg and an overall average of 276.8p/kg and £120.52 for 2000 lambs which includes all breeds of hill and lowland breeds , and weights from 30-62kg, with fourteen active buyers competing for all types of lambs”

33 pens and 73 lambs sold between £160 - £198

64 pens and 158 lambs sold between £150-£198

25 pens and 116 lambs sold between 380-495p/kg

49 pens and 196 lambs sold between 350-495p/kg

Cast sheep topped at £180 for a Beltex cross ewe from Messrs Slater, Whiteley Hey Farm, Macclesfield.

Mule ewes sold to £118 for a pen from Messrs Taylor, Swarthburn, Great Asby.

Swaledale ewes topped at £100 from Messrs Gowland, Ireshopeburn.

Messrs Elliott, Harbour Flatt, Murton sold a pen of six Swaledale ewes to make £87.

Kilnstown Farms, Carlisle sold a pen of eighteen Swaledale ewes to make £80.

Leading Consignment Averages (Spring Lambs – 5 or More)

No.		Weight	P/KG	Head	From
32	@	53.7kg	£164.19	305.6p	A&MJ Trafford, Bassenthwaite
42	@	42.7kg	£150.07	351.3p	WL Musgrave & Sons, Dalston
52	@	38.8kg	£148.77	383.4p	J Maughan, Great Asby
5	@	50.2kg	£147.80	294.4p	E Elliott, Skelton
30	@	41.8kg	£146.60	350.4p	JS&JO Dodd, Temple Sowerby
40	@	46.5kg	£141.34	303.6p	DJ&S Atkinson, Bleatarn
7	@	50.5kg	£139.29	275.4p	P&SA Nelson, Penrith
44	@	44.9kg	£138.14	308p	S Armstrong & Sons, Thrimby
58	@	39.4kg	£136.58	346.7p	JF Burbridge & Sons, Stamford

Leading Prices –
Spring lambs
Price per head
Beltex £198, £160, £156, £155, £154 Ash Garth; £195, £173, £172, £168, £158 Bassenthwaite Hall Farm; £185 Abbey Park; £180, £166(2), £160 Rookwith House; £175, £160, £154(2), £153, £152 Skylin; £172, £165, £159(3), £150(2) Cardew Hall; £171, £160, £157(2) Park Farm(Burbridge); £170, £163 Green Farm(Hodgson); £168, £161, £151 Marriforth; £160 Askrigg Hall; £159 Barton Hall; £156 Bowes Cross Farm; £155 Dale View; £155 Hyde Park: Blue Texel £195, £153, £150, £136 Cardew Hall: £145 Askrigg Hall; 3130 Holme Head Farm; £123.50 Whiteley Hey Farm: Suffolk £170, £162(2), £156 Bassenthwaite Hall Farm; £144 Park House Farm; £137, £127Marriforth; £135 Rosgill Head; £128 Middle Bank End Farm; £127.50 Tullithwaite Hall; £127 How Nook; £127 Lime House; £124 Cardew Hall: Texel £169, £165(2), £150 Bassenthwaite Hall; £164, £148, £142, £140 Marriforth; £164 Hyde Park; £164, £156, £140 Moorriggs; £157, £153.50, £149, £147.50 Cardew Hall; £156.50, £140 Cote House Barn; £155, £144 Askrigg Hall; £151, £140 Park Farm(Burbridge); £150, £146 Middle Bank End Farm; £149 Green Farm(Hodgson); £149 Quarry Close; £149 Ash Garth; £148 Asby Grange; £145 Rosgill Head; £143.50 Abbey Park; £142.50 Grove House Farm; £141 Lime House; £140.50 Midtown Farm: Dutch Spotted £136 Midtown Farm: Mule £134 Midtown Farm; £117 Marrifroth; £115.50 Kilnstown Farm; £112 Asby Grange; £107 Rudd Hills; £106.50 The Park Wall; £106 Ellergill: Rouge £129 Dale View: Charollais £129, £117.50, £115 Park House Farm: Bluefaced Leicester £124 Asby Grange: Zwartble £114 Clockeld: Ryeland £100 Middle Bank End Farm: Scotch Blackface £99.50 Cardew Hall; £80 Middle Bank End Farm: Cheviot £95, £92 Middle Bank End Farm.

Price per kilo
Beltex 495p, 410.3p, 400p, 394.9p, 389.5p, 387.5p, 373.7p Ash Garth; 430p, 423.1p, 387.8p, 370.3p Cardew Hall; 423.9p, 409.5p, 402.3p Bassenthwaite Hall Farm; 411.1p Abbey Park; 400p, 392.5p Park Farm(Burbridge); 390.7p, 383.3p Marriforth; 390.2p, 385p, 372.3p,370.7p Skylin; 384.8p, 384.2p, 382.4p, 378.4p Whiteley Hey Farm; 378p Dale View; 372.1p Askrigg Hall: Blue Texel 453.5p, 348.8p, 323.8p Cardew Hall; 343.1p Whitley Hey Farm; 325p Holme Head Farm: Texel 397.4p, 368.4p, 343.4p Park Farm(Burbridge); 383.8p, 365.1p, 354.8p, 327.8p Cardew Hall; 348.9p, 333.3p, 322.7p Marriforth; 343.8p Bassenthwaite Hall Farm; 339.5p, 331.1p Ash Garth; 337p Askrigg Hall; 328p Wharton Hall: Suffolk 300p, 288.1p, 270p Bassenthwaite Hall Farm; 297.8p Marriforth; 276.9p Park House Farm; 271.3p Mid Farm: Rouge 280.4p Dale View: Charollais 280.4p, 267.4p Park House Farm; 261.5p Castlegarth: Dutch Spotted 277.6p Midtown Farm: Zwartble 250p Clockeld: Mule 248.9p Marriforth; 240.6p Kilnstown; 238.3p Asby Grange; 232.6p Rudd Hills; 230.4p Ellergill: Bluefaced Leicester 237.5p, 234p Asby Grange: Cheviot 231.7p, 231.3p Middle Bank End Farm: Scotch Blackface 231.4p Cardew Hall.

Cast Ewes
Beltex £180, £145 Whiteley Hey Farm; £140 Rookwith House; £140 Ascot House: Texel £150, £132 Etherley House; £132 Dry Evers; £130 Forest House: Blue Texel £140(2), £130 Holme Head Farm: Suffolk £122 Etherley House: Mule £118 Swathburn; £105 Middle Bank End Farm; £100 Ascot House; £100 Rosgill Head: Lleyn £118 Wharton Hall; £85 Middle Bank End Farm: Dorset £116 Holme Head Farm: Cheviot £114, £83 Valance Lodge; £92 Middle Bank End Farm; £82 Dona Close: Bluefaced Leicester £112 Lands Farm; £102 Middle Bank End Farm: Swaledale £100 Woodbine House; £87 Harbour Flatt; £80 Kilnstown; £79 Sandwath Farm; £77 West End; £70 Hillcrest; £70 Low Rigg; £70 Lands Farm: Valais Blacknose £88 Middle Bank End Farm.

Cast Rams
Beltex £150 Whiteley Hey Farm: Texel £140(2) Whiteley Hey Farm: Cheviot £118 Valance Lodge: Swaledale £84 Shieldhill Top.