Date: 19 September 2023 | Primestock
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Harrison & Hetherington Ltd, Kirkby Stephen Mart held their weekly Sale of Prime Sheep on Tuesday night, when 2650 sheep were forward consisting of 1817 prime lambs, 833 cast sheep.
Topping the sale at £166 were a pen of eight 44kg Beltex cross lambs from Charlotte and Georgia Davies, Top Field Farm, Leicestershire.
Topping at 405p/kg were a pen of 40kg Rouge cross lambs which made £162 from Messrs Fell, Chapel Farm, Keswick.
Our annual ‘Bonny Boys’ show was held, with the judging being carried out by Mule sheep enthusiast John Allan, Long Marton who awarded the first prize to a pen of ten smart mule wethers from Messrs Hayton, Asby Grange which weighed 52kg and sold for £125.
Show Results:-
1st Messrs H R Hayton & Son 52kg £125
2nd Messrs W & C W Dent 48kg £116
3rd Messrs Taylor, Waterhouses 44kg £104
Charlotte and Georgia Davies sold 50kg Beltex cross lambs to £165, two pens of seventeen and six 40kg lambs sold to make £161 (402.5p/kg) with a pen of seven 41kg lambs selling for £160 (390.2p/kg), and a pen of five 50kg lambs making £160 from this home. The consignment of 80 lambs from Charlotte and Georgia sold to average 42.9kg £156.09 (363.21p/kg).
Messrs Pickard, Cheney House Farm, Leicestershire sold 54kg Texel cross lambs to make £165 with a pen of 48kg making £158 from this home.
Messrs Musgrave, Cardew Hall, Carlisle sold 39kg Beltex cross lambs to make £153 (392.3p/kg) with a pen of three 41kg lambs making £154 (375.6p/kg).
Messrs Jackson, Littlebeck, Kings Meaburn sold a pen of three 40kg lambs to make £156 (390p/kg).
Jojo Andrews, Boscar Flats, York sold a pen of 40kg lambs to make £150.50 (376.3p/kg) and a pen of four 40kg making £150 (375p/kg).
Messrs Fell, Chapel Farm sold a pen of 41kg Rouge cross lambs to make £154 (375p/kg)
Once again a leading SQQ average of 283.13p/kg and an overall average of 277.27p/kg and £122.72 was achieved which beat other outlets by a good 15-25p/kg so far this week.
39 pens and 153 lambs sold between £150 - £166
36 pens and 200 lambs sold between 330 – 405p/kg
Cast sheep topped at £246 for a pen of three Texel cross ewes from Messrs Sowerby, Terrys Farm, Ormside.
Messrs Davies, Leicestershire sold Texel cross ewes to £230 with a pen of five selling for £220 and two pens of six selling to £200.
The fourteen Texel cross ewes from this home sold to average £210.29.
Good meated, strong heavy and well bred ewes were in strong demand with plenty of pens selling over £200 and more of these types are required here at Kirkby Stephen on a weekly basis.
Swaledale ewes sold to £80 from Messrs Hill, Whitewall Farm, Great Asby.
Leading Consignment Averages (Spring Lambs – 5 or More)
No. Weight P/KG Head From
80 @ 42.9kg 363.2p £156.09 C&G Davies, Leicester
13 @ 45kg 336.2p £151.27 JJ&S Raine, Appleby in Westmorland
57 @ 44kg 331.2p £145.77 WF&RCM Pickard, Leicestershire
35 @ 43.3kg 336.9p £145.74 M/s Fell, Keswick
12 @ 43.6kg 326.4p £142.25 HG Jackson, Kings Meaburn
17 @ 46.9kg 301p £141.32 G Sowerby, Ormside
17 @ 42.4kg 328.4p £139.26 E&R Brass & Son, Maulds Meaburn
42 @ 42.6kg 325.7p £138.65 WL Musgrave & Sons, Carlisle
120 @ 45kg 303p £136.59 E&EM Fairburn, Ripon
Leading Prices –
Spring lambs
Price per head
Beltex £166, £165, £161 (2), £160 (2), £155.50, £155, £141 Top Field Farm: £165, £155, £153.50, £147 £140 West Lea; £158, £155, £154, £151.50, £141.50 (2) Cheney House Farm; £156, £155 (2), £154, £153, £147, £143, £142, £141.50 Cardew Hall; £156, £151, £140 Little Beck;£154, £151, £148 Marriforth; £153, £150.50, £150, £142 Boscar Flats; £153 Street House; £150 Terrys Farm; £146.50 Barnskew; £144.50 Windygate: Texel £165 Cheney House Farm; £155 Top Field Farm; £155, £150 Top Field Farm; £149 Marriforth; £147, £140 Newstead Grange; £146, £139.50 Terrys Farm; £140, £137.50 Green Farm; £140 West End Farm; £137 (2) Breaks Hall; £137, £135, £134, £132, £130.50, £130 (2) Boscar Flats; £135, £134.50 Street House; £134 Carpool Farm; £134 Marriforth; £134, £133.50 Langton Field, £132 Stoneriggs: Rouge £162, £159, £154, £120 Chapel Farm :
Dutch Texel £160 Terrys Farm; £150, £146, £143, £130 Chapel Farm: Duch Spotted £155, £120 Gracies Farm; £131 Boscar Flats: Blue Texel £136 Cardew Hall: Lleyn £135, £112 Williamsgill Farm: Hampshire £135 Windygate; £128 Porthy Green: Badger Face £133 Gracies Farm: Mule £125, £119 Asby Grange; £116 Greenriggs; £114.50 Waterhouses; £114 Williams House: Suffolk £124 Herd Hill; £121 Langton Field; £118.50 Martindale Farm; £117 Williams House; £115 Carpool Farm; £115 High Plains Farm: Charollais £12-, £116 Orchard Farm; £115 Friar Cote: Cheviot £119 Windygate; £110 Orchard Farm: Rommey £115 Breaks Hall: Blackfaced £80 Middle Bank End Farm.
Price per kilo
Rouge 405p, 375.6p, 369.8p Chapel Farm: Beltex 402.5p (2), 390.2p377.3p, 353.4p, 343.9p, 330p Top Field Farm: 392.3p, 375.6p, 362.8p, 360.5p, 334.1p Cardew Hall; 390p, 333.3p Little Beck; 376.3p, 375p, 355p, 347.7p, 330p Boscar Flats; 366.7p, 352.3p Cheney House Farm; 357.3p Barnskew; 355.1p Friarbiggin; 352.3p, 349p, 341.9p West Lea; 345.7p Green Farm; 344.9p Bowes Cross Farm; 336.4p, 334.8p Marriforth: Dutch Texel 340.9p, 339.5p, 332.6p Chapel Farm; 301.9p Terrys Farm: Texel 325p, 303.5p, 295.5p, 293.5p, 293p, 285.4p, 282p Boscar Flats; 322.9p294.1p, Top Field Farm; 311p West End Farm; 308p 286.2p Street House; 305.6p Cheney House Farm; 300p Sunnyside (Oldcorn); 297.8p (2) Breaks Hall; 296.8p, 286.3p, Terrys Farm; 288p Cardew Hall; 285.1p Langton Field; 284.6p Staingills; 280.7p Marriforth; 280p Barnskew: Blue Texel 302.2p Cardew Hall: Dutch Spotted 285 Boscar Flats; 268.2p Breaks Hall; 267.2p Gracies Farm: Charollais 269.8p Orchard Farm; 250p Friar Cote; 250p Herd Hill: Romney 261p Breaks Hall: Suffolk 253.3p Green Farm; 253p Staingills; 252.1p Langton Field; 252p Herd Hill; 250p High Plains Farm: Cheviot 250p Orchard Farm; 243.1p Middle Bank End Farm;242.9p Windygate: Hampshire 250 Windygate: Mule 242.9p, 240.4p Asby Grange; 242p Greenriggs: Badger Face 242p Gracies Farm.
Cast Ewes
Texel £246 Terrys Farm; £230, £220, £200 (2) Top Field Farm; £198, £152 (2) Thorney Gale; £180, £170, £160 (2) , £144 Cheney House Farm; £146 Porthy Green; £140 Cardew Hall: Suffolk £135 Terrys Farm: Blue Texel £128 Cardew Hall: Mule £117 West Underhurth; £89 Staingills; £87 Fountain Head; £86 Middle Bank End Farm: Lleyn £90 Woodfoot (Jenkinson): Dorset £82 Old Spital Farm: Cheviot £81 Hyde Park: Swaledale £80 Whitewall Farm; £76 Stoneriggs; £68 Thorney Gale: Easy Care £75 Staingills: Rough Fell £73 Cow Bank: Herdwick £52 Cow Bank.
Cast Rams
Texel £152 Whitewall Farm: Suffolk £109 Middle Bank End Farm: Cheviot £109 Hyde Park: Swaledale £71 Woodbine House.
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