Kirkby Stephen Breeding Sheep Sale

Harrison & Hetherington Ltd Kirkby Stephen held their annual sale of Continental, Mule Ewes, Shearlings and Gimmer lambs when a catalogued entry of 1,803 sheep were on offer.

Topping the female section at £460 on four separate occasions were pure Texel two shears from Messrs Teward, New View, Darlington. This same home went on to sell Texel two shears for £400 and three shears for £350 with Shearlings also selling for £450, £400, £370 and £340 twice.

The consignment of 30 Texel Ewes and Shearlings from New View sold to average a massive £323.10.

The Pre-Sale Show which was judged by Mr B C Percival, Bakewell, awarded the first placed pen of Ewes/Shearlings to a pen of five Texel cross Shearlings from Messrs JC & E Pedley & Sons, Yore House, Sedbergh which went on to sell for £258 to the judge.

Taking second place was a pen of five Beltex cross Shearlings from Mrs Tiplady, Red House Farm, Barnard Castle which sold for £285 to Messrs Askwith, Crook.

The first placed pen of five Gimmer lambs went to a pen of five Dutch Texels from Messrs Armstrong, Moorriggs, Penrith which sold for £150, with the second placed pen also going to this home and also selling for £150.

Breeding Ewes and Shearlings were a flying trade from start to finish being one of the dearest seen, with a fantastic overall average of £207.19 for all breeds being achieved.

Texel cross Mule Shearlings sold to £232 for a pen of sixteen from Messrs Thornborrow, Ladying Farm, Winton who also sold another pen of twenty to £228.

The consignment of 102 Texel cross Mule Shearlings from Ladying sold to average a whopping £206.75.

Messrs Slack, Stoneriggs, Hilton sold pens of Texel cross Mule Shearlings to £220 with other pens of twelve making £215 and two pens of ten making £215 and £212.

Mule Shearlings sold to £180 for a pen of twelve from Bailey Livestock, Ripon.

The judging of our ram section was carried out by Mr Malcolm Skidmore, who awarded the overall Champion Ram to the first placed AOB Shearling from Messrs Buckle, Buckles Farm which went on to top the sale at £2100 selling to JW Dent & Sons, Naby View Farm.

Reserve Champion Ram went to P & E Chester, Grassgill Lodge for their first placed Beltex Shearling which went on to make £1300. These vendors also sold a second Beltex Shearling for £1300.

Show Results

Five Shearlings or Ewes

1^st        JC & E Pedley & Sons, Yore House  £258

2^nd       RC Tiplady, Red House Farm  £285

3^rd        MH Elliott, Espland  £220

Five Gimmer Lambs

1^st        S Armstrong & Sons, Moorriggs  £150

2^nd       S Armstrong & Sons, Moorriggs  £150

3^rd        MH Elliott, Espland  £150

Leading Consignments

Shearlings

30      @      £323.10      M/s Teward, New View Farm, Staindrop

8        @       £276.25      RC Tiplady, Red House Farm, Langleydale

13      @       £246.92      JC & E Pedley & Sons, Yore House, Lunds

40      @       £220.85      R&W Todd, High Toft Hill Farm, Toft Hill

16      @       £215.63      Mr RG Blackburn, Chapel House, Great Strickland

11      @      £212.36      Mr MH Elliott, Espland House, Newton Reigny

19      @      £210.68      JM & AM Morland, Starrah, Kaber

102    @      £206.75      Messrs J Thornborrow & Son, Ladying Farm, Winton

60      @      £202.03      Mr CJ Bousfield, 12 Barrowmoor Road, Appleby

Leading Prices:-

Ewes –

Texel £460(x4) £400, £350, £290, £250 New View Farm; £250, £235 Ling Cottages (Teasdale); £210, £185 Prospect Farm Cottage; £195 Grassgill Lodge :

Beltex £178 Grassgill : Mule £142 Easegill Head :

Gimmer Shearlings –

Teward £450, £400, £370, £340(x2), £310, £280, £270, £265, £250, £245 New View Farm; £258, £255, £240, £235, £230 Yore House; £250, £235, £232, £230, £215, £198 Chapel House; £240 Prospect Farm Cottage; £238 Espland House; £232, £228, £202, £198, £195 Ladying Farm; £220, £210, £208, £200, £198, £195, £190 Barrowmoor Road(Bousfield); £220, £215(x2), £212, £205, £192(x2) Stoneriggs; £218, £215, £205, £190 Bankdale Farm;  Beltex £300, £285, £250, £235 Red House Farm; £252, £242(x2), £240(x2, £192) High Toft Hill Farm; £232, £225, £218, £195 Starrah; £220, £190 Espland House; £210 Barrowmoor Road (Bousfield): Bluefaced Leicester £202 Starrah: Suffolk £195 Ling Cottages (Teasdale): Charollais £185 Grassgill Lodge: Mule £180, £165(x2), £160 Peacock Farm; £160 Easegill Head; £160 Foxtower View:

Gimmer Lambs –

Blue Texel £210, £205, £200(x2) Bonny Rigg: Dutch Texel £180, £150(x2) Moorriggs: Texel £155, £132 Toft House; £150 Espland House; £142(x2), £136 Old Spital Farm; £132 Starrah: Beltex £145 Grassgill Lodge; £132 Moorriggs: Dutch Spotted £122(x2) Ashlea Farm House:

Ram Show Results

Texel (Aged or Shlg)

1^st    Messrs Buckle, Buckles Farm    £1100

2^nd   Messrs Wales, Thackwood    £1000

3^rd     D Scott, Hollins View    £900

Beltex (Aged or Shlg)

1^st & Reserve Champion    P & E Chester, Grassgill Lodge    £1300

2^nd   P & E Chester, Grassgill Lodge    £600

3^rd   KD & DE Millar & Partners, Crookholm Farm    £520

AOB (Aged or Shlg)

1^st & Overall Champion    Messrs Buckle, Buckles Farm    £2100

2^nd    P & E Chester, Grassgill Lodge    £1300

3^rd    JS & JO Dodd, Skylin    £400

Any Breed Ram Lamb

1^st    Messrs Teward, New View    £450

2^nd   Messrs Teward, New View    £420

3^rd    Messrs Teward, New View    £550

Leading Prices

Aged or Shearling:-

Texel £2100, £1100 Buckles Farm; £1000, £950, £650, £520, £500 Stoneriggs; £1000, £950, £620 Parkside; £1000 Thackwood; £950, £780(x2, £700), £550, £500(x2) The Buildings Farm; £900, £800, £750, £700Hollins View; £750 Crookholm Farm; £650 Waters Farm; £650, £500 Prospect Farm Cottage; £550 Brackenbank View; £500 Thorney Gale:   

Beltex £1300(x2) Grassgill Lodge; £1250, £600, £550 Red House Farm; £800, £550, £520 Parkside; £780 Skylin; £750(x2), £650(x2) Thackwood; £700, £650(x2), £600(x3), £500 Grassgill Lodge; £600 Buckles Farm; £520 Crookholm Farm:  

Lambs:-

Texel £580, £550, £450(x2), £420,£400, £380, £300 New View Farm :