Kirkby Stephen Prime Sheep Sale

Harrison & Hetherington Ltd, Kirkby Stephen Mart held their weekly Sale of Prime Sheep on Tuesday night, when 4530 sheep were forward consisting of 3264 prime lambs, 808 cast sheep and 458 store lambs.

Topping the sale at £177 were two pens of five 43kg and six 46kg Beltex cross lambs from Messrs Blandford, Netherton Farm, Ledbury.

This same home also topped at 432.5p/kg for a pen of ten 40kg Beltex cross lambs which sold for £173.

A pen of five 44kg lambs made £174, with a pen of three making £172 (430p/kg), a pen of three 40kg making £170 (425p/kg), a pen of five 43kg at £177 (411.6p/kg), a pen of twelve 40kg at £162 (405p/kg), a pen of ten 41kg at £164 (400p/kg) and a pen of nineteen 41kg to make £163 (397.6p/kg0.

The wonderful consignment of 206 superbly finished lambs from Messrs Blandford sold to average 41.2kg £156.80 (375.4p/kg)

Messrs Fell, Chapel Farm, Bassenthwaite sold a pen of ten 41kg Rouge cross lambs to make £168 (409.8p/kg)

Mule lambs sold to £131 on two separate occasions from Messrs Hayton, Asby Grange, Great Asby and from Messrs Huck, Church Farm, Skipton.

Mules also topped at 260p/kg twice for a pen of twenty one 45kg lambs which sold for £117 from Messrs Hayton, Asby Grange, Great Asby and also for another pen at this same weight and price from Messrs Birkbeck, Castle Hill, Soulby.

Messrs Fairburn, Marriforth sold a pen of twenty five 45kg Mules to make £116 (258p/kg)

For the largest show of sheep seen so far this season a fantastic SQQ Sale Average of 282.89p/kg and overall average of 274.48p/kg for 3264 lambs was achieved, which is a massive 40p/kg dearer than the same week last year and for 406 more lambs sold.

16 pens and 110 lambs sold between £160 - £177

40 pens and 216 lambs sold between £150 - £177

7 pens and 53 lambs sold between 400 – 432p/kg

36 pens and 275 lambs sold between 350 – 432p/kg

Cast sheep topped at £180 for a Texel cross ewe from Messrs Davies, Top Field Farm, Gaddesby.

Messrs Pickard, Cheney House Farm, Queniborough sold a pen of three Beltex cross ewes to make £150.

Swaledale ewes sold to £66 from Messrs Wearmouth, Parkside, Barnard Castle.

Leading Consignment Averages (Spring Lambs – 5 or More)

No.         Weight    P/KG         Head       From  
206  @    41.7kg    375.4p    £156.80    B Blandford & Sons, Hereford
40    @    41.9kg    370p       £155.03    M/s Fell, Keswick
26    @    43.3kg    328.1p    £142.08    TW Hunter, Annan
42    @    49.9kg    284.8p    £142.07    GW Lee, Richmond
39    @    43.1kg    329p       £141.99    C&G Davies, Leicester
68    @    48.8kg    287.6p    £140.24    CW Foster, York
15    @    47.5kg    294.1p    £139.60    MTP&SD Wills, Dufton
11    @    45kg       309.1p    £139.36    HG Jackson, Kings Meaburn
69    @    47.2kg    293.5p    £138.45    WF&RCM Pickard, Leicestershire

Leading Priices -

 Spring lambs

Price per head

Beltex £177(x2), £174, £173, £172, £170, £168, £166, £164, £163, £162, £160(x2), £158, £150, £149(x2) £148, £145  Netherton Farm: £165, £148 Top Field Farm, £160 Little Beck; £159, £158 Cheney House Farm; £156, £146(x2) Carkin Moor Farm; £156, £149 Upper Brydekirk; £155, £149, £147 Church Farm; £154,£150, £147, £146, £145 Cardew Hall; £153 Barnskew; £150 Fawcett Park Farm; £150 Top Field Farm; £150(x2), £148 Fordham Farm; £149 Little Beck; £147 Green Farm; £146 Barton Hall; £146 Moorriggs: Rouge £168, £158, £155 Chapel Farm: Dutch Texel £158, £142.50 Terrys Farm; £154(x2) Chapel Farm: Texel £156.50, £148.50, £138.50, £130 Moorriggs; £150 Barningham House; £150 Lower Griseburn; £150, £131 Terrys Farm; £145, £138, £134.50, £132.50 Fordham Farm; £145, £140 Cheney House Farm; £144 Croft House Farm; £142 Church Farm; £141, £140.50 Carkin Moor Farm; £140, £133, Green Farm; £138.50, £134.50, £134, £131(x2, £130(x2) Victoria Cottages; £136 Street House; £136 ,£135, £130 Town End Farm; £135 Stoneriggs; £134 Hadderdale; £133 Netherton Farm; £132.50, £131 Marriforth; £131 Dale View; £131 Hawkrigg Farm; £131 Goodlie Hill Farm; £130 Castle Hill; £130 Abbey Farm;£130 Windygate:  

Charollais £140, £131 The Croft; £130, £124 Langwathby Hall; £126, £121 East Todholes; £122 Dale View: Suffolk £135 Friars Garth; £131, £119 Green Farm; £131 Dalbrack Farm; £131, £122.50 New View Farm; £122.50 Victoria Cottages; £119 Terrys Farm; £117.50 Carpool Farm; £117 Wharton Hall:  Mules £131, £118.50 Church Farm; £131, £117 Asby Grange; £124, £121.50, £116.50 Red House Farm; £122, £116 Marriforth; £121.50 Greenriggs; £119 Croft House Farm; £118.50 Fell View; £118 Galloper Rise; £117 Waterhouses; £117 Castle Hill; £117 Langwathby Hall; £116.50 Scarrowmanwick; £116 Dalbrack Farm; £115.50 Hill House West: Blue Texel £138.50 Cardew Hall; £137 Victoria Cottages; £136 Parkside; £133 Bonny Rigg: Bluefaced Leicester £131 Church Farm: Dutch Spotted £121, £116 Breaks Halll: Hill Cheviot £120 Windygate; £114 Goodlie Hill Cottage; £114 Low Deepslack: Hampshire £117 Friars Garth; £114.50 Windygate: Romney £112.50 (x2) Breaks Hall: Blackface £109 Cardew Hall: Lleyn £100 Helm Farm: Swaledale £84.50 Midfield:

Price per kilo

Beltex 432.5p, 430p, 425p, 411.60p, 405p 400p, 397.60p 395.50p, 385.4p, 384.8p, 381.8p, 375p, 372.5p, 370p, 363.6p  Netherton Farm; 387.8p, 376.2p Cheney House Farm; 378p, 376.9p, 372.5p, 356.4p Church Farm; 371.4p, 346.5p(x2) Upper Brydekirk; 362.5p, 358.5p, 356.1p, 351.2p, 350p, 348.8p Cardew Hall; 356.1p Moorriggs; 352.5p, 351.1p Top Field Farm; 351.4p Friars Garth; 340.5p Fawcett Park Farm; 340.5p Castle Hill:  Rouge 409.8p, 376.2p, 369p Chapel Farm: Dutch Texel 350p(x2), 335p, 331p Chapel Farm; 303.8p Terrys Farm:  Blue Texel 316.3p Parkside; 314.8p, 302.4p Cardew Hall; 311.4p Victoria Cottages:  Texel 300p Parkside; 297p Garth Side; 289.7p Church Farm; 288.9p Castle Hill; 285.4p, 280.5p, 276.1p The Croft; 283p Terrys Farm; 282.6p Victoria Cottages; 282.2p, 277.1p  Netherton Farm; 280.2p, 276p  Fordham Farm; 279.2p Hadderdale; 277.2p Bridge End Farm; 276.1p, 276p Town End Farm; 275.6p Buddle House: Suffolk 267.3p Green Farm; 266p New View Farm; 264p Friars Garth; 262p, 260p Dalbrack Farm; 261p Carpool Farm; 261p Hawkrigg End; 260p Wharton Hall: Dutch Spotted 263p Breaks Hall: Cheviot 261p Windygate; 253.3p Goodlie Hill Cottage; 253p, 251.2p, 250p Low Deepslack; 252.8p Bents Farm: Blackface 260p Cardew Hall: Mules 260p Castle Hill; 260p Asby Grange; 258p Marriforth; 257p Hill House West; 257p Waterhouses; 252.2p Dalbrack Farm; 252.1p Church Farm; 251p Hillcrest: Romney 256p(x2) Breaks Hall: Swaledale 210p Midfield: Hampshire 248.9p Windygate: Herdwick 218p Fell View:

Cast Ewes-

Texel  £180, £140, £134, £130 Top Field Farm; £135 Cardew Hall; £134 Cheney House Farm; £132 Church Farm; £131 Bridge End Farm; £130 Garth Side:  Beltex £150 Cheney House Farm; £150, £143 Top Field Farm; £132 Cardew Hall; £110 Barton Hall: Lleyn £130 Helm Farm; £90 Woodfoot: Suffolk £116 Bridge End Farm: Blue Texel  £100 Copeland Row: Mules £86 Barningham House; £81 Martindale Farm: Rough Fell £76 Low Deepslack: Cheviot £75 Bents Farm; £70 New View Farm: Swaledale £66 Parkside; £64 Bleathgill, £64 Asby Grange; £60 Intake Bottom: Blackface £50 Copeland Row:

Cast Rams-

Texel £132 Victoria Cottages; £100 Lands Farm : Beltex £116, £100 Victoria Cottages : Rough Fell £96 Whinfell Terrace : Swaledale £54 Step Ends Farm; £52 Glen Whelt; £50 Lands Farm :