Kirkby Stephen Prime Sheep Sale

Harrison & Hetherington Ltd, Kirkby Stephen Mart held their weekly Sale of Prime Sheep on Tuesday night, when 2,861 sheep were forward consisting of 2,281 prime lambs and 580 cast sheep.

Topping the sale on two occasions at £202 were two single 57kg Beltex cross lambs from Messrs Sowerby, Terrys Farm, Ormside, and from Susan Sowerby, Terrys Farm which were both purchased by Dowdings Butchers, Appleby.

Topping at 425p/kg were a pen of ten 40kg Dutch Texel cross lambs which made £170 from Messrs Fell, Chapel Farm, Bassenthwaite.

Messrs Foster, Fordham Farm, York sold a pen of thirteen 41kg Beltex cross lambs to make £174 (424.2p/kg)

Messrs Hodgson, Green Farm, Shap sold 52kg Beltex cross lambs to make £180.

Messrs Lee, Carkin Moor Farm, Richmond sold a pen of 44kg Beltex cross lambs to make £178 (404.5p/kg)

Jojo Andrews, Boscar Flats, York sold 52kg lambs to make £175, with this same home selling a pen of eleven 40kg Beltex cross lambs to make £165 (412.5p/kg) with a pen of 58kg lambs making £168, a pen of five 51kg Texel cross lambs making £163 and a pen of five 49kg labs making £164 all from this home.

Messrs Fell, Chapel Farm sold a pen of six 41kg Rouge lambs to make £170 (414.6p/kg), with this home also selling 48kg Dutch Texel cross lambs to make £174.

Messrs Armstrong, Moorriggs, Penrith sold a pair of 39kg Beltex cross lambs to make £162 (415.4p/kg) with another pen of four 39kg lambs making £158 (405.1p/kg) also from this home.

Messrs Skelton, Low House, Maryport sold a pen of 50kg Beltex cross lambs to make £174.

Messrs Foster, Fordham Farm, York sold tow pens of six and five 42kg Beltex cross lambs both to make £170 (404.8p/kg) with a pen of three 46kg lambs also making £170 from this home.

Messrs Wills, Fawcett Park Farm, Dufton sold a pair of 52kg Beltex cross lambs to make £170 with this home also selling 42kg lambs to make £168 (400p/kg).

Messrs Birkbeck, Castle Hill, Soulby sold a pen of eighteen 39kg Beltex cross lambs to make £156.50 (401.3p/kg)

Messrs Dodd, Skylin, Temple Sowerby sold a pen of five 46kg lambs to make £168.

Messrs Lee, Carkin Moor Farm sold a pen of nine 51kg lambs to make £167 with a pen of thirty 43kg lambs making £163.50 also from this home.

Messrs Askwith, Middle Mown Meadows, Crook sold a pen of six 54kg Texel cross lambs to make £168, with 51kg lambs also making £167 from this home.

Suffolk cross lambs sold to £154 for a pair from Messrs Sowerby, Terrys Farm.

Mule lambs sold to £132.50 for a pen of fifteen 54kg lambs from Messrs Wills, Fawcett Park Farm, Dufton.

Messrs Fairburn, Marriforth also sold a pen of eighteen 50kg Mules to make £125.

Mules also topped at 264p/kg for a pen of 43kg lambs making £113.50 from Messrs Ewin, Eden Flatt, Warcop.

Kilnstown Farms, Carlisle sold 50 48kg Mule lambs to make £122.50 (255.2p/kg).

Another fantastic SQQ average of 305.53p/kg and an overall sale average of 291.94p/kg and £130.60 was achieved once again here at Kirkby Stephen!

All classes, weights and breeds of lambs can be sold to premiums here at Kirkby Stephen and many more lamb could be sold to great advantage to fulfil our 15 active buyers requirements on a weekly basis here at Kirkby Stephen!

14 pens and 55 lambs sold between £170-£202

78 pens and 424 lambs sold between £150-£202

11 pens and 79 lambs sold between 400-425p/kg

51 pens and 309 lambs sold between 350-425p/kg.

Cast sheep topped at £170 for a Beltex cross ewes from Messrs Wearmouth, Parkside, Barnard Castle.

Messrs Tattersall, Town Farm, York sold Texel cross ewes to £160.

Cast rams sold to £170 for a Texel from Messrs Owen, Ravenseat, Keld.

Messrs Allan, Greenhow, Dufton sold a pen of eighteen Swaledale ewes to make £72.

Leading Consignment Averages (Prime Lambs – 5 or More)
No.         Weight     P/KG       Head        From  
32    @    41kg       402.3p    £164.80    M/s Fell, Keswick
5      @    60kg       270.8p    £162.50    HJ Banks, Winton
10    @    54.8kg    292p        £160.00    G Sowerby, Ormside
136  @    46kg       343p        £157.63    GW Lee & Sons, Richmond
23    @    45.2kg    341.4p    £154.35    JS&JO Dodd, Temple Sowerby
26    @    46kg       334.8p    £154.00    M/s Askwith, Crook
106  @    45kg       333.3p    £150.02    JM Andrews, York
34    @    43kg       345.8p    £148.71    S Armstrong & Sons, Penrith
100  @    41.8kg    352.1p    £147.16    CW Foster, York
93    @    43.7kg    333.3p    £145.49    L Skelton & Son, Maryport

Leading Prices -

Prime lambs

Price per head

Beltex £202(2), £159(2) Terrys Farm; £180 Green Farm; £178, £167, £163.50, £160, £158.50(2), £158, £157 Carkin Moor; £175, £168, £165, £164, £154, £153(2), £150 Boscar Flats; £174, £170(3), £154(2) Fordham Farm; £174, £158.50, £157.50, £157, £156.50, £155.50, £151, £150 Low House; £170, £168, £163 Fawcett Park Farm; £168, £154.50, £152, £150.50 Skylin; £167, £156, £150(2) Middle Mown Meadows; £162, £158, £156 Moorriggs; £160.50, £157, £152.50 Marriforth; £156.50 Castle Hill; £155 Town Farm; £154 Bonnygate Farm; £150 Upper Brydekirk: Dutch Texel £174, £170, £162.50, £158(2) Chapel Farm; £168, £154 Terrys Farm: Rouge £170, £158.50 Chapel Farm: Texel £168 Middle Mown Meadows; £165, £163, £155, £154, £140, £136.50, £136, £135 Boscar Flats; £162 Ladying Farm; £160(2), £144, £137, £135 Abbey Park; £158 Fawcett Park Farm; £157.50 Marshes Gill Farm; £152.50 Jardines; £148 West End Farm; £147.50 Lime House; £147 Briggle; £147, £143 Fox Grove Farm; £146.50, £145 Carkin Moor Farm; £144.50, £140 Bridge End; £141 Marriforth; £140 Green Farm; £140 Hawkrigg Farm; £137 Hawkrigg End; £137 Moorriggs; £136 West Farm; £136 Whinfell Road; £135 Low House; £135 Eden Flatt: Suffolk £154, £148 Terrys Farm; £136 White House; £135.50 Marriforth; £132.50 Villa Farm; £130, £120 Palliard; £124 East View; £123.50 New View Farm: Blue Texel £148.50, £140 Low House: Bluefaced Leicester £145 Yore House; £127 The Gables: Charollais £139 Green Farm; £135 Castle Hill; £128 Low House: Lleyn £138.50 Kettlestones: Hampshire £138.50 Green Farm: Mule £132.50 Fawcett Park Farm; £125 Marriforth; £125 Green Farm; £123 Allergill Cottage; £122.50(2) Kilnstown; £122.50 Starrah; £120.50 Low Rigg: Dutch Spotted £130 Lime House: Cheviot £118.50 School House; £115.50 Castle Hill; £109 Amersber Cottage: Swaledale £106.50 West End Farm; £99 High Birk Hatt; £96 Palliard; £96 Parkside; £95.50 High Blackton Farm; £93 Woolpits Hill; £92, £91, £90.50 Eller Gill Farm: Rough £105.50 The Gables: Scotch Blackface £104 Laneside: Herdwick £102 Bridge Street; £101 Hill Top; £96 Bonnygate Farm: Hebridean £99 Amersber Cottage.

Price per kilo

Dutch Texel 425p, 395p(2), 362.5p, 353.3p Chapel Farm; 302p Terrys Farm: Beltex 424.4p, 404.8p(2), 369.6p, 366.7p Fordham Farm; 415.4p, 405.1p, 362.2p, 354.5p Moorriggs; 412.5p, 382.5p(2), 375p, 358.1p Boscar Flats; 404.5p, 380.2p, 365.1p, 355.6p Carkin Moor Farm; 401.3p Castle Hill; 400p Fawcett Park Farm; 391.3p, 368.6p, 356.8p, 351.2p, 350p Low House; 385p, 364.6p, 350p Bonnygate Farm; 377.6p Middle Mown Meadows; 373.1p, 357.9p Prospect Farm; 365.2p, 359.3p Skylin; 364.8p, 356.8p Marriforth; 358.1p Little Beck; 357.1p Upper Brydekirk; 354.4p(2), 353.3p Terrys Farm; 353.7p, 352.3p Town Farm; 351.2p Row End Farm: Rouge 414.6p, 352.2p Chapel Farm: Blue Texel 341.5p, 322.8p Low House: Texel 331.5p Jardines; 320.8p, 319.6p, 317.4p, 304.3p Boscar Flats; 313.5p Goodlie Hill Cottage; 311.1p Middle Mown Meadows; 309.5p, 304.5p, 302p Marriforth; 307.7p, 300p Low House; 306p Eastfield Farm; 303p Abbey Park; 302.1p Carkin Moor Farm: Charollais 329.3pCastle Hill; 284.4p Low House; 272.5p Green Farm: Suffolk 281p New View Farm; 271p Marriforth; 264.3p Terrys Farm: Cheviot 280p Hill Top; 278p, 275p Weasdale Farm; 276p School Farm; 275p Castle Hill: Hebridean 275p Amersber Cottage: Lleyn 270p, 261.3p Kettlestones: Herdwick 266.7p Bonnygate Farm: Mule 264p Eden Flatt; 262.2p Castle Hill; 255.2p(2) Kilnstown Farm; 250p, 248.9p Marriforth; 249p Yore House: Dutch Spotted 259.1p, 254.9p Lime House: Swaledale 254.3p, 249p, 232.1p Eller Gill Barn; 240p Palliard; 231.6p Bridge Street; 230.2p(2) High Birk Hatt: Hampshire 247.3p Green Farm: Zwartble 247p Ellergill: Bluefaced Leicester 240p The Gables: Rough 234p The Gables: Scotch Blackface 231p Laneside.

Cast Ewes-

Beltex £170, £150, £140 Parkside; £132, £131 Mill Street; £130 Upper Brydekirk: Texel £160, £130 Town Farm; £155, £148, £132 Parkside; £150 Fordham Farm; £140, £135 Low House; £138 Fox Grove Farm; £134 Bonnygate Farm; £132.50, £130 Breaks Hall; £130 Scar Top; £130 New View Farm: Suffolk £148(2) Scar Top; £134 Town Farm: Blue Texel £123 Low House: Bluefaced Leicester £116 Yore House: Charollais £114 Castle Hill: Mule £92 Fox Grove Farm; £90 Hillcrest; £90 Upper Brydekirk; £89 Toby Hill Farm; £83 Castle Hill; £82 Marshers Gill Farm; £81 Palliard; £80 Briggle Farm; £80 Abbey Farm; £80 Low House; £80 Yore House: Cheviot £85 Low House; £75 Castle Hill: Swaledale £72, £63 Greenhow; £69 Castle Hill; £65 Ash Dub; £62 Low Rigg; £60 Stanhope Gate Farm: Lonk £70 Marshes Gill.

Cast Rams-

Texel £170 Ravenseat; £152 Greenriggs; £150 Cairn Cottage: Badgerface £90 Yore House: Swaledale £82 Woolpits Hill; £79 High Blackton Farm; £74 Stanhope Gate Farm; 370 Helbeck Farm: