Kirkby Stephen Prime Sheep Sale

Harrison & Hetherington Ltd, Kirkby Stephen Mart held their weekly Sale of Prime Sheep on Tuesday night, when 4,442 sheep were forward consisting of 3,591 prime lambs and 851 cast sheep.

Topping the sale at £198 were a pair of 53kg Dutch Texel cross lambs from Messrs Sowerby, Terrys Farm, Ormside which were purchased by Dowdings Butchers, Appleby.

Topping at 479.5p/kg were a pen of 39kg Beltex cross lambs which sold for £187 from Messrs Powley, Low Northsceugh, Armathwaite, another pen if fourteen 40kg lambs sold to make £176.50 (441.3p/kg) also from this home.

Messrs Lee, Carkin Moor Farm, Richmond sold a pen of nine 42kg Beltex cross lambs to make £185 (440.5p/kg)

Jojo Andrews, Boscar Flats, York sold a pen of ten 41kg Beltex cross lambs to make £181 (441.5p/kg) with a pen of 40kg making £173 (432.5p/kg) and 61kg Texel cross lambs making £175 from this home.

Messrs Skelton, Newhall Farm, Maryport sold a pen of nine 39kg Beltex cross lambs to make £173 (443.6p/kg) with a pen of four 40kg lambs making £173 (432.5p/kg) also from this home.

Messrs Simpson, Highscale Farm, Wigglesworth sold a pen of fifteen 38kg lambs to make £166 (436.8p/kg)

Messrs Wills, Fawcett Park Farm, Dufton sold a pen of 50kg lambs to make £180.

Messrs Sowerby, Terrys Farm sold a pen of 56kg Texel cross lambs to make £175.

Suffolk cross lambs sold to £158, £157 and £153 for pens from Messrs Huck, Church Farm, Skipton.

Mule lambs sold to £140 for a pen twenty four 55kg lambs from Messrs Wills, Fawcett Park Farm, Dufton.

Mules also topped at 260p/kg for a pen of twenty five 48kg lambs which sold for £125 from Kilnstown Farms, Carlisle, with this home selling another pen of twenty five 49kg to make £124.

Messrs Fairburn, Marriforth, Ripon sold a pen of twenty-four 47kg mules to make £122 (259.6p/kg).

Once again an SQQ average of 296.21p/kg and an overall average of 291.5p/kg for 3591 lambs was achieved which includes over 800 Swaledale and Mule lambs.

Simply every class, breed and weight of prime lambs from 29-68kg were forward and with 16 active buyers all these can be sold to consistency leading premiums on a weekly basis here at Kirkby Stephen.

A whopping 75 pens and 438 lambs sold between £160-£198

53 pens and 354 lambs sold between 380-479p/kg

1079 Beltex cross lambs sold to average a unbelievable £148.46 and 352p/kg.

Plenty of number of prime sheep wanted for next weeks sale here at Kirkby Stephen Mart, the country leading prime sheep market for combination of price and numbers!

Cast sheep topped at £290 for a Dutch Spotted ewes from Messrs Jewitt, Gracies Farm, Barnard Castle.

Messrs Astley, Morpeth sold Texel cross ewes to £245.

Mule ewes sold to £104 for a pen of eight from Messrs Hall, Lankaber, Penrith.

Swaledale ewes sold to £81 for a pen from Messrs Rutherford, Irestone, Bishop Auckland.

Blackfaced ewes sold to £80 for a pen from Messrs Skelton, Low House, Maryport

Leading Consignment Averages (Prime Lambs – 5 or More)
No.            Weight    P/KG      Head          From  
15      @    39.9kg    443.7p    £177.20    I Powley, Armathwaite
16      @    42.3kg    385.4p    £163.06    JJ&S Raine, Appleby in Westmorland
104    @    42.9kg    379.8p    £162.82    R Skelton, Maryport
57      @    45kg        353p      £158.85    W&J&I Dinsdale, Morland
32      @    38.8kg    408.4p    £158.63    M/s Fell, Bassenthwaite
203    @    43.8kg    362p       £158.47    JM Andrews, York
8        @    51.5kg    305.1p    £157.13    G Sowerby, Ormside
110    @    40.7kg    382.5p    £155.61    PW Simpson, Wigglesworth
164    @    45.3kg    342.6p    £155.19    GW Lee & Sons, Richmond
20      @    43.8kg    351.6p    £153.83    HJ Jackson, Kings Meaburn
83      @    42.9kg    352p      £151.05    CW Foster, York
51      @    51.5kg    291.8p    £150.29    MTP&SD Wills, Dufton
25      @    42kg    357.4p       £150.24    TW Hunter, Annan

Leading Prices -

Prime lambs

Price per head

Dutch Texel £198 Terrys Farm; £162, £158 Chapel Farm: Beltex £187, £176.50 Low Northsceugh; £185, £170, £163, £162, £161, £160 Carkin Moor Farm; £181, £173, £172, £171, £170(3), £169, £168(2), £166.50, £165(2), £164, £162, £161 Boscar Flats; £180, £168, £162, £160.50, £160 Fawcett Park Farm; £176, £175, £173(3), £170, £169, £165(2), £164.50, £164 Newhall Farm; £174, £168, £165.50(2), £164, £162, £161(2), £160 High Field; £169 Green Farm; £168, £165, £162.50, £160.50, £160 Fordham Farm; £168, £167, £166 West Lea; £166.50 Marriforth; £166, £165, £162, £160 Highscale Farm; £161.50 Fair View; £161 Upper Brydekirk; £160 Little Beck: Texel £175, £167, £156, £154, £149, £146, £141, £140 Boscar Flats; £175, £150 Terrys Farm; £165, £158, £140 Carkin Moor Farm; £159, £148.50 Marriforth; £157, £140 Green Farm; £157 Banrskew; £155, £150, £150, £148(2) Newhall Farm; £147, £141 Fordham Farm; £146.50 Fox Grove Farm; £146 West End Farm; £144 New Hall(Beckwith); £144 West Farm; £144, £142.50 Brook Cottage; £143.50 Palliard; £143 Abbey Farm; £143 Low Grassgill; £143 Highscale Farm; £142 Croft House Farm; £142 Howgill Farm; £140 Town End Farm; £140 Fair View; £140 Irestone; £140 Walton Crescent: Suffolk £158, £157, £153, £142.50 Church Farm; £147 Potlands; £145 Brackenslack; £144 Green Farm; £143, £135 Palliard; £140 White House; £139 Marriforth; £134 Terrys Farm: Charollais £150 Bowes Cross Farm; £147 Highscale Farm; £140 Brook Cottage; £130 Carkin Moor Farm: Rouge £150 Chapel Farm: Mule £140 Fawcett Park Farm; £138, £120 Howgill Farm; £136, £125.50, £121 Church Farm; £135, £124.50, £122 Marriforth; £131 Green Farm; £125, £124 Kilnstown; £123 Green Gill Farm; £122 Intake Bottom; £121.50 Croft House Farm; £121 Red House Farm: Dutch Spotted £134, £131, £124 Walton Cresent; £122.50 East Upper Priestside; £120 Breaks Hall: Blue Texel £127.50 East Upper Priestside; £121 Town End Farm: Swaledale £126 Arngill House; £108 Ravenseat; £102, £92 Green Gill Farm; £96.50 High Birk Hatt; £94.50 Stoneriggs; £93.50 West End Farm; £93.50 Irestone; £91 Eller Gill Barn; £90 West Briscoe: Bluefaced Leicester £125 Green Farm; £123 Greenriggs; £122 Buckles Farm: Cheviot £112 Crossfell House; £104 School House; £104 Hope House: Blackface £106.50 Walton Crescent; £104 Laneside: Ryeland £104 Leather Howe Farm: Hampshire £105.50 Colby Laithes: Rough £80.50 Weasdale Farm.

Price per kilo

Beltex 479.5p, 441.3p Low Northsceugh; 443.6p, 324.5p, 419p, 416.7p, 412.2p, 410.5p, 407.7p, 404.8p, 390.5p, 402.3p, 382.6p Newhall Farm; 441.5p, 432.5p, 422.5p, 410p, 405p, 397.7p, 395.3p(2)p, 392.5p, 383.7p, 387.2p Boscar Flats; 440.5p, 410.3p, 395.3p Carkin Moor Farm; 436.8p, 418.4p, 410.3p, 405p, 397.4p, 389.7p Highscale Farm; 432.1p, 416.7p, 400p(2) Fordham Farm; 409.8p Fawcett Farm Farm; £409.8p, 397.6p, 395.2p West Lea; 397.3p Low House; 394.7p Angerton Hall Farm; 386.7p High Field; 384.5p, 381.3p Fair View; 383.3p Croft House Farm; 381p Little Beck; 381p Green Farm: Dutch Texel 415.4p, 405.1p Chapel Farm; 276.3p East Upper Priestside: Rouge 394.7p Chapel Farm: Texel 371.4p, 318.2p, 317p, 314.3p(2), 309.1p, 304.2p, 304.1p303.6p, 300p Boscar Flats; 352.4p, 311.4p, 306.1p, 300p Newhall Farm; 348.6p Ellergill; 332.9p, 325p Angerton Hall Farm; 326.2p Woodfoot; 317.1p, 300p(2) Fordham Farm; 312.5p, 300p Terrys Farm; 309.8p, 300p Carkin Moor Farm; 309.5p Town End Farm; 307.3p Crossfell House; 301.9p Barnskew; 300p Marriforth: Blue Texel 326.9p East Upper Priestside; 295.1p Town End Farm: Charollais 312.8p Highscale Farm; 277.8p Bowes Cross Farm; 276.6p Carkin Moor; 269p Brook Cottages; 266.3p Orchard Farm: Suffolk 278p Marriforth; 277.4p Potlands; 274p Brackenslack; 273.1p Town End Farm; 273p Terrys Farm; 271.7p Green Farm: Romney 271p Breaks Hall: Cheviot 267p Crossfell House: Mule 260p, 253.1p Kilnstown Farm; 259.6p, 250p Marriforth; 254.5p Fawcett Park Farm; 254.4p Starrah; 254.2p, 251p Intake Bottom; 253.1p Croft House Farm; 252p Church Farm; 251.9p Green Farm; 250p Howgill Farm: Hampshire 257.3p Colby Laithes: Bluefaced Leicester 254.2p Buckles Farm: Swaledale 248.7p Stoneriggs; 244.4p Irestone; 242.3p Arngill House; 239.7o Irestone; 239.4p, 235.7p Buckles Farm; 238.6p West Briscoe; 237.1p Ravenseat; 235.9p, 234.7p Green Gill Farm; 232.4p Oakbank Farm; 231.1p Studfold Farm; 230.8p West Briscoe: Scotch Blackface 247.6p Laneside.

Cast Ewes-

Texel £245, £150 West Stobswood; £214 Low Grassgill; £142 Lankaber; £130 Wharton Hall: Dutch Spotted £290, £130 Gracies Farm: Beltex £151 Fordham Farm; £148 Upper Brydekirk: Badgerface £140 Gracies Farm: Suffolk £134 Low Grassgill; £124 Lankaber: Blue Texel £120 Gracies Farm: Mule £104 Lankaber; £96 Castle Hill; £94 West Stobswood; £94, £92 Martkindale Farm; £94 Keld Farm; £92 Abbey Farm; £90 Little Langton Grange: Zwartble £100 Breaks Hall: Bluefaced Leicester £96 Eastfield Farm: Cheviot £92 Low House; £90 West Stobswood; £85, £84 Crossfell House; £84 Castle Hill: Swaledale £81, £64 Irestone; £71, £65 Castle Hill; £67 Copeland Row; £67 Eastfield Farm; £65 Hoggarths Farm; £64 Prospect Farm Cottage; £60 Sandwath Farm: Masham £81 Marshes Gill: Scotch Blackface £80, £70(2) Low House; £77 Hilton Road: Herdwick £72, £68, £64, £60 Low House: Goat £72 Copeland Row.

Cast Rams-

Texel £160 Lankaber: Beltex £140 Riverside; £106 Yew House: Bluefaced Leicester £122 Sandwath Farm: Cheviot £120 Riverside: Suffolk £115 Crake Trees Manor: Rough £114 Manor Court: Goat £Riverside: Swaledale £76 Hoggarths Farm; £74 Well House.