Kirkby Stephen Primestock Sale

Harrison & Hetherington Ltd, Kirkby Stephen Mart held their weekly Sale of Prime Sheep on Tuesday evening, when 5,051 sheep were forward consisting of 4,126 prime hoggs and 925 cast sheep.

Topping the sale at £210 were a pair of 57kg Beltex cross hoggs from Messrs Sowerby, Terrys Farm, Ormside which were bought by Dowdings Butchers, Appleby.

Topping at 431.6p/kg were a pen of fifteen 38kg Beltex cross hoggs which sold for £164 from Messrs Simpson, Highscale Farm, Wigglesworth.

Jojo Andrews, Boscar Flats, York sold 68kg Beltex cross hoggs to make £184 with 57kg Beltex cross hoggs from this home selling to £180 and 55kg Texel cross hoggs making £176. A pen of eleven 40kg Beltex cross hoggs made £172 (430p/kg), a pen of four 40kg made £168 (420p/kg) a pen of nine 40kg at £166 (415p/kg) and a pen of ten 39kg making £161 (412.8p/kg) all from Boscar Flats.

Messrs Lee, Carkin Moor Farm, Richmond sold 61kg Beltex cross hoggs to make £183 with this home selling a pen of eleven 54kg hoggs to make £169 and a pen of seven 59kg Texel cross hoggs making £175.

Messrs Simpson, Highscale Farm, Wigglesworth sold a pen of ten 38kg Beltex cross hoggs to make £160.50 (422.4p/kg) with a pen of ten 41kg hoggs making £169.50 (413.4p/kg)

Suffolk cross hoggs sold to £173 for a pen of 64kg hoggs from Messrs Fairburn, Marriforth, Ripon.

Suffolk cross hoggs also sold to 307.8p for a pen of 54kg making £157 from Messrs Sowerby, Terrys Farm.

Messrs Fisher, Smalmstown Farm, Longtown sold a pen of 54kg Suffolk cross hoggs to make £160. With a pen of twenty-eight 50kg Suffolk crosses making £150 from this home.

Messrs Wilson, Wood Farm, Carlisle sold a pen of twenty-four 48kg Suffolk cross hoggs to make £147 (306.3p/kg)

Mule hoggs sold to £144 for a pen of 59kg from Messrs Heron, Eastfield Farm, Warcop, with this home also topping at 275p/kg for a pen of twenty-five 46kg Mule hoggs which made £126.50 and another pen of twenty-five 49kg Mules making £134 (273.5p/kg)

Kilnstown Farms, Carlisle sold a pen of forty-six 50kg Mules to make £133.50 (267p/kg)

Blackfaced hoggs sold to £135 and 281.3p/kg for a pen of fourteen 48kg hoggs from Messrs Fisher, Smalmstown Farm, Longtown.

Swaledale hoggs topped at £120 from Messrs Beaty, The Croft, Kirkby Stephen.

Swaledales also topped at 261.1p/kg for a pen of 45kg which made £117.50 from Messrs Cannon, Ellergill, Ravenstonedale.

Messrs Lawson, Pasture House Farm, Wigton sold a pen of 34kg Swaledale hoggs to make £85.50 (251.5p/kg)

Prime sheep sales set off with a bang here at Kirkby Stephen, with an SQQ average of 316.32p/kg and an overall sale average of 303.56p/kg and £135.34 for 4126 hoggs which includes over 1000 Mule and horned hoggs.

This sale average equates to 60p/kg more and for 1514 more hoggs sold on the same week last year!

68 pens and 346 hoggs sold between £160-£210

65 pens and 442 hoggs sold between 350p/kg-431p/kg

Cast sheep topped at £280 on two occasions for a pair of Beltex cross ewes and for a Texel cross ewe from Messrs Lee, Carkin Moor Farm, Richmon, with this home also selling a pen of three Texel cross ewes to make £270, a pen of six Beltex cross ewes at £258, a pen of three Texel cross ewes at £255 and a pen of five Beltex cross ewes making £250.

The consignment of 36 ewes from Carkin Moor Farm sold to average a whopping £214.25.

Messrs Samuel, East Upper Priestside, Annan sold a pair of Beltex cross ewes to make £264 and a pen of Texel cross ewes to make £263.

Mule ewes sold to £125 from Messrs Procter, Villa Farm, Kirkby Stephen.

Swaledale ewes topped at £83 for a pen from Messrs Nelson, Lainger House, Skipton, with another pen of seven Swaledales making £74 also from this home.

Leading Consignment Averages (Prime Hoggs – 5 or More)
No.          Weight    P/KG       Head        From  
6      @    55kg       349.7p    £192.33    G Sowerby, Ormside
15    @    39.8kg    408.5p    £162.60    I Powley, Armathwaite
160  @    44.7kg    359.2p    £160.63    JM Andrews, York
136  @    49.7kg    322.7p    £160.39    GW Lee & Sons, Richmond
40    @    39.5kg    405.9p    £160.35    M/s Fell, Bassenthwaite
78    @    42.8kg    371.2p    £158.83    CW Foster, York
64    @    39.2kg    396.7p    £155.47    PW Simpson, Wigglesworth
20    @    56.2kg    274.9p    £154.35    A& D Smith Kelmore, Distington
33    @    45.1kg    340.2p    £153.52    W Robshaw & Son, Tadcaster
16    @    40.7kg    370p       £150.81    JJ & S Raine, Appleby-in Westmorland
28    @    49.6kg    303.5p    £150.54    RN Strong, Pooley Bridge
171  @    50.4kg    298.2p    £150.39    Riverside Farm, Penrith
56    @     44kg      342.3p    £150.37    GW&MA Platt, Cheshire

Leading Prices -

Prime Hoggs

Price per head

Beltex £210, £170 Terrys Farm; £184, £180, £172(2), £168, £167, £166, £165, £163, £161(2), £159(3), £158(2), £155 Boscar Flats; £183, £169, £165, £161.50, £161, £158, £156 Carkin Moor Farm; £170, £168, £160 Marriforth; £170, £168, £165.50, £164, £157 Fordham Farm; £169.50, £164, £160.50, £158 Highscale Farm; £168, £163, £160, £157, £155 Fawcett Park Farm; £164.50 Low Northsceugh; £162, £157 Upper Brydekirk; £161, £158, £156(2) Beck House Farm; £159 Newhall; £159, £155 Smalmstown Farm; £157 Low House; £155.50 Crossfell House: Texel £176, £169, £168, £165, £155 Boscar Flats; £175, £170, £169.50, £167, £166.50 Carkin Moor Farm; £172(2), £160 Barton Hall; £171, £157 Marriforth; £170, £160, £157.50 Riverside Farm; £168 Prospect Farm; £164 Askrigg Hall; £164, £159 Kelmore Hill Farm; £163 West Farm; £160 Low House; £160 Newhall; £160, £156 Smalmstown Farm; £159.50 Carkin Moor Farm; £159 Musgrave House; £158 Bail Hill; £157 New Hall: Rouge £174, £164.50 Chapel Farm: Suffolk £173, £150 Marriforth; £163, £157 Kelmore Hill Farm; £161, £160, £152, £150 Smalmstown Farm; £157 Terrys Farm; £157 Brackenslack; £155 Newhall Farm; £152.50, £149, £148.50, £148, £145.50 Riverside Farm; £150 Troughton Hall; £147 Wood Farm: Blue Texel £170(2), £160, £158 Boscar Flats: Dutch Texel £160, £156 Chapel Farm: Bluefaced Leicester £157 Marriforth; £137 Villa Farm: Cheviot £148, £139 Low Greenside; £146 Orchard Farm; £136 Ellergill; £133 Smalmstown Farm; £132.50 Mount Pleasant Farm; £130 Low Deepslack: Mule £144, £134, £126.50 Eastfield Farm; £141, £134 Fawcett Park Farm; £141, £139 Kelmore Hill Farm; £138 Musgrave House; £138, £132.50, £129.50 Marriforth; £137, £126.50 Intake Bottom; £134.50 Wood Farm; £133.50 Kilnstown; £132.50 Smalmstown Farm; £131 Calva Farm; £130 The Croft; £130 Howgill Farm; £129 Fountain Head: Charollais £139 Newhall; £139, £135 Chapel Farm; £131 Orchard Farm; £130 Mount Pleasant: Blackface £135 Smalmstown Farm: Kerry Hill £128.50 Poppin Cottage: Swaledale £120 The Croft; £118 Musgrave House; £117.50 Ellergill(Cannon); £117 Eller Gill Barn(Walton); £112 Poppin Cottage; £110 Elm Gill Farm; £105 Southwaite Farm; £105 Hoggarths Farm: Rough £119.50 Ellergill; £105 The Gables: Herdwick £94 The Gables.

Price per kilo

Beltex 431.6p, 422.4p, 413.4p, 376.2p, 372.5p Highscale Farm; 430p, 420p, 415p, 412.8p, 412.5p, 397.5p, 392.7p, 392.3p, 385.4p, 379.5p, 379.1p, 369.8p, 376.2p Boscar Flats; 424.4p, 410p, 409.8p, 404.8p Fordham Farm; 411.3p, 367.6p Low Northsceugh; 402.6p, 371.4p, 367p, 361p Carkin Moor Farm; 400p, 373.8p, 362.5p Fawcett Park Farm; 396.2p West Lea; 393.6p, 388.2p Upper Brydekirk; 392.5p, 363.8p Low House; 388.8p, 366.3p Crossfell House; 376.2p, 371.4p Beck House Farm; 372.5p Vale Farm; 368.4p Terry Farm; 366.7p Newhall Farm; 365.9p Stripes Farm; 365.9p Croft House Farm; 365.5p Far Whittles Farm; 361.7p Marriforth; 361p Smalmstown Farm: Rouge 424.4p, 421.8p Chapel Farm: Dutch Texel 410.3p, 390p Chapel Farm: Texel 348.8p, 334.1p Low House; 348.6p, 341.5p, 330p, 327.3p Steeley Farm; 247.5p, 332.5p The Buildings Farm; 347.3p Town End Farm; 333.3p, 322.2p Stripes Farm; 331.3p Croft House Farm; 328p Askrigg Hall; 326.9p, 321.2p Carkin Moor Farm; 323.1p Prospect Farm;322.7p Dry Evers; 322.5p Stoneriggs; 320.9p Vale Farm; 320.8p, 320p Boscar Flats; 320.7p Hawkrigg Farm: Blue Texel 385.4p, 369.6p, 333.3p(2) Boscar Flats: Charollais 335.9p Orchard Farm; 331p Newhall Farm; 295.5p Mount Pleasant Farm; 289.6p, 287.2p Chapel Farm; 287.2p West Hindon Farm; 286.4p Troughton Hall: Suffolk 307.8p Terrys Farm; 306.3p, 297.9p, 291.7p Wood Farm; 302.2p Brackenslack; 300p, 296.3p, 294.9p, 292.3p,  Smalmstown Farm; 300p Marriforth; 298.1p Newhall Farm; 294.6p, 294.1p, 293.6p Troughton Hall; 293.3p, 292.2p, 291p, 290.2p Riverside Farm; 292p Mount Pleasant Farm; 291.1p Kelmore Hill Farm: Cheviot 304.2p Orchard Farm; 298.8p School House; 296p, 295.7p Low Greenside; 294p, 288p Mount Pleasant Farm; 293.4p Weasdale Farm; 293p Vale Farm; 293 Hillcrest; 289.4p Ellergill; 289.1p Smalmstown Farm; 283.3p Low Deepslack: Kerry Hill 292p Poppin Cottage: Dutch Spotted 287.8p Pasture House Farm: Blackface 281.3p Smalmstown Farm; 275.7p Pasture House Farm: Herdwick 276.5p The Gables: Mule 275p, 273.5p, 261.5p Eastfield Farm; 274.4p Brackenslack; 271.7p Musgrabe House; 267.4p Ellergill; 267p Kilnstown Farm; 267p Stubsgill Farm; 266.7p Croft House Farm; 265.6p, 264.3p, 264.1p Manor Farm; 265.2p Bobslaithe; 263.7p Wood Farm; 263.5p Intake Bottom; 260.9p Lainger House; 260p The Croft: Bluefaced Leicester 261.7p Marriforth: Swaledale 261.1p Ellergill(Cannon); 251.5p Pasture House Farm; 250p Elm Gill Farm; 248.9p Eller Gill Barn(Walton), 248.4p Ravenseat; 247.3p Irestone; 246.7p The Gables; 245.7p Green Gill Farm; 244.2p Hoggarths Farm; 244.1p Ravenseat Farm; 243.5p Poppin Cottage; 242.4p Stoneriggs; 240.8p Musgrave House: Rough 254.3p Ellergill.

Cast Ewes-

Beltex £280, £258, £250, £220 Carkin Moor Farm; £264 East Upper Priestside; £150 Brackenslack: Texel £280, £270, £255, £233 Carkin Moor Farm; £263, £171 East Upper Priestside; £232, £152 Askrigg Hall; £212 West Stobswood; £205, £153 Waitby Farm; £196 Chapel Farm; £185 Howthat; £185 Murton View; £161 Kelmore Hill Farm; £151 Gubbergill: Bluefaced £154 Greenriggs; £100 Whingill: Charollais £140 Brackenslack: Suffolk £138 Quarry Close; £133 Carkin Moor Farm; £125, £120 Middle Bank End Farm; £122 East Upper Priestside: Dorset £135 Middle Bank End Farm: Mule £125 Villa Farm; £111 Waitby Farm; £106, £95 Kelmore Hill Farm; £105 Gubbergill; £100 Sandford Hall; £100 Greenriggs; £98 West Stoney Keld; £95 Lainger House: Cheviot £117 Orchard Farm; £111, £98, 395, £91, £90 Howthat: Lleyn £116 Woodfoot; £110 Whingill: Swaledale £83, £74 Lainger House; £80, £65 Greenriggs; £70 Kelmore Hill Farm; £66 Mount Pleasant Farm; £66 Argill House; £65 New Hall: Herdwick £68 West Stobswood: Jacob £52 Orchard Farm.

Cast Rams-

Texel £152 West Stobswood; £120 West Hindon Farm; £120 Bobslaithe: Dutch Spotted £130 East Upper Priestside: Beltex £130 East Upper Priestside; £122 Stoneriggs: Bluefaced Leicester £115 Starrah; £110 Argill House: Swaledale £85 South Wellhope; £80 West Stoney Keld; £71 Glebe Farm : Goat £73 Starrah: