Kirkby Stephen Prime Sheep Sale

Harrison & Hetherington Ltd, Kirkby Stephen Mart held their weekly Sale of Prime Sheep on Tuesday evening, when 3,429 sheep were forward consisting of 2,812 prime hoggs and 617 cast sheep.

Topping the sale at £184 was a 56kg Dutch Texel cross hogg from Messrs Sowerby, Terrys Farm, Ormside.

Topping at 435.9p/kg were a pen of four 39kg Beltex cross hoggs which made £170 from Messrs Phillips, Fir Tree Farm, Harrogate, with this same home selling a pen of 43kg hoggs to make £170.

Messrs Dent, Elm House, Appleby sold a 60kg Texel cross hogg to make £183

Beltex cross hoggs sold to £175 for a pen of 44kg from Jojo Andrews, Boscar Flats, York this same home also sold 53kg hoggs to make £174, and a pen of five 50kg hoggs to make £170.50, a pen of eight 39kg Beltex cross hoggs to make £169 (433.3p/kg), a pen of five 40kg hoggs to make £168 (420p/kg), four 40kg at £163.50 and seven 40kg at £162.50.

Messrs Burbridge, Park Farm, Stamford sold a pen of 40kg Beltex cross hoggs to make £167 (417.5p/kg)

Messrs Simpson, Highscale Farm, Wigglesworth sold a pen of fourteen 38kg hoggs to make £158 (415.8p/kg).

Messrs Dent, Elm House, Appleby sold a pen of 38kg hoggs to make £156 (410.5p/kg).

Messrs Wills, Fawcett Park Farm sold a pen of 41kg hoggs to make £167 (407.3p/kg).

Messrs Dixon, Hartley Castle, Hartley sold 64kg Texel cross hoggs to make £174.

Messrs Nutter, Manor Farm, Clitheroe sold a pen of 59kg Texel cross hoggs to make £170.

Suffolk cross hoggs sold to £160 for a pen of seven 53kg hoggs from Messrs Nutter, Manor Farm, Clitheroe.

Messrs Fisher, Smalmstown Farm sold a pen of 55kg Suffolk cross hoggs to make £158.

Messrs Dawson, Mount Pleasant Farm, York sold a pen of eleven 54kg Suffolk cross hoggs to make £157.

Mule hoggs sold to £149 from Messrs Hodgson, Green Farm, Shap.

Messrs Wills, Fawcett Park Farm, Dufton sold a pen of twenty-six 56kg Mules to make £146.

Messrs Nutter, Manor Farm, Clitheroe sold a pen of fourteen 51kg Mules to make £140 (274.5p/kg)

Messrs Heron, Eastfield Farm, Warcop sold a pen of fifteen 50kg Mules to make £136 (272p/kg) and a pen of twelve 50kg to make £135 (270p/kg).

Blackfaced hoggs sold to £118.50 and 275.6p/kg for a pen of ten 43kg from Messrs Fisher, Smalmstown Farm, Longtown.

Swaledale hoggs topped at £125 from Messrs Heron, Eastfield Farm, Warcop.

Swaledales also topped at 259p/kg for a pen of 44kg hoggs which made £114 from Messrs Rutherford, Irestone, Bishop Auckland.

Messrs Heron, Eastfield Farm, Warcop sold a pen of twenty 42kg Swaledale hoggs to make £108.50 (258.3p/kg) with a pen of twenty 43kg Swaledales making £110.50 (257p/kg09 also from this home.

Another fantastic SQQ average of 306.24p/kg and an overall sale average of 300.26p/kg for 2712 hoggs which includes over 800 horned and mule hoggs.

42 pens and 131 hoggs sold between £160-£184.

72 pens and 427 hoggs sold between 350-435p/kg

Cast sheep stopped at £268 for a Texel ewe from Messrs Raine, Stanhope Gate Farm, Barnard Castle.

Messrs Lee, Carkin Moor Farm, Richmond sold a pen of five Texel cross ewes to make £242 with this same home making £240 for another pair of Texel cross ewes.

Messrs Longrigg, Breaks Hall sold a pen of four Texel cross ewes to make £210.

Hill Cheviot ewes sold to £114 for a pen of eight from Nether Place Farm, Lockerbie.

Swaledale ewes sold to £84 for a pair from Messrs Buckle, Bleathgill, Barras, with this home also selling a pen of ten Swaledale ewes to make £76.

Leading Consignment Averages (Prime Hoggs – 5 or More)
No.            Weight    P/KG       Head         From  
156    @    43.6kg    360.4p    £157.27    JM Andrews, York
52     @    45kg       345.9p    £155.72    W&J&I Dinsdale, Morland
63     @    40.3kg    385p       £155.05    PW Simpson, Wigglesworth
46     @    51.7kg    292p      £150.98    MTP&SD Wills, Dufton
5       @    52kg      286.2p    £148.80    Messrs Teward, Darlington
7      @    49.3kg    301.6p    £148.57    JK Slee, Kirkby Thore
42    @    45.8kg    323.6p    £148.48    GJ Mellor & Partners, Doncaster
68    @    51kg       289.7p    £147.75    Riverside Farming
28    @    50.8kg    289.9p    £147.25    WA Richardson Ltd, Richardson
42    @    42.4kg    345.8p    £146.62    Messrs Dent, Bolton
38    @    51.2kg    286.2p    £146.42    J&F Nutter, Clitheroe
11    @    46.5kg    314.6p    £146.14    G Sowerby, Ormside
99    @    49.6kg    292.9p    £145.25    G&R Dawson, York

Leading Prices -

Prime Hoggs

Price per head

Dutch Texel £184 Terrys Farm: Texel £183, £151 Elm House; £174 Hartley Castle; £170(2), £150 Manor Farm; £169, £164, £163, £154, £150 Boscar Flats; £166, £164 Terrys Farm; £164 New View Farm; £161 Intake Bottom; £159, £151 High Field; £158.50, £155, £154 Mount Pleasant Farm; £158.50, £158, £155, £154, £153.50, £150.50 Marriforth; £158 Fawcett Park Farm; £155 Eastfield Farm; £154 Smalmstown Farm; £154 Powis House; £152 Street House; £152 Grove House Farm; £151 Low House; £151, £150 Huttonfields; £150 Green Farm(Hodgson); £150 West Hale Farm: Beltex £175, £174, £170.50, £169, £168, £167, £166, £163.50, £162.50, £160(2), £159.50, £159, £158, £156.50, £155(2) Boscar Flats; £170(2), £166.50, £158 Fir Tree Farm; £167 West Hale Farm; £167 Park Farm(Burbridge); £167, £160(2), £156(3) Fawcett Park Farm; £167, £158, £156 Highscale Farm; £165, £156 Red House Farm; £165, £164, £160, £159.50, £159 High Field; £161, £160, £159, £156.50 Low House; £159 Marriforth; £159 Pinfold House; £158, £156 Elm House; £158 Studford Gill; £156 Manor Farm; £155 Little Beck: Blue Texel £171, £160, £156 Bowscar Flats; £155 Low House; £140 Park Farm(Burbridge): Rouge £163 Skelcies Hall: Suffolk £160 Manor Farm; £158, £146 Smalmstown Farm; £157 Mount Pleasant; £156.50, £149 Marriforth; £154 Marshes Gill Farm; £148.50, £148, £146 Riverside Farm; £143 Low House; £140 Yeomans Court: Bleu du maine £159 Huttonfields: Dutch Spotted £155 Boscar Flats; £154 Low House; £149 Marshes Gill: Mule £149, £142 Green Farm(Hodgson); £146 Fawcett Park Farm; £144, £134.50, £125.50, £123 Marriforth; £140, £132 Manor Farm; £136 West Side House; £136, £135 Eastfield Farm; £133 Intake Bottom; £126 Victoria Cottages; £125 Low House; £125 Smalmstown Farm; £122 Red House Farm: Badgerface £140 Boscar Flats: Cheviot £130, £125 Smalmstown Farm; £122.50 Hope House; £121 Low House; £120 Orchard Farm; £119 Castle Hill; £118.50 Whygill Head; £116.50 Melbourne House; £116 Amersber Cottage: Zwartble £130 Studfold Gill: Charollais £130, £119.50 Park Farm(Walton); £121 Orchard Farm: Romney £130 Breaks Hall: Swaledale £125, £110.50, £108.50 Eastfield Farm; £123, £113.50, £107 Howgill Farm; £119 Arngill House; £114 Irestone; £ 113, £100.50 Easterbeck House; £110(2) High Birk Hatt; £102 Ravenseat; £101 High Wood End: Scotch Blackface £118.50 Smalmstown Farm; £113.50 Coquet Close: Lonk £115 Marshes Gill: Rough £111, £93.50 Whinfell Terrace; £98 Low Deepslack: Dorset £110 Ellwood Croft: Ryeland £91 Park Farm(Burbridge): Goat £74 Starrah.

Price per kilo

Beltex 435.9p, 395.9p, 395.3p, 387.2p,371p Fir Tree Farm; 433.3p, 420p, 408.8p, 406.3p, 401.3p, 400p, 397.7p, 395.2p, 387.5p, 387.2p, 378.6p, 370.7p Boscar Flats; 417.5p Park Farm; 415.8p, 400p, 398.7p, 384.2p, 379.5p, Highscale Farm; 410.5p, 395p, 392.3p Elm House; 407.3p, 390p, 371.4p Fawcett Park Farm;  405.4p, 386.3p Studford Gill; 400p, 390.8p, 381.7p Low House; 384.3p, 371.4p Park Farm(Burbridge); 383.7p, 381.4p, 372.1p High Field; 374.4p West Lea; 374.4p Ash Garth; 374.3p Victoria Cottage: Blue Texel 390p, 363.6p, 305.4p Boscar Flats; 369p Low House; 325.6p Park Farm(Burbridge): Texel 357.9p, 319.2p, Fir Tree Farm; 350p, 344p, 328.3p, 314.3p, 314p Low House; 331.3p, 321.3p, High Field; 328p, 325.5p Terrys Farm; 325p Castle Hill; 322.4p, 321.7p, 320.2p Marriforth; 322.2p, 310.6p Smalmstown Farm; 319.1p, 315.4p, 313.3p, 313p, 311.5p Boscar Flats; 318.2p, 317.4p Whygill Head; 317.4p Victoria Cottages; 316.7p Street House; 313.6p Green Farm(Hodgson); 313.6p Woodfoot; 312.5p West Hale Farm; 312.2p Brunswick Terrace; 311.1p Black Syke: Dutch Spotted 337p Boscar Flats; 327.7p Low House: Badgerfaced 333.3p Boscar Flats: Dutch Texel 328.6p Terrys Farm: Charollais 306p, 282.6p Park Farm(Walton); 288.1p Orchard Farm: Cheviot 305p Castle Hill; 295.1p Low House; 290.7p, 288.9p Smalmstown Farm; 290p Amersber Cottage; 288p Low Deepslack; 285.7p Orchard Cottage; 282.1p Whygill Head: Suffolk 301.9p Manor Farm; 300p, 298p Marriforth; 295.7p, 292p, 287.3p Smalmstown Farm; 291.8p Low House; 290.7p, 290.2p, 286.3p, Riverside Farm; 290.7p Mount Pleasant Farm; 287.5p Terrys Farm; 285.1p Marshes Gill Farm: Rouge 301.9p Skelcies Hall: Romney 288.9p Breaks Hall: Zwartble 277p Studford Gill: Scotch Blackface 275.6p Smalmstown Farm: Mule 274.5p, 269.4p Manor Farm; 273.3p, 263.7p, 261.5pMarriforth; 272p, 270p, 267.4p  Eastfield Farm; 267.4p Castle Hill; 267p Irestone; 266p Low House; 266p Smalmstown Farm; 266p Intake Bottom; 262.5p Victoria Cottages; 261.5p West Side House; 261p Pinfold House; 260.7p Fawcett Park Farm; 260p Stoneriggs: Goat 274.1p Starrah: Dorset 268.3p Ellwood Croft: Swaledale 259p Irestone; 258.3p, 257p Eastfield Farm; 255.8p(2) High Birk Hatt; 252.5p High Wood End; 250p Pinfold House: Lonk 255.6p Marshes Gill: Rough 253p, 246.7p Whinfell Terrace; 251p Low Deepslack.

Cast Ewes-

Texel £268, £150 Stanhope Gate Farm; £242, £240, £156 Carkin Moor Farm; £210, £140 Breaks Hall; £160 East Rackwood Hill Farm; £156, £150 Netherplace Farm:  Lleyn £120, £116 Helm Farm: Rouge £124 Skelcies Hall: Mule £116 Waterhouses; £108 Friendship Farm; £100 Home Farm; £98 The Park Wall; £98 Irestone; £96 Bleathgill: Cheviot £114, £104, £96 Netherplace Farm; £113, £108 Westwick Farm: Bluefaced Leicester £110 Eastfield Farm: Swaledale £84, £76 Bleathgill; £66 The Park Wall; £65 Close House; £64 Sandwath Farm; £60 Eastfield Farm; £60 Blades Field: Herdwick £78 Riverside Farm: Scotch Blackface £75 Castle Hill; £72 Middle Bank End Farm: Rough £70 Barugh House.

Cast Rams-

Beltex £150 Barnskew; £122 Harley Castle: Scotch Blackface £144 Bents Farm; £135(2) Hartley Castle; £120 Coquet Close: Texel £140 Hawkrigg Farm; £140 Old Spital Farm: Rouge £130 Skelcies Hall: Bluefaced Leicester £103 Riverside Farm: Swaledale £94 Old Spital Farm: Rough £84 Barugh House.