Kirkby Stephen Prime Sheep Sale

Harrison & Hetherington Ltd, Kirkby Stephen Mart held their weekly Sale of Prime Sheep on Tuesday evening, when 3,940 sheep were forward consisting of 3,103 prime hoggs and 837 cast sheep.

Topping the sale at £208 was a 50kg Beltex cross hogg from Messrs Wills, Fawcett Park Farm, Dufton which was bought by Dowdings Butchers, Appleby.

This same home also sold a pen of three 55kg hoggs to make £188.

Topping at 461.5p/kg were a pen of six 39kg Beltex cross hoggs which sold for £180 from Jojo Andrews, Boscar Flats, York, with this same home also selling a pen of eight 39kg hoggs to make £170 (435.9p/kg), with a pair of 57kg Texel cross hoggs making £183 from this same home.

Next selling for £204 were a pen of three 74kg Texel hoggs from Messrs Raine, Stanhope Gate Farm, Barnard Castle, who also sold 60kg Texel cross hoggs to make £183.

Messrs Phillips, Fir Tree Farm, Harrogate sold a pen of seven 41kg Beltex cross hoggs to make £184.50 (450p/kg) with another pen of seven 40kg hoggs making £178.50 (446.3p/kg) and 43kg making £180.50.

Messrs Fell, Chapel Farm, Bassenthwaite sold a pair of 40kg Dutch Texel cross hoggs to make £178 (445p/kg) with a pen of ten 40kg Dutch Texel cross hoggs making £175 (437.5p/kg) and a pair of 40kg Rouge cross hoggs making £175.50 (438.p/kg) also from this home.

Messrs Simpson, Highscale Farm, Wigglesworth sold a pen of nine 39kg Beltex cross hoggs to make £172.50 (442.3p/kg) with a pen of ten 38kg hoggs making £167.50 (440.8p/kg) and a pen of nine 37kg hoggs selling for £162.50 (439.2p/kg).

Messrs Powley, Low Northsceugh, Carlisle sold a pen of fourteen 41kg hoggs to make £180.50 (440.2p/kg)

Messrs Foster, Fordham Farm, York sold a pen of five 42kg hoggs to make £183 (435.7p/kg) with a pen of nine 38kg hoggs making £166.50 (438.2p/kg) from this home.

Messrs Dent, Elm House, Bolton sold a pen of eight 41kg Beltex cross hoggs to make £178 (434.1p/kg)

Messrs Lee, Carkin Moor Farm, Richmond sold a pen of four 57kg hoggs to make £186 with another pen of five 54kg hoggs making £185 and a pen of five 58kg Texel cross hoggs making £183 from this home.

Messrs Dickinson, Kirkbarrow Hall, Penrith sold a pen of five 52kg hoggs to make £184.

Messrs Dodd, Skylin, Temple Sowerby also sold 52kg hoggs to make £184.

Messrs Fairburn, Marriforth, Ripon sold 43kg hoggs to make £183.

The annual Swaledale prime hogg show was held which was kindly sponsored by Aldersons Garage, Nateby and The Swaledale Sheep Breeders Association with the judging being carried out by weekly buyer Mr J Birkbeck, Soulby.

The first placed pen of ten Swaledale hoggs went to Elliott Bros, Harbour Flatt, Murton which weighed 52kg and sold for £144, this home also sold a pen of seven 47kg Swaledale hoggs making £137 (291.5p/kg).

The second placed pen was a of ten 50kg hoggs which make £138, with the third placed pen weighing 48kg making £133 which were both from Messrs Clarke, Howgill Castle, Penrith.

Swaledale hoggs also topped at 292.5p/kg for 40kg which made £117 from Messrs Dickeson, Hope House, Middleton in Teesdale.

Mule hoggs topped at £154.50 for a pen of twenty-three 56kg hoggs from Messrs Wills, Fawcett Park Farm, Dufton.

A pen of six 52kg Mule hoggs sold for £148 from Elliott Bros, Harbour Flatt, Murton.

Messrs Nutter, Manor Farm, Clitheroe sold a pen of seven 51kg Mule hoggs to make £145.50.

Mule hoggs also topped at 306.7p/kg for a pen of 45kg which sold for £138 from Messrs Sayer, Musgrave House, Great Musgrave.

A pen of twenty-seven 46kg Mules sold to make£138 (300p/kg) from Messrs Fairburn, Marriforth, Ripon.

A pen of eleven 37kg Mules sold to make £107.50 (290.5p/kg) from Messrs Dickeson, East Rackwood Hill Farm, Barnard Auckland.

Once again another outstanding SQQ average of 334.42p/kg and an overall sale average of 325.5p/kg and £141.86 was achieved which includes over 800 Horned and Mule hoggs.

797 hoggs sold between £160-£208

523 hoggs sold between 380-461p/kg

807 Beltex cross hoggs sold to average a whopping £160.65 and 383p/kg.

Cast sheep topped at £240 for a pen of six Texel cross ewes from Riverside Farm, Penrith with this same home also selling Suffolk ewes to £186.

Messrs Seymour, Brackenslack, Penrith also sold Texel cross ewes to £240.

Beltex cross ewes sold to £180 from Messrs Benn, Hoff Row Farm, Hoff.

Swaledale ewes sold to £85 from Messrs Birkbeck, Pennine View, Nateby.

Leading Consignment Averages (Prime Hoggs – 4 or More)

No.		Weight	P/KG	Head	From
4	@	70.2kg	282.9p	£198.75	CR Raine & Son, Middleton in Teesdale
15	@	40.9kg	438.9p	£179.67	I Powley, Armathwaite
30	@	53.2kg	331.3p	£176.13	GW Lee & Sons, Richmond
32	@	55.5kg	312.7p	£173.78	JT&H Inman, Lockerbie
40	@	40kg	432.3p	£172.90	M/s Fell, Bassenthwaite
45	@	50.9kg	335.2p	£170.56	W&SE Dickinson, Greystoke
41	@	41.3kg	411.3p	£170.05	M/s Dent, Bolton
24	@	49.3kg	344.7p	£169.92	JS&JO Dodd, Temple Sowerby
63	@	44.8kg	376.7p	£168.87	W&J&I Dinsdale, Morland
66	@	40.8kg	413p	£168.59	PW Simpson, Wigglesworth
54	@	42.5kg	394p	£167.34	CW Foster, York
20	@	43.3kg	383.5p	£165.85	HG Jackson, Kings Meaburn
54	@	51.8kg	318.5p	£165.11	MTP&SD Wills, Dufton
111	@	43.6kg	378.5p	£164.94	JM Andrews, York

Leading Prices -
Prime Hoggs
Price per head - Beltex £208, £188, £176, £172 Fawcett Park Farm ; £186, £185, £176, £175, £170 Carkin Moor Farm; £184.50, £180.50, £180, £178.50, £178, £176, £173, £170.50 Fir Tree Farm; £184 Kirkbarrow Hall; £184, £180, £172, £170 Skylin; £183, £177 Marriforth; £183, £177, £171 Fordham Farm; £180.50 Low Northsceugh; £180, £170(3) Boscar Flats; £178 Hoff Row Farm; £178, £173.50, £172.50 Highscale Farm; £178, £177(2), £174 High Field; £178, £172(2), £170 Elm House; £177 Little Beck; £173 Pasture House Farm: Texel £204, £183 Stanhope Gate Farm; £183, £171 Skylin; £183, £180(2), £178, £171, £170 Boscar Flats; £183 Carkin Moor Farm; £181, £170 East View; £181, £171 Fir Tree Farm; £179 Green Farm(Atkinson); £178 Fordham Farm; £178 Manor Farm;  £177 Grassgill Lodge; £177 Allerbeck Farm; £177, £170 Fawcett Park Farm; £176, £170, £170 Kirkbarrow Hall;  £176, £175 Fair View; £176 Hoff Row Farm; £175 East Todholes; £175 Low Hall; £174 Croft House Farm; £172 Riverside Farm; £171.50 Rosgill Head; £171 Haithwaite; £171 Abbey Farm; £170 Prothy Green; £170 Green Farm(Hodgson); £170 Low Grange Farm; £170 Woodside: Charollais £182 Allerbeck Farm: Dutch Texel £178, £175, £171.50 Chapel Farm: Suffolk £176 Green Farm; £174, £164, £160 Manor Farm; £158, £157 Riverside Farm; £151 Ingledene; £149 Marriforth; £145 Villa Farm: Rouge £175.50 Chapel Farm; £153 Bowes Cross Farm: Zwartble £170 Riverside Farm; £130 Ingledene: Blue Texel £168 Boscar Flats; £160 Bowes Cross Farm; £143 Decklyn; £142 Bonny Rigg: Lleyn £158 Upper Brydekirk: Mule £154.50 Fawcett Park Farm; £148 Harbour Flatt; £145.50 Manor Farm; £141, £131 Woodbine House; £139.50, £133 East Todholes; £139, £138 Musgrave House; £138.50, £137.50 Eastfield Farm; £138 Greenriggs; £138, £137 Marriforth; £137, £134 Croft House Farm; £136 Old Mill Flatt; £135 Low House; £133 Ascot House; £130.50 Scarrowmanwick; £130 Castle Hill: Dorset £153 Riverside Farm: Dutch Spotted £152 New Middop: Cheviot £144.50(2) Nova Scotia; £137 Crossfell House; £128 Eastfield Farm; £127.50 Crossfell House: Swaledale £144, £142, £137 Harbour Flatt; £138, £133 Howgill Castle; £130 Poppin Cottage; £129 High Blackton Farm; £129, £126East Todholes; £129 Musgrave House; £124, £122.50 Eastfield Farm; £124 Step Ends Farm; £117 Buckles Farm; £117, £115 Easterbeck House; £117, £112 Hope House; £111 Bridge Street; £110 Low Deepslack: Rough £133 Croft House Farm; £116.50 Hardendale Hall; £106.50 Low Deep Slack: Hampshire £133 Windygate: Bluefaced Leicester £131 Marriforth: Valais Blacknose £119 Robridding: Scotch Blackface £116 Castle Hill: Herdwick £115.50 Elva Plains Farm: Lonk £113 Marshes Gill Farm.

Price per kilo- Beltex 461.5p, 435.9p, 432.4p, 428.2p, 417.5p, 404.8p, 402.4p, 401.2p Boscar Flats; 450p, 446.3p, 426.3p, 419.8p, 413.8p, 411.9p, 406.4p, 400p Fir Tree Farm; 442.3p, 440.8p, 439.2p, 423.8p, 403.5p Highscale Farm; 440.2p, 420p Low Northsceugh; 438.2p, 435.7p, 427.5p Fordham Farm; 434.1p, 433.3p, 425p, 419.5p, 413.8p Elm House; 425.6p Marriforth; 416p, 409.5p Fawcett Park Farm; 415p, 404.9p, 400p Low House; 411p, 402.3p Little Beck; 410p Croft House Farm; 407p Carkin Moor Farm; 404.5p(2), 402.3p High Field; 400p New Middop: Dutch Texel 445p, 437.5p, 428.8p Chapel Farm: Rouge 438.8p Chapel Farm: Blue Texel 420p Boscar Flats; 333.3p Bowes Cross Farm; 325p Decklyn; 322.7p Bonny Rigg: Texel 386.3p, 341.3p, 340.2p Low House; 376.2p, 367.1p, 365p, 341.5p Muirburn; 372p, 341.7p Crossfell House; 364.9p, 343.2p Fordham Farm; 364.4p Porthy Green; 362.2p, 361.5p, 342.1p, 341.5p Fir Tree Farm; 352.5p Town End Farm; 351.1p Hall Farm House; 345.7p Boscar Flats; 345.5p, 343.9p Bowes Cross Farm; 344.9p Abbey Park; 342p Haithwaite; 340.4p New Middop; 340p Castle Hill; 340p Kirkbarrow Hall: Dutch Spotted 330.4p New Middop: Suffolk 325.9p Green Farm; 317p Low House; 316.4p, 315.4p, 313.7p Manor Farm; 310.4p Marriforth; 309.8p, 307.8p Riverside Farm; 302.2p Fir Tree Farm; 300p Town Head Farm: Charollais 325p Allerbeck Farm; 315.4p Elva Plains Farm; 309.7p Brackenslack: Cheviot 318.8p, 311.4p Crossfell House; 314.1p, 307.4p Nova Scotia; 304.8p Eastfield Farm; 302.6p Elva Plains Farm: Mule 306.7p, 289.6p Musgrave House; 300p Marriforth; 294.7p, 286.5p Eastfield Farm; 290.5p East Rackwood Hill Farm; 290.2p Villa Farm; 288.9p Castle Hill; 287.5p Greenriggs; 287.2p Low House; 285.4p, 285.1p Croft House Farm; 285.4p Starrah; 285.3p Manor Farm: Dorset 306p Riverside Farm: Lleyn 303.8p Upper Brydekirk: Hampshire 303.7p Colby Laithes: Bluefaced Leicester 297.7p Marriforth: Lonk 297.4p Marshes Gill Farm: Swaledale 292.5p Hope House; 291.5p, 278.4p, 276.9p Harbour Flatt; 285.4p Buckles Farm; 282.4p, 278.6p East Rackwood Hill Farm; 280.8p Haithwaite; 280.5p Easterbeck House; 280p East Todholes; 279.7p West End Farm; 279.4p Claylands Farm; 278.4p Eastfield Farm; 277.1p, 276p Howgill Castle; 276.9p Castle Hill; 273p Town Head Farm; 270.8p Ravenseat: Scotch Blackface 290p Castle Hill: Herdwick 281.7p Elva Plains Farm: Rough 271.4p Croft House Farm; 262.2p Low Deepslack.

Cast Ewes- Texel £240, £200, £195, £180, £156 Riverside Farm; £240 Brackenslack; £210 New View Farm; £181, £174 New Middop; £180 Town End Farm; £160 Skylin; £160 Bridge End Farm; £156 Greenside Farm; £156 Upper Brydekirk; £150 Skylin; £150 Abbey Park: Suffolk £186, £150, £144 Riverside Farm; £164 Marriforth; £140 Bridge End Farm; £134 Ingledene: Beltex £180 Hoff Row Farm; £166 Green Bank; £162 New Middop; £160 Grassgill Lodge; £151 Town End Farm; £150 Riverside Farm; £148, £140 Skylin: Cheviot £145 Marriforth; £145, £114, £111 Riverside Farm: Bluefaced Leicester £136 Scarrowmanwick; £124 Swathburn: Blue Texel £122 Gracies Farm: Mule £118 Low Hall; £114 New Middop; £111 Bridge End Farm; £106 Meadow Bank; £106 Riverside Farm; £105 Hartley Castle; £105 Green Farm: Hampshire £117 Green Farm(Hodgson): Lleyn £95 Rake Head: Jacob £90 Marshes Gill Farm: Swaledale £85 Pennine View; £81 Whingill; £79 Hartley Castle; £75 Marriforth; £74 Brow Farm; £71 Woodbine House; £70 Bridge End Farm; £70 Ravenseat; £70 Uldale: Rough £75 Wath Farm; £73 Greenside.

Cast Rams- Texel £148 Villa Farm; £146 Pasture House Farm; £132 Woodside: Bluefaced Leicester £130 Villa Farm: Cheviot £121, £108 Riverside Farm: Beltex £116 Goodlie Hill Cottage: Suffolk £110 Town Head Farm: Swaledale £83 Woodside.