Kirkby Stephen Prime Sheep Sale

Harrison & Hetherington Ltd, Kirkby Stephen Mart held their weekly Sale of Prime Sheep on Tuesday evening, when 3,349 sheep were forward consisting of 2,590 prime hoggs and 759 cast sheep.

Topping the sale at £204 was a 50kg Beltex cross hogg from Messrs Wills, Fawcett Park, Dufton which were bought by Dowdings Butchers, Appleby, this home also sold 50kg hoggs to make £194.

Topping at 478.4p/kg were a pen of ten 37kg Beltex cross hoggs which made £177 from Messrs Simpson, Highscale Farm, Wigglesworth.

This same home also sold a pen of eleven 39kg Beltex cross hoggs to make £186.50 (478.2p/kg) a pen of nine 40kg hoggs to make £185 (462.5p/kg), a pen of ten 40kg at £178 (445p/kg) and a pen of eleven 39kg making £172.50 (442.3p/kg) all from this home.

Jojo Andrews, Boscar Flats, York sold a pen of 42kg Beltex cross hoggs to make £183 (435.7p/kg) with a pen of five 40kg making £177 (442.5p/kg) and a pen of four 37kg hoggs making £169 (456.8p/kg), and a pen of five 41kg selling for £174 (424.4p/kg)

Suffolk cross hoggs sold to £193 for a 73kg hogg from Messrs Hodgson, White House, Penrith.

Jojo Andrews sold 65kg Suffolk cross hoggs to make £185 with a pen of eight 50kg Suffolk cross hoggs making £160 (320p/kg) from this home.

Messrs Fairburn, Marriforth, Ripon sold a pen of 48kg Suffolk cross hoggs to make £169 (352.1p/kg)

Messrs Fisher, Smalmstown Farm, Longtown sold a pen of seven 55kg Suffolk cross hoggs to make £169, with a pen of twenty-eight 48kg Suffolk crosses making £157 (327.1p/kg) and a pen of eight 47kg Suffolk cross hoggs making £150 (319.1p/kg) all from Smalmstown Farm.

Texel cross hoggs sold to £184 for 57kg from Jojo Andrews, Boscar Flats.

Texel cross hoggs also topped at 381.8p/kg for a oen of 44kg making £168 from Messrs Allison, Muirburn, Biggar.

Mule hoggs sold to £159 for a pen of 58kg from Messrs Lawson, Hundith House, Wigton

Messrs Wills, Fawcett Park Farm, Dufton sold a pen of twenty-seven 57kg Mules to make £155.50.

Mule hoggs also topped at 288.8p/kg for a pen of 40kg making £115.50 from Messrs Huck, Church Farm, Skipton, with this home also selling a pen of 43kg Mules to make £124 (288.4p/kg).

Messrs Sayer, Musgrave House, Great Musgrave sold a pen of eleven 47kg Mules to make £135 (287.2p/kg)

Messrs Wilkin, Slack Cottage, Ainstable sold a pen of nineteen 48kg Mules to make £137.50 (286.5p/kg) and a pen of twenty-seven 48kg Mules making £137 (285.4p/kg) also from this home.

Blackfaced hoggs sold to £143 and 297.9p/kg for a pen of twenty 48kg hoggs from Messrs Fisher, Smalmstown Farm, Longtown, with two pens of twenty-nine 45kg Blackfaced hoggs selling for £133.50 (296.7p/kg) and £133 (295.6p/kg) and a pen of twenty-nine  44kg Blackfaced hoggs making £130 (295.5p/kg) a;; from Smalmstown Farm.

This samehome also sold a pen of twenty-three cheviot hoggs to make £135 (306.8p/kg)

Swaledale hoggs sold to £134 and £131 for pens of seventeen 50kg hoggs from Elliott Bros, Harbour Flatt, Murton.

Messrs Sutton, Nether House, Kendal sold a pen of twenty-six 51kg Swaledale tup hoggs to make £130.

Swaledale hoggs also topped at 280.5p/kg for a pen of fifteen 41kg hoggs which sold for £115 from Messrs Wearmouth, Howgill Farm, Barnard Castle.

Messrs Bowes, Glen Whelt, Barnard Castle sold a pen of 38kg Swaledale hoggs to make £106.50 (280.3p/kg).

Messrs Rutherford, Irestone, Barnard Castle sold a pen of twenty-five 39kg Swaledale hoggs to make £108.50 (278.2p/kg).

Another wonderful SQQ average of 311.23p/kg and overall average of 307.08p/kg for 2590 hoggs which incudes over 900 horned and Mule hoggs.

326 hoggs sold between £160-£204

249 hoggs sold between 350-478p/kg.

340 Beltex cross hoggs sold to average a hopping £160.84 and 380p/kg.

Cast sheep topped at £268 for a Texel ewe from Messrs Whitfield, Cote House Barn, Bleatarn, with this home also selling Texel ewes to £260.

Mule ewes sold to £123 from Messrs Hill, Whitewall Farm, Great Asby.

Rough Fell ewes sold to £109 from Messrs Kirby, Heather Lea, Soulby.

Blackfaced ewes sold to £108 from Messrs Allonby, Laneside, Hartley, with another pen of nine Blackfaced ewes selling for £106 from Riverside Farm, Penrith.

Swaledale ewes sold to £92 for a pen of five from Messrs Akrigg, Manor House Farm, Skipton.

Cast rams sold to £182 for a Bluefaced Leicester from Messrs Bainbridge, Dousgill Farm, Richmond.

Leading Consignment Averages (Prime Hoggs – 4 or More)

No.		Weight	P/KG	Head	From
68	@	39.4kg	445.3p	£175.56	PW Simpson, Wigglesworth
16	@	42.4kg	383p	£162.31	MH Elliott, Penrith
124	@	45.3kg	357.3p	£161.89	JM Andrews, York
52	@	52.6kg	307.3p	£161.68	MTP&SD Wills, Dufton
25	@	48.1kg	332.9p	£160.22	IT Bell, Brampton
44	@	46kg	345.2p	£158.78	GJ Mellor & Partners, Doncaster
24	@	50.5kg	303.7p	£153.50	JS Gargett, Barnard Castle
67	@	44kg	349p	£153.19	M/s Allison & Son, Biggar
15	@	49kg	312.2p	£153.17	R&E Hodgson, Glassonby
48	@	48.8kg	312.4p	£152.56	DE&AM Hodgson, Shap
8	@	50.6kg	301.2p	£152.50	MW&E Dent, Middleton in Teesdale
26	@	47.4kg	319.6p	£151.56	DF&MG Littlefair, Staindrop
5	@	46.8kg	323.5p	£151.40	RC Tiplady, Barnard Castle
126	@	46kg	325.9p	£149.94	E&EM Fairburn, Ripon

Leading Prices -

Prime Hoggs
Price per head:L Beltex £204, £194, £171, £168(2), £160, £156 Fawcett Park Farm; £186.50, £185, £178, £177, £172.50, £168 Highscale Farm; £183, £177, £174, £172, £169, £166, £164, £161.50, £157.50 Boscar Flats; £176 Hallbankgate Farm; £174 Yew House; £174, £167, £156 Marriforth; £172, £170, £168, £163 Espland House; £167, £161, £155.50 West Hale Farm; £161, £156 Red House Farm; £157 Green Farm(Hodgson); £156.50 Muirburn; £156 Whinfell Road: Suffolk £193 White House; £185, £160 Boscar Flats; £181 Kelmore Hill Farm; £169, £162.50, £158, £150 Marriforth; £169(2), £160, £157, £156, £150 Smalmstown Farm; £157 Low Wood House; £151 Barrowmoor Farm: Texel £184, £181, £169(2), £167, £164, £163, £157, £155 Boscar Flats; £183, £165, £161, £158 Stoneriggs; £182, £165 Haithwaite; £179 Glen Whelt; £176 Cote House Farn; £175 Wythes Hill; £174, £158 Marriforth; £174 Thwaite Farm; £173 Fawcett Park Farm; £171 Slack Cottage; £171, £166, £159.50 Hallbankgate Farm; £169, £161, £160, £156 Smalmstown Farm; £168, £164 Muirburn; £168, £166 Kelmore Hill Farm; £162.50, £159.50, £159 Town End Farm; £162 Wythes Hill; £162 Prospect Farm Cottage; £160.50 West Farm; £160 Highscale Farm; £160 Barrowmoor Farm; £160 Palliard; £159 Grove House Farm; £157.50 Westwick Farm; £156.50, £156 Red House Farm; £156.50 White House; £156.50 West Hale Farm; £156.50 Hundith House; £156.50 High Moor: Charollais £174 Barrowmoor Farm; £144, £142, £141 Orchard Farm: Blue Texel £168 Boscar Flats; £144 Town End Farm; £142 Lainger House; £141 Troughton Hall: Mule £159, £146 Hundith House; £155.50 Fawcett Park Farm; £154, £140, £137.50, £137, £130 Slack Cottage; £150 Kelmore Hill; £147.50 Green Farm; £145 Smalmstown Farm; £141.50 Marriforth; £141 Prospect Farm; £141 Orchard Farm; £138 Kilnstown Farm; £138, £130 Eden Flatt; £138 Stoneriggs; £135 Green Gill Farm; £135 Musgrave House; £130 Howgill Farm: Cheviot £149.50 Westwick Farm; £136 Orchard Farm; £136 Town End Farm; £135 Smalmstown Farm; £129 Low Wood House: Scotch Blackface £143, £133.50, £133, £130, £123 Smalmstown Farm: Bluefaced Leicester £136 Marriforth; £133 Scar Sykes; £132 The Gables; £130  Wythes Hill: Swaledale £134, £131 Harbour Flatt; £130 Nether House; £129.50 Glen Whelt; £125 Howgill Farm; £124 Studfold Farm; £122, £114 Swarthymere; £120, £110.50 The Park Wall; £118 Eller Gill Barn; £115 Howgill Farm; £114 Palliard; £112 Ravenseat: Dutch Spotted £130 Troughton Hall: Border Leicester £126 Crake Trees Manor: Ryeland £117 Slack Cottage: Lonk £112.50 Marshes Gill Farm: Rough £110 The Gables: Herdwick £100 The Gables: Goat £100 Hesket Demain Farm.

Price per kilo: Beltex 478.4p, 478.2p, 462.5p, 445p, 442.3p, 430.8p Highscale Farm; 456.8p, 442.5p, 435.7p 424.4p, 406.6p, 406.3p, 404.9p, 393.9p, 375p Boscar Flats; 427.5p, 408p, 388p, 372.1p Fawcett Park Farm; 424.4p Marriforth; 419.5p, 414.6p, 377.5p, 370.5p Espland House; 392.7p West Hale Farm; 391.3p Muirburn; 383.3p Red House Farm; 380p, 373.8p Green Farm; 377.5p Stoneriggs; 374.5p Hallbankgate Farm; 371.1p West Hale Farm: Texel 381.8p, 346.5p, 334.8p, 334.7p Muirburn; 355.6p Highscale Farm; 348p, 339.5p, 334.9p Marriforth; 343.8p Stoneriggs; 342.9p Kelmore Hill Farm; 242.2p, 339.1p, 335.4p Smalmstown Farm; 341.7p, 340.8p, 338p, 337p, 331.4p, 330.4p Boscar Flats; 341.5p, 335.4p, 332.3p Town End Farm; 339.4p, 337.8p Hallbankgate Farm; 337.5p White House; 332p Kelmore Hill Farm; 331.9p Red House Farm; 330.6p Prospect Farm Cottage; 330.2p Ellergill; 330.2p Wythes Hill: Suffolk 352.1p, 312.5p(2), 309.8p Marriforth; 329.1p Green Farm; 327.1p, 319.1p, 307.7p, 307.3p(2), 305.9p Smalmstown Farm; 320p, 309.8p Boscar Flats; 315.1p, 307.8p Low Wood House; 311.1p Troughton Hall; 302p Barrowmoor Farm; 300p Gillridding Grange: Blue Texel 336p Boscar Flats; 334.9p Town End Farm: Charollais 335.7p, 322.7p, 320p Orchard Farm; 321.4p Red House Farm: Cheviot 316.3p Orchard Farm; 306.8p Smalmstown Farm; 300p Low Wood House; 295.7p, 280.5p Low Deepslack; 295.7p Town End Farm; 293.1p Westwick Farm; 285.9p, 281.4p School House: Dutch Spotted 309.5p Troughton Hall: Scotch Blackface 297.9p, 296.7p, 295.6p, 295.5p Smalmstown Farm: Lonk 288.5p Marshes Gill Farm: Mule 286.5p, 285.4p, 284.4p, 282.6p Slack Cottage; 288.8p, 288.4p Church Farm; 287.8p Orchard Farm; 287.2p Musgrave House; 281.7p, 281.1p Glen Whelt; 281.6p Stoneriggs; 280.4p Red House Farm: Swaledale 280.5p, 265.8p Howgill Farm; 280.3p, 269.8p Glen Whelt; 278.2p, 272.5p Irestone; 272.7p The Park Wall; 268.4p Haithwaite; 268p Harbour Flatt; 267.5p, 267.1p East Thorngarth Hill: Herdwick 277.8p The Gables: Bluefaced Leicester 266.7p Marriforth.

Cast Ewes- Texel £268, £260 Cote House Barn; £162, £152 Searchlight Farm; £143 Whitewall Farm; £140 Riverside Farm: Bluefaced Leicester £171 Dousgill Farm; £115 Cote House Barn: Suffolk £150 Cote House Barn; £138 Friarbiggin; £130 Searchlight: Beltex £136 Troughton Hall: Cheviot £130, £95 Prospect Farm; £101, £91 Riverside Farm; £100 Westwick Farm; £90 Friarbiggin: Mule £123 Whitewall Farm; £117 Westwick Farm; £113 Elm Pot; £113 The Cottage; £110 Kelmore Hill Farm; £109 Dousgill Farm; £102 Riverside Farm; £101 Lainger House; £100 Howgill Farm; £100 Friarbiggin: Dutch Spotted £122 Troughton Hall: Rough £109 Heather Lea; £73 Yew House: Scotch Blackface £108, £76 Laneside; £106 Riverside Farm; £73 Middle Bank End Farm: Swaledale £92 Manor House Farm; £87, £78 Bleathgill; £86, £75 Cote House Farm; £85, £76 Skirrygill; £84 Elm Pot; £84, £77 Howgill Farm; £78 Laneside; £77 Hill House West; £77 Kelmore Hill Farm; £75 Thwaite Farm.

Cast Rams- Bluefaced Leicester £182, £122 Dousgill Farm; £136 Riverside Farm: Texel £146 Irestone; £128 Quarry Close; £126 West Farm: Cheviot £120, £90(2) Riverside Farm; £90 Middle Bank End Farm: Suffolk £120 Riverside Farm: Beltex £105 Riverside Farm; £100 Searchlight Farm: Ryeland £103 Troughton Hall: Scotch Blackface £103 Middle Bank End Farm; £90 Lurg Farm: Swaledale £100, £87 Brystone; £87 Glen Whelt; £82 Green Gill Farm; £80 East Thorngarth Hill; £80 Midfield.