Kirkby Stephen Prime Sheep Sale

Harrison & Hetherington Ltd, Kirkby Stephen Mart held their weekly Sale of Prime Sheep on Tuesday evening, when 4,677 sheep were forward consisting of 3,923 prime hoggs and 754 cast sheep.

Topping the sale at £200 on two separate occasions was firstly for a Beltex cross hogg from Jojo Andrews, Boscar Flats, York and also for a 70kg Rouge hogg from Messrs Smithson, Skelcies Hall, Kirkby Stephen.

Topping at 500p/kg were a pen of ten 39kg Rouge cross hoggs which made £195 from Messrs Fell, Chapel Farm, Keswick, with this home also selling a pen of six 40kg Dutch Texel cross hoggs to make £190 (475p/kg) and a pen of 39kg making £185 (474.4p/kg).

Messrs Jackson, Little Beck, Kings Meaburn sold a pair of 40 Beltex cross hoggs to make £186 (465p/kg).

Jojo Andrews, Boscar Flats sold a pen of 39kg Beltex cross hoggs to make £181 (464.1p/kg) with another pen of six 40kg making £182.50 (456.3p/kg) and a pen do twelve 43kg making £184.50 (429.1p/kg) from this home.

Messrs Skelton, Low House, Maryport sold 39kg Beltex cross hoggs to make £181 (464.1p/kg).

Messrs Simpson, Highscale Farm, Wigglesworth sold a pen of fourteen 39kg Beltex cross hoggs to make £179.50 (460.3p/kg) with a pen of twelve 36kg hoggs making £165 (458.3p/kg) and a pen of eight 37kg hoggs making £167.50 (452.7p/kg),

Messrs Mellor, West Hale Farm, Doncaster sold a pen of 42kg Beltex cross hoggs to make £187 (445.2p/kg).

Texel cross hoggs sold to £195 for a pair of 63kg hoggs from Messrs Sayer, Town End Farm, Penrith.

Suffolk cross hoggs also sold to £195 for 64kg from Messrs Smith, Kelmore Hill Farm, Workington.

Messrs Fell, Stanger Hill, Wigton sold a pen of eight 44kg Blue Texel cross hoggs to make £188.50 (428.4p/kg).

Messrs Littlefair, West Farm, Darlington sold 65kg Texel cross hoggs to make £194.

Jojo Andrews sold 53kg hoggs to make £191, and 58kg Suffolk cross hoggs making £185 57kg at £184, and 56kg Suffolk hoggs at £181, with a pen of nine 53kg Texel cross hoggs making £180 and a pen of ten 50kg Texel cross hoggs making £176 (352p/kg) also from this home.

Messrs Patchett, West Summersides, Ripon sold a pen of twenty 611kg Texel cross mule hoggs to make staggering £192, with another pen of twenty 60kg Texel cross Mules making £187.

Hayllar Farms, Helbeck Grange, Brough sold 59kg Texel cross hoggs to make £190.

Messrs Jacksin, Little Beck, Kings Meaburn sold 49kg hoggs to make £188.

Messrs Smith, Kelmore Hill Farm sold a pen of 44kg hoggs to male £187.

Riverside Farm, Penrith sold a pen of 61kg Suffolk cross hoggs to make £189.

Suffolk hoggs also topped at 350p/kg for a pen of 46kg making £161 from Messrs Skelton, Low House, Maryport.

Messrs Fisher, Smalmstown Farm, Longtown sold a pen of seven 50kg Suffolk cross hoggs to make £162.

Messrs Fairburn, Marriforth sold 50kg Suffolk cross hoggs to make £163.50.

Mule hoggs topped at £162 for a pen of twenty one 55kg hoggs from Messrs Wills, Fawcett Park Farm, Dufton.

Kilnstown Farms, Carlisle and Messrs Hebson, Chapel Farm, Carlisle both sold pens of fifteen and five 52kg Mules to make £157.50, with Messrs Hebson selling a pen of ten 49kg Mules to make £149 (304.1p/kg). Mules also topped at 314p/kg for a pen of twenty 44kg hoggs which made £138 from Messrs Nutter, Manor Farm, Clitheroe, with this same home also selling another pen of twenty 45kg Mule hoggs to make £139 (308.9p/kg and a pen of twenty-one 47kg mules making £143 (304.3p/kg).

Blackfaced hoggs sold to £146 for a pen of twenty-four 47kg from Messrs Fisher, Smalmstown Farm, Longtown with this home selling a pen of nineteen 46kg Blackfaced hoggs to make £145, two pens of twenty at £143 (317.8p/kg) and a pen of twenty-eight 44kg Blackfaced hoggs making £141 (320.5p/kg) also from Smalmstown Farm.

The consignment of 236 Blackfaced hoggs from this home sold to average 45kg £142.83 (317.17p/kg).

Swaledale hoggs topped at £147 for a pen of 56kg from Messrs Wills, Fawcett Park Farm, Dufton with another pen of twelve 54kg hoggs making £146 from this home.

Messrs Clarke, Howgill Castle, Milburn sold a pen of ten 50kg Swaledale hoggs to make £145, with another pen of twenty-one 47kg hoggs making £139 (295.7p/kg) from this home.

Elliott Bros, Harbour Flatt, Murton sold a pen of twenty-one 48kg Swaledales to make £141 (293.8p/kg).

Swaledales also topped at 304.5p/kg for a pen of 44kg which made £134 from Hayllar Farms, Helbeck Grange.

Messrs Iceton, East Thorngarth Hill, Barnard Castle sold a pen of twenty-tree 36kg Swaledale hoggs to make £109 (302.8p/kg)

A SQQ average of 335.94p/kg and an overall sale average of 325.81p/kg and £148.60 was achieved which includes 1252 horned and Mule hoggs.

79 pens and 499 hoggs sold between £170-£200

41 pens and 267 hoggs sold between 400-500p/kg.

Cast sheep topped at £242 for a Blue Texel ewe from Messrs Skelton, Low House, Maryport.

Mule ewes sold to £142 from Messrs Hogg, Melbourne House, Murton.

Rough fell ewe sold to £105 for a pair from Messrs Cooper, Cocklake Farm, Tebay.

Swaledale ewes topped at £95 for a pen of twelve from Messrs Akrigg, Manor House Farm, Skipton.             

Leading Consignment Averages (Prime Hoggs – 4 or More)

No.		Weight	P/KG	Head	From
35	@	40kg	457.3p	£183.06	Messrs Fell, Bassenthwaite
12	@	43.3kg	416.2p	£180.33	HG Jackson, Kings Meaburn
7	@	51.1kg	345.3p	£176.57	J Smithson, Kirkby Stephen
10	@	59.6kg	295.3p	£176.00	FH Walton, Barras
116	@	46.2kg	374.3p	£172.81	JM Andrews, York
44	@	40.7kg	418.6p	£170.30	Messrs Dent, Bolton
19	@	48kg	350.4p	£168.18	TAJ Sayer, Hackthorpe
345	@	51.7kg	322.2p	£166.51	CN Patchett, Ripon
257	@	52.5kg	317p	£166.39	JT&H Inman, Lockerbie
79	@	53.3kg	310.5p	£165.36	Riverside Farming
65	@	37.2kg	444p	£165.31	PW Simpson, Wigglesworth
84	@	44.5kg	366.2p	£163.31	ME&JJ Fell, Wigton

Leading Prices -

Prime Hoggs

Price per head
Rouge £200, £176 Skelcies Hall; £195, £178(2) Chapel Farm(Fell): Beltex £200, £191, £184.50, £182.50, £181, £176, £170(2) Boscar Flats; £188, £186, £180, £178, £173 Little Beck; £187 West Hale Farm; £187, £179, £170 Kelmore Hill Farm; £181, £178, £177, £176 Low House; £180(2) Fawcett Park Farm; £179.50 Highscale Farm; £179(2) Elm House; £177, £176 Marriforth; £174.50, £173 Elm House; £171 Skelcies Hall; £170.50 Pasture House: Texel £195, £180, £173, £171 Town End Farm; £194, £169 West Farm; £192, £187, £176, £175, £170, £169, £168.50 West Summersides; £190 Helbeck Grange; £184, £171, £170 Calva Farm; £180, £176(2), £168 Boscar Flats; £172 Hazeltongue Farm; £172, £171.50, £171, £170.50(2), £169 Allerbeck Farm; £171 Prospect Farm; £170 Low House; £170 Fawcett Park Farm; £168 Kelmore Hill Farm; £168 Townfoot: Suffolk £195, £169 Kelmore Hill Farm; £189, £177.50, £166, £163.50, £160.50 Riverside Farm; £185, £184, £181 Boscar Flats; £169, £162, £152.50, £150 Smalmstown Farm; £166, £161 Low House; £163.50, £160 Marriforth; £156.50 Wood Farm: Dutch Texel £190, £185, £179 Chapel Farm: Blue Texel £188.50, £178, £175, £174, £173, £170, £167, £165 Stanger Hill; £176 Town End Farm: Mule £162 Fawcett Park Farm; £158, £144.50 Woodbine House; £157.50, £145 Kilnstown Farm; £157.50, £149 Chapel Farm; £150 William House; £148(2) Helbeck Grange; £148 Stubsgill House; £147 Kelmore Hill; £145 Marriforth; £144 Stanger Hill: Charollais £162 Allerbeck Farm; £146 Park Farm (Walton); £145 Smalmstown Farm; £143.50 Orchard Farm: Cheviot £151 Helbeck Grange; £147, £143, £141 Smalmstown Farm; £147 Allerbeck Farm; £140.50 Westwick Farm: Swaledale £147, £146 Fawcett Park Farm; £145(2), £139 Howgill Castle; £141 Harbour Flatt; £134 Helbeck Grange; £133 Nether House; £126 Woolpits Hill; £125.50 Arngill House: Scotch Blackface £146, £145(2), £143.50, £143(2), £141.50, £141, £139 Smalmstown Farm; £146 Helbeck Grange: Rough £142 Croft House Farm; £138 Low Deepslack: Hebridean £107 Amersber Cottage.

Price per kilo- Rouge 500p, 445p(2) Chapel Farm(Fell): Blue Texel 428.4p, 428.2p, 414.6p, 414.3p, 384.4p Stanger Hill; 357.1p Crossfell House: Dutch Texel 475p, 474.4p, 385.4p, 365.3p Chapel Farm(Fell): Beltex 465p, 428.6p Little Beck; 464p, 456.3p, 429.1p, 400p Bowscar Flats; 464.1p, 440p, 423.8p, 421.4p, 410p Low House; 460.3p, 458.3p, 452.7p, 442.9p, 435.1p, 416.7p Highscale Farm; 445.2p West Hale Farm; 443.6p, 439.5p, 436.6p, 434.2p, 405.8p Elm House; 431.6p, 406.3p Ash Garth; 425p, 416.3p Kelmore Hill Farm; 424.4p, 406p Pasture House Farm; 412.5p, 403.7p Marriforth; 402.8p Upper Brydekirk: Texel 379.1p, 351p, 347.7p, 344.6p, 341.9p Hazeltongue Farm; 373.3p, 360p, 354.5p, 342.9p Town End Farm; 365.1p Kelmore Hill Farm; 363.6p Westwick Farm; 356.8p, 352.2p, 340.4p Low House; 355.6p, 354.8p Marriforth; 352p, 351.1p, 350p Boscar Flats; 346.6p Whygill Head; 344.7p Chapel Farm; 343.5p, 341.1p Hallbankgate Farm; 342p Prospect Farm; 341.5p West Hale Farm; 340.9p Smalmstown Farm: Suffolk 350p, 338.6p, 319.6p, 319.2p, Low House; 327p Marriforth; 326p Wood Farm; 324p, 319.1p, 317.7p Smalmstown Farm; 323.2p, 322.8p, 319p Boscar Flats; 319.2p Riverside Farm; 318.9p Kelmore Hill Farm: Charollais 333.7p Orchard Farm; 324p Allerbeck Farm; 315.2p Smalmstown Farm: Cheviot 328.2p Helbeck Grange; 325p, 320.5p Smalmstown Farm; 321p Chapel Farm(Hebson): Scotch Blackface 320.5p, 317.8p(2), 315.9p, 315.2p, 314.4p, 312p, 310.6p Smalmstown Farm: Mule 314p, 308.9p, 304.3p Manor Farm; 304.1p, 302.9p Chapel Farm (Hebson); 302.9p Kilnstown Farm; 302p Stubsgill Farm; 301p Low House: Swaledale 304.5p, 291.3p Helbeck Grange; 302.8p East Thorngarth Hill; 295.7p, 290p Howgill Castle; 293.8p Harbour Flatt; 291.3p Easterbeck House; 290.5p Mount Pleasant Farm: Rough 302.1p Croft House Farm: Hebridean 289.2p Amersber Cottage.

Cast Ewes- Blue Texel £242 Low House: Texel £165, £160 Townfoot; £165 New Middop; £158 South View; £150 Searchlight Farm; £148, £140 Etherley House; £140 Hawkrigg Farm; £140 Townend: Bluefaced Leicester £164, £130 Pikestone Farm: Beltex £150 Chapel Farm(Fell); £135 New Middop: Charollais £150 Orchard Farm: Suffolk £144 Gillses Farm; £138 Etherley House; £138, £137, £132 Riverside Farm: Mule £142 Melbourne House; £119, £113(3), £111 West Summersides; £112 Villa Farm; £110, £104 Riverside Farm; £109 Westwick Farm; £104 Townfoot: Rouge £142 Chapel Farm(Fell): Cheviot £130 Chapel Farm; £126, £125, £100 Riverside Farm; £110 Westwick Farm; £100 West Summersides: Rough £105 Cocklake Farm: Masham £105 Marshes Gill: Swaledale £95 Manor House Farm; £94, £83 West Summersides; £92 Kilnstown Farm; £88 Townfoot; £79 New  Middop; £78 Villa Farm; £78 Lainger House; £77 Close House: Kerry Hill £92 Bollam Terrace; £88 Searchlight: Scotch Blackface £76 Riverside Farm; £71 Beverley Cottage; £70 Middle Bank End; £70 Irestone: Herdwick £70 Gillses Farm.

Cast Rams- Texel £170 Town End Farm; £144 Riverside Farm: Beltex £140, £120 Ash Garth: Cheviot £120, £117 Riverside Farm: Swaledale £95 Kilnstown Farm; £88 Buddle House; £82 Marshes Gill.