Kirkby Stephen Prime Sheep Sale

Harrison & Hetherington Ltd, Kirkby Stephen Mart held their weekly sale of prime sheep on Tuesday night when a show of 3,544 sheep were forward consisting of 3,021 prime hoggs and 523 cast sheep.

Topping the sale at £178 were a pair of 43kg Beltex cross hoggs from Messrs Jackson, Little Beck, Kings Meaburn which were bought by West Scottish Lamb, Carlisle.

Topping at 463.2p/kg were a pair of 38kg Beltex cross hoggs which sold for £176 from Messrs Neachell, Shrubbery Farm, who made the journey up from Walsall.

Messrs Simpson, Highscale Farm, Wigglesworth sold a pen of 6 44kg Beltex cross hoggs to make £176. With another pen of 7 37kg hoggs from this home making £164.80 (445.4p/kg), a pen of 6 38kg hoggs making £166.80 (438.9p/kg) and a pen of 8 38kg hoggs selling for £163.80 (431.1p/kg) all from Messrs Simpson.

The consignment of 66 hoggs from Highfield sold to average 39kg and a fantastic £160.11 (410.5p/kg)

Messrs Dinsdale, High Field, Morland sold a pen of 39kg Beltex cross hoggs to make £172.80 (443.1p/kg).

Mule hoggs sold to £128.30 for a pen of 5 from Messrs Smith, Kelmore Hill Farm, Distington which were bought by J. Birkbeck for JA Jewitt, Spennymoor.

Swaledale hoggs sold to £120 for a pen from Todholes Partnership, Elsdon which were bought by M Helliwell, Rochdale.

Mule hoggs sold to 275.1p/kg for a pen of 39kg which made £107.30 from Messrs Teasdale, Doddick Farm, Penrith which were bought by M Helliwell.

Messrs Hebson, Chapel Farm, Carlisle sold a pen of 20 40kg Mule hoggs to make £108.30 (270.8p/kg)

Messrs Birkbeck, Castle Hill, Soulby sold a pen of 12 38kg Blackfaced hoggs to make £102.30 (269.2p/kg) selling to Yorkshire Halal Meats.

Trade was truly outstanding for all classes with the best quality hoggs demanding extreme returns and were dearer once again.

24 pens and 90 hoggs sold between £160-£178

45 Pens and 182 hoggs sold between £150-£178

16 pens and 80 hoggs sold between 400–463p/kg.

42 pens and 201 hoggs sold between 350-463p/kg

260 Beltex cross hoggs forward sold to average a whopping £150.65 & 372p/kg.

Many more hoggs of all classes and weights can easily be sold to great premiums here at Kirkby Stephen on a weekly basis.

Cast sheep topped at £160 for a pair of Texel cross ewes from Messrs Bainbridge, Laneside, Barnard Castle which were bought by Pak Mecca Meats.

Blackfaced ewes topped at £85.50 for a pen from Messrs Birkbeck, Castle Hill, Soulby which were bought by A Atkinson.

All classes of Cast ewes were dearer with some being a good £10 up on the week and many more could have been sold well here at Kirkby Stephen!

Leading Hogg Consignment Averages

20	@	42.2kg	386.7p	£163.20	Fawcett Park Farm
66	@	39kg	410.5p	£160.11	Highscale Farm
15	@	40.6kg	389.8p	£158.29	Little Beck
9	@	38.7kg	402.3p	£156.02	Ascot House
28	@	51.1kg	296.5p	£151.76	Beck House Farm
17	@	39.8kg	366.3p	£146.11	High Field
37	@	49.6kg	278.9p	£138.56	West Hale Farm
29	@	38.4kg	350p	£134.70	Black Syke
50	@	44.1kg	305.5p	£134.94	Town End Farm
34	@	50.3kg	262.5p	£132.30	Sunny Gill Farm
10	@	51.7kg	255.3p	£132.02	Calva Farm
60	@	42.7kg	305.8p	£130.58	Little Langton Grange
322	@	49.7kg	262.1p	£130.42	West Summersides
140	@	40.8kg	319.4p	£130.30	Shrubbery Farm

Leading Prices –

Prime Hoggs

Price Per Head –

Beltex £178, £157.80, £154.80(2) Little Beck; £176, £166.80, £165.80, £164.80, £163.80, £159.80, £157.50 Highscale Farm; £176, £164.80, £158, £153.80 Shrubbery Farm; £174, £170, £168, £167.80, £165.80, £164.80, £162.80 Fawcett Park Farm; £172.80, £163.80, £158 High Field; £171.80 West Hale Farm;

£166.80, £154.80 Ascot House; £165.80 Hundith House; £164.80 Kelmore Hill Farm; £164.50 Townfoot; £164 Stoneriggs; £162.80, £156, £155.80, £150 Beck House Farm; £157.80 Black Syke; £154.80 Town End Farm; £153.50 Syklin: Texel £158.50, £150, £148.80, £145 Beck House Farm; £156.80 Shrubbery Farm; £155.80, £148, £140 Stripes Farm; £154.80 Chapel Farm; £153.80 Ascot House; £147.30 Ellergill; £146.80 West Hale Farm; £145 Skylin; £141.80 Sunny Gill Farm; £141.30, £140 West Summersides; £140 Buddle House; £140 Kelmore Hill Farm: Blue Texel £148 Beck House Farm: Suffolk £136, £125 Riverside; £133 Town End Farm; £132.30 Black Syke; £128, £127.30 Water Hall Farm; £124.30 Little Langton Grange; £123.30 Middle Shipley Farm; £121.80 Chapel Farm: Cheviot £129.80 Sunny Gill Farm; £129.30, £128.80, £128.30 Riverside: Mule £128.30 Kelmore Hill Farm; £127.80 Eastfield Farm; £127.30 Lanehead Farm; £126.50(2), £124.80 Dalbrack Farm; £126.30 Riverside; £124.80, £123.80 Middle Shipley Farm; £123.80 East Todholes; £123.30 West Side House; £123.30 The Street: Charollais £128 Water Hall Farm; £125.80 Dalbrack Farm: Dorset £125.50 Riverside: Swaledale £120 East Todholes; £119.80 Ashgill Farm; £118.80 Hundith House; £11.80 High Blackton Farm; £117.80 Lanehead Farm; £117.30, £116.80 Dirt Pit Farm; £116.80 Ravenseat; £115.30 Helbeck Grange: Rough £118.80(2) Hardendale Hall; £110 Ellergill: Bluefaced Leicester £118 West Side House: Scotch Blackface £117.30 Castle Hill; £116.80 East Todholes; £116.50, £112.80 Greystone House: Badgerfaced Texel £109.80 High Meadow Farm: Herdwick £106.80, £101.80 Thorney Gale.

Price per kilo –

Beltex 463.2p, 392.4p Shrubbery Farm; 445.4p, 438.9p, 431.1p, 414.5p, 409.7p, 400p, 396.6p, 393.8p Highscale Farm; 443.1p, 409.5p High Field; 426.5p, 390.9p Black Syke; 420p, 412p, 404.4p, 399.5p, 395.3p, 387.6p, 370.2p Fawcett Park Farm; 417p, 407.4p Ascot House; 414p, 396.9p, 377.6p, 367p Little Beck; 391.7p Townfoot; 390.5p Stoneriggs; 385.6p Hundith House; 381.8p West Hale Farm; 381.5p, 358.5p Little Langton Grange; 374.5p Kelmore Hill Farm; 361.8p Beck House Farm; 361.6p Castle Hill; 360p Town End Farm; 355.9p Chapel Farm: Texel 396.9p, 344.5p, 320.2p Chapel Farm; 372p, 344.6p Beck House Farm; 357.7p Ascot House; 356.4p, 328p, 321.5p Shrubbery Farm; 346.2p, 336.4p Stripes Farm; 333.7p Black Syke; 327.4p Friars Garth; 322.6p Raygill Farm; 319.5p Carpool; 316.2p Goodlie Hill Cottage; 311.2p Kelmore Hill Farm; 308.6p Town End Farm; 304.2p Fawcett Park Farm; 302.1p Stoneriggs; 300p Briggle Farm: Blue Texel 296p Beck House Farm: Cheviot 283.7p Haber; 283.2p, 277.6p Helbeck Grange; 280p Skylin; 274.5p Stoneriggs: Mule 275.1p Doddick Farm; 273.8p West Friar House; 273.2p Stoneriggs; 270.8p Chapel Farm; 269.6p Yore House; 267.4p, 262.3p Villa Farm; 267p West Briscoe; 262.9p Hundith House; 262.6p Townfoot; 262p East Rackwood; 261.9p Thorney Gale; 260.9p Musgrave House; 260p Ashgill Farm: Suffolk 272.5p, 262p Briggle Farm; 268.9p Chapel Farm; 264.5p Little Langton Grange: Charollais 272.3p Water Hall Farm; 262.1p Dalbrack Farm: Scotch Blackface 269.2p, 260.7p Castle Hill; 258.9p Greystone House; 258p Helbeck Grange: Herdwick 267.9p, 260.5p Thorney Gale: Badgerfaced Texel 267.8p High Meadow Farm: Swaledale 266p, 253.6p Doddick Farm; 261.4p Musgrave House; 261.1p, 259.2p, 255.1p, 254.9p, 253p Ashgill Farm; 255.6p Ravenseat; 255.6p Ravenseat; 251.9p East Todholes; 250.8p, 250.8p Helbeck Grange; 250.8p Thorney Gale; 250.8p Step Ends Farm: Lleyn 258.9p Rake Head: Rough 249.5p, 247.5p, 242.4p Hardendale Farm.

Cast Ewes

Texel £160, £140(2), £128.50Laneside; £150, £126.50 Goodlie Hill Cottage; £135 Abbey Park; £135 Stripes Farm; £130.50 Fountain Head; £125.50 Carpool; £125.50 Fell View Farm; £120(2) West Briscoe: Beltex £115.50, £107.50 Fell View Farm: Bluefaced Leicester £109.50 Croft House; £100.50 Garth Side; £110 West Hindon Farm: Mule £106.50 Goodlie Hill cottage; £104.50 West Briscoe; £100 Abbey Park; £99.50 White Kirkley Farm; £99.50 Dry Evers; £99.50 Abbey Farm; £97.50 Green Farm; £96.50 Friar House Farm; £95.50 Waters Farm; £95.50 Green Gill Farm; £95.50 Highfield Farm: Cheviot £95.50 Castle Hill; £93.50, £90 Bents Farm: Rough £86.50 Smardale Hall: Scotch Blackface £85.50 Castle Hill; £84.50 Roundthwaite Abbey: Hampshire £84.50 House & Holme Farm: Milk Sheep £70 Ashcroft: Swaledale £70.50 Great Asby; £70 West Briscoe; £68.50 White Kirkley Farm; £68.50 Well House; £68.50 Whingill; £67.50 East Friar House Farm; £67.50 Gilts; £65.50 Blades Field Farm; £65.50 How Burn; £65.50 Friar House Farm; £65.50 Green Gill Farm: Herdwick £54.50 Fountain Head; £52 Waters Farm.

Cast Rams

Cheviot £148.50 Bents Farm: Beltex £140, £130, £110 Carkin Moor Farm; £110.50 Melbourne House: Texel £126 Fell View Farm; £123.50 Melbourne House; £120 Fountain Head; £120 Low House: Suffolk £112.50 west Hindon Farm: Bluefaced Leicester £100 Fell View Farm: Swaledale £80.50 West Stoney Keld; £70 Kilnstown.