Kirkby Stephen Prime Sheep Sale

Harrison & Hetherington Ltd, Kirkby Stephen Mart held their weekly Sale of Prime Sheep on Tuesday evening, when 4,131 sheep were forward consisting of 3,165 prime hoggs, 904 cast sheep and 62 Spring Lambs.

Topping the sale at £290 was a 53kg Beltex cross hoggs from Jojo Andrews, Boscar Flats, York, who also topped at 561.5p/kg for a pen of fifteen 39kg hoggs which made £219.

This home also sold a pen of eighteen 43kg hoggs to make £235 (546.5p/kg), a pen of sixteen 42kg making £227 (540.5p/kg), a pen of twelve 39kg making £216 (553.8p/kg), a pen of seventeen 42kg making £215 (511.9p/kg) and a pen of four 54kg making £235.

Messrs Dodd, Skylin, Temple Sowerby sold a pen of nine 55kg hoggs to make £226.

Messrs Fisher, Smalmstown Farm, Longtown sold a pen of 41kg Beltex cross hoggs to make £219 (534.1p/kg) with this home also selling 35kg hoggs to make £191 (545.7p/kg).

Messrs Wills, Fawcett Park Farm, Dufton sold 43kg hoggs to make £220 (511.6p/kg) with this home also selling a pen of 50kg hoggs to make £220.

Messrs Hunter, Upper Brydekirk, Annan sold a pen of 39kg Beltex cross hoggs to make £205 (525.6p/kg)

Texel cross hoggs sold to £230 for a 67kg hogg from Messrs Sowerby, Terrys Farm, Ormside with this home selling 65kg to £228.

Bluefaced Leicester tup hoggs sold to £241 from Kilnstown Farms, Carlisle.

Suffolk cross hoggs sold to £217 for a pen of six 57kg from Jojo Andrews, Boscar Flats.

Suffolk hoggs also topped at 393p/kg for a pen of 43kg making £169 from Messrs Danby, Lower Leazes Farm, St Helens.

Hill Cheviot hoggs sold to £207.50 for a pen of twelve 60kg from Messrs Smithson, Bloan Farm, with this home also selling a pen of twelve 58kg to make £205.

Hill cheviot hoggs also topped at 416.7p/kg for a pen of 42kg which made £175 from Messrs Kiernan, Vale Farm, Preston.

Messrs Fisher, Smalmstown Farm sold a pen of twenty-one 49kg Suffolk cross hoggs to make £192 (391.8p/kg).

Blackfaced hoggs sold to £198 for a pen of twenty-two 52kg from Smalmstown Farm, with this home also selling a pen of twenty-one 51kg hoggs to make £195, and two pens of twenty 49kg Blackfaced hoggs making £191.

This home also topped at 402.3p/kg for a pen of thirty-six 43kg Blackfaced hoggs which made £173, with a pen of twenty-nine 46kg hoggs making £185 402.2p/kg.

Mule hoggs sold to £191 for a pen of fifteen 54kg from Messrs Patchett, Ripon.

Mule hoggs also topped at 369.8p/kg for a pen of eleven 48kg hoggs which made £177.50 from Messrs Lawson, Stubsgill Farm, Workington.

Swaledale hoggs sold to £178.50 for a pen of 53kg from Messrs Wills, Fawcett Park Farm.

Messrs Patchett, West Summersides, Ripon sold two pens of seventeen 50kg Swaledale hoggs to make £174.

Swaledale hoggs also topped at 354.3p/kg for a pen of 35kg making £124 from Messrs Procter, Villa Farm.

Messrs Rutherford, Irestone sold a pen of seventeen 38kg Swaledales to make £134 (352.6p/kg)

84 pens and 391 hoggs sold between £200-£290

11 pens and 96 hoggs sold between 500-561p/kg

43 pens and 311 hoggs sold between 420-561p/kg

3165 hoggs were forward of which over 1600 were horned or Mules.

Cast sheep were the dearest trade ever witnessed here at Kirkby Stephen with all classes being off the clock!

Topping at £328 was a Texel cross ewe from Messrs Askwith, Middle Mown Meadows, Crook, with another pen of three Beltex cross ewes making £274 and a pen of three Texel cross ewes making £270 all from this home.

Messrs Pedley, Woodhouse Farm, Little Musgrave sold Texel ewes to £293 and £290. This home also topped the Bluefaced Leicester ewes at £246 for a pair.

Suffolk cross ewes topped at £248 for a pen of three from Messrs Brannen, Scar Top, Newbiggin, with this same home also selling Suffolk cross ewes to £234.

Mule ewes sold to £195 for a pen from Messrs Wharton, Keisley Farm, Murton.

Swaledale ewes broke a record to make £160 for a pen of five from Messrs Luck, Milestone House, Barnard Castle.

Messrs Birkbeck, West End, Kirkby Stephen sold a pen of Swaledale ewes to make £155.

Cast rams topped at £255 from Messrs Atkinson, Abbey Park, Bleatarn.

70 pens of ewes sold between £200-£328.

Leading Consignment Averages (Prime Hoggs –8 or More)

No.		Weight	P/KG	Head	From
161	@	44.9kg	493.8p	£221.35	JM Andrews, York
14	@	52.7kg	413.7p	£218.07	JS&JO Dodd, Temple Sowerby
5	@	68.4kg	313.7p	£214.60	G Sowerby, Ormside
8	@	59.5kg	349.6p	£208.00	HW&J Birkbeck, Soulby
34	@	58.4kg	349.5p	£204.12	R&WM Smithson, Brough Sowerby
16	@	41.3kg	489.6p	£201.94	TW Hunter, Annan
49	@	57.8kg	341p	£197.12	WA Richardson, Richmond
40	@	47.6kg	408.2p	£194.40	JR Todd, Bishop Auckland
16	@	57.3kg	336.6p	£192.94	T Rome, Whitehaven
60	@	50.4kg	382.1p	£192.60	A&D Smith, Workington
13	@	49kg	391p	£191.62	IM Maughan, Bishop Auckland

Leading Prices -

Prime Hoggs

Price per head - Beltex £290, £235(2), £228, £227, £219, £216, £215, £208 Boscar Flats; £226, £209.50, £200 Skylin; £220 Angerton Hall Farm; £220(2) Fawcett Park Farm; £219, £218, £208, £207 Smalmstown Farm; £219, £210, £200 Kelmore Hill Farm; £216 Marriforth; £214 Castle Hill; £214, £213, £205 Victoria Cottages; £209 Grassgill Lodge; £209, £208.50, £205 Upper Brydekirk; £206, £201 Stubsgill Farm; £204, £200 Marriforth: Bluefaced Leicester £241, £214(2) Kilnstown Farm: Texel £230, £228, £219 Terrys Farm; £220 Middle Mown Meadows; £219 Lady Anne Drive; £219, £217, £213 Boscar Flats; £217, £204 Smalmstown Farm; £216, £200 Riverside Farm; £216, £213 Scar Top; £209, £200 Vale Farm; £208 Duckintree Farm; £208, £205(2), £204, £203, £201, £200 Kelmore Hill Farm; £207 Angerton Hall Farm; £206, £203 High Farm; £205 Keisley Farm; £204, £203, £202, £200 Huttonfields; £204 Victoria Cottages; £204 Dona Close; £202 Castle Hill: Suffolk £217 Boscar Flats; £208, £202, £192 Smalmstown Farm; £205 High Farm; £202 Kelmore Hill Farm; £199, £198 Redland Bank; £198 Terrys Farm; £194 Riverside Farm; £191 Angerton Hall Farm: Charollais £209 Smalmstown Farm: Cheviot £207.50, £205, £199 Bloan Farm; £196, £190, £175, £174 Smalmstown Farm; £175, £170 Vale Farm; £172 Riverside Farm: Dutch Spotted £206, £200 Lady Anne Drive: Scotch Blackface £198, £195, £191(3), £189, £185, £179, £178.50, £178(2), £176(2), £173, £171 Smalmstown Farm: Ryeland £197 Smalmstown Farm; £190 Boscar Flats: Mule £191, £169 West Summersides; £183.50 Milestone House; £177.50 Stubsgill Farm; £173 Boscar Flats; £170 Row End Farm; £170 Redlands Bank; £169 Smalmstown Farm; £168 Low Faggergill Cottage; £166 Pasture House Farm; £160 Irestone; £160 Kelmore Hill Farm; £160 Greystone House: Zwartble £190 Redlands Bank: Easycare £189 Staingills; £169 Pasture House Farm: Swaledale £178.50, £169, £158 Fawcett Park Farm; £174(2), £149, £147.50, £147, £146(2), £145.50 West Summersides; £166 Shieldhill Top; £164, £153 Low Farm; £158 Pinfold House; £148, £146(2) Boscar Flats; £146 Redlands Bank; £145 Irestone: Hampshire £172 Lodge Barn: Blue Texel £160 Highscale Farm: Rough £154 Redlands Bank: Wensleydale £150 House & Holme Farm: Herdwick £145.50 Marsfield Farm; £135 Redlands Bank.

Price per kilo- Beltex 561.5p, 553.8p, 547.2p, 546.5p, 540.5p, 511.9p, 472.7p, 438.5p, 435.2p Boscar Flats; 545.7p, 534.1p, 492.9p, 437.5p, 436p Smalmstown Farm; 534.6p, 525.6p, 435.9p Upper Brydekirk; 511.6p, 452.6p, 440p Fawcett Park Farm; 492.9p, 468.2p Stubsgill Farm; 474.4p, 454.5p Highscale Farm; 463.6p, 434.8p Marriforth; 445.8p, 434.7p Victoria Cottages; 444.4p Skylin: Texel 475p, 422.2p, 408.2p Vale Farm; 442.9p, 409.3p, 408.7p, 402.1p, 400p(2) Smalmstown Farm; 425.7p, 422.1p, 421.1p, 401.1p(2) Bank House; 423.5p Riverside Farm; 419.8p, 417.8p, 404.1p Dona Close; 418.4p, 414p, 405.6p, 404.3p Kelmore Hill Farm; 417.8p West Farm; 415.2p Lower Leazes Farm; 413p Huttonfields; 411.9p, 400p Stubsgill Farm; 407p Highscale Farm; 405.6p Boscar Flats: Cheviot 416.7p, 404.8p, 397.6p, 396.3p, 391.7p Vale Farm; 400p Bank House; 400p, 395.5p, 392p, 391.7p Smalmstown Farm; 394.9p. 391.3p, 390.9p Riverside Farm: Dutch Spotted 403.9p Lady Anne Drive: Scotch Blackface 402.3p, 402.2p, 396.7p, 395.6p, 395.6p, 394.2p, 393p, 391.1p Smalmstown Farm: Blue Texel 400p Highscale Farm: Suffolk 393p Lower Leazes Farm; 391.8p, 374.1p Smalmstown Farm; 384.8p, 380.9p Riverside Farm; 380.7p Boscar Flats; 368.5p, 367.3p, 366.7p Redlands Bank; 362p Lodge Barn: Easycare 385p Staingills; 375.6p Pasture House Farm: Ryeland 364.8p Smalmstown Farm: Charollais 382.9p, 362p Gunnerwell; 373.2p Smalmstown Farm: Mule 369.8p, 351.1p Stubsgill Farm; 367.4p, 353.7p, 352.4p, 351.1p Smalmstown Farm; 359.6p West Summersides; 355.6p Irestone: Herdwick 355p Redlands Bank; 354.9p Marsfield Farm: Swaledale 354.3p Villa Farm; 353p Quarry Farm; 352.6p, 347.4p, 345.2p Irestone; 348p West Summersides; 347.6p Boscar Flats; 344p Lodge Barn; 340p Redlands Bank: Hampshire 330.8p Lodge Barn: Rough 321p Redlands Bank: Zwartble 302p Redlands Bank.

Cast Ewes- Texel £328, £270 Middle Mown Meadows; £293, £290, £242, £222 Woodhouse Farm; £242 Barrowmoor Farm; £242, £224 Sunnyside; £240, £216 Lower Griseburn; £238 Gillses Farm; £234 East Upper Priestside; £232 Town End Farm; £232, £218 Abbey Park; £223, £218, £217 South View; £214 Milestone House: Suffolk £248, £234, £225 Scar Top; £232, £200 Skylin; £216 Marriforth; £210 Jerusalem Farm; £208 Town End Farm; £200 Wath Farm: Beltex £274, £244, £230, £227 Middle Mown Meadows; £273, £222 Bollam Terrace; £265 Skylin; £260, £208 Carkin Moor Farm; £255 Grassgill Lodge; £254, £234 Marriforth; £240 Terrys Farm; 220 Row End Farm; £192 Castle Hill; £190 East Upper Priestside: Bluefaced Leicester £246 Woodhouse Farm; £219 Keisley Farm; £215 Rigg Farm; £206 Marriforth; £194 Milestone House: Hampshire £216 Lady Anne Drive: Kerry Hill £210 Milestone House: Romney £200 Colby Laithes: Charollais £196, £170 East Upper Priestside: Mule £195 Keisley Farm; £190, £177, £160 South View; £188 Shieldhill Top; £186 Keld Farm; £184 Jerusalem Farm; £183 Waterhouses; £178 Toby Hill Farm; £174 Row End Farm; £174 Dereham Cottage; £171 Town End Farm; £170 Woodhouse; £168 Upper Brydekirk; £168 Marriforth; £166 Castle Hill: Cheviot £164 Irestone; £156(2) Copeland Row; £156, £152 Low Wood House; £148 Scar Sykes Farm; £138 Castle Hill; £136 Elm Gill: Easycare £162 Staingills; £150 East Upper Priestside: Swaledale £160, £136 Milestone House; £155 West End; £147, £131 Keisley Farm; £141, £129, £123 Kilnstown Farm; £138 Rigg Farm; £138 Marriforth; £128 Quarry Farm; £127 Dearham Cottage; £126 Irestone; £124 Swathburn; £124 Villa Farm; £120 Lanehead Farm: Rough £154 Waterhouses; £124 Raisgill Hall: Goat £142 East Upper Priestside: Scotch Blackface £114 Laneside; £130 Middle Bank End Farm.

Cast Rams- Texel £255, £242 Abbey Park; £242 Sunnyside; £220, £188 West Farm; £190, £180 Low Wood House; £186(2) Jerusalem Farm: Beltex £248 Upper Brydekirk; £215 Laneside: Bluefaced Leicester £229 Kilnstown Farm; £160 Milestone House: Zwartble £218 Upper Brydekirk: Hampshire £216 East Upper Priestside: Cheviot £182 Villa Farm: Swaledale £158, £150 Marriforth; £154 Quarry Farm: Rough £150 Raisgill Hall.