Kirkby Stephen Prime Sheep Sale

Harrison & Hetherington Ltd, Kirkby Stephen Mart held their weekly Sale of Prime Sheep on Tuesday evening, when 313 Spring Lambs were forward.

Spring lambs topped at £237 for a 59kg Texel cross hogg from Messrs Elliott, Bank House, Mungrisdale.

The sale topped twice at 500p/kg firstly for a 42kg Beltex cross lamb totalling £210 from Hunter, Upper Brydekirk, Annan, this home also sold a pen of 48kg Texel cross lambs to £218.

Also selling to 500p/kg was a pen of 5 37kg Texel cross lambs totalling £185 from Messrs Slee, Street House, Kirkby Thore.

Messrs Sowerby, Terrys Farm, Ormside sold a 49kg Dutch Texel cross to £215 selling to Dowdings Butchers, Appleby.

Messrs Jarman, Brow Top Farm, Workington sold a pair of 52kg Suffolk lambs to £215.

Messrs Hunter, Upper Brydekirk sold a pen of three 42kg to £200 (476.2p/kg).

20 lambs sold between £200-£237

19 pens and 85 lambs sold between 451-500p/kg

Twelve to fifteen buyers are in attendance each week here at Kirkby Stephen actively competing for spring lambs with more numbers of all classes of spring lambs are required each week to fulfil buyer demand.

Leading consignment averages

No.		Weight	P/KG	Head	From
3	@	46kg	434.8p	£200.00	G Sowerby, Ormside
15	@	42.8kg	461.7p	£197.60	T W Hunter, Brydekirk
6	@	47.3kg	413.4p	£195.67	DJ & S Atkinson, Bleatarn
7	@	46.1kg	419.8p	£193.71	DM & DM Elliot, Mungrisdale
30	@	47kg	404.4p	£190.20	P & A Jarman, Branthwaite
23	@	43.9kg	420.1p	£184.30	A & K Kiernan, St Michaels
4	@	43kg	425.6p	£183.00	JD & F Wharton, Old Tebay

Leading Prices –

Price per head – Texel £237, £191, £182 Bank House; £218 Upper Brydekirk; £214, £205, £190, £185 Abbey Park; £210, £207 Lankaber; £200, £190, £187, £185 Brow Top Farm; £200, £191, £187 Vale Farm; £188, £184 Waitby Farm; £186 Scar Top; £185 Street House; £183 Town Head Farm; £181 Powis House: Dutch Texel £215, £186 Terrys Farm: Suffolk £215, £193 Brow Top Farm; £174.50 Staingills; £174 Lankaber: Beltex £210, £200, £191 Upper Brydekirk; £199 Terrys Farm; £195 Vale Farm; £190 Staingills; £187 Street House: Charollais £188 Brow Top Farm; £182 Wharton Hall.

Price per kilo – Texel 500p, 458.3p Street House; 462.2p, 451.3p, 446.3p, 437.5p Wharton Hall; 454.2p Upper Brydekirk; 444.7p, 441p Staingills; 444.4p Vale Farm; 436.1p Bank House; 432.6p Scar Top: Beltex 500p, 476.2p, 465.9p Upper Brydekirk; 475.6p Vale Farm; 473.8p Terrys Farm; 472.2p Wharton Hall; 470.3p, 460.5p Staingills; 460.5p Wharton Hall: Dutch Texel 459.5p Staingills; 438.8p Terry Farm: Charollais 455p Wharton Hall: Suffolk 415.5p Staingill; 413.5p Brow Top Farm.