Kirkby Stephen Prime Sheep Sale

Harrison & Hetherington Ltd, Kirkby Stephen Mart held their weekly Sale of prime sheep on Tuesday night, when 2,993 sheep were forward consisting of 1,454 prime lambs, 316 prime hoggs, 869 cast sheep and 360 store lambs.

Topping the prime lambs of £195 and 487.5p/kg where a pair of 40kg Beltex cross lambs from Messrs Lee, Carkin Moor Farm, Richmond.

Charlotte and Georgia Davies, Gaddesby sold a pen of fifteen 40kg Beltex cross lambs to make £177 (442.5p/kg) with this home also selling a pen of eight 40kg lambs to make £169 (422.5p/kg) a pen of six 42kg to make £172, and a pen of eight 41kg to make £169 (412.2p/kg).

Messrs Pickard, Cheney House Farm, Queniborough sold a pen of five 46kg lambs to make £189 (410.9p/kg) with this home also selling 49kg to £180 a pen of fifteen 42kg at £179.50 (427.4p/kg) a pen of seven 45kg at £176, a pen of ten 41kg at £169 (412.2p/kg) and a pen of seventeen 42kg to make £169.

Messrs Dodd, Skylin, Temple Sowerby sold a pen of three 41kg Beltex cross lambs to make £174 (424.4p/kg) with a pen of 40kg from this home making £169 (422.5p/kg).

Messrs Bell, Hallbankgate Farm, Brampton made a return to Kirkby Stephen to top at £189 for 52kg Texel cross lambs with this home also selling 51kg lambs to make £180.

Messrs Wearmouth, Parkside, Barnard Castle sold 52kg Texel cross lambs to make £182.

Messrs Atkinson, Abbey Park, Bleatarn sold a pen of seven 48kg Texel cross lambs to make £170 with this same home also selling a pen of ten 47kg Texel cross lambs to make £168.50.

Suffolk cross lambs topped at £165 for a pen of five 48kg lambs from Messrs Lee, Carkin Moor Farm, Richmond with this house also selling a pen of five 45kg Suffolk cross lambs to make £156 (346.7p/kg).

Texel cross Mule lambs sold to £154.50 and 335.9p/kg for a pen of thirty two 46kg from Brass Bridge End Farm Soulby, this home also sold another pen of seventeen 45kg Texel cross Mule lambs to make £151 (335.6p/kg) and a pen of thirteen 45kg Charollais cross Mule lambs to make £152 (337.8p/kg).

Mule lambs topped at a whopping £158 for a pen of eleven 50kg lambs from Burrow and Rutter, Armstrong, Penrith, with this home also topping the mules at 328.9p/kg for a pen of twenty six 45kg lambs which made £148.

150 Mule lambs forward sold to average £132.69 (310p/kg).

The original Boom Town secured itself at the top in the country once again and being unbeaten as a whopping overall sale average of 336p/kg, up 54p/kg on the year being achieved which is between 11-31p/kg dearer than all markets in the country on the day and previous day this week!

47 pens and 213 lambs sold between £160 and £195.

79 pens and 408 lambs sold between £150 and £195.

13 pens and 116 lambs sold between 400p/kg and 487p/kg.

51 pens and 303 lambs sold between 350p/kg and 487p/kg.

337 Beltex cross lambs sold to average £156.95 and 380p/kg.

Cast Sheep

Cast sheep where off the clock with this section topping at a mighty £270 for a pair of Texel cross ewes from Messrs Wearmouth, Parkside, Barnard Castle. With another pair of Beltex cross ewes making £260, and a pen of four Texel cross ewes making £240 from this home.

This consignment of twelve Texel and Beltex cross ewes sold to average £234.

Messrs Dodd, Skylin sold Texel cross ewes to £268 with more from this home making £252 and £245 for Texel cross ewes and £240 for a pair of Beltex cross ewes.

The consignment of ten Beltex and Texel cross ewes from this home sold to average £238.50.

Messrs Chester, Grassgill Lodge, Soulby sold a pen of four Beltex cross ewes to make £241.

Mule ewes sold to £180 from Messrs Taylor, Swathburn, Great Asby.

Messrs Marston, South View, Winton sold a pen of eight Mule ewes to make £174.

Craig Taylor, Swathburn sold Suffolk cross ewes to £200.

Swaledale ewes sold to £112 from Messrs Wearmouth, Parkside.

An overall Ewe average of £114.62 was achieved with this including over 300 horned ewes, and being £36 up on the same week last year.

Leading Prices –

Spring lambs

Price per head

Beltex £195, £167, £166 Carkin Moor Farm. £189, £180, £179.50, £176, £169(x2), £168(x2), £154(x2) Cheney House Farm. £180, £160, £159 Hallbankgate Farm. £177, £172, £169(x2) Top Field Farm. £174, £169, £161, £150 Skylin. £168, £153 Moorrigs. £159, £154 Park Farm. £158 Staingills. £154 Ascot House. £150 Goodlie Hill Cottage. Texel £189, £167, £160, £159, £156.50 Hallbankgate Farm. £182 Parkside. £176, £170, £168.50(x2), £166 Abbey Park. £174 Moorriggs. £168.50, £166 Green Farm. £164 Middle Bank End Farm. £162.50 Waters Farm. £162 Top Field Farm. £160 Snow Hall Farms. £160(x2) Brogden Farm. £160 Eden flatt. £159.50 Jerusalem Farm. £158 Goodlie Hill Cottage. £158 Swathburn. £156, £153, £150.50 High Ploughlands. £156, £154.50, £151 Bridge End Farm. £153 Claylands Farm. £151(x2) Ellergill. £151 Starrah. £150 Hillcrest. Zwartble £168 Mount Pleasant Farm. Suffolk £165, £156 Carkin Moor Farm. £162 Eden Flatt. £154 Helbeck Farm. £146 Snow Hall Farms. Charollais £163 Orchard Farm. £160, £146 Moorriggs. £154.50 Waters Farm. £152 Bridge End Farm. £145 Ascot House. Blue Texel £161 High Ploughlands. £155 Bonny Rigg. Dutch Spotted £160, £136 Lady Anne Drive. Mule £158, £148, £133.50 Langwathby Hall. £133 Swathburn. £129 Wood Hall. £127.50 Keisley Farm. £127.50 East Unthank Farm. £124.50 Wood Hall. £124 Eden Flatt. Badger Face £141 High Ploughlands. Lleyn £138 Lockthwaite. Hill Cheviot £138 High Ploughlands. £130 Snow Hall Farms. £121.50 Goodlie Hill Cottage. Dorset £135.50 Hollow Green Farm. Herdwick £105 Middle Bank End Farm. Swaledale £92 Helbeck Farm.

Price per kilo

Beltex 487.50p, 407.30p, 376.50p Carkin Moor Farm. 442.50p(x2), 412.20p, 409.50p Top Field Farm. 427.40p, 412.20p, 410.90p, 402.40p, 400p, 391.10p Cheney House Farm. 424.40p, 422.50p, 392.70p, 375p Skylin. 397.50p, 394.90p, 386.80p, 374.40p Park Farm. 382.50p, 370p Moorriggs. 375p Goodlie Hill Cottage. 373.70p Parkside. 371.30p Staingills. Texel 363.50p, 345.70p, 340.80p, 338.60p Hallbankgate Farm. 360.90p, 358.50p, 354.20p, 345.10p, 343.90p Abbey Park. 358.30p High Ploughlands. 355.60p, 340.40p Brogden Farm. 352.60p, 350p Parkside. 352.20p Top Field Farm. 343.50p Swathburn. 339.70p Townend. 339.10p, 335.90p, 335.60p Bridge End Farm. 338.50p Waters Farm. 337.80p, 336.60p Staingills. 337p Green Farm. 335p Castle Hill. Dutch Spotted 347.80p Lady Anne Drive. Suffolk 346.70p, 343.80p Carkin Moor Farm. 324.40p Snow Hall Farms. 324p Eden Flatt. 320.80p Helbeck Farm. Charollais 340.40p, 324.40p Moorriggs. 337.80p Bridge End Farm. 335.90p Waters Farm. 328.60p Wharton Hall. Blue Texel 338.50p Bonny Rigg. 328.60p High Ploughlands. Mule 328.90p, 316p, 303.40p Langwathby Hall. 311p, 308.10p Keisley Farm. 303.70p, 300p Wood Hall. 303.60p East Unthank. 302.30p Swathburn. Hill Cheviot 328.40p Goodlie Hill Cottage. Badger Face 313.30p High Ploughlands. Dorset 301.10p Hollow Green Farm. Herdwick 291.70p Middle Bank End Farm. Swaledale 248.60p Helbeck Farm. Rough 205.90p Wath Farm.

Cast Ewes

Texel £270, £240, £202 Parkside. £268, £252, £245 Skylin. £230, £185 Crossfell House. £228, £194, £190 Middle Bank End Farm. £220, £194 Little Tottingworth Farm. £220, £202 Top Field Farm. £215 Waters Farm. £199, £180 Cheney House Farm. £194(x2) Buddle House. £187 Lady Anne Drive. £185, £180 Abbey Park. £182, £180 Smardale. £181 Ellergill. Beltex £260, £210 Parkside. £241, £232 Grassgill Lodge. £240, £228 Skylin. £188 Buddle House. £185 Little Tottingworth Farm. Suffolk £200 Swathburn. £190, £174 Middle Bank End Farm. £163 Rigby House. £162 Swathburn. £150 Scar Sykes Farm. Mule £180 Swathburn. £174, £155 South View. £169 Crossfell House. £160 Copeland Row. £160 Eden Flatt. £152 Abbey Park. Charollais £160 Waters Farm. Hill Cheviot £130 Ellergill. Swaledale £112 Parkside. £105.50 Keisley Farm. £102 Whingill. £100 Middle Bank End Farm. £96 Helbeck Farm. £94 Eden Flatt. £92 Swathburn. Shetland £101 Rigby House. Rough £100 Crooksbeck. £96 Smardale Hall. Scotch Blackface £96 Middle Bank End Farm.

Cast Rams

Blue Faced Leicester £160 Swathburn. Texel £152 Middle Bank End Farm. Romney £125 Middle Bank End Farm. Hill Cheviot £125 Middle Bank End Farm. Swaledale £110 Ellergill.

Prime Hoggs

Price per head: Texel £132, £104 Middle Bank End Farm. £116, £112.50, £111, £110 Mount Pleasant Farm. Hill Cheviot £125 Middle Bank End Farm. £120 New Hummerbecks Farm. £116(x2), £115 Mount Pleasant Farm. Scotch Blackface £110 New Hummerbecks Farm. £96.50(x2) Mount Pleasant Farm. Mule £103 Mount Pleasant Farm. £100 Stoneriggs. Suffolk £100 Meadow View Lodge. Jacob £98 Mount Pleasant Farm. Swaledale £89 Mount Pleasant Farm.

Prime Hoggs

Price per head: Hill Cheviot 263.60p(x2), 255.60p Mount Pleasant Farm. 240p New Hummerbecks Farm. Texel 257.80p, 252.30p, 250p(x2) Mount Pleasant Farm. 240p Middle Bank End Farm. Scotch Blackface 239.10p New Hummerbecks Farm. 224.40p Mount Pleasant Farm. Mule 234.10p Mount Pleasant Farm. Jacob 222.70p Mount Pleasant Farm. Swaledale 202.30p Mount Pleasant Farm.