Kirkby Stephen Primestock Sale

Harrison & Hetherington Ltd, Kirkby Stephen Mart held their weekly Sale of prime sheep on Tuesday night, when 3,257 sheep were forward consisting of 2,004 prime lambs, 825 cast sheep and 428 store lambs.

Topping the sale at £212 was a 52kg Beltex cross lamb from Messrs Hodgson, Green Farm, Shap.

Topping at 453.5p/kg were a pair of 43kg Rouge cross lambs which made £195 from Messrs Fell, Chapel Farm, Keswick.

This home also sold a pair of 44kg Dutch Texel cross lambs to make £198(450p/kg) and a pair of 43kg Rouge cross to make £180 (418.6p/kg)

Messrs Dinsdale, Highfield, Penrith sold 44kg Beltex cross lambs to make £190 (431.8p/kg) with this home also selling 64kg lambs to make £196.

Messrs Fairburn, Marriforth, Ripon sold 43kg Beltex cross lambs to make £185 (430.2p/kg)

Messrs Birkbeck, Castle Hill, Soulby sold 48kg Beltex cross lambs to make £194 (404.2p/kg).

Messrs Skelton, Low House, Maryport sold 55kg Texel cross lambs to make £191 with this home also selling a pen of eight 40kg lambs to make £165 (412.5p/kg). a pen of eight 49kg Texel cross lambs sold to make £174 (355.1p/kg) from Messrs Hill, Whitewall Farm, Great Asby.

Mule lambs topped at £134.50 for a pen of eighteen 50kg lambs from Messrs Hayton, Asby Grange, Great Asby.

Mule lambs also topped at 281.1p/kg for a pen of 45kg which made £126.50 from Messrs Slack, Stoneriggs, Hilton.

A country leading SQQ average of 315.9p/kg and an overall sale average of 310.9p/kg and £137.80 was achieved for all breeds and weights from 30-64kg once again here at Kirkby Stephen!

38 pens and 181 lambs sold between £160-£212

86 pens and 454 lambs sold between £150-£212

43 pens and 238 lambs sold between 350p-453p/kg

Leading Consignment Averages

No.		Kg	p/kg	£/head	From
6	@	54.3kg	333.1p	£181.00	W&J&I Dinsdale, Morland
32	@	43.4kg	390.3p	£169.56	Messrs Fell, Bassenthwaite
18	@	49.4kg	321p	£158.72	DE&AM Hodgson, Shap
8	@	45kg	351.1p	£158.00	P&E Chester, Soulby
25	@	48kg	319p	£154.40	DJ&S Atkinson, Bleatarn
49	@	47kg	322.7p	£152.59	JS Gargett, Barnard Castle
41	@	48.7kg	310.8p	£151.49	D&V Hill, Great Asby
153	@	45.4kg	332.2p	£150.83	L Skelton & Son, Maryport
47	@	50.4kg	298.7p	£150.51	Bailey Livestock, Ripon
16	@	45.2kg	332p	£150.25	HW&J Birkbeck, Soulby
56	@	42.5kg	353.3p	£150.15	JF Burbridge & Sons, Stamford
12	@	45.4kg	330.4p	£150.08	D&JH Richardson, Ravenstonedale

Cast Sheep

Cast sheep topped at £215 on two separate occasions firstly for a pair of Beltex cross ewes from Messrs Dinsdale Highfield, Penrith.

Also making £215 was a Texel cross ewe from JT Capstick, Yew House, Newbiggin on Lune.

Charollais cross ewes sold to £210 for a pair from Messrs Fell, Chapel Farm, Keswick.

Mule ewes topped at £155 from Messrs Airey, Brownchesters, Otterburn. This same home also topped the Blackfaced ewes at £103 for a pen of eight.

Cast rams topped at £182 for a Texel from Messrs Porter, Knock Cross Cottage, Long Marton.

All classes and breeds of cast sheep were a strong trade being sharper on the week.

Leading Prices –

Prime lambs

Price per head

Beltex £212, £157, £151 Green Farm; £196, £190, £168 High Field; £194, £155 Castle Hill; £185, £168, £162(2), £161(2), £160(2), £154, £151 Marriforth; £171, £165, £161, £160(2), £153 Low House; £170, £160 Westwick Farm; £167 Croft House Farm; £166, £157.50, £155, £154.50, £152, £150 Park Farm(Burbridge); £161 Goodlie Hill Cottage; £160 Abbey Park; £158 Grassgill Lodge; £158 Fawcett Park Farm; £150 Ascot House; £150(2) West Lea: Dutch Texel £198 Chapel Farm Rouge £195, £180, £156 Chapel Farm; £182 High Field: Texel £191, £161.50, £151.50, £150 Low House; £174, £160 Whitewall Farm; £163, £159 Cote House Barn; £160, £150 Abbey Park; £159 Green Farm; £158, £157 Needless Hall Farm; £156.50, £153, £150(2) Peacock Farm; £156, £154, £150 Town End Farm; £155 Westwick Farm; £154, £152 Park Farm(Burnbridge); £153 Castle Hill; £153 West Lea; £153 West End Farm; £152 Marriforth; £151, £150 Eden Flatt: Blue Texel £170 (2) Chapel Farm; £145 Orchard Farm: Suffolk £169 Cote House Barn; £159, £154, £147.50, £142 Town End Farm; £158 Langwathby Hall; £150 Peacock Farm; £149, £143 White House; £147 Hillcrest; £146, £145.50 Low House; £139 Eden Flatt; £138 Friendship Farm; £136 Marriforth; £132.50 Ascot House: Cheviot £151 Grove House; £130.50 Low House: Romney £143 Breaks Hall: Charollais £143, £132 Orchard Farm; £135 Middle Bank End Farm: Bluefaced Leicester £140 Marriforth: Easycare £136, £114 Harker Springs: Mule £134.50 Asby Grange; £134 Fawcett Park Farm; £133.50, £130, £125 Bridge End farm; £130 Croft House; £126.50 Stoneriggs; £126, £122 William House; £120 Ellergill: Hampshire £128 Hartley Castle: Bleu du maine £126.50 Woodside: Rough £110 Yew House: Swaledale £83 Holly Cottage Barn; £81.50 East Unthank Farm.

Price per kilo

Rouge 453.4p, 418.6p, 362.8p Chapel Farm: Dutch Texel 450p Chapel Farm: Beltex 431.8p High Field; 430.2p, 395.1p, 392.7p(2), 385.7p, 375.6p, 373.3p, 363.6p, 352.4p, 351.2p Marriforth; 412.5p, 381p Low House; 407.7p, 351.2p Green Farm; 404.2p, 369p Castle Hill; 397.4p, 375p, 367.9p, 365.9p, 361.9p, 353.2p, 350p Park Farm(Burbridge); 379.5p Croft House Farm; 376.2p Fawcett Park Farm; 365.9p Ascot House; 365.9p West Lea; 361.7p, 355.6p Westwick Farm; 355.9p Helbeck Grange; 355.6p Abbey Park; 355p Asby Grange; 351.1p Grassgill Lodge: Blue Texel 395.3p, 377.8p Chapel Farm; 337.2p Orchard Farm: Texel 355.1p Whitewall Farm; 347.3p, 333.3p, 322.3p Low House; 345.5p Park Farm(Burbridge); 345p Ascot House; 344.2p, 339.5p Marriforth; 342.2p, 322.2p Town End Farm; 338.3p Cote House Barn; 337.8p, 337.2p, 333.3p, 321.4p Marriforth; 333.3p Abbey Park; 331.6p East Upper Priestside; 330.6p Ellergill; 325.5p West End Farm; 323.8p High Griseburn; 320.5p Langwathby Hall; 320.5p Castle Hill: Dutch Spotted 350p, 321.1p Helbeck Grange; 330.8p East Upper Priestside; 324.5p Breaks Hall: Charollais 324.2p East Upper Priestside; 310.9p Orchard Farm: Suffolk 309.8p Langwathby Hall; 309.1p Marriforth; 304.2p, 291p Low House; 302.1p, 294.4p, 290.6p Town End Farm; 300p Peacock Farm; 297.4p Blue Grass; 292.2p, 291.8p White House; 291.3p Lower Leazes Farm; 290.7p Ascot House: Romney 291.8p Breaks Hall: Cheviot 290p Low House; 279.6p Grove Farm; 281.7p Low Greenside: Bluefaced Leicester 285.7p Marriforth: Mule 281.1p Stoneriggs; 276.6p Croft House Farm; 275p Hillcrest; 270.5p East Unthank Farm; 269p Asby Grange; 268p Fawcett Park Farm; 267p Bridge End Farm; 262.5p William House: Hampshire 272.3p Hartley Castle: Rough 244.4p Yew House: Swaledale 230.6p Holy Cottage Barn: Eastcare 285p Harker Springs.

Cast Ewes

Beltex £215, £208, £188 High Field; £200, £168 Low West House Farm; £190 Needless Hall Farm; £188 Middle Bank End Farm; £182 Grassgill Lodge; £175 Dona Close: Texel £215 Yew House; £208 Breaks Hall; £208 East Friar House; £200 Low West House Farm; £195 Brownchesters; £195 Dona Close; £192 Grassgill Lodge; £188 Breaks Hall; £178 Dona Close; £178 Galloper Rise; 175 Crossfell House; £174, £170 Woodhouse Farm: Charollais £210 Chapel Farm; £162 Grassgill Lodge: Mule £155, £149 Brownchesters; £146 Eden Flatt; £141 Stanhope Gate Farm; £140 Knock Cross Cottage; £140 Woodhouse Farm: Cheviot £141 Battle Hill Farm; £126 Lime House: Lleyn £109, £87, £80 Raby Estate: Scotch Blackface £103 Brownchesters; £87 Middle Bank End Farm: Rough £90 Galloper Park; £85 Yew House; £80 High Wood End: Easycare £84 East Upper Priestside: Swaledale £78 Harbour Flatt; £78(2) Woodhouse Farm; £76 West Friar House; £76 Bridge End Farm; £74 Eden Flatt; £74 High Wood End; £71 Hoggarths; £70 Billing Shield Farm.

Cast Rams: Texel £182 Knock Cross Cottage; £176 Middle Bank End Farm: Beltex £150 Low West House Farm: Scotch Blackface £106 Middle Bank End Farm: Cheviot £100 Middle Bank End Farm: Swaledale £80 Green Rigg.