Kirkby Stephen Prime Sheep Sale

Harrison & Hetherington Ltd, Kirkby Stephen Mart held their weekly sale of prime sheep on Tuesday night when 3,724 sheep were forward consisting of 3,017 prime hoggs and 707 cast sheep.

Topping the sale at £173.50 was a 55kg Beltex cross hogg from Messrs Wills, Fawcett Park Farm, Dufton which was bought by J Birkbeck on behalf of Dowdings Butchers, Appleby.

Topping at 432.1p/kg were a pen of 14 39kg Beltex cross hoggs which sold for £168.50 from Messrs Simpson, Highscale Farm, Wigglesworth which sold to Yorkshire Halal Meats.

Another pen of 11 38kg Beltex cross hoggs from this home sold to make £164 and 431.6p/kg. The whole consignment of 64 hoggs from Highscale Farm sold to average 38.9kg £158.41 (407.2p/kg)

Messrs Bailes, York sold 52kg Beltex cross hoggs to make £169 also selling to Dowdings Butchers, Appleby.

Messrs Simpson, Highscale sold another pen of 8 44kg hoggs to make £166.50 selling to West Scottish Lamb.

Messrs Sayer, Town End Farm, Penrith sold a pen of 8 Beltex cross hoggs weighing 45kg to make £164.50 which were bought by Yorkshire Halal Meats.

11 pens and 72 hoggs sold between £160-£173.

53 pens and 329 hoggs sold between £150-£173

30 pens and 215 hoggs sold between 350-432p/kg.

Mule hoggs sold to £145 for a pen of 56kg hoggs from Todholes Partnership, Elsdon which were bought by G Lomax.

Messrs Huck, Sowerthwaite Farm, Austwick sold a pen of 20 Mule hoggs weighing 58kg to make £144.50.

Messrs Pedley, Oaktree Farm, Barbon sold a pen of clipped 38kg Mule hoggs to make £115.50 (303.9p/kg).

Messrs Patchett, Ripon sold 45kg Mule hoggs to make £133.50 (296.7p/kg) with another pen of 43kg Mules from this home selling for £125.50 (291.7p/kg)

Messrs Smith, Kelmore Hill Farm, Distington sold a pen of 16 46kg Mules to make £133.50 (290.2p/kg)

Barker Farms, Moffat sold a pen of 15 50kg Hill Cheviot hoggs to make £140, with another pen of 30 40kg Hill Cheviot hoggs selling for £121.50 (303.8p/kg) also from this home.

Messrs Turnbull, Boghall, Fife sold a pen of 16 39kg Hill Cheviot hoggs to make £120 (307.7p/kg)

Hayllar Farms, Brough sold a pen of 25 37kg Hill Cheviots to make £113.50 (306.8p/kg).

Swaledale hoggs sold to £137.50 for a pen of 20 52kg hoggs from Messrs Huck, Sowerthwaite Farm, Austwick.

Another pen of 20 49kg Swaledale hoggs from this home sold for £133.50.

Messrs Lawson, Buddle House, Richmond sold a pen of 14 39kg Swaledale hoggs to make £110.50 (283.3p/kg)

Blackfaced hoggs sold to £135.50 (294.6p/kg) for a pen of 20 46kg hoggs from Messrs Addison, Greystone House, Kings Meaburn.

Messrs Morland, Starrah, Kaber sold a pen of 35kg Blackface hoggs to make £106.50 (304.3p/kg)

Suffolk hoggs sold to £154 for a pen of 55kg hoggs from Messrs Nutter, Clitheroe.

Messrs Skelton, Newhall Farm, Maryport sold a pen of 15 Suffolk cross hoggs weighing 48kg to make £143 (297.9p/kg).

Every class and weight of hoggs were simply in extreme demand and the dearest seen so far this season, with a SQQ average of 304.1p/kg with this average including 1300 mule, horned and hill bred hoggs.

383 Beltex cross hoggs sold to average £150.49 & 352p/kg

350 Suffolk cross hoggs sold to average £142.07

351 Mule hoggs sold to average £135.11

Cast sheep were also a flying trade for all types.

Topping at £165 were a pen of Texel cross ewes from Messrs Neachell, Walsall which were bought by Pak Mecca Meats.

Swaledale ewes sold to £84.50 for a pen of 30 from Messrs Patchett, Ripon which were bought by J. Birkbeck.

Rough Fell ewes sold to £106.50 for a pen from Messrs Dodd, Kirkby Stephen bought by A Atkinson.

Cast Rams sold to £161.50 for a Texel from Messrs Wearmouth, Barnard Castle.

Leading Hogg Consignment Averages

Leading Prices –

64    @    38.9kg    407.2p    £158.41    Highscale Farm
22    @    47kg       333.9p    £157.25    Fawcett Park Farm
56    @    46.7kg    321.5p    £150.40    Town End Farm
60    @    37.8kg    391.3p    £147.92    Fir Tree Farm
99    @    44.1kg    334.7p    £147.91    Grange Farm
6      @    60.6kg    243.4p    £147.67    Parkside
42    @    46kg       315.1p    £144.95    Kirkbarrow Hall
36    @    42.7kg    337.5p    £144.39    Beck House Farm
45    @    47.9kg    300p       £143.91    Friars Garth
344  @    48kg       294.9p    £141.82    West Summersides
9      @    51.1kg    276.4p    £141.28    Dry How
372  @    49.6kg    284p       £140.88    Boghall
56    @    46.1kg    303p       £140.88    Stubsgill Farm
47    @    49.2kg    285.9p    £140.71    Sleddale Hall
184  @    47.8kg    293.7p    £140.68    Newhall Farm
50    @    53.3kg    262.9p    £140.19    East Todholes
21    @    51.1kg    273.7p    £140.14    Manor Farm

Prime Hoggs

Price Per Head – Beltex £173.50, £161, £160.50(2), £157.50 Fawcett Park Farm; £169, £158.50, £156.50, £155.50(2), £154.50 Grange Farm; £168.50, £166.50, £164, £160.50, £158.50 Highscales; £164.50, £156.50, £154.50, £152.50 Town End Farm; £160 West Summersides; £157.50, £156.50, £154.50, £153.50 Beck House Farm; £156.50, £152.50 Kirkbarrow Hall; £155, £150.50, £150 Newhall Farm; £153.50, £151.50 Fir Tree Farm; £153.50 Stubsgill Farm; £153.50 Kelmore Hill Farm; £152.50 Little Beck; £151.50 Redgate; £150.50 Sleddale Hall: Texel £155.50, £154, £153.50 Parkside; £153.50, £152, £148, £147.50 West Summerside; £151.50, £146.50(2) Friars Garth; £150.50 Boghall, £150 Grange Farm; £150, £145.50 Newhall Farm; £150, £146.50 Kelmore Hill; £149.50, £147 Sleddale Hall;  £148.50, £145 Grange Farm; £147.50 Stubbsgill; £146.50 Manor Farm; £145 Town End Farm: Suffolk £154, £145.50 Manor Farm; £153.50 East Todholes; £150, £148.50, £147.50, £146.50 Boghall; £149 Capplegill; £148 Newhall Farm; £146 Redgate: Blue Texel £147.50 Town End Farm; £146 Dry Howe: Dutch Texel £146 Dry Howe: Mule £145, £143.50 East Todholes; £144.50, £142.50 Sowerthwaite Farm; £142 Kelmore Hill Farm; £140.50 Burton Hill; £140 Manor Farm; £140 Stubsgill Farm: Cheviot £143.50 Battle Hill Farm; £140.50, £140, £136.50, £133.50(2) Capplegill; £137.50 Dry Howe: Hampshire £140 Friars Garth: Swaledale £137.50, £133.50 Sowerthwaite Farm; £134.50 Parkside; £133.50 Prospect House; £132.50 High Blackton Farm; £132.50 South Wellhope; £132.50 Battle Hill Farm; £128.50 Hole House; £125.50 Redgate; £123.50 Easterbeck House: Scotch Blackface £135.50 Greystone House; £126.50(2), £121.50 (2) Halton Park: Rough £127.50 Crooksbeck; £122.50 Manor Court: Masham £124.50 Crooksbeck: Herdwick £98.50 Starrah.

Price per kilo – Beltex 432.1p, 34.6p, 417.1p, 401.4p379.7p, 378.4p, 364.8p Highscale Farm: 414.9p, 404.1p, 401.4p, 388.5p, 388.2p, 380.3p Fir Tree Farm; 394.7p, 376.3p Newhall Farm; 370.2p, 364p, 361.6p, 360.2p, 351.1p Grange Farm; 365.6p Town End Farm; 364p, 358p Beck House Farm; 359.7p, 353.8p Little Beck; 357.8p, 350p Fawcett Park Farm: Texel 346.6p Beck House Farm; 332.1p Prospect Farm Cottage; 329.8p Friars Garth; 329.3p, 311.4p, 310.2p Newhall Farm; 320.7p West Summerside; 317.4p Buddle House; 315.7p Eden Gate Hole Farm; 314.1p Kirkbarrow Hall; 312p, 311.6p Stubsgill Farm; 312p Town End Farm; 310.7p Kelmore Hill Farm; 310.2p Sleddale Hall: Blue Texel 327.8p Town End Farm: Cheviot 307.7p Boghall; 306.8p Helbeck Grange; 303.8p(2), 303.4p(2), 298.8p, 295p Capplegill; 298.6p East Rackwood Hill Farm; 296.5p Halton Park: Scotch Blackface 304.3p Starah; 294.6p Greystone House; 292.3p Helbeck Grange; 287.5p Halton Park; 285.5p East Rackwood Hill Farm: Mule 303.9p Oaktree Farm; 296.7p, 291.9p West Summersides; 292.6p Guise; 290.2p Kelmore Hill Farm; 289.3p Helbeck Grange; 285.4p Stubsgill Farm; 283.3p High Lane; 281.1p Blads Field Farm; 280.7p Bec House Farm; 280p Pepper Hall: Herdwick 298.5p Starrah: Suffolk 297.9p Newhall Farm; 292.4p Halton Park; 288.8p, 288.5p(4) Boghall; 288.5p Manor Farm: Dutch Texel 292p Dry Howe: Rough 238.5p High Lane: Swaledale 283.3p, 270.3p Buddle House; 275.6p Easterbeck House; 275p Starrah; 273.4p Hole House; 273.1p Musgrave House; 272.4p Sowerthwaite Farm; 271.4p Oaktree Farm.

Cast Ewes

Texel £165 Shrubbery Farm; £140.50 Wharton Hall; £132.50 Martindale Farm; £130.50 Helbeck Farm: Beltex £130 Shrubbery Farm; £105 Parkside: Suffolk £136.50, £126.50(2) Shrubbery Farm; £120.50 Mere Bank: Teeswater £124.50 Selgin House: Lleyn £117.50 Whingill; £117.50 Woodfoot: Bluefaced Leicester £112.50 Milestone House: Cheviot £100.50 West Summersides; £94.50, £80 Battle Hill Farm; £90 Boghall; £85.50, £81.50 Dry Howe: Bleu du Maine £110.50 Low Esh Farm: Mule £110.50 Milestone House; £102.50 Helbeck Farm; £100.50 Bankwood; £100 West Summersides; £99.50 Town End Farm(Brain); £97.50  Shrubbery Farm; £97.50 Guise: Rough £106.50, £82.50 Manor Court; £80.50 High Lane: Zwartble £98.50 Low Moor: Swaledale £84.50, £83.50, £76.50 West Summersides; £83.50 Prospect House (Tunstall); £76.50 Woodbine House; £74.50 Grains O Beck; £74 Helbeck Farm: Scotch Blackface £84, £76.50(2) Boghall; £81.50 Roundthwaite Abbey: Jacob £67.50 Middle Bank End Farm: Herdwick £65.50 Mere Bank.

Cast Rams

Texel £161.50 Parkside; £130.50 West Summerside; £120 Wharton Hall: Bluefaced Leicester £150 Low Houses Farm: Blue Texel £148.50 Parkside: Lleyn £132.50 Wharton Hall: Cheviot £109.50 Roundthwaite Abbey: Swaledale £90 Lummas House: Scotch Blackface £85.50 Roundthwaite Abbey.