Kirkby Stephen Prime Sheep Sale

Harrison & Hetherington Ltd, Kirkby Stephen Mart held their weekly Sale of prime sheep on Tuesday night, when 3,755 sheep were forward consisting of 2,787 prime lambs and 968 cast sheep.

Topping the sale at £212 and 432.7p/kg was a 49kg Beltex cross lamb from Messrs Sowerby, Terrys Farm, Ormside which was bought by Lancashire Direct Halal Meats.

This home also sold a pair of 51kg Texel cross lambs to make £202 and a 52kg Beltex cross lamb also making £202 which were also purchased by Lancashire Direct Halal.

Messrs Teward, New View Farm, Darlington sold Texel lambs to make £196.

Jojo Andrews, Boscar Flatts, York sold two pair of Texel and Beltex cross lambs to make £180.

Messrs Blandford, Mayfield Farm, Herefordshire sold a pen of seven 43kg Beltex cross lambs to make £180 (419p/kg) with a pen of five 41kg making £172 (419.5p/kg), a pen of seven 42kg making £175 (416.7p/kg), a pen of eight 41kg at £170 (414.6p/kg), a pen of eighteen 40kg making £165 (412.5p/kg), a pen of twelve 42kg making £173 (411.9p/kg) and a pen of fourteen 42kg making £170.50 (406p/kg).

The fantastic consignment of 248 well bred and fed lambs from Messrs Blandford sold to average a whopping 43.4kg £168.06 (387.2p/kg) with seventeen pens of lambs selling between £170-£180 from this home.

Messrs Lee, Carkin Moor Farm, Richmond sold a pen of ten 42kg Beltex cross lambs to make £170 (404.8p/kg).

Charollais cross lambs sold to £173 for 59kg from Messrs Todd Farming, Manor Farm, Market Rasen, with this home also selling a pen of eight 48kg Charollais cross lambs to make £155 (322.9p/kg)

Mule lambs sold to £137 for a pen of 49kg from Messrs Thompson, East Unthank Far, Haltwhistle.

Kilnstown Farms, Carlisle sold a pen of twenty-seven 47kg Mule lambs to make £133.50 (284p/kg).

Messrs Hancocks, Uldale Farm, Ravenstonedale sold a pen of 48kg Mules to make £135 (281.3p/kg).

Once again Kirkby Stephen stormed ahead with the prime sheep trade, achieving an SQQ average of 320p/kg and an overall sale average of 313.44p/kg and £139.18.

60 pens and 346 lambs sold between £160-£212

115 pens and 633 lambs sold between £150-£212

16 pens and 118 lambs sold between 400-432p/kg

63 pens and 523 lambs sold between 350-432p/kg

No.		Weight	p/kg	£/head	From
13	@	47.7kg	360.81p	£172.08	G Sowerby, Ormside
248	@	43.4kg	387.2p	£168.06	B Blandford & Sons, Herefordshire
75	@	46.6kg	347.4p	£161.77	G W Lee & Sons, Richmond
49	@	47.2kg	340.4p	£160.69	JM Andrews, York
18	@	54.7kg	286.8p	£156.78	JD Hornsby, Penrith
18	@	42.7kg	364.1p	£155.56	J Maughan, Appleby In Westmorland
46	@	52.3kg	297.2p	£155.32	W S S Jackson, Penrith
14	@	51kg	300p	£153.00	WA Stephenson, Bishop Auckland
9	@	53.1kg	285.8p	£151.78	M/s Teward, Darlington
33	@	44.6kg	337.1p	£150.27	JS & JO Dodd, Penrith

Cast Sheep

Cast sheep topped at £260 for a Texel cross ewe from Messrs Slater, Whiteley Hey Farm, Macclesfield.

Hollins view farm, Brough Sowerby sold Texel ewes to £258 and £235.

Messrs Dodd, Skylin, Temple Sowerby sold a pen of three Beltex cross ewes to make £235.

Swaledale ewes sold to £94 twice for a pen of eleven from Messrs Buckle, Bleathgill, Barras and for a pair from Messrs Mitchell, Parrick House Farm, Barnard Castle.

Leading Prices –

Spring lambs

Price per head: Beltex £212, £202, £150 Terrys Farm. £180, £174, £166, £162, £156, £150 Boscar Flats. £180, £178(x2), £177, £175, £173.50, £173(x3), £172(x2), £170.50, £170(x5), £169, £168.50, £166(x2), £165(x2), £163.50, £159, £157 Mayfields Farm. £170(x2), £168, £165, £154 Carkin Moor Farm. £169, £158, £150 Ash Garth. £161.50, £160(x2), £150(x4) Low House. £158, £150 Sunnyside. £160, £157, £154(x3), £152, £150 Skylin. £158, £150 Mill House Farm. £151 Whiteley Hey Farm. £150.50 Far Whittles Farm. £150 Westwick Farm. £150 Marriforth. Texel £202, £173 Terrys Farm. £196, £179, £157 New View Farm. £180, £168, £161, £155, £152(x2) Boscar Flats. £172, £159 Carkin Moor Farm. £171, £169, £156, £150 Low House. £167 Manor Farm. £166, £153 High Stennerskeugh. £164.50, £162, £154, £151.50 East View. £164, £158, £154.50 Clifton Moor. £158 Dale View. £157, £150 Brogden Farm. £156 Old Mill Flatt. £153.50 How Nook. £153 Crawleas Farm. £153 New Hall Farm. £152 Helbeck Farm. £150 Breaks Hall. £150 Skylin. Charollais £173, £155, £154, £153.50 Manor Farm. Suffolk £172, £158 How Nook. £167 Carkin Moor Farm. £162 East View. £161 Low Wood House. £158 Boscar Flats. Blue Texel £167 Mayfields Farm. £151 Grassgill Lodge. Dutch Spotted £144 Breaks Hall. £140 Lady Anne Drive. Leicester £140 East Unthank Farm. £139 Kilnstown. Mule £137 East Unthank Farm. £135 Uldale Farm. £133.50 Kilnstown. £133 Helbeck Farm. £128 Marriforth. £127 High Skennerskeugh. Hill Cheviot £136.50, £130 Low House. Gritstone £124 Low Wood House. Scotch Blackface £110.50(x2) Laneside. Rough £100 Whinfell Terrace. £100 Greenside Farm.

Price per kilo: Beltex 432.70p, 388.50p Terrys Farm. 419.50p, 419p, 416.70p, 414.60p, 412.50p(x2), 411.90p(x2), 411p, 406p, 404.80p, 404.50p, 393.20p, 390.90p, 387p, 386.40p, 386p, 384.80p, 378.60p, 377.80p, 377.20p, 367.40p, 363.30p, 360.90p Mayfields Farm. 405.10p, 402.40p Ash Garth. 404.80p, 368.40p, 366.70p, 354.20p, 350p Carkin Moor Farm. 398.50p, 384.80p, 382.40p, 371.40p, 368.30p, 359.50p, 356.10p Whiteley Hey Farm. 390.20p, 381p, 367p, 357.10p(x2) Low House. 385.90p, 370.50p, 366.70p, 357.70p, 351.30p Far Whittles Farm. 370.70p, 366.70p(x2), 358.10p Skylin. 379.50p Bonnygate Farm. 376.70p, 370.20p, 360.90p Boscar Flats. 357.10p Marriforth. 352.90p Terrys Farm. Texel 396.10p, 339.20p Terrys Farm. 334p Westwick Farm. 337.20p, 315.20p, 313.10p, 310.90p Low House. 331.30p Carkin Moor. 330p Helbeck Farm. 326.80p, 315.10p, 314p Crossfell House. 323.10p, 316.70p, 310p Boscar Flats. 322.70p, 319.80p Carpool Farm. 322.50p Thornley Gale. 322p, 313.40p, 313.10p Marriforth. 318.20p Sunnyside. 316.70p Castle Hill. 316.30p Brogden Farm. 315.80p Croft Place. 315p Clifton Moor. 314.80p, 311.40p New Hall Farm. 314.30p East View. 314.10p Manor Farm. 313.30p Westwick Farm. 312.80p Sawbridge Hall. 311.10p Lady Anne Drive. 311.10p Snow Hall Farms. 311.10p Wharton Hall. 310p Sunnyside. Blue Texel 388.40p Mayfields Farm. 352.40p Grassgill Lodge. Charollais 323.30p, 310.20p Orchard Farm. 322.90p, 313.30p, 310.50p Manor Farm. Hill Cheviot 310.20p Low House. Suffolk 303.80p Boscar Flats. 302.10p Helbeck Farm. 301.20p Skylin. 298.80p, 294.30p, 292.70p Low Wood House. 298.20p Carkin Moor Farm. 298p White House. 295.70p Low House. 294.50p East View. 291.70p Wharton Hall. Dutch Spotted 300p Breaks Hall. Gritstone 288.40p Low Wood House. Mule 284p Kilnstown. 281.30p Uldale Farm. 281.30p Haithwaite. 279.60p East Unthank Farm. 278.60p Greenfields. 278.30p Marriforth. 276.70p Coupland Beck Farm. 276.10p High Skennerskeugh. 271.40p Swathburn. Swaledale 282.40p The Street. Scotch Blackface 273p, 263.1p(2) Laneside. Leicester 270p East Unthank Farm. Rough 250p Whinfell Terrace.

Cast Ewes: Texel £260 Whiteley Hey Farm. £258, £235, £202, £200 Hollins View. £215 Fountain Head. £212 New View Farm. £210 Helbeck Farm. £200, £188 Manor Farm. £198, £190, £188, £186 Middle Horsleyhope Farm. £198, £182 Skylin. £195 School Farm. Beltex £235, £194, £182, £158(x2) Skylin. £230 Mill House Farm. £208, £192 Whiteley Hey Farm. £170 Middle Horsleyhope Farm. Blue Texel £182 Croft Place. Suffolk £180 Middle Horsleyhope Farm. £150 Fell View. Charollais £175 Waters Farm. Lleyn £148, £127, £122, £108 Whingill. £99 Croup Farm. £98, £80(x2) Raby Estates. Hill Cheviot £134 Sideway Bank. £119, £110 Coupland Beck Farm. £116 Skylin. Mule £132 Crawleas Farm. £118 Marriforth. £111 Fair View. £98 School Farm. £97 Brogden Farm. £94 Waters Farm. £91 Buckles Farm. Dutch Spotted £130 Weasdale Farm. Leicester £100 Scar Sykes. Swaledale £94 Parrick House Farm. £94 Bleathgill. £90 Mount Pleasant Farm. £86 Whitewall Farm. £84 Whingill. £83 Marriforth. Rough £92 Whinfell Terrace. £89 High Lane. Easycare £82, £72 Brackenthwaite Farm. Herdwick £64 Waters Farm.

Cast Rams: Suffolk £168 Raby Estates. Hill Cheviot £163 Weasdale Farm. Lleyn £140 Raby Estates. Rough £119 High Lane, £118 Whinfell Terrace. Swaledale £113 Parrick House Farm; £94 Pinfold House; £90 Bridge Street.