Kirkby Stephen Prime Sheep Sale

Harrison & Hetherington Ltd, Kirkby Stephen Mart held their weekly sale on Tuesday night, when 3,863 sheep were forward consisting of 3,023 Prime lambs and 840 Cast sheep.

Topping the sale at £209 was a 56kg Texel cross lamb from Messrs Wills, Fawcett Park Farm, Dufton, with this home also selling 53kg Texel cross lambs to make £194.

Topping at 451.2p/kg were two different vendors, firstly a pen of three 41kg Dutch Texel cross lambs which made £185 from Messrs Fell, Chapel Farm, Keswick, with this home also selling a pen of twelve 40kg Rouge cross lambs to make £182 (447.5p/kg) and another pen of twelve 41kg Rouge cross to make £179 (443.9p/kg).

Also making 451.2p/kg  was 41kg Beltex cross lambs which made £185 from Messrs Wearmouth, Parkside, Barnard Castle who also sold a pen of five 43kg at £183 (425.6p/kg) and three 44kg at £185 (420.5p/kg).

Messrs Gargett, Westwich Farm, Barnard Castle sold 49kg Beltex cross lambs to make £202.

Messrs Birkbeck, Castle Hill, Soulby sold a pen of eleven 40kg Beltex cross lambs to make £180 (450p/kg).

Messrs Capstick, Yew House, Newbiggin on Lune sold a pen of four 48kg Texel cross lambs to make £198.

Messrs Dodd, Skylin, Temple Sowerby sold a pair of 51kg Beltex cross lambs to make £192.

C&G Davies, Top Field Farm, Leicester sold a pen of eight 38kg Beltex cross lambs to make £168 (442.1p/kg) with another pen of nine 41kg making £176 (429.3p/kg) and a pen of five 40kg making £167.50 (418.8p/kg) from this home.

Messrs Bell, Hallbankgate Farm, Brampton sold a pen of three 45kg Beltex cross lambs to make £189 (420p/kg), with 52kg labs also making £189 from this home.

Messrs Wills, Fawcett Farm Farm, Dufton sold 53kg lambs to make £194.

Messrs Schug, Ashlea Farm House, Appleby sold a pair of 68kg Dutch Spotted lambs to make £191.50.

Suffolk cross lambs sold to £176 from Messrs Lee, Carkin Moor Farm, Richmond.

Mule lambs sold to £151 for 58kg from Messrs Huck, Church Farm, Skipton.

Messrs Lawson, Hundith House, Wigton sold a pen of 17 55kg Mules to make £147.

Mules also topped at 298.9p/kg for a pen of eighteen 46kg which made £137.50 from Messrs Bowes, Glen Whelt, Bishop Auckland.

Messrs Fairburn, Marriforth, Ripon sold a pen of twelve 46kg Mules to make £137 (297.8p/kg) with another pen of twenty-one 50kg Mules making £143 (286p/kg) also from this home.

Kilnstown Farms, Carlisle sold a ringfull of 50 Mules weighing 49kg to make £139.50 (284.7p/kg).

Swaledale lambs sold to £129 for a pen of 45kg from Messrs Birbeck, The Close, Kirkby Stephen.

Early week attempts to blow the sheep trade up turned out to be likened to Guys Fawkes actions but then the big explosion in trade actually happened on Tuesday night at Kirkby Stephen with a bang going off being big enough to unearth the houses of parliament and been at the envy of others past and present.

An unbelievable SQQ average of 331.29p/kg and an overall sale average of 313.34p/kg and £144.26 for 3023 lambs which includes over 550 Mule and horned lambs.

45 pens and 149 lambs sold between £170-£209

97 pens and 436 lambs sold between £160-£209

1000 lambs sold between £150-£209

19 pens and 101 lambs sold between 400-451p/kg

49 pens and 301 lambs sold between 370-451p/kg

773 Beltex lambs sold to average £158 and 360p/kg

473 Mule lambs sold to average £132.85 (278p/kg)

Leading Consignment Averages

23	@	43kg	404.8p	£  174.22	LC&D Wearmouth, Middleton-in-Teesdale
44	@	41.3kg	418.2p	£  172.50	Messrs Fell, Keswick
6	@	55.8kg	297p	£  165.83	HJ Banks, Kirkby Stephen
16	@	47.9kg	343.6p	£  164.50	JT Capstick, Kirkby Stephen
19	@	45.2kg	363.2p	£  164.21	JS&JO Dodd, Penrith
169	@	44kg	367.8p	£  161.79	C&G Davies, Leicester
58	@	42.3kg	381.2p	£  161.23	GW&MA Platt, Cheshire
6	@	49.5kg	323.6p	£  160.17	S&P Brogden, Brough
27	@	49.2kg	325.1p	£  159.89	GW Lee & Sons, Richmond
45	@	49.2kg	324.7p	£  159.76	IT Bell, Brampton
52	@	47.8kg	332.9p	£  159.21	JS Gargett, Barnard Castle

Cast Sheep topped at £282 for a Texel ewe from Messrs Hall, Lankaber, Penrith.

Messrs Foster, West End Farm, Barnard Castle sold a pair of Texel ewes to make £270.

Messrs Fell, chapel Farm, Keswick sold Texel cross ewes to £253.

Messrs Bowes, Glen Whelt, Barnard Castle sold pens of Texel ewes to £252, £250 and £245.

Beltex cross ewes sold to £224 for a pen of four from Messrs Todd, Victoria Cottages, Bishop Auckland.

Messrs Ewin, Black Syke also sold a pen of seven Beltex cross ewes to make £220.

Swaledale ewes sold to £104 for a pen of three from Messrs Fawcett, Argill House, South Stainmore.

Messrs Buckle, Bleathgill, Barras sold a pen of twelve Swaledale ewes to make £98.

Leading Prices –
Prime lambs
Price per head: Beltex £202 Westwick Farm; £192, £179, £160 Skylin; £189(2), £177, £176, £170, £168 Hallbankgate; £186, £167, £160 Carkin Moor Farm; £186, £176, £172, £170, £169, £168, £167.50, £167, £164, £163 Top Field Farm; £185(2), £183, £167.50, £164 Parkside; £180 Castle Hill; £178, £166 Middle Mown Meadows; £176 Hall Farm House; £174 Asby Grange; £174 Grassgill Lodge; £171, £167 Moorriggs; £170 Helbeck Farm; £170, £167, £162 Far Whittles Farm; £170 Ascot House; £169 Windygate; £168 Lansmere; £165 Fawcett Park Farm; £165, £161 Stoneriggs; £163, £162 Low House; £162.50, £160 West Briscoe; £160 Buddle House; £160 Row End Farm; £160 Lower Griseburn: Texel £209, £194 Fawcett Park Farm; £198, £160 Yew House; £181, £159, £154, £153(2), £152 Low House; £180, £155 Stripes Farm; £178 Middle Mown Meadows; £177 Moorriggs; £176, £151 Helbeck Farm; £175(2) Middle Bank End Farm; £171, £164, £161 Ladying Farm; £170 Villa Farm; £170, £167(2), £155.50 Church Farm; £169, £156, £151, £150 Rosgill Head; £169, £166, £155 Westwick Farm; £168, £151.50 West Briscoe; £167 Dry Evers; £167, £153 Victoria Cottages; £166, £165, £162, £158 Buddle House; £165, £154, £153, £152 Langford Farm; £164 Fair View; £163, £159, £153, £151.50 Black Syke; £158 Keisley Farm; £158 Skylin; £156 Asby Grange; £156 Martindale; £156 Intake Bottom; £155, £154, £153.50 Stoneriggs; £155 Croup Farm; £155 Low Deepslack; £154 Coupland Row; £152, £150 Hallbankgate; £151 Greenriggs; £150 Breaks Hall; £150 Sunnyside; £150 Old Mill Flatt: Dutch Spotted £191.50 Ashlea Farm House; £165 Hall Farm House: Dutch Texel £185, £165, £148 Chapel Farm: Rouge £182, £179 Chapel Farm: Suffolk £176 Carkin Moor Farm; £171, £154 Whinfell Terrace; £167 Lime House; £160, £154, £149 Rosgill Head; £153, £144 Church Farm; £153 Black Syke; £150 Middle Bank End Farm; £149 Palliard; £148.50 Low House; £148 Old Mill Flatt; £148 Eden Flatt; £147, £146 White House; £144 Victoria Cottages; £140 Ascot House: Blue Texel £167 Skylin; £155 Low House: Hampshire £160, £142 Colby Laithes; £140 Row End: Charollais £154 Moorriggs; £148 Victoria Cottages; £140 White House: Mule £151, £145, £144 Church Farm; £147 Hundith House; £143(2) Argill House; £143, £137 Marriforth; £143, £137.50 Glen Whelt; £142, £140 Greenriggs; £141 Windygate; £140 Eden Flatt; £140, £137 Keisley Farm; £139.50 Kilnstown; £138.50 Asby Grange; £138 Park House Farm; £136 Whinfell Terrace; £135 Pinfold House; £135 Vila Farm; £134 Gillcumber Edge; £132 Waterhouse: Romney £151, £138, £131 Colby Laithes; £142 Breaks Hall: Cheviot £148 Low House; £135 Bowlees Farm; £131 Battle Hill Farm: Bluefaced Leicester £144 Hundith House; £142 Whingill; £141 Park House Farm: Dorset £144, £138 Middle Bank End Farm: Badgerface £141 High Ploughlands: Herdwick £138 Starrah: Kerry Hill £135 Middle Mown Meadows: Swaledale £129 The Close; £115 Grassgill Lodge; £103 Battle Hill Farm; £101 Laneside: Rough £121 Galloper Park; £120 Yew House; £109 Waterhouses: Scotch Blackfaced £110 Laneside: Zwartble £110 Ellergill.

Price per kilo: Beltex 451.2p, 425.6p, 420.5p, 400p, 380.7p Parkside; 450p Castle Hill; 442.1p, 429.3p, 418.8p, 397.6p, 379.1p, 373.9p, 372.6 Top Field Farm; 420p, 377.8p Hallbankgate Farm; 417.1p, 379.5p Moorriggs; 412.2p Westwick Farm; 411.1p Low House; 407.3p, 398.8p, 376.7p, 372.5p Far Whittles Farm; 405.4p, 386p Middle Mown Meadows; 404.8p Ascot House; 397.8p, 376.5p, 372.1p Skylin; 397.6p Carkin Moor Farm; 395.1p, 385.4p, 382.5p, 379.1p Low House; 390.2p, 377.9p, 374.4p West Briscoe; 386.7p Asby Grange; 380p, 373.8p Hall Farm House; 379.5p Ellergill: Dutch Texel 451.2p, 392.9p, 344.2p Chapel Farm: Rouge 447.5p, 443.9p Chapel Farm; Texel 412.5p, 333.3p Yew House; 373.2p, 366p, Fawcett Park Farm; 362.8p Asby Grange; 362p Low Grange; 352.1p, 345.8p Westwick Farm; 349p Middle Mown Meadows; 344.3p West Briscoe; 340p, 338.3p, 334.8p, 332.6p Low House; 340p Stripes Farm; 339.7p Marriforth; 336.2p Skylin; 334.9p, 323.3p Park House Farm; 333.7p Stoneriggs; 328p New Hall Farm; 327p Dry Evers; 326.7p Buddle House; 326p Rosgill Head; 325.6p Chapel House; 325p Amersber Cottage; 323.3p Marriforth; 323.3p Lower Griseburn; 322.9p Westwick Farm; 322.2p Quarry Close; 321.3p Helbeck Farm; 320.8p Stoneriggs; 320.5p Wharton Hall: Blue Texel 355.3p Skylin; 337p Low House: Dutch Spotted 330p Hall Farm House: Charollais 321.7p Victoria Cottages: Kerry Hill 321.4p Middle Mown Meadows: Suffolk 311.1p Ascot House; 309.4p Low House; 306.4p Victoria Cottages; 306.4p, 294.2p Church Farm; 306p Black Syke; 305.4p Whinfell Terrace; 296.7p Wharton Hall; 294p, 292p White House; 290.6p Rosgill Head; 290.2p Eden Flatt: Cheviot 302p Low House; 300p Battle Hill Farm: Mule 298.9p Glen Whelt; 297.8p, 286p Marriforth; 290.5p West Briscoe; 287.2p Pinfold House; 287.2p, 283p Villa Farm; 287p, 281.5p Waterhouses; 286.9p West Underhurth; 284.7p Kilnstown Farm; 282.7p Asby Grange; 282.4p Church Farm; 280p, 279.6p Keisley farm; 279.1p Thorney Gale; 278.9p West End Farm; 275p Step Ends Farm; 275p(2) Argill House: Romney 295.8p Break Hall: Gritstone 293.8p Grassgill Lodge: Hampshire 289.8p Colby Laithes: Swaledale 286.7p The Close; 261.4p Grassgill Lodge; 245.2p Battle Hill Farm: Dorset 282.4p, 281.6p Middle Bank End Farm: Bluefaced Leicester 278p Eden Flatt: Herdwick 270.6p Starrah: Scotch Blackface 261.9p Laneside: Rough 259.5p, 257.9p Waterhouses; 259.5p Low Deepslack; 255.3p Yew House.

Cast Ewes: Texel £282 Lankaber; £270, £176 West End Farm; £253 Chapel Farm; £252, £250, £245 Glen Whelt; £242, £164 Black Syke; £240 Lower Griseburn; £222 Pinfold House; £188 Chapel House; £178 Park House Farm; £174 Hall Farm; £170(2) Grove House Farm; £170 Quarry Close; £168 Rosgill Head; £162 Townend; 162 Martindale; £160 Step Ends: Beltex £224 Victoria Cottages; £220 Black Syke; £188 Ascot House: Suffolk £170 Lankaber; £158 Black Syke: Romney £155 Colby Laithes: Bluefaced Leicester £146 Glebe Farm: Mule £143 Stripes Farm; £140, £130 Lankaber; £139 White House; £138 Park House Farml £130 Hall Farm: Cheviot £116 Lankaber; £92 Cocklake Farm: Rough £107 Quarry Close; £96 Manor Court; £90 Low Deepslack; £80 Adamthwaite: Swaledale £104 Argill House; £98 Bleathgill; £96 West End Farm; £95 hundith House; £93 Glebelands; £90 Pinfold House; £90 high Blackton Farm; £89 Buddle House; £84 Ash Dub; £82 Quarry Close; £80 Whingill: Herdwick £90 Middle Bank End Farm: Jacob £84 New House Farm: Scotch Blackface £82 Middle Bank End Farm: Hebridean £50 New House Farm.

Cast Rams: Romney £170 Breaks Hall: Texel £160 Lankaber; £140 Glen Whelt: Swaledale £128 Glen Whelt; £124 Ash Dub; £118 Buddle House; £107 Helbeck Farm; £102 Red House Farm: Scotch Blackface £110 New House Farm; £104 Middle Bank End Farm: Cheviot £105 Middle Bank End Farm: Herdwick £100 Grassgill Lodge.

Store Lambs: Texel £111, £95 Stephens Farm; £105 Dry evers; £97 Greenlees; £90 Grassholme Farm: Dutch Spotted £88 Dyke Farm: Scotch Blackface £75, £61 Eden Vale: Herdwick £69 Eden Vale: Shetland £54 Dyke Farm .