Kirkby Stephen Prime Sheep Sale

Harrison & Hetherington Ltd, Kirkby Stephen Mart held their weekly sale on Tuesday night, when 3,278 sheep were forward consisting of 2,651 Prime lambs and 627 Cast sheep.

Topping the sale at £222 was a 57 kilo Rouge cross lamb from Messrs Smithson, Skelcies Hall, Kirkby Stephen.

Topping at 463.4p per kilo were a pair of 41 kilo Beltex cross lambs which sold for £190 from Messrs Eddleston, Great Harwood, this home also sold a pair of 46 kilo Beltex cross lambs to make £200 (343.8p per kilo) a pen of five 47 kilo lambs at £188 (400p per kilo), a pen of thirteen 40 kilo at £183 (457.5p per kilo) and a pen of seventeen 44 kilo at £181 (411.4p per kilo).  The consignment of 40 wonderful lambs from this home sold to average 42.8kilos, £182.98 (427.26p per kilo). 

Messrs Jackson, Littlebeck, Kings Meaburn sold a pair of 49 kilo Beltex cross lambs to make £208 (424.5p per kilo) with this home also selling 63 kilo lambs to make £191. 

Messrs Maughan, Ash Garth, Great Asby sold a pair of 40 kilo lambs to make £180 (450p per kilo).

Messrs Skelton, Low House, Maryport sold 40 kilo lambs to make £175 (437.5p per kilo) with a pen of 38 kilo making £161 (423.7 p per kilo) from this home. 

Messrs Armstrong, Crossfell House, Penrith sold a pen of thirty four 42 kilo lambs to make £177 (421.4p per kilo).

Suffolk cross lambs sold to £170 from Messrs Smith, Kelmore Hill Farm, Workington.

Mule lambs sold to £151.50 for a pen of five 57 kilo from Messrs Todd, Victoria Cottages, Bishop Auckland.

Mules also topped at 288.5p per kilo for a pen of fifty 48 kilo which sold for £138.50 from Kilnstown Farms, Carlisle. 

Messrs Clarke, Howgill Castle, Penrith sold a pen of eight Mules weighing 46 kilos to make £132 (287p per kilo). 

Messrs Lawson, Hundith House, Wigton sold a pen of thirty one 48 kilo Mules to make £137.50 (287.5p per kilo)

Messrs Lawson, Stubsgill Farm, Workington sold a pen of thirty three 49 kilo Mules to make £138.50 (282.7p per kilo). 

An SQQ average of 325.5p per kilo and an overall sale average of 310.04p per kilo for 2,651 lambs which includes over 500 Mule and Horned lambs. 

Thirteen pens and 60 lambs sold between £180-£222.

Seventy eight pens and 334 lambs sold between £160-£222

Fifteen pens and131 lambs sold between 400 – 463p per kilo

Thirty seven pens and 263 lambs sold between 360-463p per kilo. 

383 Beltex cross lambs sold to average £160.64.

Leading Consignment Averages

40	@	42.8kg	427.2p	£182.98	M&S Eddleston, Great Harwood
18	@	57.9kg	314.5p	£182.06	J Smithson, Kirkby Stephen
10	@	49.6kg	353p	£175.10	HG Jackson, Kings Meaburn
50	@	44.7kg	383.8p	£171.55	GW&MA Platt, Cheshire
13	@	43.7kg	336.9p	£160.62	TW Hunter, Annan
17	@	49.1kg	326.1p	£160.18	MTP & SD Wills, Dufton
33	@	55kg	289.7p	£159.64	JR Akrigg, Skipton
32	@	41.7kg	381.5p	£159.16	Messrs Fell, Bassenthwaite
131	@	44.4kg	357.9p	£159.13	RJ Armstrong, Milburn
12	@	51.8kg	306.7p	£159.00	K Whitehead, Thwaite
80	@	52.8kg	294.6p	£155.76	JR Todd, Bishop Auckland
22	@	52.2kg	297.7p	£155.48	TD Robinson, Waitby
42	@	48.6kg	318.7p	£155.02	RN Strong, Pooley Bridge
13	@	48.4kg	319.8p	£155.00	DE&AM Hodgson, Shap
20	@	40.5kg	380.2p	£154.00	J Maughan, Great Asby

Cast sheep sold to £250 for a pen of four Texel ewes from Messrs Wearmouth, Parkside, Barnard Castle with this home also selling pens of threes to make £222, £215 and £202 from this home. 

Messrs Hodgson, Green Farm, Shap sold a pair of Texel cross ewes to make £230. 

Blue Texel ewes sold to £210 from Messrs Hunter, Upper Brydekirk, Annan. 

Beltex cross ewes sold to £200 from Messrs Platt, Far Whittles Farm, Cheshire.

Swaledale ewes sold to £106 for a pen from Messrs Wearmouth, Parkside, Barnard Castle.

Leading Prices –

Prime lambs

Price per head: Rouge £222, £181 (2), £179, £175 Skelcies Hall; £166 Chapel Farm: Beltex £208, £191, £170, £160 Little Beck; £200, £190, £188, £183, £181 Martholme Lane; £186, £175, £160 Skylin; £183 Westwick Farm; £180 Ash Garth; £177, £170, £168.50, £156.50, £155.50, £155.50 Crossfell House; £175 (2), £172, £168.50, £165 (2) Far Whittles Farm; £175, £166, £164, £162.50, £162, £161 Low House; £173, £168, £164 Fawcett Park Farm; £170, £159 Upper Brydekirk; £166 Town End Farm; £165 Black Syke; £164.50, £161 Red House Farm; £163, £156, £155 Barton Hall; £162 Victoria Cottages; £160 Brogden Farm; £158 Green Farm; £156 (2) Stubsgill Farm: Texel £175, £168 Crossfell House; £170 Chapel House Farm; £170, £161, £155.50 Thwaite Farm; £168 Lynsack Farm; £167 Chapel Farm; £166, £165, £157.50, £156 (2) Red House Farm; £165, £156.50 Victoria Cottages; £164, £160 Black Syke; £164, £159 (2), £155 Town End Farm; £163, £157 Home Farm; £161 Ash Garth; £161, £159 Prospect Farm; £161 Palliard; £161 Kelmore Hill Farm; £161 East View; £160 Eastfield Farm; £160 Green Farm; £160, £159 Barton Hall; £159.50 Low House; £159 Fawcett Park Farm; £157 Green Farm; £157 Easterbeck House; £156.50 Westwick Farm; £156 Hundith House; £155 Grove House Farm: Charollais £172 Low House; £154 Old Mill Flatt; £147.50, £145 Orchard Farm; £147 Snow Hall Farms: Blue Texel £160 Town End Farm: Dutch Texel £160, £152, £150 Chapel Farm: Suffolk £170 Kelmore Hill Farm; £166, £160 (2), £155 Home Farm; £164 Victoria Cottages; £162.50  Low House; £157 Williamsgill Farm; £157, £150.50 East View; £156 Whinfell Road; £153 Meadow View Lodge; £152.50 Black Syke: Cheviot £158 Low House; £14 Grove House Farm; £137, £131 Low Greenside; £133.50 Wharton Hall; £132 High Mansriggs: Mule £151.50 Victoria Cottages; £142, £140, £139 Keisley Farm; £142 Greenriggs; £140, £137, £132 Howgill Castle; £139.50 Croft House Farm; £139 Eastfield Farm; £138.50 Kilnstown; £1138.50 Stubsgill Farm; £138.50 Red House Farm; £138, £136.50 Starrah; £137.50 Hundith House; £135.50 William House; £135.50 Blue Grass; £134.50 Hill House West; £130 Scarrowmanwick: Lleyn £142 Williamsgill Farm: Dutch Spotted £139 Breaks Hall; £130 Weasdale Farm: Badger Face £133 Green Bank: Bluefaced Leicester £126, £120 Buckles Farm; £120 Blue Grass: Lonk £121, £114.50 Marshes Gill: Wensleydale £125 Gunnerwell: Gritstone £118.50 Hawkrigg End: Swaledale £98 West End Farm; £95 Rudd Hills.

Price per kilo: Beltex 463.4p, 457.5p, 434.8p, 411.4p, 400p, 397.2p Martholme Lane; 450p, 376.3p Ash Garth; 437.5p, 423.7p, 406.3p, 385.7p Low House; 424.5p Littlebeck; 421.4p, 401.2p, 386.4p, 362p Crossfell House; 416.7p, 397.7p, 374.4p, 373.9p Far Whittles Farm; 414.6p Upper Brydekirk; 386p Town End Farm; 381.4p Fawcett Park Farm; 372p Skylin; 371.4p, 362.8p Stubsgill Farm; 369p Barton Hall; 366p Westwick Farm: Rouge 404.9p Chapel Farm; 3895p, 354.9p Skelcies Hall: Texel 396.2p Haithwaite; 366.7p Red House Farm; 356.1p, 345.7p, 330.2p Town End Farm; 354.9p, 332.6 Porthy Green; 351.2p Low House; 347.7p, 325.6p Coupland Beck Farm; 340.9p Abbey Farm; 340.4p Black Syke; 338.6p Kelmore Hill Farm; 337.5p Crossfell House; 337p Abbey Park; 332.2p Stoneriggs; 330p Victoria Cottages; 328.9p Chapel House Farm; 328.6p Kelmore Hill Farm; 326.1p Crossfell House; 326p, 325p Westwick Farm; 325.6p Grove House Farm: Dutch Texel 380p, 365.9p Chapel Farm: Charollais 366p Low House; 337.2p (2), 320.7p Orchard Farm; 320.8p Old Mill Flatt: Cheviot 322.4p Low House; 301.3p Low Deepslack; 297.6p Hawkrigg End; 296.7p Wharton Hall; 193.3p High Mansriggs; 291.5p Low Greenside Suffolk 315.2p Low House; 314p High Mansriggs; 313.6p Black Syke; 312.2p Meadow View Lodge; 308.9p Town End Farm; 306.6p Low House; 306.4p High Mansriggs; 305p Black Syke: Blue Texel 313.7p Town End Farm: Dutch Spotted 313.5p East Upper Priestside; 308.9p Breaks Hall: Romney 305.6p Breaks Hall: Mule 288.5p Kilnstown; 287p Howgill Castle; 286.7p, 280.2p Hill House West; 286.5p Hundith House; 282.7p Stubsgill Farm;282.6p Scarrowmanwick; 282.3p William House; 282.3p Blue grass: Gritstone 282.1p Hawkrigg End : Lonk 272.6p Marshes Gill: Swaledale 243.6p Rudd Hills.

Cast Ewes: Texel £250, £222, £215, £202 Parkside; £230 Green Farm; £212 Shieldhill Top; £196, £180 (2), £172, £170, £164 Kelmore Hills Farm; £190, £185 Abbey Park; £184, £164 Far Whittles Farm; £182, £160 Barrowmoor Road; £178 Brackenslack; £176 Whygill Head; £162 East Upper Priestside; £160 Carpool Farm (2): Blue Texel £210 Upper Brydekirk: Beltex £200 Far Whittles Farm; £190 Crossfell House; £76 Upper Brydekirk; £174 Brackenslack; £160 Parkside; £150 Green Bank: Suffolk £145 Carpool Farm: Mule £140 Brogden Farm; £139 Home Farm; £130 Brunswick Terrace; £124 Upper Brydekirk; £123 Amersber Cottage; £122 High Mansriggs; £120 Victoria Cottages: Cheviot £125, £105 Crossfell House; £116 Kelmore Hill Farm; £103 Prospect Farm: Bluefaced Leicester £120 Buckles Farm: Hampshire £118 Porthy Green : Swaledale £106 Parkside; £94 Prospect Farm; £90 Helbeck Farm; £89 Low Farm; £87 Pasture House Farm; £87 Shieldhill Top; £87 Eastfield Farm; £85 Orchard Farm.

Cast Rams: Texel £150, £130 Brogden Farm; £130 Whygill Head; £130 Chapel House Farm: Bleu du Main £150 Westgarth Road: Beltex £140 Chapel House Farm: Rough Fell £132 Archers Hall: Swaledale £112 Low Farm; £110 Bridge Street; £106 Shieldhill Top.