Kirkby Stephen Prime Sheep Sale

Harrison & Hetherington Ltd, Kirkby Stephen Mart held their weekly sale on Tuesday night, when 3,352 were forward consisting of 2,813 prime lambs and 539 cast sheep. 

Topping the sale at £217 was a 48 kilo Beltex cross lamb from Messrs Jackson, Little Beck, Kings Meaburn which sold to Lancashire Direct Halal Meats, Blackburn.  This home also sold a pair of 53 kilo Texel cross lambs to make £199 selling to Dowdings Butchers, Appleby. 

Topping at 470.7p per kilo were a pen of nine 41 kilo Dutch Texel cross lambs which made £193 from Messrs Fell, Chapel Farm, Keswick, this home also sold a pen of eight 40 kilo Rouge cross lambs to make £188, 470p per kilo, a pen of six 40 kilo Rouge cross at £177 (442.5p per kilo) and a pen of fourteen 41 kilo Dutch Texel cross lambs to make £179 (436.6p per kilo).  The consignment of 37 lambs from Chapel Farm sold to average 40.6kilos, £184.03 (453p per kilo). 

Messrs Sayer, Town End Farm, Penrith sold a pen of three 41 kilo Beltex cross lambs to make £191 (465.9p per kilo). 

Messrs Powley, Low Northsceugh, Carlisle sold a pen of fifteen 44 kilo Beltex cross lambs to make £191 (434.1p per kilo). 

Messrs Dodd, Skylin, Temple Sowerby sold 47 kilo lambs to £194, two 50 kilo £190 and three 52 kilo to £191. 

Messrs Lawson, Stubsgill Farm, Workington sold 42 kilo lambs to £190 (452.4p per kilo).

Messrs Skelton, Low House Farm, Maryport sold a pen of four 39 kilo lambs to make £178 (456.4p per kilo) with 42 kilo making £188 (447.6p per kilo), 40 kilo to £176 (440p per kilo) and a pair of 39 kilo to £174 (446.2p per kilo). 

Messrs Longstaff, Ascot House, Murton sold a pen of seven 44 kilo lambs to make £185 (420.5p per kilo). 

Messrs Lee, Carkin Moor Farm, Richmond sold a pen of fifteen 43 kilo lambs to make £180.50 (419.8p per kilo) with a pen of eleven 49 kilo making £180 also from this home. 

Messrs Wearmouth, Parkside, Barnard Castle sold a pen of four 46 kilo lambs to make £180.

Suffolk cross lambs sold to £185 for a pen of three and £181 for a pair from Messrs Fisher, Haber, Crosby Ravensworth. 

Mule lambs sold to £156 for 58 kilo from Messrs Pratt, Intake Bottom, Kirkby Stephen with this home selling another pen of four 51 kilo Mules to make £150 (294.1p per kilo). 

Messrs Hodgson, Green Farm, Shap sold a pen of twenty two 57 kilo Mules to make £153.50. 

Mules also sold to 320p per kilo for a pen of 40 kilo which make £128 from Messrs Lawson, Stubsgill Farm, Workington with this home also selling a pen of fourteen 48 kilo Mules to make £144.50 (301p per kilo). 

Messrs Hird, Elm Pot, Ravenstonedale sold a pen of 44 Kilo Mules to make £134 (304.5p per kilo). 

Messrs Heron, Eastfield Farm, Warcop sold a pen of thirty seven 47 kilo Mules to make £141.50 (301.1p per kilo). 

Messrs Fairburn, Marriforth, Ripon sold a pen of sixteen 50 kilo Mule lambs to make £148.50 (297p per kilo). 

Swaledale lambs sold to £138 for a pen of 50 kilo from Messrs Hutchinson, Dirt Pitt Farm, Barnard Castle. 

Messrs Iceton, High Birk Hatt, Barnard Castle sold two pens of twenty 43 kilo Swaledales to make £125 (290.7p per kilo). 

Messrs Sutton, Nether House, Kendal sold a pen of twelve 40 kilo Swaledales to make £117 (292.5p per kilo) with another pen of eighteen 36 kilo Swaledales making £107 (297.2p per kilo) also from this home. 

An SQQ average of 333.30p per kilo and an overall sale average of 322.06p per kilo for 2,813 lambs which includes over 800 Mule and Horned lambs. 

23 pens and 97 lambs sold between £180 - £217

54 pens and 219 lambs sold between £170 - £217

112 pens and 443 lambs sold between £160 - £217

25 pens and 146 Lambs sold between 400-470p per kilo

45 pens and 241 lambs sold between 380-470p per kilo

438 Beltex cross lambs sold to average £161.68 and 376p per kilo. 

520 Mule lambs sold to average £140.99 and 293.7p per kilo. 

Cast sheep topped at £263 for a Texel ewe from Ellen Elliott, Askrigg Hall, Penrith. 

Messrs Fell, Chapel Farm, Keswick sold Beltex cross ewes to make £260. 

Messrs Platt, Far Whittles Farm, Cheshire sold a pen of five Beltex cross ewes to make £238. 

Messrs Hague, Whitehaven sold a pen of eleven Beltex cross ewes to make £200 

Swaledale ewes sold to £112 twice firstly for a pen of 32 from Messrs Harker, Murton Hall, Murton then to Messrs Akrigg, Manor House Farm, Skipton who also sold a pen of thirteen Swaledale ewes to make £112 with another pen of twenty making £106, with the 41 Swaledale ewes from this home averaging £107.71. 

Leading Consignment Averages

Tot Hds		Weight	P/Kg	Average	Vendor
15	@	44kg	434.1p	£191.00	MESS I Powley, Carlisle
37	@	40.6kg	453p	£184.03	MESR Fell, Keswick
9	@	44.9kg	402.5p	£180.67	EM & C Longstaff, Appleby In Westmorland
11	@	48.6kg	369.6p	£179.64	MR H G Jackson, Penrith
8	@	49kg	365.1p	£178.88	MESSR LC & D Wearmouth, Barnard Castle
38	@	46.2kg	380.9p	£176.13	G W Lee & Sons, Richmond
16	@	47.6kg	368.1p	£175.06	MESR JS & JO Dodd, Penrith
52	@	43.8kg	382.4p	£167.60	MESR GW&MA Platt, Bramhall Hill
40	@	42.9kg	384.8p	£165.16	AJ&FM Harrison, Appleby In Westmorland

Cast Sheep

Leading Prices –

Prime lambs

Price per head

Beltex £217, £184, £166, £165 Little Beck. £194, £191, £190, £180, £174, £160 Skylin. £191 Low Northsceugh. £191 Town End Farm. £190, £176, £166, £165, £163, £161, £160 Stubsgill Farm. £188, £178, £176, £174 Low House. £185, £171 Ascot House. £181 Ascot House. £180.50(x2), £180 Carkin Moor Farm. £180, £174, £169 Parkside. £177, £169.50, £160(x2) Far Whittles Farm. £175, £174.50, £160 Grange Hall. £171 Haber. £170(x2), £164, £160 Moorriggs. £170 Black Syke. £169 West Lea. £166, £162(x3), £160(x3) Marriforth. £165.50 Abbey Farm. £165, £160 Fawcett Park Farm. £160 Brackenslack. £160 Buddle House. Texel £199(x2) Little Beck. £194 Parkside. £176, £167, £159, £157.50 Prospect Farm. £175 Ashgill Farm. £175, £168, £156.50 Harbour Flatt. £174(x2) Far Whittles Farm. £174 Shieldhill Top. £172 Stubsgill Farm. £170.50, £163.50, £159 Grove House Farm. £170 Prospect Farm Cottage. £170 Cairn Cottage. £170 Howgill Farm. £168 West End Farm. £168, £160, £157 Green Farm. £167 Fox Grove Farm. £166, £158(x2) Langford Farm. £166 Fawcett Park Farm. £163, £162.50 Carkin Moor Farm. £162.50 Breaks Hall. £162.50 Low Deepslack. £162, £157, £156 Marriforth. £161(x2) Black Syke. £160 White House. £157.50, £155 Argill House. £156 Stoneriggs. £156 Calva Farm. £156 Woodhouse Farm. £156 Dirt Pit Farm. £156 Skylin. £156 Preston Manor. £155.50 White Kirkley Farm. £155.50 Westwick Farm. Dutch Texel £193, £179 Chapel Farm. Rouge £188, £177 Chapel Farm. Suffolk £185, £181, £170, £161 Haber. £175, £166, £152 Palliard. £169.50, £150 Town End Farm. £168 Black Syke. £163 Low House. £160.50 White House. Blue Texel £174 Bonny Rigg. £154 Skylin. £153 Grange Hall. Charollais £160(x2) Far Whittles Farm. £152.50, £144 Moorriggs. £149.50 Town End Farm. £144 Orchard Farm. Mule £158, £150 Intake Bottom. £153.50 Green Farm. £152, £148.50, £147 Marriforth. £150 Grove Farms. £144.50 Coombe Crag. £144.50 Cote House Barn. £144.50 Kilnstown. £144.50 Stotley Hall Farm. £144.50 Stubgill Farm. £144 Glebe Farm. £144 Argill House. £143.50 Orchard Farm. £143.50 White Kirkley Farm. £143 Howgill Farm. £143 Blue Grass. £142.50 Bridge End Farm. £142.50(x2) Red House Farm. £141.50 Eastfield Farm. £141.50, £141 Harbour Flatt. £140 Haber. Hill Cheviot £143.50 Orchard Farm. £140.50 Westwick Farm. £139 Amersber Cottage. £130 School House. Romney £142 Breaks Hall. Leicester £140 Irestone. Swaledale £138, £125, £124 Dirt Pit Farm. £125(x2) High Birk Hatt. £120 Irestone. £118.50 Ashgill Farm. £117 Nether House. £115 Marshes Gill. £114.50 Step Ends Farm. £110.50 Claylands Farm. Dutch Spotted £135.50, £130 Lady Anne Drive. Rough £130 Ellergill.

                Price per kilo

Dutch Texel 470.7p, 436.6p Chapel Farm: Rouge 470p, 442.5p Chapel Farm: Beltex 465.9pTown End Farm; 456.4p, 447.6p, 446.2p, 440p Low House; 452.4p, 419p, 392.9p 390.2p Stubsgill Farm; 434.1p Low Northsceugh; 433.3p West Lea; 420.5p, 397.7p  Ascot House; 419.8p, 384p Carkin Moor Farm; 415.5p, 407p Grange Hall; 414.6p, 390.2p, 386.4p Mooriggs; 412.8p, 409.1p, 380p Skylin;  412.5p, 405.1p Fawcett Park Farm; 411.6p, 385.2p, 381p Far Whittles Farm; 400p, 390.2p, 387.9p Buddle House; 390.2, 387.5p (2)p Marriforth; 391.3p Parkside; 386p Littlebeck; 380p Starrah: Texel 390.9p Stubsgill Farm; 375.5p (2) Little Beck; 356.1p, 354.1p, 348.9p, 340.9p (2) Marriforth; 354.2p Cairn Cottage; 352.9p Brackenslack; 352p Abbey Farm; 350p Green Farm; 348.8p Buddle House; 347.4p High Moor; 346.4p, 345.1p, 343p Coupland Beck Farm; 345.7p Carkin Moor Farm; 344.2p Low House; 343.5p Cragg House Farm; 342.5p Amersber Cottage; 340.9p Eastfield Farm: Blue Texel 359p Starrah; 335.1p Bonny Rigg; 347.7p Grange Hall: Charollais 342.9p Orchard Farm; 327.3p Mooriggs; 326.5p (2) Far Whittles Farm; 325.6p Porthy Green; 325p Town End Farm: Suffolk 332.7p, 319.6p Low House; 326p, 325p, 3198p Town End Farm; 324.3p School Cottage; 323.1p Black Syke; 313.5p Thorney Gale; 312.5p Palliard: Cheviot 331p Amersber Cottage; 325p Wharton Hall; 323p Weasdale Farm; 312p Orchard Farm: Mule 320p, 301p Stubsgill; 304.7p, 304.5p Elm Pot; 303.8p Ashgill Farm; 303.5p, 297.9p Howgill Farm; 301.1p Eastfield Farm; 300p Coombe Crag; 300p Claylands; 299p Orchard Farm; 298.9p Thorney Gale; 297.9p Blue Grass; 297.8p Windygate; 297.7p Irestone; 297p Marriforth; 296.9p Bridge End Farm: Dutch Spotted 314.3p Valehurst: Swaledale 302.6p Marshes Gill; 297.2p, 292.5p Nether House; 290.7p (2) High Birk Hatt: Bluefaced Leicester 290p Thorney Gale. 

Cast Ewes

Texel £263 Askrigg Hall; £254 Porthy Green; £242 Mill Street; £228, £200, £182 Buddle House; £200 Stotley Hall Farm; £182 Calva; £180 Grange Hall; £172 (2), £172 Abbey Farm: Beltex £260 Chapel Farm; £238 Far Whittles Farm; £230 Porthy Green; £200 Mill Street: LLeyn £159 Whingill: Charollais £155 Far Whittles Farm: Mule £137 Fox Grove Farm; £133 Cragg House Farm; £130 Bleathgill; £127 Mill Street; £122 Forest Farm: Cheviot £125 Low Deepslack: Rough Fell £116, £94 Low Deepslack: Swaledale £112 Murton Hall; £112, £106, £105 Manor House Farm; £109 Nether House; £102 Town End Farm; £98 West End Farm; £97 White Kirkley Farm; £96 Bleathgill: Herdwick £80 Irestone; £8 Calva Farm. 

Cast Rams

Texel £176 Sideway Bank: Cheviot £175 East Melwaters: Bluefaced Leicester £170 Whingill: Rough Fell £136 Ellergill: Swaledale £130 (2) Ashgill Farm; £120 Helbeck Farm.