Kirkby Stephen Prime Sheep Sale

Harrison & Hetherington Ltd, Kirkby Stephen Mart held their weekly Sale of Prime Sheep on Tuesday evening when 3,572 sheep were forward consisting of 3,009 prime hoggs and 563 Cast Sheep. 

Topping the prime lambs at £305 was a 69kg Texel hoggs from Messrs Teward, New View Farm, Darlington which was bought by Mr Alam, for Lancashire Direct Halal, Blackburn.

This home also sold 73kg Texel cross hoggs to £230 and 74kg to £225.

Topping at 583.8p/kg were two pens of seventeen and fourteen 37kg Beltex cross hoggs which sold for £216 from Messrs Simpson, Highscale Farm, Wigglesworth.

This home also sold a pen of nine 43kg at £217, a pen of ten 39kg at £216 (553.8p/kg).

Messrs Foster, Fordham Farm, York sold a pen of seven 42kg Beltex cross hoggs to make £225.50 (536.9p/kg).

This home also sold a pen of twelve 43kg at £223 (518.6p/kg) a pen of fourteen 45kg at £219 and a pen of 41kg at £217 (529.3p/kg).

Jojo Andrews, Boscar Flats, York sold a pen of ten 42kg Beltex cross hoggs to make £225 (535.7p/kg) a pen of twelve 40kg at £217 (542.5p/kg) a pen of ten 41kg at £219 (534.1p/kg).

Messrs Towers, Scale House Farm, Lancaster sold 39kg to make £224 (574.4p/kg) with a pen of four 45kg to make £221, and a 60kg Texel cross hogg making £220.

Messrs Jackson, Little Beck, Penrith sold 37kg hoggs to make £212 (573p/kg).

Messrs Phillips, Bridge Close, Northallerton sold 41kg hoggs to make £213 (519.5p/kg).

Hill cheviot hoggs topped at 391.3p/kg for a pen of thirty fine 40kg which sold for £156.50 from Messrs Armstrong, Crossfell House, Milburn.

Mule hoggs topped at 331.8p/kg for a pen of nineteen 44kg which sold for £146 from Messrs Procter, Villa Farm, Kirkby Stephen.

Messrs Dent, Greenriggs, Kirkby Stephen sold 47kg Mules to make £152 (323.4p/kg)

Hayllar Farms, Helbeck Grange, Brough sold a pen of twenty-nine 47kg Mule hoggs to make £151.50 (322.3p/kg)

Swaledale hoggs sold to 328.2p/kg for a pen of twelve 39kg which make £128 from Messrs Wearmouth, Southwaite Farm, Mallerstang.

An unbelievable SQQ average of 394p/kg and an overall average of 352.7p/kg and £162.20 was achieved for 3009 hoggs, which includes over £600 Mule and horned hoggs.

51 pens and 280 hoggs sold between £200-£305

93 pens and 479 hoggs sold between £180-£305

An unbelievable 25 pens and 153 hoggs sold between 500p-583p/kg.

49 pens and 311 hoggs sold between 450-583p/kg

Cast sheep topped at £325 for Texel ewes from Messrs Teward, New View Farm, Darlington, with this home also selling Texel ewes to £295.

Suffolk cross ewes sold to £208 for a pen of thirteen from Messrs Astle, Morphet.

Swaledale ewes sold to £132 from Messrs Whitehead, Thwaite Farm, Richmond.

Leading Consignment Averages (Prime Hoggs)

Tot Hds		Weight	P/Kg	Average	Vendor
9	@	67.6kg	326p	£  220.22	Messrs Teward, Co. Durham
45	@	42kg	513p	£  215.36	JM Andrews, York
62	@	40.1kg	533.2p	£  213.95	Paul W Simpson, Nr Skipton
80	@	44.4kg	465.9p	£  206.68	C W Foster, York
108	@	45.2kg	447.3p	£  201.95	RE Phillips & Son, Northallerton
40	@	41.3kg	488p	£  201.30	W & J & I Dinsdale, Penrith
42	@	52.2kg	375.9p	£  196.07	D Towers, Lancaster
25	@	43.9kg	407.8p	£  178.96	G W Lee & Sons, Richmond
39	@	39.9kg	442.8p	£  176.77	AJ&FM Harrison, Appleby In Westmorland
12	@	40.6kg	434.9p	£  176.50	H G Jackson, Penrith
28	@	47.3kg	372p	£  175.79	MTP & SD Wills, Appleby In Westmorland
28	@	43.3kg	398.2p	£  172.21	DE & AM Hodgson, Penrith
127	@	40.8kg	414.5p	£  169.04	M Wynne, Derbyshire

Leading Prices -

Prime Hoggs

Price per head: Texel £305, £230, £225, £212, £198, £190 New View Farm; £220, £212, £200, £198, £195, £192, £190, £181 Scale House Farm; £212, £186, £180, £176 Fawcett Park Farm; £211 Boscar Flats; £204, £189 Bridge Close; £190, £181 Carkin Moor Farm; £185 Sideway Bank; £181, £178, £173, £170 Stoneriggs; £180, £170 Green Farm; £178 Windygate; £176 Victoria Cottages; £176 Prospect Farm Cottages; £174, £172, £171.50 West Farm; £172 Crossfell House; £172 Wets Summersides; £170 Hawkrigg Farm; £170(2) Skirwith Hall; £170 Abbey Farm: Beltex £225.50, £223, £219, £218, £218, £217 Fordham Farm; £225, £219, £217(2), £196 Boscar Flats; £224, £221, £216, £210, £210, £209, £200, £190(2) Scale House Farm; £217, £192, £190 Marriforth; £217, £216(3), £212, £190 Highscale Farm; £217, £213, £210, £209, £206, £205 High Field; £213, £209, £207(2), £205, £202 £199, £197, £195 Bridge Close; £212, £190 Little Beck; £208, £196, £190 Carkin Moor Farm; £208, £206 Kelmore Hill Farm; £199 Crossfell House; £197, £195 Brackenslack;  £197 Grange Hall; £196 Hall Farm House: Blue Texel £194 Victoria Cottages: Rouge £166 West Farm: Suffolk £166 West Summersides; £164, £155.50, £155 Brackenslack; £160.50 Marriforth; £159 Low Moor; £155 Fell View; £152 Yew Tree Farm: Mule £159, £151.50 Eastfield Farm; £158, £153 Sowerthwaite Farm; £153 the Curtain; £152 Green Farm; £152 Fountain Head; £152 Stoneriggs; £152, £151.50 Helbeck Grange; £152 Greenriggs ; £151.50, £151Green Howe; £151 Whinfell Road; £151 Marriforth; £151, £150 Lanehead Farm; £150 Blades Field Farm: Charolais £158.50 The Curtain; £158 Fell View: Cheviot £157, £155.50 Helbeck Grange; £156.50Crossfell House; £152.50 Eastfield Farm: Dutch Spotted £151 Low Moor; £150 Carkin Moor Farm: Rough £150 Helbeck Grange; £150 Crooksbeck; £132(2) High Wood End: Bluefaced Leicester £149, £147 Marriforth: Swaledale £148.50, £147.50(2), £144.50 Eastfield Farm; £147, £144 Easterbeck House; £147 Marriforth; £144 Prospect House; £143 Old Spital Farm: Teeswater £140 Whinfell Road:

Price per kilo

Lambs p/kg: Beltex 583.8p(x2), 553.8p, 504.7p Highscale Farm. 574.4p, 491.1p, 486p, 480p Scale House Farm. 573p Little Beck. 542.5p, 535.7p, 534.1p, 482.2p Boscar Flats. 542.5p, 522.5p, 507.1p, 502.4p, 500p, 488.1p High Field. 536.9p, 529.3p, 518.6p, 486.7p, 486.4p, 484.4p Fordham Farm. 523.7p Crossfell House. 519.5p, 481.4p Bridge Close. 507.3p, 482.1p Kelmore Hill Farm. 504.7p Marriforth. 502.6p Hall Farm House. 502.6p Carkin Moor Farm. 492.5p Grange Hall. 482.1p Green Farm. 480.5p Brackenslack. Texel 442p New View Farm. 433.3p Mount View. 425p, 410.9p Bridge Close. 415.7p, 390.7p, 387.5p Fawcett Park Farm. 409.3p Victoria Cottages. 405p, 382.2p Crossfell House. 395.6p, 381.4p Windygate. 394.7p, 394.2p, 385.4p Marriforth. 393.5p, 386.6p, 384.4p Stoneriggs. 387.8p, 386.4p Hawkrigg Farm. 386p Low Moor. 385.7p Green Farm. 383.7p West Summersides. 381.1p West Farm. 380p Grange Hall. Cheviot 391.3p Crossfell House. 348.9p, 347.4p, 345.6p Helbeck Grange. 347.6p Battle Hill Farm. 346.6p Eastfield Farm. 344p Villa Farm. Suffolk 353.4p, 345p Brackenslack. 345.5p, 341.5p Yew Tree Farm. Charollais 352p The Curtain. 340.9p, 340.2p Yew Tree Farm. Dutch Spotted 351.3p High Wood End. Mule 331.8p Villa Farm. 331p Blades  Farm. 326.2p Fell View. 323.4p Greenriggs. 322.3p, 316.7p Helbeck Grange. 319.5p Southwaite Farm. 318p Eastfield Farm. 317.9p, 316p Marriforth. 317.5p High Wood End. 315.9p Brackenslack. Swaledale 328.2p Southwaite Farm. 315.9p The Park Wall. 313.6p Eastfield Farm. 313p, 302.6p Prospect House. 312.8p, 300p Marriforth. 307.9p High Wood End. 306.7p Blades Field Farm. 302.3p Stoneriggs. 300p Easterbeck House. Leicester 326.7p Marriforth. Blue Texel 323.3p Victoria Cottages. Rough 307p High Wood End. 306.1p Helbeck Grange. Gritstone 304.9p Yew Tree Farm. Shetland 291.4p Manor Farm.

Cast Ewes- Texel £325, £295 New View Farm; £285 Helbeck Farm; £255 Scar Top; £238 Green Farm; £226 High Griseburn; £225, £206, £200 Thorney Gale; £222, £200 Wath Farm; £220 Green Farm; £212, £208 Manor Farm; £210, £206 Wetheriggs Farm; £200 Grove House Farm; £200 West Stobswood: Charollais £212 Manor Farm: Suffolk £208 West Stobswood; £200 Manor Farm; £165 Wtheriggs Farm: Beltex £205 Wetheriggs; £200 Green Bank; £196 Victoria Cottages; £170 Green Farm; £162(2) Town Foot: Mule £178 Abbey Farm; £174 Middle Shipley Farm; £172 Green Farm; £170 Victoria Cottages; £157 Ellergill; £152 Thorney Gale; £150 Fountain Head: Cheviot £170 Grover House Farm; £160 West Farm; £158 West Stobswood; £152 Coupland Beck Farm: Lleyn £170 Town Head Farm; £162 Helm Farm: Rough £138 Crooksbeck; £133 Ellergill; £128 High Wood End: Scotch Blackface £132, £118(2), £116 Middle Shipley Farm: Swaledale £132 Thwaite Farm; £114 Gilts; £112 Helbeck Farm; £109 Eastfield Farm.

Cast Rams- Beltex £206 Barnskew: Swaledale £148 High Wood End; £122 Scar Sykes Farm: Texel £182 Grover House Farm; £170 Glower Oer Him Farm; £150(2) West Farm: Zwartble £170 Wetheriggs Farm: Dorper £170 Wetherggs Farm: Lleyn £176 West Farm.