Kirkby Stephen Prime Sheep Sale

Harrison & Hetherington Ltd, Kirkby Stephen Mart held their weekly sale of prime sheep on Tuesday night when 4,296 sheep were forward consisting of 68 spring lambs, 3,310 prime hoggs and 918 cast sheep. Which was a record entry of sheep forward in May.

Topping the sale at £188 was the overall champion spring lamb a 43kg Texel cross from Messrs Armstrong, Moor Riggs, Penrith which sold to West Scottish Lamb.

Champion left to right James Birkbeck (Judge) & Phil Armstrong (Consignor)

Our judge Mr J Birkbeck, Soulby awarded the overall reserve championship to a 40kg Beltex cross lamb which sold for £178 and 445p/kg consigned by Messrs Sowerby, Terrys Farm, Ormside and was successfully purchased by J Birkbeck on behalf of Dowdings Butchers, Appleby.

Reserve Champion left to right Ian Sowerby (Consignor) & James Birkbeck (Judge)

Messrs Slee, Street House, Kirkby Thore sold a 43kg Beltex cross lamb to make £178 selling to J Birkbeck on behalf of Steadman’s Butchers, Kirkby Stephen.

Badger Faced Texel lambs weighing 37kg sold for £158 427p/kg from Messrs Jewitt, Gracies Farm, Barnard Castle which was bought by D Morland.

Suffolk cross lambs weighing 38kg sold to make £160 421.1p/kg from Messrs Sowerby, Terrys Farm.

Messrs Sowerbys consignment of lambs averaged 168.25 (420.6p/kg).

Messrs Armstrong, Moor Riggs consignment of Spring lambs averaged 40kg £166 (415p/kg).

An overall spring lamb average of £150.40 per head and 360.71p/kg was achieved and many more new season lambs can be sold to extreme demand on a weekly basis here at Kirkby Stephen!

May Individual Spring Lamb Show results

Beltex cross
1^st & Reserve Champion      G Sowerby, Terrys Farm - £178 (40kg) to N & J Dowding, Appleby
2^nd                JK Slee, Street House - £160 (38kg) to West Scottish Lamb
3^rd           JK Slee, Street House - £178 (43kg) to CL&C Steadman Butchers, Kirkby Stephen

Texel Cross
1^st            & Champion          S Armstrong & Sons, Moor Riggs - £188 (43kg) to West Scottish Lamb
2^nd           JK Slee, Street House - £170 (44kg) to CL&C Steadman Butchers, Kirkby Stephen
3^rd           S Armstrong & Sons, Moor Riggs - £170 (41kg) to West Scottish Lamb

Suffolk Cross
1^st            G Sowerby, Terrys Farm - £160 (38kg) to N&J Dowding, Appleby
2^nd           T Ellis, Woodside - £158 (44kg) to Westmorland Ltd

The pre sale show was kindly sponsored by Dugdale Nutrition.

Prime hoggs topped at £183 for a pen of fifteen 71kg Texel cross hoggs from Messrs Hetherington, Old Hall Farm, Penrith which were bought by West Scottish Lamb.

The consignment of 120 hoggs from Old Hall Farm sold to average £173.58.

Messrs Skelton, Newhall Farm, Maryport topped at 410.5p/kg for a pen of 38kg hoggs which made £156.

Heavy hoggs were a flying trade and in short supply.

Several pens of superbly finished heavy hoggs from Messer Hetherington, Old Hall Farm sold as follows -

54kg Texel cross hoggs selling for £180 (333.3p/kg),

A pen of seven 61kg Texel cross sold for £182,

51kg Beltex cross hoggs sold to make £179 (351p/kg),

49kg Beltex cross sold for £168 (342.9p/kg)

A pen of twenty 60kg Suffolk cross hoggs selling for £177 (295p/kg)

And also pen of six 52kg Texel cross hoggs making £172 (330.8p/kg).

Messrs Phillips, Fir Tree Farm, Harrogate sold 50kg hoggs to make £168 (336p/kg).

Handy weighted hoggs with good meat were also in extreme demand.

Messrs Phillips, Fir Tree Farm sold 34kg Beltex cross hoggs to make £135 (397.1p/kg) with another pen of twenty-five 36kg hoggs selling for £140.50 (390.3p/kg) also from this home and were bought by Yorkshire Halal Meats.

Messrs Skelton, Newhall Farm also sold a pen of twenty 42kg Hill Cheviot hoggs to make £134.50 (320.2p/kg)

Cast sheep topped at £180 for a Texel cross ewe from Messrs Smith, Kelmore Hill Farm, Workington.

Swaledale ewes sold to £100 from Messrs Luck, Milestone House, Bowes.

Hill cheviot cross ewes sold to make £125.50 from Messrs Patterson, Coupland Beck Farm, Appleby.

Leading Hogg Consignment Averages

Weight           £/ head    p/kg          From
120        @    60.39kg    £173.58    287.43p    Old Hall Farm
32          @    59.59kg    £163.25    273.94p    Scales Hall
81          @    56.95kg    £160.03    280.82p    Sycamore Rise
10          @      55.7kg    £153.10    274.87p    East Mellwaters Farm
34          @    48.79kg    £148.26    303.86p    Kelmore Hill Farm
14          @    59.29kg    £146.50    247.11p    The Springs
120        @    44.78kg    £145.16    324.2p      Newhall Farm
77          @    40.86kg    £140.25    343.28p    Fir Tree Farm

Leading Prices –

Spring Lambs –

Price Per Head –
Texel £188, £170, £160(2), £152 Moor Riggs; £170, £160, £157 Street House; £164 Avondale; £163 Terrys Farm; £158 Lime House; £156 Wodencroft; £152 Woodside: Beltex £178 Terrys Farm; £178, £160 Street House: Dutch Texel £172 Terrys Farm: Suffolk £160 Terrys Farm; £158 Woodside: Charollais £159 Avondale; £158 Wodencroft: Badgerfaced Texel £158 Gracies Farm: Hampshire £140 Woodside: Zwartble £116 Avondale: Rough £106 Woodside.

Price Per Kilo

Beltex 445p Terrys Farm; 421.1p, 414p Street: Texel 427.2p, 414.6p, 400p (2), 381p Moor Riggs; 390p Woodencroft; 386.4p Street House; 381.4p Avondale: Badger Faced Texel 427p, 363.6p Gracies Farm: Suffolk 421.1p Terrys Farm; 359.1p Woodside: Dutch Texel 409.5p Terrys Farm: Charollais 397.5p Avondale; 395p Wodencroft: Hampshire 359p Woodside: Rough 271.8p Woodside.

Prime Hoggs

Price Per Head – Texel £183, £182(2), £180(3), £174, £172 Old Hall Farm; £176 Scales Hall; £175 New Hall; £170 Fir Tree Farm: Beltex £179, £168 Old Hall Farm; £168 Low Hall; £168, £164, £154 Fir Tree Farm; £161, £157, £156 Newhall Farm; £160.50 Hallbankgate Farm; £160 Mount Pleasant Farm; £150(2) Kelmore Hill Farm: Suffolk £177, £167 Old Hall Farm; £161, £157, £154 Sycamore Rise; £161 Clarks Farm; £157 Scales Hall: Charollais £170 Sycamore Rise; £164 Middle Ridge Farm: Blue Texel 168, £151 Coupland Beck Farm; £161, £150 Gracies Farm: Bluefaced Leicester £164 Marriforth; £150 Hyde Park: Cheviot £161, £156.50, £151 Sycamore Rise; £152 Newhall Farm; £150 Capplegill; £140(2) Hyde Park: Mule £155, £140 Kelmore Hill Farm; £151 The Springs; £149 Middle Ridge Farm; £146, £140 Hyde Park; £141 East Unthank Farm: Dutch Texel £154 Kelmore Hill Farm: Scotch Blackfaced £147 Newhall Farm; £144 Greystone House; £140, £138.50(2), £137.50, £136.50, £135 Holly Cottage; £135 Hallbankgate Farm: Kerry Hill £146 Middle Ridge Farm: Valais Black Nose £143 Capplegill: Zwartble £140 Bank Hall: Lleyn £140, £138.50 Bank Hall: Swaledale £132 Stoneriggs; £128.50 Well House; £127.50, £115 Burton Hill; £121 Pikestone Farm; £115(5) West Summersides: Jacob £128.50 High Toft Hill Farm: Rough £128 Middle Ridge Farm: Herdwick £127, £126 Middle Ridge Farm: Shetland £96 Middle Ridge Farm.

Price per kilo – Beltex 410.5p, 373.8p, 362.5p Newhall Farm; 397.1p, 390.3p, 379.5p Fir Tree Farm; 391.5p, 360p Hallbankgate Farm: Texel 354.9p, 343p Newhall Farm; 340.4p, 334.9p, 331.8p Hallbankgate Farm; 336.7p, 333.3p, 330.8p Old Hall Farm; 333.3p Mount Pleasant Farm; 333.3p Kelmore Hill Farm: Charollais 334.7p Middle Ridge Farm: Blue Texel 328.6p Gracies Farm: Jacob 321p High Toft Hill Farm: Cheviot 320.2p, 316.7p, 311.6p Newhall Farm; 314.3p, 312.8p Hyde Park: Suffolk 315.1p, 307.6p Mount Pleasant; 305.1p Hyde Park: Scotch Blackface 312.8p Newhall Farm; 300p Hallbankgate; 300p, 297.9p, 296.7p Holly Cottage; 296.2p Hyde Park: Dutch Texel 308p Kelmore Hill Farm: Mule 305.6p, 296.3p, 291.7p Mount Pleasant Farm; 295.9p West Summersides: Swaledale 288p(4), 287.5p, 285.9p (2) West Summersides: Herdwick 280.5p Middle Ridge Farm: Shetland 252.6p Middle Ridge Farm:

Cast Ewes

Texel £180, £160 Kelmore Hill Farm; £170 Crookholm Farm; £160 Clarks Farm; £155 Yore House; £150(2) Marriforth: Bluefaced Leicester £148 Sanders Close; £140 East Unthank; £130.50 Marriforth: Cheviot £125.50 Coupland Beck Farm; £124 West Summersides; £105.50(2) Bank Hall: Suffolk £125(2) Clarks Farm; £120 Black Syke: Mule £125 Milestone House; £124 Snaisgill Farm; £124 Clarks Farm; £120.50 Langford Farm; £120 Keld Farm: Lleyn £105.50 Bank Hall: Rough £101 High Lane; £100 Dalefoot Farm: Swaledale £100 Milestone House; £97 Marriforth; £97 Harbour Flatt; £96 Punchard Farm; £95.50 Stanhope Gate Farm: Zwartble £98.50 Avondale: Beltex £90 Easegill Head: Scotch Blackface £90 Middle Bank End Farm; £85(2) Mount Pleasant Farm.

Cast Rams

Texel £160 Lime House; £125.50 Bridge End Farm; £121.50 Abbey Farm: Suffolk £150 Terrys Farm: Bluefaced Leicester £142 Eden Flatt; £140 Pikestone; £120 Rudd Hills: Swaledale £115 Whitewall Farm; £90 Burton Hill.