Kirkby Stephen Prime Lambs

Harrison & Hetherington Ltd, Kirkby Stephen Mart Held Their Weekly Sale Of Prime Sheep On Tuesday Evening When 2573 Prime Sheep Where Forward Consisting Of 1580 Spring Lambs, 205 Prime Hoggs And 788 Cast Sheep.

Topping the spring lambs at £228 was a 77kg Suffolk lamb from Messrs Brannen, Scar Top, Penrith.

Topping at 468.4p/kg was a pen of sixteen 38kg Beltex cross lambs which made £178 from Messrs Platt, Far Whittles Farm, Cheshire with this home also selling a pen of seventeen 39kg making £179 (459p/kg) and a pen of seventeen 42kg Texel cross lambs making £185.

JoJo Andrews, Boscar Flats sold 55kg Beltex cross lambs to top at £224, with this home also selling 53kg at £212, a pen of five 52kg Texel cross lambs at £207, 53kg Charollais cross lambs at £21p, and a pen of 47kg at £202, with four 45kg making £200.

The consignment of 24 lambs from Boscar Flats sold to average 49.7kg £202.08 (406.9p/kg).

Todd Farming, Market Rasen sold a pair of 62kg Suffolk cross lambs to make £221, with 52kg Suffolks making £204 (392.3p/kg), a pen of 54kg Texel cross lambs at £206, a pen of six 52kg at £20p, and a pen of seven 49kg Charollais cross lambs at £194.

Messrs Sowerby, Terrys Farm, Ormside sold 49kg Beltex cross lambs to make £220.

Messrs Haxby, Leyburn sold 56kg Texel cross lambs to make £217.

Messrs Richardson, Etherley House, Darlington sold a pen of 56kg Texel cross lambs at £213.

Messrs Findlay, Whitby sold 49kg Beltex cross lambs to £206.

Messrs Hill & Wright, Doncaster sold a pen of 41kg lambs to make £192 (468.3p/kg) with another two pens of nine & five 41kg making £187 (456.1p/kg), a pen of five 43kg at £191.50 (445.3p/kg).

The consignment of 65 lambs from this home sold to average 43.7kg £187.32 (428.9p/kg).

Mule lambs sold to £132 & 330p/kg for 40kg from Messrs Taylor, Swathburn, Great Asby.

Kirkby Stephen Prime  Sheep ring does it once again selling 1580 lambs to a fantastic overall average of 375.56p/kg and £158.92 leading the way once again!

Twenty three pens and 45 lambs sold between £200 - £228.

Sixty three pens and 214 lambs sold between £180 - £228.

Twenty eight pens and 133 lambs sold between 420 – 468p/kg.

Fourty five pens and 208 lambs sold between 400 – 468p/kg.

Tot Hds		Weight	P/Kg	Average	Vendor
3	@	53.3kg	380.6p	£203.00	MRS J Irvine, County Durham
24	@	49.7kg	406.9p	£202.08	JM Andrews, York
65	@	43.7kg	428.9p	£187.32	T Hill & R Wright, Doncaster
73	@	48.7kg	378.6p	£184.51	Todd Farming, Market Rasen
15	@	44.5kg	412.6p	£183.47	MESR G Sowerby, Appleby In Westmorland
6	@	47.5kg	376.5p	£178.83	Messrs Jackson, Appleby In Westmorland
63	@	40.5kg	440.9p	£178.73	MESR GW&MA Platt, Cheshire
28	@	46.5kg	378.7p	£176.11	I T Bell, Brampton
19	@	46kg	379p	£174.13	MESR D E Wood & Son, Ulverston
49	@	46.5kg	371.6p	£172.69	M.L. E.C.& I.M. Scott, Northallerton
8	@	45.4kg	379.6p	£172.25	MR P G Sayer, Kirkby Stephen
8	@	42.3kg	404.3p	£170.81	MR RG Findlay, Whitby

Cast Sheep

Cast sheep sold to top at £250 for a fantastic pen of six Beltex cross ewes from Messrs Lee, Carkin Moor Farm, Richmond.

Messrs Brannen, Scar Top, Penrith sold a pair of Texel cross ewes to make £240.

Messrs Fenwick, East Holme Farm, Barnard Castle sold a pen of three Beltex cross ewes to make £237.

Suffolk cross ewes sold to £229 for a pair from Messrs Soulby, Williamsgill Farm, Penrith.

Leicester ewes sold to £216 for a pen of three from Messrs Buckle, Buckles Farm, Kirkby Stephen.

Mule ewes sold to £182 from Messrs Jenkinson, Whingill, Kirkby Stephen.

Rough Fell ewes sold to £170 and £160 from Messrs Capstick, Lockholme Hall, Ravenstonedale.

Lleyn ewes topped at £166 for a pen of ten from Messrs Barrow, Holme Farm, Ormside.

Hill Cheviot ewes sold to £160 from Messrs Johnson, Herdship, Barnard Castle.

Cast Rams sold to £208 for a Dorset from Messrs Hall, Sedbury Home Farm, Richmond.

All Classes And Breeds Of Cast Sheep Where Also A Flying Trade Once Again Here At Kirkby Stephen Bucking The Trend Of Being Less Money At Some Places Nationally.

Prime Lambs

Price Per Head

SUFFOLK: £228, £164, £162.5p, £161 Scar Top.  £221, £204 Manor Farm.  £190 East View.  £183, £170 Low Wood House.  £172, £164 Staingills.  £166.50 Etherley House.  £166 Villa Farm.  £164 Keld Farm.  £163.50 Quarry Farm.  £162 Row End Farm.  BELTEX: £224, £202, £200 Boscar Flats.  £22p, £187, £174 Terrys Farm.  £206, £175 Quarry Farm.  £192, £191.5p, £19p, £187(x4), £185.50(x2) Mill Farm.  £185 Hallbankgate Farm.  £179, £178 Far Whittles Farm.  £174, £170 Staingills.  £171.5p, £170 Home Farm.  TEXEL: £217, £202 Weardale.  £213 Etherley House.  £212, £207, £202, £200(x2), £196, £191 Boscar Flats.  £209, £19p, £189, £180 Hallbankgate Farm.  £206, £20p, £195, £19p, £182 Manor Farm.  £195 Bank House.  £191, £186, £185, £183 Far Whittles Farm.  £190 East View.  £190 Brogden Farm.  £188 Terrys Farm.  £188 Musgrave House.  £187.50 Mill Farm.  £187 Greenside Farm.  £186 Beck Side Farm.  £184 Martindale Farm.  £180 Town Head Farm.  CHAROLLAIS: £210 Boscar Flats.  £207, £201 Mill House Farm.  £202, £194(x2), £182, £170 Manor Farm.  £182 Orchard Farm.  £170 Dry Evers.  BLUE TEXEL: £183 Powis House.  £171 Staingills.  £164 Benson Hall.  £154 Town Head Farm.  DUTCH SPOTTED: £169 Hesket Demain.  LLEYN: £140 Helm Farm.  MULE: £132 Swathburn.  HILL CHEVIOT: £113 Town Head Farm.

Prime Lambs

P/Kg

BELTEX: 468.4p, 459p Far Whittles Farm.  468.3p, 456.1p(x2), 445.3p, 441.9p, 431.4p(x2) Mill Farm.  449p, 445.2p Terrys Farm.  445.9p, 439.7p, 428.6p, 425p Home Farm.  445.9p Castle Hill.  444.4p, 429.8p Boscar Flats.  439.5p, 435.9p, 435.1p, 428.9p Staingills.  437.5p, 426.5p, 420.4p Quarry Farm.  TEXEL: 440.5p, 406.7p, 392.9p Far Whittles Farm.  425.5p, 404p, 400p(x2), 398.1p, 397.9p, 392p Boscar Flats.  421.8p Home Farm.  418.8p Staingills,  413.5p Lower Leazes Farm.  407.6p Mill Farm.  405p, 397.6p, 394.3p Friars Garth.  402.5p, 390.2p Street House.  395.9p Fair View.  395.7p Beck Side Farm.  393.8p, 391.3p Hallbankgate Farm.  392.3p Starrah. 392.2p Beckside Farm. 392p Etherley House.  391.7p Terrys Farm.  390p Manor Farm.  BLUE TEXEL: 417.1p Staingills.  377.6p Far Whittles Farm.  375.6p Town Head Farm.  371.3p Benson Hall. CHAROLLAIS: 396.2p Boscar Flats.  395.9p, 388.5p, 388p, 379.2p Manor Farm.  393.8p House & Holme Farm.  386.5p Mill House Farm.  381.1p Castle Hill.  375p Orchard Farm.  SUFFOLK: 392.3p Manor Farm.  380.8p, 373.9p, 367.9p Staingills.  377.9p, 372.7p, 365.9p Scar Top.  366p Low Wood House. DUTCH SPOTTED: 361p, 359.6p Hesket Demain.  MULE: 330p Swathburn.

Prime Hoggs

Price Per Head

SUFFOLK: £210 Scar Top.  £164 Kelmore Hill Farm. TEXEL: £188, £168, £160 West Farm.  £182, £154 Moorriggs.  £172 Searchlight Farm.  £171, £17p, £164, £151 Kelmore Hill Farm.  £166 Weardale.  £155 Wharton Hall.  £154 Stonecrest.  £150 West Stoney Keld. MULE: £168 Lambrigg Park.  £139 Barrowmoor Road.  £130 Kelmore Hill Farm.  HILL CHEVIOT: £162 Beckfoot.  SWALEDALE: £128 Lambrigg Park. £123 Bleathgill. £121 Buckles Farm. HERDWICK: £97 Weardale.

Prime Hoggs

P/Kg

TEXEL: 344.4p, 337.2p, 321.3p Kelmore Hill Farm.  329.4p, 326.5p West Farm.  320.8p Stonecrest.  BELTEX: 339.4p Kelmore Hill Farm.  SUFFOLK: 313.4p Scar Top. HILL CHEVIOT: 284.2p Beckfoot.  MULE: 283.7p Barrowmoor Road.  SWALEDALE: 256p Lambrigg Park. HERDWICK: 242.5p Weardale.

Cast Sheep

Cast Ewes:  BELTEX: £250, £227, £201 Carkin Moor Farm.  £237 East Holme Farm.  £231, £190 Quarry Farm.  £220, £214(x2), £198 Staingills. £212(x2) Low West House Farm.  £194 Terrys Farm. TEXEL: £240 Scar Top.  £236 Mill House Farm.  £216 Lower Leazes Farm.  £206 East View.  £200 Powis House. £200 Red House Farm.  £199 Hesket Demain.  £199, £198(x2) Boscar Flats.  £199, £197 Street House. £198(x2), £197 West Briscoe.  £196 Searchlight Farm.  £196 West Stoney Keld. SUFFOLK: £229, £210 Williamsgill Farm.  £216 Mill House Farm.  £212 Etherley House.  £206 East View,  £205 Quarry Farm. BLUEFACED LEICESTER: £216 Buckles Farm.  £209 Greenriggs.  £190 Whingill.  MULE: £182 Whingill.  £176 Brogden Farm.  £172 Wharton Hall.  £166 South View.  £165 Terrys Farm.  £165 Rosgill Head.  £165 Row End Farm.  ROUGH FELL: £170, £160, £130 Lockholme Hall.  LLEYN: £166 Helm Farm.  HILL CHEVIOT: £160 Herdship.  £140 Middle Bank End Farm.  CLUN FOREST: £158 Searchlight Farm.  JACOB: £130 Middle Bank End Farm.  SWALEDALE: £122, £113 Park House Farm.  £120 Villa Farm.  £118 Rigg Farm.  £114 West Briscoe.  HERDWICK: £116 Weardale.  SHETLAND: £80 Middle Bank End Farm.

Cast Sheep

Cast Tups:  DORSET: £208 Sedbury Home Farm.  TEXEL: £200, £190 Kelmore Hill Farm.  £168 Greenside Farm.  BELTEX: £190 Kelmore Hill Farm.  BLUEFACED LEICESTER: £180 Rigg Farm.  £152 Greenriggs.  BLUE TEXEL: £160 Gracies Farm.  SWALEDALE: £148 West Briscoe.