Kirkby Stephen Prime Sheep Sale

Harrison & Hetherington Ltd, Kirkby Stephen Mart Held Their Weekly Sale Of Prime Sheep On Tuesday Evening When 2285 Prime Sheep Where Forward Consisting Of 1640 prime Lambs and 645 Cast Sheep.

Topping the market at £230 was a 50kg Dutch Texel lamb from Messrs Sowerby, Terrys Farm, Ormside purchased by Dowdings Butchers, Appleby.

Topping the at 502.5p/kg were a pen of three 40kg Beltex lambs which made £201 from Messrs Pickard, Cheney House Farm, Leicestershire, with this home also selling a pen of fifteen 40kg Beltex cross lambs to make £197 (492.5p/kg).

Jojo Andrews, Boscar Flats, York sold a pen of eight 42kg Beltex cross lambs to make £207 (492.9p/kg) with another pen of seven 42kg lambs to make £202.

Louise Todd, Market Rasen sold 59kg Texel cross lambs to make £229 (388.1p/kg) with this home selling a pen of six 54kg Texel cross lambs to make £204, six 51kg at £198, 55kg & 56kg Charollais cross lambs to make £215 and £217 and six 56kg Suffolk cross lambs making £191 (382p/kg).

Messrs Sowerby, Terrys Farm also sold 53kg Texel cross lambs to make £214 (403.8p/kg) with a pen of eighteen 42kg lambs making £199 (473.8p/kg).

Charlotte and Georgia Davies, Top Field Farm, Leicester sold 50kg Beltex lambs to £198 with a pen of ten 40kg making £195.50 (488.8p/kg), a pen of eighteen 40kg at £194.50 (486.3p/kg), a pen of twelve 39kg making £192 (492.3p/kg) and a pen of eight 40kg making £193 482.5p/kg with this consignment of 51 lambs averaging 40.1kg £194 (483.5p/kg).

Messrs Hill and Wright, Mill Farm, Doncaster sold a pen of 41kg Beltex cross lambs to make £197 (480.5p/kg) with this home also selling a pen of 42kg at £196 and a pen of ten 42kg at £195.50 and a pen of fourteen 42kg at £193.50.

Messrs Allison, west Briscoe sold 36kg Beltex lambs to make £180 (500p/kg)

Will Riddington, Halton Red House Farm, Hexham sold a pen of four 37kg Blue Texel cross lambs to make £182 (491.9p/kg)

Messrs Richardson, Railway Terrace, Houghton le Springs sold a pen of 57kg Texel lambs to make £218.50 (383.3p/kg).

Suffolk lambs topped at £204 for 54kg from Messrs Lyle, Staingills, Culgaith with another pen of 49kg Suffolks making £185 and a pen of twelve 41kg Suffolks making £156.50 (381.7p/kg) from this home.

Messrs Fairburn, Marriforth, Ripon sold 49kg Suffolks to make £196 (400p/kg).

Mule lambs topped at £161 for 49kg from Messrs Ewin, Eden Flat, Warcop.

An over whelming SQQ average of 386.21p/kg and an overall average of 384.6p/kg and £164.10 per head was achieved with this been the leading average in the country seen anywhere recently. With 1640 lambs forward which is 626 more lambs sold on the same week last year and averaging 54p per kilo more.

16 pens and 40 lambs sold between £200 and 230

62 pens and 249 lambs sold between £190 and £230

23 pens and 165 lambs sold between 450p and 502p/kg

347 Beltex cross lambs sold to average 40.9kg £180.34 440p/kg.

Messrs Ladds, Benson Hall, Kendal on their first time selling cast sheep at Kirkby Stephen topped the sale at £266 for a pen of five Texel ewes.

Messrs Herbert, West Shaws, Barnard Castle also on their first time selling cast sheep at Kirkby Stephen made £260 for Texel ewes.

Charlotte & Georgia Davies, Top field farm, Leicester sold a pen of four Texel ewes at £252 with another pen making £250 also from this home.

Jojo Andrews, Boscar Flats, York also sold Texel ewes to £250, with Beltex cross ewes making £245 with Blue Texel ewes making £230 from this home.

Bluefaced Leicester ewes sold to top at £248 for a pair from Messrs Brown, Asby Hall, Great Asby.

Swaledale ewes topped at £136 for a pen of ten from Messrs Jenkinson, Whingill, Crosby Ravensworth.

Cast tups topped at £265 for a pen of three Texel from Messrs Littlefair, West Farm, Darlington who also sold Texel tups to £249.

All classes of cast ewes and rams where in extreme demand and many more can easily sold here at Kirkby Stephen on a weekly basis.

Tot Hds		Weight	P/Kg	Average	Vendor
3	@	57kg	383.3p	£218.50	J Richardson, Houghton le Springs
22	@	42.7kg	468.9p	£200.36	JM Andrews, York
30	@	45.4kg	438.3p	£199.13	G Sowerby, Ormside
51	@	40.1kg	483.5p	£194.00	C & G Davies, Leicester
8	@	50.2kg	381.p	£191.75	A Herbert, Barnard Castle
11	@	49.6kg	383.5p	£190.36	B & S Teasdale & Son, Bishop Auckland
76	@	49.3kg	385p	£189.89	Todd Farming, Marken Rasen
59	@	43.1kg	437.8p	£188.96	T Hill & R Wright, Doncaster
21	@	48.5kg	378.5p	£183.86	M Blacklidge, Richmond
4	@	37kg	491.9p	£182.00	W Riddington, Hexham
136	@	40.7kg	440.9p	£179.63	WF & RCM Pickard, Leicestershire
12	@	43kg	407.9p	£175.75	JS & JO Dodd, Temple Sowerby
20	@	45.8kg	383.4p	£175.60	Mrs JF Weighell, Richmond
49	@	45.9kg	378.6p	£174.07	M.L. E.C.& I.M. Scott, Northallerton
22	@	43kg	402.3p	£173.00	MR J F Weighell, Barnard Castle
49	@	44.1kg	389.7p	£171.89	E&EM Fairburn, Ripon
43	@	47.2kg	364.2p	£171.86	GW Longrigg & Sons, Appleby in Westmorland
13	@	46.2kg	371.2p	£171.31	R Allinson & Sons, Winton
5	@	40kg	425.5p	£170.20	S Armstrong & Sons, Thrimby

Prime Lambs

Price Per Head

DUTCH TEXEL: £230 Terrys Farm, £187 Staingills, TEXEL: £229, £204, £203, £200, £198, £194.50, £193(x2), £190, Manor Farm, £218.50 Railway Terrace, £214, £196, £190 Terrys Farm, £201.50, £194, £193 Lynsack Farm, £200, £194, £191 West Shaws, £197.50 Rudd Hills, £197 Windygate, £197(x5), £196, £190 Brogden Farm, £197 Mill Farm, £196(x2) Marriforth, £196 Benson Hall, £190.50 Green Croft, £190 Boscar Flats, CHAROLLAIS: £217, £215, £204, £187, £184 Manor Farm, £198 Boscar Flats, £194 Moorriggs, £161 Orchard Farm, BELTEX: £207, £202 Boscar Flats, £201, £197, £187, £185.50, £180.50 Cheney House Farm, £199 Terrys Farm, £198, £196, £195.50, £194.50, £193, £192 Top Field Farm, £197, £196, £195.50, £193.50, £180.50,Mill Farm, £193 Lyndale House, £190, £188 Marriforth, £180 West Briscoe, SUFFOLK: £204, £185, £156.50 Staingills, £196 Marriforth, £191 Manor Farm, £183 Green Croft, £180, £159.50 High Mansriggs, £167, £160 Old Mill Flatt, £162.50 Starrah, £158 Swathburn, £157 Wharton Hall, £156 Ascot House, BLUEFACED LEICESTER: £197 Lynsack Farm, BLUE TEXEL: £196 Mill Farm, £182 Halton Red House Farm , ROMNEY: £178.50, £167.50 Breaks Hall, DUTCH SPOTTED: £165 Breaks Hall, MULE: £161 Eden Flatt, £153 Rudd Hills, LLEYN: £156 Whingill.

Pence per kilo

BELTEX: 502.5p, 492.5p, 451.3p, 448.8p, 441.7p Cheney House Farm, 500p West Briscoe, 492.9p, 481p Boscar Flats, 492.3p, 488.8p, 486.3p, 482.5p, 445.5p Top Field Farm, 480.5p, 466.7p, 465.5p, 460.7p Mill Farm, 473.8p Terrys Farm, 470.3p, 455.3p, 447.4p Moorriggs, 463.4p, 458.5p Marriforth, 459.5p Lyndale House,  BLUE TEXEL: 491.9p  Halton Red House Farm , 455.8p Mill Farm,  DUTCH TEXEL: 460p Terrys Farm,  TEXEL: 441.9p Boscar Flats, 426.3p, 412.2p Cheney House Farm, 415.0p, 394p (x3) , 387.8p, 385.7p Brogden Farm, 408.3p, 400.0p, 388.9p Marriforth, 403.8p, 395.8p Terrys Farm, 402.3p Abbey Farm, 400.0p, 388.8p Green Croft, 393.9p, 389.6p, 388.2p, 388.1p Manor Farm, 391.5p Fox Grove Farm, 389.4p, 386.3p Mill Farm, 388p West Shaws, 387.5p Goodlie Hill Cottage, 386p Lynsack Farm, 385.9p Staingills,  CHAROLLAIS: 412.8p Orchard Farm, 397.9p, 391.5p, 390.9p, 387.5p Manor Farm, 388.9p Moorriggs, 380.8p Boscar Flats,  SUFFOLK: 400p Marriforth, 382p Manor Farm, 381.7p, 377.8p, 377.6p, 374.4p Staingills, 380.5p Ascot House, 373.5p Green Croft,  DUTCH SPOTTED: 385.9p, 368.3p East Upper Priestside, 366.7p Breaks Hall,  BLUEFACED LEICESTER: 378.8p Lynsack Farm,  ROMNEY: 371.9p, 364.1p Breaks Hall,  HAMPSHIRE DOWN: 360.9p Windygate,  MULE: 332.6p Rudd Hills,

Cast Ewes

TEXEL: £266 Benson Hall, £260 West Shaws, £252, £250, £220, £203 Top Field Farm, £250, £200 Boscar Flats, £244 Terrys Farm, £225 Skylin, £225, £208, £202 Railway Terrace, £224 New Hall Farm, £222 Goodlie Hill Cottage, £214 Brogden Farm, £202 High Beck Head, £200 Friendship Farm, BLUEFACED LEICESTER: £248, £172 Asby Hall Mews, £200 Swathburn, £160 Oak House, BELTEX: £245, £238, £218 Boscar Flats, £240, £220 Terrys Farm, £184 Staingills, BLUE TEXEL: £230 Boscar Flats, £188 Moorriggs, CHAROLLAIS: £210 Orchard Farm, SUFFOLK: £207 Boscar Flats, £202 Railway Terrace, £192 Terrys Farm, £190 Staingills, DUTCH SPOTTED: £198 Sunny Mount, MULE: £179 Dry Evers, £177 Benson Hall, £169 Milestone House, £166 Stripes Farm, £160 Brogden Farm, LLEYN: £170 Wharton Hall, £166 Whingill, SWALEDALE: £136 Whingill, £131 High Beck Head, £130 Milestone House, £126 Buddle House, £124 Swathburn, £124 Dousgill Farm.

Cast Tups

TEXEL: £265, £249, £192 West Farm, £166 Benson Hall, BLEU DU MAINE: £202 West Farm, BELTEX: £200 East Mellwaters Farm, HILL CHEVIOT: £168 Orchard Farm, SWALEDALE: £140 Helbeck Farm, £140 High Beck Head.