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Date: 01 June 2021 | Primestock

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Kirkby Stephen Prime Sheep Sale

Kirkby Stephen, Faraday Road, Kirkby Stephen, CA17 4QL

Harrison & Hetherington Ltd, Kirkby Stephen Mart held their weekly sale of prime sheep on Tuesday night when 2,180 sheep were forward, 959 spring lambs, 707 prime hoggs and 514 cast sheep. 

Topping the spring lambs at £186 were 52 kilo Texel cross lambs from Messrs Platt, Macclesfield which were bought by West Scottish Lamb. 

Topping at 468.4p per kilo were a pen of 10, 38 kilo Beltex cross lambs which made £178 and were consigned by Messrs Sowerby, Terrys Farm, Ormside. 

Messrs Bell, Hallbankgate Farm, Brampton sold 46 kilo Texel cross lambs to make £179 selling to Dowdings Butchers, Appleby. 

Messrs Hunter, Upper Brydekirk, Annan sold a pen of 39 kilo Beltex cross lambs to make £173 (443.6p per kilo). 

Messrs Platt, Macclesfield sold a pen of 15, 38 kilo Beltex cross lambs to make £166.50 (438.2p per kilo).

Another fantastic trade for spring lambs was witnessed with an unbelievable overall sale average of 365p per kilo and an SQQ average of 367.2p per kilo was achieved which was also an average of £144.22 per head. 

20 Pens and 63 lambs sold between £170 - £186.  158 Lambs sold between £160 - £186, 28 pens and 161 lambs sold between 400 – 468p per kilo. 

233 Beltex cross lambs sold to average 404p per kilo at £152.40. 

The first draw of Mule lambs were forward and sold to make £107.50 for a pen of 7, 35 kilo lambs from Messrs Jenkinson, Whingill, Hartley. 

16 Active buyers were once again competing to secure numbers of all types and weights of lambs here at Kirkby and many more lambs could easily be sold well to meet this current strong demand!

Prime hoggs topped at £180 for a pen of 4, 58 kilo Beltex cross hoggs from Messrs Slater, Whitley Hey Farm, Macclesfield. 

Good meated hoggs with a good bit of weight about them were particularly good to sell still. 

Cast sheep topped at £190 for Texel cross ewes from Messrs Slater, Whitley Hey Farm. 

Swaledale ewes sold to £105 for a pen of 5 from Messrs Taylor, Waterhouses, Asby. 

All classes of cast sheep were also dearer with many being another £10 up on the week once again and many more of all types are needed here at Kirkby Stephen to meet increased demand over the next few weeks. 

Leading Prices –

Spring Lambs –

Price Per Head –

Texel £186 New Pastures Farm; £179, £166, £152 Hallbankgate Farm; £176.50, £175.50, £170 (2), £169.50, £163.50, £162 Staingills; £170 Musgrave House; £170, £163 East Newbiggin ; £166.50, £150 Hopewell Farm; £164.50 Home Farm (Metcalfe); £160.50 Moor Riggs; £160, £154.50, £150 Starrah; £160 Etherley House; £159.50, £153.50 Wharton Hall; £159.50 (2), £156 Town End Farm (Sayer); £158 Town Head Farm (Wharton); £154.50 Upper Brydekirk; £152.50 Street House (Slee): Beltex £178 Terrys Farm; £178, £167.50, £167, £162.50, £157.50, £154,50, £152.50 Staingills; £176, £173, £168.50, £161 Upper Brydekirk; £171.50 , £165.50 Town End Farm (Sayer); £175, £174, £168, £157 Hallbankgate Farm; £173.50, £152.50 (2), £150 The Grange (Hodgson); £167.50, £162.50, £155.50 Moor Riggs: £166.50, £154 New Pastures Farm; £164.50 Little Langton Farm; £159.50 Wharton Hall: Dutch Texel £178, £160, £150 Terrys Farm: Blue Texel £170 Bonny Rigg: Hampshire4 £170 East Newbiggin; £146 Stonelowe Hall: Charollais £164 Moor Riggs; £158,50, £158 Orchard Farm: £142 Staingills: £142 New Pastures Farm: Suffolk £150 East Newbiggin: £150, £147.50, £142.50 Etherley House; £146 Crossfell House: Zwartble £134, £131, £130 Hedgeholme Farm: Mule £107.50 Whingill. 

Price Per Kilo

Beltex 468.4p Terrys Farm: 443.6p, 429.3p, 421.3p, 402.5p Upper Brydekirk, 439.5p Staingills; 438.20p, 427.80p New Pastures Farm; 430.8p, , 424.4p, 424.3p Hallbankgate Farm: 423.6p, 423.3p416.7p The Grange (Hodgson); 419.7p, 402.8p Wharton Hall; 417.6p, 416.7p Staingills; 412.5p, 401.2p Little Langdon Grange; 408.5p Moor Riggs: Texel 419.7p; 416.7p , 380.3p Wharton Hall; 416.7p, 396.4p Hopewell Farm; 410.5p, 408.8p, 403.6p, 398.9p , 386.4p Staingills; 391p, 382.9p Street House (Slee); 390.2p Etherley House; 389.1p Hallbankgate Farm; 386.3p Upper Brydekirk; 385.5p, 383.3p, 382.6p, 382.4p  Home Farm (Metcalfe) : Dutch Texel 414p, 381p Terrys Farm: Blue Texel 395.3p Bonny Rigg: Charollais 386.6p, 351.1p Orchard Farm; 364.5p, 355p Staingills; 364.1p New Pastures Farm: Hampshire 356.1p Stonelowe Hall: Suffolk 347.6p Crossfell House; 343p, 339.3p Etherley House; 337.5p East Newbiggin: Badger Face 345.2p Crossfell House: Mule 307.1p Whingill: Zwartble 302.6p Hedgeholme Farm.

Prime Hoggs

Price Per Head –

Beltex £180, £150 Whiteley Hey Farm; £157 Hopewell Farm; £154 Skylin; £150, £140 Buckles Farm: Texel £161.50, £146 ,£140.50 Sunny Gill Farm; £160 Allerbeck Farm; £155.50, £145.50 High Toft Hill Farm; £149 Raygill Farm: Suffolk £150 Villa Farm: Cheviot £156, £155.50, £154, £130 Bloan Farm; £145.50, £140 Sunny Gill Farm: Blackfaced £149.50, £146, £131 Sunny Gill Farm: Mule £140 High Lane (Capstick); £114 (2) High Toft Hill: Swaledale £138, £130 Sunny Gill Farm:£98 Bridge Farm House; £93.50 Allerbeck Farm; £92.50 Hole House (Sibson): Bluefaced Leicester £132 Villa Farm; Rough Fell £88 Beechcroft Farm; Herdwick £86.50 Allerbeck Farm.

Price per kilo –

Texel 336.5p, 310.6p Siunny Gill Farm; 311p, 302.4p, 300p High Toft Hill Farm: Beltex £310.3p Whiteley Hey Farm; 306.1p Buckles Farm:, 304.4p Skylin: Cheviot 300p, 299p, 296.2p Bloan Farm; 296.9p, 291.7p Sunny Gill Farm: Blackfaced 299p, 284.8p, 280.8p Sunny Gill Farm: Swaledale 265.4p, 245.3p Sunny Gill Farm: Mule 253.3p (2) High Toft Hill Farm: Herdwick 206 Allerbeck Farm;, 205.4p Beechcroft Farm.

Cast Ewes

Texel £190 Whitley Hey Farm; £180, £155 Clarks Farm; £170, £150 Cole Hill Farm; £160 Staingills; £158 Skylin; £150.50 The Grange (Hodgson); £150 Upper Brydekirk: Beltex £165 (2) Whiteley Hey Farm; £154 Upper Brydekirk: Half Bred £154, £130 Cole Hill Farm: Suffolk £150 Staingills; £135 Stamp Hill Farm: Blue Texel £145 Whiteley Hey Farm: Cheviot £118.50 Beechcroft Farm; £105 Skylin: Mule   £116 Hopewell Farm; £116 Jardines; £116 Raygill Farm: £114 Terrys Farm ; £110 Beechcroft Farm ; £110 Barningham House: Bluefaced Leicester £112 Barningham House: Blackfaced £111 Waterhouses: Rough Fell £110 , £98 Beckstones; £94.50 High Lane: Swaledale £105 Waterhouses; £100 Nixon Terrace; £96.50 Blades Field Farm ; £91.50 Barningham House; £88.50 Villa Farm; £87.50 Low Houses Farm; £84.50 Buddle House: Herdwick £88.50 Beechcroft Farm.

Cast Rams

Texel £152 Staingills: Bluefaced Leicester £140 Villa Farm   Beltex £116.50 Buddle House: Swaledale £115 Barningham House.