Kirkby Stephen Prime Sheep Sale

Harrison & Hetherington Ltd, Kirkby Stephen Mart Held Their Weekly Sale Of Prime Sheep On Tuesday Evening When 3060 sheep consisting of 2149 prime lambs, 684 cast sheep and 227 store lambs.

Topping the sale at £224 was a 52kg Texel cross lamb from Messrs Clarke, Stripes Farm, Waitby which was bought by Steadmans Butchers, Kirkby Stephen.

Topping at 507.9p/kg where a pen of seven 38kg which made £193 from John Maughan, Ash Garth, Great Asby with this home also selling a pen of nine 41kg to make £190.

Messrs Foster, Fordham Farm, York sold a pen of seven 43kg to make £196, with a pen of eighteen 42kg making £190.

Messrs Blandford, Mayfields Farm, Ledbury sold a pen of five 40kg at £196 (490p/kg) a pen of seven 40kg at £191 (477.5p/kg) four 41kg at £194 (473.2p/kg) and a pen of nine 42kg at £192.

Messrs Platt, Far Whittles Farm, Cheshire sold two pens of twenty five and twenty three 38kg Beltex cross lambs to make £187 (492.1p/kg) with another pen of twenty five 38kg making £186 (489.5p/kg) a pen of nineteen 38kg at £185 (486.8p/kg) a pen of eleven 38kg at £182.50 (480.3p/kg) and a pen of eleven 39kg at £185 (474.4p/kg).

Messrs Slater, Whitley Hey Farm, Macclesfield sold a pen of twenty nine 39kg Beltex cross lambs to make £184 (471.8p/kg).

Messrs Chester, Grassgill Lodge, Soulby sold 59kg Beltex cross lambs to make £216 (366.1p/kg) with this home selling 57kg Charollais cross lambs to £209 (366.7p/kg).

Messrs Sayer, Musgrave House, Great Musgrave sold 48kg Texel cross lambs to £208 (433.3p/kg).

Hill Cheviot lambs sold to £174 for 50kg from Messrs Thompson, Grove Farm, Darlington.

Suffolk cross lambs topped at £171 for 50kg from Messrs Bolton, Snow Hall Farms, Darlington.

Once again Kirkby Stephen bucked the national downturn in trade by averaging a whopping 355.6p/kg SQQ and 343.2p/g and £150.48 overall which is 32p/kg dearer than the same week last year for 433 more lambs sold!

Fourty seven pens and 384 lambs sold between £180 - £224.

Fourty nine pens and 489 lambs sold between 400 – 507p/kg.

The best quality and well fed heavy lambs where still in best demand with these sorts adding up very well still for the time of year.

Consignment Averages
Tot Hds		Weight	P/Kg	£/Head	Vendor
31	@	41.1kg	455.8p	£187.45	MESR JS & JO Dodd, Penrith
63	@	41.7kg	445.7p	£185.78	MESR B Blandford & Sons, Ledbury
26	@	39.8kg	465.8p	£185.42	MR John Maughan, Appleby In Westmorland
83	@	44.7kg	412.4p	£184.35	MR C W Foster, York
87	@	41.2kg	441.7p	£181.74	G E & V H Slater & Sons, Macclesfield
29	@	43.2kg	412.1p	£177.91	MESR T W Hunter, Annan
157	@	38.3kg	463.7p	£177.79	MESR GW&MA Platt, Cheshire
14	@	42.1kg	415.4p	£175.07	P A & N S Tattersall, York
11	@	46kg	361p	£166.14	MESR D & JH Richardson, Ravenstonedale
33	@	46.4kg	356p	£165.20	M.L. E.C.& I.M. Scott, Northallerton
14	@	42.8kg	383.3p	£164.07	MR H G Jackson, Penrith

Cast Sheep

Cast sheep topped at £200 on two occasions the first for a pen of four Texel cross ewes from Messrs Slater, Whitley Hey Farm, Macclesfield.

With this home selling Beltex cross ewes at £198 to £199.

Messrs Ewin, Black Syke, Sandford sold a pair of Texel cross ewes also to £200.

Suffolk cross ewes sold to £195 from Messrs Senior, Tadcaster.

Mule ewes sold to £168 for a pen of seven from Messrs Little, Row End Farm, Soulby.

Swaledale ewes topped at £113 from Messrs Metcalf, Park House Farm, Richmond.

Prime Lambs

Price Per Head

TEXEL: £224, £181, £154.50 Stripes Farm.  £208, £155 Musgrave House.  £205 Paddock Cottage.  £188, £181, £18p, £179, £178, £172 Brogden Farm.  £188, £184, £18p, £156 Black Syke.  £184 Amersber Cottage.  £180 Grove House Farm.  £179 Jardines.  £170 Wharton Hall.  £17p, £150 Greenside Farm.  £167.5p, £165 Croft House Farm.  £167, £156, £154.50 Etherley House.  £166, £161 Park House Farm.  £162, £150 Sunnyside.  £159 West Whorley Hill.  £158 East Thorngarth Hill.  £155.50 Dry Evers.  £154 Matfen Estate Office.  £152 Windygate.  £150.50 Calva Farm.  £150 Barnskew.  BELTEX: £216 Grassgill Lodge.  £196, £194, £192, £191, £19p, £189, £182, £179, £176 Mayfields Farm.  £196(x2), £19p, £185, £174(x2), £172 Fordham Farm.  £193, £19p, £176 Ash Garth.  £19p, £18p, £177, £170 Town Farm.  £189.5p, £187, £185 Skylin.  £188, £186, £184, £177 Upper Brydekirk.  £187(x2), £186, £185(x2), £182.5p, £175.50 Far Whittles Farm.  £184, £182, £181, £180 Whiteley Hey Farm.  £180 Castle Hill.  £175, £172 Little Beck.  £173 Staingills.  £173 Barnskew.  £171 Matfen Estate Office.  £170 Mill House Farm.  CHAROLLAIS: £209 Grassgill Lodge.  £196, £165 Whiteley Hey Farm. WHITEFACED WOODLAND: £180 Dyke Nook.  HILL CHEVIOT: £174 Grove House Farm.  SUFFOLK: £171, £141 Snow Hall Farms.  £169 West Whorley Hill.  £165 Etherley House.  £146 Bosomworth & Co.  £145 Grassgill Lodge.  £144.50 Windygate.  £142 How Nook.  ZWARTBLES: £150 Bracken Bank.  DUTCH SPOTTED: £148.50 Breaks Hall.  ROMNEY: £148.50 Breaks Hall.  BLUE TEXEL: £145.50 Wood House Farm.  MULE: £130 Sunnyside.  £126 West Whorley Hill.  £120 Park House Farm.  HAMPSHIRE DOWN: £126 Windygate.  HEBRIDEAN: £117 Amersber Cottage.  ROUGH FELL: £117 Waterhouses.  RYELAND: £115.50 Heathercote Farm.  SWALEDALE: £80 The Close.

Prime Lambs

P/Kg

BELTEX: 507.9p, 463.4p, 440p Ash Garth.  492.1p(x2), 489.5p, 486.8p, 480.3p, 474.4p, 450p Far Whittles Farm.  490p, 477.5p, 473.2p, 463.4p, 461p, 457.1p, 443.9p, 426.2p, 400p Mayfields Farm.  473.8p, 456.1p, 430.2p Skylin. 471.8p, 443.9p, 441.5p, 400p Whiteley Hey Farm.  455.8p, 452.4p, 430p, 417p, 404.7p, 402.2p Fordham Farm.  450p, 409.8p Castle Hill.  448.8p, 432.6p, 402.3p Upper Brydekirk.  435.9p, 428.6p, 400p Town Farm.  432.5p Barnskew.  422.5p, 407.1p Matfen Estate Office.  410p Mill House Farm.  402.3p Staingills. 400p Little Beck.  TEXEL: 433.3p Musgrave House.  430.8p, 362p Stripes Farm.  385.1p, 383p, 376p, 372.9p, 366p, 349p Brogden Farm.  383.3p, 354.7p, 339.6p, 339.1p, 332.1p Black Syke.  377.8p Wharton Hall.  375p, 342p Croft House Farm.  360p Grove House Farm.  360p Paddock Cottage.  347.9p Etherley House.  336.4p Castle Hill.  336.2p East Thorngarth Hill.  334.8p, 331.7p Matfen Estate Office.  332p Park House Farm.  330.6p Sunnyside.  CHAROLLAIS: 412.5p, 384.3p Whiteley Hey Farm.  366.7p Grassgill Lodge.  WHITEFACED WOODLAND: 400p Dyke Nook.  HILL CHEVIOT: 348p Grove House Farm.  SUFFOLK: 343.8p Etherley House.  342p, 313.3p Snow Hall Farms.  325p West Whorley Hill.  317.4p Bosomworth & Co.  314.1p Windygate.  BLUE TEXEL: 312.8p Matfen Estate Office.  ROMNEY: 304.3p, 297p Breaks Hall.  DUTCH SPOTTED: 303.1p Breaks Hall.  HAMPSHIRE DOWN: 286.4p Windygate.  MULE: 275.6p Waterhouses.  274p West Whorley Hill.  270.8p Sunnyside.  ROUGH FELL: 265.9p Waterhouses.  SWALEDALE: 205.1p The Close.

Store Lambs

MULE: £110,Southwaite Farm,  TEXEL: £108,Swathburn,  £106,Goodlie Hill Farm,  £104,Stephens Farm,  £103,Sandford Hall,  £100,Sunnyside,  SUFFOLK: £107,Swathburn,

Cast Sheep

Cast Ewes

TEXEL: £200 Whiteley Hey Farm.  £200 Black Syke.  £190, £186, £170(x2), £163, £159, £157(x2), £150 Langton Field.  £180 Wheatdale Road.  £179, £178, £161, £155 Town End Farm.  £174 Dry Evers.  £168 Carkin Moor Farm.  £161 Brogden Farm.  £161, £150 Staingills.  £161(x2), £151 Grove House Farm.  £160 Grassgill Lodge.  £150 Row End Farm.  BELTEX: £199, £198 Whiteley Hey Farm.  £172 Grassgill Lodge. £171 Black Syke.  £150 Wheatdale Road.  SUFFOLK: £195 Wheatdale Road.  £176 Black Syke.  £157 Gracies Farm.  BLUE TEXEL: £180 Whiteley Hey Farm.  ROMNEY: £174 Breaks Hall. CHAROLLAIS: £170 Whiteley Hey Farm.  MULE: £168 Row End Farm.  £158 Brogden Farm.  £156 Langton Field.  £155 Bridge End Farm.  £151 Town End Farm.  £140 Lyndale House.  LLEYN: £141 Whingill.  HILL CHEVIOT: £130 Langton Field.  £101 Bents Farm.  SWALEDALE: £113 Park House Farm.  £100, £80 Bridge End Farm.  £90, £76 Kilnstown.  £80 Highfield House.  £74 Park House Farm.  DUTCH SPOTTED: £112 Low Moor.  ROUGH FELL: £112 Hall Close.  ZWARTBLES: £100 Low Moor.  BLACKFACE: £80 Wheatdale Road.

Cast Sheep

Cast Tups

TEXEL: £178(x2) Lyndale House.  £170 Wheatdale Road.  £168 Hall Close.  BELTEX: £170 Foxtower View.  BLUEFACED LEICESTER: £134 Swathburn.  ROUGH FELL: £125 Galloper Park.