Kirkby Stephen Weekly Sheep

Harrison & Hetherington Ltd, Kirkby Stephen Mart Held Their Weekly Sale Of Prime Sheep On Tuesday Evening when 1,986 sheep where forward, consisting of 1,465 prime lambs and 521 cast sheep.

Topping the sale at £196 was a pen of twenty 43kg (455.8p/kg) Beltex cross lambs from Messrs Slater, Whiteley Hey Farm, Macclesfield.
This home also topped at 479.5p/kg for a pen of sixteen 39kg which sold for £187, another pen of thirty 38kg at £177 (465.8p/kg).
Lucy Shaw, Valley View Drive, Appleby sold a 71kg Suffolk Lamb to make £196, with 57kg Suffolks selling to £175 from this home.
Messrs Saxby, Lower Anchor Farm, Buxton sold a pen of nine 44kg Beltex cross lambs to make £195 (443.2p/kg), with a pen of 45kg making £186.
John Maughan, Ash Garth, Great Asby sold a pen of sixteen 41kg to make £180 (439p/kg), with 45kg making £180.
Messrs Chippendale, Wharton Hall, Wharton sold 48kg lambs to £190.
Messrs McAulay, Wauchope Farm sold 48kg lambs to £182, with a pen of 45kg selling to £180, a pen of 40kg at £172 (430p/kg), with another pen of fourteen 42kg making £171.
Messrs Birkbeck, Castle Hill, Soulby sold a pen of eight 42kg to make £176.
Messrs Pedley, High Ploughlands, Little Musgrave sold 64kg Texel Lambs to £192.
Suffolk cross lambs sold to 311p/kg for a pen of eight 50kg making £155.50 from Messrs Hindson, Carpool Farm, Bleatarn. With another pen of six 53kg Suffolk cross lambs making £163.50 (308.5p/kg) from this home.
Mule lambs sold to £154 for 55kg from Messrs Fairburn, Marriforth, Ripon.
With another pen of eight 49kg mules making £140 (285.7p/kg) also from this home.

A country leading SQQ average of 336p/kg (up 22p on the year) and an overall average of 324p/kg was achieved.

Consignment Averages
Tot Hds				Weight		P/Kg		£/Head		Vendor
	2		64kg		289.8p		£185.50		Mrs Lucy Shaw, Bolton
	85		41.1kg		438.7p		£180.35		G E & V H Slater & Sons, Macclesfield
	17		41.2kg		436.5p		£180.00		MR John Maughan, Great Asby
	20		43.4kg		413.2p		£179.55		DJ Saxby, Buxton
	4		60kg		283.3p		£170.00		R J Balmer, Appleby In Westmorland
	16		47kg		356.1p		£167.38		MESR Somerville, Newby
	43		42.3kg		385p		£162.88		J McAulay, Hawick
	26		49.6kg		314.6p		£156.25		MR T Hindson, Bleatarn
	33		48.2kg		321.1p		£154.82		M.L. E.C.& I.M. Scott, Northallerton
	62		45.3kg		338.2p		£153.18		Mesr H W & J Birkbeck, Soulby
	22		51kg		295.1p		£150.50		MESR CR Raine & Son, Middleton-In-Teesdale

Cast Sheep

Cast Sheep topped at £250 for Texel cross ewes from Messrs Slack, Stoneriggs, Hilton.
With this home also selling a pair of Texel cross ewes to £248.
Leicester ewes sold to £242 for a pen of three from Messrs Burrow & Rutter Armstrong, Langwathby Hall.
Beltex cross ewes sold to £202 for a pair from Messrs Maughan, Ash Garth, Great Asby.
Cast Rams sold to £242 for a Dutch Spotted from Messrs Longrigg, Breaks Hall.

Prime Lambs  Price Per Head

BELTEX: £196, £187, £177, £171 Whiteley Hey Farm.  £195, £186, £173, £168, £158 Lower Anchor Farm.  £190, £161 Wharton Hall.  £182, £180, £172, £171, £166, £155, £151, £150(x2) Wauchope Farm.  £180(x2) Ash Garth.  £176, £150 Castle Hill.  £172 Matfen Estate Office.  £172, £171, £161, £150 Lansmere.  £162, £152, £151 Marriforth.  £150 Sawbridge Hall.  SUFFOLK: £196, £175 Valley View Drive.  £170 Low Grassgill.  £163.50, £155.50 Carpool Farm.  TEXEL: £192, £163 High Ploughlands.  £181, £167, £155, £154.50, £150 Marriforth.  £179 Castle Hill.  £175 Lansmere.  £170, £168, £167.50, £166.50, £162 Whiteley Hey Farm.  £170, £159.50 East Todholes.  £163.50 Bowes Cross Farm.  £161, £158.50, £156.50, £155, £153.50, £152, £151 Brogden Farm.  £157.50 Carpool Farm.  £157 Grassgill Lodge.  £155 Swathburn. £152 Wauchope Farm.  £150.50 Stanhope Gate Farm.  £150 Windygate.  ROUGE : £155, £140(x2) Bowes Cross Farm.  MULE: £154, £140 Marriforth.  £125 Swathburn.  £121.50 Wood House Farm.  £120 East Todholes.  CHAROLLAIS: £151 East Todholes.  £150, £148.50 Ascot House.  BLUEFACED LEICESTER: £144 Oak House.  DUTCH SPOTTED: £140 Whiteley Hey Farm.  HAMPSHIRE DOWN: £139, £133 Low Faggergill Cottage.  £131 Windygate. HILL CHEVIOT: £136 Low Faggergill Cottage.  SWALEDALE: £110 East Unthank Farm.

Prime Lambs

P/Kg

BELTEX: 479.5p, 465.8p, 455.8p, 380p Whiteley Hey Farm.  443.2p, 420p, 413.3p, 393.2p Lower Anchor Farm. 439p, 400p Ash Garth.  430p, 407.1p, 400p Wauchope Farm.  419p Castle Hill.  400p Matfen Estate Office.  395.8p Wharton Hall.  395.1p Marriforth.  390.9p, 380p Lansmere.  TEXEL: 390.7p, 352p, 346.9p, 335p Whiteley Hey Farm.  334.9p Amersber Cottage.  330.4p Wauchope Farm.  328.6p, 328.3p, 323.4p Brogden Farm.  327.3p Wood House Farm.  327.3p Croft House Farm.  326.2p Bowes Cross Farm.  326.2p, 322.6p Matfen Estate Office.  323.9p, 321p Castle Hill.  323.8p Marriforth.  321.4p Carpool Farm.  320p Wharton Hall.  CHAROLLAIS: 331p, 300p Orchard Farm.  303.1p Ascot House.  ROUGE : 325.6p, 322.9p Bowes Cross Farm.  DUTCH SPOTTED: 318.2p Whiteley Hey Farm.  SUFFOLK: 311p, 308.5p Carpool Farm.  307p Valley View Drive. 303.3p, 302p Marriforth.  302p East Todholes.  HAMPSHIRE DOWN: 298p Windygate.  295.6p, 283.7p Low Faggergill Cottage.  SWALEDALE: 289.5p East Unthank Farm.  MULE: 285.7p, 280p Marriforth.  272.7p East Todholes.  271.7p Swathburn.  270p Wood House Farm.  BLUEFACED LEICESTER: 276.9p Oak House.  HILL CHEVIOT: 272p Low Faggergill Cottage.

Cast Sheep -  Cast Ewes

TEXEL: £250, £248, £212 Stoneriggs.  £217, £178, £173 Breaks Hall.  £212 Greenlees.  £190 Matfen Estate Office.  £185 Sawbridge Hall.  £185 Porthy Green.  £180 Low Grassgill.  £171 Raygill Farm.  £170 Haithwaite.  £170 Gracies Farm.  £170 Lockholme Hall.  BLUEFACED LEICESTER: £242, £156(x2) Langwathby Hall.  £174 Oak House.  BELTEX: £202, £175 Ash Garth.  £175 Decklyn.  SUFFOLK: £178 Ash Garth.  £150 Park House Farm.  ROMNEY: £165 Breaks Hall.  HILL CHEVIOT: £141 Mill Cottage.  £125 Park House Farm.  RYELAND: £140, £121 Park House Farm.  MULE: £125 Forest Farm.  ROUGH FELL: £120 Barugh House.  SWALEDALE: £110 Lockholme Hall.  £90 Hillcrest.  £80 Stoneriggs.  LLEYN: £110 East Mellwaters Farm.  JACOB: £102 Park House Farm.  BLACKFACE: £77 Laneside.

Cast Sheep -  Cast Tups

DUTCH SPOTTED: £242, £191 Breaks Hall.  TEXEL: £200 Oak House.  SUFFOLK: £170 Park House Farm.  ROUGH FELL: £118 Barugh House.  SWALEDALE: £112 Oak House.  HERDWICK: £80 Danby Farming.