Kirkby Stephen Prime Sheep Sale

Harrison & Hetherington Ltd, Kirkby Stephen Mart Held Their Weekly Sale of Prime Sheep on Tuesday Evening when 2,603 sheep where forward, consisting of 2,000 prime lambs and 603 cast sheep.

Topping the sale at £206 were a pair of 68kg Suffolk lambs from Messrs Medd, West Whorley Hill, Darlington

Topping at 487.5p/kg were a pen of seven 40kg Beltex cross lambs which made £195 from Charlotte & Georgia Davies, Top Field Farm, Leicester.

Jojo Andrews, Boscar Flats, York sold a pen of three 43kg Beltex cross lambs to make £205 (476.7p/kg), with this home also selling a pen of fourteen 41kg lambs to make £198 (482.9p/kg) with a 51kg lamb making £198, a pen of thirteen 42kg making £194 (461.9p/kg), a pen of ten 41kg making £193 (470.7p/kg) and a pen of nine 43kg at £193.

The consignment of 50 lambs from Boscar Flats sold to average 41.9kg, £195.48 (466p/kg).

Messrs Skelton, Low House, Maryport sold 48kg Beltex cross lambs to make £201.

Messrs Pichard, Cheney House Farm, Leicestershire sold a pen of nine 42kg to make £196.50 (467.9p/kg) with this home selling a pen of nineteen 42kg making £191 (454.8p/kg) and a pen of sixteen 42kg making £185.50 (441.7p/kg).

East Mellwaters Farm, Barnard Castle sold a pen of ten 40kg to make £184.50 (461.3p/kg).

Messrs Mellor, West Hale Farm, Doncaster sold a pen of ten 42kg Beltex cross lambs to make £186 (442.9p/kg).

Messrs Teward, New View Farm, Darlington sold a pen of five 65kg Texel lambs to make £204.

Mule lambs topped at £160 for a pair of 58kg from Messrs Wearmouth, Parkside, Barnard Castle.

Mr Heron, Eastfield Farm, Warcop sold a pen of twenty-two Mules weighing 52kg to make £152.

Kilnstown Farms, Carlisle sold a pen of thirty 48kg Mules to make £146.50 (305.2p/kg).

Trade was dearer for all classes, weights and breeds, especially for pens of well-fed, full of meat lambs!

An tremendous SQQ average of 360.7p/kg (+44p on the year) and an overall average of 334.3p/kg (+21p/kg on the year) and £153.86 was achieved.

14 pens and 95 lambs sold between £190 and £206.

52 pens and 307 lambs sold between £170 and £206.

25 pens and 243 lambs sold between 40 – 487p/kg.

57 pens and 428 lambs sold between 350 – 487p/kg.

Consignment Averages
Tot Hds        Weight    P/Kg    £/Head    Vendor
50    @    41.94p    466p    £195.48    JM Andrews, York
10    @    40kg    461.2p    £184.50    East Mellwaters Farm, Bowes
33    @    41.8kg    440.6p    £184.11    C&G Davies, Leicestershire
133  @    43.5kg    417.3p    £181.33    WF&RCM Pickard, Leicester 
17    @    56kg    308.2p    £170.56    Messrs Teward, Darlington
21    @    41.7kg    406.7p    £169.64    E&R Brass, Maulds Meaburn
7      @    51kg    324.6p    £165.57    LC&D Wearmouth, Middleton in Teesdale
13    @    52kg    317.3p    £165.00    I&P Clarke, Waitby
164   @    47.5kg    343.6p    £163.09    L Skelton, Maryport
45    @    42kg    382.9p    £161.00    GJ Mellor & Partners, Doncaster
50    @    51kg    315.2p    £160.74    P&SA Nelson, Rosgill
20    @    44.5kg    360.2p    £160.30    I Oldcorn, Great Asby

Cast Sheep

Cast ewes topped at £265 for a Texel cross ewe from Messrs Pickard, Cheney House Farm, Leicestershire.

Charlotte & Georgia Davies, Top Field Farm, Leicester sold Texel cross ewes for £262 and £252, with another pen of six Beltex cross ewes from this home making £244.

Mule ewes sold to £172 for a pen from Messrs Hodgson, White House, Penrith.

Swaledale ewes sold to £144 from Messrs Harker, Murton Hall, Murton with this home also selling a pen of twenty-eight Swaledale ewes to make £103.

Cast rams topped at £222 for a Beltex from Messrs Armstrong, Crossfell House, Penrith.

Henry Jewitt, Gracies Farm, Barnard Castle sold a pen of four Dutch Spotted cast rams to make £208.

Prime Lambs

Price Per Head

SUFFOLK : £206, £169 West Whorley Hill, £181, £177 Buckles Farm, £178,Keld Farm, £175,Helbeck Farm, £167.50 Low House, £166, £155.50 Rosgill Head, £162.50 New View Farm, £156 Searchlight Farm, £153.50 White House, £152.50 Wharton Hall, £150 Galloper Rise: BELTEX: £205, £198(x2), £194, £193(x2) Boscar Flats, £201, £181.50, £181, £175, £174.50, £174, £156 Low House, £196.50, £191, £185.50, £178.50 Cheney House Farm, £195, £182.50, £182, £180 Top Field Farm, £186, £155(x2), £151, £150 West Hale Farm, £184.50 East Mellwaters Farm, £176 High Ploughlands, £175, £171, £170(x2) Stubsgill Farm, £172.50 Black Syke, £172 East Upper Priestside, £172, £164, £162, £160 Sunnyside, £170.50, £169 Barnskew, £167, £164 Parkside, £165, £151 The Buildings Farm, £162 Elm Pot, £160 Bowes Cross Farm, £158 Espland, £156 Searchlight Farm, £153 Wharton Hall, £150 Crossfell House, £150 High Springfield Farm, TEXEL: £204 New View Farm, £197, £162, £161 Helbeck Farm, £190, £183.50, £181, £180, £179, £166, £164 Cheney House Farm, £188 Parkside, £186 Musgrave House, £186 Dry Evers, £177, £171 Searchlight Farm, £174, £173, £169, £163.50 Low House, £170 Elm Pot, £169, £165, £163 Stubsgill Farm, £168, £165 Eden Flatt, £168, £166 Rosgill Head, £167, £166 Black Syke, £167 Meadow Bank, £165.50 Bowes Cross Farm, £165 Grove House Farm, £165 Stripes Farm, £165 Galloper Rise, £164 Hebblethwaite Hall Farm, £164 Bridge End, £163.50 Langford Farm, £163 Wharton Hall, £161.50 Eastfield Farm, £161 West Whorley Hill, £160 Breaks Hall, DUTCH SPOTTED: £172 Low House, £164 Breaks Hall, £156 East Upper Priestside, BADGER FACE TEXEL: £168 High Ploughlands, MULE: £160 Parkside, £152, £147, £145.50 Eastfield Farm, £149, £146.50 Kilnstown, £140 West Whorley Hill, £135.50 Whitewall Farm, £134.50 Swathburn, £134 Hebblethwaite Hall Farm, £133 Step Ends Farm, £131.50 Elm Pot, £131 Studfold Farm, £130 Uldale Farm, ROMNEY: £158, £157, £150.50 Breaks Hall, HAMPSHIRE DOWN: £150 Buckles Farm, RYELAND: £150, £115.50 Park House Farm, CHAROLLAIS: £148 Low House, £147.50 Barrowmoor Farm, BLUEFACED LEICESTER: £148 Hebblethwaite Hall Farm, £138 Swathburn, EASYCARE: £145 Harker Springs Farm, BLUE TEXEL: £138 Birk Hall Farm, SWALEDALE: £96 The Woodyard,

Prime Lambs

P/Kg

BELTEX : 487.5p, 439p, 434.5p, 387.2p Top Field Farm, 482.9p, 476.7p, 470.7p, 461.9p, 448.8p, 388.2p Boscar Flats, 467.9p, 454.8p, 441.7p, 435.4p Cheney House Farm, 461.3p East Mellwaters Farm, 442.9p West Hale Farm, 432.1p 418.8p, 396.6p, 393.5p Low House, 426.3p, 393p Barnskew, 425(x2)p, 407.1p, 407p Stubsgill Farm, 422.9p, 410.7p Black Syke, 392.9p The Buildings Farm, 390.9p Sunnyside, 388.4p Parkside, 382.2p East Upper Priestside, TEXEL: 417p, 406.8p, 395.2p, 348.9p, 348.1p, 346.2p Cheney House Farm, 385.7p, 351.8p Helbeck Farm, 384.1p, 362.2p Stubsgill Farm, 384.1p, 348p, 340.2p(x2) Low House, 363.3p Langford Farm, 362.2p Wharton Hall, 358p Musgrave House, 357.9p, 340.9p Angerton Hall Farm, 352.4p Barrowmoor Farm, 348.9p Elm Pot, 344.4p Blades Field Farm, 342.1p High Ploughlands, DUTCH SPOTTED: 344p Low House, 334.9p East Upper Priestside, EASYCARE: 337.2p Harker Springs Farm, CHAROLLAIS: 336.4p Low House, 325p Park House Farm, 320.7p Barrowmoor Farm, SUFFOLK: 323.6p Keld Farm, 313.2p Rosgill Head, 313.1p Blue Grass, 312.5p Helbeck Farm, 312p Searchlight Farm, 311.2p Wharton Hall, 310.5p Buckles Farm, 310.4p, 310.2p Low House, ROMNEY: 316p, 314p Breaks Hall, MULE: 312.8p Middle Bank End Farm, 305.2p 292.2p Kilnstown, 303.1p, 294p, 292.3p Eastfield Farm, 297.9p West Whorley Hill, 292.4p Swathburn, 291.3p Hebblethwaite Hall Farm, RYELAND: 312.2p 306.1p Park House Farm, BLUE TEXEL: 306.7p Birk Hall Farm, HAMPSHIRE DOWN: 288.5p Buckles Farm, BLUEFACED LEICESTER: 287.5p Swathburn, 284.6p Hebblethwaite Hall Farm, SWALEDALE: 252.6p The Woodyard, BLACKFACE: 234.3p Middle Bank End Farm.

Cast Sheep

Cast Ewes

TEXEL: £265, £245, £180 Cheney House Farm, £262, £252 Top Field Farm, £238 Whitewall Farm, £208, £175 Grove House Farm, £202, £190 Wheatdale Road, £200 Boscar Flats, £190(x2) Fountain Head, £189 Black Syke, £179 Castle Hill, £171 Barrowmoor Farm, £170(x2), £162 Crossfell House, £170 High Springfield Farm, £169 East Upper Priestside, £165 Lady Anne Drive, £162 Keld Farm, £162 Forest Farm, £162 New View Farm, £160 Buddle House, £160 Blades Field Farm, BELTEX: £244 Top Field Farm, £190 Decklyn, £180 Buckles Farm, £178 Black Syke, £150 East Upper Priestside, CHAROLLAIS: £240 Wheatdale Road, BLUE TEXEL: £200 Greta View, MULE: £172 White House, £150 Castle Hill, £148 Crossfell House, £148 Eden Flatt, £145 Forest Farm, £144 Keld Farm, TEESWATER: £168 The Pry, SUFFOLK: £165, £153 Wheatdale Road, £158 Black Syke, ROMNEY: £163 Grove House Farm, LLEYN: £156, £149 Whingill, £145 East Mellwaters Farm, EASYCARE: £148 New House, SWALEDALE: £144, £103 Murton Hall, £128 Argill House, £120 Castle Hill, £114 Whitewall Farm, £108 The Pry, HILL CHEVIOT: £142 Hebblethwaite Hall Farm, £136 Middle Bank End Farm, ROUGH FELL: £124 Greenside Farm, £92 Manor Court, RYELAND: £121 Park House Farm, BLACKFACE: £85 Middle Bank End Farm.

Cast Sheep

Cast Tups

BELTEX : £222 Crossfell House, £192 Buckles Farm, £170 East Upper Priestside, DUTCH SPOTTED: £208 Gracies Farm, £186 East Upper Priestside, RYELAND: £180 Park House Farm, TEXEL: £170 Fountain Head, £160 Wheatdale Road, SUFFOLK: £150 Park House Farm, BLACKFACE: £145 Middle Bank End Farm, ZWARTBLES: £130 Wheatdale Road, SWALEDALE: £122 Blades Field Farm.