Kirkby Stephen Prime Sheep Sale

Harrison & Hetherington Ltd, Kirkby Stephen Mart Held Their Weekly Sale of Prime Sheep on Tuesday Evening when 2671 where forward consisting of 1816 Prime Lambs and 855 Cast Sheep.

Topping the sale at £230 was a 55kg Texel cross lamb from Messrs Sowerby, Terrys Farm which was bought by Dowdings Butchers, Appleby with this home also selling a 52kg Texel cross lamb to make £220 also selling to Dowdings Butchers.

Topping at 513.2p/kg were a pen of four 38kg Beltex cross lambs which sold for £195 from Messrs Askwith, Middle Mown Meadows, Crook with this home also selling a pen of six 39kg Lambs to make £187 (479.5p/kg).

JoJo Andrews, Boscar Flats, York sold a pen of nine 42kg Beltex cross lambs weighing 42kg to make £200 (476.2p/kg) with this home selling a pen of three 43kg to £200 (465.1p/kg) a pen of eleven 43kg at £199 (462.8p/kg) two pens of twelve and ten 42kg at £185 (440.5p/kg). A pen of seven 44kg at £191.

The consignment of 53 lambs from Boscar Flats sold to average 42.6kg, £192.19 (450.9p).

Messrs Skelton, Low House, Maryport sold 41kg Beltex cross lambs to make £198 (482.9p/kg).

Messrs Slater, Whiteley Hey Farm, Cheshire sold a pen of sixteen 37kg Beltex cross lambs to make £185 (500p/kg).

Messrs Oldcorn, Sunnyside, Great Asby sold a pen of four 44kg to make £192.

Messrs Bainbridge, Bonnygate Farm, Soulby sold a pen of six 40kg to make £187 (467.5p/kg).

Messrs Harrison, Grange Hall, Great Asby sold a pen of five 42kg to make £185 (440.5p/kg).

Messrs Fell, Chapel Farm, Keswick sold a pen of five 42kg Rouge cross lambs to make £191 (454.8p/kg) and a pen of seven 42kg at £190 (452.4p/kg).

Suffolk cross lambs topped at £193 for a pen of 63kg from Hesket Demain, Carlisle.

Suffolk lambs also topped at 402.5p/kg for a pen of 44kg which made £177 from Messrs Askwith, Middle Mown Meadows, Crook.

Mule lambs topped at £161 from Messrs Gowland, Woodbine House, Ireshopeburn.

Consignment Averages
Tot Hds		Weight	P/Kg	£/Head	Vendor
53	@	42.6kg	450.9p	£192.19	JM Andrews, York
8	@	51.8kg	362.3p	£187.50	MESR G Sowerby, Appleby In Westmorland
34	@	42kg	430.6p	£180.71	G E & V H Slater & Sons, Macclesfield
20	@	41.5kg	427.4p	£177.35	MESR J C Bainbridge & Sons, Kirkby Stephen
32	@	42.7kg	413.1p	£176.34	MESR Fell, Keswick
32	@	44.7kg	383.1p	£171.19	MESR Askwith, County Durham
73	@	42.8kg	382.9p	£163.82	AJ&FM Harrison, Appleby In Westmorland
94	@	45.2kg	361.1p	£163.17	L Skelton & Son, Maryport
9	@	47.6kg	338.2p	£160.83	MESR D & JH Richardson, Kirkby Stephen
13	@	50.1kg	321p	£160.77	JM & AM Morland, Kirkby Stephen
22	@	53.1kg	301.8p	£160.36	MR D A Wells, Bishop Auckland
88	@	51.5kg	308p	£158.84	MESR M Bell & Son, Appleby In Westmorland
18	@	45kg	348p	£158.44	Mr I Oldcorn, Appleby In Westmorland

“Bonny Boys”

The annual ‘Bonny Boys’ show for a pen of ten mule wethers which was judged by Ian Sowerby, Terrys Farm, Ormside who awarded the first prize to ten strong Bonny lambs, from Messrs Lawson, Hundith House, Wigton.

Show Results
1^st – JJ&E Lawson, Hundith House 49kg @ £143
2^nd – HR Hayton & Son, Asby Grange 55kg @ £155
3^rd – JE&E Dobson, White Kirkley Farm 51kg @ £137

An SQQ of 342p/kg (+53p/kg on the year) and an overall sale average of 321.54p/kg (+37p/kg on the year)

50 pens and 243 lambs sold between £170 - £230.

43 pens and 230 lambs sold between 370 – 513p/kg.

Cast Sheep

Cast sheep topped at £285 for a Beltex ewe from Messrs Askwith, Crook with this home also selling Texel cross ewes to make £278 with the consignment of eleven Suffolk, Texel and Beltex ewes averaging £198.45 from this home.

Suffolk ewes topped at £175 for a pen of eight from Tottingworth Farms, East Sussex.

Swaledale ewes topped at £104 for a pen of four from Messrs Jenkinson, Whingill, Hartley.

Messrs Lawson, Buddle House, Richmond sold a pen of fifteen Swaledale ewes to make £94.

Cast Rams topped at £240 for a Texel from Messrs Tiplady, Red House Farm, Barnard Castle.

Prime Lambs

Price Per Head

TEXEL: £230, £220, £175 Terrys Farm.  £191, £156 Stoneriggs.  £180, £175, £165, £164, £159, £158 West Briscoe.  £180, £161, £160 Starrah.  £176, £170 Whiteley Hey Farm.  £173 Town Head Farm.  £170, £163, £160 Low House.  £167 Middle Mown Meadows.  £166, £160 Middle Shipley Farm.  £164 East Todholes.  £163, £162 Eden Flatt.  £162(x2), £159(x2), £158, £157 Langton Field.  £159, £156 Hesket Demain.  £158 Crooksbeck.  £156 Channel House Farm.  £155 Wharton Hall.  £155 Townend.  BELTEX: £200(x2), £199, £191, £190, £185(x2) Boscar Flats.  £198, £188, £181(x2), £180, £175 Low House.  £195, £187 Middle Mown Meadows.  £192 Sunnyside.  £190 Croft House Farm.  £187, £185, £181, £170 Bonnygate Farm.  £185(x2), £177, £175, £175 Grange Hall.  £185, £180, £176 Whiteley Hey Farm.  £178 West Briscoe.  £176 Channel House Farm.  £172 East Mellwaters Farm.  SUFFOLK: £193, £169 Hesket Demain.  £177, £162, £159, £156 Middle Mown Meadows.  £170 Low House.  £159, £152, £145 High Mansriggs.  £144 East Todholes.  £144 Fair View.  £143 Blue Grass.  £141 Hillcrest.  ROUGE : £191, £190, £172 Chapel Farm.  DUTCH TEXEL: £173, £163 Chapel Farm.  CHAROLLAIS: £169 Bonnygate Farm.  £146 Ascot House.  £145(x2)  Orchard Farm.  MULE: £161, £139, £136 Woodbine House.  £155, £150 Asby Grange.  £144 West Briscoe.  £143 Hundith House.  £140, £137 White Kirkley Farm.  £140 Middle Farm. DUTCH SPOTTED: £152, £149 Breaks Hall.  ROMNEY: £147, £144 Breaks Hall.  BLUE TEXEL: £146 Channel House Farm.  £145 High Mansriggs.  HEBRIDEAN: £138 Amersber Cottage.  HILL CHEVIOT: £137 Hillcrest.  £134 Amersber Cottage.  HAMPSHIRE DOWN: £112 Low Faggergill Cottage.

Prime Lambs

P/Kg

BELTEX: 513.2p, 479.5p Middle Mown Meadows.  500p Whiteley Hey Farm.  482.9p, 439p, 427.3p Low House.  476.2p, 465.1p, 462.8p, 440.5p(x2), 434.1p Boscar Flats.  467.5p, 440.5p, 431p Bonnygate Farm.  440.5p(x2),  421.4p Grange Hall.  436.4p Sunnyside.  429.3p Channel House Farm. ROUGE : 454.8p, 452.4p Bassenthwaite.  390.9p Chapel Farm.  TEXEL: 423p, 418.2p, 350p Terrys Farm.  400p, 333.3p Whiteley Hey Farm.  352.3p Wharton Hall. 347.9p Middle Mown Meadows. 345.7p West Briscoe. 341.9p Castle Hill. 341.9p, 340.4p Low House.  337.8p East Mellwaters Farm.  335.9p Channel House Farm.  334.4p Porthy Green.  333.3p Starrah.  333.3p Stoneriggs.  330.2p Fair View.  DUTCH TEXEL: 402.3p, 379.1p Chapel Farm.  SUFFOLK: 402.3p, 346.7p, 330.6p, 324.5p Middle Mown Meadows.  316.3p Blue Grass.  312p Hesket Demain.  CHAROLLAIS: 375.6p Bonnygate Farm.  336p Orchard Farm.  BLUE TEXEL: 356.1p Channel House Farm.  ROMNEY: 312.8p, 306.4p Breaks Hall.  DUTCH SPOTTED: 310.2p, 309.4p Breaks Hall. HEBRIDEAN: 305.6p Amersber Cottage.  HILL CHEVIOT: 304.5p Amersber Cottage.  300p Goodlie Hill Cottage.  MULE: 304.3p Middle Farm.  291.9p West End Farm.  291.8p Hundith House.  288.9p Waterhouses.  288.5p, 281.8p Asby Grange.  285.7p White Kirkley Farm.  284p Grassgill Lodge.  280.7p Hillcrest.  HAMPSHIRE DOWN: 266.7p Low Faggergill Cottage.

Cast Sheep

Cast Ewes

BELTEX: £285, £188, £172 Middle Mown Meadows.  £230 Buddle House.  £215 Grassgill Lodge.  £210 Wheatdale Road.  £200(x2) Little Tottingworth Farm.  TEXEL: £278, £200 Middle Mown Meadows.  £224 Lambrigg Park.  £215 Buddle House.  £215, £185 Metcalf (Barningham House).  £200, £170 Little Tottingworth Farm.  £198, £185 Breaks Hall.  £195 Wheatdale Road.  £194 Bridge End Farm.  £180 Grassgill Lodge.  £180 Fountain Head.  CHAROLLAIS: £212, £184 Roseleigh.  £205 Little Tottingworth Farm.  £184, £175 Wheatdale Road.  SUFFOLK: £175 Little Tottingworth Farm.  £170 Middle Mown Meadows.  LLEYN: £158 Whingill.  MULE: £151 Lyndale House.  £147 White Kirkley Farm.  £140 Hillcrest.  £140(x2) Metcalf (Barningham House).  BLUE TEXEL: £145 Ascot House.  £144 Broad Oak.  HILL CHEVIOT: £132 Middle Shipley Farm.  ROUGH FELL: £108 High Wood End.  SWALEDALE: £104 Whingill.  £99 Woodbine House.  £94 Buddle House.  £91 West Briscoe.  £82, £80 Metcalf (Barningham House).  £81 White Kirkley Farm.  £80 East Unthank Farm.  £80 High Birk Hatt.  £80 High Wood End.  BLACKFACE: £72 Adamthwaite.  HERDWICK: £70 Cow Bank.  £62 Grassgill Lodge.

Cast Tups

TEXEL: £240 Red House Farm.  £160 Street House. ROUGE : £218 Wheatdale Road.  SWALEDALE: £165 Hillcrest.  BLUE TEXEL: £162 Green Bank. CHAROLLAIS: £160 Wheatdale Road.

1st – JJ&E Lawson, Hundith House 49kg @ £143. Left to Right. Left Vendor Adam Lawson, Hundith House. Right Judge Ian Sowerby, Terrys Farm.