Kirkby Stephen Prime Sheep Sale

Harrison & Hetherington Ltd, Kirkby Stephen Mart held their weekly sale of prime sheep on Tuesday night when 3,363 sheep were forward consisting of 1,803 spring lambs and 1,560 cast sheep.

Topping the spring lambs at £169 was a Dutch Texel lamb from Messrs Sowerby, Terrys Farm, Ormside.

Topping at 381.8p/kg were a pen of 44kg Dutch Texel cross lambs which made £168 also from Terrys Farm and were bought by Dowdings Butchers, Appleby.

Messrs Lyle, Staingills, Penrith sold a pen of three Beltex cross lambs weighing 39kg to make £148 (379.5p/kg) purchased by M Helliwell, Rochdale, with another pen of eight 36kg Beltex cross lambs making £132 (366.7p/kg) and a pen of twenty 36kg lambs making £127 (352.8p/kg) also from this home.

Messrs Greensit, Northallerton sold a pen of three Texel cross lambs weighing 44kg to make £156 (354.5p/kg)

Topping the cast ewes at £198.50 was a Texel cross ewe from Messrs Lyle, Staingills.

Beltex cross ewes topped at £188.50 for a pair from Messrs Chester, Grassgill Lodge, Soulby.

Rough fell ewes sold to £117.50 for a pen of six from Messrs Beck, Barugh House, Tebay.

Swaledale ewes topped at £108.50 on two occasions for a pen of three from Messrs Birbeck, High Stennerskeugh and for another pen from Messrs Procter, Villa Farm.

Some fantastic big runs of farmers ewes were forward with trade remaining very strong with an overall average of £110.86 for 1,560 ewes and rams sold.

Leading Lamb Consignments
No.        Weight      p/kg         Head         From
14    @    43.1kg    343.7p    £148.32    Terrys Farm
25    @    44.6kg    315.1p    £140.54    Etherley House
7      @    43kg       320.9p    £138.00    Green Farm
18    @    42kg       326.1p    £137.17    Littleburn Farm
35    @    42.8kg    319.1p    £136.70    Wood Farm
16    @    40.8kg    330.6p    £134.90    Hallbankgate Farm
20    @    39.1kg    338.7p    £132.63    Bolton Road
23    @    42.4kg    312.5p    £132.48    Moor Riggs
15    @    40.7kg    324.1p    £132.03    Friars Garth
9      @    40.6kg    324.1p    £131.83    Brow Top Farm
201  @    44kg        300p      £132.00    Upperlands Farm
100  @    42.6kg    307.7p    £131.33    Clifton Moor

Leading Prices –

Spring Lambs –

Price Per Head –

Dutch Texel £169, £168, £151 Terrys Farm: Suffolk £164, £156, £147, £134 Littleburn Farm; £160, £138.50 Upperlands Farm; £141 Wood Farm; £137 Scar Top; £133 Colby Hall: Texel £160, £149, £143, £135(2) Clifton Moor; £160, £152, £148, £140, £138(2), £135 Upperlands Farm; £160, £156 Friars Garth; £156, £148, £139, £138.50, £136.50 Etherley House; £153 Bridge End Farm; £152.50 Terrys Farm; £152 Wharton Hall; £151 Starrah; £148 Hollins View; £147, £136(2) Crossfell House; £146.50 House & Holme Farm; £143, £138 Moor Riggs; £139 Staingills; £139 Old Mill Flatt; £139 Wharton Hall; £138.50 Wood Farm; £138 Green Farm; £138 Cross Cottage; £137.50 Martindale Farm; £137 Scar Top; £136, £135 Greenriggs; £136 Bridge End Farm(Coulthard); £135 Crawleas Farm; £135 Low Bank House: Beltex £158, £148, £141.50, £137.50, £132(2) Staingills; £155, £132, £131.50 Bolton Road; £150, £144 Wood Farm; £146, £144, £139 Wharton Hall; £145, £139, £132 Hallbankgate Farm; £144, £139 Moor Riggs; £144 Brow Top Farm; £140 Littleburn Farm; £140 Row End Farm; £140 Terry Farm; £138 Starrah; £136, £134 Home Farm: Charollais £151, £140.50, £126.50 Clifton Moor; £138, £133, £126 Moor Riggs; £134.50, £133.50 Upperlands Farm; £121 Little Langton Grange: Blue Texel £146 Starrah; £125 Moor Riggs: Dorset £144 Upperlands Farm: Hampshire £130 Rayne Cottage; £128 Friars Garth: Zwartble £124, £120 Hedgeholme Farm: Masham £111.50 Marriforth: Rough £73 Ellergill.

Price Per Kilo

Dutch Texel 381.8p, 335.6p Terrys Farm: Texel 354.5p, 342.1p Friars Garth; 350p Hopewell Farm; 344.2p Hollins View; 335.4p Martindale Farm; 334.2p, 327.5p Park House Farm; 334.1p Scar Top; 330.4p, 328.9p, 323.3p Wharton Hall; 329.8p, 323.3p Etherley House; 328.6p, 325p Knock Cross Cottage; 326.3p Brow Top Farm; 325p, 324.4p, 320.9p Moor Riggs; 324.5p Terrys Farm; 323.8p Row End Farm; 322.1p Wood Farm; 321.6p Staingills; 321.6p Little Langton Grange; 321.4p Greenriggs; 320.9p Green Farm; 320p Old Mill Flatt: Blue Texel 324.4p Starrah; 320p Middle Bank End Farm; 308.1p Little Langton Grange: Beltex 379.5p, 366.7p, 359.1p, 352.8p, 352.6p, 347.4p, 345.1p Staingills; 362.5p Hallbankgate Farm; 360.5p, 355.4p Bolton Road; 360p Brow Top Farm; 359p Terrys Farm; 347.5p, 342.9p Moor Riggs; 345.8p Goodlie Hill Farm; 345.7p The Grange; 345p Starrah; 344.4p Littleburn Farm; 343.2p Little Langton Grange; 341.5p Row End Farm; 340.9p Wood Farm: Suffolk 326.8p, 319.6p, 315.4p, 305.9p Littleburn Farm; 320.5p Wood Farm; 311.4p Scar Top; 306.8p Etherley House: Charollais 320.9p, 316.7p Moor Riggs; 317.9p Upperlands Farm; 311.4p Castle Hill; 308.2p, 305.4p Clifton Moor: Dorset 288p Upperlands Farm: Hampshire 284.4p Friars Garth; 282.6p Rayne Cottage; 281.3p The Cottage: Zwartble 281.8p, 279.1p Hedgeholme Farm.

Prime Hoggs

Price Per Head –

Texel £136, £130, £120 Town End Farm; £130.50 Woodbine House; £126 Bowes Cross Farm: Herdwick £118.50, £96 The Gables: Mule £116 Wath Farm; £109 Town End Farm: Swaledale £99, £90 Woodbine House: Bluefaced Leicester £93.50 Gilts.

Cast Ewes

Texel £198.50, £186.50, £160 Staingills; £182.50, £172.50 Scar Top; £181 Whiteley Hey Farm; £176.50 Hopewell Farm; £170.50, £168.50, £160.50, £160 Grassgill Lodge; £160 Knock Cross Cottage; £160 Friars Garth; £160 Jerusalem Farm: Beltex £188.50, £166.50 Grassgill Lodge; £166.50 Terrys Farm; £148.50 Staingills; £146.50 Town End Farm; £146.50 Ash Garth: Suffolk £150.50, £140.50 Town End Farm; £150 Upperlands Farm; £150, £145 Scar Top; £146.50, £140 Staingills; £146.50 Nixon Terrace: Bluefaced Leicester £145.50 Town End Farm; £140 Bowderdale Head; £140 Greenriggs: Border Leicester £123 Upperlands Farm: Zwartble £122.50 Middle Bank End Farm: Mule £120 Firendship Farm; £120 Town End Farm; £118.50 Terrys Farm; £117.50 Staingills; £115.50 Low Bank House; £115.50 Castle Hill: Cheviot £118.50 Marriforth; £96.50 Bents Farm; £95.50 Crossfell House: Herdwick £117.50 Nixon Terrace: Rough £117.50 Barugh House; £107.50 Ellergill: Masham £117.50 Friars Garth: Swaledale £108.50 Villa Farm; £108.50 High Stennerskeugh; £106 Whingill; £90.50 High Beck Head: Hampshire £100 Rayne Cottage: Lleyn £88.50 Wharton Hall: Shetland £72.50 Dyke Farm.

Cast Rams

Bluefaced Leicester £168.50, £166.50 Asby Grange; £140.50 Woodbine House: Texel £166.50 Etherley House; £162.50, £160, £156.50 Upperlands Farm: Cheviot £140.50 Woodbine House: Hampshire £118.50 Friar Garth: Beltex £116.50(2) Ash Garth: Rough £104.50 Ellergill: Swaledale £104.50 Asby Grange; £94.50 Park House Farm; £94 Oaktree Farm.