Kirkby Stephen Prime Sheep Sale

Harrison & Hetherington Ltd, Kirkby Stephen Mart Held Their Weekly Sale of Prime Sheep on Tuesday Evening when 3,870 sheep where forward consisting of 3,408 Prime Lambs and 462 Cast Sheep.

Topping the sale at £232 where a pair of 54kg Beltex cross lambs from Messrs Lee, Carkin Moor Farm, Richmond.

Topping at 575p/kg where a pen of ten 38kg Beltex cross lambs which made £218.50 from Messrs Simpson, Highscale Farm, Wigglesworth with this home selling a pen of eighteen 41kg at £214 (522p/kg) a pen of fourteen 37kg at £211 (570.3p/kg) and a pen of fourteen 36kg at £202 (561.1p/kg).

Messrs Askwith, Middle Mown Meadows, Crook sold a pen of four 39kg at £217 (556.4p/kg).

This home also sold a pen of fifty four 39kg Blackfaced lambs to make £142 (364.1p/kg).

Messrs Eddleston, Martholme Lane, Great Harwood sold a pen of five 42kg to make £216 with a pen of fifteen 42kg making £214.50, a pen of ten 42kg at £213.50 and five 43kg at £211.

Messrs Fairburn, Marriforth, Ripon sold 50kg lambs to £228, with this home selling 39kg to £207 (530.8p/kg).

Messrs Skelton, Newhall Farm, Maryport sold 52kg lambs to £220.

Messrs Dodd, Skylin, Temple Sowerby sold a pen of 40kg at £218 (545p/kg).

Messrs Dent, Elm House, Bolton sold a pen of eleven 39kg at £207 (530.8p/kg).

Messrs Fell, Chapel Farm, Keswick sold a pen of 38kg Rouge cross lambs to make £205 (539.5p/kg) with a pen of eighteen 39kg Dutch Texel cross lambs making £199 (510.3p/kg) from this home.

Heavy lambs where a stronger trade than had been recently seen with 66kg Texel cross lambs making £215 from Messrs Askwith, Middle Mown Meadows.

Messrs Harker, Punchard Farm, Richmond sold a pen of seven 57kg Texel cross lambs to make £192.

Messrs Lee, Carkin Moor Farm sold a pen of seventeen 50kg Beltex cross lambs to make £187 (374p/kg). 54kg to make £201 (372p/kg) with a pen of 51kg at £196 (384p/kg).

With another pen of 54kg making £187 (346p/kg) and thirteen 57kg Texel cross lambs making £187 from this home.

Messrs Skelton, Newhall Farm sold 55kg to £194 (353p/kg) with 55kg making £190 (345p/kg) also from this home.

Messrs Heron, Eastfield Farm, Warcop sold a pen of ten 59kg Texel cross Mule lambs to make £187.

Suffolk cross lambs sold to £190 for 58kg from Messrs Ewin, Black Syke, Sandford.

Hill Cheviot lambs sold to £172 for 51kg from Messrs Armstrong, Crossfell House, Penrith.

Mule lambs topped at £170 for a pen of twenty 60kg from Messrs Heron, Eastfield Farm, Warcop with this home also selling a pen of twenty seven 49kg Mules to make £152 (310.2p)

Messrs Townley, Straights Head Farm, Lancaster sold 54kg Mules to £166.

Kilnstown Farms, Carlisle sold a pen of fourty 54kg Mules to make £164.

Messrs Wilson, Slack Cottage, Carlisle sold a pen of twelve 50kg Mules to make £157.50 (315p/kg)

Mules topped at 318.5p/kg for a pen of twenty one 46kg which made £146.50 from Messrs Stobart, Grains O Beck, Barnard Castle.

Messrs Allan, Greenhow, Dufton sold a pen of 52kg Mules to make £162 (311.5p/kg).

Swaledale lambs topped at £153.50 for 50kg from Messrs Smith, Kelmore Hill Farm, Workington.

Todholes Partnership, Elsdon sold a pen of nine 50kg Swaledale Tup lambs to make £151.

Messrs Rutter, Grouse Lodge, Barnard Castle sold a pen of twenty two 49kg Swaledale Tup lambs to make £148.50 (303.1p/kg)

Messrs Heron, Eastfield Farm sold a pen of thirty one 45kg Swaledales to make £139 (308.9p/kg) with this home selling a pen of fourteen 47kg Swaledales to make £144 (306.4p/kg).

Messrs Brown, Oak House, Ravenstonedale sold a pen of ten 49kg Swaledale Tup Lambs to make £147 (300p/kg).

Once again the country’s leading prime lamb ring on price defied all odds and bucked the national trend achieving an SQQ average of 365.4p/kg and an overall average of 346.3p/kg and £156.77 for 3208 lambs which includes over 800 mule and horned lambs!

Thirty three pens and 193 lambs sold between £200 - £232.

Ninety two pens and 481 lambs sold between £180 - £232.

Twenty pens and 150 lambs sold between 500 – 575p/kg.

Fifty three pens and 304 lambs sold 420 – 575p/kg.

Tot Hds		Weight	P/Kg	Average	Vendor
40	@	42.1kg	501.5p	£210.86	M & S Eddleston, Blackburn
62	@	38.7kg	538.6p	£208.66	MR Paul W Simpson, Nr Skipton
25	@	39.1kg	514.7p	£201.16	MESR Fell, Keswick
10	@	42kg	473.8p	£199.00	MESR JJ & S Raine, Appleby In Westmorland
38	@	41.2kg	477.1p	£196.74	MESR Dent, Appleby In Westmorland
90	@	51.7kg	374p	£193.33	G W Lee & Sons, Richmond
20	@	43.2kg	441p	£190.50	W & J & I Dinsdale, Penrith
10	@	43.1kg	436.7p	£188.20	MR H G Jackson, Penrith
11	@	58kg	319p	£185.00	MR FH Walton, Kirkby Stephen
21	@	47.4kg	387.4p	£183.74	MESR E & R Brass & Son, Penrith
12	@	50.3kg	364.4p	£183.42	MESR Somerville, Penrith
19	@	43.6kg	415.4p	£181.26	MESR T W Hunter, Annan
14	@	40.9kg	451.8p	£180.50	MESR JS & JO Dodd, Penrith
18	@	53.8kg	334.7p	£180.00	G Harker & Son, Richmond
15	@	41.4kg	435.3p	£179.13	MR TJ Tunstall, Kirkby Stephen
16	@	48.3kg	369.2p	£178.34	MR MH Elliott, Penrith
101	@	49.9kg	355.4p	£177.35	Robert Skelton Contractors, Maryport
53	@	43kg	411.5p	£177.04	MESR H W & J Birkbeck, Kirkby Stephen

Cast Sheep

Cast Sheep finished the year on a high here at Kirkby Stephen being a flying trade for all classes being one of the dearest seen all year!

Big Jimmy Crichton, Loughrigg Farm, Egremont dipped his foot into the water for his first time selling Cast Ewes here at Kirkby Stephen and couldn’t believe the temperature when he topped the sale at £350 with a Beltex cross ewe, and also took the next highest price of £340 for another Beltex cross ewe. With Big Jim commenting he would most certainly be back with more ewes to the Kirkby Cast Ring!

Messrs Chester, Grassgill Lodge, Soulby sold Beltex cross ewes to £272.

Mule ewes sold to £195 from Messrs Barker, Whinfell Road, Bolton.

Swaledale ewes topped at £145 from Messrs Buckle, Bleathgill, Barras with this home also selling another pen of four Swaledale ewes to make £135.

Pens of lean Swaledale ewes where the dearest seen all season regularly making between £70 - £88.

Cast Rams topped at £270 for a Leicester from Messrs Heron, Eastfield Farm.

Prime Lambs

Price Per Head

BELTEX: £232, £203, £201, £200(x2),  £196, £195, £187(x2) Carkin Moor Farm.  £228, £207, £197 Marriforth.  £220, £194, £190, £186, £183(x2) Newhall Farm.  £219, £214(x2),  £211, £202, £200, £189 Highscale  Farm.  £218, £192 Skylin.  £217 Middle Mown Meadows.  £216, £215, £214, £211, £195, £181 Martholme Lane.  £216 Low Mown Meadows Farm.  £209 Upper Brydekirk.  £207(x2),  £198, £189 Elm House.  £206, £193, £180 Black Syke.  £205, £200, £180 High Field.  £202, £194 Castle Hill.  £200, £190, £183 Little Beck. £199 West Lea.  £197, £186 Lansmere.  £197, £191, £185, £184 Barnskew.  £187 Prospect House.  £186, £184 Espland House.  £184(x2) Croft House Farm.  £180 Kelmore Hill Farm.  £180 Row End Farm.  £180 Hawkrigg Farm.  TEXEL: £215 Middle Mown Meadows.  £209, £187 Carkin Moor Farm.  £192(x3) Punchard Farm.  £190 Musgrave House.  £189 High Field.  £189, £173 Espland House.  £187, £179 Eastfield Farm.  £186, £177, £172(x2) Green Farm.  £186, £184, £173, £171 Newhall Farm.  £185 Kelmore Hill Farm.  £185 Calva Farm.  £184 Hawkrigg Farm.  £180, £177 Black Syke.  £178, £172 Crossfell House.  £178, £178, £176, £171 Rosgill Head.  £178, £176 Lansmere.  £175 West Farm.  £175 Prospect Farm Cottage.  £175 Porthy Green.  £175 Lady Anne Drive.  £175 Whinfell Road.  £175 Town Farm.  £173 Windygate.  £173 Barnskew.  £171 Westray Farm.  £171 Thwaite Farm.  £170 Croft House Farm.  £170 Milestone House.  £170 Grassgill Lodge.  ROUGE : £209, £205 Bassenthwaite.  DUTCH TEXEL: £199 Chapel Farm.  SUFFOLK: £190 Black Syke.  £190 Carkin Moor Farm.  £185 Rosgill Head.  £185, £174 East Todholes.  £179, £160 Grassgill Lodge.  £175 Marriforth.  £171 Coupland Beck Farm.  £171, £167 East Rackwood.  £164 Windygate.  £163 Row End Farm.  £162 Manor Farm.  £162 Highscale  Farm.  £160 West Hindon Farm.  CHAROLLAIS: £185 Rosgill Head.  £184 High Field.  £175 East Todholes.  £172 Crossfell House.  £167, £166, £164 Manor Farm.  £167 Street House.  £167 Hawkrigg Farm.  £160 Orchard Farm.  BLUE TEXEL: £178, £170 Newhall Farm.  £170 Stoneriggs.  HILL CHEVIOT: £172 Crossfell House.  £170 Rosgill Head.  £160 Windygate.  £147, £145 Abbey Park Farm.  MULE: £170, £156, £152 Eastfield Farm.  £166 Straights Head Farm.  £165 Newhall Farm.  £164 Kilnstown.  £163 The Park Wall.  £162 Kelmore Hill Farm.  £162 Greenhow.  £160 High Beck Head.  £158 Slack Cottage.  £157 Gillses Farm.  £157 Rosgill Head.  £155 Windygate.  £152 East Todholes.  £152 William House.  £152 Oak House.  £150 Mossville.  ROMNEY: £164 Helbeck Grange.  EASYCARE: £163 Helbeck Grange.  BADGER FACE TEXEL: £162, £160 Prospect House.  SWALEDALE: £154 Kelmore Hill Farm.  £151 East Todholes.  £149 Grouse Lodge.  £148, £135 The Park Wall.  £147 Oak House.  £144 Kilnstown.  £144, £139 Eastfield Farm.  £135 Musgrave House.  £130 Laneside.  BLUEFACED LEICESTER: £154 East Rackwood.  £150 Gillses Farm.  BLACKFACE: £146 Castle Hill.  £142(x2), £133 Middle Mown Meadows.  £140 Laneside.  DUTCH SPOTTED: £142 Lady Anne Drive.  GOAT: £142 Grouse Lodge.  HERDWICK: £136 York Terrace.  £136 Eden Terrace.

Prime Lambs

P/Kg

BELTEX: 575p, 570.3p, 561.1p, 522p(x2), 500p, 420p Highscale  Farm. 556.4p Middle Mown Meadows.  545p, 505.3p Skylin.  530.8p, 504.9p, 471.4p, 461p Elm House.  530.8p, 491.3p, 456p Marriforth.  515p, 438.6p Black Syke.  514.3p, 510.7p, 508.3p, 502.8p, 490.7p, 433.3p Martholme Lane.  497.6p Upper Brydekirk.  497.4p, 492.7p Castle Hill.  487.8p, 441.3p, 434.8p, 429.6p Carkin Moor Farm.  476.7p, 476.2p, 428.6p High Field.  473.8p West Lea.  467.9p, 424.4p Barnskew.  461.5p Kelmore Hill Farm.  452.4p, 425.6p Little Beck.  445.2p, 442.5p Prospect House.  440.8p Low Mown Meadows Farm.  437.8p Lansmere.  432.5p Espland House.  428.6p Hawkrigg Farm.  425.6p, 423.1p Newhall Farm.  425p Straights Head Farm.  ROUGE : 539.5p, 509.8p Bassenthwaite.  DUTCH TEXEL: 510.3p Chapel Farm.  CHAROLLAIS: 418.2p High Field.  372.1p Orchard Farm.  362.8p, 347.9p, 340.8p Manor Farm.  355.7p Street House.  344.4p Barrowmoor Farm.  344p Crossfell House.  343.5p Hawkrigg Farm.  BLUE TEXEL: 404.8p, 378.7p Newhall Farm.  395.3p Stoneriggs.  386.1p Straights Head Farm.  TEXEL: 393p Skylin.  387.2p East Mellwaters Farm.  386.8p, 376.3p, 375.7p, 375p, 374.4p, 367.1p, 365.9p, 360.2p Marriforth.  381p, 373p, 371.8p Straights Head Farm.  379.5p Coupland Beck Farm.  371.6p Castle Hill.  371.1p Little Langton Grange.  369p Stoneriggs.  367.4p, 363.6p Kelmore Hill Farm.  367.4p Mill Cottage.  366.7p(x2) Barrowmoor Farm.  364.1p, 360p Upper Brydekirk.  363.8p Westray Farm.  363.4p, 361p Town Farm.  362.5p West Farm.  362.5p Espland House.  361.7p, 361.6p Croft House Farm.  361.7p Grassgill Lodge.  360.5p Prospect Farm.  360.5p Lime House.  360.4p Windygate.  SUFFOLK: 385.7p Highscale  Farm.  360.5p Westray Farm.  351.1p, 344.4p, 342p Coupland Beck Farm.  345.7p Row End Farm.  344.7p Manor Farm.  341.7p Windygate.  GOAT: 372.4p Grouse Lodge.  BADGER FACE TEXEL: 372.1p(x2) Prospect House.  BLACKFACE: 364.1p(x2) Middle Mown Meadows.  331.8p Castle Hill.  HILL CHEVIOT: 356.4p Straights Head Farm.  347.4p School House.  341.9p Abbey Park Farm.  337.3p Crossfell House.  333.8p Middle Mown Meadows.  333.3p Windygate.  ROMNEY: 333.7p Helbeck Grange.  HERDWICK: 331.7p York Terrace.  316.3p Eden Terrace.  EASYCARE: 326p Helbeck Grange.  SWALEDALE: 323p Low Deepslack.  308.9p, 306.4p Eastfield Farm.  308p Step Ends Farm.  307p Kelmore Hill Farm.  303.6p Wemmergill Farm.  303.1p Grouse Lodge.  302p East Todholes.  300p Musgrave House.  300p Oak House.  MULE: 318.5p Grains O Beck.  315p, 311.7p Slack Cottage.  313p West Hindon Farm. 311.5p Greenhow.  310.2p Eastfield Farm.  310.2p William House.  309.5p East Rackwood.  309.1p, 308.8p Marriforth.  309p Windygate.  BLUEFACED LEICESTER: 313.3p East Rackwood.

Cast Sheep

Cast Ewes

BELTEX: £350, £340 Loughrigg Farm.  £272 Grassgill Lodge.  £270 Green Farm.  £252 Whinfell Road.  £238, £200 High Field.  TEXEL: £268 Carpool Farm.  £260, £218 Prospect Farm Cottage.  £250 Westray Farm.  £235 Hilton Road.  £225 Victoria Cottages.  £222, £218, £212 Lady Anne Drive.  £220 Green Farm.  £212 Kirkby Cluster.  £210 Grassgill Lodge.  BLUE TEXEL: £200 Prospect Farm Cottage.  CHAROLLAIS: £198 Little Langton Grange.  MULE: £195 Whinfell Road.  £185 Friendship Farm.  £178 Lady Anne Drive.  £175 West Hindon Farm.  £170 Green Farm.  £162 Crawleas Farm.  £160 Milestone House.  HALFBRED: £182 Wheatdale Road.  SUFFOLK: £178 Green Farm.  HILL CHEVIOT: £176 Crossfell House.  £174 Whinfell Road.  £162 Gaythorne Hall Farm.  ROMNEY: £170, £150 Gaythorne Hall.  DUTCH SPOTTED: £168 Wheatdale Road.  MASHAM: £168 Hilton Road.  LLEYN: £152 Westray Farm.  SWALEDALE: £145, £135(x2) Bleathgill.  £130 Eastfield Farm.  £127 Ellergill.  £124 Prospect Farm Cottage.  VALAIS BLACKNOSE: £140(x2) Ingledene.  RYELAND: £138 Whinfell Road.  BLUEFACED LEICESTER: £138 Bollihope Shield Farm.  EASYCARE: £130 Gaythorne Hall.  HERDWICK: £119 Grassgill Lodge.  BLACKFACE: £81 Wheatdale Road.  £210, £158 Elsdon.  £202, £200 Kelmore Hill Farm.  £160 Brough.  £155 West Hindon Farm.  £153 Milestone House.  £152(x2) Prospect Farm.  £123 Helton.  £120(x2) Musgrave House.

Cast Tups

BLUEFACED LEICESTER: £270, £200 Eastfield Farm.  CHAROLLAIS: £260 Green Farm.  TEXEL: £250, £220 Wheatdale Road.  £240 Ellergill.  £228 Calva Farm.  £211 High Ploughlands.  £200 Stoneriggs.  LLEYN: £232 Green Farm.  SUFFOLK: £225 Copeland Row.  HAMPSHIRE DOWN: £220 Wheatdale Road.  BELTEX: £200 Croft House Farm.  £170(x2) Wheatdale Road.  GOAT: £178 Grassgill Lodge.  ROUGH FELL: £175 Waterhouses.  SWALEDALE: £138 Bollihope Shield Farm.