Kirkby Stephen Prime Sheep Sale

Harrison & Hetherington Ltd, Kirkby Stephen Mart Held Their Weekly Sale of Prime Sheep on Tuesday Evening when 2,587 sheep where forward consisting of 2,219 Prime Hoggs and 368 Cast Sheep.

Topping the sale at £219 was a 58kg Texel cross Hogg from Messrs Sowerby, Terrys Farm, Ormside which was bought by Dowdings Butchers, Appleby this home also sold 66kg hoggs to £200.

Topping at 512.8p/kg where a pen of fifteen 39kg Beltex cross hoggs which made £200 from JoJo Andrews, Boscar Flats, York.

This home also sold a pen of twelve 43kg Beltex cross hoggs to make £206 (479.1p/kg), pen of thirteen 41kg at £197 (480.5p/kg) with 58kg Texel cross hoggs making £182 and a pen of six 58kg Charollais cross hoggs making £181.

Messrs Simpson, Highscale Farm, Wigglesworth sold a pen of ten 39kg Beltex cross hoggs to make £194 (497.4p/kg) with another pen of fourteen 39kg making £192 (492.3p/kg), nine 39kg at £190 (487.2p/kg) and eighteen 40kg at £190.

Messrs Fell, Chapel Farm, Keswick sold a pen of six 39kg Rouge cross hoggs to make £194 (497.4p/kg) with another pen of twenty two 38kg making £182 (478.9p/kg) also from this home.

Messrs Slater, Whiteley Hey Farm, Macclesfield sold a pen of ten 39kg Beltex cross hoggs to make £189 (484.6p/kg).

Messrs Hodgson, Green Farm, Shap sold a pen of three 39kg hoggs to make £185.

Messrs Hunter, Upper Brydekirk, Annan sold a pen of eight 41kg hoggs to make £189.

Blackfaced hoggs sold to £144.50 for three pens of twenty six, twenty and fifteen 47kg hoggs from Messrs Stirke, Snowfield Farm, York.

This home also topped the Blackfaced hoggs at 312p/kg for a pen of thirteen 46kg hoggs which made £143.50.

Hill cheviot hoggs topped at 346.3p/kg for a pen of seventeen 41kg which made £142 from Messrs Armstrong, Crossfell House, Penrith with this home also selling a pen of thirty one 42kg Hill Cheviots to make £144 (342.9p/kg).

Swaledale hoggs sold to 298.7p/kg for a pen of fifteen 38kg which made £113.50 from Messrs Foster, West End Farm, Barnard Castle.

An SQQ average of 350.3p/kg and an overall average of 330.06p/kg was achieved with over a third of the hoggs forward being horned and mules.

All breeds of nice meated medium and handy weighted hoggs where good to sell with these types finding the most demand.

Cast Sheep

Cast sheep topped at £230 for a pair of Beltex cross ewes from Messrs Taylor, Smardale Mill, Kirkby Stephen.

Swaledale ewes topped at £132 from Messrs Birbeck, High Stennerskeugh, Ravenstonedale

Cast Rams topped at £225 for a Charollais cross from Messrs Bousfield, Barrowmoor Road, Appleby.

Tot Hds    Weight    P/Kg     Average     Vendor
71    @     44.1kg    439.1p    £193.46    JM Andrews, York                                         
59    @    40.5kg    469.6p    £190.22    MR Paul W Simpson, Nr Skipton                                           
12    @    40.7kg    463.9p    £188.67    G E & V H Slater & Sons, Macclesfield                                  
7      @    56.6kg    323.5p    £183.00    MESR G Sowerby, Appleby In Westmorland                                           
43    @    38.8kg    465.8p    £180.88    MESR Fell, Keswick                                           
65    @    52.3kg    342.1p    £178.89    G W Lee & Sons, Richmond                                      
26    @    44.5kg    394.9p    £175.58    MESR T W Hunter, Annan                                        
32    @    46.6kg    361.3p    £168.22    MESR GW&MA Platt, Cheshire                                        
21    @    56kg      292.9p    £164.00    K Whitehead, Richmond                                        
14    @    57.9kg    283p      £163.71    MR FH Walton, Kirkby Stephen                                
8      @    52.4kg    310.7p    £162.75    MESR F & A Atkinson & Sons, Appleby In Westmorland                                          
23    @    42.7kg    381.4p    £162.65    MESR JS & JO Dodd, Penrith                                           
38    @    49kg       327p    £160.32    MESR DE & AM Hodgson, Penrith 

Prime Hoggs

Price Per Head

TEXEL: £219 Terrys Farm.  £188, £182 Boscar Flats.  £184 Kelmore Hill Farm.  £177 Black Syke.  £177, £173 Carkin Moor Farm.  £176(x2) New View Farm.  £175 Far Whittles Farm.  £171, £162 Green Farm.  £170, £165, £164 Upper Brydekirk.  £170, £160 Skylin.  £170 Prospect Farm.  £170, £160 Fox Grove Farm.  £168, £161(x2) Calva Farm.  £167 Hawkrigg Farm.  £166 Bail Hill.  £164 Lanehead Farm.  £164 Thwaite Farm.  £164 Green Farm.  £162 West Hale Farm.  £161 Dirt Pit Farm.  £161 Whinfell Road.  £160 Quarry Farm.  BELTEX: £206, £200, £197(x2), £182, £178 Boscar Flats.  £200, £190 Terrys Farm.  £197, £183(x2), £175 Carkin Moor Farm.  £194, £192, £190(x3), £185, £180 Highscale  Farm.  £189, £183 Upper Brydekirk.  £189, £187 Whiteley Hey Farm.  £185 Green Farm.  £181 West Hale Farm.  £176, £175, £170 Far Whittles Farm.  £176, £172 West Lea.  £175 Kelmore Hill Farm.  £171 Prospect House.  £170 Skylin.  ROUGE : £194, £182 Bassenthwaite.  CHAROLLAIS: £181 Boscar Flats.  £175, £167 Hawkrigg Farm.  £165, £154 Green Farm.  £154(x2) Orchard Farm.  SUFFOLK: £180 Carkin Moor Farm.  £166 Green Farm.  £165 Victoria Cottages.  £154(x2) Wood Farm.  £150 Park House Farm.  DUTCH TEXEL: £174 Chapel Farm.  HAMPSHIRE DOWN: £168 Green Farm.  DUTCH SPOTTED: £150(x2) Breaks Hall.  KERRY HILL: £149.50 Fountain Head.  MULE: £148.50 Slack Cottage.  £148 Orchard Farm.  £148 Eller Gill Barn.  £141.50 Windygate.  £140 High Wood End.  £140 West End Farm.  £140 Mossville.  ROMNEY: £148, £147, £146 Breaks Hall.  HILL CHEVIOT: £145.50 Wood Farm.  £145, £141 Snowfield Farm.  £144, £142 Crossfell House.  £144 Windygate.  GOAT: £145 Grouse Lodge.  BLACKFACE: £144.50(x3),  £143.50 Snowfield Farm.  BLUEFACED LEICESTER: £135(x2) Wood House Farm.  SWALEDALE: £134, £128 The Park Wall.  £130, £122.50 Eller Gill Barn.  £126 Park House Farm.  £125 Blades Field Farm.  £121.50 Grouse Lodge.  £119 Dirt Pit Farm.  £116 High Wood End.  £115 Swarthymere.  HERDWICK: £132, £127.50 Park House Farm.  ROUGH FELL: £130, £125 High Wood End.

Prime Hoggs

P/Kg

BELTEX: 512.8p, 480.5p, 479.1p, 469p, 434.1p Boscar Flats.  497.4p, 492.3p, 487.2p, 475p(x2) Highscale  Farm.  484.6p Whiteley Hey Farm.  474.4p Green Farm.  461p, 446.3p Upper Brydekirk.  445.2p Skylin.  431p West Hale Farm.  422.5p Prospect House.  ROUGE : 497.4p, 478.9p Bassenthwaite.  DUTCH TEXEL: 435p Chapel Farm.  TEXEL: 404.8p Skylin.  377.6p Terrys Farm.  364.3p Crossfell House.  364.1p Far Whittles Farm.  361.5p Quarry Close.  361.1p Mill Cottage.  357.1p West Lea.  356.3p Rayne Cottage.  353p, 352.6p, 352.2p, 351.2p, 348.8p, 344.4p West Hale Farm.  351.1p, 346.9p Upper Brydekirk.  348.8p New Hall Farm.  348.8p Waitby Farm.  347.4p Chapel House Farm.  346.4p Smardale Mill.  345.3p, 344.3p Kelmore Hill Farm.  344.4p Prospect Farm.  341.3p Row End Farm.  340.7p Sawbridge Hall.  GOAT: 391.9p Grouse Lodge.  CHAROLLAIS: 347.6p Hawkrigg Farm.  343.9p Crossfell House.  337.2p Victoria Cottages.  326.1p Orchard Farm.  HILL CHEVIOT: 346.3p, 342.9p Crossfell House.  327.9p, 324.4p, 322.2p Snowfield Farm.  DUTCH SPOTTED: 338.8p High Wood End.  302.3p Rayne Cottage.  300p Breaks Hall.  SUFFOLK: 337.5p Row End Farm.  330.7p, 328p, 326p, 320.7p Wood Farm.  321.7p Coupland Beck Farm.  HAMPSHIRE DOWN: 326.2p Low Faggergill Cottage.  ROMNEY: 319p, 313.5p Breaks Hall.  BLACKFACE: 312p, 307.4p(x2), 301p Snowfield Farm.  HERDWICK: 311p Park House Farm.  SWALEDALE: 298.7p West End Farm.  290p High Wood End.  288.9p, 280p Eller Gill Barn.  286.3p Prospect House.  285.1p, 284.4p The Park Wall.  281.3p Swarthymere.  MULE: 295.7p Low Swainston Farm.  293.5p Grains O Beck.  293.5p Smardale Mill.  292.7p Greenriggs.  291.9p Low Faggergill Cottage.  ROUGH FELL: 271.7p High Wood End.

Cast Sheep

Cast Ewes

BELTEX: £230 Smardale Mill.  £200, £161 Far Whittles Farm.  £190 Black Syke.  £160(x2) Victoria Cottages.  TEXEL: £210, £183, £177 Breaks Hall.  £210, £176 Hawkrigg Farm.  £182 Asby Grange.  £179 Black Syke.  £170 New View Farm.  BLUEFACED LEICESTER: £197, £180 Greenriggs.  £195 Asby Grange.  £183 Wood House Farm.  SUFFOLK: £177 Glebelands.  £171 Hawkrigg Farm.  ROMNEY: £172 Colby.  MULE: £158 Smardale Mill.  £149 Wood House Farm.  £147 Black Syke.  HILL CHEVIOT: £144 Waitby Farm.  SWALEDALE: £132 High Stennerskeugh.  £127 Bleathgill.  £126 Mossville.  £124 Lockholme Hall.  £122 Woolpits Hill.  £120 Hawkrigg Farm.

Cast Tups

CHAROLLAIS: £225 Barrowmoor Road.  £170 Newsham Grange.  TEXEL: £190 Grouse Lodge.  BELTEX: £180 West Lea.  £170 Windygate.  HAMPSHIRE DOWN: £170 Colby Laithes.  SWALEDALE: £156 New Hall.  £140 Asby Grange.  £132 Wood House Farm.  BLUEFACED LEICESTER: £152 Bleathgill.  £150 Wood House Farm.  ROUGH FELL: £143 High Wood End.