Kirkby Stephen Prime Sheep Sale

Harrison & Hetherington Ltd, Kirkby Stephen Mart held their weekly sale of prime sheep on Tuesday night when 2,929 sheep were forward consisting of 1,527 spring lambs and 1,402 cast sheep.

Topping the spring lambs at £165 was a Beltex cross lamb from Messrs Wainwright, Todd Hall, Fife which was bought by J Birkbeck on behalf on Dowdings, Butchers, Appleby.

Topping at 352.8p/kg were a pen of ten 36kg Beltex cross lambs which sold for £127 from Messrs Slater, Whiteley Hey Farm, Macclesfield.

Messrs Sowerby, Terrys Farm sold a 49kg Texel cross lamb to £152 selling to Dowding Butchers, Appleby.

Messrs Wainwright, Fife also sold a pen of 43kg Beltex cross lambs to make £150 348.8p/kg selling to A. Atkinson.

Messrs Lyle, Staingills, Penrith also sold 43kg lambs to make £150 and 348.8p/kg.

Cast sheep topped at £178 for a pen of three Texel cross ewes from Messrs Reed, Lands Farm, Bishop Auckland which were bought by Yorkshire Halal Meats.

Beltex cross ewes sold to £164.50 from Upperlands Farm which were bought by Lancashire Direct Halal.

Another wonderful cast sheep overall average of £110.13 for 1402 ewes and rams was achieved and many more of all classes can be sold well on a weekly basis here at Kirkby Stephen.

Leading Lamb Consignments
No.        Weight     p/kg          Head       From
5     @    54kg       359.2p     £140.00    M/s Teward, Staindrop
16   @    46kg       300p        £138.00    MI Wainwright, Fife
7     @    44.7kg    296p        £132.36    G&H Deighton, Bleatarn
20   @    43.9kg    292.2p    £128.43    G Sowerby, Ormside
10   @    42.6kg    300.3p    £127.95    Hallbankgate Farm, Brampton
10   @    36kg       352.7p    £127.00    GE&VH Slater, Macclesfield
7     @    41.1kg    307.2p    £126.43    R Allinson & Sons, Winton
23   @    48.7kg    258.9p    £126.22    Upperlands Farm
28   @    40.6kg    308.8p    £125.64    TW Hunter, Annan
73   @    40.2kg    308.7p    £124.13    M/s Lyle, Culgaith
43   @    45kg        274.7p    £123.76    JR & M Richardson, Darlington
25   @    42.6kg    284.2p    £121.32    DJ & S Atkinson, Bleatarn
48   @    37.3kg    323.5p    £120.94    GW&MA Platt, Cheshire

Leading Prices –

Spring Lambs –

Price Per Head –

Beltex £165, £150(2), £142, £130 Todd Hall; £150, £130 Staingills; £144.50 Crossfell House; £140 Windygate; £139, £130 Hallbankgate Farm; £135.50 Fair View; £134.50 Brackenslack; £133.50, £130.50, £130(2) Upper Brydekirk; £132 Abbey Park: Texel £152, £140 Terrys Farm; £140.50, £129, £125.50, £125 Abbey Park; £140 New View Farm; £139.50, £130.50, £127 Etherley House; £138 Fair View; £134, £133, £130, £128 Upperlands Farm; £132.50 Bridge End; £131 Crossfell House; £130 Brackenslack; £127 Staingills; £127.50 Woodside; £125.50 Windygate: Dutch Texel £150 Staingills; £149, £130.50 Terrys Farm: Easycare £149 Staingills: Charollais £133.50, £125.50 Orchard Farm; £123 Upperlands Farm: Suffolk £115.50, £115 Etherley House; £110(2) Green Farm: Badgerface Texel £112 Yore House: Blue Texel £108 Brow Top Farm.

Price Per Kilo

Beltex 352.8p Whiteley Hey Farm; 348.8p, 338.1p, 330p, 326.1p Todd Hall; 348.8p, 331.6p Staingills; 339p Hallbankgate Farm; 338.5p Abbey Park; 336p Crossfell House; 328p Brackenslack; 326.3p, 325.6p, 323.8p, 322.5p Upper Brydekirk; 324.3p, 322.4p Far Whittles Farm; 322.6p Fair View; 321.3p Smardale Mill: Texel 326.7p, 321.8p, 312.5p Abbey Park; 325.6p, 310.2p Terrys Farm; 318.8p Woodside; 317p Etherley House; 311p Staingills; 308.1p Bridge End Farm; 306.1p Windygate; 300p Fair View: Dutch Texel 333.3p, 313.4p Staingills; 323.9p Terrys Farm: Easycare 331.1p Staingills: Charollais 303.4p, 256.1p Orchard Farm; 246p Upperlands Farm: Badgerface Texel 287.2p Yore House: Blue Texel 284.2p Brow Top Farm: Suffolk 245.7p Etherley House; 244.4p Green Farm.

Cast Ewes

Texel £178 Lands Farm; £168.50 Searchlight Farm; £165.50 Stripe Farm; £160.50 Windygate; £158.50 Abbey Park; £157.50, £150 Upperland Farm; £157.50 Laneside; £154.50, £150 Street House; £150.50 Highfield Farm; £150 Newhall Farm: Beltex £164.50 Upperlands; £158.50 Terrys Farm; £153.50, £148.50 Todd Hall; £148.50 Highscale Farm; £146.50, £140.50 Staingills; £142.50, £140.50 Whiteley Hey Farm; £141.50 Skylin: Rouge £158.50 Row End Farm; £144.50 Todd Hall: Dutch Texel £154.50 Staingills: Charollais £152.50, £147.50, £140 Upperlands: Bleu du maine £150 Todd Hall: Suffolk £142.50 Bank Head; £139.50 Rigby House; £138.50 Terry Farm; £134.50, £130 Staingills; £134, £133.50, £130 Upperlands; £133.50 Hawkrigg Farm; £132.50 Middle Bank End Farm; £130 Hallbankgate Farm; £130 Todd Hall: Halfbred £136 Friars Garth: Bluefaced Leicester £116 Lands Farm; £115.50 Low House: Cheviot £114.50 Rosgill Head; £112.50 Highfield Farm; £106.50 Marshes Gill; £105.50 Crossfell House: Mule £114 Row End Farm; £112.50 Low Bank House; £112 Brackenslack; £112 Abbey Park; £112 Rosgill Head; £110.50 Sunnybrae; £110.50, £110 Bridge End Farm; £110 Stripes Farm: Dorset £112, £105(2) Todd Hall: Scotch Blackface £108.50 Stonelowe Hall; £94.50 Laneside; £93.50 Roundthwaite Abbey: Lleyn £107.50 Grange House: Swaledale £95.50(2) Argill House; £90 New Hall; £89.50(2) Croft Farm; £88.50 Low Bank House; £86.50 West Briscoe: Herdwick £90, £86.50 Grange House: Rough £89.50 Town Head; £85.50 Greenside Farm: Badgerface £80 Woodside: Jacob £79.50 The Pry.

Cast Rams

Suffolk £150, £130 Upperlands Farm: Texel £140 Upperlands Farm; £128.50 The Grange; £124.50 Fair View: Bluefaced Leicester £136.50 The Pry; £120.50, £120 Skylin: Cheviot £130 Grange House: Beltex £124.50 Skylin; £120 Todd Hall: Rough £116 Archers Hall: Swaledale £108.50 Ravenseat; £90 Garth Nook Farm.