Kirkby Stephen Prime Sheep Sale

Harrison & Hetherington Ltd, Kirkby Stephen Mart Held Their Weekly Sale of Prime Sheep on Tuesday Evening when 3,041 sheep were forward consisting of 2,422 Prime Hoggs and 619 Cast sheep.

Topping the sale at £255 was a superb 54 kilo Beltex cross hogg from regular consigner Jojo Andrews, Boscar Flats, York.  This home also sold a pen of ten 42 kilo hoggs at £218 (519p per kilo), a pen of eleven 39 kilo at £215 (551.3p per kilo, a pen of twelve 41 kilo at £214.50 (523.2p per kilo), nine 41 kilo at £210.50 (513.4pper kilo.  The expertly finished consignment of 101 hoggs from Boscar Flats sold to average 41.2p per kilo, £206.47 (501.14p per kilo). 

Topping at 559.5p per kilo were a pen of fourteen 37 kilo Beltex cross hoggs which made £207 from Messrs Simpson, Highscale Farm, Wigglesworth, this home also sold a pen of eighteen 38 kilo hoggs making £210 (552.6p per kilo) and a pen of thirteen 38 kilo at £209 (550p per kilo). 

Messrs Birkbeck, Castle Hill, Soulby sold a pen of twenty two 38 kilo at £210 (552.6p per kilo). 

Messrs Dinsdale, High Field, Penrith sold three 45 kilo at £218, 45 kilo at £213 and a pen of eight 45 kilo at £209.

Messrs Lawson, Pasture House Farm, Wigton sold 38 kilo Texel cross hoggs to make £200 (526.3p per kilo). 

Quality heavy hoggs sold well with Messrs Robinson, Prospect Farm, Waitby selling two lots of 52 kilos to £220 and £218. 

Jojo Andrews sold 68 kilo hoggs to make £212. 

Suffolk cross hoggs sold to £188 for a pen of 66 kilo from Messrs Nelson, Rosgill Head, Penrith. 

Messrs Smith, Kelmore Hill Farm, Workington sold a pen of three 59 kilo Suffolk cross hoggs to make £181.50 and a pen of four 53 kilo Suffolks making £170 (320p per kilo) from this home. 

Mr Wilson, Wood Farm, Thursby sold a pen of twelve 50 kilo Suffolk cross hoggs to make £169 (338p per kilo). 

Messrs Birkbeck, Castle Hill, Soulby sold a pen of 46 kilo Mules to make £158 (343.5p per kilo). 

Hayllar Farms, Helbeck Grange, Brough sold a pen of twenty 46 kilo Mules to make £150. 

Messrs Alderson, Howgill Grange, Barnard Castle sold a pen of fourteen 37 kilo Mules to make £129.50 (350p per kilo). 

Blackfaced hoggs topped at £165 for a pen of six 48 kilo from Messrs Williams, Adamthwaite, Ravenstonedale with this home also topping at 361.3p per kilo for a pen of four 40 kilo Blackfaced hoggs which made £144.50. 

Hill Cheviot hoggs topped at £164.20 and 411.3p per kilo for a pen of seventeen 40 kilo hoggs from Messrs Armstrong, Crossfell House, Penrith. 

Messrs Park, Low Deepslack, Whinfell, Kendal sold a pen of 38 kilo Hill Cheviots to make £151 (397.4p per kilo). 

Messrs Birkbeck, Castle Hill, Soulby sold a pen of five 44 kilo Blackfaced hoggs to make £153 (347.2p per kilo).

Swaledale hoggs topped at £157 for a pen of four 51 kilo from Messrs Bousfield, Blades Field Farm, Barnard Castle. 

Swaledales also topped at 330.8p per kilo for a pen of 39 kilo which made £129 from Messrs Heron, Eastfield Farm, Warcop with this home also selling a pen of 43 kilo making £139 (323.3p per kilo. 

Messrs Armstrong, Crossfell House, Penrith sold a pen of eight 46 kilo Swaledales to make £145.50. 

Messrs Dickinson, High Wood End, Tebay sold a pen of twenty six 38 kilo Swaledales to make £120.50 (317.1p per kilo).

An unbelievable SQQ average of 385.5p per kilo and £160.55 for 2,422 hoggs with over 700 of these being horned and Mule. 

Twenty seven pens and 184 hoggs sold between £200-£255.

Twenty six pend and 235 hoggs sold between 450-559p per kilo. 

Tot Hds			Weight		P/Kg	Average		Vendor
101	@	41.2kg		501.14p		£206.47	JM Andrews, York
68	@	38.68kg		527.38p		£203.97	PW Simpson, Wigglesworth
32	@	46.38kg		433.36p		£200.97	M/s Dinsdale, Penrith
4	@	54.25kg		350.69p		£190.25	JJ&S Raine, Appleby
50	@	62.84kg		299.09p		£187.95	W Austen Richardson, Hutton Magna
115	@	42.11kg		429.55p		£180.90	HW&J Birkbeck, Soulby
14	@	49.57kg		364.55p		£180.71	M/s Robinson, Kirkby Stephen
30	@	45.6kg		396.2p		£180.67	DE&AM Hodgson, Shap
32	@	54.38kg		326.93p		£177.77	K Whitehead, Richmond
24	@	47.08kg		372.92p		£175.58	RJ Tiplady, Barnard Castle
74	@	53.35kg		327.89p		£174.93	P&SA Nelson, Penrith
30	@	51.53kg		338.42p		£174.40	I&P Clarke, Kirkby Stephen
38	@	48.53kg		357.86p		£173.66	M/s Sayer, Penrith
50	@	50.3kg		641.39p		£171.72	A&D Smith, Workington
7	@	43.43kg		394.41p		£171.29	L Bell-Percy, Masham

Cast Sheep

Cast sheep topped at £265 for a Texel ewe from Messrs Slack, Stoneriggs, Hilton. 

Messrs Whitehead, Thwaite Farm, Richmond sold Texel ewes to £258. 

Bluefaced Leicester ewes sold to £248 from Messrs Procter, Villa Farm, Kirkby Stephen. 

Mule ewes sold to £177 for a pen of six from Messrs Potter-Wharton, Orton. 

Romney ewes sold to £165 for a pen of Seventeen from Fridlington Farms, York. 

Hill Cheviot ewes sold to £160 from Messrs Birkbeck, Decklyn, Soulby. 

Swaledale ewes sold to £141 for a pair from Messrs Buckle, Bleathgill, Barras. 

Messrs Fawcett, Argill House sold Swaledale ewes to £140. 

Prime Hoggs

Price Per Head

Beltex : £255, £218, £215, £214.50, £212, £210.50, £206 (2), £202, £200 (2), £190 Boscar Flats; £220 Prospect Farm; £218, £213, £209, £202, £194 High Field (Dinsdale); £210, £190 Castle Hill; £210, £209, £207, £195, £193 Highscale Farm; £207, £194, £192 Springhill; £207 West Lea; £205, £195 Stubsgill; £197 Buckles Farm; £197 Crossfell House: Texel £218, £185 (2) Prospect Farm; £209 West Lea; £201 Crossfell House; £200 Pasture House Farm; £199, £183 Castle Hill; £197, £195, £188, £183.50, £180 Hutton Fields; £195, £193, £187, £185 Kelmore Hill Farm; £192 Fountain Head; £195, £189 (2), £184 Thwaite Farm; £193 Askrigg Hall; £192, £188.50 Rosgill Head; £191 Boscar Flats; £190 Stripes Farm; £190, £181 Town End Farm; £187 Green Farm; £186 Stoneriggs; £186 Hesket Demain; £184 Crossfell House; £183 Askrigg Hall ; £180 Villa Farm: Suffolk £188, £170 Rosgill Head; £181.50, £170 Kelmore Hill Farm; £179 Askrigg Hall; £170 Sunnyside; £169, £162 Wood Farm; £163 Crossfell House; £160 Coupland Beck Farm: Rouge £185 High Field: Bluefaced Leicester £174 Oak House; £159 (2) Fountain Head; £154 Stubsgill Farm; £152 Swathburn; £151 Park House Farm: Mule £170 Kelmore Hill Farm; £167 Slack Cottage; £165 Stoneriggs; £164 Rosgill Head; £161 Middle Shipley Farm; £158 (2) Castle Hill; £157 William House; £155, £150 Burton Hill; £152 Stubsgill Farm; £151 Hesket Demain; £151 Swathburn, £150 Helbeck Grange: Blue Texel £166 Pasture House Farm: Blue Texel £166 Pasture House Farm: Zwartble £165 Castle Hill: Blackfaced £165, £144.50 Adamthwaite; £154, £147 Redlands Bank; £153 Castle Hill: Hill Cheviot £164.50 Crossfell House; £160 Coupland Beck Farm; £152.50 Helbeck Grange; £151 Low Deepslack; £150.50 Vale Farm: Charollais £163 Coupland Beck Farm; £154 Vale Farm; £153.50 Gunnerwell; £152 Langrigg House: Rough Fell £159, £142 High Wood End: Swaledale £157 Blades Field Farm; £145.50 Crossfell House; £142, £140, £136.50 Eller Gill Barn; £141, £134 Villa Farm; £139 Eastfield Farm; £138.50, £131.50 Lanehead Farm; £134.50, £130 Helbeck Grange; £133.50 Oak House; £131 Slip Cottage: Romney £156.50 Hollow Green Farm: Dutch Spotted £150 Howgill Grange. 

Prime Hoggs

P/Kg

Beltex 599.5p, 552.6p, 550p, 513.2p, High Scale Farm; 552.6p, 463.4p Castle Hill; 551.3p, 523.2p, 519p, 515p, 513.4p, 505p, 487.8p, 479.1p, 475p, 472.2p Boscar Flats; 505.1p Crossfell  House; 484.4p, 473.3p, 464.4p High Field; 472.5p Kelmore Hill Farm; 469p Buckles Farm; 465.9p, 453.5p Stubsgill Farm; Texel 526.3p Pasture House Farm; £456.4p Town End Farm; 443.6p Croft House Farm; 435.7p, 391.7p Castle Hill; 430p, 402p Crossfell House; 423.1p, 395p Bank House; 422.5p (2) Step Ends; 419.2p Prospect Farm; 413.2p Fountain Head; 411.1p Askrigg Hall; 407.7p Town End Farm; 406.8p, 394.4p Wood Farm; 405.9p Chapel House Farm; 402.3p (2) Green Farm; 400p Musgrave House; 392.9p Stubsgill Farm; 391.7p Stoneriggs; 390.2p Red House Farm; 290 Eastfield Farm: Hill Cheviot 411.3p Crossfell House; 405.7p Springhill; 397.4p, 387.9p Low Deepslack; 391.4p Pasture House Farm; 381.3p Helbeck Grange; 367.1p Vale Farm: Blue Texel 404.9p Pasture House Farm: Suffolk 388.1p Crossfell House; 367.6p (2) Row End Farm; 3657.3p Swathburn; 357.1p Hesket Demain; 357p Askrigg Hall; 352.3p Buckles Farm: Charollais 375.6p Vale Farm; 354.3p Coupland Beck Farm; Mule 371p, 325.6p Lanehead Farm; 350p Howgill Grange; 343.5p Castle Hill; 335.6p Hesket Demain; 329.7p Park House Farm; 327p Pasture House Farm; 326.3p Swathburn; 326.1p Helbeck Grange: Rouge 362.7p High Field; 365.1p Castle Hill; Blackfaced 261.3p. 343.8p Adamthwaite; 347.7p Castle Hill; 341.9p Redlands Bank: Romney 340.2p Hollow Green Farm: Swaledale 330.8p, 323.3p Eastfield Farm; 328.2p Musgrave House; 317.1p High Wood End; 316.3p Crossfell House; 314.9p Palliard; 314p Decklyn; 312.8p Helbeck Grange; 310.5p Oak House; 308.1p High Birk Hatt; 307.8p Blades Field Farm: Bluefaced Leicester 311.8p (2) Fountain Head: Rough Fell 295.8p, 289.1p High Wood End.

Cast Sheep

Cast Ewes

Texel £265 Stoneriggs; £258, £208 Thwaite Farm; £242, £222 (2), £207, £202 Hawkrigg Farm;  £233, £201 Ash Garth; £202 Sunnyside: Bluefaced Leicester £248 Villa Farm; £212 Asby Grange; £208 Whitewall Farm; £182 Howgill Grange: Beltex £232 Castle Hill; £216 Ash Garth: Mule £177 Lime House; £165 Sunnyside; £165 Whitewall Farm; £164 Stripes Farm; £160 Swathburn; £158 Howgill Grange; £153 Lockholme Hall; £152 Brogden Farm; £150 (2) Hesket Demain: Romney £165, £151,£150, £148 Fridlington Farm: Hill Cheviot £160 Decklyn: Rough Fell £148 High Wood End; £124 Lockholme Hall: Swaledale £141 Bleathgill; £140, £131 Argill House; £137 Whitewall Farm; £126 Asby Grange; £122, £111 Lockholme Hall; £120 William House; £118 Eastfield Farm: Lleyn £140 East Melwaters Farm.

Cast Tups

Texel £200 Whitewall Farm; £150 Lime House: Bluefaced Leicester £188 Middle Shipley Farm: Cheviot £180 Middle Shipley Farm: Shetland £160 Hollow Green Farm.