Kirkby Stephen Prime Sheep Sale

Harrison & Hetherington Ltd, Kirkby Stephen Mart Held Their Weekly Sale of Prime Sheep on Tuesday Evening when 2,906 sheep where forward consisting of 2,448 Prime Hoggs and 458 Cast Sheep.

Topping the sale at £262 was a 60kg Beltex cross hogg from Messrs Mason, East Farm, Malton.

Topping at 600p/kg where a pen of nineteen 40kg hoggs which made £240 from JoJo Andrews, Boscar Flats, York.

This home also sold 48kg hoggs to £248, 49kg at £242, a pen of eight 40kg at £236 (590p/kg), nineteen 42kg at £235 (559.5p/kg), eleven 43kg at £232 (539.5p/kg), fifteen 45kg at £232, and a pen of eighteen 40kg at £230 (575p/kg).

The consignment of 165 expertly finished Beltex, Texel and Suffolk cross hoggs from Boscar Flats sold to average 42.4kg £222.56 (525.1p/kg).

Messrs Dawson, Mount Pleasant Farm, York sold 52kg hoggs to £247 (475p/kg).

Messrs Mason, East Farm, Malton sold a pen of 52kg to £241, with another pen of seven 45kg at £236.50 and eleven 44kg at £231.

Messrs Hill & Wright, Mill Farm, Doncaster sold 40kg hoggs to £238 (595p/kg), with another pen of 44kg making £231, and 41kg at £228 (556.1p/kg).

Messrs Simpson, Highscale Farm, Wigglesworth sold a pen of twelve 41kg at £235.50 (574.4p/kg), a pen of thirteen 37kg hoggs to make £221 (597.3p/kg) with a pen of eleven 37kg at £217 (586.5p/kg).

Messrs Smithson, Skelcies Hall, Kirkby Stephen sold a pen of four 55kg Rouge hoggs to make £232.

Suffolk cross hoggs sold to £220 for a pen of three 60kg from Sam Thompson, York and also for a pair from Messrs Smith, Kelmore Hill Farm, Workington.

Suffolks also sold to 431.1p/kg for a pen of 45kg which made £194 and 50kg at £200 (400p/kg) from JoJo Andrews, Boscar Flats.

Mule hoggs topped at £190 for a pen of 52kg from Messrs Pullan, Manor House Farm, Richmond.

Messrs Allinson, Windygate, Winton sold a pen of thirty one 50kg Mules to make £188.50.

Messrs Birkbeck, Castle Hill, Soulby sold a pen of 46kg Mules to make £188 (408.7p/kg).

Hill Cheviot hoggs sold to £204 from Messrs Dawson, York.

Blackfaced hoggs sold to £185 from Messrs Ewin, Black Syke, Sandford.

Messrs Birkbeck, Castle Hill sold a pen of eight 43kg Blackfaced hoggs to make £180.

Messrs Hill & Wright, Doncaster topped the Blackfaced at 423.8p/kg for a pen of twenty five 40kg which made £169.50.

Messrs Allinson, Windygate sold a pen of eight 49kg Hill Cheviot hoggs to make £195.

Messrs Bell, Bridge Farm, York sold a pen of twenty one 46kg Hill Cheviots to make £190.

Messrs Birkbeck, Castle Hill, Soulby sold a pen of nine 40kg Hill Cheviots to make £176 (440p/kg).

Messrs Kiernan, Vale Farm, Preston sold a pen of forty two 43kg Hill Cheviots to make £186 (432.6p/kg).

Once again Kirkby Stephen topped the trade in the country so far this week with a mouth watering SQQ of 466.27p/kg and an overall average of 418.4p/kg and £195.20 being achieved for 2448 hoggs which includes over 600 Hill and Mule hoggs.

Fourty seven pens and 244 hoggs sold between £220 - £262.

Eighty eight pens and 537 hoggs sold between £210 - £262.

Thirty nine pens and 323 hoggs sold between 500 – 600p/kg.

Tot Hds    Weight    P/Kg      Average     Vendor
10    @    55.5kg    407.8p    £226.30    MR J Smithson, Kirkby Stephen                                         
165   @    42.4kg    525.1p    £222.56    JM Andrews, York                                            
91    @    44.2kg    496.6p    £219.71    J P Mason & Sons, Malton                                    
18    @    68.8kg    314.2p    £216.28    MR R J Armstrong, Penrith                                         
7      @    58.3kg    361.8p    £210.86    MW&HE Pedley, Kirkby Stephen                                          
8      @    54.5kg    383p       £208.75    MR N & K Gill, Barnard Castle                                    
58    @    38.6kg    538.6p    £207.82    MR Paul W Simpson, Nr Skipton                                           
388  @    54.5kg    374.1p    £203.99    Mesrs J M & W Turnbull, St Andrews                                    
28    @    41.7kg    488.3p    £203.68    MESR Dent, Appleby In Westmorland                                   
26    @    51.3kg    395.4p    £202.71    Sam Thompson C/o Boscar Flats, York                                            
22    @    49.5kg    402.4p    £199.00    MESR J P Coatsworth & Son, Bishop Auckland                                
209  @    49.8kg    397.2p    £197.78    MESR G & R Dawson, York                                        
86    @    41.6kg    472p       £196.37    Mesr H W & J Birkbeck, Kirkby Stephen                                   
156  @    48.2kg    406.2p    £195.66    A & J Bell, York                                      
21    @    57.4kg    339.3p    £194.88    MR D A Wells, Bishop Auckland                                 
36    @    43.3kg    449.2p    £194.67    MESR W&W Patterson, Appleby In Westmorland                                   
102  @    51kg       375.7p    £191.58    GC & JC Pullan, Richmond                                         
20    @    51.6kg    370.8p    £191.35    MESR E & S Gowland, Ireshopeburn                                         
231  @    41.2kg    463.8p    £191.29    T Hill & R Wright, Doncaster                                   

Cast Sheep

Cast ewes

Cast sheep of all classes where simply off the clock!

Topping the sale at £300 was a Texel cross ewe from Messrs Slack, Stoneriggs, Hilton.

This home also sold a pen of three Beltex cross ewes to make £271.

Suffolk ewes sold to £274 from Messrs Harrison, Wickerfield, Penrith.

Swaledale ewes sold to a whopping record price of £173 for a pen of three from Messrs Raine, Stanhope Gate Farm, Barnard Castle, with this home also selling a pen of five Swaledales to £161.

Cast Rams sold to £255 for a Rouge from Messrs Smithson, Skelcies Hall, Kirkby Stephen.

A whole sale cast average of £165.46 was achieved which includes 40% of the sale being horned and hill ewes!

Many more numbers of all classes of Cast Sheep can be sold to massive premiums over the coming weeks here at Kirkby Stephen!

Prime Hoggs

Price Per Head

BELTEX: £262, £241, £236.50, £234, £231, £228, £222, £220 East Farm.  £248, £242, £240, £236, £235, £232(x2), £230(x2), £220(x2)  Boscar Flats.  £247 Mount Pleasant Farm.  £238, £235.50, £221 Highscale  Farm.  £238, £231, £228, £224, £222 Mill Farm.  £237, £236 Skelcies Hall.  £236, £220 Elm House.  £232 High Ploughlands.  £230 Castle Hill.  £220 Vale Farm.  TEXEL: £238, £230, £206 Boscar Flats.  £230 Intake Farm.  £226.50, £219, £215, £211, £208, £207 Boghall.  £223 Kelmore Hill Farm.  £222, £209, £204 High Ploughlands.  £217, £216, £211(x2), £205.50 Mount Pleasant Farm.  £216(x2), £205 Woodbine House.  £215, £207 Black Syke.  £213, £212, £208.50 Boscar Flats.  £211, £206.50 Moory Lea Farm.  £206.50, £204 Manor House Farm.  £204 Highscale  Farm.  £204 West Rackwood Hill Farm.  ROUGE : £232, £229 Skelcies Hall.  BLUE TEXEL: £220 Castle Hill.  SUFFOLK: £220, £217 Kelmore Hill Farm.  £220 Boscar Flats.  £219, £208(x2), £206.50(x2), £205.50(x2), £203.50, £202, £200.50 Boghall.  £218, £210 Crossfell House.  £210 Bridge Farm.  £210 Woodbine House.  £200 Boscar Flats.  BLUEFACED LEICESTER: £215 Crossfell House.  HILL CHEVIOT: £204, £191.50, £190 Mount Pleasant Farm.  £195 Windygate.  £190 Bridge Farm.  £188, £186(x3), £181.50 Vale Farm.  £186(x2) Boscar Flats.  BADGER FACE TEXEL: £200 High Ploughlands.  RYELAND: £192 Boscar Flats.  CHAROLLAIS: £192 Coupland Beck Farm.  £180.50 Hawkrigg Farm.  MULE: £190 Manor House Farm.  £188.50, £178.50 Windygate.  £188 Castle Hill.  £187 Middle Shipley Farm.  £185(x3), £176 Slack Cottage.  £180 Stoneriggs.  £178 Woodbine House. £176 Southfields.  BLACKFACE: £185 Black Syke.  £180 Castle Hill.  £171, £169.50, £168.50, £168(x2) Mill Farm.  HERDWICK: £178 Coupland Beck Farm.  SWALEDALE: £160 Castle Hill.  £150(x2) Slack Cottage.  £146 Low House.

Prime Hoggs

P/Kg

BELTEX: 600p, 590p, 575p(x2), 559.5p, 539.5p, 526.8p, 516.7p, 515.6p, 511.6p(x2) Boscar Flats.  597.3p, 586.5p, 574.4p, 559p Highscale  Farm.  595p, 556.1p, 528.6p, 525p, 522p, 519.5p, 511.9p, 507p(x2),  504.7p, 500p Mill Farm.  575p Castle Hill.  550p Vale Farm.  546.2p, 513p Elm House.  541p, 500p Kelmore Hill Farm.  525.6p, 525p, 510p, 500p(x2) East Farm.  BLUE TEXEL: 523.8p Castle Hill.  405.4p Gracies Farm.  TEXEL: 506.4p, 482.9p, 461.4p, 457.8p, 431.8p Boscar Flats.  478p(x2), 440.5p Castle Hill.  465.1p, 446.5p Coupland Beck Farm.  446.7p, 437p Vale Farm.  443.9p, 428.6p Kelmore Hill Farm.  429.8p, 428.6p Southfields.  428.9p Ascot House.  427.4p(x2) School Cottage.  425.5p Boscar Flats.  425p Step Ends Farm.  425p West Rackwood Hill Farm.  ROUGE : 465p, 421.8p Skelcies Hall.  HILL CHEVIOT: 440p Castle Hill.  432.6p(x2),  432.1p Vale Farm.  425p Waterside Farm.  HERDWICK: 434.1p Coupland Beck Farm.  SUFFOLK: 431.1p, 400p Boscar Flats.  424.4p Coupland Beck Farm.  416.7p, 410.9p Southfields.  390.8p, 389.6p Boghall.  390p Bridge Farm.  386p Boscar Flats. CHAROLLAIS: 429.8p Hawkrigg Farm.  426.7p Coupland Beck Farm.  BLACKFACE: 423.8p, 421.3p, 420p(x2) Mill Farm.  422.4p Windygate.  MULE: 408.7p Castle Hill.  388p, 377p Windygate.  382.6p Southfields.  370p Slack Cottage.  RYELAND: 408.5p Boscar Flats.  SWALEDALE: 381p Castle Hill.  BLUEFACED LEICESTER: 364.4p Crossfell House.  BADGER FACE TEXEL: 327.9p High Ploughlands.

Cast Sheep

Cast Ewes

TEXEL: £300 Stoneriggs.  £280, £202 High Ploughlands.  £272 Hawkrigg Farm.  £270, £205 Low Grassgill.  £269, £242, £210 Stripes Farm.  £222(x2), £220, £217 Mount Pleasant Farm.  £212, £208 Kelmore Hill Farm.  £201 Bridge Farm.  £200 Intake Farm.  SUFFOLK: £274 Wickerfield.  £212 Mount Pleasant Farm.  BELTEX: £271 Stoneriggs.  BLUEFACED LEICESTER: £212 Greenriggs.  £207 Mount Pleasant Farm.  ZWARTBLES: £207 Mount Pleasant Farm.  CHAROLLAIS: £200 Castle Hill.  MULE: £189(x2) Mount Pleasant Farm.  £187(x2) Stripes Farm.  £182 Stanhope Gate Farm.  BLUE TEXEL: £176 Intake Farm.  SWALEDALE: £173, £161 Stanhope Gate Farm.  £160 Argill House.  £155 Stoneriggs.  £152 Parkside.  £144, £128 Archers Hall.  £140 Mount Pleasant Farm.  £136 Holly Cottage Barn.  £130 Castle Hill.  £129 Gillses Farm.  £125 Woodbine House.  HILL CHEVIOT: £168 Mount Pleasant Farm.  £159, £157 Woodfoot.  £150 Castle Hill.  ROUGH FELL: £167 Ellergill.  £164, £146 Archers Hall.  DUTCH SPOTTED: £145 Gracies Farm.  BADGER FACE TEXEL: £122 Borren House.  HERDWICK: £102 Beckfoot.

Cast Tups

ROUGE : £255 Skelcies Hall.  BELTEX: £247, £214 Stoneriggs.  £202 Parkside.  BLUE TEXEL: £228 High Ploughlands.  BLUEFACED LEICESTER: £222 Whingill.  BADGER FACE TEXEL: £190 High Ploughlands.  ROUGH FELL: £170 Archers Hall.