Kirkby Stephen Prime Sheep Sale

Harrison & Hetherington Ltd, Kirkby Stephen Mart Held Their Weekly Sale of Prime Sheep on Tuesday Evening when 1,827 sheep where forward consisting of 1,365 Prime Hoggs and 462 Cast Sheep.

Topping the sale at £280 where a pair of 52kg Texel cross hoggs from Messrs Towers, Curwen Hill, Lancaster with this home and selling 44kg & 47kg at £246.

Topping at 607.3p/kg where a pen of twenty 41kg Beltex cross hoggs which made £249 from JoJo Andrews, Boscar Flats, York.

This good home also sold a pen of four 49kg hoggs to make £255 (520.4p/kg), 47kg at £251 (534p/kg) a pen of fifteen 42kg at £245 (583.3p/kg), eleven 47kg at £241, eleven 48kg at £240, a pen of thirty three 42kg at £238 (566.7p/kg), nineteen 41kg at £236 (575.6p/kg) sixteen 43kg at £234 (544.2p/kg) and twelve 44kg at £233.

The consignment of 165 full of meat hoggs from Boscar Flats sold to average 43.4kg £239 (550p/kg).

Messrs Bainbridge, Bonnygate Farm sold 54kg hoggs to £242, with another pen of five 59kg making £235 from this home.

Messrs Buckle, Buckles Farm sold 57kg hoggs to £237.

Suffolk cross hoggs topped at £228 for 58kg from JoJo Andrews.

Messrs Turnbull, Boghall, Fife sold a pen of twenty 54kg Suffolk cross hoggs to make £210, with a pen of twenty six Suffolk cross Mule hoggs weighing 45kg to make £188 (417.8p/kg).

Messrs Richardson, Ghyll House, Dufton sold 52kg Suffolk cross hoggs to make £209 (402p/kg).

Messrs Mark, Sunny Gill Farm, Penrith sold a pen of 63kg Texel cross hoggs to make £231.

Messrs Foster, Birch Bush, Barnard Castle sold a pen of twenty one 50kg Dutch Spotted hoggs to make £205.50 (411p/kg).

Hill Cheviot hoggs sold to £204.50 for a pen of sixteen 52kg from Messrs Robinson, Cockerham.

Hill Cheviots also topped at 433.3p/kg for a pen of 39kg which made £169 from Messrs Turnbull, Boghall, Fife.

Messrs Towers, Curwen Hill sold a pen of 43kg Hill Cheviots to make £183 (425.6p/kg).

Messrs Dawson, Mount Pleasant Farm, York sold a pen of thirty two 48kg Hill Cheviots to make £193.50 (403.1p/kg).

Shetland hoggs sold to £185.50 for a pen of twelve 45kg from Messrs Towers, Curwen Hill with this home also topping at 464.1p/kg for a pen of 39kg Shetland hoggs which made £181.

An SQQ average of 444.2p/kg and an overall average of 416.16p/kg and £198.52.

Fourty two pens and 257 hoggs sold between £220 - £280.

Nineteen pens and 186 hoggs sold between 500 – 607p/kg.

Tot Hds     Weight    P/Kg       Average       Vendor
165    @    43.4kg    550p      £239             JM Andrews, York                                          
7        @    55.6kg    405.4p    £225.29        MESR J C Bainbridge & Sons, Kirkby Stephen                                          
24     @     65.4kg    344.1p    £224.96        MR R G Mark, Penrith                                          
6       @     57.7kg    374p       £215.67        MW&HE Pedley, Kirkby Stephen                                         
7       @     47kg      457.5p    £215.00        MESR R Allinson & Sons, Kirkby Stephen                                      
21     @     50kg      411p       £205.50        Messrs N & N Foster, Barnard Castle                            
28     @     50.7kg    403.2p    £204.34        MESSRS P & SA Nelson, Penrith                                       
6      @     47.8kg    425.8p    £203.67        Messrs T D Robinson, Kirkby Stephen                                         
69    @     43.4kg    468.7p    £203.57        R F Towers Ltd, Lancaster                                             
7      @     48.7kg    414.7p    £202.00        MESR Ellis Bros, Appleby In Westmorland                                        
25    @     53.4kg    377.3p    £201.46        MESR E & S Gowland, Ireshopeburn                                   
53    @     49.5kg    398.1p    £197.18        A P Robinson, Lancaster                                            
407  @     48.3kg    402.6p    £194.30        Mesrs J M & W Turnbull, Fife                                       
22    @     58kg        331.9p    £192.50        MR D A Wells, Bishop Auckland                                  
151  @     48.2kg    398.3p    £192.13        MESR G & R Dawson, York 

Cast Sheep

Cast ewes

Cast sheep topped at £310 for a pair of Texel cross ewes from Messrs Sowerby, Terrys Farm, Ormside.

This home also sold a pen of four Beltex cross ewes to make £292.

Messrs Fairburn, Marriforth, Ripon sold Beltex cross ewes to £290 and £270 with this home also selling pens of Suffolk cross ewes to £266, £253 and £240 for a pen of six, and also topped the mule ewes at £200.

The consignment of 64 Beltex, Suffolk, Mule and Swaledale ewes to average £202.02 from this home.

Messrs Elliot, Askrigg Hall, Penrith sold Texel cross ewes to £290.

Leicester ewes topped at £231 from Messrs Pedley, Wood House Farm, Little Musgrave.

Lleyn ewes topped at £213 from Messrs Jenkinson, Whingill, Hartley.

Romney ewes topped at £190 for a pen of eleven from Fridlington Farms, York.

Rough Fell ewes topped at £180 from Messrs Dodd, Mount Court, Kirkby Stephen.

Swaledale ewes topped at £165 for a pen of five from Messrs Luck, Milestone House, Barnard Castle.

Messrs Fairburn sold a pen of eight Swaledale ewes to £163.

Cast Rams topped at £250 for a Badger Face from Messrs Pedley, High Ploughlands, Little Musgrave.

Prime Hoggs

Price Per Head

TEXEL: £280, £229, £212, £203 Curwen Hill.  £240(x2) Boscar Flats.  £240, £218 High Moor.  £236, £231, £230(x2), £228, £220(x2), £219 Sunny Gill Farm.  £226, £204 Askrigg Hall.  £224, £200 Langford Farm.  £220 Terrys Farm.  £220, £215, £205 Boghall.  £220, £205, £201 Rosgill Head.  £219, £210, £205, £203, £200 Woodbine House.  £217 High Ploughlands.  £215(x2) Windygate.  £210, £204, £200 Prospect Farm.  £204 Askrigg Hall.  £202.50, £201 Mount Pleasant Farm.  £200 Mill Street.  BELTEX: £255, £251, £249, £245, £241, £240(x2), £238(x2), £236, £234, £233, £229 Boscar Flats. £246(x2), £227, £211 Curwen Hill.  £242, £235 Bonnygate Farm.  £237, £229, £210 Buckles Farm.  £224, £217 High Ploughlands.  CHAROLLAIS: £231 Braides Bungalow.  £220 Croft Place.  SUFFOLK: £228 Boscar Flats.  £222.50, £210, £208.50(x2), £208, £202, £188, £187.50, £187, £185.50, £185(x2), £184, £182 Boghall.  £212 Terrys Farm.  £209 Woodbine House.  £209 Ghyll House.  £191 Mount Pleasant Farm.  BADGER FACE TEXEL: £217, £202 High Ploughlands.  £180 Startforth Grange Cottage.  BLUE TEXEL: £215 Croft Place.  DUTCH SPOTTED: £205.50 Birch Bush.  £180 Helbeck Grange.  HILL CHEVIOT: £204.50, £191.50 Braides Bungalow.  £199 Boghall.  £193.50, £190 Mount Pleasant Farm.  £183 Curwen Hill.  £181, £175.50 Redlands Bank.  £174 Helbeck Grange.  EASYCARE: £187 Mount Pleasant Farm.  SHETLAND: £185.50, £181 Curwen Hill.  MULE: £185 Middle Shipley Farm.  £181 Woodbine House.  £180 Askrigg Hall.  BLACKFACE: £185 Mount Pleasant Farm.  £183, £170 Greystone House.  £176, £173, £171 Redlands Bank.  ROMNEY: £180, £170 Bowderdale Head.  WENSLEYDALE: £175(x2) Redlands Bank.  HERDWICK: £169 Askrigg Hall.  £169 Askrigg Hall.  RYELAND: £166.50 Curwen Hill.  ROUGH FELL: £163 Redlands Bank.  £156, £140 Raisgill Hall.  £140 Manor Court.  SWALEDALE: £136.50 Helbeck Grange.  £131 Bowderdale Head.

Prime Hoggs

P/Kg

BELTEX: 607.3p, 583.3p, 575.6p, 566.7p(x2), 544.2p, 534p, 533.3p, 529.5p, 520.5p, 520.4p, 512.8p, 500p Boscar Flats.  559.1p, 553.7p, 523.4p Curwen Hill.  TEXEL: 538.5p, 517.1p, 477.1p, 461.4p Curwen Hill.  500p Boscar Flats.  476.7p Boghall.  466.7p, 434.8p Prospect Farm.  457.4p(x2) Windygate.  448.8p Redlands Bank.  446.6p, 435.9p Fair View.  444.4p Langford Farm.  439.5p Buckles Farm.  438.1p Askrigg Hall.  SHETLAND: 464.1p, 412.2p Curwen Hill.  HILL CHEVIOT: 433.3p Boghall.  425.6p Curwen Hill.  411.4p, 408.1p Redlands Bank.  411.3p Helbeck Grange.  407.4p Braides Bungalow.  403.1p Mount Pleasant Farm.  SUFFOLK: 417.8p, 417p, 415.6p, 412.2p, 411.1p(x2),  409p Boghall.  402p Ghyll House.  DUTCH SPOTTED: 411p Birch Bush.  BADGER FACE TEXEL: 409.1p Startforth Grange Cottage.  381.1p High Ploughlands.  RYELAND: 406.1p Curwen Hill.  BLACKFACE: 400p, 397.7p, 393.2p Redlands Bank.  395.3p Greystone House.  393.6p Mount Pleasant Farm.  HERDWICK: 393p Askrigg Hall.  393p Askrigg Hall.  EASYCARE: 389.6p Mount Pleasant Farm.  CHAROLLAIS: 386p Croft Place.  385p Braides Bungalow.  ROMNEY: 360p Bowderdale Head.  SWALEDALE: 359.2p Helbeck Grange.  MULE: 356.8p Redlands Bank.  ROUGH FELL: 350p Raisgill Hall.

Cast Sheep

Cast Ewes

TEXEL: £310, £230 Terrys Farm.  £290 Askrigg Hall.  £248, £220 Carkin Moor Farm.  £240 High Ploughlands.  £237, £226 Marriforth.  £232 Park Farm.  BELTEX: £292 Terrys Farm.  £290, £270 Marriforth.  £252, £244 Carkin Moor Farm.  £250 Buckles Farm.  SUFFOLK: £266, £253, £240 Marriforth.  BLUE TEXEL: £244 Askrigg Hall.  BLUEFACED LEICESTER: £231 Wood House Farm.  £220 Bridge End Farm.  LLEYN: £213 Whingill.  BADGER FACE TEXEL: £210 Startforth Grange Cottage.  MULE: £200, £185 Marriforth.  £192 Ellergill.  £189 Skelton Wood End.  £188 Villa Farm.  £182 Keld Farm.  HILL CHEVIOT: £198 Keld Farm.  £195 Ellergill.  £159 Mount Pleasant Farm.  £152 Goodlie Hill Farm.  ROMNEY: £190, £177, £170 The Estate Office.  £175 Well House.  DUTCH SPOTTED: £186 Birch Bush.  MASHAM: £184 Keld Farm.  ROUGH FELL: £180 Manor Court.  £176, £164 Raisgill Hall.  £152 High Lane.  SWALEDALE: £165, £146 Milestone House.  £163, £148 Marriforth.  £156(x2) The Close.  £152 Greenriggs.  £151 Bleathgill.  £149 Brow Farm.  £148 Birch Bush.  £147 Pasture House Farm.  £145 Wood House Farm.  £144 Ellergill.  £142 Town Head Farm.  £141 Bridge End Farm.  £140 Villa Farm.  BLACKFACE: £151 Middle Bank End Farm.  LONK: £139 Hardendale Hall.

Cast Tups

BADGER FACE TEXEL: £250 High Ploughlands.  BLUEFACED LEICESTER: £236 Milestone House.  £212 Greenriggs.  TEXEL: £225 Milestone House.  £204 Town Foot.  SWALEDALE: £170 Marriforth.