Kirkby Stephen prime Sheep Sale

Harrison & Hetherington Ltd, Kirkby Stephen Mart Held Their Weekly Sale of Prime Sheep on Tuesday Evening when 1,674 sheep where forward consisting of 662 Prime Hoggs, 338 Cast Sheep and 674 Spring Lambs.

Spring lambs

Spring lambs topped at £284 and 579.6p/kg for a pair of 49kg Texel cross lambs from Messrs Sowerby, Terrys Farm, Ormside selling to Dowdings Butchers, Appleby.

This home also sold a pen of 42kg Beltex cross lambs to make £234 (557.1p/kg) and a pen of 42kg Beltex cross to make £220 (523.8p/kg).

Messrs Fairburn, Marriforth, Ripon sold 54kg Texel cross lambs to make £236 (437p/kg).

Messrs Platt, Far Whittles Farm, Cheshire sold a pair of 50kg Texel cross lambs to make £230 (460p/kg). This home also sold a pen of sixteen 39kg Texel cross lambs to make £210 (538.5p/kg).

The consignment of 32 40kg Texel cross lambs sold to make £209 (518.4kp/kg).

Messrs Sowerby, Terrys Farm also sold a pair of 48kg Texel cross lambs to make £225 (468.8p).

Messrs Richardson, Etherley House, Darlington sold a pen of eight 49kg Texel cross  to make £222 (453.1p/kg).

Suffolk lambs sold to £217 (442.9p/kg) for a pen of 49kg from Messrs Blacklidge, Green Croft, Darlington.

Messrs Lee, Carkin Moor Farm, Richmond sold a pen of 40kg Suffolk cross lambs to make £189 (472.5p/kg).

Messrs Richardson, Etherley House sold a pen of eight 47kg Suffolk cross lambs to make £215 (457.4p/kg).

Messrs Barrow, Helm Farm, Ormside sold a pen of six 47kg Lleyn lambs to make £208 (442.6p/kg).

Mule lambs sold to £167 (417.5p/kg) for a pen of 40kg from Messrs Jenkinson, Whingill, Kirkby Stephen.

An average of 457.7p/kg and £193.15 was achieved, more lambs are required on a weekly basis here at Kirkby Stephen with buyers now looking for numbers.

Tot Hds		Weight	P/Kg	Average	Vendor
16	@	44.9kg	513p	£230.56	G Sowerby, Ormside
19	@	50.2kg	430.4p	£216.11	G&EA Ewin, Appleby in Westmorland
10	@	46.9kg	456p	£213.90	I Oldcorn, Great Asby
15	@	50.2kg	419p	£210.33	M Blacklidge, Richmond
61	@	46.1kg	454.3p	£209.73	JR&M Richardson, Darlington
32	@	40.3kg	518.4p	£209.00	GW&MA Platt, Cheshire
47	@	46.1kg	448.6p	£206.85	ML EC & IM Scott, Northallerton
7	@	44.3kg	465.5p	£206.14	Foxton Livestock, Barnard Castle
7	@	46.4kg	442.5p	£205.43	J&A Barrow & Sons, Ormside
5	@	45kg	455.6p	£205.00	Messrs Jackson, Long Marton

Prime hoggs

Prime hoggs topped at £246 for a 59kg Beltex cross from Messrs Gargett, Westwick Farm, Barnard Castle.

Messrs Smith, Kelmore Hill sold a 60kg Texel cross hogg to make £242 (403p), this home also sold a 51kg Beltex cross hogg to make £220 (431.4p), and a pen of 59kg Texel cross hoggs £238 (403.4p).

Messrs Thompson, Binchester Whins Farm sold a pen of five 65kg Charollais £241, this home also sold a pen of seven 61kg to make £236 and another pen of seven 56kg to make £233.

This homes entire consignment of heavy hoggs sold to average £235.82.

Suffolk hoggs sold to £232 for a pen of 66kg  from Messrs Mark, Sunnygill Farm, Penrith

Messrs Birkbeck, Castle Hill, Kirkby Stephen sold a pair of 56kg Suffolk cross hoggs to £230 (410.7p). This home also sold a pen of 56kg Blue Texel cross hoggs to make £225 (401.8p).

Scotch Blackfaced hoggs sold to £213.50 for a pen of twelve 55kg from Messrs Mark, Sunnygill. This home also sold another pen of twelve 53kg Blackface hoggs to £207.

Messrs Skelton, Newhall sold a pen of thirty seven 42kg scotch blackface hoggs to achieve £171, and a pen of thirty one 40kg at £168 (420p). Cheviot hoggs sold to £175.50 (417.9p) for a pen of fifteen 42kg from the same home with another pen of 42kg making £174 (414.3p), and a pen of fourteen 41kg to make £171 (417.1p).

Tot Hds		Weight	P/Kg	Average	Vendor
28	@	64kg	368.3p	£235.82	MESR RH Thompson & Son, Bishop Auckland
5	@	77.2kg	297.4p	£229.60	JS Gargett, Barnard Castle
19	@	58.4kg	375.2p	£219.21	Mr T Rome, Whitehaven
21	@	57.8kg	371.1p	£214.52	NP&MD Lancaster & Son, Appleby
91	@	57.6kg	367.5p	£211.55	Mr RG Mark, Penrith
23	@	50.6kg	395.3p	£199.87	A&D Smith, Workington

Cast Sheep

Topping the cast sheep section was a Texel cross ewe from Messrs Sowerby, Terrys Farm which sold to achieve £305.

Beltex cross ewes sold to £291 for a pair from Messrs Platt, Far Whittles Farm. This home also sold a Beltex cross ewe for £290 and a pen of five for £268.

This home sold 23 Beltex cross ewes to average £255.41

Messrs Cleasby, Porthy Green sold a Texel cross ewe for £281.

Blue Texel ewes topped at £240 from K&L Winder, Greenside Farm.

Messrs Thompson, East Unthank Farm topped the Leicesters at £209.

Leicester ewes also sold to £204 for a pen of five from Messrs Hodgson, Hill House West.

Swaledale ewes sold to £160 twice, firstly for a pen of three from Messrs Beckwith, New Hall and a single from Messrs Slack, Stoneriggs.

Cast Rams

Cast Tups topped at £260 for a pair of Texel cross tups from Messrs Woof, Bracken Bank. This home sold another Texel tup for £242.

Beltex Tups topped at £241 for a Beltex cross tup from Messrs Smith, Kelmore Hill Farm.

Hill Cheviots topped at £170 Messrs Gargett, Westwick Farm.

Spring lambs

Price per head

TEXEL: £284, £225(x3), £213 Terrys Farm.  £236, £226, £210 Marriforth.  £230 Far Whittles Farm.  £222, £215, £210 Etherley House.  £221(x2), £214 Sunnyside.  £220(x4), £214, £211 Black Syke.  £220 Thorsgill Farm.  £217 Old Mill Flatt.  £217 Searchlight Farm.  £215, £214 Brogden Farm.  £213 Green Croft.  £212 Home Farm.  £210 Greenriggs.  BELTEX: £234, £220 Terrys Farm.  £225, £214 Sunnyside.  £219 Abbey Farm.  £214 Home Farm.  £210 Far Whittles Farm.  SUFFOLK: £217 Searchlight Farm.  £217, £207, £205 Green Croft.  £215, £201.50 Etherley House.  £207 Old Mill Flatt.  £203 Hesket Demain.  £203 Carkin Moor Farm.  LLEYN: £208 Helm Farm.  £180 Whingill.  CHAROLLAIS: £200, £181(x2) Orchard Farm.  BLUE TEXEL: £190 Helm Farm.  CLUN FOREST: £186 Searchlight Farm.  MULE: £167 Whingill.  £150 Buckles Farm.  BLACKFACE: £130 Mill Street.

Spring lambs

Price per kilo

TEXEL: 579.6p, 473.3p Terrys Farm.  520.5p, 490p, 481.3p Home Farm.  510p, 495.2p Far Whittles Farm.  491p Wharton Hall.  485.7p Decklyn.  476.8p Marriforth.  471.6p Sunnyside. BELTEX: 557.1p, 523.8p Terrys Farm.  538.5p Far Whittles Farm.  535p, 502.6p, 500p, 490p Home Farm.  497.7p Sunnyside.  486.7p Abbey Farm.  481.6p Wharton Hall.  SUFFOLK: 472.5p, 461.4p, 459.5p Carkin Moor Farm.  458p, 457.4p Etherley House.  455.8p Westwick Farm.  452.5p Wharton Hall.  CHAROLLAIS: 452.5p(x2) Orchard Farm.  LLEYN: 450p Hartley.  BLUE TEXEL: 441.9p Helm Farm.  MULE: 417.5p Whingill.  BLACKFACE: 394p Mill Street.

 

Prime Hoggs

Price Per Head

BELTEX: £246 Westwick Farm.  £233, £205 Sunny Gill Farm.  £230 Buckles Farm.  £220 Kelmore Hill Farm.  £203 Castle Hill.  £200 Roseleigh.  TEXEL: £242, £238, £234 Kelmore Hill Farm.  £238, £237, £230, £225 Sunny Gill Farm.  £238, £231, £229, £223 High Farm.  £230 Terrys Farm.  £229 Arngill House.  £227 Red House Farm.  £220 Roseleigh.  CHAROLLAIS: £241, £240(x2), £236(x2), £233 Binchester Whins Farm.  £238, £234 Westwick Farm. SUFFOLK: £232 Sunny Gill Farm.  £231, £230 Binchester Whins Farm.  £230 Castle Hill.  £226, £222 High Farm.  MULE: £231 Roseleigh.  BLUE TEXEL: £225 Castle Hill.  £188 Blue Bell Farmhouse.  BLUEFACED LEICESTER: £220 Westwick Farm.  £195 Hartley Castle.  BLACKFACE: £213.50, £207, £203 Sunny Gill Farm. £171 Newhall Farm (Sheep Only). HILL CHEVIOT: £210 Westwick Farm.  £200 Askrigg Hall.  £179.50 Mount Pleasant Farm.  £175.50(x2), £174, £171 Newhall Farm (Sheep Only).  CLUN FOREST: £205, £181 Decklyn.  ROUGH FELL: £200 Ellergill Farm.  ZWARTBLES: £185 Castle Hill.  SWALEDALE: £173 New Hall.  £151 Aisgill Farm.  £150 Red House Farm.  HERDWICK: £163 Kelmore Hill Farm.  SHETLAND: £132 Castle Hill.

Prime Hoggs

P/Kg

BELTEX: 436.6p, 431.4p Kelmore Hill Farm.  431.9p Castle Hill.  TEXEL: 426.5p Mount Pleasant Farm.  425.6p Askrigg Hall.  420.4p Rosgill Head.  BLACKFACE: 420p, 407.1p Newhall Farm (Sheep Only). HILL CHEVIOT: 417.9p(x2),  417.1p, 414.3p, 411p Newhall Farm (Sheep Only).  408p Mount Pleasant Farm.  CHAROLLAIS: 416.1p Binchester Whins Farm.  SUFFOLK: 410.7p Castle Hill.  409.6p Mount Pleasant Farm.  403.6p High Farm.  BLUE TEXEL: 401.8p Castle Hill.  SHETLAND: 400p Castle Hill.  CLUN FOREST: 385.1p Decklyn.  MULE: 385p Roseleigh.  SWALEDALE: 361.5p Castle Hill.

Cast Sheep

Cast Ewes

TEXEL: £305, £222 Terrys Farm.  £281, £246, £229 Porthy Green.  £251 Askrigg Hall.  £240, £231, £218(x2) Street House.  £237 Sunnyside.  £220 Sideway Bank.  £220, £219 New Hall.  £218 Wharton Hall.  £217 Stoneriggs.  BELTEX: £291, £290, £268, £262, £242, £220 Far Whittles Farm.  £268 Terrys Farm.  £242 Roseleigh.  £242 Red House Farm.  £232, £230 Chapel House Farm.  £229 Ascot House.  RYELAND: £240 Greenside Farm.  CHAROLLAIS: £220, £196 Orchard Farm.  £208 Orchard Farm.  BLUE TEXEL: £215 Sideway Bank.  BLUEFACED LEICESTER: £209 East Unthank Farm.  £204 Hill House West.  £200 Greenriggs.  SUFFOLK: £200 Terrys Farm.  £183 Kelmore Hill Farm.  £180 High Farm.  HILL CHEVIOT: £181 Westwick Farm.  £165 Castle Hill.  MULE: £181 Fox Grove Farm.  £170 Roseleigh.  £170 Bracken Bank.  £170(x2) West Whorley Hill.  LLEYN: £175 Wharton Hall.  DORSET: £168 School Hill Farm.  SWALEDALE: £160 Stoneriggs.  £160, £142 New Hall.  ROUGH FELL: £151 Ellergill Farm.  £140 Crooksbeck.  BLACKFACE: £130 Castle Hill.  JACOB: £120 Decklyn.

 Cast Sheep

Cast Rams

TEXEL: £260, £242 Bracken Bank.  BELTEX: £241 Kelmore Hill Farm.  HILL CHEVIOT: £170 Westwick Farm.