Kirkby Stephen Prime Sheep Sale

Harrison & Hetherington Ltd, Kirkby Stephen Mart Held Their Weekly Sale of Prime Sheep on Tuesday Evening when 1616 sheep where forward consisting of 1023 Spring Lambs and 593 Cast Sheep.

Spring lambs

An SQQ average of 380.48 and an overall average of 360.12p/kg and £162.12 per head was achieved.

The sale topped twice on two separate occasions at £220, firstly for a pen of three 51kg Beltex cross lambs (431.4p/kg) from Georgia & Charlotte Davies, Top Field Farm, Leicester.

Messrs Buckle, Bleathgill, Barras also achieved £220 with a 66kg Texel cross lamb.

Topping the pence per kilo at 540p was a pen of seven 40kg Beltex cross lambs totalling £219 from Messrs Dodd, Skylin, Temple Sowerby. This home sold another pen of four 42kg Beltex cross lambs to make £211 (502.4p/kg).

Messrs Sowerby, Terrys Farm, Ormside sold a pair of 54kg Texel cross lambs to make £219 (405.6p/kg) selling to Dowding Butchers, Appleby. This home also sold a pen of 42kg Beltex cross lambs to make £209 (497.6p/kg) and a pen of 50kg Beltex cross lambs also making £209.

Charlotte and Georgia Davies also sold pens of eleven Beltex cross lambs at 43kg to make £218 (507p/kg), a pen of ten 43kg making £217.50 (505.8p/kg) and a pen of 43kg making £196 (455.8p/kg).

The consignment of 33 from this home sold to average 43.7kg £212.03 (484.9p/kg)

Messrs Hill and Wright, Mill Farm, Doncaster sold a pen of eleven 43kg to make £212 (493p/kg), this home also sold a pen of eight 43kg Beltex cross lambs to make £207 (481.4p/kg), a pen of six 46kg making £204 (443.5p/kg and a pen of 44kg making £198 (450p/kg).

Messrs Pichard, Cheney House Farm, Leicestershire sold a pen of ten 42kg Beltex cross lambs to make £208 (495.2p/kg), a pen of eighteen 43kg making £201.50 (468.6p/kg) a pen of twenty 43kg making £195 (453.5p/kg) and a pen of eighteen 44kg making £195 (443.2p/kg)

Messrs Slater, Whiteley Hey Farm, Macclesfield sold a pen of fourteen 40kg Beltex cross lambs to make £206 (515p/kg) with another pen of sixteen 45kg sold to make £198 (440p/kg).

The consignment of forty-nine Beltex cross lambs sold to average 44kg £200.74 (451.8p/kg) from this home.

Suffolk lambs sold to £192 for a 60kg lamb from Messrs Procter, Hillcrest, Great Musgrave.

Messrs Hindson, Carpool, Bleatarn sold a pen of 49kg Suffolk cross lambs to make £169.50.

Mule lambs sold to£155 for a pen of fifteen 53kg from Messrs Heron, Eastfield Farm, Warcop.

Light weights were sharper and good to sell with a pen of 33kg making £126 (381.8p/kg) from Messrs Rutter, Grouse Lodge, Barnard Castle. With this home also selling a pen of 34kg making £127 (373.5p/kg)

21 pens of lambs sold between £200-£220

19 pens of lambs sold between 440p-540p/kg

Tot Hds		Weight	P/Kg	Average	Vendor
33	@	43.7kg	484.9p	£212.03	C & G Davies, Leicester
11	@	49.1kg	417.6p	£205.00	MESR G Sowerby, Appleby In Westmorland
49	@	44.4kg	451.8p	£200.74	G E & V H Slater & Sons, Macclesfield
61	@	44.3kg	446p	£197.77	Hill & Wright Ltd, Doncaster
99	@	44.2kg	436.9p	£193.28	WF & RCM Pickard, Leicestershire
22	@	42.3kg	442p	£186.86	MESR JS & JO Dodd, Penrith

Cast Ewes

Cast ewes topped at £222 for Texel cross ewes from Messrs Pickard, Cheney House Farm, Leicester with other Texel ewes making £218 and £217 with this home also selling Beltex ewes to make £218.

Charollais ewes sold to £210 from Messrs Bainbridge, Bonny Gate Farm, Soulby.

Messrs Jenkinson, Whingill, Kirkby Stephen sold a pen of thirteen Lleyn ewes to make £184.

Mule ewes sold to £183 from Messrs Bell, The Park Wall, Kirkby Stephen.

Swaledale ewes sold to £135 from Messrs Eccles, Hardberry Hill Farm, Barnard Castle.

 Spring lambs

Price per head

BELTEX: £220, £218, £217.50, £196 Top Field Farm, £216, £211 Skylin, £212, £207, £204, £201, £198, £195, £194 Mill Farm, £209(x2) Terrys Farm, £208, £201.50, £195(x2), £190 Cheney House Farm, £206(x2), £198 Whiteley Hey Farm, £197 New Hall Farm, £192.50 Bowes Cross Farm, TEXEL: £220 Bleathgill, £219, £200, £186 Terrys Farm, £209 Midtown Farm, £206 Keld Farm, £203, £182, £175 Cheney House Farm, £199, £198.50 Whiteley Hey Farm, £198 Hardberry Hill Farm, £197 Brogden Farm, £190.50 Goodlie Hill Cottage, £186 Town Head Farm, £184 New Hall Farm, £177 Bowes Cross Farm, £172 Sunnyside, £172 Pinewood Heights, £171 Eastfield Farm, £170 Aisgill Farm, £170 High Moor, SUFFOLK: £192, £167.50 Hillcrest, £171.50, £169.50 Carpool Farm, £170 Keld Farm, £168 West Whorley Hill, £165 Hardberry Hill Farm, £161.50 Swathburn, ROUGE : £169 Mill Farm, £151.50 Bowes Cross Farm, DUTCH SPOTTED: £160 East Upper Priestside, £149 East Upper Priestside, ROMNEY: £159.50 Breaks Hall, CHAROLLAIS: £158 Hardberry Hill Farm, £156 East Farm, MULE: £155, £145 Eastfield Farm, BLUEFACED LEICESTER: £139 Marriforth, HILL CHEVIOT: £130.50 East Unthank Farm,

Spring lambs

Price per kilo

BELTEX: 540p, 502.4p Skylin, 515p(x2), 440p Whiteley Hey Farm, 507p, 505.8p, 455.8p, 431.4p Top Field Farm, 497.6p Terrys Farm, 495.2p, 468.6p, 453.5p, 443.2p Cheney House Farm, 493p, 481.4p, 467.4p, 450p, 443.5p, 433.3p, 421.7p Mill Farm, 458.1p New Hall Farm, TEXEL: 423.3p, 383p, 364.6p Cheney House Farm, 422.3p, 414.6p Whiteley Hey Farm, 405.6p, 384.6p, 364.7p Terrys Farm, 378.6p(x2), 350p Fawcett Park Farm, 368p New Hall Farm, 361.4p, 355.6p Brogden Farm, 359.4p Goodlie Hill Cottage, 353.3p East Upper Priestside, 352.4p High Moor, 351p Pinewood Heights, ROUGE : 384.1p Daw Lane, DUTCH SPOTTED: 357.5p, 346.5p East Upper Priestside, 340.4p East Upper Priestside, LLEYN: 350p, 342.6p Espland, ROMNEY: 350p Scar Sykes Farm, 350p Scar Sykes Farm , SUFFOLK: 345.9p Carpool Farm, CHAROLLAIS: 343.5p Hardberry Hill Farm, MULE: 295.9p, 292.5p Eastfield Farm,

Cast Sheep

Cast Ewes

TEXEL: £222, £218, £217, £205 Cheney House Farm,  £214 Breaks Hall,  £212(x2) Terrys Farm,  £209 Sideway Bank,  £205 Brogden Farm,  £202 East Farm,  BELTEX: £218 Cheney House Farm, CHAROLLAIS: £210, £208 Bonnygate Farm,  SUFFOLK: £185 East Farm,  £184 Wood House Farm,  LLEYN: £184, £161, £146 Whingill,  £156,Low Chapel Farm,  MULE: £183, £167 The Park Wall,  £163 Brogden Farm,  £162 Glebelands,  BLUEFACED LEICESTER: £172 Keisley Farm,  ROMNEY: £155 Low Chapel Farm,  SWALEDALE: £135 Hardberry Hill Farm,  £125 Hoggarths Farm,  £124 Whingill,  £121 Wood House Farm,  £120 Keisley Farm,  HILL CHEVIOT: £131 Scar Sykes Farm.