Kirkby Stephen prime Sheep Sale

Harrison & Hetherington Ltd, Kirkby Stephen Mart Held Their Weekly Sale of Prime Sheep on Tuesday Evening when 2,064 sheep where forward consisting of 1,726 Prime Lambs and 338 Cast Sheep.

Prime lambs

Topping the sale at £224 was a 61kg Beltex cross lambs from Jojo Andrews, Boscar Flats, York. With this home also selling pens of five 42kg Beltex cross lambs from this home sold to make £204 (485.7p/kg), a pen of nine 43kg to make £197 (458.1p/kg), eight at £42kg making £194.50 (463.1p/kg) and a pen of four 47kg making £190 (404.3p/kg).

The consignment of fifty-one Beltex cross lambs from this home sold to average 46.3kg £191.96 (414.3p/kg).

Topping at 495.2p/kg was a pair of 42kg Rouge lambs totalling £208 from Messrs Fell, Chapel Farm, Bassenthwaite, with this home selling another pen of four 42kg Rouge lambs to make £203 (483.3p/kg). This home sold a pen of seventeen 42kg Dutch Texel cross lambs to make £186 (442.9p/kg).

Texel lambs topped at £205 for a pair of 59kg lambs from Messrs Lawson, Buddle House, Richmond

Messrs Bell, Langton Field, Appleby in Westmorland 65kg Texel cross lamb to make £204.

Messrs Hill & Wright, Mill Farm, Doncaster sold a pair of 43kg Beltex cross lambs to make £202 (469.8p/kg), with a pen of four 44kg Beltex cross lambs from this home selling to make £202 (459.1p/kg), another pen of four 41kg Beltex cross lambs making £195 (475.6p/kg), fifteen 42kg making £193 (459.5p/kg), a pen of five 45kg making £190 (422.2p/kg) and a pen of eighteen 43kg making £186.50 (433.7p/kg).

The consignment of sixty-one lambs from this home sold to average 42.9kg £190.16 (442.6p/kg).

Messrs Richardson, Etherley House, Darlington sold a pen of seven 58kg Texel cross lambs to make £197.

Messrs Bainbridge, Bonnygate Farm, Soulby sold a pen of four 42kg Beltex cross lambs to make £193 (459.4p/kg)

Messrs Fairburn, Marriforth, Ripon sold a pen of nine 55kg Texel cross lambs to make £190 (345.5p/kg).

Messrs Birkbeck, Castle Hill, Soulby sold a pen of twenty-one 44kg Beltex cross lambs to make £185.

Suffolk lambs topped at £199 for a 59kg lamb from Messrs Wearmouth, Parkside, Barnard Castle.

Messrs Taylor, Swathburn, Great Asby sold a pen of 51kg Suffolk cross lambs to make £179.50, with this home also selling another pen of 47kg Suffolk cross lambs to make £167.50.

Messrs Richardson, Etherley House, Darlington sold a pen of sixteen 52kg Suffolk cross lambs to make £176.50.

Messrs Lawson, Stubsgill, Farm, Workington sold a pen of three 49kg Suffolk cross lambs to make £171 (349p/kg).

Messrs Birkbeck, Castle Hill, Soulby sold a pen of three 48kg Suffolk cross lambs to make £168.

Messrs Dobinson, Stone View, Darlington sold a pen of thirteen 48kg Suffolk cross lambs to make £162.

A pair of 48kg Dutch Spotted lambs from Messrs Foster, West End Farm, Bowes sold to make £187 (389.6p/kg)

Mule lambs topped at £177 for a pair of 53kg from Messrs Fairburn, Marriforth, Ripon with this home also selling a pen of nine 50kg to make £165 and a pen of 45kg to make £151 (335.6p/kg).

Kilnstown Farms, Carlilse sold a pen of forty-six 51kg Mule lambs to make £160.

Messrs Longrigg, Breaks Hall, Appleby in Westmorland sold a pen of twenty 48kg Romney lambs to make £172.50 (359.4p/kg).

Once again Kirkby Stephen leads the market averages with an SQQ average of 383.2p/kg and an overall sale average of 360p/kg. Many more lambs needed in Kirkby on a weekly basis to meet buyer demand.

Tot Hds		Weight	P/Kg	Average	Vendor
51	@	46.3kg	414.3p	£191.96	JM Andrews, York
61	@	42.9kg	442.6p	£190.16	M/s Hill & Wright, Doncaster
5	@	55.4kg	329.6p	£182.60	JS Pattinson, Brough
35	@	41.6kg	435.5p	£181.43	M/s Fell, Bassenthwaite
24	@	48.1kg	376.6p	£181.25	LC&D Wearmouth, Middleton in Teesdale
52	@	52.5kg	340.6p	£179.03	JR&M Richardson, Darlington
43	@	39kg	453p	£176.80	GW&MA Platt, Cheshire
57	@	49.2kg	356.4p	£175.32	GW Longrigg, Appleby in Westmorland
65	@	45kg	385.8p	£173.63	HW&J Birkbeck, Soulby
20	@	42kg	411.2p	£172.90	JC Bainbridge, Soulby
21	@	47.7kg	362.3p	£172.86	M/s Somerville, Newby
14	@	50.5kg	339.1p	£171.25	TD Robinson, Waitby

Cast Ewes

Cast ewes topped at £292 for Texel cross ewes from Messrs Hill, Whitewall Farm, Great Asby, with this home selling other pens of Texel ewes to make £280.

Messrs Brannen, Scar Top, Penrith sold Texel cross ewes to make £284.

Messrs Sowerby & Whitfield, Cote House Barn, Bleatarn sold half bred ewes to make £230.

Zwartble ewes sold to £200 from Messrs Woof, Bracken Bank, Penrith.

Mule ewes sold to £186 from Messrs Hill, Whitewall Farm, Great Asby.

With a pen of seven mule ewes selling to £180 from Messrs Woof, Bracken Bank, Penrith.

Swaledale ewes sold to £134 for a pen from Messrs Robinson, Prospect Farm, Waitby.

Prime lambs

Price per head

BELTEX: £224, £204, £198, £197, £196, £194.50, £191(x2), £190, £189, £185, £182 Boscar Flats, £202(x2), £195, £193, £190, £186.50, £186, £184 Mill Farm, £194.50, £180 Buddle House, £193, £190, £189 Bonnygate Farm, £190, £187 Marriforth, £188 Parkside, £185 Castle Hill, £180 Easegill Head, ROUGE : £208, £203, £180 Chapel Farm, TEXEL: £205 Buddle House, £204, £193, £182, £179, £178 Langton Field, £200 Scar Top, £199 Boscar Flats, £198, £195, £176 West End Farm, £197, £176.50(x2) Etherley House, £195,Sawbridge Hall, £194 Prospect Farm, £192, £186, £175 Parkside, £190, £179, £177 Marriforth, £188, £179 Ingledene, £188 Julian Bower Farm, £180 Clockeld, £178.50 Far Whittles Farm, £178 (x2) Haithwaite, £176 Lansmere, £175 Breaks Hall, £175 Leighton Hall, SUFFOLK: £199, £177, £165 Parkside, £197, £160.50 Marriforth, £190, £160 Railway Terrace, £179.50, £167.50, £161 Swathburn, £176.50 Etherley House, £171 (x2) Stubsgill Farm, £168 Castle Hill, £162, £160.50 Stone View, BLUE TEXEL: £191 Boscar Flats, DUTCH SPOTTED: £187 West End Farm, £175, £163 Decklyn, £171 Wild Boar Barn, DUTCH TEXEL: £186, £155 Chapel Farm, £168 Amersber Cottage, ROMNEY: £185 Julian Bower Farm, £179, £172.50 Breaks Hall, CHAROLLAIS: £180 Boscar Flats, £173 Stone View, £171.50 Castle Hill, £163(x2) Bonnygate Farm, £160.50 Leighton Hall, MULE: £177, £165, £151 Marriforth, £167 Prospect Farm, £160 Kilnstown, £155 Stone View, £154 Swathburn, £154 Whitewall Farm, £150 Stubsgill Farm, ZWARTBLES: £170 Decklyn, £154 The Curtain, CHEVIOT MULE: £167 Brooklyn, £155 Swathburn, HEBRIDEAN: £155, £145 Amersber Cottage, SWALEDALE: £130 The Close.

Price per kilo

ROUGE : 495.2p, 483.3p, 439p Chapel Farm, BELTEX: 485.7p, 463.1p, 458.1p, 440p Boscar Flats, 475.7p, 443.8p Far Whittles Farm, 475.6p, 469.8p, 459.5p, 459.1p, 433.7p, 427.9p, 422.7p, 422.2p Mill Farm, 461p, 459.5p, 441.9p Bonnygate Farm, 456.1p, 431.8p, 421.8p Marriforth, 452.3p Buddle House, 451.3p Green Farm, 427.3p Parkside, 425p Clockeld, 420.5p Castle Hill, DUTCH TEXEL: 442.9p, 378p Chapel Farm, 420p Amersber Cottage, TEXEL: 432.5p, 385.7p Bonnygate Farm, 411.6p, 362.2p Marriforth, 407.9p, 402.4p The Paddock, 405.3p Green Farm, 387.5p Parkside, 383.7p, 361.9p Haithwaite, 382.5p Amersber Cottage, 381.1p Julian Bower Farm, 377.8p Whitewall Farm, 376.9p, 363p Leighton Hall, 372.6p Buddle House, 371.9p Far Whittles Farm, 367.4p Easegill Head, 366.7p(x2) Goodlie Hill Cottage, 366.7p West End Farm, 365.2p Stubsgill Farm, 364.6p Breaks Hall, 364.3p Dry Evers, 361p Goodlie Hill Farm, 360p Swathburn, 360p(x2) Mill Cottage, CHAROLLAIS: 397.6p, 368.3p Bonnygate Farm, 372.8p Castle Hill, 367.3p Boscar Flats, 360.4p Stone View, 356.7p Leighton Hall, DUTCH SPOTTED: 389.6p West End Farm, 370.5p Decklyn, BLUE TEXEL: 367.3p Boscar Flats, 355.3p Clockeld, SUFFOLK: 365.5p Marriforth, 356.4p, 352p, 342.6p Swathburn, 350p Castle Hill, 349p(x2) Stubsgill Farm, 347.1p Parkside, 342p Snow Hall Farms, ROMNEY: 359.4p, 344.2p Breaks Hall, MULE: 335.6p, 334p, 330p Marriforth, 322.9p Stone View, 322.2p Blue Grass, 321.2p Prospect Farm, 320.8p Swathburn, HEBRIDEAN: 329.5p Amersber Cottage, ZWARTBLES: 320.8p The Curtain,

Cast Sheep

Cast Ewes

TEXEL: £292, £280, £219 Whitewall Farm, £284 Scar Top, £250 West Stoney Keld, £236 Bracken Bank, £235 Castle Hill, £226, £221, £205 Breaks Hall, £212 Brownchesters, £212 Searchlight Farm, £210 Cote House Barn, £205 The Paddock, HALFBRED: £230 Cote House Barn, ZWARTBLES: £200 Bracken Bank, SUFFOLK: £196 Cote House Barn, £180 The Paddock, BLUEFACED LEICESTER: £196 Cote House Barn, BELTEX: £191 Castle Hill, MULE: £186, £161 Whitewall Farm, £180 Bracken Bank, £170 Brownchesters, £152 West Stoney Keld, £150 Castle Hill, LLEYN: £171 Brooklyn, CHEVIOT MULE: £171 Traston, CHAROLLAIS: £158 The Paddock, ROMNEY: £152 Castle Hill, HERDWICK: £150 Low Howgill, HILL CHEVIOT: £143 Castle Hill, BLACKFACE: £140 Brownchesters, £140 Castle Hill, ROUGH FELL: £140 Castle Hill, £130 High Lane, SWALEDALE: £134 Prospect Farm, £133 Cote House Barn, £130 Castle Hill, £129 Glebe Farm.

Cast Rams

TEXEL: £176 Street House, KERRY HILL: £148 Searchlight Farm, SWALEDALE: £140 Dirt Pit Farm, £139 Garnthwaite, ROUGH FELL: £130 High Lane.