Kirkby Stephen Prime Sheep Sale

Harrison & Hetherington Ltd, Kirkby Stephen Mart held their weekly sale of prime sheep on Tuesday night when 2,190 sheep were forward consisting of 1,761 prime lambs and 429  cast sheep. 

Topping the lambs at £152 were 59 kilo Texel cross lambs from Messrs Walton, Goodlie Hill Cottage, Great Asby which were bought by Mr A Atkinson. 

Topping at 327.8p were a pen of 21, 36 kilo Beltex cross lambs which sold for £118 and were consigned by Messrs Slater, Whiteley Hey Farm, Macclesfield. 

The weather outside was red hot but the trade in the ring here at Kirkby Stephen was on Fire!!.  An overall sale average of 269.3p per kilo and an SQQ average of 270.6p per kilo was achieved. 

Messrs Lawson, Stubsgill Farm, Workington sold 54 kilo Texel x Mule lambs to make £141 selling to Mr A Atkinson, with another pen of 49 kilo Texel cross Mules from this home selling to make £136.50 (278.6p per kilo), the consignment of 14 Texel cross lambs from Stubsgill sold to average £131.79. 

Messrs Capstick, Beckside Farm, Killington sold their run of 17 Texel cross lambs to average £131.35. 

Messrs Sowerby, Terrys Farm, Ormside sold 49 kilo Dutch Texel cross lambs to make £140 selling to Dowdings Butchers, Appleby. 

Messrs Thompson, Newfield Farm, Sedbergh sold a pen of 44 kilo Beltex cross lambs to make £138 (313.6p per kilo).  Another pen of 14, 41 kilo Beltex cross lambs sold for £126.50 (308.5p per kilo) also from this home. 

Messrs Dodd, Skylin, Temple Sowerby sold 45 kilo Beltex cross lambs to £138. 

Messrs Slater, Macclesfield sold a pen of 18, 38 kilo Beltex cross lambs to make £120 (315.8p per kilo) with another pen of 21, 37 kilo lambs from this home selling for £116 (313.5p per kilo). 

Messrs Wilson, Wood Farm, Thursby sold a pen of 13 Suffolk cross lambs weighing 48 kilos to make £127.50 (265.6p per kilo) selling to Mr A Atkinson, with another pen of 16, 47 kilo Suffolk cross lambs making £124 (263.8p per kilo).  The consignment of 100 Suffolk and Texel cross lambs from Wood Farm sold to average £123.18. 

Mule lambs sold to £116 from Messrs Brown, Asby Hall and were bought by Mr J Birkbeck. 

Messrs Steadman, Ellergill sold 43 kilo Mules to make £107 (248.8p per kilo).

Messrs Lawson, Hundith House, Wigton sold a pen of 13 Mules weighing 37 kilos to make £92 (248.6p per kilo). 

Messrs Knight, White Hurworth Farm, Co Durham sold a pen of 34, 30 kilo commercial Texel cross lambs to make £88.50 (295p per kilo. 

60 Pens and 220 lambs sold between £120 - £152. 

56 pens and 397 lambs sold between 280p per kilo – 327p per kilo.

333 Beltex cross lambs averaged 292p per kilo. 

Cast sheep were off the clock and were said to be the dearest ever seen for some classes!. 

Cast Rams sold to top at £156.50 from Messrs Lawson, Stubsgill Farm. 

Swaledale ewes topped at £120.50 for a pen of 24 ewes from Kilnstown Farms, Carlisle.  This home also topped the BFL ewes at £148.50. 

Rough Fell ewes sold to £134.50 from Messrs Hunter, Galloper Park, Tebay. 

Mule ewes sold to £126.50 for pen of six from Messrs Procter, Villa Farm. 

Leading Lamb Consignments
No.           Weight    p/kg          Head            From
14    @     50kg       263.2p      £131.79       Stubsgill Farm
17    @     45.5kg    288.13p    £131.35       Beckside Farm
7      @     46kg       275.85p    £127.29       Townend Farm (E Elliott)
99    @     46kg       267.13p    £123.18       Wood Farm
10    @     43.5kg    282.5p       £122.90      Terrys Farm
6      @     46.6kg    262.14p    £122.33       Littlebeck Farm (Addison)
9      @     45.67kg  265.94p    £121.44       Midtown Farm
5      @     42.2kg    283.18p    £119.50       Bonnygate Farm
10    @     44kg       270.45p    £119            Sunnyside
77    @     40kg       293.75p    £118.80       Newfield Farm
29    @     45.5Kg   260.76p    £118.69       Abbey Park
60    @     36.85kg  320.20p    £118           Whiteley Hey Farm

Leading Prices –

Spring Lambs –

Price Per Head –

Texel £152, £126, £123.50 Goodlie Hill Cottage; £141, £140, £136.50, £130, £129, £122.50 Stubsgill Farm; £139 Littlebeck (Addison); £133 Beck Side Farm; £128.50, £127, £125, £124.50, £124 Wood Farm; £128, £127.50 Abbey Park; £128 Leekworth Gardens; £124.50 Martindale Farm; £124 Terrys Farm; £123.50 Rosgill Head; £122 Buckles Farm; £120 Town End Farm (Elliott); £120 Meadow View; £120 Villa Farm; £120 Park House Farm (Hodgson): Dutch Texel £140, £119.50 Terrys Farm: Beltex £138, £118, £117.50, £116.50 Skylin; £138, £126.50, £124.50, £116.50 Newfield Farm; £135, £118.50 Wood Farm; £134.50 Stubsgill Farm; £133, £129 Beck Side Farm; £131, £121 Abbey Park; £130, £122, £117 Bonny Gate Farm; £128.50 Starrah; £125 Town End Farm (Elliott); £124 Terrys Farm; £124 Sunnyside; £124 Ling Cottages; £122 (2) Midtown Farm (Hullock); £120, £118, £116 Whiteley Hey Farm; £118.50 Leekworth Gardens; £118.50, £117 Hundith House; £118, £117.50 Low Bank House; £115.50 Castle Hill; £115.50 Jardines: Blue Texel £132 (2) Town End Farm (Elliott): Suffolk £128 Hundith House; £127.50, £124 Wood Farm; £126 Potlands; £120, £112.50 Lankaber; £115 Lynsack Farm; £113 White House: Charollais £126.50, £109 Orchard Farm; £115.50 Colene Croft; £113.50 Rake Head; £109 Friendship Farm: Mule £116 Asby Hall; £107 Ellergill: Zwartble £110 Leekworth Gardens; £109.50, £107 Hedgeholme Farm: Hampshire £106.50 Bonnygate Farm; £101.50 Buckles Farm: Swaledale £76.50 Poppin Cottage.

Price Per Kilo

Beltex : 327.8p, 315.8p,313.5p Whiteley Hey Farm; 313.6p, 308.5p, 303.7p, 291.3p Newfield Farm; 306.7p, 298.7p Skylin; 305.7p Stubsgill Farm; 305.6p, 291p Castle Hill; 303.8p Hundith House; 302.4p Terrys Farm; 301.3p Yore House; 301.3p, 295p Low Bank House; 298.8p, 293.6p Starrah; 298.7p Marklet Avenue; 297.7p, 295.1p Abbey Park; 295.2p Ling Cottages; 293.5p Wood Farm; 292.5p, 290.5p Bonnygate Farm: Texel 295p White Hurworth Farm; 289.1p Beck Side Farm; 283.8p, 281.7p Crossfell House; 283.8p Newfield Farm; 283.3p Abbey Park; 283p Martindale Farm; 282.1p Low Bank House; 279.3p Leekworth Gardens; 279.3p, 277.4p Wood Farm; 278.6p Stubsgill Farm; 278.3p Abbey Park; 277.6p, 277.4p Goodlie Hill Cottage; 277.4p Yore House: Dutch Texel 287p, 269.4p Town End Farm (Elliott): Dutch Texel 285.7p Terrys Farm: Charollais 272.5p Friendship Farm; 272.5p, 258.2p Orchard Farm; 257.3p Colene Croft; 252.2p Rake Head: Suffolk 265.6p, 263.8p Wood Farm; 262.8p White House; 262.5p Greenside Farm; 262.5p Potlands; 261.2p Hundith House: Hampshire 261.3p White Hurworth Farm; 253.8p Buckles Farm; 253.6p Bonnygate Farm: Cheviot 258.1p Hundith House: Dorset 253.9p Marklet Avenue: Mule 248.8p Ellergill (Steadman); 248.6p Hundith House.

Cast Ewes

Bluefaced Leicester £148.50 Kilnstown Farms; £138.50, £125.50, £124.50 Whingill; £136.50 Woodfoot (Jenkinson): Texel £146.50, £130.50 Low Hall; £142.50, £138.50 Leekworth Gardens; £138.50 Villa Farm: Suffolk £144.50 Villa Farm (E Procter); £135.50 Colene Croft; £132.50 High Plains Farm: Mule £126.50 Villa Farm; £122.50 Glebe Road; £121.50 Lankaber; £117.50 White Hurworth Farm; £117.50 Colene Croft; £114.50 Martindale Farm; £114.50 Abbey Park; £114.50 Villa Farm (E Procter): Beltex £125.50 Easegill Head: Rough Fell £124.50, £120 Galloper Park (Hunter): Lleyn £122.50 Lankaber: Swaledale £120.50 Kilnstown: £114.50, £107.50 Stubsgill; £113.50 Hundith House; £110.50 Low Bank House; £108.50 Well House; £104.50 Asby Hall; £100.50 Hartley Castle: Cheviot £119.50 Pinewood Heights; £104.50 Low Farm: Zwartble £98.50 Villa Farm (E Procter).

Cast Rams

Texel £156.50 Hundith House: Swaledale £100 Helbeck Farm.