Kirkby Stephen Prime Sheep Sale

Harrison & Hetherington Ltd, Kirkby Stephen Mart held their weekly sale of prime sheep on Tuesday night when 4,229 sheep were forward consisting of 2,385 prime lambs, 969 cast sheep and 875 store lambs.

Topping the sale at £157 was a 53KG Beltex cross lamb from Messrs Bainbridge, Ash Dub, Barnard Castle.

Topping at 366.7p/kg was a 39kg Beltex cross lamb which made £143 from Messrs Skelton, Low House, Maryport.

Messrs Sowerby, Terrys Farm sold a pair of 44kg Beltex cross lambs to make £155.

Messrs Dodd, Skylin, Temple Sowerby sold 37kg Beltex cross lambs to make £133.50 (360.8p/kg)

Messrs Skelton, Low House sold a pen of six 43kg Beltex cross lambs to make £152 (353.5p/kg) with a pen of 44kg Beltex cross lambs making £150 and a pen of fifteen 42kg lambs selling for £143 (340.5p/kg) also from Low House.

Once again, the prime sheep trade bar was set here at Kirkby Stephen with a fantastic SQQ sale average of 260.38p/kg, and an overall sale average of £112.06 for 2385 lambs seeing achieved!

• A staggering 70 pens and 188 lambs sold between £130-£157.
• 60 pens and 226 lambs sold between 310-366p/kg
• 550 lambs sold in excess of £120.
• 600 Beltex cross lambs forward sold to average £122.54 (296p/kg)

Suffolk cross lambs sold to £133 and 289.1p/kg for a pen of 46kg lambs from Messrs Wilson, Wood Farm, Thursby. With another pen of eleven Suffolk cross lambs weighing 46kg making £125 (271.7p/kg) also from this home.

A pen of sixteen Mules weighing 45kg sold to make £103 (228.9p/kg) from Messrs Taylor, Waterhouses, Asby.

Heavy lambs were a fantastic trade once again with 50kg lambs selling to £145 (290p/kg) from Messrs Strong, Barton Hall, Penrith.

Messrs Millar, Crookholm Farm, Canonbie sold 55kg Texel cross lambs to make £146.

Messrs Wilson, Wood Farm sold 49kg lambs to make £140 (285.7p/kg)

Many more numbers of all classes and weights of prime lambs can be easily sold to great premiums with 16 active buyers around our ring.

Cash sheep sold to £150 for Texel ewes from Messrs Raine & Davidson, Thorney Gale, Stainmore.

Swaledale ewes sold to £92.50 on two separate occasions from Messrs Brogden, Helbeck, Brough, and also from Messrs Bainbridge, Dousgill Farm, Richmond.

All classes of ewes were in demand and were a sharper trade all round.

Leading Lamb Consignments
No.          Weight    p/kg        Head         From
11    @    45.5kg    301.5p    £137.32    G Sowerby, Ormside
32    @    44.3kg    296.1p    £131.41    IT Bell, Hallbankgate
9      @    49.7kg    263.3p    £131.11    AT&A Bainbridge, Forest in Teesdale
39    @    47.6kg    273.9p    £130.46    RN Strong, Pooley Bridge
151  @    43.5kg    295.1p    £128.41    L Skelton & Son, Maryport
15    @    38.9kg    326.6p    £127.17    J Maughan, Great Asby
57    @    46kg       274.2p    £126.28    KJ&CS Wilson Ltd, Thursby
21    @    42kg       292.4p    £122.98    JS&JO Dodd, Temple Sowerby
10    @    44.7kg    274p       £122.50    B Teasdale, Ousby
23    @    42.5kg    287.6p    £122.30    G&EA Ewin, Sandford
10    @    44.6kg    272.6p    £121.60    P&E Chester, Soulby
18    @    42.5kg    284.3p    £120.86    KD&DE Millar & Partners, Canonbie
13    @    39.4kg    305p       £120.38    LC&D Wearmouth, Middleton in Teesdale
30    @    45.6kg    263.2p    £120.12    JR&M Richardson, Winston
8      @    37kg       324.3p    £120.00    EM&C Longstaff, Murton

Leading Prices –

Spring Lambs –

Price Per Head –

Beltex £157, £134, £130 Ash Dub; £155, £139 Terrys Farm; £152 Park Farm; £152, £152, £143, £141, £140, £136, £133.50, £133, £131, £130.50 Low House; £145, £140 Barton Hall; £144, £135 Stubsgill Farm; £143, £142.50, £139.50, £130(2) Hallbankgate Farm; £143, £141, £130 Marriforth; £141.50, £133.50 Skylin; £141 Parkside; £140 Wood Farm; £139 Town End Farm; £138.50, £134.50 Stoneriggs; £137, £136.50, £130.50 Black Syke; £136.50 Woodfoot; £134.50 Ash Garth; £134 West Briscoe; £132.50 Crossfell House; £131 Wharton Hall; £131 Castle Hill: Texel £146, £129.50, £125 Crookholm Farm: £140 West Briscoe; £140 Barton Hall; £140, £138, £134 , £125(2) Wood Farm; £137 The Buildings Farm; £137, £136 Green Farm; £135 Terrys Farm; £135, £127.50 Hilton Road; £126 Low House; £135, £125 Ling Cottage; £134 West Briscoe; £134 Jardines; £133.50 Hallbankgate Farm; £130 Old Mill Flatt; £130 (2) Lands Farm; £130 Martindale Farm; £129(2) Ash Dub; £129 Barton Hall; £128 West End Farm; £126 Etherley House; £126(2) Old Mill Flatt; £125.50 The Grange; £125 The Cottage: Dutch Texel £143, £132 Terrys Farm; £119.50 Crookholm Farm: Suffolk £133, £125 Wood Farm; 129 Marriforth; £127 Etherley House; £126 Ling Cottage; £119 Terrys Farm; £116 Black Syke: Blue Texel £132 Castle Hill: Rouge £128.50 Crookholm Farm: Mule £120.50, £111, £109 Park House Farm; £105 Croft House Farm; £103 Waterhouses; £100.50 Scarrowmanwick: Charollais £114 House & Holme Farm; £109 Little Langton Grange; £107 Orchard Farm: Rough £92, £80.50 Crooksbeck; £90 Manor Court.

Price Per Kilo

Beltex 366.7p, 353.5p, 341p, 340.9p 340.5p, 335.7p, 333.3p, 323.8p, 323.1p, 317.9p Low House; 360.8p, 321.6p, 312.2p, 311p Skylin; 352.3p, 327.6p, 323.3p Terrys Farm; 343.9p, 325.6p, 325p(2), 320p, 315.8p, 313.8p, 312.2p, 310p Marriforth; 339.3p, 332.6p, 317p Hallbankgate Farm; 336.3p, 328.2p, 315.8p Ash Garth; 336.3p, 314.8p Stoneriggs; 334.9p, 321.4p Stubsgill Farm; 332.9p Crookholm Farm; 332.1p, 320.5p Parkside; 325p, 318.3p Black Syke; 324.3p Ascot House; 323.4p, 321.1p Park Farm; 323.2p Crossfell House; 317.6p Town End Farm; 316.2p Wharton Hall; 315.8p Fair View; 312.5p West Briscoe; 312.2p, 310.5p Lansmere; 311.1p Barton Hall; 310.2p Woodfoot: Texel 311.6p West Briscoe; 310.5p Hallbankgate Farm; 304.9p Ling Cottage; 300p Abbey Farm; 291.3p, 287.2p, 281.6p, 280.2p Wood Farm; 290p, 285.7p The Buildings Farm; 288.2p Musgrave House; 287.8p, 287.2p Crookholm Farm; 287.2p Low Hall; 283p Etherley House: Blue Texel 307p Castle Hill: Rouge 306p Crookholm Farm: Dutch Texel 298.8p Crookholm Farm; 297.9p Terrys Farm: Suffolk 289.1p, 271.7p Wood Farm; 254p Etherley House; 252.9p Marriforth: Charollais 261p Orchard Farm; 253.5p Little Langton Grange: Mule 228.9p Waterhouses; £228.3p Croft House Farm; 225p West Hindon Farm; 223.7p Laneside; 223.3p Scarrowmanwick; 220.9p Howgill Castle: Rough 217.6p Crooksbeck.

Cast Ewes

Texel £150, £139.50, £133.50 Thorney Gale; £145.50, £136.50 Parkside; £141.50 Black Syke; £140 Mount Pleasant Farm; £137.50 Crookholm Farm; £135.50 Etherley House; £131.50 Martindale Farm; £130 The Buildings Farm: Suffolk £130.50 Eden Terrace; £120.50 Grassholme Farm: Lleyn £113.50 Woodfoot: Zwartble £110.50 Mount Pleasant Farm: Cheviot £108.50 Decklyn; £98.50 Hope House; £82.50 Raven Cottage: Mule £107.50 Ormathwaite Farm; £104.50 Windygate; £99.50 Barnskew; £96.50 Little Langton Grange; £96.50 Jardines; £94.50 West End Farm; £94.50 Sproat Ghyll: Masham £102.50 Thorney Gale: Swaledale £92.50 Helbeck Farm; £92.50 Dousgill Farm; £82.50 Shieldhill Top; £80.50 Croft House Farm; £78.50 Thorney Gale; £78.50 Kilnstown; £76.50 Whingill: Bluefaced Leicester £88.50 Thorney Gale: Rough £80.50 Cocklake Farm; £79.50 Crooksbeck.

Cast Rams

Beltex £120 Grassgill Lodge: Texel £120 Hope House; £114.50 West End Farm; £114.50 Sideway Bank: Swaledale £84.50 Lands Farm; £80.50 Ghyll Brow.