Friday, September 11

Harrison and Hetherington Ltd held their annual prize show and sale of North of England Mule Gimmer Lambs when a catalogued entry of 11,250 were on offer.

The pre sale show which saw one of the best show of 20mpens of lambs seen for some time, with the judging been carries out by Mr D Morris, Aylesbury, Mr T Binns, Clitheroe and our referee was Mr P Fox, Clitheroe.

The overall championship was awarded to an outstanding pen of 10 lambs from local regular consigners Messrs Brow Asby Hall, Great Asby which went on to top the sale at £600 selling to Messrs Jackson, High Bentham.

Taking the overall reserve championship was another great pen of lambs this time from another local consigner Messrs Hutchinson, Redgate, Kaber which went to  sell for £550 also to Messrs Jackson.

Trade throughout the sale remained consistent with an overall sale average of £93.81 being achieved for 10,193 lambs sold, which was 701 more on the year.

The strongest and best quality lambs and the smaller running lambs were the best to sell on the day, with both these types being the least back on the year.  Consigners left the ring happy with their trades, especially taking into account this year’s decrease prime and early breeding sheep returns.

The show was kindly sponsored by Westmorland Accountants, Farm Sense in conjunction with Eden Farm Supplies (Brough) Ltd, New Breed UK, Carr’s Billington Agriculture, Dugdale Nutrition, Shearwell Data, H & H Insurance Brokers and H & H Land & Property.

Class 1 – 10 Lambs Open to all Vendors

1st        & Overall Champion Pen, winning the P F & K  Perpetual Trophy and the Late C Jackson Trophy – KA Brown & Sons, Asby Hall - £600 to GE Jackson, High Bentham

2nd      & Reserve Champion Pen, winning the H & H Perpetual Trophy – WM Hutchinson & Sons, Redgate - £550 GE Jackson, High Bentham

3rd       W & CW Dent, Greenriggs - £245 to R Duncan, Bentham

4th       J & G Shields, Lythside - £250 to Messrs Winter Bros, Appleby

5th       HR Hayton & Son, Asby Grange - £420 to RA Batty, Skelmsergh

Class 2 – Confined to Vendors of 200 or less and Members of Kirkby Stephen NEMSA Branch

1st          & Winning the William Dent Perpetual Trophy – Messrs I & P Brown, Oak House - £170 to Fox Farms, Clitheroe

2nd       IR Cousin, Gillcumber Edge - £126 to PL Morris, Aylesbury

3rd       GR Birkbeck, Castle Hill - £160 to Messrs Winter Bros, Appleby

4th       A& R Birbeck, Pennine View - £128 to RA Atkinson, Appleby

5th       D Curr & Son, Bowderdale - £132 to TW Binns, Clitheroe

Principle Prices

£600, £200, £123, £115, £112, £106 Asby Hall: £550, £200, £190, £138, £128, £126, £122, £121, £120 (2), £100 Redgate: £440, £117, £115, £114 Howgill Grange: £420, £150, £120, £118, £102 Asby Grange: £300, £118 West Dowgill: £250, £124, £100 Tarn House: £245, £170, £133, £126 (2), £108 Greenriggs: £190, £121, £120, £112, £108 Swathburn: £180, £112 Easegill Head: £180, £127, £111, £106 Greenhow: £170, £124, £110, £106 Oak House: £160, £125 Castle Hill: £150, £145, £113 Stoneriggs: £140, £121, £102 Bleathgill: £135, £108, £106 Hartley Castle: £135, £126, £117, £115, £109 High Green: £135, £125, £120, £108, £106 Whingill: £132, £122 Bowderdale Head: £130, £111, £100 (2) Gaythorne Hall

£130, £124 Villa Farm: £128, £118, £100 Pennine View: £126 Gillcumber Edge: £125, £110 Gill Gate: £125 Argill House: £125 Croft House: £122 Bridge End: £122, £120, £118, £114, £103, £101 Park House: £121, £113 Hebblethwaite Hall: £120, £110 (2) Gillses Farm: £120, £110 Thorney Gale: £120 Forest Hall: £119 Ellergill: £118, £113 Sandwath Farm (Owen): £116 Waterhouses: £116, £100 (2) Millstone Moor: £116, £106 East Lowfields: £115, £108, £105 High Stennerskeugh: £115, £106, £103 Croft Farm: £114, £113 Lockholme Hall: £114, £102 Intake Bottom: £112 Midtown Farm: £112 Woodfoot (Jenkinson): £112 Town Head Farm: £110 West Stoney Keld: £108, £101 Townend Farm: £107, £100 Williams House: £106, £101 Highfield Farm: £105 Scar Sykes: £105 Southwaite: £100 Eden Flatt: £100 High Croft.

Caption: Left to Right

Champion Pen of Mule Gimmer lambs which sold for £600 per head

Peter Fox, Clitheroe (Referee Judge)

Thomas Binns, Clitheroe (Judge)

David Morris, Aylesbury (Judge)

Peter Pratt Presenting the Late C Jackson Perpetual Cup

Andrew Brown of KA Brown & Sons, Asby Hall (Vendor of the champion pen of lambs)

Geoff Tunstall of Eden Farm Supplies, Brough (Sponsor)

Stephen Huck of Carrs Billington (Sponsor)

John Hodgson of New Breed UK (Sponsor)

Kevin Batty of Westmorland Accountants (Sponsor)

Mark Barrow of H & H Land & Property (Sponsor)

Tuesday, September 1

Harrison & Hetherington Ltd, Kirkby Stephen Mart held their weekly sale of prime sheep on Tuesday night when an entry 3,506 sheep were forward consisting of 1,980 prime lambs, 897 store lambs and 629 cast ewes and rams.

Topping the prime lambs at £97.80 was a pen of heavy Texel crosses from Messes Sowerby, High Croft, Milburn which were bought by Mr A Slack.

Topping at 218.10p/kg was a Beltex cross lamb from Philip Brass, Bridge End Farm, Soulby which was purchased by Dowding’s Butcher, Appleby.

Trade throughout the sale was flying with one of the strongest ringside of 15 active buyers all competing hard to secure lambs and resulting in many lambs being a good £6 - £8 dearer on the week and many more lambs of all weights and classes could have been sold to a strong demand!

Leading Prices:

Prime Lambs

Price per Head - Texel £97.80 High Croft; £84.80, £80.80, £74.80 Hawkrigg Farm; £80 North Corn Park; £78.80, £73.30 Barugh House; £78.80 Rosgill Head; £77.30 New House; £76.80, £75.30, £73.80 (2) Etherley House; £75.80 Lansmere; £75.80 Ingledene Farm; £75.30 (2) Sawbridge Hall; £75.30, £74.80 Croft Farm; £74.80 Scarside; £74.80 Bridge End Farm; £74.80, £73.30 Whygill Head; £74 Stoney Head; £73.80 Stripes Farm; £73.80 Stoneriggs; £73.80 Town End Farm: Beltex £93.80, £88.80, £78.80 Bridge End Farm; £90, £84, £77.30, £76.80 Calf Close; £86.80, £81.80, £80.30, £77.30, £76.30 Town End Farm; £79.30 Ash Garth; £79.30, £78.80, £77.80 The Birches; £77.80 Easegill Head; £76.30 Barnskew; £76.30, £75 Starrah: Dutch Texel £92.80, £79.80, £76.30, £73.80, £72 Thorney Scale; £76.30 (2), £72.30 Fair View; £71.80 Barnskew; £71.80 Birks Head Farm: Suffolk £74.80, £72.80, £71.30 Whins Farm; £72.80 Brough Castle; £70.80 Black Syke: Charollais £71.80 Keld Farm: Mule £66.30 High Croft; £65.80, £64.80 Keisley Farm; £65.30 Stoneriggs; £64.80 Piper Hole; £64.30 School Cottage: Rough £49.80 Town Head: Swaledale £48.80 Stoneriggs; £48.30 Mill Cottage.

Price per Kilo – Beltex 218.1p, 211.4p, 202.1p Bridge End Farm; 215.3p, 192.9p Town End Farm; 203.3p, 202.1p, 194.5p The Birches; 203.3p Ash Garth; 190.9p Haithwaite: Dutch Texel 215.8p, 190.8p, 180p Thorney Scale; 188.9p Birks Head Farm; 181.7p Fair View: Texel 188.6p Street House; 179.5p (2), 176.3p Lansmere; 178.1p Croft Farm; 174p Scarside; 172p Galloper Garth; 170p Yore House: Charollais 159.6p Keld Farm: Rouge 159.4p, 159.2p Middle Bank End: Suffolk 157.9p Town End Farm: Mule 148.4p Stoneriggs; 147.3p High Croft; 144p, 143p Keisley Farm; 142.9p School Cottage: Rough 138.3p Town Head: Swaledale 135.6p Stoneriggs; 130.5p Mill Cottage.

Cast Ewes – Beltex £101.50 Town End Farm: Texel £94.50, £84.50, £80 Town End Farm; £90.50, £76.50, £74.50 Fair View; £88.50, £78.50 Wharton Hall; £88.50 Mill Cottage; £78.50 Birks Head Farm; £78.50 Yore House; £76.50 Abbey Park; £74.50 Barugh House: Suffolk £84.50 Fair View; £72.50 Millmoor: Mule £68.50, £65.50 Abbey Park; £67.50, £64.50 Town End Farm; £64.50 (2) Calva Farm; £64 Street: Cheviot £66.50 Wharton Hall; £62.50 Sideway Bank: Rough £62.50, £46.50 Barugh House; £50.50 Sproat Ghyll; £46.50 Galloper Park: Swaledale £58.50, £48.50 Mill Cottage; £56.50 Whitewall; £56.50 Stoneriggs; £50 Herdship; £50 Galloper Park; £50 Whingill; £46.50 Bridge End: Herdwick £48.50 Croup Farm.

Harrison & Hetherington Ltd, Kirkby Stephen Mart held their fortnightly sale of store lambs on Tuesday night, where an entry of over 897 lambs were on offer.

Topping the sale at £68 was a pen of Beltex cross lambs from Messrs Ridley, Hawthorn Cottage, Temple Sowerby.

Mule lambs topped a £50.50 for a pen of 22 from Messrs Bousfield, Cranberry, Mallerstang.

The largest ringside of buyers for store lambs so far this season were in attendance for the ever growing store lambs sales at Kirkby Stephen. 

Local and distance buyers from South Lancashire and as far as Devon were competing for all types and sizes of lambs and many more could have been well sold.

Pen of good continental cross lambs regularly achieved from £52 - £56.

Leading Prices:

Beltex £68, £53 Hawthorn Cottage: Texel £57.50, £54.50, £52.50, £52 Stoneriggs; £56 High Griseburn; £55.50, £53.50 Cross Keys; £55.50 Sandwick Farm; £55 Marshes Gill; £55 High Wood End; £54.50, £53.50 Hawthorn Cottage; £54 Gaythorne Hall; £53 Orchard Farm; £52.50 Aisgill Farm; £52 Castlethwaite; £50 Well Head; £50 Ravenseat: Half Bred £56 Hawthorn Cottage: Cheviot £53.50 Scar Sykes Farm; £48.50 Dry Howe; £48 Sleetburn: Suffolk £52.50 River View: Mule £50.50, £49.50, £47 Cranberry; £48 Stoneriggs; £46 High Wood End.