Weekly Sale of Sheep

Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Smaller entry of 2,433 sheep forwarded, consisting of 1,650 prime lambs, 331 cast ewes/rams and 452 store lambs.

Topping the sale at £96.80 was a Beltex cross lamb from Mr. K. Sowerby, Terrys Farm, Ormside which was purchased by Dowding’s Butchers, Appleby.

Topping at 202.5p/kg was a pen of Beltex cross lambs from Messrs Bainbridge, Bonnygate Farm, Soulby which were purchased by Riley Bros.

Leading prices:

Prime Lambs

Price per Head: Beltex £96.80 Terry Farm; £89.80, £74.80, £70.80(x2) Needless Hall Farm; £87.80, £78.80, £72.80, £72.30 Dona Close; £80.80, £78, £76.80, £74, £73.80, £73.30, £72.80, £70.80 West View; £74.80, £73, £71.30 Castle Hill; £73.80, £72, £70.80 Clifton Moor; £73.30 Birch Bush; £72.80 The Birches; £71.30 Littleburn Farm; £70 Windygate; £70 Kiln Beck Farm Dutch Texel £90.80, £78.30, £77.80, £69.80 Bonnygate Farm; £74.80, £69.80 Terry Farm; £71.30 West View Rouge £88.80, £81.80, £73.30, £71.80 West View Texel £81 Kiln Beck Farm; £78.30, £73.80, £73.30, £72.30, £69.30 Clifton Moor; £73.80, £69.30, £68.80 Langton Field; £68.80 Scarside; £68.80 Keld Farm; £68.30 Terrys Farm; £68.30 Birch Bush; £68.30 Sawbridge Hall  Hampshire £73.30 Bonnygate Farm Charollais £67.80 Black Syke Suffolk £67.80 Terrys Farm; £64.30 Crossbar View Mule £63.80 Castle Hill; £63.80 Duckintree Farm; £62.30 Brough Castle Farm; £62 Whitewall Farm Swaledale £52 Holme Lea: £49.30 Brough Castle Farm; £44.80 High Blackton Farm Rough Fell £45.30 Greenside Farm

Price per Kilo: Beltex 202.5p Bonnygate Farm; 202.4p, 202p, 196.9p West View; 202.3p, 196.8p, 195.2p, 191.4p Needless Hall Farm; 193.6p Terrys Farm; 190.9p Dona Close Dutch Texel185.2p, 178p, 174p, 166.2p Bonnygate Farm; 165.3p, 162p West View Rouge181.8p, 174.5p, 170.8p West View Texel 156.4p, 154.1p Scarside; 151.2p Thorney Gale Charollais 146.9p Thornley Hall Suffolk 146.1p Crossbar View Farm Swaledale 123.3p Brough Castle Farm; 121.1p High Blackton Farm; 120.9p Holme Lea

Cast ewes: Suffolk £78.50 The Cottage; £71.50 Raisgill Hall; £70.50 Terrys Farm; £67.50 Black Syke Texel £70 Catcrags; £66.50 Croft Farm; £61.50 Cross Keys Masham £64.50 Raisgill Hall Zwartble £65 Catcrags Beltex £61.50 Littleburn Farm Rough Fell £61.50 Raisgill Hall Mule £58.50 Croft Farm; £57.50 Raisgill Hall; £57.50 Black Syke; £56.50 Terrys Farm Swaledale £53.50 Woolpits Hill; £50.50 Whingill; £46.50 Croft Farm; £45 Brough Castle Farm Cheviot £50 Greenhills Farm Kerry Hill £46.50 Catcrags

Rams: Texel £82.50, £80.50 Amersber; £75 Halliwell Farm

Swaledale £46.50 Archers Hall

Fortnightly sale of store sheep

Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Fortnightly sale of store lambs on Tuesday night - forward 452 lambs.

Topping the sale at £54.50 was a pen of 13 Texel cross lambs from Messrs Thexton, Castlethwaite, Mallerstang.

Plenty of store lamb buyers were once again around the ring at Kirkby Stephen with a wonderful trade being achieved compared to the current prime sheep returns and many more store lambs could be sold at Kirkby Stephen fortnightly sales.

Leading prices:

Texel £54.50, £49.00 Castlethwaite; £54.00 Greenhills Farm; £48.00 Arngill House; £46.50 Well Head Mule £54.00 Langton Field Suffolk £53.00 Widehope Farm Beltex £52.00 Well House Charolais £51.50, £46.00 Newsham Grange Bluefaced Leicester £47.00 Langton Field Cheviot £44.50 Dry Howe Rough Fell £32.50 Low Stead Swaledale £32.00 Langton Field