Harrison & Hetherington Ltd, Kirkby Stephen Mart held their weekly sale of Prime Sheep on Tuesday where an entry of 2,472 sheep were forward consisting of 2,190 prime lambs, 281 cast ewes and rams.

Topping the sale at 250p/kg was a shapely Beltex cross lamb from young Megan Kendal, Outgang Farm, Helton which was bought by Vivers Scotlamb Ltd. 

Topping at £108.80 was another Beltex cross lamb this time consigned by Mr Kevin Sowerby, Terrys Farm Ormside which was purchased by Dowding’s Butchers, Appleby.

All classes of sheep were one of the dearest trades seen so far this year and were dearer than they had been at the beginning of the week. The best quality export lambs regularly sold from 220–250p/kg, with the £100 barrier being broken on several occasions.

Heavy lambs sold to extreme rates for all breeds, with good pens of heavy Mule lambs breaking the £800 mark on more than one occasion and topped at £84.30 for a pen of 26 Mule from Messrs Huck, Sowerthwaite Farm, Lancaster.

Cast ewes and rams were also dearer and many more could have been sold!  Our next prime and cast sheep sale is on Tuesday 29th December as normal.

Leading Prices:

Prime Lambs

Price per Head – Beltex (av £78.56) £108.80 Terrys Farm; £105.80, £90 Dona Close; £102.80, £101.80, £100, £99.30 (2), £91.80 West View; £100.80, £94, £91 Fawcett Park; £100, £93.80, £91.80, £90.30 Outgang Farm; £98.80 Easegill Head; £92.80 Clifton Moor: Texel (av £74.54) £99.30, £83.30 Dale Head; £91.80, £85.80 Outgang Farm; £91.30 Fell View; £91.30, £82.80, £81.80 Halton Park; £89.30 Villa Farm; £88.80 Setterah Park; £88.30 Bolton Grange; £85.30, £83.30 Clifton Moor; £84.80 Town End Farm; £84.80, £83.30 Briggle Farm; £83.80 West Side House; £82.80, £81.30 Black Leases Farm; £82.30 Greenhow; £80.80 Eden Flatt: Suffolk (av £76.18) £89.30 Outgang Farm; £88.30 Bolton Grange Cottage; £88.30 Grains O Beck; £83.80 Mill Cottage; £82.30 Halton Park: Mule (av £72.76) £84.30, £81.80 Sowerthwaite Farm; £83.80, £77.80 Setterah Park; £79.80 Birch Bush; £76.30 High Stennerskeugh; £75.80 Greenhow; £75.80, £75.30 West Side House; £75.80 Town End Farm: Bluefaced Leicester £80.30 East Lowfields: Cheviot (av £62.54) £73.30 Midtown Farm; £72.80 Thornship Farm: Masham £72.80 Town End Farm: Swaledale £66.30, £60.80 Birch Bush; £63.80 High Stennerskeugh; £58.30 Mount Pleasant Farm; £57.80 Hoggarths Farm; £54.30 Yore House; £54.30 High Birk Hatt: Rough Fell £50.80 Ghyll Bank.

Price per Kilo –Beltex (av 186.82p) 250p Outgang Farm; 242.4p, 240p, 214.5p, 211.6p, 204.8p Fawcett Park; 226.7p Terrys Farm; 225.1p Dona Close; 221.3p, 217.4p, 204.9p West View; 210.2p, 204.2p Easegill Head; 204.6p Birch Bush: Texel (av 161.03p) 181.4p Setterah Park; 177.7p, 177.2p Clifton Moor; 175.7p Bolton Grange: Cheviot (av 160.05p) 178.6p Ghyll Bank; 168.7p Thornship Farm: Suffolk (av 160.44p) 170.7p Black Leases Farm; 169.8p Grains O Beck; 168.5p Outgang Farm; 168p Halton Park: Mule (av 153.95p) 163.7p, 161.3p West Side House; 161.8p Black Leases Farm; 159.6p, 158.1p, 158p Town End Farm; 159.1p Sowerthwaite Farm; 158.8p Midtown Farm: Swaledale 159.5p High Stennerskeugh; 154.2p Birch Bush: Masham 158.3p Town End Farm

Cast Ewes – Texel £104.50, £98.50, £91.50 Bassenthwaite Hall; £99.50 Westerham; £92.50, £80.50 Birch Bush; £89.50 Porthy Green; £85.50, £82.50 Dona Close; £76.50 Thornship Farm: Beltex £103 Bassenthwaite Hall; £86.50 Birch Bush: Cheviot £76.50, £65.50 Thornship Farm: Mule £75.50, £69.50 Bassenthwaite Hall; £60.50 Greenhow; £60 Breaks Hall: Rough Fell £66.50, £50.50 The Gables: Swaledale £64.50 Westerham; £61.50 Aisgill Farm; £52.50 Thornship; £50.50 Haber; £50.50 Fawcett Park: Blackface £64.50, £58.50 Fawcett Park: Herdwick £47.50 Hardberry Hill.

Rams – Texel £120.50, £114.50 Yore House; £102.50 Bracken Bank: Cheviot £96.50 Thornship Farm: Zwartble £92.50 Yore House: Beltex £81.50, £79.50 Town Foot: Teeswater £54.50 Hardberry Hill: Swaledale £53.50 Westerham.