Harrison & Hetherington Ltd, Kirkby Stephen Mart held their weekly sale of prime sheep on Tuesday night, where an entry of 2,108 sheep were forward consisting of 1,734 prime hoggs and 374 Cast ewes and rams.

Topping the sale at £111.80 was a pair of heavy Texel cross hoggs consigned by George Slack, Heather Bank, Brackenber, which were bought by Mr Michael Bowe.

Topping at 230.88p per kilo was a pair of Beltex cross hoggs from Messrs Dodd, West View, Temple Sowerby, which were purchased by Vivers Scotlamb Ltd.

Cast sheep topped at £128.50 for a Bluefaced Leicester ram from Messrs Jenkinson, Whingill, Hartley.

With numbers of sheep forward being nationally less, trade for both prime hoggs and cast sheep were sharper on the week, with all good meated sheep of all types being strongly competed for and many more could have been sold!

Prime Hoggs

Price per Head – Texel £111.80 Heather Bank; £94.30, £80.80 Carrholme; £92.30, £87.80 Lansmere; £92, £86.80 Abbey Park; £90.80 Barrowmoor Road; £90.30 Fair View; £86.30 Cairn Cottage; £84.30 Rosgill Head; £82.30 Fell View Farm (Fearon); £81.80 Haithwaite; £80 Home Farm (Wheatley): Beltex £100, £90, £88.80 West View; £100, £88.80, £85.80, £84.80, £83.30 (2) Outgang Farm; £92.80, £90 Abbey Park; £90.80 Easegill Head; £88 Windygate; £87.30 Carrholme; £85.80 Home Farm (Wheatley): Rouge £87.80 West View: Dutch Texel £85.80 West View; £77.80, £75.30 Thorney Scale: Bluefaced Leicester £81.80 East Lowfields; £75.80 Grains O Beck; £75.30 Park House Farm: Charollais £80 Orchard Farm: Suffolk £77.80 Thornley Hall: Cheviot £76.80 Midtown Farm (Thompson): Mule £76.30, £73.30 The Slack; £75.80 New House; £75.80 Keisley Farm; £75.30 Castle Hill; £74.80 Easegill Head; £74.30, £72.30 Pennine View; £73.80 Glebe Farm; £73.80 Ashgill; £72.30 Glebelands: Swaledale £72.80, £62.80 Woolpitts Hill; £72.30, £62.80 Park House Farm; £67.30 Fawcett Park; £66.80 Heather Bank; £65.80 Keisley Farm; £65.30 Ashgill; £63.80, £61.80 Dale Head; £60.80 Step Ends Farm: Kerry Hill £65.80 Fell View Farm (Fearon): Rough £60 Crooksbeck Farm; £57.80 Grassgill Lodge: Jacob £54 Orchard Farm.

Price per Kilo – Beltex 230.8p, 208.3p West View; 227.3p Outgang Farm; 200p Windygate: Dutch Texel 195p West View; 184.2p, 179.3p Thorney Scale: Texel 189.5p Lansmere; 172.8p Outgang Farm; 172.4p Barrowmoor Road; 171.5p Carrholme: Charollais 170.2p, 166.7p Orchard Farm: Rouge 168.8p West View: Suffolk 165.8p Thorney Gale; 165.5p Thornley Hall; 160.4p The Cottage: Mule 163.2p Grains O Beck; 162.9p The Slack; 161.3p New House; 161.3p Keisley Farm; 161.2p Ellergill (Cannon); 160.9p Easegill Head; 160.4p Glebe Farm; 160.2p Thorney Gale; 160.2p Glebelands: Swaledale 155.6p Dale Head; 154.8p Keisley Farm; 150.8p Park House Farm: Jacob 142.1p Orchard Farm: Rough 141p Grassgill Lodge.

Cast Ewes – Texel £90, £86.50 Helbeck Farm; £86.50, £83.50, £82.50 (3) Outgang Farm; £84.50 Fair View; £83.50 Hollins View Farm; £82.50 Ash Garth: Bluefaced Leicester £88.50 Argill House; £80.50 Thornley Hall; £76.50 Howgill Grange: Mule £71.50, £67.50 Row End Farm; £70.50 Hollins View Farm; £67.50 Fair View; £66.50 Briggle Farm; £64.50 Hartley Castle: Blackface £64.50 Fawcett Park: Cheviot £60.50 Home Farm (Wheatley): Swaledale £59.50 Low Farm; £56.50 Argill House; £55.50 Rake Head; £55.50 Carrholme; £53.50, £50.50 Thornley Hall; £52.50 Ashgill; £50.50 Mount Pleasant Farm; £50 Haithwaite: Rough £50 Flakebridge.

Cast Rams – Bluefaced Leicester £128.50 Whingill; £94.50 Hartley Castle; £92.50 Wythes Hill; £86.50 Asby Grange; £80.50 Ashgill: Texel £108.50 Fair View; £102.50, £88.50 Wharton Hall; £92.50 Herdship; £88.50 Hartley Castle; £86.50 Briggle Farm; £84.50 Moor End: Swaledale £64.50 Ashgill; £59.50 Herdship.