KIRKBY STEPHEN: Tuesday, January 26

Harrison & Hetherington Ltd Kirkby Stephen Weekly Sheep. Kirkby Stephen Mart held their weekly sale of prime sheep on Tuesday night, where an entry of 1,784 sheep were forward consisting of 1,257 prime hoggs, 372 Cast ewes and rams and 155 store hoggs.

Topping the sale at £128 was a Beltex hogg from local breeders Messrs Buckle, Buckles Farm, Barras and was purchased by Vivers Scotlamb Ltd. Messrs Buckle also topped at 297.7p/kg for another Beltex hogg which was also purchased by Vivers Scotlamb Ltd. Trade was strong one again, with heavy and smart export hoggs being a flying trade and once again many more of these types were needed and can be sold to advantage at Kirkby Stephen. The £100 mark was met and well exceeded on many occasions once again!

Topping the cast section at £124.50 was a pair of Bluefaced Leicester rams from Messrs Raine & Davidson, Thorney Gale. All classes of cast sheep were also sharper.

Prime Hoggs Price per Head – Beltex £128, £107.80, £99.80 Buckles Farm; £110.80, £108.80, £97.80 Fawcett Park; £107.80 Windygate; £105.80, £102.80 (2), £98.80, £95.80, £93.80, £92.30, £91.80 Outgang Farm; £101.80, £100.80 Town Foot; £93.80 Stripes Farm: Texel £102.80, £88 Haithwaite; £100, £97.80, £96.30, £94.80 Basco Dyke; £98.80, £90.30 Black Syke; £97.80 (2), £96.30, £92.80, £91.80 Outgang Farm; £94.30 House & Holme Farm; £91.80, £88.80 Fawcett Park; £91.30 Greystone House; £90.80 Musgrave House; £88.80 Coupland Beck Farm: Suffolk £102.80 Musgrave House; £98.30, £88.80 Black Syke; £83.80 Hawkrigg Farm; £82.80 Westfield Farm: Bluefaced Leicester £99.30 Greenhow; £80.80 West Side House: Charollais £93.80 Musgrave House; £80 Hawkrigg Farm; £77.80 House & Holme Farm: Mule £87.30 Musgrave House; £78.30 Glebe Farm; £77.30 Scargill Farm; £76.80 Burton Hill; £76.80 West Side House; £76.30 Gillcumber Edge; £75.80 Shaw Paddock; £75.80 House & Holme Farm: Swaledale £82.80 Holme Farm; £81.80 Musgrave House; £78.80 Ghyll Brow; £78.80 Greenhow; £78.30 Grains O Beck; £78.30 New Hall; £75.80 Wharton Hall; £75.30 High Green; £74.80 Glebelands; £74.30 Fawcett Park; £73.80 Step Ends Farm: Dutch Texel £82 Thorney Scale: Blackface £80.80 Greystone House: Cheviot £78.30, £71.80 Bents Farm; £73.30 Starrah: Rough £74.80 Holme Farm.

Price per Kilo – Beltex 297.7p, 262.6p, 250.7p Buckles Farm; 291.4p, 222.6p Windygate; 279p, 246.2p, 222.3p, 221.1p Fawcett Park; 240.5p, 239.5p, 235.2p, 229p, 223.5p Outgang Farm: Texel 238.5p, 224p, 223.9p, 221p Outgang Farm; 222.3p, 214p, 212.8p Basco Dyke; 217.9p Low Bank House; 211.4p Coupland Beck Farm: Charollais 180.4p Musgrave House; 179p Orchard Farm; 173.9p Hawkrigg Farm: Dutch Texel 179.1p, 174.5p Thorney Scale: Suffolk 174.6p Hawkrigg Farm; 174.1p Black Syke: Cheviot 174.5p Starrah; 171p Bents Farm: Mule 171.8p, 171p Scargill Farm; 171.6p Grains O Beck; 169.8p Stotley Hall; 169.3p Kiln Beck Farm; 168.9p Glebelands; 168.3p Howgill Grange: Swaledale 171.1p High Green; 168.9p Fawcett Park; 166.6p, 166.2p Glebelands; 164.8p Wharton Hall; 164p Step Ends Farm: Bluefaced Leicester 167p Scargill Farm: Blackface 166.2p Starrah; 164.9p Greystone House.

Cast Ewes – Texel £97.50, £90.50, £88.50 High Street; £90.50, £80.50 House & Holme Farm: Beltex £86.50 Town Foot; £80.50 Coupland Beck Farm: Bluefaced Leicester £76.50 Park Cottages; £70.50 East Lowfields: Suffolk £75.50 Thorney Gale: Cheviot £66.50 Coupland Beck Farm; £61.50 Scar Sykes Farm: Mule £64.50 Greenhow; £62.50 Chapel House; £60.50 Park Cottages: Blackface £60.50 House & Holme Farm: Swaledale £56.50 Greenhow; £52.50 Oak House; £51.50 East Lowfields; £49.50 Town Foot; £48.50 Buckles Farm; £48.50 Thorney Gale; £48.50 Fawcett Park: Herdwick £40.50 Scar Sykes Farm.

Cast Rams – Bluefaced Leicester £124.50 Thorney Gale: Charollais £110.50 House & Holme Farm: Texel £80.50 Thorney Gale: Cheviot £74.50 Thorney Gale: Beltex £74.50 Thorney Gale: Swaledale £64.50 Thorney Gale; £64.50, £50.50 West Briscoe.

Store Hoggs – Texel £73.50, £72, £69.50, £65.50 Cragg House: Blue Texel £69.50 Cragg House: Suffolk £69 Cragg House: Rough £42 Beckstones.

OTM & Cast Cows

Monday, January 25

Harrison & Hetherington Ltd, Kirkby Stephen mart held their fortnightly sale of Cast & OTM cattle on Monday, where an entry of 50 head were on offer.

Topping the sale at £885.12 was a Black and White cow from Messrs Ewbank Ltd, Enterber which was purchased by Mr Mark Duerden. Topping at 137.5p/kg was a Limousin cow from Mr A Watson, New Lodge, Sandford which was purchased by Mr Harold Birkbeck.

A good show of cows were presented to seven keen, active buyers which ensured a flying trade as two weeks ago, also a good show of TB1 status cows were good to sell.

Cast Cows Per Head –Black & Whites £885.12 Enterber; £853.07 Helm Farm; £850.08, £768.30 Waitby Farm; £799.99, £703.05 Helbeck Grange; £768.08 Duckintree Farm; £760.41 Stripes Farm: Limousin £865.06 Forest Hall Farm; £856.93 Greenwood Haw; £829.92 Rigg Farm; £796.77 East Friar House; £781.87 Thorney Gale; £730.13 New Lodge; £722.68 Midtown Farm (Hullock); £722.43 Bents Farm: Simmental £824.54 Greenwood Haw: British Blue: £798.07 Greenwood Haw; £796.25 Rigg Farm: Galloway £776.25 Park End Farm; £753.58 Forest Hall Farm: Shorthorn £754.52 Helbeck Grange Farm.

Cast Bulls Per Head – Black and White £756.15 Bonnygate Farm.

Cast Cows Per Kilo – Limousin 137.5p New Lodge; 129.5p Forest Hall Farm; 128.5p, 125.5p Thorney Gale;123.5p Brackenthwaite Farm; 123.5p Rigg Farm; 113.5p Greenwood Haw; 113.5p East Friar House: British Blue 122.5p Rigg Farm; 114.5p Greenwood Haw: Black & Whites 115.5p, 114.5p Waitby Farm; 107.5p, 101.5p Helbeck Grange; 106.5p Helm Farm; 106.5p Stripes Farm; 104.5p Duckintree Farm;101.5p Langford Farm: Simmental 109.5p Greenwood Haw: Galloway 107.5p Forest Hall Farm; 103.5p Park End Farm; Montbeliarde 102.5p South View.

Cast Bulls Per Kilo – Black and White 106.5p Bonnygate Farm.