Wooler Sale of Breeding Sheep & Store Cattle

BREEDING SHEEP

Harrison and Hetherington sold 344 Breeding Sheep

A more commercial show forward but all classes readily away

Texel.x Gimmers £235, £200, £190 Clarabad Mill, £200 Wrangham

Mule Gimmers: £196, £191, £190 (2) Woolhill

Texel Ewes (3 crop): £162, £160 The Villa, Bowsden

Texel.x Ewe Lambs: £135 (2) Wrangham, £100 Village Farm, Seahouses

Suffolk Rams: £500, £420 Nesbit

Texel Rams: £500 Black Heddon

Beltex Rams: £400 Annstead and Nesbit

CATTLE

Harrison & Hetherington held their Store Cattle sale with a great consignment of strength forward.

Topping the day’s trading was J A Riddell, Newstead with a thumper of a Simmental.x Steer at £1400

Pence per kilo also went to J A Riddell, Newstead at 235ppk for a Charolais.x Steer

Steers level at 216p or £1175            Heifers level at 212p or £1059

Leading Prices Per Head – Steers: Simmental: £1400, £1280 Newstead. Charolais: £1320, £1295, £1270, £1235 Newstead. Limousin: £1290, £1140 West Hall. Shorthorn: £1230 Hillcrest Livestock. Aberdeen Angus: £1180, £1160 Newstead

Leading Prices Per Head – Heifers: Charolais: £1350, £1140, £1115 Newstead. Limousin: £1080, £1000 West Hall

Leading Prices Per Kilo – Steers: Charolais: 235.2p, 231.6p, 231.3p, 227.2p Newstead. Aberdeen Angus: 231.4p, 229.2p Newstead. Limousin: 222.7p, 218.6p West Hall. Simmental: 221.6p, 217.6p Newstead. Shorthorn: 210.3p Hillcrest Livestock

Leading Prices Per Kilo – Heifers: Charolais: 230.3p, 214.4p Newstead. Aberdeen Angus: 225p Newstead. Limousin: 221.8p, 220p West Hall