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Date: 15 September 2021 | Primestock

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Wooler Primestock Sale

Wooler, Berwick Road, Wooler, NE71 6SL

At Wooler on Wednesday 8th September Harrison and Hetherington held their weekly sale of primestock selling 1251 Prime Sheep comprising 928 Lambs and 323 Cast Ewes & Rams

Lambs:

A smaller show affected by standstills

All well fleshed sorts easy to sell with an increase of lighter grassier types easier in line with national trend, a shortage of heavies on show

Sale topped with Beltex to £140 Annstead

Leading prices per head: Beltex: £140, £139, £138, £132 Annstead, £130, £118 Swarland Old Hall, £120, £118.50, £111 Matfen Home Farm. Texel: £132, £129, £128, £124, £123 Annstead, £119, £118 East Crowbutt, £114 Bellstruther. Suffolk: £116, £115.50 Nesbit, £113, £112 Lawfield

Leading prices per kilo: Beltex: 300p, 288p, 287p, 280p Annstead, 292p Swarland Old Hall, 276p, 273p, 263p Twizell, 260p, 259p Matfen Home Farm. Texel: 278p, 276p, 270p Annstead, 260p Lawfield and Twizell, 252p Nesbit

Cast Ewes:

All classes of cast sheep again keenly sought after from start to finish

Sale peak of £180 for a pair of Texel.x ewes from Craig Mellor, Annstead

Whilst a pen of 6 powerful Blackface tups caught the eye achieving £101 per head

Texel: £180, £175 (2), £157, £147, £125 Annstead, £177, £131 Hedgeley Farms, £131 Middle Ord, £128 Lilburn Estates, £123 Marshall Meadows, £123 Blossom Plantation, £122 Elwick. Suffolk: £139, £133 Kypie, £122, £111 Middle Ord, £121 Goswick, £115 Charlton Mires, £111, £103 Blossom Plantation. Beltex: £135 Annstead. Greyface: £102, £97, £91 Hedgeley Farms, £99 Goswick, £97 Blossom Plantation, £97 Charlton Mires, £95 Bellstruther. Cheviot Mule: £91 Lilburn Estates. North Country Cheviot: £81 Gardeners Cottage. Bowmont: £71 Springhill, Coldingham. Blackface: £61 Shawdon Woodhouse, £60 Bellstruther

Rams: Texel: £139, £130 Hedgeley Farms. Charolais: £121 Hedgeley Farms. Blackface: £101 Hedgeley Farms