Wooler Prime Sheep Sale

At Wooler on Wednesday 17th November Harrison and Hetherington held their weekly sale of primestock selling 1601 Prime Sheep comprising 1067 Lambs and 534 Cast Ewes & Rams

Lambs:

All classes eagerly bid for especially well fleshed sorts, more numbers required to meet increasing demand

Sale average £127 @ 280p - SQQ 284p - Heavies 276p

Top price Beltex £166 (50kg) Lilburn Estates. Top price per kilo ¾ Texel £142 (41.5kg) 342p Corneyside

Leading prices per head: Texel: £165, £160, £152, £150 Swarland Old Hall, £156, £148 Little Bavington, £155 Springhill, £154 (2), £142 Corneyside, £150 Branton East Side, £150, £149 Edlingham Newtown, £147, £146.50 Whittle. Beltex: £166, £139 Lilburn Estates, £156, £150, £147 Tritlington, £141, £135.50 Birchwood Hall, £139 Village Farm, Seahouses, £137 Whittle. Oxford: £153 East Fleetham. Charolais: £152 Moorhouse, £147, £146 Blossom Plantation. Suffolk: £147 East Ditchburn (Turner), £147, £137 East Ditchburn, £146 Village Farm, Seahouses, £142 Springhill and Lawfield, £140, £138.50 Edlingham Newtown, £139 Newham Hall, £136.50 South Rennington, £136 Nesbit, £135.50 Branton East Side. Cheviot: £144 (2), £134 East Ditchburn. Mule: £137, £131 Blossom Plantation, £135.50 Branton East Side

Leading prices per kilo: Texel: 342p, 315p, 308p Corneyside, 319p, 314p Tritlington, 310p, 305p Springhill, 306p Wingates Moor, 304p Whittle and Edlingham Newtown. Beltex: 332p, 331p, 317p Lilburn Estates, 332p, 313p Tritlington, 323p (2), 313p Birchwood, 319p Whittle, 318p Pasture Hill, 314p, 306p Matfen Estates

Cast Ewes:

A solid trade witnessed yet again as all classes eagerly bid for

Completing the quadruple, four weeks in a row selling the top price cast sheep was R J Bradbury, Black Heddon who achieved £193 for a smart pen of 4 Texel ewes.

Texel: £193, £187, £170, £157 Black Heddon, £181, £151 Alnham, £175 Swarland Old Hall, £161, £131 Shepherds Cottage, £159, £134 East Fleetham, £142 Whittle, £139, £135, £133 Barelees. Suffolk: £135, £130, £123 Lawfield, £133 Barmoor Red House, £133 Alnham, £127 Low Middleton, £126 Greenhead, Reston, £125 Charlton Mires, £125 Lowick Moorhouse, £124 Newham Hall, £123 East Ditchburn (Turner), £122 Low Middleton, £120 Haugh Head, £120 Springhill, Seahouses. Greyface: £113 Springhill, Seahouses, £105, £98 Barmoor Red House, £104 Low Middleton, £103 East Fleetham, £103 Low Bleakhope, £101 Brockley Hall, £99 Whittle, £99 Newham Hall. North Country Cheviot: £111, £96 Halterburn, £108 East Ditchburn. Cheviot Mule: £109 Springhill, Seahouses, £109 North End. Blue Texel: £107 Chathill. Half Bred: £95 Marigold. Blackface: £87, £67 Cold Martin, £74 Alnham, £73 Halterburn. Swaledale: £50 Low Bleakhope

Rams: Hampshire: £123 East Fleetham. Texel: £103 Barelees