Wooler Prime Sheep Sale

At Wooler on Wednesday 1^st December Harrison and Hetherington held their weekly sale of primestock selling 952 Prime Sheep comprising 852 Lambs and 100 Cast Ewes & Rams

Lambs:

An outstanding show of lambs was met by a trade to match

Average 300p - £132.70 – 44.2kgs

Leading prices per head: £169, £168, £164, £158, £152 (2) Corneyside, £164, £159, £158 Edlingham Newtown, £164, £160 Barmoor Red House, £161, £159 (2) Whittle, £161, £156, £152 Reaveley Greens, £157 Greenhead, Reston, £155 Edlingham Newtown, £155 Auchencrow Mains, £154 West Longridge. Suffolk: £167, £143 Barmoor Red House, £157.50, £147, £136 Reaveley Greens, £155, £144 South Rennington, £151 Kettleburn, £150 West Longridge, £149 Nesbit, £147.50, £137 Thrunton, £146 Edlingham Newtown, £146 Treaty Park, £127.50 Shotton, £124 Auchencrow Mains. North Country Cheviot: £157, £146, £129.50 Humbleheugh. Beltex: £143.50, £130, £126.50, £126, £125.50 Lilburn Estates, £142 East Newburn, £139, £136.50, £131.50 Huntington, £136, £132.50, £128.50, £125 Applecross. Greyface: £139 Kettleburn, £127 Reaveley Greens. Bluefaced Leicester: £138 Edlingham Newtown. Hampshire: £129 Treaty Park

Leading prices per kilo: Beltex: 350p, 317.1p, 313.8p, 308.5p Lilburn Estates, 337p, 331p, 313.1p Huntington, 315.5p, 313.4p, 304.9p Applecross. Texel: 347.6p, 327.8p, 308.9p, 308.3p Matfen Home Farms, 334.8p, 317p West Longridge, 331.7p East Newburn, 330.4p, 322.4p, 315.5p, 312.5p, 311.5p, 309.8p Corneyside, 328.6p, 311.8p, 311.6p, 309.4p Huntington, 318p, 309.8p Edlingham Newtown, 316.7p Reaveley Greens. Suffolk: 304.2p Edlingham Newtown, 302p Kettleburn, 302p Reaveley Greens, 300p West Longridge. North Country Cheviot: 297.7p Humbleheugh. Hampshire: 293.2p Treaty Park

Cast Ewes:

A quality show of ewes forward saw all classes sell to a great trade

Sale peak of £181 for a pen of 3 outstanding Texel ewes from A C Mavin, Whittle

Tups sold to £159 for a strong Suffolk from J Herdman, Edlingham Newtown

Texel: £181, £130, £125 Whittle, £179 Kettleburn, £165 Greenhead, Reston, £157, £, £151, £149, £145, £143 South Lyham, £141, £135, £127 Rigside. Suffolk: £160 Greenhead, Reston, £145 Kettleburn, £131 Nesbit. Greyface: £127, £101 Kettleburn, £123 South Lyham, £77 Edlingham Newtown. Romney: £125 Kettleburn. North Country Cheviot: £98 Rock Farming. Blackface: £97 Reaveley Greens, £90 Edlingham Newtown

Rams: Suffolk: £159 Edlingham Newtown. North Country Cheviot: £157 Rock Farming. Bluefaced Leicester: £137 Edlingham Newtown. Blackface: £133 Rock Farming