Wooler Primestock Sale

At Wooler on Wednesday 20th April, Harrison and Hetherington held their weekly sale of Primestock selling 539 Sheep comprising of 416 Hoggs and 123 Cast Ewes & Rams

Lambs: All classes well sold with majority hill bred on offer. 

Sale topped with pen of Texels at £135 from Yetlington Lane, selling to Nicholson Butcher’s, Whitley Bay.

Sale average 250p, SQQ 268p

Leading prices per head: Texel: £135,£130 Yetlington Lane, £131.50 Newstead, £130 (2) Berryhill, £129.50 Doxford, £128, £128.50 Brandon. Vendeen: £132, £130 North Lyham. Suffolk: £131, £130.50, £129.50, £129, £128 Brandon, £128 Berryhill. Greyface: £128.50 Birchwood. Easycare: £126.50, £123.50 Newstead. Blackface: £121.50, £119.50 Earsdon East, £121, £120 Birchwood.

Cast Ewes: A smashing trade yet again witnessed as demand for all classes continues to hold to high rates.

Sale peak of £243 for a powerful Suffolk ewe from Moor and Son Ltd, Nesbit Farmhouse.

Whilst cast tups sold to a height of £237 with a Texel tup from S Shell & Son, Brandon.

Suffolk: £243, £181 Nesbit, £167 Doxford, £153 Haugh Head, £147 Haugh Head, West Longridge. Halfbred: £167 Nesbit, £159 North Lyham, £157 Doxford, £149 Berryhill. Texel: £155 Nesbit, £147 Berryhill, £131 Chathill, £120 Wingates Moor. North Country Cheviot: £145 Chathill, £141 Doxford, £123 Telford Farming, £119 North Lyham. Greyface: £140 Kentstone Farming, £131 West Longridge, Kentstone Farming. Blackface: £127, £123 Telford Farming. Vendeen: £115 North Lyham. Shetland: £97 Rigside.

Rams: Texel: £237 Brandon.