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Date: 17 August 2022 | Primestock

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Wooler Primestock Sale

Wooler, Berwick Road, Wooler, NE71 6SL

At Wooler on Wednesday 17th August Harrison and Hetherington held their weekly sale of primestock selling 1707 prime sheep comprising of 1505 Lambs and 202 Cast Ewes

Lambs:

More leaner light weight commercials on offer being harder to cash, well fleshed and weight still very good to sell

Sale topped with heavy Texels to £139 Neil Harvey, Blackadder Mains

Leading prices per head: Texel: £139, £138, £132 Blackadder Mains, £139 Matfen Home Farms, £139, £134 (2) Whittle, £136.50 Springhill, Seahouses, £135 Nesbit and Burradon Mains, £134 Whittingham Lane, £132 South Lyham, £130 Whaupee House. Beltex: £135, £131 (2), £129 Tritlington Hall, £130 (2) Glanton Town, £127.50, £126 Swarland Old Hall, £127 Matfen Home Farms. Vendeen: £131, £126 South Lyham, £129, £126 Shipley Hill. Suffolk: £130, £124.50 Nesbit, £129 Mayfield, £122 West Longridge and Sunnyside, Reston

Leading prices per kilo: Beltex: 316p, 309p, 291p Tritlington Hall, 310p, 307p Swarland Old Hall, 300p, 290p Glanton Town. Texel: 297p, 284p Black Heddon, 291p Whittle, 287p, 286p Matfen Home Farms, 282p Swarland Old Hall

Cast Ewes:

Following the national trend, cast sheep continue to prove slower to shift than previous months albeit still a solid enough trade

Sale peak of £135 for a powerful penful of Texel cross ewes from Cresswell Farms, Newlands

Leading prices: Texel: £135 Cresswell Farms, £121 Sunnyside, £115 Springhill, Seahouses. Suffolk: £133 Springhill, Seahouses, £133 Whittingham Lane, £125, £121 Nesbit, £115 Cresswell Farms. Half Bred: £121 Nesbit. North Country Cheviot: £107, £95 South Charlton. Mule: £100 West Longridge, £100 Cresswell Farms. Blackface: £87, £81 Branton East Side