Date: 17 August 2022 | Primestock
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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
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