Wooler Primestock Sale

At Wooler on Wednesday 14^th September Harrison and Hetherington held their weekly sale of primestock selling 971 prime sheep comprising of 738 Lambs and 233 Cast Ewes and Rams

Lambs:

With standstills and breeding sales the market was a lot quieter but all classes dearer on the week

A great show of export types met a fierce trade, quality heavies in short supply but very good to sell

SQQ 261p Heavies 243p

Sale topped at £150 for a pen of 43.5kg Beltex to Vivers Scotlamb

Leading prices per head: Light Beltex: £149 (42kg) Blackadder Mains, £148.50 (44kg) £147.50 (43kg) £146.50 (44kg) £140.50 (42kg) Annstead, £134.50 (41kg) Twizell, £134.50 (42), £132.50 (40kg) Swarland Old Hal. Heavy Beltex: £149, £147 Twizell, £149, £144.50, £142 Annstead, £133.50 Swarland Old Hall. Texel: £146 Annstead, £143.50 Lochside, £135 Village Farm, Seahouses, £129, £127 Lilburn Estates (Roseden), £128 Sunnyside, £126 Cold Martin, £125 Thrunton. Dorset: £132, £131 Fowberry. Charolais: £131 Lilburn Estates (Roseden). Suffolk: £125 Mayfield, £124, £122 East Ditchburn, £123 Nesbit, £121.50 Sunnyside. Mule: £109 Cold Martin

Leading prices per kilo: Beltex: 355p Blackadder Mains, 345p, 343p, 338p, 333p, 331p Annstead, 331p, 320p Swarland Old Hall, 328p, 312p, 305p (2) Twizell. Texel: 312p, 275p Lochside, 286p Thrunton, 278p East Newburn

Cast Ewes:

A buoyant trade for cast sheep from start to finish with a ringside of buyers forward

Sale peak of £195 for a Texel ewe from local breeder N R Edmondson, Ford Castle Dairy

Leading prices: Texel: £195, £189 (2), £143 Ford Castle Dairy, £177, £169, £149, £143, £133 Black Heddon, £145 Lochside, £133 Venchen. Suffolk: £139, £114 (2) Goswick, £131 Auchencrow Mains, £129 (2) Tughall, £128 North Bellshill, £115 Venchen. Half Bred: £133, £115 Nesbit. Blue Texel: £129, £122 Shepherds Cottage (K Smith). Mule: £129, £120, £103 Tughall, £119, £109 Lochside, £117, £100 Goswick, £107 Brockley Hall, £104 North Bellshill. North Country Cheviot: £121 East Ditchburn, £107 Lochside. Romney: £100 Felkington

Rams: Texel: £140, £130, £120 Mayfield