Wooler Primestock Sale

At Wooler on Wednesday 22^nd February Harrison and Hetherington held their weekly sale of primestock selling 907 Prime Sheep comprising 533 Hoggs and 374 Cast Ewes and Rams

Hoggs: More commercial & tail end sorts on offer, hard fed types in demand. Leaner, lighter sorts cheaper.

The sale was topped by a pen of Texels from I.F.Murray, Hetton Law, at £132 to C.Snowdon (J.A. Jewitt).

Leading prices per head -

Texel : £132 Hetton Law, £125.50, £124, £122 (2) Grange Moor, £115 Newstead Suffolk: £127, £123 Newstead, £112, £110 Doxford, £111 Hetton Law Beltex: £120 Lilburn Estates, £120 (2) Grange Moor Border Leicester: £110 Doxford.

Cast Ewes : A plain show of cast sheep forward, with size and flesh in short supply.

Sale top of £155 for a Texel ewe from R.W. & K. Telford, Branton East Side.

Texel: £155 Branton East Side, £133 Nesbit, £120 Barmoor Red House Suffolk: £134 Tughall, £115 (2) Felkington, £105 Swinhoe Lleyn: £123 North Side, £120, £119 Elwick Greyface: £115 Tughall, £98 Swinhoe Halfbred: £113, £109 North Lyham Romney: £97 Felkington Blackface: £92, £81, Branton East Side, £79 Reaveley Greens North Country Cheviot: £87 Old Ladykirk Cottage, £83 Doxford.