Wooler Primestock Sale

At Wooler on Wednesday 24th May Harrison and Hetherington sold 793 prime sheep comprising of 193 Lambs, 379 Hoggs and 221 Cast Ewes & Rams

Lambs:

An excellent show of mainly heavies sold well to average 333p

Sale was topped at £190 for Suffolks from Moor & Son, Nesbit to Nicholsons Butchers, Whitley Bay

Leading prices per head: Suffolk: £190, £164 Nesbit, £161, £160 West Hall, £160 West Longridge, £154 Marshall Meadows. Texel: £184 (2), £180, £178, £174 (2), £172 Ballencrieff Mains, £184, £170 West Hall, £182, £168 Nesbit, £180 South Lyham, £175, £168 Marshall Meadows, £170 South Falaknowe. Beltex.x: £186, £172 Cornhill. Vendeen: £160, £150 South Lyham

Leading prices per kilo: Texel: 368p West Hall, 365p Marshall Meadows, 360p Ballencrieff Mains

Hoggs:

A mixed quality show maintaining recent high rates

Leading prices per head: Texel: £178, £173 Swarland Old Hall, £168, £161 Bolton North, £166, £164 Ford Dairy, £164 Brandon, £164 The Hagg, £162 East Newburn, £156 Berryhill, £150 East Newburn. Beltex: £178, £174, £167 Swarland Old Hall, £140 The Hagg. Suffolk: £172 (2), £170, £164 (4), £160 (2), £150 Brandon, £150, £149 Berryhill, £144 Whittingham Lane. Blackface: £119 Birchwood

Cast Ewes:

The dearest trade of the season as all classes would be off the clock

Sale top of £257 for a cracking Texel ewe from local breeder N R Edmondson, Ford Castle Dairy purchased by local buyer J T Dunn, Ponteland

Leading prices: Texel: £257, £189 Ford Castle Dairy, £189, £148 The Hagg, £173, £148 South Falaknowe, £159, £147 Bolton Village Farm, £148 South Lyham. Suffolk: £159 South Lyham, £149 Whittingham Lane, £147 West Longridge, £145 Brandon White House, £139 Newton, £137 Cold Martin, £137 Blackcruik. North Country Cheviot: £132 East Ditchburn, £127 Blackcruik Farming. Mule: £127, £120 (2) West Longridge, £127 Marshall Meadows, £127 Bolton Village Farm, £125 Dunstan Hill, £119 Blackcruik, £119 South Falaknowe, £117 Lilburn Estates. Swaledale: £99 Lilburn Estates. Blackface: £97, £85 Lilburn Estates

Rams:

Texel: £149, £139 West Longridge, £142 Dunstan Hill