Wooler Primestock Sale

At Wooler on Wednesday 19^th July Harrison and Hetherington sold 1454 prime sheep comprising of 1204 Lambs and 250 Cast Ewes & Rams

Lambs:

Heavies and flesh still good to sell with more lighter and grass fed forward

Overall average 273p

The sale was topped with 2 pens of heavy Texels to £180 D MacPherson, Castle Hills Farm to Farmers Fresh, Wrexham also West Scottish Lamb

Leading prices per head: Texel: £180 (2) Castle Hills Farm, £149 Bewick Folly, £146 Harbottle Grange, £145 South Lyham, £144 (2) Nesbit, £142 Auchencrow Mains, £141 Low Middleton and North Swinhoe, £140 West Longridge. Beltex: £149, £141 (2), £140 (2) £136 Annstead, £138 Bewick Folly, Nesbit and Wandon, £136.50 Lilburn Estates and Fowberry Moor. Suffolk: £145 (2), £140, £139, £137.50, £135.50 Nesbit, £141.50 Low Middleton, £137.50 Brandon, £135 West Hall. Vendeen: £141, £140 South Lyham

Leading prices per kilo: Beltex: 355p, 336p, 328p (2), 327p, 322p, 320p Annstead, 355p, 311p, 310p Bewick Folly. Texel: 307p, 305p, 303p, 300p Bewick Folly, 300p Todrig, 300p Castle Hills Farm

Cast Ewes:

Cast sheep holding the strong rates seen nationwide with numbers required to satisfy buyer demand

Sale top of £227 for a cracking pair of Texel ewes from local breeder D MacPherson, Castle Hills Farm purchased by Jeff Dunn, West Farm, Ponteland

Leading prices: Texel: £227 Castle Hills Farm, £215, £167, £163, £153, £129 Annstead, £175, £143 North Swinhoe, £168 Harbottle Grange, £135 Mayfield, £131 Ferneycastle, £125 Pallinsburn. Suffolk: £144 Ferneycastle, £142, £129 Mayfield, £129 West Longridge, £128, £125 Village Farm, Seahouses, £119 Pallinsburn. Zwartble: £129 Ferneycastle. Cheviot Mule: £143 Ferneycastle, £134 North Swinhoe, £123 Pallinsburn. Mule: £120, £107 Mayfield, £118 West Longridge. Blackface: £90 Lilburn Estates, £83 10 Acres Farm, £80 Ingram. Hill Cheviot: £83 Ingram

Rams:

Texel: £187 Pallinsburn, £163 Black Heddon, £140 Annstead, £127 Marigold Farming