Borderway August Fair Breedsing Sheep Sale

On Friday 4^th August Harrison & Hetherington held its “August Fair” sale of early breeding sheep. A sale of 1000 went under the hammer to average £186.45. Topping the sale was a single pedigree Texel shearling from James Harrison, Low House selling for £580. Suffolks met a serious demand with top price coming for a pair from Colin Skidmore, Needles Hall selling for £300. Seymour Farms sold a consignment of 102 Suffolk cross ewes to average a staggering £218.40 topping at £230 for a pen of 15. Dutch texel shearlings topped at £182 for a pen of 12 from William and Stewart Weatherson, Edges Green. Texel ewes topped at £220 from CB Parsons, Slealands for a flashy single 3 shear. A good trade for the first sale of the season with many customers delighted.

The next sale is the 18^th August along with rams.

Leading prices per head:

Shearling gimmers – Texel £580, £290 Low House, £255, £230 Kopje, £220, £200 (x2), £185, £180(x2) Seymour, £205, £168 Halls Oven, £200 Slealands, £198 Courthill, £195 Flimby Hall, £192, £182, £180 Brow Top, £165 Shankfield Suffolk £300, £252, £238, £215 Needless Hall, £230, £228, £225, £222, £220, £218, £210, £200 Seymour House, £220 Parsons, £220 (x2) Foulskye, £220, £200 Faugh Beeches, £218, £208 Hullerbank, £195, £180 Slealands, £172 The Coach House Beltex Cross £190 Seymour Farm Dutch Texels £182, £178, £158 Edges Green Beltex £150 The Coach House

Ewes – Zwartbles £112, £100 Brow Top Dutch Spotted £200 (x5) Springfield Greyfaced £132 Slealands Suffolks £190 Lakeland, £182 Flimby Hall Texel £220, £198, £182, £168 Slealands, £202, £196, £148 Edenlin, £185, £180, £168, £158 Flimby Hall, £170, £168, £165 Ghyll House, £168, £162, £145 Park House, £150 Foulskye, £148 The Coach House