Wooler Primestock Sale

At Wooler on Wednesday 6^th September Harrison and Hetherington sold 1403 prime sheep comprising of 901 Lambs and 502 Cast Ewes & Rams

Lambs:

A touch easier again but nicely away to average 258p overall

Sale topped for Texels £140 M Hay, Fern Cottage, Paxton to Hartshead Meats

Top price per kilo 328p for 9 Beltex 38.5kg (£122) Tritlington Hall

Leading prices per head: Texel: £140 Fern Cottage, £136 Clarabad Mill, £130 (4) Low Middleton, £129 Sunnyside, Reston, £129 Brandon White House, £128 Tritlington Hall, £127 Whittle. Suffolk: £135 Sunnyside, £134, £126 Low Middleton, £130 Kettleburn. Beltex: £130 Village Farm, Seahouses, £130 Clarabad Mill, £128, £124 (2) Twizell, £126, £122, £121, £120 Tritlington Hall, £125 Oak Dene, £123.50 South Dissington. Mule: £114 Haugh Head

Leading prices per kilo: Beltex: 328p, 317p, 310p, 308p Tritlington Hall, 317p South Dissington, 312p, 310p, 305p, 300p Twizell, 300p East Newburn. Texel: 301p, 290p Tritlington Hall, 283p Shotton, 270p Broadmeadows

Cast Ewes:

All classes of cast sheep a similar trade on the week with lighter leaner bred sorts harder to cash

Sale top of £209 for a pedigree Texel from Lilburn Estates (Roseden)

Leading prices:

Texel: Texel: £209, £175, £171, £170 (2), £161, £157 Lilburn Estates, £190, £157 Clarabad Mill. Bleu du Maine: £150 Islay Hill. Suffolk: £145, £139, £137, £131 Kettleburn, £140, £131 Tughall, £127 Cresswell Farms, £120 South Dissington. Half Bred: £121 Cresswell Farms. Mule: £108 Tughall, £105, £97 Cresswell Farms, £109, £93 Kettleburn, £97 West Longridge, £96 Auchencrow Mains. Blackface: £83 Blackmountain Farms, £80, £70 West Longridge, £67 Wrangham