Wooler Primestock Sale

At Wooler on Wednesday 7^th February Harrison and Hetherington held their weekly sale of primestock selling 649 Sheep comprising 357 Hoggs and 292 Cast Ewes and Rams

Hoggs

All classes well sold with many tailend lots forward

Sale was topped with heavy Texels to £170 from George Redpath, Berryhill to A.Atkinson, Harrogate

Leading prices per head-

Texel: £170 Berryhill, £160 Hetton Law, Crookham Dairy, Bowshiel, Grantshouse, £159 Doxford, Whittle, £157, £156 The Hagg; Suffolk: £162 £150(2) Doxford, £160, £152 Kettleburn, £158, £155 Berryhill, £150 Southfield; Mule: £141 The Hagg, £139 Kettleburn

Cast Ewes

A lift on the week again in trade saw all classes of Cast Sheep sell to new heights for this season at Wooler

Sale top of £201 for a Texel from Moor & Son Ltd, Nesbit Farmhouse, whilst tups topped at £157 also for a Texel from N & J Sanderson, Greenhead, Reston

Catching the eye was a pen of 13 Half Bred Ewes achieving £143 a head from Moor & Son Ltd, Nesbit Farmhouse

Texel: £201 Nesbit, £171 The Hagg, £171, £160(2) Nesbit, £147 Greenhead, Reston, £143(2) Newlands, £140 Greenhead, Reston, £137 The Hagg; Suffolk: £160, £152, £151 Nesbit, £145 Kettleburn, £141 Newtown Edglingham, Nesbit, £139 Kettleburn, £137 Greenhead, Reston, £135 Haughhead; Half Bred: £143, £135 Nesbit, £130 Berryhill; Romeny: £125, £121 Lanton House; Greyfaced: £123 Berryhill, Cresswells Farms, £117 Newtown Edlingham, £113 Cresswell Farms, £105 The Hagg; Cheviot Mule: £117 Haughhead; North Country Cheviot: £105 Shepherds Cottage (C.R Purvis); Blackface: £100, £92 Newtown Edlingham;

Cast Tups

Texel: £157 Greenhead, Reston, £143 Cresswell Farms