Borderway Store and Breeding Sheep Sale

On Monday 19^th February Harrison and Hetherington conducted the weekly sale of store lambs in Borderway Mart. A total sale average of £92.23 was achieved with over half the sale being hill bred lambs. Topping the sale was a single Texel lamb selling for £149 the run of 6 from Messrs Gardhouse, Aikton House went on to average £135.17. Messrs Pratt, Hazeldean sold a pen of 13 texel cross lambs selling for £137.  Hill lambs topped at £108 for a pen of Cheviots from Messrs Ruddock, Roxburghshire. Swaledales topped at £92 from Messrs Adkin, Dollard.

A large show of lamb sheep expected next week starting at 11am.

Many more could be sold to vendor’s advantage.

Leading prices per head: Texel £149, £140, £135, £130 Aikton, £140, £134, £132, £123, £119, £105 Skiddaw View Cottage, £138, £121, £100, £99 Dollard Farm, £137, £114 Hazeldean, £116 Robin Hood Inn, £114 Hazeldean, £104 Robin Hood, £100, £99 Dollard Dutch Spotted £124, £92 Hazeldean Badger Faced Texel £122 Aikton House Bluefaced Leicester £113, £111 Montagu Street Hill Cheviot £108, £99, £98, £96, £83 Montagu, £89, £73, £71 Townhead New Farm Herdwicks £50 Burn Farm Swaledale £92 Dollard Farm, £76 Burns Farm, £64 Fellside, £64 Burns Farm