Borderway Store & Breeding Sheep Sale

On Monday 26^th February Harrison and Hetherington conducted the sale of in-lamb sheep and store lambs in Borderway Mart. A great show of in-lamb sheep was forward with buyers looking for quality. Topping the sale was a single black Texel carrying twins selling for £255 from D A Shuttleworth, New Abbey. The same home sold a pen of 2 shear Cheviots for £140. Herdwicks topped at £105 & £76 from the same home while mules topped at £135 from T A & J Brownrigg, Penrith. Store lambs met a blistering trade with a total sale average of £116.17 being achieved. Top price of the day went to T I Wetherell, High Building selling a single to £155. Suffolks topped at £148 from J Mcgregor, Annan. Cheviots sold to £145 for a pen of 16 from RI Lamb, High Troweir whose run of 118 averaged a staggering £125.52. More people are seeing the potential in Borderway with lambs coming near and far to take advantage of this genuine store trade. Many more could be sold to vendor’s advantage.

Leading prices per head:

Store Sheep: Zwartbles £143, £106 Hesket Demain Black Faced £110 Horsleyhill Hill/Cheviot £145, £130, £111, £91 High Troweir, £89 Haydon Bridge North Country Cheviot £97 Fellside Herdwick £77 Manor Farm Suffolk £148 Eastfield, £136 Elrington Hall, £124 Fellside Swaledale £74 Manor Farm Texel £155, £130, £118 High Buildings, £153 Main Street, £150, £147 High Troweir, £144 (x2), £142, £138, £132, £126 Ewan Close, £144, £140 Elrington, £138, £131 Pirntaton, £136, £129 Fellside, £124 Cochrane Nurseries

Breeding Sheep: Texel £255, £250, £230, £180, £170 (x2), £160, £148, £145 Burnside of Mabie Hill/Cheviots £140, £120 Burnside of Mabie Grey Faced £135 How Hill Cheviot/Mules £130 Burnside of Mabie Herdwick £105, £76, £75 Burnside of Mabie Welsh Mountains £85 Burnside of Mabie