Wooler Primestock Sale

At Wooler on Wednesday 17th February Harrison and Hetherington held their weekly sale of primestock selling 830 sheep comprising of 546 Hoggs and 284 Cast Ewes and Rams

All classes of stock a great trade with more tail end consignments on offer.

A good commercial show forward

Leading Hogg Prices per head: Beltex: £162 Linden Hill Head, £150 Earsdon East, £135.50 East House. Texel: £147 Tritlington Hall, £147, £144 Little Bavington, £138 Springhill, Seahouses, £134 (2), £132.50 Earsdon East, £132 Linden Hill Head and Low Farnham. Suffolk: £135.50, £130 East House, £127 Doune Brae. Cheviot: £130, £128.50 Burnhouse, £130, £124 Low Farnham. Vendeen: £130 (2) North Lyham

Leading Hogg Prices per kilo: Beltex: 368p Linden Hill Head, 326p Earsdon East. Texel: 342p Tritlington Hall, 341p Springhill, Seahouses, 331p Pasture House, 327p Little Bavington. Cheviot: 295p Springhill, Seahouses, 280p Village Farm, Seahouses, 276p Newham Hagg. Suffolk: 283p Springhill, Seahouses, 272p Newstead. Vendeen: 280p North Lyham

Cast Ewes:

A fantastic trade witnessed with all classes being dearer on the week, whilst lean and hill bred types reached levels unseen for a long time.

Summit of the sale was £179 achieved by G R Hindmarsh, Linden Hill Head for texels, and catching the attention at £119 for strong greyface mule ewes from R Carr, Little Bavington.

Texel: £179, £141, £137, £133 Linden Hill Head, £145, £135, £130 Little Bavington, £133, £125 Pasture House, £127, £125, £123 Tritlington Hall, £117 Barmoor Red House. Suffolk: £123 Springhill, Seahouses, £107 Holystone Estate. Greyface: £119 Little Bavington, £111, £107 Barmoor Red House, £111 Springhill, Seahouses, £107 8 Mordington, £105 Holystone Estate, £103, £101 Lilburn Estates, £97 Reddishall, £95 Linkshead. Bluefaced Leicester: £117 Linkshead. North Country Cheviot: £111 Reddishall, £105, £95 Holystone Estate, £99 Fawdon Farms, £91 8 Mordington, £83, £80 Reaveley, £83 Fawdon Farms. Cheviot Mule: £109 Holystone Estate. Zwartble: £99 Reddishall. Blackface: £89 Haugh Head, £89, £85 Edlingham Newtown, £87 Fawdon Farms. Hill Cheviot: £81 Reddishall. Swaledale: £81, £69 Haugh Head.

Rams: North Country Cheviot: £143, £129 East House, £113 Fawdon Farms. Bluefaced Leicester: £123 (2) Linkshead. Texel: £115 Linden Hill Head