Borderway Store and Breeding Sheep Sale

On Monday 18^th March Harrison and Hetherington conducted the weekly sale of breeding and store lambs in Borderway Mart.

STORE & BREEDING SHEEP: Another large show of stores presented with an ever growing entry of ewes & lambs. Inlamb sheep topped at £150 for some texel x ewes from TA & J Brownrigg, Howmill. Ewe & lambs were in strong demand with a stronger, older lambs demanding a premium. Topping the sale wa s a2 shear Suffolk ewe and a single gimmer lamb from Haig Murray, The Beeches selling for £210 a life (£420) shearlings with single lambs topped at £150 from the same home.

Store lambs met another blistering trade the sale topped at £188 for a Beltex lamb from Messrs Nordon, Hindrigg. Texel lambs topped at £180 for a pair from A D Cockburn, Walmersyke whose run of 20 averaged an astonishing £153.5 topping at £165 for a pen of 9. Mule lambs topped at £140 for a pen form Gavin and Matthew Foster, Coombe Cragg.

Leading prices per head:

Store Sheep: Texel £180, £175, £160 Luketon Stud, £165, £161, £144, £140, £138, £120 Ewan Close, £155, £152, £142, £118, £90 Guard House, £130, £87 Glenmaid, £87, £66 East Nethershields, £81 Macuestion, £61 The Beeches Beltex £188 Hindrigg Greyfaced £140, £120 Coombe Crag, £118 Town End, £117 Riggshields, £99 Hindrigg Kerry Hill £99 Hindrigg, £90 Riggshields Herdwick £86 Hindrigg Blackfaced £81 Macqueston Swaledale £80, £70 Cross Close Suffolk £68 Cumcatch