Borderway Store & Breeding Sheep Sale

On Monday 25^th March Harrison and Hetherington conducted the weekly sale of ewes and lambs in Borderway Market.  A total of 600 ewes and lambs were forward to meet an overall sale average of £118.45 which is remarkable giving the current wet Spring and lack of grass were are experiencing.  Topping the sale was a Dutch Spotted Shearling with a tup and gimmer lamb selling to £350 a life (£1050).  Blue Texel ewes topped at £120 a life for a ewe with a single lamb from W Linton, Lockerbie,  Dorset ewes topped at £110 a life for ewes with singles from S Varga, Kelso whose run of 109 averaged £101.84.  However, highlight of the day went to Andrew and Alison Bunting, Midtown who sold a fantastic run of 307 Suffolk cross Cheviot Mules ewes with Texel cross lambs selling to a wonderful average of £129.11 topping at £146 for 20 ewes with single lambs.

Ewes and Lambs:

Dutch Spotted £350 £200 £118 £104 Keppel Vale, Suffolk £146 £133 £132 £130 £125 £124 £122 £120 Midtown Farm, Blue Texel £120 £102 Whitcastle, Dorset £110 (x2) £110 £108 £105 £100 £98 £97 £95 Texel £109 Lazonby Estate £108 Bowershield, Zwartbles £75 Whitcastle.

Shearling Ewes and Lambs:

Blue Texel £132 Whitcastle, Dorset £126 £96 Cumcatch Farm.

Store lambs continue to be buoyant with a top price coming for single Beltex lambs from M Peile, Wigton at £132.  Many more could have been sold to advantage.

Leading prices per head:

Store Sheep:

Texel £132 £120 Yew Tree Farm, £130 £126 Hayton Brow £120 Highfield Farm,Beltex £120 Yew Tree Farm, £108 High House, Dutch Texel £120 Hayton Brow, Dutch Spotted £92 Bybeck Farm, Herdwick £92 £53 Border Rigg, Swaledale £80 Bybeck.