Borderway Store and Breeding Sheep Sale

On Monday 15^th April Harrison and Hetherington conducted the weekly sale of ewes and lambs at Borderway Mart. 

BREEDING SHEEP: A good entry of 300 breeding sheep saw everything keenly bid for despite the recent wild weather and many more could have been sold.  Topping the sale at £138 per life was a pair of Texel Shearlings with single Beltex lambs from Caleb Todhunter, Greyrigg House, Wigton.  Aged ewes with lambs topped at £131 per life from Neil Comish, Thornby Road, Wigton.  Mule ewes with twins sold to £92 per life from Greyrigg House.   Hoggs with lambs sold to £130 per life from the same home.  Hampshire ewes and lambs sold to £128 per life from Neil Comish.  Dorset ewes with lambs sold to £95 per life from F R Dotchin, Cumcatch, Brampton. 

Leading prices per head:
Shearlings with Lambs: Texel £138 £116 £115 Greyrigg, £94 Cumcatch Farm, Dorset £95 Cumcatch Farm,

Ewes & lambs: Texel £131 £115 Thornby Road £128 £119 £100 £98 Greyrigg House, £90 High Dovecote, Hampshire £128 Thornby Road, Blue Texel £100 Highfield, Mules £92 Greyrigg House £90 Highfield Farm, £88 Ghyll House £86 £82 Hurlbarrow Farm £83 Ghyll House Farm, Cheviot Mule £88 High Dovecote, £88 Greyrigg House, £84 The Beeches, Charollais £88 Greyrigg House, Ryeland £72 The Croft, Shetland £58 Ghyll House Farm.

Hoggs and lambs:Texel £130 (x2) Greyrigg,

STORE SHEEP: A mixed show of store hoggs topped at £128 for a pair of Cheviots from S Hoodless, Highfield.

Leading prices per head: Hill Cheviot £128 £124 Highfield Farm, Mules £112 Highfield Farm, Milk Sheep £86 Northrigg Hill Farm, Swaledale £85 Cumcatch.