Borderway Breeding Sheep Sale

On Monday 22^nd April Harrison and Hetherington conducted the weekly sale of ewes and lambs at Borderway Mart.  A bumper entry of 463 and 21 vendors hit a phenomenal trade and blows the opposition into smithereens. Topping the sale at £198 per life was an outstanding Beltex shearling outfit from B J Park, Kirklands Farm, Holmrook making the worthwhile trip from West Cumbria to take advantage of the absolutely ram packed ringside at Borderway to average £151 per life for 15 outfits. Texel 2 crop ewes sold to £155 per head for singles and £142 per head for twins from TW Oliver, Cawfields, Haltwhistle. Aged beltex ewes with beltex lambs sold to £148 per life for singles and £143 per life for twins from J Bell, Birnie Hall, Carluke. Suffolk ewes with lambs sold to £142 per life from T & A Greenbank, Bolton Hall, Wigton. David Mattinson, Cragg Farm, Cockermouth sold 3 crop Suffolk ewes with twins to £138 per life and Suffolk ewes with triplets to £110 per life. Hoggs with lambs topped at £140 per life for texel crosses fron NJ & JM Todhunter, Greyrigg  House, Wigton.

BREEDING SHEEP:

Leading prices per head:

Shearlings with Lambs: Suffolk £140 Cragg Farm Texel £140 Birniehall, £138 Town Head, £135 High House, £128 (x2) Greyrigg Cheviot/Mule £91 Greyrigg

Ewes & lambs: Beltex £198, £195 (x2), £155, £142, £140, £138 (x2) Kirklands Farm Texel £155, £142, £128 Cawfields, £148, £143, £140, £138, £130, £122 Birniehall, £132, £130 High House, £128, £125, £122 Bolton Hall, £122, £118 Buckley Hill Lane, £112 Greyrigg, £112 (x2) Whitchester Farm Suffolk £142 Bolton Hall, £138 Cragg Farm, £123 Buckley Hill Lane, £110 Cragg Farm (Triplets) Grey Faced £92, £84 Upper Senwick, £85 Greyrigg, £82 Shankfield Swaledale £70 Buckley Hill Lane

Hoggs and lambs: Texels £140, £125, £122 Greyrigg Cheviot/Mule £115 Greyrigg

Ewe Lambs: Texel £101 Rook Farm