Wooler Primestock Sale

At Wooler on Wednesday 17^th July Harrison and Hetherington held their weekly sale of primestock selling 1133 Sheep comprising  870 Prime Lambs, and  263 Cast Ewes and Rams

Prime Lambs

Fabulous trade throughout with a great show of lambs forward

Top price per head-

Texel: £170 Fenham Hill(2), South Bellshill (2), £169, £168, £164 Fenham Hill, £164 South Lyham(2); Vendeen: £164, £160 South Lyham, £155 North Lyham, £150 South Lyham; Beltex: £162 (2), £151(4), £150 Annstead, Suffolk: £160, £159 Low Middleton, £156 Sunnyside, £153 Kettleburn, £152 Brandon Whitehouse, £150 Nesbit, £149 West Longridge, £148 Nesbit; Bluefaced Leicester: £150 Annstead;  Berrichon: £150, £149 North Lyham; Lleyn: £139 North Wing; Hampshire: £129 Marigold

Top price per kilo-

Beltex: 395.1p, 377.5p (2), 375p, 374.4p, 361.5p Annstead; Texel: 355.8p Greenhead, Reston, 350p South Bellshill, 340.2p Black Heddon, 339.6p South Bellshill, 336p West Longridge, 334.8p Crookham Dairy, 334.8p Low Middleton, 333.3p Harbottle Grange(2), 333.3p South Bellshill;Suffolk: 324.5p, 320p Low Middleton, 320p Brockley Hall, 319.5p Springhill; Vendeen: 322.9p North Lyham, 322.6p, 316.8p South Lyham, Berrichon: 319.1p, 317p North Lyham; Hampshire: 300p Marigold

Cast Ewes

Good trade with more lean ewes forward

Texel: £214, £189 Annstead, £183 Lochside, £181, £177(3) Annstead, £171 North Wing; Vendeen: £191, £165, £149 North Lyham, Beltex: £205, £183 Annstead; Suffolk: £179 Brockley Hall, £175 Mayfield, Greenhead, Reston(2), £165 West Longridge, £153 Sunnyside; Greyfaced: £145 Mayfield, £143 West Longridge, £139, £137 Lochside, £135(2), £125 West Longridge, £125 Mayfield; Herdwick: £107 East Newburn;  Blackface: £97 West Longridge; Romney: £83 Felkington; Easycare: £71, £70 Milfield Demesne

RAMS

Texel: £170, £141, £130 Black Heddon; Suffolk: £123, £111 Venchen