Wooler Primestock Sale

At Wooler on Wednesday 21^st  August Harrison and Hetherington held their weekly sale of primestock selling 1188 Sheep comprising 848 Prime Lambs, and 340 Cast Ewes and Rams

Prime Lambs

Good show of Lambs.  Returns similar

Top price per head-

Texel: £178 Wandon, £175 South Bellshill, £174 Low Middleton, £173.50, £173, £171(3), £170 South Bellshill, £170 Nesbit; Beltex: £175, £157.50, £156, £151, £148, £147 Craiglea, £145 Crookston, £144 Craiglea; Hampshire: £155 Humbleton, £150 Sunnyside, £134.50 Humbleton; Suffolk: £156 Sunnyside, £155 Brandon Whitehouse, £150, £149 Nesbit, £149, £147 Sunnyside, £147 West Longridge, £144.50 Low Middleton; Cheviot Mule: £151 Low Barton; Vendeen: £148 (2) South Lyham; Greyfaced: £141 Low Barton, £136 Farnham Park; Bluefaced Leicester: £137 Low Barton; Blue Texel: £134 Edlingham Demesne; Charollais: £127, £122 Southfield

Top price per kilo-

Texel: 353.1p South Bellshill, 348p, 346.9p Low Middleton, 340p South Bellshill, 337.8p Farnham Park, 335.3p, 332.7p South Bellshill, 330p Cockhall, 328.8p South Bellshill; Beltex: 350p(2), 346.7p, 343.2p, 338.8p Craiglea, 345.5p Crookston; Suffolk: 325p Sunnyside, 323.1p West Longridge, 317p, 312.8p Sunnyside, 311.4p Low Barton, 310.4p Nesbit; Vendeen: 314.9p South Lyham; Blue Texel: 304.5p Edlingham Demesne; Greyfaced: 300p Low Barton; Charollais: 297.6p, 296.3p Southfield; Hampshire: 319.1p Sunnyside, 310p, 306.1p Humbleton

Cast Ewes

Plainer show of ewes with meat and power well sold.

Texel: £209, £179 Nesbit, £165 Sunnyside, £163 South Bellshill, £157 Shields Farming, £153 Sunnyside;  Millenium Bleu: £190 Craiglea; Suffolk: £187 South Bellshill, £173 Nesbit, £169, £149 South Bellshill, £149 Prendwick;  Greyfaced: £141 Farnham Park, £131 Shotton, £120 Oak Dene, £117 Prendwick; Half Bred: £173 Nesbit; Wensleydale: £137 Prendwick; Romney: £131, £127 Crookham Dairy; Blackface: £129 Low Barton, £120 West Longridge, £111 Prendwick; North Country Cheviot: £95 Prendwick, £89 Thompsons Walls