Wooler Primestock Sale

At Wooler on Wednesday 4^th September Harrison and Hetherington held their weekly sale of primestock selling 1640 Sheep comprising 1093 Prime Lambs and 547 Cast Ewes and Rams.

Prime Lambs

Solid trade, flesh being easily sold

Top Price per Head –

Texel: £180 Fenham Hill, £160 (2), £154 Bewick Folly, £151 South Bellshill Beltex: £175, £160 Annstead, £156 Glenlea, £155 (2) Annstead, £154 Glenlea, £152 Annstead, £151 Craiglea, £150 Annstead, Craiglea Suffolk: £141.50 East Ditchburn, £141 Rugley, £140 Doxford, Nesbit Cheviot Mule: £140 Pallinsburn Millenium Bleu: £132.50, £132 Fenham Hill Vendeen: £135 South Lyham, £133 (2) Craigs House Greyfaced: £130 East Newburn Hampshire: £120 Overacres

Top Price per Kilo –

Beltex: 380.4p, 376.5p, 375p, 364.7p Annstead, 351.2p, 350p, 348.8p (2) Craiglea Texel: 336.8p, 331.8p Bewick Folly, 329.5p, 327.3p 327.1p Bothal Barns Suffolk: 308.9p Annstead, 289.6p, 288.8p East Ditchburn Millenium Bleu: 301.1p, 296.6p Fenham Hill Vendeen: 289.1p Craigs House Greyfaced: 270.8p East Newburn

Cast Ewes

Lean ewes harder to cash, big fleshy ewes easily sold

Texel: £215 Craiglea, Kypie £212 Pallinsburn, £211, £200 Craiglea, £199 Kypie, £189 Craiglea Suffolk: £167 Fenham Hill, South Lyham £155 Cornhill, £151 Prendwick, £149 South Lyham, Marigold Farming, Brandon White House Halfbred: £159, £143 Marigold Farming Cheviot Mule: £147 Marigold Farming Zwartable: £135 White Gable, £131 Ferneycastle Greyfaced: £127 Brandon White House, Marigold Farming £125 Shotton, £121 Springhill Beltex: £119 Bewick Folly Romney: £119 Humbleton North Country Cheviot: £113 Farnham Park, £109 Shawbraes Bluefaced Leicester: £109 Prendwick Blackface: £99 Alnham, £97 Farnham Park

Rams: Suffolk: £139 Brockley Hall Texel: £139 Kypie Bluefaced Leicester: £109 Prendwick