Wooler Primestock Sale

At Wooler on Wednesday 11^th December Harrison and Hetherington held their weekly sale of primestock selling 969 Sheep comprising 820 Prime Lambs and 149 Cast Ewes and Rams.

Prime Lambs

Good show of lambs forward, flesh easy sold. Avg £144, 313p, 46kg

Top Price per Head –

Texel:  £174, £170 Linden Hill Head, £169 Oxford, Grange Moor, £168 Grange Moor, Linden Hill Head, £167 Linden Hill Head, £166 South Bellshill, £165 Grange Moor, £165 Linden Hill Head, Grange Moor Suffolk: £159 The Peels, £158 (x2) The Anvil, £156 Sunnyside (x2), Brockley Hall, £152 Doxford, £151 Brockley Hall Charollais: £154 The Anvil Hampshire: £148 Sunnyside Cheviot Mule: £142 Reaveley Vendeen: £141 South Lyham Beltex: £133 South Lyham Greyface: £129.50 West Longridge

Top Price per Kilo –

Texel: 367.4p Grange Moor, 365.9p East Newburn, 360.5p Linden Hill Head, 359.1p Grange Moor, 358.1p Wrangham, 352.5p Black Heddon, 351.9p Wrangham, 351.1p Linden Hill Head (x2), The Anvil, 346.8p Linden Hill Head, 346.4p Grange Moor Beltex: 332.5p South Lyham Suffolk: 329.2p , 322.4p The Anvil, 312p Sunnyside, 310.5p Elilaw, 307p Applecross, 302.3p The Peels Charollais: 334.8p The Anvil Hampshire: 320p The Anvil Cheviot Mule: 308.7p Reaveley Greyface: 308.3p West Longridge Vendeen: 303.2p South Lyham

Cast Ewes

Extreme returns achieved once more

Texel: £181 South Lyham, £180 Moorhouse, £175 South Lyham, £171 Moorhouse, £161, £155 South Lyham, £150, £149 Wandon Suffolk: £175 Wrangham, £163 Doxford, £157 Brandon White House, £150 Wrangham, £149 South Lyham Halfbred: £167 Moorhouse, £161 Doxford Greyface: £165 Moorhouse, £157 Shotton, £155 Wrangham, £141 South Lyham Berrichon £119 Wrangham Welsh Mountain: £113 Wrangham Blackface: £100 Wrangham

Cast Rams

Easycare: £140, £123 Brandon White House Bluefaced Leicester: £129 Hethpool Blackface: £100 Hethpool