Borderway Breeding Sheep Sale

On Monday 26^th April Harrison & Hetherington held their weekly sale of breeding sheep.

BREEDING SHEEP: A larger entry of ewes and lambs were forward at Borderway with lack of grass starting to have an effect on the middle run of quality.  Topping the trade today was a pen of 6 Beltex x Shearlings with lambs selling to a top of £135 per life from Messrs Bainbridge, Laneside, Barnard Castle with the twins from the same farm selling for £108 per head.

The first consignment of mule hoggs and lambs were forward by Messrs R Tweddle, Kirkandrews Moat, Longtown selling for £96 per head.  Trade in very buoyant despite grass shortage but will bounce back with a drop of rain.

Leading prices per head:

Shearlings & Lambs: Beltex £135 £108 £106 Laneside, Texel £120 £101 £100 Greigsland, £120 Langfauld, £110 Greyrigg House, £106 £98 Laneside £99 £98 £95 £94 £92 Cumbrae, Greyfaced £84 East Cottage

Ewes & Lambs: Texel £122 £118 Greyrigg House, £116 £95 £89 Greigsland £107 £95 £92 £90 Langfauld, £90 Baggra Yeat £90 £88 £84 £84 East Cottage £89 Ellonby Hall, £86 £80 Glebelands, £85 £80 Low House Farm, £81 Espland, Suffolk £94 Town Head Farm, Greyface £72 High Drum, Teeswater £60 £55 Windermere Road, Black Face £41 High Drum.

Hoggs & Lambs: Greyfaced £96 Kirkandrews Moat, Texel £86 Greyrigg House

More batches of in lamb sheep and those with lambs at foot of all ages are required both in the ring and privately.
For further information on Store and Breeding sheep sales at Borderway please contact the Auctioneer David Fearon on 07500173273.