Wooler Primestock Sale

At Wooler on Wednesday 11^th June Harrison and Hetherington held their weekly sale of primestock selling 898 Sheep comprising  577 Prime Lambs, 75 Prime Hoggs and 246 Cast Sheep.

LAMBS

More weight forward.  All classes slightly easier.

Average 348p, £155, SQQ 356p.  44.5kgs

Lambs per head

SUFFOLK (Ave. £150.73) £180, £175 Connon, Greenknowe, £176 Swallow, Garden Cottage, £170, £168 Brewis, Chesterhill; TEXEL: (Ave.155.13) £173 Swallow, Garden Cottage, £170, £169 Moor, Nesbit, £169 A & S Livestock, Moorpark, Strother, Fowberry Moor, Low Middleton Livestock, £168 Moor, Nesbit(2), Low Middleton Livestock, £168 R.McDonald, Low Middleton; BELTEX (Ave £162.37) £172, £162 Lindsay, Cornhill; VENDEEN (Ave.£167.25) £173, £172, £170(2) Renner, South Lyham, £170(2) Howie, North Lyham; BLUE TEXEL (Ave.£160) £160 Fairbairn, Marshall Meadows

Lambs per kilo

TEXEL (Ave.355p) 390.7p Low Middleton Livestock, 383.5p, 378.6p Fairbairn, Marshall Meadows, 375p W & J Waite, Lamberton, 373.6p Moor, Nesbit, 370.7p Whitten, West Longridge; BLUE TEXEL (Ave.376p) 376.5p Fairbairn, Marshall Meadows; BELTEX (Ave.360p) 360p(2) Lindsay, Cornhill, VENDEEN (Ave.345p) 365.6p, 353.2p, 353.1p Renner, South Lyham, , 360p Howie, North Lyham; SUFFOLK (Ave.335p) 356.1p, 348.8p Riddell, Newstead, 347.8p Graham, Newton

HOGGS

TEXEL (Ave.£130.12) £177, £160, £157, £150 Woodcock, The Hagg, £160 Purvis, Newham Hagg, £155 Coxon, Shipley Smallburn, £151, £150 Redpath, Berryhill; NORTH COUNTRY CHEVIOT (Ave.£135) £137 Singer, Linbriggs, £133 Howie, North Lyham

EWES

Great show forward.  Big Ewes dearer.  Average £180.71

SUFFOLK (Ave.£200.07) £221 Lindsay, Cornhill, £213, £209 W & J Waite, Lamberton, £213 (2) Gray, Middle Ord, £208 Riddell, Newstead, £207 Fairbairn, Marshall Meadows, £203 Gray, Middle Ord, £202 Anderson, Harelaw Cottage, £200 Graham, Newton; TEXEL (Ave. £158.45) £209 Riddell, Newstead, £197 Redpath, Berryhill, Singer, Linbriggs, £195 Graham, Newton, £191 Strother, Fowberry Moor; VENDEEN (Ave.£197) £197 Howie, North Lyham; BLUE TEXEL (Ave.£181.67) £191 Fairbairn, Marshall Meadows, £177 Strother, Fowberry Moor; GREYFACED (Ave.£155.85) £179 Anderson, Harelaw, £167 Redpath, Berryhill, £150 Riddell, West Hall; HALF BRED (Ave.£159.71) £178 , £146 Redpath, Berryhill; NORTH COUNTRY CHEVIOT (Ave.£136.32) £165 Howie, North Lyham, £163 Strother, Fowberry Moor, £151, £129 Singer, Linbriggs; ROMNEY (Ave.£152) £159 Short, Humbleton

RAMS

TEXEL (Ave.£200) £200 Whitten, West Longridge