Wooler Primestock

At Wooler on Wednesday 16^th July Harrison and Hetherington held their weekly sale of primestock selling 1453 Sheep comprising 1061 Prime Lambs and 392 Cast Ewes.

LAMBS

Average 360pk, SQQ 361pk, £158.84, 44.1kg

Lambs per Head –

BELTEX: (Ave. £175.91) £207, £203, £197, £196, £191, £187, £175 (2), £173 Mellor, Annstead

TEXEL: (Ave. £157.33) £188 (2), £185.50 Brown, South Bellshill, £185 Morgan, Sunnyside & Davidson, Fenham Hill, £183 (2) Brown South Bellshill, £182 Davidson, Fenham Hill, £181 Brown, South Bellshill & Davidson, Fenham Hill

SUFFOLK: (Ave. £156.27) £187, £181, £178 Morgan, Sunnyside, £174 Low Middleton Livestock & Morgan, Sunnyside, £171 Story, Rugley & Morgan, Sunnyside

VENDEEN: (Ave. £170.67) £180, £170 (3) Renner, South Lyham

ROUGE: (Ave. £161.33) £175, £160 Mellor, Annstead

DORSET: (Ave. £146.08) £163 A&S Livestock, 25 Moorpark Foulden

SHROPSHIRE: (Ave. £146.50) £162 Jones, St Helens View

Lambs per Kilo –

BELTEX: (Ave. 423p) 508p, 478p, 476p, 456p, 455p, 448p, 433p, 429p, 428p Mellor Annstead

TEXEL: (Ave. 356p) 421p Brown, South Bellshill, 419p Davidson, Fenham Hill, 418p (2) Brown, South Bellshill, 398p (2) Morgan, Sunnyside, 391p Davidson, Fenham Hill, 387p Strother, Fowberry Moor &  (2) Morgan Sunnyside

SUFFOLK: (Ave. 343p) 386p, 372p, 371p, 370p, 368p, 367p, 362p, 360p Morgan, Sunnyside

ROUGE: (Ave. 376p) 386p, 368p Mellor, Annstead

DORSET: (Ave. 358p) 358p (2) A&S Livestock, 25 Moorpark Foulden

VENDEEN: (Ave. 350p) 354p Renner, South Lyham

SHOW & SALE OF PRIME LAMBS

Class 1 – Suffolk.x Lambs

1^st  Morgan, Sunnyside; 48kg £178, sold to J A Jewitt (Meat) Ltd

Class 2 – Beltex.x Lambs

1^st Mellor, Annstead; 43kg £207 sold to Vivers Scotlamb Ltd

2^nd Mellor, Annstead; 40kg £203 sold to Vivers Scotlamb Ltd

3^rd Mellor, Annstead; 42kg £197 sold to Vivers Scotlamb Ltd

Class 3 – Continental.x  Lambs

1^st Morgan, Sunnnyside; 46kg £185 sold to Thompson (Wholesale Meat) Ltd

2^nd Davidson, Fenham Hill; 50kg £182 sold to Farmers Fresh (Wales) Ltd

3^rd Morgan, Sunnyside; 47kg £182 sold to West Scottish Lamb Ltd

Champion – Mellor, Annstead

Reserve – Morgan, Sunnyside

EWES

Average £135.66

TEXEL: (Ave. £188.50) £300 (2), £269, £260, £255, £249, £245 Mellor, Annstead, £240 Brown, South Bellshill, £223, £221 Mellor, Annstead

BELTEX: (Ave. £200.70) £250, £249, £220, £197, £191 Mellor, Annstead

SUFFOLK: (Ave. £189.70) £225 Story, Rugley, £223 Brown, South Bellshill, £207, £205 Sanderson, Greenhead, £197 Whitten, West Longridge

EASYCARE: (Ave. £119.80) £179 Burn, Barmoor Red House, £160 Armstrong, Milfield Demesne, £150 Dods, Brandon White House, £149 Armstrong, Milfield Demesne, £148 Spours, Twizell, £147 Burn, Barmoor Red House

HALF BRED: (Ave. £167) £167 Nisbet, Eildon Cottage

GREYFACE: (Ave. £105.50) £159, £130 Whitten, West Longridge, £126 Brown, Reddishall, £125 Harvey, Shotton

ROMNEY: (Ave. £125.20) £159 Short, Humbleton, £151 Thompsons Walls Ltd, £133 Short Humbleton

CHEVIOT MULE: (Ave. £123) £123 Harvey, Shotton

HILL CHEVIOT: (Ave. £92.57) £120 Brown, Reddishall