Wooler Primestock Sale

At Wooler on Wednesday 6^th August Harrison and Hetherington held their weekly sale of primestock selling 1336 Sheep comprising 933 Prime Lambs and 403 Cast Ewes.

LAMBS

Mixed show of lambs forward.  Flesh needed

Average – 346p (SQQ 347p) £157 per head.  45.3kgs

Lambs per head –

TEXEL (Ave.£157.79) £200, £196, £190 Brown, South Bellshill, £194, £192 Whitecross, Clarabad Mill, £190, £188 Green, Wandon, £189 Dods, Brandon Whitehouse

BELTEX (Ave. £162.78) £190, £188, £184(2), £180 Mellor, Annstead, £183, £182, £181 Whitecross, Clarabad Mill

SUFFOLK (Ave.£151.87) £170, £164, £163 Moor, Nesbit, £160 Dunlop, Mayfield, £159, £158 Stafford, Brockley Hall, Sutherland, Ross Farm, £158 Dixon, East Ditchburn

VENDEEN (Ave.£158.13) £174, £165, £162, £160(2) Renner, South Lyham

BLACKFACE (Ave.£135) £140 Herdman, Edlingham Demesne

Lambs per kilo-

BELTEX (Ave.374p) 416.7p, 414.6p, 404.7p, 402.4p, 400p(2), 397.5p, 392.9p, 390.2p 397.8p Whitecross, Clarabad Mill

TEXEL (Ave.346p) 395.3p Story, Rugley, 385.4p Purvis, Newham Hagg, 375p, 371.7p, 317.1p, 370p Brown, South Bellshill, 372.1p Watkin, East Newburn

SUFFOLK (Ave.338p) 351.1p Dixon, East Ditchburn, 348.2p, 345.2p, 343.2p Rock Farming, Hethpool, 343.5p Stafford, Brockley Hall

VENDEEN(Ave.340p) 348p, 344.7p, 340.4p Renner, South Lyham

EWES

All classes still in demand.  Average £151

TEXEL (Ave.£171.65) £300, £270(2), £250, £230, £224(3), £220 (2) Mellor, Annstead

SUFFOLK (Ave. £170) £216, £195 Davidson, Fenham Hill, £200, £187 Moor, Nesbit, £197 Brown, South Bellshill, £187 Douglas, Southfield, £185 Dunlop, Mayfield

CHEVIOT MULE (Ave.£130.28) £200, £177 Allgood, Reaveley

BLUE TEXEL (Ave.£155) £180, £130 Fairbairn, Marshall Meadows

HALF BRED(Ave.£159.05) £171, £170 Moor, Nesbit

GREYFACED (Ave.£141.34) £170 Story, Rugley, £161 Herdman, Edlingham Newtown, £160 Whitten, West Longridge, Dunlop, Mayfield, Harvey, Shotton, £159 Dods, Brandon Whitehouse, Whitten, West Longridge

BLUEFACED LEICESTER(Ave.£91.86) £157 Fairbairn, Marshall Meadows

NORTH COUNTRY CHEVIOT (Ave.£107.87) £150, £140, £137, £123 Allgood, Reaveley Bone, Fawdon Farm Cottage

SWALEDALE (Ave.£109.55) £131 Low Bleakhope

RAMS

TEXEL (Ave.£151) £151 Bone, Fawdon Farm Cottage

NORTH COUNTRY CHEVIOT (Ave.£141) £141 Low Bleakhope

KERRYHILL (Ave.£140) £140 Douglas, Southfield