Wooler Prime Sheep Sale

At Wooler on Wednesday 20^th August Harrison and Hetherington held their weekly sale of primestock selling  1277 Sheep comprising  960 Prime Lambs and 317 Cast Ewes.

LAMBS

Mixed show.  Leaner types heavily penalised. 

Averages – 309p per kilo, £140 per head. 45.3kilos

Lambs per head –

TEXEL (Ave.£139.48) £186, £177(2), £175 Brown, South Bellshill, £180 Campbell, Thrunton, £179, £176 Morgan, Sunnyside, £179 Woodcock, The Hagg, £178 Green, Wandon

SUFFOLK (Ave. £139.78) £170 (2), £165, £158 Morgan, Sunnyside

BELTEX (Ave. £150.46) £166 Brown, South Bellshill, £161, £160, £155, £151, £150(4) Rutter, Burradon

DORSET (Ave.£123.29) £148 Johnson, Fowberry

Lambs per kilo-

TEXEL (Ave.310p) 384.6p, 372.9p Woodcock, The Hagg, 381.1p, 360p Campbell, Thrunton, 366.7p Morgan, Sunnyside, 361.2p Brown, South Bellshill

BELTEX (Ave.330p) 377.3p Brown, South Bellshill, 363.6p, 357.1p, 352.3p, 344.8p, 340.9p Rutter, Burradon

SUFFOLK (Ave.301p) 340p, 330p, 329.2p, 328.3p Morgan, Sunnyside

DORSET (Ave.270p) 293.1p Johnson, Fowberry

EWES

Good straight show of ewes forward.  All classes slightly easier

TEXEL (Ave.£122.77) £181 Cresswell Farms, Newlands, £180, £163 Campbell, Thrunton, £177 Morgan, Sunnyside, £165 Hutchinson, Kettleburn, £161 Whitten, West Longridge

SUFFOLK (Ave.£142.03) £173 Cresswell Farms, £170 Teasdale, Farnham and Hutchinson, Kettleburn, £155, £150 Strother, Fowberry Moor

HALF BRED(Ave.£144.56) £169, £155 Moor, Nesbit

GREYFACED(Ave.£136.74) £160 Hutchinson, Kettleburn, £150 Campbell, Thrunton, £145 Teasdale, Farnham, £143 Cresswell Farms, Newlands, £140 Whitten, West Longridge, East Newburn(2)

CHEVIOT MULE (Ave.£161) £161 Campbell, Thrunton

BLUEFACED LEICESTER(Ave.£157) £157 Teasdale, Farnham

NORTH COUNTRY CHEVIOT(Ave.£115.43) £150 Teasdale, Farnham, £140, £121 Rock Farming, Hethpool, £120 Bone, Fawdon

EASYCARE(Ave.£150) £150 Hutchinson, Kettleburn

ROMNEY(Ave.£115.81) £123 Short, Humbleton