Borderway Store and Breeding Sheep Sale

Harrison and Hetherington held their weekly sale of store lambs saw a good entry of 1320 with the recent wet weather bringing a few more numbers out which is a good job as many buyers turned up in force desperate for numbers. The whole sale averaged £102.50 with all classes sharper especially long keep lambs.

Topping the sale at £152 twice were smart long keep Beltex crosses from Messrs Strong, Grapes Barn, Caldbeck. Texel crosses sold to £131 from P Horn, Pinewood Heights and £130 from JG Johnson, East Foreshields.  G Clarkson, Elrington Hall sold a pen of 17 Texel cross mules to £123. Another great pen of 40 Texel cross mules from R Moscrop, Border Rigg sold for £121. Longer keep lambs were shaper on the week saw a pen of 26 Suffolk crosses from SJ Lewis, South Farm sell for £98 and a pen of 45 long keep Mules sell for £96 from AJ Dupuy, High Burnfoot. 

Next week includes a special section for Hill Lambs please contact Rory 07535001541 or Joe 07736883670

Leading prices per head:

BELTEX: £152,(x2) ,  £142, £141, £140, £129,Grapes Barn,  £149, £122, £106,Ashdene,  £140, £128,Horsleyhill Farm Cottage,  £135, £122, £115,8 Abbots Close,  £125,Rook Farm,  £111,Harper Hill Farm,  TEXEL: £131, £120,Pinewood Heights,  £130, £129, £119, £118, £116, £111,East Foreshields,  £125, £122, £117,Scarrowhill,  £123, £116, £112,Elrington Hall,  £123,  Ashtree Cottages,  £121,Border Rigg,  £120,Park Farm,  £118, £115,Wydon Farm,  £118, Harper Hill Farm,  SUFFOLK: £121,5 Ellonby Road,  £117,Elrington Hall,  £107, £98,South Farm,  £101,8 Abbots Close,  £99,Bully House Farm,  ROUSSIN: £108,East Foreshields,  MULE: £96,High Burnfoot,  £94, Hurlbarrow Farm,  ROUGH FELL: £92,Cragg Nook Farm,  HILL CHEVIOT: £86, £77,Townhead New Farm,