Borderway Breeding Sheep Sale

At Borderway Mart on Monday 7^th June, Harrison & Hetherington held their weekly sale of breeding and store sheep.

All classes were very well sought after with a strong demand especially for Mule and hoggs with lambs at foot.

Top price of the sale was paid for a quality run from Messrs Browell, Quarry House with a pen of hoggs and lambs selling to £156 per life and their following pen sold for £143.

First cross hoggs also sold very well with a quality run of Texel cross hoggs selling up to £137 a life and averaged out at £116.57 including twins.

Leading prices:
Hoggs with lambs at foot: Texel £156, £143 Quarry House Farm, £137, £135 (x2), £134, £131 (x2), £124, £118 (x2), £116 (x2), £114 Kilnknowe, £95 Town Head Farm, £94, £91 The Tofts, £85 Blakebeck Farm. Greyface £112 Stone House, £103 Carlisle Gate, £86 Moor House. Suffolk £82 Kilnknowe.

Ewes with lambs at foot : Texel £80, £78, £77, £76, £70 Low Fauld Farm, £80, £77.50 Bowershield, £71 Middle Bridge, £70 (x2) Mill Street. Zwartbles £82, £68 Middle Bridge. Greyface £71, £70 Hill Top.

Shearlings with lambs at foot : Texel £100 Quarry House Farm.

Store Lambs: Greyface £140 Stone House, £120 Moor House.