Wooler Prime Sheep Sale

At Wooler on Wednesday 16th June Harrison and Hetherington held their weekly sale of primestock selling 1301 Prime Sheep comprising 904 Lambs, 106 Hoggs and 291 Cast Ewes and Rams

Lambs:

A smaller but good show of lambs forward at the early summer show

The show was judged by J Curle and won by C Mellor, Annstead with a pen of 5 Beltex.x £144 (40K) sold to the judge

1^st Beltex: £144 Annstead                               1^st Texel: £136 Fowberry Moor
2^nd Beltex: £126 Swarland Old Hall                2^nd Texel: £120 Huntington
3^rd Beltex: £147 Annstead                              3^rd Texel: £136 Fowberry Moor

1^st Suffolk: £159 Brockley Hall
2^nd Suffolk: £146 Brockley Hall

Commercial Lambs :

A mixed show with the highlights being the heavies with more numbers required to meet increasing demand

Leading Lamb Prices per head: Millennium Bleu: £170, £158 Fenham Hill to Worsley Butchers. Suffolk: £159, £146, £144, £139 Brockley Hall, £146 Nesbit, £144 West Hall.  Texel: £150.50 Springhill, Seahouses, £150 Swarland Old Hall, £150, £147 Roxburgh Mill, £146 Annstead, £145 Low Middleton, £144 Kettleburn and Greenhead. Beltex: £147, £146, £144 Annstead, £144 Greenhead, £141 Fowberry Moor. Charolais: £143.50 Cornhill

Leading Lamb Prices per kilo: Beltex: 360p, 356p, 350p Annstead. Texel: 340p Fowberry Moor, 333p Brockley Hall, and Nesbit, 330p Fenham Hill. Charolais: 326p, 321p Cornhill. Suffolk: 323p, 318p, 317p Brockley Hall

Hoggs:

Texel: £135, £130 Charlton Mires, £132 Black Heddon. Suffolk: £134 Birchwood, £127 Charlton Mires. Mule: £122 Birchwood

Cast Ewes:

A poorer show of ewes forward saw all classes reach a sound trade throughout.

Summit of the sale at £147 was a smart Texel ewe from J Herdman, Edlingham Newtown

Cast Tups again keenly bid for, fetching up to £145 for a shapely Texel from S & S Wight, Gainslaw Hill

Texel: £147, £135 (2) Edlingham Newtown, £137, £130 Middle Ord, £125 Milfield Demesne, £120 Brockley Hall, £119 Doune Brae. Suffolk: £124 West Longridge, £120, £107 Middle Ord, £120 Brockley Hall, £117 Westlink Hall, £117 Gainslaw Hill, £107 Rigside, £107 Marshall Meadows. Half Bred: £109, £101 Brandon. Greyface: £103 Swarland Old Hall, £100, £95 Brockley Hall, £97 Westlink Hall, £96 West Longridge, £95 Middle Ord. North Country Cheviot: £99 Swarland Old Hall, £99 Springhill, Coldingham. Blackface: £87, £83 Westlink Hall, £83 Edlingham Demesne

Rams:  Texel: £145 Gainslaw Hill, £140 Black Heddon, £117 Kimmerston. Suffolk: £120 Rigside