Wooler Primestock Sale

997 Sheep forward comprising-

631 Prime Lambs

366 Cast Sheep

PRIME LAMBS

A good show of lambs forward today with meat wanted. 

Topping at £192 was a Texel lamb from Messrs Jones, St Helens View.

Topping the ppkg section was 409ppkg from Messrs Mellor, Annstead

Lambs per head

Suffolk (Ave. £151.59)  £192 Jones, St Helens View, £173, £168, £162 Dixon, East Ditchburn, £165, £161, £155 Whitten, West Longridge, £164 Story, Rugley, £159 McAlpine, Auchencrow Mains

Beltex (Ave. £166.81)  £190, £180, £169, £165 McGowan,Craiglea, £184, £181, £180(3), £179, £175 (2), £170(2), £166 Mellor, Annstead

Texel (Ave. £150.06)  £186, £181, £180, £178(4), £176, £171 Morgan,Sunnyside, £186, £184, £181, £174, £172 Green, Wandon, £176, £171 Mavin, Whittle, £175 Turner, East Ditchburn Cottages, , £171(2) Story, Rugley, £170, £171 Morgan, Sunnyside

Blue Texel (Ave. £175)  £175 McGowan,Craiglea

Greyfaced (Ave. £154)  £154 Story,Rugley Farm

Ryeland (Ave. £146)  £146 McGowan,Craiglea

Easy Care (Ave. £141.26)  £145(2) Maxwell,North Doddington

Valais Blacknose (Ave. £140)  £140 Mellor,Annstead Farm

Lambs per kilo

Beltex (Ave. 362p)  408.90p, 393.3p, 387.1p, 380.9p, 375p(2), 372.3p, 372.1p, 361.7p, 354.9p(2), 354.5p, 342.9p Mellor,Annstead Farm, 404.3p, 393p, 383.7p, 375p, 372.1p, 352.9p, 349.4p McGowan, Craiglea, 341.3p Dixon, East Ditchburn

Texel (Ave. 322p)  362p, 356p, 350p(2), 349p(3), 346.8p, 346.2p, 345.1p, 342p, 340p Morgan,Sunnyside, 348.9p, 345.5p, 338.8p, 337p, 334.9p Mavin, Whittle, 343.1p Turner, East Ditchburn, 341.7p Dods, Brandon White House, 335.4p Whitten, West Longridge

Blue Texel (Ave. 350p)  350p McGowan,Craiglea

Suffolk (Ave. 322p)  344.70p, 366p, 332.7p Dixon,East Ditchburn Farm, 329.8p Whitten, West Longridge

Ryeland (Ave. 310p)  310.60p McGowan, Craiglea

Greyfaced (Ave. 285p)  285.20p Story,Rugley Farm

CAST SHEEP

A good show in numbers today but quality lacking.  Fat ewes a dream to sell where as lean ewes show to be harder work.

Topping the ewes at £200 was Messrs Story, Rugley

Rams topped a £182 for a Texel from Messrs Jones St Helens View

EWES

Texel (Ave. £151.97)  £200, £188, £187, £159 Story,Rugley Farm, £199, £177 Morgan, Sunnyside, £191 Allgood, Reaveley, £186 Watkin, East Newburn, £182, £180 Allgood, Reaveley, £175 Dods, Brandon Whitehouse, £163 Armstrong, Millfield, £160, £150 McAlpine, Auchencrow Mains

Suffolk (Ave. £169.05)  £200, £160 Morgan,Sunnyside, £185 Dods, Brandon Whitehouse, £161 Story, Rugley, £160 Morgan, Sunnyside, £157 Mindrum Farming, £153, £150 McAlpine, Auchencrow Mains

Halfbred (Ave. £173.60)  £188, £170, £152 Shell, Brandon Farm

Cheviot Mule (Ave. £166)  £170 Allgood ,Reaveley Farm, £146 Allgood, Reaveley

Greyfaced (Ave. £144.26)  £170 Story,Rugley Farm, £167 Dods, Brandon Whitehouse, £162 Harvey, Shotton, £160 McAlpine, Auchencrow Mains, £158(2) Watkin, East Newburn

Easy Care (Ave. £115.08)  £166, £154, £119 Maxwell,North Doddington

Romney (Ave. £109.67)  £130 Thompsons Walls Ltd

Welsh (Ave. £86.66)  £100 Hyslop,Wrangham

Blackface (Ave. £40.98)  £88 Wood,Prendwick Farm

RAMS

Texel (Ave. £101)  £182 Jones,St Helens View

Suffolk (Ave. £100)  £100 Hunter,Reaveley Greens

North Country Cheviot (Ave. £100)  £100 Armstrong,Milfield Demesne Farm