Wooler Prime Sheep Sale

At Wooler on Wednesday 24^th October Harrison and Hetherington held their weekly primestock sale of sheep comprising of Prime Lambs, Ewes and Rams

Lambs, similar trade on the week

Leading Lamb prices per head: Texel: £85 East Newburn, £84, £80 Doune Brae, £82 Wandon, £79 Bewick Folly, Black Heddon and West Longridge. Suffolk: £80 Yetlington Lane.

Leading Lamb prices per kilo: Texel: 182p Springhill, Seahouses, 181p, 173p Black Heddon, 175p Bewick Folly, 173p East Newburn, 171p Shipley Smallburn. Beltex: 178p Yetlington Lane.

Ewes, good show of ewes forward, increased returns.

Texel: £131, £123, £121, £101 Black Heddon, £91 Doune Brae, £85 Yetlington Lane, £81 Bellstruther. Suffolk: £89, £80 Springhill, Seahouses, £87 Barmoor Red House, £83 Wrangham, £81 Newstead. North Country Cheviot: £73 Biddlestone Home Farm, £61 Hartside. Mule: £75 Bellstruther, £67 Shotton, £65 Barmoor Red House and Doune Brae. Easycare: £55 Edlingham Demesne. Blackfaced: £41 West Longridge.