Wooler Prime Sheep Sale

At Wooler on Wednesday 1^st May Harrison and Hetherington held their weekly Primestock sale of sheep comprising Hoggs and Ewes.

Mixed show of hoggs, returns less

Leading Hogg Prices per head: Texel: £101, £97, £92.50 Black Heddon, £93.50 Doune Brae, £90 Auchencrow Mains, £89.50 East Newburn. Suffolk: £90.50 Doune Brae, £86, £85 Auchencrow Mains. Millennium Bleu: £80.50 Islay Hill

Leading Hogg Prices per kilo: Millennium Bleu: 196.3p Islay Hill. Suffolk: 196.3p Auchencrow Mains. Texel: 190p Shipley Smallburn

Ewes, increase in return on the week

Leading Prices: Texel: £109 Wandon, £107 Islay Hill, £105 (2), £99 Auchencrow Mains, £97, £95 Islay Hill, £95, £85 Village Farm, Seahouses, £89 Hagdon Moor. Suffolk: £105, £99 Auchencrow Mains, £104, £101 Wandon, £93 Hagdon Moor. Cheviot Mule: £97 Auchencrow Mains. Border Leicester: £90 Auchencrow Mains. Greyfaced: £89 Wandon, £85 Hagdon Moor, £81 Auchencrow Mains. North Country Cheviot: £80 Cocklawfoot. Ryeland: £77 Islay Hill.