Wooler Prime Sheep Sale

At Wooler on Wednesday 28th October Harrison and Hetherington held their weekly sale of primestock selling 1300 sheep comprising of 898 Lambs and 402 Cast Ewes and Rams

Lambs, with more flesh on official all classes sharper on the week

Overall average: 203p SQQ: 213p Heavies:193p

Leading Lamb Prices per head: Beltex: £117, £114, £108, £106.50, £105.50 Matfen Home Farms, £108, £105 (2) Pasture House. Texel: £108, £105, £100 Whittle, £107 Wingates Moor, £105 Harbottle Grange, £104.50, £101.50 (2), £100 Newham Hall, £102.50 Black Heddon, £101 Newham Hagg. Suffolk: £100, £99, £98 Lawfield, £99.50 (2) Brockley Hall, £96.50, £96 Branton Eastside, £96.50, £95 Branton Eastside. Mule: £87 Branton Eastside

Leading Lamb Prices per kilo: Beltex: 272p, 266p, 263p, 260p, 254p (2), 251p (2) Matfen Home Farms, 246p Pasture House. Texel: 246p, 233p Whittle, 243p, 238p Wingates Moor, 241p, 238p Black Heddon, 238p Matfen Home Farms.

Cast Ewes:

A mixed show of ewes harder work on the week, lighter, leaner sorts still competitively bid for

Texel: £129, £117 New Heaton, £117 Harbottle Grange, £107 Shipley Smallburn, £99 Reaveley Greens, £93 Whittle and Elwick. Beltex: £125 East Fleetham. Suffolk: £105, £97, £90 Thornington, £101 East Fleetham, £99, £93 Branton Eastside, £93 Elwick. Oxford: £97 East Fleetham. Cheviot Mule: £80, £77 North Lyham, £79 East Fleetham. Greyface: £77, £75 Thornington, £77 West Longridge, £75 Branton Eastside, £73 East Newburn, £71 Brockley Hall, £69 Matfen Home Farms, £69 Wrangham, Sandylands and Newstead. Blackface: £73 Branton Eastside, £47 Prince Charles Crescent, £45 Wrangham. North Country Cheviot: £69, £63 North Lyham, £65 Linbrigs