Wooler Prime Sheep Sale

At Wooler on Wednesday 7^th July Harrison and Hetherington held their weekly sale of primestock selling 1510 Prime Sheep comprising 1085 Lambs and 425 Cast Ewes and Rams

Lambs:

A good day’s trading for all classes with again more vendors attending the sale

Trade similar on the week to average 257p overall

Leading prices per head: Beltex: £140, £129, £128.50, £128 (2) Annstead, £130 Bothal Barns. Texel: £133, £132 Greenhead, Reston, £132 Branton East Side, £131, £130 Haugh Head, £130 Bothal Barns, £130 Pasture Hill and Nesbit. Suffolk: £129.50, £125.50 Branton East Side, £128, £120 Nesbit, £126, £124 Haugh Head. Vendeen: £129, £128, £125 South Lyham

Leading prices per kilo: Beltex: 325p, 295p Bothal Barns, 323p, 321p, 316p, 308p, 304p, 301p Annstead. Texel: 296p Greenhead, Reston, 295p Sunnyside, Reston, 287p Swarland Old Hall, 280p Pasture Hill, 278p Nesbit. Suffolk: 271p Brockley Hall, 267p Nesbit, 266p Brandon. Vendeen: 278p South Lyham.

Cast Ewes:

With two or three consignments of weathered sorts forward, a very respectable sale average of £95.16 for 425 sheep was achieved, all classes fetched similar, sound returns on the week

Catching the eye was a great run of ewes from Craig Mellor, Annstead which produced the sale topper of £150 for a smart texel cross ewe and a brilliant sale average of £131.73 for 41 sold

Texel: £150, £143, £140, £136 (3), £126, £120 (2) Annstead, £126 Mayfield, £123 Marshall Meadows. Bluefaced Leicester: £140, £128 Edlingham Newtown. Suffolk: £130, £123 Edlingham Newtown, £126 Fawdon Farms, £125 Haugh Head, £123, £121, £115 Mayfield, £120 Brockley Hall, £119, £115 Tritlington Hall, £119 Marshall Meadows, £117 West Longridge. Lleyn: £110, £97 South Side. Mule: £109 Haugh Head, £107 Milfield Demesne, £106 West Longridge, £105 Fawdon Farms, £103 Brockley Hall. Cheviot Mule: £106 South Charlton. North Country Cheviot: £100 Fawdon Farms, £99 Linhope Farming. Beltex: £99 Tritlington Hall. Blackface: £95 West Longridge, £93, £85, £81 Linhope Farming, £87 Fawdon Farms. Ryeland: £87 Grants Banks

Rams: Herdwick: £87 Thornton