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At Wooler on Wednesday 8th August Harrison and Hetherington held their weekly primestock sale of sheep comprising of 681 Prime Lambs and 212 Ewes and Rams
There was a superb show of lambs sold to considerably improved rates
Topping the sale with an outstanding Texel was R J Bradbury of Black Heddon attaining £92 while H N Howard & Son of Chillingham Home Farm realised 230.3p per kilo with a tremendous pen of Beltex lambs
Leading prices per head – Lambs: Beltex: £92 Black Heddon, £91.50 Low Middleton, £91 Branton Eastside, £90.50 Brackenside. Suffolk: £90 Brackenside, £90 West Longridge, £79 Eglingham Moor, £77.50 Reavley Greens. Beltex: £87.50, £84.50, £84, £82, £79.50 Chillingham Home Farm, £83 East Newburn
Leading prices per kilo – Lambs: Beltex: 230.3p, 221.1p Chillingham Home Farm, 218.4p East Newburn, 213.9p, 209.2p Chillingham Home Farm. Texel: 207.1p, 206p Springhill Farm, Seahouses, 204.8p Brackenside, 202.5p Black Heddon, 202.4p Brackenside. Suffolk: 182.4p Reavley Greens, 181p Craigs House, 180p Brackenside, 179.5p Eglingham Moor
A good show of ewes, all types keenly sought after
Ewes: Suffolk: £114 Lochside, £99 Chillingham Home Farm. Half Bred: £95 Plainfield, £91 Chillingham Home Farm. Texel: £110 Lochside, £103 Plainfield and Fenham Hill, £99 Auchencrow Mains. Millennium Bleu: £99. £89 Islay Hill. Beltex: £95, £81, £79 Chillingham Home Farm. Charolais: £93 Newburn
Ram: Texel: £123 Lochside