Texel shearlings top Hexham multi-breed rams at £3400
A Texel shearling ram from Richard and Chris Thornton, Cornhills, topped Hexham and Northern Marts’ multibreed sale at Hexham, at £3400 with others at £2200 and £1900.
The sale which saw an increased entry of 432 Texel shearling and ram lambs from more than 50 exhibitors, sold to £3400 for an entry from the Kirkwhelpington-based team purchased by Messrs Scott, Falla, Jedburgh.
The pre-sale champion from the Reed Brothers, Lands Farm, made £3200 selling to Len Smith, with another at £2600.
Mrs Raine, Townfoot, also had a good day with a Texel shearling at £2400 selling to Ruth Mitcheson, Bolam Lake House.
A three-quarter Texel from Colin and Andrew Whitfield, High Castle Dene, caught his eye too when selling for £2800, with the team selling 15 to average £1008.
Shearling rams from TL Foster, Lowes Fell, topped the Bluefaced Leicester Association’s sale, which included a major reduction of the Court Green flock, with sales at £1200 for the pre-sale champion, £1100 and £1000 three times.
Suffolk shearling and ram lambs met a much more selective trade although the top runs still saw a buoyant demand.
Leading the section at £1900 was a shearling from J Leiper and Son, Black Heddon, whose run of 20 yearlings averaged £906.
LEADING prices
Ram lambs – Tex – £900, £680, £500, Bank Top House. Suff – £550 Walter Steads; £420, £400 (x3) Salmonfield.
Shearling rams – Tex – £3400, £2200, £1900, £1500, £1400 (x2) Cornhills; £3200, £2600, £1400 Lands Farm; £2400 Townfoot; £1700, £1400 Edlingham Demesne; £1600, £1400 Brinkburn Newhouses (x3); £1600, Butterknowes; £1500, Tuthill and Yatesfield (x2), £1400 Fella, Harambee Cottage, Quickeningcote and Lough Green; £1350 Flotterton Cottage. BFL – £1200, £1100, £1000 (x3) Lowes Fell. Suff – £1900, £1500, £1000 Black Heddon, £1300, £1150, £1000 Flotterton; £1200, £1150 High Dalton; £1150, £1000, Edlingham Newton. Belt – £1100 Rosebrough; £850, £600 Great Tosson; £800, £750, £700 Satley Farm; £600 Steeley Farm. Tex X – £2800, £1600, £1400, £1250, £1100 (x2), £1000 High Castle Dene. Suff X – £650, £500, Rosebrough, £550, £500 Black Heddon. Belt X – £1300 Low Espley; £1200 Whiteside; £1150 Lands Farm. Dut Tex – £1900 Kirkhouse; £1000 West Side and Burntongues; £750 Haggate. Dut Tex X – £1000, £900 (x2), £800 Little Swinburne; £880 Woodhead.
Two-shear – Tex – £1300 Glenhill Farm.
Reduction sale from Court Green – Females – 620, £420, £280, £250.
Auctioneers: Hexham and Northern Marts