Blackface draft ewes met a flying trade at Hexham and Northern Marts' annual show and sale of 6268 hill ewes and gimmers, peaking at £155 for the third prize pen from Messrs Walton, Toft House, Rede Valley, with gimmers from the same home selling at £245.

Swaledale ewes hit £100 for Philip and Fiona Scot, Westburnhope, while the smart part dispersal of stock ewes from Jeff Wilkinson, Pry Hill, Sinderhope, sold to £140.

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Chevios sold to £125 from The Dudlees.

LEADING prices

Ewes – BF – £150 Townfoot and Fleephope; £148 Fleehope; £132 Featherwood; £125 Whitton; £118, £110 Featherwood; £102 Whitton and Featherwood; £155 Toft House; £140, £139 Dunns House; £134 Horseholme; £115 Toft House; £110, £104 Dudlees; £100 The Dunns; £96 Dudlees; £94 (x2) Cottonshope; £111 Monkridge Cottage. Swale – £100 Westburnhope; £96 (x2) Low Bleakhope; £94 Roxburgh Mill; £85, £84 Westburnhope; £82 Whitelees; £80 The Raw; £70 Ottercops. Chev – £132 (x2) Reavley; £125 Dudlees; £100 Dudlees; £72, £65 Cottonshope. NCC – £100 Flotterton. SCC –£109, £106, £90 (x2) Flotterton. Tex X – £148 Yatesfield. Mule – £132 Hotbank; £130 Pry Hill; £110 Pry Hill; £148, £144, £134 Yatesfield; £114 Coatyards.

Gimmers – BF – £245 Toft House; £235 Sewingshields; £230 Townshields; £210 Toft House and Sewingshields; £200 Knott Hill, Dudlees, Horseholme and Yatesfield; £198 Fallstone; £195 Sewingshields and Horseholme; £192 Bridgeford; £190 Greenleas and Dudlees; £185, £180 Townshields. Swaledale – £155 Pry Hill; £125, £120 Ivy Cottage. Tex – £285 Larch Hill; £250 Lough Green and Larch Hill; £200 Larch Hill. Tex X – £175 Claywalls; £170 Halton Red House, Comb Hills and Hagdon Moor; £165 Halton Red House; £162 Harnham Cottage; £160 Halton Red House. Suff X – £175, £160 (x2) Dunston Hill. Dutch Tex – £200, £196, £190 East Greenridge. Mule – £200 Middleton Field Head; £182 Green Rigg; £170 Camp Hill, Middleton Field Head and Halton Red House; £168 Beukley Farms and Brigg; £165 Halton Red House; £164 Harnham Cottage. Kerry Hill –£160 Comb Hills. Jacob – £140 Comb Hills. Herdwick – £136 Comb Hills.

Ewe lambs – BF – £124, £111, £88 Bilsmoor Park; £80 Fleehope; £78 Embley; £75 Cleughfoot. Swale – £76 Low Bleakhope; £68 Stobby Lea. Tex – £120 Whiteside. Tex X – £138 Stamford; £132 Sillywrea; £127 Whiteside; £126 Low Eshells; £124, £123 Whiteside; £121 Low Eshells. Suff X – £128, £122 Stewartshield; £104 East White Hill. Zwart – £98 Waterloo. Herd – £52 Waterloo. Belt X – £132, £130 Low Espley. Mule – £138 Hole; £136, £134, £132 Pitland Hills; £130, £128 Hole; £126 Camphill; £125 Rusheylaw and Camphill; £124 Embley; £122 Rusheylaw, Camphill, Hotbank and Embley.

Billsmoor Park and Witton stock dispersal – BF – £125, £120, £112, £105.

Pry Hill Swaledale ewe stock dispersal – Swale – £140, £128, £128, £122, £95.