ON Tuesday Hexham and Northern Marts held its annual Christmas Prize Show and Sale.

British Blue Steers: 300p Nutholm, 244p Blackburn. Limousin heifers: 300p Low Leam, 244p Low Leam & Barker House, 240p Comb Hills, 239p Jubilee Buildings, 238p Barker House, 236p Barker House, 234p Hard Riding, 224p Jubilee Buildings, 220p Hard Riding, Manor Farm & Corneyside. Limousin steers: 231p Low Leam, 230p Barker House, 226p Rising Sun, 220p Barker House & Rising Sun. Blonde heifers: 260p Low Leam. Charolais heifers: 237p Flotterton. Charolais steers: 220p Flotterton. British Blue heifers: 230p Flotterton. British Blue steers: 230p Blackburn, 219p Rising Sun. British Blue steers: £2013 Nutholm, £1470.60 Rising Sun. Limousin steers: £1605.45 Low Leam, £1462.64 & £1454.20 & £1403.79 Rising Sun, £1390.84 Rising Sun, £1384.36 Barker House, £1369.56 Rising Sun. Limousin heifers: £1575 Low Leam, £1530.36 Hard Riding, £1473.52 Jubilee Buildings, £1431.90 Hard Riding, £1405.44 Low Leam, £1405.32 Jubilee Buildings, £1397.38 Low Leam, £1394, Corneyside, £1377.60 Comb Hills. Blonde heifers: £1562.60 Low Leam. Charolais steers: £1503.32 Rising Sun, £1426.76, £1424.10, £1392.60 & £1389.90 Flotterton. Charolais heifers: £1477.44, £1465.80, £1442.88, £1395.20 & £1365.12 Flotterton. British Blue heifers: £1391.50 Flotterton.

OTM: An increased entry of cows forward to a full ring of potential customers. A smart show of cows forward to the judge, Mr Ed Turnbull of Dawn Meats who awarded his first prize to a Limousin x cow consigned by M/s RFS Newall, Low Barnes realising 163.5ppk and £1311.

Cattle 30-36 months: Simmental heifers: 185.5p, 179.5p & 176.5p Holystone. Limousin heifers: 194.5p Manor Farm. Angus heifers: 185.5p Holystone. Simmental heifers: £1339.31, £1335.48 & £1163.14 Holystone. Angus heifers: £1324.47 & £1282.29 Holystone. Limousin steers: £1244.80 Manor Farm. Limousin:163.5p Low Barns, 161.5p Low Leam, 153.5p Agars Hill, 148.5p Milbourne High House, 141.5p Agars Hill, 139.5p Manor Farm, 136.5p Mains Rigg, 134.5p Low Leam, 128.5p Low Barns, 127.5p Lough Green, 126.5p Rare Dean, 125.5p Low Barns, 125.5p Mains Rigg, 123.5p The Brigg. Angus: 168.5p & 143.5p Holystone, 138.5p & 130.5p Flotterton. Charolais: 135.5p Loadman. Saler x: 132.5p Mains Rigg. Limousin: £1312.74 Milbourne High House, £1311.27 Low Barns, £1264.55 Low Leam, £1144.74 & £1024.45 Agars Hill, £1023.55 Low Leam, £968.89 Low Barns, £895.44 Mains Rigg, £893.78 Lough Green, £869.06 Rare Dean, £860.72 Manor Farm. Angus: £1211.14 Holystone, £1123.24 & £997.02 Flotterton. Charolais: £1113.81 & £932.23 Loadman.

Prime Sheep: Texel x: £97 St Oswalds, £87 Sunniside, £86 St Oswalds, £85 & £84 High Eshells, £81.50 St Oswalds, £81 Highwood & High Eshells, £80 Low Ardley, Old Town & Linacres, £79.50 Springwell, £79 Aydonshields, £78 Aydonshields, Old Town & Linacres (x2), £77.50 Bensons Fell (x2) & Low Ardley, £77 High Eshells & Low Ardley, £76.80 Blackburn & Horton Low House, £76.50 Holly Hill West, £76 Highwood & Aydonshields, £75.80 Blackburn, £75 Great Bavington 220.5p St Oswalds, 200p Grange House, 195.1p & 195p Linacres, 194.1p St Oswalds, 193.9p Springwell, 192.9p Highwood, 189.5p Blackburn, 183.7p Airy Holm, 183p St Oswalds, 182.9p Great Bavington & Blackburn, 182.5p North Cocklake, 181.4p Aydonshields & Linacres, 180.6p Comb Hills, 179p & 177.1p West Heddon, 176.2p Agars Hill & Hackford, 174.4p West Heddon, 173.8p Comb Hills (x2), 173.5p High Eshells, 173.3p & 172.6p High Warden, 171.4p Bingfield East Quarter, 170p North Cocklake. Dutch Texel x: £82 & 182.2p Agars Hill. Suffolk x: £83 (x2), £82.50 & £82 Sunniside, £77 Sunniside, Horton Low House & Aydonshields, £76 Great Bavington, £74 Colepike, £73.80 Airy Holm, £73.20 & £72 Springwell, £71.80 Great Bavington, £71.50 Colepike, £70.80 Great Bavington, £70 Airy Holm, Lowes Fell, Comb Hills, Great Bavington, West Shields & Colepike, £69 Holly Hill West, Horton Low House & Middle Heads 175.7p & 170.7p Airy Holm, 170.2p Colepike, 166.7p Great Bavington, 166.2p Steel Hall, 164.3p Middle Heads, 162.8p Sunniside, 159.1p Comb Hills. Charollais x: £85 St Oswalds & Ricknall Grange, £82.80, £82 (x2), £80 & £79 Sunniside, £73.50 Ricknall Grange, £73 Horton Low House, £72 Ricknall Grange & Horton Low House, £71.80 & £69 Ricknall Grange, £68 Springwell 202.4p St Oswalds, 173.8p Springwell, 173.5p Ricknall Grange, 172.5p Sunniside, 171.4p & 163.2p Ricknall Grange, 162.2p Horton Low House, 156.8p Ricknall Grange. Beltex x: £110 St Oswalds, £86 Highwood (DC Jnr), £83 St Oswalds, £76 Grange House (x2), £72, £67 & £65 West Heddon 261.9p St Oswalds, 200p Grange House (x2), 185.7p West Heddon, 180.4p St Oswalds, 176.3p West Heddon, 175.5p Highwood (DC Jnr), 171.4p West Heddon. Leicester: £70 & £68 Blackburn. Mule: £68 Hackford, £67.20 & £63.80 Lowes Fell, £60 Holly Hill West 155.6p Lowes Fell, 147.8p Hackford, 146.3p Holly Hill West. Cheviot x: £70.50 (x2) Flotterton, £70 Whitechapel, £68 Sillywrea & Whitechapel, £65 Sillywrea, £64.50 Steel Hall, 167.9p Flotterton (x2), 161.9p Sillywrea, 153.6p Steel Hall, 151.1p Whitechapel. Blackface: £65, £64.50 & £64.20 The Stobbs 165.4p, 162.5p & 160.5p The Stobbs.

Cast ewes and rams:

Texel x: £95 Bensons Fell, £76 Longlea, £70 Highwood. Cheviot x: £86 & £84 Flotterton. Mule: £50 Middle Heads

ON Friday Hexham & Northern Marts offered for sale 338 store cattle and suckled calves representing an increase of over 70 head on the corresponding sale last year. A nice entry of quality sorts, largely improved on the show seen last week sold well on the day with many vendors commenting on significant increases on recent prices. The sale ‘leader board’ was dominated this week by cattle sired by the Charolais bull and the lift in trade saw five lots exceed the now seldom seen upper echelon of £1400.

Cattle 30+ months: Charolais x heifers: £1280 Newlands Haugh. Limousin x heifers: £1165 Nilston Rigg.

Cattle 23-30 months: Limousin x steers: £1290 Berwick Hill, £1120 Kirkley March.

Limousin x heifers: £1150 Midgeholme, £1140 Cheviot.

Cattle 17-22 months: Charolais x steers: £1420 (x2), £1410 & £1400 Flotterton, £1390 Rennington South (x3) & Flotterton, £1380 Flotterton, £1365 & £1345 Rennington South, £1270 Lowfield, £1150 Kirkley March. Charolais x heifers: £1350, £1260 & £1210 Newlands Haugh, £1190 Loadman, £1170, £1140 & £1120 Newlands Haugh, £1100, £1090 & £1085 Lowfield, £1040 Newlands Haugh, £1030, £1025 & £985 Lowfield. Limousin x steers: £1420 Rennington South, £1390 Midgeholme, £1385 & £1380 Lunns House, £1345 Midgeholme, £1340 & £1330 Lunns House, £1320 & £1290 Midgeholme, £1255 Armond Carr, £1250 Milbourne High House & Lee Hall (x2), £1225 The Steel, £1195 East Uppertown, £1175 Kirkley March, £1170 & £1160 Sweethope. Limousin x heifers: £1200, £1195 & £1175 West Grange, £1145 Milbourne High House & Kirkley March, £1120 Cheviot, £1105 Low Middleton, £1100 Low Middleton & Sweethope, £1095 Milbourne High House & West Grange, £1090 Armond Carr, £1075 Milbourne High House, £1055 Low Middleton, £1035 Midgeholme, £1010 West Grange. British Blue x steers: £1090 Newton Greens. Simmental x steers: £1040 Anick Bank Foot. Angus x steers:£1140 Lee Hall, £1135 High Staward, £1105, £1060 & £1040 Newton Greens. Angus x heifers: £1095 Newlands Haugh, £885 East Flass. Beef Shorthorn steers: £1095, £1035, £1036, £1010, £995 & £990 Gallaw Hill.

Cattle 11-16 months: Charolais x steers: £1070 Loadman, £1000 Woodlands. Charolais x heifers: £1090 (x2), £1070, £1050 (x2) & £1025 Rusheylaw. Limousin x steers: £1290 Midgeholme, £1205 The Steel, £1200 Allenshields, £1120 The Steel, £1050 Midgeholme, £1010 The Steel. Limousin x heifers: £1210 Allenshields, £1115 & £1100 (x2) The Steel, £1040 Low Middleton, £1020 Allenshields, £1015 Low Middleton, £940 Warksfield Head. British Blue x steers: £1035 Warksfield Head. British Blue x heifers: £960 Warksfield Head. Angus x heifers: £960 & £940 Rugley Walls.

Cattle 10 months and under: Charolais x steers: £920 High Staward, £910 Wydon, £900 High Staward, £855 High Staward. Limousin x steers: £960 & £840 Baal Hill. Limousin x heifers: £1030 Allenshields, £820 Dyke Nook. British Blue x steers: £1120 & £1110 Warksfield Head, £900 Baal Hill, £895 Warksfield Head. British Blue x heifers: £915 & £835 Warksfield Head. Angus x steers: £810 Low Bishopton.

Store Sheep: Hexham and Northern Marts held their weekly sale of 4691 cast ewes and store lambs.

Cast ewes:Texel: £80 Horton Low House. Texel x: £96 Houselope Grange, £90 Windy Hill, £88 Salmonfield, £85 Thockrington, £84 Hallington High Farm, East Benridge, Houselope Grange & West Kirkheaton, £83 Birtley Old School & Town Farm Milbourne, £81 Wallhouses, £80 Comb Hills. Suffolk x: £88 Dene House, £86 Woodhall (x2), £85 Wallhouses, £83 Windy Hill. NC Cheviot: £50 Flotterton. Mule: £69 Woodhall, £65 Thockrington, West Wharmley & Thornton Tower, £63 Houselope Grange, Dene House & Comb Hills, £61 Greenlaw, £60 Wallhouses. Blackface: £46 The Brigg, £41 Cottonshope, £40 Featherwood & Thornton Tower. Swaledale: £39 Low Huntwell, £37 & £33 Harwood Shield. Shetland: £16 Liberty Hill. Crossbred: £55 Shaftoe Moor.

Store lambs: Texel x: £85.50 Grange House & The Follions, £84.50 Whitton Glebe, £81.50 Low Burradon, £81 South Kirkheaton, £80 The Follions, £79 Low Burradon & Bayldon, £78.50 Dene House & Throstle Nest, £78 Longlea Netherwitton, £77.50 Whitton Glebe, £77 Grange House, Windy Hill & Longlea, £76.50 The Boat. Dutch Texel x: £89 & £84 Great Whittington East Farm, £83 & £80 Agars Hill. Suffolk x: £69 Windy Hill, £66 Hammershield. Beltex x: £81.50 The Throp, £78 Blakelaw. Cheviot x: £71 & £62.50 Butterknowes. NC Cheviot: £57.50 Barrasford Green, £53.50 Shilmoor, £51 Sillywrea. Mule: £73 The Boat, £64.50 Blakelaw & Greyside, £62 Agars Hill, £61 The Boat, £60 Carry House. Blackface: £52 South Chareheads, £45.50 (x2) Cottonshope, £44.50 Featherwood, £44 South Chareheads. Swaledale: £31 Linshiels. Crossbred: £43 Rattenraw.