ON Tuesday, Hexham and Northern Marts held their weekly sale of cast cows and prime cattle. A small offering of cattle selling to recent rates. Topping at 228.5ppk for a heifer consigned by M/s Maw, Beaumont House. British Blue heifers: 228.5p & 227.5p Beaumont House. Limousin steers: 219.5p East Greenridge. British blue heifers: £1417.33 & £1366.43 Beaumont House. Limousin steers: £1134.82 East Greenridge.

OTM: A good show of flesh selling to recent high rates achieving a sale average of 123.5ppk and £904.51. Topping at 189.5ppk and £1385 for a young British Blue cow consigned by M/s Rochester & Murray, Glebe Farm. British Blue: 189.5p Glebe Farm. Limousin: 137.5p Shitlington Hall, 130.5p Glebe Farm, 128.5p Shitlington Hall, 125.5p Ogle Castle, 123.5p East Butsfield & Salmonswell. Angus: 123.5p Hallington High Farm. British Blue: £1385.25 Glebe Farm. Limousin: £1117.88 Shitlington Hall, £997.02 Glebe Farm, £968.89 Shitlington Hall, £945.70 Hallington High Farm, £921.31 East Butsfield, £868.46 & £858.93 Ogle Castle, £854.70 & £828.69 Salmonswell. Angus: £941.07 Hallington High Farm, £896.53 & £856.76 Ogle Castle. Simmental x: £828 Humber Hill.

Prime sheep. More hoggs forward on the week but tightening of numbers in many other centres resulted in a sharper trade with the overall average 5p dearer on the week. Texel x: £88.50 Great Chesters, £85 (x2) Watch Currock, £84.50 Thockrington, £84 Sunniside, High Alderheads & Watch Currock (x2), £83.80 West Shields, £83 Highwood & Watch Currock, £82.50 Rare Dean & Palm Strothers, £81 West Shields & Palm Strothers, 210.7p Great Chesters, 206.1p Thockrington, 202.6p St Oswalds, 202.4p Watch Currock, 193p Highwood, 190.5p Great Chesters, 190.2p Springwell, 189.3p High Warden, 187.5p Blackburn & Palm Strothers, 187.3p & 185.1p High Baulk, 183.3p Blackburn, 182.9p St Oswalds, 182.6p Sunniside, High Alderheads & Aydonshields (x2). Suffolk x: £85.50 & £82.80 Thockrington, £82.20 Rare Dean, £80 Middle Heads, West Shields & Baal Hill, £79 High Alderheads, £78.50 Thockrington, £77 Thockrington, Rare Dean & Springwell, £76 Thornton Tower, Bingfield Combe & Baal Hill, 160.4p Thockrington, 160p Baal Hill, 159.6p Springwell, 158.3p Baal Hill, 157.1p Springwell, 157p Thockrington & High Alderheads. Charollais x: £83.80 Rare Dean, £79.50, £78, £76.20 & £74.80 Sunniside, £74 High Baulk & Sunniside, £72 Sunniside, 195p, 180p, 172.1p & 162.1p Sunniside. Mule: £79.50 Highwood, £69 Morrowfield, £67.50 Baal Hill 153.4p Baal Hill, 150p Morrowfield. Cheviot x: £69 Bingfield Combe, £68.50 (x2), £68.20 & £63.50 Flotterton, 175.6p (x2), 171.6p & 166.3p Flotterton, 153.3p Bingfield Combe.

Cast ewes and rams. Texel x: £72 Fell Lane, £64 & £60 Armonside. Suffolk x: £75 Fell Lane, £50 Middle Heads. Leicester: £55 Codlaw Hill. Mule: £60 Codlaw Hill & Morrowfield, £59 Fell Lane.

ON Friday, Hexham and Northern Marts at their weekly sale of store cattle had an entry of 295. The catalogue was made up of two thirds older cattle and one third younger sorts. With a very good show forward and a full ring of buyers, all classes met a fast trade throughout the sale resulting in cattle being dearer on the week. Topping the sale was a great Limousin x steer at £1445 from R&J Crammond, Armond Carr, Tow Law and sold to Cannon Hall Farms. Weekly consignors and another Tow Law consignor, Walker Bros, Satley, sold Charolais x steers at £1420 (2) and £1405 with seven averaging £1382. Another consignment from M/s Herdman, Lunns House, sold Limousin x steers to £1405 with 10 averaging £1334. Heifers as last week were in strong demand topping at £1280 for a British Blue x from WR Sparke & Son, Little Swinburne and for a Limousin x from E Hall & Son, East Butsfield. Younger sorts, under 10 months, met another fast trade with Limousin x at £1045 from M/s Weatherson, Edges Green. Blonde x heifers at 9 months sold at £965 from Claire Everitt, Jolly Body.

Cattle 30+ months. Limousin x heifers: £1150 White House Eastgate. Cattle 23-30 months. Charolais x steers: £1420, £1380 & £1260 Satley, £1160 Rare Dean. Limousin x steers: £1445 Armond Carr, £1350 & £1330 Lunns House, £1270 Nettlesworth West, £1230 Lunns House. Limousin x heifers: £1280 Little Swinburne, £1240 Armond Carr. Cattle 17-22 months. Charolais x steers: £1420, £1405, £1400 & £1390 Satley, £1370 & £1360 Newlands Haugh, £1340 Thornham Hill & Newlands Haugh, £1300 Thornham Hill & Peel Flatt, £1260 Thornham Hill, £1220 Newlands Haugh, £1210 (x2) Kirkley March, £1200 Kirkley March, £1190 Thornham Hill, £1135 Kirkley March. Charolais x heifers: £1175, £1150 & £1140 Rare Dean. Limousin x steers: £1405 Lunns House & Brownsleazes, £1360 Lunns House, £1340 Lunns House & Broomhall (x2), £1335 Blackburn, Lunns House (x2) & Broomhall, £1330 Lunns House (x2) & Broomhall, £1300 Newlands Haugh, £1280 Blackburn, £1270 Peel Flatt, £1245 Sillywrea, £1240 Kirkley March. Limousin x heifers: £1280 East Butsfield, £1180 & £1155 Lee Hall, £1150, £1140 & £1135 White House Matfen, £1100 West Haydon, East Butsfield & White House Matfen, £1095 High Yarridge, East Butsfield & White House Matfen, £1090, £1085 & £1075 Lee Hall, £1000 Pry Hill & High Yarridge. Blonde x steers: £1160 Stone Hall. British Blue x steers: £1390 Newlands Haugh, £1205 Thornham Hill. Simmental x steers: £1260 Stone Hall, £1220 Stone Hall & Allendale Farm, £1150 Allendale Farm, £1030 Stone Hall, £1020 Allendale Farm (x2). Angus x steers: £1160 (x2) Peel Flatt, £970 Hedley West. Angus x heifers: £1210 Lee Hall. British Friesian steers: £880 Hedley West. Cattle 11-16 months. Charolais x steers: £1315, £1290 & £1155 (x2) Woodhead. Limousin x steers: £1260 Burntongues, £1190 Broomhall, £1110 Low Middleton, £1095 High Lovelady Shield, £1090 Low Middleton & Woodhead, £1065 Low Middleton & High Lovelady Shield, £1060 High Lovelady Shield, £1055 Todhillwood & Woodhead, £1050 & £1040 Low Stokoe, £1030 Low Stokoe & High Lovelady Shield, £1025 High Yarridge, £1020 Brokenheugh, £1005 Crook Dene, £1000 Low Stokoe. Limousin x heifers: £1180 Pry Hill & Burntongues, £1145 Low Middleton, £1130 High Lovelady Shield, £1090 Brokenheugh, £1055 Low Stokoe, £1035 Todhillwood, £1030 High Yarridge, £995 Brokenheugh, £990 Lee Hall & Low Middleton, £965 Brokenheugh, £950 Brackenthwaite. Blonde x steers: £1340 Brownsleazes. Blonde x heifers: £1190 Brownsleazes. British Blue x steers: £1330 Brownsleazes. Cattle 10 months and under. Limousin x steers: £1045 Edges Green, £935 & £890 Dyke Nook. Blonde x steers: £930, £920 & £890 Jolly Body. Blonde x heifers: £965 & £825 Jolly Body.

Hexham and Northern Marts held their weekly sale of cast ewes and store lambs. Included in the sale was the opening sale of in-lamb ewes. In-lamb ewes. In-lamb ewes sold well to a top of £130 for Mules from M/s Forsyth, Monkseaton. Texel x - £125 & £115 (x4) Monkseaton, £114 Monkseaton & Errington Red House, £112 Monkseaton. Suffolk x: £100 Errington Red House. Mule: £130, £115 & £110 Monkseaton. Mule Hoggs: £120 (x2) Tecket. Cast ewes. Texel: £91 Rinnion Hills, £86 Intake, £80 (x2) Rinnion Hills. Texel x: £90 Little Swinburne, £88 Willimoteswick, £80 Intake, £78 Little Swinburne, £77 Intake, £75 Coatyards & Haining Head, £74 Little Swinburne & Lingey Field, £73 Low Brunton & Little Swinburne, £72 Willimoteswick & Chapel House, £70 Halton Red House, Little Swinburne, Holly Hill West & Lee Hall. Suffolk x: £57 Horton Low House. Leicester: £70 Lowes Fell. Cheviot: £46 & £45 Flotterton. Mule: £68 Halton Red House, £67 Lowes Fell, £66 Coatyards & Lingey Field, £64 Low Brunton, £63 Intake, £60 The Bullions & White House Matfen. Blackface: £56 Stone House, £53 Intake, £50 Lowes Fell. Swaledale: £35 Buckshot.

Store hoggs. Store hoggs were once again a strong trade. Texel x: £80 Bavington Hill Head & West Moorhouses, £79 White House Matfen & Coatyards, £75 Salmonswell, £74.50 Barrasford Green, £74 Blackburn, £73.50 Lingey Field, £73.50 Lingey Field, £73 Normans Riding, Lingey Field & North Pennyhill, £72.50 Salmonswell & Coatyards, £72 Halton Red House, Salmonswell & Lodge Farm. Suffolk x: £75 Coatyards, £74 Blackburn, £70.50 North Pennyhill, £69 Halton Red House & Cheviot, £68 Black Hedley, £67 Holly Hill West & High Barns, £66 Ravensworth Grange, £65 Haggwood & Black Hedley. Beltex x: £94 & £83 Bavington Hill Head. Lleyn: £55.50 Mount Huly. Cheviot x: £60 Barrasford Green. Mule: £66 Holly Hill West, £60.50 Haggate, £54.50 Haggate. Blackface: £66, £54, £52 & £51 Townfoot Woodburn. Crossbred: £76.50 Bavington Hill Head, £60 Lee Hall.

LAST Wednesday Scots Gap Mart sold hoggs to a similar trade to the rest of the centres through the week, with slightly more demand for heavier sorts. Other Prices; Prime Hoggs. Texel x: £90 & £85 Grangemoor, £83 & £81 The Chesters, £80.50 (x2) & £80 Low Hall Ingoe, £80 The Chesters, £80 (x4) Grangemoor, £79 (x2) Tosson Tower, £78 Grangemoor & £76 The Chesters 192.7p Tosson Tower, 190.5p Low Hall Ingoe, 189.7p & 182.6p East House Farm, 182.5p The Chesters, 181.4p Grangemoor, 180.5p East Town Farm, 175.6p Tosson Tower, 170.2p Grangemoor. Suffolk x: £77 East House Farm, £75.50 & £72 Brixter Hill, £63 East House Farm 146.5p East House Farm, 145.2p & 144.0p Brixter Hill. Cast Ewes and Rams. Suffolk x: £80 Low Hall Ingoe. Texel Ram: £108 & £92 Grangemoor. Texel x Ewe: £60 Low Hall Ingoe. Mule: £64.50 South Farm.