Last updated 17:35, Thursday, 21 August 2008

ON TUESDAY Hexham and Northern Marts had forward at their weekly sale 119 cattle, which included 78 over 30 month animals and five young bulls.Prime cattle. A larger show of prime cattle were keenly bid for with this being dearest trade seen at this centre.

Cattle prices per kilo: Limousin: Steers, 174.5p Berwick Hill. Heifers to 183.5p Black Heddon, 182.5p Flotterton, 180.5p and 178.5p Watch Currock, 178.5p Hard Riding and 168.5p and 166.5p Nunwick. Charolais x: Heifers to 178.5p and 171.5p Flotterton. Steers to 165.5p Wallhouses and 164.5p Nunwick. Belgian Blue x: Heifers to 183.5p and 177.5p Black Heddon. Steers to 163.5p Nunwick. Prices per head: Limousin: Steers to £1,069.50 Wallhouses and £1,049.27 Peacock House. Heifers to £1,066.76 and £1,010.31 Watch Currock, £1,001.91 Black Heddon and £987.33 Flotterton. Charolais heifers to £994.25 and £986.13 Flotterton. Belgian Blue steers to £1,015.34 Nunwick. Young bulls per kilo. Limousin to 157.5p Brownsleazes.

Another large show of over 30 month animals but a plainer show. Returning an overall average of 106.0p and £671.42. Prices per kilo: Limousin to 139.5p, 137.5p, 129.5p and 123.5p Crookbank, 131.5p Black House, 128.5p Close House and West Lane Farm, 127.5p Glendue, 124.5p Northside, 119.5p Northside and 118.5p West Haydon. Charolais to 129.5p Edges Green and 120.5p Brownsleazes. Angus to 125.5p The Steel. Belgian Blue to 125.5p Windy Hill and 123.5p Merryshields. British Friesian to 117.5p Pottsdurtrees. Prices per head: Belgian Blue to £1,085.58 Windy Hill. Limousin to £931.73 East Greenridge, £874.74 Northside and £861.90 Glendue. British Friesian to £925.90 Pottsdurtrees. Simmental to £921.62 Holling Hill. Charolais to £897.44 Edges Green, £880.86 Brownsleazes and £847.85 Windy Hill. Angus to £853.40 The Steel. Blonde x £841.50 Hedley East Farm.

There were 4, 512 prime sheep forward which comprised 4,033 lambs and 479 ewes. The largest show of the season so far for prime lambs met a brisk trade from start to finish despite being presented soaking wet. Well fleshed farm assured lambs of all breeds sold to advantage with those lacking flesh proving harder to cash. The sale was topped at £68.50 for a pen of Suffolk x lambs from Thockrington. Export lambs sold to 145.0p /kg for seven-eighths Texels from North Cocklake and 144.8p/kg for a superb pen of 27 three-quarter Texels weighing 42 kilos and making £60.80 from High Baulk

Prime lamb prices. Suffolk x per head to £68.50, £67.20, £65.50, £65 and £62.50 Thockrington, £67.80 Ochrelands, £65 Old Town, £64.80 Glendue, £64.50 Nunwick, £64 Tone Hall, £63.20 Broomhall and £63 West Morralee and Wallhouses. Per kilo to 141.0p and 137.6p Halton Red House, 137.8p 136.7p Nunwick, 137.5p Cronkley, 135.6p and 134.1p Heugh Farm, 135.6p Morrowfield, 134.6p Flotterton and Wheathall, 134.2p Close House, 133.7p Thockrington and 133.0p Black Heddon. Texel x per head to £66.80 Glendue, £65 Broomhope, £64.50 Dinley Hill, £64.20 Round Meadows and East Farm, Matfen, £63.80 Elrington Hall, £63 Watch Currock, £62.50 Round Meadows, £62.20 Broomhall and £62 High Baulk, Colwell Hill, White House and Flotterton. Per kilo to 145.0p North Cocklake, 144.8p High Baulk, 141.7p Aydonshields, 141.0p West Haydon, 140.5p Grange House, 140.0p Flotterton, 139.6p East Farm, 139.3p Black Heddon, 139.1p, 138.6p and 138.2p St Oswalds, 138.1p Round Meadows and 137.8p Watch Currock, High Baulk and Linacres. Beltex x per head to £59.80 Breckon Hill Cottage, £58.80 Rusheylaw, £58.50 and £55.80 Elfoot, £56.80 Low Staples and £53 Light Birks. Per kilo to 142.7p and 136.1p Elfoot, 142.0p Low Staples, 140.0p Rusheylaw and 135.9p Breckon Hill Cottage and Light Birks. Bleu d’ Maine per head to £56.80 Low Staples. Per kilo to 141.4p Chesterwood and 138.5p Low Staples. Mule per head to £60 and £54.50 Warksfield Head, £58.80 Homilton, £58 and £55.50 Redesmouth, £57 Dunns Houses, £56.50 and £53.20 Yatesfield, £56 Cranberry Brow, £55 Burnbank, £53.20 Homilton, Hedley Park, £52.50 Broomhope and £51 Moss House and Harewalls. Per kilo to 128.1p and 122.9p Broomhope, 127.3p Cranberry Brow, 126.7p and 125.1p Homilton, 126.7p Dunns Houses and Yatesfield, 126.1p and 123.4p Redesmouth, 125.0p Burnbank, 124.4p Moss House and Harewalls and 123.9p Warksfield Head. Cheviot Mule to £54.50 and 126.7p Barrasford Green. Charollais x per head to £60, £58.80 and £55.50 Rusheylaw and £58.80 Salmonswell. Per kilo to 136.7p Salmonswell and 133.6p and 132.1p Rusheylaw. Blackface per head to £55.20 Redesmouth and £50 Broomhope. Per kilo to 125.0p Broomhope and 120.0p Redesmouth. Jacob per head to £44.50 Moss House. Cheviot per head to £53 Barrasford Green, £51.50 Linacres. Per kilo to 129.3p Barrasford Green and 128.8p Linacres.

In the cast ewes and rams there was a larger proportion of hill sheep forward and all classes marginally easier on the week. Ewe prices per head: Suffolk x to £50, £49 and £45 Kirkley Hall Farms, £46.50 Elfoot and £45.50 High Fotherley. Texel x to £60 Low Ardley, £54 Close House, £52 and £46 Emley, £52 Hedley Park, £50 Heugh Farm, £47 Beamwham, £46.80 Grange House, £45.20 Moss House, £45 Low Farnham, £44.80 Little Swinburne and £44 Watch Currock and Aydonshields. Mule to £43 Grange House, £41 Close House, £40.50 Rusheylaw, £40 Errington, £39.80 Heugh Farm, £39.20 Watch Currock and Dunns Houses, £39 Low Ardley, £38.50 Beamwham, £37.80 Harwood Shield, £37.50 Low Farnham and £37 High Fotherley and Little Swinburne. Leicester to £48.50 Harwood Shield. Blackface to £32 Fairnley, £27 Redesmouth and £24 Dunns Houses and Elfoot. Swaledale to £22.50 and £15 Harwood Shield, £21 Harewalls and £16.80 Beamwham.

ON FRIDAY at their weekly sale Hexham and Northern Marts had forward 300 store cattle. A smaller show of cattle on the week. Still met a very fast trade with best sorts especially dearer than the special sale a week ago. Top prices per head. Cattle aged 23 months +. Belgian Blue x steers to £828 Yatesfield. Limousin x: Steers to £820 Meldon Lane House. Heifers: x to £760 Wagtail.

Cattle aged 17 – 22 months. Charolais x: Steers to £1,065 High Fotherley. Heifers to £790, £710 and £688 White House and £662 Thrunton Lowfield. Limousin x: Steers to £892, £785 and £628 Meldon Lane House, £840 Wagtail, £835 Yatesfield and £792 Thrunton Lowfield. Heifers to £725 Yatesfield, £700 East Newham and £660 Thrunton Lowfield. Simmental x steers to £862, £825, £802 and £745 Hartley West and £740 Thrunton Lowfield. Beef Shorthorn steers to £738 Yatesfield. Belgian Blue x: Steers to £720 and £660 Thrunton Lowfield. Heifers to £650 East Newham.

Cattle 11 – 16 months. Charolais x: Steers to £995, £990, £945, £940, £915 and £855 High Fotherley, £795, £770 and £705 Errington Red House, £760 Emley and £725 Thrunton Lowfield. Heifers to £675 White House and £505 Emley. Limousin x: Steers to £920 High Fotherley, £798 and £705 Pitland Hills, £798 Grey Mare Hill Field, £795 and £740 Beamwham, £795 Yatesfield and Ealingham, £778, £760 and £718 Colwell Demesne, £770 and £670 Nilston Rigg, £755 and £700 Frolar Meadows, £748, £728 and £680 Errington Red House, £685 Meldon Lane House and Thrunton Lowfield, £680 Bishopton and £678 Catreen. Heifers to £792 and £738 Thrunton Lowfield, £700 Pitland Hills, £680 and £620 Bavington Hill Head, £660 Beamwham, £650 Nilston Rigg, £638 Colwell Demesne, £600 Yatesfield, £588 and £570 Ealingham and £580 Frolar Meadows. Simmental x: Steers to £772 and £740 Thrunton Lowfield and £762, £732, £730 and £678 Hartley West. Blonde x: Steers to £732 Bishopton. Heifers to £622 East Newham. Beef Shorthorn steers to £765 Yatesfield. Angus x: Steers to £600 Thrunton Lowfield. Angus heifers to £620 Lanternside.

Cattle 10 months and under. Limousin x: Steers to £692 Frolar Meadows, £690 Ealingham, £640 Pitland Hills, £625 Nilston Rigg and £555 Bishopton. Heifers to £590 and £450 Pitland Hills and £445 Bishopton.

Breeding cattle. A smaller show of cows with calves at foot sold well to a good company. Top prices, Cows with calves at foot: Angus x to £930 and £920 South Farm Kirkheaton and £850 and £810 West End Town. Limousin x to £860 Westerkirk and South Farm, Kirkheaton.

LAST Wednesday at their Scots Gap centre Hexham and Northern Marts had forward an entry of 1,390 prime lambs to average 44.3kg, 128.9ppkg and £57.15 per head. An outstanding show of quality lambs were presented for sale with most sorts realising £10-£14 over weight.

With all consignments exceeding vendors expectations more lambs could have been sold.

Leading prices. Texel x to £67 from R. Thornton, Cornhills and 137.5ppkg from G Williamson, Longshaws. Suffolk x to £66.80 from Messrs Fenwick, Crook Dene and 132.2ppkg from Messrs Robson, Dene House. Beltex x to £58 and 138.1ppkg from Messrs Hall, Hallington New Houses. Mules to £57.80 and Blackface to £53.40 both from Messrs English, Brownsleazes.

Other prices. Texel x per head to £65.60 £63.80 Tuthill, £64 Holling Hill, £63 Cornhills(2), Capheaton New Houses, Hallington New Houses and Howlett Hall, £62.80 and £62 Dene House, £62 Chesters and £61.80 Ingoe Low Hall, Tuthill, Elf Hills and Fairnley. Per kilo to 135.2p Dene House, 134.4p Tuthill and Elf Hills, 133p Dunns Houses, 132.9p East House Farm and Buckshaw, 132.6p Holling Hill and Ingoe Low Hall, 132.3p Capheaton New Houses, 132.1p Dykehead, 131.9p Needless Hall Moor, 131.8p Highlaws, 131.6p Little Harle, 131.5p Ingoe Low Hall and 131.4p Kirkheaton South Farm. Beltex x per head to £58 Hallington New Houses, £56 Little Harle and £55.80 Cornhills. Per kilo to 138.1p Hallington New Houses, 132.9p Cornhills and 130.2p Little Harle. Suffolk x per head to £65.50 Cornhills, £65 and £64 Dene House, £65 Saugh House, £64 and £60.20 East White Hill, Low Farnham (D Milburn) and Howlett Hall(2), £63.50 Holling Hill, £62.50 Low Farnham, £62 and £60 Catreen, £61.50 Little Harle and £60.80 Tuthill. Per kilo to 132.1p Heatherslaw, 131.7p East White Hill, 131.4p Crook Dene, 131p Cornhills, 130.9p East White Hill, 130.7p Hallington New Houses, 130.6p Low Farnham(D Milburn), 130.4p Catreen, 130p and 128.8p Middle White Hill, 129.6p Holling Hill, 129.5p Cheviot, 129.3p Little Harle, 128.9p East House Farm and 128.4p Buckshaw. Mule per head to £57.80, £55.50 and £54 Brownsleazes, £57.20 and £54(2) Fairnley, £55.20 and £55 Doe Hill, £54.20 Dunns Houses, £54 Coldwell and £52.80 Pitland Hills. Per kilo to 128.4p and 125.6p Brownsleazes, 125.7p Pitland Hills, 125.6p(2) and 119.2p Fairnley, 123.2p Dunns Houses and 122.7p Coldwell and Doe Hill. Blackface to £53.40 and 121.4p Brownsleazes. Zwartbles to £50.50 and £45 Three Farms(A J).

AT THEIR fortnightly Longtown sale on Tuesday, the Cumberland and Dumfriesshire Farmers; Mart had forward 159 store cattle and 30 breeding cattle.

Store cattle met a good trade throughout the sale to a top of £940 for a Belgian Blue bullock from G.E. Carter and Son, Parcelstown, Longtown. Breeding cattle met a good trade to a top of £1,100 for a Charolais x cow with heifer calf at foot from M. Birnie, Cambeck Hill, Irthington. Principal prices. Store bullocks: Belgian Blue £940, £855 Parcelstown, £820 Brampton Fell. Charolais £800 Braehead, £650 Underwoodhouse, £560 Auchenhill. Limousin £735 Brampton Fell, £710 Braehead, £672 Eden Farm, £670, £650 Rinnion Hills, £640 Eden Farm. Angus £600 Eden Farm. Simmental £590 Brampton Fell, £515 Winterhope. Devon £565 Eden Farm. Friesian £512 Brampton Fell. Store heifers: Simmental £740 Brampton Fell. Belgian Blue £695 The Yett, £585 Smedheugh, £560 Auchenhill. Charolais £695 Underwoodhouse, £645, £565 The Yett, £545 The Ash. Limousin £690 The Yett, £665 Drumcork, £660 Rinnion Hills and Bleaberry Rigg, £650 Brampton Fell, £610 Rinnion Hills and Drumcork, £590 Rinnion Hills and Bleaberry Rigg, £540 Edenbanks. Blue Grey £590 Laverhay, £405 Smedheugh. Store bulls. Friesian £390 Stubbyknowe. Breeding cattle. Cows with bull calves: Limousin £790 Cambeck Hill. Angus £770 Cambeck Hill. Cows with heifer calves: Charolais £1,100, £910 Cambeck Hill. Limousin £830 Sleetbeck. Angus £740 Cambeck Hill. Heifers with heifer calves: Limousin £860 Cambeck Hill, £750 Chapeltown and Cambeck Hill.

FOR their sale at Longtown on Tuesday, the Cumberland and Dumfriesshire Farmers’ Mart had forward 3,401 store lambs and 1,630 breeding sheep. A larger show of 3,401 store lambs again sold well with Mule lambs settling at a premium. Top of £52.80 for Texels from North Farm, £52 Bankshead, £50.20 Underwood, North Country Cheviot £50 Hownam Grange. Greyface £48.80 North Farm, £42.50 Fordlands, £41 Allensgreen. Beltex £46 Pallet Hill. Suffolk £41.50 Barmagachan. Charollais £39.20 Townfoot, Eals. Blackface £34.50 Hole of Lyne. Hill North Cheviot £29 Kelsocleugh. Tup lambs to £37.50 High Loveladyshield. At the annual August Fair of 1,630 breeding ewes, a mixed show saw quality types selling at a premium with prices up £10 on the year. Top of £70 for two shear Greyfaces from Englishtown who sold others at £69 and £68, three shear to £58 Nunscleugh, four shear to £51 High House. Correct Texel x ewes to £66 Maxton who also sold Suffolk x at £60, Charollais £52 Stackbraes, Swaledale £20 Cooks House. Texel rams to £105 Fergus Hill.

THE Cumberland and Dumfriesshire Farmers’ Mart had forward on Thursday at their weekly Longtown prime stock sale, 42 prime cattle, along with 4,727 prime lambs and 7,970 cast ewes and rams. Cattle averages. Steers: Heavy, 171.5p (156.3p). Heifers: Medium, 183.5p (171.2p); heavy, 168.5p (155.7p). Sheep averages. Lambs: Light, 140.9p (125.5p); standard, 141.7p (131.8p); medium, 161.5p (133.1p); heavy, 138.1p (128.8p); o/weight, 137.3p (126.8p). Ewes: Light, £54.50 (£19.58); heavy, £74.00 (£40.27). Cast rams: £71.50 (£42.66).