Last updated 17:37, Thursday, 28 August 2008

ON FRIDAY Hexham and Northern Marts had a large entry of 432 store cattle for the time of year with quality well bred, well grown cattle an excellent trade.

Top prices per head. Cattle aged 23 months +: British Friesian steers to £655 Tosson Glebe. Charolais x Friesian heifers to £665 Tosson Glebe. Limousin x: Steers to £635 Wagtail. Heifers to £815, £772, £760, £750 and £695 Meldon Lane House and £785, £750, £700 and £685 Buteland.
Cattle aged 17 – 22 months. Limousin x: Steers to £890 and £870 Bavington Mount and £760 High Fotherley. Heifers to £828, £785 and £700 Bavington Mount, £822 and £782 East Newham, £748 and £612 Burmoor, £745 Berwick Hill, £725 and £690 Edlingham Newtown, £718, £695 and £650 Colwell Demesne, £715 and £655 Wagtail, £680 East Newham, £648 White House and £615 Steel Hall. Blonde x heifers to £830, £808, £780, £775, £770, £740 and £720 Merryshields and £685 Thrunton Lowfield. Belgian Blue x steers to £780 Thrunton Lowfield and £678 Low Staples. Charolais x: Steers to £780 and £745 Thrunton Lowfield. Heifers to £755 and £722 Stone Hall. Simmental x steers to £620 Cote House.
Cattle 11 – 16 months. Charolais x: Steers to £1,040, £980, £945, £902, £895, £888, £882, £880, £870, £862, £860, £855, £820 and 805 High Fotherley and £800, £765(2) and £740 Linacres. Heifers to £760, £755, £735 and £732 Edlingham Newtown, £735, £728 and £660 Coldwell, £720, £682 and £662 Hindley, £660 White House and £652 Thrunton Lowfield. Limousin x: Steers to £835(2) £762 High Fotherley, £795 Parkside, £770 £692 Frolar Meadows, £765 £705 Beamwham, £760 £720 Colwell Demesne, £752 Ellershope Farm House, £750(2) £710 Woodpark, £700 Harewalls, £695 Low Staples, £690 Thrunton Lowfield, £652 Burnbank and £650 Linacres. Heifers to £772, £750, £665, £660 and £585 Steel Hall, £692, £665, £650 and £635 Berwick Hill, £692 Low Huntwell, £680 White House, £675 and £565 Coldwell, £670 Thrunton Lowfield, £642 Hindley, £600 Harewalls, £578 Burmoor and £570 Woodpark.Angus x steers to £800, £740 and £700 Alnham. Simmental x: Steers to £725 Alnham and £580 High Wooley. Heifers to £582 High Wooley. Belgian Blue x steers to £630 Low Staples. Heifers to £600, £580 and £535 The Shield. Blonde x: Steers to £615 High Wooley. Heifers to £582 Thrunton Lowfield and £560 High Wooley.
Cattle 10 months and under. Charolais x steers to £700 Bishopton. Limousin x: Steers to £648 Kirks House, £575, £545 and £540 Nilston Rigg Farms, £570 Low Huntwell and £568 and £540 Shotton. Heifers to £502 and £495 Shotton. Blonde x: Steers to £540 Ellershope Farm House. Heifers to £450 Ellershope Farm House.

AT THE opening sale on Friday for store lambs Hexham and Northern Marts had an entry of 555 head. All lambs were a fast trade and a number of customers left without any sheep.
Store lamb prices per head: Texel x to £44.50 Shortmoor, £40.80 The Ash, £39.20 Meadow Flatt, £38.20 and £37.40 Carrycoats, £38.20 The Myres, £36.80 Agars Hill, £36.50 Whiteside and £36.20 Stone Hall. Suffolk x to £40.20 and £38.50 Woodpark, £39.80 The Myres and £38.20 The Ash. Mule to £32 Agars Hill, £31 Moss House, £30 Meadow Flatt, £29.60 Whiteside and £28.20 Carrycoats. Blackface to £36.80 West End Town and £23.20 Meadow Flatt.

LAST Wednesday Hexham and Northern Marts at their Scots Gap centre had forward an entry of 1,173 prime lambs to average 42.8kg, 130.8ppkg and £56.04 per head.
Numbers were less than expected due to the extreme wet weather. Lambs were a very sharp trade despite being a poorer show with the weather taking its toll on the condition of the lambs.
The sale was topped at £66.80 by heavy Suffolk x lambs from Dene House, Kirkwhelpington and 138.3per kg for a superb pen of Texel x lambs from West Grange, Milbourne.
Other leading prices: Texel x per head to £65.50 Cartington, £64.00 Lyneup Hill, £63.80 and £60.50 Grangemoor, £63.00 Dene House, £61.50 and £60.50 Merryshields, £60.50 South Farm, Kirkheaton, £60.20 Keepwick and Claywalls and £60.00 Holling Hill, Elf Hills and Town Farm, Milbourne. Per kilo to 137.8p Black Callerton, 136.9p, 135.2p and 135.0p Cornhills, 136.1p Claywalls, 135.2p High House, 133.8p Keepwick, 133.7p Merryshields and Elf Hills and 133.3p Holling Hill. Beltex x to £60.00, £54.50, 133.3p and 136.3p The Bellion.
Suffolk x to £63.80 Elf Hills, £63.50 and £61.00 Crook Dene, £61.50 Holling Hill, £61.00 Dene House, £60.80 The Chesters, £60.50 Grangemoor and Tuthill and £60.00 Gallowhill, Claywalls and The Bellion. Per kilo to 134.4p and 133.3p Tuthill, 133.7p and 132.6p Low Farnham, 133.7p Holling Hill, 133.3p The Bellion and Claywalls and 132.6p Crook Dene, Town Farm, Milbourne and Rugley Walls. Charollais x to £65.50 and 131.0p Holling Hill. Lleyn x to £55.20 and 138.0p Low Farnham. Half Bred to £63.00, £57.20, 133.0p and 129.1p The Lee. Mule per head to £54.50 Coldwell, £53.80 The Shield, £51.80 Black Callerton and £51.50 Roses Bower. Per kilo to 126.7p Coldwell and 26.3p, 125.6p and 125.1p Black Callerton.

AT THEIR Longtown sale on Tuesday the Cumberland and Dumfriesshire Farmers’ Mart had forward 3,636 store lambs.
A good show saw distant buyers more prominent with all classes the best trade so far.
Top of £50 for Texels from Spenceycroft and Hawthorns, others £48.80 Height, £47.20 Eals, £46 The Close. Beltex £48.80, £47.80, £46.80 Solwaybank, £45.20 Pallet Hill. Greyface £44.50 Foul Lonning, £40 Bankshead, £39.50 Wanwood Hill, £39 Penpeugh. Suffolk £43.20 Whitcastles, £42.50 Leahill. Charollais £40 Townfoot, Eals. Hill Cheviot £37 Gillesbie Farm. Zwartbles £33.80 Dykerow. Blackface £32 Penpeugh, £30 The Crew.

THE Cumberland and Dumfriesshire Farmers’ Mart held their annual sale of Cheviot Mule ewe lambs and gimmer shearlings at Longtown on Tuesday.
An exceptional demand for an excellent show wirh ewe lambs to £94 and shearlings to £95.
The increasing demand for this breed particularly from the Midlands and Southern England was reflected in the exceptional trade for an excellent quality show.
The 2,400 ewe lambs averaged £60.82 (up £11.22 on the year) and 500 shearlings levelled at £86.84 (up £12).
In the ewe lamb section top was £94 paid by G Smith and Son, West Bolton to Messrs Cockburn, Kingside. Messrs Cockburn sold another pen at £90 and averaged £91.97 for a consignment of £71. M.A. Hedley, Overacres, Otterburn averaged £81.03 for 162 to a top of £86 and £85, M. Aynsley and Son, Wardshilll, Morpeth topped at £84 and £83 and averaged £75.84 for 172 lambs.
Other lamb prices included Gospel Hall £83, £82 (average £70.14 for 257), Embley £78, £75 (average £72.03 for 80); Corriehills £70, St John’s Kirk £70; Terrona £76, £68, £66, Carterton £66, £60; Crossdykes £57, Sundhope £54.
In the shearling section the sale topped at £95 paid to D. McGarva, Granton by Messrs J. Armstrong, Highrigg, £93 S. Whiteford, St John’s Kirk and G.B. Milroy, Mains of Machermere. Others were Whitton £90, £88, £87, Hownam Grange £89, £87, Mains of Machermere £89, St John’s Kirk £88, Gospel Hall £91, £85, Greenacres £85, Castlehill £87, £86, Carterton £79.

AT THEIR weekly Longtown mart prime stock sale on Thursday, the Cumberland and Dumfriesshire Farmers’ Mart had forward 80 prime cattle, along with 5,069 prime lambs and 6,221 cast ewes and rams.
Cattle averages. Steers: Light, 135.5p (135.5p); medium, 174.5p (157.0p); heavy, 172.5p (152.8p). Heifers: Medium, 164.5p (144.6p); heavy, 178.5p (149.1p).
Sheep averages. Lambs: Light, 136.7p (122.7p); standard, 150.5p (127.9p); medium, 150.9p (129.5p); heavy, 135.0p (126.3p); o/weight, 120.1p (120.1p). Ewes: Light, £48.50 (£21.07); heavy, £80.00 (£41.66). Cast rams: £71.50 (£41.99).