Published at 13:27, Thursday, 30 October 2008

ON TUESDAY Hexham and Northern Marts had forward 76 cattle, which included 51 over 30 month animals. Trade for prime cattle similar to previous week, with quality sorts keenly bid for. Prime cattle prices. Heifer per kilo: Limousin to 170.5p and 157.5p Flotterton, 167.5p(2) and 162.5p Black Heddon, 162.5p and 157.5p Tone Hall and 159.5p Keepwick. Charolais to 158.5p Flotterton and 157.5p Tone Hall. Steers per kilo: Limousin to 156.5p Little Whittington. Simmental to 152.5p Little Whittington. Heifers per head: Limousin to £1,025.10 and £907.85 Black Heddon and £1,024.71 Flotterton. Charolais to £996.53 Sunniside, £963.68 Flotterton. Steers per head: Simmental to £1,006.50 Little Whittington.

A poorer show of over 30 month animals cattle forward with trade easier on the week. Prices per kilo: Limousin to 114.5p Greencarts, 113.5p Black Heddon, 108.5p and 107.5p Keepwick and 102.5p Ingoe Low Hall. Blonde to 112.5p Airy Holm. Belgian Blue to 109.5p Little Swinburne. Holstien to 96.5p Breckney Hill. Angus to 91.5p Heavygate. Prices per head: Limousin to £949.38 and £858.93 Keepwick, £901.12 Greencarts and £895.52 Black Heddon. Angus to £905.85 Heavygate.

There were 3,945 prime sheep forward on Tuesday. Following a sharp trade yesterday with many markets short of numbers, the sale started off well with numerous pens selling in excess of 120p. However as it became apparent that more numbers were forward trade eased, and settled just marginally better than last week. Lambs presented dry, clean and/or belly clipped received a premium. The sale was topped at 136.8p/kg for Beltex x lambs from Lingey Field weighing 38 kilos and making £52 purchased by Woodhead Brothers, Colne. Heavy lambs sold to £66 for Suffolk x lambs from Nilston Rigg.

Lamb prices. Suffolk x per head to £66 and £58 Nilston Rigg, £61.80 and £57.50 Lowes Fell, £58.50 Butsfield Burn, £56.50 and £55 Thockrington, £56 Wheathill, Bingfield East Quarter and Settlingstones, £55.20 High Fotherley and Black Heddon, £55 Lingey Field and The Tofts. Per kilo to 131p Lingey Field, 120.9p Low Eshells, 120.5p Beamwham, 119.3p and 118p Colwell South, 119.1p and 118.5p Lunns House, 118.6p and 118.5p Derwent Oak, 118.3p East Uppertown and 118.2p(2) Thockrington. Texel x per head to £65 Chapel House, £62 Bulls Hill, £61 Ashcroft, £60 Eland Hall, Quarry House and Flotterton, £59.50 Butsfield Burn and Nilston Rigg, £58.80 Pine Dene, £58.50(2) Eland Hall and £58 Todburn, Round Meadows and Glenhill. Per kilo to 133.6p and 126.2p Pine Dene, 130.2p and 127p Greyside, 129.8p and 125.7p Ashcroft, 129.3p Townfoot, 127.4p Rawfoot and Lingey Field, 127p Airey Hill, 126.8p East Uppertown and Salmonswell, 125.6p The Causeway and 125.5p Stotsfold and Winnows Hill. Beltex x per head to £52 Lingey Field, £51.50 Allenshields, £51 Ellfoot and £50 Chirdon, £48.80 Ellfoot. Per kilo to 136.8p Lingey Field, 131.6p Chirdon, 124.4p and 119p Ellfoot and 119.8p Allenshields. Mule per head to £56.80, £56 and £51.50 Quarry House, £52.50 The Steel, £52 and £51 Bulls Hill, £50.80 Greyside, £50.50 Stockley Burn and £50 Stotsfold, Rawfoot, Park End, The Hole, Nilston Rigg and Derwent Oak. Per kilo to 117.5p and 113.6p Rawfoot, 116.7p The Steel, 116.3p Nilston Rigg, 115p Broomhope, 114.8p Stockley Burn, 114.4p Beamwham, 114.2p Woodcroft, 113.6p Derwent Oak and Stotsfold and 113.4p Bulls Hill and Hesleyside Parks. Cheviot Mule to £52.20 and 116p Overacres. Cheviot x per head to £61.80 and £50 Thockrington, £51 Overacres and £50 Chirdon. Per kilo to 116.3p Chirdon, 113.3p Overacres and 110.4p Thockrington. Charollais x per head to £54 Salmonswell, £52.20 and £46.50 Colwell South, £51.50 Cooper House, £51 Dilston Haugh and £45.80 Woodcroft. Per kilo to 122.7p Salmonswell, 122.6p Cooper House, 118.6p and 116.3p Colwell South and 117.1p Grange Farm. Leicester to £50 and 100p Armond Carr. Blackface per head to £51.80 and £50 Townfoot, £50 The Steel, £47 Nilston Rigg and £45.80 Greyside. Per kilo to 117.5p Nilston Rigg, 116.3p The Steel and Townfoot and 114.5p Greyside. Swaledale per head to £27 Boltshope and £25 Churchlands.

Also forward on Tuesday were 468 cast ewes. Another very mixed selection met a similar trade. Ewes per head: Suffolk x to £50 and £44 Ingoe Low Hall, £47.50 Steel Hall, £45 Greyside, £38.50 Capheaton New Houses and £37 High Fotherley and Three Farms. Texel x to £49 and £38 Fell Lane, £47 and £40 Ingoe Low Hall, £42.50 Greyside, £42 Middle Farm Cottage, £39 Todburn, £38 Capheaton New Houses, £37.50 Camphill and £37 Glendue. Mule to £40 and £35.20 Settlingstones, £35 Greyside, £33 Plashetts, £31.80 Three Farms, £31 Middle Farm Cottage, £30.20 Colwell South and £29.80 Huntershield and Winnows Hill. Swaledale to £16.50 Plashetts, £16 Rosehill and £13.20 Stone Stile.

HEXHAM and Northern marts held their final ram sale of the season on Saturday, and offered for sale 312 Blackface, Swaledale, Cheviot, Bluefaced Leicester, Suffolk, Texel and other Continental rams. Prior to the sale a show of hill rams was held with the following the results. Aged Blackface, judge A. Gibson, Esq: 1, W. and P.F. Walton, Penpeugh £250; 2, Nilston Rigg Farms £100. Swaledale shearling, judge K. Johnson, Esq: 1 and 3, Mrs S. Scott, Low Leam £220, £1,000; 2, Heatheryburn – J.T. and E.F. Golightly £140. Cheviot, judge T. Golightly, Esq: 1 and 3, F.T. Walton, Flotterton £400, £620; 2, J. Ions, High Thorneyburn £340. Prices per head. Blackface: Shearlings to £450 Townfoot, £400 High Staward, £300 and £200 Great Chesters, £240 The Steel and £200 Edlingham Demesne. Four shear to £120 Low Stokoe. Five shear to £250 Penpeugh. Swaledale: Shearlings to £1,000, £220 and £180 Low Leam, £600 Garretshields and £140 Heatheryburn. Four shear to £100 Pry Hill. Cheviot: NC Cheviot shearlings to £620, £440, £400(3), £360, £310, £300 and £280 Flotterton, £340, £300 and £280 High Thorneyburn and £320 and £300 Laneside. SC Cheviot two shears to £250, £240, £210 and £200 High Thorneyburn. Bluefaced Leicester: Shearlings to £210 Edlingham Newtown, £200 Warksfield Head, £180 Tenter House and £160 Wandysteads Farm. Four shear to £180 The Shield. Texel: Shearlings to £460, £360 and £240(2) Woodhead, £380, £300, £250 and £240 West Mill Hills, £340 Drinkstone and Rugley, £320 Emley and £260 Shortmoor. Two shear to £420 Woodhead, £320 Rugley and £200 Haughton Mains. Three shear to £180 Hill End. Suffolk: Shearlings to £440, £350 and £340 Nesbit, £400 West Mill Hills, £350 and £220 Flotterton and £270 and £250 Drinkstone. Two shears to £300 Rugley and £160 Hill End and South Farm, Slaley.

ON Saturday, Hexham and Northern Marts had forward an entry of 2,320 at their final special sale of breeding sheep. Leading prices. Ewes per head: Mule to £71 and £64 West Shipley. Cheviot x to £43 Dene House. Blackface to £32 Horseholme and £30 Warksfield Head. Swaledale to £30 Low Sipton Shield and Loadman. Gimmers per head: Blackface to £62 High Staward, Greenlees and Hill End and £60 Townshields. Swaledale to £60 Whiteside. Texel to £60 West Wharmley. Mule to £59 Flotterton. Cheviot to £56 and £52 East Middle Farm. Ewe lambs per head: Texel x to £58 Comb Hills and £54 Huntershield. Mule to £56 Stoop Rigg, £50 and £48 Redesmouth and £46 Demesne and Ramshope. Cheviot x to £50 Linacres and £42 East Middle Farm. Blackface to £40 Horseholme and £36 The Lamperts.

ON Friday Hexham and Northern Marts had forward 910 cattle at their third special sale of suckled calves and weekly sale of store cattle. All classes of cattle met a fast selling trade with more customers operating. The sale was topped by an outstanding Belgian Blue steer from Mr J.S. Hubbuck Ltd, Rising Sun which made £1,130. A feature of the sale was a marvellous run of 12-17 month old Charolais cross and Limousin cross steers and heifers from James Herdman, Edlingham Newtown with Charolais cross steers selling to £1,080 and seven making £1,000 or more, 24 steers averaged £943.75. Heifers from the same home topped the sale at £915 for an excellent pen of three, seventeen heifers averaged £838.

Leading prices. Cattle 23 months or over. Limousin x: Steers to £705 Whitton Glebe. Heifers to £840 Settlingstones and £630 Capheaton New Houses. Charolais x: Steers to £750 Woodhead. Heifers to £670 Edlingham Newtown. Belgian Blue x steers to £1,130 and £880 Rising Sun. Angus x steers to £680 Thrunton Lowfield. Cattle 17 – 22 months. Limousin x: Steers to £1,000, £880, £860 and £855 Edlingham Newtown, £980, £940, £870 and £790 Rising Sun, £920 and £792 Wrangham East, £890 Nettlesworth West, £810, £795 and £790(2) Hamburn Hall, £790 Capheaton New Houses, £785 Longshaws and Settlingstones and £782 Middle White Hill. Heifers to £865 Edlingham Newtown, £860 Wrangham East, £790 West Biggens, £710 Thornton Tower, £700 and £660 Nettlesworth West, £680 Cawfields, £672 Kingswood, £660 Blackcleugh, £655 Capheaton New Houses, £605 Ross Farm, £595 Dyke Nook, £560 South Kirkheaton and Broomhope and £552 Cawfields. Charolais x: Steers to £1,080, £1,070, £1,020, £1,010, £970, £950, £945, £910 and £795 Edlingham Newtown, £925 and £790 Bridge End, £882, £878 and £872(2) Gallowhill, £825 Hetherington and £755 Thrunton Lowfield. Heifers to £915, £885, £850, £848, £800, £790, £780, £775 and £760 Edlingham Newtown, £752, £730 and £672 Kingswood and £618 Hindley. Pure Charolais seers to £970 and £918 Wrangham East. Belgian Blue x: Steers to £1,030, £915 and £810 Rising Sun, and £920 and £905 Edlingham Newtown. Heifers to £760 and £650 Hill Top. Blonde x steers to £790 Bridge End. Angus x: Steers to £820, £780, £770 and £690 Gallowhill and £780 Hetherington. Heifers to £600 Ross Farm. Simmental x steers to £695(2) Elm Court and £675 Allendale Farm. Beef Shorthorn steers to £560 and £530 Hopefoot.

Cattle 11 – 16 months. Limousin x: Steers to £875 Rising Sun, £842, £835(2), £825, £805, £780 and £760 High Trewhitt, £790 Thornton Tower and Birkside, £780, £762 and £760 Cawfields, £780 and £755 Settlingstones, £780 Greyside and Crowhall and £765 and £760 West Biggens. Heifers to £758 East Whygate, £705, £670, £635 and £620 Thornton Tower, £680, £672, £670, £650 and £630 Crowhall, £670 Chirdon, £650 and £610 Cawfields, £645 and £612 Nilston Rigg, £608 The Hole and £605 Allenshields. Charolais x: Steers to £770 and £750 Townfoot, £685 Gallowhill and £670 Thornton Tower. Heifers to £740, £660 and £550 Townfoot, £680 Thornton Tower, £670 West Biggens, £650 Little Swinburne and £582, £570 and £550 Colwell Hill. Belgian Blue x: Steers to £712 West Biggens, £638 Parkside, £632 Colwell Hill and £630 Tedcastle. Heifers to £770, £660, £630 and £625 Little Swinburne and £600 Allenshields. Blonde x: Steers to £602 Hartburn Grange and £550 Parkside. Heifers to £500 and £495 Hartburn Grange and £490 Bridge End. Angus x: Steers to £770, £660 and £645 Flotterton, £620 and £580 Three Farms, £620 Thrunton Lowfield and £615, £595 and £570 Buteland. Heifers to £450 Buteland. Parthenais x heifer to £508 Low Bishopton.

Cattle 10 months and under. Limousin x: Steers to £680 Chirdon, £635 Burnbank, £600 Thornton Tower, £505 Birkside and £500 Nilston Rigg. Heifers to £615 Chirdon, £475 Burnbank and £430 Birkside. Charolais x: Steers to £760 Thornton Tower, £655 Townfoot and £592, £580, £570 and £545 Cronkley. Heifers to £540 and £422 Cronkley. Belgian Blue x steers to £660 West Biggens and £620 and £540 Chirdon.

HEXHAM and Northern Marts at their weekly sale on Friday had an entry of 3,207 head of store sheep. Another good show of sheep were again a sharp trade with more customers on the week. Lambs sold to a top of £44 for Suffolk x from Whiskershiel and The Glebe. Breeding sheep. Texel ewes UO to £33 Airy Holm. Mule: Ewes UO to £28.50 Glebe Farm and Airy Holm and £28 Capheaton New Houses. Ewe lambs to £28 Low Acton. Feeding ewes: Texel x to £27 Birkside. Suffolk x to £18 Mitford Dene House. Mule to £27 and £17.50 Hollin Close, £24 Middle White Hill, £21.50 Birkside, £21 Glebe Farm and £14 Mitford Dene House. Cheviot x to £25 Mitford Dene House. Blackface to £17 and £9 Grasslees, £15.80 Rookland, £14.80 Burdonside and £9 Middle White Hill. Swaledale to £9 Buckshot, £8.80 Meadow Cottage, £7.80 The Shield and £7 Ouston.

Store lambs: Suffolk x to £44, £40 and £35 Whiskershiel, £44 Glebe Farm, £41.80 Settlingstones, £41.50 Three Farms, £41 Blackpool, £40 East Highridge and Low Mill, £39 Mitford Dene House, £36.50 Billerley, £36.20 Capheaton New Houses, £36 The Ash and Lynnshields, £35 Peel Flatt and £34.20 Broadgates. Texel x to £40.80 Settlingstones, £40, £39 and £36 West Heddon, £40 and £37.20 Blackpool, £38.80 and £38 Demesne, £37.50 and £35.20 Peel Flatt, £37.20 Hawksteel and Mitford Dene House, £37 Billerley, £36 Bridgeford, £35.80 Low Mill, £35.50 White House, £35.20 Capheaton New Houses, £35 and £34 Whiskershiel, £35 Linacres, £34.50 Broadgates and £33.80 Hepple Whitefield. Beltex x to £41.50 Low Espley. Mule to £41.80 and £36.80 Piatroon, £38.50 West End, £38 and £32 Lynnshields, £38, £32.50 and £31.50 Agars Hill, £38 Ouston, £36.50 Demesne, £36 Westburnhope, £34.50 High Shipley, £33.80 Hawksteel, £33 White House and Pry Hill, £32 Gate House, £31.20 Low Acton and Buckshot, £30.80 Ramshope and £30 East Highridge. Leicester to £29.50 West Hill. Cheviot x to £29 Gairshield. Blackface to £26 and £12 Brieredge, £24 Whiskershiel, £19.80 Burdonside, £19.50 Bellshiel, £19 and £12 High Staward, £18 Laings Hill and Lonbrough, £16 and £12 Linshiels and £13 West Hills. Swaledale to £8.20 High Rowantree, £7.50 and £6.20 West End and £7 Agars Hill.

ON Thursday, Hexham and Northern Marts had forward an entry of 1,050 at their Annual ‘Bellingham’ Prize show and Sale of spring born calves which was kindly sponsored by Northumberland National Park. An increased entry on the year was presented a good company of local and distant buyers. Quality calves sold well at increased rates of last year with plainer sorts harder to sell in particular Heifers. Prior to the sale Mr Steven Nundy, Kirton Holme, Boston expertly judged the prize show and made the following awards. The Champion calf an outstanding Limousin x British Blue heifer from E. Armstrong, Harlow Bower sold at £730 to Tim Brocklehurst, Mallard Hurn Farm, Spalding. The Reserve Champion another top quality Limousin x heifer from H.M. Swallow and Son, High Edges Green sold at £700 to Stuart Weatherson, Edges Green. Prize list. Continental x steer calves: 1, J.R.G. Johnson, West Wharmely £655; 2, Messrs Swallow, High Edges Green. Continental x heifer calves: 1, Messrs Swallow, £500. Limousin x steer calf: 1, Messrs Swallow, £680; 2, M. Cousin, The Laws £660. Limousin x heifer calf: 1, E. Armstrong, Harlow Bower £730; 2, Messrs Swallow, £700. Other Continental x steer calf: 1, J.R.G. Johnson, £755; 2, F.W. and J.I. Hutchinson, Emley £690. Other Continental x heifer calf: 1, B.W. and G.E. Tailford, Beacon Rigg £640; 2, J.R.G. Johnson, £570. Overall champion: E. Armstrong, £730. Reserve champion: Messrs Swallow, £700.

Other top prices (out-with the prize winners). Cattle 17 – 22 months: Limousin x steers to £620 Netherharsley. Cattle 11 – 16 months. Limousin x: Steers to £502 Killintrae. Heifers to £475 Hole Farm and £460 and £452 Killintrae. Charolais x heifers to £560 and £450 Emley. Cattle 10 months and under. Charolais x: Steers to £690 and £635 Broad Oak, £655 and £635 The Raw, £655 and £605 West Wharmley, £638 Bavington Hill Head and £630 Emley. Heifers to £590 West Wharmley, £520, £485 and £480 The Raw, £505 Emley, £500 Broad Oak, £475 Bavington Hill Head and £470(2) Broad Oak. Limousin x: Steers to £720, £630 and £620 Burn House, £705, £700, £690, £680, £625, £622 and £620 Willimoteswick, £645 Salmonfield, £640 and £620(2) High Edges Green, £640 and £605 Netherharsley, £630 Cleughfoot, £620 Elrington Hall, £610 The Laws, £605 Carrick and Brooms Farm. Heifers to £590 and £548 Harlow Bower, £590 and £500 High Edges Green, £545 The Shield, £540 and £528 Cleughfoot, £525 £505 Carrick, £510 Allensgreen, £505 and £500 Glower-Oer-Him, £505 Salmonfield and £500 The Laws. Belgian Blue x: Steers to £645 Rye Hill, £615 Cleughfoot and Stone Stile and £560 Blackhalls. Heifers to £380 The Shield. Pure Belgian Blue: Steers to £640 Stone Stile. Heifers to £640 and £505 Beacon Rigg. Blonde x: Steers to £502 and £460 Hepple Whitefield. Heifers to £485 Hepple Whitefield. Angus x: Steers to £455 Parkside (JKF). Heifers to £380 Killintrae. Simmental x: Steers to £438 Burdonside. Heifers to £395 Burdonside. Hereford x steers to £418 Killintrae.

LAST Wednesday the Hexham and Northern Marts had forward 1,408 lambs at their weekly primestock sale in their Scots Gap centre. A very mixed show of lambs met a selective enquiry with well drawn well fleshed lambs a highly satisfactory trade, selling to £64 for heavy Suffolk x lambs from Dunns Houses, Otterburn and to 126.3p/kg for excellent Texel x lambs from Lingey Field, Riding Mill. Lamb prices. Suffolk x per head to £64 £58 £57.90 and £57.20 Homilton, £64 and £57.20 Dunns Houses, £59.50 Milbourne West Grange, £58 Thockrington, £56.50 Holling Hill, £56.20 Chesters, £56 Catreen and Flotterton and £55.80 East White Hill. Per kilo to 121.7p and 118.2p Homilton, 117.8p and 116.3p Chesters, 117.1p and 116.4p Grindstone Law, 117.1p and 115.7p Flotterton, 116.2p Bavington Mount and 115.6p Milbourne West Grange. Texel x per head to £58.20 Dunns Houses, £55.10 Milbourne West Grange, £55 and £54.80 Milbourne Town Farm, £55 and £54 Bavington Mount £55 Chesters and Grangemoor, £54.50 Brownsleazes and £54 West High House and Lingey Field. Per kilo to 126.3p Lingey Field, 120p, 118.9p and 117.1p West High House, 120p Bavington Mount, 119.8p Milbourne West Grange, 119.1p and 116.9p Tosson Tower, 119.1p Milbourne Town Farm, 118p Chesters, 117.4p Lingey Field and 117p Grangemoor. Beltex x to £50.20, £50, 125p and 116.7p Bellion. Mule per head to £52.90 and £49.20 Brownsleazes, £51 East White Hill, £49.20 Coldwell, £46.20 East White Hill, £46 Bavington Hill Head, £45.50 Broomhope and £45(2) Gallowhill. Per kilo to 107.1p Gallowhill, 107p and 105.8p Brownsleazes, 107p Bavington Hill Head and Coldwell 106.6p Black Callerton and 106.3p East White Hill. Charollais x per head to £58 Homilton and £50 Holling Hill. Per kilo to 116.3p Holling Hill and 113.7p Homilton. Blackface to £41.20 and 103p Broomhope.

FOR their annual Longtown show and sale of Hillbred suckler calves on Saturday the Cumberland and Dumfriesshire Farmers Mart had forward 435 head. With all classes of cattle selling well, the vendors averages were up on the year. The show was sponsored by Barclays Bank plc and the judging was carried out by Mr James Crichton, Loughrigg who awarded the championship to Greystoke Castle Farms for a 7 month old Charolais steer. Mrs L. Thomlinson presented the Jacob Thomlinson Challenge Trophy and the steer went on to sell for £750 and purchased by Mr A. Williams, Wales. The reserve champion was a seven-month-old Limousin steer from Wanwood Partners, Wanwood Hill which sold to £700 and purchased by Mr R Horner, Yorkshire. Other prizes were Limousin bullock second and third Wanwood Hill, Limousin heifer first, second and third Wanwood Hill. Any other Continental bullock second Wanwood Hill, third Greystoke Castle. The highlight of the sale was a superb run of 146 Charolais and Limousin calves from Greystoke Castle Farms with Charolais bullocks to £750 and Limousin bullocks to £570, heifers to £530 for Charolais and £450 for Limousin. Principal prices. Store bullocks: Limousin £610, £600 Wanwood Hill, £600 Lowtodholes, £580 The Ash, £570 Greystoke. Belgian Blue £700, £595, £585 Wanwood Hill, £640 Cumcrook. Charolais £790, £665, £660 Riggfoot, £750, £670 Greystoke, £685 Cumcrook. Store heifers: Charolais £575, £535, £535, £525 Riggfoot, £530, £525 Greystoke, £515 Mosside and Cumcrook. Limousin £700, £690 Edenbanks, £555 Greensburn, £550, £540, £530 Wanwood Hill, £510 The Holt. Store bulls: Limousin £535 Lowtodholes. Belgian Blue £505 Lowtodholes.

THE Cumberland and Dumfriesshire Farmers’ Mart had forward at their weekly sale on Thursday, 45 prime cattle, along with 5,347 prime lambs and 5,988 cast ewes and rams. Cattle averages. Steers: Medium, 165.5p (151.4p); heavy, 167.5p (145.7p). Heifers: Medium, 163.5p (160.4p); heavy, 164.5p (141.6p). Sheep averages. Lambs: Light, 119.0p (98.1p); standard, 132.0p (110.2p); medium, 155.0p (113.0p); heavy, 118.0p (110.5p); o/weight, 113.0p (107.5p). Ewes: Light, £34.50 (£16.71); heavy, £76.50 (£32.77). Cast rams: £100.00 (£37.86).

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