Published at 09:38, Friday, 27 November 2009

ON TUESDAY at their weekly sale Hexham Auction Mart had forward 106 cattle, which included seven young bulls and 65 over 30 month animals. Cattle trade sharper on the week.

Prime cattle prices. Steers per head: Blonde to £1,106.63 Low Leam. Charolais to £1,298.70 Flotterton & £1,094.50 Nunwick. Blonde to £1,106.63 Low Leam. Heifers per head: Limousin to £1,174.75 Jubilee Buildings. Charolais to £1,129.85 Humber Hill. Blonde to £1,115.63 Low Leam. British Blue to £1,061.82 Black Heddon. Heifers per kilo: Blonde to 178.5p & 166.5p(2) Low Leam. Limousin to 176.5p & 172.5p Keepwick, 170.5p Jubilee Buildings & 167.5p Nunwick. British Blue x to 173.5p Black Heddon. Charolais to 167.5p Flotterton & 167.5p Holling Hill. Steers per kilo: Charolais to 166.5p Flotterton.

Over 30 month cattle had a better show and were sharper on the week. Prices per head: Limousin to £1,137.68 Homilton, £983.28 Dotland Park, £910.08 Burradon Mains & £904.75 Low Ardley. Blonde to £1,037.89 Urpeth North. Prices per kilo: Limousin to 137.5p High Alderheads & Low Ardley, 135.5p Crowhall, 127.5p Burradon Mains, 126.5p & 124.5p Blackhalls, 126.5p The Shield & 120.5 Dotland Park & Halton Red House. Shorthorn x to 135.5p Holling Hill. Blonde x to 125.5p Urpeth North. British Blue x to £121.5p Ling Riggs. Hereford to 119.5p East Fourstones.

Prime Sheep. Hexham & Northern Marts had forward on Tuesday, 3,202 prime sheep, 2,792 lambs and 410 ewes. Prime lambs trade set off close to last weeks values but eased as the sale progressed finishing at £4 less on average than last week. Heavy lambs were similar on the week selling to £85 for 65 kilo Suffolk x from Rusheylaw. Export weight lambs sold to a top of 187.8p/kg for Beltex x from Comb Hills. Prime lamb prices. Texel x per head to £79 Nilston Rigg, £78 White House, £77.50 Watch Currock, £77 High Eshells, £75.50 Sharpley & £75 Shield Farm (2) & Matfen Home Farm. Per kilo to 183.3p High Eshells, 180p Short Thorns, 179.5p Nunwick & Greyside & 175.6p Camperdown. Suffolk x per head to £85 Rusheylaw, £80.80 Armond Carr, £77.20 & £74(2) Low Ardley, £77 Thornton Tower, £75 Steel Hall, £74.50 Cowburn Rigg & £74 Lowes Fell. Per kilo to 164.3p Steel Hall & Hardriding, 163.6p Heugh Farm, 160p Chesterhope, 159.5p Heugh Farm & 159.1p Shield Farm. Beltex x per head to £77 Comb Hills, £72 Nunwick, £70 Lingley Field & £64 Ellfoot. Per kilo to 187.8p Comb Hills, 184.6p Nunwick & 170.7p Lingley Hill. Bleu d’ Maine x per head to £68 Low Staples. Per kilo to 179p Low Staples. Charolais x per head to £67 Hard Riding & £66 Lingley Field Per kilo to 171.8p Hard Riding & 161p Lingley Field. Leicester per head to £67 Low Struthers, £64 Woodcroft & £63 Flotterton. Per kilo to 156.1p Woodcroft & 131.9p Low Struthers. Mule per head to £67 & £65.80 Nilston Rigg, £66.80 & £65.80 Thornton Tower & £66 Great Chesters, Greyside & Waskerley Park. Per kilo to 155.6p Cowburn Rigg, 151.3p Nilston Rigg, 149.6p & 148.8p Thornton Tower, 148p Broomhope & 147.6p Greyside. Cheviot x per head to £73.50, £69.50, £69, £66 & £65 Overacres & £70.50 Steel Hall. Per kilo to 161.6p & 150p Overacres, 156.1p Steel Hall, 153.9 Old Hall Gate & 152.4 Sillywrea. Cheviot Mule per head to £64.50 Waskerley Park & £64 East Uppertown. Per kilo to 160p East Uppertown & 143.3p Waskerley Park. Blackface per head to £65 Chesterhope, £61.50 & £59 Townfoot, £60.50 Aydon North, £60 Nilston Rigg (2) & Whitechapel & £58.80 & £58.50 Greyside. Per kilo to 159.5p Townfoot, 154.7p & 154p Greyside & 150p (2) Nilston Rigg.

Cast ewes and rams A larger show of ewes met another strong trade. Ewe prices per head: Texel x to £91 Hallington New Houses. £87 Haughton Mains, £85 Halton Red House & £84 Holystone Farm. Suffolk x to £94 Hallington New Houses, £86 Broomfield & £82 Rusheylaw. Charolais x to £77 Whins Farm. Mule to £70 Whins Farm, £69.80 Elrington Hall, £69 Rusheylaw & £68 Low Fotherley. Leicester to £65 Lowes Fell. Cheviot x to £70 Sillywrea. Blackface to £60 & £43.50 Rusheylaw & £45 Hott Bank. Swaledale per head to £50 Rosehill & £35 Old Hall Gate.

ON FRIDAY at their weekly sale, which included the last special sale for spring born calves, Hexham & Northern Marts had forward an entry of 1,211 store cattle & suckled calves. Strong well fleshed cattle met a similar trade on the week selling to £1,160 for Limousin steers from Keepwick. Spring born calves looked value against the special October sales and weathered sorts proved harder to cash. Store cattle prices per head. Cattle 23 – 30 months. Charolais x: Steers to £1,130 Wallhouses. Heifers to £780 Wagtail. Limousin x: steers to £1,110 & £920 Claywalls, £1,075 & £1,025 Keepwick, £940 Brackenthwaite & £920 Springwell & Elsdonburn. Heifers to £710 Middleton Mill. Blonde x steers to £930 Hartburn Grange. British Blue x steers to £1,010 & £950 Elsdonburn. Simmental x steers to £1,080 Wallhouses, £895 Little Whittington & £890 Elsdonburn. Angus x steers to £950 & £785 Brackenthwaite & £795 Hedley West. Beef Shorthorn to £670 Catcherside.

Cattle 17 – 22 months. Charolais x: Steers to £955 Springwell, £910 Hackford & £860, £848 & £842 High Park. Heifers to £795 Woodhead, £755 & £750 Tenter House, £750 Thornley Hall ^ £745 White House. Limousin x: Steers to £1,160 & £1,025(2) Keepwick, £1,080 & £990 Blackburn, £1,050 Catcherside, £965 & £945 Tenter House, £955 Homilton, £940 Square House & £915 & £900 Springwell. Heifers to £935 £892 High House, £900 & £800 Lunns House, £900 & £800 Aydonshields & £900, £850 & £800 Square House. Blonde x: Steers to £1.020 Claywalls, £730 Cornfield House & £710 Kirkley House. Heifers to £695 & £690 Cornfield House. British Blue x: Steers to £1,005 Claywalls & Elsdonburn & £920 & £885 Homilton. Heifers to £890 Square House & £750 Elsdonburn. Simmental x steers to £745 & £725 Little Whittington & £745 & £720 East Moor. Angus x: Steers to £945 & £940 Blackburn. Heifers to £548 Derwent House (DK). Beef Shorthorn steers to £740 & £670 Catcherside. Hereford x heifers to £560 Woolaw.

Cattle 11 – 16 months. Charolais x: Steers to £870, £860, £848 & £830 Rusheylaw & £760 White House. Heifers to £795 £738 Woodhead, £790(2) & £760 Rusheylaw, £755 White House, £732 Hackford & £675 Hedley West. Limousin x: Steers to £1,050, £1,018, £985, £960 & £900 Square House, £990 Warksfield Head, £900 & £875 Dykehead & £870 Middleton Mill. Heifers to £868 & £785 Dykehead, £845 & £800 Square House, £818 Woodhead, £805, £800, £775 & £795 Greyside, £800 Rawfoot, £755 Warksfield Head & £752 Cawfields. British Blue x: Steers to £860, £840, £830, £800(2), £775 & £730(2) Warksfield Head, £815, £790 & £720 Greyside & £770 Broomhope. Heifers to £805, £795 & £700 Warksfield Head & £740 & £700 Elsdonburn. Simmental x steers to £768, £760, £735, £725 & £682 East Moor. Angus x: Steers to £880 Aydonshields & £675 Harewalls. Heifers to £740 Aydonshields, £635 & £605(2) Claywalls & £630 Comb Hills. Beef Shorthorn steers to £605 & £530 Hownam Grange. Bazadaise x heifers to £665 Middleton Mill.

Cattle 10 months or under. Charolais x: Steers to £750, £670, £655, £625 & £620 High Staward, £740 & £625 Ashcroft, £665 & £640 Ridley Farm, £632 Low Bishopton & £625 Cooper House. Heifers to £610 Ashcroft, £605, £570 & £520 High Staward & £555, £545 & £500 Ridley Farm. Limousin x: Steers to £745 & £640 School House, £700 Parkside (JKF) & Hownam Grange, £655 & £650 Whitfield Farm, £655 China Hall & East Middle Farm, £650 Airey Hill, £642 Woolaw, £640 High Knitsley, £635 Cawfields & £625 Low Bishopton & Ouston. Heifers to £680 Comb Hills, £625 & £540 Glendue, £618 & £545 Ouston, £615 Pitland Hills, £610 Cleughfoot, £580(2) Nilston Rigg & High Knitsley, £565 Broomhope, £555 Low Huntwell & £545 Crindledykes. Blonde x heifers to £552 & £520 Hartburn Grange. British Blue x: Steers to £658, £622 & £592 China Hall & £575 The Shield & Crindledykes. Heifers to £530 & £498 Wolf Hills & £520 & £475 The Shield. Simmental x: Steers to £540 Low Bishopton & £485 Blakehopeburnhaugh. Heifers to £452 Blakehopeburnhaugh. Angus x steers to £650 & £580 Ridley Farm, £598, £590(2) & £575 The Stobbs & £545 Hartburn Grange. Saler x steers to £580 Whitfield Farm. Shorthorn steers to £515 Park House.

Breeding & feeding ewes, & store lambs. Hexham & Northern Marts at their weekly sale for store sheep had an entry of 3,629 head. Lambs were a very fast trade and in line with prime sales were dearer throughout. Long keep lambs in particular were keenly sought. Breeding lambs per head: Texel to £80 Three Farms (AJD) & £56 Three Farms. Zwartbles to £54.50 Three Farms. Feeding ewes per head: Texel to £58.50 Old Town & £50 Park End & Riverside Cottage. Suffolk to £56 Riverside Cottage. Mule to £54 Park End, £47.50 Beukley, £45.50 Riverside Cottage & £43 Park End. Blackface to £38.50 Park End, £36.50 Highfield, £32 Riverside Cottage & £30 Laings Hill. Swaledale to £40 & £29.50 Pry Hill. Cheviot x to £30 & £25 Riverside Cottage. Rams per head: Texel to £80 Comb Hill. Store lambs per head: Texel x to £70.50 & £65 Demesne Farm, £70.50 Old Town, £69.80, £69.20 & £69 Follions, £666 Chirdon & Chipchase, £65.80 Agars Hill & £65 Three Farms (AJD) & Pine Dene. Suffolk x to £64.50 Piatroon & Jubilee Buildings, £63.50 Struthers & Park End, £63.20 High Alderheads, £63 Little Harle, Black Hedley & Coatyards & £62 Hillhead, Riverside Cottage & The Bridges (2). Beltex x to £64.80 Chirdon & £60 Little Harle. Charolais x to £55.50 Lowfield. Cheviot x to £60.80 Chirdon, £56050 South Chareheads, £56 Linbriggs, £52 The Ash & £50.50 Gairshield. Mule to £61.20 Demesne Farm, £58.20 Linacres, £57 The Ash & Hesleyside, £56.20 The Ash, £55.50(2) Yatesfield, £54.50 Waskerley & £54 Stone House. Hampshire x to £53.50 Beukley. Blackface to £58 & £55.50 Featherwood, £54 Chesterwood, £53 Grindon Hill, £52.20 & £51 Low Stokoe, £49.80 Blakelaw, £49.20 Featherwood & £49 Grindon Hill. Swaledale to £40.20 Low Brooms, £40 Buckshot, £37.50 Low Brooms & £36.80 Eastgate House. Shropshire x to £46 & £36.50 Herding Hill.

ON TUESDAY, at their fortnightly Longtown sale, the Cumberland & Dumfriesshire Farmers’ Mart had forward 140 store cattle. Store cattle were a good trade throughout the sale, selling to a top of £810 for Limousin and British Blue bullocks from Messrs Robinson, Regatehead. Principal prices. Store bullocks: Limousin £810 Redgatehead, £795 Campingholm, £755 Redgatehead. British Blue £810 Redgatehead. Hereford £730 Bidlake. Charolais £725, £720 Underwoodhouse. Blonde £700 Bidlake. Angus £645 Garthside, £630 Bidlake. Friesian £540 Garthside, £500 The Stubb. Store heifers: Charolais £750 High Parkfoot, £645 Underwoodhouse. Limousin £690 Edenbanks, £685 High Parkfoot, £665 Garthside. Angus £595 The Stubb, £550 Bidlake. Simmental £590 Bidlake, £535 Bonshawside. British Blue £560 Bidlake and Bonshawside. Store bulls: Limousin £655 Campingholm, £560 Blindhillbush. Blonde £655 Campingholm.

AT THEIR Lontown sale on Tuesday, the Cumberland & Dumfriesshire Farmers’ Mart had forward 4,482 store lambs and breeding sheep. Store lambs were the dearest so far to at top of £72.80 for Texels from Kinning Hall, others £67.20 Palmer Hill, £66.80 High Crindledyke. Charollais £71.80 Mossknowe. Suffolk £67.80 Solmain, £66.20 Albierigg, £65.80 Mossknowe. Half Bred £65.80 Linton House. Greyface £63.50 Mossknowe, £62.50 Bayldon, £61.50 Albierigg. Blackface £56.50 Balmurrie, £55.80 Alnham Castlehill, £50.20 Sewing Shields. Kendal Rough £52.80 Church View. Swaledale £51.80 High Edges Green, £46.80 Pry Hill, £45.80 Howard Farm. Tup lambs to £64.50 Kinning Hall. Cast rams to £100 Carpet Farm. Texel cast ewes to £90.50 Linton House, Hill types £62.50 Carpet Farm. The 1,014 Hill Cheviots were very dear, selling to a top of £54.80 Girnwood, £53.50 Gall, £52.50 Granton. Hill Northies £61.80 Lochwise, £59.50 Hownam Grange, £57 Bradley. Correct Blackface gimmers to £55 Carpet Farm, who also sold Cheviots at £41.

ON THURSDAY, at their weekly Longtown prime stock sale the Cumberland and Dumfriesshire Farmers’ Mart had forward 55 prime cattle and two young bulls, along with 7,465 prime lambs and 7,067 cast ewes and rams. Cattle averages. Steers: Light, 121.5p (118.3p); medium, 165.5p (129.4p); heavy, 176.5p (154.5p). Heifers: Medium, 167.5p (148.1p); heavy, 177.5p (158.3p). Young bulls: 116.5p (106.0p). Sheep averages. Lambs: Light, 196.0p (160.3p); standard, 200.0p (168.2p); medium, 192.0p (162.4p); heavy, 173.0p (150.3p); overweight, 182.0p (142.9p). Ewes: Light, £69.50 (£42.22); heavy, £116.50 (£68.77). Cast rams: £124.50 (£72.33).

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