Friday, February 28

Store Cattle

Hexham and Northern Marts held their weekly sale of Store Cattle and Suckled Calves with an entry of 345.

Less numbers were forward but a full ring of buyers were present. Trade for all classes of cattle was easier following last week’s big entry and good trade.

Top price of the day was a 22month Limousin heifer at £1265 from John Davison, Lough Green.

Steers topped at £1245 for a pen of Charolais x at 16months from Mr FT Walton, Flotterton (14 Averaged £1147.50.

Leading Prices -

Cattle 23 – 30 Months

Charolais x heifers – £1165 Lough Green

Limousin x steers – £1190 Lough Green, £1170, £1165 (x2) & £1160 Lunns House

Limousin x heifers - £920 Lowfield

British Blue x steers – £1085, £1005 & £980 Camphill

Angus x steers - £1135 Fairley

Angus x heifers – £1190 Fairley, £990 Pottsdurtrees

South Devon x steers - £1090 & £1075 Wingates Wholme

Beef Shorthorn x steers - £1140 & £970 Duddo Hill

Saler x steers - £1080, £1020 & £980 Duddo Hill

Cattle 17 – 22 Months

Charolais x steers – £1170, £1150 & £1135 Flotterton, £1115 & £985 Haggwood

Charolais x heifers – £1115, £1085, £1045, £1035 & £995 Gallowhill

Limousin x steers – £1195 Fairley, £1190 Lough Green, £1145 Lough Green & Haggwood, £1140 Holly Hill West, £1095 High Warden

Limousin x heifers – £1265 Lough Green, £1100 Low Eshells, £1040 East Uppertown, £1030 Berwick Hill, £1025 Low Eshells, £1015 & £1000 Berwick Hill, £980 Hallington High Farm, £970 & £950 Berwick Hill

British Blue x steers - £1180 Wheat Hall, £1135 Haggwood, £1100 Camphill & High Warden, £1085 Camphill, £1070 Hallington High Farm, £1040 (x2) Camphill

British Blue x heifers – £1220, £1180, £1130 & £1110 Hallington High Farm, £1060 East Uppertown, £1050, £1010 & £990 Hallington High Farm

Angus x steers -£1160 Fairley

Angus x heifers – £1100 & £1090 Hallington High Farm, £1070 & £1040 Berwick Hill, £940 East Uppertown

South Devon x steers - £1160, £1095 & £1075 Wingates Wholme

Beef Shorthorn x steers - £1135 Duddo Hill

Saler x steers - £1040 Duddo Hill

Stabiliser x heifers - £1115 Wingates Wholme

Cattle 11 – 16 Months

Charolais x steers – £1245 Flotterton, £1145 Wheat Hall, £1115 & £1075 Flotterton, £1050 Wheat Hall, £1010 Harewalls, £1000 Haggwood & Wheat Hall, £900 Wheat Hall

Charolais x heifers - £1165 Wheat Hall, £910 Harewalls

Limousin x steers – £1130 & £1120 East Matfen, £1110 Holly Hill West, £1090 Thornton Tower, £1080 East Matfen, £1050 Highside, £1025 Comb Hills, £1020 Low Ardley, £1015 Highside, £1010 Low Ardley, £1000 & £990 Twizell Hall, £960 Low Ardley, £955 Twizell Hall, £930 Round Meadows, £920 East Matfen

Limousin x heifers – £1105 Low Middleton, £1065 Low Eshells, £1060 Little Bavington & Highside, £1050 Little Bavington, £1020 Holly Hill West, £980 Low Middleton, £970 Low Ardley, £915 East Matfen, £910 Hownsgill, £905 Lowfield (x2), £900 Holly Hill West & Lowfield

Blonde x steers – £970 Twizell Hall

British Blue x steers – £1180 Wheat Hall

British Blue x heifers – £955 Little Bavington

Simmental x steers – £1105 Wheat Hall, £1075, £1055, £1040, £1035 (x2) & £1030 Ross Farm, £1025 Wheat Hall, £960 & £930 Ross Farm

Angus x steers – £1100 Wheat Hall, £1000 East Uppertown, £890 High Barns

Angus x heifers - £940 & £870 Lowfield

Cattle 10 months and under

Charolais x steers – £900 Beacon Rigg

Charolais x heifers – £985 Errington Red House, £890 Wheat Hall, £875 Errington Red House

Limousin x steers – £1055 Low Middleton, £1000 Wheat Hall, £960 Highside, £950 Beacon Rigg, £910 Low Ardley, £870 Low Ardley, Beacon Rigg & Round Meadows

Limousin x heifers – £885 Low Ardley, £845 Willimoteswick

British Blue x steers – £1010 Camphill, £870 Willimoteswick

Simmental x steers – £1015 & £1005 Wheat Hall

Simmental x heifers – £880 Wheat Hall

Store & Breeding Sheep

Cast Ewes

Cast Ewes and Rams again very easy to sell with over 400 horned ewes present.

Best end of ewes dearer topping at £182 for a Texel Ewe from Miss J Carins, Rouchester. Closely behind was a Texel Tup at £180 from M/s Teasdale, Kellah. They sold Blackface Tups to £110 with their 7 tups averaging £123.14

Mule ewes still selling to heights never seen at Hexham topping at £130 from Mr PC Charleton, Little Harle whose run of 72 ewes averaged £107.90 (including 35 horned sheep).

Topping the Blackface ewes were 11 strong ewes from M/s WA Graham & Co, Newton Farm making £100.

17 Blackface ewes from Mr PC Charleton sold to £96.

Swales sold to £85 from the Bell Family, Woodhall.

Texels average £140.74

Suffolk x average £112.00

Texel x average £108.28

Leicester average £103.79

Chev.Mule average £101.13

Beltex x average £101.08

Mule average £95.54

More wanted next week. Contact Jack on 07739440457

Texel - £182 Rouchester, £180 Kellah, £166 Rouchester, £164 The Hott, £156 Taylor Burn, £150 Broomhall, £146 Taylor Burn & Chesters, £138 Forrestburn Gate, £130 Morwood, £128 Hallington New Houses & Hillcrest, £116 The Hott

Texel x – £166 Broomhall, £160 Bensons Fell, £154 Elrington Hall, £152 Little Harle & Berwick Hill, £148 Forrestburn Gate & Bensons Fell, £146 Forrestburn Gate, £144 South Hallington, £142 Broomhall, £138 Little Harle & Park View, £136 Linacres, £130 Causey View & Park View, £128 Greenchesters, Little Swinburne, Linacres & The Boat, £126 Harewalls, Camphill, Morwood (x2) & Midgeholme, £118 Bridgeford, Barker House & The Ash, £116 Laings Hill & Linacres, £115 Linacres, £114 Midgeholme, £112 Ochrelands, £110 Westburnhope, £104 East Highridge, £102 Gleedlee, £100 South Farm (x2), Hareshaw Allotment & Morwood, £99 The Ash, £98 Midgeholme, £96 Armstrong Arms & The Boat, £95 Roddymoor & Park View

Suffolk - £148 New Dotland, £147 Little Harle

Suffolk x – £152 Little Harle, £130 Taylor Burn, £110 Park View

Beltex x - £147 Little Harle, £140, £130 & £119 Hallington New Houses, £118 Kellah

Charollais x – £150, £135 & £112 Middle Coldcotes

Leicester - £138 Broomhall, £136 Blackhalls & Kellah, £134 Birkside, £116 Cross House, £100 Kellah, £95 Barker House, £90 Little Harle

Zwartbles - £130 High Salmonswell

Lleyn - £143, £134 & £128 Black Callerton

Cheviot – £126 Cross House, £99 The Sneep, £93 Greenchesters, £92 Bavington Hill Head, £75 Greenchesters, £72 Hareshaw Allotment

NC Cheviot - £96, £90, £88 & £74 Elsdonburn

Cheviot Mule – £115 & £78 Bavington Hill Head

Mule – £130 Little Harle, £126 Broomhall & Chesters, £125 Dyke Nook, £121 Elrington Hall, £119 Rawfoot, £118 South Farm & Elrington Hall, £114 Harewalls & Forrestburn Gate, £113 The Boat, £110 The Ash, £108 New Dotland, £107 Morrowfield, £105 Newton Farm, £100 Bridgeford, £99 Little Harle & Elrington Hall, £96 New Dotland, £95 Park View, £94 Hareshaw Allotment, £91 Causey View, £90 The Hott

Blackface – £110 & £109 Kellah, £100 Newton Farm, £96 Little Harle, £95 Buckshaw, £94 Black Callerton, £91 New Dotland, £88 Forrestburn Gate, £86 Gairshield, £85 Hareshaw, £84 Hethpool, £82 Laings Hill, £81 Gleedlee, £80 Little Harle, Hareshaw & The Hott, £75 East Highridge & Little Harle, £74 East Highridge, £70 Gleedlee

Swaledale – £85 (x2) Woodhall, £77 High Studdon, Rawfoot & Allenshields, £76 Birkside, £75 Dyke Nook & Low Stokoe, £70 Dyke Nook, £69 Blackhalls, £67 Westburnhope

Herdwick - £69 Gairshield, £66 New Dotland

Crossbred - £140 The Boat, £108 Forrestburn Gate

In Lamb Ewes

Texel x triplets sold to £130 from M/s TH&DW Armstrong, Milfield Demesne.

Blackface Flock aged ewes sold to £96 from Forrestburn Gate.

Next week – flock dispersal of 400 Scotch Type Blackface Inlamb ewes.

Look out for further information.

Texel x - £130 Milfield Demesne

Mule - £112 Milfield Demesne

Blackface - £96 Forrestburn Gate

Ewes with Lambs at Foot

First show of Ewes and Lambs sold to a great trade averaging £62/life from M.s A&IY Beattie.

Mule - £155 & £146 Armstrong Arms

Store Hoggs

Lots of end of season store hoggs on display today at Hexham resulting in a reduced average but best sorts very easy to sell.

Topping the sale was a great pen of eight strong hoggs making £129 from Mr DW Johnson, Blackhalls.

19 pens over £100

236 hoggs over £90

Get in contact with Jack on 07739440457 for entries and enquiries.

Texel Tup Hoggs - £128 & £100 Cross House

Texel x – £129 Blackhalls, £119 Newton Farm, £110 Hallington New Houses, £108 The Hott, £107 Hallington New Houses, £106 Butterknowes, £104.50 & £104 High Salmonswell, £101.50 Bavington Hill Head, £100 Blackhalls & Bavington Hill Head, £99, £96.50 (x2) & £96 Butterknowes, £95 Thockrington, Bensons Fell & Linacres, £94.50 Yetlington Lane & Butterknowes, £94 Thockrington, £92 Matfen Home Farm, Haggate & South Farm, £91 Roddymoor, £90 Elrington Hall, £89 Black Callerton, £88 Camphill, Low Chesterhope, Hartburn Grange & Crowhall, £87 Cheviot, £86.50 Hartburn Grange, £86 Butterknowes & Crowhall, £84.50 Kimmerston, £83.50 Butterknowes, £83 Kimmerston

Dutch Texel x - £128 Little Swinburne, £105 Glendue, £98 Little Swinburne, £94 & £89 Glendue

Suffolk x – £113 Piatroon, £98.50 Morrowfield, £94.50 Sunniside, £94 Cheviot, £91 Thockrington, £90 Piatroon, £89.50 Morrowfield, £89 Hartburn Grange

Beltex x - £108 & £104 Bavington Hill Head, £97 Haggate

Cheviot x - £66 Gairshield

NC Cheviot - £69 Gairshield

Cheviot Mule – £90 Bavington Hill Head, £88.50 Temon, £88 & £80 Bavington Hill Head

Mule - £89 Taylor Burn, £88 The Hott, £80 Holywell, £78 Black Callerton, £70 Cross House, £68 Camphill

Blackface – £58 Cross House, £55 Camphill (x2), Cross House & Hareshaw

Swaledale - £63 Bridgeford, £60 Westburnhope, £59 Woodhall, £58 Broadgates, £52 Woodhall, £50 High Studdon & Low Stokoe

Crossbred – £120 New Hall, £98 South Farm £81 Middle Coldcotes

Tuesday, March 3

Cattle

Prime Cattle

A smart show of clean heifers topped at £1370.58 (215.5ppk) for a Charolais x from Mr FT Walton, Flotterton.

Limousin Heifers – £1257 Flotterton, £1200 Nunwick, £1171.05 Flotterton

209.5p Flotterton, 200p Nunwick, 195.5p Flotterton

Charolais Heifers – £1370.58 & £1251.12 Flotterton

215.5p & 200.5p Flotterton

Cast Cows & OTM

A great show of cast cows was present in the Hexham ring today with 18 cows over 138ppk with buyers fighting for all types.

Topping the sale was a Stabiliser cow from Mrs VS Allgood, Nunwick making £1177.29 (or 154.5ppk). They also had cows at 153.5ppk, 146.5ppk, 143.5ppk averaging 146.16ppk.

Jake and Elizabeth Elder, Pottsdurtrees, were also in the top prices with their Angus cow making 147.5ppk

More urgently wanted. Please contact Jack 07739440457

Limousin – £1104.61 Nunwick, £1091.43 Hedley Park, £1077.69, £1072.01 & £1067.86 Great Chesters, £1065.06 Colwell Demesne, £1062.88 & £1061.90 Great Chesters, £1040.38 Flotterton Cottage, £1024.46 Nunwick, £1019.75 Burnbank, £1016.03 Great Chesters, £976.25 Nunwick, £955.86 Hallington New Houses, £951.21 & £887.29 East Butsfield, £845.03 Burnbank, £837.87 Cottonshope

146.5p Nunwick & Hedley Park, 145.5p Colwell Demesne, 144.5p Great Chesters, 143.5p Great Chesters (x2) & Flotterton Cottage, 142.5p Burnbank & Great Chesters, 141.5p Nunwick, 139.5p Burnbank, 137.5p Great Chesters & Nunwick, 135.5p East Butsfield, 133.5p Great Chesters & Hallington New Houses, 129.5p Cottonshope, 125.5p East Butsfield

Angus -£984.17 Hedley Park, £868.78 Pottsdurtrees, £824.92 Nookton

147.5p Pottsdurtrees, 129.5p Nookton, 126.5p Hedley Park

British Blue – £1039.50 High Warden, £873.80 Hallington New Houses

137.5p High Warden, 128.5p Hallington New Houses

Stabiliser - £1177.29, £1013.10 & £997.33 Nunwick

154.5p, 153.5p & 143.5p Nunwick

Prime Sheep

Prime Hoggs

More hoggs forward and a sharper trade throughout with the overall average 10p up on the week.

Top price was £131 & £130 from M/s Ryle, South Acton and their consignment averaged £129.17 for 40.

More hoggs could easily have been sold and entries invited for next Tuesday’s sale.

Texel x – £131 & £130 (x4) South Acton, £129 Middle Heads & Great Chesters, £128 South Acton, £126.50 Armond Carr, £125 South Acton, £124.50 Armond Carr, £122 Springwell & West Shields, £120.50 Armond Carr, £120 Baal Hill & Nilston Rigg, £119 Springwell, Low Eshells, West Shields, Armond Carr & Aydonshields, £118.50 New Dotland, Springwell & Low Eshells, £118 New Dotland, West Shields & Colepike, £117 Springwell, £116.50 Aydonshields, £116 New Dotland, £115 & £114.50 Great Chesters, £114 Middle Heads, Great Chesters & Nilston Rigg (x2), £113.50 Middle Heads, £112 West Shields, £111 Colepike, £110 Lunns House, £109 Colepike & Nilston Rigg, £108.50 Springwell (x3) & Great Chesters, £108 New Dotland & West Shields, £107.50 Colepike, £107 Great Chesters & Morrowfield, £106.50 Palm Strothers, £106 Middle Heads, £105.50 Baal Hill & West Shields, £105 Aydonshields, £103 Morrowfield, £102 Springwell, £101.50 Middle Heads, £101 Bingfield Combe, £100.50 Springwell (x2), £99 Middle Heads & Great Chesters

301.2p Armond Carr, 300p Middle Heads, 291.1p & 290.9p South Acton, 283p Armond Carr, 278.1p Middle Heads, 274.4p West Shields, 272.1p & 271.1p Springwell, 270.5p Aydonshields, 270.2p Middle Heads, 268.8p Great Chesters, 265.7p & 263.6p New Dotland, 263.3p Springwell, 259.5p Colepike, 259.1p Great Chesters, 257.5p Morrowfield, 250p South Acton (x2), 248.9p Great Chesters, 247.9p Armond Carr, 246.6p Springwell & Great Chesters, 244.3p Colepike, 244p, 243.8p & 243.5p West Shields, 242.9p Springwell, 241.5p Middle Heads, 241.3p Colepike, 241p Armond Carr, 240p New Dotland & West Shields, 239.8p Baal Hill & West Shields, 239.3p Springwell, 238.6p Aydonshields, 238p Springwell & West Shields, 237p New Dotland, 236.4p South Acton, 236.1p Middle Heads, 236p Colepike, 235.9p Springwell (x2), 235.6p Middle Heads, 235.5p West Shields

Suffolk x – £120 New Dotland & Low Barns (x2), £119 New Dotland (x2), £116 Lunns House, £115.50 Low Eshells, £115 Lunns House & Nilston Rigg, £113.50 Morrowfield, £112 New Dotland, £110 Lunns House & Morrowfield, £105 New Dotland, Baal Hill & Steel Hall, £103 Morrowfield, £102 Lunns House

238.6p New Dotland, 237.5p & 234p Lunns House, 233.3p New Dotland, 231.8p & 230p Lunns House, 225p Steel Hall, 223.4p Baal Hill & Steel Hall, 219.2p Morrowfield, 216.4p New Dotland, 215.7p Morrowfield, 213.9p Low Eshells, 207.1p Lunns House, 200p Low Barns (x2), 198.3p New Dotland, 189.2p Morrowfield, 187.5p New Dotland

Charollais x - £110, £108.50, £102.50 Low Barns

183.3p, 180.8p & 162.6p Low Barns

Leicester - £110 & 200p Baal Hill

Cheviot x- £98 & 227.9p Bingfield Combe

Mule – £111.50 New Dotland, £103 Nilston Rigg, £102.50 New Dotland, £90 Baal Hill

227.8p & 210.4p New Dotland, 209.3p Baal Hill, 198.1p Nilston Rigg

Blackface - £103 Great Chesters, £94.50 New Dotland

223.9p Great Chesters, 219.8p New Dotland

Swaledale - £82 & 210.3p Baal Hill

Jacob - £92.50 & 185p Low Barns

Crossbred - £110 & £105 Steel Hall

207.6p & 198.1p Steel Hall

Cast Ewes and Rams

Texel x – £145 & £122 West Grange, £106 & £100 Palm Strothers

Charollais - £100 Low Barns

Mule – £111 & £80 West Grange

Jacob – £92 & £75 Low Barns