IT has been a busy period for the district's all-important auction mart, based in the heart of the Tyne Valley.
Here's the latest frices from Hexham and Auction Mart.
Prize Show
Best Steer or Heifer (YFC Member)
First Prize: M Statton – High Highlaws, Tritlington YFC - Limousin x Heifer 289.5p/kg
Second Prize: R Graham – Miller Hill, Brampton YFC - Limousin x Steer 247.5p/kg
Limousin x Heifer
First Prize: Hard Riding - 275.5p/kg
Second Prize: Glebe Farm - 269.5p/kg
Limousin x Steer
First Prize: Miller Hill – 249.5p/kg
Second Prize: Lough Green – 264.5p/kg
British Blue x Heifer
First Prize: High Highlaw (Champion) 309.5p/kg
Second Prize: Lough Green – 261.5p/kg
British Blue x Steer
First Prize: Paxton Dene – 221.5p/kg
Other Continental x Steer
First Prize: Flotterton – 227.5p/kg
Second Prize: Barker House – 248.5p/kg
Other Continental x Heifer
First Prize: Flotterton – 243.5p/kg
Second Prize: Miller Hill – 245.5p/kg
Native Breed Steer or Heifer
First Prize: Barker House – 225.5p/kg
Second Prize: The Stobbs – 213.5p/kg
Male Champion
M/s Graham, Miller Hill – Limousin x Steer - 249.5p/kg to R Pearson
Reserve – M/s Davison, Lough Green – 264.5p/kg to R Pearson
Female Champion
M/s Renton, High Highlaws – British Blue x – 309.5p/kg to JD Hall Family Butchers
Reserve – Ms Moralee, Hard Riding – 277.5p/kg to Thompson Wholesale Meat Ltd
Supreme Overall Champion
M/s Renton, High Highlaws – British Blue Heifer to JD Hall, Family Butchers
Reserve Champion
M/s Graham, Miller Hill – Limousin x Steer to R. Pearson, Bradford
Limousin Heifers – £1552.95 Rowley Farm, £1528.07 Glebe Farm, £1481.19 Rowley, £1443.62 Hard Riding, £1411.51 West Wharmley, £1408.53 Lough Green, £1404.46 Hard Riding, £1403.06 Paxton Dene
275.5p Hard Riding, 273.5p Lough Green, 269.5p Glebe Farm, 266.5p Hard Riding, 256.5p Paxton Dene, 254.5p Rowley, 251.5p Paxton Dene.
Limousin Steers - £1646.70 & £1527.08 Miller Hill, £1409.79 Lough Green
264.5p Lough Green, 249.5p & 247.5p Miller Hill.
Charolais Heifers – £1599.80 Flotterton, £1459.50 West Wharmley
254.5p & 249.5p Rowley.
Charolais Steers - £1625.19 Barker House, £1584.62, £1560.34, £1540.18,Flotterton
248.5p Barker House, 227.5p (x2) & 223.5pFlotterton.
British Blue Heifers - £1945.44 & £1658.92 High Highlaws, £1490.55 Lough Green
309.5p & 289.5p High Highlaws, 261.5p Lough Green.
British Blue Steers - £1417.60 & 221.5p Paxton Dene.
Angus Heifers - £1312.41 Barker House, £1230.48 & £1221.22 The Stobbs, £1209.78 Barker House
225.5p & 214.5p Barker House.
Blonde Heifers - £1283.97 & 245.5p Miller Hill.
Beef Shorthorn Heifers - £1166.17 & 210.5p Miller Hill.
An increase in cow numbers this week with a lot of hill cows present. Trade just as strong as the previous week, maybe a touch dearer. The 43 cows went to average 122.5p/kg
Highest grossing cow was a Luing cow from M/s G Roddam & Partners, Blackcarts, which realised £1187.55.
Highest p/kg cow on the day was a British Blue from High Warden which sold for 181.5p/kg.
First Prize: Halton Red House
Second Prize: Rusheylaw
Limousin – £1146.04 Burntongues, £1121.25 Midgeholme, £1118.70 West Wharmley, £1093.13 Halton Red House, £1061.97 Rusheylaw
169.5p West Wharmley, 155.5p Burntongues, 149.5p Midgeholme, 145.5p Bowershield, 141.5p Burntongues.
Angus -£1119.20 Grange Farm, £919.19 Catcherside, £881.91 Grange Farm, £835.07 Pottsdurtrees
178.5p Grange Farm, 119.5p The Stobbs & Grange Farm.
British Blue – £1103.52 High Warden, £1033.87 Hawksteel, £841.58 Pitland Hills, £823.99 Parmontley Hall
181.5p High Warden, 135.5p Hawksteel, 122.5p Pitland Hills, 111.5p Parmontley Hall.
Beef Shorthorn - £882.09 & 121.5p Catcherside.
Luing - £1187.55, £1101.25, £987.90, £884.30 & £867.79 Blackcarts
136.5p, 133.5p, 128.5p, 126.5p & 119.5p Blackcarts.
Hereford - £947.85 & £881.91 Three Farms
117.5p & 116.5p Three Farms.
A total of 1,358 lambs forward, and lambs outwith the show sheep sold very well to a top of £118 from Low Eshells and 279.5p Thornton Tower with all classes sharper and easy to sell.
The Champion lambs in the show, which was kindly judged by Mr Jamie Curle, were the Beltex x from Messrs Beveridge, Low West House, Tow Law, and were sold for £160 (333.3p) to Mr Tony Green for his Penshaw Farm Butchers, in Houghton le Spring.
Reserve Champion also went to Messrs Beveridge for their pen of Dutch Texel crosses which also sold to Mr Tony Green for £142 (322.7p)
5 Texel Lambs
First Prize: St Oswalds
Second Prize: Aydonshields
5 Dutch Texel Lambs
First Prize: Low West House
Second Prize: St Oswalds
5 Beltex Lambs
First Prize: Low West House
Second Prize: St Oswalds
5 Continental Lambs
First Prize: St Oswalds
5 Suffolk Lambs
First Prize: St Oswalds
Second Prize: Flotterton
5 Hill Lambs
First Prize: Flotterton
Second Prize: Flotterton
Champion Pen
M/s Beveridge, Low West House – Beltex
Reserve Champion Pen
M/s Beveridge, Low West House – Dutch Texel
Texel x – £118 Low Eshells, £116 Harwood Shield, £114 Low Eshells & Watch Currock, £112 St Oswalds, £111 Comb Hills, £110.50 Chesters, £110 Old Town, £109.50 Chesters, £109 Chesters, Thornton Tower & Aydonshields, £108 High Eshells, Watch Currock, Milbourne High House & Blackburn, £107.50 Chesters, £107 Chesters, Blackburn & Old Town, £106 Watch Currock, Thockrington & Old Town, £105.50 Milbourne Town Farm, £105 Low Eshells & Palm Strothers, £104.50 St Oswalds, £104 Slaterfield Fell, Chesters, Cheeseburn Grange & West Shields, £103.50 Thockrington & Old Town, £103 Low Eshells, Baal Hill, Cheeseburn Grange & West Shields, £102.50 Willimoteswick & Aydonshields, £102 Whitchester & Blackburn, £101.50 Bingfield Combe, Aydonshields, Tenter House, Low Brooms & Springwell, £101West Shields, £100 High Eshells, Willimoteswick (x2), Little Swinburne (x2), Low Eshells, Low Brooms, Springwell, Milbourne Town Farm, Warksfield Head & Cheeseburn Grange (x2), £99.50 Aydonshields, Hedley Park (x2), Watch Currock & Cheeseburn Grange, £99 Watch Currock, Comb Hills & Thornton Tower, £98.50 New Dotland, Whitchester, Partridge Nest, Blackburn & Lunns House, £98 Low Staples, Chesters & Thockrington, £97.50 Hedley Park (x2), £97 Milbourne High House, £96.50 Little Swinburne, Whitchester & Comb Hills, £96 High Eshells & Whitchester, £95.50 Satley
279.5p Thornton Tower, 271.4p Watch Currock, 261p Blackburn, 260.5p St Oswalds, 257.1p Watch Currock, 253.5p Aydonshields, 250p Cheeseburn Grange, 247.6p Chesters, 243p St Oswalds, 241.3p Little Swinburne, 241p Palm Strothers, 238.1p Little Swinburne (x2), 233.3p Satley, 231.7p Thornton Tower, ,228.8p Low Brooms & Springwell, 227.5p Woodcroft, 227.3p Warksfield Head, 225.6p Chesters, Springwell & Aydonshields, 225p Watch Currock, 223.3p High Eshells, 222.2p Springwell & Watch Currock, 221.4p Little Swinburne, 220.7P Low Brooms, 220.2p Comb Hills, 220p Chesters, 219.8p Low Staples (x2) & West Shields, 219.3p Whitchester, 219.2p Partridge Nest, 219.1p Hedley Park & Cheeseburn Grange, 218.9p Partridge Nest, 218.6p Milbourne Town Farm, 218.1p Willimoteswick, 217.9p New Dotland, 217.8p Low Staples, 217.4p High Eshells, 217.1p Milbourne High House, 216.7p Hedley Park, 216.3p Aydonshields, Partridge Nest & Cheeseburn Grange, 215.9p Allenshields & Springwell, 215.1p Cheeseburn Grange, Partridge Nest & Milbourne Town Farm.
Dutch Texel x – £142 Low West House, £108 St Oswalds
322.7p Low West House, 229.8p St Oswalds.
Suffolk x – £116 New Dotland, £107.50 St Oswalds,
£105.50 Old Town, £105 Low Eshells, £104.50 Thockrington, £104 Flotterton, Lunns House & Baal Hill (x2), £103.50 Thockrington, £103 St Oswalds, Whitchester, Thockrington & Flotterton, £102.50 & £101.50 New Dotland, £100 Lunns House, £97 Thockrington, £93 & £90 (x2) Lunns House
216p, 215.9p & 213.5p New Dotland, 208p Baal Hill, 206.7p Lunns House, 206.1p Thockrington, 205.8p Satley, 204.1p Lunns House, 203.9p Baal Hill, 202.1p Thockrington, 202p St Oswalds & Whitchester, 200p Lunns House, 196.2p Flotterton, 195.7p Lunns House (x2), 195.5p St Oswalds, 195.3p Thockrington, 194.4p Low Eshells, 194.3p Thockrington
Beltex x – £160 Low West House, £115 St Oswalds, £103 Little Swinburne, £99 St Oswalds (x2), £94 Little Swinburne, £91 Woodcroft
333.3p Low West House, 261.4p St Oswalds, 251.2p Little Swinburne, 247.5p & 235.7p St Oswalds, 229.3p Little Swinburne, 227.5p Woodcroft
Charollais x – £96.50 Cheeseburn Grange 209.5p Fairspring, 205.3p Cheeseburn Grange
Leicester - £107 Allenshields, £105.50 & £100 Harwood Shield
175.4p & 164.8p Harwood Shield, 155.1p Allenshields
Kerry Hill - £77 & 192.5p Comb Hills
Cheviot x- £106.50, £102.50 & £99.50 Flotterton, £95 Bingfield Combe, £93.50 Flotterton
212.5p & 211.7p Flotterton, 211.1p Bingfield Combe, 209.2p & 193.6p
Flotterton
NC Cheviot - £105.50 & £103 Flotterton, £96 Bingfield Combe
214.6p & 206.9p Flotterton, 195.9p Bingfield Combe
SC Cheviot - £108.50 & 204.7p Flotterton
Cheviot Mule - £106 & 186p Flotterton
Mule – £98.50 Warksfield Head, £96.50 Springwell, £94 West Shields, £93 Tenter House, £91.50 Allenshields
206.7p Tenter House, 205.2p Warksfield Head, 203.3p Allenshields, 200p West Shields, 198.9p Allenshields, 196.9p Springwell
Blackface -£89.50 & 208.1p Warksfield Head
Swaledale - £75 & £163p Woodcroft
Jacob - £70 & 166.7p Low Brooms
Herdwick - £74 & 189.7p Comb Hills
Crossbred - £115 & 255.6p St Oswalds
Cast Ewes and Rams
Texel x –£95 Old Town, £90 Satley
Zwartbles - £50 Fairspring
Mule – £60 Old Town
Herdwick – £30 Fairspring
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