Weekly sales reports from Hexham and Northern Marts

A trio of bullocks all from the one home held the top three prices of the sale at £1,480 and £1,440 (twice) all being exceptionally shaped and well wintered at Blackburn, Slaley, by weekly consignor at this time of year Mr Geoff Ogle who sold one more and saw his four average a noteworthy £1,417.

Two very well-bred sorts were sent down the North Tyne to Hexham by Messrs Bousfield, Low Stokoe, Falstone, and the pair of hefty red bullocks scaled to £1,440 and £1,380 at 21 months from the well-known upland suckler herdmasters.

The charolais breed was well-represented on the day and certainly sought after with big, powerful steers from Messrs Hall, New Houses, Hallington, selling to £1,430 to average £1,385 for four sold, whilst The Aberdeen Angus offering continued to attract a premium at Hexham. An exceptional run from Ken Sisterson, Newlands Haugh, selling to £1,410 for a pair of outstanding steers at 18 months and averaging £1,290 for 11 sold on the day.

Forward heifers and also the best end of yearling sorts were also in the ascendancy with a smart Limmy cross lady at 20 months selling for £1,400 from David White, East Uppertown, and a smart younger type from Messrs Moore, Highside, Kellah, scaling to £1,360 for the Haltwhistle-based family.

A super entry of yearling types made up the second half of the catalogue and these saw great rates, unrivalled within the county or indeed the region this week.

Cattle from 11-17 months of age peaked at £1,390 for a Charolais cross steer from Messrs Tweddle, Springwell farm, County Durham; £1,315 for a Limmy bullock with style and shape from Andrew Swallow, Dukesfield Hall, Hexhamshire, and £1,310 for a Blonde cross from noted purveyors of the Breed Messrs English, Brownsleazes, Wark, who also sold a stylish heifer at £1,275. Limousin cross heifers in this bracket sold to £1,265 from Highside and to £1,225 from Ian Oliver, South Brandon, Crook, County Durham.

It was the youngest class of cattle that truly rang the bell on the day; those at ten months and younger which topped at £1,330 for a sublime Bazadaise cross steer from Willie and Mark Longlands, Rusheylaw, Birtley, followed by a rare Limousin cross from Messrs English that rose to £1,210. A cracking pen of ¾ bred calves were presented by David and Sharon Robinson, Hawksteel, Allendale, and these peaked at £1,180 for a great steer to return £1,111 for four sold.

Dennis & Stuart Charlton, Whiteside, peaked at £1,170 for a great red bullock bred high in Roman Wall country and Micheal Reed, West Biggens, in Weardale, County Durham, followed at £1,135 for a shapely Dun coloured steer.

Another Haltwhistle-based family operation; Messrs Thompson, East Unthank, enjoyed a nice trade with great Limmy steers at this age peaking at £1,130 and heifers close behind at £1,100 to average £1,149 for five great sorts sold on the day.

Cattle bred with a dairy influence were greatly sought after and highlights included a super pen of Charolais crosses out of Montbeliard mothers from Messrs Willey, Broomfield, that peaked at £1,340 for steers and £1,320 for heifers to average £1,225 for four and six sold respectively at 18 months. Messrs Faill of Hedley West, Stocksfield, scaled to £1,065 for a hard working pen of four Charolais heifers from dairy mothers and Messrs Ivinson, Cooper House, sold dairy bred Angus cross heifers at 14 months to a top of £950 and a super average on the day of £920 for five sold.

The entire entry of steers sold to average £1,113 across the catalogue whilst all heifers marketed on the day came back at £1,036 per head. Any producer with cattle to sell in our region should contact our auctioneers to take advantage of the great rates attainable at this centre.

Leading prices;

Cattle 23 – 30 Months

Limousin x steers - £1290 White House, £1285 Duddo Hill, £1280 Lough Green, £1230 & £1200 White House, £1200 Highwood.

British Blue x heifers - £1160 Broomfield.

Charolais x heifers - £1190 Broomfield.

Angus heifers - £1290 Pottsdurtrees.

Angus x heifers - £1240 & £1220 Sunniside.

Cattle 17 – 22 Months

Limousin x steers – £1480 Blackburn, £1440 Blackburn (x2) & Low Stokoe, £1380 Low Stokoe, £1365 Lough Green, £1360 Highwood, £1355 & £1350 Lunns House, £1345 Highwood, £1315 Duddo Hill, £1310 Blackburn, £1300 Lunns House, £1290 Comb Hills & Highwood, £1280 Highwood, £1275 Lunns House & Cornhills, £1270 White House & Highwood, £1265 Highwood, £1260 Kirkley March, £1245 Lough Green, £1240 Rare Dean, £1235 Highwood, £1195 Stotsfold, £1190 Highwood, £1175 Comb Hills, £1170 East Uppertown & Duddo Hill, £1160 Duddo Hill, £1150 Highwood.

Limousin x heifers - £1400 East Uppertown, £1360 Highside, £1340 Lunns House, £1325 Berwick Hill, £1305 White House, £1290 East Uppertown, £1280 Rare Dean, £1250 East Uppertown, £1245 & £1230 Lunns House, £1215 White House, £1205 Camp Hill, £1200 Cornhills, £1190 Halton Red House (x2), £1180 Cornhills, £1170 Mains Rigg, £1165 Halton Red House, £1160 Cornhills, £1150 Berwick Hill & White House, £1140 & £1100 Berwick Hill.

British Blue x steers - £1290, £1255 & £1155 Camp Hill, £1145 China Hall.

British Blue x heifers - £1270 Camp Hill, £1180 South Brandon, £1175 & £1100 Camp Hill.

Charolais x steers – £1430 & £1360 (x2) Hallington New Houses, £1340, £1330 & £1190 Broomfield, £1185 South Brandon, £1150 Rare Dean.

Charolais x heifers - £1320 Broomfield, £1225 Rare Dean & Broomfield, £1160 Springwell, £1150 Rare Dean & Broomfield, £1125 White House.

Blonde x heifers - £1165 Brownsleazes.

Saler x steers - £1170 Duddo Hill.

Angus x steers – £1410 & 1400 Newlands Haugh, £1390 Hallington New Houses, £1300 Rare Dean, £1270 Newlands Haugh (x2), £1260 Church Farm, East Uppertown & Allendale Farm, £1210 Newlands Haugh, £1200 Church Farm & East Uppertown, £1175 Sunniside, £1160 Church Farm & Springwell.

Angus x heifers – £1290 Rare Dean & East Uppertown, £1280 Allendale Farm, £1255 The Deans, £1240 Berwick Hill, £1170 Redesmouth, £1140 Rare Dean & Allendale Farm, £1120 The Deans, £1110 Berwick Hill & The Deans.

South Devon heifers - £1150 The Deans.

Cattle 11 – 16 Months

Limousin x steers –£1315 Dukesfield Hall, £1295 South Brandon, £1280 Stotsfold, £1275 Brownsleazes, £1270 Holly Hill West, £1250 East Unthank, £1230 Stotsfold, £1225 Low Middleton, £1200 Stotsfold, £1190 Low Eshells, £1185 Rusheylaw, £1165 Stotsfold & Whiteside, £1155 Stotsfold, £1125 Low Town & Low Eshells, £1120 Low Eshells, £1100 Low Middleton & Dukesfield Hall, £1090 Highside, Low Middleton & Low Eshells, £1070 Windy Hill, £1060 Whiteside, £1050 Low Middleton, Cornhills & Raggetsyke, £1000 Windy Hill (x2)

Limousin x heifers – £1265 Highside, £1225 South Brandon, £1205 Grange House, £1180 & £1170 Linacres, £1160 Grange House & Whiteside, £1150 East Unthank, £1130 Linacres, £1120 Low Middleton & Low Town, £1110 Highside, £1070 South Brandon, £1065 Whiteside, £1055 Low Middleton & Linacres, £1040 Grange House, £1025 Low Middleton,£1020 Low Town.

British Blue x steers - £1240, £1195 & £1160 Rusheylaw.

Charolais steers - £1020 Harewalls.

Charolais x steers -£1390 & £1195 Springwell, £1160 Grange Farm & Low Middleton, £1080 Springwell & Grange Farm, £1030 High Trewhitt & Raggetsyke, £1020 Harnham Hall.

Charolais x heifers - £1090 & £1080 Raggetsyke, £1045 & £1030 Grange Farm.

Blonde x steers - £1310 Brownsleazes, £1260 Jollybody.

Blonde x heifers - £1275 Brownsleazes.

Bazadaise x steers - £1140 Rusheylaw.

Simmental x steers - £1100 Hackford, £1095 & £1000 Baal Hill.

Simmental x heifers - £1000 Hackford.

Angus steers - £1130 Springwell.

Angus x steers -1090 East Uppertown, £1040 Springwell.

Angus x heifers - £1060 Lee Hall, £950 Cooper House.

Hereford x heifers - £970 South Brandon.

Cattle 10 months and under

Limousin x steers – £1210 Brownsleazes, £1180 Hawksteel, £1170 Whiteside, £1135 West Biggens, £1130 East Unthank, £1125 Hawksteel, £1120 Rusheylaw, £1115 East Unthank, £1090 & £1050 Hawksteel, £1035 West Biggens, £1000 Prospect Grange.

Limousin x heifers - £1100 East Unthank, £950 Prospect Grange, £900 Baal Hill.

British Blue x steers – £1050 Camp Hill & Prospect Grange, £965 Prospect Grange.

Blonde x steers - £1000 & £920 Jollybody.

Blonde x heifers - £920 Jollybody.

Bazadaise x steers - £1330 Rusheylaw.

Over 1,000 Cast ewes and rams were sold through Hexham today and with increased numbers nationwide, trade was slightly reduced to previous week’s extreme rates.

Messrs E Milburn & Son, Holling Hill, sold Charollais ewes to £152.

Mule ewes still selling well to a top of £95 from Messrs JE Woodman & Son, Great Chesters, for a pen of 13.

Blackface ewes sold to a top of £80, again from Great Chesters.

More continue to be wanted, call Jack on 07739440457.

Texel x – £145 Corneyside & Greyside, £138 Chapel House, £135 Dukesfield & High Eshells, £130 Hillcrest, £124 Dykehead, £122 High Eshells, £120 Corneyside & Holling Hill, £118 East Wharmley, Kirkley Hall & Harewalls, £117 High Eshells, £116 Great Chesters & Berwick hill, £115 Nunwick & Corneyside, £114 East Wharmley, Nunwick, Lee Hall & Hallington New Houses, £112 Greyside, £110 Gunnerton Demesne & Hillcrest, £108 High Fotherley (x2) & Hillcrest.

Suffolk x – £114 Tedcastle, £111 Greyside, £108 & £102 Gunnerton Demesne.

Beltex x - £140 Low West House, £127 Hallington New Houses, £126 Jollybody, £114 Tedcastle, £108 & £106 Hallington New Houses.

Bleu D’Maine - £118 Low Staples.

Charollais x - £152 Holling Hill, £148 Rosehill.

Leicester - £108 West End Wolsingham.

NC Cheviot – £96 Codlaw Hill.

Cheviot x - £77 Codlaw Hill, £75 Colwell South Farm, £72 Castle Nook.

Cheviot Mule - £105 Steel Hall, £101 Nunwick, £100 The Tofts.

Mule – £95 Great Chesters, £94 Beaumont House, £93 High Eshells, £92 Brokenheugh & Whiteside, £91 Brokenheugh, £89 Holling Hill, £88 West Butsfield, Gunnerton Demesne, Normans Riding (x2) & Berwick Hill, £87 Greyside, £86 Bowershield & Kirkley Hall.

Blackface – £80 & £78 Great Chesters, £75 Whiteside.

Swaledale – £66 Tarset Hall, £63 Woodhall.

Cast tups topped at £136 for Texels from GH Walton & Son, Greyside.

Texel - £136 Greyside, £128 Dukesfield Hall & Barker House, £120 Elrington Hall, £115 Hackford, £112 Beaumont House, £108 Hillcrest, £104 Greyside, £102 Burnbank.

Suffolk - £95 Hackford & Barker House.

Beltex - £102 The Tofts.

Leicester - £118 Great Chesters, £106 Burnbank.

Blackface - £84 Holling Hill.

Store hoggs continued to be an extreme trade with the smallest end seeing another lift.

Topping the day was three Dutch Texel Ewe Hoggs from Messrs WR Sparke & Sons, Little Swinburne, at £158 with their run of 55 ewe & whether hoggs averaging £126.51.

Charollais hoggs sold to a top of £120 from JJ & JM Sanders, Bavington Hill Head.

Mule hoggs sold to a top of £103 for a pen full from Lord Max Percy Farming, Blueburn.

Blackface & Swaledale Hoggs topped at £94 Burnbank & Ambling Gate respectively.

More wanted for next week contact Jack 07739440457.

Texel - £108 New Acres.

Texel x – £148 Low West House, £130 Tedcastle, £115 Glendue (x2), £110 Normans Riding, Matfen Home Farm & Glendue, £109 Burnbank & Highwood, £108 Riding Farm, £107 New Acres, Bank Top House & Lee Hall, £106 Billerley, Hedley Park, Raggetsyke, Bank Top house, Ochrelands & High Fotherley, £105 Raggetsyke, Low West House & Settlingstones, £104 High Eshells, Hedley Park, Barracks Farm & High Yarridge (x2)

Dutch Texel x - £158, £144 (x2), £140, £132, £130, £126, £124 & £110 Little Swinburne.

Suffolk x –£111 Berwick Hill, £109 Thockrington, £108 (x2) & £107.50 Piatroon, £107 Bingfield East Quarter, £105 Hareshaw Allotment, £102 Black Hedley.

Beltex x - £120 Hareshaw Allotment, £118 Bavington Hill Head, £105 The Lee.

Charollais x - £120, £114 & £111 Bavington Hill Head.

Zwartbles - £94 Three Farms.

Leicester - £97 Farneyshield.

Kerry Hill - £85 Three Farms.

Ryeland - £63 Peel Flatt.

Cheviot - £88 Barrasford Green, £86.50 Linbrig.

Cheviot x- £78 Scotchcoulthard.

Cheviot Mule - £106, £105 & £102 Bavington Hill Head.

Mule –£103 Blueburn, £98 Blueburn (Milburn), £97 Ochrelands, £96 Tedcastle, £95 Ambling Gate, £94 Allenheads, £93 Blueburn (Milburn), £89 Blueburn.

Blackface – £94 Burnbank, £86.50 Stoop Rigg, £84 Lynburn, £80 Edlingham Demesne, £79 Rookland.

Swaledale - £94 Ambling Gate, £83 Shittlehopeside.

Crossbred – £105 Bowershield, £101 Bavington Hill Head, £99 & £98.50 Rosehill.