Weekly sale reports from Hexham and Northern Marts

Cattle

Prime Cattle

Another decent entry of clean heifers this week with well fleshed Limousin x heifers from Chris and Andrew Johnson, Paxton Dene selling to 239.5p/kg

Highest grossing heifer came from The Hall Family of Barker House with a smart Charolais x selling to £1403.47 selling to Thompson Wholesale Meat Ltd. Witton le Wear.

Limousin Heifers – £1413.72, £1403.47, £1353.04, £1206.43 Paxton Dene 239.5p, 230.5p, 229.5p & 225.5p Paxton Dene

Charolais Heifers – £1413.75, £1340.08, £1275.16, £1262.13 & £1217.58 Barker House 224.5p, 221.5p, 219.5p, 217.5p & 215.5p Barker House

Simmental Heifers - £1041.76 & 191.5p Yatesfield

Cast Cows & OTM

Smaller entry but slightly better show of cows this week that would meet better rates than last week. Limousin x cows selling to 140.5p/kg from M/s A Hall & Sons, Barker House.

Highest grossing cow came from M/s R Thornton & Son, Cornhills who sold a British Blue cow to 1183.46

Limousin – £1095.90 Barker House, £983.35 & £977.82 Crowhall, £9744.82 Crook Dene 140.5p Barker House, 138.5p & 134.5p Crowhall, 130.5p Crook Dene,

Angus -£1080.02 Yatesfield, £1073.71 Old Town, £916.52 Crowhall, £893.33 Brieredge, £878.94 & £705.31 Yatesfield 133.5p & 128.5p Yatesfield, 125.5p Yatesfield & Kirkley Hall, 113.5p Old Town, 109.5p Crowhall

British Blue – £1183.46 Cornhills, £1120.47 & £1050.65 Crowhall, £1007.93 Cornhills, £ 1003.37 Crowhall, £911.91 Barker House, £750.93 Crowhall 138.5p Crowhall, 136.5p Cornhills, 134.5p Barker House & Crowhall, 133.5p Crowhall & Cornhills, 122.5p Crowhall

Beef Shorthorn - £1028 & £758.84 Yatesfield 128.5p & 115.5p Yatesfield

Hereford - £758.21 & 101.5p Brieredge

Prime Sheep

Prime Lambs

Less lambs forward on the week due to standstills etc. All classes selling well with the average 7p up on the week. Although a lot more heavy sorts about.

Best lambs still getting a terrific trade with Andrew Reay, West Moorhouses selling Beltex x to £127 (317.5p) and 302.4p

Texel x – £123 Quarry House, £118 East Uppertown, £114 St Oswalds, £107 Milbourne Town Farm, £106 Woodcroft, £105 Quarry House, Tedcastle & Palm Strothers, £100 High Baulk & Quarry House, £99.50 Errington, £99 St Oswalds & West Moorhouses, £98.50 High Eshells & High Baulk, £98 Errington & Quarry House, £97 Aydonshields & Camphill, £96 High Eshells, Errington & Blackburn, £95.50 High Baulk (x2) & Low Eshells, £95 High Eshells, Errington (x2), East Uppertown, Baal Hill, West Moorhouses & Old Town, £94.50 Low Eshells, St Oswalds & East Uppertown, £94 East Uppertown, Partridge Nest, Milbourne Town Farm, Old Town & Thockrington, £93.50 High Baulk, Willimoteswick, Woodcroft, St Oswalds, East Uppertown, Aydonshields, West Moorhouses, Camphill & Thockrington, £93 Woodcroft, Low Eshells (x2), Moss Barns, Aydonshields, Milbourne Town Farm, Rare Dean & Palm Strothers 292.9p Quarry House, 281p East Uppertown, 271.4p St Oswalds, 252.4p Woodcroft, 250p West Moorhouses & Palm Strothers, 236.9p Errington, 235.7p St Oswalds, 233.3p Errington, 232.6p Milbourne Town Farm & High Baulk, 230.5p St Oswalds, 230.2p & 229.5p West Moorhouses, 229.1p High Eshells & High Baulk, 225.6p Thockrington & Camphill, 223.4p Quarry House, 222p Palm Strothers, 216.3p Low Eshells, 215.4p & 213.4p Partridge Nest, 213.3p Blackburn, 211.5p Burntongues, 211.1p East Uppertown, 210.5p Burntongues, 210p Bulls Hill, Town Farm Milbourne & Kirkley Hall, 209.1p Bingfield Combe, 208.5p Old Hall Gate, 207.8p West Moorhouses, 207.6p High Baulk, 206.7p Woodcroft, 206.5p Errington, 205.4p Low Eshells, 204.7p Bankfoot & Low Eshells, 204.6p St Oswalds, East Uppertown & Aydonshields, 204.4p East Uppertown

Dutch Texel x – £107 Willimoteswick, £101 Burntongues, £98 Willimoteswick & Burntongues, £93.50 Burntongues 273p Burntongues, 248.8p Willimoteswick, 233.3p Burntongues & Willimoteswick, 203.3p Burntongues

Suffolk x – £105 Lunns House, £95.50 Baal Hill, £95 Great Bavington, £94 Baal Hill, Lunns House, Thockrington (x2) & Great Bavington, £93.50 St Oswalds, Sunniside & Great Bavington, £93 Great Bavington & Rare Dean (x2), £92.50 Lunns House, £92 Old Town, Thockrington & Sunniside, £91.50 Lunns House, £91 Aydonshields, Thockrington & Great Bavington, £90 Thockrington (x2) 207.1p Great Bavington, 197.8p Thockrington, 196.7p Great Bavington, 195.7p Thockrington, 195.6p Lunns House, 191.7p & 191.5p Thockrington, 190.6p Lunns House, 189.8p Rare Dean, 189.6p Aydonshields, 188p Baal Hill, 187p Sunniside, ,186.3p Great Bavington, 186p Rare Dean, 184p Sunniside

Beltex x – £127 (x3), £118, £113 & £112 West Moorhouses, £109 St Oswalds 317.5p, 302.4p, 288.6p, 280p, 269.1p & 268.2p West Moorhouses, 265.9p St Oswalds

Charollais x – £95 Sunniside, £94 Old Town & Sunniside, £93.50 Sunniside (x2), £93 Old Town, £90 Sunniside 200p, 187p & 184.3p Sunniside, 182.4p Old Town, 179.3p & 176.4p Sunniside

Cheviot x- £77.50 & 198.7p Old Hall Gate

Mule – £91.50 & £88 Great Chesters, £85.50 Camphill (x2), £85 Baal Hill, £83 Woodcroft, £79 Bulls Hill, £75.50 Stone Stile 194.3p Camphill, 191.3p Great Chesters, 188.9p Baal Hill, 185.9p Camphill, 183p Great Chesters, 175.6p Stone Hall, 172.9p Woodcroft, 171.7p Bulls Hill

Cast Ewes and Rams

Texel x –£65 Tedcastle

Mule – £55 Kirkley Hall.

Store Cattle

Hexham & Northern Marts held their weekly sale of store cattle and offered for sale a sound catalogued entry of 675 head which included over 400 head of native breed types.

The height of the trade occurred within the first ten minutes of the sale with the first into the ring from Willie Patterson, Halton Red House; a big Limmy bullock at 18 months selling to £1400. This was topped by the sale leader a few moments later from Geoff Ogle, Blackburn who sold another hefty sort at the same age to £1430. Mr Ogle sold five all of the same stamp to average £1340 whilst Mr Patterson sold four, including a thick Angus at £1160, averaging £1296 both regular consignors returning home happy after a great days trading.

The best of heifers continue in great demand at Hexham with both suckler breeders and high-end finishers now ever vigilant and on the hunt for shapely types. John Lamb, Town Farm hit the heights this week with a long black Limmy cross lady that would suit either destiny and was cashed at £1310 to top the run of well-bred cattle from Wall.

The main focus of the catalogue on this day was the considerable entry of native breed cattle and with many breeds represented it was once again the Angus that dominated peaking at £1330 for a hefty black bullock from County Durham producer and Hexham regular, John Carpenter, Rare Dene, Cornsay. Chris and Janet Watmore sent a smart packet by the black bull from the now renowned Holystone Estate that peaked at £1290 twice and averaged £1195 for 11 sold at 18 months of age.

Angus heifers peaked at £1150 from David Wilkinson, New Rift, Acomb with another at £1120 from Messrs Tweddle, Springwell Farm, Satley. Whilst not figuring in the upper echelons of the trade on the day a special mention must go to Kirkley Hall College for their efforts in breeding and drawing a super pen of a dozen heifers in the mid-range age bracket which filled the Hexham ring and sold for a worthy £840 to Messrs Bell of Hemscott Hill, Morpeth.

With increased interest in easily managed, easily fleshed cattle and perhaps niche market beef production the special monthly native sale attracts the full gamut of breeds that originate on these fair isles. The leading prices of those represented on the day as well as the aforementioned Angus were as follows;

Luing cattle sold to £1200 for three steers at 17 months from Andrew Ellis, Thrunton Lowfield; Beef Shorthorns sold to £1145 for a bullock at the same age from Messrs Dodd & Wise, Sillywrea, Langley on Tyne and also to £1040 for the best of a small offering from Mrs Winnifred Campbell, Hopefoot, Otterburn. South Devon cross bullocks again in this age bracket sold at £1140 from John Moore, Wingates Wholme, Morpeth whilst well known amongst all Hexham & Northern customers the Market Foreman; Roy Coe brought out a nice run of Hereford cross steers and in good fettle these peaked at £1090. A Galloway heifer at 17 months sold to £985 from the previously highlighted New Rift Farm and completing the spectrum of native breeds were a rare pen of Murray Gray’s from Coquet Valley enthusiast and annual consignor at this time of year Bill Woolley, West Hepple who sold steers to £965 and heifer sisters to £945.

Demand for all classes continues to be strong at Hexham with buyers for short keep sorts and also those requiring longer term bullocks and heifers for winter housing still active at the ringside. The company conducts sales under a strict set of Covid-19 guidelines and furthermore have invested in infrastructure and ring furniture to ensure the safety of our customers who can attend our weekly sales in confidence.

To enter cattle for sale or to discuss the cattle we catalogue and offer at Hexham on a weekly basis please call our team of auctioneers on 01434 605444 who will be pleased to assist in any way we can.

Leading prices;

Cattle 23 – 30 Months

Limousin x steers – £1160 Humber Hill

Charolais x steers – £1040 Springwell

Angus x steers – £1175 Brass Castle, £1100 Springwell, £950 Bunker Hill

Angus x heifers – £1120 Springwell

Cattle 17 – 22 Months

Limousin x steers – £1430 Blackburn, £1400 Halton Red House, £1360 Blackburn, £1350 Halton Red House, £1340 Blackburn, £1310 Highwood, £1305 Blackburn, £1300 Highwood & Rare Dean, £1290 Claywalls, £1280 Claywalls & Cornhills, £1275 Halton Red House, £1270 Cornhills, £1265 Blackburn, £1260 Claywalls, Cornhills & White House Birtley, £1250 Highwood & Claywalls, £1245 Cornhills, £1240 Highwood & Claywalls (x2), £1215 Lunns House, £1205 Elrington Hall, £1200 Lunns House & Highwood (x3), £1190 Lunns House & Highwood, £1180 Colwell Demesne & Highwood, £1175 Elrington Hall, Lunns House & Highwood, £1170 Town Farm Wall, £1160 Highwood, £1135 Colwell Demesne, £1100 Highwood & Lowfield, £1070 Colwell Demesne, £1020 Town Farm Wall, £1000 Colwell Demesne & Grasslees (x2), £990 Allendale Farm & Lowfield, £960 Elilaw, Town Farm & Spittalshield, £940 & £915 Lowfield, £880 Bunker Hill

Charolais x steers – £930 Hedley West

British Blue x steers – £1210 Cornhills, £1150 Highwood, £975 & £960 Woodwell House

Angus x steers – £1330 Rare Dean, £1290 Holystone (x2), £1280 Aydonshields, £1225 Lowfield, £1220 New Houses, Aydonshields & Holystone, £1190 Holystone, £1180 New Houses, £1170 Holystone (x2) & Snape Farm, £1160 Halton Red House, £1150 Elilaw & Lowfield, £1140 & £1135 Snape Farm, £1130 Holystone, £1120 New Rift, £1100 Elilaw, £1090 Buteland, £1080 Allendale Farm, £1070 Grasslees & Lowfield, £1060 (x2) & £1040 (x2) Grasslees, £1030 Highwood, £1020 Town Farm Wall, £1000 Allendale Farm, Springwell & Watch Hill (x2), £990 Elilaw & Buteland, £980 Lowfield & Buteland, £975 Buteland, £970 Springwell, Lowfield, Little Harle (x2) & Woodwell House, £920 Grasslees, £905 Bunker Hill, £900 Little Harle, £890 Little Harle & Woodwell House

Simmental x steers – £1200 Elilaw, £1060 Intake Bungalow, £1050 Elilaw, £1045 Intake Bungalow, £1040 Elilaw & Thrunton Lowfield, £1030 Thrunton Lowfield, £1020 & £1000 Elilaw

Beef Shorthorn steers – £1145 Sillywrea, £1040 Hopefoot, £1000 & £980 Sillywrea, £960 Gallaw Hill, £945 Hopefoot

South Devon x steers - £1140, £980 (x2), £960 & £950 Wingates Wholme

Hereford x steers - £1090, £1070, £1025, £1020 & £1000 Intake Bungalow

Luing steers - £1200 & £1110 Thrunton Lowfield

Murray Grey steers - £965 West Hepple

Limousin x heifers - £1310 & £1270 Town Farm Wall, £1225 White House Birtley,£1175 Lunns House, £1150 Colwell Demesne, £1140 Lunns House & Cornhills (x2), £1130 & £1100 Lunns House, £1095 East Uppertown, £1090 Cornhills & Town Farm Wall, £1080 Town Farm Wall, £1055 Colwell Demesne, £1040 White House Birtley, £960 The Tofts, £955 & £865 Lee Hall

Charolais x heifers – £1060 White House Birtley, £1000 Springwell

Angus x heifers – £1150 New Rift, £1100 Aydonshields, £1080, £1070 & £1035 New Rift, £1020 Springwell, £1015 New Rift, £1010 Snape Farm, £1000 Rare Dean, Buteland & New Rift, £970 Buteland, £960, £950 & £940 Lee Hall, £935 East Uppertown, £920 China Hall & East Uppertown (x2), £915 Lee Hall, £910 Allendale Farm, £900 Buteland & Kirkley Hall, £845 Little Harle, £840 Kirkley Hall

Simmental x heifers - £990 Springwell

Murray Grey x heifers – £945 & £860 West Hepple

Galloway x heifers – £985 New Rift

Cattle 11 – 16 Months

Limousin x steers – £1200 Cornhills, £1190 & £1090 Spittalshield, £1085 Steel Hall, £1060 Town Farm Wall & Spittalshield, £1050 Spittalshield, £1030 Steel Hall & Spittalshield, £1005, £1000 (x2), £985 & £970 Spittalshield, £960 Steel Hall, £950 & £945 Spittalshield, £935 Yatesfield, £930 Spittalshield & Warksfield Head, £905 Castle Nook (x2), £900 East Plenmeller, £880 Startup & Castle Nook, £875 Warksfield Head, £865 Rawfoot & Startup

Charolais x steers – £1145 Castle Nook, £1120 White House Birtley, £1080 Hartburn Grange, £1020 Castle Nook, £1010 Hartburn Grange, £990 Springwell & East Plenmeller, £960 & £935 East Plenmeller, £920 Springwell, £890 (x3), £880 & £870 East Plenmeller

Simmental x steers – 1100, £1085, £1055, £1050, £1040 & £1000 Warksfield Head, £990 Elilaw, £960 & £910 Intake Bungalow

Angus x steers – £1180 New Houses, £1080 Watch Hill (x2), £1050 Elilaw, £1025 Yatesfield, £1020 Spittalshield, £1015 Watch Hill, £990 Buteland (x2) & Watch Hill, £980 Buteland, £950 Yatesfield, £940 Spittalshield & Buteland, £885 & £880 Rawfoot, £865 Buteland, £860 Rawfoot

South Devon x steers – £950 Wingates Wholme

Beef Shorthorn steers – £935 & £895 Springhill

Stabiliser steers - £865 & £840 Reavley

Hereford x steers - £945 Buteland

Galloway x steer - £850 Spittalshield

Murray Grey x steers - £825 West Hepple

Limousin x heifers - £1000 & £970 Spittalshield, £955 Reavley, £950 Steel Hall, £930 The Tofts, £920 Reavley, £875 Castle Nook, £870 Reavley, £860 Warksfield Head

Charolais x heifers – £1000 & £960 Hartburn Grange, £950 The Tofts, £930 Cooper House, £910 Hartburn Grange, £875 (x2) & £865 East Plenmeller

Angus x heifers – £990 Buteland, £965 Lee Hall, £940 Hedley West, £870 Watch Hill, £855 Buteland

Cattle 10 months and under

Charolais x steers – £965 & £830 Castle Nook

Angus x steers – £980 Watch Hill, £840 Cooper House

Store Sheep

Cast Ewes

The largest show of Cast Ewes seen for many years with over 2000 catalogued.

Topping the sale at £130 was a pen of tremendous Texel ewes from Mr AW Dixon, West Heddon Farm.

Mules sold to £82 from Mr JSA Dodds, High House Farm.

Blackface ewes sold at £68 from M/s TL Forster & Son, Lowes Fell for a pen of 15.

Feeding types still a strong trade especially for the hill breeds.

More wanted please contact Jack on 07739440457

Texel - £130 & £122 West Heddon, £96 Middle Dukesfield

Texel x –£114 Bankfoot, Milbourne Town Farm, West Heddon & Butterknowes, £106 Stotsfold & Chesters, £104 Chesters, Rye Hill & Milbourne High House, £100 Milbourne High House, £98 Closehead, £96.50 Hallington High, £95 Milbourne Town Farm & East Barnwell, £94.50 Hallington High Farm, £94 Aydonshields, £93 Hallington High, West Heddon, Normans Riding & Lynup Hill, £92 Hackford, £91 Cheeseburn Grange (x2), £90 Three Farms, Normans Riding & Rye Hill, £88.50 Chesters, £88 Lowes Fell, Grange Farm, Low Carriteth & Butterknowes

Suffolk x – £100 Prior Hall, £97 Bankfoot Belsay, £96 Colepike & Town Farm Milbourne, £93 Milbourne High House & East Flass, £92 Prior Hall & Grange Farm, £91 East Fourstones, £88 Bankfoot Belsay & Cheeseburn Grange

Leicester - £92 Rusheylaw

Zwartbles - £87 & £74 Three Farms

Cheviot – £64.50, £57 & £56.50 South Colwell, £55 Three Farms, £54 Old Hall Gate

Cheviot Mule – £88 Lowes Fell

Mule – £82 Milbourne High House, £78 East Fourstones, £76.50 Lowes Fell, £76 Prior Hall, £75 Ochrelands, £74 Hackford & High Alderheads, £73 Blueburn, £72 Colepike, East Barnwell, High Fotherley & Chesterwood, £71 Hallington High Farm (x2), Prior Hall, Settlingstones & Normans Riding, £70.50 Grange Farm, £70 Aydonshields, East Fourstones & Great Tosson

Blackface – £68 Lowes Fell, £65 Carry House, £64 North Cocklake, £59 Blueburn, £57 Hole Farm (x2)

Swaledale – £54, Paradise Farm,, £51 The Shield & Stotsfold, £50 Stotsfold, £49 Hackford, £47 Todhillwood, £45 Stone Stile, £44 Stone Stile & Castle Nook

Jacob - £49 Hillcrest

Herdwick - £44 Old Hall Gate

Crossbred – £70 Bankfoot Belsay

Store Lambs

Hexham Mart held another successful store lamb sale of 5104 store lambs which met the same trade as last week. This is astonishing, especially with the way the fat trade has been in the previous couple of days. The better end of the lambs once again stole the headlines with no fewer than twelve pens of lambs smashing the £122.00 barrier!

Mr B Storey, Woodhead returned once again to the Hexham ring with some outstanding Dutch Texel wether lambs that sold to extreme rates of £142 and averaged £120 for 41 lambs sold! Not far behind was Andrew Reay of West Moorhouses with his usual level of quality and selling lambs to £140 and £135. M/s NG,KM & JG Beveridge, Low West House, Tow Law sold a very well presented run of Beltex x lambs to £128.

Texel cross lambs from now regular consignors, M/s D Fletcher & D Coates, Short Thorns sold well again and hit heights of £118.

A poorer show of Mule lambs this week, but they continue to be easily sold selling to £78 from M/s CH & S Peart, Hareshaw.

Cheviot lambs sold well from Mr FT Walton, Shilmoor and sold to a high of £76

Now getting down the cut in the Blackface lambs which still averaged £56 and sold to £68 for a good panful from M/s Featherwood Partners.

Plenty of potential purchasers in need of sheep over the next few weeks. Please take advantage of the current trade at Hexham and call with entries for next week on Monday for cataloging.

Office 01434 605444 or Drew 07854361967 or Jack 07739440457

Texel - £108 & £100 Well House, £96 Middle Dukesfield, £90 Well House

Texel x – £140 & £124 West Moorhouses, £118 Short Thorns, £112 East Flass & West Moorhouses, £110 Hownsgill, £107 Errington Red House, £106 Woodlands, £100 Middle Dukesfield, £96 Whitton Glebe, £94 Short Thorns, £90 Middle Dukesfield

Dutch Texel x - £142, £130 & £126 Woodhead, £124 & £120 Willimoteswick, £117 & £110 Woodhead, £96 Willimoteswick, £94 Middle Dukesfield, £90 Willimoteswick

Suffolk - £85 Sillywrea

Suffolk x – £86 Black Hedley, £85 South Gunnerton, £81.50 High Knitsley, £79 Lunns House, £78.50 Haining Head, £78 Nackshivan, Hillcrest & Haggwood

Beltex – £122 Low West House, £112 Low West House (BC)

Beltex x - £135 West Moorhouses, £130 Wallend, £128 Low West House, £125 West Moorhouses, £124 & £120 Wallend, £118 Middle Horsleyhope, £117 West Moorhouses, £116 Middle Horsleyhope, £114 & £110 (x2) Low West House, £109 Wallend, £108 Middle Horsleyhope, £104 West Moorhouses, £100 Middle Horsleyhope (x2), £94, £93 & £90 (x4) Low West House

Leicester - £80, £78 & £70 Middle Dukesfield

Hampshire - £74 & £61 High Greenleycleugh

Zwartbles - £74 Hillcrest

Cheviot - £76, £63 & £52 Shilmoor

SC Cheviot - £65 & £59 Shilmoor

Cheviot Mule - £66 Codlaw Hill

Mule – £78 & £76.50 Hareshaw, £74 Bulls Hill, £72.50 Lowes Fell, £72 Broomhope, £71.50 The Shank, £70.50 Bulls Hill & Stell Green, £70 Hillcrest & Hareshaw, £68 Townshields

Blackface –£68 Featherwood, £65 Hareshaw, £62 Featherwood, £59.50 Harsondale, £58 Harsondale & Stell Green, £56 Whiteside Birtley, £55.50 Featherwood

Jacob - £52.50 Hillcrest.