Weekly sales reports from Hexham and Northern Marts

The sale, this week, was predominantly older cattle which sold marvellously well and maintained last week’s high rates. Bullocks were easily sold throughout, as were the plainer, dairy bred sorts.

Once again, native cattle sold extremely easily with Angus x heifers from Mr E Metcalf, Fairly, topping at £1,570. Selling twice to £1,490 were Angus x steers from Messrs E & I Hall & Sons, Hallington New Houses, and Messrs DA & P Burn & Sons, Aydonshields.

Bruce Campbell, of Thrunton, made his way down from North Northumberland with some tremendous pure Charolais and Angus x cattle that sold to £1,420.

Messrs J Carr & Co, Camphill, sold a 16month old Limousin x steers to £1,390.

Making the trip across from Carlisle, Mr S Wood, Arnold House, sold 12 month old Blonde x steers to £1,200.

Cattle 30+ Months

Limousin x heifers –£1420 Edges Green.

Cattle 23 – 30 Months

Limousin x steers – £1280 Church Farm, £1260 & £1240 South Farm.

Charolais x steers – £1190 Arnold House.

British Blue steers – £1400 South Farm.

Angus x steers –£1330 Fairley.

Limousin x heifers - £1280 South Farm.

British Blue heifers – £1200 Harlow Bower.

Angus x heifers –£1395, £1175 & £1120 Fairley.

Simmental x heifers – £1180 South Farm.

Cattle 17 – 22 Months

Limousin x steers –£1390, £1330, £1290 & £1280 Colwell Demesne, £1280 Holly Hill West, £1275 Errington Hall, £1270 Colwell Demesne.

British Blue steers –£1130 Arnold House.

Angus x steers –£1390 & £1360 New Houses, £1295 Church Farm, £1280 New Houses.

Limousin x heifers -£1330 South Farm, £1220 & £1210 East Newham, £1200 & £1160 (x2) Heatheridge, £1050 Shillafield, £1110 Beacon Rigg, £1070 East Newham & Beacon Rigg.

Charolais heifers –£1265 Thrunton.

Charolais x heifers –£1110 Harewalls, £1105 Shillafield.

Beef Shorthorn x heifers –£1170 East Newham.

Angus x heifers –£1570 & £1360 Fairley, £1270 Kirkley Hall, £1250 Aydonshields, £1210 (x2) & £1190 High Fotherley.

Cattle 11 – 16 Months

Limousin x steers –£1390 Camp Hill, £1355 South Farm, £1310 Kirkley Hall & Holly Hill West, £1275 Kirkley Hall, £1270 Westburnhope, £1255 Elrington Hall, £1240 & £1220Camp Hill,£1190 High Alderheads.

British Blue steers – £1145 South Farm.

Angus x steers –£1490 New Houses & Aydonshields.

Blonde x steers –£1200 Arnold House.

Limousin x heifers-£1300 Holly Hill West, £1190 & £1160 Westburnhope, £1150 East Newham, £1130 South Farm, £1115 & £1080 Arnold House, £1050 Westburnhope, £1045 Holly Hill West, £1040 (x2) Arnold House.

Charolais heifers –£1420 & £1240 Thrunton.

Charolais x heifers –£1145 Shillafield, £1100 Harewalls, £1070 Beacon Rigg, £1050 Arnold House.

British Blue heifers –£1185 Heatheridge.

Angus x heifers –£1230 Thrunton, £1215 High Fotherley.

Simmental x heifers –£1045 Arnold House.

Store Sheep

Cast Ewes

A humongous show of 1,519 cast ewes sold to another fantastic trade for a very large show of hill ewes.

Topping the sale at £200 was a trio of Texel ewes from JE Henderson & Sons, Burntongues.

Not far behind at £198 was a Texel tup from Messrs JT Nixon & Sons, Stotsfold.

Suffolk tups topped at £185 from Messrs Watson, West Newlands, who also sold Cheviots to £126.

Mules topped at £118 for a pen from Mr G Pigg, Chesterwood.

A very large show of hill ewes, with feeding types dearer on the week.

Texel - £200 Burntongues, £168 Delight Farm, £156 Chapel House.

Texel Tup - £198 Stotsfold.

Texel x – £158 Chesterwood, £149 Ogle Castle, £148 Hackford & Swarland Old Hall, £147 Longhurst, £140 Rusheylaw & Snitter, £139 East Butsfield, £138 Snitter, £137 Thornton Tower, £136 Burntongues, £134 East Butsfield & Snitter, £131 Errington, £130 Hackford, Rugley Walls & Rennys Barn, £129 Hackford, £128 Longhurst, High Old Shield, Low West House & West Link Hall, £126 Rusheylaw & East Newham, £124 The Laws, £122 Stotsfold & Burntongues, £120 East Newham & Low West House.

Suffolk - £138 The Tofts.

Suffolk Tup - £185 West Newlands.

Suffolk x – £144 Delight Farm & Ogle Castle, £142 Delight Farm, £134 Rugley Walls, £126 Matfen White House, £123 Rugley Walls, £122 Delight Farm.

Beltex - £126 Middle Horsleyhope.

Beltex x - £165 East Newham, £154 Middle Horsleyhope, £132 The Tofts.

Dutch Texel - £194 Burntongues.

Leicester - £148 East Newham, £122 Middle Moor.

Leicester Tup - £124 Howburn, £118 East Newham.

Mule – £118 Chesterwood, £117 Ogle Castle, £114 Hackford, £112 Whittonstone & Dukesfield Hall, £110 Rusheylaw & Ogle Castle, £108 Middle Moor, £106 Stotsfold, £105 Cheviot, East Butsfield, Ogle Castle & Chesterwood.

Cheviot Mule – £120 Low West House, £110 Errington.

Cheviot – £126 West Newlands, £100 Derecroft.

Cheviot x - £120 Longhurst.

Blackface – £87 Brownchesters, £85 Dunns Houses (x2)

Swaledale – £82 Harwood Shield, £72. Allenshields, £70 Hesleywell, £69 Allenshields, £67 Stotsfold.

Herdwick - £54 Chesterwood Farm House.

Crossbred – £126 Derecroft, £112 Middle Moor.

Store Hoggs

A catalogued entry of 4,931 store lambs sold to another excellent trade with longer keeping lambs dearer on the week.

Stronger, short keep lambs regularly breaking £100 with longer keeping types in the £80s.

Topping the trade at £172 was a pen of six Texel ewe lambs from JR & A Mews, Chapel House.

Suffolk x lambs topped at £138 from Messrs ML & MD Sparke, Salmonfield.

Mule lambs sold to another good trade with many 2nd & 3rd draw lambs on display. Cowden Partners sold a pen of ten mule lambs to £97.

First blackface lambs of the season were forward, selling to £72.50 for 106 lambs from Featherwood.

Texel - £172 Chapel House, £140 Hallington South Far.

Texel x – £128 Billerley, £124 Greys Well & Needless Hall, £123 Swarland Old Hall, £121 Wayn Riggs, £120 Cockhall, £119 Dunns Houses, £117 Cockhall, £116 Swarland Old Hall, £114 Greys Well & St Oswalds, £113 & £111 Billerley, £111 Wayn Riggs, £110 Hallington South Far & St Oswalds, £109 Billerley & Stotsfold, £108 Amos Hill, £105 Chesterwood, £104 Swarland Old Hall, £103 Hareshaw Allotment, Westburnhope & Bedshiel Cottage, £102.50 St Oswalds, £101 High Lovelady Shield, Cowden Burn, Greys Well & Sowerby Wood.

Dutch Texel x - £106 & £104 Hackford.

Suffolk x – £138, £130, £129 & £128 Salmonfield, £112 Dunns Houses (x2)

Beltex x – £140 Hallington South Farm, £138 Low West House, £134 Hallington South Farm & Low West House, £129 Hallington New Houses, £125 Westburnhope, £124 Low West House, £119 St Oswalds, £116 West Moorhouses, £114 Westburnhope & Willimoteswick, £111 Sowerby Wood, £110 West End, Hallington South Farm & West Moorhouses, £109 Crindledykes, Sowerby Wood, Linacres, Gleedlee & Willimoteswick.

Hampshire x - £82.50 Pilmuir.

Mule – £97 Cowden Burn, £95 Ouston, £90 Broadgates, £89.50 & £83 Cowden Burn, £82.50 Town Foot & Sunny Farm, £82 The Laws, £81.50 High Lovelady Shield, £80.50 Embley, £79 Burnbank, Newbiggen, Cowden Burn & Chesterwood Farm House.

Cheviot - £76 Bedshiel Cottage.

Blackface – £72.50 Featherwood (x2)

Crossbred – £95 Sowerby Wood.

Cattle

Prime Cattle

Clean cattle sold to 253.5p for a Limousin x heifers from Messrs WH Davison & Son, Lough Green.

Limousin x heifers - £1503.26 & 253.5p Lough Green.

Charolais x heifers – £1571.85 & 249.5p Lough Green.

Young Bulls

Limousin - £1351.38 & £1287.90 Burntongues

238.5p & 237.5p Burntongues.

Cast Cows & OTM

A small entry after the bank holiday but a good trade from start to finish. Cast bulls sold to £1,380.75 from Messrs TL Forster & Son, Lowes Fell. Cast cows sold to £1,261.66 for a pure Charolais from Messrs JG Milburn & Sons, Loadman.

Younger cows sold to 211.5p for Saler x from Messrs WH Smith & Sons, West Shields.

Holstein cows from Messrs H Huddleston, Round Meadows, sold to 133.5ppkg.

Limousin x - £1259.60 Burntongues, £1235.66 Longlea

169.5p Longlea, 167.5p Burntongues.

Angus x - £1151.50 & £1093.65 West Shields

171.5p & 164.5p West Shields.

British Blue x - £1209.00 & 162.5p Low Eshells.

Charolais - £1261.66 & £1197.30 Loadman

158.4p & 153.5p Loadman.

Hereford x - £1098.20 & 161.5p Tedcastle.

Holstein Friesian - £841.05 & 133.5p Round Meadows.

Saler x - £1216.13 & 211.5p West Shields.

Limousin Bull – £1380.75 & 131.5p Lowes Fell.

Prime Sheep

Prime Lambs

Another good show of lambs forward on the week with heavier weight sheep.

Best and well fleshed sorts continued to sell very well to a top of 297.4ppkg for Beltex crosses from Agars Hill & £134.50 from Old Town. A run of 62 First Draw heavy lambs from Thockrington averaged £124.79.

Leading Prices

Texel x – £134.50 Old Town, £130 Palm Strothers, £128.50, £128 & £127.50 Thockrington, £127 Low Eshells, £126.50 Linacres, £125.50 Warksfield Head, £125 & £123.50 Ridley Stokoe, £122 Old Town, £121 Thockrington & East Wharmley (x2), £120.60 Palm Strothers, £120 Halfway House, Warksfield Head & Cawfields

270.9p Ridley Stokoe, 268.3p China Hall, 265.6p East Wharmley, 261.6p Palm Strothers, 261.4p East Uppertown, 258.0p East Wharmley, 257.1p Whitchester, 255.6p East Wharmley, 255.1p Ridley Stokoe, 254.4p East Uppertown, 252.4p Moss Barns, 252.2p Palm Strothers, 252.1p East Wharmley, 252.0p Ridley Stokoe, 251.1p East Wharmley, 251.0p Palm Strothers.

Dutch Texel - £120.50, £120 & £114.50 Willimoteswick, £114 North Cocklake (x2)

286.9p & 272.6p Willimoteswick, 259.1p, 253.3p & 250.0p North Cocklake.

Beltex x - £122, £118.50 & £118 Linacres, £116 Agars Hill & Linacres

297.4p Agars Hill, 286.8p Fell Lane, 285.0p Agars Hill (x2), 283.7p Linacres, 282.1p Fell Lane.

Suffolk x - £134 Thockrington, £130 Old Town, £129 Thockrington (x2), £126 Nookton, £125 Old Town, £124 North Cocklake & Low Eshells, £120.50 Thockrington

248.0p North Cocklake & Low Eshells, 247.8p Delight Farm, 244.8p Whitchester, 244.6p North Cocklake, 244.4p Middle Heads.

Bluefaced Leicester – £97 & 220.5p North Cocklake.

Mule – £129, £116, £112 & £111.50 Tenter House, £109 & £104.50 Quarry House, £101 Edge House

222.5p & 222.3p Quarry House, 219.6p Edge House, 218.6p & 215.4p Tenter House, 215.2p North Cocklake.

Cheviot Mule - £108 & 230.2p Flotterton.

Cheviot x - £104 & 236.4p Willimoteswick.

PRIME Lambs

Scots Gap Auction Mart sold 881 prime and cast sheep at their weekly sale and lamb values were at unprecedented levels for August at this centre. With all classes dearer on the week, the sale averaged 241.1 ppkg and £112.64 per head, delighting all vendors.

Dave Brodie, The Chesters, topped the sale with a pair of super heavy Texel crosses that sold for £145 per head to Ben Gray. A fantastic pen of 23 lambs at 52kg by the same sire sold to the same buyer at £130 from Messrs Johnson, Tuthill. Eight Suffolk cross lambs from Mule mothers sold to £130 from Derk & Vin Milburn, Holling Hill, and a pair of smart Texel crosses at 44kg sold to 272 ppkg from Willie and Martin Woodman from their Bradford holding, Belsay.

Traditionally a heavy butchers lamb centre, The Gap handled some outstanding weighty lambs on the day with almost 90 per cent of the sale comprising of Texel lambs that averaged 46kg and £113 per head. Mule lambs sold to £115 from Edward Potts, Doe Hill whilst Blackies at 42kg sold to £85 from John Armstrong, Grasslees, and a May born Cheviot cross lamb sold to 230ppkg and £90 from grandson Thomas Armstrong.

Leading prices;

Texel x- £145 Chesters; £140 Holling Hill; £136 Rawfoot; £135 Forestburngate; £133 Chesters; £130 Tuthill; £129 Rugley Walls; £128 Rawfoot & Horncastle; £127 Girsonfield; £126 Holling Hill, Coldwell, Broomhall, New Houses, Kirkley Hall,; £125 Chesters; £124 Longshaws, Belsay, West Grange; £123 Cornhills; £122 Tuthill, Chesters, Kirkley Hall; £121 Colwell Hill, Wall Fell; £120 Belsay; £118 Tosson Tower (x2), Coldwell

272.7 Belsay; 265.1 Cornhills; 265.0 East Newham (x2); 263.6 Girsonfield; 253.1 Longshaws & Belsay; 252.2 Belsay; 251.1 High House Milbourne; 250.9 Chesters; 250.0 Tuthill, Chesters (x2); 249.0 Girsonfield, Tuthill, Chesters, Kirkley Hall; 248.7 East Newham; 247.8 Horncastle & West Grange; 247.3 Rawfoot; 247.1 Woodhall (Blakey), & Coldwell; 246.9 Wall Fell & Colwell Hill; 246.8 Rugley Walls.

Suffolk x- £130 (x2), £128, £124 Holling Hill; £116 East Newham; £116 Broomhall & Rugley Walls; £114 Broomhall; £111 Colwell Hill; £108.50 Kirkley Hall; £108 Dene House & Shaftoe Moor

243.1 & 241.5 Holling Hill; 241.3 Colwell Hill; 237.5 Broomhall; 236.4 Holling Hill; 234.8 Shaftoe Moor; 232.1 Holling Hill; 232.0 East Newham & Broomhall.

Bleu de Maine – £122 & 244.0 ppkg Kirkley Hall.

Mule - £115 & £109.50 Doe Hill; £105 Horncastle; £104 Broomhall

238.0, 230.0 Doe Hill; 226.1 Broomhall; 218.8 Horncastle.

Blackface - £85 & £80 Grasslees

205.1 & 202.4 Grasslees.

Cheviot x - £90 & 230.8ppkg Grasslees (TJA).

Cast Sheep

Texel x - £138 Girsonfield; £130 Longshaws; £124 East Shaftoe; £120 New Houses & Dykehead; £116 Molesden; £112 Longshaws; £110 Shaftoe Moor & Longshaws.

Texel Wether Shearlings – £128, £102, £100 Girsonfield.

Suffolk x - £100 Molesden.

Mule – £110 East Shaftoe; £108 Shaftoe Moor; £105 Broomhall.

Lleyn - £89 Dykehead.