Store Sheep

Cast Ewes

Another good show of over 900 Cast Ewes forward, with all the regular buyers. Strong well fleshed ewes sold to a premium whilst leaner Hill ewes were harder to cash.

Texel x –£170 & £160 East Wharmley, £158 Low West House,Loanend & Ridley Stokoe, £150 East Wharmley, £145 Willimoteswick, £138 Springwell Cottage, Loanend, Rusheylaw, Steel & East Greenridge, £133 East Greenridge, £130 East Wharmley, Steel & Ravenside.

Beltex x - £108 Low West House.

Charollais x –£140 Walker North Farm.

Leicester-£118 Towdy Potts.

Cheviot –£80 Stobby Lea, £77 High Yarridge.

Cheviot Mule –£86 Stotsfold.

Mule –£114 Elrington Hall, £112 Rusheylaw, £110 Springwell Cottage & Wayn Rigg, £109 East Greenridge, £107 East Wharmley, £105 Ravenside, £102 Elrington Hall, £100 Stotsfold.

Blackface –£80 Linshiels, £75 Edges Green.

Swaledale –£78 Hackford, £69 Stotsfold.

Breeding Sheep

Breeding Ewes sold to £154 for one Crop Texel x Ewes from Stotgate Farm.

Store Lambs

A nice but reduced entry of Store Lambs due to a number of vendors attending Kelso Ram sale.

All classes sold very well to a top of £127 from Messrs Beattie, Gunnerton

South.

Texel x –£127 South Farm, £126 Matfen High House, £119.50 Lilswood Farm, £119 Cockhall, Loanend & Satley, £118 Rye Hill, £116 Demesne, £114.50 High Knitsley, £113 Westlands, £112 Crescent Farm, Errington Red House & Cockhall, £111 Westlands, £109 Dale House & Errington Red House, £108 Cockhall, Loanend, Taylor Burn, £107 Matfen High House & Broadgates, £106.50 High Eshells, £105 South Farm, Errington Red House & Laburnum.

Dutch Texel x -£103 Moss Kennels, £99.50 East Uppertown, £95, £94.50 & £91.50 Lilswood.

Suffolk x –£112 East Highridge, £103 The Old School, £97 East Highridge, £94 Black Hedley.

Beltex x -£94 Closehead & Grange Farm, £92 Closehead & Matfen High House, £90 Whitchester.

Cheviot x -£69 Cottonshope.

Mule –£71 Moorhouse Gate, £70.50 Milescott, £69 Kingswood.

Blackface –£86, £60 & £57 Davyshiel.

Herwick-£75 East Highridge.

Swaledale -£66 Ottercops.

Prime Cattle

Clean cattle sold well with well finished Limosuin x heifers from father and son, Chris & Andrew Johnson, of Paxton Dean, selling to 270.5 ppkg leaving the pair ecstatic with their days trade.

Angus heifers from the Hallington Pedigree herd sold to 229.5ppkg

Limousin Heifers –£1589.25 & £1382.26 Paxton Dene

270.5p & 244.5p Paxton Dene.

British Blue x Heifers – £1590.05 Paxton Dene

269.5p Paxton Dene.

Angus Heifers -£1202.58 & £1150.05 South Farm

229.5p & 225.5p South Farm.

Cast Cows & OTM

More cows, more buyers resulting in a good trade. The better end of the cows were dearer on the week,

with two good Limosuin cows breaking the 200 ppkg barrier!

Topping the sale was a six year old Limousin cow from Messrs J E Henderson & Son, Burntoungues, selling to 214.5 ppkg to J A Jewitt (Meat), Spennymoor.

The second cow to break the 200ppkg barrier was a debutant to the Hexham Cast cow ring, Messrs T R & E A Milburn, Wallend, brought a good team of cows to top at 209.5 ppkg.

Limousin –£1595.88 Burntongues, £1420.41 Wallend, £1327.70 Burntongues, £1248.45 Glendue, £1228.15Willimoteswick

214.5p Burntongues, 209.5p & 189.5p Wallend, 177.5p Burntongues, 163.5p Little Swinburn.

Angus -£1470.63 South Farm

162.5p South Farm.

Angus x -£1340.70 Bankfoot, £1155.06 West Haydon

163.5p Bankfoot, 139.5p West Haydon.

British Blue x –£1088.75 Agars Hill, £1041.50 Wallend

167.5p Agars Hill, 163.5p Wallend.

British Blue –£1173.38 Willimoteswick, £1153.75 Camphill

168.5p & 162.5p Barrasford.

Simmental –£1152.09 Old Bridge

125.5p Old Bridge.

Simmental x –£1109.20 Parkside, £1084.10 Allendale

147.5p Parkside, 146.5p Allendale.

Galloway -£655.35 & £536.13 High Thorneyburn

127.5p & 103.5 High Thorneyburn.

Prime Sheep

Prime Lambs

More sheep forward this week and quality of well fleshed lambs easiest

to sell although at a less average on the week. The overall for 1,768 sold was in excess of £100.

Top price was for a terrific lamb from Corneyside at £138 with Beltex crosses to 273.2p from Woodcroft.

Texel x –£138, £135 Corneyside, £126 Greyside & Catreen, £124 Thockrington, Baal Hill & Broomhall, £123 High Baulk, £118.50 Thockrington & Woodcroft, £118 Linacres, £117.50 West Shields, £117 Holly Hill, £116.50 & £116 Loadman Farm, £116 Watch Currock & Bingfield, £115.50 Woodcroft

265.9p East Uppertown & Greyside, 252.6p Partridge Nest, 250.0p Matfen, 247.7p Woodcroft, 246.0p High Baulk, 245.7p Woodcroft, 243.9p (x2) Greyside, 242.2p Matfen, 240.9p Mickley Moor, 240.0p Watch Currock & High Alderheads, 239.8p High Baulk, 239.7p Broomhall, 239.6p & 239.5p Watch Currock, 238.1p East Newham, 237.5p Woodcroft, 237.2p Loadman Farm, 236.2p Watch Currock.

Dutch Texel x – £116, £113 & £109.50 Burntongues

243.3p, 237.5p & 230.0p Burntongues.

Suffolk x –£129 Thockrintgton, £128 Old Town, £119 & £117 High Alderheads, £115 Satley & Thockrington

240.2p, 233.7p Sunniside, 228.6p Old Town, 228.0p Sunniside,227.2p South Clarewood, 226.5p Old Town, 225.5p Satley.

Beltex x –£115 Linacres, £112 Woodcroft

273.2p Woodcroft, 250.0p Linacres.

Charollais x –£121.50 & £113.50 Sunniside

241.5p & 238.2p Sunniside.

Cheviot Mule-£105 Flotterton

214.3p Flotterton, 214.0p North Cocklake.

Mule –£95.50 Hotbank, £91 Greyside, £90.50 Hotbank & Broomhall

206.8p & 206.0p Greyside, 205.7p Hotbank.

Blackface -£99 & £87.50 Hotbank, £87.50 Greyside

208.3p Greyside, 206.3p & 203.5p Hotbank.