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Hexham Primestock  

22nd July 2008

Cattle

Hexham and Northern Marts had forward 43 cattle including 22 over thirty month animals.

PRIME CATTLE

Limousin heifers; 170.5p, 168.5p & 166.5p Black Heddon, 157.5p & 151.5p Hard Riding, 150.5p Ogle Castle

Belgian Blue heifers; 166.5p Black Heddon

Limousin steers; 150.5p Little Whittington

Simmental steers; 149.5p Little Whittington

Limousin steers; £981.26 Little Whittington

Simmental steers; £973.25 Little Whittington

Limousin heifers; £946.28 & £928.44 Black Heddon

Belgian Blue heifers; £930.74 Black Heddon

OVER THIRTY MONTH ANIMALS

Plainest show of OTM animals seen for a long time, in keeping with national trend, cheaper on the week.

Limousin ; 129.5p Nilston Rigg, 121.5p Silloans, 107.5p & 103.5p Lee Hall, 103.5p Little Harle, 92.5p Eland Hall

Holstien; 93.5p Heddon Steads

Limousin ; £945.27 Silloans, £858.59 Nilston Rigg

Belgian Blue; £779.09 Woodhall, £701.38 Moss House

Prime Sheep (3282)

Comprising of 2780 new season lambs and 457 cast ewes and rams.

PRIME LAMBS

Despite 1000 more lambs being forward trade remained bouyant.  With strong competition for the best lambs, selling to a top of 150p twice for a superb pen of 40kg Beltex cross Texel lambs from Newbiggen Hill which realised £60 and were purchased by Messrs A Wright and Son, Meat Wholesalers, Boston, Lincs.

Texel cross lambs from High Eshells also achieved 150p for 40kgs and were purchased by Woodhead Brothers, Colne.

Heavy lambs sold to £66.80 for 49kg Suffolk cross lambs from Nunwick purchased by A Wright & Son, Boston .

Suffolk x

£66.80 Nunwick, £66 Ravenside, £65 Westerleigh, £63.80 Low Ardley, £63.20 Dunns Houses, £63 Westerleigh, £62.20 Butsfield Burn, £62 Nunwick & Bavington Mount, £61.20 Ravenside, £61 Hedley Park, £60.20 Middle Farm Cottage, £60 Bunker Hill

144.5p Westerleigh, 140.9p Nunwick, 140p Middle Farm Cottage & Lingey Field, 139.3p Hedley Park, 137.8p Shitlington Hall, 136.3p Nunwick, 134.9p Low Ardley

Texel x

£66.80 Nunwick, £66.50 Bavington Mount, £66 Beaumont House, Ashcroft & Bavington Mount, £65.50 High Fotherley, £64.50 The Fawns, £64.20 Nunwick, £64 Dunns Houses, £62.50 Low Ardley, £62 The Fawns & Westerleigh, £61.80 Watch Currock & Grange House, £61.50 Dunns Houses

150p High Eshells, 145.9p Nunwick, 144.7p East Uppertown (x2), 144.5p Fell Lane , 143.8p Waite Farm, 143.7p Watch Currock, 143.4p Haggate & High Fotherley, 143.3p Ravenside, 142.9p West Morralee & Watch Currock

Beltex x

£65 & £60 Newbiggen Hill, £57.20 Highwood, £55 Lingey Field

150p Newbiggen Hill, 144.7p Lingey Field, 139.5p Highwood

Mule

£57.80 & £55.50 Brownsleazes, £54 Colwell Hill & Brownsleazes, £52.50 Whiteside(x2), £49.80 Bulls Hill

122.7p Brownsleazes & Colwell Hill, 122.1p Whiteside

Charollais x

£60 Rusheylaw, £58 Low Houselope, £55.40 Rusheylaw, £52 Salmonswell

131.9p Rusheylaw, 131.8p Low Houselope, 130.4p Rusheylaw, 129p Woodcroft

B D Maine

£55 & 134.2p Lough Green

CAST EWES & RAMS (457)

More ewes forward but quality kinds remain in strong demand to a top of £76.80 for Pure Texels from Lough Green.

Fattier sorts and plainer ewes marginally easier on the week.

Texel x Ewes

£76.80 & £67.50 Lough Green, £63.50 Newbiggen Hill, £62 Dunns Houses, £57.50 Haggate, £56.80 Camperdown, £54 Newbiggen Hill & Dunshiel, £51 Thornton Tower , £50.80 Beamwham, £50.50 Highwood

Beltex x Ewes

£44.50 Newbiggen Hill

Suffolk x Ewes

£63.50 & £55 The Whins, £54.80 Beamwham, £54.50 Rusheylaw, £54 Salmonswell, £53.50 Warkshaugh & Temperley Grange, £53.20 Lunns House, £49.50 West Shields, £49 Bavington Mount

Mule Ewes

£48.20 The Whins, £45.50 Dunns Houses, £44.20 The Whins, £44 Dunshiel, £43.80 Dunns Houses, £42.80 The Whins, £41.20 Todburn, £41 Fallowfield, £40.80 Colt Crag

Leicester Ewes

£56.50 High Town , £48 Beamwham

Half Bred Ewes

£62 Steel Hall

B D Maine x Ewes

£54.50 Lough Green

Charollais x Ewes

£55 West Shields

Cheviot x Ewes

£46 Flotterton

Zwartble Ewes

£44 High Town

Lleyn Ewes

£37 Colt Crag

Blackface Ewes

£35.50 Park End Farms, £30.80 Thornton Tower , £29 Dunshiel, £28 Rowley Bank

Swaledale Ewes

£30.50 Rope Barn, £20.50 Haggate, £19 High Town

Jacob Ewes

£23 Burn House

Texel Rams

£54.80 Lingey Field

Suffolk Rams

£51 Rusheylaw

B D Maine Rams

£56.50 Lough Green

Charollais Rams

£62 Rusheylaw

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