Hexham Primestock
Cattle
Prime Cattle
Slightly plainer show of clean Heifers resulting in trade being a touch easier.
Sale topped at 249.5ppk for a well finished Limousin cross heifer from Mr F T Walton, Flotterton selling to Thompson Wholesale Meat Ltd.
Highest grossing heifer came from Messrs W Patterson & Son, Halton Red House with a Limousin cross realising £1508.85
Limousin Heifers –£1508.85 Halton Red House, £1447.10, £1325.25 & £1215.28 Flotterton
249.5p Flotterton, 239.5p Halton Red House, 232.5p & 231.5p Flotterton
Charolais Heifers –£1445.85 & £1415.78 Flotterton
229.5p & 219.5p Flotterton
Cast Cows & OTM
A fantastic entry of cows this week with the largest number of cows forward at Hexham in recent memory.
Trade maintained last weeks rate, even with a large number of non-assured animals present. Overall, the eighty-three cast cows forward averaged a respectful 147ppk.
Highest grossing cows was an Angus cross cow from Mr S Anderson, Needless Hall Moor, Morpeth selling to £1490.63. Mr Anderson five Angus cross beasts went on to average £1402.73.
Topping the ppk was a Limousin cross cow from Messrs J T Nixon & Son, Stotsfold realising 205.5ppk.
Lean feeding cows still in high demand and regularly selling between 142-150ppk.
Hill cows sold to 136.5ppk for Luings from Lord Max Percy, Blueburn.
Today has shown we can handle large volumes of cast cattle on a Tuesday and are actively seeking numbers for next week.
Please call Drew on 07854 361967
Limousin –£1388.12 & £1360.10 Great Chesters, £1329.38 Round Meadows, £1307.07 Great Chesters, £1306.62 Stotsfold, £1300.00 High Alderheads Farm
205.5p Stotsfold, 193.5p & 187.5p Round Meadows, 178.5p Stotsfold, 167.5p & 163.5p (x2) Great Chesters, 162.5p High Alderheads
Charolais-£1125.66 Tenter House
161.5p Tenter House
Angus –£1292.60 High Barns
145.5p Lowfield Bungalow
Angus x-£1490.63 &£1469.62 Needless Hall, £1384.85 Flotterton, £1326.99 Needless Hall, £1261.77 Flotterton
187.5p & 186.5p Needless Hall, 163.5p, 159.5p & 153.5p (x2) Flotterton,
British Blue –£1199.25 Great Chesters, £1158.18 Aydonshields, £1100.65 Houselope Grange, £1049.93 Stotsfold
162.5p Great Chesters, 145.5p Aydonshields, 143.5p Houselope Grange, 141.5p Stotsfold
Simmental –£990.50 Hackford
141.5p Hackford
Simmental x-£1088.10 Sherburn Tower
139.5p Sherburn Tower
Beef Shorthorn-£1034.63 Sherburn Tower
133.5p Sherburn Tower
Luing x-£967.88 & £918.65 Blueburn
136.5p & 133.5p Blueburn
Blue Grey-113.5p Ramshope
OTM Heifers
Angus x-£1422.00 & £1304.45 Needless Hall
218.5p, 197.5p Needless Hall
Whitebred Shorthorn-£967.26 Hotbank
171.5p Hotbank
Prime Sheep
Prime Hoggs
A slightly less but better show of hoggs forward sold well to average 253p with half of the entry being heavy sheep, (sale average £119.39 per head).
Top price £142 & £141 for Texel crosses from Sunniside & Bankfoot respectively.
East Newham sold Texel crosses to 304.9ppk.
Texel x –£142 Sunniside, £141 Bankfoot, £139.50 Butsfield Burn Farm, £138.50 Bankfoot, £138 Butsfield Burn Farm, £137 Butsfield Burn Farm & Riding Farm, £136 Butsfield Burn Farm, £135 Cawfields & Chesters, £134.50 High Eshells, Chesters & Old Town, £134 Woodcroft
304.9p & 283.8 East Newham, 282.6p Great Bavington, 279.1p Riding Farm, 273.9p & 273.8p Low Eshells, 272.6p High House, Bankfoot & New Dotland
Suffolk x –£138 Butsfield Burn Farm, £136 Butsfield Burn Farm & Old Town, £135 New Dotland, £133 Great Bavington, £132 Baal Hill, £130.50 (x2) Great Bavington, £129 New Dotland, £128.50 Great Bavington
263.8p Sunniside, 259.5p Longshaws, 254.6p Great Bavington, 252.2p Sunniside, 252.0p Great Bavington, 251.0p New Dotland, 250.0p Middle Heads
Beltex x –£125 & £122 Woodcroft
290.7p Woodcroft
Charollais x –£133, £132, £129, £125 & £124.50 Sunniside
268.8p, 264.9p, 262.2p, 260.8p & 260.4p Sunniside
Cheviot –£110 Bankfoot
261.9p Bankfoot
Mule –£125.50 Baal Hill
228.3p Cawfields, 228.2p Baal Hill
Cast Ewes and Rams
A small show of ewes sold at extreme rates averaging £142.29.
Texel x –£147 Old Town, £140 & £131 Armonside Farm
Texel Tup-£146 Closehead
Suffolk x –£149 Sherburn Tower