Hexham Primestock
Cattle
A small entry of clean sold to 275.5p/kg for a Charolais x from Mr F T Walton, Flotterton
Prime Cattle
Charolais x Heifers – £1677.80, £1577.90 & £1559.92 Flotterton
275.5p, 263.5p & 254.5p Flotterton
Cast Cows & OTM
A firmer trade seen for cows this week, seeing cows sell to 233.5p/kg for a young Pure Angus cow from M/s R J & L A Acton, Braidley Farm
Messrs J T Nixon & Sons ltd, Stotsfold sold limousin x cows to 231.5p/kg
Highest grossing came out of a marvellous run from Messrs J E Woodman & Son, Great Chesters, with a Limousin x peaking at £1625.93
Friesian cows sold to 149.5p/kg from Mr T M Reed, Rennys Barn
Limousin – £1625.93 & £1535.50 Great Chesters, £1488.75 West End Town, £1446.88 Stotsfold, £1417.95 & £1406.14 Great Chesters
231.5p Stotsfold, 210.5p, 207.5p, 205.5p & 199.5p Great Chesters, 198.5 West End Town
Angus – £1574.18, £1496.74 & £1453.32 Braidley Farm
233.5p, 208.5p & 183.5p Braidley Farm
Angus – £1308 & £1180.30 West Shields
163.5p & 159.5p West Shields
British Blue – £1106.18 Great Chesters
171.5p Great Chesters
Simmental x – £1184.23 Burnbank
167.5p Burnbank
British Shorthorn – £1009.13 Aydon North Farm
149.5p Aydon North Farm
Friesian – £964.28 Rennys Barn
149.5 Rennys Barn
Prime Sheep
Prime Lambs
Hexham & Northern Marts sold 1173 Prime Lambs to another nice trade with 6 buyers ringside weekly at Hexham
Topping the sale at £150 was a Texel x from Mr G Williamson, Longshaws
Topping ppk was a Texel x from Messrs J E Walby & Sons, East House at 298ppk
Not Far Behind at 297.6ppk was a Dutch Texel x lamb from Messrs B A & A M Storrow & Sons, Willimoteswick
Still to many lambs without flesh, it is vital you handle your lambs before sending them and not just relying on weight
Entries to Jack on 07739 440457
Leading prices;
Texel x – £150 Longshaws, £146 East House, £143 Great Chesters, £140 West Grange, £139 South Farm & East Greenridge, £138 Nilston Rigg & East House, £135 Great Chesters & Woodcroft, £134.50 Town Farm, £134 Great Chesters & Low Eshells, £133 South East Farm, £132 Nilston Rigg, £131.50 Highwood, South East Farm & East House
298.0p East House, 288.2p, 285.7p & 284.8p Cheeseburn Estate, 284.5p East House, 283.3p Blue Gables, 282.9p Linacres & Tresco, 281.6p East House, 280.5p Tresco, 280.0p Nilston Rigg, 279.8p East House Farm
Suffolk x – £137 Brownsleazes, £128 High Keenley Fell, £126.50 Brownsleazes, £124 Brownsleazes & East House Farm, £121 Tedcastle
272.3p High Keenley Fell, 263.8p East House & Brownsleazes, 263.5p Brownsleazes, 263.0p Tedcastle, 260.0p Intake Farm
Beltex x – £119 East House
283.3p East House
Dutch Texel – £125 & £124 Willimoteswick
297.6p & 273.8p (x2) Willimoteswick
Cheviot Mule – £122.50 Flotterton
266.3p Flotterton
Mule – £136 Tresco, £128.50 Brownsleazes
262.2p Brownsleazes, 253.2p & 252.2p Tresco
Blackface – £106 Hotbank
240.9p Hotbank
Shropshire – £136 Delight Farm
254.2p Delight Farm
Kerry Hill – £126.50 Delight Farm
263.5p Delight Farm