Hexham Primestock

Cattle

A few more cows about this week but a leaner show on offer. Trade again slightly sharper and slowly on the rise. More needed next week.

Sale topped at 195.5ppk for a good feeding sort from Messrs A & T Dixon, Chirdon.

Top grossing cow came from Messrs G H Walton & Sons, Greyside Farm with a BB x cow selling to £1557.28.

Prime Cattle

Charolais x Heifers – £1665 & £1658.50 Flotterton

277.5p & 267.5p Flotterton

Cast Cows & OTM

Limousin – £1198.33 Chirdon, £1143.42 Greyside

185.5 & 165.5p Chirdon

Angus x – £1361.25 Gofton Farm, £1074.63 New Houses

181.5p Gofton Farm, 169.5p New Houses

British Blue – £1557.28 Greyside, £1206.24 Chirdon

195.5p Chirdon, 186.5p Greyside

Simmental x – £1396.88 Hackford, £1059.15 Chirdon

187.5p Hackford, 173.5p Chirdon

Ayrshire – £837.39 & £772.97 Marley Cote Walls

135.5p & 133.5p Marley Cote Walls

Dairy Shorthorn – £1024.46 Marley Cote Walls

141.5p Marley Cote Walls

Young Bulls

Charalais – £1823.28 & £1634.23 Low Burradon

251.5p & 249.5p Low Burradon

Prime Sheep

Hexham & Northern Marts sold 1389 Prime Lambs to a very similar trade, with the best end dearer.

Topping the sale was a pen of 4 Texel x lambs at £155 from Messrs J Browell & Sons, Quarry House.

Top ppk went to the first lamb into the ring at 347.5ppk from Messrs J & A Moralee, Hard Riding.

Prime Lambs

Texel x – £155 Quarry House, £144.50 Chesterwood, £140.50 Low Eshells, £140 East Newham, £138.50 Partridge Nest, £137 Hard Riding & Old Town, £136.50 Thockrington, £135.50 Warksfield Head, £135 Low Eshells, £134 East Greenridge, £133.50 Quarry House, £133 Lowes Fell, £132.50 Partridge Nest, £131.50 Stobbilee, £131 Demesne & Cawfields, £130.50 Bankfoot, East House, Warksfield Head & Lowes Fell, £130 East Greenridge, Thockrington & Cawfields

322.9p & 322.5p Quarry House, 310.7p East House, 310.5p Quarry House, 297.5p & 295.0p East House, 291.3p Hard Riding, 290.5p Warksfield Head, 289.0p Chesterwood, 288.9p Cawfields, 286.6p East Newham, 286.3p Bankfoot, 285.1p East Greenridge, 285.0p West Heddon, 284.8p Cawfields, 284.4p East Uppertown, 284.2p Hard Riding, 284.1p Temon Farm

Suffolk x – £135.50 Thockrington, £134 Thockrington & Old Town, £133.50, £131.50 & £130 Sunniside, £129 & £128.50 Thockrington, £127.50 Sunniside, £124 St Oswalds, £123 St Oswalds & Lowes Fell, £121.50 Delight

272.1p East House, 266.7p St Oswalds, 266.3p North Cocklake, 263.8p St Oswalds, 263.0p & 260.0p Sunniside, 256.8p High Keenley Fell, 255.0p Sunniside, 254.6p Quarry House, 252.9p Thockrington

Beltex x – £139 & £129 (x2) Hard Riding, £127 & £126 St Oswalds

347.5p Hard Riding, 325.6p St Oswalds, 322.5p & 307.1p Hard Riding, 293.0p St Oswalds

Dutch Texel – £131.50 Willimoteswick, £120.50 North Cocklake, £119.50 Willimoteswick (x2)

305.8p, 284.5p & 284.5p Willimoteswick, 280.2p North Cocklake, 275.0p Willimoteswick

Charolais x – £136, £133.50, £128.50 & £123.50 Sunniside, £123 Wooodcroft

282.5p St Oswalds, 267.4p Woodcroft, 262.8p & 262.2p Sunniside

Cheviot Mule – £128.50 Lowes Fell

Mule – £123.50 & £115.50 Quarry House

251.1p Quarry House

Blue De Maine – 272.5p Longshaws

Hampshire – £115 Delight

255.6p Delight

Kerry Hill – £116 Delight

252.2p Delight