Hexham Primestock
Cattle
Prime Cattle
A small show of clean that lacked flesh still sold well and to 305.5ppk for a Limousin x heifer from Messrs T L Forster & Son, Lowes Fell.
Leading grossing heifer came from Mr F T Walton, Flotterton with a Charolais x heifer selling to £1700.26.
Leading prices;
Limousin Heifers – £1649.70 & £1536.44 Lowes Fell
305.5p & 299.5p Lowes Fell
Charolais x Heifers – £1700.26 & £1564.54 Flotterton
258.55p & 281.5p Flotterton
Angus x Heifers – £1622.40 & £1490.13 Heckley High House
253.5p & 227.5p Heckley High House
British Shorthorn – £1225.13 High Warden
247.5p High Warden
Cast Cows & OTM
The final sale of 2023 was yet another large entry of cows, an entry that consisted of plainer, feeding types.
Another healthy trade was observed and again slightly sharper.
Leading the sale was a young shapey Angus x cow from Mr R H Walton, Linacres selling to 253.5ppk. Same cow topped the grossing charts realising £1815.06.
A run of Stabiliser x cows from Mrs V S Allgood, Nunwick sold to £1712.10.
On behalf of the company, I would like to thank all those that have supported the Tuesday Cast & Prime Cattle ring, which has once again seen an increase in throughout this year.
First sale of 2024 will be held on the 2nd of January.
Please send entries to Drew in good time on 07854 361967.
Leading prices;
Limousin – £1531.16 The Steel, £1360.13 West Wharmley, £1313.76 Middle Horsleyhope, £1257.32 High Warden, £1240.30 Hudspeth, £1226.25 Baal Hill, £1217.73 the Laws, £1214.77 Well House
197.5p Hudspeth, 195.5p Middle Horsleyhope, 189.5p The Steel, 187.5p Baal Hill, 183.5p Well House & Baal Hill, 179.5p Hudspeth
Angus – £1567.09 Braidley
183.5p Braidley
Angus x – £1815.06 Linacres, £1489.46, £1481.01, £1448.70 & £1426.75 Heckley High House
253.5p Linacres, 228.5p, 219.5p, 209.5p, 207.5p & 197.5p Heckley High House, 187.5p Flotterton
British Blue – £1545.88 Little Swinburne, £1363.43 Flotterton
207.5p Little Swinburne, 185.5p Flotterton
Stabiliser – £1712.10 & £1441.36 Nunwick
219.5p & 209.5p Nunwick
Stabiliser x – £1573.04 West Wharmley, £1271.25 Nunwick
187.5p Nunwick, 185.5p West Wharmley
Simmental x – £1286.75, £1262.22p, £1234.48 & £1228.15 Heckley High House
167.5p, 165.5p & 163.5p (x2) Heckley High House
Charolais – £1539.65 & £1459.34 Loadman
185.5p & 179.5p Loadman
Hereford – £1329.26 & £1004.50 East Fourstones
163.5p & 143.5p East Fourstones
British Shorthorn – £1119.02 Gilside
195.5p High Warden
Blonde – £972.03 Well House
147.5p Well House
Blonde x – £1210.97 Well House
199.5p Well House
Luing – £774.30 Townshields
133.5p Townshields
Holstein Friesian – £578.85 Peepy
113.5p Peepy
Bulls
Limousin – £1461.18 Well House
171.5p Well House
Prime Sheep
Hexham & Northern Marts sold 1144 Prime Lambs to an improved trade with a better show of flesh forward.
Topping the sale was two pens of lambs at £160, firstly for a trio of Texel x lambs from Mssrs J Reed & Son, High Eshells, then a pen from J C Rutherford, Old Town.
Topping ppk was 4 Beltex x at 324.4ppk from Messrs J & A Moralee, Hard Riding then at the same ppk was a pen of 7 Beltex x lambs from Messrs E & I Hall & Son, New Houses.
Next week no sale due to Boxing Day!
Next sale Wednesday 27th December at 8am for Cast Ewes followed by Prime Lambs.
Please enter your stock with Jack on 07739 440457, even if it’s a text on Boxing Day.
Mart open from 7am Wednesday for clipping.
We would like to wish everybody a very Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year from everyone here at Hexham Auction Mart!
Leading prices;
Prime Lambs
Texel x – £160 High Eshells & Old Town, £14 Nilston Rigg, £150 Littlebeck & Chesters, £149 Hard Riding, £148.50 Broomhall, £147.50 Chesters, £146 Willimoteswick, Great Chesters & Chesters, £145 Delight, Nilston Rigg & Temon, £144.50 Holly Hill West, £143 New Houses, £142.50 Holly Hill West, £142 Chesters, £141.50 High Eshells & Springwell, £141 Low Eshells, £140 Low Eshells, Cheeseburn & Chesters
310.5p Woodcroft, 304.8p Middle Heads, 302.3p Nilston Rigg, 298.7p Hard Riding, 297.5p Town Farm, 293.6p Burn House, 293.0p Low Eshells, 290.5p St Oswalds, 288.4p Springwell Cottage, 287.5p New Houses (x2), 287.2p Broomhall (x2) & Springwell Cottage, 285.9p West Grange, 285.4p Bingfield, 284.9p St Oswalds, 284.2p High West House, 284.1p Cheeseburn
Dutch Texel – £151 Willimoteswick
290.9p Willimoteswick
Suffolk x – £149 Old Town, £148 Temon, £145.50 Broomhall, £139.50 Nilston Rigg & Old Town, £138 Quarry House, £137 Sunniside, £133 St Oswalds, £131.50 Aydonshields
268.5p St Oswalds, 268.3p Nilston Rigg, 263.8p Broomhall, 263.2p Old Town, 262.8p Old Town & Middle Heads, 260.8p St Oswalds
Beltex x – £159 Hard Riding, £142 Cheeseburn, £135 Burn House, £134 Cheeseburn, £133 & £131 Hard Riding, £130 Hard Riding & New Houses
324.4p Hard Riding & New Houses, 323.7p Hard Riding, 318.9p East Uppertown, 317.1p New Houses, 311.9p Hard Riding, 310.0p Cheeseburn, 306.8p Burn House, 304.8p & 302.3p Hard Riding
Charolais x – £142.50 (x2), £141.50 & £140 Sunniside
279.4p (x2), 274.5 & 274.0p Sunniside, 273.5p Sunniside & Flotterton, 272.1p Sunniside
Mule – £130 Broomhall, £127 Nilston Rigg, £126 Quarry House, £124.50 Broomhall, £123.50 Burn House, £123 New Houses
261.9p Quarry House, 256.5p Holly Hill (x2), 255.8p Broomhall, 254.4p New Houses, 252.0p Quarry House, 250.0p Broomhall
Cheviot Mule – £139.50 Chesters
279.0p Chesters
Cheviot – £118.50 Flotterton, £114 Flotterton & Dudlees, £113 Flotterton, £112 Quickeningcote
275.6p Flotterton, 273.2p Quickeningcote, 271.4p Dudlees & Flotterton, 269.3p Flotterton
Blackface – £123.50 & £119.50 Quarry House
267.1p & 259.8p Quarry House
Leicester – £149 & £145.50 Quarry House
263.0p & 260.0p Quarry House
Herdwick – £139 Burn House
278.0p Burn House
