Store Cattle & Store Sheep
Hexham Auction Mart
Store Cattle
Hexham & Northern Marts at their weekly store sale offered a good entry for the time of year of 247 catalogued head of cattle. With all manner of breeds, types and ages presented for sale quality was varied throughout and trade appeared somewhat more erratic than of late. This due perhaps to the significant changes within the processing sector of the industry announced this week prompting considerable apprehension amongst producers and finishers alike.
With a useful entry of young bulls – the most seen at this centre for a number of years – it was fitting that the sale was topped by this class and a super pure bred Limousin bull at 14 months from Messrs Carruthers, Silloans which scaled to £1920 and saw their run of six average £1721 representing a lift of over £300 per head on the corresponding consignment sold 12 months ago. Demand for all bulls was evident with several new purchasers operating at the ringside.
Steer and heifer trade was dominated yet again by Willie Woodman, Great Chesters who saw his fifth consignment this year top at £1890 for steers and £1850 for heifers renowned for their quality breeding and rapid performance on any finishing ration. The run of 23 cattle averaged a notable £1632 throughout for nine steers and fourteen heifers bred along the high and inhospitable Roman Wall.
Worthy of note was the leading animal in the yearling class which was a superb Blonde cross steer aged just short of twelve months that rocketed to £1850 for breeders and noted Blonde cattle purveyors Robert & John English, Brownsleazes, Wark.
Continuing with the ‘Bully’ trend on this day was noted Charolais authority Chris Curry who sold four surplus bulls from his Burradon herd that topped at £1410 and averaged £1322 at just 8 and 9 months of age.
With grassland and other operations now taking precedence the auctioneers foresee a shortage of cattle in the coming weeks and urge producers with cattle still to be sold to contact our team to discuss the benefits of the Hexham Ring.
Cattle 30 Months +
Angus x heifers – £1500 Grasslees
Cattle 23 – 30 Months
Limousin x steers – £1880 Great Chesters, £1600 South Farm
Simmental x steers – £1480 South Farm
Angus x steers – £1650 Church Farm
British Blue x steers – £1480 South Farm
Limousin x heifers – £1850 Blackcarts, £1570 Great Chesters, £1470 & £1460 Blackcarts, £1400 Great Chesters
Charolais x heifers – £1690 Great Chesters, £1370 Rise Head, £1360 & £1300 South Farm
Angus heifers – £1440 South Farm
Angus x heifers – £1710 Blackcarts, £1670 & £1650 Church Farm, £1600 Blackcarts, £1540 Church Farm
South Devon x heifers – £1550 Bingfield Combe
Cattle 17 – 22 Months
Limousin x steers – £1890, £1840, £1710, £1700 & £1690 Great Chesters
Charolais x steers – £1860 (x2) & £1700 Great Chesters
Angus x steers – £1590 (x2) Rare Dean, £1580 Church Farm
Hereford steers – £1110 Cronkley
Simmental x steers – £1800, £1780 & £1610 Satley Farm
Limousin x heifers – £1850 (x2), £1800, £1590 & £1520 Great Chesters
Charolais x heifers – £1420 Rare Dean
Angus x heifers – £1000 Ravensworth Grange
Cattle 11 – 16 Months
Limousin x steers – £1740 Brownsleazes, £1590, £1500 & £1360 Rusheylaw, £1340 Parkside, £1290 Tedcastle & Woodlands, £1250 Silloans (x2)
Angus x steers – £1470 & £1260 Parkside, £1200 South Lough House
Simmental x steers – £1800, £1740, £1700, £1690, £1660, £1580 & £1380 Satley Farm
Blonde x steers – £1850 Brownsleazes
Hereford x steers – £1510, £1480 & £1420 High Wooley
Limousin x heifers – £1550 West Foreshield, £1430 & £1290 Tedcastle, £1180 East Matfen, £1130 Tedcastle, £1100 Silloans & West Foreshield
Charolais x heifers – £1380 The Tofts
Angus x heifers – £1000 Parkside, £950, £945 & £940 Milfield Demesne
Blonde x heifer – £1840 Brownsleazes
Cattle 10 months and under
Limousin x steers – £1320 West Foreshield
Angus x steers – £1190 & £1120 Parkside
Hereford x steers – £940 West Foreshield
Limousin x heifers – £980 Gleedlee
Angus x heifers – £890 & £880 Parkside
Young Bulls
Limousin – £1920, £1800, £1760 & £1720 (x2) Silloans
Charolais – £1410 & £1380 Low Burradon
Stabilizer x – £1100 Mount Huly
Cast Ewes
Hexham & Northern Marts sold 672 Cast Ewes & Rams selling to a decent trade considering large numbers nationwide in the lead up to the Festivals.
Taking top spot today was a pair of massive Texel Ewes at £220 from Mr S T Wood, Shawwood. The same home went on to sell another pair of strong Texels over the £200 barrier at £218.
A trio of Charollais ewes went on to realize £193 from Messrs E Milburn & Son, Holling Hill.
Suffolk cross ewes sold for £150 from R H Thompson & Son, Fitches Grange.
Mules peaked at £119 for a pen of 5 from Todholes Partnership, East Todholes who also topped the Swale class for a pen of 11 at £96.
Blackface ewes topped at £117 from Messrs T & K Telfer, Demesne Farm.
Entries to Jack on 07739 440457 by 10am on Monday 19th June for Cataloging.
Texel – £220 & £218 Shawwood
Texel x – £183 Camphill, £150 Fitches Grange, £148 Burmoor & Warksfield Head, £133 & £129 Agars Hill, £128 (x2) South Farm, £126 Butsfield Burn & Demesne, £125 Camphill, £124 Holling Hill & Black Callerton
Dutch Texel-£179 Agars Hill
Dutch Texel x-£130 Agars Hill
Bleu de Maine-£139 Agars Hill
Beltex x-£138 The Fawns
Suffolk x- £150 & £144 Fitches Grange
Charollais x – £193 Holling Hill
Leicester-£143 The Stobbs, £137 East Greenridge
Cheviot – £108 Low Struthers
Mule – £119 East Todholes, £117 Black Callerton, £116 Fitches Grange, £115 Camphill, £111 Demesne & East Greenridge, £110 North Acomb
Romney-£117 Humbleton Farm
Blackface-£117 Demesne, £109 Warksfield Head
Swaledale – £96 & £95 East Todholes, £91 East Greenridge
Cast Tups
Cast Tups sold to a top of £169 for a pen of 8 Texels from Mrs S & Mr M W Orde, Coltpark Farm with another Texel tup realizing £168 from Messrs K Smith & Sons, East Greenridge.
Texel – £169 Coltpark Farms (x2), £168 East Greenridge
Suffolk – £150 Butsfield Burn
Suffolk x Wether- £124 Fitches Grange
Charollais x Wether– £120 Fitches Grange
Dutch Texel-£150 Agars Hill
Beltex – £130 Camphill
Blackface Wether– £120 Camphill
Swaledale – £120 & £118 East Greenridge
Store Hoggs
Even with Hogg numbers on the decline, trade still maintained last weeks rates, with today’s trade peaking at £148 for a pair of Texel cross Hoggs from Miss J Carins, Rochester who also went on to sell another pair at £147.
Entries to Jack Walton on 07739 440457 or Harrison Collingwood on 07895 761102.
Texel x – £148, £147 & £132 Rouchester, £131 Burmoor, £128 Burmoor & Derwent Grange, £126 Demesne, £120 Latterford, £119 South Farm, £118 Latterford
Cheviot x – £110 Moorlaws
Mule – £116 Forge Cottage
Swaledale – £118 Stewartshield Meadows