Store Cattle & Store Sheep
Store Cattle
Hexham and Northern Marts held its weekly sale of 402 catalogued Store Cattle and Suckled Calves. A fabulous entry of cattle throughout met terrific returns, which once again were sharper on the week for all classes.
Store cattle average saw a lift of £32 to level at £1456 with steers averaging £1554 seeing a high of £2150.00 for a Limousin cross steer from regular Hexham vendors Messrs H Clark & Son, Paxton Dene. The same home sold a homebred Blue cross steer to £2140.00.
Older Angus cross steers were extremely easily cashed and sold to £1940.00 from Messrs Burn & Son, Aydonshields.
A fantastic run of middle-aged cattle was seen today, with the Charolais breed well represented throughout. Making the successful trip down from Midlothian was Ross Farms, Wester Middleton, who sold 16-month-old bullocks to £1850 and £1800. Messrs J & P Armstrong, Sherburn Tower sold steers of the same age to £1665.
Messrs A & C L Bell, Woodhall Farm sold thirteen-month-old British Blue cross steers to £1430.00.
Dairy sorts sold extremely well with M/s RJS & DM Addison, Greystone House making the trip from Penrith to sell Flekvieh steers to realise £1400.00.
Store Heifers went on the average £1314 right through and peaked at £1920 twice for a Limousin cross consigned by Messrs W Walton & Sons, Ogle Castle and then a Blonde cross from Messrs R English & Son, Brownsleazes.
Charolais cross heifers were in real demand again, and sold to £1755.00 from Mr J Sisterson, Newlands Haugh. Messrs J Herdman, Edlingham Newtown brought their usual stamp of quality Charolais cross cattle and sold heifers to £1640.
Angus cross heifers from Messrs P Featherstone & Son, Allendale Farm sold to £1690 and £1680. Whilst middle aged Angus cross heifers out of the dairy mother from Messsrs Forster, Brackenthwaite, Brampton, Cumbria, sold to £1240.00.
The youngest class of Suckled calves and “weanlings” amazingly, saw a lift on last weeks returns and averaged £1235, compared to last weeks £1086. Messrs D & S Robinson, Hawksteel brought their first offering of the season of quality Limousin bred cattle and sold 10 month old steers to realise £1445.00. Heifer calves sold to a whopping £1430.00 for a beauty from Graham & Gemma Common, Low Ardley.
A mention must go to an outstanding run of seventeen 9-10 month old Limousin cross steers and heifers from Messrs TR & EA Milburn, Wallend Farm, Brampton that sold to £1310 for steers and £1325 for heifers but averaged £1274 straight through.
Young Bulls once again easily sold here at Hexham and more could have been sold to vendors advantage. Messrs J & P Armstrong, Sherburn Tower sold Limousin cross bulls to £1330 & £1300.
Cattle 23 – 30 Months
Limousin x steers – £1980 Paxton Dene
British Blue steers-£1530 Duddo Hill
Charolais x steers – £1800 & £1750 Flotterton
Angus steers-£1430 Nampara
Beef Shorthorn x steers – £1470 Duddo Hill
Simmental x steers – £1480 Hedley West
Angus heifers-£1505 & £1490 Nampara
Angus x heifers – £1690 Allendale Farm, £1510 Church Farm
Cattle 17 – 22 Months
Limousin x steers – £2150 Paxton Dene, £2070 Claywalls & Ogle Castle, £2000 Paxton Dene, Claywalls & Blackburn, £1980 Claywalls, £1960 (x3) Claywalls & Ogle Castle (x3), £1950 Ogle Castle, £1940 Claywalls, £1900 Claywalls & Ogle Castle
Charolais steers-£1880 & £1720 Newlands Haugh, £1700 & £1690 Flotterton, £1560 White House, £1515, £1430, £1400 & £1390 Little Harle, £1300 Ogle Dene
Charolais x steers – £1890, £1760 & £1740 Flotterton, £1720
British Blue x steers – £2140 Paxton Dene
Angus steers-£1480 Nampara
Angus x steers – £1940 Aydonshields, £1900 (x2) Allendale Farm, £1800 South Bellshill, £1780 Aydonshields, Berwick Hill & Newlands Haugh, £1745 Aydonshields, £1590 Berwick Hill, £1570 Newlands Haugh, £1560 Berwick Hill, £1520 Kirkley March, £1510 Newlands Haugh, £1500 Berwick Hill
Blonde x steers – £1815 Brownsleazes
Simmental x-£1920, £1780 (x2) & £1760 Kettleburn
Parthenais x-£1540 Newlands Haugh
Flekvieh steers – £1400 & £1390 Greystone House
Limousin x heifers – £1920 Ogle Castle, £1795 East Uppertown, £1720 Beacon Rigg, £1680 East Uppertown, £1640 Thornton Tower, £1600 Beacon Rigg, £1560 East Uppertown, £1500 Ogle Dene, £1485 West Wharmley, £1480 Beacon Rigg
Blonde x heifers-£1920 Brownsleazes
Charolais x heifers – £1755 Newlands Haugh, £1640 Edlingham Newtown, £1620 Newlands Haugh, £1440 Little Swinburn, £1425 White House
Angus heifers – £1490 Nampara
Angus x heifers-£1680 Allendale Farm, £1530 East Uppertown, £1320 Greencarts , £1310 Beacon Rigg
Simmental x heifers – £1880 Ogle Castle
Cattle 11 – 16 Months
Limousin x steers – £1780 Brownsleazes, £1640 Wester Middleton, £1500 & £1480 Low Eshells, £1470 Low Eshells & Thornton Tower, £1420 Low Eshells, £1360 Woodhall, £1300 Hawksteel, £1290 & £1260 Highside
Charolais x steers – £1850, £1800, £1750 (x3), £1740 & £1720 Wester Middleton, £1665 Sherburn Tower, £1630 Wester Middleton, £1425 White House, £1390 (x2) Little Harle
British Blue steers – £1430 Woodhall
Saler steers – £1470 West Mill Hills
Limousin x heifers – £1500 Wester Middleton, £1490 Low Eshells, £1480 West Mill Hills & Low Ardley, £1420 Edlingham Newtown, £1410 Low Ardley, £1370 Highside, £1345 Edlingham Newtown, £1340 Low Ardley, £1315 Highside, £1300 Highside & Thornton Tower, £1290 Low Ardley
Charolais x heifers – £1570 Wester Middleton, £1490, £1440, £1430 & £1380 (x2) Edlingham Newtown, £1360 Wester Middleton & Edlingham Newtown (x2)
Angus x heifers – £1480 Beacon Rigg
Cattle 10 months and under
Limousin x steers – £1445 Hawksteel, £1310 Wallend, £1300 Hawksteel, £1260 Wallend & Woodhall, £1250 Wallend, £1240 Woodhall & Salmonswell, £1235 & £1205 Wallend, £1200 Hawksteel & Salmonswell
British Blue x steers – £1330 Woodhall
Limousin x heifers – £1430 Low Ardley, £1325, £1305 & £1295 Wallend, £1280 Low Ardley, £1260 Wallend, £1250 Low Ardley
Young Bull
10 months and under
Limousin- £1330 & £1300 Sherburn Tower
Cast Ewes
Hexham and Northern Marts sold 978 Cast Ewes & Rams to a firmer trade, good, well fleshed ewes in demand, however medium strength ewes slightly harder to place.
Messrs W S Robson & Co, Yatesfield topped the sale with a tremendous Pure Texel Ewe at £245 and again at £215 for another terrific Texel Ewe.
Outstanding Hexham type Blackface ewes known for the size and strength
topped £109 for a pen of 13 from J Hunter & Son, The Steel. Another great run of Blackface ewes from Messrs W S Robson & Co, Yatesfield sold some terrific Ewes to £109. Followed by several others hitting above the £90 mark.
A strong Leicester ewe topped at £137 again from Messrs W S Robson & Co, Yatesfield.
A striking penful of Half Bred ewes went on to return £139 from Messrs S Shell & Sons, Brandon.
Suffolk crosses peaked at £142 for a well fleshed ewe from returning vendor Mr E T Turnbull, Haredene.
Good Mules peaked at a good price of £125 for a pen of 7 from Messrs J B Cowan, Morrowfield.
Please have your stock entered by 10am Monday 13th February,
Entries to Jack on 07739 440457
Entries to Harrison on 07895 761102
Texel – £245 & £215 Yatesfield
Texel x – £190 Steeley Farm, £172 Dotland Park, £170 High Castle Dene, £165 Quarry House, £159 High Castle Dene, £155 Dotland Park, £150 Bank Top House, £148 Matfen Home Farm, Elrington Hall & Quarry House, £145 Quarry House, £140 Dotland Park, £137 Yatesfield & West Wharmley, £136 Yatesfield, £130 Yatesfield & Dotland Park
Suffolk x – £142 Haredene
Half Bred-£139 Brandon
Beltex-£130 Dotland Park
Beltex x-£125 Woodland House, £121 Dotland Park, £120 Woodland House & Yatesfield
Cheviot Mule – £118 Codlaw Hill
Mule – £125 Morrowfield, £113 Houselope Grange, £112 Elrington Hall, £111 Coatyards, £110 East Knitsley & Yatesfield, £109 Codlaw Hill
Leicester-£137 Yatesfield, £133 East Greenridge
Blackface – £109 The Steel & Yatesfield
Swaledale – £80 Moorhouse Gate
Cast Tups
Cast Tups topped at £188 for a powerful Leicester tup from Messrs W S Robson & Co, Yatesfield.
Texel – £130 Stone Hall, £128 Codlaw Hill & Allenshields
Suffolk – £132 Coatyards
Leicester – £188 Yatesfield
Blackface – £120 Blakelaw & Brieredge Farm
Store Lambs
A good show of hoggs forward (2510 catalogued) including a number of quality pens sold to the regular buyers plus extra customers ringside.
All classes good to sell and sharper on the week. Top price was for a pen of Beltex crosses from Blakelaw at £120 with Dutch Texels from Craigshield at the same money.
Top price for Suffolk crosses was Morrowfield who has pens at £115 & £112.
Texel crosses topped at £109 from Bavington Hill Head & Donkin Rigg with Bavington Hill Head also selling at £108 & £107.50.
Mules to £114 & £106 from Redburn
Blackface to £96 from the Stobbs and Swaledale to £75 & £73 from Ambling Gate.
Dutch Texel x-£120 Craigshield, £118 Fell Lane
Texel x – £109, £108 & £107.50 Bavington Hill Head, £107 Redburn, £105 Redburn & Willimoteswick, £104 Yetlington Lane & Elrington Hall
Suffolk x – £115 & £112 Morrowfield, £109 Donkin Rigg, £105 Girsonfield, £101 Morrowfield, £100 Black Hedley, £95 Hownsgill & Thockrington Farms
Beltex x – £120 Blakelaw, £107 Morrowfield, £105 Haredene
Mule – £114 & £106 Redburn, £97 Moorhouse Gate
Cheviot-£97 Bankfoot, £91 Heatherwick
Blackface – £96 The Stobbs, £84 Bridgeford, £82 Brinkburnhope
Swaledale – £75 & £73 Ambling Gate, £69 Donkin Rigg, £68 Shittlehopeside
Kerry Hill- £87 Craigshield