Hexham Primestock
Cattle
Prime Cattle
A better show of clean cattle met a sharper trade with well fleshed Charolais x heifers from Mr F T Walton, Flotterton selling to 296.5p/kg to Allendale Butchers
Leading prices;
Charolais x Heifers – £1832.37 & £1736.50 Flotterton
296.5p & 287.5p Flotterton
British Blue Heifer – £1595.63 & £1520.40 Miller Hill
288.5p & 287.5p Miller Hill
Cast Cows & OTM
More cows forward than expected but a plainer offering than previous weeks
A healthy average of £1145.87 was seen even with a good proportion of the sale being made up of ex-parlour ladies
Leading the sale with another great run of Pure Angus Cows was Mr W D Allen, Humbleheugh, Alnwick, selling a hefty lady to £1825.20 and others to £1687.95
Taking the top ppk cow this week was a Limousin x from Messrs Telfer Brothers, Make-Me-Rich realising195.5ppk
Holstein Friesian Cows peaked at 177.5ppk from Grahamsfield Farm, Ecclefechan, Lockerbie
Leading prices;
Limousin – £1435.77 & £1412.55 The Steel, £1263.02 Make-Me-Rich, £1172.50 The Steel
195.5p Make-Me-Rich, 193.5p (x2) The Steel, 190.5p Make-Me-Rich
Angus Heifers – £1825.20, £1687.95 & £1640.49 Humbleheugh
183.5p, 181.5p & 175.5p Humbleheugh
Angus steers – £1795.50 North Farm
157.5p North Farm
Angus x – £1057.74 Make-Me-Rich
164.5p Make-Me-Rich
British Blue – £1083.11 Glendue
169.5p Glendue
Charolais – £1502.82 & £1501.14 Low Burradon
190.5p & 181.5p Low Burradon
Holstein Friesian – £923 Grahamsfield, £828.97 Rennys Barn
177.5p Grahamsfield, 131.5p Rennys Barn
Holstein Friesian x – £859.37 Grahamsfield
169.5p Grahamsfield
Prime Sheep
Prime Lambs
Hexham & Northern Marts sold a very commercial show of 1200 Lambs to a slightly reduced trade with very few dry lambs in the mart
Topping he sale at £144 was a heavy Texel x lamb from Mr G Pigg, Chesterwood
Top ppk was 309.8ppk for a pair of Beltex x lambs and 309.3ppk for a pen of 4 Beltex x, both pens from Messrs J & E Walby & Sons, East House
Please remember to enter your lambs so we can inform buyers of expected numbers
Entries to Jack on 07739 440457
Texel x – £144 Chesterwood, £140 Longshaws, £128 Tenter House, £136.50 South Farm, £135 Dukesfield Hall, £132 Chesterwood, £131.50 Matfen Estate, £130 East House & Warksfield, £129 Prospect Grange & Warksfield, £127.50 Dukesfield Hall (x2) & Warksfield, £127 East House & Salmonfield, £126.50 St Oswalds, South Farm & Linacres, £126 North Cocklake & Matfen Estate, £125.50 Dukesfield Hall, Matfen Estate & Delight Farm
289.0p Linacres, 288.9p & 287.2p East House, 281.1p Linacres, 278.4p East Newham, 275.6p Littlebeck, 275.0p South East Farm, South Farm & St Oswalds, 273.2p St Oswalds, 272.2p Linacres, 272.1p Holystone Estate & East House, 270.7 East House, 269.8p East House & West Heddon, 269.6p East House
Suffolk x – £140 St Oswalds, £129 East House, £125.50 Salmonfield, £124 & £122 Nunwick, £121 Salmonfield, £119.50 St Oswalds, £118.50 North Cocklake & Salmonfield, £117.50 Salmonfield, £116.50 St Oswalds
280.4p East House, 264.8p St Oswalds, 263.3p North Cocklake, 260.7p Holystone Estate, 259.8p St Oswalds & Holystone Estate, 259.6p & 258.3p Nunwick
Beltex x – £133. £127 & £124 East House, £123 St Oswalds
309.8p, 309.3p & 395.2p East House, 292.9p St Oswalds
Cheviot x – £106 Holystone Estate
258.5p Holystone Estate
Cheviot Mule – £107 Codlaw Hill
248.8p Codlaw Hill
Mule – £127.50 Hole Farm, £127 Holystone Estate, £124.50, £121, £119 & £117.50 Tenter House, £116.50 Warksfield
247.9p Tenter House, 246.8p Hole Farm, 242.0p Tenter House
Blackface – £109 Hole Farm
247.7p Hole Farm
Leicester – £115 Chattlehope
Hampshires – £116 Delight Farm
252.2p Delight Farm
Millennium – £115.50 St Oswalds
262.5p St Oswalds
Zwartbles – £119 Wallridge Cottages
Kerry Hill – £118 Delight Farm
Prime Ewes
An entry of 26 Prime Ewes sold to a top of £148 for a Texel x ewe from Messrs K & H M Pickering, Fairspring
Texel x – £148 & £136 Fairspring
Suffolk x – £126 Holystone Estate