Hexham Primestock

Hexham Auction Mart
Cattle
Prime Cattle
A much-improved show of clean cattle sold to better rates with a well fleshed, stylish Limousin cross heifer from Messrs I & A Hamilton, Claywalls cashing to 309.5ppk. The same home sold Charolais cross heifers to £1813.13
Charolais Heifers –£1813.13 & £1627.14 Claywalls
298.5p & 291.5p Claywalls
Hereford Heifers-£1712.00 & £1709.82 Thornham Hill
267.5p & 241.5p Thornham Hill
Hereford Steers-£1668.37 & £1622.25 Thornham Hill
261.5p & 257.5p Thornham Hill
Cast Cows & OTM
A reduced entry this week but again a firm trade was observed just like the previous weeks.
Cast cows topped at 231.5ppk for a Pure Limousin from Messrs T Common & Son, Low Ardley. The same cow topped the grossing charts today and sold to £1942.29.
Pure Angus cows once again in demand selling to £1651.64 from Alan Lawson, South Farm.
OTM heifers from Messrs W Smith & Son, West Shields sold well and to a top of 245.5ppk for a Angus cross.
Limousin –£1942.29 Low Ardley, £1655.05 High Lovelady Shield, £1510.11 Thornton Tower
231.5p Low Ardley, 211.5p Thornton Tower, 209.5p High Lovelady Shield
Angus –£1651.64 & £1565.63 South Farm
190.5p & 187.5p South Farm
Angus x-£1543.70 Buckshot, £1453.36 West Shields, £1321.88 High Yarridge
187.5p West Shields, 179.5p Buckshot
British Blue-£1317.33 Old Deanham, £1309.85 East Plenmeller
197.5p Old Deanham, 195.5p East Plenmeller
Saler x-£1464.84 Old Deanham
189.5p Old Deanham
Galloway-£1099.99 & £1036.75 Batey Shield
159.5p (x2) Batey Shield
Angus OTM heifer-245.5p West Shields
Prime Sheep
Prime Lambs
Hexham Auction Mart sold 1335 Prime Lambs to an improved trade with all classes of stock forward to the usual ring of buyers.
Taking top spot was a Dutch Texel from Messrs JE Henderson & Sons, Burntongues at £143
Not far behind at £142 were Suffolk crosses from Messrs G & E A Herdman, Lunns Houses.
Burntongues also took top spot in the ppk at 317.8ppk.
We ask all Vendors to enter your stock with Jack on 07739 440457 by Monday night.

Dutch Texel x –£143 Burntongues
317.8p Burntongues
Suffolk x –£142 Lunns House, £136 Hard Riding, £134.50 Nunwick, £131.50 Lowes Fell, £130 Lunns House, £128.50 New Houses & Rare Dene, £126 Flotterton, £125.50 Lunns House, £125 Palm Strothers, £124.50 Old Town, £124 St Oswalds
269.0p Nunwick, 266.7p Hard Riding, 262.8p Nunwick, 262.2p Sillywrea, 260.2p East House Farm, 254.1p Old Town, 253.3p Lunns House, 252.0p Flotterton, 251.0p Lunns House, 250.0p Nilston Rigg & Lunns House
Texel x-£140 Town Farm, £138 Hard Riding, £136.50 New Houses, £135.50 Lowes Fell, £133.50 Nunwick, £132 Hard Riding, Lunns House & Lowes Fell, £131 Matfen Home Farm, £130.50 Nilston Rigg & Rare Dene, £130 New Houses & East Greenridge
307.7p, 300.0p (x2), 298.8p Matfen Home Farm, 293.3p Hard Riding, 292.1p East House Farm, 290.2p Matfen Home Farm, 285.0p Hard Riding, 283.8p Palm Strothers
Beltex x-£139 East House Farm
300.0p West Moorhouses, 295.7p East House Farm
Charollais x –£124.50 Sillywrea
257.6p Sillywrea
Cheviot Mule-£128.50 Lowes Fell, £127.50 High Eshells, £127 Flotterton, £123.50 Bingfield Combe
253.1p Flotterton, 250.0p High Eshells, 247.1p Lowes Fell
Cheviot x-£118 Flotterton
259.0p Sillywrea
Mule –£124 New Houses, £123.50 High Town
247.7p & 246.8p Hole Farm
Blackface –£117 Greenleas
222.1p Greenleas