Hexham Primestock
Cattle
Prime Cattle
Small entry of clean which sold to 306.5ppk for a thick Charolais heifer from Mr F T Walton, Flotterton.
Leading prices;
Charolais x Heifers – £1814.48, £1768.13 & £1670.42 Flotterton
306.5p, 289.5p & 287.5p Flotterton
Cast Cows & OTM
The numbers keep on coming with another tremendous entry of cows sold to another solid trade, with a sale average of 192.5ppk achieved throughout.
Topping the sale at 247.5ppk was a shapey black Limousin cross cow from H & T V Walton, Settlingstones.
A pure Limousin cow from the Swarland bull producers, A & D Proctor sold to 239.5ppk, selling to Owain Llyr, Ruthin.
Charolais cows dominated the grossing charts with a well fleshed run from Mr J Sisterson, Newland Haugh selling to £1975.50 and £1938.00.
Feeding cow trade just as strong as previous weeks with the vast majority surpassing the 180ppk mark.
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Leading prices;
Limousin – £1892.80 & £1759.91 Hard Riding, £1753.14 Swarland Old Hall, £1534.50 Settlingstones, £1528.80 Glebe Farm, £1518.15 Linacres, £1494.23 & £1452.70 Settlingstones, £1438.88 West Nubbock
247.5p Settlingstones, 239.5p Swarland Old Hall, 227.5p Hard Riding & Glebe Farm, 226.5p Hard Riding, 217.5p Settlingstones & Linacres, 211.5p& 209.5p Settlingstones
Charolais – £1975.50, £1938.00, £1885.75, £1837.83 & £1833.65 Newlands Haugh
237.5p (x2), 227.5p & 225.5p (x2) Newlands Haugh
Angus – £1366.06 Wolsingham Park
204.5p Wolsingham Park
Angus x – £1327.41 Settlingstones, £1258.48 Rusheylaw
180.5p Wolsingham Park, 177.5p Rusheylaw
British Blue – £1637.55 Brownsleazes, £1573.13 Newlands haugh, £1486.08 Littleburn, £1468.60 Hard Riding
213.5p Brownsleazes, 209.5p & 199.5p Hard Riding, 193.5p Littleburn
British Blue x – £1462.28 West Wharmley, £1415.51 Glebe Farm
213.5p Glebe Farm
Stabiliser – £1581.26 Nunwick, £1571.22 West Wharmley, £1479.45 & £1420.28 Nunwick
229.5p, 217.5p & 203.5p Nunwick
Simmental – £1192.75 East Wharmley
183.5p East Wharmley
Simmental x – £1405.89 East Wharmley
190.5p East Wharmley
Saler x – £1377.80 West Wharmley
207.5p West Wharmley
Blonde x – £1227.17 Littleburn
186.5p Littleburn
British Shorthorn – £1108.67 Catcherside
173.5p Catcherside
Hereford – £1322.10 & £1183.35 Chattlehope
171.5p & 169.5p Chattlehope
Northern Dairy Shorthorn – £747.40 Rushy Lea
171.5p Rushy Lea
Dairy Shorthorn – £611.10 Rushy Lea
145.5p Rushy Lea
Stock Bull
Angus – £1765.80 Catcherside
163.5p Catcherside
Limousin – £1519.40 Kingswood
177.5p Kingswood
Young Bulls
Limousin – £1757.61 & £1751.75 Mount Huley
269.5p & 265.5p Mount Huley
Prime Sheep
Hexham & Northern Marts sold 862 Prime Hoggs to an extreme trade, with vendors all ecstatic about trade reaching new heights not previously known. With trade up 120ppk or £50 on the year, today’s overall sale average was 45kg, 343.1ppk and £155.78.
Topping the sale was a Texel Hogg at £240 which was donated to charity in aid of the Rob Burrows MND campaign. This Hogg was very kindly donated by Anne & Alan Lawson, South Farm in memory of close friend Louise Jordan who sadly died in December 2023. It was first bought at £300 by Andrew Atkinson on behalf of Blacklidge Brothers, Preston; then for £270 to Shan Group; then for £230 to Andrew Atkinson himself and finally selling for £240 to Morgan Helliwell, with a total of £1040 raised.
14 pens of sheep sold over £200 with a pair at £219 from Mr A Peart & Son, Woodcroft, then from Mr R F S Newall, Low Barns.
Top ppk was a Beltex hogg from Messrs A & D Proctor, Swarland Old Hall at 425ppk.
More hoggs urgently required to meet extreme current demand. An active ringside of buyers all keen for sheep. Why not give us a try?
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Leading prices;
Prime Hoggs
Texel x – £240 South Farm, £219 Woodcroft, £218 Baal Hill, £217 Black Heddon, £215 Lunns House, £210 & £205 Black Heddon, £204.50 Holly Hill West, £203 Swarland Old Hall & Black Heddon, £201 Black Heddon, £198 Palm Strothers, £196 Holly Hill West, £195 Swarland Old Hall, £194 Highwood, £192 Woodcroft, £190 Swarland Old Hall, £188 South Farm & Holly Hill West, £186 Baal Hill & Palm Strothers, £185.50 Thornton Tower, £184 Swarland Old Hall, £183 Blackburn
383.7p South Farm, 381.4p Thornton Tower, 379.2p & 375.5p Swarland Old Hall, 375.0p South Acton & Wall Fell, 374.3p West Shields, 372.0p Palm Strothers, 371.4p Highwood, 371.0p Thornton Tower, 370.5p High West House, 370.0p Woodcroft, 368.2p Holly Hill West, 366.1p Black Heddon, 365.2p Highwood, 364.6p Holly Hill West, 363.6p Palm Strothers, 362.0p Blackburn, 361.4p Wall Fell, 361.1p Swarland Old Hall, 361.0p West Shields
Suffolk x – £210, £205, £194 & £191 Black Heddon, £189 Lunns House, £186 Black Heddon & Baal Hill, £181 West Shields
356.3p West Shields, 352.2p Thornton Tower, 351.1p Lunns House, 348.8p Bingfield, 347.5p & 347.3p Black Heddon, 344.7p Palm Strothers, 344.4p Baal Hill & Black Heddon, 342.7p Lunns House, 340.2 Bingfield, 339.6p West Shields, 339.4p Lunns House
Beltex x – £187 Swarland Old Hall
425.0p Swarland Old Hall
Charolais x – £219 Low Barns
341.7p Black Heddon, 337.3p Woodcroft
Cheviot Mule – £175 Flotterton
350.0p Flotterton
Cheviot x – £150 Baal Hill, £144.50 Quickeningcote, £143 Baal Hill & Flotterton
352.6p Flotterton (x2), 348.8p Baal Hill & Flotterton, 344.1p & 343.2p Quickeningcote
North Country Cheviot – £159 Flotterton
361.4p Flotterton
Mule – £170 Flotterton, £166 Woodcroft, £163.50 Holly Hill West, £158 Thornton Tower & Quarry House, £156 West Shields, £154 Black Heddon
350.0p Black Heddon, 343.5p Thornton Tower, 342.9p Woodcroft, 340.0p Flotterton, 337.5p & 336.2p Quarry House
Blackface – £162 The Stobbs, £152.50 Thornton Tower
346.6p Thornton Tower, 331.6p The Stobbs
Swaledale – £181 & £155 Low Stokoe, £150 Woodcroft
315.9p Woodcroft, 310.0p, 306.8p & 305.7p Low Stokoe
Leicester – £195 Woodcroft
334.1p Woodcroft
Jacob – £147 (x2) Low Barns
295.7p Low Barns