Hexham Primestock
Cattle
Prime Cattle
A much-reduced entry and show compared to last weeks exceptional Christmas Primestock sale of cattle. The plainer show still sold well with well fleshed Limousin cross heifers from Messrs J & A Moralee, Hard Riding selling to 279.5ppk.
Limousin Heifers –£1704.95 & £1675.04 Hard Riding
279.5p & 275.5p Hard Riding
Charolais Heifers –£1606.28 & £1589.21 Barker House, £1527.01 Flotterton
265.5p & 255.5p Barker House, 249.5p Flotterton
British Blue Heifers-£1636.53 Paxton Dene
270.5p Paxton Dene
Cast Cows & OTM
An enormous entry of 99 Cast Cows & Cast Bulls this week, with entries from all across The North East and Scottish Borders.
A much leaner entry however this week, with a good number of Hill types forward. Trade was very similar to last weeks with the better end of the cattle seeing 210ppk plus.
Taking top two prices this week were two pure Limousin cows from the renowned Swarland herd of Messrs A & D Proctor, Swarland Old Hall, that sold to 244.5ppk and 235.5ppk.
Angus cross cows selling well once again to 187.5ppk from Mr F T Walton, Flotterton.
Limousin –£2058.69 & £1987.62 Swarland Old Hall, £1766.98, £1725.49 & £1651.64 Great Chesters, £1601.60 Houselope Grange
244.5p & 235.5p Swarland Old Hall, 221.5p, 219.5p & 213.5p Great Chesters
Angus x-£1606.00 & £1500.00 Flotterton, £1424.86 & £1359.99 Buteland, £1358.82 Flotterton, £13554.15 The Stobbs
187.5p Flotterton, 186.5p Buteland, 185.5p The Stobbs (x2), 182.5p Flotterton
British Blue –£1575.44 & £1474.47 Great Chesters, £1418.05 Comb Hills
209.5p Great Chesters, 193.5p Great Chesters & Stotsfold
Blonde x-£1526.88 Houselope Grange
174.5p Houselope Grange
Simmental x–£1535.38 Warksfield Head
177.5p Warksfield Head
Saler-£1339.47 Edgerston Home Farm
181.5p Edgerston Home Farm
Charolais x-£1298.70 Linacres
175.5p LInacres
Stabiliser-£1223.37 Nunwick
171.5p Nunwick
Beef Shorthorn-£1180.30 Catcherside
159.5p Catcherside
Montbeliarde-£1086.71 Round Meadows
139.5p Round Meadows
Hereford-£1078.13 Linacres
187.5p Linacres
Galloway-£917.13 Hotbank
159.5p Hotbank
Stock Bull
Limousin-£1656.02 Camphill
169.5p Camphill
Angus-£1616.94 Barker House
165.5p Barker House
Prime Sheep
Prime Lambs
Hexham and Northern Marts sold 1384 prime lambs, selling to another nice trade.
Before the sale began the Christmas Show of Prime Lambs was ably judged by Mr Peter Monkhouse.
Prize List
3 Texel Sired Lambs
1st Prize-St Oswalds
2nd Prize-Watch Currock
3 Beltex Sired Lambs
1st Prize-Hallington
2nd Prize-St Oswalds
3 Dutch Texel Sired Lambs
1st Prize-St Oswalds
2nd Prize-High Town
3 Other Continental Sired Lambs
1st Prize-St Oswalds
2nd Prize-St Oswalds
3 Suffolk Lambs
1st Prize-Stewartshield
2nd Prize-Sunniside
3 Mule Lambs
1st Prize-Chirdon
2nd Prize-Chirdon
3 Hill Bred Lambs
1st Prize-Flotterton
2nd Prize-Flotterton
Overall Champion-Hallington
Overall Reserve Champion-St Oswalds
The Show was kindly sponsored by Mole Valley and Lloyds Bank.
Overall Championship went to Messrs E & I Hall & Son, New Houses, Hallington with a trio of Beltex lambs which sold to £158 to Mr Andrew Atkinson on behalf of Yorkshire Halal.
Reserve Championship went to RRE & JR Reay, St Oswalds with a trio of Texel lambs selling for £139. St Oswalds also sold a trio of Beltex lambs to £150.
Out with the show lambs, the sale topped at £150 for a Suffolk cross lamb from Messrs W Taylor & Son, Great Bavington.
Top ppk went to a Beltex trio from Messrs E & I Hall & Son, New Houses at 359.1ppk. Not far behind at 348.8ppk was a trio of Beltex lambs from St Oswalds.
Lambs that lack flesh are better sold in the store.
Entries to Jack on 07739 440457.
Texel x –£144.50 Great Chesters, £140 Woodcroft, £139 St Oswalds & Watch Currock, £135.50 Watch Currock & High Eshells, £132.50 West Shields & Old Town, £129.50 Low Eshells, £129 Watch Currock, £128 Aydonshields, £127.50 Middle Heads, £127 Aydonshields, £126.50 High West House, £126 High Eshells, Low Eshells & St Oswalds, £125.50 High West House, £124.50 Watch Currock, Little Swinburne, Nunwick & Low Eshells, £124 High West House & Rare Dene
323.3p St Oswalds, 308.9p Watch Currock, 293.0p St Oswalds, 292.9p Little Swinburne, 290.8p East Newham, 290.0p Errington Farm, 289.5p Little Swinburne, 285.7p St Oswalds, 284.6p Matfen Home Farm, 280.7p St Oswalds, 279.8p Warksfield Head, 276.1p Aydonshields, 273.9p Watch Currock, 271.4p Dukesfield Hall
Suffolk x –£150 Great Bavington, £142.50 Old Town, £137 Stewartshield Meadows & Sunniside, £135 Great Bavington, £132 East Newham & St Oswalds, £130.50 Rare Dene, £130 Lunns House, £129.50 Old Town, £128.50 Black Hedley, £126.50 (x2) & £124 Rare Dene, £123.50 Lunns House, £122.50 Sunniside & Rare Dene Farm, £122 East Newham
280.9p St Oswalds, 258.5p Stewartshield Meadows, 250.0p Great Bavington & Lunns House, 249.1p Sunniside, 246.2p Rare Dene, 244.7p Sunniside, 243.5p Great Bavington, 243.3p (x2) & 243.1p Rare Dene, 242.2p Lunns House
Beltex x –£158 New Houses, £150 St Oswalds, £133 New Houses, £131 St Oswalds, £127 & £125 New Houses, £124.50 Fairspring, £123 New Houses, £122 & £120 St Oswalds
359.1p New Houses, 348.8p St Oswalds, 317.5p & 307.5p New Houses, 305.0p & 304.7p St Oswalds, 297.6p, 296.3p & 295.6p New Houses
Dutch Texel-£143 St Oswalds, £135, £128 & £127 High Town Farm, £125.50 Willimoteswick, £123 & £122.50 High Town Farm
325.0p St Oswalds, 300.0p High Town Farm, 295.0p Willimoteswick, 287.8p Willimoteswick & High Town Farm, 278.9p Willimoteswick
Bleu De Maine-259.0p Low Staples
Charollais x-£127 & £124 Sunniside
249.0p & 248.0p Sunniside
Leicester-£127.50 Woodcroft
236.1p Woodcroft
Cheviot-£123, £115, £114.50, £111.50 & £111 Flotterton
251.0p, 247.8p, 247.7p & 246.7p Flotterton
Cheviot x-£116 Willimoteswick
236.7p Willimoteswick
Cheviot Mule-£110.50 Woodcroft
245.6p Woodcroft
Continental x-£133 St Oswalds, £128 New Houses, £125 St Oswalds
312.2p New Houses, 309.3p & 304.9p St Oswalds
Mule –£134.50 Quarry House, £123.50 & £117 Chirdon, £113.50 Quarry House, £110 East Newham
237.5p Chirdon, 236.5p & 236.0p Quarry House, 234.0p Chirdon
