Hexham Primestock
Cattle
A small show of clean with a lack of quality forward sold to 281.5ppk for a heavy Charolais x heifer from Mr F T Walton, Flotterton.
Leading prices;
Prime Cattle
Charolais x Heifers – £1773.45 & £1732.90 Flotterton
281.5p & 279.5p Flotterton
Stabiliser Heifers – £1457.63 Buildings
253.5p Buildings
Cast Cows & OTM
More numbers forward this week that sees a trade that actually does buck the trend and would be sharper on the week. All classes eagerly bid for and sold to very competitive rates. Stock Bulls especially easily cashed this week.
Leading the sale at 249.5ppk was an outstanding black Limousin cross cow from Messrs W & J A Longlands, Rusheylaw. Not far behind was a tank of a cow from Messrs J Hunter & Sons, The Steel that cashed at 247.5ppk and £2165.63.
Taking full advantage of the live ring with non-assured cows was Messrs W & S W Mews, Glendue Farm with Blue cross cows selling to 235.5ppk.
Plenty leaner feeding sorts selling in excess of 180ppk.
Leading prices;
Limousin – £2165.63 The Steel, £1689.90 Rusheylaw, £1428.35 Lunns House, £1346.72 Settlingstones, £1343.00 Lunns House
247.5p The Steel, 221.5p Settlingstones (x2), 206.5p Woodhall
Angus x – £1560.73 Rawfoot
191.5p Rawfoot
British Blue – £1858,78 Rusheylaw, £1683.83 Glendue, £1595.03 & £1548.29 Glebe
249.52p Rusheylaw, 235.5p Glendue, 221.5p & 208.5p Glebe
Stock Bulls
A small but mighty entry of Stock Bulls this week that sold very well with a Limousin from Messrs J Hunter & Son, The Steel selling to 235.5ppk whilst a British Blue x Stock Bull found his final destination at 227.5ppk and £2320.50 from Messrs J & A Moralee, Hard Riding proving all classes of cattle can achieve competitive rates here at Hexham.
Limousin – £2166.60 The Steel
235.5p The Steel
British Blue – £2320.50 Hard Riding
227.5p Hard Riding
Angus – £1766.19 Linacres
169.5p Linacres
OTM
Highland steers – £1088.10 Buildings
175.5p Buildings
Prime Sheep
A very small number of hoggs forward to a full ringside of buyers provided an overall average of £183.36, up £2.24 on the week.
Topping the sale at £227 was tremendous hoggs from Messrs Teasdale, Kellah.
Top ppk was 426.2ppk for 8 Texels from Messrs S K Richardson & Son, Prospect Grange.
Leading averages;
Mr D Collingwood, Intake – £212
Messrs G Carins & Ptrs, Broomhall – £211.57
Messrs Teasdale, Kellah – £209.33
F T Walton, Shilmoor – £208
J C Rutherford, Old Town – £203
More numbers needed to meet demand.
Entries for next week to Jack 07739 440457 or Harrison 07895 761102.
Leading prices;
Prime Hoggs
Texel x – £227, £226 & £221 Kellah, £220 Kellah & Broomhall, £219 Old Town, £217 & £216 Kellah, £214 Broomhall, £212 Intake, £207 (x2) & £205 Kellah, £204 Newbiggin (x2)
462.2p Prospect Grange, 414.0p, 410.0p & 407.6p Kellah, 407.0p Hill Head, 406.5p, 398.1p, 396.5p & 389.1p Kellah, 388.9p Hill Head, 387.8p Baal Hill, 387.5p & 384.6p Kellah, 383.7p Colepike, 382.7p & 381.0p Kellah, 380.9p Prospect Grange
Suffolk x – £209 Old Town & Baal Hill, £207 Brixter Hill, £206 Lunns House
380.9p Broomhall, 380.0p Lunns House, 374.5p & 366.7p Newbiggin, 365.4p Baal Hill
Mule – £195 Spittalshield, £187 Baal Hill, £182 Colepike
365.0p & 352.8p Baal Hill
Cheviot – £207 Flotterton
287.5p Flotterton
Cheviot x – £168 Baal Hill
381.8p Baal Hill
Swaledale – £130 Baal Hill
309.5p Baal Hill
Leicester – £185 Spittalshield
362.8p Spittalshield
Cross – £199 Hill Head
400.0p, 395.2p & 390.5p Hill Head
Prime Ewes
A small entry of prime ewes sold to a top of £186 from E R & L Dawson. Red Hemmels Farm.
Leading prices;
Texel x – £186 & £178 Red Hemmels
Mule – £106 Red Hemmels