Hexham Sale of Store Cattle & Store Sheep
CATTLE
Hexham – 10th April
After the Easter break Hexham & Northern Marts had forward a good entry of 544 store cattle for their first sale in the spring month of April. A sizeable catalogue encouraged a full ringside of buyers and all classes sold very well on the day despite a more mixed show of quality than of late.
The older ranks of cattle sold first saw sharper demand and the best of these sold considerably dearer than recent weeks. The sale topped at £2900 for an exceptional and replete Blue cross Limmy heifer from The Moralee Men of Hard Riding, Bardon Mill who brought forward a trademark packet of well-bred females at 16-18 months that averaged a very worthy £2578 throughout.
The steer portion of the sale topped at a massive £2800 for a thumping great big Charolais cross from noted consignors The Telfer Brothers, Make Me Rich, Capheaton. Renowned for their use of both Charolais and Limousin sires across their sizeable suckler herd the brothers also sold a super Limmy heifer to £2580 and averaged £2306 for fifteen head sold on the day.
Pure bred cattle always sell well through the store ring at Hexham and there are none better than the Charolais examples that come from Messrs Campbell of Thrunton who topped at £2780 for a sublime heifer followed by another three at £2540 to then average £2550 for five sold.
A good contingent of native breed cattle were presented and these continue to sell at a pace at Hexham. Angus cattle topped at £2760 for a super, bottle reared heifer from the youngest consignor on the day – Miss Rosie Hall of East Butsfield who, at just four years of age was just over twice the age of her heifer at 23 months which she had bottle reared herself – a promising start for one of the cattle farmers of the future.
It was an older hand that topped the black steer rankings and with a tremendous trio of angus bullocks at 24 months of age weekly consignor Philip Tomlinson highlighted the benefits of age and experience selling his one lot of three from Sunniside, Consett for £2560 each. Similarly The Renners of Yetlington Farm, Whittingham followed with another at £2540 and their run of nine sold to level at £2260 per head.
Herefords too were well represented and peaked at £2580 from The Eggleston Family, Thornham Hill who averaged £2485 for four outstanding examples with another from John Carpenter, Rare Dene cashing at £2400.
The Luing breed is one which is growing in popularity amongst our upland producers and David & Annabelle Stanners, Low Chesterhope have earned a deserved reputation for the quality of their cattle which was strengthened on this day with their lead steer selling at a notable £2440.
Making a welcome return to the Hexham store ring after an absence of over a decade was Mr Tommy Thompson of Howick Seahouses, North Northumberland and his return was well-rewarded. Topping at £2680 for an outstanding Charolais cross steer at just fifteen months and averaging £2493 for a trio of cracking bullocks consigned on the day Mr Thompson was delighted with his returns and enjoyed a considerable lift on efforts elsewhere earlier this month.
On to the younger classes of cattle and a useful show of both quality and quantity was met with a super trade that also showed a lift on two weeks earlier. With trade at a pace across all types of yearlings highlights were too great in number to mention in their entirety although standout consignments included a super run from The Hutchinsons of Lee Hall, Wark who saw their Limmy bullocks top at £2440 and level at a massive £2116 at 11-13 months.
The lone Scottish vendor to benefit from the Hexham ring on the day was longstanding customer Mr Martin Wallace, White Hills, Newton Stewart who brought his annual run of thirty Simmental and Blue cross bullocks to Tyne Green to top at £2200 and average £1907 with the majority selling to return purchasers.
Messrs Robinson, Burmoor, Wark presented a smart run of well-bred Limmy crosses that topped at £2080 for their lead steer and £1810 for the best heifer sister to then go on and level at £1753 per head for fifteen sold.
Steven Weatherley, Windy Hill has expanded his suckler cow enterprise in recent years and today brought out a useful load of eleven Limmy cross calves that scaled to £2190 for steers and £2120 for heifers and returned at a handsome £2074 much to his delight.
Within the yearling classes The Angus continues to command great rates and father and son team David & John Cheesebrough saw the full extent of the ‘Hexham effect’ selling their best black bullock at £2300 from Buildings Farm, Clara Vale. Messrs Spours, Twizell are another North Northumberland family farming enterprise that have benefitted from a trip south to Hexham and their well-bred Angus heifers courted much attention to top at £1730 with a level pen of nine following at £1530 and the smart run of 21 averaging £1563 throughout.
Thomas Bullerwell is a regular supporter here at Hexham with his Spenside suckled calves and this day saw great reward for his steadfastness to the Hexham ring. A super Hereford cross bullock topped at £1960 at 12 months and with an Angus at £1855 his three on the day levelled at £1865 per head.
With grazing pastures continuing to flourish and the countryside taking on a distinct spring-like feel more and more finishers are looking to source cattle for the grass and next weeks sale is sure to carry on in the same vein of trade. Kindly enter your cattle by 10:30am each Monday for inclusion on our Friday catalogues.
24–29 MONTHS
STEERS
ABERDEEN ANGUS CROSS
£2,220 Allendale Farm, £2,160 Hill Head, £2,140 Hill Head, £2,120 Allendale Farm
CHAROLAIS CROSS
£2,580 Newlands Haugh, £2,460 Newlands Haugh, £2,420 Rare Dean, £2,380 Rare Dean
LIMOUSIN CROSS
£2,640 Newlands Haugh, £2,440 Newlands Haugh
LUING
£2,440 Low Chesterhope
SALERS
£2,100 East Fourstones, £2,050 East Fourstones
SIMMENTAL CROSS
£2,500 Newlands Haugh, £2,440 Newlands Haugh
HEIFERS
ABERDEEN ANGUS CROSS
£2,120 Hill Head, £1,820 Hill Head
CHAROLAIS CROSS
£2,460 Rare Dean, £2,380 Rare Dean
LIMOUSIN CROSS
£2,300 Luns House, £2,260 Luns House
STABILISER
£1,780 Greencarts
18–23 MONTHS
STEERS
ABERDEEN ANGUS
£2,540 Yetlington Farm
ABERDEEN ANGUS CROSS
£2,560 Sunniside, £2,460 Springwell Farm, £2,400 Newton Farm, £2,380 New Houses, £2,380 Newton Farm, £2,380 Yetlington Farm, £2,300 New Houses, £2,300 Allendale Farm, £2,280 New Houses
CHAROLAIS CROSS
£2,800 Make‑Me‑Rich, £2,600 Newlands Haugh, £2,400 Rare Dean, £2,400 Newlands Haugh
HEREFORD
£2,400 Rare Dean
HEREFORD CROSS
£2,580 Thornham Hill, £2,480 Thornham Hill, £2,480 Thornham Hill
LIMOUSIN CROSS
£2,480 Make‑Me‑Rich, £2,440 Make‑Me‑Rich, £2,220 Make‑Me‑Rich
HEIFERS
ABERDEEN ANGUS
£2,350 Thrunton
ABERDEEN ANGUS CROSS
£2,760 East Butsfield, £2,060 Newton Farm, £1,960 Springwell Farm
BRITISH BLUE CROSS
£2,900 Hard Riding
CHAROLAIS
£2,780 Thrunton, £2,540 Thrunton
CHAROLAIS CROSS
£2,480 Rare Dean, £2,380 Make‑Me‑Rich, £2,280 Rare Dean
LIMOUSIN CROSS
£2,620 Hard Riding, £2,580 Make‑Me‑Rich, £2,520 Luns House, £2,500 Luns House, £2,420 Hard Riding, £2,300 Make‑Me‑Rich, £2,280 Make‑Me‑Rich, £2,260 Make‑Me‑Rich
11–17 MONTHS
STEERS
ABERDEEN ANGUS CROSS
£2,300 Buildings Farm, £2,280 West Butsfield, £2,220 Tarset Hall, £2,200 West Butsfield, £2,200 Buteland
BRITISH BLUE CROSS
£2,200 White Hill Farm, £2,060 Banktop, £1,950 White Hill Farm, £1,920 Tarset Hall, £1,880 White Hill Farm, £1,880 Banktop, £1,870 White Hill Farm
BRITISH BLUE CROSS / ABERDEEN ANGUS CROSS
£1,860 Tarset Hall
CHAROLAIS CROSS
£2,680 Howick
HEREFORD CROSS
£1,960 Spenside Farm, £1,790 Spenside Farm
LIMOUSIN
£2,320 Howick, £2,070 Tanfield Lane Farm
LIMOUSIN CROSS
£2,480 Howick, £2,440 Lee Hall, £2,250 Lee Hall, £2,200 Chirdon, £2,200 Lee Hall, £2,190 Windy Hill, £2,170 Windy Hill, £2,160 Windy Hill, £2,120 Windy Hill, £2,100 Windy Hill, £2,100 Lee Hall, £2,090 Lee Hall, £2,080 Intake, £2,080 Burmoor, £2,080 Hedley Park, £2,080 Lee Hall, £2,080 Embleton Mill, £2,070 Tanfield Lane Farm, £2,070 Lee Hall, £2,060 Kirkhouse, £2,060 Tanfield Lane Farm, £2,040 Windy Hill, £2,030 Windy Hill, £2,030 East Loanend, £2,030 Salmonswell, £2,020 Chirdon, £2,020 Lee Hall, £2,000 Kirkhouse, £2,000 Edges Green, £2,000 Burmoor, £1,990 Quarry House, £1,990 Tanfield Lane Farm, £1,980 Tedcastle, £1,980 Edges Green
LUING
£1,620 Low Chesterhope, £1,500 Low Chesterhope
SIMMENTAL CROSS
£2,000 White Hill Farm
HEIFERS
ABERDEEN ANGUS CROSS
£2,420 Springwell Farm, £2,230 Lowfield, £2,220 Buildings Farm
BRITISH BLUE CROSS
£2,600 Hard Riding, £1,980 Banktop
CHAROLAIS CROSS
£2,180 Holystone, £1,900 Holystone
HEREFORD CROSS
£1,700 Lowfield
LIMOUSIN
£1,640 Embleton Mill
LIMOUSIN CROSS
£2,350 Hard Riding, £2,300 Windy Hill, £2,260 Quarry House, £2,180 Kirkhouse, £2,120 Windy Hill, £2,100 Salmonswell, £2,100 Embleton Mill, £2,080 Edges Green, £2,000 Kirkhouse
LUING
£1,500 Low Chesterhope, £1,480 Low Chesterhope
10 MONTHS AND UNDER
STEERS
ABERDEEN ANGUS CROSS
£1,920 Hedley Park, £1,740 Chirdon
LIMOUSIN CROSS
£2,070 East Loanend, £2,000 Quarry House, £1,950 Tedcastle, £1,940 Burnbank, £1,940 Burnbank
HEIFERS
LIMOUSIN CROSS
£2,120 Swarland Old Hall, £2,080 Swarland Old Hall, £2,080 Quarry House
EWES
Hexham & Northern Marts sold 591 Ewes & Tups to a very strong trade fOr a mix show with the leanest ewes the dearest on the day.
Topping the sale at £320 was a Texel ewe from G N Potts & Son, Black Callerton. At £300 was a pair of Texel ewes from M N H & M E Robinson, East Alwent who sold 17 to average £266.47.
5 Dutch Texel cross ewes sold to £290 from E Lishman, Fell Lane.
Suffolk ewes sold to £262 for a pair from J & J Farming, Flotterton.
Cheviot ewes sold to £220 for 5 from F T Walton, Flotterton.
Mule ewes sold to £200 twice firstly for 4 from Black Callerton then a pen of 5 from Flotterton.
Cheviot Mule ewes sold to £199 for 19 from J J & J M Sanders, Bavington Hill Head.
Blackface ewes sold to £158 for 9 from J E Woodman & Son, Great Chesters.
Swale ewes sold to £138 from J T & E F Golightly, Lilswood Cottage.
Please continue to enter your ewes with all kinds in serious demand.
BELTEX
£192 Bavington Hill Head, £158 Clover Field
BELTEX CROSS
£270 East Alwent Farm, £260 Littleburn Farm, £245 Bavington Hill Head
BLACKFACE
£158 Great Chesters, £140 Flotterton, £140 Alwinton, £132 Quarry House, £132 Great Chesters, £122 Hadden Farm Cottages, £120 Flotterton
BLUEFACED LEICESTER
£200 Flotterton
CHAROLLAIS CROSS
£212 x2 West Heddon
CHEVIOT
£220 Flotterton, £198 Flotterton, £196 Flotterton
CHEVIOT CROSS
£162 Whitchester, £158 Newhouses, £156 Wydon
CHEVIOT MULE
£199 Bavington Hill Head,£190 Flotterton, £185 Wydon, £182 Thornbrough Farm
DUTCH TEXEL CROSS
£290 Fell Lane Farm
NORTH OF ENGLAND MULE
£200 Flotterton, £200 Black Callerton, £187 Little Whittington Farm, £182 Well House, £182 Quarry House, £180 Thornley Pit House, £172 Bingfield, £168 Littlebeck, £164 Thornley Pit House, £162 Stonehall, £158 Colepike Home, £158 Parkside, £156 Flotterton, £153 Angerton Steads, £152 Glenwhelt House, £152 Brownchesters, £150 The Ash, £150 Saugh House
RYELAND
£150 Shildon Hill Farm Cottage
SOUTHDOWN
£170 Steel Hall
SUFFOLK
£262 Flotterton, £260 Littleburn Farm, £250 Black Callerton, £240 Littleburn Farm, £235 Hadden Farm Cottages, £234 Flotterton, £230 Quarry House, £230 Flotterton, £220 Littleburn Farm, £220 Black Callerton, £218 Flotterton, £214 Steel Hall, £208 Black Callerton, £208 Steel Hall, £206 Steel Hall, £204 Whitchester, £204 Little Whittington Farm, £202 Hadden Farm Cottages, £202 Saugh House
SUFFOLK CROSS
£200 Bingfield, £200 Flotterton,£190 Saugh House, £190 Town Farm, £188 Black Callerton, £178 Moorlaws, £170 Bingfield Farm, £160 Colepike Home, £160 Saugh House
SWALEDALE
£138 Lilswood Cottage, £136 Bingfield, £132 Stonehall, £124 Blakelaw, £118 Glenwhelt House
TEXEL
£320 Black Callerton, £300 East Alwent Farm, £275 x2 West Heddon, £273 Armondside Farm, £270 West Heddon, £265 Longsteads, £265 Town Farm, £255 Thornbrough Farm, £250 East Alwent Farm
TEXEL CROSS
£244 Town Farm, £240 Littleburn Farm, £240 Littleburn Farm, £232 Armondside Farm, £230 Thornley Pit House, £230 Newhouses, £228 West Heddon, £220 West Heddon, £220 Well House, £220 West Heddon, £219 Newhouses, £218 Little Whittington Farm, £216 Fell Lane Farm, £212 Quarry House, £210 Wydon, £208 Town Farm, £208 Armondside Farm, £205 Windy Hill, £204 West Heddon, £202 Armondside Farm, £200 West Heddon, £200 West Heddon, £200 Flotterton Cottages, £200 Armondside Farm, £200 Armondside Farm, £200 Littlebeck, £200 Black Callerton
TUPS
Not many Cast Tups on offer this week selling to a top of £270 for 7 from M N H & M E Robinson, East Alwent.
TEXEL
£270 East Alwent Farm, £250 East Alwent Farm
SUFFOLK CROSS
£270 East Alwent Farm
RYELAND
£170 Shildon Hill Farm Cottage
GOATS
Goats sold to a top of £160 from L Stephenson, Honey Farm.
£160, Honey Farm
HOGGS
Hexham and Northern Mart sold 773 Store Hoggs to average £149.01.
Today sale peaked at £200 for a pair from L Stephenson, Honey Farm.
Suffolks topped at £188 for a quartet from R H Frater, Moorlaws.
Hill lambs saw Cheviots to £172 for a pen of 16 from S Martin, Heathridge.
Blackface peaked at £171 from D & M Scott, Redesmouth.
Swaledale achieved heights of £161 for a penful of 16 from N & P Rutherford, Irestone. With the same good home seeing an average of £149.06 for a run of 52.
TEXEL CROSS
£200 Honey Farm, £188 Honey Farm, £182 Black Callerton, £180 Moorlaws, £180 Newhouses, £178 Broxfield Farm Cottage, £175 Parkside, £174 Palm Strothers, £174 Low Hall, £174 Tranwell, £174 Palm Strothers, £173 Black Callerton, £172 Broxfield Farm Cottage, £172 Sandylands, £171 Newhouses, £171 Palm Strothers, £171 Low Hall, £170 Low Hall, £170 Low Hall, £170 Broxfield Farm Cottage, £170 Blakelaw, £170 Sandylands, £168 Honey Farm, £168 Birky Glen, £165 Parkside, £164 Palm Strothers, £164 Palm Strothers, £162 Yetlington Lane, £162 Broxfield Farm Cottage, £162 Buckshot, £160 Buckshot, £160 Broxfield Farm Cottage, £160 Honey Farm
SUFFOLK CROSS
£188 Moorlaws, £172 Palm Strothers, £172 Bingfield Farm, £170 Black Callerton, £169 Lamberton Lodge
BLACKFACE
£171 Redesmouth, £168 Quarry House, £161 Redesmouth, £150 Great Chesters, £142 Redesmouth, £124 Redesmouth, £120 Blakelaw
CHEVIOT
£172 Heatheridge, £156 Balnakeil, £150 Birky Glen, £148 Balnakeil
CHEVIOT CROSS
£168 Half Acres Barn
COLOURED RYELAND
£150 Tranwell
BLUEFACED LEICESTER
£156 West End
NORTH OF ENGLAND MULE
£150 Redesmouth, £146 Blakelaw, £144 Great Chesters, £136 Redesmouth
SWALEDALE
£161 Irestone Farm, £152 Irestone Farm