Hexham Store Cattle & Store Sheep
Hexham Auction Mart
Hexham & Northern Marts held their weekly sale of store cattle which included the monthly special sale of native breeds. The catalogued entry comprised of 552 head, representing an increase of over fifty head on the year with a number of new vendors realising the benefits of consigning cattle for sale at this centre.
As has been the case over the past several weeks trade lifted again and demand remains buoyant with a marginal improvement in weather and a drier atmosphere possibly enthusing finishers to house more cattle when the first month of the year positively discouraged such enthusiasm.
The sale peaked at £2700 for a thumping Limmy cross steer from Messrs Herdman, Lunns House who sold seven of their trademark steer in great fettle to average a very worthy £2524 across the board.
Fittingly on the native breed day an angus heifer followed from Messrs Watson, Holywell farms, Church Farm which scaled to £2680 and led their run of eleven sold on the day to return at £2179 per head.
Messrs Jackson, Midgeholm presented quite possibly their best pen of cattle to date and were well rewarded for their efforts with high end finishers battling to take home some of the cracking cattle. With Limmy steers to £2650 and heifer sisters following at £2600 the father and son team enjoyed an average of £2420 for six sold from the Bardon Mill parish.
A great many consignments of yearling type cattle are now coming to the fore and the undoubted highlight of this class on this day were the sixty-seven Angus and Hereford cross steers and heifers consigned from North Northumberland by Messrs Jordon, Tughall Grange, Chathill. The fantastic run of calves were presented in fine form and a real credit to Mr Jordon who enjoyed a great trade on the day. The run peaked at £2580 for a stupendous Angus cross bullock which travelled at pace and set the tone for the entire consignment with the lead Hereford Cross steer hitting £2360 and the best heifer, of which there were only nine, was an Angus that cashed at £2140. The entire run of sixty-seven well bred cattle were in great demand from start to finish and levelled at a very respectable £1863 per head at 9-15 months of age.
A small but quality entry of continental yearlings were sold towards the end of the day and these also continue to ascend at Hexham. Messrs Yeats, Woodhouse, Coanwood always figure highly in sale reports at this centre and today was no exception. Another father and son team – John & Steven sold super shapely Limmy steers to £2290 and belting Blue crosses to £2260 and attained a cracking average of £2041 for a dozen sold at 12 months of age.
Entries are invited for next weeks sale and the following week which will see the March prize show and sale held alongside the culmination of the annual YFC calf wintering competition. Please advise all entries to our auctioneers or to the main office by 12 noon each Monday.
Leading prices;
Steers – (10 months and under)
Charolais Cross
• Amerside Law – £2,350
• Amerside Law – £2,160
• Amerside Law – £2,150
Aberdeen Angus Cross
• Amerside Law – £1,810
• Amerside Law – £1,750
• Amerside Law – £1,640
• Amerside Law – £1,620
• Amerside Law – £1,520
Aberdeen Angus
• Old Town – £2,020
• Old Town – £1,980
• Old Town – £1,900
Limousin Cross
• Hownsgill – £1,760
• Hownsgill – £1,690
• Ouston – £1,570
Simmental Cross
• Tughall Grange Farm – £1,880
• Tughall Grange Farm – £1,700
Beef Shorthorn
• Hethpool – £1,490
• Hethpool – £1,380
Steers – (11–16 months)
Aberdeen Angus Cross
• Tughall Grange Farm – £2,580
• Tughall Grange Farm – £2,480
• Tughall Grange Farm – £2,300
• Tughall Grange Farm – £2,150
• Tughall Grange Farm – £2,140
• 1 Warden Law Cottage-£2,100
• Tughall Grange Farm – £2,080
• Tughall Grange Farm – £1,920
• 1 Warden Law Cottage – £1,880
• Wittonshields – £1,770
Hereford Cross
• Tughall Grange Farm – £2,360
• The Fawns – £2,160
• The Fawns – £2,080
• The Fawns – £2,000
• East Broomshields – £1,990
• The Fawns – £1,980
• The Fawns – £1,960
Limousin Cross
• Woodhouse – £2,290
• Woodhouse – £2,190
• West Shields – £1,880
• Hownsgill – £1,730
• Hownsgill – £1,690
• West Shields – £1,680
British Blue Cross
• Woodhouse – £2,260
• Woodhouse – £2,090
Whitebred Shorthorn Cross
• High Green Hill – £1,800
• High Green Hill – £1,700
Steers – (17–22 months)
Limousin Cross
• Newlands Haugh – £2,400
• Newlands Haugh – £2,380
• Kirkley March – £2,320
• Kirkley March – £2,310
• Kirkley March – £2,300
• Kirkley March – £2,200
• Kirkley March – £2,140
• Kirkley March – £2,120
• Bothal Park Farm – £2,100
Aberdeen Angus Cross
• Great Tosson – £2,440
• Brackenthwaite – £2,390
• Great Tosson – £2,340
• Great Tosson – £2,290
• Great Tosson – £2,100
Charolais Cross
• Hedley West – £2,060
Hereford Cross
• The Fawns – £1,960
Whitebred Shorthorn Cross
• High Green Hill – £1,800
Steers – (23–28 months)
Limousin Cross
• Luns House – £2,580
• Luns House – £2,570
• Luns House – £2,530
• Luns House – £2,510
Aberdeen Angus Cross
• New Houses – £2,440
• New Houses – £2,420
• New Houses – £2,380
• New Houses – £2,260
British Blue Cross
• Woodhouse – £2,260
• Woodhouse – £2,090
Hereford Cross
• East Broomshields – £2,080
Aberdeen Angus
• Old Town – £2,280
• Old Town – £2,110
• Old Town – £2,020
Charolais Cross
• Amerside Law – £2,350
• Amerside Law – £2,160
• Amerside Law – £2,150
Limousin
• Tosson Glebe – £2,200
Whitebred Shorthorn Cross
• High Green Hill – £1,800
• High Green Hill – £1,800
• High Green Hill – £1,800
Heifers – (10 months and under)
Aberdeen Angus
• Old Town – £1,740
• Old Town – £1,660
Aberdeen Angus Cross
• Ouston – £1,640
Charolais Cross
• Springhill Farm – £1,390
Limousin Cross
• Mains Rigg – £1,690
Aberdeen Angus
• Castlehills – £1,840
Simmental Cross
• West Shields – £1,720
Heifers – (11–16 months)
Simmental Cross
• West Shields – £1,960
• West Shields – £1,700
Aberdeen Angus Cross
• Tughall Grange Farm – £2,140
• Tughall Grange Farm – £2,080
• Tughall Grange Farm – £1,990
• Tughall Grange Farm – £1,920
• Tughall Grange Farm – £1,880
• 1 Warden Law Cottage – £1,820
• West Shields – £1,760
Charolais Cross
• The Tofts – £1,900
• West Shields – £1,850
Limousin Cross
• Hownsgill – £1,730
• Mains Rigg – £1,690
• West Shields – £1,610
Heifers – (17–22 months)
Limousin Cross
• Midgeholme – £2,600
• Midgeholme – £2,560
• Midgeholme – £2,540
• Midgeholme – £2,500
Aberdeen Angus Cross
• Church Farm – £2,140
• Church Farm – £2,080
• Church Farm – £2,040
Charolais Cross / Charolais
• Newlands Haugh – £2,540
• Newlands Haugh – £2,180
• Newlands Haugh – £2,210
• Newlands Haugh – £2,020
Parthenais Cross
• Newlands Haugh – £2,210
• Newlands Haugh – £2,020
Aberdeen Angus
• Bollihope Shield – £1,700
Heifers – (23–28 months)
Aberdeen Angus Cross
• Church Farm – £2,680
• Church Farm – £2,420
• Church Farm – £2,380
• Church Farm – £2,360
• Church Farm – £2,300
• Church Farm – £2,140
• Church Farm – £2,080
• Church Farm – £2,040
Limousin Cross
• Midgeholme – £2,560
• Newlands Haugh – £2,210
Parthenais Cross
• Newlands Haugh – £2,020
Aberdeen Angus
• East Uppertown – £1,940
Charolais Cross / Charolais
• Newlands Haugh – £2,540
CAST SHEEP REPORT
EWES
Hexham and Northern Marts sold 956 Cast Ewes & Tups to a dearer trade for all classes.
Topping the sale at £348 was a superb Texel ewe from W H Davison & Son, Lough Green who also sold a pen of 4 at £320 and another at £300.
Suffolk ewes sold to £252 for a pair from I Spedding, Harelaw.
Texel cross ewes sold to £245 from Mindrum Farming,
Cheviot cross ewes sold to £230 for first time vendor, J Nattrass, Shieldhill Top.
Bluefaced Leicester ewes sold to £220 twice, firstly a pair from J Nattrass, Shieldhill Top then a single from H S Hutchinson, White House.
Mule ewes sold to £176 for a pair from JE Woodman & Sons, Great Chester’s
Blackface ewes reached £152 from R L Riddle & Son, Blakelaw with 15 at £150 from Great Chesters.
Swaledale ewes sold to £112 twice from K & HA Ridley, Allenshields and T J Lee & Son, Hackford.
Please continue to enter your ewes to the Office on 01434 605444 or Auctioneers by Monday lunch time for cataloguing.
Texel
£348 Lough Green
£320 Lough Green
£300 Lough Green
Texel Cross
£260 The Hagg
£252 Black Callerton
£250 Nilston Rigg
£245 Mindrum
£222 Halton Red House – Riddington
£220 Amos Hill
£218 Shield Hill Top
£215 Tuthill
£215 Littleburn Farm
£212 Nilston Rigg
£206 Black Callerton
£192 Black Callerton, Halton Red House – Riddington, Venchen Farm
£190 Great Chesters (x2), Haggate, Venchen Farm
£186 Rosebrough
£182 Black Callerton, The Hagg
£181 Dyke Head
Suffolk
£252 Harelaw
£248 Littleburn Farm
£230 Tuthill
£220 Rosebrough
Suffolk Cross
£238 Littleburn Farm
£198 Haggate
£192 Hetherington
£188 South Riccalton
£185 Holystone
£182 Holystone, Codlaw Hill
£180 Holystone
£178 Mindrum
£174 Nilston Rigg, Cheeseburn Grange
Cheviot
£180 South Riccalton
£174 South Riccalton
£168 Holystone
£160 South Riccalton
£156 South Riccalton
Cheviot Cross
£230 Shield Hill Top
£208 Rosebrough
£188 Wittonshields
£180 Wittonshields
North of England Mule
£176 Great Chesters
£174 Great Bavington
£172 Hamsteels Hall
£170 Barracks Farm, Haggate, Halton Red House – Riddington
£168 Great Chesters, Hammershield, Shield Hill Top
£167 Holystone
£165 Codlaw Hill
£160 Nilston Rigg
Blackface
£152 Blakelaw
£150 Great Chesters
£149 Nilston Rigg (x2)
£146 Yatesfield
£140 Hole Farm, Redesmouth
£134 Hole Farm
£130 Great Chesters (x2)
Swaledale
£112 Allenshields, Hackford
£111 Spital Shield
£105 Hammershield
£96 Ambling Gate
£94 Hilltop
£92 Hudgill Rigg
£90 Hetherington, Middleheugh Farm, Hawksteel
Bluefaced Leicester
£220 White House, Shield Hill Top
£152 Agars Hill
£140 West End
Romney
£168 Haggate
£156 Venchen Farm
£152 Howbalk & South Riccalton
Beltex Cross
£205 Littleburn Farm
£138 Rosebrough
£120 Waterloo Farm
Easy Care
£132 Middleheugh Farm
£104 Hetherington
Shetland Cross
£115 Allenshields
£84 Allenshields
Hebridean
£83 Hamsteels Hall
Charollais Cross
£215 Littleburn Farm
Badger Face
£160 Littleburn Farm
RAMS
49 Cast Tups sold to a very strong trade averaging £191.06.
Topping the Cast Tup at £280 twice were Bluefaced Leicester Tups from P S Grenfell, Ford Cottage.
Swale Tups sold to £188 from T A Collingwood & Son, Ambling Gate
Texel
£280 Hole Farm
£280 Ford Cottage
£250 Hamsteels Hall
£245 South Riccalton
£238 Broadgates, The Ash
£222 Broadgates
£215 Codlaw Hill, Ford Cottage
£212 Fairspring
Dutch Texel Cross
£252 The Hagg
£222 Hamsteels Hall (x2)
Bluefaced Leicester
£280 Hole Farm
£230 Hackford
£228 Allenshields
£210 Broadgates
£205 Allenshields
Suffolk
£210 Tuthill
£208 South Riccalton
Swaledale
£188 Ambling Gate
£165 Hammershield
Cheviot
£225 South Riccalton
Beltex
£222 Littleburn Farm
£200 Littleburn Farm
£172 Fairspring
British Icelandic
£100 Low Cornriggs
OTHER
Hoggets
Texel – £182 Lough Green
Texel Cross – £160 The Hagg, £142 Mindrum
STORE HOGG REPORT
Hexham and Northern Marts sold a catalogue entry of 1685 Store Hoggs to a exuberant trade, seeing a market rise on the week, as seen nationally.
Sale top of £182 for a pure Texel from a local breeder W H Davison & Son, Lough Green.
Dutch Texels peaked at £180 for a brace from E Lishman, Fell Lane whilst the same home returned a fantastic average of £157.10 for 20 sold.
Beltex sold brilliantly as always, with a top of £170 from a quality run from R L Riddle & Son, Blakelaw.
Achieving £168 for Texel crosses was a fantastic show from J W Metcalf, Palm Strothers.
Sharp behind, the blue counter parts sold just as well to a height of £166 from C Johnson, High Fotherley for a pair of Blue Texels.
Mules sold to a streamer with a quintet from R Maughan, Greencarts, returning at £138.
Hill lambs, sold to a flyer for all breeds, with handy weights in demand, top price of £130 shared by J G Singer & Partners, Linbriggs for a pen of 13 and T W Bulman & Son, Burnhouse for a penful.
Blackface from Royal Society Wildlife Trust, Blueburn soared to £123 for a pen of 7.
Swales met a summit of £110 with a trio from G W & C Athey & Son, High Lovelady Shield.
Beltex Cross
- £170 – Blakelaw (1)
- £168 – West Heddon (1)
- £162 – Blakelaw (1)
- £160 – Watch Hill (21)
- £158 – Well House Farm (2)
- £142 – Well House Farm (1)
- £142 – Blakelaw (4)
Blackface
- £123 – Blueburn (7)
- £118 – Harsondale (1)
- £112 – The Stobbs (3)
- £105 – Blakelaw (26)
- £100 – Alwinton (2)
- £98 – Well House Farm (1)
- £95 – Blakelaw (2)
Blue Texel
- £166 – High Fotherley (2)
- £152 – High Fotherley (2)
Bluefaced Leicester
- £126 – Linbriggs Farm (1)
Cheviot
- £130 – Linbriggs Farm (13)
- £128 – Burn House (1)
- £126 – Hethpool (29)
- £125 – Linbriggs Farm (2)
- £120 – Burn House (19)
- £112 – Rosebrough (1)
Cheviot Cross
- £130 – Burn House (7)
Cheviot Mule
- £142 – Linbriggs Farm (2)
- £140 – Linbriggs Farm (1)
Dutch Texel Cross
- £180 – Fell Lane Farm (2)
- £172 – Fell Lane Farm (2)
- £170 – Fell Lane Farm (1)
- £152 – Fell Lane Farm (9)
- £150 – Fell Lane Farm (6)
- £140 – Lodge House Farm (1)
Easy Care
- £130 – Ford Cottage (1)
- £116 – Ford Cottage (12)
Easy Care Cross
- £108 – Middleheugh Farm (9)
Hampshire Down Cross
- £126 – Holystone (4)
Kerry Hill
- £108 – Brokenheugh (2)
North of England Mule
- £138 – Greencarts (5)
- £138 – The Stobbs (1)
- £136 – Hawksteel (1)
- £132 – Westburnhope (1)
- £130 – East Newham (1)
- £125 – Westburnhope (10)
- £125 – Blakelaw (19)
- £124 – Redesmouth (5)
- £121 – Westburnhope (5)
- £121 – High Loveladyshield (1)
- £117 – Westburnhope (1)
- £117 – Woodlands Hall (3)
- £116 – Blakelaw (25)
- £115 – Blueburn (4)
- £114 – Westburnhope (5)
- £113 – Sharperton Edge (8)
Ryeland
- £104 – Riding Farm (2)
Suffolk Cross
- £150 – West Heddon (2)
- £148 – Sunniside (17)
- £142 – Palm Strothers (8)
- £140 – Well House Farm (1)
- £140 – Well House Farm (1)
- £138 – Moorlaws (3)
- £138 – South Riccalton (1)
- £138 – Brokenheugh (2)
- £138 – Sunniside (29)
- £137 – East Newham (5)
- £134 – Hawksteel (1)
- £134 – East Newham (1)
- £132 – Well House Farm (6)
- £132 – Riding Farm (6)
- £130 – Great Bavington (19)
- £129 – East Newham (14)
- £129 – Woodlands Hall (8)
- £128 – Great Bavington (15)
- £128 – Ford Cottage (1)
Swaledale
- £110 – High Loveladyshield (3)
- £107 – Westburnhope (12)
- £104 – Westburnhope (6)
- £98 – Ambling Gate (6)
Texel
- £166 – Well House Farm (5)
- £164 – Well House Farm (1)
- £150 – Well House Farm (4)
Texel Cross
- £168 – Palm Strothers (1)
- £162 – Barracks Farm (1)
- £159 – Old Deanham (7)
- £158 – High Baulk (7)
- £158 – High Baulk (1)
- £157 – Holystone (3)
- £156 – West Heddon (5)
- £156 – Old Deanham (12)
- £156 – Moorlaws (1)
- £155 – Holystone (21)
- £153 – Holystone (26)
- £152 – Old Deanham (10)
- £151 – Old Deanham (16)
- £149 – Palm Strothers (6)
- £148 – High Baulk (10)
- £148 – West Heddon (5)
- £148 – Nunwick (6)
- £148 – East Newham (1)
- £144 – High Baulk (4)
- £144 – Nunwick (8)
- £144 – Low Hall (11)
- £144 – South Riccalton (2)
- £144 – Old Deanham (11)
- £144 – Holystone (4)
- £143 – East Newham (6)
- £143 – Palm Strothers (19)
- £140 – High Baulk (5)
- £140 – West Heddon (9)
- £138 – West Heddon (19)
- £138 – Nunwick (1)
- £138 – Low Hall (19)
- £138 – East Newham (1)
- £138 – Old Deanham (1)
- £138 – Old Deanham (13)
- £138 – Holystone (3)
- £137 – Redesmouth (5)
- £136 – High Baulk (3)
- £136 – East Newham (2)
- £136 – Ford Cottage (1)
- £136 – South Riccalton (2)
- £135 – Holystone (12)
- £132 – West Heddon (1)
- £132 – Palm Strothers (1)
- £132 – Palm Strothers (7)
- £132 – Redesmouth (3)
- £132 – Redesmouth (4)
- £131 – Nunwick (1)
- £131 – Redesmouth (7)
- £130 – Low Hall (1)
- £130 – Grey Mare Hill (7)
- £130 – Grey Mare Hill (2)