Store Cattle & Store Sheep inc. Charolais & Continental Show
Hexham Auction Mart
02.10.2026
Store Cattle
Hexham and Northern Marts held its first show and sale of the 2026 back-end season with a nice entry of 492 Store Cattle and Suckled Calves. This week’s special show and sale was for Charolais and Other Continental bred cattle (excluding Limousins).
This year’s pre-sale show was judged by Mid Northumbrian finisher, Mr Robert Gray, Low Hall, Amble and once again kindly sponsored by Stoneacre Motor Group and Zoetis.
A fantastic show of cattle this year brought forward for the judge to cast his eyes over, especially the Charolais cross steer class. It was the British Blue class winner from J D Yeats, Woodhouse that took the Overall Championship and Hexham & Northern Marts Challenge Bowl.
Standing reserve and winning The Scottish and Northern Charolais Breeders’ Association Cup was the Charolais champion, a thumping steer from Walker Bros, Satley.
After the show the sale commenced with a fierce start with Angus steers in the ring first from G & J H Tomlinson & Son, Sunniside selling to £2760.00.
Trade for the older, forward stores went up a considerable notch and dearer on the week with increased purchasers ringside eager for cattle. This left some onlookers astonished by the rates of return achieved here at Hexham. This year’s sale average saw a very healthy and quite remarkable lift (considering the fat price) of £60 across the board and levelled at £2088.24 for both store cattle and calves. Store steers and heifers saw an average of £2184.40 and weaned calves averaged (8-11 months) £1844.50.
Leading the sale was the Charolais champion, a great steer from Walkers Bros, Satley which achieved £2780.00. A further ten beasts blitzed past the £2600.00 throughout the day.
A tremendous run of twenty-five Charolais steers from I & A Hamilton, Claywalls met a tremendous trade. Steers with size and power that sold to a high of £2640.00 and levelled at £2471.20.
Highest priced heifer on the day came out of the Champions stable from J D Yates, Woodhouse. A wonderful black BB x heifer that caught plenty of attention and sold to £2680.00. The Yeats’ cattle have a real reputation amongst the finishers ringside for their growth and finishing ability and this showed with the Haltwhistle based family averaging £2060.00 for their run of thirty-one British Blue and Limousin cross steers and heifers.
Leading price for a Charolais cross heifer came from Hallbankgate Farms, a very stylish and thick heifer bred by a homebred sire sold to £2520.00. The renowned Cumbrian outfit saw a great demand for their Charolais cross Steers and Heifers bred out of “Hairy Hill Cows” with steers selling to £2240.00 and the run of thirty six levelling just shy of £2000.00.
The better end of the weaned calves met an absolutely flying trade and this was typified by the run of fifty weaned Charolais steer calves from F T Walton, Flotterton and C & C Farming, Flotterton Cottage. Charolais steers that were very highly sought after and these saw a high of £2340.00 for a 12-month steer and £2260.00 and £2220.00 for 10-month steers from C & C Storrow. F T Walton, Flotterton sold great bunches of steers to £2260.00 for the first prize winning pen of four and others selling to £2230.00 & £2220.00.
T J Lee & Son, Hackford also brought a lovely run of Charolais bred cattle and sold a pair of 11 month of steers to £2020.00 and heifer calves selling to £1680.00 at the same age.
Next week will see our Grand Show and Sale for Limousin bred cattle, kindly sponsored by The Farmers Guardian and we are actively seeking entries to fulfil the ever-increasing demand for store cattle here at Hexham.
Please do not hesitate to call Drew Patrick 07854361967 or Andrew Hucheson 07955275403 with any enquires.
Entries to be with Auctioneers or the office by 10:30 Monday morning for cataloguing.
Leading prices;
30 MONTHS +
Steers
Hereford £2,120 Biddlestone
Heifers
Parthenais Cross £1,860 Arnold House
24–29 MONTHS
Steers
Aberdeen Angus Cross £2,760 Sunniside, £2,690 Sunniside
Charolais Cross £2,690 Old Deanham, £2,640 Claywalls, £2,620 Old Deanham
Hereford Cross £2,490 Biddlestone
Charolais Cross, Limousin Cross £2,400 x2 Claywalls
Limousin Cross, Limousin £2,280 x3 Old Deanham
Limousin Cross £2,240 x2 Old Deanham
Heifers
Charolais Cross £2,520 Hallbankgate, £2,360 Arnold House, £2,300 East Shaftoe
Limousin Cross £2,460 Old Deanham, £2,400 Old Deanham, £2,320 Old Deanham, £2,270 Old Deanham, £2,220 Old Deanham & Woodhouse
Limousin £2,090 Old Deanham
British Blue £2,310 Redesmouth
Parthenais Cross £2,260 Arnold House
Hereford Cross £1,880 Arnold House
Salers Cross £1,820 Scrainwood
18–23 MONTHS
Steers
Charolais Cross £2,780 Satley Farm, £2,680 Claywalls, £2,640 Satley Farm, £2,620 Claywalls & Satley Farm, £2,560 Claywalls & Satley Farm, £2,540 x2 Claywalls & Satley Farm, £2,490 x4 Claywalls, £2,480 Satley Farm, £2,470 x3 Satley Farm, £2,430 Satley Farm, £2,420 Claywalls, £2,410 x2 Claywalls
Blonde D’Aquitaine Cross £2,570 Arnold House, £2,400 Arnold House, £2,340 x2 Houselope Grange
Hereford Cross £2,470 Arnold House, £2,250 Arnold House
Simmental Cross £2,340 Satley Farm
Limousin Cross £2,240 Old Deanham, £2,230 Make-Me-Rich
British Blue Cross £2,220 Old Deanham
Aberdeen Angus Cross £2,100 x2 Sunnycroft, £1,980 Highwood
Heifers
Charolais Cross £2,470 Little Harle, £2,370 Little Harle, £2,320 Little Harle, £2,260 x3 Little Harle, £2,200 Hallbankgate, £2,160 Coldwell, £2,080 x2 Little Harle
British Blue Cross £2,460 Little Harle, £2,120 Old Deanham
British Blue £2,280 Redesmouth
Limousin Cross £2,370 Old Deanham, £2,270 Old Deanham, £2,140 Little Harle, £2,100 Little Harle, £2,080 Make-Me-Rich
11–17 MONTHS
Steers
Charolais Cross £2,580 Satley Farm, £2,460 Satley Farm, £2,450 x2 Satley Farm, £2,420 Claywalls, £2,390 Claywalls, £2,360 East Shaftoe, £2,340 7 Flotterton Cottages, £2,330 Tone Hall, £2,320 x2 Claywalls, £2,300 x3 East Shaftoe, £2,290 Tone Hall, £2,280 Tone Hall, £2,260 x3 Flotterton & 7 Flotterton Cottages & x4 East Shaftoe, £2,230 x4 Flotterton, £2,220 Highwood & x4 Flotterton & 7 Flotterton Cottages, £2,210 x3 East Shaftoe, £2,190 Hallbankgate, £2,180 x3 East Shaftoe, £2,170 x2 East Shaftoe, £2,140 x2 Tone Hall, £2,120 7 Flotterton Cottages & x2 Newbiggin, £2,100 x2 Hackford
British Blue Cross £2,330 Woodhouse, £2,170 Woodhouse, £2,100 Woodhouse, £1,980 Woodhouse
British Blue £1,860 Woodhouse
Blonde D’Aquitaine Cross £2,290 Houselope Grange
Aberdeen Angus Cross £2,280 x2 Sunnycroft, £2,180 East Haydon Farms, £2,140 Sunnycroft, £2,080 Highwood
Limousin Cross £2,280 Newbiggin, £2,140 Woodhouse, £2,040 Woodhouse, £2,000 Woodhouse, £1,960 Woodhouse, £1,880 Low Staples
Limousin £2,270 Woodhouse, £1,960 x2 Sunnycroft
Aberdeen Angus Cross, Charolais Cross £2,260 x3 East Shaftoe
Hereford Cross £2,060 Moorlaws
Simmental Cross, Hereford Cross £2,040 x2 Scrainwood
Simmental Cross £1,940 Scrainwood
Beef Shorthorn Cross £1,580 Burn House
Heifers
British Blue Cross £2,680 Woodhouse, £2,210 Blackburn, £2,200 Woodhouse
Limousin Cross £2,480 Woodhouse, £2,180 Woodhouse, £2,160 Woodhouse, £2,120 Blackburn, £2,080 Woodhouse, £2,050 High Alderheads
Charolais Cross £2,340 Little Harle, £2,280 Little Harle, £2,200 x2 Little Harle, £2,170 x2 East Shaftoe, £2,140 Blackburn & x4 Coldwell, £2,130 x2 East Shaftoe, £2,120 x2 East Shaftoe, £2,100 x2 Make-Me-Rich, £2,090 x2 Little Harle, £2,080 x2 Coldwell, £2,070 x3 East Shaftoe, £2,060 East Shaftoe, £1,980 Tone Hall, £1,930 x2 Hallbankgate, £1,920 x2 East Shaftoe & Make-Me-Rich
Charolais £1,880 Newbiggin
Beef Shorthorn Cross £2,160 Blackburn
10 MONTHS & UNDER
Steers
Charolais Cross £2,220 7 Flotterton Cottages, £2,000 Flotterton, £1,620 Hackford
Heifers
Charolais Cross £1,480 Hackford
Cast Ewes
Hexham and Northern Marts sold an increased entry of 2184 Cast Ewes and Tups to a far better than expected trade with reports of ewes cheaper elsewhere. The ringside was packed with 16 purchasers all bidding on numerous accounts keen for all classes of sheep.
Texel Ewes sold to a top of £296 for a pair from popular mart man Dave Brodie, Chesters.
At £278 was a pair of Texel x ewes from NG KM & JG Beveridge, Low West House
A huge Suffolk x ewe sold to £262 from W Walton & Sons, Ogle Castle
Bluefaced Leicester ewes sold to £225 from F Johnson, West Shipley
Cheviot Mule ewes sold to a top of £210 from Firm of G Gray, Sunnycroft
Ogle Castle Farm topped the Mule ewes at £192 for a trio
Blackface ewes sold to £145 for 8 from Messrs Teasdale, Kellah
Swaledale ewes topped at £134 for a pair from East Cocklaw
Please continue to enter your ewes. This allows us to give accurate numbers to buyers and timings for store lambs starting.
Jack 07739 440457
Harrison 07895 761102
Andrew 07955 275403
Neil 07955 268459
Leading prices;
Texel £296 Chesters, £278 Low West House Farm, £275 Aimshaugh, £272 West Heddon, £270 Cornhills, £268 Aimshaugh,
Texel Cross £262 Kellah, £260 West Grange, £258 Crookdene, £255 Chesters, £250 Cornhills & Chesters, £242 Chollerton, £240 Beaumont House & Sunnycroft, £239 North Farm, £238 West Grange, £237 Coatyards, £235 Cornhills & Broomhall, £232 Glanton Town Farm & Aimshaugh, £231 Chesters, £230 Low West House Farm, £228 Cornhills & High West House & Sunnycroft, £226 Blakelaw & Sunnycroft, £225 Cornhills, £224 Demesne, £222 Prospect House, £220 West Shields & Great Chesters & Sunnycroft, £219 East Butsfield & Ogle Castle Farm, £216 Salmonfield, £214 West Shipley, £212 Sunnycroft, £210 Thrunton, £208 Chollerton & West Shipley, £205 x2 Cornhills, £204 Chesters, £202 Kirkley Hall, £200 Needless Hall Farm, £198 Broomhall, £196 Chesters, £194 Fairspring & Low West House Farm, £192 West Shields & Demesne & West Grange, £190 Demesne & Aimshaugh & Glebe Farm & Swarland
Suffolk Cross £262 Ogle Castle Farm, £232 Ogle Castle Farm, £230 Sunnycroft, £228 Sunnycroft, £226 St Oswalds, £221 Prospect House, £218 Ogle Castle Farm
Beltex Cross £252 Low West House Farm, £242 Middle Horsleyhope, £230 Low West House Farm, £220 x2 Middle Horsleyhope
Bluefaced Leicester £225 West Shipley
Charollais Cross £220 Halfway House Farm
Suffolk £220 Stewart Shield Meadows, £168 Harewalls
Beltex £210 Blakelaw
Cheviot Mule £210 Sunnycroft, £206 North Farm, £192 North Farm & Sunnycroft, £182 Thrunton
North of England Mule £192 Ogle Castle Farm, £189 West Shields, £188 Springwell Farm, £182 Coatyards & Sunnycroft, £180 East Butsfield, £179 Ogle Castle Farm
Romney £158 Glebe Farm, £154 x2 Glebe Farm
Cheviot Cross £156 East Fourstones
Welsh £154 Glebe Farm
Cheviot £148 Linhope, £141 Aimshaugh
Blackface £145 Kellah, £141 Troughend, £136 East Fourstones, £135 Townshields, £132 Ridley Stokoe, £128 Hotbank, £127 Greyside, £122 West Deanraw, £118 Blakelaw & Townshields
Easy Care £138 Blackhaugh Farm House
Beulah Speckled Face £134 Middle Moor, £131 Middle Moor
Swaledale £134 East Cocklaw, £120 Softley Farm, £115 Dyke Nook, £114 Yew Tree Farm, £112 West Shipley
Wiltshire Horn £132 Pasture House
Herdwick Cross £128 St Oswalds
Badger Face Welsh Mountain Cross £122 Halfway House Farm
Herdwick £118 Gairshield
Cast Rams
Cast Tups sold to a very strong trade and many more can be easily sold. Topping this section at £298 was a Texel tup from W Walton & Sons, Troughend.
Leading prices;
Texel £298 Troughend, £222 Woodlands
Bluefaced Leicester £222 Alwinton
Swaledale £156 Allenshields
Shetland £140 Winders Wood Cottage
Wethers
Suffolk Cross £184 Glebe Farm
North of England Mule £141 Yew Tree Farm
Store Lambs
Hexham & Northern Marts sold a catalogued entry of 7337 Store Lambs to a strong trade to average all in £127.83 which includes over 2500 Horned, Mule & Cheviot lambs.
Store lambs topped at £185 on three occasions, firstly a fantastic 100 Suffolk x Halfbred lambs from S Shell, Brandon and then for a trio of smart Texel x from R G & L A Grieve, Whiteside.
D Dixon, Middle Heads reached £183 or shapey types and so did D J & W Sedgewick, Errington Red House.
Mule lambs enjoyed a bouncing trade averaging all in £120.07, topping at £139 for a pen from J R F Pattinson, Hotbank.
Blackface lambs were well bid for topping at £119 from R H Frater, Moorlaws.
Charolais x lambs sold to £154 from loyal supporters W Wearmouth, Rosehill.
Cheviot lambs were easy cashed with a sweet pen of 80 from R & R W Gray, Great Ryle making £123 with over 50 pens over £108.
More sheep wanted to satisfy demand. Entries by 11am Monday for cataloguing.
Also sale of 2500 lambs tomorrow at St Johs Chapel, 10.30 start!
Jack 07739 440457
Harrison 07854 361967
Andrew 07955 275403
Neil 07955 268459
Leading prices;
Suffolk Cross £185 x2 Brandon, £152 Littleburn Farm, £150 Blackhaugh Farm House, £148 Great Bavington, £145 Wingates Moor Farm, £143 Blackhaugh Farm House, £142 Black Hedley & Great Bavington & x2 Wingates Moor Farm, £140 East Newham, £139 Black Hedley, £138 Wolsingham Park Farms, £137 Littleburn Farm & x2 Great Bavington & West House & x2 Thrunton Mill, £136 Halfway House Farm & Rosehill & The Peels, £135 Quarry House, £134 Great Bavington & Middle Heads & Settlingstones & Blackhaugh Farm House, £133 Hawksteel & The Peels & Blackhaugh Farm House, £132 The Peels, £131 High Alderheads, £130 East Newham & Black Hedley & Glebe Farm & West House & Burradon Mains & Ulgham, £129 x2 Littleburn Farm & Kirkley Hall, £128 Littleburn Farm & Rugley Walls, £127 Chirdon & x2 Moorhouse Gate, £126 Great Bavington & Settlingstones, £125 Moorhouse Gate & Kirkley Hall
Texel £185 Whiteside, £180 Whiteside, £161 Whiteside, £160 Whiteside, £155 Whiteside & Newham Hagg
Texel Cross £183 Middle Heads & Errington Red House, £176 Errington Red House, £170 Chirdon, £169 Cornhills, £166 Cornhills, £160 Littleburn Farm & Errington Red House & Cocklaw, £158 Chirdon & Errington Red House, £155 Chirdon, £154 Bavington Hill Head, £152 Carrycoats & Halfway House Farm & Errington Red House & Cocklaw, £151 Chirdon & The Fawns & Middle Heads & Errington Red House, £150 x2 The Fawns & Wingates Moor Farm & Cornhills & Tarefield, £149 Hawthornside & Chirdon & Bavington Hill Head & Broomhope & Dukesfield Hall & The Fawns & Middle Heads, £148 Chirdon & Mill Hill & West House & Whitton Glebe & White Hall & Cornhills & Tarefield, £147 North Farm & Longlea Farm, £146 Bonchester & Dukesfield Hall & Glebe Farm & Cornhills, £145 Chirdon & Carrycoats & x2 Glebe Farm, £144 Hawthornside & Bavington Hill Head & Broomhope & Whitton Glebe & x2 Burradon Mains & Quickening Cote & Middle Dukesfield & Longlea Farm, £143 Hawthornside & Glebe Farm, £142 Chirdon & Wingates Moor Farm & Ulgham, £141 Broomhope & Errington Red House & St Oswalds & Glebe Farm & Thrunton Mill & Quickening Cote & Longlea Farm, £140 Bonchester & Hunley Farm & High Alderheads & Catless Farm & Longlea Farm, £139 Waite Farm & East Newham & Broomhope & Hawksteel & Greyside & East Uppertown & Whitton Glebe & Thrunton Mill & Quickening Cote & Rye Hill & Thrunton, £138 Hunley Farm & Rosebrough & Carrycoats & Low Acton & Rosehill & x2 Errington Red House & x2 Glebe Farm & Catless Farm, £137 Newbigging & x2 East Newham & South Chareheads, £136 East Newham & Halfway House Farm, £135 Comb Hills & Halfway House Farm & Middle Heads & White Hall, £134 Wolsingham Park Farms & Carrycoats & Hedley Park & Hawksteel & Greyside & x2 Rosehill & Settlingstones & Moorhouse Gate & Springwood, £133 Hollin Close & The Newton & Low Carriteth & x2 Glebe Farm & x2 Brieredge Farm & Longlea Farm, £132 Carrycoats & Cocklaw & x3 Glebe Farm & Settlingstones & North Farm & Catless Farm & x2 Quickening Cote & Ford Cottage, £131 East Newham & Errington Red House & Low Carriteth & x2 Kirkley Hall & Queens Letch, £130 Grange House & Bloch & Waite Farm & Halfway House Farm & Settlingstones & Moorlaws & Whitton Glebe & Quickening Cote & Kirkley Hall, £129 High Shipley & Low Acton & Glebe Farm & Ridley Stokoe & Middle Dukesfield & Kirkley Hall & Ford Cottage, £128 Red House Farm & The Newton & Glebe Farm & Moorlaws & x2 North Farm & Ulgham & Beech Grove, £127 x2 Buckshot & Carrycoats & Glebe Farm & Settlingstones & Kingswood & West House & Cowbyre Farm, £126 Rosebrough & The Peels & Errington Red House & High Woodyfield & Settlingstones & Moorhouse Gate & Archway Cottage & Angerton Steads & The Bellion, £125 Alwinton & Buckshot & South Chareheads & The Ash & Kingswood & Brieredge Farm & Ridley Stokoe & Low Struthers & Moorhouse Gate & Angerton Steads, £124 x2 Waite Farm & The Newton & Low Carriteth & Moorhouse Gate & Archway Cottage, £123 Burnupside & South Chareheads & The Ash & Harewalls, £122 Chatton Park & Glebe Farm
Dutch Spotted Sheep £175 Littleburn Farm
Beltex Cross £168 Littleburn Farm, £158 West Moorhouses, £154 West Moorhouses, £149 West Moorhouses, £146 West Moorhouses & St Oswalds, £145 St Oswalds, £144 West Moorhouses, £142 West Moorhouses, £139 Burnbank & St Oswalds
Suffolk £162 Littleburn Farm, £148 Littleburn Farm
Charollais Cross £154 Rosehill, £144 Rosehill, £135 Rosehill
Blue Texel £139 Hunley Farm
North of England Mule £139 Hotbank, £137 Quarry House & Harwood Shield, £136 Rosehill & Wingates Moor Farm, £132 Hareshaw, £131 x2 Quarry House, £130 Demesne, £129 Quarry House, £127 Hotbank & Softley Farm, £126 Chirdon & Alwinton & Harwood Shield & Gairshield, £124 Whiteside & Burnbank & The Ash, £123 Whiskershiel & Harwood Shield & Beacon Rigg, £122 Hareshaw, £121 Whiteside, £120 x2 Alwinton & Quarry House & Wolsingham Park Farms, £119 Townfoot & Chirdon, £118 Whiskershiel & Wolsingham Park Farms, £117 Nookton, £114 Low Acton, £111 Whiteside, £110 Harwood Shield & Nookton
Dutch Spotted Cross £137 Ulgham, £134 Ulgham, £130 Quickening Cote
Cheviot £136 Bloch, £127 Gairshield, £125 Newham Hagg, £124 Humbleheugh, £123 Great Ryle, £120 Edlingham Demesne & Effgill, £119 Gairshield, £118 Great Ryle & Linhope & Humbleheugh & Gairshield, £117 Linhope & Humbleheugh & Bloch, £115 Great Ryle & Linbriggs Farm, £114 Linbriggs Farm & Cottonshope, £113 Hethpool, £110 Great Ryle
Cheviot Mule £134 Linhope, £132 Linhope
Romney £133 Glebe Farm, £131 Glebe Farm
Easy Care £130 Blackhaugh Farm House
Leicester £127 Middle Dukesfield
Bluefaced Leicester £116 Whiteside
Cheviot Cross £125 Bloch, £119 Bloch, £117 Gairshield, £116 The Brigg, £115 Gairshield, £112 Hazelton Rigg & Gairshield
Blackface £119 Moorlaws, £112 Hotbank, £111 Whiteside, £110 Hotbank, £106 Whiteside, £102 Hotbank, £99 Burnbank & Embley, £95 Davy Shiel, £94 Hotbank, £87 x2 Burnbank, £85 Davy Shiel
Swaledale £90 Coatlith Hill, £87 Rattenraw Farm, £80 Rattenraw Farm