Store Cattle & Store Sheep
Hexham Auction Mart
Store Cattle
Hexham & Northern Marts at their weekly sale offered an entry of 203 beef bred Store Cattle from across the region.
Taking top spot this week was a super Limousin cross heifer from Paul & Frank Hutchinson, Kettleburn, Belford which at 24 months scaled to £2580.
This was followed by a 22-month-old Charolais cross bullock from The Telfer Bros, Make-Me-Rich that travelled to £2470 and was closely followed at £2460 for a 21-month-old Angus bullock from Edward Heslop, Colwell Demesne.
A super run of Angus cross calves were brought down to Hexham by Messrs Wilson, Ingram Farm and these topped at £2100 for a well-grown heifer. This run also produced a great pen of 10 that sold together at 16-17 months for the handsome figure of £1740 – an achievement indeed when such northern upland valleys have faced the arid summer and a shortage of grass.
The youngest class of calves at 9-11 months of age saw heifers top at £2000 for a superb Limmy cross from Edward Cuthbert, Low Town whilst steers scaled to £1840 from Hector & Roger Rutherford, Low Eshells.
Please note – No sale of Store Cattle on Friday 12th September due to Kelso Ram Sales.
Leading prices;
Cattle 26 – 30 Months
Angus x steers – £2400, £2380 & £2300 x2 Bankfoot
British Blue x steers – £2180 Delight
Angus x heifers – £2560, £2380 & £2180 Bankfoot
Cattle 22 – 25 Months
Charolais x steers – £2470, £2300 & £2280 Make-Me-Rich
British Blue x steers – £2420 & £2020 Delight
Angus x steers – £2360 Harbottle Grange, £2260 Demesne, £2240 & £2120 Harbottle Grange
Simmental x steers – £2400 Brandon, £2360 Harbottle Grange
Limousin x heifers – £2580 Kettleburn, £2120 Make-Me-Rich
Charolais x heifers – £2250 & £1940 Make-Me-Rich
Angus x heifers – £2240 Kettleburn, £2160 Church Farm & Kettleburn, £2020 Kettleburn x2
Simmental x heifers – £2240, £2180, £2160 & £2140 Brandon
Cattle 17-21 Months
Limousin x steers – £2420 Holly Hill West, £2160 Houselope Grange, £2140 Holly Hill West, £1960 Low Eshells
Blonde x steers – £2300 & £2230 Houselope Grange
Angus x steers – £2460, £2360 & £2140 Demesne, £2110 Harbottle Grange, £2100 Demesne, £1850 Nookton
Hereford x steers – £1960 Harbottle Grange
Stabiliser x steers – £1980 & £1900 Hetherington
Simmental x steers – £2200, £2180, £2100 & £2080 Brandon
Limousin x heifers – £2200 & £1980 x2 Blackburn, £1940 Westerheugh, £1880 Blackburn
Charolais x heifers – £2200 Make-Me-Rich
Angus x heifers – £2100 Ingram, £2000 Berwick Hill & Church Farm, £1740 & £1710 Ingram
Cattle 12 – 16 Months
Limousin steers – £2160, £2080 & £1980 Low Eshells
Limousin x steers – £2200 Westerheugh, £2070 Holly Hill West, £1980, £1770 & £1760 Grange House, £1740 & £1680 Irestone
Angus x steers – £1820 & £1780 & £1700 Westerheugh
Limousin x heifers – £2140 Grange House, £1740 Westerheugh & Thornley Hall, £1600 Irestone
Cattle 9-11 Months
Limousin x steers – £1840 Low Eshells
Limousin x heifers – £2000 & £1700 Low Town
Cast Ewes
Hexham & Northern Marts sold 1384 Cast Ewes & Tups to a grand trade considering the numerous runs of lean, horned ewes.
The sale topped on three separate occasions at £240 from J H Emerson, Haggate, A G & D Bisset, Middle Dukesfield and also A Robson, Middle Dukesfield.
Texel x ewes sold to £236 from D Patrick, Longsteads.
Suffolk x ewes sold to £200 from J Irvine, Mill House Farm.
Mule ewes sold to £174 from C N Allgood, Snabdough.
Cheviot Mule ewes sold to £163 for a trio from B & S Teasdale & Son, Lynesack.
Cheviot ewes sold to £170 for 4 from Holystone Estates.
Blackface ewes sold to £150 from Armstrong & Hunter, Carrick.
Swale ewes sold to £112 for 8 from R Collingwood, Stewartshield Meadows.
Please continue to enter your ewes.
Jack 07739 4404578
Harrison 07895 761102
Andrew 07955 275403
Neil 07955 268459
Leading prices;
Texel – £240 Haggate & Middle Dukesfield x2
Texel x – £236 Longsteads, £230 Longsteads & Thrunton, £228 Fell Lane, £210 Stotsfold, £196 Nunwick, £195 Cornhills & Mill House, £190 Moorlawa, £188 Cornhills, £186 Nunwick & Fairshaw Crescent, £184 Lynesack, £182 Dukesfield Hall, £180 Salmonfield, £177 Little Whittington, £174 Longsteads, £170 Stonehall, Cornhills & Mill House
Beltex x – £204 & £170 x2 Haggate
Suffolk x – £200 Mill House
Cheviot x – £170 & £163 Holystone Estate
Cheviot Mule – £ 163 & £148 Lynesack, £147 Thrunton, £143 Nunwick
Mule – £174 Snabdough, £170 Little Whittington, £168 Dukesfield Hall, £167 Brownchesters, £160 West Farm & Troughend, £158 Holling Hill, £156 & £154 Whiteside
Blackface – £150 & £126 Carrick, £120 Troughend, £115 Brownchesters, £113 Carry House, £109 Carrick, £108 Troughend x2, £104 Ogle Dene
Swaledale – £112 Stewartshield Meadows
Bluefaced Leicester – £142 Middle Dukesfield
Cast Tups
Cast Tups sold to £192 from J H Emerson, Haggate.
Leading prices;
Beltex – £192 Haggate
Store Lambs
Hexham & Northern Marts sold a catalogued entry of 4420 Store Sheep to a stronger trade on the week with more faces round the ring with more lambs needed to satisfy strong buyer demand, with a plainer show of lambs on the week to average £110.89.
Topping the sale at £152 was a super lamb from D E Wilkinson & Partners, Ridley Stokoe.
Beltex x lambs sold well, reaching £143 on two occasions from R Reay & Sons, West Moorhouses, then selling another pair at £142 and a nice pen of 17 making £139 from M & N Gray, Low Espley.
Suffolks always sell well here at Hexham, topping at £134 for 40 strong lambs from D & N H Martell, Black Hedley with another 18 at £134 as well from M C & M D Sparke, Salmonfield with 997 Suffolk x lambs averaging a fantastic £122.67.
A good show of Mules sold to £120 for 12 from S J & B A Murray, Stable Yard with another 10 from this home selling to £109 with pens with strength easing over the £100 mark.
Also in todays sale included a charity lamb sold by the Haigh Family, Hightown in aid of Breast Cancer Now, the charity Jack Walton is running the Great North Run for.
The lamb sold for a total of £3800, selling to Andrew Hutcheson, Robert Atkinson, Rob Dawson, Rob Carrick, Andrew Atkinson, Harrison Collingwood, Paul Henderson, Chris Siswick, William Tindale, Cederfarm Boarding Kennels and selling finally to Will Oliver. There was also kind donations of sheep from P G Nixon & Partners, Little Whittington, J H Emerson, Haggate and R Pickering & Son, Peel Flatt.
This combined with the donation bucket in the canteen lead to a grand total of £5039.40 to be donated.
Please continue to enter your lambs by 11am Monday for cataloguing.
Jack 07739 440457
Harrison 07895 7611023
Andrew 07955 268459
Neil 07955 275403
Leading prices;
Texel x – £152 Ridley Stokoe, £150 Peel Flatt & Cowbyre, £146 & £145 Whiteside, £143 & £142 Cowbyre, £140 Wittonshields, £137 New Dotland, £136 Ridley Stokoe, Cowbyre, Greensfell & Broadgates, £135 Whiteside, £133 Bridge End x2, £132 New Acres, £131 New Dotland & Brieredge, £130 Ridley Stokoe x2, Moss Barns. Derwent Grange & Horneysteads, £129 Duddo Hill, Brieredge, Moorhouse Gate, Shankhead, Broadgates & Fairspring, £128 Mundles, High West House, Peel Flatt, New Acres & New Dotland, £127 Carrycoats, Ridley Stokoe, Cowbyre & Horneysteads, £126 Bridge End, Moorlaws, Carrycoats & Ridley Stokoe, £125 Whiteside, Birkside & Moss Barns x2, £124 The Hott, Triermain, Cowbyre & Wolf Hills, £123 Yetlington Lane, Hollin Close & Howick Estates, £122 New Acres, £121 Westwood & Greensfell x2, £120 Buckshaw, Mundles, Carrycoats x2 & Duddo Hill
Dutch Texel – £141 Willimoteswick, £140 Agars Hill x2 & Willimoteswick, £139 Agars Hill, £138 Willimoteswick x2, £134 Agars Hill x2
Suffolk x – £134 Black Hedley & Salmonfield, £133 Agars Hill, £129 Black Hedley & Agars Hill, £128 Fitches Grange, £127 Black Hedley, £126 Great Bavington, £125 Duddo Hill, £124 Low Huntwell, £123 Great Bavington, £121 Agars Hill & New Dotland, £120 Fitches Grange, Salmonfield & Howick Estates, £119 Yetlington Lane, Duddo Hill, New Dotland & Broadgates, £118 Fitches Grange, North Churchlands & Great Bavington
Beltex x – £350 Hightown, £143 x2 & £142 West Moorhouses, £139 Low Espley & West Moorhouses, £136 Low Espley & West Moorhouses, £135 Low Espley
Mule – £120 Stable Yard, £114 Harsondale, £112 Alwinton & Harwood Shield, £109 Harsondale & Stable Yard, £108 Ouston, Hesleywell, Stable Yard & Harwood Shield, £104 Harwood Shield
Cheviot Mule – £109 Fairshaw Crescent