Store Cattle & Store Sheep inc. Limousin Show
Hexham Auction Mart
09.10.2026
Store Cattle
Hexham and Northern Marts held its weekly Store Cattle and Suckled Calves Sale which this week included the special annual show and sale of Limousin bred cattle. This week’s sale was very kindly sponsored by Farmers Guardian and part of their Marts the Heart Sales and was also sponsored by local machinery dealership, Thomas Sherrif & Co Ltd. Thanks again to these two businesses for their continued support.
This year saw an outstanding show of cattle and a real credit to all that produced cattle for the show. A great advert for the breed and enhanced the centres reputation for attracting some of the best suckled bred cattle in the country.
This year’s show was very ably judged by Lincolnshire Farmer and Wholesaler Mr Richard Brown, Lincolnshire. After the classes of steers and heifers the overall championship went to a terrific red, thirteen-month-old heifer from J Lee & Sons, Agars Hill.
Reserve went to the very sweet heifer from A & D Proctor, Swarland Old Hall. These two heifers both went on to share the top priced spoils and sold to £3600.00.
Full Prize List:
Best Four Limousin Cross Steer Calves
1st – W M Reed & Sons, Lands Farm
2nd – W M Reed & Sons, Lands Farm
Best Four Limousin Cross Heifer Calves
1st – H Cockburn & Partners, Kingside
Best Single Limousin Cross Steer Calf
1st – W M Reed & Sons, Lands Farm
2nd – M W Reed, West Biggens
3rd – W M Reed & Sons, Lands Farm
Best Single Limousin Cross Heifer Calf
1st – J Lee & Sons, Agars Hill
2nd – A & D Proctor, Swarland Old Hall
3rd – J Lee & Sons, Agars Hill
Overall Champion Single Calf in Show – J Lee & Sons, Agars Hill
Reserve Champion Single Calf in Show – A & D Proctor, Swarland Old Hall
The Best Pen of 4 Limousin Cross Calves – W M Reed & Sons, Lands Farm
This sale has a fantastic reputation for attracting a great show of cattle and this was once again proven today, with a great spectacle of both cattle and purchasers. The largest show of ringside buyers seen for some years attended the days sale and created a fantastic trade from start to finish. More cattle sold this year at this sale remarkably, aided by new vendors gracing Ring 1, predominantly from North of the border.
Stronger, forward feeding cattle were once again a good trade and possible again sharper. Leading the forward stores were Limousin cross steers from I & A Hamilton, Claywalls. In the usual fine fettle, these sold to £2760.00 and £2750.00. AJ & H Gordon & Son, Old Deanham returned with another great array of older, feeding cattle that have the reputation for going on. These sold to £2680.00 for a Limousin cross steer.
The small offering of Angus’ at the beginning of the sale met great returns also and saw a high of £2600.00 for steers from Holywell Farms, Church Farm.
It was the spectacular entry of weaned and yearling cattle that created the most demand and saw purchasers descend from across the United Kingdom. One of the sale highlights was the annual run of year-old calves from J Lee & Sons, Agars Hill. Just a rare run of thirty-four top Limousin bred steers and heifers, aging 11-13 months. The heifers from this home were in great demand and sold to £3600.00 twice and others selling to £2700.00. Steers saw a mega trade also and sold to a high of £2320.00. The consignment went on to average £2310.88, leaving the Whitfield family very pleased with their days trading.
Coming down from Alston with three great 10-month-old heifers was I M & TR Hodgson, Bayle Hill which cashed away to £2500.00 for a lovely red, stylish sort.
Making the annual trip down from Peebleshire was H Cockburn & Partners, Kingside with a lovely run of Limousin cross steers and heifers with the main of them out of Simmental cross type cows. These peaked at £2440.00 for an 11-month steer and £2650.00 for 17-month-old heifers.
Another annual consignment came T Common & Son, Low Ardley which have a great following and saw year old steers peak at £2460.00 and heifers to £2420.00.
Many more could have been mentioned after a great day’s trading and the power of the Hexham store cattle ring for all classes of beasts.
Please do not hesitate to call or speak to auctioneers regards to marketing cattle.
Next week will see our Native Show and Sale of Store Cattle and Entries are now gladly received by Auctioneers Drew Patrick 07854361967 and Andrew Hutcheson 07955275403 or call the office on 01434 605444 by 10:30am Monday for cataloguing.
Leading prices;
30 months +
Steers
Aberdeen Angus Cross £2,180 Church Farm
24–29 months
Steers
Charolais Cross £2,560 Old Deanham, £2,440 Hay-A-Park
Beef Shorthorn Cross £1,800 High Warden House
Limousin Cross £1,800 Windy Hill
Heifers
Aberdeen Angus Cross £2,440 Sunniside, £2,240 Sunniside, £2,200 Sunniside
Limousin Cross £2,100 High Warden House, £1,700 Harelaw
18–23 months
Steers
Limousin Cross £2,760 Claywalls, £2,750 Claywalls, £2,680 Old Deanham, £2,670 Claywalls, £2,650 Claywalls, £2,600 Old Deanham, £2,570 Old Deanham, £2,450 Old Deanham, £2,440 Claywalls x2, £2,400 Claywalls & Old Deanham x2, £2,380 Wingates South, £2,310 Old Deanham, £2,300 Claywalls, £2,280 Kirkhouse, £2,240 Springwell Cottage, £2,230 Wingates South, £2,220 Stone Stile
Aberdeen Angus Cross £2,600 Church Farm, £2,570 Church Farm, £2,560 Church Farm, £2,530 Church Farm, £2,500 Church Farm, £2,480 Church Farm, £2,400 Church Farm, £2,340 Church Farm
Aberdeen Angus Cross, Aberdeen Angus £1,950 Sunnycroft
Simmental Cross £2,430 Old Deanham, £2,120 Sunnycroft
Salers Cross, Limousin Cross £2,340 Claywalls
Charolais Cross £2,320 Hay-A-Park x2, £2,300 Hay-A-Park x2
British Blue Cross £2,180 Lee Hall, £2,120 Lee Hall
Flekvieh Cross £1,840 Sunnycroft
Heifers
Limousin Cross £2,550 Luns House, £2,540 Luns House, £2,520 Luns House & Springwell Cottage, £2,430 Luns House, £2,420 Springwell Cottage, £2,390 Comb Hills, £2,340 Warksfield Head, £2,330 Old Deanham, £2,300 Cawfields
Limousin £2,060 Burmoor, £1,940 Comb Hills
British Blue Cross £2,200 Old Deanham
11–17 months
Steers
Limousin Cross £2,620 Armond Carr, £2,480 Hay-A-Park & Lands Farm, £2,470 Kirkhouse & Lands Farm, £2,460 Low Ardley, £2,440 Kingside & Old Deanham, £2,420 Lands Farm, £2,400 Armond Carr & Claywalls & Kirkhouse & Lands Farm & West Biggins, £2,390 Lands Farm & Woodhead Farm, £2,380 Warksfield Head, £2,360 Low Ardley, £2,320 Agars Hill & Kirkhouse x3 & Low Ardley, £2,300 Agars Hill & Kingside & Lands Farm & Springwell Cottage & West Biggins & Woodhead Farm x2, £2,290 Agars Hill & Springwell Cottage & Woodhead Farm x2, £2,280 Agars Hill & Cawfields & Kirkhouse x2 & Lands Farm & Low Ardley & Old Deanham & Wingates South & Woodhead Farm, £2,270 Agars Hill & Armond Carr, £2,260 Kirkhouse & Low Ardley & Woodhead Farm, £2,240 Agars Hill x2 & Cawfields, £2,230 Woodhead Farm, £2,220 Lands Farm, £2,200 Flotterton & Kirkhouse & Lands Farm, £2,190 Woodhead Farm, £2,180 Kingside & Kirkhouse & Wingates South & Woodhead Farm, £2,160 Agars Hill & Warksfield Head, £2,150 Lands Farm x2 & Round Meadows & Warksfield Head
Limousin £2,080 Cawfields
Charolais Cross £2,500 Hay-A-Park, £2,490 Hay-A-Park, £2,110 Sunnycroft
Charolais Cross, Simmental Cross £2,000 Sunnycroft
Aberdeen Angus Cross £2,440 Claywalls, £1,980 Intake
Aberdeen Angus £2,080 Sunnycroft, £1,940 Sunnycroft
Aberdeen Angus, Aberdeen Angus Cross £2,040 Sunnycroft
Aberdeen Angus Cross, Simmental Cross £1,740 Sunnycroft
British Blue Cross £2,340 Woodhead Farm
Simmental £2,220 Old Deanham
Simmental Cross £1,980 Sunnycroft x2, £1,970 Sunnycroft, £1,950 Sunnycroft
Beef Shorthorn Cross £1,950 Sunnycroft, £1,880 High Warden House
Heifers
Limousin Cross £3,600 Agars Hill x2, £2,700 Agars Hill, £2,650 Kingside, £2,520 Lee Hall, £2,440 Cornhills & Low Ardley, £2,420 Lands Farm, £2,400 Agars Hill, £2,390 Low Ardley, £2,380 Cornhills & Kingside, £2,370 Springwell Cottage, £2,360 Warksfield Head, £2,340 Low Ardley, £2,330 Kingside, £2,320 Agars Hill & Comb Hills, £2,300 Agars Hill & West Biggins, £2,290 Agars Hill, £2,280 Kingside & Low Ardley, £2,260 Agars Hill & Kingside & Lands Farm & Warksfield Head, £2,250 Agars Hill & Lands Farm, £2,240 Low Ardley, £2,230 Bayle Hill & Cawfields, £2,210 Kingside & Woodhead Farm, £2,200 Bayle Hill & Kingside & Low Ardley x2
Limousin £3,600 Swarland Old Hall, £2,420 Low Ardley, £2,160 West Biggins, £2,100 Low Ardley
Limousin Cross, British Blue Cross £2,020 Old Deanham
Limousin, Limousin Cross £2,000 Cawfields
British Blue Cross £2,240 Cornhills, £1,980 Cornhills, £1,960 Cornhills
10 months & under
Steers
Limousin Cross £2,040 Round Meadows, £1,840 Round Meadows, £1,830 Burmoor
Heifers
Limousin Cross £2,500 Bayle Hill, £2,380 Agars Hill, £2,320 Low Ardley, £2,210 Woodhead Farm, £2,090 Swarland Old Hall, £2,040 Warksfield Head
Store Sheep
Cast Ewes
Hexham & Northern Marts sold 2125 Cast Ewes & Tups to another strong trade for a more weathered, hardworking show forward.
Topping the sale at £298 was a Texel ewe from J S Davison, Town Farm.
Nor far behind at £294 was a Texel ewe from H H Taylor & Sons, East Benridge.
Suffolk x ewes sold to £234 from W A Graham & Co, Newton Farm.
Bluefaced Leicester ewes sold to £227 from H S Hutchinson & Son, White House.
Cheviot Mule ewes sold to £187 for 15 from R W Nixon, White Hall.
Mule ewes sold to £170 on 3 occasions – a single from T & S Wilson, Warkshaugh, and a trio from both W Taylor & Son, Great Bavington and R N & H N Tweddle, Grange Farm.
Blackface ewes sold to £138 for 19 from W Walton & Sons, Troughend.
Swales sold to £126 for 7 from High Barns.
Leading prices;
Texel – £298 Town Farm, £294 East Benridge, £278 East Benridge, £276 The Fawns, £275 Well House Farm, £265 East Benridge, £260 Well House Farm & Warkshaugh
Texel Cross – £255 West Heddon, £254 Newton Farm & White Hall, £250 The Fawns & West Heddon, £248 Edlingham Demesne, £242 Brieredge Farm & Edlingham Demesne & West Heddon, £230 Liberty Hill & Low Castle Dene, £229 Newton Farm, £222 Town Farm, £220 East Benridge & Grangemoor & Warkshaugh, £219 Cornhills & High Baulk, £212 Middleton Mill, Demense & Intake & Well House Farm & Whitchester x2, £211 White Hall, £210 Crookdene, £206 Edlingham Demesne, £205 Grangemoor x2, £202 Low Castle Dene, £199 Well House Farm, £198 Cornhills, £195 Grange Farm, £192 High Baulk & White Hall, £191 St Oswalds, £190 Edlingham Demesne & Grangemoor & West Heddon
Suffolk Cross – £234 Newton Farm, £216 Well House Farm x2, £208 Newton Farm
Bluefaced Leicester – £227 White House, £190 The Stobbs & White House
Suffolk – £200 Salmonfield
Cheviot Mule – £187 White Hall
Dutch Texel – £184 Warkshaugh
Beltex Cross – £172 Well House Farm
North of England Mule – £170 Grange Farm & Great Bavington & Warkshaugh, £166 Newton Farm, £160 Cornhills & White Hall, £158 Beacon Rigg & Warkshaugh, £157 Great Bavington, £156 Hadden Farm Cottages & Low House & Snabdough, £155 Blackhalls, £154 Fell Lane Farm, £152 Chesters Brae & East Knitsley, £150 Cornhills
Zwartbles – £160 Whitchester
Cheviot Cross – £142 Chesters Brae, £140 East Benridge
Blackface – £138 Troughend, £131 The Stobbs, £130 Edlingham Demesne, £124 High Burns & Stable Yard, £120 Well House Farm
Dorset Down – £138 Thornley Pit House
Easy Care – £138 Park Head
Welsh – £135 Bavington Hill Head
Swaledale – £126 High Burns, £118 Intake & Lilswood Cottage, £102 Pinfold House & Whitchester, £100 High Wiserley
Cast Tups
Cast Tups sold to £280 for a Texel Tup from J B & N Harrison & Son, Colepike.
Leading prices;
Texel – £280 Colepike Home, £238 The Fawns, £230 Low Castle Dene, £222 Low Castle Dene, £210 Low Castle Dene x2
Suffolk x – £222 Greyside
Suffolk – £204 Greyside
Beltex – £192 Well House Farm
Store Lambs
Hexham & Northern Marts sold another mammoth entry of 9858 Store Lambs to a very strong trade throughout, to average £126.97, up £9.62 on the year for 2771 more lambs sold. Numbers handled with ease and still customers leaving short of requirements.
Topping today was C R Fawcett & Son, Well House with a stylish Suffolk lamb at £190. This home sold other lambs at £178, £165, £160, £158 and then a sweet pen of 90 Mules at £120.
Howick Estates always ring quality sheep to Hexham, this week topping at £188 for a pair of Suffolk cross lambs.
P Guiry & Son, Glanton Town Head reached £185 for Beltex x lambs. A fantastic run if 254 Texel, Suffolk and Beltex x lambs to average £145.74.
4886 Texel x lambs averaged all in a whopping £133.21, topping was J & A W Pearson, Hill House with a pair at £180.
Blackface lambs sold to fast rates, peaking at £117 for 14 from C R Fawcett & Son, Well House. A strong pen of 22 reached £113 from Messrs Weatherson, Edges Green.
A large show of 1542 Mule lambs averaged £115.42, peaking at £134 from Messrs Murray, Cross House.
Swaledale lambs topped at £100 from I C & D R Wood, Low Acton.
Cheviot lambs were competitively bid for reaching £134 for 10 from Fairnilee Farm.
More lambs wanted each week at Hexham to satisfy strong buyer demand.
Jack 07739 440457
Harrison 07895 761102
Andrew 07955 275403
Neil 07955 268459
Leading prices;
Suffolk Cross – £190 Well House Farm, £188 Howick Estate, £167 Stainley Wood Farm, £160 Well House Farm, £156 Chesters, £151 Howick Estate, £150 Howick Estate, £149 Chesters & Glanton Town Farm & Middle Horsleyhope, £148 Demesne & Duddo Hill x2, £147 Glanton Town Farm & Middle Horsleyhope, £146 Great Bavington & Rosebrough, £145 Hetherington & Howick Estate, £144 Duddo Hill & Dyke Nook & Middle Horsleyhope, £143 Cornhills & Glanton Town Farm & Great Bavington & North Cocklake & Stainley Wood Farm, £142 Howick Estate, £141 Ravensworth Grange, £140 Black Hedley & Cornhills & Hetherington & Well House Farm, £139 Piatroon, £138 Demesne, £137 Great Bavington, £136 Drinkstone & St Oswalds & White House, £135 Dyke Nook & Glanton Town Farm & Great Bavington x2 & High Keenley Fell & Howick Estate, £134 Fairnilee Farm & Howick Estate, £133 Howick Estate, £132 Hareshaw Allotment, £131 Black Hedley & Burdonside & Fairnilee Farm x2 & Well House Farm, £130 Fairnilee Farm & Glanton Town Farm, £127 Piatroon, £126 Cornhills & Hadden Farm Cottages, £125 White House, £124 Cooper House & Glanton Town Farm, £123 Black Hedley & North Cocklake
Beltex Cross – £185 Glanton Town Farm, £178 Well House Farm, £175 Low Garth, £173 Glanton Town Farm, £171 Middle Horsleyhope, £170 Glanton Town Farm & Mill House Farm, £165 Threeburnford & Well House Farm, £158 Middle Horsleyhope x2 & Well House Farm, £155 St Oswalds, £152 St Oswalds, £151 Middle Horsleyhope & Mill House Farm, £150 Mill House Farm, £148 Stanton Town Head, £145 Threeburnford, £144 Stanton Town Head & Well House Farm, £141 Threeburnford, £140 St Oswalds x2, £136 Brieredge Farm
Texel Cross – £180 Hill House, £172 Paxton Dene, £171 Linacres, £170 Hill House & Ridley Stokoe, £165 Ridley Stokoe, £164 Glanton Town Farm & Linacres, £163 Glanton Town Farm, £162 Cornhills, £160 Glanton Town Farm, £159 Duddo Hill & Whittle Farm, £158 Glanton Town Farm & Glendue & Hetherington x2, £156 Cross House & Redesmouth & Ridley Stokoe, £154 East Town & Eslington High Hill, £153 Springwell Farm, £152 Burradon Mains & Demesne x2 & Hetherington & Ridley Stokoe & Rosebrough, £151 Demense & Demesne x2 & Ridley Stokoe & St Oswalds & Whittle Farm x2, £150 Cornhills & Demesne x2 & Eslington High Hill & Glebe Farm & Hill House & New Acres & Redesmouth & Springwell Farm & St Oswalds, £149 Paxton Dene & Springwell Farm, £148 Armstrong Arms & Chesters & Cross House & Glanton Town Farm x2 & Glebe Farm & Townshields & Whiteside, £147 Demense & Glanton Town Farm x2 & Howick Estate & Springwell Farm & Waite Farm, £146 Dene House & Duddo Hill & Dunterley & Intake & Little Brampton & New Acres & Stainley Wood Farm & Wanwood Hill & White House, £145 Duddo Hill & Glanton Town Farm & Glebe Farm & Longlea, £144 Closehead & Duddo Hill & Glanton Town Farm & Glendue & Hill House, £143 Demense & Duddo Hill & Glebe Farm & Linacres & New Ladykirk Farm & Newbigging, £142 Glanton Town Farm & Low Carriteth, £141 Brieredge Farm & Drinkstone & Eslington High Hill & Springwell Farm, £140 Bagraw & Cowden Burn & Crookdene & Glanton Town Farm & Glendue & Stanton Town Head & Wanwood Hill & Well House Farm, £139 Glebe Farm & Greenchesters & Low Carriteth & New Acres & New Ladykirk Farm & Newbigging, £138 Blakelaw & High Oldshield & Linbriggs Farm & Little Brampton & Low Carriteth, £137 Cross House x2 & Glendue & Rosebrough, £136 Brieredge Farm & Dyke Nook & Glebe Farm & Greenchesters & Hadden Farm Cottages x3 & High Shipley & Howick Estate & New Acres, £135 Blakelaw & Cowden Burn & Crookdene & East Plenmeller Farm & Fairnilee Farm & Glebe Farm x3 & Hareshaw & Kirkley Hall & Low Burradon & Stone Stile, £134 Burradon Mains & Fairnilee Farm & Low Burradon x3 & New Acres & North Churchlands & Paxton Dene & Ridley Farm & Stainley Wood Farm & Warkshaugh, £133 Bagraw & Glebe Farm & Hopesley House & Leawell & Longlea x2 & Low Garth & North Cocklake & Whiteside, £132 Dene House & Glebe Farm x4 & Kirkley Hall & North Cocklake & Redesmouth & The Newton, £131 Blakelaw & East Plenmeller Farm & Fairnilee Farm & Glebe Farm x2 & Longlea x2 & Newbigging & Parkside & Warkshaugh, £130 Armstrong Arms & Billerley & East Town & Fairnilee Farm & Glanton Town Farm & Hareshaw Allotment & Rosehill & Salmonswell & Stone Stile & The Newton & Whinfield, £129 Dunterley & East Town & Glebe Farm & Longlea & Low Carriteth x3 & Ravensworth Grange & Rosehill & The Hott & The Newton, £128 Glebe Farm & Hareshaw Allotment & Kingswood & North Churchlands & Whinfield, £127 Drinkstone & East Plenmeller Farm & High Lovelady Shield & High Oldshield x2 & High Shipley & Longlea & Piatroon & Ridley Farm & Rosebrough & Well House Farm, £126 Armstrong Arms & Hadden Farm Cottages & Hopesley House & Milescott & Stone Stile & The Newton & Whinfield, £125 Blakelaw x2 & Falstone & Hollin Close & Intake & The Newton & Thornley Pit House x3 & Well House & West High House, £124 Bagraw & The Hott & Waterside & Well House Farm & Whinfield, £123 Corby Gates & Fairnilee Farm & High Lovelady Shield & Hillcrest Cottage & The Newton, £122 Bagraw & Drinkstone & Dyke Nook & Gleedlee & Kingswood & West High House
Blue Texel – £160 Whiteside x2, £148 East Thorn Farm, £140 East Thorn Farm, £138 Linacres, £129 East Thorn Farm
Shropshire Cross – £143 Snabdough, £122 Snabdough
Blue Texel Cross – £138 Linacres
Zwartbles Cross – £138 Linacres
Cheviot Cross – £134 Fairnilee Farm, £126 Hadden Farm Cottages, £121 Dunterley, £117 -, £115 Hazelton Rigg, £112 Cottonshope & Hazelton Rigg
Cheviot Mule – £134 Edlingham Demesne, £128 Linbriggs Farm, £126 Middle White Hill, £124 Edlingham Demesne, £122 Linbriggs Farm
North of England Mule – £134 Cross House, £128 Fairnilee Farm & Hareshaw, £127 Demesne & Redesmouth, £125 Allens Green & Edges Green & Fairnilee Farm & Potts Durtees, £124 Hazelton Rigg, £123 Harwood Shield & The Newton, £122 Harwood Shield, £121 East Plenmeller Farm, £120 East Plenmeller Farm & Gleedlee & High Lovelady Shield & Salmonswell & Well House Farm, £119 Ambling Gate x3, £118 Armstrong Arms & East Plenmeller Farm & Townshields, £117 Southdean x2, £116 Harwood Shield & Salmonswell, £115 Southdean & Well House Farm, £114 East Plenmeller Farm & Hollin Close & Southdean, £111 The Hott & Wolsingham Park Farms, £110 High Lovelady Shield & Wolsingham Park Farms
Easy Care Cross – £131 Glebe Farm, £129 Glebe Farm
Romney Cross – £127 Glebe Farm, £123 Glebe Farm
Scotch Halfbred Cross – £125 North Lyham
Shropshire – £124 Glebe Farm
Bluefaced Leicester – £122 Whiteside, £119 Intake, £117 Townshields
Cheviot – £122 North Lyham, £121 Rosebrough
Charollais Cross – £120 White House
Blackface – £117 Well House Farm, £113 Edges Green, £112 Hazelton Rigg, £110 The Hott, £108 Well House Farm, £104 Well House Farm, £102 The Hott, £100 Cowbyre Farm
Swaledale – £100 Low Acton, £87 Lilswood Grange
Jacob Cross – £80 Kimmerston Farmhouse