Store Cattle & Store Sheep
Hexham Auction Mart
12.06.2026
Store Cattle
Hexham and Northern Marts held its weekly Store Cattle and Weaned Calf sale with a catalogued entry of 184 cattle from across the North of England and Scottish Borders.
Trade for the forward stores would meet slight resistance as seen everywhere else, that said, the better end of continental bred heifers sold to a great trade once again. It was a terrific black Limousin cross heifer from J E Woodman & Son, Great Chesters that topped the sale on the day selling to £2470.00, the same home also sold others to £2370.00.
Three steers sold to the height of £2340.00, firstly a big, thick Angus cross from G & J H Tomlinson & Son, Sunniside, followed by a pair from J E Woodman & Son, Great Chesters.
The younger stirks and weaned cattle met a fantastic trade in comparison to the older, forward cattle, this being aided by the current flush of grass. These younger cattle topped at £2300.00, one of the very last beasts through the ring, an 11-month-old Limousin cross steer from I Burn & Sons, Grange Houses.
J Browell & Sons, Quarry House consigned a terrific run of 10–12-month Limousin bred steers and heifers which sold to £2140.00 and £2070.00 for steers whilst heifers peaked at £1740.00 twice.
An increasing number of dairy bred cattle are now making an appearance in the Hexham ring and achieving great returns and this observed by a great run of 14-month-old Blue cross heifers from J & E Campbell, Rosebrough, Alnwick which saw a high of £1780.00 and saw a pen of five sell to £1600.00.
Native bred stirks were also in demand and saw a high of £1700.00 for a well put together year old Hereford steer from T & V Bullerwell, Spenside Farm.
With all classes of cattle sold to a competitive ringside, we are actively seeking cattle for next weeks sale.
Please don’t hesitate to contact Auctioneers Drew Patrick 07854361967 or Andrew Hutcheson 07955275403 over the weekend or call the office by 10:30am on Monday morning for cataloguing.
Leading prices;
Cattle 30 months +
Heifers
British Blue Cross – £2020 & £1980 & £1920 & £1700 Arnold House
Aberdeen Angus Cross – £1950 China Hall
Limousin Cross – £1940 Arnold House
Cattle 24–29
Steers
Aberdeen Angus Cross – £2340 & £2270 & £2260 Sunniside, £1340 Ogle Dene
Limousin Cross – £2340 & £2280 & £2200 Great Chesters
British Blue Cross – £2310 & £2040 Camp Hill, £1960 Arnold House
Beef Shorthorn – £2080 North Shotton
Heifers
Limousin Cross – £2370 & £2300 Great Chesters, £2100 Venchen Farm, £2020 North Shotton, £2000 Venchen Farm, £1730 Effledge, £1580 Camp Hill x2
Aberdeen Angus Cross – £2020 China Hall, £1880 Ingram, £1350 Ogle Dene
Aberdeen Angus, Aberdeen Angus Cross – £1940 Ingram
British Blue Cross – £2020 Arnold House, £2000 North Shotton
Simmental Cross – £1960 Arnold House
Charolais Cross – £1880 Great Chesters & Make-Me-Rich
Stabiliser Cross – £1680 Venchen Farm
Cattle 18–23
Steers
Limousin Cross – £2340 Great Chesters, £2240 Make-Me-Rich, £2220 Great Chesters, £2070 Camp Hill
Charolais Cross – £2240 & £2200 Make-Me-Rich, £2020 Make-Me-Rich x2
Hereford Cross – £2200 North Shotton
Aberdeen Angus Cross – £2080 North Shotton
British Blue Cross – £2000 North Shotton
Heifers
Limousin Cross – £2470 & £2290 & £2160 Great Chesters
Charolais Cross – £1990 & £1940 Great Chesters
Aberdeen Angus Cross – £1880 North Shotton, £1260 Ogle Dene
Hereford Cross – £1880 North Shotton
Cattle 11–17
Steers
Limousin Cross – £2300 Grange House, £2140 Quarry House, £2070 Grange House & Quarry House, £2030 Grange House, £2000 Low Stokoe & Quarry House, £1990 & £1980 Low Staples, £1940 Quarry House, £1860 Low Stokoe & Quarry House, £1850 & £1790 Bothal Park Farm, £1740 Shield Hill Top x2
Limousin – £1780 Shield Hill Top
Charolais Cross – £1970 Harnham Hall, £1850 Hackford
Hereford Cross – £1700 & £1540 Spenside Farm
Hereford – £1410 & £1380 Cronkley
Aberdeen Angus Cross – £1660 White House, £1600 Bothal Park Farm
British Blue – £1490 Woodlands
Heifers
Limousin Cross – £1980 Hackford, £1820 Grange House x2, £1740 Quarry House x2, £1700 Low Stokoe, £1650 & £1540 Bothal Park Farm, £1490 Low Stokoe, £1400 Hackford & Redburn
British Blue Cross – £1780 & £1600 & £1520 Rosebrough
Charolais Cross – £1760 & £1700 Harnham Hall, £1670 & £1660 Hackford, £1600 West End Farm
Aberdeen Angus Cross – £1620 Bothal Park Farm & Effledge & White House, £1560 Bothal Park Farm, £1520 Bothal Park Farm, £1420 Spenside Farm, £1200 Redburn
Hereford – £1200 Cronkley
Cattle 10 months & under
Steers
Charolais Cross – £1600 Hackford
Hereford Cross – £1400 Demense
Heifers
Charolais Cross – £1520 Hackford
Aberdeen Angus Cross – £1340 Spenside Farm
Young Bulls
The single Bull forward this week came from S Henderson & Sons, Felton Demesne, a yearling Hereford that sold well and to £1480.00.
Leading prices;
Hereford – £1480 Felton Demense
Breeding Cattle
Incorporated within this week’s sale was the monthly sale of Breeding Cattle which met a nice trade and a noticeable demand for breeding cattle was observed. These sold to a high of £4650.00 for a smart black Limousin cross heifer with Limousin cross steer calf from L B & J Tipling, Slights House.
Bringing their usual run of quality Heifers and Calves was Foley Brothers, Mirlaw House whose run of 18 Limousin and Angus cross Heifers with spring born calves sold to £4500.00 for a very stylish Limousin bred heifer with her Limousin cross heifer calf. Native bred outfits were in great demand as Angus cross heifers with their spring born calves sold to a high of £4300.00.
Leading prices;
Heifers with Calves
Limousin Cross – £4650 Sleights House, £4200 Mirlaw House, £3800 Mirlaw House x3, £3600 Mirlaw House
Limousin Cross, British Blue Cross – £4500 Mirlaw House
Limousin Cross, Aberdeen Angus Cross – £4300 & £4150 & £4100 Mirlaw House
Limousin Cross, Limousin – £4000 Mirlaw House
Aberdeen Angus Cross, Limousin Cross – £3850 Mirlaw House, £3500 Low House
Store Sheep
Hexham and Northern Marts sold 493 Cast Ewes & Tups to a two-tier trade – lean
ewes very easy to sell however fatter types harder work.
Topping the sale at £300 was a Texel ewe from R H Frater, Moorlaws.
Suffolk ewes sold to £210 from J & E Campbell, Rosebrough.
Bluefaced Leicester ewes sold to £180 for 4 from A & C L Bell, Woodhall.
17 Mule ewes sold for £169 from J P Coatsworth & Son, West Rackwood.
Swaledale ewes sold to £148 from A & C L Bell, Woodhall who also sold 14 at £140. T Nixon & Sons, Longlea sold 4 at £142.
Longlea also sold Blackface ewes to £145.
Entries invited for next week.
Jack 07739 440457
Harrison 07895 761102
Andrew 07955 275403
Neil 07955 268459
Office 01434 605444
Leading prices;
Cast Ewes
Texel – £300 Moorlaws, £250 East Haydon Farms, £242 Moorlaws, £240 Glenwhelt House, £225 Rawfoot, £220 Black Callerton
Texel Cross – £208 Burradon Mains & Moorlaws, £185 Glenwhelt House, £184 & £180 Burradon Mains, £176 Haggate, £174 Rawfoot, £172 Dene House, £170 Duddo Hill, £169 Black Callerton, £168 Burradon Mains & East Barnwell Farm, £160 Duddo Hill & Rosebrough & Whiteside, £156 Hedley Park, £150 Duddo Hill & East Barnwell Farm & Whiteside, £146 Meadow Cottage, £140 Chirdon & East Haydon Farms, £138 Duddo Hill, £135 Haggate, £134 Todhillwood
Suffolk – £210 Rosebrough
Suffolk Cross – £195 Todhillwood, £180 East Barnwell Farm & East Haydon Farms, £170 East Barnwell Farm
North of England Mule – £169 West Rackwood, £168 Burradon Mains, £164 Hareshaw, £162 East Haydon Farms, £161 Dues Hill, £156 Hareshaw, £154 Rawfoot, £150 Horncastle & Stone Stile
Bluefaced Leicester – £180 Woodhall, £170 Ambling Gate, £166 Todhillwood
Cheviot Mule – £155 Upper Chatto
Cheviot – £155 Upper Chatto, £152 Alwinton
Valais Blacknose – £150 & £136 Plough Inn
Swaledale – £148 Woodhall, £142 Longlea, £140 & £123 Woodhall, £121 Ambling Gate, £119 Todhillwood & Woodhall, £110 Stone Stile
Blackface – £145 Longlea, £140 Duddo Hill & Moorlaws, £133 Moorlaws, £130 Hareshaw, £128 Chirdon, £126 Duddo Hill & Rattenraw Farm & Whiteside, £125 Tresco, £124 Alwinton, £120 Hareshaw, £118 Stickle Heaton
Beulah Speckled Face – £132 Stickle Heaton
Beulah Speckled Face Cross – £112 Stickle Heaton
Welsh Mountain – £91 Stickle Heaton
Shetland – £52 New Hall
Cast Rams
Cast Tups sold to £255 for a pair from J Loder, Upper Chatto
Leading prices;
Texel – £255 Upper Chatto, £230 Blue Gables, £226 Shield
Bluefaced Leicester – £240 Ambling Gate
Charollais Cross – £200 Shield
Cheviot – £198 Upper Chatto
Kerry Hill – £190 Sunniside House
Dutch Texel – £185 Dues Hill
Swaledale – £160 & £136 Shield, £135 Ambling Gate
Old Season Hoggs
102 Store Hoggs sold to £2090 for a pair of Dutch Texel x hoggs from J & A Moralee, Hard Riding.
Leading prices;
Dutch Texel Cross – £200 & £168 Hard Riding
Texel Cross – £188 Hard Riding, £167 Black Callerton, £162 East Haydon Farms, £158 Burradon Mains, £154 Rosebrough, £145 Alwinton & Dene House, £140 Burradon Mains
Suffolk Cross – £160 Black Callerton
Kerry Hill – £140 & £124 Sunniside House
North of England Mule – £139 Todhillwood, £134 Shield, £120 Rosebrough
Swaledale – £124 Woodhall, £110 Irestone Farm, £108 Todhillwood, £106 Irestone Farm
Blackface – £112 Alwinton, £106 Whiteside
Hebridean – £100 Irestone Farm