Store Cattle & Store Sheep
Hexham Auction Mart
31.10.25
Store Cattle
Hexham and Northern Marts held its final sale of October with a catalogued entry of 353 Store Cattle and Suckled Calves. A varied show of cattle this week which met dearer rates once again. Some have even stated the forward, older cattle to be £100-150 dearer than previous weeks.
The store steers have gone on to average £2137.74 with the store heifers seeing the largest jump in trade compared to last week and went on to average £2132.76 throughout for all classes.
Leading the sale with a fantastic run of run of Charolais cross steers was regular Knaresborough cattleman, Mr I A Thornton, Gibbet House. He saw these peak at £2940.00 and £2710.00.
Highest priced Angus cross beast this week came from Jamie Wood Prendwick Farms, Whittingham noted purveyors of the Angus breed, with a monster heifer selling to £2700.00. This followed by a commendable average for five older heifers of £2580.00.
Top priced Angus cross steer came from I A Thornton, Hay-A-Park with a pair cashing to £2660.00 and the same home sold another to £2640.00 and a pen of four well drawn beasts to £2580.00.
Taking advantage and reaping the benefits of the competitive Hexham Store Cattle ring were the relatively new consignors, R Nattrass & Sons, Sun Rise House Farm, Daddry Shield who sold a splendid packet of well-bred Limousin cross steers aged 16-19 months which sold to £2660.00 and £2590.00.
Regular supporters Ian & Ann Hamilton, Claywalls sold a marvelous run of Limousin cross heifers which sold to £2650.00 and £2580.00 with the run of sixteen leaving an average of £2326.88.
Ken and John Robinson, Warksfield Head brought a tremendous run of yearling Limousin bred steers and heifers which were well sought after. Steers from the Wark outfit went on to sell to £2500.00 twice and twelve-month-old heifers sold to £2320.00.
Stirks continued their strong trade after the Bellingham and Tow Law sales and saw a real demand. These topped at £2380.00 with an eleven-month steer, once again from the Warksfield Head team. An eight-month-old British Blue cross heifer from J Lee & Son, Morley Hill went on to realise £2100.00.
Many more could have been sold easily today with the amount of potential purchasers that were ringside. For enquiries and entries, please do not hesitate to call Auctioneers Drew Patrick 07854 361967 or Chris Armstrong 07808 721957 or call the office by 10:30 on Monday morning 01434 605444 for cataloguing.
Leading prices;
Cattle 22 – 30 Months
Angus x steers – £2540 Hay-A-Park, £2500, £2500 & £2380 Sunniside
Belted Galloway x steers – £2160 Gibbet House
Limousin x heifers – £2010 Claywalls
Angus x heifers – £2700, £2600, £2540 & £2480 Prendwick
Cattle 17-21 Months
Limousin x steers – £2660 Sun Rise House, £2640 Houselope Grange, £2620 Hay-A-Park, £2590 Sun Rise House x2, £2440 Houselope Grange & Sun Rise House, £2400 Sun Rise House
Charolais x steers – £2940 & £2710 Gibbet House, £2580 Satley, £2550 White House, £2530 & £2440 Satley, £2430, £2320 & £2280 White House, £2260 x2 & £2250 Satley
British Blue x steers – £1980 & £1960 Shaftoe Moor
Blonde x steers – £2380 Houselope Grange
Angus steers – £2090, £1960 & £1930 Anick Bank Foot
Angus x steers – £2660, £2640 & £2580 Hay-A-Park, £2510 Bygate, £2460 Bygate & White House, £2400 Hay-A-Park & Bygate, £2330 Hay-A-Park
Simmental x steers – £2600 & £2380 Satley, £2200 Chatton Park
Beef Shorthorn x steers – £2510 Hay-A-Park
Hereford steers – £2060 Shaftoe Moor
Hereford x steers – £2220 & £2200 Chatton Park, £2010 Park House
Luing steers – £1720 Shaftoe Moor
Limousin heifers – £2450 Claywalls, £2360 & £2240 Low Eshells
Limousin x heifers – £2650 & £2580 Claywalls, £2560, £2460 & £2410 Luns House, £2390 Blackhalls & Luns House
Charolais x heifers – £2420 Claywalls & White House, £2380 & £2280 x2 White House
British Blue x heifers – £2480 Morley Hill
Angus x heifers – £2400 Grange House, £2370 Bygate, £2340, £2260 & £2240 White House, £2180 Grange House & High Barns, £2160 Bygate
Simmental x heifers – £1940 Claywalls
Hereford x heifers – £1720 Whiskershield
Cattle 12 – 16 Months
Limousin x steers – £2500, £2480 & £2380 Warksfield Head
Charolais x steers – £2480 Satley, £2400, £2360 & £2280 x2 Blakelaw
Angus x steers – £1920 Lowfield x2
Limousin x heifers – £2500 & £2320 Warksfield Head, £2200 Blackhalls
Charolais x heifers – £2020, £1880 & £1860 Blakelaw
Angus x heifers – £1880 & £1840 Prendwick, £1800 The Crew
Hereford x heifers – £1640 Whiskershield
Cattle 6-11 Months
Limousin x steers – £2380 Warksfield Head, £1920 Heatheridge
Charolais x steers – £2000 & £1920 Blakelaw
Angus x steers – £1700 Lowfield, £1540 Heatheridge
Limousin x heifers – £2300 Round Meadows, £1960 & £1800 Heatheridge
British Blue x heifers – £2100 Morley Hill
Angus x heifers – £1600 Prendwick
Cast Ewes
Hexham & Northern Marts sold 1536 Cast Ewes & Rams to a much dearer trade with most classes £20-£30 up on the week and a whole-sale average of £138.87.
Topping the sale at £340 for a trio of Texel ewes from W H Davison & Son, Lough Green who sold 5 ewes to average £308.
At £290 was a Texel ewe from L Forster & Son, West Nubbock.
Suffolk x ewes sold to £247 for 13 from Low Middleton Livestock who sold 35 to average £220.29.
Bluefaced Leicester ewes sold to £225 from T J Lee & Son, Hackford.
Mule ewes sold to £193 for 18 from L Forster & Son, West Nubbock.
Cheviot Mule ewes sold to £192 from Hillcrest Livestock.
West Nubbock continued a great day selling Blackface ewes to £162 for 6.
Swale ewes sold to £134 for 6 from J L Archer, Whitehill.
Please remember to enter you ewes and the lairage is available on a Thursday night.
Jack 07739 440457
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Andrew 07955 275403
Neil 07955 268459
Leading prices;
Texel – £340 & £250 Lough Green, £220 Kirkley Hall
Texel x – £290 West Nubbock, £285 Greensfell & Burmoor, £278 Low Middleton, £270 Lough Green, £268 & £265 Chesters, £245 Greensfell, £245 Greensfell, £242 Chesters & Nilston Rigg, £240 Loanend, £230 Kirkton Hill & Greensfell, £225 Quarry House, £222 Willimoteswick & Loadman, £220 Quarry House & Kirkley Hall, £218 Lynup Hill & Nilston Rigg, £216 Chesters x2, £214 Intake, £212 Chirdon, £210 Bagraw & Burmoor, £208 Willimoteswick & Nilston Rigg, £205 West Nubbock, £197 Low House, £196 Great Bavington, £195 Quarry House & High Salmonswell, £194 Town Farm, £190 Nilston Rigg, £189 Townshields, £188 Brokenheugh & Burmoor, £186 Rosebrough & Kirkley Hall, £186 Kirkley Hall, £184 Town Farm & Shittlehopeside, £182 Greensfell & High Baulk, £180 North Sorrowlessfield & Burmoor
Dutch Texel x – £235 Willimoteswick
Beltex x – £195 West End, £194 Loanend, £165 & £140 West Side, £136 Loanend
Blue Texel – £198 Paxton Dene
Suffolk x – £247 & £234 Low Middleton, £216 Nilston Rigg, £214 Intake, £212 & £200 North Sorrowlessfield, £196 Dovecote, £194 Bankfoot, £180 Greensfell & Harbottle Grange, £172 Grange House & Brokenheugh, £170 Rosebrough
Dutch Spotted x – £155 Intake
Cheviot – £160 Heatherwick, £147 Rosebrough, £128 Low Struthers
Cheviot x – £120 Cottonshope
Cheviot Mule – £192 Hillcrest Cottage, £188 West Side, £178 North Sorrowlessfield, £172 Brokenheugh, £170 Kirkton Hill
Mule – £193 West Nubbock, £190 Dovecote, £180 Nilston Rigg, £179 Low Middleton, £178 Kirkton Hill & Carrick, £175 Burmoor, £174 Low House, £171 West Nubbock, £170 Town Farm, £167 Kirkley Hall, £166 Nilston Rigg, Brokenheugh, Quarry House & Redburn, £165 Brokenheugh, £163 Great Bavington & East Shaftoe, £162 Nilston Rigg, £159 Greyside, £158 Harbottle Grange, £156 Low Greenend, £155 Bagraw & Quickeningcote, £151 Low House, £150 Nilston Rigg & Black Callerton
Blackface – £162 West Nubbock, £143 Sewingshields, £138 West Nubbock, £130 Carrick & Sewingshields, £128 Quarry House, £127 Carrick, £126 Nilston Rigg, £125 Greyside, £!24 Kirkton Hill, £123 Greyside, £120 Townshields & The Stobbs, £118 Quarry House, £117 Townshields, £116 Cottonshope
Swaledale – £134 White Hill, £128 Intake, £126 Shittlehopeside, £124 Hackford, £108 White Hill, £106 Low Acton
Leicester – £225 Hackford, £215 Spital Shield
Hampshire Down – £156 Hartside
Herdwick – £118 Hillcrest Cottage
Jacob – £70 Hillcrest Cottage
Cast Tups
Cast Tups sold to £240 for a Blue Texel Tup from R W Harding & Son, West End Town.
Leading prices;
Texel – £235 Springwell, £228 Bagraw, £210 Burmoor
Blue Texel – £240 Westend Town, £180 Paxton Dene
Dutch Spotted – £220 Hackford
Rouge – £215 Burmoor
Leicester – £228 The Stobbs, £200 Spital Shield
Blackface – £200 Sewingshields
Swaledale – £146 West Nubbock
Store Lambs
Hexham & Northern Marts sold a catalogued entry of 6574 Store Lambs to a belter of a trade with all classes sharper on the week, with new and returning buyers out in force.
The sale topped at £300 for a smashing Pure Beltex from W S Robson & Co, Yatesfield whose superb run of 12 Tup & Ewe Lambs averaged £204.83.
Texels sold to a peak of £190 from W H Davison & Son, Lough Green for a pen of 5 Pure Ewe Lambs.
H Clark & Sons, Paxton Dene were very much a highlight of the sale when their run of 14 Blue Texels sold to a peak of £155 for a shapey pair and producing an average of £142.86.
Closely following this strong average was E Lishman, Fell Lane whose run of 30 Dutch Texel cross lambs, to receive an average of £142.13. Following on with similar well-bred lambs was B A & A M Storrow & Sons, Willimoteswick to receive an average of £141.33 for 24 sold.
The Walby clan of East House Farm & West Side produced 64 terrific lambs to average £139.08
A fantastic offering of Mules forward saw this section sell like hot cakes, with a peak of £147 for a pen of 17 Scotch-Bred Mule Ewe Lambs from distinguished borders breeder Paul Bell, West Morrison, whose run of mixed sexed lambs would average £128.07.
Top average in this section was £133.45 for a run of 139 well-turned-out mule lambs from M Wallace, Farneyshield – showing a late turn is no boundary here at Hexham!
Hill sheep met a peak of £128 on two occasions. Firstly with Cheviot x lambs from Scottish Borders based Farmstock Genetics, Over Whitlaw for 11 sold, and secondly for a penful from G T & M E Tweddle, Springwell.
Horned lambs met a peak of £112 for 38 Blackface lambs from Philhope Partners.
With strong buyer demand, numbers are required for this section with next weeks catalogued order being Mule, Hill & Continental. Entries by 11am Monday for cataloguing.
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Harrison 07895 761102
Andrew 07955 275403
Neil 07955 268459
Office 01434 605444
Leading prices;
Texel – £190 Lough Green, £158 Yatesfield, £148 Lough Green, £143 Harbottle Grange
Texel x – £164 Stobby Lea, £154 Stobby Lea & Moorlaws, £153 Quickeningcote, £152 Willimoteswick & High Salmonswell, £151 Springwell Cottage, £150 Peartree, £149 Birkside, £148 St Oswalds x2, Springwell Cottage & Errington Red House, £146 Town Farm, Dovecote & Quickeningcote, £145 Quickeningcote & Dukes Hagg, £144 Howick Estate, £142 Shankhead, St Oswalds, Peartree, East House & Quickeningcote, £141 Willimoteswick, £140 Burmoor, Bensons Fell, Bavington Hill Head, Hackford, Bankfoot, East House, Greensfell, Thornbrough & High Salmonswell, £139 Lee Hall, Errington Red House, Moralees & Hopesley House, £138 Longlea, Hackford, Ridley Stokoe, Stobby Lea x2, East House, Wingates Moor, Parkside, Buckshot, Quickeningcote & Thornbrough, £137 Bankfoot, High West House, Wingates Moor, Whiteside, East Uppertown & High Salmonswell, £136 Brokenheugh, Longlea, St Oswalds x2, Bensons Fell, Hackford, Redesmouth, Bankfoot, Catlees x2, Moralees, Loadman & Clarghyll, £135 Errington Red House, Bankfoot, Ridley Stokoe, Stobby Lea, Fairnilee, Quarry House, Moralees x2, East House & Thornbrough
Beltex – £300, £258, £190 & £178 Yatesfield
Beltex x – £162 Mill House, £160 & £152 West End, £143 Mill House x2, £138 Great Tosson, £130 Stanton Town Head, £128 Great Tosson, £123 Waterloo
Dutch Texel – £174 East House, £144 Willimoteswick, £143 West Side
Dutch Texel x – £153 Willimoteswick, £152, £142 & £140 Fell Lane, £139 & £135 Clarghyll
Blue Texel – £155 Paxton Dene, £149 Whiteside, £148, £140 & £138 Paxton Dene, £135 Whiteside & West Shipley
Suffolk x – £152 Laburnum Cottage, £148 Black Callerton & Wingates Moor, £142 Quarry House, £141 Quickeningcote, £140 Howick Estate, £139 Dovecote & Salmonfield, £138 Fairnilee, £137 Dovecote, £134 Salmonfield, £131 Kirkton Hill & Wingates Moor, £128 Peartree, Quarry House & Snitter, £126 Grey Mare Hill, Howick Estate x2, Fairnilee, Newbiggin, Dovecote & Rosebrough, £124 Broom Farm & Dovecote x2, £123 Kirkton Hill, £122 Laburnum Cottage, Broom Farm, Rugley Walls & Wingates Moor, £121 Duddo Hill & The Old School House, £120 Grey Mare Hill, Waterloo, Newbiggin & Moorlaws
Charolais x – £130 & £128 Great Tosson, £126 Loadman
Cheviot x – £128 Over Whitlaw
Mule – £147 West Morrison, £140, £133 & £131 Farneyshield, £130 West Morrison, £129 Redburn, £128 Whiteside, £126 Dovecote, £125 Redburn, Farneyshield & West Morrison, £124 Newbiggin, £123 Quickeningcote & West Deanraw, £121 Low Stokoe & West Nubbock, £118 West Shipley, £117 Kirkton Hill x2, £116 Duddo Hill, £113 Morley Hill
Cheviot – £128 Springwell, £124 & £116 Fairnilee, £114 Heatherwick
Blackface – £112 Philhope, £107 Rosebrough
Leicester – £127 Towdy Potts, £124 Lough Green
Lleyn – £135 x2, £128 & £127 Over Whitlaw, £122 Loadman
Easycare – £119 & £114 Chatton Park
Hampshire Down x – £124 Chirdon
Kerry Hill – £115 China Hall