Store Cattle & Store Sheep
Store Cattle
Hexham & Northern Marts at their weekly sale of store cattle offered a small, mixed catalogue of 114 head of store cattle and a firmer trade was evident throughout.
The sale peaked at £1900 for a super pen of hefty, forward Angus bullocks at 16 months of age; both well-grown and in gleaming fettle from Michael Dixon, The Stobbs, Rochester who sold 8 strong steers to average £1720 from the high tops of Redesdale.
The Telfer Brothers, Make-Me-Rich Farm, Capheaton continue to benefit from their relatively recent switch to the store ring at this centre on a regular basis and topped the continental trade with forward Limmy cross steers to £1810 with heifer sisters to £1690. The noted stockmen brothers sold five of each to average £1702 for the steers and £1438 for heifers to round off another fruitful day at Hexham.
Messrs Walton, Greyside, Newbrough are noted for their top-quality cattle through the Hexham ring and another nice run of Limmy cross yearling types topped at £1700 for bullocks and £1490 for heifers.
With finished values steadily rising early indicators are pointing in a positive direction for the annual October prize shows and sales of store cattle which are now only a month away. If you would like to discuss the benefits of consigning cattle for sale at Hexham kindly contact auctioneers Chris Armstrong or Drew Patrick on 01434 605444 for prompt and professional advice.
The entire entry of cattle sold on this day averaged an encouraging £1301 per head.
No sale of Store Cattle next Friday due to Kelso Ram Sale.
Leading prices;
Cattle 23 – 30 Months
Limousin x steers – £1740 Make-Me-Rich, £1700 Greyside, £1680 South Farm, £1660 Make-Me-Rich, £1580 South Farm
Charolais x steers – £1800 Make-Me-Rich
Angus x steers – £1690 New Houses, £1520 South Farm
Blonde x steers – £1660 South Farm
Hereford x steers – £1390 South Farm
Limousin x heifers – £1690 Make-Me-Rich, £1660 South Farm, £1600 Make-Me-Rich, £1550 South Farm
Charolais x heifers – £1440 & £1360 South Farm
Angus x heifers – £1590 South Farm
Blonde x – £1580 South Farm
Cattle 17 – 22 Months
Limousin x steers – £1810 Make-Me-Rich, £1560 New Houses, £1500 Make-Me-Rich
Angus x steers – £1680, £1600, £1570 & £1500 New Houses
Limousin x heifers – £1640 South Farm, £1560 West Farm, £1460 South Farm, £1360 West Farm
Cattle 11 – 16 Months
Limousin x steers – £13602 Westburnhope, £1260, £1250 & £1220 Greyside, £1200 Westburnhope, £1180 Close House, £1120 Westburnhope & Close House, £1080 Greyside, £1060 Westburnhope, Greyside & Close House
Angus x steers – £1900. £1840, £1600, £1540 & £1480 The Stobbs
Limousin x heifers – £1790 West Farm & Greyside, £1280 & £1220 Westburnhope, £1200 Shaftoe Moor & West Farm, £180 & £1120 West Farm, £1100 Close House
Charolais heifers – £1330 Low Burradon
Angus x heifers – £1185 Parkside
Simmental x heifers – £900 Close House
Hereford x heifers – £950 & £920 Shaftoe Moor
Cattle 10 months and under
Limousin x steers – £1110 Close House
Limousin x heifers – £980 Close House
Charolais heifers – £840 Low Burradon
Young Bulls
Limousin – £1270 Greyside
Cast Ewes
Hexham & Northern Marts sold 1103 Cast Ewes & Rams sold to another good trade considering quality and time of year.
Topping the ewes was a Texel ewe at £170 from Messrs J Hunter
& Sons, The Steel.
7 Beltex ewes sold to £169 from Messrs Askwith, Middle Mown Meadows, with a Texel at £169 from Messrs J E Henderson & Sons, Burntongues.
The Steel sold 5 Bluefaced Leicester ewes at £147, and also topped the Blackface ewes at £109.
Entries for next week to Harrison & Brian
Texel – £170 The Steel, £169 Burntongues, £168 Springwell
Texel x – £160 Thornbough, £156 Middle Mown Meadows, £148 The Steel, £146 Stotsfold, £141 Springwell, £140 Reavely Farm & Chapel House, £139 Snape Farm, £137 Low Struthers, £135 Quickeningcote, £133 Aimshaugh & Errington, £132 Burntongues, £130 Springwell, Well House & Woodcroft, £129 Springwell, £128 Longshaws & Burntongues
Beltex – £169 Middle Mown Meadows
Blue Texel – £164 Greys Well
Cheviot – £89 Aimshaugh, £82 Reavley Farm
North Country Cheviot – £127 Flotterton
Cheviot Mule – £108 Town Farm
Mule – £128 Snape Farm, £114 Quickeningcote, £110 Dunns Houses, £109 Normans Riding, £106 Snape Farm
Blackface – £109 & £101 The Steel
Swaledale – £63 Stotsfold, £57 Glebe Farm
Leicester – £147 The Steel, £139 Stotsfold, £129 Allenshields, £127 Glebe Farm, £120 Quickeningcote
Cast Tups
Cast Tups topped at £198 for a Texel tup from City of Sunderland College.
Leading prices;
Texel – £198 Kirkley Hall, £158 Dunns Houses, £155 Stonehall
Cheviot – £137 Low Struthers
Blackface – £122 The Steel
Store Lambs
Hexham & Northern Marts sold a catalogued entry of 4092 Store Lambs to a dearer trade on the week for a better show forward.
Topping the sale was a pen of 8 Texel lambs at £139 from J & A Mews, Chapel House.
Not far behind at £134 was a pen of 4 from Messrs P Guiry & Son, Town Farm.
Blue Texels sold to £130 from E C Hawksby, Grey Well Farm.
2 pens of Suffolks sold to £128 from Messrs J & S M Ivison, Cooper House.
Mules sold to £112 from S J & B A Murray, Stable Yards.
Entries by 11am Monday – Office 01434 605444
Texel – £139 Chapel House
Texel x – £134 Town Farm, £127 Town Farm, £125 Buckshot, £124 Town Farm, £118 Broadgates & Aimshaugh, £117 Spenside, Broadgates, Settlingstones & Greys Well Farm, £115 Well House, £113.50 Hownsgill, £112 Broadgates, Low Struthers & Demesne, £111 Yetlington, £110 Aimshaugh, £109 Spenside, Errington, Town Farm & Broom House, £108.50 Town Farm, £108 Broadgates, Cornhills & Girsonfield
Suffolk x – £128 Cooper House (x2), £122 Broadgates, £119 Settlingstones, £112.50 Cooper House, £110 Woodlands Place, £106.50 Low Struthers
Beltex – £127 Westburnhope, £122.50 Watch Hill, £120 Westburnhope, £118 Watch Hill, £117 Hownsgill, £115 Watch Hill, £114.50 Westburnhope
Dutch Texel – £124 & £121 (x2) Agars Hill, £120 Chapel House, £118 Agars Hill, £113 Willimoteswick, £111.50 Agars Hill, £110 Willimoteswick
Blue Texel – £130 Greys Well Farm, £116 Greys Well Farm
Cheviot – £92 Linbrig
Cheviot x – £71 Cottonshope, £69 Low Bleakhope
Mule – £112 Stable Yard, £104.50 Hareshaw Allotment, £102 Stable Yard
Swaledale – £64 Low Bleakhope
Blue De Maine – £87.50 The Sneep