Store Cattle & Store Sheep

Breeding Cattle

The company offered for sale a small but select entry of beef breeding cattle for the monthly sale which included two dispersals on behalf of long-standing suppliers Mark Linkleter, West Kirkheaton & George Walton, Allensgreen.

All classes sold well and beyond vendors expectations, with the sale topping at £2700 for a 2015 born Limousin cross cow with her sizeable ¾ bred cross steer calf at foot from Mr Linkleter.

Following closely behind was a super Blue cross steer calf from Mr Walton that changed hands at £2600.

As well as previous classes, the two dispersals sold well with support from both local and distant buyers to return averages of £2087 and £2120 from Kirkheaton & Allensgreen respectively.

The company would like to thank all vendors for their custom and especially Mr Linkleter & Mr Walton for their continued support during their long and successful careers.

Leading prices;

Limousin – £2700 West Kirkheaton, £2600 Allensgreen, £2320, £2300 & £2280 Midgehome, £2100 & £2050 Allensgreen, £2000 West Kirkheaton

Simmental x – £2500 West Kirkheaton (x2) & Allensgreen, £2400 West Kirkheaton, £2300 Allensgreen, £2250, £2150 & £2100 (x2) West Kirkheaton

British Blue – £2500 Allensgreen (x2), £2400 West Kirkheaton, £2300 (x2), £2280 & £2250 Allensgreen

Angus x – £1950 Allensgreen

Hereford – £1900 & £1700 Partridge Nest

Hereford x – £2050 & £1900 Allensgreen

Luing – £1850 West Kirkheaton

British Shorthorn – £1660 Town Farm

Store Cattle

Hexham and Northern Marts held its weekly sale of 288 Store Cattle and Suckled Calves. Trade once again improved than the previous sale with complete offering averaging £1346.90 throughout for Weaned Calves and store cattle.

 The sale started at a brisk pace with the third beast in the ring topping the sale, an Angus cross steer from Messrs AJ & T Snaith, Great Tosson selling to £1880.00. Then the following pen, a pen of three Angus cross steers from the same home sold to £1870.00.

Heifers once again in great demand here at Hexham with Charolais cross heifers eagerly sought after and selling to £1860.00 from Messrs J W Robson & Son, East Shaftoe. Cashing at the same price was Limousin cross heifer from “Mart Man” Mr Alan Ogle, Comb Hills.

A marvelous run of Limousin cross steers from Messrs T W Oliver, Cawfields sold like hot cakes and peaked at £1840.00.

Messrs RH & D Thirwell, Hetherington sold a run of yearling Angus and Stabiliser cross heifers to £1490.00.

With more confidence now in the beef sector, we are urgently seeking more store cattle to fulfill the current demand. Please don’t hesitate to contact Auctioneers with enquiries.

Leading prices;

Cattle 23 – 30 Months

British Blue steers – £1460 Camp Hill

Limousin x heifers – £1390 Camp Hill

Charolais x heifers – £1860, £1830 & £1760 (x2) East Shaftoe

British Blue x heifers – £1020 Camp Hill

Cattle 17 – 22 Months

Limousin x steers – £1840 Cawfields, £1700 Camp Hill, £1640 Cawfields, £1600 Camp Hill, £1380 Cawfields & West Farm

Charolais x steers – £1670 White Hills

Angus x steers – £1880, £1870 & £1740 Great Tosson, £1640 Yatesfield

Simmental x steers – £1480 & £1440 White Hills

Limousin x heifers – £1860 & £1840 Comb Hills, £1740 & £1660 Lunns House, £1650 & £1580 Branton Middlesteads, £1570 Lunns House

Charolais x heifers – £1420 East Shaftoe, £1260 Harewalls

British Blue x heifers – £1790, £1780, £1580 & £1560 Rusheylaw

Angus heifers – £1380 South Farm

Angus x heifers – £1740 High Fotherley, £1700, £1650 & £1580 Great Tosson, £1410 High Fotherley

Simmental x heifers – £1460 White Hills, £1340 Branton Middlesteads, £1280 White Hills

 Cattle 11 – 16 Months

Limousin x steers – £1720, £1700 & £1480 Cawfields, £1430 White Hills, £1400 West Farm

Charolais x steers – £1640 White House

Angus steers – £1380 Comb Hills, £1170 Moorlaws

Angus x steers – £1240 Yatesfield, £1220 Parkside, £120 East Butsfield, £1180 Parkside

Simmental x steers – £1280 White Hills

British Shorthorn steers – £1660 Yatesfield

Limousin x heifers – £1600 Taylor Burn & Branton Middlesteads, £1590 Little Swinburne, £1570 Taylorburn (x2), £1535 Longlea, £1500 Little Swinburne, £1480 Little Swinburne & Longlea

Charolais x heifers – £1570 & £1530 White House, £1515 Branton Middlesteads

British Blue heifers – £1500 Rusheylaw

Angus heifers – £1600 South Farm

Angus x heifers – £1490 & £1390 Hethrington, £1380 High Fotherley, £1150 Hethrington

Simmental x heifers – £1200, £1190 & £1140 Longlea

Stabiliser x – £1240 Hethrington (x2)

Cattle 10 months and under

Limousin x steers – £1000 West End Town

Limousin x heifers – £1140 (x2) Chirdon, £1110 Dykenook

Cast Ewes

Hexham & Northern Marts sold 1606 Cast Ewes & Rams to a better than expected trade.

Sale topped at £218 for a Texel ewe from Messrs J Leiper & Sons, Black Heddon, showing being pen 1 doesn’t make any difference.

At £205 was 5 Texels from Mr D F Brodie, Chesters and at £204 was Texels from Mr T Wilson, Millfield.

Also breaking the £200 barrier at £202 was Texels from A & R Walton, Bank Top House.

Black Heddon also topped the Suffolk class at £166.

Mules topped at £120 for a pen of 20 from Messrs W Walton & Sons, Ogle Castle.

10 Blackface ewes sold to £107 from Messrs J Hunter & Sons, The Steel.

Please don’t forget to enter your ewes even if it is a text on Thursday evening.

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Leading prices;

Texel – £218 Black Heddon, £205 Chesters, £204 Millfield, £202 Bank Top House, £198 Cornhills & Millfield,

Texel x – £178 Wallend, £166 Fell Lane, £164 Linacres & Ridley Stokoe, £163 Watch Hill, £162 Longhurst, £160 Fell Lane, £158 Black Heddon, Wallend & East Broomshields

Suffolk x – £166 & £159 Black Heddon, £156 Ogle Castle, £152 Rugley Walls, £150 & £148 Black Heddon, £138 Black Heddon & Ogle Castle, £135, £132 & £129 Black Heddon, £128 Crook Dene

Beltex – £190 Littleburn

Beltex x – £148 & £146 Wallend

Cheviot – £109 Hethpool

Cheviot Mule – £108, £104 & £98 Cornhills

Mule – £120 Ogle Castle, £119 The Steel & Lodge Farm, £117 East Butsfield & North Acomb, £115 Rugley Walls, £114 Stotsfold, £108 East Butsfield, £106 North Acomb

Blackface – £107 The Steel, £91 Carrick, £90 & £88 The Steel

Swaledale – £68 Stotsfold

Leicester – £128 Harsondale, £116 Hotbank

Cast Tups

Cast Tups sold to £182 from Messrs W Walton & Sons, Ogle Castle.

Texel – £182 Ogle Castle, £170 The Shield

Leicester – £122 Blackhalls

Blackface – £125 The Steel, £118 Hotbank

Swaledale – £100 Buckshot

Cheviot – £140 Hethpool

Store Lambs

Hexham & Northern Marts sold a catalogued entry of 4652 Store Lambs to an unreal trade for all classes.

The whole sale averaged £95.36 for all breeds including Blackface & Mules. A total of 308 lambs sold over £130.

A real highlight of the sale was the tremendous run of 185 Dutch Texel x store lambs from Mr B Storey, Woodhead Farm. Topping the sale and this run was 10 at £158 then 34 at £154. The whole run averaged £152.

At £150 was a pen of 6 from Messrs J & A Moralee, Hard Riding.

Messrs W C & E Bell & Son, Low Houses sold 6 at £149.

The Dutch Texel class of 362 lambs averaged £136.27.

Suffolk x sold to £121 for a pair from Mr R E Williamson, Littleburn.

Mules sold to a real flying trade topping at £101 twice, firstly for the first lambs of the day from J C & D R Wood, Low Acton, then for a trio from Mr J McDaid, Chapel House Farm.

Mules regularly sold between £85 & £91.

Next week is the Show & Sale of Hill Lambs.

Entries for cataloguing close 11am Monday.

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Leading prices;

Texel x – £139 Rose Cottge, £138 Ridley Stokoe, £130 Waterford, £128 Whiteside, £125 Ridley Stokoe, £122 Burmoor (x2), £121 Archway Cottage, £120 Waterford, £119 Well House, £118.50 Burmoor, £118 Stobby Lea (x2) & Whiteside, £115 Ridley Stokoe, £114 Whiteside & Rose Cottage, £112 Waite Farm (x2), £111.50 Bagraw, £111 Ironsign

Dutch Texel – £158, £157, £153 (x2), £152 & £151 Woodhead, £150 Woodhead & Hard Riding, £149 Low Houses, £147 Hard Riding, £146 Agars Hill, £145 Hard Riding, £142 Woodhead & Hard Riding, £139 Hard Riding

Beltex x – £140 Watch Hill, £137, £134 & £130 Middle Horsleyhope, £128 Millfield, £123 Intake, £120 Watch Hill, £119 Middle Horsleyhope, £116 Watch Hill, £114 Middle Horsleyhope & Closehead, £113 Closehead

Suffolk x – £121 Littleburn, £119 Settlingstones, £113 Littleburn, £112 Nookton, £111 Chapel House, £105 Laburnum Cottage, £104 Littleburn

Blue Texel – £133, £128 & £122 South Terrace

Mule – £101 Low Acton & Chapel House, £98 Dyke Nook, £93 Fairshaw, £91.50 Rosehill, £91 Crindledykes & Nookton, £90 Crindledykes

Blackface – £72 Featherwood

Cheviot – £72 Cottonshope

Hampshire – £87 Pilmuir

Easycare – £72 Pilmuir