Store Cattle & Store Sheep
Store Cattle
Hexham & Northern Marts offered for sale 382 head of store cattle at their weekly sale, the majority of which were Angus or other native breed cattle. With the changeable weather in June and July now a distant memory finished values have thankfully also been changeable since mid-summer and increasing returns have resulted in renewed confidence round the store ring.
A number of vendors market their cattle annually at this sale and all reported a significant lift on the year with the sale peaking at £1840 for a hefty Angus cross bullock from Peter Findlay, Stoop Rigg. Messrs Philipson, North Shotton sold a powerful sort at £1820 and Snowdon Oates, Ouston Farms sold a smashing pure bred Charolais heifer to realise £1810. Whilst top end sorts sold well it was the middle age order that saw the biggest lift – those cattle from 11-17 months and the majority of vendors were ecstatic at their returns.
Brian Urwin & Family, Lynnshields, Park Village brought their annual run of super Angus cattle and topped at £1760 for a heifer with breeding potential and £1600 for their lead pen of bullocks at 16 months of age to average £1386 for 25 cattle sold representing a lift of over £170 on the year.
Messrs Thirlwell, Hetherington hit the ring with some thumping bullocks and topped at £1560 for a belting Stabiliser cross and with another at £1550 at just 13/14 months no-one should ever assume the breed cannot be sold at auction!
Chris Young, Hawks Nest, Galashiels brought his annual load of upstanding Luing bullocks and these well-bred, hill-bred cattle topped at £1380 to average a very level £1330 and equate to a lift of over £200 per head on the year.
Likewise and in a similar vein Alan Parker, High Wooley, Allendale continues to revel in his switch to the Hereford stock sire and sold ten smart heifers to a top of £1380 and an average of £1308 from £1121 twelve months earlier.
Another highlight of the day was the forty-strong pen of Angus cross, hill-bred bullock calves – the annual consignment from The Walton Family, Flotterton that hit the ring with great style to top at £1380 for a super pen of three with a further pen of seven cashing at £1350 and all 43 calves selling to average £1306 throughout – a lift of over £180 on the year to the delight of the Coquet valley based livestock supremo’s.
With one further sale of store stock remaining in September the auctioneers are now looking forward to the six prize shows and sales of cattle that will be held next month and urge producers with cattle to sell – continental cross or native breed sired to contact the team on Tyne Green to discuss the many and obvious benefits of consigning cattle for sale through the Hexham ring.
Leading prices;
Cattle 23 – 30 Months
Limousin x steers – £1820 Broadgates, £1610, £1540 & £1500 Make-Me-Rich
Angus x steers – £1780 & £1690 Bankfoot, £1670 Stoop Rigg, £1460 Bankfoot (x2)
Belted Galloway – £1070 Cartington
Limousin x heifers – £1340, £1280, £1170 & £1150 Make-Me-Rich
Charolais x heifers – £1360 Make-Me-Rich
Angus x heifers – £1800, £1580, £1490 & £1410 Bankfoot
Hereford x heifers – £1160 North Shotton
Cattle 17 – 22 Months
Limousin x steers – £1790 China Hall, £1720 Make-Me-Rich, £1690, £1510 & £1500 Colwell Demesne, £1380 Garden House
Charolais x steers – £1260 & £1230 Thornley Hall
Angus steers – £1380, £1355, £1330 & £1290 Milescott
Angus x steers – £140, £1740 & £1730 Stoop Rigg, £1700 The Stobbs, £1610 West Hepple, £1600 West Hepple & Stoop Rigg, £1580 Wittonshields (x2) & Stoop Rigg
Luing x steers – £1380 (x2), £1300 & £1270 Hawksnest
South Devon x – £1740, £1520 & £1510 Wingates Wholme
British Shorthorn steers – £1300 Thornley Hall
Limousin x heifers – £1590 Taylor Burn, £1400Cawfields, £1390 Taylor Burn, £1360 Trench Hall, £1320 Cawfields
Charolais heifers – £1810 & £1720 Trench Hall
British Blue x heifers – £1200 China Hall
Angus heifers – £1060 & £1050 Pottsdurtrees
Angus x heifers – £1410 Partridge Nest, £1360 Wittonshields & West Hepple, £1300 Lynnshield, £1280 West Hepple & Kirkhouse, £1240 Wingates Wholme
Hereford x heifers – £1380, £1290 & £1245 High Wooley
British Shorthorn Heifers – £1250 & £1200 Thornley Hall
Cattle 11 – 16 Months
Limousin x steers – £1480 Tenter House, £1390 Broadgates, £1330 Tenter House, £1260 & £1250 Garden House
Angus steers – £1500 & £1420 Demesne, £1200 Milescott
Angus x steers – £1600 Lynnshield, £1530 & £1480 Watch Hill, £1460 Demesne & Lynnshield, £1450 Watch Hill, £1390 Hedley West & Lynnshield, £1380 Kirkhouse & Flotterton, £1370 Parkside, £1360 Hetherington, £1355 & £1350 (x2) Flotterton
Simmental x steers – £1340 & £1280 Hawksnest
Stabiliser – £1550 Hetherington
Stabiliser x – £1560 & £1400 Hetherington
Limousin x heifers – £1480 & £1400 Taylor Burn, £1300 Broadgates, £1220 Garden House, £1190 China Hall
Angus heifers – £970 Demesne, £900 Burntshieldhaugh
Angus x heifers – £1760 Lynnshield, £1500 The Stobbs, £1470 Lynnshield, £1440 Wittonshields, £1435 The Stobbs, £1390 Lynnshield, £1380 The Stobbs
Cattle 10 months and under
Angus x steers – £1140 Burntshieldhaugh, £1040 Moorlaws
Limousin x heifers – £900 Taylor Burn
Cast Ewes
Hexham & Northern Marts sold 1458 Cast Ewes & Rams to an easier trade than the heights of last week although best end still a nice trade.
Topping the sale at £218 was a Texel ewe from Kellett & Harrison, Errington.
Also over the £200 barrier was a Texel ewe at £205 from Messrs A R White, Low Staples.
Big Suffolk ewes sold to £142 from Nilston Rigg Farms.
Mule ewes harder to cash although a very big ewe topped at £111 from Mr T M Reed, Rennys Barn.
A lot more hill ewes starting to appear but biggest horned ewes still over £70.
Entries to Jack on 07739 440457
Texel – £218 Errington, £205 Low Staples, £198 West Cocklaw
Texel x – £188, £182 & £170 West Cocklaw, £150 Nilston Rigg, £149 White Hill, £148 Watch Hill, £144 Thrunton (x2), £140 Tulip Villa, Duddo Hill & Cornhills, £138 Tulip Villa & Rennys Barn, £137 Cornhills, £136 West Cocklaw & Cornhills, £135 Pineville, £134 West Cocklaw
Beltex x – £166 West Moorhouses
Suffolk x – £142 Nilston Rigg, £138 West Cocklaw, £136 Garden House, £135 West Cocklaw, £134 Garden House, £126 Nilston Rigg, £122 Holystone Estate
Bleu De Maine – £130 Low Staples
Cheviot – £95 Holystone Estate
Cheviot Mule – £126 Cornhills
Mule – £111 Rennys Barn, £99 White House, £97 Nilston Rigg, £93 Thrunton
Blackface – £86 Dunns Houses, £80 Davyshiel, £78 Carrick
Swaledale – £67 & £64 Hackford, £60 Pineville, £59 Hackford, £58 Rattenraw
Leicester – £110 Nookton, £108 Holystone Estate
Beulah – £73 & £71 Middle Moor
Cast Tups
Blackface – £128 West Deanraw
Cheviot – £125 Blindburn
Store Lambs
Hexham & Northern Marts sold a catalogued entry of 6141 Store Lambs to another great trade.
The sale included the prize show & sale of Hill Lambs which was very ably judged by Mr Ben Haigh, who after much deliberation awarded the championship to Messrs J A I & D J Scott, The Brigs with an excellent pen of Blackface lambs selling for £108 to a regular purchaser from North Yorkshire.
Prize List:
20 or more Mule Store Lambs
1st – A W Wigham, Todhillwood
2nd – R G & L A Grieve, Whiteside
3rd – J R D & J A Short, Ouston
20 or more Blackface Store Lambs
1st – J A I & D J Scott, The Brigg
2nd – R G & L A Grieve, Whiteside
3rd – J R F Pattison & Son, Hotbank
20 or more Swaledale Store Lambs
1st – D & M Flatman, Stobby Lea
2nd – Anderson Partners, Linshields
20 or more Cheviot Store Lambs
1st – O Harrison, Aimshaugh
2nd – J A I & D J Scott, The Brigg
3rd – O Harrison, Aimshaugh
Overall Champion – J A I & D J Scott, The Brigg
The show was sponsored by the Blackface Sheep Society.
The overall sale topped at £158 for a Beltex Lamb from Messrs Younger & Stamp, Watch Hill.
5 Dutch Texel lambs sold to £151 from Messrs J & A Moralee, Hard Riding.
Messrs W L & E Bell & Son, Low Houses sold a trio at £150 with another pen of 6 from Hard Riding at the same price.
Mules another great trade although a tad less on the week. Topping the section was a very nice pen of 22 at £105 from A & S Murray & Sons, West Deanraw.
Hill Lambs topped at £107 for 21 Cheviots from J G Singer & Partners, Linbrig Farm
A great week with 5 sales across the country ended with 16498 sheep going under the Hexham & Northern gavel.
Entries close 11am Monday for cataloguing.
Office 01434 605444
Jack 07739 440457
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Texel – £128 Lough Green
Texel x – £134 Low Struthers & Hopesley House, £129 Nunwick, £128 Yetlington Lane & Nunwick, £125 Hill House, £124 Errington Red House & Nunwick, £120 Throstle Nest, £118 Bavington Hill & Errington Red House (x2), £117 Bavington Hill Head & South Farm, £116.50 Edlingham Newtown, £116 Cheeseburn Estate & South Farm, £115 Rose Cottage, Bavington Hill Head, Yetlington Lane & Errington Red House
Dutch Texel – £151 & £150 Hard Riding, £148 Willimoteswick, £145 (x2), £141 (x2) & £136 (x2) Hard Riding, £128 & £122 Willimoteswick
Beltex x – £158, £149, £148 & £138 Watch Hill, £137 Nunwick, £133 Watch Hill, £128 Nunwick
Dutch Texel – £150, £138 & £125 Low Houses, £124 High Fell (x2)
Suffolk x – £112 Cheeseburn Estate, £111 Bankfoot
Cheviot – £85 Aimshaugh, £80 Aimshaugh & High Green
Cheviot x – £107 Linbrig, £97 Kingswood, £91.50 Linbrig, £88 The Brigg, £87.50 Kingswood
Mule – £105 West Deanraw, £94 East Plenmeller, £92 Whiteside, £88.50 Todhillwood, £88 Whiteside & West End, £87 Ouston & High Lovelady Shield, £85.50 Whiteside & East Plenmeller, £85 Penpeugh
Blackface – £108 The Brigg, £90 High Green, £85 Whiteside, £75.50 Hotbank, £75 Gleedlee, £69.50 Hotbank, £67.50 Whiteside, £65 Burdonside
Swaledale – £63 East Plenmeller
Leicester – £109 Penpeugh, £100 Lough Green
Balwen – £52 Bradley Close
