Store Cattle & Store Sheep
Store Cattle
Hexham & Northern Marts at their weekly sale of Store Cattle offered a catalogued entry of 545 which included over 200 Spring Born Suckled Calves for the second “Bellingham” sale and the last special sale of the like for the back-end sales. All classes of cattle very easily sold today and a rise of £155 on last year’s sale average.
A good entry of older, forward stores this week for the time of year and the recent buoyant trade seen here at Hexham continued from the very off, with the first beast in the ring, an Angus cross steer from Messrs P Featherstone & Son, Allendale Farm selling to £1880.00. Shortly afterwards another Angus cross steer reached the same price but this time from Messrs DA & P Burn & Sons, Aydonshields.
Topping the sale was an outstanding Black Limousin cross heifer that came out of a great run from Devonport Farms (Blakelaw), West Woodburn, that settled at £2250.00 and is away to make a cow. The same home sold shapey Limousin cross steer to £1900.00 also.
A terrific run of well fleshed steers from M W & C M Ridley, Shitlington Hall sold to a high of £2100.00 and £1950.00.
The younger cattle saw a flying trade right through and those that brought cattle forward were handsomely rewarded with a full ringside present looking for wintering cattle with many leaving short of numbers.
GA & DE Thompson, Howburn had a great day’s trading selling 12-15month old Limousin and Blue cross steers and heifers to £1770.00 for a steer and £1600.00 for heifers.
The second half of the sale was made up of suckled calves 10 month and younger and were prodominently hill bred calves. These met a flying trade with all meeting extreme rates for the quality forward.
Leading the trade and making the successful trip up from Lincolnshire was Messrs TA & LC Lyon, Lintre House who sold Limousin cross steers to £1500.00 and £1460.00.
Proving once again a late turn doesn’t affect trade, Messrs BA & AM Storrow & Sons, Willimoteswick sold Limousin cross heifers to £1330.00.
One of the highlights of this section was a marvelous run of 5–9-month-old calves from Mr B Watson, Baal hill, Wolsingham who topped at £1260.00 for a 6-month Limousin cross steer and went on to average £1145.29 for seventeen forward.
A small entry of 5-month-old Angus cross young bulls sold extremely well from Mr A G W Blakey, Woodhall selling to £740.00. More young bulls can easily be sold in this centre, and we are actively seeking bulls for customers.
Entries to
Chris Armstrong 07808 721957
Drew Patrick 07854 361967
Leading prices;
Cattle 23 – 30 Months
Limousin x steers – £1560, £1480 & £1470 Make-Me-Rich
Angus x steers – £1850, £1640 & £1600 Sunniside
Limousin x heifers – £1400 Rennys Barn
Angus x heifers – £1490, £1300 & £1280 Church Farm
Cattle 17 – 22 Months
Limousin x steers – £2100 & £1950 Shitlington Hall, £1900 Blakelaw, £1880, £1860 (x2) & £1830 Shitlington, £1820 Kirkley March & Shitlington Hall, £1770 Howburn, £1740 Rare Dean, £1720 Blakelaw, £1710 High Town, £1700 Lough Green
Charolais x steers – £1840, £1820, £1780 & £1760 Claywalls, £1720 Rare Dean
British Blue x steers – £1570 & £1420 Blakelaw
Angus steers – £1420 Springhill
Angus x steers – £1880 Allendale & Aydonshields, £1720 Rare Dean, £1700 Kirkley March, £1660 Aydonshields & Kirkley March, £1650 Rare Dean, £1500 Springhill
Luing x steers – £1400 Low Chesterhope
British Shorthorn steers – £1320 High Warden
Limousin x heifers – £2250 & £1880 Blakelaw, £1740 Comb Hills, £1620 Rare Dean, £1600 Blakelaw, £1590 Middle Heads
Charolais x heifers – £1440 & £1420 Tenter House, £1400 Rare Dean
British Blue x heifers – £1640 Blakelaw
Simmental x steers – £1460 Springhill
Angus heifers – £1490 Aydonshields
Angus x heifers – £1580 & £1540 Allendale Farm, £1380 Rare Dean, £1280 Church Farm
Luing heifers – £1380 Low Chesterhope
Cattle 11 – 16 Months
Limousin x steers – £1630 & £1560 Lough Green, £1550 Grange House
Charolais x steers – £1440, £1410 & £1400 Edlingham Newtown
Angus steers – £1250 West Edmondsley
Angus x steers – £1150 & £1060 Middle White Hill, £1050 Ricknall Mill, £1010 Duncombe Moor
British Blue steers – £1180 Glendue
Simmental x steers – £1080 West Edmondsley
Blonde x steers – £1390 Jolly Body
Hereford x steers – £1060 Normans Riding
Limousin x heifers – £1540 Howburn, £1480 Middle Heads, £1400 High Town
Charolais heifers – £1400 Raggetsyke
Charolais x heifers – £1230 Cooper House
British Blue heifers – £1600 Howburn
Angus heifers – £900 Cooper House
Angus x heifers – £1340 East Butsfield, £1080 Middle White Hill & Ricknall Mill
Hereford x heifers – £1040 Normans Riding
British Friesian heifers – £1030 Cooper House
Cattle 10 months and under
Limousin x steers – £1500 & £1460 Lintre House, £1380 Lintre House & Glower-Oer-Him, £1300 Pitland Hills, £1280 Glower-Oer-Him & Harlow Bower, £1260 Broomhope & Baal Hill, £1250 West Wharmley, £1240 Pitland Hills, £1230 Baal Hill, £1200 Harlow Bower & Baal Hill (x3)
British Blue x steers – £1210 & £1200 West Moorhouses
Simmental x steers – £780 Butterknowes
Angus x steers – £725 Woodhall
Blonde x steers – £1240 & £1170 Jollybody
Hereford x steers – £760 Three Farms
Limousin x heifers – £1330 Willimoteswick, £130 & £1290 Harlow Bower, £1260 (x2) & £1240 (x2) Willimoteswick, £1180 Pitland Hills
Simmental x heifers – £800 Butterknowes
Angus x heifers – £640 & £600 Snitter
Young Bulls
Limousin – £740, £700 (x2) & £620 Woodhall
Cast Ewes
Hexham & Northern Marts sold 2127 Cast Ewes & Rams to another nice trade for a good show forward.
Pure ewes sold to a flying trade, topping at £280 for 4 pure Texels from Messrs R Thornton & Sons, Cornhills.
Beltex ewes sold to £268 from C Turnball, Chesterhope.
14 pens sold over £200.
Suffolk x ewes sold £146 twice, firstly from Messrs J F Johnson & Son, Tuthill, and also for a pair from W L Robinson & Partners, Prospect House Farm.
A pen of 36 Suffolk x ewes sold to £143 from Messrs Low Middleton Livestock.
Low Middleton Livestock topped the Mules with 14 at £113.
Horned ewes harder to cash, topping at £86 from Mr N S Kristenson, Gairshield.
Please continue to enter your ewes.
Jack Walton 07739 440457
Leading prices;
Texel – £280 Cornhills, £260 Edlingham Newtown, £250 Low Middleton, £246 Great Tosson, £239 Edlingham Newtown, £236 Bygate, £232 Townshields, £229 East House, £225 Great Tosson, £203 Edlingham Newtown, £202 Lowes Fell, £200 Prospect House & Edlingham Newtown
Texel x – £198 Tuthill & Lowes Fell, £194 Greenchesters, £191 West Grange, £190 Little Bavington & Quickeningcote, £188 Edlingham Newtown, £170 Holling Hill, Rawfoot, Townshields & Cockhall, £168 Great Tosson, £160 Quarry House & Greenchesters, £159 Little Bavington, £155 Town Farm, £152 Low Middleton, £150 High House, Nunwick & Holling Hill
Beltex – £268 Pry Hill
Beltex x – £185 West Side
Suffolk – £132 Holmside Cottage
Suffolk x – £146 Tuthill & Prospect House, £143 Low Middleton, £139 Tuthill, £131 Tosson Tower, £124 Bygate, £122 Edlingham Newtown, £120 Quarry House, £118 Prospect Grange
Charollais – £127 Great Tosson
Blue de Maine – £114 Sillywrea (x2)
Cheviot – £117 Lowes Fell, £105 Barrasford Green, £104 Lowes Fell & Silywrea
Cheviot Mule – £116 Barrasford Green
Mule – £113 Low Middleton, £110 Tuthill, £100 Bygate & Whitechapel
Blackface – £86 Gairshield, £81 Lowes Fell, £80 Hotbank
Swaledale – £70 Wolsingham Park, £62 Rawfoot
Leicester – £147 Holling Hill, £146 Edlingham Newtown
Southdown – £70 Steel Hall
Cast Tups
Cast Tups sold to £180 from Messrs T L Forster & Son, Lowes Fell for a Suffolk.
Leading prices;
Texel – £162 Middle Dukesfield, £160 Bank Top, £150 West Wharmley
Suffolk – £180 Lowes Fell
Beltex – £125 East House
Blackface – £115 Broomhope
Store Lambs
Hexham & Northern Marts sold a catalogued entry of 7434 store lambs to another nice trade, averaging £92.89 for all breeds, shapes and sizes.
Topping the sale at £153 were Texel lambs from Messrs J A Beattie & Son, South Farm.
Suffolk lambs topped at £144 from A & R Walton, Bank Top Farm.
Beltex x lambs topped at £129 from Mrs J Irvine, Mill House.
Suffolk x lambs topped at £126 from D & N H Martell, Black Hedley for a pen of 10.
Bluefaced Leicester lambs sold to £121 from Mr H S Hutchinson & Son, White House.
Mule lambs slightly dearer on the week, topping at £119 for a pen of 45 from Mr I Potts, Redburn.
Blackface lambs sold to £95 from J R F Pattinson & Son, Hotbank.
Entries close at 11am Monday.
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Leading prices;
Texel x – £153 South Farm, £140 Bank Top, £128 East Fleetham, Wingates Moor, New Acres & Brieredge, £127 New Acres, £126 Burnhope Flatts & Bank Top, £125 Catreen, Rennington South & Edlingham Newtown, £124 Haggwood, £122 Harwood Shield, £120 Catreen (x2), Bavington Hill, South Farm, New Acres (x3) & Broomhills
Dutch Texel – £125 Agars Hill
Blue Texel – £103 Whiteside, £101 Whitton Glebe
Beltex x – £129 Mill House, £128 Mill House & Low West House, £127 Mill House, Low West House & Watch Hill, £125 Low West House
Suffolk x – £144 Bank Top, £126 Black Hedley, £121 Middle Horsleyhope, £118 Redesmouth, £117 Thockrington, £116 Edlingham Newtown, £114 Howick Estate, £112 Black Callerton, £110 Kirkley Hall, £109 Howick Estate, £107 Bankfoot, £106 Edlingham Newtown, £104 Great Bavington, £103 Thockrington, £102 Burradon
Charolais x – £94 & £90 Parkview
Cheviot – £102 Linbrig, £95 Blakehope, £90 Linbrig (x2)
Mule – £119 Redburn, £102 Errington Red House, £98 Moorhouse Gate, £97 Hotbank & Featherwood, £94 Tresco, £93 Whiteside, Kirkley Hall, Dyke Nook & Broomhope, £92 Parkside, £91 Salmonswell, £90 West End Town
Cheviot Mule – £93 Linbrig
Blackface – £95 & £94 Hotbank
Swaledale – £69 Westburnhope
Leicester – £121 White House
Hampshire – £110 AFA Farming
