Store Cattle & Store Sheep
Store Cattle
Hexham & Northern Marts offered for sale a catalogued entry of 316 head of store cattle at their weekly sale, almost double that seen twelve months earlier.
Trade continues at a pace at Hexham and with national store cattle numbers shrinking at an alarming rate demand seems to increase week on week with no fewer than 42 buyers gathered round the ringside keen to source quality cattle such as those seen at this centre from noted herdmasters from across the region.
The sale peaked at £1700 twice; firstly for a big red Limmy cross bullock at 18 months of age from Alan Ogle – Slaley based producer and well-known ‘ring drover’ at the auction mart who often figures in the top prices when consigning his well-bred, home-bred cattle for sale. The second at this level was a tremendous pure bred Limousin young bull from noted pedigree breeders Messrs Henderson, Burntongues, Allendale which displayed all the traits for which both their pedigree and commercial cattle are renowned and sought after at this centre.
Pure bred Limousin cattle were in great demand on the day and a super run of shapely heifers were brought forward by the Carruthers Family from Silloans high on the Army Ranges at Otterburn. The smart packet were suited to either breeding or feeding and a number were purchased to follow both routes; the first three lots all travelling to £1640 and were all purchased by the same discerning Weardale based suckler cow herd owner. John, Shirley & John Jnr enjoyed a level trade throughout and averaged a noteworthy £1503 for eight well-bred, well- presented cattle sold on the day.
A good proportion of the catalogue were native breeds and Angus once again were to the fore. Messrs Ord, Newton Greens brought 31 outstanding bullocks to Hexham down the A1 from Alnwick and sold to great advantage topping at £1680 and averaging a mighty £1425 for 17 Angus and 14 Simmental steers all in great condition and displaying great potential.
With all classes seeing great returns the youngest age class certainly looked dearer on the week and peaked at £1280 for a smart, well-grown Blonde cross steer at 10 months from Claire Everitt, Jolly Body, Weardale. David Teasdale, Grindon Hill sold a Limmy at the same at for £1200 and the aforementioned Messrs Henderson sold another at £1170. Andrew Jackson, Midgeholme brought a nice packet of Limmy steers at 6-7 months and these traded well to average £887 for eight sold on the day.
The company will hold their final sale of store cattle for the year next week on Friday 16th December and producers are urged to enter cattle by 11am on Monday 12th with the Mart Offices to take advantage of these rates. There will be a three week break over the festive period with the next opportunity to consign store cattle being the first sale of 2023 on Friday 6th January.
Leading prices;
Cattle 30 Months +
Charolais x heifers – £1340 Kirkley March
Cattle 23 – 30 Months
Limousin x steers – £1530 Dovecote, £1460 Greencarts, £1390 Kirkley March, £1350 Dovecote
Angus x steers – £1560 & £1400 Church Farm
Limousin x heifers – £1600 Low Middleton, £1470 Glebe Farm, £1420 Grindon Hill
Cattle 17 – 22 Months
Limousin x steers – £1700 Comb Hills & Burntongues, £1690 Halton Red House
Angus steers-£1500 Whitehouse Farm Centre, £1350 Chesterwood
Angus x steers – £1680, £1640 & £1570 Newton Greens, £1560 Allendale Farm, £1500 Kirkley March & Newton Greens, £1480 Newton Greens, £1450 Church Farm & Newton Greens, £1440 & £1420 (x2) Newton Greens, £1400 Allendale Farm, £1380 (x2) Newton Greens, £1360 Chesterwood & Newton Greens
Hereford x steers – £1230 East Fourstones
Simmental x steers – £1560, £1470, £1440, £1410, £1370 (x2) & £1350 Newton Greens
Limousin x heifers – £1640 (x3) Silloans, £1580 Shitlington, £1570 Armond Carr, Silloans & Midgeholme, £1500 Low Middleton, £1480 Silloans, £1460 Low Middleton & Midgeholme, £1440 Cheviot, £1400 & £1380 Silloans, £1320 Armond Carr, £1310 Silloans & North Cocklake, £1300 Midgeholme
Charolais x heifers – £1280 & £1190 East Fourstones
Angus x heifers – £1420 & £1350 Allendale Farm
Cattle 11 – 16 Months
Limousin x steers – £1460 Stotsfold, £1320 Low Middleton & Stotsfold, £1310 Stotsfold, £1300 Cornhills & Stotsfold, £1280 (x2) Stotsfold, £1260 Burntongues, £1210 Low Middleton & Burntongues
Charolais x steers – £1070 Harewalls
Angus x steers – £1200 Brackenthwaite, £1140 Brass Castle
Simmental steers – £1140 Hartley West
Limousin x heifers – £1290 Low Middleton, £1200 Stotsfold, £1190 Grindon Hill, £1160 Stotsfold, £1140 Low Middleton, £1100 Stotsfold
Cattle 10 months and under
Limousin x steers – £1200 Gridon Hill, £1170 Burntongues
Blonde x steers – £1280 & £1000 (x2) Jolly Body
Cast Ewes
Hexham and Northern Marts sold 900 cast ewes and rams to an easier trade as seen nationwide this week
Topping the ewes was a Dutch Texel x at £198 from Messrs B A & A M Storrow & Sons, Willimoteswick
A pen of 4 Texel x ewes sold to £190 from Messrs E Milburn & Son, Holling Hill
Also at £190 was a Texel from Messrs D & J Baty, Catreen
Mules sold to £120 from Messrs J Reed & Son, High Eshells and from Messrs R & P M Walker, Houselope Grange
Half bred ewes sold to £125 for 6 from Messrs S Shell & Sons, Brandon
Ewe entries to Jack on 07739440457
Texel x – £190 Holling Hill & Catreen, £188 High Eshells, £185 Rosebrough, £150 & £144 High Eshells, £138 Paradise, £130 Nunwick
Dutch Texel-£198 Willimoteswick
Beltex x- £158 Rosebrough, £150 Steeley Farm
Suffolk x – £120 Lambshield Farm & Tosson Tower
Cheviot – £125 Brandon
Mule – £120 High Eshells & Houselope Grange, £118 Holling Hill, £110 Whitehouse Farm Centre
Blackface – £78 Laings Hill, £73 Holling Hill
Swaledale – £51 Bulls Hill, £49 Stewartshield Meadows
Charity gimmer – My Name’5 Doddie Foundation
A special part of the sale was the charity Inlamb Pure Texel Gimmer, kindly donated by Mr Haig Murray, Moss Side
All proceeds were donated to My Name’5 Doddie Foundation, in memory of Syd Hockenhull and Doddie Weir, who both sadly passed away from MND after their brave battle with the disease
After spirited bidding, the hammer fell at £1700 to Mr William Dodd and Mr Will Hockenhull
Also, a donation of £500 was given by Mr Malcolm Corbett and £100 from Mr Simon Jenner. £50 was also given by J P & W R Strike along with £30 in other cash donations
John Guiry, Glanton Town Farm also kindly donated the proceeds of a lamb he sold today to the charity; a Texel x at £114
Including last week’s donations, a total of £2774 will be sent to the charity
Cast Tups
Cast Tups sold to £202 for a Leicester from Messrs Graham, Stonehall
Texel Tups sold to £178 from Messrs R H & D Thirwell, New Kennels
Texel – £178 New Kennels, £172 Steeley Farm, £170 Hepple Whitefield
Dutch Texel- £148 Agars Hill, £138 Willimoteswick
Leicester – £202 Stonehall
Blackface – £100 Thornton Tower & Hepple Whitefield
Store Lambs
Hexham & Northern Marts sold a catalogued entry of 3924 Store Lambs to a reduced trade as the fat trade declined nationwide this week
Topping the trade was a pen of 40 Suffolk x lambs at £125 from Messrs S Shell & Sons, Brandon, with another pen of 42 at £120
A trio of Charolais lambs sold to £120 from Mr David Wilkinson, High Salmonswell
A pen of 10 Texel x lambs sold to £118 from Messrs P Guiry & Son, Glarton Town Farm
Mules sold to £100 from a pen of 20 from Mr M Wallace, Farneysheild
Texel x – £118, £114 & £109 Town Farm, £107.50 Flotterton £106.50 High Barns & Yetlington Lane (x2), £106 Hepple Whitefield, £104 Quickeningcote & Eslington Hill, £102 Nunwick, £100 Black Hedley, Town Farm (x2) & Tosson Tower
Suffolk x – £125 & £120 Brandon, £114.50 & £110 Flotterton, £104 Black Hedley, £100 Black Hedley & Flotterton
Charollais x-£120 High Salmonswell
Beltex – £106 Quickeningcote
Beltex x-£106 Low West House, £105 Low Espley, £104 Low West House & West Moorhouses (x2), £102 Middle Horsleyhope, £100 Loanend & Middle Horsleyhope (x2)
Cheviot x – £88 Flotterton, £87 West Mill Hills, £86 Quickeningcote
Leicester-£95 & £93 Quickeningcote
Mule – £100 & £98 Farneyshield, £96 Bulls Hill, £94 Harwood Shield, £93.50 Mickely Moor Farm, £92 Stewartshield
Blackface – £72 Quickeningcote, £68.50 Hedgeley Hall
