Weekly Store Sale including the Annual Prize Show & Sale of Native Breeds
Store Cattle
Hexham & Northern Marts held their final special Prize Show and Sale of the traditional October cattle sales season with a catalogued sale of 742 head for the Native Show and Sale, sponsored by Rawburn Aberdeen Angus, RM Corbett Ltd & The Luing Cattle Society.
This years pre sale show was judged by Alec and Sandy Ainslie, Linkshead, Cockburnspath. Once again a fantastic turn out of cattle for the native show this year with all breeds being well represented.
After much deliberation, the father and son team decided to award the Overall Championship Rosette and The Martin Wallace Memorial Cup to a gigantic Angus cross steer from Gilsland based cattleman, Mr Michael Baxter, Kiln Hill. This steer went on to also top the days sale selling to £1980.00.
Taking the Reserve was a powerful Hereford cross steer from Messrs Jordon, Tughall Grange, Alnwick which later went on to realise £1880.00.
After the individual beasts were judged, the pens of four were inspected, winning the best pen of four Angus’ was a powerful pen of steers from Messrs Carr, Highwood. Taking the best pen of four any other natives was a hefty pen of Hereford cross steers from Messrs Jordon.
The Luing classes were dominated by well fleshed steers from D, J & W Sedgewick, Errington Red House who took both the individual and pens of four honours.
Prize List:
Best Angus Steer
1st – Messrs J Baxter, Kiln Hill
2nd – Mr J R Thompson & Sons, The Fawns
Best Angus Heifer
1st – Tughall Grange Farms Ltd, Tughall Grange
2nd – Messrs R C Bramwell & Sons, High Barns
Best Pen of 4 Angus Steers or Heifers
1st – Messrs D Carr & Son, Highwood
2nd – J Armstrong, Grasslees
3rd – J Armstrong, Grasslees
Champion Angus Beast – Messrs J Baxter, Kiln Hill
Hereford, Shorthorn & Other Native Breed Classes
Best Hereford Steer or Heifer
1st – Tughall Grange Farms Ltd, Tughall Grange
2nd – Messrs D Carr & Son, Highwood
3rd – Messrs D Carr & Son, Highwood
Best Shorthorn Steer or Heifer
1st – Messrs D Carr & Son, Highwood
2nd – Mr C W Forster, Parkside
Best Pen of 4 Steers or Heifers
1st – Tughall Grange Farms Ltd, Tughall Grange
Luing Classes, Kindly Sponsored by Luing Cattle Society
Best Luing Steer or Heifer
1st – D J & W Sedgewick, Errington Red House
2nd – D J & W Sedgewick, Errington Red House
3rd – D J & W Sedgewick, Errington Red House
Best Pen of 4 Steers or Heifers
1st – D J & W Sedgewick, Errington Red House
Overall Champion Beast – Messrs J Baxter, Kiln Hill
Reserve Champion Beast – Tughall Grange Farms Ltd, Tughall Grange
The sale started off with a small offering of forward continental cattle which met a trade that carried on in the same vein as previous weeks, with all cashing easily. George Herdman, Lunns House sold Limousin cross steers to £1710.00. Soon after Messrs R Sinton & Son, White House sold a stylish Charolais cross heifer for £1740.00.
A great crowd of buyer’s assembled for a fabulous offering of native bred cattle from across the north of England and Scottish Borders. Producers were rewarded with an outstanding trade which saw a rise of £179.00 on last years sale.
One of the highlights of the sale was a terrific run of sixty-four Hereford, Angus and Simmental cross cattle from Michael and Susanne Jordon, Tughall Grange Farm, Chathill. The run topped at £1880.00 for a Hereford cross steer and others to £1850.00 and £1840.00. Angus cross steers sold to £1700.00 whilst Simmental crosses peaked at £1840.00. Angus cross heifers sold to a high of £1610.00 with Hereford cross heifers realising £1540.00 leaving a healthy average of £1520.00 and Messrs Jordon very content with their days trading on Tyne Green.
Leading Beef Shorthorn price on the day came from the well-presented run from Messrs Carr & Son, Highwood who sold a thick bullock to £1510.00.
Messrs Armstrong & Hunter, Carrick brought forward a strong packet of Luing and Sim Luing steers which peaked at £1620.00 for a pair. D, J & W Sedgewick, Errington Red House sold a pen of three steers to £1560.00.
Longhorn steers from M/s H J & R J Armstrong, Old Bridge End sold well and to £1280.00 and heifers from the same home sold to £1140.00 twice.
A very small offering of suckled calves this week sold to £1480.00 for a ten-month-old Limousin cross steer from Mr Ian Scott, Catcherside. Angus cross steers of the same age sold to £1270.00 from R R E & J R Reay, St Oswalds Farm.
With all classes of cattle selling to a real premium here at Hexham, please don’t hesitate to call auctioneers with enquires.
Chris Armstrong 07808721957
Drew Patrick 07854361967
Office 01434 605444
Leading prices;
Cattle 30 Months +
Angus x steers – £1400 & £1350 Grasslees
Cattle 23 – 30 Months
Limousin x steers – £1620 & £1450 Sunrise House
Angus x heifers – £1760 & £1680 Sunniside, £1500 Sunniside & New Houses
Limousin x heifers – £1360 Sunrise House
British Blue x heifers – £1390 St Oswalds
Hereford heifers – £1230 Chattlehope
Longhorn x heifers – £1140 Old Bridge End
Cattle 17 – 22 Months
Limousin x steers – £1820 Highwood, £1710, £1690 & £1650 Lunns House, £1620 Errington Red House, £1600 Lunns House
Charolais x steers – £1600 & £1540 White House, £1480 Highwood, £1420 White House
Simmental steers – £1500 Carrick
Simmental x steers – £1840, £1820 (x2) & £1780 (x2) Tughall Grange
British Blue x steers – £1180 Piatroon
Angus steers – £1980 & £1760 Kiln Hill, £1470 Burn House, £1330 Village Farm
Angus x steers – £1820 Kiln Hill, £1800 Redesmouth & Kiln Hill, £1760 East Haydon, £1740 The Fawns, £1720 Redesmouth, £1700 & £1660 Tughall Grange, £1650 Middle White Hill, £1630 Kiln Hill
Hereford x steers – £1880, £1850, £1780, £1740, £1710, £1670 (x2) & £1620 Tughall Grange, £1570 Highwood
British Shorthorn steers – £1250 Sillywrea, £1150 Sleightholme & Sillywrea, £1130 Sillywrea, £1120 Sleightholme & Sillywrea
Luing steers – £1620 Carrick, £1560, £1360 & £1340 Errington Red House, £1300 Carrick
Longhorn x steers – £1280 Old Bridge End
Saler x steers – £1200 The Tofts
Galloway x steers – £1040 St Oswalds
Limousin x heifers – £1280, £12330 & £1190 Town Farm, £1130 Low Staples
Charolais x heifers – £1740, £1590 & £1480 White House
Simmental x heifers – £1350, £1310 & £1300 Tughall Grange
Angus heifers – £1460 Berwick Hill, £1240 & £1200 Byreside
Angus x heifers – £1610 Tughall Grange, £1600 Berwick Hill, £1560 Blueburn, £1450 Watch Hill & Tughall Grange, £1430 Codlaw Hill, £1420 High Barns (x2), £1400 Blueburn, £1380 Redesmouth (x2), £1370 Blueburn, £1350 Tughall Grange
Hereford x heifers – £1540, £1440 & £1310 Tughall Grange
British Shorthorn heifers – £1170 Sleightholme
Longhorn heifers – £1140 Old Bridge End
Longhorn x heifers – £1140 Old Bridge End
Luing heifers – £1000 St Oswalds
Cattle 11 – 16 Months
Limousin x steers – £1410 Tenter House, £1380 Highwood, £1340 Piatroon & The Fawns, £1300 East Wharmley, £1290 St Oswalds, £1280 East Wharmley, £1260 & £1230 Gleedlee & East Wharmley
Charolais x steers – £1540, £1450 & £1370 White House, £1360 East Wharmley
Angus steers – £1260 Kiln Hill, £1160 Old Town
Angus x steers – £1530 Buteland, £1450 The Fawns, £1340 Buteland, £1330 Middle White Hill, £1310 The Fawns, £1300 Redesmouth, Village Farm & St Oswalds
Stabiliser x steers – £960 East Whygate
Simmental x steers – £1650 Carrick
British Shorthorn steers – £1510 Highwood, £1300 Parkside
Luing steers – £1220 Carrick
Blue Grey steers – £1180 St Oswalds
Hereford steers – £1020 Chattlehope
Hereford x steers – £1100 Low Carriteth, £1020 Three Farms
Longhorn steers – £820 Old Bridge End
Limousin x heifers – £1440, £1370 & £1300 East White Hill
Charolais x heifers – £1680 & £1590 White House
British Blue heifers – £1270 Shaftoe Moor
Angus x heifers – £1280 Berwick Hill, £1240 St Oswalds & Watch Hill, £1210 Codlaw Hill, £1130 Redesmouth
Hereford x heifers – £1220 St Oswalds, £830 Low Carriteth
Saler x heifers – £1000 Junction House
South Devon heifers – £1000 The Deans
Luing heifers – £950 Coatlith Hill
Cattle 10 months and under
Limousin x steers – £1480 Catcherside, £1300 East Wharmley
Angus x steers – £1270 St Oswalds
Cast Ewes
Hexham & Northern Marts sold 1884 Cast Ewes & Rams to a better-than-expected trade although a lot of ewes looking very worse-for-wear.
Topping the sale at £222 was a texel from W Wearmouth & Son, Rosehill.
Beltex x ewes sold to a top of £168 for 4 from Mrs J Irvine, Mill House Farm, who also topped the Suffolk section at £155.
Mule ewes were a touch dearer on the week with very fat mules topping at £113 from Messrs D W & J M Barber, Ravenside.
A big entry of horned ewes sold to a nice trade with all classes similar on the week.
Please remember to enter your ewes.
Office 01434 605444
Jack Walton 07739 440457
Texel – £222 Rosehill, £200 Greenchesters
Texel x – £190 Ridley Stokoe, £180 Ridley Stokoe & Intake, £172 The Old School & Rosehill, £168 The Old School, £162 Hillcrest, £156 Whiteside, £148 Intake & Peel Flatt
Beltex x – £168 Mill House, £165 Woodland House, £160 Whiteside
Suffolk – £155 Mill House
Suffolk x – £140 Bankfoot, £132 & £126 The Old School, £122 Bankfoot
Cheviot – £86 South Farm, £78 Greenchesters, £77 & £76 South Farm
Cheviot Mule – £94 West Bolton, £91 Crowhall
Mule – £113 Ravenside, £111 Miln House, £106 Normans Riding, £104 Rowley Farm, £101 High House, £100 East Butsfield
Blackface – £70 Dunns Houses, £68 Dunns Houses & Whiteside, £66 Pundershaw, £64 Blueburn
Swaledale – £57 Wolsingham Park, £52 Ouston, £52 Stotsfold, £50 Red House
Leicester – £118 Blueburn
Zwartble – £114 Three Farms
Romney – £63 Humbleton
Shetland – £29 Winders Wood
Cast Tups
Cast Tups sold to a top of £203 for a Texel Tup from Messrs G H Walton & Sons, Greyside.
Texel – £203 Greyside
Cheviot – £158 Greyside
Blackface – £100 Harsondale
Swaledale – £108 Ambling Gate
Leicester – £185 Harsondale
Zwartble – £118 Woodlands Hall
Store Lambs
A catalogued entry of 7354 Store Lambs sold to another good trade for a weathered show of lambs and 1/5 of the sale being made up of Mule lambs.
Topping the sale at £179 was a pair of Beltex x lambs from Messrs P Guiry & Son, Town Farm, Glanton.
A trio of Beltex x lambs sold to £144 from Messrs J Carr & Co, Camphill.
Not far behind was 6 Beltex x lambs at £143 from Mrs J Irvine, Mill House.
Howick Estates once again brought a super run of 210 Texel x & Suffolk x lambs topping at £125 for 26 Texel x lambs and 30 Suffolk x lambs at £122.
Mule lambs topped at £118 for a trio from Messrs J R Robinson & Son, Warksfield Head.
Please remember to enter your lambs by 11am Monday.
Office 01434 605444
Jack Walton 07739 440457
Harrison Collingwood 07895 761102
Leading prices;
Texel x – £129 Butterknowes, £125 Ridley Stokoe, £125 Howick Estate & Demesne, £123 Moss Barns, £122 South Farm & Short Thorns, £121 Miln House & Short Thorns, £120 Intake, £119 Town Farm, Butterknowes, Short Thorns & Demesne, £118 Bagraw, Ridley Stokoe & Warksfield Head, £117 East Fleetham & Butterknowes, £116 South Farm, West Bolton, Loadman & Cheeseburn Estate, £115 South Farm, West Bolton, Howick Estate & Thockrington
Beltex x – £179 Town Farm, £144 Camphill, £143 Mill House, £140 & £139 Low West House, £138 & £131 Town Farm
Dutch Texel – £132 & £124 (x2) Burntongues
Suffolk x – £122 Howick Estate, £120 Airey Cottage, £119 Howick Estate, £118 Edlingham Newtown, £117 Black Hedley, £116 Howick Estate & Edlingham Newtown, £115 Thockrington & Newbiggin, £113 Needless Hall, £112 Warksfield Head
Charolais x – £97 Field Head
Cheviot – £97 Bankfoot
Mule – £118 Warksfield Head, £117 Ambling Gate, £114 Rosehill, £111 Hackford Steel, £109 Mickley Moor, £107 & £104 Meadowfield, £100 Stewartshield Meadows, £99 Farneyshield & Warksfield Head, £96 Todhillwood, Warksfield Head & Rosehill, £95 Beacon Rigg (x2), Ambling Gate & Meadowfield, £94 Woodhall & Quickeningcote (x2)
Blackface – £76 Blindburn
Leicester – £105 Middle Dukesfield