MARTS
| Published date | 06 February 2021 |
| Publication title | Journal, The |
The better well fleshed cows once again selling tremendously well with two Limousin cows breaking the 200ppkg barrier from Mr JW Smith-Jackson High Town selling to 207.5p and 203.5p. Plenty of very lean sorts exceeding the 125ppkg mark once again Angus - £958.42 & 138.5p Little Swinburne Angus Bull - £1095.45 & 100.5p Buteland Angus x - £1272.82 & £1195.75 Flotterton, £1186.65 West Shields, £1175.07 Flotterton, £1085.00 Newbiggin 189.5p & 149.5p Flotterton, 146.5p & 143.5p West Shields, 143.5p & 138.5p Flotterton British Blue x - £1143.58 & 153.5p East Uppertown Charolais - £1157.47 & 141.5p Newbiggin Limousin x -£1386.10 & £1233.21 High Town, £1106.25 Stotsfold, £1097.42 Kirkley Dam, £1071.92 Thornton Towers, £1058.02 High Town, £1056.02 Halton Red House 207.5p, 203.5p & 150.5p High Town, 149.5p Thornton Towers, 148.5p Kirkley Dam, 147.5p Stotsfold, 145.5p Thornton Towers, 141.5p East Uppertown & Chirdon Hereford x - £1089.10 & £975.13 Little Swinburne, £903.84 Middle White Hill 134.5p Middle White Hill, 134.5p & 129.5p Little Swinburne Simmental x - £1073.80 & 147.5p Stotsfold Prime Sheep Prime Lambs
A reduced entry this week due to snowy weather. All classes a real trade and the average up 20p on the week and an overall average per head of £118.68.
Top price was £140 from Dave Brodie, Chesters, who's pen of 42 Texel x hoggs averaged £128.21. Texel x also topped the ppkg with High Baulk selling to 315.0p.
Texel x - £140 Chesters, £132 Corneyside & Chesters (x2), £130 Corneyside, Ingoe Low Hall (x2), Chesters (x2) & Great Chesters, £129 Baal Hill (x2) & Chesters, £127 New Dotland, Corneyside, Ingoe Low Hall (x2), Chesters (x2) & Aydonshields, £127.50 New Dotland, £127 Ingoe Low Hall, £126.50 Rare Dean, £126 High baulk, Lough Green & Chesters, £125.50 Baal Hill & Matfen High House, £125 Matfen High House, Errington, Corneyside (x2), Ingoe Low Hall & Low Staples, £124 Ingoe Low Hall & West Shields, £123.50 New Dotland, Matfen High House & Ingoe Low Hall, £123 High Alderheads & Palm Strothers, £122.50 Ingoe Low Hall, £121 Errington, £120.50 Great Bavington, £120 High Alderheads, Palm Strothers & Great Chesters, £119 Lough Green, Lunns house (x2) & West Shields 315.0p High Baulk, 313.5p
Blackburn, 312.5p Errington, 309.5p & 309.4p Corneyside, 307.5p High Alderheads, 303.6p New Dotland, 302.5p Errington, 302.4p West Shields, 302.3p Great Chesters, 300.0 Lough Green, 297.7p Ingoe Low Hall & Chesters, 297.6p Corneyside, 295.5p Ingoe Low Hall, 290.0p & 289.0p East Newham, 287.5p Palm Strothers, 287.2p Ingoe Low Hall, 286.7p Baal Hill, 284.4p Aydonshields, 284.2p East Newham, 282.1p Corneyside, 281.7p Bingfield Combe, 281.3p Blackburn, 279.6p 279.5p & 279.1p Palm Strothers, 279.1p Great Chesters, 278.6p High Alderheads & Bingfield Combe, 277.5p Errington, 276.3p Tenter House, 276.2p Bingfield Farm, 275.0p High Baulk, 273.8p Bingfield Farm, 273.3p Baal Hill & Bingfield Combe, 273.2p Blackburn (x2), 272.5p High Alderheads, 270.9p Great Chesters, Suffolk x - £138 Steel Hall,
£130 Baal Hill, £129 Rare Dean (x2) & Lunns House, £128 Steel Hall, £126 New Dotland, £122 & £121 Great Bavington, £120 Luns House, £119.50 Baal Hill, £119 Steel Hall 275.9p Steel Hall, 273.8p Bingfield Farm, 270.7p Steel Hall, 268.8p Lunns House, 268.2p New Dotland, 265.6 Baal Hill, 264.4p Steel Hall, 262.5p New Dotland & East Newham, 261.5p Steel Hall Charollais x - £126.50 & £117 Steel Hall 265.9p Steel Hall Mule - £123 New Dotland, £119.50 & £115 Great Chesters, £110 Blackburn, West Shields & Evistones 265.9p Baal Hill, 261.4p Great Chesters, 254.8p New Dotland, 254.3p Great Chesters, 252.4p Tenter House, 250.0p Blackburn Cheviot Mule - £115 & 267.4p Bingfield Combe Blackface -£120 & £119 Great Chesters, £110 Evistones, £109.50 New Dotland, £109 Tenter House 260.9p Great Chesters, 254.7p New Dotland, 242.9p Great Chesters Swaledale- £100 Evistones 228.2p Baal Hill ACKLINGTON February 2 and 4 North East Livestock Sales held its fortnightly store cattle sale. Fast becoming a popular place to do business for both buyers and sellers.
Forward were 61 Steers and 44 heifers totalling 105 store cattle and 45 store hoggs. Many cattle had travelled over 60 miles to be shown and sold in Acklington and by doing so these vendors were greatly rewarded in values achieved.
With 27 buyers present acting on 40 plus accounts. There were all types of cattle presented from the very best to some native breeds and men for every type.
Leading prices: Lim/Brit Blues/Angus Here 11mth plus - £1610 £1460 £1090 £1010 Ponds Farm, £1180 £1140x2 £1120 £1095 £1050 £920 Widdrington Fm, £1330 £128 £1220 Mills House, £1150 £1050 £920 Allerby Hall, £1150 £1110 £1090 Well House, £1110 £1020 Miller way, £1160 £1095 £900 Routin Lynn Fm, £1050 £1040 £920 Park Head
Fm, £830 Fallahill Fm, £970 £900 Hazon House, £960 £950 Pond House, £940 £915 South Farm, Lim/Brit Blue/Angus below 11mths - £1380 £1280 £1210 £1180 £1170 £1140 £1120 £1020 Widdrington Fm, £995 £970 £940 Fallahill Fm
Forward at the weekly prime stock sale were this week a show of 80 prime cattle with 29 Cast cows.
All cattle again met a trade and demand to rival any live centre or deadweight service. Several local new vendors were seen back to Acklington after several years trading elsewhere.
Forward were 961 prime hoggs and 232 cast ewes. What a trade the hoggs were.
Absolutely fantastic values were achieved once again. Top grossing hoggs were £155 and top price per kilo were 390pkg.
Prime Clean Prime Heifers Top price per kilo heifer was 242p for a home bred lim heifer that realised £1457 and was sold forward from the Annett Family of Widdrington Fm. The heifer was battled for by several soul's keen on her, coming out victorious was Mr M Etherington of West Yorkshire.
Top grossing heifer was again sold by the Annett family, this time this lim heifer realised £1560 and was again purchased by Mr M Etherington of West Yorkshire.
Top price per kilo 242p 240p 222p 218p 216p Widdrington Fm, 234p 215p 213p Startup Fm, 230x2 South Bellshill Fm, 227p East Coldside, 220p 215p Make Me Rich, 214p Herds House.
Lead grossing heifers £1560 £1456 Widdrington Fm, 1446 £1380 £1307 Startup Fm, £1422 West Throphill Fm, £1372 The Heugh, 1356 Warton, £1337 Make me Rich, £1333 Newton Greens, £1312 East Coldside Prime Steers Top price per kilo was 219p achieved twice for two a home bred Lim's that achieved £1458 and £1366 respectively. The steers were sold forward from the Blagdon Burn Fm team. Thomas, Ed and Father Andrew. Purchaser of the £1458 steer was Hartshead meats at Millstone Farm and the £1366
Steer was Mr M Etherington of West Yorkshire.
Top grossing steer realised £1558 for well fleshed and finished Lim consigned from Messers W Curry & Son of Howick Scar. The steer was purchased by Hartshead Meats of Millstone Fm.
Prime Bulls to 211p and £1502 consigned by Michael Jordan of Herds House. It was purchased by Mr M Etherington of West...
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