MARTS
| Published date | 16 July 2022 |
11-16 Month Limousins-£1440, £1420 & £1250 Middle Heads 17-22 Month Limousins-£1380 Middle Heads Cast Ewes Hexham and Northern Marts sold another large number of cast ewes and rams as well as the last few hoggs. Topping the sale was a Texel ewe at £194 from Messrs K Smith & Son, East Greenridge.
Suffolk ewes sold to £180 from Mrs C Baker, Cragshield.
Mules sold to £148 for a pair from Messrs J G Clarkson & Partners, Elrington Hall.
Hoggs sold to £138 from Messrs A J & H Gordon & Son, Old Deanham.
Texel-£194 East Greenridge Texel x-£178 Greengates Farm, £166 Old Deanham & Low Staples, £160 East Greenridge, £158 Old Deanham, £150 Elrington Hall, £148 Greengates Farm Suffolk -£180 Craigshield Farm Suffolk x-£158 The Hope, £150 East Greenridge, £146 Craigshield Farm, £145 High Yarridge, £144 Old Deanham Beltex-£161 Needless Hall Beltex x -£134 Needless Hall
Bleu de Maine-£158 Craigshield Farm Mule -£148 Elrington Hall, £140 Grange House, £138 West End Farm, £135 Elrington Hall & East Farm Leciester-£170 High Yarridge Blackface -£100 High Yarridge Swaledale -£95 East Greenridge Roughfell-£90 Green Farm Greyface Dartmoor-£78 East Highridge Welsh-£53 & £52 Nafferton Farm Texel x Hogg-£138 & £129 Old Deanham, £128 East Greenridge, £122 West Crescent Suffolk x Hogg-£122 High Yarridge Berrichion Hogg-£120 Low Burradon Blue Texel x Hogg-£112 West Crescent Mule Hogg-£104 Rattenraw Cheviot Mule Hogg-£104 High Yarridge Blackface Hogg-£100 Rattenraw Swaledale Hogg-£90 East Greenridge Cast Tups Cast Tups sold to a top of £190 for a pair of Texels from Messrs R Kellett & Sons, Errington Farm.
Texel-£190 Errington Farm Berrichion-£172 Low Burradon Blackface-£141 Greenleas Store Lambs Hexham and Northern Marts sold at their opening sale of Store Lambs a catalogued entry of 1200. The stronger end of store lambs, sold very well however dull coated lambs harder to cash. Although trade was up £5.32 on the year for poorer sorts.
Annual consignments all commenting on increased averages on the year. Topping the
trade were lambs at £129 firstly for Suffolks from Mrs C Barker, Craigshield and then also for a pen of 21 Texel cross lambs from Mr J Ridley, Wittonshields.
Store lamb sales will now take place every Friday at the conclusion of the cast ewes.
Texel x-£129 Watersheds, £126 Wittonshields & East Flass, £123 Armonside, £120 Greengates Farm Suffolk-£129 Craigshield Farm Suffolk x -£115 East Flass, £104 Allergill FarmDutch Texel-£125 Haggate Farm & East Flass, £123 & £122 Haggate Farm, £120 East Flass, £119 Haggate Farm Zwartbles-£126 Craigshield Farm Cattle Prime Cattle A poorer entry of clean cattle met similar returns as last week with a nice light weight Limousin cross heifer from Messrs Thockrington Farms selling to 265.5ppk. Highest grossing beast came from Bainbridge Farms, Donkin Rigg with a Angus cross steer selling to £1640.88 Angus Steers-£1640.88 Bainbridge Farm 238.5p Bainbridge Farm Limousin Heifers -£1433.70 Thockrington Farm, £1403.12 Beacon Rigg
265.5p Thockrington Farm, 249.5p Beacon Rigg Cast Cows & OTM Another cracking entry of cast cattle with more fresh vendors taking advantage of the competitive ring at hexham - trade unlike other centres maintained the previous weeks high rates with better cows especially, easily cashed.
Three cows surpassed the £2000 mark this week. Leading the charge was a big pure Limousin from Messrs J E Henderson & Son, Burntongues which realized £2035.75. A Simmental cow from Mr R M Johnston, High Fotherley Farm sold to £2010.65.
The highest ppk cow came from Messrs J Lee & Son, Agars Hill with a Limousin cross selling to 247.5ppk.
Limousin - £2035.75 & £2004.45 Burntongues, £1707.63 Agars Hill, £1680.15 Round Meadows, £1613.67 Little Swinburn 247.5p Agars Hill, 243.5p Round Meadows, 241.5p & 239.5p Burntongues, 237.5p
Agars Hill Simmental -£2010.65 High Fotherley 245.5p High Fotherley Charolais-£1825.19 & £1690.15 Newlands Haugh 224.5p & 219.5p Newlands Haugh Charolais x-£1421.25 Prospect Grange 189.5p Prospect Grange Angus -£1511.26 Oaklea, £1497.53 China Hall 204.5p Oaklea, 195.5p China Hall Angus x-£1798.60 & £1713.75 High Fotherley 195.5p & 187.5p High Fotherley British Blue -£1449.67 & £1444.63 Agars Hill, £1411.53 Allenshields 227.5p Agars Hill, 215.5p Allenshields, 213.5p Agars Hill Blonde x-£1385.69 Newlands Haugh 185.5p Newlands Haugh Hereford x-£1653.93 Bainbridge Farm, £1453.38 & £1407.60 Newlands Haugh 195.5p Bainbridge farm & Newlands Haugh, 192.5p Newlands Haugh Holstein Friesian-£1128.15 Round Meadows 163.5p Round Meadows Cast Bull Just the one Stock Bull this week, from Messrs Thockrington Farms, a Limousin that sold very well at 167.5ppk.
Limousin-£1753.73 Thockrington Farm 167.5p Thockrington Farm Prime Sheep Prime Lambs Hexham and Northern Marts sold 789 Prime Lambs to a reduced trade as expected but still nicely up on the year. Topping the sale at £150 were lambs from Messrs G S Dodds & Son, Delight Farm.
Lambs from Messrs R S Conley & Son, Barrasford Green and Mr M Burn, Grange House
Farm sold to 314.3ppk...
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