Published at 13:11, Thursday, 08 January 2009

ON TUESDAY at their weekly sale Hexham and Northern Marts had forward 96 cattle, which included 52 over thirty month animals. All classes of prime cattle considerably dearer, prime cattle averaged 164.2p/kilo with more buyers present.

Heifers per kilo: Limousin to 186.5p Barker House, 183.5p Nunwick, 173.5p and 169.5p Jubilee Buildings and 169.5p Halton Red House. Blonde to 177.5p, 175.5p and 170.5p Low Leam. Charolais to 173.5p and 168.5p Flotterton. Steers per kilo: Blonde to 179.5p and 168.5p(3) Low Leam. Limousin to 171.5p Nunwick. Steers per head: Angus to £1,377.60, £1,245.81 and £1,177.82 Flotterton. Blonde to £1,336.21 and £1,182.91 Low Leam. Limousin to £1,222.98 Flotterton. Charolais to £1,204.13 and £1,180.25 Nunwick. Heifers per head: Blonde to £1,103.14, £1,076.72 and £1,054.76 Low Leam. Charolais to £1,042.93, £1,021.11 and £1,014.98 Flotterton. Limousin to £1,062.77 Halton Red House and £1,061.82 Jubilee Buildings.

Lot more demand for over 30 month animals cattle to return an average of 113.5p/kilo, considerably dearer than pre Christmas. Prices per kilo: Blonde to 153.5p and 134.5p Jubilee Buildings. Limousin to 147.5p Glebe Farm, 145.5p Halton Red House, 129.5p East Butsfield, 128.5p Colt Crag, 128.5p and 127.5p Barker Housea nd 123.5p(2) Flotterton. Holstien Friesian to 146.5p Nafferton. Belgian Blue to 139.5p and 127.5p Eland Hall and 128.5p Watch Currock. Blonde to 124.5p Colt Crag. Angus to 123.5p Flotterton. Prices per head: Blonde to £1,251.03 and £1,151.32 Jubilee Buildings. Limousin to £1,046.36 and £976.05 East Butsfield, £1,002.50 Halton Red House, £958.75 Glebe Farm and £923.92 Barker House. Holstien Friesian to £1,040.35, £1,010.97 and £1,003.53 Nafferton. Simmental to £957.38 Merryshields. Belgian Blue to £944.78 Eland Hall and £935.48 Watch Currock. Friesian to £929.57 Nafferton.

There were a total of 2,483 prime sheep forward for sale on Tuesday, which comprised of 2,171 hoggs and 312 cast ewes and rams. The opening sale of 2009 for prime hoggs exceeded all expectations and rewarded consigners with the sharpest trade seen for many years. With heavy hoggs selling to £95 for Suffolk x from The Whins, the consignment of 71 hoggs from The Whins averaged £85.95 an improvement of £40 on the year. Export type hoggs were a fantastic trade selling to 197.5p twice, firstly for a pen of 33 three-quarter Texels from Eland Hall and secondly a pen of 17 three-quarter Texels from New Houses, Hallington both 40 kilos £79. Sale averages – 42 kilos, 163.2p and £68.57. Hogg prices: Suffolk x per head to £95, £87.50, £86.50 and £86.20 The Whins, £84.50 Comb Hills, £83.50 Old Town, £83.20 Grindon Hill, £81 Low Ardley, £80.20 Cowburn Rigg and New Acres and £80 Black Heddon, Thornton Tower, Nilston Rigg, The Whins and Flotterton. Per kilo to 185.5p and 177.8p Flotterton, 183p Bingfield Combe, 179.3p and 175.1p Warkshaugh, 179.1p Wheathill, 176.9p Lowfield, 176.7p Low Ardley, 175.6p Beamwham, 175.5p New Acres, 172.4p The Whins, 172.3p Black Heddon, 171.6p West Mill Hills and Cowburn Rigg and 170.9p Hard Riding. Texel x per head to £82.50 Bavington Mount, £81.50 and £80.50 Thornton Tower, £81.50 Esh Winning, £81.20 and £80 Grindon Hill, £81 Nilston Rig and, £80 Light Birks, Linacres, Whiteside(2) and Flotterton. Per kilo to 197.5p Eland Hall and Hallington New Houses, 197.4p and 192.1p Lough Green, 190.5p Linacres, 190p Dilston Haugh, 189.2p Low Ardley, 187.6p Colepike Home Farm, 186.1p Whiteside, 185.4p New Acres, 185p Partridge Nest, Nilston Rigg and Winnows Hill, 184.5p West Mill Hills and 183.8p Warkshaugh. Mule per head to £80 Low Ardley, £77.20 and £70 Redesmouth, £74.20 and £66.20 Broomhope, £71.50 Binchester Hall, £71.20 Thornton Tower, £70.80 Flotterton, £70.50 Quarry House, £70 Light Birks, £68(2) Ellfoot, £67.80 Whitechapel and £67.50 Burnbank. Per kilo to 175p and 171.6p Redesmouth, 172.7p and 155p Flotterton, 170p and 161.9p Ellfoot, 165.5p Broomhope, 164.5p Beamwham, 164p Quarry House, 162.5p Binchester Hall, 161.7p Nilston Rigg, 161p Hawick, 157.5p Middle Farm and 154.1p Sewingshields. Cheviot Mule to £74.20 and 168.6p Overacres. Cheviot x per head to £80, £78.80 and £68.50 Flotterton, £74 Overacres and £71 Cross House.Per kilo to 177.8p, 175.1p and 171.3p Flotterton and 176.2p Overacres. Charollais x per head to £89, £86.50 and £85 The Whins, £74 Lowfield and £73 Warkshaugh. Per kilo to 187.2p Warkshaugh and 184p and 170p The Whins. Leicester per head to £69 Quarry House, £65 Flotterton and £64 Kingswood. Per kilo to 151.2p Flotterton, 140p Kingswood and 135.3p Quarry House. Shropshire to £75(2) and 159.6p(2) Dalton Hill Head. Vendeen to £74.80, £73.80, 180p and 162.6p Dilston Haugh. Blackface per head to £75.50 £72 Quarry House, £74.50 and £73.20 Thornton Tower, £70 and £65.20 Broomhope, £70 Grindon Hill, £68.50 Redesmouth, £68 Nilston Rigg, £67.80 Ellfoot, £67.20 Percy Farms, £67 Sewingshields, £66.80 Hole Farm and £64.50 Cross House. Per kilo to 170p Nilston Rigg, 169.5p Ellfoot, 167.1p Redesmouth, 163.6p Quarry House, 163p Broomhope, 162.8p Grindon Hill, 159.1p and 152p Thornton Tower, 156.1p Sewingshields, 152p and 151.8p Hole Farm and 150p Percy Farms.

Also forward were 312 cast ewes and rams. Heavy ewes met a similar trade while lighter and leaner types looked sharper on the week. Ewes per head: Texel x £72, £58.50 and £58 Fell Lane, £62.50 and £61.50 Hallington New Houses, £61 and £55 Eland Hall, £60 Lough Green, £57.50 Lyneup Hill, £56 Aydonshields, £55.50 Merryshields and £55 Little Swinburne. Suffolk x to £56.50 Wallhouses, £53 Colepike Home Farm, £52.50 Bavington Mount, £52 Salmonswell and Temperley Grange and £48.50 Lyneup Hill. Mule to £55.20 Salmonswell, £54 Fell Lane, £53 Old Town, £50.50 Hard Riding, £50 Merryshields and Ravenside, £49.20 Little Swinburne, £49 and £48 Colepike Home Farm and £49 Elrington Hall and Lyneup Hill. Charollais x to £53 Ravenside. Cheviot x to £57.50 Hallington New Houses. Shropshire to £57 Dalton Hill Head. Leicester to £48 Aydonshields and £47 Low Struthers. Bleu d’ Maine to £47.50 Ravenside. Vendeen to £46.50 Dilston Haugh. Blackface to £42 Highfield, £40 and £34.20 Hole Farm and £35 Cross House. Rams per head: Texel to £53 Old Town and £40 Salmonswell and Billerley. Suffolk to £45 Salmonswell. Hill Cheviot to £37.50 Flotterton. Leicester to £38.50 Whiteside. Blackface to £32 Flotterton. Swaledale to £32 and £28 Ouston.

LAST Tuesday Hexham and Northern Marts held their final sale of the year when cattle returned a sharp trade to average 163.2p.Prime cattle prices. Heifers per kilo: Limousin to 176.5p and 168.5p Keepwick, 168.5p Watch Currock, 165.5p Town Farm and 165.5p Thockrington. Steers per kilo: Charolais to 164.5p and 163.5p (2) Sunniside. Angus to 161.5p Town Farm. Steers per head: Charolais to £1,169.03 Sunniside. Limousin to £1,087.79 Town Farm. Heifers per head: Limousin to £1,080.09 Watch Currock and £999.21 Keepwick. Angus to £978.69 Town Farm.

At the weekly sale of prime lambs there were 2,047 head forward. An increased show of lambs forward met another strong trade being slightly dearer on the week. Top price of the sale was £84.50 for Texel x lambs from Rugley Walls. Top price per kilo was 161.4p for Beltex x lambs @ 44 kilos from Highwood. Lamb prices. Texel x per head to £84.50 Rugley Walls, £76.50 Low Eshells, £76 Salmonswell, £75.80 and £72.20 Beaumont House, £74.20 Colepike, £74 Partridge Nest and Watch Currock, £73.60 Dilston Haugh, £73 Matfen High House, £71.80 Low Eshells and £71.00 Low Ardley and Lingey Field. Per kilo to 152.6p Colepike, 151.2p, 149.6p and 149.1p Low Eshells, 150.2p Dilston Haugh, 150.0p Watch Currock and 149.0p Matfen High House. Suffolk x per head to £80 White House, £76.50 and £74.80 Low Eshells, £74.50 Steel Hall, £73.50 Watch Currock, £73.20 Humber Hill, £73 Cowburn Rigg and Wall Houses and £72.80 The Tofts. Per kilo to 151.2p Steel Hall, 151.0p and 148.6p Salmonswell, 150.7p Low Eshells, 149.6p Fairley, 147.9p Low Ardley, 147.5p Armond Carr, 147.3p Warkshaugh and 147.1p Binchester Hall and Cowburn Rigg. Vendeen per head to £71.40 Dilston Haugh. Per kilo to 149.5p and 148.8p Dilston Haugh. Beltex x per head to £71 Highwood, £70 Comb Hills and £66 Ellfoot. Per kilo to 161.4p Highwood, 155.6p Comb Hills and 150.0p Warkshaugh. Mule per head to £67.50, £66.50 and £64 Great Chesters, £62.60 Binchester Hall, £62 Wolsingham Park, £60.80 Roses Bower, £60.40 New Dotland and £60.00 Nilston Rigg and Rugley Walls. Per kilo to 142.2p and 137.8p Great Chesters, 139.5p Nilston Rigg, 139.1p Binchester Hall, 137.8p Crowhall Farms, 137.3p New Dotland, 136.6p Stockley Burn and 133.2p Walltown. Blackface per head to £63.80 and £62.50 Great Chesters, £58.80 Nilston Rigg and £55.50 and £54.80 Crowhall Farms. Per kilo to 141.8p Great Chesters, 140.0p Nilston Rigg and 137.0p Crowhall Farms. Swaledale to £50 and 119.4p Hesleywell. Charollais x to £47.00 and 134.3p Lingey Field. For the cast ewes and rams sale a larger show of ewes met a similar trade to last week. Ewes per head to Texel x to £70 West Morralee (JAB). Suffolk to £61 Houselope Grange. Mule to £57 Beaumont House and £55 and £54 Houselope Grange. Bleu d’ Maine to £55.50 West Morralee (JAB). Charollais x to £55 Houselope Grange. Cheviot x to £42.50 West Morralee. Blackface to £32.50 New Dotland. Swaledale to £29 Binchester Hall and £27 China Hall. Herdwick to £17 Colt Crag. Rams per head: Texel to £52 Dotland Park. Suffolk to £50 Steel Hall.

THE Cumberland and Dumfriesshire Farmers’ Mart had forward at their Longtown mart sale on Tuesday, 31 head of store cattle and 24 breeding cattle. The store cattle sold to a strong trade throughout the sale. Top was £775 for Belgian Blue bullocks from W.K. Smith & Co, No 6 Howes, Annan. Principal prices. Store bullocks: Limousin £755 No 6 Howes, £740, £675 Redgatehead, £615, £555 Stonehall. Belgian Blue £775 No 6 Howes, £640 Redgatehead. Simmental £755 No 6 Howes. Blue Grey £458 Old Irvine. Store heifers: Limousin £550 Redgatehead, £490, £460 Stonehall, £445 Bonshawside. Charolais £600 High Dovecote. Friesian £540 Bonshawside. Simmental £645 High Dovecote. All classes of breeders met a sharp trade with the top of £950 for a Limousin cow with heifer calf from Church Style Farm. Cow with heifer calf: Limousin £950 Churchstyle, £860 Bankshead. Hereford £780 Bankshead. Cow with bull calf: Simmental £820 Bankshead. Cow incalf: Limousin £690 Churchstyle. Blonde £680 Churchstyle.

AT THEIR annual Longtown sale on Tuesday, the Cumberland and Dumfriesshire Farmers’ Mart had forward 5,012 store hoggs, cast ewes and rams. A large and good show of hoggs met record prices to average £48.24 overall from the largest ring of local and distant buyers. Top was £100 each for Beltex x hoggs from High Crindledykes, others £67.50 Riggshield. Charollais £60.20 Hallburn. Texels £71.50 High Crindledyke, £63.20 Greenknowe, £62.20 Gillespie Farm. Suffolks £66.50 High Chesters, £65.80 Margaret Drive, £63.80 High Crindledyke. Cheviot Mules £59.20 High Chesters. North Country Cheviots £59.50 Hopsrigg, £57.20 Greenknowe. Halfbreds £58.20 Earlside. Greyfaces £64 Heugh, £60.80 Greensburn. Lleyns £56.80, £53.80 Chipknowe, £52.80 Harper Hill. Hill Cheviots £53.50 Whitchesters, £49.80 Glendinning and Wanwood Hill, £48.80 Twislehope. Blackfaces £59.80, £51.80 Wanwood Hill, £51.20 Heugh. Swaledales £32.50 Cottage Farm. Zwartbles £49.50 Beech House. Tup hoggs to £60.20 Hallburn, £59.80 Hopsrigg. Ewe hoggs to £57.50 for Greyfaces from Heugh, others to £53.20 Mid Harrietsfield, £52 Ridley Stokoe. LLeyns £54.80 Heights. Cast ewes and rams were easily sold. Top was £76.50 for a Texel ram from Berryfell, £63.50 Low Tippalt. Leicesters £67.50 Barnglies, £62.50 Upper Hindhope. Bleu de Maines £62.50 Langholm Farms. Cheviots £59.50 Upper Hindhope. Lleyns £54.50 Dolpinstone. Herdwicks £38.50 Farlam Hill. Blackfaces £56.50 High Thorneyburn. Zwartbles £46.50 Williamwood. Cast ewes to £68.50 for Suffolks from West Craigs. Greyfaces £53.50 Kilnhill. Lleyns £47.50 Height. Charollais £44.50 Mid Harrietfields. Blackfaces £32.50 Craigs and Tarn House.

AT THEIR Longtown sale last Tuesday, the Cumberland and Dumfriesshire Farmers’ Mart had forward 1,002 store lambs. The lambs were very dear and short of requirements. Top was £58.80, £54.80 for Cheviot Mules from High Chesters. Texels £57.80 Gillalees, £55.80 Heugh, £54.20 Whitchesters. Suffolks £54.80 Leahill, £52 Gillalees, £51.80 Whitcastles. Greyfaces £53.20 Leahill, £52.80 Gillalees. North Country Cheviots £57.80 Kelsocleugh, £51.20 Earlside. Hill Cheviots £42.50 Kelsocleugh. Blackfaces £50.80 Gillalees. In-lamb Suffolk ewes to £61 Tobemore.

FOR Longtown mart prime stock sale last Tuesday the Cumberland and Dumfriesshire Farmers’ Mart had forward 33 prime cattle, along with 4,371 prime lambs and 5,754 cast ewes and rams. Cattle averages. Steers: Medium, 173.5p (158.4p); heavy, 201.5p (170.1p). Heifers: Medium, 143.5p (143.5p); heavy, 190.5p (168.1p). Sheep averages. Lambs: Light, 146.0p (133.4p); standard, 172.0p (138.6p); medium, 160.0p (138.5p); heavy, 154.0p (125.4p); o/weight, 142.0p (125.0p). Ewes: Light, £56.50 (£33.42); heavy, £82.50 (£51.57). Cast rams: £74.50 (£46.19).

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