SOME 972 cattle were forward at Hexham and Northern Marts' annual show and sale of Limousin cross store cattle and suckled calves, last week, where a number of cattle sold in excess of £1300.

The pre-sale show, judged by Kevin Sparke, Little Swinburne, Colwell, awarded the tri-colour rosette to a black Limousin heifer calf from Messrs Lee, Agars Hill, Whitfield, which later sold for £1180. Taking the reserve honours was a Scottish-bred animal, the second prize heifer to the champion from brothers, Tom and Blair Cockburn, Kingside, Peebles. It went on to sell for £1300.

Wining the pens of four bullocks and heifers was Limousin crosses from father and son team, Richard and Chris Thornton, Cornhills, which went on to sell for £1340. Outwith the show, the same home topped the trade at £1385 with a Limousin cross heifer, while Limousin cross bullocks sold to £1335 for a 20-month-old from Messrs Carr, Highwood.

On the same day, the firm had a forward a catalogued entry of 3866 store lambs which saw trade sharper on the week, with a lot more purchasers present.While hill type lambs sold £5-£8 dearer on the week, prices peaked at £86 for a pen of Texel cross lambs from P Ambler, Highmoss Thorn, Cumbria.

The sale of cast sheep saw leaner feeding sorts easier to cash, while well-fleshed, finished ewes made less money. They topped at £90 for a pen of Texel cross ewes from David Brodie, Chesters, Cambo.

LEADINGawards:

Lim X suckled calves

Pens of bullocks – 1, Cornhills; 2, Cornhills.

Pens of heifers – 1, The Steel; 2, Cornhills.

Bullock – 1, Bog Hall; 2, Lands Farm; 3, Kingside.

Heifer – 1 and champion, Agars Hill; 2 and reserve, Kingside; 3, Agars Hill.

Pen of four calves – R Thornton and Son, Cornhills.

LEADINGprices:

Cattle – 23 to 30 months – Lim X steers – £1270, £1210 Fairley; £1060 High Warden; £1350, £1325, £1245, £1230, £1225, £1170, £1140 Farnamullan; £1110 Farnamullan, Lee Hall; £1045 Farnamullan; £1030 Fairley. Char X heifers – £1225, £1210, £1190, £1155, £1105, £1100 Farnamullan. Sim X steers – £1225 Broomfield; £1200 Farnamullan, Broomfield; £1190 Broomfield; £1155 Morley Hill; £1070, £1035 Farnamullan. Here X steers – £1240, £1110 Bunker Hill.

Short steers – £1105 High Warden. Sal X heifers – Farnamullan.

Cattle 17 to 22 months – Lim X steers – £1335 Highwood; £1325 Low Ardley; £1320 Halton Red House; £1310 Steel Hall; £1305 Low Ardley; £1290 Halton Red House; £1280 Wingates South and Steel Hall; £1265 Low Ardley; £1260 Wingates South and Springwell Cottage; £1240 Highwood and Cornhills; £1235 Old Deanham; £1225 Cornhills and Low Ardley; £1210 Highwood and Wingates South; £1200 Comb Hills and The Steel; £1180 Highwood (x2) Fairley, Springwell Cottage and Steel Hall; £1165 Halton Red House; £1155 Highwood, The Steel and Old Deanham; £1145 Springwell Cottage; £1135 Highwood (x2) and Wingates South; £1130 Springwell Cottage; £1120 Wingates South; £1115 High Warden and Old Deanham; £1110 Old Highwood; £1100 Wingates South Intake Bungalow, Springwell Cottage and Old Deanham; £1090 Highwood; £1060 Nettlesworth West and Steel Hall; £1040 Old Deanham; £1035 Highwood; £1000 The Tofts and Intake Bungalow. Lim X heifers – £1385, £1310 Cornhills; £1275 Halton Red House; £1230 Farnamullan; £1210 Comb Hills; £1180 Old Deanham; £1170 Cornhills; £1165 Luns House; £1160 Kingside; £1120 Old Deanham; £1100 and £1085 Luns House; £1080 Nettlesworth West and Comb Hills; £1060 Old Deanham; £1055 Luns House and Nettlesworth West; £1050 Luns House; £1040 Old Deanham; £1025 Lee Hall; £1010 Morley Hill; £1000 and £995 Lee Hall. Char X steers – £1300 Hallington New Houses; £1285 and £1250 Hay A Park; £1225 Hallington New Houses; £1220 Hay A Park; £1200 Hallington New Houses; £1195 Hay A Park; £1190 Hallington New Houses and Hay A Park; £1185 Hay A Park; £1140 Hallington New Houses; £1075 Broomfield; £1070 and £1040 Hay A Park; £1015 Broomfield

Char X heifers – £1100 Hallington New Houses; £1005 Broomfield. Baz X steers – £1010 Old Deanham. BRB X steers – £1230, £1140 Halton Red House. Sim X steers – £1120 Old Deanham.

Cattle 11 to 16 months – Lim X steers – £1340, £1265 Cornhills; £1250 The Steel; £1245 Low Ardley; £1240 Cornhills; £1235 The Steel; £1230 Morley Hill and Lands Farm; £1225 Sherburn Tower; £1210 and £1205 Cornhills; £1200 Cornhills (x2), Rogerley Hall, Morley Hill, Lands Farm & Low Ardley (x2); £1190 Springwell Cottage (x2), Lands Farm and Low Ardley; £1185 Wrangham East; £1180 West Biggens and Lands Farm; £1170 The Steel (x4), West Biggens and Morley Hill; £1165 Lands Farm; £1160 Springwell Cottage (x3) and Bog Hall (x2); £1155 Lands Farm (x2); £1150 Burntongues; £1140 Springwell Cottage, Bog Hall, West Biggens, Agars Hill (x2), Lands Farm and Low Ardley; £1135 Burntongues (x2); £1130 Agars Hill (x2) & Lands Farm; £1120 West Biggens (x2), Agars Hill and Wrangham East; £1115 Rawfoot; £1100 The Steel, Springwell Cottage and Low Ardley (x2); £1095 Rogerley Hall; £1090 Springwell Cottage (x2), Rogerley Hall, Lands Farm and Flotterton; £1085 Agars Hill; £1080 Rogerley Hall and Flotterton; £1075 Springwell Cottage; £1070 Low Ardley; £1065 Agars Hill (x2) and Low Ardley; £1060 Low Ardley; £1055 The Steel; £1050 Rogerley Hall, Sherburn Tower, Stone Stile and Burntongues; £1040 Old Deanham (x2) and Lands Farm; £1035 Flotterton; £1030 Rogerley Hall and Low Ardley; £1025 Crook Dene.

Lim X heifers – £1310 Cornhills and Low Ardley; £1300 Kingside; £1290 Lands Farm; £1270 Bog Hall; £1205 Cornhills; £1190 Morley Hill; £1180 Cornhills, West Biggens, Low Ardley and Agars Hill; £1175 Morley Hill; £1170 Cornhills and Brandon Hall;£1160 Lands Farm (x2); £1140 Woodhall; £1135 Cornhills; £1120 The Steel and Lands Farm; £1110 Cornhills, Agars Hill, Brandon Hall, Burntongues and Low Ardley; £1105 Rogerley Hall; £1100 Brandon Hall and Lands Farm (x2); £1095 Cornhills and Lands Farm; £1085 Cornhills and Agars Hill; £1080 The Steel (x2) and Low Ardley; £1075 Rogerley Hall and Brandon Hall; £1070 The Steel, Rogerley Hall, Agars Hill, Lands Farm, Haggate and Low Ardley (x2); £1065 Rogerley Hall; £1055 Low Ardley (x2); £1050 Brandon Hall, Lands Farm (x2); £1050 Kingside (x2) and Lands Farm; £1045 West Biggens and Low Ardley; £1040 Rogerley Hall, West Biggens, Brandon Hall and Wrangham East; £1035 The Steel; £1030 The Steel and Kingside; £1020 Agars Hill & Lands Farm (x2); £1015 The Steel and Lands Farm; £1005 Agars Hill; £1000 Rogerley Hall (x2), Agars Hill, Burntongues (x2) and Rawfoot (x2).

Baz X heifers – £980 Old Deanham. BRB X steers – £1040, £1030 Rawfoot; £960 Woodhall. BRB X heifers – £1105 Rawfoot; £1065, £1060, £1035 Kingside; £1010 Rawfoot; £1000 Woodhall. Sim X steers – £1210 Broomfield; £1190, £1065 Morley Hill. A-A X heifers – £1040 Lee Hall.

Cattle 10 months and under – Lim X steers – £1230, £1195, £1170, £1160, £1070 Bog Hall; £970 Haggate. Lim X heifers – £1190 Bog Hall; £1150 Agars Hill; £935 Frolar Meadows.