Hexham and Northern Marts

18 th December
Blonde x heifers top the market at 130.5ppkg from Low Leam, totalling £779.09.
Blonde cross heifers under 10 months sold at £365 from The Deans.

8th January
A welcome start to the New Year when on 8 th January the top two steers at market were Blondes from Low Leam reaching £920.92 and £903.98.

15th January
Blonde steers from Low Leam were well out in front again this week at 142.5 per kg, a whole 10p above our nearest rival breed. Finally selling at £969 on average.
Heifers again made good prices at an average of £867.65 from Jubilee Buildings

25th January 2008
Blonde cross steers aged 17 – 22 months reached £795 Blonde cross steers aged 11 – 16 months sold at £700 and 11- 16 month heifers sold at £650 all from Low Wiserley.

29th January
Blonde steers from low Leam were well out on top this week at 148.5p and 138.5p which was a 9p lead on any other breed. Selling at £1016.59 this top British Blonde beast was a clear market topper at over £66 difference on its nearest competitor.

1st February
Two superb Blonde cross heifers made £905 and £900 from Houselope Grange, Tow Law.
Blonde cross heifers 17 – 22 months made £518 per head., and Blonde cross steers from the same stable made £585.

5th February
Blonde heifers made 137.5pp/kg from Hallington New Houses.Blonde steers from Low Leam made 144.5pp/kg, averaging £1099.21 per head.

8th February
23 month and over Blonde cross steers from Merryshields sold for £755. 17- 22 month old store cattle from the holding sold £800 per head.
11-16 month old pure bred Blonde heifers sold at £542 from High Strothers, whilst Blonde cross heifers of the same age from the same holding again sol for £482 per head.

19th February
Blonde cross heifers 23 months and over sold at £648 from Wolsingham Park.
17- 22 month old blonde cross steers sold for £805 from Merryshields

22nd February
Blonde cross steers over 23 months from Wolsingham Park Farms made £795 per head.
Blonde cross store cattle 11 – 16 months from West Shields sold at £578. Blonde cross store cattle under 10 months sold for £560 from Spenside.

4th March
Finished Blonde heifers sold at £974.94 from East Matfen.

7th March
23 month old Blonde cross steers from Duddo Hill sold at £795 with heifers from Chesterwood selling at £740.
17 - 22 month old store cattle from Duddo hill sold at £805, 11-16 month old stores sold at £558 from Barker House, 10 month and younger stores sold from High Brothers for £410.

Frome

17th December 2007
2 Blonde Bull calves topped Frome market at an average of £80.50 sold by BL & IB Stevens of Witham Friary.

19th December 2007.
AH & C Heal outshone his competitors in the sale ring at 122.50p/kg selling at £765 on

2nd January
J T Heritage’ blonde steers took the bidding to 126.50ppkg averaging a total of £825 per beast. A fine start to 2008.

16th January
R Oatley topped the market at Frome with his Blonde steers reaching £936 per head averages price per kg was 116.50

13th February
AW Tippetts & son took the top bid of £1075 on his blondes average 153.80pp/kg for steers. £726 was reached for DF & LM Selman for their blonde heifers. Top head price was £726
Bull calves made £265 per head from padfield and Dyke from Warminster

20th February
RG & A Langley took top average head price of £866 at 121.50ppkg for Finished Blonde steers. RMJ Coles took top price of £755 for blonde heifers at an average of 126.10ppkg.
G Collins from Devizes sold ten month old store cattle that were well sought after for £578 for steers and £455 for heifers.
Blonde bull calves sold at top price of £150 from Cross Key Farms Ltd and heifer calves sold at £82 from BL & IB Stevens of Witham Friary.

27th February
Blonde finished steers sold at an average of 126.30ppkg top price 145.0ppkg, top head selling at £909 from J T Heritage.
Heifers sold at an average of 134.5ppkg, top head sold at £704 from H J Irvine& Son.