Monday 18th August – Darlington Auction Mart had forward:
55 Cast Cows sold to 382ppk & £2824
5 Cast Bulls sold to 314ppk & £2446
1296 Store Lambs sold to £210
272 Feeding Ewes sold to £196
68 Breeding Sheep sold to £265
24 Store Bulls sold to £2260
84 Store Steers sold to £2520
86 Store Heifers sold to £2460
Cast Cattle- More meat and weight present in the cast ring today, with prices soaring and less feeding sorts forward. WJ&AS Bowes & Sons of Stainton Hill House Farm, topped with a tremendous Limousin cow soaring to today’s top ranks making 382ppk and £2731. Native breeds also proving a strong trade, closely following the continental breeds with 366ppk was G&JH Tomlinson & Son, Sunniside Farm, with a superb Angus, whilst W&R Kemp & Son of Wigdon Walls Farm, reached 350ppk with a Hereford. Top Priced Friesian today went to Little Newsham Farms, making 240ppk & £1624 and R&A Chapman of Easby Grange reaching 234ppk & £1787. Bull trade was just as sharp, with a Blonde from W&OM Jackson & Son, Rose Hill Farm, that reached a top of 314ppk & £2446, whilst AP Hodgson Farm LTD, Priory farm, followed with an Angus at 256ppk & £1868
Cast Cows – Top prices 382 362 350 328 WJ&AS Bowes & Sons. 366 340 312 G&JH Tomlinson & Son. 350 278 W&R Kemp & Son. 340 TW Brown & Sons. 332 324 W&M Knaggs & Son. 328 C Hall. 316 GP Addison. 308 288 282 280 278 AP Greenshields. 300 294 274 Taylor Bros. 282 270×2 Angram Livestock Ltd. 280 RN Foord & Son. 278 254 MA Bainbridge. 272 ABM Farms. 270 268 P Martin. 268×2 W Denham. 268 M Bowson.
Lead Grossing Cast Cows £2824 £2794 £2731 £2335 WJ&AS Bowes & Sons. £2566 £2410 W&M Knaggs & Son. £2470 M Dowson. £2454 £2180 £2159 £1827 AP Greenshields. £2382 GP Addison. £2299 C Hall. £2288 TW Brown & Son. £2229 £2110 £2058 W&R Kemp & Son. £2168 £2131 £2049 G&JH Tomlinson & Son. £2155 £2091 Taylor Bros. £1923 RN Foord & Son. £1921 W Denham. £1787 R&A Chapman. £1770 MA Bainbridge.
OTM Cattle – Top prices ppk 240 224 W Young.
Lead Grossing OTM Cattle £1322 £1113 W Young.
Cast Bulls – Top prices ppk 314 W&OM Jackson & Son. 256 222 AP Hodgson Farm Ltd.
Lead Grossing Cast Bulls £2446 W&OM Jackson & Son. £1868 £1711 AP Hodgson Farm Ltd.
Store Cattle- Yet another buoyant trade for store cattle, as the plainer cattle dearer, smaller cattle exceptional and stronger sorts desired. A tremendous run of Angus’ from Peter and Barbra Needham, Woolhouse Farm, led the way topping at £2520 with bullocks, whilst the heifers also topped within their section at £2460. J&MJ Walton of West Shotton Farm, reached £2340 with a Limousin Bullock, whilst K Norman Farms topped at £2280 with a fantastic run of strong bullocks, regularly trading between £2000 and £2200 throughout. Tim Denham of Dent Gate, showed a terrific run of Shorthorn Bullocks, topping at £2140. MH Hodgson from East Greystones reached £2300 with a British Blue Heifer, followed by J Dent, East Farm, with a strong Parthenais Heifer which made £2110. RN Foord & Son, Hill Top Farm, had three heifers averaging over £2000. Herefords led the way within the bull section, topping at £2260 from Williamson, Heugh Farm, whilst AP Taylor of Ox Close Farm, also made £2120. Limousin Bulls topped at £2140 from HE Jewitt, Lodge Farm and Gerard Te-Lintelo reached heights of £1940 with a superb run of Shorthorns.
Overall yet another terrific day of trading at Darlington, with all sorts and qualities in demand.
Store Bulls £2260 £2060 £1960 £1940 Williamson. £2140 £2080 £1910 £1380 £1320 HE Jewitt. £2120 £1470 AP Taylor. £1940 £1850 £1620 G Te-Lintelo. £1580×2 JJ Seaman. £1580×3 T&DI Allen & Son. £1570 £1420 £1200 T Ducker. £1200 TT Hall & Son.
Store Steers £2520 B Needham. £2340 J&MJ Walton. £2280×2 £2240 £2220×2 £2180 £2160 £2140×2 £2130 £2100×3 £2080×4 £2070×3 £2060×2 £2000×6 K Norman Farms. £2140 £2080 £2060 £1860 W Denham. £2020 £1970 £1840 DR Smith. £1990 MH Hodgson. £1860×4 PD Shepherd. £1830 K Hall. £1820×2 JS Foster & Son. £1800 £1700×2 RN Foord & Son. £1720 £1710 R&W Todd.
Store Heifers £2460 B Needham. £2300 £1810×2 MH Hodgson. £2110 £1980 £1820 £1770 J Dent. £2090 £1980 W Denham. £2080 £2040 £1980 RN Foord & Son. £2080 £1720 K Hall. £1990 £1890 I Spedding. £1980 J&MJ Walton. £1920 £1800 £1790 DR Smith. £1900 JS Wiper. £1880 JW Golding. £1860 £1840 £1770×2 P Leese. £1730×4 WC Barker & Son.
Store Lambs:
Round once again is young handlers week with the store sheep judging being left in the very capable hands of Mr R Rooke Rye House, who found his overall champion from class 1 fro Edward Cass with a super Beltex lamb, in a very generous gesture Edward very kindly donated all of proceeds from his lamb to The Great North Air Ambulance, this lamb later sold for the day stop price of £210 and was purchased by weekly supporter of DFAM Peter Tindale, Preston Tillery. Reserve overall champion lamb from from Jack Sewell who is no stranger 1 to prizes or 2 to the ring here at Darlington either show of selling weekly here. A super lamb which hit a top of £185. Best turned out also came from the expert hand of Jack Sewell while the, best showmanship award went to Lucas Cranson.
Following the young handler lambs were the normal run of lambs maybe looking slightly less on paper however the big short keep lambs remaining a very strong trade the long term keep lambs remaining a strong trade, the medium keep lambs slightly easier on the week, this would be as a slight result of the prime trade just levelling slightly towards the end of last week. A tremendous run of lambs from M R Cass which topped at £182 and £174. Short keep lambs from B & J Bainbridge top at £145 while W L Robinson & Partners which hit a top of £142 with others to £140. Mule lambs from T E Dobson seeing highs of £136. Plenty of medium keep Texel and Suffolk bred lambs selling from £105 to £115 with longer keep lambs regularly trading between £85-£100 depending on breeding. Lambs can be sold to vendors advantage weekly, please do not hesitate to contact one of the team to discuss marketing options.
Show Results:
Class 1- Single Lamb sired by the Beltex
1st– Edward Cass, Beacon Farm (£210)
Class 2- Single Lamb sired by the Texel
1st– Jack Sewell, Knavesmire Farm (£180)
Class 3- Single Lamb sired by Any Other Continental
1st– Jack Sewell, Knavesmire Farm (£185)
2nd– Lucas Cranson, Knavesmire Farm (£148)
3rd– Ethan Sewell, Knavesmire Farm (140)
Champion- Edward Cass, Beacon Field
Reserve Champion- Jack Sewell, Knavesmire Farm
Best turned-out lamb- Jack Sewell, Knavesmire Farm
Best Showmanship- Lucas Cranson, Knavesmire Farm
Continental – £185 £180 £148 £140 BJS Farms. £142 £140 £139 £138 £133 £130 £121 £119 WL Robinson & Partners. £135 £133 B&J Bainbridge. £133 J Swale & MJ Milner. £131 GW Dobson & Son. £125×2 A Swinbank & Son. £121 WK Wilkinson & Sons.
Beltex – £182×2 £174 £152 £142 MR Cass.
Texel – £156 £135 £132 MR Cass. £145 B&J Bainbridge. £136 M Radford. £135 M Whorlton. £135 J Swale & MJ Milner. £133 D Dowson. £133 S Straughan. £130×2 £122 B Lowson. £130 £125 P Foster. £128 JS Wiper. £128 GH Lister. £126 MC Rutter. £121 K&RE Robson.
Mule – £136 £134 TE Dobson.
Cheviot – £130 RM Guy. £122 CL I’Anson.
Suffolk – £130 M Radford. £124 D Alderson.
Feeding Ewes: Another bumper week of feeding ewes on offer which saw less meat on offer on the whole with them still generating a very good trade best of the ewes comes from N & LL Brown with ewes away to £196. Other continental ewes seeing highs of £178. J V Hodgson & Son topping at £162 with J V & J A Hodgson topping at £158. Plenty of other continental ewes forward regularly selling between the £130 to £160 mark. With the best of the mule feeding ewes topping at £120 with plenty of feeding mules £95 to £105. Very best of the meated horned ewes topping at £120 with the feeding type horned ewes selling between the £50-£70 mark. Again leaner ewes are best cashed on a green market at our weekly feeding and store sales. Please do not hesitate to contact one of the team to discuss marketing options.
Texel – £196 N&LL Brown & Son. £170 £154 S Straughan. £154 £148 £146 JA&A Herbert. £145 £135 £132 £130 JV Hodgson & Son.
Continental – £178 £140 £138 £125 J Swale & MJ Milner. £158 £150 £142 £138 £130 JV&JA Hodgson. £152 £148 £130 B Lowson. £144 RB Farming Ltd. £142 £138 £116 C Taylor. £130 £116 N&LL Brown & Son. £124 £118 A Rooke & Sons. £120 K&RE Robson.
Suffolk – £162 £130 JV Hodgson & Son. £118 RB Farming Ltd. £118 A rooke & Sons.
Dutch Spotted – £150 A Rooke & Sons. £122 C Taylor.
Swale – £120 TE Dobson.
Mule -= £114 JA&A Herbert. £110 K&RE Robson. £106 RB Farming Ltd. £100 £98 A Rooke & Sons.
Breeding Sheep: A handful of breeding sheep forward once again with top of the day highlights going to the shearlings from C A & J G Skidmore with Texel X to £265 with others to follow at £260. Pick of the day for many would be a super run of 4 crop ewes from Ainsty Farms Direct, with Scotch half bred ewes topping at £175 while Suffolk X ewes from the very same good home sold to £208. More could have been sold to vendors advantage. Breeding sheep are needed to meet buyer demand.
Texel Shearlings – £265 £260×2 £255 CA&JG Skidmore.
Suffolk Shearlings – £260×2 CA&JG Skidmore.
Continental Shearlings – £260×2 CA&JG Skidmore.
Suffolk Ewes – £208 Ainsty Farm Direct.
Scotch Half Bred – £175 Ainsty Farm Direct.
Swale – £52 £38 SK wilson.
