Thursday 23rd June – Darlington Auction Mart had forward:
66 Bulls sold to 267ppk & £2356 av 230ppk
38 Steers sold to 296ppk & £2001 av 253ppk
109 Heifers sold to 311ppk & £1909 av 272ppk
1360 Lambs sold to 366ppk & £161.50 av 310ppk
81 Hoggs sold to 240ppk & £140 av 189ppk
492 Cast Sheep sold to £190 av £105 per head
7 Pigs sold to 110 ppk & £84
Bulls – On a week when a lot of English farmers are traveling North of the border for The Highland Show, quite a few Scottish farmers were doing the opposite, heading South through the night with their stock to take advantage of some premium prices. Trade in general was slightly up on the week for all types. Top of the Border raiders for bulls was WM Dick & Sons, Mains of Thorsk whose consignment of 6 quality Limousin Bulls – which included amongst these the lead grossing price of £2356 averaged 240ppk & £2137. The best price ppk however went to just South of the Border to Northumberland Farmers WJ Scott Ltd, Low Leam who sold a British Blue to 267ppk & £1909 purchased by JA Jewitt Ltd. A special mention also for a 10-year-old British Blue stock bull sold by R Dobie & Co, South Cassingray which went on to sell for £2223.
Some of today’s leading bull averages:
J Burnett & Sons, Upper Spittalton av 253ppk & £1970.
LS Staley 252ppk & £1940
R Graham & Son 251ppk & £1865
WI Suddes & Son 251ppk & £1826
Continental Bulls – top prices ppk 267 WJ Scott Ltd. 264 253 250 240 R Graham & Son. 262 255 250 240 S&J Dent & Son. 260 246 LS Staley. 259 256 247 244 WI Suddes & Son. 259 258 245 J Burnett & Sons. 258 245 240 239 235 230 WM Dick & Sons. 251 248 244 DH Lawson. 250 241 234 SH Watson & Son. 248 230 JK&CE Farming. 248 247 241 LR Welsh & Co. 248 C&JC Stephenson. 235 JK Gregory.
Lead Grossing Continental Bulls £2356 £2340 £2194 £2092 £1969 £1873 WM Dick & Sons. £2223 R Dobie & Co. £2200 £1893 £1818 J Burnett & Sons. £2078 C&JC Stephenson. £2009 £1872 LS Staley £2004 £1858 £1802 £1798R Graham & Son. £1986 £1857 £1748 £1712 WI Suddes & Son. £1909 WJ Scott Ltd. £1871 £1749 £1698 DH Lawson. £1815 JR Knox & Son. £1785 £1688 £1643 £1593 LR Welsh & Co. £1706 JK&CE Farming.
Friesian Bulls – Top prices ppk 212 205 187 R Hall & Son. 209 206 JM&S Walton. 209 JE&B Morgan & Sons. 197 196 191 190 D Walker.
Lead Grossing Friesian Bulls £1383 £1376 JM&S Walton. £1279 £1191 £1047 R Hall & Son. £1268 JE&B Morgan & Sons. £1264 £1241 £1215 £1191 D Walker.
Clean Cattle – Not just the quality forward of recent weeks, a lot more weight about too, trade would be very similar for heifers, there was an increase in demand however for steers with once again another Northumberland farmer, RA&BA Ridley & Son Ltd, Dipton Foot Farm top the lead grossing beast with a Limousin Steer which sold to Worsley’s for £2001 helping his consignment of 8 Steers average £1850. JV&JA Hodgson, The Grange topped the market at 311ppk for a Limousin Heifer which realised £1741 and was purchased by Taylors, Darlington.
Steers – Top prices ppk 296 293 289 270 JL Marks. 293 262 PJ&MP Gilhespy. 289 I Marshall & Sons. 281 274 266 W Dandie & Son. 280 264 260 258 247 WJ Scott Ltd. 279 TN Callender. 276 269 264 AG Baillie & Son. 273 270 219 213 TN Hodgson & Sons. 257 254 250 241 240 237 229×2 RA&BA Ridley & Son Ltd. 236 P&JH Davison. 217 R Dobie & Co. 216 FJ Young & Partners.
Lead Grossing Steers £2001 £1889 £1867 £1838 £1828 £1820 £1781 £1773 RA&BA Ridley & Son Ltd. £1866 £1863 £1811 AG Baillie & Son. £18541708 £1581 TN Hodgson & Sons. £1840 I Marshall & Sons. £1830 TN Callender. £1818 £1778 £1645 £1623 1601 WJ Scott Ltd. £1761 £1740 £1711 £1575 JL Marks. £1694 R Dobie & Co. £1680 £1649 £1586 W Dandie & Son. £1658 £1511 PJ&MP Gilhespy.
Heifers – Top prices ppk 311 299×2 295 294 292 JV&JA Hodgson. 309 299 295 293 289 288 287 R Hirst. 305 289×2 I Marshall & Sons. 305 300 293 WJ Scott Ltd. 301 J&R Hutchinson & Sons. 300 295 294 JE Suddes & Son. 296 295 294 S&J Dent & Son. 296 PJ&MP Gilhespy. 296 294 288 284 WA Armstrong. 296 K&A Harker. 295 B Walker. 295 W Dandie & Son. 294 288 285 284×2 WF Hustwit. 293 M F Hall. 290 FJ Young & Partners. 289 LR Welsh & Co. 287 PI Harker. 286 P&JH Davison.
Lead Grossing Heifers £1909 £1731 W Dandie & Son. £1878 £1792 £1778 £1749 WJ Scott Ltd. £1870 £1786 £1770 £1765 £1752 JE Suddes & Son. £1830 G McFadzean. £1814 £1795 £1742 £1741 JV&JA Hodgson. £1800 £1781 £1775 £1770 £1752 £1718 £1689 WA Armstrong. £1765 I Marshall & Sons. £1754 FJ Young & Partners. £1745 J&R Hutchinson & Sons. £1728 £1655 B Walker. £1719 £1714 R Hirst. £1702 £1698 £1695 £1689 £1655 B Walker. £1684 K&A Harker. £1680 TN Callender.
Lambs – Trade as expected easier on the week, demand for quality was still good, as seen with JC Simpson, Hill Top East, his consignment of 96 quality lambs averaged 253ppk & £149.59 amongst these was the top price lambs of 366ppk purchased for £154 by Castlebank Butchers and the lead grossing lambs which also sold to Castlebank Butchers for £161.50. There was a single lamb Kindly Donated by JK&CE Farming, Blue House Farm in aid of Cancer Research which sold for a fantastic 1282ppk & £500 generously purchased by Yorkshire Halal Meat Suppliers.
Top prices ppk 366 363×2 362 354 352×2 351 348 342 340 JC Simpson. 350 346 344 330 I&A Holmes. 341 GC&JC Pullan. 340 333 Emma Moorcock. 339 W.K M.M Lamb. 337 AS&G Donaldson. 330 P&CM Graham. 330 Anna Herbert. 329 325×2 322 JA&A Herbert. 329×2 318 MW Cook & Son. 327 D&PH Brown. 327 BR&R Routledge. 326 325 322 M Barley. 326 JE Suddes & Son. 325 M Weighell. 325 320 M&A Gaskin. 321 R Lawson & Son. 320 I Burn & Sons. 320 JJ Horn. 320 AWSM Farms.
Lead Grossing Lambs £161.50 £160 £156 £154 £152.50 £150 £149 £148×2 JC Simpson. £161 £160 £156 £148 £145.50 I&A Holmes. £160 £154 £149.50 M&A Gaskin. £157 £150 GC&JC Pullan. £156.50 £146.50 Emma Moorcock. £153.50 £144 JJ Horn. £150 S&D Ferrie. £150 K&PM Lough. £149.50 £147 W.K M.M Lamb. £148.50 AS&G Donaldson. £148 R Lawson & Son. £148 JA&A Herbert. £147 P&CM Graham. £146.50 M Weighell. £145 SM Donaldson. £144 AWSM Farms. £144 I Burn & Sons. £143.50 D&PH Brown.
Hoggs – Just a handful of hoggs forward the average price of 189ppk probably reflecting quite well the quality forward. 1 Hogg which was kindly donated by N&A Hunter; Woodlands Farm sold to Yorkshire Halal for £130 with all proceeds going to The North East Air Ambulance Service.
Hoggs – Top prices ppk 240 233 S&D Ferrie. 235 RA Patterson & Son. 229 G Pickering. 227 218 204 N&A Hunter. 227 M&RJ Hall. 225 P Turnbull. 222 T Sharp. 212 CM Cameron. 207 RW&R Henry. 202 Godschalk.
Lead Grossing Hoggs £140 £130 £125 £100 N&A Hunter. £130 3120 RA Patterson & Son. £128 GP&A Carter. £120 S&D Ferrie. £119 JV Hodgson & Son. £114×2 RW&R Henry. £110 G Pickering. £110 MW Cook & Son. £110 T Sharp.
Cast Ewes & Rams (489) – Firstly, we would like to say a huge thankyou to G Pickering of Thackside farm, for his generosity this afternoon when selling two texel ewes and a texel ram for an amazing £320 a head, rasing an incredible £960 total for his chosen charity, the Parkinson’s charity.
Ewes this week may have averaged slightly lower, but trade is still keeping on track at an averaged price of £103. With a good show of sheep through the mart today, the warm weather is obviously bringing out the best in our sheep farmers. Top prices at £320 from G Pickering for the parkinsons charity, was followed by AS&SM Kemp of Whitwell farm, with their ram selling for a great price of £190. With ewe trade maintaining itself well, 5 cracking texel ewes made £166 for JC Simpson of Hill top East, which is sure to keep morals high.
Lead grossing cast sheep £190 AS&SM Kemp. £166 £160 £156 £154 £152 £147 £134 JC Simpson. £166 W Simpson. £155 £136 A Fox. £154 £146 £142 £120 JV Hodgson & son. £150 C&E Gaskin. £148 £135 B&SM Rutherford & son. £144 £140 T Lawson & son. £144 £141 M Weighell. £144 TT Hall & son. £141 £119 East Mellwaters farm. £140 R Lawson & son. £140 £134 £120 £119 AW Sanderson. £140 £132 TW Clark. £140 D Richardson. £140 £126 £120 AS&G Donaldson.
Pigs – Top prices ppk 110 100 J Mitchell & Son.
Lead Grossing Pigs £84 £80 J Mitchell & Son.
