Thursday July 14th – Darlington Auction Mart had forward:
45 Bulls sold to 290ppk & £2451
19 Steers sold to 298ppk & £1988
52 Heifers sold to 316ppk & £1893
1265 Lambs sold to 383ppk & £169
156 Cast Sheep sold to £169
20 Pigs sold to 110ppk & £95
Bulls – A combination of The Great Yorkshire Show and the wonderful weather which has been gracing the whole of the North this week saw Bull numbers severely reduced – anyone who managed to find the time to bring them were handsomely rewarded for their efforts with an overall market average of 252ppk. Today’s top price of 290ppk was for one of a quartet of Limousin Bulls sold by S&J Dent & Son, Great Burdon Farm which sold to av 288ppk & £1842 per head. AC Simpson & Son, McNeil Farm continued his weekly dominance in the lead grossing section with 3 classy Limousins – the trio all tipped the scales over 800kg and returned an average of 284ppk & £2359 per head. Top of the tree at 225ppk in the Friesians was another regular at the No1 spot, R Hall & Son, Kilton Hall Farm they went home with an average of 215ppk & £1364. Only 1 Native breed bull forward – a Shorthorn produced by JK&CE Farming; Blue House Farm sold for 247ppk & £1669. The longest travellers were TD Wight & Sons, Whitrighill Farm St Boswells, they completed the 200-mile round trip with 4 Limousin Bulls that went on to sell for an average of 630kg 271ppk & £1713 per head. Local producers JH&M&NW Brown, West Hartburn Burn Farm 278ppk & £2083 and LR Welsh & Co, Green Lane Farm 277ppk & £1796 were both well out in front with top averages.
Continental Bulls – Top prices ppk 290 289 287×2 S&J Dent & Son. 288 270 JH&M&NW Brown. 287 285 280 AC Simpson & Son. 283 277 276 275 LR Welsh & Co. 280 270×2 260 240 J Layfield. 276×3 258 TD Wight & Sons. 269 JJ Horn. 262 JK&CE Farming. 253 222 GW Dobson & Son. 245 FW Hodgson & Son. 238 JE&B Morgan & Sons. 238 235 Dromonby Bridge Farm Ltd. 236 235 234 JC&P Tallentire.
Lead Grossing Continental Bulls £2451 £2419 £2209 AC Simpson & Son. £2192 £2127 £2102 £1944 J Layfield. £2090 £2076 JH&M&NW Brown. £2008 GW Dobson & Son. £1983 £1881 £1839 S&J Dent & Son. £1941 £1782 £1758 £1706 LR Welsh & Co. £1928 FW Hodgson & Son. £1926 JJ Horn. £1851 £1727 £1683 TD Wight & Sons. £1826 JK&CE Farming. £1821 £1762 £1696 JC&P Tallentire. £1811 £1696 Dromonby Bridge Farm Ltd.
Friesian Bulls – Top prices ppk 225 212 209 R Hall & Son. 211 JK&CE Farming. 204 JE&B Morgan & Sons. 201 195 192 D Walker. 176 RW Raper & Sons.
Lead Grossing Friesian Bulls £1505 £1305 £1281 R Hall & Son. £1356 JK&CE Farming. £1232 RW Raper & Sons. £1201 £1000 £984 D Walker. £1168 JE&B Morgan & Sons.
Native Breed Bulls – Top prices ppk 247 JK&CE Farming.
Lead Grossing Native Breed Bulls £1669 JK&CE Farming.
Clean Cattle – A similar problem, numerically with the cattle – nowhere near enough forward for the ringside that was full of eager purchasers resulting in Steers averaging 257ppk & Heifers 276ppk. It was The Hodgson Family from The Grange, Summerhouse who prevailed in the race for top price ppk with a 560kg Limousin Heifer- she was purchased by Penny’s of Rawdon for 316ppk & £1769, their run of 8 heifers went on to sell for an average of 605kg per head 288pppk & £1746. RA&BA Ridley & Son Ltd, Dipton Foot Farm led the way with a Limousin Steer for the top grossing beast, selling for £1988 to Worsley Wholesale Foods he was just 1 from a consignment of 9 cattle from Riding Mill that averaged £1814. TD Wight & Sons, Whitrighill found himself at the very top for his Limousin Steer which sold to 298ppk purchased by Worsley Wholesale Meats.
Steers – Top prices ppk 298×2 287 270 TD Wight & Sons. 293 278 Askwiths. 286 270 TN Callender. 259 255 253 250231 RA&BA Ridley & Son Ltd. 241 226 TN Hodgson & Sons. 235 M Ord & Sons. 228 RD Musgrave. 223 T Watson.
Lead Grossing Steers £1988 £1905 £1884 £1867 £1737 RA&BA Ridley & Son Ltd. £1892 £1773 TN Callender. £1851 £1828 Askwiths. £1810 £1719 £1713 £1624 TD Wight & Sons. £1647 £1532 TN Hodgson & Sons. £1457 M Ord & Sons.
Heifers – Top prices ppk 316 305 302 299 295 285 278 JV&JA Hodgson. 312 304×2 303 284 278 275 271 WF Hustwit. 311 306 305 299 297×2 294 290×2 289 WA Armstrong. 310 294 287 267 TD Wight & Sons. 307 291 Askwiths. 287 RD Musgrave. 282 274 270 266 RA&BA Ridley & Son Ltd. 263 255 248×2 K Ramsay.
Lead Grossing Heifers £1893 £1859 £1838×2 £1809 £1802 £1799 £1781 £1777 WA Armstrong. £1891 £1865 £1821 £1769 £1731 £1718 JV&JA Hodgson. £1882 £1762 £1725 RA&BA Ridley & Son Ltd. £1881 £1869 £1822 £1754 £1726 WF Hustwit. £1805 £1767 £1672 TD Wight & Sons. £1778 £1762 Askwiths.
Lambs – As expected, and following the trend nationally lambs were easier on the week, however as with the cattle – numbers were reduced quite considerably and that helped to maintain a healthy average of 304ppk. Heavy weight lambs would be the easiest sold with over 45kgs averaging £147. Medium weight lambs returned at an average of £129 and lightweights £108. Top of the leader board at 383ppk was JA&A Herbert, Tees Farm whose single 42kg lamb realised £161 and was purchased by Country Valley Foods. M&A Gaskin, Hillingdon had a quintet of continental lambs that sold to £169 to Worsley Wholesale Meats, thus heading the lead grossing values.
Lambs – Top prices ppk 383 327 325 319 315 JA&A Herbert. 365 338 D&HM Hodgson. 361 351 341 JC Simpson. 355 324 D&PH Brown. 345 MF Hall. 344×2 341 M&A Gaskin. 344 228 330 327 315 AWSM Farms. 342 W Simpson. 327 316 DG&PD Ayre. 326 J Curry. 326 320 K&PM Lough. 326 324 323 320 313 T Lawson. 324 HT Davies & Partners. 324 323 W.K M.M Lamb. 321 T Grix. 321 314 P Bisby. 320 CM Cameron. 320 T Duckitt. 318×2 F Shield. 318 Anna Herbert.
Lead Grossing Lambs £169 £162 £152.50×2 M&A Gaskin. £165.50 £156.50 £150 £142.50 T Lawson & Son. £161 £147 £140.50 JA&A Herbert. £160.50 P Bisby. £159.50 M Hutchinson. £159 MF Hall. £159 £150 D&HM Hodgson. £157 K&PM Lough. £156.50 £147.50 £146 £142 D&PH Brown. £149 £148.50 £147.50 £146.50 £144.50 AWSM Farms. £148 £144 £140 JC Simpson. £148 £142.50 MW Barker & Son. £148 JW£&DW Laing. £144.50 £142.50 W.K M.M Lamb. £144 W Simpson. £141.50 T Grix.
Cast Ewes & Rams (156) – Yet another good ewe trade this week with a top price of £169 going to T Watson, East Thorn Farm which was purchased by S.S Meats, he was closely followed by AWSM Farms at £168. With the Qurbani festival over, trade has still remained strong this week however this could slightly change in the coming weeks, but current trade keeps us remained positive.
Cast Sheep – £168 £155 £143 £106 AWSM Farms. £165 £140 £131 £120 £96 £90 MF Hall. £158 £155 £152 £136 £129 £86 T Watson. £158 W Weightman. £146 £127 £100 (x2) RA Patterson & Son. £145 £114 JC Smith. £142 £121 £112 WR Wilson & Ptnrs. £135 £84 JC Simpson. £134 L Collingwood. £122 £96 £58 JS Wiper. £120 (x2) B & SM Rutherford & Son. £120 £118 JR & J Crowe. £118 Anna Herbert. £114 £98 £82 F Shield. £110 GM Simpson. £108 £57 £50 W & V Burton. £91 C & M Burnett. £84 K & M Elders & Son. £78 Joanna Smurthwaite.
Pigs – Top prices ppk 110 100 J Mitchell & Son. 110 100×3 C Weightman. 90 M&A Gaskin.
Lead Grossing Pigs £95 M&A Gaskin. £88 £67×3 C Weightman. £81 £7
