Darlington Farmers Auction Mart held their weekly sale of Prime Stock on Thursday 6th October 2022. Forward were 215 Cattle, 2091 Sheep and 16 Pigs.
99 Prime Bulls sold to 297ppk or £2440
24 Prime Steers sold to 311ppk or £1930
91 Prime Heifers sold to 327ppk or £2436
1 Stock Bull sold for 145ppk and £1429
1694 Prime Lambs sold to 325ppk or £152
397 Cast Sheep sold to £175
16 Prime Pigs sold to 110ppk or £90
Prime Bulls (99) – No autumnal blues for the bull beef as a good show found another barnstorming trade, 11 bulls over 290ppk and a mind-blowing 29 the top side of £2000 helped averages up to 251ppk and £1739. Top price per kilo went to regular supporters L R Welsh & Co, Spennymoor with an excellent 738kg Limousin, the chasing pack was headed by another Spennymoor star with a whole host in a tight knit chasing pack. A gigantic 31-month-old Salers bull from Rigel pedigree topped the gross values at £2440, the age discriminating deadweight highwaymen would do well to note that of the 29 beyond £2000 just 3 were under 16 months. Best of the native breeds today was an awesome Aberdeen Angus from A S & S M Kemp, Sherburn which sold for a brilliant 292ppk and £2029. Two familiar names challenged for Friesian supremacy as J M & S Walton, Barton and R Hall & Son, Brotton led the way, the Barton Brotton battle resulted in an honourable draw with Messrs Walton topping the gross values at £1634 and the Hall pen top per kilo at 235 pence. Below are listed some of the day’s top pen averages.
L R Welsh & Co, Spennymoor sold 4 Bulls to average 287ppk and £2122
J A & M Boyes Ltd, Cleatlam sold 4 to average 286ppk and £2026
N White, Marrick sold 4 to average 284ppk and £2055
Renton Highlaws, Morpeth sold 5 to average 280ppk and £1924
A G Watson & Sons, Rushyford sold 5 to average 275ppk and £1884
Continental Bulls – Top prices ppk 297 294 290 270 LR Welsh & Co. 293 288 287 AS&SM Kemp. 292 288 281 278 N white. 292 290 288 278 JA&M Boyes Ltd. 292 289 284 275 263 Renton Highlaws Ltd. 291 WJ&AS Bowes & Sons. 290 288×2 AG Watson & Sons. 282×2 280 279×2 275 274 266×2 M&G Chantrell Ltd. 277 274 270×2 268 264 D Richardson & Co Ltd. 277 262 TW Clark & Son.
Lead Grossing Continental Bulls £2440 Rigel Pedigree. £2365 £2103 WJ&AS Bowes & Sons. £2289 £2107 £2098 £2096 £2067 £2001 £1926 £1925 D Richardson & Co Ltd. £2191 £2122 £2119 £2055 LR Welsh & Co. £2189 £2185 £2013 AG Watson & sons. £2176 £2172 £2122 £1952 AS&SM Kekp. £2142 £1997 £1987 £1977 JA&M Boyes Ltd. £2140 £2108 £2079 £1895 N White. £2118 £2102 £1851 Renton Highlaws Ltd. £2062 JR Knox & Son. £2030£1937 £1936 TW Clark & Son. £1916 M&G Chantrell Ltd.
Friesian Bulls -= Top prices ppk 235 212 R Hall & Son. 212 189 SH Watson & Sons. 212 JM&S Walton. 207 180 RW Raper & sons. 191 D Walker. 186 JC Tallentire.
Lead Grossing Friesian Bulls £1634 JM&S Walton. £1412 £1293 R Hall & Son. £1363 £1122 SH Watson & Sons. £1298 JC&P Tallentire. £1225 £1038 RW Raper & Sons. £1168 D Walker.
Native Breed Bulls – Top prices ppk 292 239 223 AS&SM Kemp. 247 D Richardson & Co Ltd. 240 234 229×2 SN Bird & Sons. 217 R Hall & Son. 217 GS Dowson.
Lead Grossing Native Breed Bulls £2029 £1720 £1583 AS&SM Kemp. £1842 D Richardson & Co Ltd. £1722 £1619 £1600 £1401 SN Bird & Sons. £1401 GS Dowson. £1243 R Hall & Son.
Clean Cattle (115) – The clean beef trade remains at full throttle, some stunning returns today with 39 beast beyond 300ppk as heifers averaged an excellent 289ppk and a mixed show of steers 268ppk, warts and all the clean averaged £1690 apiece. The king of Coxhoe Wayne Armstrong led the way with a brilliant 582kg British Blue heifer selling for 327 pence per kilo, the hot Hirst’s of Neasham and brilliant Barker Farming, Scorton both featured in a photo finish each reaching 326ppk. Jim and Heather Marks, Bishopton took all three medals in the steers per kilo, the magic from the Marks topped at 311 pence with a tremendous homebred 620kg Limousin. Top gross valued steer was a close-run race, edging just in front of the Marks run was a perfectly finished 723kg Limousin from another local producer Neil Brown of J H & M & N W Brown, West Hartburn. Finally today come the unbelievable top gross valued heifers, a fleshy four sold over £2000 with the best a superb 815kg 38-month-old Limousin reaching £2436, credit for all of this awesome foursome goes back to Tancred Grange, Scorton and the outstanding feeding of Barker Farming Partnership. See below for some stunning averages.
R Hirst Neasham sold 10 Heifers to average 314ppk and £1767
J L Marks, Bishopton sold 3 Heifers to average 313ppk and £1801
P & N Tattersall, York sold 3 Heifers to average 309ppk and £1824
W A Armstrong, Coxhoe sold 7 Heifers to average 308ppk and £1826
J L Marks, Bishopton sold 5 Steers to average 304ppk and £1837
J V & J A Hodgson, Summerhouse sold 12 Heifers to average 304ppk and £1778
Barker Farming, Scorton sold 4 Heifers to average 297ppk and £2261
Steers – Top prices ppk 311 308 306 300 298 JL Marks. 304 LD Laws. 297 289 WJ Smith & Partners. 290 WA Armstrong. 285 260 WL Robinson & Partners. 285 P&N Tattersall. 275 274 268 267 JH&M&NW Brown. 274 A Crowder. 270 IE&JH Brown. 244 DL&D Lovegreen. 219 217 A&CA Stanwix.
Lead Grossing Steers £1930 £1827 £1773 £1766 JH&M&NW Brown. £1928 £1888 £1833 £1774 £1761 JL Marks. £1809 P&N Tattersall. £1778 31762 WL Robinson & Partners. £1766 WA Armstrong. £1736 IE&JH Brown. £1695 £1658 WJ Smith & Partners. £1678 DL&D Lovegreen. £1656 LD Laws. £1633 A Crowder. £1532 £1519 A&CA Stanwix.
Heifers – Top prices ppk 327 318×2 317 298 WA Armstrong. 326 304 299 Barker Farming Partnership. 326 320×2 315 314×2 313 311 310 R Hirst. 322 316 315 314×2 312 306×2 JV&JA Hodgson. 320 311 298 P&N Tattersall. 317 316 308 JL Marks. 314 JE Suddes & Son. 314 299 WF Hustwit. 313 WJ Smith & Partners. 308 291 IE&JH Brown. 307 M&G Chantrell Ltd. 306 JR Spink. 299 298 296 MF Hall. 297 A Crowder.
Lead Grossing Heifers £2436 £2264 £2249 £2096 Barker Farming Partnership. £1948 £1827 £1819 £1808 £1798 £1795 R Hirst. £1913 £1821 JE Suddes & Son. £1912 £1903 £1832 £1822 £1813 WA Armstrong. £1893 £1877 £1840 £1832 £1822 £1820 £1810 £1807 JV&JA Hodgson. £1891 £1766 JL Marks. £1880 A Crowder. £1860 £1836 £1813 £1811 IE&JH Brown. £1841 £1777 WF Hustwit. £1838 £1833 £1800 P&N Tattersall. £1788 RG Richardson.
Prime Lambs (1694) – A two tier show, well fleshed lambs very easily sold however lean meat is nobody’s treat and the bottom end now either require hard feed or selling as stores. The weighed straight sale average of 238ppk and £106.89 is identical to the corresponding week last year however an ordinary bottom end today would suggest we may still be ahead. Top this week at 325 pence per kilo was an excellent 44kg Beltex crossed lamb from W K M M Lamb, Doe Park, Cotherstone which sold for £143. Behind the lamb from Lamb came a flurry of superb pens from Messrs Askwith, Crook and it was they who led the gross values at £152. Stacks of sheep sold in the £120 to £130 bracket today, all of which were fed and finished well, the lean lambs stand out like a sore thumb as we head into Autumn.
Lambs – Top prices ppk 325 291 W.K M.M Lamb. 321 314 302 291 282 262 Askwiths. 293 S&S Davies. 276 TN Callender. 275 M Smith. 275 258 OS Laws. 274 C&E Gaskin. 274 259 GC&JC Pullan. 272 264×2 260 TH Richardson & Son. 269 256 JA&A Herbert. 268 267 265 M&A Gaskin. 266 261 258 F&JS Gargett. 266 255 AWSM Farms. 265 SMA Swinbank. 264 GE Raw. 262 259 D Chapman. 260 D&PH Brown. 259 257 DL&D Lovegreen. 257 D Jackson. 257 HT Davies & Partners. 257 253 N Medd & Son.
Lead Grossing Lambs £152 £140 £134.50 £130 £129 £128.50 £124 Askwiths. £143 £140 W.K M.M Lamb. £142.50 R Lawson & Son. £137 £130.50 £130 £129.50×2 £129 £127.50 £126 £125.50 GC&JC Pullan. £136×2 JA&A Herbert. £134.50 C&E Gaskin. £132.50 S Thompson & Son. £131.50 £131 D Chapman. £131 £123.50 £122 M&A Gaskin. £131 W Denham. £130.50 £129 £122.50 AWSM Farms. £130 SMA Swinbank. £130 D&PH Brown. £129.50 AG Laws. £127 £120 TH Richardson & Son.
Cast Ewes & Rams (397) – Ewe trade harder work, as with the lambs the lean meat is especially difficult to rehome. Top went to a bulky pure Texel from T H Richardson & Son, Low Moor Hill at £175, Mule ewes need to be massive to make it beyond £90 and the horned sheep needed to be very fit to break £40.
Lead Grossing Cast Sheep £175 £145 TH Richardson & Son. £170 £138 £126 £120 £119 £114 £112 W.K M.M Lamb. £150 £118×2 D Chapman. £140 C Wise. £130 £120 Anthony Tindale. £122 A Newton. £120 D&PH Brown. £120 JV Hodgson & Son. £114 M&A Gaskin. £114 £100 TN Callender. £110×2 DM McClurg. £110×2 £95 WR Wilson & Partners. £110 £100 W Denham. £108 P Cockburn.
Prime Pigs (16) – The great DfAM pig giveaway continued, the correct term to describe this is sadly not available in print; the pigs were neither missed away, kissed away, or dissed away but I am sure it should sound something like that. If you pop round to our pig auctioneers with some apple sauce this weekend, he will most likely have a leg of pork in the oven.
Pigs – Top prices ppk 110 105 J Mitchell & Son. 105 100×2 90 C Weightman.
Lead Grossing Pigs £90 £85 J Mitchell & Son. £85 £82 £79 £78 C Weightman.
