Monday 21st August – Darlington Auction Mart had forward:
40 Cast Cows sold to 252ppk & £1980
7 Cast Bulls sold to 248ppk & £1981
49 Store Steers sold to £1885
43 Store Heifers sold to £1490
3 Store Bulls sold to £1120
1 Cow & Calf sold to £1100
1207 Store Lambs sold to £180
115 Feeding Ewes sold to £102
Darlington Farmers Auction Mart held a special junior handlers’ sale of single store lambs in conjunction with their weekly sale of cast cattle, store and breeding stock. Forward were
Junior Handlers Super Singles
Derived from our previous show and sale of single butcher’s lambs DfAM were today delighted to launch a siter event for our next generation of store lamb producers. These events are a wonderful showcase for our talented youngsters and we are pleased to report that an excellent morning was enjoyed by allcomers. Firstly, we would like to thank our judge today Joanna Andrews for her time, expert opinion and for conducting a thoroughly professional job. Secondly our wonderful sponsors, without whom the extraordinary prize fund would not be available to these fine young folk; special thanks go to Dots Café, H.H.Smith & Son, Brockhills of Yorkshire, Vicky Anderson Training, NFU Mutual Durham Districts, Swale Vets, S&A Fabrications, Stokesley Show, David Chapman Property & Garden Maintainence, Allflex Livestock Intelegence, Thornton Breakers, Dugdale Nutrition, C&A Embroidery, Vickers & Barrass Chartered Surveyors, Grahams Logs, Stoneygate Farm Shop & Café, Agrisource Farm Machinery, East Oakley Servicing & Repairs, Bennison Groundworks, Hutchinson Sheep Shearing.
The show classes were dominated by eighteen-year-old Harry Askwith of Crook who scooped three of the four first prizes, from these he took the Champion sash with his Beltex sired lamb and the reserve with his Texel; Harry was also awarded the special £50 prize for best turned-out lamb. Nine-year-old Freddie Dodsworth of Nenthead claimed the £50 award for best showmanship with his Suffolk crossed ewe lamb, the same lamb was earlier first in the Suffolk class narrowly beating her twin sister held by eight-year-old Patrick Dodsworth.
All the youngsters deserve huge credit for putting forward a terrific display of sheep, the trade for their lambs was excellent and thanks also go to the buyers who ensured that the next generation had themselves a day to remember.
Show Results
Lamb Sired by a Beltex
1st Harry Askwith, Crook sold for £180
2nd Tyler MacCauley, Killerby sold for £108
3rd Harry Pattinson, Hurworth sold for £134
4th Sophia Beeforth, Chop Gate sold for £108
Lamb Sired by a Texel
1st Harry Askwith, Crook sold for £158
2nd Harry Pattinson, Hurworth sold for £154
3rd Josh Burton, Ettersgill sold for £120
4th George Wearmouth, Eastgate sold for £130
Lamb Sired by a Suffolk
1st Freddie Dodsworth, Nenthead sold for £150
2nd Patrick Dodsworth, Nenthead sold for £150
3rd Jack Sewell, Hamsterley sold for £97
4th Kady Sewell, Hamsterley sold for £88
Lamb Sired by Any Other Breed
1st Harry Askwith, Crook sold for £150
2nd Tyler MacCauley, Killerby sold for £116
3rd Harry Pattinson, Hurworth sold for £112
4th Lexie Beeforth, Chop Gate sold for £55
Champion Lamb
Harry Askwith’s Beltex
Reserve Champion Lamb
Harry Askwiths Texel
Best Turned-Out Lamb
Harry Askwith’s Beltex
Showmanship Award
Freddie Dodsworth
Sale of Store Lambs – An excellent trade by anyone’s standards, aside from the young handlers who led the way the regular store sellers too enjoyed a terrific trade. Highlights included several good runs over £100 including a proper pen of Mule lambs from T E Dobson, Unthank Farm which saw the sixty-two of them sell for £102. Strong lambs sold time and time again £80 to £100 and most of the hill bred very long keep lambs traded £65 to £75 with ease. Feeding ewes also look well sold, the highlight probably a pen of thirty North of England Blackies from H Frater, Alnwick which sold for £69.
Junior Young Handlers: Store Lambs – £180 £158 £150 Harry Askwith. £154 £134 £112 Harry Pattinson. £150 Patrick Dodsworth. £150 Freddie Dodsworth. £130 £110 George Wearmouth. £120 Josh Burton. £116 £108 Tyler Macauley. £108 £55 Sophia Beeforth. £97 Jack Sewell. £95 £94 £55 Lexie Beeforth. £88 Kady Sewell. £76 Ethan Sewell.
Store Lambs-
Texel – £109.50 £97 £81 RA Patterson & Son. £108 £101 £96 £80 K Sayer. £105.50 N Demuschamp. £105 £93 D Rutter. £100 PJ Anderson & Son. £99 £92.50 GH Lister. £96.50 RA Patterson & Son. £96 £86 James Burns. £95 £86.50 £79 D&G Spry. £90 C&I Watson & Sons. £85 RB Watson. £84.50 RB&S Fell. £84 W Wearmouth & Son. £83 £82 £81 JW&J Collin. £80 JH Johnson.
Continental – £105 N Demuschamp.
Mule – £60 TE Dobson.
Suffolk – £101.50 GH Lister. £96 £86 RA Patterson & Son. £91.50 £85 KT Anderson & Son. £84.50 W Burton. £83 BR&S Fell.
Beltex – £99 W Wearmouth & Son. £97 M Radford.
Cheviot – £99 £90 £85 S&D Ferrie. £86 Leticia Burton.
Charollais – £96 N Demuschamp.
Feeding Ewes – £102 N Back. £96 £70 £69 S Beeforth. £91 RA Patterson & Son. £86.50 £78 £65 £50 C Harle & Sons. £86 £82 £43 C&I Watson & Sons. £79 £52 £34 S Straughan. £69 £45 £38 H Frater. £38 K Sayer.
Cast Cows – A few more forward on the week, a lot more demand ringside culminating in a sharper trade all round. Many more could have been sold to vendor’s advantage. The top price cow ppk & pounds per head was a Limousin sold by DK Barker, Little Ketton Farm for 252ppk & £1980.
The dairy section was led by a young Friesian selling for 208ppk & £1125 – the lead grossing dairy bred cow was also a Friesian selling for £1205 both from the same vendor, A&JE Smith, Healey Home Farm.
7 Cast Bulls forward but a right mixture of breeds, a trio of continentals, a trio of young Holsteins and a Jersey. J Brearley, Highcliffe Farm sold a cracking young Limousin for 248ppk & £1981.
Cast Cows – Top prices ppk 252 242 228 196 DK Barker. 246 JE Grieves. 218 200 184 JW Porter & Sons. 218 184 M Shaw. 208 170 164 A&JE Smith. 194 R&M Scott. 190 W Ramsay & Sons. 186 F Ward. 182 176 JD&MS Mortimer. 178 J Archer. 178 172 170×2 W&OM Jackson & Son. 174 R Simpson & Sons. 174 JS Foster & Son. 172 170 GW&M Singleton & Sons. 170 D&B Harding. 170 HS Hutchinson. 168 CM Smith.
Lead Grossing Cast Cows £1980 £1785 £1662 £1458 DK Barker. £1457 W Ramsay & Sons. £1434 JE Grieves. £1362 £1249 £1148 JW Porter & Sons. £1329 £1147 £1057 W&OM Jackson & Son. £1296 JS Foster & Son. £1245 R&M Scott. £1240 M Shaw. £1213 £1158 JD&MS Mortimer. £1212 F Ward. £1205 £1162 £1125 A&JE Smith. £1194 CM Smith. £1161 A&JE Smith. £1076 Cowclose Farm. £1065 GW&M Singleton & Sons. £1037 M Shaw. £1016 R Simpson & Sons.
Cast Bulls – Top prices ppk 248 J Brearley. 176 174 164 Pintail Nest Farm Ltd. 166 IF Raine. 160 J Archer.
Lead Grossing Cast Bulls £1981 J Brearley. £1832 IF Raine. £913 £871 £769 Pintail Nest Farm Ltd. £830 J Archer.
Store Cattle – An unusually dry spell saw cattle numbers depleted, trade however was flying. A fantastic run of 12 mostly Charolais strong steers from Howard Johnson set the pace at £1885 for his top 2 steers, finishing up with an average of £1775 for the consignment. Runner up woud be GS Bainbridge, Ketton Lodge with a run of 5 Limousins selling to £1490 average £1348. Not a lot forward in the store bull department with S Sayer, Scotland Farm grabbing top spot with a Limousin x selling for £1120, and only 1 cow & calf on offer from R Peart, Mayland Hall which sold for £1100
Cows & Calves £1100 R Peart.
Store Bulls £1120 S Sayer. £880 £830 AP Taylor.
Store Steers £1885×2 £1825×2 £1800×2 £1780×2 £1735×2 £1725 £1530 JH Johnson. £1385 £1370 £1310 £1270 £1035 DR Smith. £1330 £1290 £1270 GS Bainbridge. £1290 £1065 K Metcalfe. £1185×2 £1095 C Bell. £1100 £980 W Walker & Sons. £1085 £1070 £960 £940 £905 I Newton & Son. £1040 £970 S Sayer. £980×2 Humbleton Farm. £925 M Shaw.
Store Heifers £1490 £1360 GS Bainbridge. £1260×2 W Walker & Sons. £1190 £1170 DR Smith. £1185 £1045 JC Thwaite & Son. £1180 £1035 £995×2 £985 £980 £975 £970 Humbleton Farm. £1055×4 £1050 S Bolton.
