Thursday 31st October – Darlington Auction Mart had Forward:
98 Bulls – Sold to 330ppk & £2634
28 Steers sold to 346ppk & £1980
112 Heifers sold to 384ppk & £2351
2 Cast Cows sold to 231ppk & £1589
1355 Lambs sold to 446ppk & £210
256 Cast Sheep sold to £272
Prime Bulls (98) Almost 100 bulls forward, trade was as sharp as ever, although quality throughout was not of the usual standard with more Dairy Bred sorts forward, resulting in an average of 278ppk & £1905. A top price of 330ppk & £2131 for a striking Limousin sold by Northumberland based and regulars with the top spot – A&D Proctor, Swarland Old Hall, was purchased by Worsley Wholesale Meats. The lead Grossing Bull a Limousin saw a welcome return to JA&M Boyes Ltd, Strathmore House, with the hammer coming down at 319ppk & £2634 also to John Worsley. The top Friesian bull sold for 244ppk & £1627 from MA&PD Foster, Smith House Farm to JA Jewitt Ltd, Spennymoor while GW Dobson & Son, Wood Close sold the lead grossing Friesian at £1667 to Bowland Foods. The top Native Bred Bull ppk was an Angus also sold by MA&PD Foster, Smithy House Farm for 264ppk & £1776 to Bowland Foods. The Lead grossing native, a pure Shorthorn sold by Gerard Te- Lintelo, Mayfield Beef Shorthorns, sold for £2095 to JA Jewitt Ltd.
Below, a selection of today’s bull averages:
JA&M Boyes Ltd, Strathmore House sold 4 to average 311ppk & £2366
A&D Proctor, Swarland Old Hall sold 2 to average 328ppk & £2257
JE Jordon & Son, The Brocks sold 2 to average 314ppk & £2134
LR Welsh & Co sold 4 to average 302ppk & £2137
D Richardson & Co Ltd sold 5 to average 298ppk & £2179
ER&GI Younger, High Trewhitt sold 4 to average 299ppk & £2108
Messrs Lawson & Son, Hundith House sold 6 to average 321ppk & £1944
Continental Bulls – Top prices ppk 330 327 A&D Proctor. 329 325 323 320 319 315 Lawson & Son. 329 302 300 296 TW Clark & Son. 322 N White. 320 PI Harker. 320 P Weightman & Sons. 319 312 310 301 JA&M Boyes Ltd. 316 310 ER&GI Younger. 316 312 291 288 D Richardson & Co Ltd. 316 312 JE Jordon & Son. 315 310 298 LR Welsh & Co. 313 Lupton. 305 303 300 291 J Murray. 296 CH&SE Armstrong. 289 DH Lawson.
Lead Grossing Continental Bulls £2634 £2461 £2266 £2103 JA&M Boyes Ltd. £2383 £2131 A&D Proctor. £2325 JE Jordon & Son. £2320 £2167 £2022 ER&GI Younger. £2286 £2211 £2061 LR Welsh & Co. £2243 PI Harker. £2225 £2208 £2189 £2184 £2089 D Richardson & Co Ltd. £2128 £2090 £2071 £2039 £2007 £2002 CH&SE Armstrong. £2102 £2095 Lawson & Son. £2069 TW Clark & Son. £2067 P Weightman & Sons. £2065 JK&CE Farming.
Friesian Bulls – Top prices ppk 244 MA&PD Foster. 230×2 GW Dobson & Son. 210 205 203 196 190 C&M Atkinson & Sons.
Lead Grossing Friesian Bulls £1667 £1490 GW Dobson & Son. £1627 MA&PD Foster. £1309 £1247 £1179 £1157 C&M Atkinson & Sons.
Native Bulls – Top prices ppk 264 MA&PD Foster. 258 250 246 230 226 CH&SE Armstrong. 255 248 Gerard Te-Lintelo. 234 C&M Atkinson & Sons.
Lead Grossing Native Bulls £2095 £1976 Gerard Te-Lintelo. £1911 £1850 £1719 £1688 £1614 CH&SE Armstrong. £1776 MA&PD Foster. £1394 C&M Atkinson & Sons.
Cast Cows – There was 2 Pure Limousin Cows forward – W&M Knaggs & Son, East Newbiggin’s sold for 231ppk & £1589 and M&G Chantrell Ltd’s sold for 220ppk & £1548 both purchased by Hartshead Meats.
Cast Cows – Top prices ppk 231 W&M Knaggs & Son. 220 M&G Chantrell Ltd.
Lead Grossing Cast Cows £1589 W&M Knaggs & Son. £1548 M&G Chantrell Ltd.
Clean Cattle (140) With demand for clean cattle pre-sale obvious, DFAM had forward a terrific entry of 140 head. Trade was very strong for all types but especially for handy weighted heifers selling to 384ppk returning an average of 334ppk. A quartet of wonderfully finished continental Heifers from NE Dyson, Gebdykes Farm were the cream of the crop as far as the gross values are concerned reaching a sensational £2351.There was a noticeable increase in demand for steers throughout the sale. Today’s offering included a few Native and Dairy bred boys alongside a multitude of lighter weighted continental’s from as far South as Leicester courtesy of MG Chantrell Ltd to local producers Barker Farming Partnership Ltd, Scorton who went forward to sell the top price ppk & lead grossing steer at 346ppk & £1980. The overall average of 308ppk would be a healthy improvement on the week.
See below for a selection of the week’s top clean cattle averages:
Messrs’ Lawson & Son sold 3 to average 334ppk & £2219
NE Dyson, Gebdykes Farm sold 4 to average 360ppk & £2209
W&M Knaggs & Son, East Newbiggin sold 3 to average 358ppk & £2155
AC Simpson & Son sold 4 to average 354ppk & £2139
TN Callender, Ox Eye Farm sold 2 to average 347ppk & £2083
JV&JA Hodgson, The Grange sold 8 to average 356ppk & £2028
Barker Farming Partnership sold 11 to average 354ppk & £1950
R Hirst, Neasham Grange sold 8 to average 354ppk & £1950
Steers – Top prices ppk 346 334 Barker Farming Partnership. 343 337 326 Taylor Bros. 328 325 323×2 319 318 317 316 315 312 310×2 306 303 302 M&G Chantrell Ltd. 328 A Swinbank & Son. 316 291 RRE&JR Reay.
Lead Grossing Steers £1980 £1889 Barker Farming Partnership. £1915 Lupton. £1815 £1810 £1807 £1768 £1673 £1669 £1627 £1919 £1600 M&G Chantrell Ltd. £1804 £1677 RRE&JR Reay. £1787 A Swinbank & son. £1696 A&CA Stanwix.
Heifers – Top prices ppk 384 380 376. 378 377 368 350 349 348 345 R Hirst. 377 351 348 W&M Knaggs & Son. 374 370 368 359 354 352 JV&JA Hodgson. 368×2 356 349 NE Dyson. 368 367 364×2 360 355×2 343 Barker Farming Partnership. 367 N White. 365 363 359 351×2 W Miller. 360 359 350×2 AC Simpson & Son. 359 347 J&EM Lawson. 359 354 351 350 P&N Tattersall. 359 344 338 W Swinbank & Sons. 357 TN Callender. 345 M&G Chantrell Ltd. 339 337 Lawson & Son.
Lead Grossing Heifers £2351 £2335 £2097 £2052 NE Dyson. £2281 £2193 £2183 Lawson & Son. £2271 £2141 £2024 R Hirst. £2250 £2207 £2152 AC Simpson & son. £2230 £2129 £2087 £2056 Barker Farming Partnership. £2224 £2178 £2063 W&M Knaggs & Son. £2202 £2138 £2041. £2192 JR Harding. £2183 £2092 £2038 £2030 £2012 JV&JA Hodgson. £2159 £2006 TN Callender. £2100 £2024×2 W Swinbank & Sons. £2051 £2012 P&N Tattersall. £2025 W Miller. £2011 JR Tiplady.
Today’s lamb trade at Darlington averaged an excellent SQQ of 299ppk, making todays sale 32ppk dearer than this week last year. With the trade beaming and meated lambs wanted, top price of the day goes to regular customer W.K M.M Lamb of Doe Park, with a tremendous Beltex lamb, selling for £210 or 446ppk, followed by £200 from the same vendor, both purchased by regular buyer, Mr Alam of Lancashire Direct Halal Meat. Tremendous Texel lambs from J&A Layfield, New Row Farm, sold regularly from £160 to a top price of £176. T Lawson follows with a Texel lamb making £166 and a Charollais making £164. Suffolks topped at £155 from J Thompson, 12 Corn Close. Over all a superb days trading here at Darlington, highlighting that plenty of meat and weight is exactly what attracts these premium prices.
Some of today’s leading lamb averages:
PJ Tindale Preston Tilery sold 10 to average 362ppk & £150
W.K M.M Lamb sold 20 to average 332ppk & £147
J&A Layfield, New Row sold 50 to average 312ppk & £159.50
AWSM Farms, Lane Head sold 110 to average 314ppk & £140
R Atkinson, High Greenbury Farm sold 200 to average 307ppk & £141
WR Ward, Green Knowles Farm sold 9 to average 300ppk & £153
T Lawson & Son, Sands Farm sold 24 to average 293ppk & £148
Lambs – Top prices ppk 446 384 339 326 316×2 W.K M.M Lamb. 365×2 348 PJ Tindale. 350 323 MW Cook & Son. 350 314 312 R Dresser. 334 PD Shepherd Farm. 332 JA&A Herbert. 329 326 319×2 318 316 309 AWSM Farms. 327 T Lawson & Son. 326 325 320 313 312 310 J&A Layfield. 326 308 J Thompson. 323 322 JD Brannen. 322 313 311×2 308 R Atkinson. 321 F Johnson. 319 DA&M Bayles. 317 315 309 JJ Horn. 314 312 AW Sanderson. 309 TA Greensit & Sons. 308 Bowes Bros. 308 WR Ward.
Lead Grossing Lambs £210 £200 £147 £146 W.K M.M Lamb. £176 £170 £164 £160×4 £150 J&A Layfield. £166 £164 £154 £152.50 £152 £147 T Lawson & Son. £162 W Kirk & Sons. £162 WR Ward. £162 M&A Gaskin. £160 £147 £145 W Denham. £155 J Thompson. £154 £145 PD Shepherd. £154 £145 R Atkinson. £153 £148 R Dresser. £151 £150×6 I Marshall & Sons. £151 J Milbank & Sons. £150×3 PJ Tindale. £150 D&AM Bayles. £149 £145 JC Thwaite & Son. £146 DW ewin. £146 £145×2 AWSM Farms. £144 M Dawson.
The recent rise in Cast Ewes witnessed in Darlington continues, with well fleshed Ewes remaining a flying trade. Top Price of the day goes to W Hanson of Highcliffe Farm, with a shapely Texel ewe selling for £272. Closely following was a Continental Tup from G Horner, Howe Wath Farm, making £210. Next in line was JJ Horn, Bushy Park, with another Texel Ewe making £196. Strong Texel Ewes regularly trading between £160 and £190. Mule ewes selling between £116 and £126 and Suffolk ewes trading between £140 and £150. A great day all round.
Lead Grossing Cast Sheep £272 £178 W Hanson. £210 £146 £108 G Horner. £196 £148 JJ Horn. £191 MW Cook & Son. £182×2 £157 B willis. £178 £177 £160 M&A Gaskin. £160 £159 £125 £94 £89 Corner Bros. £154 £147 C Dawson. £152 £147 £140×2 £124 J&A Layfield. £146 JP Coatsworth & Son. £144 F Myers & Son. £140 DM McClurg. £130 £110 TA Greensit & Sons. £128 £115 GPA Carter. £126 JC Thwaite & Son. £125×2 JK Gill & Son.
