Darlington Farmers Auction Mart held their Junior Handlers Show and Sale of Single Prime Lambs in conjunction with their weekly sale of prime stock on Thursday 26th August 2021. Forward were 230 Cattle, 2929 Sheep and 13 Pigs.
91 Prime Bulls sold to 259ppk or £2134
62 Prime Steers sold to 275ppk or £2107
77 Prime Heifers sold to 286ppk or £1770
2242 Prime Lambs sold to 510ppk or £260
687 Cast Ewes & Rams sold to £128
13 Prime Pigs sold to 105ppk or £82
Junior Handlers ‘Super Single’ Show and Sale of Prime Lambs
A wonderful day as the next generation did themselves and their families extremely proud in Darlington, 29 budding entrepreneurs with 39 lambs spread over 4 classes excelled throughout on a day when genuinely everyone came out a winner. First and foremost immense thanks must go to our sponsors who between them helped us accumulate a magnificent prize fund of £750; main sponsors Coxhoe Service & Supply were accompanied by great generosity from Dots Café, Vickers and Barrass, Brash Weighing Equipment, H H Smith & Son Livestock Haulage, R Gilson Agricultural & Groundwork, John Warren ABP, Carrs Billington Barnard Castle, The Farmers Mart, Swale Veterinary Richmond, J W Thompson International Haulage, J Wilkinson West Side Farm.
The judging was kindly carried out by Jack Iveson of Atkinson Livestock, thanks go to Jack from all at DFAM for a truly professional and thorough job.
With classes open to all under 18’s competition was hot with quality high, a remarkable achievement indeed then for 3 year old Seth Whitfield of High Castledene who held them all off and scooped the trophy and tri coloured rosette with his perfect Beltex crossed lamb; with stiff competition and wonderful support shown by butchers, farm shops and catering wholesalers from across the North of England the eventual successful bid came from tremendous DFAM supporter Mr Ali Shan of Yorkshire Halal Meat Suppliers, Keighley. A great day for Katie Walton of The Meadows culminated in her winning the reserve championship, at the grand old age of 5 Katie produced a trio of top quality lambs on the day which were all in the prizes as another of the next generation certainly impressed the gathered crowd. The special prize for showmanship this year went to 10 year old Lexi Beeforth of High Crookleith Farm as she handled her Beltex lamb with great guile and maturity whilst the best turned out also went to a Beltex as Harry Askwith of Middle Mown Meadows narrowly edged out a host of deliciously dressed lambs.
Show results as follows:
Champion – Seth Whitfield, High Castledene 51kg sold to 480ppk & £245 purchased by Yorkshire Halal Meat Suppliers Ltd, Osset.
Reserve Champion – Katie Walton, The Meadows 49kg sold to 424ppk & £208 purchased by Yorkshire Halal Meat Suppliers Ltd, Osset.
Best Turned-Out Lamb – Harry Askwith, Middle Mown Meadows 45kg sold to 377ppk & £170 purchased by Roots Farm Shop, Home Farm, Northallerton.
Best Showmanship – Lexi Beeforth 36kg sold to 283ppk & £102 purchased by Yorkshire Halal Meat Suppliers Ltd, Osset.
Class 1 – Single Lamb sired by The Beltex – 1st Seth Whitfield, High Castledene 51kg sold to 480ppk & £245 purchased by Yorkshire Halal Meat Suppliers, Osset. 2nd Katie Walton, The Meadow 49kg sold to 424ppk & £208 purchased by Yorkshire Halal Meat Suppliers, Osset. 3rd Harry Whitfield, High Castledene 51kg sold to 427ppk & £218 purchased by Yorkshire Halal Meat Suppliers, Osset. 4th Callum Dent, South Thornberry 45kg sold to 377ppk & £170 purchased by Roots Farm Shop, Home Farm, Northallerton. 5th Harry Askwith, Middlemown Meadows 45kg sold to 377ppk & £170 purchased by Roots Farm Shop, Home Farm, Northallerton.
Class 2 – Single Lamb sired by The Texel – 1st Katie Walton, The Meadow 52kg sold to 500ppk & £260 purchased by Yorkshire Halal Meat Suppliers, Osset. 2nd Daniel Newman, Cordilleras Farm 54kg sold to 357ppk & £190 purchased by JA Jewitt Ltd, Spennymoor. 3rd Callum Dent, South Thornberry 51kg sold to 392ppk & £200 purchased by Roots Farm Shop, Home Farm, Northallerton. 4th Orlean Askwith, Middlemown Meadows 44kg sold to 329ppk & £145 purchased by JA Jewitt Ltd, Spennymoor. 5th Harriet Gilson, Old Park Hall Farm 52kg sold to 346ppk & £180 purchased by A Kitson, Butchers, Hutton Rudby.
Class 3- Single Lamb sired by The Suffolk – 1st Callum Dent, South Thornberry 48kg sold to 395ppk & £190 purchased by Roots Farm Shop, Home Farm, Northallerton. 2nd Anna Herbert, West Shaws 45kg sold to 244ppk & £110 purchased by JA Jewitt Ltd, Spennymoor. 3rd William Scott, The Cottage 46kg sold to 271ppk & £125 purchased by T Stephenson, Dukesfield Hall, Hexham. 4th Henry Scott, The Cottage 46kg sold to 271ppk & £125 purchased by T Stephenson, Dukesfield Hall, Hexham. 5th Jack Sewell, Knavesmire 52kg sold to 240ppk & £125 purchased by JA Jewitt Ltd, Spennymoor.
Class 4 Single Lamb sired by Any Other Breed – 1st Katie Walton, The Meadow 46kg sold to 510ppk & £235 purchased by SS Meat Wholesale Ltd, West Auckland. 2nd Anna Herbert, west Shaws 55kg sold to 272ppk & £150 purchased by Farmers Fresh Ltd, Wrexham. 3rd Mathew Walton, Brass Castle 42kg sold to 240ppk & £101 purchased by Yorkshire Halal Meat Suppliers Ltd, Osset. 4th Francesca Stobbs, Killerby Hall 43kg sold to 267ppk & £115 purchased by West Scottish Lamb Ltd, Carlisle. 5th Adam Hall, Shipley Moss 42kg sold to 238ppk & £100 purchased by Yorkshire Halal Meat Suppliers, Osset.
Prime Bulls (91) – Trade easier as the case seems to be nationally however certainly not disastrous with an overall average of 220 pence per kilo. Another shining light from the superb Renton Highlaws lorry this week as they led the price per kilo race at an impressive 259 pence with their homebred 725kg Limousin; a dominant performance from the renowned Morpeth based feeders as they showed the top 5 prices per kilo on the day. Leading the gross values this week was a beautifully finished British Blue from D Richardson & Co, Bracken House as the 932kg of meat left with a price tag of £2134, a trio of magical homebred Limousin’s from A C Simpson & Son, McNeil Farm chased the leader all the way as they all joined the £2000 plus club. A harder day for the purveyors of Black and White bulls however the familiar names of R Hall & Son and J M & S Walton, not for the first time battled it out for the leading places.
Renton Highlaws Ltd, Morpeth sold 10 Bulls to average 250ppk and £1845
A C Simpson & Son, Witton-le-Wear sold 4 Bulls to average 231ppk and £1950
J J Horn, Richmond sold 2 Bulls to average 234ppk and £1852
R & W Todd, Toft Hill sold 3 Bulls to average 234ppk and £1786
A G Watson & Sons, Rushyford 6 Bulls to average 245ppk and £1779
L S Staley, Marwood sold 2 bulls to average 245ppk and £1777
Continental Bulls – Top prices ppk 259 258×2 256 253 250 248 247 240 239 Renton Highlaws Ltd. 251 248 247 245 241 240 AG Watson & Sons. 248 243 LS Staley. 244 232 228 R&W Todd. 244 TW Clark & Son. 234 LS Staley. 242 M&G Chantrell Ltd. 241 239 232 231 TF Bothroyd. 240 238 230 AC Simpson & Son. 238 JJ Horn. 237 229 D Richardson & Co Ltd. 236 LW Martin. 236 234 233 JW Holmes & Son. 235 F&JS Gargett. 229 WC Stones. 228 C Parker. 227 JF Gibson & Son.
Lead Grossing Continental Bulls £2134 £1778 D Richardson & Co Ltd. £2060 £2023 £2011 £1706 AC Simpson & Son. N£1995 £1967 £1914 £1911 £1909 £1877 £1745 £1743 Renton Highlaws Ltd. £1894 £1720 JJ Horn. £1936 F&JS Gargett. £1908 £1847 £1825 £1783 £1709 JW Holmes & Son. £1881 £1801 £1677 R&W Todd. £1857 £1839 £1828 £1824 £1822 AG Watson & Sons. £1822 £1732 LS Staley. £1810 TW Clark & Son. £1667 TN Hodgson & Sons. £1653 DH Lawson.
Friesian Bulls – Top prices ppk 184 177 R Hall & Son. 180 179 JM&S Walton. 180 165 JA&A Herbert. 178 163 J&JH Musgrave. 167 D&CA Henry. 165 N Howard.
Lead Grossing Friesian Bulls £1278 £1135 JM&S Walton. £1254 £1141 R Hall & Son. £1012 £857 £817 J&JH Musgrave. £935 D&CA Henry. £885 £780 JA&A Herbert. £856 N Howard.
Clean Cattle (139) – As Isaac Newton suggested, what goes up must come down and sadly he was right; the beef bubble has developed a slow puncture during the past seven days, a heifer average of 242ppk isn’t actually disastrous but given the stratospheric levels witnessed lately the pill seems that little harder to swallow. A wonderful Limousin heifer from regular supporters J V & J A Hodgson, Summerhouse will soon hang proudly in the shop of H Taylor & Sons, Darlington as she rightly topped the trade at 286 pence per kilo. Top grossed valued heifer came from F & R Simpson of Square House, Quebec as their super pen peaked at £1770. The uber consistent Renton’s of Morpeth rounded off a good day topping the steers per kilo with a smart 587kg Limousin selling for 275 pence whilst the big lads as usual from Barker Farming Partnership, Scorton were again breaking the £2000 barrier to a top of £2107.
F & R Simpson, Quebec sold 5 Heifers to average 273ppk and £1579
JV & JA Hodgson, Summerhouse sold 10 Heifers to average 263ppk and £1527
R Hirst, Neasham sold 8 Heifers to average 260ppk and £1417
J W Holmes & Son, Notts sold 8 Heifers to average 258ppk and £1425
Renton Highlaws, Morpeth sold 4 Steers to average 255ppk and £1556
W A Armstrong, Coxhoe sold 5 Heifers to average 255pph and £1362
B Walker, Dalton-on-Tees sold 3 Heifers to average 252ppk and £1368
M & G Chantrell, Leics sold 9 Steers, 5 Heifers to average 251ppk and £1481
Barker Farming Partnership, Scorton sold 6 Steers to average 248ppk and 1971
Continental Steers – Top prices ppk 275 266 263 220 Renton Highlaws Ltd. 266 255 250 249 245 225 Barker Farming Partnership. 264 259 255 253 249 248 243 237 235 M&G Chantrell Ltd. 251 239 235 JR&B Anderson. 250 227 225207×2 RA&BA Ridley & Son. 248 241 Askwiths. 239 236 RO Gilson. 227 224 GW&L Marsay. 221 220 JB&N Harrison. 216 A&CA Stanwix. 216 JF Gibson & Son. 211 210×2 G Bird & Sons.
Lead Grossing Continental Steers £2107 £2072 £1989 £1983 £1851 £1825 Barker Farming Partnership. £1740 £1524 JB&N Harrison & Sons. £1720 £1680 £1514 £1490 £1463 £1444 RA&BA Ridley & Son Ltd. £1659 £1508 £1505 JR&B Anderson. £1641 £1609 £1530 £1445 Renton Highlaws Ltd. £1639 £1496 Askwiths. £1631 £1616 £1603 £1556 £1517 £1504 £1485 £1483 M&G Chantrell Ltd. £1409 £1386 £1382 £1354 G Bird & Sons. £1405 RO Gilson. £1364 GW&L Marsay.
Friesian Steers – Top prices 184 180 178×2 175×2 170 169×3 168 160×3 JM Stuart & Son. 180 A Swinbank & Son.
Lead Grossing Friesian Steers £1107 A Swinbank & Son. £1083 £1078 £1076 £1065 £1050×2 £1044 £1040 £1026 £1017 £992 £981 £969 £892 £802 JM Stuart & Son.
Continental Heifers – Top prices ppk 286 277 267 261×3 258 256 255 254 JV&JA Hodgson. 280 275 271×2 270 F&R Simpson. 279 JH&M&NW Brown. 274 JW Holmes & Son. 273 269 264 262 261 258 R Hirst. 270 250 B Walker. 266 263 259 255 M&G Chantrell Ltd. 266 262×2 260 JW Holmes & Son. 265 263 JH&M&NW Brown. 262 256 254 253 252 WA Armstrong. 259 247 243 FW Hodgson & Son. 245 RO Gilson. 242×2 Askwiths.
Lead Grossing Continental Heifers £1770 £1608 £1487 FW Hodgson & Son. £1657 £1523 £1391 JH&M&NW Brown. £1651 £1620 £1563 £1547 £1535 £1519 £1510 JV&JA Hodgson. £1624 £1593 £1582 £1570 £1528 F&R Simpson. £1544 £1504 £1478 £1448 £1422 R Hirst. £1540 £1472 £1468 £1435 JW Holmes & Son. £1444 M&G Chantrell Ltd. £1418 WA Armstrong. £1395 £1380 £1330 B Walker. £1376 Askwiths. £1353 F&JS Gargett. £1376 RO Gilson.
Prime Lambs (2242) – Plenty of numbers forward, varied quality offered met another remarkable trade with a sale average of 238 pence per kilo and £103.48. The better bred and better fed were extremely easy to sell, the top prices were naturally dominated by the already mentioned and truly fabulous young handlers who put on an absolutely superb show.
Lambs – Top prices ppk 510 500 424 Katie Walton. 480 427 CS&V Whitfield. 395 392 377 C Dent. 377 Harry Askwith. 351 D Newman. 346 M Gilson. 333 329 Charlie Askwith. 323 308 G Thompson & Sons. 319 JA Walton. 311 295 291 M Stobbs. 307 Hugh Dent. 307 Oliver Walton. 295 291 279 M Stobbs. 290 272 Anna Herbert. 283 277 S Beeforth. 280 J Hird. 279 J Hodgson. 278 266 263 PJ&MP Gilhespy. 278 271×2 HT Davies & Partners. 276 MW&M Skidmore. 274 B&J Bainbridge. 272×2 CH Tindale. 272 JJ Horn. 271×2 JL Potter & Sons. 268 Alex Wilson.
Lead Grossing Lambs £260 £235 £208 Katie Walton. £245 £218 CS&V Whitfield. £200 £190 £170 C Dent. £190 D Newman. £180 M Gilson. £175 Hugh Dent. £170 Harry Askwith. £170 £145 Charlie Askwith. £152 £148 G Thompson & Sons. £150 JA Walton. £150 £145 £128 Anna Herbert. £145 Alex Wilson. £140 M Stobbs. £140 B&J Bainbridge. £136 £129 JA&A Herbert. £135 £132 G&E Walton. £124.50 £128×2 JJ Horn. £132.50 £130 MW&M Skidmore. £132 Oliver Walton. £130 J Hird. £127.50 £127 D&PH Brown. £126.50 R Hall & Son. £126 W.K M.M Lamb. £126 I Burn & Sons. £126 Olivia Dent.
Cast Sheep (687) – The leaner sheep were harder work as the big quantities of hill sheep as always descend upon us at this time of year, the better fleshed ewes remain a nice trade, none more so than a monstrous old lady from regular sellers J A & A Herbert, Tees Farm led the way when she sold for £128.
Lead Grossing Cast Sheep £128 £124 £105 £99 JA&A Herbert. £128 £111 £108 £98 R Hall & Son. £120 £116 £107 £101 HT Davies & Partners. £120 J Woodward. £120 M Navazi. £117 A Lowson. £115 JR Mann. £114 £105 KO Stones. £110 GH&RG Stobbs. £110 TN Callender. £110 PJ&MP Gilhespy. £108 E Wilson. £107 C Dawson. £107 Askwiths. £105 K&PM Lough. £102 PRE Marwood.
