Darlington Farmers Auction Mart held a one-off sale of prime and cast sheep on Monday 30th May 2022. Forward were 1205 Sheep.
678 New Season Lambs sold to 406ppk or £179
314 Prime Hoggs sold to 316ppk or £190
213 Cast ewes & Rams sold to £230
New Season Lambs (678) – As is often the case the month of May ends with a fantastic spring lamb trade, a fabulous weighed straight sale average today of 338 pence per kilo and more importantly £143.69 per head. A hard-fought battle this week for the top spots with some superb lambs competing, out on top at 406 pence came Caldwell based J C Simpson with a fantastic trio of 42kg lambs selling to Roots Farm Shop, East Rounton; a whisker off the pace were W & M Knaggs & Son, Sadberge at 404 pence per kilo with a quality quartet also weighing 42kg. Top gross value at £179 went to four pure Texel lambs from Dromonby Bridge Farm, Kirby in Cleveland which weighed in at 53kg, in hot pursuit were Cole Hill Farm Ltd, Elwick with a dozen super heavies at 58kg reaching £175.50 apiece. A hot trade indeed on this short week with close to 200 lambs selling for at least £150.
Lambs- Top Prices ppk 406 383 382 370 365 360 353 JC Simpson. 404 395 378 368 360 352 344 W&M Knaggs & Son. 398 377 363 351 Dromonby Bridge Farm ltd. 375 360 348 346 M Burn. 374 Melissa Donaldson. 369 361 350 346 JA&A Herbert. 368 344 AS&G Donaldson. 360 352 351 344 P Tindale. 353 W Kirk & Sons.
Lead Grossing Lambs £179 £170 £168 £165 £160 £159 Dromonby bridge farm LTD. £175 £171 £167 £152 Cole Hill Farm LTD. £170 £165 £164 £163 £162 £157 JC Simpson. £170 £159 JA&A Herbert. £170 £162 £159 £155 W&M Knaggs & Son. £165 Anna Herbert. £163 C Binks & Son. £157 £155 £151 M Burn. £155 £152 £149 AW Sanderson.
Leading prices- £230 £172 £170 £165 Cole Hill Farm LTD. £170 £162 £122 P Tindale. £170 £130 DK Barker. £160 £136 GCR Herring & co. £154 £147 £137 £146 WK MM Lamb. £150 £140 £133 £130 J Hird. £140 £130 BR&RI Routledge. £138 £130 A Brannen. £130 £140 F Hare & Sons. £130 Namers Leases Farm LTD. £130 £125 JC Johnson. £128 AS&G Donaldson. £125 V Petch. £120 TN Callender
Prime Hoggs (314) – Still the hogg prices stay firm, as can be expected now the hogg shopping experience is a varied one, the good sheep remain very easy to sell. Top price per kilo went to five fabulous Beltex hoggs from R E & L Frank, Carlton-in-Cleveland which weighed 48kg and sold for £152 (316 pence); top gross value was a bulky 84kg Texel from E Moralee, Langley Park which sold for a superb £190.
Hoggs- Top Prices ppk 316 288 RE&L Frank. 307 300 263 TN Callender. 303 300 273 Anthony Tindale. 285 274 259 JD Brannen. 285 268 C&M Atkinson & Sons. 280 275 254 William Tindale. 279 M Robinson. 276 273 258 PJ Tindale. 275 F Hare & Sons. 273 L&S Barker. 273 DA Gill. 267 V Petch. 266 I Curry. 266 B Knox.
Lead Grossing Hoggs £190 E Moralee. £152 £150 £140 £124 RE&L Frank. £146 F Hare & Sons. £142 £123 Anthony Tindale. £142 £137 £132 £125 PJ Tindale. £140 JD Brannen. £140 I Curry. £135 £126 £125 £120 C&M Atkinson & Sons. £130 W Denham. £130 £120 TN Callender. £128 K Tallentire. £125 B Knox.
Cast Ewes & Rams (213) – Still the mutton remains a fast trade, the ewes again average nicely over £100. Top price today was a super pair of Texel ewes from Cole Hill Farm Ltd when they sold for £230, some day for the Elwick based firm and credit where credit is due as the trailer carried 31 ewes which averaged £172 shortly after their 33 lambs had levelled at £169. Mule ewes sold to a top of £130 whilst fit horned ewes traded between £60 and £90. Top of the tups was £170 from W K M M Lamb, Cotherstone.
Normal prime stock service resumes on Thursday 9th June.
