Darlington Farmers Auction Mart held their weekly sale of Prime Stock on Thursday 7th July 2022. Forward were 160 Cattle and 3276 Sheep.
66 Prime Bulls sold to 288ppk or £2430
32 Prime Steers sold to 290ppk or £2046
61 Prime Heifers sold to 315ppk or £2062
1 Cast Cow sold for 177ppk and £1334
2522 New Season Lambs sold to 439ppk or £202
130 Prime Hoggs sold to 274ppk or £175
624 Cast Ewes & Rams sold to £180
Prime Bulls (66) – Less forward and trade improved on the week, today’s sale average returned at a pleasing 238 pence per kilo. Three cracking bulls sold over 280 pence, handy weights from S & J Dent & Son, Great Burdon Farm scooped the silver and bronze medals however a superstar Limousin from A C Simpson & Son, McNeil Farm was our runaway winner at 288 pence. A notable nine sold this week over £2000 with the top three beyond £2200, the aforementioned Simpson Limousin at £2214 was beaten by Messrs Renton Highlaws, Morpeth at £2295 however both had to look longingly up at a majestic 20-month-old British Blonde from P Weightman & Sons, Hallfield Farm as the 900kg colossus sold for a brilliant £2430. A photo finish today for the dairy breed crown as a fabulous Fleckveih from G W Dobson & Son, South Wingate sold for 221ppk and £1619 whilst the same good home led the Friesian gross values also beyond £1600, top Friesian per kilo came from the consistent R Hall & Son, Brotton at 220 pence. As always some of the top averages are listed below.
S & J Dent & Son, Darlington sold 2 Bulls to average 280ppk and £1664
A C Simpson & Son, Witton-le-Wear sold 3 Bulls to average 271ppk and £2081
L S Staley, Marwood sold 2 Bulls to average 267ppk and £2116
Ouston Farms, Ravensworth Park sold 2 Bulls to average 258ppk and £2093
K & A Harker, Worsall sold 2 Bulls to average 256ppk and £1982
F W Hodgson & Son, Staindrop sold 2 Bulls to average 256ppk and £1900
Continental Bulls – Top prices ppk 288 270 257 AC Simpson & Son. 281 280 S&J Dent & Son. 278 259 LS Staley. 271 Renton Highlaws Ltd. 270 P Weightman & Sons. 267 252 Ouston Farms Ltd. 266 E Wilson. 264 250 249 GH Farms Ltd. 262 252 K&A Harker. 261 SH Watson & Sons. 259 254 FW Hodgson & Son. 259×2 249 TF Bothroyd & Son. 257 251 DH Lawson. 254 JK&CE Farming.
Lead Grossing Continental Bulls £2430 P Weightman & Sons. £2295 Renton Highlaws Ltd. £2214 £2165 £1865 AC Simpson & Son. £2197 £1989 Ouston Farms Ltd. £2183 £2048 LS Staley. £2021 E Wilson. £2001 £1963 K&A Harker. £1945 £1854 FW Hodgson & Son. £1818 £1763 £1680 GH Farms Ltd. £1790 JK&CE Farming. £1783 £1749 DH Lawson. £1764 J&K Woodward. £1754 £1722 £1717 SH Watson & Son.
Friesian Bulls – Top prices 220 219 208 R Hall & Son. ppk 219 GW Dobson & Son. 212 GS Dowson. 212 206 199 192 D Walker. 209 203 JM&S Walton. 209 196 JE&B Morgan & Sons. 196 195 187 160 C&M Atkinson & Sons.
Lead Grossing Friesian Bulls £1603 GW Dobson & Son. £1454 £1397 £1376 R Hall & Son. £1394 £1222 JM&S Walton. £1312 £1173 £1133 £1064 D Walker. £1199 £1001 £963 C&M Atkinson & Sons. £1176 £1136 JE&B Morgan & Sons.
Native Breed Bulls – Top prices ppk 242 JK&CE Farming. 226 219 C&M Atkinson & Sons. 226 GS Dowson.
Lead Grossing Native Breed Bulls £1694 JK&CE Farming. £1539 £1482 C&M Atkinson & Sons. £1206 GS Dowson.
Cast Cows – Top prices ppk 177 JF Gibson & Son
Lead Grossing Cast Cows £1334 JF Gibson & Son.
Clean Cattle (93) – A good show and trade faster by some margin, steers levelled at 245 pence per kilo whilst the heifers averaged a tasty 277 pence; all included the clean cattle this week averaged a stunning £1655. The top dozen heifers sold over 300 pence and hailed from six of our super local suppliers, often hard to beat both the Hodgson’s and the Hirst’s this week fell just short of a wonderful 547kg Limousin heifer from Brian Walker of Dalton-on-Tees when she reached 316 pence per kilo. Top steer per kilo came from another regular raider as Caldwell based W Swinbank & Sons stole a march on the chasing pack with a 615kg Limousin selling for 290ppk, the top nine steers all expertly fed and full of flesh each sold beyond 270 pence on the day. Some exceptional gross values were collected today, eight steers sold above £1900 with the top two in the £2000 plus club as R A & B A Ridley & Son, Riding Mill reached £2013 and Sedgfield’s A F Hall a fabulous £2046. Heifers too were on flying form with two over £2000 and a further eleven over £1800. The remarkable feeding of the Ridley’s again saw them in second place at £2035 with our winning female a stunning 734kg Limousin from Gerard Quinn of J E Suddes & Son, Cornsay Colliery at a whopping £2062. Some super returns on the table below.
Steers
W Swinbank & Sons, Caldwell sold 2 to average 284ppk and £1770
A F Hall, Sedgefield sold 4 to average 272ppk and £1996
Askwiths, Crook sold 4 to average 271ppk and £1859
R A & B A Ridley & Sons, Riding Mill sold 6 to average 251ppk and £1876
Heifers
B Walker, Dalton-on-Tees sold 3 to average 311ppk and £1683
R Hirst, Neasham sold 5 to average 301ppk and £1706
W Swinbank & Sons, Caldwell sold 2 to average 299ppk and £1771
K & J Heslop, Fishburn sold 4 to average 291ppk and £1619
Askwiths, Crook sold 4 to average 290ppk and £1803
M Robinson & Sons, Staindrop sold 2 to average 290ppk and £1595
J E Suddes & Son, Cornsay sold 5 to average 286ppk and £1830
J V & J A Hodgson, Summerhouse sold 10 to average 284ppk and £1750
Steers – Top prices ppk 290 280 W Swinbank & Sons. 280 274 272 264 AF Hall. 277 272 269×2 Askwiths. 277 272 248 247 246 RA&BA Ridley & Son Ltd. 254 M Robinson & Sons. 248 JC&P Tallentire. 237 A&CA Stanwix. 234 TN Hodgson & Sons. 226 A Swinbank & Son.
Lead Grossing Steers £2046 £1996 £1972 £1970 AF Hall. £2013 £1993 £1864 £1822 £1790 £1771 RA&BA Ridley & Son Ltd. £1996 M Robinson & Sons. £1912 £1885 £1819 £1818 Askwiths. £1853 £1587 A&CA Stanwix. £1783 £1758 W Swinbank & Sons. £1558 TN Hodgson & Sons. £1506 A Swinbank & Son. £1480 £1455 JC&P Tallentire.
Heifers – Top prices ppk 316 309×2 B Walker. 315 307 300 291 286 285 282 JV&JA Hodgson. 312 309 302 296 290 R Hirst. 310 293 292 Askwiths. 303 285 284×3 276 272 WF Hustwit. 300 299 W Swinbank & Sons. 299 294 290 283 K&J Heslop. 291 290 M Robinson & Sons. 291 290 289 285 281 JE Suddes & Son. 289 279 TN Callender. 270 RA&BA Ridley & Son Ltd.
Lead Grossing Heifers £2062 £1926 £1918 £1765 JE Suddes & Son. £2035 £1871 RA&BA Ridley & Son Ltd. ££1898 £1842 £1767 £1705 Askwiths. £1868 £1863 £1841 £1821 £1813 JV&JA Hodgson. £1827 £1780 £1769 £1729 £1692 WF Hustwit. £1782 £1761 W Swinbank & Sons. £1778 £1724 £1712 £1667 R Hirst. £1731 £1649 K&J Heslop. £1728 £1727 B Walker. £1702 M Robinson & Sons.
Prime Lambs (2522) – The biggest show of the season thus far as more vendors attended to make good of our straight weight policy, trade very similar to last week with an average throughout of 307 pence per kilo, more importantly the bit you take to the bank as our lambs levelled at £126.45; outstanding for July by anyone’s standards. The risk this afternoon on one of the nation’s busiest sheep weeks was always an oversupply but pleasingly our faithful butchers and wholesalers bid freely throughout proceedings. With two and a half thousand to choose from it was somewhat unusual for one pen to stand out as they did however five extraordinary Texel lambs from Catterick’s David and Davina Lovegreen won by a furlong, weighing 46kg the superstars sold for a DFAM seasons best of £202 and 439 pence to Yorkshire Halal Meats, Keighley.
Lambs – Top prices ppk 439 414 340 DL&D Lovegreen. 386 357 350 346 334 JV&JA Hodgson. 381 W Simpson. 360 342×3 335 329 W&M Knaggs & Son. 354 353×2 326 JC Simpson. 352 350 339 Cole Hill Farm Ltd. 345 342 C Wise. 339 AS&G Donaldson. 338 HM&JS Hutchinson. 341 I&A Holmes. 335 W Kirk & Sons. 335 332×2 330 JA&A Herbert. 334 326 325×3 WB Mitchell & Sons. 333×2 JG Walton & Son. 332 I Burn & Sons. 330 N Fell. 329 D&PH Brown.
Lead Grossing Lambs £202 £170 DL&D Lovegreen. £183 £169.50 £154 £148 M&A Gaskin. £170×2 £150 JV&JA Hodgson. £164 DR Smith. £164 £146 JM&S Walton. £162 N Fell. £162 P Foster. £161 £155 £153.50 JG Atkinson. £160 W Simpson. £160 £150 P Tindale. £159 C Wise. £159 HM&JS Hutchinson. £158 £153×2 £147 WB Mitchell & Sons. £156.50 JJ Horn. £156 W.K M.M Lamb. £155 I Burn & Sons. £155 £150 Dromonby Bridge. £154 AWSM Farms. £154 D&PH Brown. £153 R Lawson & Son.
Prime Hoggs (130) – The last hurrah for the hoggs as the EID celebration is upon us, no doubting the days top run as some gigantic Suffolk and Charollais from R H Thompson & Son sold twice to £175 with the 64 of them averaging very close to £150 apiece.
Hoggs – Top prices ppk 274 244 242 T Patchett. 269 D&G Spry. 261 258 248×2 243 240 239 238 237 236 233 232 RH Thompson & Son. 260 S Beeforth. 250 E Peacock. 242 P Foster. 238×2 L Fowler. 238 A Gregg. 225 William Tindale. 217 CV Krakowski. 209 R Atkinson.
Lead Grossing Hoggs £175×2 £171 £165 £164 £161 £156 £151 £148 £145 £144×3 £134 £131 RH Thompson & Son. £154 £137 £126×2 T Patchett. £140 D&G Spry. £130 J Atkinson. £120 S Beeforth. £120 GP&A Carter. £110 CV Krakowski. £110 K&MM Henderson. £110 LE Harrison.
Cast Ewes & Rams (346) – With a brilliant trade for months now the real danger is that we have reached the summit, the number of ewes and rams are still flooding through the doors of Darlington Mart and whilst trade appears positive (the ewe average increasing this week by £18 and rams by £15) today will be the last help we receive from the Qurbani festival which occurs this weekend, we hope to have some happy customers on today’s trade but we watch carefully now with baited breath over the coming weeks and months. Texel tups from G Sedgewick of Ricknall Grange led the way today selling three times to £180. Good continental ewes sold typically £130 to £150 with the heaviest Mule’s £110 to £125.
Cast sheep- £180 £138 G Sedgewick. £150 DJL Livestock. £145 JC Simpson. £144 £132 D Alderson. £141 £130 JG Atkinson. £140 £134 £131 £128 £126 C Wise. £138 £134 £128 K Tallentire. £138 £127 WM Allison & Son LTD. £136 JV&JA Hodgson. £136 £128 JG Hall. £135 £128 C Moralee & Sons. £135 T Smith & C Smith. £131 BR&R Routledge. £131 P Foster. £130 HL Nelless. £130 P&CM Graham. £130 A S & G Donaldson. £130 W B Mitchell & Sons. £129(x2) J A & A Herbert. £129 R Atkinson. £128 P Tindale. £128 J A & B Nappey. £128 Raby Home Farm. £128 L E Harrison. £126 D & G Spry. £126 E Peacock. £126 M Barley.
