Thursday 14th November – Darlington Auction Mart had forward:
91 Bulls sold to 379ppk & £3078
10 Steers sold to 374ppk & £2287
90 Heifers sold to 411ppk & £2483
1981 Lambs sold to 434ppk & £226
262 Cast Sheep sold to £236.50
Bulls (90) In a week where former Tony Blair advisor – the fool that is John McTernan declared “Farming is an industry we can do without” never has it been so important that the livestock & farming industry in general receives the support that it rightly deserves. With a very wide-ranging assembly of almost 100 Bulls forward, a market average of 318ppk was attained, securing substantial increases for all categories, a third of these selling for a sensational £2400 plus. A remarkable top price of 379ppk & £2959 was accomplished for a Limousin sold by J Layfield, Nackshivan, he however was just eclipsed by John Thwaite’s Pure Limousin proceeding to break the £3000 barrier falling to the hammer at £3078, with both animals ending up on their way to Worsleys, Spenborough. Friesian Bulls would see a considerable increase in price with the top slot going to regular vendors – The Hall family, Kilton Hall Farm at 283ppk & £1814 purchased by Bowland Foods. MA&PD Foster, Smith House Farm sold the lead grossing Friesian at £1894 to S.S Meat Wholesale Ltd. Surprisingly not many native bred bulls forward, Northumberland based CH&SE Armstrong, Middle Moor Farm marketed 3 of the top 4 with a Hereford selling for 298ppk & £2139 and an Angus for 290ppk & £2250 both were purchased by JA Jewitt Ltd, Spennymoor.
Some of today’s leading Bull averages:
TN&J Hall, Ainstable Hall sold 5 to average 369ppk & £2663
JA Matten & Sons, Avenue Grange sold 3 to average 363ppk & £2804
J Layfield, Nackshivan sold 6 to average 363ppk & £2804
D Richardson & Co Ltd sold 5 to average 348ppk & £2560
JA&M Boyes, Strathmore House sold to 333ppk & £2475
TW Clark & Son, Frankland Park Farm sold to 324ppk & £2414
Continental Bulls- Top Prices PPK 379 370 x3 349 337 J Layfield. 377 374 370 370 358 TN&J Hall. 370 370 325 310 CH&SE Armstrong. 370 369 350 JA Matten & Sons. 370 JC Thwaite & Son. 369 364 343 332 332 D Richardson & Co LTD. 358 352 339 308 307 JJ Kemp & Son. 350 JC Johnson. 349 341 333 GKKN&GJ Hird. 348 K&A Harker. 343 338 332 320 JA&M Boyes LTD. 328 325 321 TW Clark & Son. 318 313 LS Staley. 316 308 307 303 301 300 Keithhill Cattle Co. 312 306 FW Hodgson & Son. 309 302 300 JA&A Herbert. 308 R Hall & Son. 305 N White. 301 JK&CE Farming. 300 x2 JE&B Morgan & Sons.
Lead Grossing Continental Bulls- £3078 JC Thwaite & Son. £2993 £2922 £2499 JA Matten & Sons. £2967 £2712 £2700 £2516 £2420 TN&J Hall. £2960 £2959 £2752 £2712 £2453 £2406 J Layfield. £2756 K&A Harker. £2745 £2708 £2675 £2486 £2184 D Richardson & Co. £2737 JC Johnson. £2697 £2660 £2442 £2388 £2102 £2093 CH&SE Armstrong. £2589 £2504 £2476 £2332 JA&M Boyes LTD. £2538 £2353 LS Staley. £2482 £2458 £2301 TW Clark & Son. £2466 £2449 £2257 £2145 £2112 JJ Kemp & Son. £2376 £2325 £2239 £2208 £2150 £2103 £2099 Keithhill Cattle Co. £2289 JK&CE Farming. £2211 £2143 £2061 N White. £2165 £2154 £2073 GKKN&GJ Hird. £2138 Cauldshiel Cattle Company LTD.
Friesian Bulls- Top Prices PPK 283 R Hall & Son. 263 255 MA&PD Foster. 261 259 GW Dobson & Son.
Lead Grossing Friesian Bulls- £1894 £1646 MA&PD Foster. £1814 R Hall & Son. £1683 £1680 GW Dobson & Son.
Native Bulls- Top Prices PPK 298 290 278 CH&SE Armstrong. 291 R Hall & Sons.
Lead Grossing Native Bulls- £2250 £298 2023 CH&SE Armstrong. £2016 R Hall & Sons.
Clean Cattle (100) With demand through the roof and a range of excellent quality on offer it was no wonder Heifers saw a spectacular rise in demand and price to average an incredible 360ppk up 15ppk on the week with an astounding 5 females breaking through the 400ppk barrier and 50% of the sale surpassing the 360ppk mark. Charging forward to the front of the queue at 411ppk & £2420 was husband & wife team, Robin & Imi Hirst, Neasham Springs, their flawlessley finished Limousin heifer selling to Worsley Wholesale Meats. Brian Walker, Birch Springs was only just shy of reaching the £2500 milestone by a few pounds with his Limousin Heifer which sold for £2483 – assuring top spot for the lead grossing beast on the day. With steers securing an average of 340ppk it was relative newcomers to the fat market – TM&A Bellas & Son, Timpton Hill who produced the top price steer at 274ppk & £2277 to absolute perfection, however SH Watson & Son, Low Fields Farm’s Limousin Steer just pipped him to the post by £10 for the title of top grossing steer, this time selling to Hartshead Meats.
Below you will find a few of the top Clean Cattle averages:
B Walker, Birch Springs sold 2 to average 395ppk £2303
TN&J Hall, Ainstable Hall sold 5 to average 390ppk & £2226
W Swinbank & Sons, Greystones sold 7 to average 381ppk & £2309
R Hirst, Neasham Springs sold 14 to average 374ppk & £2145
JV Hodgson, The Grange sold 10 to average 368ppk & £2104
Steers- Top Prices PPK 374 TM&A Bellas & Son. 363 330 Taylor Bros LTD. 358 344 319 SH Watson & Son. 354 348 TN Callender. 322 JR Spink. 294 A Layfield Farms LTD.
Lead Grossing Steers- £2287 £2216 £2146 SH Watson & Son. £2277 TM&A Bellas & Son. £2171 £2081 TN Callender. £2083 £1897 Taylor Bros LTD. £1972 A Layfield Farms LTD. £1967 JR Spink.
Heifers- Top Prices PPK 411 402 399 393 379 377 371 370 368 367 356 x2 R Hirst. 410 406 399 381 368 W Swinbank & Sons. 404 395 x2 382 377 TN&J Hall. 399 393 B Walker. 398 396 380 379 375 362 JV&JA Hodgson. 389 TN Callender. 379 378 373 371 370 365 360 359 356 W Miller. 379 375 Taylor Bros LTD. 370 365 360 345 P&JH Davison. 360 350 345 EW Grieves. 355 352 339 WA Richardson Ltd. 336 JR Spink. 334 326 JB Bell & Son.
Lead Grossing Heifers- £2483 £2122 B Walker. £2439 £2399 £2396 £2375 £2358 £2261 W Swinbank & Sons. £2427 £2387 £2184 £2139 TN&J Hall. £2420 £2279 £2275 £2234 £2228 £2207 £2145 £2138 £2123 £2103 £2032 £2011 R Hirst. £2277 £2101 WA Richardson LTD. £2249 £2238 £2236 £2145 £2139 £2074 £2070 JV&JA Hodgson. £2187 £2109 £2052 £2007 P&JH Davison. £2181 EW Grieves. £2174 TN Callender. £2133 £2100 Taylor Bros LTD. £2086 £2083 £2031 £2008 W Miller.
Lambs (1981) Last week’s stop the press averages were never going to be duplicated again, with the trade driving the lambs forward in numbers to Darlingtons Thursday sale. Hearing is deceiving and seeing is believing as this week’s sale all in averages 302p/kg. Thick tops and big chops are where the money is made with the well fed and bred lambs reaping the rewards of a two-tier trade, with meat lambs taking the day’s top placings, with the leaner end of the lambs slightly more difficult to shift. Top of the pops and normally more a custom to the top prices in the lambs at the turn of the new season with springers saw John Simpson of Caldwell who tipped the scales at 52kg and rang the sale bell at £226 in the lump and also completing the double and taking the top pence per kilo also at 435p/kg. J Pallister not to be out down done also broke the barrier with lambs to £219. The best of the weighted continental lambs well rewarded with plenty of pens between the £140-£160 mark. Lambs can be sold to vendors advantage weekly, please do not hesitate to contact one of the team to discuss all marketing options.
Some of the days top runs listed below;
JC Simpson, Hilltop East sold 24 @ £189.75 (55kg)
J&A Layfield, New Row sold 50 @£162.19 (52kg)
AC Kemp, Whitwell Farm sold 42 @ £161.50 (48kg)
A&EJ Dobinson, Stone View sold 6 @ £159.83 (54kg)
W Ramsay & Sons, Blakeley Hill sold 18 @ £154 (46kg)
S Thompson & Son, Town Farm sold 17 @ £153.53 (51kg)
Lambs – Top prices ppk 434 352 335 333 JC Simpson. 405 330 J Pallister & Sons. 364 351 J&A Layfield. 363 353 328 JC Hope & Son. 360 M&A Gaskin. 358 354 352 351 350 326 324 AC Kemp. 355 351 350 344 W Ramsay & Sons. 342 331 318 W.K M.M Lamb. 334×2 325 320×2 AWSM Farms. 330 327 324×2 322 320 R Atkinson. 326 R Wilson & Son. 326 323 R Errington & Son. 326 JR&M Richardson. 323 J&D Gibson. 323 K&PM Lough. 323 JA&A Herbert. 322 319 P&CM Graham. 322 Bowes Bros. 321 MW Cook & Son. 320 JE Parlour.
Lead Grossing Lambs £226 £190×2 £184 £181 JC Simpson. £181 £175 £172 £170×2 £165 £162×2 £160 £159 £158.50 £157 J&A Layfield. £180 M&A Gaskin. £180 £170 £168 £165 £163 £162 £160×3 AC Kemp. £172 £160 £158 W Ramsay & Sons. £172 J Pallister & Sons. £170 RH Wilson & Son. £165 £160 £158 A&EJ Dobinson. £164 AWSM Farms. £161×2 £158.50 MR Cass. £160 £156 S Thompson. £160 £157 JH&D Wise. £160 OS Laws. £159 R Wood & Son. £157 T lawson & Son. £156 TK Smith & Sons. £156 A Layfield Farms Ltd. £155 GC&JC Pullan.
Cast Sheep (262) Ewes remain a good trade with the fit not fat ewes proving the easiest to place on the week with the best of the pure and first cross continental ewes still in strong demand. The Best of the Texel ewes flew away to £236.50 for B Staley, West Underhurth with a super run of ewes from O S Laws, Rots Farm topping at £217, £214 and £201 to average £206.53. Best of the big weighing heavy mules from W R Thompson, Sloshes Farm selling away to £121.50. With plenty of other continental ewes between the £110-£140. The leaner end of the ewes and feeding sorts will still look best marketed on a Monday to achieve the maximum price. All in, ewes remain a good trade for the time of year. For all marketing of livestock please do not hesitate to contact one of the team.
Lead Grossing Cast Sheep £236.50 £212 £134 £107 £102 £96 B Staley. £217 £214 £201 £200 OS Laws. £196 £137 £120 £119 F Myers & Son. £181 £161 £155 £150 £144 £121.50 WR Thompson. £171 J&D Gibson. £170 £143 £139 TT Hall & Son. £163 £157 £121 J&F Hartley & Sons. £152 MR Cass. £149 £145 £133 £109 G Thompson & Sons. £141 £108 JR&J Crowe. £136 JC Thwaite & Son. £135 CK&D Muir Ltd. £131 MW Cook & Son.
