Thursday 19th December – Darlington Auction Mart had forward:
61 Prime Bulls sold to 378ppk & £3274
12 Prime Steers sold to 358ppk & £2304
49 Prime Heifers sold to 397ppk & £2547
1622 Lambs sold to 408ppk & £200
218 Cast Sheepsold to £188
Bulls (61) The final offering before Christmas saw lots of festive cheer, resulting in the dearest bull trade of the year. A reduced show averaged a tremendous 337ppk & £2365. Over 50 Bulls including dairy and native bred sold for over 300ppk and for the first time ever there was 4 smashing the £3000 barrier. JH&M&NW Brown, West Hartburn Farm topped the ppk in spectacular style with a marvellous 750kg Limousin selling to Worsley Wholesale Meats for 378ppk & £28345. Out in front for the lead grossing price was JA Matten & Sons, Avenue Grange’s trio of continentals they almost got all 3 consecutive top slots, selling to 373ppk & £3274 however P Weightman & Sons, Hallfield Farm squeezed into second place with a pure Blonde D’Aquitaine which sold for 375ppk & £3108. JA&M Boyes Ltd, Strathmore House sold the only native bred bulls -an excellent run of 5 Herefords cashing in at a superb 348ppk & £2685 – average 331ppk & £2445. The Hall’s of Kilton were once again the principle front runners in the Friesian department with their top Black & White going under the hammer at 294ppk & £1922.
Please note that the next sale of Prime Cattle will be Thursday 2nd January (Red Market)
See below for a selection of today’s top averages:
JA Matten & Sons sold 3 to average 373ppk & £3148
P Weightman & Sons sold 2 to average 375ppk & £2939
JH&M&NW Brown sold 4 to average 367ppk & £2835
TW Clark & Son sold 4 to average 357ppk & £2758
LS Staley sold 2 to average 359ppk & £2677
Continental Bulls – Top prices ppk378 369 361×2 JH&M&NW Brown. 376 375 P Weightman & Sons. 375 374 373 JA Matten & Sons. 372 365 348 345 TW Clark & Son. 368 352 LS Staley. 368 367 330 GK KN & GJ Hird. 365 338 RJ&RJ Airey. 361 334 330 329 N White. 347×3 339 328 D Richardson & Co Ltd. 345 JK&CE Farming. 339 GT&E Atkinson. 331 329 R Hall & Son. 330 324 322 WE&CA Anderson. 330 312JE&B Morgan & Sons. 324×2 320 JA&A Herbert.
Lead Grossing Continental Bulls £3274 £3108 £3063 JA Matten & Sons. £3108 £2771 P Weightman & Sons. £2938 £2909 £2835 £2656 JH&M&NW Brown. £2816 £2773 £2739 £2704 TW Clark & Son. £2732 £2654 £2651 £2558 £2366 D Richardson & Co Ltd. £2708 £2647 LS Staley. £2490 JK&CE Farming. £2469 £2127 £2122 N White. £2277 £2238 GK&KN&GJ Hird. £2274 £2153 RJ&RJ Airey. £222£2181 R Hall & Son. £2214 JE&B Morgan & Sons. £2131 WE&CA Anderson.
Friesian Bulls – Top prices ppk. 294 274 272 R Hall & Son. 248 JK&CE Farming. 244 WE&CA Anderson.
Lead Grossing Friesian Bulls £1922 £1697 £1696 R Hall & son. £1803 £1793 S Thompson. £1607 JK&CE Farming. £1344 WE&CA Anderson.
Native Bulls – Top prices ppk 348 335 334 323 314 JA&M Boyes Ltd.
Lead Grossing Native Bulls £2685 £2536 £2519 £2308 £2179 JA&M Boyes Ltd.
Clean Cattle (61) – A decreased & varied entry of cattle forward, but probably due to the forthcoming festive period, trade was easier with steer’s averaging 320ppk & Heifers 343ppk. Neil White, Barf House saw his Limousin Heifer sell to 397ppk & £2123 to Worsley Wholesale Meats and NE Dyson, Gebdykes Farm was unrivalled for the lead grossing clean beast, securing top spot with a Limousin Heifer, selling to John Penny & Sons, Rawdon for £2541. The best of the steers came curtesy of Messrs Askwiths, Low Mown Meadows, their top beast from a Quartet of Limousin steers sold to an unsurpassed 358ppk & £2304 and was purchased – as indeed all 4 were, by Hartshead Meats.
A few of today’s top averages:
NE Dyson sold 3 to average 357ppk & £2472
Askwiths sold 4 to average 350ppk & £2166
N White sold 8 to average 369ppk & £2068
WF Hustwit sold 8 to average 356ppk & £2068
RentonHighlaws Ltd sold 5 to average 355ppk & £1986
Steers – Top prices ppk 358 354 344×2 Askwiths. 357 349 324 Taylor Bros. 332 W Miller. 306 298 SH Watson & Son. 281 JM&S Walton.
Lead Grossing Steers- £2304 £2230 £2084 £2046 Askwiths. £2214 £2074 £1603 SH Watson & Son. £2006 £1922 £1782 Taylor Bros LTD. £1736 W Miller. £1587 JM&S Walton.
Heifers – Top prices ppk 397 396 385 384 378 374 328 322 N White. 379 377 368 353 347 343 W Miller. 377 375 366 360 358 349 338 WF Hustwit. 375 HW&J Birkbeck. 371 367 361 343 338 Renton Highlaws Ltd. 368 Taylor Bros. 365 361 346 NE Dyson. 356 337 336TW West. 347 327 312 310 P&JH Davison. 315 JM&S Walton. 308 JC&P Tallentire. 300×2 FJ Young & Partners.
Lead Grossing Heifers- £2541 £2473 £2401 NE Dyson. £2463 HW&J Birkbeck. £2328 £2143 £2123 2077 £2043 £2032 £1932 £1869 N White. £2253 £2122 £2031 £2013 £2008 £2005 £1940 £1919 WF Hustwit. £2106 £2047 £2003 £1955 £1818 Renton Highlaws LTD. £2075 Taylor Bros LTD. £2029 £1982 £1850 TW West. £1970 £1860 £1794 £1767 £1673 P&JH Davison. £1952 £1948 £1935 £1892 £1814 £1807 W Miller. £1945 £1808 £1629 JM&S Walton. £1790 £1776 1557 FJ Young & Partners. £1709 £1634 £1578 £1542 JC&P Tallentire.
Lambs (1622) With Christmas right around the corner, all festivities generally start with a bang from a Christmas cracker, the lamb trade took a festive boost and went up, up and away, leaving even Santa Claus himself unable to deliver the goods as well as Darlington’s Thursday sheep ring. Today’s penultimate sale of prime sheep for 2024, left many astounded not expecting to see lambs dearer, with a whole sale average of 326ppk, with an SQQ of 327ppk weight and meat key to the returns with the coin in the loin, with the best fed lambs taking all of the days leading highs. Top Price of the day goes to RE&L Frank, Crabtree Farm, with a superb pen of 5 Texel lambs at 49kg reaching £200 or 408PPK, whilst this good home also had lambs at £198. W Denham, Dent Gate, had a run of lambs resulting in a top price of £198 or 300ppk with a cracking 66kg Cheviot. Lamb trade overall much dearer and heavy weight lambs in demand. All entries of stock are welcome, why not see some real Christmas rewards, right here at DfAM.
Some of today’s leading averages:
RE&L Frank sold 20 Lambs (50.5kg) to average 390ppk & £197
J&A Layfield sold 50 Lambs (53.4kg) to average 346ppk & £185.20
R Atkinson sold 185 Lambs (46.9kg) to average 368ppk & £172
MJ Marley sold 14 Lambs (48.1kg) to average 357ppk & £172
W.K M.M Lamb sold 21 Lambs (47.9Kg) to average 355ppk & £170
Top prices ppk 408 396 380 377 RE&L Frank. 405 W Tindale. 395 392 380 369×3 368 341 R Atkinson. 389 365 346 240 WA Wardman Ltd. 381 357 340 J Skidmore & Co Ltd. 379 JK Metcalfe. 377 369 355 JV&JA Hodgson. 377 353 350 W.K M.M Lamb. 373 366 356 MJ Marley. 358 351 349×2 348 345 340 J&A Layfield. 355 342 WH Brown. 355 PJ Tindale. 354 341×2 JD Brannen. 352 Askwiths. 350 CK&D Muir Ltd. 344 P Hutchinson. 344 CJM Hedley. 341 BG Dale. 340×2 AWSM Farms.
Lead Grossing Lambs £200×2 £198 £190 RE&L Frank. £198 £197 £192 £190×2 £188×2 £178 J&A Layfield. £198 £192 £179 W Denham. £194 £187 £183 £177×2 £172 WA Wardman Ltd. £190 3172 RH Wilson & Son. £190 £189 £170 W.K M.M Lamb. £186 T Lawson & Son. £185 WH Brown. £184 £181 £178 £175 £172 £170×2 R Atkinson. £183 £171 MJ Marley. £183 MB Dawson. £181 TW Clark & Son. £180 JK&CE Farming. £180 JV&JA Hodgson. £176 £175 £170 D&PH Brown. £175 JK Gill & Son.
Cast Sheep (218) Today’s ewe trade remained very similar to last week, resulting in yet again another terrific trade. Top price of the day goes to MJ Marley, Holywell Farm, with a Texel ewe reaching £188. Also in joint first is W Denham, Dentgate, with a Texel Tup also making £188. AWSM Farms reached £168, whilst WA Wardman, Thrushwood Farm, topped at £164. Best of the horned ewes today were £100 plus, providing a festive feeling for all vendors.
Lead Grossing Cast Sheep £188 £124 MJ Marley. £188 £150×2 £144 £132 £116 W Denham. £168 £122 AWSM Farms. £164 £160 £140 £136 £110 WA Wardman Ltd. £160 £150×2 £109 A Wilson. £158 £144 £125 JW&B Firby. £154 £118 RH Wilson & son. £154 £150 £125 £124 WR Thompson. £150 £130 £114 JW&DW Laing. £146 C Binks & Son. £140 £106 I Marshall & Sons. £140 £130 £120×2 £115 TW Clark & Son. £136 T Lawson & son. £120 JK Gill & Son.
***Please note our next sale of sheep (Green Market) will be Sunday 29th December 2024***
***Everyone at Darlington Auction Mart would like to say a big Thank You to all of our customers, and wish everyone a Merry Christmas & Happy New Year***
