Thursday 10th July – Darlington Auction Mart had forward:
63 Bulls sold to 429ppk & £3703
27 Steers sold 455ppk & £3043
117 Heifers sold 485ppk & £3252
1194 Lambs sold to 443ppk & £221
72 Hoggs sold to 360ppk & £202
245 Cast Sheep sold to £240
Bulls (63) Trade dearer throughout on the week, with the top end of bulls the more widely sought after. A homebred Limousin forward by W&M Knaggs & Son, East Newbiggin was the cream of the crop accomplishing 429ppk & £3071. The lead grossing bull of the day was a 919kg British Blue sold by E Wilson, White Hills he fetched 403ppk & £3703. A limousin from J Layfield, Nackshivan Farm, made £3216, with the same breed from LS Staley, Bluestone House Farm, reached £3130. AG Watson & Sons, Nunstainton had a run of bulls, topping at £3111. Paul Foster, Smithy House Farm had the pick of the Friesian Bulls selling to 341ppk & £2564
Top Averages-
W&M Knaggs & Son sold 2 (745kg) Average £3163 or 424ppk
LS Staley sold 2 (777kg) Average £3023 or 389ppk
J Layfield sold 3 (755kg) Average £2994 or 396ppk
AG Watson & Sons sold 6 (784kg) Average £2988 or 381ppk
JA&M Boyes LTD sold 4 (707kg) Average £2936 or 415ppk
Continental Bulls- Top Prices PPK 429 420 W&M Knaggs & Son. 424 415 412 410 JA&M Boyes LTD. 408 391 389 WA Wardman LTD. 415 392 382 J Layfield. 412 370 LS Staley. 403 E Wilson. 401 400 387 381 373 AG Watson & Sons. 400 376 C Binks & Son. 397 371 DH Lawson. 380 359 J Richmond. 380 376 375 374358 350 JF Gibson & Son. 374 368 JK&CE Farming. 367 361 350 R Hall & Son. 364 AJ&E Walshaw. 364 JA&A Herbert. 364 352 x2 JC&P Tallentire.
Lead Grossing Continental Bulls- £3703 E Wilson. £3255 £3071 W&M Knaggs & Son. £3216 £2941 £2826 J Layfield. £3130 £2916 LS Staley. £3116 £3111 £3062 £2941 £2903 £2795 AG Watson & Sons. £2993 £2976 £2992 £2884 JA&M Boyes LTD. £2949 £2777 £2631 £2594 WA Wardman LTD. £2860 £2538 C Binks & Son. £2741 £2731 DH Lawson. £2712 £2606 JK&CE Farming. £2567 £2456 GW Dobson & Son. £2556 £2527 £2519 £2483 £2459 £2387 JF Gibson & Son. £2509 £2393 JC&P Tallentire. £2481 £2432 P Langstaff. £2405 J Richmond.
Friesian Bulls- Top Prices PPK 341 334 330 MA&PD Foster. 310 x2 306 JR Spink. 306 304 D Walker. Lead Grossing Friesian Bulls- £2564 £2368 £2349 MA&PD Foster. £2160 £2008 £1985 JR Spink. £1900 £1805 D Walker.
Clean Cattle (144) Trade just as strong as last week, more numbers forward and a lot more weight about too. Heifers attained a strong overall average of 427ppk and steers – highly sought after secured an average of 402ppk. The top price ppk was afforded to Robin & Imi Hirst, Neasham Grange with a 592kg Limousin Heifer going under the hammer at 485ppk & £2871. WA Richardson Ltd, Hutton Fields sold the top 3 grossing clean beast, all fantastic Limousin Heifers, full of flesh to a sensational £3252.
A few of today’s top averages:
WA Richardson Ltd sold 4 (730kg) average 417ppk & £3052
JJ Crichton sold 2 (717kg) average 418ppk & £3006
P&N Tattersall sold 3 (703kg) average 420ppk & £2959
NE Dyson sold 4 (697kg) average 409ppk & £2854
A Crowder Sold 4 (672kg) average 410ppk & £2763
Steers- Top Prices PPK 455 445 438 x2 432 427 424 Five Houses. 428 407 W Miller. 426 398 W Miller. 424 GN&B Moor. 423 415 JJ Crichton. 420 398 A&MJ Henshaw. 418 416 410 Askwiths. 410 379 A Crowder. 410 369 PJ&MP Gilhespy. 396 330 Messrs R Miller. 382 NE Dyson. 380 WA Richardson Ltd.
Lead Grossing Steers- £3043 £3042 £2845 Askwiths. £3028 £2983 JJ Crichton. £2977 £2580 Messrs R Miller. £2941 £2710 A Crowder. £2870 £2801 £2750 £2700 £2693 £2648 £2601 Five Houses. £2853 NE Dyson. £2750 £2679 A&MJ Henshaw. £2739 W O Grix & Ptnrs. £2694 WA Richardson Ltd. £2679 £2610 Anthony Swinbank. £2673 £2431 PJ&MP Gilhespy. £2649 £2165 W Miller.
Heifers- Top Prices PPK 485 463 460 x2 450 449 448 x2 R Hirst. 470 460 441 Five Houses. 470 462 458 457 452 447 x2 445 x2 JV&JA Hodgson. 466 460 456 448 x2 445 440 W Miller. 460 NE Dyson. 460 447 444 A&MJ Henshaw. 459 A Crowder. 452 449 444 WA Armstrong. 450 444 440 WF Hustwit. 449 440 W O Grix & Ptnrs. 444 440 JE Suddes & Son. 443 W Swinbank & Sons. 441 P&N Tattersall. 440 PJ&MP Gilhespy.
Lead Grossing Heifers- £3252 £3150 £3111 WA Richardson Ltd. £3026 £2744 £2650 £2610 x2 A&MJ Henshaw. £3021 BJ Haigh. £3008 £2801 £2753 NE Dyson. £2981 £2949 £2946 P&N Tattersall. £2956 £2927 JE Suddes & Son. £2871 £2856 £2750 £2727 R Hirst. £2786 £2695 W Swinbank & Sons. £2783 W O Grix & Ptnrs. £2767 £2664 Messrs R Miller. £2754 £2735 £2686 £2646 £2623 £2600 JV&JA Hodgson. £2748 £2619 JB&N Harrison & Sons. £2727 £2680 £2635 £2631 WA Armstrong. £2719 P&JH Davison. £2716 £2685 A Crowder. £2704 W Miller. £2681 £2601 WF Hustwit. £2641 Five Houses. £2600 RA&BA Ridley & Son.
The lamb trade express still continues to romp forward through into the 2nd week of July with not only the temperature hotting up nationally but also the lamb trade yet again dishing out the card of surprise, with many vendors who lambed early very close to finishing this years sales and the ones just starting, reaping the rewards of some buoyancy in the sheep job. Numbers easier found this year compared with the same week the previous year however the price making this slightly easier. Lambs will certainly be a country mile ahead of this week last year, with many making the journey back from Yorkshire Show to draw lambs for todays sale. Pick of the day and top price goes to none other than John Simpson, Caldwell when a 58kg lamb rang the sale bell at £221, Peter Brown not to be out done topping at £220 while a super run of meat turned out by Graham for AWSM Farms saw tops of £218 and £214. S E Whiteford hitting a top of £210 while I & A Holmes, T W & P T Moss, W K M M Lamb, D R Smith and Colehill Farms all broke the £200 barrier. A first draw for P D Shepherd followed very closely at £199 while big heavy fed lambs 46kg plus remaining a very good trade and very easily placed.
Handier weighted lambs would see a big increase on the week and look well in demand with a couple of new vendors mixed in amongst the averages with some super lambs throughout. Top of the day goes to D L & D Lovegreen at 441.9ppk while close behind were a tremendous run of fed lambs from H T Davies & Partners topped at 440ppk, 434ppk and 425ppk. D Carr & Son among the top spots also with highs of 422ppk and P R & V Barlow on the southern express hitting tops of 418ppk. Handy weighted lambs a nice trade across the board. It must be reminded that scales are only a guide to weight and not condition. Lambs are required weekly to meet buyer demand, please do not hesitate to contact one of the team to discuss marketing options.
A few of today’s leading averages:
I&A Holmes sold 47 (51.57kg) average 389.04ppk & £200.83
SE Whiteford sold 3 (47.33kg) average 389.04ppk & £196
RG Richardson sold 32 (45.94kg) average 413.20ppk & £189.91
W.K M.M Lamb sold 21 (47.38kg) average 394.67ppk & £187
D&PH Brown sold 24 (47.79kg) average 390.67ppk & £186.71
Lambs – Top prices ppk 443 412 404 WL Robinson & Partners. 441 417 DL&D Lovegreen. 440 434 425 HT Davies & Partners. 438 WR Thompson. 434 419 417 413 409 JC Simpson. 431 422 413 RG Richardson. 429 SE Whiteford. 422 431 422 413 RG Richardson. 429 SE Whiteford. 422 395 D Carr. 420 W&M Knaggs & Son. 418 PR&V Barlow & Son. 417 P&CM Graham. 416 406 Cole Hill Farm Ltd. 414 W.K M.M Lamb. 413 404×2 AWSM Farms. 411 J&RA Speed. 410 GF Whitfield. 409×3 Dickinson. 408 K&PM Lough. 407 402 I Kirk. 404 W Simpson. 404 J Layfield.
Lead Grossing Lambs £221 £196 £193 £190 JC Simpson. £220 £207 £197 £188 D&PH Brown. £218 £214 £198 £190 AWSM Farms. £210 £189 SE Whiteford. £207 £204 £199 £198 £197×2 I&A Holmes. £206 £199 £189 TW&PT Moss Ltd. £205 IR Appleton. £203 W.K M.M Lamb. £201 DR Smith. £200 £195 Cole Hill Farm Ltd. £199 £198 £195 PD Shepherd Farm. £195 £194 £190 WL Robinson & Partners. £194 £190 RG Richardson. £193×3 WR Thompson. £192 £190 DL&D Lovegreen. £192 £191 JR Knox & Son. £190 D Carr & Son. £190 CM Cameron.
The second week of July and a first for many still as we still see some hoggs graces the pens of the sheep shed at Darlington, vendors very well rewarded today with the firey lamb trade carrying on into the hoggs and keep the job very good. Topping at 374ppk and £202 were D G & P D Ayre, closely behind with a super run of Charollais bred hoggs full of meat topped at £199,£192,£190 and £188 for R H Thompson & Son. Hoggs still finding a steady demand. Please do not hesitate to contact us.
Hoggs – Top prices ppk 374 250 DG&PD Ayre. 360 356 349 329 309 308 305 303283 272 RH Thompson & Son. 290 W Wearmouth & Son. 254 DL&D Lovegreen. 236 P&N Tattersall.
Lead Grossing Hoggs £202 £130 DG&PD Ayre. £199 £192 £190 £188×2 £182 £180×4 £170×2 RH Thompson & Son. £168 DL&D Lovegreen. £160 W Wearmouth & Son. £142 P&N Tattersall.
Its only fitting that after the lambs and hoggs have lifted the temperature that the ewes carry on also. It must be said through everything included in the averages from the best of the best Texels and Charollais through to grazing ewes. Store sales start on Monday 21st July and some of the ewes will look better placed on our Monday markets. However this said everything met with a nice trade across the board for all the goods forward. The best of heavy well fleshed ewes remain the best trade. Top spot of the day JP Floyd £240 for pure Texel ewes with W Wearmouth & Son to £218. E Scott & Sons topping at £210 with J C Simpson and AWSM farms selling ewes to £200. Best continental ewes remain £170-£210 depending on size best of the mule sorts selling to £150 while the best of the swales top at £120. Ewes can be sold to vendors advantage weekly.
Lead Grossing Cast sheep £240 £170×2 £150 JP Floyd. £218 £170 £136 W Wearmouth & Son. £210 £180 £170 £110 E Scott & Sons. £200 £184 £160 JC Simpson. £200 £170 £160 AWSM Farms. £198 £188 £132 AJ&KM Foster & Son. £190 RA Patterson & Son. £190 H Emerson. £188 RG Richardson. £186 £170 E Wilson. £180 £170 PR&V Barlow & Son. £180 £176×3 £156 JV Hodgson & Son. £180 £150×2 AC Simpson & Son. £170 P&N Tattersall. £170 DG&PD Ayre. £164 M Gray. £150 JA&A Herbert.
