Thursday 13th July – Darlington Auction Mart Had Forward:
57 Bulls sold to 318ppk & £2512
28 Steers sold to 310ppk & £2039
87 Heifers sold to 330ppk & £2055
1976 Lambs sold to 344ppk & £163
364 Cast Sheep sold to £192
9 Pigs sold to 170ppk & £163
Prime Bulls (57) – Trade overall easier, resulting in a sale average of 265ppk. Top of the tree per kilo & lead grossing bull was a superb home bred 790kg Limousin from AC Simpson & Son, McNeil Farm he sold for 318ppk & £2512 to S.S Meats. Just the one native bred bull – a well fleshed Aberdeen Angus from R Hall & Son, Kilton Hall which sold for 265ppk and £1870 to S.S Meats, whilst the best of the Holstein Friesian’s belonged to N White, Barf House selling for 218ppk & £1275 to Hartshead Meats. GW Dobson & Son, Wood Close sold the lead grossing Black & White for £1458 to JA Jewitt Ltd.
A few of today’s leading averages:
AC Simpson & Son 305ppk & £2351
Renton Highlaws Ltd 303ppk & £2237
J Layfield 284ppk & £2207
AG Watson & Sons 281ppk & £2110
Continental Bulls – Top prices ppk 318 309 297×2 AC Simpson & Son. 312 P Weightman & Sons. 312 310×2 306 294 289 Renton Highlaws Ltd. 301 299 286 279 275×3 AG Watson & Sons. 300 299 298 291 J Layfield. 295 264 JJ Horn. 294 N White. 282 JF Gibson & Son. 275 J Norman. 275 271 DH Lawson. 264 R Hall & Son. 253 TF Bothroyd & Son.
Lead Grossing Continental Bulls £2512 £2402 £2304 £2187 AC Simpson & Son. £2414 P Weightman & Sons. £2377 £2358 £2300 £2206 £2175 £2005 Renton Highlaws Ltd. £2328 £2325 £2233 £2112 £2037 J Layfield. £2222 J Hayhurst. £2212 £1943 JJ Horn. £2208 £2186 £2167 £2164 £2131 £2087 AG Watson & Sons. £1952 J Norman. £1937 N White. £1763 JA&A Herbert. £1752 R Hall & Son.
Friesian Bulls – Top prices ppk 218 216 205 N White. 211 204 GW Dobson & Son. 199 189 187 D Walker.
Lead Grossing Friesian Bulls £1458 £1280 GW Dobson & Son. £1319 £1275 £1133 N White. £1142 £1050 £1011 D Walker.
Native Bulls – Top prices ppk 265 R Hall & Son.
Lead Grossing Native Bulls £1870 R Hall & Sons.
Clean Cattle (115) As with the bulls, clean cattle harder to sell, especially the plainer types. Overall Heifer average was 282ppk with the steer’s averaging 272ppk. Top price was 330ppk & £1719 for a Limousin Heifer sold by W&M Knaggs & Son, East Newbiggin to Taylors Butchers Darlington. The Lead Grossing clean beast was a heifer sold by R Hirst, Neasham Grange for £2055 to Worsley Wholesale Ltd.
Some of today’s leading averages:
W Ramsay & Sons 304ppk & £1901
JV Hodgson 296ppk & £1808
I Marshall & Sons 291ppk & £1818
East Newbiggen Farm 286ppk & £1817
Steers – Top prices ppk 310 305 275 265 RS Hall & Sons. 309 308 JV&JA Hodgson. 308 298 293280 279 I Marshall & Sons. 299 W Ramsay & Sons. 277 264 JM Smith. 276 269 Askwiths. 265 PJ&MP Gilhespy. 258 A&CA Stanwix. 249×2 248 AJ Marr & Son.
Lead Grossing Steers £2039 £1838 JV&JA Hodgson. £2011 £1747 £1621 £1523 £1504 RS Hall & Sons. £1985 £1822 JM Smith. £1983 £1958 £1913 £1823 £1710 I Marshall & Sons. £1831 £1702 Askwiths. £1723 £1708 A&CA Stanwix. £1695 W Ramsay & Sons. £1576 £1516 AJ Marr & Son.
Heifers – Top prices ppk 330 328 W&M Knaggs & Son. 329 317 315 304 290 JV&JA Hodgson. 328 320 295 PJ&MP Gilhespy. 324 296 289 P&N Tattersall. 322 318 313 308 A Crowder. 320 317 304 303 296 293 R Hirst. 316 309 JE Suddes & Son. 315 311 305 289 287 WF Hustwit. 313 299 290 B Walker. 310 307 F&JS Gargett. 310 305 W Ramsay & Sons. 299 285 East Newbiggen Farm. 298 RS Hall & Sons. 294 R Hirst. 290 Askwiths. 287 C Binks & Co.
Lead Grossing Heifers £2055 £1813 £1793 £1782 £1745×2 R Hirst. £2043 £1965 W Ramsay & Sons. £1946 £1913 £1773 East Newbiggen Farm. £1922 £1719 W&M Knaggs & Son. £1912 £1780 £1744 WF Hustwit. £1905 £1845 £1796 £1770 £1756 JV&JA Hodgson. £1889 £1864 JR Spink. £1879 P&N Tattersall. £1860 £1754 F&JS Gargett. £1830 £1779 £1775 PJ&MP Gilhespy. £1767 31758 A Crowder. £1764 C Binks & Son. £1722 B Walker.
Lambs (1976) As the week has transpired, the sheep trade nationally has dipped, a market average of 282ppk was achieved with heavier lambs the most sought after. Top price ppk on the day was 344ppk for a single Texel sold by I Burn & Sons, Grange House Farm to Yorkshire Halal for £148. D&PH Brown, Cordilleras Farm sold the lead grossing lamb for £163 to Bowland Foods.
Lambs – Top prices ppk 344 314×2 308 302x3I Burn & Sons. 332 318 315 F Shield. 325 315 F Shield. 325 315×2 314 JA&A Herbert. 320 302 A&R Breeze. 320 308 304×2 I&A Holmes. 320 310 308 304 302 D&PH Brown. 318 WR Thompson. 316 306 JE Suddes & Son. 315 304 J&R Speed. 314 309 307 JC Simpson. 313 Wytherstone Farm. 310 307×2 PR&V Barlow. 308 IR Appleton. 307 DL&D Lovegreen. 306×2 M Hutchinson. 305 HT Davies & Partners.
Lead Grossing Lambs £163 £148×2 £145 £144 £143×2 D&PH Brown. £160 I&A Holmes. £159 £153 F Shield. £155 £143 M&A Gaskin. £154 IR Appleton. £153 £147 £142 £139 M Hutchinson. £153 WR Thompson. £152 £140 £139 DR Smith. £150 £148×4 I Burn & Sons. £148 £147.50 A&R Breeze. £147 £145 PR Weaver. £146 C&E Gaskin. £145 £139 JA&A Herbert. £142.50 JE Suddes & Son. £142 £140×3 I&A Holmes. £142 RA Patterson & Son. £142 J&RA Speed.
Cast Ewes & Rams – A similar trade this week with ewes still in demand. Top spot this week goes to an exceptional Beltex ewe from CA&JG Skidmore, reaching £192. Next in line was B&SM Rutherford & Son with two good shaped Charollais ewes at £158. Suffolks topped at £145, with a powerful pen from JR&M Richardson. Mules today were in high demand, reaching a top price of £140, again from B&SM Rutherford & Son. Continental ewes up to £158, with many trading between £140 and £150. Swales and horned sheep today topped at £72.
Lead Grossing Cast Sheep – £192 CA&JG Skidmore. £158 £140 x2 £134 B&SM Rutherford & Son. £153 £140 £136 £121 £120 £120 Thoresby Livestock. £148 £120 H Emerson. £147 £145 x2 £137 x3 £120 JR&M Richardson. £143 £138 £132 £120 T Lawson & Son. £140 SM Donaldson. £140 £137 £129 £126 RA&J Blyth. £140 £128 £122 GF Whitfield. £140 AJ Gibson Farming. £140 x2 £120 M Smith. £140 £138 WR Thompson. £137 J Thompson. £137 £130 RA Patterson & Son. £131 L Crooks. £130 W Simpson. £128 Gray. £127 £124 SW Bowe. £126 M Hogg. £124 B Johnson.
Pigs – Top prices ppk 170×3 150 C Weightman.
Lead Grossing Pigs £163 £156 £147×2 C Weightman.
