Darlington Farmers Auction Mart held their weekly sale of Prime Stock on Thursday 29th July 2021. Forward were 297 Cattle, 2447 Sheep and 2 Sows.
105 Prime Bulls sold to 260ppk or £2269
51 Prime Steers sold to 266ppk or £1920
137 Prime Heifers sold to 288ppk or £1636
4 Cast Cattle sold to 186ppk or £1549
2036 Prime Lambs sold to 300ppk or £131
411 Cast Ewes & Rams sold to £182
2 Sows sold to 25ppk or £62
Prime Bulls (105) – Trade easier, following last week’s bonanza the pill seems harder to swallow however a sale average of 217ppk was still achieved. Top of the tree per kilo was a superb home bred 653kg Limousin bull from W I Suddes & Son, South Farm, Cornsay when he sold for 260 pence. Two bulls today in to the £2000 plus club, both Limousin’s as a marvellous 892kg bull from JK B Luck, Bowes at £2194 could not quite catch a 938kg meat machine from A C Simpson & Son, Witton-le-Wear which sold for a tremendous £2269. Native breed bulls again earned their keep as a well fleshed Aberdeen Angus from A S & S M Kemp, Sherburn sold for 226ppk and £1771 whilst the best of the Holstein Friesian’s belonged to J A & A Herbert, Tees Farm 200ppk and J M & S Walton, Brettanby Farm £1236. Below are some of the stand out performers.
W I Suddes & Son, Cornsay sold 3 Bulls to average 255ppk and £1852
J B Luck, Bowes sold 3 Bulls to average 249ppk and £2016
F & J S Gargett, Barnard Castle sold 3 Bulls to average 246ppk and £1781
N White, Marrick sold 4 Bulls to average 244ppk and £1775
A G Watson & Sons, Rushyford sold 5 Bulls to average 241ppk and £1870
J Mills & Son, Winwick sold 13 Bulls to average 241ppk and £1434
A C Simpson & Son, Witton-le-Wear sold 4 Bulls to average 238ppk and £2023
Continental Bulls – Top prices ppk 260 258 248 WI Suddes & Son. 256 246×2 JB Luck. 254 252 250 248×2 244 242 240 232 J Mills & Son. 252 250×2 232 JW Holmes & Son. 252 250 244 N White. 252 250 238 F&JS Gargett. 250 248 242 AC Simpson & Son. 249 248 246 234 232 AG Watson & Sons. 246 240 238 237 AS&SM Kemp. 242 TW Clark & Son. 240 TF Bothroyd & Son. 238×2 S&J Dent & Son.
Lead Grossing Continental Bulls £2269 £1986 £1965 £1872 AC Simpson & Son. £2194 £1971 £1884 JB Luck. £1953 £1907 WI Suddes & Son. £1939 £1917 £1906 £1869 AG Watson & Sons. £1915 £1782 £1778 N White. £1905 £1756 £1675 JW Holmes & Son. £1884 £1843 £1801 £1794 £1786 £1771 £1756 AS&SM Kemp. £1825 TW Clark & Son. £1794 £1792 £1757 F&JS Gargett. £1763 Fristling Hall Farm Ltd. £1728 JJ Horn.
Friesian Bulls – Top prices ppk 200 190×2 JA&A Herbert. 189 170 JE&B Morgan & Sons. 188 184 166 162 J&JH Musgrave. 187 184 JM&S Walton. 182 JA Trobe & Son. 182 R Hall & Son. 180 170 164 160 JM Stuart & Son. 180 178 GW Dobson & Son. 170 166 164 156 D Walker.
Lead Grossing Friesian Bulls £1276 £1136 £1091 £856 JM Stuart & Son. £1236 £1168 JM&S Walton. £1208 £1099 GW Dobson & Son. £1148 JA Trobe & Son. £1124 £1052 £913 £819 J&JH Musgrave. £1078 £1010 £1007 JA&A Herbert. £980 £812 JE&B Morgan. £977 £946 £926 £861 D Walker. £953 R Hall & Son.
Native Breed Bulls – Top prices ppk 226 AS&SM Kemp. 212 JA Trobe & Son.
Lead Grossing Native Breed Bulls £1771 AS&SM Kemp. £1388 JA Trobe & Son.
Clean Cattle (188) – Following the storm witnessed last week the lull appeared today, if the impeccable and almost immortal scenes in our cattle ring hadn’t happened 7 days ago then todays trade would have looked reasonably good with heifers averaging 242ppk, alas, what goes up it appears must come down. Four smart heifers today sold over 280 pence as a pair of Limousin’s from the super consistent R Hirst, Neasham (281p&282p) joined a British Blue from J Mills & Son, Winwick (286p) however none could catch a real eye-catching Limousin from N White, Barf House, Marrick as she set the pace at 288 pence per kilo. Topping the steers per kilo was a shapely British Blue from W A Armstrong, Coxhoe at 266 pence per kilo closely followed by another Blue at 260ppk, the pick of a run up from East Anglian Trailers, Essex. The gross value race this week went to three superb Limousin steers from Durham based MJ & EA Sedgewick with a best of £1920; best of the heifers a cracker from regular top performer B Walker, Dalton-on-Tees at £1636. Lots of native and dairy breeds today again throughout the sale, impressing was a hefty Friesian heifer from J M Stuart & Son across from Pretson, Lancashire at £1551 whilst a host of native heifers found homes with ease.
R Hirst, Neasham sold 15 Heifers to average 271ppk and £1490
J W Holmes & Son, Notts sold 6 Heifers to average 267ppk and £1424
J Mills & Son, Winwick sold 13 Heifers to average 265ppk and £1347
N White, Marrick sold 4 Heifers to average 263ppk and £1431
K & A Harker, Worsall sold 3 Heifers to average 261ppk and £1387
B Walker, Dalton-on-Tees sold 2 Heifers, 1 Steer to average 259ppk and £1573
M J & E A Sedgewick, Durham sold 3 Steers to average 239ppk and £1846
Continental Steers – Top prices ppk 266 WA Armstrong. 260 248 244 240×2238 235 232 224 220 218 212 East Anglian Trailers. 248 220 Armett Bros. 246 DW Humphrey. 245 237 236 MJ&EA Sedgewick. 246 242 240 238 237 234232 229 I&A Hamilton. 230×2 A Crowder. 230 A&MJ Henshaw. 228 220 A&CA Stanwix. 210 190 GW&L Marsay. 202 Fristling Hall Farm Ltd. 196 Jack Henshaw.
Lead continental Steers £1920 £1859 £1758 MJ&EA Sedgewick. £1727 £1695 A Crowder. £1608 £1562 £1556 £1538 £1535 £1526 £1500 £1472 £1471 I&A Hamilton. £1568 B Walker. £1560 £1407 £1379 £1332 £1326 £1318 East Anglian Trailers. £1480 Armett Bros. £1430 A&CA Stanwix. £1372 DW Humphrey. £1341 Fristling Hall Farm Ltd. £1335 WA Armstrong.
Native Breed Steers – Top prices ppk 230 A&MJ Henshaw. 222 218 Armett bros.
Lead Grossing Native Breed Steers £1366 A&MJ Henshaw. £1303 £1023 Armett Bros.
Friesian Steers – Top prices ppk 188 183 A Swinbank & Son. 180×2 178 172×2 158 JM Stuart & Son.
Lead Grossing Friesian Steers £1193 £1089 £1050 £1009 £941 JM Stuart & Son. £1079 £927 A Swinbank & Son.
Continental Heifers – Top prices ppk 288 273 270 N White. 286 278 276 273 272 270×2 266 263 260 J Mills & Son. 282 281 279 276×2 274 273×2 271 268 264×3 262 260 R Hirst. 279 274 272263 260 259 JV&JA Hodgson. 277×2 275264 262 JW Holmes & Son. 273 PI Harker. 273 G Beadle. 271 266 B Walker. 268 266x 264 260 WA Armstrong. 268 261 260 259×2 PJ&MP Gilhespy. 267 DW Humphrey. 266 I&A Hamilton. 263 262 K&A Harker. 259 RW&R Henry.
Lead Grossing Continental Heifers £1636 £1513 B Walker. £1629 GT&M Tweddle. £1612 £1501 £1422 JW Holmes & Son. £1591 PI Harker. £1587 £1525 £1482 £1478 £1474 £1472 J Mills & Son. £1579 £1548 £1545 £1537 £1507 £1506 £1501 £1490 £1482 £1481 £1474 R Hirst. £1559 £1526 £1487 £1484 £1433 JV&JA Hodgson. £1520 £1468 £1441 N White. £1511 £1503 PJ&MP Gilhespy. £1510 I&A Hamilton. £1470 K&A Harker. £1465 £1447 ££1430 WA Armstrong.
Native Breed Heifers – Top prices ppk 228 227 224 223218 215×2 208 204 202 200 190 Armett Bros. 208 204 203 201 M Ord & Son. 196 190 JF Gibson & Son.
Lead Grossing Native Breed Heifers £1411 £1293 JF Gibson & son. £1334 £1268 £1184 £1098 £1079 £1066 £1062 £1054 Armett Bros. £1133 £1123 £1034 M Ord & Sons.
Friesian Heifers – Top prices ppk 220 148 JM Stuart & Son. 188 High Hedley Hope Farm Ltd.
Lead Grossing Friesian Heifers £1551 £941 JM Stuart & Son. £994 High Hedley Hope Farms Ltd.
Cast Cows – Top prices ppk 186 185 172 A&R Thompson. 154 J Elliott.
Lead Grossing Cast Cows £1549 J Elliott. £1222 £1150 £1114 A&R Thompson.
Prime Lambs (2036) – As the week has transpired the sheep nationally have dipped, none the less if at lambing time we had been offered during the last week in July a sale average of 234ppk and £99, we would very likely have taken it. A bare skinned Beltex superstar from regular sellers H T Davies & Partners, Bolam led the way when the 41 kilograms of perfection sold for 300ppk and £123. A mighty showing from Northumberland today were always going to challenge for the top slots, great runs from several consignors with an NE postcode were eventually topped by B A Swallow of Hexham reaching £131. Competitive returns again in Darlington this week, even on a falling trade, we still witnessed 30 pens of sheep sell beyond 260 pence per kilo and 23 times bidding reached at least £120, cast our memory back one year and the sale leaders were delighted to reach 255ppk and £118.50.
Lambs – Top prices ppk 300 297 288 275 HT Davies & Partners. 295 292 268 JA&A Herbert. 283 277 275 270 261 JV&JA Hodgson. 282 267 JD Brannen. 278 K&MM Henderson. 277 263 CK&D Muir Ltd. 276 DL&D Lovegreen. 273 260 259 BA Swallow. 269 261 260 258 WB Mitchell & Sons. 267 260 J&A Moralee. 263 MF Hall. 263 G Thompson & Sons. 260 259 256×2 AWSM Farms. 260 KJ&SS Bell. 260 257 254 M&A Gaskin. 258 G Bolton. 256 K&PM Lough.
Lead Grossing Lambs £131 £129.50 £120 BA Swallow. £128 £124 £120 £119 £115 WB Mitchell & Sons. £125 £123 KJ&SS Bell. £124.50 £124 £123 D&PH Brown. £124 £120 JA&A Herbert. £123 £122 HT Davies & Partners. £123 £122 £121 £119 £116.50 JV&JA Hodgson. £121 J&A Moralee. £120.50 J Hird. £120 JLC Welford. £120 JJ Horn. £120 JF Harland. £119.50 G Bolton. £118.50 JD Brannen. £118.50 £116 M&A Gaskin. £118 K&PM Lough. £118 N White. £118 JA&UM Fawcett.
Cast Sheep (411) – Astonishing throughout, the ewe trade today is on the highest level of the podium, wearing a gold medal and awaiting its national anthem. A mixed show averaged an amazing £105, top price of £182 went to a brut of a Texel tup from S & J Dent & Son, Great Burdon whilst the top priced ewes were equally hefty Suffolk’s from J E Cruddas, Esh. Mule ewes this week to a top of £130 from R A Patterson & Son, Capheaton whilst the meaty horned hill ewes could comfortably sell beyond £60.
Lead Grossing Cast Sheep £182 £160 £138 S&J Dent & Son. £155 JE Cruddas. £151 T Lawson & Son. £150 D&PH Brown. £147 KJ&SS Bell. £145 A&EJ Dobinson. £144 C Dawson. £143 K&MM Henderson. £143 JJ Horn. £141 F Ward. £141×2 £135×2 K&PM Lough. £139 C Moralee & Sons. £139 T Lawson & Son. £137 £130 RA Patterson & Son. £137 G Bolton. £137 AW Sanderson. £135 TN Callender. £135 L Collingwood. £135 JA&A Herbert.
