Thursday 15th July – Darlington Auction Mart had forward:
87 Bulls sold to 248ppk & £1917
44 Steers sold to 260ppk & £2043
121 Heifers sold to 280ppk & £1704
7 Cast Cattle sold to 182ppk & £1885
1508 Lambs sold to 305ppk & £159
360 Cast Sheep sold to £135
Bulls – A quality show of bulls forward – trade very similar to last weeks. Joint top honours were shared between 2 completely opposite vendors – local producer LR Welsh & Co, Green Lane Farm, Spennymoor & Lester Knight, Hoe Farm Clenchwarton, Kings Lynn both had bulls that sold to 248ppk realising £1649 & £1492 respectively. The lead grossing bull was a Blonde D’Aquitaine consigned by F&JS Gargett, Westwick Farm which was purchased by Worsley Wholesale Meats for £1917.
Continental Bulls – Top prices ppk 248 245×2 240 LR Welsh & Co. 248 234 Lester Knight. 245 242 233 S&J Dent & Son. 244 243 242 238 233 DW Humphrey. 243 241 238 234 J&A Moralee. 242 240 234 232 JW Holmes & Son. 241 232 FW Hodgson & Son. 240 239 232 231 229 AG Watson & Sons. 239 230 M&J Cheesbrough & Sons. 236 230 228 F&JS Gargett. 232 220 PC Amor. 224 220 DH Lawson.
Lead Grossing Continental Bulls £1917 £1812 £1789 F&JS Gargett. £1875 £1742 M&J Hayhurst. £1867 S Luck & Son. £1860 £1763 JJ Horn. £1793 £1764 JW Holmes & Son. £1766 £1747 £1746 £1732 £1730 £1692 £1615 AG Watson & Sons. £1732 £1550 M&J Cheesbrough & Sons. £1690 £1684 £1649 £1619 LR Welsh & Co. £1655 £1604 S&J Dent & Son. £1635 JR Tiplady. £1627 J&A Moralee. £1619 DH Lawson. £1585 TF Bothroyd. £1579 £1573 FW Hodgson & Son.
Friesian Bulls – Top prices ppk 191 180 177 169 J&JH Musgrave. 190 M&J Cheesbrough & Son. 189 PC Amor. 184 178 172 171 C&M Atkinson & Sons. 180 177 176 170 D Walker. 178 JK&CE Farming.
Lead Grossing Friesian Bulls £1322 M&J Cheesbrough & Sons. £1153 £1105 £1056 £934 J&JH Musgrave. £1116 PC Amor. £1091 £1051 £1045 £914 D Walker. £1073 JK&CE Farming. £1035 £999 £906 C&M Atkinson & Sons.
Native Breed Bulls – Top prices ppk 232 220 206×2 204 200 PC Amor. 215 212 R Hall & Son.
Lead Grossing Native Breeds £1428 £1371 R Hall & Son. £1378 £1259 £1188 £1174 £1105 £996 PC Amor.
Clean Cattle – A good show of clean cattle forward, trade a touch easier on last week although there were still some steers breaking the £2000 barrier, in general most cattle would be slightly steadier. 2 Heifers were sold to a top price of 280ppk, both were sold by 2 of our regular supporters – Brian Walker, Birch Springs & Michael Gilhespy Low House and both were purchased by Darlington Butcher H Taylor & Sons. The lead grossing clean beast was a monster of a steer consigned by Barker Farming Partnership, Tancred Grange which sold for £2043 to SS Meats.
Steers – Top prices ppk 260 258 A Barnett. 260 255 240 I Bosworth. 255 228 JW Holmes & Son. 248 PJ&MP Gilhespy. 246 245 240 230 Walter Dandie & Son. 245 M Robinson & Sons. 238 Askwiths. 236×2 230×2 227 I&A Hamilton. 236 230 226 Barker Farming Partnership. 234232 231×2 230 RA&BA Ridley & Son Ltd. 229 PC Amor. 228 M Robinson & Sons. 226 M&J Cheesbrough & Sons.
Lead Grossing Steers £2043 £2012 £1927 £1921 £1817 Barker Farming Partnership. £1896 £1697 £1656 £1607 £15701RA&BA Ridley & Son Ltd. £1705 £1687 £1612 £1497 Walter Dandie & Son. £1668 Askwiths. £1651 £1630 A Barnett. £1593 £1585 £1493 £1486 I&A Hamilton. £1484 £1454 JW Holmes & Son. £1393 £1330 TN Hodgson & Sons. £1379 Armett Brothers.
Heifers – Top prices ppk 280 268 266 B Walker. 280 269 260 PJ&MP Gilhespy. 273 268 267×2 265×3 264 263×2 262 259×2 R Hirst. 272×2 258 Walter Dandie & Son. 269 268 258 P Weightman & Sons. 268 265 258 JE Suddes & Son. 267 261 I Bosworth. 266 M Robinson & Sons. 266 260 JW Holmes & Son. 264 262×2 Askwiths. 262 260 JV&JA Hodgson. 260 M&J Cheesbrough & Sons. 259 I&A Hamilton. 259 C Garbutt.
Lead Grossing Heifers £1704 C Garbutt. £1619 £1511 Askwiths. £1618 £1516 B Walker. £1618 Barker Farming Partnership. £1593 P&PJ Sayer. £1578 £1549 £1530 £1526 £1506 £1485 JV&JA Hodgson. £1577 £1573 I&A Hamilton. £1566 £1523 £1513 £1493 £1487 £1481 R Hirst. £1551 £1514 £1468 P Weightman & Sons. £1531 PJ&MP Gilhespy. £1525 I Bosworth. £1411 WJ&AS Bowes & Sons. £1507 £1502 JE Suddes & Son.
Cast Cattle – Just a handful forward – Top today was a 12-year-old Limousin Stock Bull sold by Elliott, Westfield Farm which sold for a very respectable 182ppk & £1885
Cast Cattle – Top prices ppk 182 J Elliott. 172 168 T Greetham. 162 158 150 PC Amor. 160 JM&S Walton.
Lead Grossing Cast Cattle £1885 J Elliott. £1189 £1098 £1049 PC Amor. £983 £959 T Greetham. £897 JM&S Walton.
Lambs – Just when you thought the lamb trade was easing it goes and springs yet another surprise on everyone – trade today would be 15ppk up on last Thursday returning an overall market average of 268ppk. Top honours today go to local producers and valued supporters of DFAM – John & Ann Herbert, Tees Farm Westwick who’s superb Beltex Lamb topped the market at 305ppk & sold for £122 to Bowland Foods. The lead grossing lambs were a pen of 5 – just 1 lot in an outstanding run of over 60 sold by PR Weaver, Little Manor Farm, Knapthorpe Newark, they realised £159 and were purchased on behalf of Country Valley Foods.
Lambs – Top prices ppk 305 JA&A Herbert. 303 282 HT Davies & Partners. 300 JS Davison. 300 OS Laws. 298 CA&JG Skidmore. 297 W.K M.M Lamb. 294 284 Cole Hill Farm Ltd. 294 290 PR Weaver. 292 D&PH Brown. 291 290 G Thompson & Sons. 290 JA Walton. 290 AL Ablewhite. 288×2 JC Simpson. 287 286 281×4 AWSM Farms. 286 Ian Kirk. 285 M Dent. 284 JJ Horn. 283 P&CM Graham. 282 JR Mann. 281 RA Patterson & Son. 281 C Binks & Son. 280 W Robson.
Lead Grossing Lambs £159 £157 £130 £126 PR Weaver. £155 £129 £128 D&PH Brown. £140 £129 £128 W.K M.M Lamb. £137.50 £134 £133 £130 T Common & Son. £136.50 JA Walton. £136 £128 MW&M Skidmore. £135.50 £125 £122.50 Cole Hill Farm Ltd. £135 £129.50 £127×2 M&A Gaskin. £134.50 £127 AWSM Farms. £134.50 £131 £128 JJ Horn. £132 AW Sanderson. £131.50 RA Patterson. £130 AL Ablewhite. £130 GW Maw. £128.50 M Dent. £128 H Thompson. £126 Ian Kirk. £125.50 G Thompson & Sons.
Cast Sheep – Trade easier on the week, especially for the leaner types, which would probably be better suited to a Monday evening sale. A top price of £135 was achieved by 2 separate vendors, M Dent Mowbray House & T Lawson & Son, Sands Farm – both had Texel Rams and both were purchased by Andrew Atkinson Livestock.
Cast Sheep – Top prices ppk £135 T Lawson & Son. £135 M dent. £130 £120×2 Dromonby Bridge. £130 £118 D Rutter. £128 T Lawson & Son. £125 JC Simpson. £118 £114 C Moralee & Sons. £118 £117 MF Hall. £116 Ivan Walker. £115 M&EM Dobinson. £115 Thoresby Livestock. £112×2 C Binks & Son. £110×2 T Lawson & Son. £110 L&S Barker. £108 £106 B Williamson. £107 JC Simpson. £106 JA&A Herbert.
