Darlington Farmers Auction Mart held their weekly sale of Prime Stock on Thursday 1st July 2021. Forward were 260 Cattle and 2566 Sheep.
110 Prime Bulls sold to 256ppk or £2122
38 Prime Steers sold to 266ppk or £2013
107 Prime Heifers sold to 283ppk or £1736
5 Cast Cows sold to 208ppk or £1662
1865 New Season Lambs sold to 332ppk or £147
60 Prime Hoggs sold to 256ppk or £130
641 Cast Sheep sold to £174
7 Pigs sold to 120ppk or £99.60
Prime Bulls (110) – A nice show of well finished bulls forward met an improved trade averaging 226ppk which again puts Darlington right at the top of the tree. Two bulls sold over £2000, three more beyond £1900 and five in the £1800’s was a very pleasing return; despite valiant charges from regular supporters D Richardson & Co, Melsonby and J W Holmes & Son, Nottingham plus a handsome Charolais from Dromanby Bridge Farm none could catch the Kemp family of Whitwell Farm, Sherburn as their exceptional 829kg Limousin added up to the days best of £2122 and 256ppk. A beautiful British Blue all the way from Grantham and the good yard of M D Copley, Tippings Lodge matched the 256ppk of the Whitwell wizards whilst a further 10 sold at 250ppk and beyond, of the top performers some terrific runs from A G Watson & Sons, Rushyford and another good Grantham based feeder J B Thompson, Stainby House were certainly a pleasure to see in the ring. Further credit goes to the Kemp’s today as they led the trade for Friesian bulls at a massive £1612 whilst the top black and white per kilo went to the familiar faces of R Hall & Son, Brotton. Not so many native breeds to report on this week however aside from the mainstream continental breeds some exceptional returns were certainly achieved, impressing were Stabiliser bulls from across the Pennines and J A & R Geldard & Sons, Kendal reaching tops of 214ppk and £1583.
M D Copley, Grantham sold 7 Bulls to average 246ppk and £1556
J B Thompson, Grantham sold 20 Bulls to average 244ppk and £1524
W J & A S Bowes & Sons, Great Stainton sold 2 Bulls to average 241ppk and £1783
D Richardson & Co, Melsonby sold 6 Bulls to average 240ppk and £1822
D W Humphrey, Redcar sold 5 Bulls to average 240ppk and £1602
J W Holmes & Son, Nottingham sold 8 Bulls to average 238ppk and £1684
Continental Bulls – Top prices ppk 256 250 249 245 244 240 239 MD Copley. 256 248 247 244 AS&SM Kemp. 254×2 251 250 249 248 247 246×4 245 243×2 241 240 JB Thompson. 254 250 AG Watson & Sons. 252 246 238 DW Humphrey. 246 239 PJ&ES Rogerson. 246 245 244 242 241 240 JW Holmes. 244 243×2 241 240 D Richardson & Co Ltd. 243 DH Lawson. 242 241 WJ&AS Bowes & Sons. 240 J&A&DA Horn. 240 TF Bothroyd.
Lead Grossing Continental Bulls £2122 £1996 £1919 £1771 £1683 £1662 AS&SM Kemp. £2022 Dromonby Bridge Farm Ltd. £1964 £1843 £1836 £1834 £1786 £1672 D Richardson & Co Ltd. £1864 £1827 £1706 £1699 £1671 £1650 JW Holmes & Son. £1788 £1778 WJ&AS Bowes & Sons. £1771 DH Lawson. £1767 £1684 £1681 £1654 £1639 AG Watson & Sons. £1738 JK&CE Farming. £1725 J&A&DA Horn. £1706 £1669 LR Welsh & Co. £1688 £1645 DW Humphrey. £1688 £1675 MD Copley. £1673 JJ Horn. £1653×2 £1649 £1633 JB Thompson.
Friesian Bulls – Top prices ppk 206 194 R Hall & Son. 200 185 184 182 168 AS&SM Kemp. 188 186184 180 J&JH Musgrave. 184 183 178 175 D Walker.
Lead Grossing Friesian Bulls £1612 £1116 £1076 £1057 £907 AS&SM Kemp. £1212 £1155 R Hall & Son. £1175 £1092 £1091 £1042 J&JH Musgrave. £1148 £1035 £1028 £995 D Walker.
Native Breed Bulls – Top prices ppk 198 190 JK Gregory. 174 152 N Howard.
Lead Grossing Native Breed Bulls £1402 £1263 JK Gregory. £880 £729 N Howard.
Clean Cattle (145) – A touch easier, thus said the heifer average of 255 pence per kilo remains exceptional and way out ahead of the other options available to our feeding fraternity. Seven heifers today broke the 280 pence barrier with a staggering 30 others 270ppk to 279ppk; top of the pack at 283 pence per kilo was a superb 606kg Limousin from W A Armstrong, Coxhoe with the chasing half dozen hailing from five different homes it was a genuinely close race this week. Top grossed value heifer, not for the first time, went to the ultra-consistent J V & J A Hodgson of Summerhouse as they turned out a lovely 681kg Limousin which realised £1736. On to the steers and more success for the Coxhoe based feeder as twice the Armstrong pen climbed as high as 266 pence, no doubt for the umpteenth week running about our top gross valued steer as the big lads from Barker Farming Partnership, Scorton again broke their way through the £2000 barrier. Some super feeding was undoubtedly displayed today and some handsome returns are listed below for the top performers, special mention goes to the Hirst’s of Neasham who turned out 19 great heifers this week and quite rightly comfortably made the honours board below.
J W Holmes & Son, Nottingham sold 6 Heifers to average 274ppk and £1475
J E Suddes & Son, Cornsay sold 4 Heifers to average 272ppk and £1478
W A Armstrong, Coxhoe sold 2 Steers, 5 Heifers to average 269ppk and £1516
J V & J A Hodgson, Summerhouse sold 11 Heifers to average 268ppk and £1553
R Hirst, Neasham sold 19 Heifers to average 268ppk and £1420
P J & M P Gilhespy, Ponteland sold 1 Steer, 5 Heifers to average 265ppk and £1474
Askwiths, Crook sold 2 Steers, 3 Heifers to average 261ppk and £1524
Barker Farming, Scorton sold 4 Steers to average 246ppk and £1890
Steers – Top prices ppk 266×2 WA Armstrong. 261 233 Askwiths. 258 243 236 235 234 D&PA Bowe & Son. 256 Rochester & Murray. 256 232 DW Humphrey. 254 B Walker. 247×2 246 244 Barker Farming Partnership. 244 PJ&MP Gilhespy. 228 222 220 G Beadle. 227 218×2 J&R Hutchinson & Sons. 225 224 K&J Heslop. 224 Cheesbrough & Son Ltd. 224 218 208 G Bird & Son. 210 208 TN Hodgson & Sons.
Lead Grossing Steers £2013 £1939 £1815 £1793 Barker Farming Partnership. £1719 B Walker. £1687 £1618 £1584 £1558 £1529 D&PA Bowe & Son. £1584 K&J Heslop. £1556 £1468 WA Armstrong. £1532 PJ&MP Gilhespy. £1529 £1336 £1304 G Bird & Sons. £1519 £1513 Askwiths. £1493 £1482 J&R Hutchinson & Sons. £1473 K&J Heslop. £1420 £1359 DW Humphrey. £1382 Cheesbrough & Son Ltd. £1358 £1351 TN Hodgson & Sons.
Heifers – Top prices ppk 283 275 268 WA Armstrong. 282 M&J Sayer. 281 J&R Hutchinson. 281 275 Askwiths. 280 279 277 274×2 272×2 R Hirst. 280×2 278 275 270 JW Holmes & Son. 279 276 274 266 PJ&MP Gilhespy. 279 Rochester & Murray. 278×2 277 JE Suddes & Son. 278×2 274×2 273×2 272 JV&JA Hodgson. 277 267 DW Humphrey. 271 B Walker. 264×2 D&PA Bowe & Son.
Lead Grossing Heifers £1736 £1635 £1581 £1576 £1572 £1561 £1542 JV&JA Hodgson. £1714 £1529 WA Armstrong. £1660 J&R Hutchinson & Sons. £1658 £1520 £1509 JW Holmes & Son. £1646 M&J Sayer. £1643 Askwiths. £1636 £1529 B Walker. £1629 £1537 £1525 £1510 D&PA Bowe & Son. £1609 Rochester & Murray. £1545 £1528 PJ&MP Gilhespy. £1538 £1531 JE Suddes & Son. £1526 £1515 £1514 £1493 £1489 £1481 R Hirst. £1525 EW Grieves. £1512 P&JH Davison. £1508 WJ&AS Bowes & Sons.
Cast Cows (5) – A quintet of cows this week averaged an almost ridiculous 195 pence per kilo, all five carried Limousin on their passport and peaked at 208 pence per kilo from A & R Thompson, Dimmingdale Farm, Moorsholm and £1662 from American Squeeze Crush, Burneston.
Cast Cows – Top prices ppk 208 198 195 184 A&R Thompson. 192 American Squeeze Crush.
Lead Grossing Cast Cows £1662 American Squeeze Crush. £1483 £1391 £1289 £1122 A&R Thompson.
New Season Lambs (1865) – A marvellous day again with the sheep shed bustling, the sale average of 265ppk and over £108 sees the lambs up some £7-£8 apiece on the week and more importantly the strong trade of 2021 has clearly refused to die down or go away without a fight, this week’s sale average is some 43 pence higher than that seen one year ago. With some 18 pens of sheep selling over 300 pence per kilo the top slot by a whisker went to P Tindale, Paradise Farm, Shadforth at 332 pence. Less doubt about the top gross value as regular supporters M & A Gaskin of Holdsworth Farm, Eggleston led the way with a huge lamb reaching £147, the better bred and better fed lambs this week sold between £125 and £135 with great regularity, only a high proportion of pet lambs perhaps pulled the average below £110 per head as buyers noticeably pushed on.
Lambs – Top prices ppk 332 305 286 P Tindale. 331 Charlotte Newton. 330 283 HT Davies & Partners. 330 307 298 297 292 287 285 JM&M&C Wise. 326 293 JG Hall. 326 323 JC Simpson. 311 301 295 284 AWSM Farms. 306 305 303 BR&R Routledge. 303 JR Knox & Son. 302 287 GP Addison. 302 297 294 Cole Hill Farm Ltd. 301 C&M Burnett. 298 D&G Spry. 297 284 JA&A Herbert. 297 M&EM Dobinson. 296 M Dawson. 295 G Thompson & Sons. 292 MW Cook & Son. 291 282 D&PH Brown.
Lead Grossing Lambs £147 £131 M&A Gaskin. £144.50 C&M Burnett. £139 £134 £132.50 Cole Hill Farm Ltd. £139 £127.50 AWSM Farms. £137.50 £133.50 M&EM Dobinson. £137 £132.50 D&PH Brown. £134.50 F Myers & Son. £132.50 Charlotte Newton. £132.50 £130.50 JC Simpson. £132.50 £130.50 GW Maw. £132×2 £128.50 JM&M&C Wise. £131 JA&A Herbert. £130.50 JR Knox & Son. £130.50 PR Weaver. £130 R Addison. £129.50 P Tindale. £129.50 £128.50 S Coote. £129 HT Davies & Partners. £128.50 S Crossland.
Hoggs – Top prices ppk 256 JE Stobbs & Son. 251 236 J Henry. 242 KO Stones. 234 HE Jewitt. 230 TN Callender. 228 209 S Beeforth. 221 209 H Emerson. 208 204 P Tindale. 205 I Curry.
Lead Grossing Hoggs £130 J Henry. £130 £117.50 H Emerson. £130 JA&A Herbert. £127 £102 P Tindale. £123 I Curry. £110 HE Jewitt. £109 KO Stones. £105 £88 S Beeforth. £90 £70 TN Callender.
Cast Sheep (641) – On rolls the ewe train with a bigger show still averaging very close to £100. Top of the tree this week a terrific Texel ram from S R Bowring & Son all the way from Mansfield selling for £174, any amount of the stronger ewes £120 to £140 with only the exceptional above them. Top of the Mules a pen of 31 from J G Walton & Son, Rockcliffe Farm at £118 whilst the fittest horned ewes sold typically £75-£85.
Lead Grossing Cast Sheep £174 £130 SR Bowring & Son. £164 JG Hall. £150 £120 PR&V Barlow. £146 £139 £126 JG Wilkinson & Son. £138 M&EM Dobinson. £134 £126 JC Simpson. £130 KO Stones. £130 £127 £122 JG Walton & Son. £129 JE Stobbs & Son. £128 J Bolton. £128 £127 S Straughan. £128 G Horner. £128 A&EJ Dobinson. £127 P Wilson. £126 D&PH Brown. £125 IM Maughan. £124 £121 Anthony Tindale. £123 MF Hall. £120 RA Patterson & Son. £120 P Tindale. £120 A Spence.
Prime Pigs (7) – Peppa, George and family continue to see their value creep steadily higher.
Pigs – Top prices ppk 120 100 70 J Mitchell & Son.
Lead Grossing Pigs £99 £82 £54 J Mitchell & Son.
