Darlington Farmers Auction Mart held their weekly sale of Prime Stock on Thursday 17th June 2021. Forward were 169 Cattle, 2506 Sheep and 7 Pigs.
64 Prime Bulls sold to 248ppk or £1981
33 Prime Steers sold 262ppk or £2078
70 Prime Heifers sold to 286ppk or £1822
2 Cast Cows sold to 210ppk or £1446
1720 Prime Lambs sold to 361ppk or £170
249 Prime Hoggs sold to 266ppk or £158
537 Cast Sheep sold to £150
Prime Bulls (64) – A light show forward, trade easier however a sale average of 211 pence per kilo is certainly not to be sniffed at. The run of the day hailed from Cumbria and the good home of T N & J Hall, Ainstable, Carlisle as they produced 4 of the top 7 per kilo with a best of 248 pence whilst the same yard turned out 3 of the top 4 gross values with a top of £1977, the winning gross value however headed to South Yorkshire with S Wilde, Spite Winter House with an exceptional 847kg Limousin selling for £1981. The black and white bulls this week were a varied bunch; top price per kilo came from J E & B Morgan & Sons, Bishop Middleham selling for 189 pence whilst the top 3 gross valued Friesian’s all came from the brilliant feeding of R Hall & Son, Kilton Hall, Brotton with a peak of £1221 and the 3 on the trailer averaging £1189. Some of the top performers are listed below.
T N & J Hall, Carlisle sold 6 Bulls to average 239ppk and £1594
Howthat Farms sold 2 Bulls to average 237ppk and £1411
L R Welsh & Co, Spennymoor sold 4 Bulls to average 226ppk and £1595
J Mills & Son, Winwick sold 14 Bulls to average 225ppk and £1399
J K & C E Farming, Piercebridge sold 2 Bulls to average 216ppk and £1592
J J Horn, Richmond sold 3 Bulls to average 212ppk and £1688
Continental Bulls – Top prices ppk 248 240×2 238 236×2 TN&J Hall. 240 236 How That Farms. 240 234 224 210 LR Welsh & Co. 239 238 236 232 225×4 224 223 220 218 214 J Mills & Son. 234 S Wilde. 230 229 221 219 216 J Allison & Sons. 221 212 JK&CE Farming. 218 217 216 214 PJ&ES Rogerson. 217 214 207 JJ Horn. 215 212 200 C Parker. 208×2 204 J Richmond.
Lead Grossing Continental Bulls £1981 S Wilde. £1977 £1821 £1774 £1554 TN&J Hall. £1759 £1709 £1595 JJ Horn. £1648 £1537 JK&CE Farming. £1621 £1592 £1585 £1584 LR Welsh & Co. £1608 £1512 £1449 £1443 J Mills & Son. £1537 £1478 £1442 J Richmond. £1535 £1491 £1467 £1462 £1415 J Allison & Sons. £1517 How That Farms. £1496 C Parker. £1480 £1456 PJ&ES Rogerson.
Friesian Bulls – Top prices ppk 189 168 JE&B Morgan. 170 160 148 140 JB&L Knight. 188 181 178 R Hall & Son. 180 150 R Carter & Son. 178 169 168 JM&S Walton.
Lead Grossing Friesian Bulls £1221 £1216 £1131 R Hall & Son. £1064 £905 JE&B Morgan & Sons. £1058 £921 R Carter & Son. £1047 £1014 £949 JM&S Walton. £945 £862 £784 £767 JB&L Knight
Clean Cattle (103) – Another fine trade, perhaps a fraction behind the past two weeks extreme levels however the beef boom remains well and truly switched on. Heifers this week average a marvellous 254 pence per kilo and for the third week running the strong steers forced their way up and over £2000. A fierce battle for the top slot this week broke out between two terrific breeders and feeders from Northumberland, the buyers couldn’t split them and therefore a tie at 286 pence per kilo was the fairest way to settle things between a magical 588kg British Blue from W J Scott Ltd, Low Leam and a 520kg Limousin from J & A Moralee, Hardriding Farm. The Top gross value was for the third week running awarded to the heavyweight steers of Barker Farming Partnership, Scorton as they again smashed through the £2000 barrier, the leading gross valued heifer was another superstar from Team Low Leam as a beautiful British Blonde was the only female on the day to sell beyond £1800. Some delightful steers today were led per kilo by the familiar face of J L Marks, Bishopton as they sold a smart Limousin for 262 pence per kilo; plenty of the other better fed and better bred bullocks today comfortably selling in the 230’s, 40’s and 50’s. As is customary some of the leading names of the day are listed below.
B Walker, Dalton-on-Tees sold 1 Steer, 2 Heifers to average 267ppk and £1628
R Hirst, Neasham sold 10 Heifers to average 265ppk and £1531
J L Marks, Bishopton sold 1 Steer, 2 Heifers to average 259ppk and £1325
J V & J A Hodgson, Summerhouse sold 5 Heifers to average 258ppk and £1539
W J & A S Bowes & Sons, Great Stainton sold 4 Heifers to average 256ppk and £1544
J & A Moralee, Bardon Mill sold 5 Heifers to average 256ppk and £1356
J Mills & Son, Winwick sold 11 Heifers to average 256ppk and £1288
W J Scott Ltd, West Woodburn sold 2 Steers & 4 Heifers to average 251ppk and £1625
J Layfield, Willington sold 6 Heifers to average 252ppk and £1366
Barker Farming, Scorton sold 4 Steers to average 226ppk and £1966
Steers – Top prices ppk 262 JL Marks. 261 254 252 248 Howthat Farms. 240 225 221 218 Barker Farming Partnership. 238 227 224 220 IM Maughan. 238 B Walker. 236 216 PT Stephenson. 228 224 WJ Scott Ltd. 227 Cheesbrough & Son. 215 214×2 212 RA&BA Ridley & Son. 214 T Watson. 212 211 206 TN Hodgson & Sons. 206 FJ Young & Partners.
Lead Grossing Steers £2078 £1998 £1933 £1855 Barker Farming Partnership. £1670 £1547 £1504 £1441 IM Maughan. £1634 31628 £1601 £1530 RA&BA Ridley & Son. £1607 £1602 £1579 £1436 Howthat Farms. £1550 £1505 WJ Scott Ltd. £1487 B Walker. £1454 FJ Young & Partners. £1425 JL Marks. £1420 £1268 TN Hodgson & Sons. £1354 31336 P Metcalfe.
Heifers – Top prices ppk 286 266 260 250 WJ Scott Ltd. 286 281 280 274 J&A Moralee. 284 283 B Walker. 284 267 261×2 259 258 256 J Mills & Son. 277 274×2 272 269 267 266 264 258 R Hirst. 274 262 260 254 J Layfield. 272 271 270 JV&JA Hodgson. 270 255 254×2 Howthat Farms. 266 256 252 251 WJ&AS Bowes & Sons. 260 JC&P Tallentire. 260 256 JL Marks. 253 F&J Young & Partners.
Lead Grossing Heifers £1822 £1681 £1678 £1517 WJ Scott Ltd. £1777 £1719 £1692 £1576 £1567 £1563 Howthat Farms. £1733 £1577 £1511 WJ&AS Bowes & Sons. £1731 B Walker. £1689 £1645 £1564×2 £1544 £1540 £1528 R Hirst. £1667 B Walker. £1626 £1594 £1530 £1514 JV&JA Hodgson. £1578 JC&P Tallentire. £1537 J Layfield. £1536 Cheesbrough & Son Ltd.
Cast Cows – Top prices ppk 210 164 J Layfield.
Lead Grossing Cast Cows £1446 £1129 J Layfield.
Prime Lambs (1720) – A larger show followed the national trend and sold at reduced values, a sale average of 285ppk and £116.43 however keeps us some 60 pence per kilo ahead of the corresponding week last year. The best lambs remain in demand, those noticeably drawing their sheep lighter and leaner to catch the fast trade will hold their breath over the coming weeks and months to see if their decision proves to be the right one. Top price today came from Keith Metcalf of J K & C E Farming, Piercebridge with a lovely 47kg lamb which sold for 361 pence per kilo and £170, the lamb was purchased by Eve Worsley of Worsley Wholesale and proceeds will be kindly donated to Cancer Research UK, many thanks to all concerned for their generosity. The best lambs today typically sold at £140 and beyond with most vendors remaining £20-£30 ahead on the year, production costs have risen and the excellent start to 2021 is both needed and deserved by the lamb finishers, the dip in trade was certainly expected as the numbers now pour forward, may it be a shallow and short lived dip.
Lambs – Top prices ppk 361 JK&CE Farming. 336 334 331×3 329 327 326 318 311 JC Simpson. 321 C Binks & Son. 318 317 311 310 306×2 P Tindale. 307 300 Ian Kirk. 306 JE Suddes. 305 304 302×2 300×3 295 Cole Hill Farm Ltd. 304 JD Sanderson. 303 JA&A Herbert. 302 PR Weaver. 301 GF Whitfield. 300 S&D Ferrie. 300 298 PJ Tindale. 300 W Kirk & Sons. 300×3 PR&V Barlow & Son. 298 I Hedley. 297 JC Johnson.
Lambs – Top prices ppk £170 JK&CE Farming. £150 £143.50 £141 £139×2 £138 £137 £136 £135 JC Simpson. £148.50 GD Danby. £147 £146 £144 £142 £141 £139 £138 £133 £131.50 Cole Hill Farm Ltd. £146 £141 P Tindale. £145 M Weighell. £145 £131 MC&M Sparke. £144 FP&IM Jefferson. £140 S&D Ferrie. £139 £132 AS&G Donaldson. £139 A Wilson. £138 JE Suddes & Son. £138×2 £137 RA Patterson & Son. £136 D&PH Brown. £133.50 J Hird.
Prime Hoggs (249) – The better fleshed hoggs still sell well, again it was the Thompson’s of Whins Farm who led the way as their consignment of 54 averaged close to £140 with top prices of £158 and 266ppk. The whole sale today levelled up at 226ppk and £111.20.
Hoggs – Top prices ppk 266 262 260 256 243 238 236 226 222 RH Thompson & Son. 263 K Raine. 263 246 JW&B Firby. 261 242 P Schellhorne. 261 H Foster. 251 232 230 GC&JC Pullan. 246 235 D Lupton. 245 J Grant. 241 FM Martindale. 238 J Butterfield & Son. 235 R Nattrass & Sons. 233 GP&A Carter. 231 FP&IM Jefferson. 227 J Gilson.
Lead Grossing Hoggs £158 £156 3155 £144 £143 £142 £139 £136 £133 £131 RH Thompson & Son. £155 Anthony Tindale. £154 £150 £134 £124 William Tindale. £147 J Grant. £139 J Murray. £134 FP&IM Jefferson. £131 £123 P Schellhorne. £130 A Wilson. £129 D Lupton. £128 JW&B Firby. £125 R Nattrass & Sons. £124 K Raine. £124 TW Clark & Son.
Cast Ewes (537) – The trade rolls on, yet another £100 plus average, June can be historically kind to the ewe vendors and this one is proving just that. Top price today £150 for a smart pure Texel from young John Dawson, Tow Law; a trip around other breeds witnessed Cheviots sell to £120, Mules peak at £116, Lleyns sell to £113, Jacobs sell to £93 and Swaledales £84.
Lead Grossing Cast Sheep £150 J Dawson. £147 GD Danby. £142×2 £132 £130×2 JC Simpson. £140 D Turford. £140 £128 P Tindale. £135 F Myers & Son. £134 W Kirk & Sons. £129 P Cockburn. £129×2 JC Johnson. £126 AS&G Donaldson. £126 W&M Knaggs & Son. £125 WR Barron. £125 GS Bainbridge. £125×2 JV Hodgson & Son. £125 F Myers & Son. £125 £120 Cole Hill Farm Ltd. £125 RA Patterson & Son.
Pigs (7) – Trade better, let the sausage see the barbeque. To market, to market, to buy a fat pig, home again, home again, jiggety jig.
Pigs – Top Prices Per Kilo 120 110 J Mitchell & Son.
Pigs – Leading Gross £98.40 £85.80 J Mitchell & Son.
