Thursday 11th July – Darlington Auction mart had forward:
60 Bulls sold to 300ppk & £2283
19 Steers sold to 318ppk & £2277
81 Heifers sold to 351ppk & £2643
793 Lambs sold to 402ppk & £182
266 Cast Sheep sold to £180
Bulls – A mixed show forward, very few top-end bulls on offer – trade for them was easier, and commercial bulls a penny or 2 dearer on the week, GK KN & GJ Hird, Meadow View sold the top 2 ppk, both Limousins to Worsley Wholesale Meats for 300ppk & £2145 & £1977. The Lead Grossing Bull was a Limousin sold by TN Callender, Ox Eye Farm for £2283 to Worsley Wholesale Meats. The Halls of Kilton Hall fared best of the dairy at 221ppk & £1356, and CH& SE Armstrong Middle Moor Farm sold the top price native, an Angus for 249ppk & £1876, while a consignment from over the border of 9 Stabiliser from D Robertson, Auchterarder sold to an average of 266ppk & £1851.
Continental Bulls – Top prices ppk 300×2 297 GK KN & GJ Hird. 295 270 TN Callender. 295 293×2 S&J Dent & Son. 293 289 280 277×2 J Layfield. 292 JK&CE Farming. 288 274 C Binks & Son. 280 LW Martin. 279 277 275×2 270 266 D Robertson. 276 275 272 GH Farms Ltd. 273 266 S&A Greaves. 272 JJ Horn. 270 JR Knox & Son. 268 J Richmond. 268 GS Dowson. 267 266 JA&A Herbert.
Lead Grossing Continental Bulls £2283 £2216 TN Callender. £2267 £2182 £2125 £2107 £2106 J Layfield. £2145 £1977 £1942 GK KN GJ Hird. £2128 £1936 JK&CE Farming. £2044 £1920 C Binks & Son. £2021 £1936 £1908 £1881 £1880 D Robertson. £1991 £1990 LW Martin. £1980 31964 S&J Dent & Son. £1969 £1876 £1844 GH Farms Ltd. £1876 £1859 CH&SE Armstrong. £1867 J&K Woodward. £1830 J Richmond.
Friesian Bulls – Top prices ppk 221 219 200 R Hall & Son. 190 JM&S Walton.
Lead Grossing Friesian Bulls £1411 JM&S Walton. £1368 £1356 £1186 R Hall & Son.
Native Bulls – Top prices ppk 249 244 240 233 230 224 CH&SE Armstrong.
Lead Grossing Native Bulls £1876 £1859 £1773 £1770 £1719 £1655 CH&SE Armstrong.
Clean Cattle – Depleted numbers this week, and a lot of weight about, trade on the other hand was flying high with Heifers averaging 311ppk & Steers 275ppk. Top price was 351ppk & £1895 for a Limousin Heifer sold by R Hirst Neasham Grange. The highest grossing clean beast was a wonderful 801KG Limousin Heifer sold by JE Suddes & Son, Rowley Farm to John Penny & Sons, Rawdon, she fell under the hammer for 330ppk totalling an eyewatering £2643. I Marshall & SDons, Hope House Farm led the way in the steer section with a good run of Limousins selling to 318ppk & £2124.
A few of today’s averages:
JE Suddes & Son, Rowley Farm sold 3 to average 325ppk & £2307
I Marshall & Sons, Hope House sold 6 to average 321ppk & £2070
W Bainbridge, Greystones sold 11 to average 309ppk & £2017
PJ&MP Gilhespy sold 6 to average 334ppk & £1953
Hirst, Neasham Grange sold 11 to average 333ppk & £1855
Steers- Top Prices PPK 318 315 x2 305 I Marshall & Sons. 312 WF Hustwit. 306 303 298 286 Thomas Paul & Sons. 300 x2 W Bainbridge. 294 Askwiths. 286 JK&CE Farming.
Lead Grossing Steers- £2277 £2148 £2141 £2124 I Marshall & Sons. £2157 £1968 W Bainbridge. £2151 £1969 £1966 £1847 Thomas Paul & Sons. £286 JK&CE Farming. £1936 £1854 £1845 CH&SE Armstrong. £1890 WF Hustwit. £1843 Askwiths.
Heifers- Top Prices PPK 351 345 343 x3 340 327 326 R Hirst. 349 335 I Marshall & Sons. 346 343 327 316 W Bainbridge. 346 341 339 336 329 315 PJ&MP Gilhespy. 343 330 328 327 317 312 JV&JA Hodgson. 340 329 315 B Walker. 340 335 323 317 WF Hustwit. 338 330 311 JE Suddes & Son. 335 DA&MAM Brown. 328 EW Grieves. 321 318 312 WA Wardman LTD. 320 GH Farms LTD. 320 309 GC&JC Pullan.
Lead Grossing Heifers- £2643 £2338 £1940 JE Suddes & Son. £2139 £2080 £2044 £2037 £2023 £2012 £1939 £1909 £1880 W Bainbridge. £2094 £1922 £1840 DA&MAM Brown. £2070 £1989 £1892 £1851 £1818 WF Hustwit. £2069 £2063 £2018 £2016 £1956 £1951 £1948 JV&JA Hodgson. £2066 £2005 £1992 £1930 £1908 PJ&MP Gilhespy. £2050 £1994 £1958 £1937 £1896 £1895 £1852 £1841 R Hirst. £1996 EW Grieves. £1964 GC&JC Pullan. £1917 B Walker. £1895 £1839 I Marshall & Sons.
Prime Lambs – Numbers hard come by which is inevitable with the weather of recent days but ‘that’s life’, lambs on the whole just seeing a slight lift in trade for the best fed lambs, with the order of the day meat and weight which saw the heavy weighted and heavy fleshed lambs take all of the top prices both pounds per head and pence per kilo with top of the day going to J C Simpson, Caldwell at £182 with others from the same home to £178 and £173. Hard on the heels of John were Cole Hill, with heavies away to £180 and £178. Peter brown in amongst the mix again at £175 while M & A Gaskin seeing highs of £172 along with Anna Herbert to the same home. Pence per kilo ruled by one with J C Simpson seeing highs of 402p/kg with others to 397,395,390 ppk. Peter Tindale not to be out done seeing a top of 378ppk with K & PM Lough seeing highs of 377ppk shared with J E Suddes & Son. Meat remains key in the prime section to achieve the top prices.
Lambs – Top prices ppk 402 397 395 390 387 375 370 JC Simpson. 378 359 342 PJ Tindale. 377 354 333 K&PM Lough. 377 JE Suddes & Son. 368 356 353 352 333 Cole Hill Farm Ltd. 361 354 339 336 BR&R Routledge. 361 328 C Binks & Son. 356 B Fisk. 353 330 326 D&PH Brown. 352 340 334 330 329×2 JA&A Herbert. 344×3 Anna Herbert. 344 325 D&HM Hodgson. 344 340 M&A Gaskin. 341 335 G Hall. 333 J Milbank & Sons. 329 DG&PD Ayre. 325 RS Hall & Sons. 325 GP&A Carter.
Lead Grossing Lambs £182 £178×2 £173 £169 £167 £166 £164 JC Simpson. £180 £178 £173×2 £160 £150 Cole Hill Farm Ltd. £175 £173 £150 £144 D&PH Brown. £172 £150 M&A Gaskin. £172×2 £169 Anna Herbert. £170 £163 £150 K&PM Lough. £166 JE Suddes & Son. £165 £160 £157 £153 A&EJ Dobinson. £161 3157 G Hall. £159 £151 PJ Tindale. £155 D&HM Hodgson. £150 3148 £140 JA&A Herbert. £150 RA Patterson & Son. £149 £148 BR&R Routledge. £148 C Binks & Son. £146 B Fisk. £142 FP&IM Jefferson.
Cast Sheep- A larger show of numbers and again trade holding firm with the bigger ewes a little easier to place. It must be said that included in the averages are everything from bonny Beltex and texels down to the swale ewes. Top of the day going to DG & PD Ayre with ewes to £180. JA & A Herbert seeing a high for their run of £160 and J C Simpson among the top prices again to £150. JG Hall seeing highs of £150 along with R S Hall & Sons and I & A Holmes. Best of the mules would be seen selling to £110. Meat is key in the ewes to hit the top prices, leaner grazing type cast ewes are best, marketed with us on a Monday. More can be sold weekly to vendors advantage.
Lead Grossing Cast Sheep- £180 £130 £110 £100 DG&PD Ayre. £160 £150 £145 £140 £110 JA&A Herbert. £150 £100 RS Hall & Sons. £150 £110 £100 JG Hall. £150 £100 I&A Holmes. £150 £140 £126 JC Simpson. £140 J Wigham. £130 £100 D Alderson. £130 £100 TW Clark & Son. £130 £120 x2 S Thompson. £126 Anna Herbert. £116 Gerard Te-Lintelo. £110 JA&B Nappey. £110 x3 PM Hill. £110 JC Thwaite & Son. £110 Gray. £100 x2 SMA&J Swinbank. £100 EW Grieves.
