Darlington Farmers Auction Mart held their weekly sale of Prime Stock on Thursday 27th May 2021. Forward were 209 Cattle, 1159 Sheep and 8 Pigs.
96 Prime Bulls sold to 249ppk and £1990
25 Prime Steers sold to 250ppk or £1981
86 Prime Heifers sold to 288ppk or £1793
2 Cast Cows sold to 149ppk or £1044
729 New Season Lambs sold to 375ppk or £170
135 Prime Hoggs sold to 305ppk or £171
295 Cast Sheep sold to £146
8 Prime Pigs sold to 110ppk or £106.70
Prime Bulls (96) – The bull trade remains solid however, for now, the bull beef pan simmers rather than boils over; thus said an average of 208ppk certainly challenges anywhere else in the land. The top four prices per kilo today all hailed from the good home of J Mills & Son, Winwick as the Northamptonshire lorry was fully charged and made the early start more than worthwhile, the run peaked with a smart Limousin at 249ppk. D Richardson & Co led the top gross values, the expert local feeders in fact produced the top 3 values topping at £1990 for an outstanding heavyweight British Blue. Native breeds again were well represented and this weeks sale leader was unusually a British White, the well fleshed bull from A S & S M Kemp, Sherburn sold for 220ppk and £1379. The Holstein Friesian bull trade remains good, the uber consistent R Hall & Son of Kilton Hall Farm were again wearing the yellow jersey as they sold as high as 204ppk and £1381. Leading averages below:
D Richardson & Co, Melsonby sold 4 Bulls to average 239ppk and £1881S & J Dent & Son, Great Burdon sold 5 Bulls to average 233ppk and £1486
J Mills & Son, Northants sold 16 Bulls to average 232ppk and £1476
L R Welsh & Co, Spennymoor sold 4 Bulls to average 230ppk and £1526
A G Watson & Sons, Rushyford sold 6 Bulls to average 227ppk and £1507
Continental Bulls – Top prices ppk 249 248 246 244 242 235 233 232 231 J Mills & Son. 242 240 238 237 D Richardson & Co Ltd. 242 230 226 223 LR Welsh & Co. 240 235 234 230×2 S&J Dent & Son. 235 234 228 224 223 222 AG Watson & Sons. 233 Foxton Livestock. 230 226 WE&CA Anderson. 227 DH Lawson. 226 222 LS Staley. 224 WJ&AS Bowes & Sons. 224 220 219 AS&SM Kemp. 221 JK&CE Farming. 218 216 PJ&ES Rogerson.
Lead Grossing Continental Bulls £1990 £1916 £1884 £1735 D Richardson & Co Ltd. £1778 WJ&AS Bowes & Sons. £1775 Foxton Livestock. £1738 Allison Devereux Farms. £1706 JK&CE Farming. £1693 £1691 £1654 £1576 £1506 J Mills & Son. £1654 £1570 £1495 LR Welsh & Co. £1618 LS Staley. £1616 £1579 £1547 AG Watson & Sons. £1583 £1577 £1536 £1515 AS&SM Kemp. £1572 £1514 £1476 S&J Dent & Son. £1556 £1521 PJ&ES Rogerson. £1509 JK&CE Farming.
Friesian Bulls – Top prices ppk 204 189 172 R Hall & Son. 197 191 C&M Atkinson & Sons. 188 180 167 JE&B Morgan & Sons. 187 183 175 168 J&JH Musgrave. 186 178 164×2 D Walker. 182 GW Dobson & Son. 170 165 164 JB&L Knight. 170 WE&CA Anderson. 170 C&M Atkinson & Sons. 169 159 G Bolton. 169 N Howard. 165 160×2 148 JA&A Herbert.
Lead Grossing Friesian Bulls £1381 £1203 £1037 R Hall & Son. £1277 GW Dobson & Son. £1168 £1134 C&M Atkinson & Sons. £1101 £962 £882 D Walker. £1056 £1036 £984 £898 JH&J Musgrave. £954 £941 £904 JB&L Knight. £912 £844 JA&A Herbert. £896×2 JE&B Morgan & Sons. £885 WE&CA Anderson.
Clean Cattle (111) – Butchers beast a brilliant trade, the best end of the clean cattle looked a flyer today and certainly rewarded our sellers with one of the best returns we have seen for quite some time. Top of the pops this week was a sensational Limousin heifer from regular sellers W Swinbank & Sons, Caldwell; weighing 563kg she sold for 288 pence per kilo. A further quartet topped 280 pence as the Heslop’s of Fishburn joined the aforementioned Mills consignment, Northants and a fabulous pair from Brian Walker, Dalton-on-Tees at the top end of the scoreboard. To find the leading steer per kilo we head North to two of our most frequent sellers as W J Sott Ltd, Low Leam matched M F Hall, Woodhill Farm at 250ppk. The gross values today belonged to an exemplary run of beast from Barker Farming Partnership, Scorton as they produced an excellent run with steers topping at £1981 and heifers £1793. A great day for the E and U grade cattle as some 17 sold over £1600. Some of the top players are mentioned below:
B Walker, Dalton-on-Tees sold 3 Heifers to average 280ppk and £1607
W Swinbank & Sons, Caldwell sold 4 Heifers to average 277ppk and £1657
J V & J A Hodgson, Summerhouse sold 5 Heifers to average 264ppk and £1546
R Hirst, Neasham sold 10 Heifers to average 256ppk and £1440
M F Hall, Ponteland sold 2 Heifers, 1 Steer to average 256ppk and £1425
J Mills & Son, Northants sold 12 Heifers to average 256ppk and £1342
Askwiths, Crook sold 3 Heifers, 2 Steers to average 255ppk and £1559
Barker Farming Partnership, Scorton sold 3 Steers, 1 Heifer to average 242ppk and £1852
W J Scott Ltd, West Woodburn sold 6 Steers to average 237ppk and £1688
Steers – Top prices ppk 250 MF Hall. 250 239 238 235×2 229 WJ Scott Ltd. 244 240 239 Barker Farming Partnership. 239 230 Askwiths. 228 218 GW&L Marsay. 220 K&J Heslop. 216 JM&M&C Wise. 205 204 SE Chapman.
Lead Grossing Steers £1981 £1932 £1703 Barker Farming Partnership. £1730 £1711 £1699 £1694 £1650 £1644 WJ Scott Ltd. £1577 £1529 Askwiths. £1470 MF Hall. £1388 K&J Heslop. £1308 GW&L Marsay. £1304 TN Hodgson & Sons.
Heifers – Top prices ppk 288 277 275 270 W Swinbank & Sons. 284 283 274 B Walker. 280 278 274×2 271 268 258×2 248 J Mills & Son. 280 246 K&J Heslop. 279 274 262 Askwiths. 278 276 273 270 260 250 249 R Hirst. 277 275 272 258 FJ Young & Partners. 272 248 MF Hall. 269 268 265 260×2 JV&JA Hodgson. 264 JM&M&C Wise. 247 Barker Farming Partnership.
Lead Grossing Heifers £1793 Barker Farming Partnership. £1717 £1694 £1621 £1598 W Swinbank & Sons. £1644 £1591 £1587 B Walker. £1632 £1610 JV&JA Hodgson. £1607 £1594 Askwiths. £1594 £1574 £1553 £1529 R Hirst. £1584 £1561 £1515×2 £1502 FJ Young & Partners. £1553 £1485 £1428 £1426 £1424 £1414 J Mills & Son. £1529 SE Chapman. £1506 W Barron.
Cast Cows – Top prices ppk 149 140 WJ&AS Bowes & Sons.
Lead Grossing Cast Cows £1044 £1013 WJ&AS Bowes & Sons.
Prime Lambs (729) – The new season lamb trade motors on, this week last year an SQQ of 256ppk looked impressive, today then the sale average of 325ppk and a whopping £134.70 certainly had most of the vendors smiling. Top of the sale at an impressive £170 were two vendors as Cole Hill Farm, Elwick (who’s 20 lambs averaged £164.05) shared the spoils with Duell Partners, Stockton-on-Tees; close behind was regular top spot contender J C Simpson, Caldwell at £169, the pence per kilo race was, for the third week running, dominated by the sheep king of Caldwell as the Simpson consignment peaked at 375ppk whilst grabbing 7 of the top 10 places on this week’s pence per kilo chart; 56 from this home levelled at £152.75. From as far North as Stamfordham and Capheaton in Northumberland down through Durham, Yorkshire and this week as far South as Nottinghamshire the lamb vendors continue to enjoy the transparency of our auction system, we sincerely thank them all.
Lambs – Top prices ppk 375 369 368 367 365 363 357 346 JC Simpson. 364 332 W Kirk & Sons. 360 344 M&EM Dobinson. 357 351 341 338 TW&PT Moss. 348 342 336 332 AWSM Farms. 347 345 I Burn & Sons. 346 345 P Tindale. 340 336 K&PM Lough. 340 JC Johnson. 340 339 330 PR&V Barlow & Son. 339 I Hedley. 337 336 333 331×2 Ian Kirk. 336 335 327 JR Walton. 334 332 AS&G Donaldson. 329 JE Suddes & Son. 328 TW Clark & Son. 326 GF Whitfield.
Lead Grossing Lambs £170 £166 £159 Cole Hill Farm Ltd. £170 £145 Duell Partners. £169 £159 £155 £154 £151 £150×2 £149 JC Simpson. £165 £160 £150 £148 £145.50 TW&PT Moss Ltd. £158.50 £151.50 M&EM Dobinson. £156.50 W Kirk & Sons. £151.50 JR Walton. £150 K&PM Lough. £146.50 JC Johnson. £146 J Hird. £145.50 £145 JE Suddes & Son. £144.50 £139 £138.50 Ian Kirk. £142.50 £142 £139.50 PR&V Barlow. £141.50 £136.50 AWSM Farms. £139 I Burn & Sons. £138.50 M&A Gaskin.
Prime Hoggs (135) – Few and far between were the hoggs today, the nice types however remain sought after and can challenge 300ppk whilst the mixers are now probably better sold with the ewes. The top price hogg today at 305ppk was kindly donated to the Great North Air Ambulance and we thank both the Callender’s of Ox Eye Farm and Alan Binks of Walworth for their joint charitable donation.
Hoggs – Top prices ppk 305 C Binks & Son. 302 296 290 284 268 Starfitts Farm. 300 HE Jewitt. 297×2 289×2 281 254 TN Callender. 275 261 JE Braithwaite & Son. 265 DW Ewin. 260 RG Richardson. 257 253 248 GC&JC Pullen. 254 Charlotte Burnett. 252 250 231 WA Wardman Ltd. 250 JS Wiper. 244 234 Jordan Knight.
Lead Grossing Hoggs £171 K Tallentire. £156 £140 LD Laws. £155 £150 £129 WA Wardman Ltd. £154 £145×4 Starfitts Farm. £148 £120 Jordan Knight. £144 £143 £139 £135 HE Jewitt. £140 £119 £118 £116 £113 £110 TN Callender. £138 DW Ewin. £133 RG Richardson. £132 JE Braithwaite. £124 GC&JC Pullen.
Cast Ewes & Rams (295) – The ewes averaging £110 at the end of May is a most unlikely and unusual scenario, usually they get dearer in June, that’ll be a sight to see. Top price today a lovely pair of Texel ewes from F Ward, Frosterley at £146, four other vendors joined the £140 plus club. Mule ewes this week sold to a top of £124 with £110-£120 very common place for the fittest and heaviest and Swaledales today to a top of £89.
Lead Grossing Cast Sheep £146 £133 £123 F Ward. £141 £126 S&RE Williamson. £140 £132 W&M Knaggs & Son. £140 £138 £133 JC Simpson. £140 Cole Hill Farm Ltd. £133 B&SM Rutherford & Son. £133 TN Callender. £132 WA Wardman Ltd. £131 £127×2 JR Walton. £131 GC&JC Pullan. £130 AS&G Donaldson. £130 N Noble. £130 C Binks & Son. £130 K Tallentire. £130 TW Clark & Son. £128 Askwiths. £128 RA Patterson & Son.
Pigs (8) – Pig trade remains similar, more weight today forward meant we topped £100. More weight = cut down on the pork life, get some exercise.
Pigs – Top prices ppk 110 100×2 C Weightman.
Lead Grossing Pigs £106 £101 £77 C Weightman.
