Darlington Farmers Auction Mart held their weekly sale of Prime Stock on Thursday 14th January 2021. Forward were 330 Cattle, 1178 Sheep and 10 Pigs.
125 Prime Bulls sold to 251ppk or £1982
72 Prime Steers sold to 251ppk or £1670
129 Prime Heifers sold to 271ppk or £1802
4 Cast Cows sold to 190ppk or £1567
925 Prime Lambs sold to 304ppk or £149.50
253 Cast Sheep sold to £170
10 Prime Pigs sold to 105ppk or £82.95
Prime Bulls (125) – A plainer show than of late, all buyers present however most were noticeably just slightly pressing the brake pedal in comparison to last week’s flyer as the bull trade followed the slight downward turn as seen nationally, thus said some handsome returns as a even on a slight downturn Darlington remains right at the forefront averaging 208.72ppk. Leading the charge at 251 pence per kilo were A C Simpson & Son, McNeil Farm with a typically shapely pure Limousin from this prolific home, the McNeil quartet of bulls today averaged a wonderful 240ppk and £1865. Another top regular feeder today found the way to the top of the gross value podium as D Richardson & Co of Bracken House turned out a superb heavyweight Limousin which reached £1892; 15 toppers from this home averaged 220ppk and £1710. As is often the case some familiar names rose to the top with A G Watson & Sons, Nunstainton Grange; T W Clark & Son, Frankland Park and J W Holmes & Son, Chestnut Farm pushed the leaders all the way. An increased offering of dairy and dairy crossed bulls today were very easily sold provided they carried flesh, some 32 Holstein Friesians were included; a brut of a Holstein from M A & P D Foster, Smithy House sold to £1348 whilst an old fashioned Friesian from R Hall & Son, Kilton Hall reached the dizzy heights of 211 pence per kilo.
Continental Bulls – Top prices ppk 251 245 240 227 AC Simpson & Son. 250 239 237 230 228 AG Watson & Sons. 248 238 232 230 JW Holmes & Son. 242 228 TW Clark & Son. 240 233 232 228 JA&M Boyes Ltd. 239 232 224 223 AS&SM Kemp. 238 233 LR Welsh & Co. 236 WJ Scott Ltd. 232 TF Bothroyd & Son. 230×2 227 226 225 224 223 222×2 221×2 D Richardson & Co Ltd. 230 226 JJ Kemp & Son. 224 JM&S Walton. 224 JH&M&NW Brown.
Lead Grossing Continental Bulls £1982 £1870 £1830 £1823 £1806 £1779 £1731 £1722 £1702 D Richardson & Co Ltd. £1954 WJ Scott Ltd. £1952 £1888 £1842 £1778 AC Simpson & Son. £1910 £1794 £1690 £1682 £1657 AG Watson & Sons. £1886 £1873 £1817 TW Clark & Son. £1859 £1839 £1766 £1760 £1738 £1675 JW Holmes & Son. £1718 £1677 £1675 £1656 AS&SM Kemp. £1709 £1653 JA&M Boyes Ltd. £1654 LR Welsh & Co. £1637 £1628 JH&M&NW Brown.
Friesian Bulls – Top prices ppk 211 197 190 R Hall & Son. 198 184 169 JA&A Herbert. 195 M Ord & Sons. 190 186 181 178 176 175×2 169 166 JM&S Walton. 187 186 185 158 J&JH Musgrave. 170 R Ormston. 169 164 159 D Walker. 164 160 145 MA&PD Foster.
Friesian Bulls – Top prices ppk £1348 £1260 £1228 MA&PD Foster. £1263 £1237 £1230 R Hall & Son. £1232 M Ord & Sons. £1191 R Ormston. £1174 £1154 £1148 £1138 £1112 £1100 £1093 £1088 £1046 £1026 JM&S Walton. £1151 £1145 £1106 £959 J&JH Musgrave. £1140 £1112 £937 JA&A Herbert. £916 D Walker.
Native Bulls – Top prices ppk 203 JK&CE Farming. 203JA&M Boyes Ltd. 192 M Ord & Sons. 192 188 A Layfield. 186 JW&B Firby.
Lead Grossing Native Bulls £1508 JK&CE Farming. £1384 JA&M Boyes Ltd. £1353 M Ord & Sons. £1303 £1216 A Layfield. £1162 JW&B Firby.
Clean Cattle (201) – Credit to the vendors as they all braved the snow to attend, a pleasing show of 200 clean beast were certainly a mixed offering with something for everyone and more importantly someone for everything. The heavyweight U grade cattle enjoyed the trade of the day with perhaps even a slight increase, the butchers heifers and the R and U grades would be marginally easier than the high levels set last week. Top price per kilo made the early morning snow clearing worthwhile for G & J Y Marshall of Message Farm, Spaunton, North Yorkshire when they topped the pence per kilo with a sweet British Blonde heifer at 271 pence, the expertly finished 518kg heifer was pleasingly a product of our store ring when she was bought from Andrew Wilson, Calf Close Farm last year. Top grossing heifer completed a successful day for the Simpson’s at McNeil Farm when a beautiful 751kg homebred Limousin amassed an impressive return of £1802; four super heifers from McNeil averaged £1668. Top priced steer per kilo was another product of our store sales, bought from N S Harvey, Lincolnshire by M Robinson & Sons, Staindrop back in August the terrific British Blue steer sold for 251 pence per kilo. Top grossing steer today came from one of our many Northumberland raiders D Robson & Sons, Merryshields Farm, Capheaton with a smart British Blue amounting to £1670; mention must go again to some of our top contenders…
W J Scott Ltd, West Woodburn sold 8 Heifers to average 249ppk and £1569
PJ & ES Rogerson, Appleby sold 2 Heifers to average 263ppk and £1441
B Walker, Dalton-on-Tees sold 3 Heifers to average 247ppk and £1503
Askwiths, Crook sold 4 Cattle (2h, 2s) to average 245ppk and £1460
Continental Steers – Top prices ppk 251 221 M Robinson & Sons. 245 241 Askwiths. 245 238 214 D Robson & Sons. 240 237×2 WR Thompson. 236 232 JA&M Boyes Ltd. 235 209205 201 RW&R Henry. 232 WA Armstrong. 226 214 213 211 196 RG Elliott & Son. 218 214 Berryfield Farms. 200×2 PR&V Barlow & Son. 196 B Nichols.
Lead Grossing Continental Steers £1670 £1632 £1397 D Robson & Sons. £1624 £1438 M Robinson & Sons. £1602 RW&R Henry. £1533 £1463 JA&M Boyes Ltd. £1521 £1471 £1410 WR Thompson. £1516 £1506 Askwiths. £1444 £1212 PR&V Barlow & Son. £1396 £1358 £1315 £1304 RW&R Henry. £1359 WA Armstrong. £1242 £1209 RG Elliott & Son.
Friesian Steers – Top prices ppk 180 163×2 161×2 160 159 158×2 157 156 154 151 150 Berryfield Farms Ltd.
Lead Grossing Friesian Steers £1040 £976 £958 £957 £944×2 £928 £926 £924 £905 £9041 Berryfield Farms Ltd.
Native Steers – Top prices ppk 224 218 217 216 213 212 206 200 194 186 176 171 Berryfield Farms Ltd. 224×2 220 219 212 208 192 RG Elliott & Son. 204 B Nichols. 199 G&JY Marshall.
Lead Grossing Native Steers £1433 £1191 £1182 £1112 £1012 £1005 £976 £953 £923 Berryfield Farms Ltd. £1281 £1240 £1206 £1133 £1182 £1100 £1090 RG Elliott & Son. £1124 G&JY Marshall. £1091 B Nichols.
Continental Heifers – Top prices ppk 271 259 246 G&JY Marshall. 267 261 PJ&ES Rogerson. 264 253 S&J Dent. 264 263 TW Clark & Son. 260 250 247 242 WA Armstrong. 260×2 259 248 246 245 241 WJ Scott Ltd. 260 254 PR&V Barlow. 259 256×2 242 JW Holmes & Son. 254 242 Askwiths. 253×2 B Walker. 252 248 245 AC Simpson & Son. 250 D Robson & Sons. 250 247 244 WB Mitchell & Sons. 249 247 246 242 JV&JA Hodgson. 244 C Harle & Sons. 241 D Collins.
Lead Grossing Continental Heifers £1802 £1741 £1706 AC Simpson & Son. £1768 £1662 £1593 £1564 £1515 £1491 £1487 WJ Scott Ltd. £1585 £1579 £1495 £1478 £1476 JV&JA Hodgson. £1574 £1513 PR&V Barlow & Son. £1566 £1524 B Walker. £1564 Askwiths. £1547 £1478 M&J Cheesbrough & Sons. £1546 WB Mitchell & Sons. £1522 £1514 JW Holmes & Son. £1521 PJ&ES Rogerson. £1511 WF Hustwit. £1510 S&J Dent. £1491 £1467 D Collins. £1473 TW Clark & Son.
Cast Cows – Top prices ppk 190 130 WJ Scott Ltd. 184 PJ&ES Rogerson. 140 TF Bothroyd & Son.
Lead Grossing Cast Cows £1567 £828 WJ Scott Ltd. £1427 PJ&ES Rogerson. £1038 TF Bothroyd & Son.
Prime Lambs (925) – Unlike the cattle vendors the slightly later arriving sheep sellers were affected by the snow and some unfortunately turned back, those in attendance however again enjoyed a fast trade as January continues in fine form with an overall average of 260ppk and £117 with an SQQ of 268ppk. Top gross price for the second week running went to the Askwith’s of Crook with a tremendous 51kg Beltex hogg selling for £149.50, 30 crackers from this home averaged £130. Top price per kilo this week went to some fabulous British Rouge sired lambs from I E & A C Teasdale of High Farm, Beadlam Rigg selling for an impressive 304ppk, the battle against the elements paying dividends as their 39 were a fine advert for the Rouge ram and averaged an impressive 284ppk on the day.
Hoggs – Top prices ppk 304 303 298 294 279 272 270 IE&A Teasdale. 298 293 285 SC Brown. 293 292 289 279×2 Askwiths. 292 289×2 279 272 PJ&MP Gilhespy. 291 283 280 TW Brown. 284×2 GC&JC Pullen. 278 JC Smith. 277×2 274 K&MM Henderson. 277 W Denham. 277 272 WB Mitchell & Sons. 288 275 270 Northfield Farms. 272 MJ Hutchinson. 271 High Harbour Farms. 270×2 S Thompson & Son. 269 RH Wilson. 269 268 IM Maughan. 267 W Kirk & Sons.
Lead Grossing Hoggs £149.50 £146.50 £140 £139.50 £137.50 £131.50 £124.50 £121.50 Askwiths. £144.50 £129.50 JP Floyd. £140.50 Northfield Farms. £140.50 £137.50 Cole Hill Farm Ltd. £139.50 PJ&MP Gilhespy. £133.50 £128.50 IE&A Teasdale. £133.50 GM Blair & Partners. £132.50 IE&A Teasdale. £130.50 C Waters. £130.50 £128.50 JK&CE Farming. £129.50 £128.50 R Wood & Son. £129.50 J Gilson Agriculture. £128.50 GC&JC Pullen. £128.50 £128 A Crowder.
Cast Ewes & Rams (253) – Very few forward and a brilliant trade as a direct result, the whole show averaged an impressive £93 with a top price from J P Floyd, Ugthorpe selling a trio of pure Texel’s for £170. More life in the trade for all classes, the bigger Mule ewes now either side of £100 with increasing regularity.
Lead Grossing Cast Sheep £170 £140 £136 JP Floyd. £140 £110 £109 £106 £105 High Harbour Farms. £134 £102 A Crowder. £128 £110 S Ayre. £120 £116 £100 F Ward. £120 J Thompson. £119 £113 £111 £101 G Thompson & Sons. £115 WB Mitchell & Sons. £108 PJ&MP Gilhespy. £106 TK Smith & Sons. £105 HS Petch & Sons. £102 Corner Bros. £102 £100 A Crowder. £100 W Wearmouth & Son
