Nice lambs you were keen drawing lambs at 3.38am
I drew them last night because had to be loaded at 4. 100 ewes went to the tup produced 62 ewe lambs that I will keep and 60 weather lambs ( draw 17 last night). Only the second time they have seen the prattley.
On fire then iv got ten bulls to go a the end of the month. good.Jesus cattle were dear today...had a good heifer 595 kg at £2.62.
getting like the old daysJesus cattle were dear today...had a good heifer 595 kg at £2.62.
I left 4 nice heifers havnt heard anything yetJesus cattle were dear today...had a good heifer 595 kg at £2.62.
I was going to write yours down for you and text you but thought you’d of been on the blower
598kg 264 581kg 259 570kg 248 474kg 254 bloody good trade all needed though they be dear to replace
put a Dexter on it - you'll be fine!
Looks like they're pulling stock from a massive area now.
Thursday 6th August – Darlington Auction Mart had forward:
107 Bulls sold to 245ppk & £1905
21 Steers sold to 250ppk & £1623
56 Heifers sold to 272ppk & £1708
2020 Lambs sold to 265ppk & £127.50
353 Cast Sheep sold to £146
9 Prime Pigs sold to 105ppk & £77
Bulls (107) – As of yet the dictionary does not contain a superlative high enough in praise to describe todays trade and wonderful sale average of 211.37 pence per kilo, all classes were a stunning trade, testament to this truly remarkable average is the fact that of the 107 bulls forward 25 were Black and Whites and 10 were Native breeds as vendors descended from all parts of the UK and thoroughly enjoyed one of the hottest sale rings to be seen anywhere in the land. First mention must go to M I Wainwright all the way from Todhall, Cupar, Fife who produced one of the best runs of British Blue bulls you could wish to see, a 736kg 2 year old topped the sale at 245ppk (purchased by Woolley Brothers, Sheffield) and a 28 month old also sold to the Sheffield outlet for a tremendous £1905; the incredible run of 10 averaged 222ppk and £1696 gross. Northumberland producers J & A Moralee of Hardriding Farm returned a staggering average on the day of £1764 and 237 ppk whilst the County Durham contingency of D Richardson & Co (averaged £1757) and A G Watson & Sons, Rushyford (averaged 233ppk and £1717) more than flew the flag for the home county. Raiders from the south again made the trip worthwhile as J W Holmes & Son of Nottingham produced 10 smart Limousins to average 232ppk. An amazing show saw bidding surpass 230 pence per kilo on 33 occasions, the pick of the Friesians on the day were without doubt from R Hall & Sons, Saltburn as they twice passed 200ppk.
Bulls – Top prices ppk 245 240 238 235x3 226MI Wainwright. 244 238 236x2 234 230 228 224 AG Watson & Sons. 234 236 J Watson & Co. 240 237 236 J&A Moralee. 239x2 232 JA&M Boyes Ltd. 238x2 237 235 234 232x2 229 225 JW Holmes & Son. 237 230 224 N White. 237 236 235 JB Luck. 230 JK&CE Farming. 228x2 226 D Richardson & Co Ltd. 228 225 DW Humphrey. 228 224 J&K Woodward. 228 WC Stones. 226 225 WJ&AS Bowes & Sons.
Lead Grossing Bulls £1905 £1842 £1803 £1787 £1785 £1751 £159 £1568 £1533 MI Wainwright. £1840 £1793 £1761 £1756 £1747 £1675 £1630 £1529 AG Watson & Sons. £1832 £1803 £1700 £1694 D Richardson & Co Ltd. £1808 £1755 £1728 J&A Moralee. £1790 £1701 £1677 £1621x2 £1577 £1549 JW Holmes & Son. £1739 £1575 JA&M Boyes & Son. £1738 £1618 £1596 TW Clark. £1719 £1704 £1685 WJ&AS Bowes & Sons. £1694 £1626 £1566 JB Luck. £1649 £1557 N White.
Friesian Bulls – Top prices ppk 203 201 R Hall & Son. 188 JK&CE Farming. 182 181 J&JH Musgrave. 182 180x2 178 N Howard. 180 171 169 168 D&CA Henry. 179 173 WE&CA Anderson. 176 172 169 JA&A Herbert. 175 172 GW Dobson & Son. 170 163 JM&S Walton.
Lead Grossing Bulls £1286 £1209 R Hall & Son. £1209 D&CA Henry. £1197 JK&CE Farming. £1171 £1124 JM&S Walton. £1124 £1071 GW Dobson & Son. £1113 £1087 £1083 £1031 N Howard. £1061 £979 £967 D&CA Henry. £1032 WE&CA Anderson.
Clean Cattle (77) – As with the bulls all roads lead to Darlington, 56 heifers returned an all in average of 242.6ppk with the 21 steers levelling at 229.3ppk; needless to say some sensational returns were witnessed by our faithful vendors. Top of the tree was another Northern vendor although this time hailing from just south of the border as J Watson & Co, Bowsden Moor, Berwick-Upon-Tweed sold a magnificent home bred Limousin heifer to Darlington butchers H Taylor & Sons for 272ppk, the brilliant Berwickshire quartet of clean cattle averaged an unbelievable 265ppk. Six absolute peaches from P J & M P Gilhespy of Low House, Milbourne were all products of the DFAM store ring and averaged a terrific 260ppk whilst runs from J E Suddes, Cornsay Colliery (4 averaged 256ppk); M Robinson & Sons, Staindrop (4 averaged 256ppk); J V & J A Hodgson & Son, Darlington (8 averaged 253ppk); J J Crichton, Egremont (4 averaged 252ppk) all enjoyed a sensational trade. The leading steer price per kilo on the day came from the Robinson’s of Staindrop at 250ppk and was bought by Woolley Brothers whilst the top grossed value beast was a pure British Blonde Heifer from P Weightman & Sons, Easington which sold for £1708 to Hartshead Meats, Ashton-Under-Lyne. A Crowder of Butsfield, Tow Law readily accepted the accolade of leading gross priced steer for the second week running as a 688kg Limousin boarded the Hartshead lorry at a cost of 236ppk and £1623.
Steers – (21) Top prices ppk 250 M Robinson & Sons. 244 JJ Crichton. 244 240 239 238x4 235 229 WJ Smith & Partners. 242 DW Humphrey. 236 A Crowder. 224 211 P&JH Davison. 224 212 AG Watson & Sons. 218 215 G Beadle. 205 G Swinbank & Sons. 198 JE&B Morgan & Sons.
Lead Grossing Steers £1623 A Crowder. £1576 £1522 AG Watson & Sons. £1412 M Robinson & Sons. £1396 DW Humphrey. £1381 £1320 £1318 £1304 £1297 £1295 £1291 £1285 £1227 WJ Smith & Partners. £1337 JJ Crichton. £1320 £1314 P&JH Davison.
Heifers – (56) Top prices ppk 272 271 262 256 J Watson & Co. 271 267 259 257 256x2 PJ&MP Gilhespy. 267 264 260 258 254 246x2 236 JV&JA Hodgson. 264 259 254 248 JE Suddes & Son. 262 TN Callender. 261 259 257 M Robinson. 258x2 251 JJ Crichton. 256 G Beadle. 253 251 244 238 234 WF Hustwit. 252 244 P Weightman & Sons. 234 DW Huphrey.
Lead Grossing Heifers £1708 £1433 P Weightman & Sons. £1578 £1504 £1413 JE Suddes & Son. £1558 TN Callender. £1541 A Crowder. £1514 £1445 J Crichton. £1512 M Robinson & Sons. £1493 £1344 £1341 £1328 J Watson & Co. £1475 £1471 £1466 £1427 £1422 £1387 PJ&MP Gilhespy. £1455 £1451 £1442 £1382 £1372 £1345 WF Hustwit. £1455 £1424 £1386 £1367 £1330 JV&JA Hodgson.
Lambs (2020) – A sharp rise on the week as the remarkable lamb trade continues to thrive in the live auction system, over 2000 lambs averaged a terrific £94.75 per head and 222.31ppk with an SQQ average just a shade over 223ppk. After a spell binding trade with heifers earlier in the day Messrs J V & J A Hodgson of Summerhouse rounded things off nicely when they topped the lambs at 265 pence per kilo with a sharp pen of 36kg Beltex lambs selling for £95.50 to Hartshead Meats, the run of 71 from this good home leaving with an average of 236ppk. Top gross value were some huge lambs from D C Dent of East Whorley Hill as they sold a pen of six to S S Meats, West Auckland for £127.50. A notable run of 49 top quality lambs from AWSM Farms, Richmond challenged for the top spots on the day as they peaked at £124.50 with an average of 48.24kg 231.24ppk and £111.56. The Northumberland contingent again produced the quality goods with the leading raider from the top side of the Roman wall coming in the shape of familiar DFAM vendors K J & S S Bell, Morpeth who showed a tremendous trailer load to average 235ppk, a price also matched by another regular supporter W K M M Lamb of Cotherstone. The journey North to Clifton Road is becoming a familiar route for P J Wilson of Millfield Farm, Nottinghamshire and another fabulous run of 132 half bred lambs from this good home sold to average an impressive 234ppk.
Lambs – (2020) Top prices ppk 265 249 243 JV&JA Hodgson. 264 A&EJ Dobinson. 257 242 239 W.K M.M Lamb. 257 253 239 JA&A Herbert. 255 248 238 N White. 253 237 S Straughan. 251 Ian Kirk. 250 248 238 KJ&SS Bell. 250 A Tindale. 250 C Burnett. 250 246 G Thompson & Sons. 249 AWSM Farms. 247 WR Thompson. 247 R Herbert. 244 S Crossland. 242 P&J Martin. 242 240 M&A Gaskin. 241 C Longstaff. 239 RA Patterson & Son. 239 JW&B Firby. 238 D&PH Brown. 237 D&AM Bayles.
Lead Grossing Lambs £127.50 £126.50 DC Dent. £126.50 £124.50 £116.50 £108.50 £107.50x2 AWSM Farms. £121.50 C&E Gaskin. £119.50 JW&B Firby. £118.50 S Straughan. £118.50 M Dent. £118.50 £113.50 A&EJ Dobinson. £116.50 £113.50 £110.50 JA&A Herbert. £115.50 W.K M.M Lamb. £115.50 C Longstaff. £115.50 J Milbank & Sons. £114.50 £111.50x2 D&PH Brown. £113.50 WR Thompson. £113.50 D&EM Carter. £112.50 A Tindale. £112.50 PRE Marwood. £111.50x2 H Haywood & Son Ltd.
Ewes (369) – Perhaps surprisingly the ewes took a lift following last week’s EID celebrations, a good show returned a pleasing average of over £79, the Continental and Suffolk Ewes in particular were a much sharper trade. Top spot went to a British Rouge ram from I E & A C Teasdale of High Farm near Helmsley; a real sort full of flesh he sold to R A Thompson of Burton in Kendall for £146. Leading pen of ewes were also rounding off a good day for a cattle vendor as J Watson & Co, Bowsden Moor produced a lovely pair of Texels which sold for £125 to Yorkshire Halal Meats, Keighley.
Lead Grossing Cast Sheep £146 £112 £97 IE&AC Teasdale. £125 £107 £98 £88x2 J Watson & Co. £121 £100 £91 HT Davies & Partners. £121 £118 £117 £106 £104 £95 £91 Askwiths. £113 M Dent. £110 £89 £86 JE Cruddas. £106 S Davies. £94 R Atkinson. £91 JH Johnson. £91 £85 £82 N White. £88 Broom House Durham Ltd. £88 F Ward. £88 JA&UM Fawcett. £87 C Harle & Sons. £86 R Atkinson. £85 GF Whitfield.
Pigs – (9) Top prices ppk 105 98 95 90 J Mitchell & Son.
Lead Grossing Pigs £77 £73 £72 £66 J Mitchell & Son.
Good friend and neighbour of mine travelled 200 miles to get there today with blue bulls. Looking at the report it was a trip worth making.
Surely at 2 yrs and older they were originally destined for breeding, and whilst the prices were high I’m not sure they leave much profit?
I didn’t see them sold so don’t know their ages....I was late getting there...I saw them in the stalls first thing this morning
Maybe @jre knows the story? Full marks to Darlo, they seem to be doing a tremendous job. How long before something grosses over £2000? @Northeastfarmer, don't be shy. You're a man for rash predictions!
