Beef / Lamb & Pig Price Tracker

[z.man]

How long will it last I have 50 of varying quality

No idea, but recon they won’t go much more, can’t see them falling to badly for a while though

 

[tinsheet]

Bought these to Normande x today at ruthin £90 6 weeks old and lim at £280
Anybody know what kind of steer these Normande turn out to be?

Heifers make cracking suckler cows, no experience with steers sorry!

 

[Benr]

First small draw of suck lambs for south molton tomorrow. 42 - 47kg.
I am hoping the tails won’t pull them back - we left them on as had a lot of trouble with joint ill last year when they came off and normally sell DW.

They were 41.6kg on the market scales and made £138. So happy with that. Didn’t see our ewes sold and haven’t been able to get hold of them.
Saw a few hoggs sold, decent 45kg sorts were around £130. Sheb will be a long in a bit with what his made

 

[Anymulewilldo]

No idea, but recon they won’t go much more, can’t see them falling to badly for a while though

Ramadan starts on the 12th so they will cool for a couple of weeks before setting off again for the big festival at the end

 

[Hawthorn]

Bought these to Normande x today at ruthin £90 6 weeks old and lim at £280
Anybody know what kind of steer these Normande turn out to be?

Very similar to the Holstein big cows just slightly thicker set so o+ best o - likely

 

[jendan]

Always in the supermarkets favour too?

How did you get on at Longtown? Any market reports @Northeastfarmer ?

 

[cattleman123]

South Molton must have been flooded...still waiting for my Email...Hoping

 

[livestock 1]

How did you get on at Longtown? Any market reports @Northeastfarmer ?

133 av £123.80 mainly Blackies half tups

 

[J 1177]

Thursday’s Report

Darlington Farmers Auction Mart held their weekly sale of Prime Stock on Thursday 8th April 2021. Forward were 314 Cattle and 1713 Sheep.

137 Prime Bulls sold to 266ppk or £2106
49 Prime Steers sold to 268ppk or £1886
116 Prime Heifers sold to 306ppk or £2086
12 Cast Cows sold to 216ppk or £1522
7 Spring Lambs sold to 433ppk or £172
1377 Prime Hoggs sold to 375ppk or £185
329 Cast Sheep sold to £202

Prime Bulls (137) – A tremendous trade, a show with more than it’s fair share of dairy bred bulls averaged an amazing 225 pence per kilo, more on the milk breeds later however first mention goes to some of the extreme values witnessed for the best end of the beef bulls. Top price per kilo today was twice 266 pence, no strangers to the top slots and seemingly not willing to share on this occasion were regular supporters A G Watson & Sons, Nunstainton Grange who produced both of the terrific Limousin bulls, which as usual were fed to perfection. The gross value race was a fierce one, a stunning six times bulls today reached over £2000 and mention must go again to the Watson’s as mentioned above, also all the way from the shadows of Flamingo Land came a terrific Charolais from M & J Hayhurst and not forgetting Limousin’s from J Layfield and W J & A S Bowes & Sons who were all duly in the £2k club; all those mentioned so far however could not brush aside two perfectly produced home bred British Blonde’s from F & J S Gargett, Westwick Farm with the pick of them returning an awesome £2106. Away from the showstoppers it was business as usual for R Hall & Sons, Kilton Hall who love to top the Friesian’s, on this occasion they did so at 213ppk however they had to yield the top Friesian gross value to a well fleshed sort from J M & S Walton of Brettanby Farm at £1426. Mention as always goes to the native breeds, somewhat unusual in these parts today was a sublime South Devon up from Nottinghamshire and regular supporter J W Holmes & Son which sold for 241ppk and £1809; as usual below are listed some of today’s leading averages;
L S Staley, Marwood sold 2 Bulls to average 260ppk and £1949
W J & A S Bowes & Sons, Great Stainton sold 2 Bulls to average 259ppk and £1993
F & J S Gargett, Barnard Castle sold 3 Bulls to average 258ppk and £2004
C Harle & Sons, Brandon sold 3 Bulls to average 257ppk and £1826
A G Watson & Sons, Rushyford sold 4 Bulls to average 256ppk and £1841
J Layfield, Willington sold 5 Bulls to average 248ppk and £1846

Continental Bulls – Top prices ppk 266x2 254 241 AG Watson & Sons. 264 255 246 J Layfield. 264 252 JJ Kemp & Son. 263 LS Staley. 263 256 WJ&AS Bowes & Sons. 262 259 252 C Harle & Sons. 261 245 JA&M Boyes Ltd. 260 258 256 F&JS Gargett. 260 252 AS&SM Kemp. 258 LS Staley. 257 GW Dobson & Son. 253 248 242 SH Watson. 251 GH Farms. 251 247 246 242x2 JW Holmes & Son. 247 B Layfield. 245x2 241 JB Dodds. 240 Padray Farms.
Lead Grossing Continental Bulls £2106 £2030 £1876 F&JS Gargett. £2027 £1958 WJ&AS Bowes & Sons. £2024 £1846 £1778 AG Watson & Sons. £2008 M&J Hayhurst. £2001 £1871 £1845 £1777 J Layfield. £1965 £1933 LS Staley. £1934 B Layfield. £1906 £1809 JJ Kemp & Son. £1902 £1768 Padray Farms. £1892 £1807 £1798 £1794 £1775 JW Holmes & Son. £1888 £1860 C Harle & Sons. £1860 £1819 £1781 JA&M Boyes Ltd. £1846 SH Watson & Son. £1801 GW Dobson & Son. £1774 Skelton Farming Ltd.

Friesian Bulls – Top prices ppk 213 210 199 R Hall & Son. 208 184x2 180 179 172 154 145 D Walker. 198 190 185 184 JM&S Walton. 197 JK&CE Farming. 193x2 190x2 J&JH Musgrave. 193 N Howard. 191 188 AS&SM Kemp. 188x2 176 174 C&M Atkinson & Sons. 180 GW Dobson & son. 151 R Ormston.
Lead Grossing Friesian Bulls £1426 £1384 £1350 £1267 JM&S Walton. £1341 GW Dobson & Son. £1310 £1271 £1269 R Hall & Son. £1288 JK&CE Farming. £1224 £1137 AS&SM Kemp. £1202 £1046 £973x2 £966 £921 D Walker. £1165 £1105 £1067 £1021 C&M Atkinson & Sons. £1076 £1062 £1026 £957 J&JH Musgrave. £1005 N Howard.
Native Breed Bulls – Top prices ppk 241 JW Holmes & Son. 232 227 SN Bird & Sons. 227 AS&SM Kemp. 220 218 GS Dowson. 219 M Ord & Sons. 212 199 MG Betney.
Lead Grossing Native Breed Bulls £1809 JW Holmes & Son. £1543 £1536 AS&SM Kemp. £1451 £1391 £1343 £1225 MG Betney. £1368 £1339 SN Bird & Sons. £1331 M Ord & Sons. £1166 £1109 GS Dowson.

Clean Cattle (165) – God bless the hospitality industry and all the catering outlets who are revving up the beef trade as they prepare to feed the nation, the result today was absolutely breath-taking, a varied show with a truly eclectic mix were all in unbelievably high demand. The heifers today averaged a wonderful 253 pence per kilo with a trio finding their way past the 300 pence landmark, amazingly twice W Swinbank & Sons of Caldwell reached 300 pence and beyond yet they failed to top the market, that prestigious honour this week fell to Gerrard Quinn of J E Suddes & Son, Rowley Farm with a sensational 562kg Limousin selling for 306 pence. Today turned out to be a good day, perhaps as good as we have ever seen outside of the Christmas and Easter shows; on such a marvellous trade then for J E Suddes & Son to also turn out the lead gross value was truly an amazing achievement, a peach of a 745kg Limousin heifer which sold for 280ppk and £2086, in some hot company it turned out that for today at least we ain’t seen nothing like the ‘Mighty Quinn’. Top of the steers today was a Hereford crossed British Blue fed to perfection from regular supporters M Robinson & Sons, Staindrop, he sold for a very impressive 268 pence per kilo and £1886. A truly remarkable trade from start to finish, some insane averages listed below certainly warrant congratulations to the breeders and feeders whilst we must also offer our appreciation to the dedicated band of butchers and wholesalers who drive the live trade week in week out making it the best way to market your cattle, sell live and thrive.
B Walker, Dalton-on-Tees sold 3 Heifers to average 285ppk and £1678
W Swinbank & Sons, Caldwell sold 6 Heifers to average 283ppk and £1686
J E Suddes & Son, Cornsay Colliery sold 4 Heifers to average 282ppk and £1701
J W Holmes & Son, Nottingham sold 5 Heifers to average 281ppk and £1670
M Robinson & Sons, Staindrop sold 2 Heifers & 1 Steer to average 280ppk and £1683
P & J H Davison, Morley sold 5 Heifers to average 279ppk and £1630

Continental Steers – Top prices ppk 268 M Robinson & Sons. 257 234 221 PR&V Barlow & Son. 252 224 B Nichols. 252x2 248 244 238 I Bosworth. 243 194 D Collins. 242 Berryfield Farms Ltd. 240 R Ormston. 240 229 212 202 194 B Nichols. 240 230 228 Padray Farms. 231 223 G&JY Marshall. 230 JA Trobe & Son.
Lead Grossing Continental Steers £1886 M Robinson & Sons. £1691 £1593 £1531 PR&V Barlow & Son. £1575 £1485 £1461 £1430 £1299 I Bosworth. £1567 R Ormston. £1563 £1529 £1418 £1408 £1280 B Nichols. £1557 £1519 £1460 Padray Farms. £1488 JA Trobe & Son. £1427 G&JY Marshall. £1362 Berryfield Farms Ltd. £1351 G&JY Marshall. £1239 D Collins.
Friesian Steers – Top prices ppk 202 195 192 188 JP&CM Williams. 200 196 189 184x2 181 176 169 168x3 Berryfield Farms. 194 D Collins. 194 188 184 B Nichols.
Lead Grossing Friesian Steers £1335 £1321 £1352 £1191 £1080 B Nichols. £1236 £1189 £1143 £1043 JP&CM Williams. £1129 D Collins. £1092 £1067 £1056 £1023 £1011 £979 £962 £932 £931 Berryfield Farms Ltd.

Heifers – Top prices ppk 306 287 280 JE Suddes & Son. 304 302 291 278 270 W Swinbank & Sons. 294 S&J Dent & Son. 289 284 282 280 273 JW Holmes & Son. 288x2 M Robinson & Sons. 288 284 279 274 x2 P&JH Davison. 288 278 270 J&A Moralee. 288 284x2 B Walker. 280 264 K&J Heslop. 278x2 276 WF Hustwit. 278 264 TW Clark & Son. 276 271 270x2 JV&JA Hodgson. 274 270 G&JY Marshall. 274 Padray Farms. 274 266 I Marshall & Sons. 273 271 D Collins. 270 R Ormston. 264 GH Farms Ltd.
Lead Grossing Heifers £2086 £1891 £1719 JE Suddes & Son. £1840 £1663 £1624 £1615 £1606 JW Holmes & Son. £1774 £1658 £1601 B Walker. £1768 £1736 £1714 £1669 £1603 JV&JA Hodgson. £1763 £1752 £1727 £1722 £1634 W Swinbank & Sons. £1756 I Marshall & Sons. £1735 £1720 Padry Farms. £1682 £1664 £1652 £1632 P&JH Davison. £1661 S&J Dent & Son. £1643 G&JY Marshall. £1638 M Robinson & Sons. £1626 TW Clark & Son. £1620 £1579 WF Hustwit. £1577 FJ Young & Partners.

Cast Cows (12) – A dozen old dears today joined the bulls and the clean enjoying a brilliant trade, the top price per kilo was a well fleshed Stabiliser from Skelton Farming Ltd, Stanghow at 216 pence whilst the top gross value came from another of our Nottinghamshire contingency and Ian Bosworth of New Manor Farm with a sharp Limousin adding up nicely to £1522. The sale averaged an impressive 167 pence per kilo and £1155.

Cast cows – Top prices ppk 216 175 162 161 141 134 Skelton Farming Ltd. 194 171 S&S Friswell. 194 I Bosworth. 167 C&M Atkinson & Sons. 155 147 J Norman.
Lead Grossing Cast Cows £1522 I Bosworth. £1315 £1313 £1141 £1132 £1129 £967 Skelton Farming Ltd. £1299 £1176 S&S Friswell. £1127 C&M Atkinson & Sons. £950 £784 J Norman.

Prime Sheep (1384) – A small show of spring lambs averaged a whisker short of 400ppk, the tops coming from P K & H C Dowson at 433 pence and £172. This week last year we were absolutely delighted under the new Coronavirus measures to witness the hogg trade rallying back to nicely beyond 200 pence, 12 months on and today the sale averaged a staggering 299 pence per kilo and £141 with an SQQ of 307ppk. An increased show were met with the top combination of a healthy gathering of eager buyers and a keen to impress young auctioneer, after enjoying a fine cattle trade earlier another mention now goes M Robinson & Sons, Staindrop with some terrific Beltex hoggs selling to a top price of 375 pence per kilo. No surprises or shocks in the lead gross value’s as the heavyweight champion Mark Simpson of McNeil Farm, Witton-le-Wear was at it again, the 69 from this good home averaged a whopping £175 with a top of £185. As usual the sheep offered were of mixed origin, impressing today were North of England Mule’s to £151, Hill Cheviots to £143, Scotch Blackface to £138 and countless Swaledales selling well beyond £100.

Spring Lambs – Top prices ppk 433 391 378 PK&HC Dowson. 402 400 Anna Herbert.
Lead Grossing Spring Lambs £172 £169 £155 PK&HC Dowson. 165 160 Anna Herbert.

Hoggs – Top prices ppk 375 358 350x2 340 M Robinson. 361 345 339 326 WE Frank & Son. 353 348 320 L Fowler. 350 S&D Ferrie. 344 PJ Tindale. 337 333 330 329 323 322 321x2 320 319 PJ&MP Gilhespy. 333 328 326 R&W Todd. 333 332 327 JE Braithwaite & Son. 328 GF Whitfield. 326 JK&CE Farming. 326 322 TW Clark & Son. 326 Northfield Farms. 325 RE&L Frank. 324 C&M Atkinson & Sons. 324 P Turnbull. 322 321 F Hutchinson. 320 D Garvey. 317 A&EJ Dobinson. 317 TK Smith & Sons.
Lead Grossing Hoggs £185 £183 £180 £179x4 176 164 £161 AC Simpson & Son. £180 £172 £162 £160 M Robinson & sons. 176 P Suddes. £172x2 £169 £164.50 £162 RH Thompson & Son. £169 JA&A Herbert. £167 £163 F Hutchinson. £166 £164 L Fowler. £166 JE Braithwaite & Son. £165 JR&J Crowe. £163 K&MM Henderson. £162 £160x2 PJ&MP Gilhespy. £162 P Turnbull. £162 £155 William Swinbank. £161 RE&L Frank. £160 HN&R Tweddle. £158 PJ Tindale. £158 W Robson. £157 S&J Dent & Son.

Cast Sheep (329) – Stone the crows, actually we better not, if the mutton goes much dearer we might be forced to eat the crows. A wonderful trade today with a sale average of a ridiculous £118, top of the shop was a beautiful pure Texel from P R & V Barlow & Son, Sycamore Farm, Shelford at a whopping £202 as the continental ewes offered averaged over £135. Strong Mules today sold £120-£135 with a top of £138 whilst some impressive Scotch Blackface from P Turnbull hit the dizzy heights of £114.

Lead Grossing Cast Sheep £202 £169 £158x2 £150 £140 PR&V Barlow & Son. £198 £150 T Nesbitt & Son. £167 R&W Todd. £166 £141 JA&A Herbert. £157 £150 Northfield Farms. £157 JK&CE Farming. £151 £141 £140 JV&JA Hodgson. £150 £144 W Wearmouth & Son. £150 P Tindale. £141 £139 Anna Herbert. £141 PJ&MP Gilhespy. £140 JR Knox & Son. £139 JR&J Crowe. £138 J Norman.

Pigs – Top prices ppk 110 105 J Mitchell & Son.
Lead Grosing Pigs £98 £97 J Mitchell & Son.

 

[Shebb90]

Today at South Molton
128 was mules.
Thoughts on trade would be they was probably a little less than I thought they would be compared to what I made yesterday but don't think I can complain.
Think trade would favoured the buyers a bit more today has with bigger numbers forward.
@cattleman123 if you had big heavy well fleshed they will still turn some fair money tho. Top I saw was 176 for 71kgs.

 

[organic]

Hereford Yesterday:

CULL EWES -1713 Auctioneers -Robert Meadmore/Greg Christopher

New heights scaled in the cull department with the top price of £211 and an average of £121.43. Jim Hartwright took top honours with 2 at £211, 2 at £190 and 5 at £188. Top 16 prices from £170 upwards. 969 ewes averaged £142. All breeds up £10 to £20 a head on the week, and again a very good show of ewes. Suffolks to £170, Mules to £150, the best day for over 12 months.
Continental £211.00 Suffolk £170.00 North Country Mule £150.00 Welsh Mule £138.00 Speckles £116.00 Cheviot£108.00 Cull Rams £186.00 Cull Wethers£108.00 Goats £170.00 Overall Average £121.43

 

[cattleman123]

Today at South Molton
128 was mules.
Thoughts on trade would be they was probably a little less than I thought they would be compared to what I made yesterday but don't think I can complain.
Think trade would favoured the buyers a bit more today has with bigger numbers forward.
@cattleman123 if you had big heavy well fleshed they will still turn some fair money tho. Top I saw was 176 for 71kgs.

My 22 cheviots 46.5 @136.50...pleased with that

 

[Shebb90]

My 22 cheviots 46.5 @136.50...pleased with that

Very good that on the day. Be interesting to see what there sqq was today

 

[livestock 1]

Had some 41 kilo Cheviots £128

 

[Top Tip.]

THAINSTONE, Aberdeen and Northern Marts (Thursday 8th April 2021) Sold 4,074 Prime Sheep and Feeding Ewes & Rams.
Old Season Lambs (3,738) averaged 310.4 per kg (+37.6p) and sold to 403.9p per kg and £170 gross.
Old Season Lambs SQQ up to 45.5kg (1,882) averaged 326.7p per kg (+44.9p). Feeding Ewes & Rams (336) sold to £243.
THAINSTONE, Aberdeen and Northern Marts (Thursday 8th April 2021) Sold 4,074 Prime Sheep and Feeding Ewes & Rams.
Old Season Lambs (3,738) averaged 310.4 per kg (+37.6p) and sold to 403.9p per kg for 38kg CharXBeltex from Mains of Leslie, Insch and £170 gross for a 69kg Beltex from Broadwater, Skene.
Old Season Lambs SQQ up to 45.5kg (1,882) averaged 326.7p per kg (+44.9p). Feeding Ewes & Rams (336) sold to £243 for Texels from Mains of Orchardtown,
Udny.
"Prime Lambs sold at record levels with the entire sale averaging £143.14 per head. All weights and classes of stock sold way beyond sellers expectations at rates well above the early markets this week.
The cull ewe ring also saw a tremendous increase with numbers well short of the electric demand, mule ewes in particular reaching unprecedented heights."
Leading Prices per Head and per Kg
Old Season Lambs: Bel - Broadwater £166.50, Corfeidly, Glassel 393.9p; CharX - Mains of Leslie £164.50, 382.6p; PureTex - Logie Durno, Pitcaple £161.50, 367p; Tex - Loanend, Glenkindie £160, Balnault, Crathie 362.2p;
TexX - Caiesmill, Kinellar £159, 361.4p; Cont - Huntly Lodge, Huntly £158.50, Tewel, Stonehaven 360.7p; ContX - Craco Park, Rosehearty £157.50, Mossneuk, Ellon 359.3p; BelX - Southbank, Skene £155.50, Odmoston, Laurencekirk 352.4p; Suf - Braeside, Gartly £155, Nether Tillymauld, New Byth 336p; Char - Lost, Strathdon £152.50, Blackhills, Slains 345.1p; SufX - Auquhirie, Stonehaven £151.50, Mossneuk, Lyne of Linton, Sauchen 334.1p; Lleyn - East Fingask, Oldmeldrum £151.50, Mill of Newton, Insch 340.7p; Chv - Southbank £150.50, Auchronie, Tarfside 343.3p; ChvX - Auchronie £149.50, Newton of Auchaber, Forgue 341.7p; DownX - Upper Auquhadlie, Auchnagatt, Burnend, Forglen £149.50, Heads of Auchinderran, Keith 333.7p; ChvMule - Lost £149.50, Loanend, Glenkindie 328.9p; Down - Mossneuk £149, Tapiken, Tyrie 333p; Mule - Newton of Crathie, Netherton, Tarland £147.50; BF - Southbank £145.50, Freefield, Old Rayne 323.3p.
Leading Prices per Head
Feeding Ewes: PureTex - Newton of Carnousie, Forglen £231; Tex - Kingswells Croft, Oyne £210; TexX - Newton of Carnousie, Mains of Orchardtown £200; PureSuf - Mains of Orchardtown £189; Cont - Whitelumbs, Gartly, Craigroy, Dallas £187; Cha - Newton of Carnousie £179; Suf - Soundmoor, Mulben £177; Cross -

Broomhill, Dunecht £175; SufX - Ranch House, Inverurie, Craigroy £173; Down - Ranch House, Logie Durno £171; ContX - Tillyboy, Echt £169; Chv - Birkenbog, Cullen £167; Mule - Craigroy £165; BDM - Craigroy £165; DownX - Ranch House £165; GF - Upper Sauchen, Ordhead £157; ChvX - Glack, Sauchen £156.50; Bel - Broadwater £153; BFL - South Easterton, Hatton £151; BFLX - Kingswells Croft £149; BelX - Tapiken £139; BF - Standingstones, Durris £111.
Feeding Rams: Bel - Broadwater £217; BelX - Broadwater £190; Chv - Birkenbog £124; SufX - Peattie, Inverbervie £124; Suf - Parkview, Bigton £120; L

 

[cattleman123]

Had some 41 kilo Cheviots £128

Dearer up with you thou

 

[livestock 1]

Dearer up with you thou

I don’t know that’s what I’m wondering

 

[cattleman123]

I don’t know that’s what I’m wondering

Big Numbers out today...for our little part of the west country....they are going to be short in a week or two

 

[Shebb90]

Big Numbers out today...for our little part of the west country....they are going to be short in a week or two

Basically they had last weeks sheep and this weeks in one week, believe 1300 hoggs

 

[Benr]

Basically they had last weeks sheep and this weeks in one week, believe 1300 hoggs

Did you see any ewes sold?