- Location
- North of Perth
Easiest way is to breed an finish yourself but obviously doesn't suit everyone.
Beef / Lamb & Pig Price Tracker
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livestock 1
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Ha you might have to give him a bit more by the look of the amount of cows being sold off
i dont think stores are back on last year, what we have bought ar'nt!
livestock 1
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I’m up a bit av £1185 up to now
Plenty of sickened folks about with smaller ones who usually have a good trade though
Aspiring Peasants
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- Location
- North Pennines
Darlington Farmers Auction Mart held their weekly sale of prime stock on Thursday 17th November 2022. Forward were 250 Cattle, 2261 Sheep and 7 Pigs.
54 Prime Bulls sold to 291ppk or £2329
29 Prime Steers sold to 316ppk or £2220
165 Prime Heifers sold to 345ppk or £2303
2 Stock Bulls sold to 147ppk or £1494
1906 Prime Lambs sold to 307ppk or £157
355 Cast Ewes & Rams sold to £240
7 Prime Pigs sold to 140ppk or £113
Prime Bulls (54) – Fewer forward today and a wide range of quality within, the top 1/3 were excellent as 18 of 54 sold beyond £2000 and the top 10 all reaching over 280ppk helped the averages to 243ppk and £1769. Top price per kilo at 291 pence was an excellent 694kg Limousin from A G Watson & Sons, Nunstainton Grange; a close-run race today as five other vendors produced bulls within four pence of the top. Top gross valued bull today went to J R Knox & Son, Bracks Farm with a perfectly finished 806kg Limousin, two further vendors sitting in the £2200’s were W J & A S Bowes & Sons, Great Stainton and the far travelled John Burnett & Sons all the way from Blairdrummond.
Native bred bull trade today belonged to another cross-border challenger as some superb Aberdeen Angus from F J Fraser & Son of Forfar reached 234ppk and £2070. Friesian bulls this week were few and far between, the pick of the bunch came from the immensely consistent R Hall & Son, Kilton Hall reaching 207ppk and £1306.
Clean Cattle (194) – Absolutely stunning, quite probably the dearest we have ever seen as an absolutely insane 93 times bidding passed 300 pence per kilo and 26 heifers sold at 320ppk and beyond. This week’s heifers averaged 293ppk with the steers 279ppk and the whole show £1675 per head. Whilst most vendors will be delighted tonight it’s surely a nice chap from Shap who is smiling the widest, congratulations to Alan Barnett of Brinns Farm who topped the sale with a wonderful 609kg Limousin heifer when she sold for 345 pence per kilo, more class from the Cumbrian consignor filled the silver medal position at 338ppk ahead of a sweet sort from M F Hall, Ponteland at 335ppk. Another five heifers sold over 330ppk as the third off the Shap trailer was joined by J B Luck & Son, W J Scott Ltd, J V & J A Hodgson and J E Suddes & Son on this exclusive club on an extraordinary day. Top steer per kilo at 316 pence came from regular sellers W J Smith & Partners, Belle Isle Farm with Ponteland based P J & M P Gilhespy the closest rival at 312ppk.
On to the gross values now and a seriously sorry day for the deadweight procurement people as the live ring again made monkeys of their weight capping, red tractor worshiping, age discriminating set up. Top steer at £2220 hailed from Long Myers Farm and M J & E A Sedgewick; other steers beyond £2000 came twice from the reliable Rentons of High Highlaws and another flying Scot, Angus based G A Mackie, Drimmie Farm; this fab four tipped the scales to anywhere between 670kg and 720kg. A terrific 10 hot heifers sold over £2000, the top six were fantastic and all deserve mention, they included our aforementioned chap from Shap (£2101), more magic from Mr Mackie (£2129), a humdinger from the Hirst’s of Neasham (£2141) and a luscious Limousin from A C Simpson & Son at a whopping £2275; top of the shop though with a 748kg British Blue superstar was yet another of our Scottish raiders Messrs S & J Andrew of Letter Farm, Loch of Lowes at a staggering £2303, the on form Perthshire feeders also sold our 4th placed heifer at £2138.
Prime Lambs (1906) – Weight selling great, lean they aren’t so keen. Weighed straight on a wet day the lambs this week averaged £113 and 248 pence per kilo which is £8 per head adrift of what was a rising trade this week last year. No doubting the top pen of the week as a quite sensational pen of bare clipped 51kg Beltex from W A Wardman Ltd, Thrushwood Farm, Yearby sold to Roots Farm Shop, East Rounton for £157 (307ppk). The top end sold regularly in the £130’s and £140’s but no question that the coin lies in the loin and the lighter leaner lambs look forever better sold through the store ring.
54 Prime Bulls sold to 291ppk or £2329
29 Prime Steers sold to 316ppk or £2220
165 Prime Heifers sold to 345ppk or £2303
2 Stock Bulls sold to 147ppk or £1494
1906 Prime Lambs sold to 307ppk or £157
355 Cast Ewes & Rams sold to £240
7 Prime Pigs sold to 140ppk or £113
Prime Bulls (54) – Fewer forward today and a wide range of quality within, the top 1/3 were excellent as 18 of 54 sold beyond £2000 and the top 10 all reaching over 280ppk helped the averages to 243ppk and £1769. Top price per kilo at 291 pence was an excellent 694kg Limousin from A G Watson & Sons, Nunstainton Grange; a close-run race today as five other vendors produced bulls within four pence of the top. Top gross valued bull today went to J R Knox & Son, Bracks Farm with a perfectly finished 806kg Limousin, two further vendors sitting in the £2200’s were W J & A S Bowes & Sons, Great Stainton and the far travelled John Burnett & Sons all the way from Blairdrummond.
Native bred bull trade today belonged to another cross-border challenger as some superb Aberdeen Angus from F J Fraser & Son of Forfar reached 234ppk and £2070. Friesian bulls this week were few and far between, the pick of the bunch came from the immensely consistent R Hall & Son, Kilton Hall reaching 207ppk and £1306.
Clean Cattle (194) – Absolutely stunning, quite probably the dearest we have ever seen as an absolutely insane 93 times bidding passed 300 pence per kilo and 26 heifers sold at 320ppk and beyond. This week’s heifers averaged 293ppk with the steers 279ppk and the whole show £1675 per head. Whilst most vendors will be delighted tonight it’s surely a nice chap from Shap who is smiling the widest, congratulations to Alan Barnett of Brinns Farm who topped the sale with a wonderful 609kg Limousin heifer when she sold for 345 pence per kilo, more class from the Cumbrian consignor filled the silver medal position at 338ppk ahead of a sweet sort from M F Hall, Ponteland at 335ppk. Another five heifers sold over 330ppk as the third off the Shap trailer was joined by J B Luck & Son, W J Scott Ltd, J V & J A Hodgson and J E Suddes & Son on this exclusive club on an extraordinary day. Top steer per kilo at 316 pence came from regular sellers W J Smith & Partners, Belle Isle Farm with Ponteland based P J & M P Gilhespy the closest rival at 312ppk.
On to the gross values now and a seriously sorry day for the deadweight procurement people as the live ring again made monkeys of their weight capping, red tractor worshiping, age discriminating set up. Top steer at £2220 hailed from Long Myers Farm and M J & E A Sedgewick; other steers beyond £2000 came twice from the reliable Rentons of High Highlaws and another flying Scot, Angus based G A Mackie, Drimmie Farm; this fab four tipped the scales to anywhere between 670kg and 720kg. A terrific 10 hot heifers sold over £2000, the top six were fantastic and all deserve mention, they included our aforementioned chap from Shap (£2101), more magic from Mr Mackie (£2129), a humdinger from the Hirst’s of Neasham (£2141) and a luscious Limousin from A C Simpson & Son at a whopping £2275; top of the shop though with a 748kg British Blue superstar was yet another of our Scottish raiders Messrs S & J Andrew of Letter Farm, Loch of Lowes at a staggering £2303, the on form Perthshire feeders also sold our 4th placed heifer at £2138.
Prime Lambs (1906) – Weight selling great, lean they aren’t so keen. Weighed straight on a wet day the lambs this week averaged £113 and 248 pence per kilo which is £8 per head adrift of what was a rising trade this week last year. No doubting the top pen of the week as a quite sensational pen of bare clipped 51kg Beltex from W A Wardman Ltd, Thrushwood Farm, Yearby sold to Roots Farm Shop, East Rounton for £157 (307ppk). The top end sold regularly in the £130’s and £140’s but no question that the coin lies in the loin and the lighter leaner lambs look forever better sold through the store ring.
Northeastfarmer
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- Location
- Cleveland
Poorer stores are back….the posh ones are up
Pigs and now eggs have shown how things end up
livestock 1
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Mine must be slightly posh then
- Location
- North of Perth
Who writes the report for Darlington? It does make me laugh 
- Location
- Scot Borders
livestock 1
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Is it SD ?
Aspiring Peasants
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- Location
- North Pennines
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I think so
livestock 1
Member
He has a good go at the DW lot
- Location
- north Wales
I had 44kg - 44.5kg lambs today, they made £110-£113.50, and 52kg muley things £120 so same trade as last week
Agreed but not everyone has facilities or time to do it all and some specialist at what they do! We milk cows and feed stores or cows but we don’t have suckers anymore
Aspiring Peasants
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- Location
- North Pennines
So he should, I wish more did.
There really I some utter absolute crap stores now though about due to out of grass rats with crap sweeper bulls used there lies the issue
Aspiring Peasants
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- Location
- North Pennines
I think lots of cattle don't look as good coming off grass this year
Cant breed rats off mice