Beef / Lamb & Pig Price Tracker
- Thread starter TFF
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- Northumberland
I didnt get in.Think it was all over by 1pm. Usually they are still selling past 4pm.
Skintagain
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- Perched on the Pennines
What the hell do you feed your lambs?
livestock 1
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The wife got three today I wasn’t there. She reckoned they were dear enough plenty no use. I picked them up tonight they look good £450/£600 texels I couldn’t have bought the same tups for that money at Longtown yesterday.
had e nuff
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- Location
- Durham
@Northeastfarmer was selling. Bulls were good, clean back slightly according to mart report.
- Location
- Hereford
Went shopping in Hereford today
What did the incalvers make towards the end and how was trade in general ?
- Location
- Durham, UK
Thursdays ReportDarlington Farmers Auction Mart held their weekly sale of Prime Stock on Thursday 8th October 2020. Forward were 296 Cattle and 3040 Sheep.
130 Young Bulls sold to 248ppk or £2032
104 Prime Heifers sold to 270ppk or £1596
51 Prime Steers sold to 264ppk or £1764
8 OTM sold to 208ppk or £1564
3 Cast Cows sold to 189ppk or £1330
2074 Prime Lambs sold to 268ppk or £128.50
966 Cast Ewes & Rams sold to £137
20 Prime Pigs sold to 115ppk or £107
Prime Bulls (130) – Once again a tremendous trade, an all in average of 206ppk, quite simply as good as anywhere in the land. Top price per kilo came from a sensational pen travelled down from Morpeth and the good home of the Renton Family, High Highlaws; the five British Blue crossed Limousin’s averaged a sensational 244ppk and £1729, twice reaching a peak of 248ppk. The top gross value stayed local with D Richardson & Co, Bracken House; a whopping 876kg British Blue sold for 232ppk and £2032, the magnificent 9 from this home averaged £1734. Regular supporters A G Watson & Sons, Rushyford again turned out 10 perfectly fed bulls to average 233ppk whilst W J & A S Bowes & Sons, Stainton had a top trio averaging 237ppk; a trio from good supporters the Harle Family of Brandon Hall averaged 231ppk whilst another vendor now established as a valued regular, J W Holmes & Son, Chestnut Farm showing his 130th beast since June in DFAM averaged 227ppk with his 7 top quality bulls.
Bulls – Top prices ppk 248x2 246 240x2 Renton Highlaws Ltd. 245 243 226 WJ&AS Bowes & Sons. 244x2 238 235 234 232x2 228x2 225 AG Watson & Sons. 240 JA&M Boyes Ltd. 237 233 224 C Harle & Sons. 238 229x2 228 27 225 JW Holmes & Sons. 236 232 225 224 221 D Richardson & Co Ltd. 236 232 226 TW Clark & Son. 232 DH Lawson. 230 222x3 LR Welsh & Co. 230 228 K&A Harker. 225 224 F&JS Gargett. 224 JR Knox & Co. 224 GN&B Moor. 222 W Wallis & Son.
Lead Grossing Bulls £2032 £1858 £1782 £1709 D Richardson & Co Ltd. £1896 £1845 £1720 £1660 Renton Highlaws Ltd. £1879 £1715 TW Clark & Son. £1827 £1795 £1731 WJ&AS Bowes & Sons. £1806 £1772 JW Holmes & Son. £1800 £1740 £1727 £1722 LR Welsh & Co. £1760 £1756 £1737 £1722 £1712 £1700 £1698 AG Watson & Sons. £1744 DH Lawson. £1741 K&A Harker. £1731 £1709 JT Layfield & Sons. £1726 JJ Horn. £1724 GN&B Moor. £1719 K&A Harker. £1712 F&JS Gargett.
Friesian Bulls – Top prices ppk 183 181 178 RA&BA Ridley & Son Ltd. 181 179 170 161 R Ormston. 176 D&CA Henry. 169 165 164 162 J&JH Musgrave. 168 JK&CE Farming. 151 D Walker.
Lead Grossing Friesian Bulls £1292 £1164 £1132 RA&BA Ridley & Son Ltd. £1122 D&CA Henry. £1101 £1098 £1059 £964 R Ormston. £1086 JK&CE Farming. £961 £937 £919 J&JH Musgrave.
Prime Cattle (156) – Slightly easier than the last week however trade remaining very buoyant and certainly one to rival anywhere in the land, the heifers averaged an impressive 231ppk with the steers 216ppk, again DFAM led the pack today. The top price of 270ppk was achieved twice during the sale, a shapely 481kg Limousin heifer was the first to get there from M & G Chantrell Ltd, Flash Farm making the 4am load in Leicestershire this morning worthwhile, a terrific 20 (5 steers, 15 heifers) from this home averaged 248ppk. The second beast in the 270 club came from local supporters, and no strangers to the top spots, J V & J A Hodgson, Summerhouse with a 500kg Limousin. Topping the gross values this week once again were some unbelievably good steers from F & R Simpson, Square House Farm, Quebec at £1764, five superstars from this home averaged beyond £1600. Top steer per kilo was some machine from M F Hall, Woodhill Farm, Ponteland, a 641kg Limousin selling for 264ppk, amazingly the same home also sold a steer for 263ppk on the day. Good days in the clean ring were had by N White of Marrick with 4 averaging 244ppk, R Hirst of Neasham produced 10 to average 242ppk and A L Ablewhite 14 to average 242ppk. Final mention goes to another regular B Walker of Birch Springs, Dalton-on-Tees with the leading gross valued heifer, an uncharacteristically heavy sort from this home over 700kg amounted to an impressive £1596.
Steers – Top prices ppk 264 263 230 MF Hall. 250 239 238 236 231 M&G Chantrell Ltd. 247 243 237 236 228 F&R Simpson. 243 227 221 205 JR&B Anderson & Son. 240 238 230 222 AL Ablewhite. 238 227 223 WJ Smith & Partners. 236 218 K Norman Farms. 236 222 A Crowder. 221 218 213 AS Chapman. 217 212 208 G&YJ Marshall. 207 198 RD Musgrave. 199 GA Rogerson & Son.
Lead Grossing Steers £1764 £1655 £1605 £1514 £1475 F&R Simpson. £1692 £1541 MF Hall. £1607 £1451 A Crowder. £1471 £1310 RD Musgrave. £1438 £1375 £1352 £1346 £1313 M&G Chantrell Ltd. £1399 JR&B Anderson. £1336 £1325 £1287 £1278 AL Ablewhite. £1335 £1259 £1224 WJ Smith & Partners. £1305 £1295 £1211 AS Chapman. £1225 K Norman Farms. £1214 £1204 R&LJ Simpson.
Heifers – Top prices ppk 270 260 250 JV&JA Hodgson. 270 268 262 260 259 258 256 250x2248 246x2 M&G Chantrell Ltd. 268 260 259 256 252 248 247 242 AL Ablewhite. 264 256 248x2 246 243 242 R Hirst. 260 258 245 N White. 259 G&JY Marshall. 255 253 245 241 240 J Layfield. 250 245x2 239 JW Holmes & Son. 246 B Walker. 244 C Harle & Sons. 243 JV&JA Hodgson. 240 WJ Smith & Partners. 239 TN Callender. 238 K Norman Farms.
Lead Grossing Heifers £1596 £1482 £1397 B Walker. £1495 £1365 £1357 £1353 £1315 M&G Chantrell Ltd. £1452 £1355 G&JY Marshall. £1431 £1426 £1424 £1401 £1376 £1374 £1356 £1322 £1321 AL Ablewhite. £1424 £1369 £1365 £1335 N White. £1420 £1390 £1342 £1320 £1315 JW Holmes & Son. £1404 £1349 £1313 R Hirst. £1378 C Harle & Sons. £1370 £1350 £1347 JV&JA Hodgson. £1338 AS Chapman. £1320 K Norman Farms.
Cows & OTM (11) – A trio of cows from A L Ablewhite of Elm Farm, Nottinghamshire sold very well with several outlets bidding freely, the pick of these was a March 2016 born British Blue which sold for 189ppk and £1330. The OTM’s on offer today varied as can often be the case, absolutely full of meat was a huge 2017 born Limousin heifer from T N Callender, Ox Eye Farm, she deservedly amounted to an impressive £1564.
OTM Steers – Top price ppk 194 R&LJ Simpson.
Lead Grossing OTM Steers £1204 R&LJ Simpson.
OTM Heifers 208 JR Spink. 191 TN Callender. 177 176 C&M Atkinson & Sons. 168 AS Chapman.
Lead Grossing OTM Heifers £1564 TN Callender. £1177 £955 C&M Atkinson & Sons. £1168 JR Spink. £833 AS Chapman.
Cast Cows – Top prices ppk 189 181 118AL Ablewhite.
Lead Grossing Cast Cows £1330 £1326 £788 AL Ablewhite.
Prime Lambs (2074) – Better fed and better bred lambs in short supply today, the sale SQQ of 194ppk and all in average of 191ppk only tells half the story, the buyers are sniffing out lean meat now with unnerving accuracy, those producers who have filled the troughs very much continue to thrive. The top slots were dominated today by W Ramsay & Sons, Blakeley Hill Farm, Wingate with 20 absolute superstars, a special run of Texel and Beltex left Humbleton Park with the top gross price of £130, top pence per kilo of 268ppk and an average of £119. A single lamb at £130 sold to Hartshead Meats whilst a pen of 8 near perfect sorts headed to Roots Farm Shop, Northallerton for 268ppk (48kg £128.50). Lamb trade in general remains remarkable, the corresponding sale last year witnessed just 2 pens of lambs reach £100, today the three figure barrier was reached and passed on over 40 occasions.
Lambs – Top prices ppk 268 228 224 212 W Ramsay & Sons. 255 R McAnency. 245 226 W Robson. 233 229 213 212 High Harbour Farms. 232 221 A Crowder. 230 227 M Smith. 226 223 Askwiths. 224 M Jopling. 223 MF Hall. 222 W.K M.M Lamb. 220 M&A Gaskin. 218 RG&G Rutter. 217 HT Davies & Partners. 216 S Davies. 214 GP Addison. 214 T Lawson. 213 AL Ablewhite. 211 J Hird. 211 A&EJ Dobinson.
Lead Grossing Lambs £130 £128.50 £125.50 £112.50 W Ramsay & Sons. £114.50 Ritchie Bland Estates. £113.50 £105.50 D&PH Brown. £113.50 £104.50 G Willis. £111.50 £108.50 A Crowder. £108.50 £103.50 JJ Horn. £107.50 £104.50 AC Simpson. £106.50 £104.50 D Barron. £105.50 Askwiths. £104.50 R Wood. £103.50x2 R&W Todd. £103.50 A&EJ Dobinson. £103.50 J Gilson Agriculture. £103.50 LD Laws.
Cast Ewes (966) – An unpredictable ewe trade is often what October produces and today was no exception, the buyers remain focussed on the quality but with grass disappearing, thus creating an increased supply nationally trade is likely to hold back for a good few weeks yet. Top price was a terrific £137 achieved by a pair of wonderful pure Texel ewes from N & A Bainbridge, Laneside, Harwood-in-Teesdale.
Lead Grossing Cast Sheep £137 £119 N&A Bainbridge. £109 JV&JA Hodgson. £105 D Barron. £104 £95 £91 J Norman. £98 AL Ablewhite. £94 £90 £87 £83 High Harbour Farms. £91 £86 J Woodward & Sons. £90 JM&S Walton. £89 J&RA Speed. £86 £85 DK Barker. £85 CJM Hedley. £84 Rebecca Appleton. £83 Askwiths. £82 TN Callender. £81 B Lowson. £81 G Thompson.
Prime Pigs – Top prices ppk 115 110x2 J Mitchell & Son. 100 85x2 C Weightman. 90 85 RH Gray.
Lead Grossing Prime Pigs £107 £92 £84 C Weightman. £98 £94 £90 J Mitchell & Son. £82 £65 RH Gray.
Northeastfarmer
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- Location
- Cleveland
Accurate
Chae1
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- Location
- Aberdeenshire
Love that guys sales reports!
- Location
- Durham, UK
Gentrys
- Location
- Huntingdon
pea/bean dressings from the seed cleaners, mixed with cast off feed oats from local mill and dribble of water& molasses to damp the dust make them palatable all mixed together via an auger.
These last few draws have been ones that had just put on big frame in the summer but bulked out when the grass came better and had some grub.
c b
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- Hereford
I left before the incalvers. Quality sold well . My purchases were a bit 'middle of the road ' the top heifer and calf was £1180 the bull calf is Angus named Sire . The next pic was £1700 with heifer calf and the third 1600 with bull calf . The 2nd and 3rd were dear enough I think as the heifers are a bit small . The dispersal of the pedigree Herefords I thought was a dismal show . ....Sevenoaks filled his lorries up with them for not too much money . Plenty of them with bull calves under a £1000 !
livestock 1
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What you’ve bought looks good. I don’t think you could buy them at Carlisle or Hexham for that money.
Skintagain
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- Perched on the Pennines
Fair weights for your last draw of lambs for the year.
Hilly
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- Location
- Scottish Borders.
Is ferry still their ?
- Location
- Durham, UK
Yup
- Location
- Hereford
A bit happier with them now I've put them out this morning
Ceri
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Last of your lambs at those weights..........!!???? Really.......???
Mine are usually 36kg & won't grade even in May
