Monday 24th August – Darlington Auction Mart had forward:
19 Cast Cows sold to 320ppk & £2499
1 Cast Bull sold to 254ppk & £3434
8 Store Bulls sold to £1880
45 Store Steers sold to £2290
72 Store Heifers sold to £2250
51 Rearing Calves & Stirks sold to £900
30 Breeding Sheep sold to £250
1103 Store Lambs sold to £176
344 Feeding Sheep sold to £211
Cast Cows & OTM
A smaller, plainer show of cast cows forward, however trade still holds up to see them average 239ppk and £1997. Top price per kilo went to M Shepherd of Fulthorpe farm, with a Limousin cow making 320ppk & £2499. Natives topped at 254ppk & £3434 with a tremendous Angus Bull from F Fabi, Broadlea Farm, whilst Friesians topped at 198ppk & £1584 from CN&P Penk, Pitfield Farm. Many more required for a range of buyers on a weekly basis.
Cast Cows – Top prices ppk 320 288 278 272 270×2 M shepherd. 277 200 MW Reed. 260 I Hutchinson. 240 208 W&OM Jackson & Son. 234×2 232 JP&R Ward. 208 198 196 168 CN&P Penk.
Lead Grossing Cast Cows £2499 £2070 £1944 £1929 £1887 £1663 M Shepherd. £2099 MW Reed. £1822 I Hutchinson. £1621 £1588 £1566 JP&R Ward. £1584 £1301 £1297 CN&P Penk. £1480 £1345 W&OM Jackson & Son.
Cast Bulls – Top prices ppk 254 F Fabi.
Lead Grossing Cast Bulls £3434 F Fabi.
Store Cattle-
Fewer store cattle forward this week, however trade still buoyant. Top of the tree today was Mark Johnston Racing Ltd, Park Farm with a terrific Angus Steer at £2290 and another at £2210. Angus heifers from B Needham of Woolhouse Farm, reached £2090. E Parsons, Newstead Farm, sold Charollais heifers to top at £2250, with more following between £2170 and £2230. GS Bainbridge of Ketton Lodge sold Limousin Steers to £2160, whilst GP&E Lillie, Forest Farm, sold a Fleckvieh which made £2170. Blue Bulls from JJ Kemp & Son, Elstob Hill Farm, regularly traded between £1780 to top at £1880. Friesian stirks from Luke Turnbull topped at £640.
Store Bulls £1880×2 £1860 £1780 £1660×2 JJ Kemp & Son.
Store Steers £2290 £2210 M Johnston Racing Ltd. £2160 £2140×2 £2080 £1900 GS Bainbridge. £1900 £1860 £1800 £1780 £1480 CH&MC Phalp. £1890 F Fabi. £1840 G Bolton. £1800 £1780 £1760 £1660 Messrs Beckwith. £1800×2 Messrs Beckwith. £1760 £1510×2 T Hodges. £1490×3 Todd. £1440×2 L Brown.
Store Heifers £2250 £2230×2 £2170×2 E Parsons. £2170 £1850 GP&E Lillie. £2090 £2080 B Needham. £1910 £1890×2 £1870 £1800 CH&MC Phalp. £1880 £1670 JS Wiper. £1770 £1710 £1670 £1660 G&C Norminton. £1760 A&PA Jopling. £1740×3 £1680×3 HM Dent. £1720×2 W&J Herbert. £1650×2 G Beadle. £1610 £1600 G Calvert & Sons. £1560×2 R&W Todd. £1540×4 JF Harland.
Store sheep
The days trading kicked off with the feeding ewes which again met a grand trade across the board for all goods forward, plenty of leaner ended ewes mixed amongst the goods this week, which would see a top of £211 for a pair of Texels from N G Beveridge while M & E Burrell saw £188 the better end of the mules and cheviot mules selling to a top of £172 which fit ewes either side of £130. The leaner end of the mules between £90-£105. The best end of the horned ewes would top at £90-£100 while the leaner end would be £40-£60.
A small show of breeders forward this week saw a top of £250 for S Hallam. Store lambs trade seeing a small amount of resistance in it after the prime sections just levelling slightly at the tail end of the week. Top of the store lambs went to Luke Turnbull at £176 with others to £170. The short keep lambs would sell between £125 and £135 depending how they were bred with the medium keep lambs selling between the £115-£120. While the long term projects still look a very good trade selling between £95-£105 mark.
Breeding Sheep:
Suffolk Shearlings – £250 S Hallam
Continental Shearlings – £225 £195 £185 S Hallam.
Store Lambs:
Continental – £176 £166 £160 £132 £130 L Turnbull. £127 RA Patterson. £123 £116 JG&EM Welford. £122 A Forster. £121 A Spence. £120 JF Harland. £120 R Fletcher. £119 RA Patterson & Son. £117 T&C Smith. £117 IW Cairns.
Beltex – £170 L Turnbull. £125.50 GH Lister.
Texel – £156 £144 £130 £126 Z Alderslade. £140 £127 £123 GH Lister. £130 £125 J Jopling. £128 £127 WB Rutter & Sons. £128 £125 £122 £120 £116.50 D Johnson. £126 M&E Burrell. £125 £119 £117 GE Raw. £123 £116 MC Rutter. £123 £120 £118×2 IW Cairns. £121×2 G I’Anson. £118 I Newton & Son. £117 JW&KS Bainbridge. £115.50 £114.50 A Kelly.
Mule – £125 TE Dobson.
Suffolk £120 I Newton & Son. £119 RA Patterson & Son.
Feeding Sheep:
Texel – £211 NG Beveridge. £188 £138 M&E Burrell. £174 £139 £136 G Thompson & Sons. £168 £146 £130 RE&BJ Potter. £156 £146 £132 High Mains Partnership. £149 Gripps Farm Ltd.
Beltex – £190 £175 NG Beveridge.
Continental – £188 £144 BR&RI Rouitledge. £174 £132 JR Dowd. £152 R Fletcher. £150 NG Beveridge. £148 D Watson. £140 WM Allison & Son Ltd. £136 A Hughes. £132 D Aldedrson. £128 High Mains Partnership.
Cheviot – £172 £132 M&E Burrell.
Suffolk – £164 £154 D Watson. £152 WM Allison & Son Ltd. £140 BR&RI Routledge.
Rearing Calves & Stirks-
A younger show of calves forward today with trade less, showing a sale average of £501, whilst stirks averaged £872. Top priced calf today goes to Kitchings of Summerfield with a cracking Inra95 bull achieving £730, whilst another Inra95 bull from this home made £710. H Gibb & Son, Eachwick Red House, reached £680 with a 30 day old Blue Bull, with heifers of the same age reaching £600. A&S Green, Wheatley Head, sold an Angus bull calf making £600, whilst Camphill Village Trust had an Angus Heifer which made £680. Friesian bulls from J&A Stevenson & Sons, Blue House Farm, reached £330.
Stirks from G Beadle, Primrose Farm, sold Angus Heifers at £830 and achieved up to £900 with Angus Steers.
Stirks:
Angus Steers – £900×6 G Beadle.
Angus Heifers – £820×3 G Beadle.
Bull Calves:
Inra 95 – £730 £710 £620 £590 Kitchings of Summerfield. £600 £590 A&S Green.
British Blue – £680 £650 £640×2 H Gibb & Son. £520 £500 £470 £450 Stockdale Partners.
Angus – £600 A&S Green. £570 H Gibb & Son. £530 £520 Stockdale Partners. £470 Kitchings of Summerfield.
Shorthorn – £410 Camphill Village Trust.
Friesian – £330 £260 J&A Stevenson & Sons.
Ayshire – £230×2 £190 J&A Stevenson & Sons.
Heifer Calves:
Angus – £680 Camphill Village Trust. £550 £520 £500 £480 Kitchings of Summerfield. £480 Stockdale Partners. £420 H Gibb & Son.
British Blue – £600 £570 £560 £530 H Gibb & Son. £490 £440 Stockdale Partners.
Inra 95 – £540 Kitchings of Summerfield.
