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| Published date | 26 October 2021 |
| Publication title | Journal, The |
Topping the ppk was a pen of 49kg lambs from Mr J Tait, Hill Head at 265.3ppk.
Texel x -£140 Hill Head, £138 High Baulk, £135 Chesters, £134 Mill View, £130 Hill Head, £125 New Houses & West Grange, £124 Crook Dene, £123 Rugley Walls & Coldwell, £122 High Baulk (x4) 265.3p Hill Head, 255.1p New Houses, 245.2p (x2) High Baulk, 251.0p Rugley Walls, 250.9p High Baulk, 250.0p Hill Head & New Houses, 248.0p Crook Dene Suffolk x -£122 Rugley Walls & Holling Hill, £118.50 Holling Hill, £117 Rugley Walls 238.8p & 237.5p Rugley Walls, 232.4p Holling Hill, 229.6p New Houses Mule -£115 Coldwell, £113.50 Holling Hill, £112 Wiskershiel, £111.50 & £110 Rugley Walls 234.7p Coldwell, 234.0p Rugley Walls, 233.3p & 230.5p Wiskershiel Blackface -£114 Bolam Lake House Ryeland-£80 Runnymede Cottage Cast Ewes and Rams A very plain show of 137 Cast Ewes sold to a strong trade topping at £160 for a Texel ewe from Master B D Fretwell, Black Callerton.
Texel x -£160 & £134 Black Callerton, £109 Holystone Estate Suffolk x -£117 Holystone Estate, £112 Black Callerton, £109 & £104 Holystone Estate Cheviot x -£69 Holystone Estate Mule -£94 Black Callerton, £90 (x2) Holystone Estate Ryeland-£62 Runnymede Cottage DARLINGTON October 18 and 21 Darlington Farmers Auction Mart held its weekly sale of Cast Cattle, Store and Breeding Stock. Forward were 268 Cattle and 2682 Sheep.
61 Cast Cows & OTM sold to 226ppk or £1493 3 Stock Bulls sold to 150ppk or £1414 9 Stirks sold to £440 18 Breeding Cattle sold to £1640 74 Store Steers sold to £1300 83 Store Heifers sold to £1290 20 Store Bulls sold to £1185 208 Breeding Sheep sold to £175 2259 Store Lambs sold to £125 215 Feeding Ewes sold to £86 Cast Cattle - Dearer on the week, an impressive average today of 134ppk with some of the fitter and younger beast a flyer in comparison to prices seen last time of asking, the pensioners and more weathered looking old dears appear a similar trade. J S Foster & Son, West End Farm, Bowes produced a wonderful Limousin OTM which led the way when she sold for £1493 and 226 pence per kilo, hot on her heels was a superb 8 year old Limousin cow from J L Marks, Gilly Flatts, Bishopton which sold for £1466 and 202ppk.
The pick of the native breeds this week came when W & C Iceton, East Thorngarth Hill sold a Beef Shorthorn for £1241 and 168ppk whilst our milk maids peaked when young Holstein's from A R & C Booth, Bolton-on-Swale sold at 172ppk and £1145. Top of the stock bulls this week was an impressive 10 year old Limousin from the Iron Man of Rosedale as T & R Dent of Craven Garth Farm's bull reached 150ppk and £1414.
Cast Cows - Top prices ppk 226 JS Foster & Son. 202 JL Marks. 180 A&AG Moralee. 172 168 AR&C Booth. 168 W&C Iceton. 168 PT Stephenson. 160 R&A Chapman. 158x2 148 R Mortimer. 158 W&OM Jackson & Son. 154 152 B Watson. 152 148 144x2 140 138 136 Allison Devereux Farms. 152 136 L Adcock. 150 140 Anderson. 138 132 130 F Ward. 136 T&R Dent. 132LW Martin.
Lead Grossing Cast Cows £1493 JS Foster. £1466 JL Marks. £1241 W&C Iceton. £1204 T&R Dent. £1145 £970 AR&C Booth. £1121 £1042 £942 R Mortimer. £1111 B Watson. £1079 W&OM Jackson & Son. £1059 £1029 L Adcock.
£1040 £1039 Anderson. £1026 £1005 £964 £960 £940 Allison Devereux Farms. £946 A&AG Moralee. £946 I Newton & Son. £913 £875 £843 F Ward. £900 JW Richardson.
Cast Bulls - Top prices ppk 150 T&R Dent. 126 GS Bainbridge. 120 A&AG Moralee.
Lead Grossing Cast Bulls £1414 T&R Dent. £1226 A&AG Moralee. £1015 GS Bainbridge.
Breeding Cattle - Young Limousin Bulls from C Moffett of Backandsides Farm, Hummerbeck led the prices at £1640, away from these it was all about the "Belties" as a genuine herd reduction of Belted Galloway cows from A Stewart, Mill Wood Farm, Rushyford attracted...
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