64 FARMING dst.co.uk/farming/marts DARLINGTON & STOCKTON TIMES FarmingMarket prices FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 2010 Prices at the auction marts BARNARD CASTLE. – Wed of last week. Fwd: 1,465 sheep. Lambs: lt to 188.7p av 179.7p; std to 119.5p av 180.5p; med to 197.6p av 183.1p; heavy to 180.6p av 173.4p. Cast sheep: Cont to £140; Blue-faced Leics to £100; Mule to £101; Swale to £60. Wed. – Fwd: 1,137 sheep. Hoggs: lt to 191p av 174.6p; std to 207.9p av 180.1p; med to 195p av 175p; heavy to 176p av 163.3p. Cast sheep: Mule £82; Blue-faced Leics £80; Cheviot £72; Rough £50; Swale £71; Texel £50; Cont £103. DARLINGTON. – Thurs of last week. Fwd: 535 cattle, 2,862 sheep. Young bulls to 180p. Steers to 205p. Hfrs to 208p. Prime hoggs to 223p. Cast sheep to £135. Mon. – Fwd: 371 cattle, 999 sheep. Young bulls. – Cont: £785(6), £765(6) E Parsons; £770(3), £750 L Raine & Son; £675 JW&J Collin; £645, £615, £610 A Gregg; £640 W Burton; £620 C Burnett; £585 SB Hopper. Steers. – Cont: £930(3) K Cator; £905 TW Thompson; £900(6) M Doorman; £900, £860 CA&J Skidmore; £890, £730(2) JR&L Harding; £860 G Balmer; £850, £820, £765(3) J&VM Bussey; £850(6), £840, £805(4), £785, £775(5), £770 BA&C Pearson; £820(2), £735, £705 L Kidd; £740, £710(2) J Butterfield; £730 JE&E Dobson. Hfrs. – Cont: £790(5) E Parsons; £740, £660(2) WF Love; £740 BA&C Pearson; £660 JE&E Dobson; £660(2), £640 W Love; £635, £590 A Gregg; £550(2), £525, £495, £490 BR Routledge; £430 W Burton. Rearing calves to £390 AW Sanderson. Cast cows av £705: Cont to 150p; Dairy to 113p;. Stock bulls: 145p, 140p, LW Hugill; 134p TW Thompson; 127p G Bolton. Store hoggs: £78.50 JJ Horn; £77.80 NG Beveridge; £77, £74 GC Sunter & Son; £76.50, £75.20, £67 AWSM Farms; £76 AW Sanderson; £72.50, £67 R Bradley & Son; £72.20, £70.80 AWB&J Bainbridge; £72, £67 W Love; £71.50 J Hird; £68.50, £62.50 C Binks & Son; £64.50, £64 S Suddes; £64.50 RW Shann & Sons; £63.50 M Airey. In lamb 3 shear ewes: £102 M Airey. Darlington Weigh Direct: lt lambs to 180p; export lambs to 190p; heavy lambs to 175p. HAWES. – Tues. Fwd: 55 cattle, 1,383 sheep. Lim bullocks to £905 (av £770); hfrs to £630 (av £625). BB bullocks to £720 (av £672); hfrs to £800 (av £688). BA bullocks to £885 (av £857); hfrs to £730 (av £686). Lim steers: TK Styan & Ptns £905; FD&TW Chapman £750, £740; T Metcalfe & Son £740; BD&A Horner £715. Lim hfrs: BD&A Horner £630; T Metcalfe & Son £620. BB steers: W&JC Alderson £720, £700; FD&TW Chapman £700; JG&RM Hall £620(2). BB hfrs: W&JC Alderson £800; J Dixon & Sons £700, £680, £670; RMS Livestock £690. BA bullocks: AT Pratt £885(2); N Iveson £800. BA hfrs: AT Pratt £730, £705; N Iveson £690, £640; RMS Livestock £665. Cull cattle: Cont to 138p av 114.6p; Freis/Holst to 90p av 82.4p. Calves: Lim bulls to £300 JR Thwaites, Askrigg, av £272; hfrs to £398 DJ&S Stainton, Howgill, av £329. BBX hfr to £250 M/s Dent, Kirkby Stephen. Prime hogg: lt to 183p av 173.6p; std to 196p av 172.4p; med to 190p av 170.4p; overall av 173.2p. Ltwt hoggs: Cont to 192p av 174.9p; Mules to 177p av 166.5p; horned to 172p av 162.5p. Cast ewes: horned to £73.50 av £42.07; polled to £138 av £87.26. Cast rams: horned to £68 av £55.75; polled to £120 av £75.54. HEXHAM. – Last Fri. Fwd: 532 store cattle, 1,602 sheep. Cattle 23-30 m-o: Char X steers to £1,150 West Shipley; hfrs to £860 Rare Dene & Lunns House; Lim X steers to £1,100 Blackburn; hfrs to £935 Rare Dene; Brit Blue X steers to £965 Old Ravensworth; hfrs to £850 Woodhall; Simm X steers to £900 Old Ravensworth; Mont X steers to £780 Hedley West Riding. Cattle 17-22 m-o: Char X steers to £1,065 Todburn; hfrs to £920 Springwell; Lim X steers to £1,180 Stotsfold; hfrs to £930 Bavington Mount; Brit Blue X steers to £1,050 Sunniside; hfrs to £920 Intake; BAX hfr to £675 East Newham; Simm X hfrs to £750 East Moor; AA steer to £940 Close House; Herefd X steer to £785 Kiln Hill. Cattle 11-16 m-o: Char X steers to £1,020 Woodhead; hfrs to £705 Claywalls; Lim X steers to £990 Dykehead (LC); hfrs to £875 Dykehead (LC); Brit Blue X steers to £850 Woodcroft; hfrs to £760 Crowhall; Simm X hfrs to £835 East Moor; AAX hfr to £682 East Moor. Cattle up to 10 m-on: Char X steers to £810 Wydon; Lim X steers to £750 The Lee; hfrs to £668 The Lee; Brit Blue X steers to £780 Halfway House; BAX steer to £505 Barley Cottage; hfr to £438 Barley Cottage; BA steer to £600 Barley Cottage. Store sheep. Feeding ewes: Texel X to £49 Sweethope; Suff to £44 Sweethope; Mule to £50 Sweethope; Swale to £31.50 Sweethope. Store lambs: Texel X to £76 Duddo Hill; Suff X to £76 Leadgate& Duddo Hill; Mule to £69.80 Ellfoot; Lleyn to £67 Thistleyhaugh; Char to £66 Thistleyhaugh; Blackface to £54 Haining Head; Leics to £50 Carry House. Tues. – Fwd: 113 prime cattle, 1,784 prime sheep. Lim hfrs to 178.5p; Char hfrs to 165.5p; steers to 176.5p; Lim steers to £177.5p; BA steers to 175.5p. OTM: Lim to 154.5p; Char to 141.5p; BAX to 124.5p; Brit Blue to 115.5p; AA to 113.5p. Lambs: Texel X to £94; Suff X to £90; Beltex to £97; Char X to £90.50; Mule to £78; Blackface to £74.20; Swale to £65. Cast ewes & rams: Texel X to £130; Suff X to £108; Mule to £94; Leics to £86; Cheviot x to £57; Blackface (rams) to £70; Blackface (ewes) to £57; Swale to £60; Zwartbles to £66. KIRKBY STEPHEN. – Tues. Fwd: 1,970 prime sheep. Hoggs: Texel to £96.80; Beltex to £94.30; Suff to £86.30; Swale to £82.30; Mule to £80.80; Masham to £76.80; Cheviot to £75.30. Cast ewes & rams: Texel to £158.50; Char to £106.50; Mule to £100.50; Blue-faced Leics to £98.50; Beltex to £92.50; Suff to £92.50; Rough Fell to £83.50; Teeswater to £81.50; Scottish Blackface to £76.50; Cheviot to £75.50; Swale to £70.50; Herdwick to £59.50. LEYBURN. – Last Fri. Fwd: 148 cattle. Calved cows. – A&AJ Lambert £1,460 £1,340; TE&J Wren £1,280. Rearing calves. – Char bulls av £370: HM Dent & Sons £405, £395; A Sowray & Sons £310; hfrs av £243: A Sowray & Sons £245, £240. BB bulls av £306: M Mckenzie £350; JD&E Clarkson & Son £350; WP&E Dobbing £345; HM Dent & Sons £340; AS&JK Leggott £335, £320; K&M Sowerby £320; WC Porter & Son £310; JJ&AA McGregor £295; hfrs av £260: AF Dinsdale £360; WP&E Dobbing £345; F&S Iveson £320; A Sowray & Sons £315; J Sunter & Sons £245; HB Smith & Son £242; K&M Sowerby £240. Lim bulls av £308: F&S Iveson £350; JL&MR Umpleby £345; G Sidgwick £340; JB Harker & Sons £340; DT Dinsdale £322; A Backhouse £310; JA&MA Houseman £300; hfrs av £251: JE Holliday & Son £290; JA&MA Houseman £260, £250; G Sidgwick £255; JB Harker & Sons £250; R&J Ford £235; W&SL Robinson £220. Mont bulls av £303: JE Holliday & Son £305, £300. Simm bulls av £268: M Mckenzie £280, £255. AA bulls av £219: ER Terry & Sons £252, £245; T Dent & Son £190, £188. BW bulls av £94: AS&JK Leggott £205; A&AJ Lambert £205; AF Dinsdale £200; ER Terry & Sons £182; T Dent & Son £165; JD&E Clarkson & Son £158; HB Smith & Son £155; J Dinsdale £152; JE Holliday & Son 150. Stirks. – Char bulls: RI Capstick £360; hfrs: RI Capstick £345. Holst bulls: W&SL Robinson £288. Store sheep. – Mule hoggs: J Pearson & Sons £48.50. Swale hoggs: J Pearson & Sons £40.50. Wed. – Fwd: 32 cattle, 851 prime sheep. Prime B&W bulls to 130p av 127.5p; prime steer to 160p; prime hfrs to 165p; av 135.8p; Cont cast cows to 110p av 106p; B&W cows to 103.5p av 86.3p; Guer cows to 82p av 80.7p; Herefd cow to 81p. Hoggs. – Suff & Cont: lt to 174.1p av 173.6p; std to 205.9p av 189.8p; med to 201.3p av 186.4p; heavy to 181.5p av 171.7p; owt to 159.4p av 153p. Mule, Masham & horned: lt to 161.3p av Prices at the special livestock sales PENRITH. – Mon. Fwd: 1,225 store cattle & feeding bulls at Bonanza show & sale. Judge: W Timms, Goole. Champion: Limousin X heifer, D Mallinson, Lodge Farm, £1,110 to judge. Res & first prize British Blue heifer: E Wood, Waters Farm £1,110 to AJ&FM Harrison, Grange Hall. Av £821.50, £6 up on year. Prizes. – Lim bullock: 1 DE&AM Hodgson, Green Farm, £1,045 Dent, Elm House. 2 W&HI Watson, Sanders Close, £825 to Messrs Bowness, Galemire. Lim hfr: 1 champion; 2 Messrs Hutchinson, Hebblethwaite Hall, £1,100 to Messrs Wilcox. 3 Messrs Wales, Thackwood, £1,000 to D Barker, Scarborough. Brit Blue hfr: 1 res champion; 2 Messrs E Wood, Waters Farm, £985 RW&G Dickinson, High Knipe. Any other breed hfr: 1 DE&AM Hodgson, Green Farm, £1,000 to Messrs Wilcox, Wigan. Prices. – Bullocks. – Brit Blue (15 m-o up): £1,235, £1,190 Countess Farm; £1,175, £1,145(2), £1,050 Milburn Grange; £1,160 Fawcett Park; £1,115, £1,080, £1,070, £1,065 Annfield Farm; £1,035(2) Wickerfield; £1,005 Blandswath Farm; £1,005 Hawkrigg Farm. Lim (15 m-o up): £1,220, £1,090(2), £1,070, £1,020(2) Prospect House; £1,200, £1,080, £1,065, £1,060(2), £1,035 Terry’s Farm; £1,080 Harbour Flatt; £1,030 Low Borrow Bridge; £1,030 Thackwood; £1,030 Annfield Farm; £1,030 Park House Farm; £1,025 Well House; £1,020 Ranbeck; £1,020 Bomby. Lim (up to 15 m-o): £1,045 Green Farm; £1,040 Asby Hall Mews. Char (15 m-o up): £1,140 Low Borrow Bridge; £1,140 Nether House Farm; £1,000, £970(3), £900, £820 Mount Pleasant; £850 Park House Farm. Char (up to 15 m-o): £1,025, £960, £870, £840(2) Hawkswell Farm. B&W (15 m-o up): £1,015(2), £935(4), £815(6) Wickerfield; £885(2), £835(3), £720 Midtown; £810(5), £790(5) Espland; £775(3) Greenhow; £770, £755 Bank Farm (Mason); £720(4) Low Row; £705(3) South Dyke. Highland (15 m-o up): £1,015 Wickerfield. Herefd (15 m-o up): £985, £920(3) Midtown (Strong). Cont (15 m-o up): £965 Nook; £765, £715(2) Bowness Farm; £725 Mount Clifton Farm. BA (up to 15 m-o): £880(2), £835(2), £735(2) Sleddale Hall; £865 Hunger Hill. BA (15 m-o up): £860 Midtown Farm (Thompson). Simm (up to 15 m-o): £770, £750 Town Foot Farm (Holliday). AA (15 m-o up): £755, £725 South Dyke. Hfrs. – Char (15 m-o up): £1,110, £1,000(2), £975(2), £975(2), £915(3) Hill Top (Taylor); £1,080(2) Low Borrow Bridge; £870 Nether House Farm; £870 Ploveriggs. Lim (15 m-o up): £1,110 Lodge Farm; £1,100, £950(2) Terry’s Farm; £1,100 Hebblethwaite Hall; £1,085, £1,055 Villa Farm; £1,060 Green Farm; £1,050 Skelling Farm; £1,015(2), £975 Hill Top (Taylor); £1,000 Raughton Head; £990 Laypool; £980(2) Ranbeck; £970 Nook Farm; £960(3) Helm Croft. Brit Blue (15 m-o up): £1,110, £1,005, £985 Waters Farm; £1,070, £860 Milburn Grange; £1,050, £870 North Netherscales; £965 Nook Farm; £940 Sunny Gill; £940 Raw Foot; £940 Abbey Park; £930, £870 Halton Park; £925 Moss Dyke; £915 Bank Farm (Bowness); £910 Helm Croft; £850 Park House Farm. Brit Blue (up to 15 m-o): £890 Raw Foot. BA (15 m-o up): £1,000 Green Farm; £955 Eamont Bridge Farm; £950 Askham Gate; £860 Midtown Farm (Thompson); £845 Park House Farm (Brown); £810 Hollins Farm. BA (up to 15 m-o): £965 Maisongill; £885, £840, £815, £800 Sleddale Hall. Cont (15 m-o up): £880 Raw Foot; £785(2) Home Farm (Metcalfe); £705 Nook Farm. Herefd (15 m-o up): £870, £830(2), £755 Milburn Grange. Simm (15 m-o up): £800 Midtown (Strong); £790 Thackwood; £710 Home Farm (Metcalfe). AA (15 m-o up): £790, £740(3) South Dyke. Bulls. – Lim: £1,015 Fawcett Park; £945(2) Hawkswell Farm; £940, £920 Bank Farm (Mason). Lim: £885(5) Hacra; £865 Fawcett Park; £860 Ravenwood; £860 Park House Farm (Hodgson). Char: £850 Ravenwood. Cont: £840 Raw Foot. Brit Blue: £835, £780, £770(3), £750 Lodge Farm; £730 Walloway; £715 Little Blencowe Farm; £705 Stoneriggs. 155.4p; std to 184.6p av 173.1p; med to 181.7p av 170.4p; heavy to 159.6p av 153.4p; owt to 120.7p. Cast ewes: Cont £92.50; Mule £82.50; Suff £81; Leics £69; Swale £75. Cast rams: Leics £97; Suff £87; Cont £86; Tees £76. Cast goat £63. MIDDLETON IN TEESDALE. – Tues. Fwd: 76 bullocks & hfrs. Store cattle. – Lim X bullocks: £830 Forcegarth; £805 Hield House; £755 Toft House; £750, £730, £715, £700 Brockersgill; £745 Friar House Farm, Fellowship Farm; £735(2), £720 South Welhope; £700 Wythes Hill. Char X hfrs: £680 Revelin; £670 East Friar House. Brit Blue X bullocks: £760 Friar House Farm; £720 Parrick House. Lim X hfrs: £790 Wythes Hill; £765, £680 Fellowship Farm; £760, £705, £660 Hield House; £705, £650(2) Forcegarth; £695, £690 Toft House; £685, £670 The Pry; £660 Parrick House. BAX bullocks: £795, £780 Newton Lodge; £715, £705(2) Valance Lodge. Char X bullocks: £830, £800 Revelin. Brit Blue X hfrs: £770 Forcegarth; £750, £730, £690 Newton Lodge. BAX hfrs: £675 Parrick House; £660 Standing Stones. NORTHALLERTON. – Tues of last week. Fwd: 210 cattle, 1,121 sheep. Hfrs: med to 216.5p av 174.60p; heavy to 209.5p av 172.44p. Steers: med to 172.5p av 132.53p; heavy to 171.5p av 140.59p. Bulls: med to 174.50p av 133.67p; heavy to 181.5p av 140.13p. Prime hoggs: lt to 219p av 208.96p; med to 235p av 200.47p; std to 215p av 191.27p; heavy to 195p av 184.91p. Cast sheep to £160 av £96.47. Wed of last week. – Fwd: 103 store cattle, 80 OTM cattle, 110 hoggs. Steers av £724.04: Lim: £825 AE Merrian. Fries: £795 JW Wilkinson. Holst: £790 W Brass. Simm: £940 JM Tate. BB: £740 AE Merrian. AA: £960 JM Tate. Hfrs av £661: Lim: £930 RR Garbutt. AA: £645 JD Stockil. BB: £714 CA Stobbs. BA: £840 LW Hugill. Simm: £825 LW Hugill. Bulls av £488.96: Lim: £760 C&JA Birkbeck. Fries: £545 WMP Hutchinson. Store hoggs av £65.40: £71, £67.50 RR Garbutt; £65 J Richmond. OTM cattle av £619.98 to £1,079.70 Hugill Partners. PENRITH. – Mon. OTM cattle: Brit Blue to 163.5p; Lim to 154.5p; B&W to 118.5p; Herefd to 96.5p. Clean cattle: Lim to 196.5p; Brit Blue to 179.5. Prime bulls: Lim to 168.5p; Brit Blue to 146.5p; B&W to 129.5p. Wed. – Fwd: 572 store sheep. Lambs. – Beltex: £82 Mill Cottage (Dawson). Suff: £78.50, £70 Nixon Terrace; £68, £66.50, £65.50, £65 The Mains; £66.50 Newsham Farm; £65 Tod Bank. Cont: £77.50, £68 Moss Dyke; £67 Crewgarth; £64.50, £63 Hornby Hall Farm; £61 Grange House (Allen); £60 Tod Bank. Texel: £74, £72, £70, £69, £65, £61 Nord Vue Farm; £73.50 Moss Dyke. Mule: £58.50 Grange House (Allen); £49 Newsham Farm. Swale: £49, £46.50 Hegdale. Wed. – Fwd: 2,735 prime sheep. Hoggs: Beltex (av £92.10) to £125; Texel (av £86.32) to £120; Rouge De L’Quest (av £100) to £100; Cont (av £75.68) to £98.50; Cheviot (av £77.28) to £92; Char (av £74.59) to £92; Suff (av £76.14) to £84.50; Mule (av £76.93) to £84.50; Swale (av £66) to £77.50; Herdwick (av £59.38) to £76; Scottish Blackface (av £68.08) to £73.50 Greenhow. Cast ewes: Texel (av £97.85) to £130; Suff (av £91.56) to £128; Blue-faced Leics (av £98.83) to £125; Beltex (av £100) to £118; Cheviot (av £78.09) to £105; Mule (av £84.97) to £100; Masham (av £91) to £91; Cont (av £70.78) to £78; Swale (av £53.62) to £72; Blackfaced (av £69) to £69; Rough Fell (av £63) to £63. Rams: Blue-faced Leics (av £73) to £123; Texel (av £84) to £117; Suff (av £88) to £88; Blackfaced (av £79.50) to £85; Swale (av £58) to £70. THIRSK. – Tues of last week. Fwd: 178 cattle and 61 sheep. Cattle: BB X steers to £830, hfrs to £750, bulls to £658; Lim X steers to £738, hfrs to £775, bulls to £820; Simm X hfrs to £750, steers to £618, BAX steers to £700; AAX steers to £740, hfrs to £750; Herefd X bulls to £692; Fries steers to £540, bulls to £590; Devon X bulls to £545; Shorthorn X bulls to £535, Ayr X steers to £435. Sheep: Texel X to £177; Suff X to £137. Thurs of last week. – Fwd: 577 cattle, 2,433 sheep, 44 pigs. Steers: med to 179.5p/£981.87 av 165.2p; heavy to 196.5p/£1,390.13 av 162.1p. Hfrs: med to 200.5p/£964.41 av 174.9p; heavy to 215.5p/£1,241 av 172.5p. Young bulls: med to 178.5p/£906.78 av 138.2p; heavy to 175.5p/£1,356.62 av 148.1p. OTM animals to 189.5p/£1,294.92 av 153.8p. Cows to 148.5p/£1,492.80 av 98.6p. Hoggs: std to 225.7p/£87.50 av 190.6p; med to 210.2p/£90.50 av 184.9p; heavy to 200p/£94 av 178.3p; owt to 177.4p/£105 av 163.7p. Ewes: lt to £83 av £54.56; heavy to £156 av £94.42. Pigs: cutters to 107p/£90.95 av 94.3p; bacon to 112p/£109.45 av 98.3p; sows to 60p/£189.39 av 56.8p; boars to 55p/£173.80 av 54.1p. Grain prices Thursday’s prices GrainCo, Tyne Dock. – Wheat: Jan £97.50; Feb £98.75; Mar £100. Barley: Jan £78; Feb £79; Mar £80. Oilseed rape: Jan £229; Feb £230; Mar £231. New bull guide uses different scale DAIRY farmers have been warned not to compare the latest bull proofs with previous years. Both DairyCo and Holstein UK have issued a joint statement, warning that bull catalogues arriving on door mats this month are based on a completely different scale from those of the past five years. Marco Winters from DairyCo breeding+ said: “It’s important not to compare present with past information as a bull’s genetic indices can go up or down over the course of time as daughters add new information.” He said when there is a base change as now, it is more important than before not to compare the current with previous figures as a new average has been calculated against which all bulls are compared. The new average is reset to zero, meaning that animals which score above zero are better than average, and those with negative figures fall below the average. The result is that the January proofs published in the new 2010 AI company catalogues will generally be lower than the figures published just a few months before. YFC reports The Young Farmers’ Club reports are on page 24 Scientist advises testing flock ahead of lambing A LEADING sheep scientist says blood-testing a small sample of ewes a month ahead of lambing could be particularly beneficial. Dr Liz Genever of Eblex says its could help avoid problems and secure the best lamb growth rates. She said: “With 70pc of foetal growth and the bulk of udder development occurring in the final six weeks of pregnancy, ensuring the right nutrition in the run-up to lambing is one of the most important essentials of flock management – especially where ewes are under the additional stress of persistently cold winter weather.” Dr Genever said that failure to fine-tune late pregnancy energy and protein intakes to actual ewe needs compromises lamb vigour and survival, ewe health and colostrum production – se- riously undermining flock performance. Body condition monitoring was vital for nutritional management but, she said, it often fails to pick-up inadequacies in ewe energy and protein levels ahead of lambing. “This makes a simple, vet-organised blood test to indicate the actual nutritional state of the ewes invaluable,” said Dr Genever. Eblex recommends testing a group of 10-12 ewes representing a good cross-section of breed types, diets, litter size and body condition scores. Testing should be conducted three to four weeks before lambing and, ideally, four hours after the last supplementary feed. Key parameters to measure are beta-hydroxybutyrate (BOHB), urea and serum albumin. Dr Genever said: “BOHB is a ketone produced when ewes mobilise body reserves in the absence of sufficient dietary energy. “Some body fat mobilisation is inevitable in late pregnancy, but the Moredun Institute regards BOHB levels of 1.1 mmol/litre or higher in the blood as a sign that additional feed energy may be necessary to guard against twin lamb disease (ketosis).” Dr Genever stressed that veterinary advice should always be sought in interpreting blood test results and in making any changes to either diets or groups. Information is available free of charge in Eblex’s Sheep BRP Manual 12: Improving Ewe Nutrition for Better Returns from 0870-2418829 or at [email protected].
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