Monday 12th December – Darlington Auction Mart had forward:
64 Cast Cows sold to 238ppk & £1868
5 Cast Bulls sold to 246ppk & £1874
1 Cow & Calf sold to £1500
7 Store Bulls sold to £1370
73 Steers sold to £1600
78 Heifers sold to £1600
5 Stirks sold to £180
1370 Store Lambs sold to £106
175 Feeding Ewes sold to £200
A massive ‘THANK YOU’ to everyone who supported the fundraising efforts of Jennifer Brougham for the charity, Cancer Research, with the customers, staff & buyers of DFAM once again going that extra mile for a good cause. A Hereford Heifer kindly donated by Deerness Valley Dairy; Tow Law sold for a fantastic £1240. Another 2 incredibly generous farmers P Turnbull, West House Farm Kildale & JR&LJ Chapman, High Alderheads, Rowley upon hearing about the efforts to raise money very kindly made a donation of a Pure Texel Ewe & a store lamb to be auctioned with all proceeds going to Cancer Research. The Texel Ewe donated by P Turnbull was purchased by DFAM for £200 and was then put up for resale where it was bought by Yorkshire Gardens of Peace for £200 and again it was resold this time for £105 to Yorkshire Halal Meat Suppliers. The store lamb donated by Mr Chapman raised £90 thanks to the generosity of GC&JC Pullen. A collection bucket on the day organised by Jennifer Brougham was also supported very well with many people digging deep for a great cause. We will let everyone know in a later post the grand total raised.
Cast Cows –Fewer numbers forward this week and the eagerness of all the buyers ringside ensured a dearer trade on the week with an overall average of 167ppk & £1128. Top price was 238ppk & £1868 for a pure Blonde D’Aquitaine cow sold by P Weightman & Sons, Hallfield Farm. The Natives were close behind with a top price of184ppk & £1518 for a 14-year-old Angus cow sold by M Dent, Village Farm. The Lead Grossing Native cow was a Shorthorn sold by G Te-Lintelo, Mayfield Beef Shorthorns, Leazes Farm which sold for 178ppk & £1726. Top Dairy price was178ppk for a young Friesian heifer sold by IF&CM Herring & Son, Halnaby Grange & TheLead Grossing price for Dairy was £1025 for a 10-year-old Friesian cow sold by A&JE Smith, Healey Home Farm. Cast Bulls were also very much in demand with a Limousin sold by EA Martin & Son, Manor Grange Farm for Top price 246ppk & £1874
Cast Cows – Top prices ppk 238 200 P Weightman & Sons. 218 178 GW Dobson & Son. 214 188 P Prudom & Son Ltd. 214 W.K M.M Lamb. 208 174 JJ Horn. 208 180 KO Stones. 198 192 188 186 184 M Dent. 192 J Thompson & Sons. 190 W&M Knaggs & Son. 186 G Corner. 186 178 174 DF&M Littlefair. 180 178 174 F&JS Gargett. 180 R Nattrass & Sons. 178×2 G Te-Lintelo. 178 C Binks & Son. 178 IF&CM Herring & Son. 174 P Dent. 172 168×3 162 S Suddes.
Lead Grossing Cast Cows £1868 £1800 P Weightman & Sons. £1859 £1366 P Prudom & Son Ltd. £1743 £1294 KO Stones. £1726 £1703 G Te-Lintelo. £1526 £1521 GW Dobson. £1518 £1514 £1509 £1481 £1422 M Dent. £1488 J Thompson & Sons. £1475 JP Campbell. £1461 W.K M.M Lamb. £1434 W&M Knaggs & Son. £1381 G Corner. £1291 £1113 JJ Horn. £1251 F&JS Gargett. £1245 R Nattrass & Sons. £1233 £1136 £1105 DF&M Littlefair. £1160 C Binks & Son.
Cast Bulls – Top prices ppk 246 230 EA Martin & Son. 200 FJ Forrest. 194 Deerness Valley Dairy. 192 R&W Todd.
Lead Grossing Cast Bulls £1874 £1462 EA Martin & Son. £1792 Deerness Valley Dairy. £1540 FJ Forrest. £1274 R&W Todd.
Store Cattle – A very mixed show of store cattle forward – trade however dearer on the week, especially for the stronger beast. DW Dresser, Hall Farm, Greatham was once again top with steers & heifers at £1600. A truly wonderful run of 8 Steers & Heifers averaged just short of £1500. JH Johnson, White Lea was a close runner up at £1490 with a consignment of 15 Charolais steers which sold to average £1384. ME&TD Tailford, Gallow Hill Farm was top of the natives with his 4 Short Horn steers selling to £1220, average £1195.
Stirks £180×3 £150×2 BJ Rowell.
Heifer & Calf £1500 Cow Close Farm.
Store Bulls £1370 £1270 £945 £890 £830 E Parsons.
Store Steers £1600 £1555 £1435 £1155 DW Dresser. £1490×2 £1440×3 £1395×2 £1385×2 £1360×2 £1305×2 £1290×2 JH Johnson. £1245 £1205 £1165 R Errington & Son. £1220 £1205×2 £1150 ME&TD Tailford. £1180 £1145 £1045×2 M Foster. £1125 N Wilson. £1070 £935×2 W&C Iceton. £1055 Deerness Valley Dairy. £1055 BJS Farms. £1010 C&M Burnett. £990 P Hutchinson. £925 I Newton & Son. £910×2 M Metcalfe.
Store Heifers £1600 £1580 £1550 £1495 DW Dresser. £1350 N Wilson. £1290 £1240 G Worn. £1240 £1075 £1055 Deerness Valley Dairy. £1230×2 L Brown. £1200 £1195 AC Walton. £1180 R Errington & Son. £1170 £1065×2 £1060×2 £1040 £1000 AR Marshall. £1135 £1110 £1085 £1050 WB Rutter & Sons. £1130 £1060 MJ Hutchinson. £1125 P Hutchinson. £1000 £990 E Peacock.
Store Lambs – A leaner show of store lambs forward on the week with a lot more longer keep lambs on offer. Top of tree this week was twice achieved from SJ Love, Low Doctor Pasture, Wolsingham for a pen of 26 and a pen of 22 Texel cross lambs realising £106. Top price Feeding ewe this week from Tom Bell, Bolam Low Farm, Belsay for a Terrific Suffolk crossed ewes realising £124, more leaner ewes can be sold to vendor’s advantage.
Store Lambs £106×2 SJ Love. £100 £90 T&R Dent. £98 £90×2 £88 D&M Lowes. £98 £79 HS Hutchinson. £94 £85 M Dawson. £93 C Longstaff. £90 £84 B&J Bainbridge. £90 MR Souter. £89 £85 £79.50 K Mowbray. £89 £88 £85×2 £83 D Alderson. £87 WA Stephenson. £86 J Fowler. £86 £84 £79.50 DE Stones. £84 F Bainbridge. £81.50 £79 RW Dalton. £81 WA Stephenson. £79 RW Dalton.
Feeding Ewes £124 £111 £93 £80 £67 T Bell. £93 T Bell. £91 £60 M Gallon. £90 £84 £80 £76 D Alderson. £79.50 £77 P Turnbull. £79 D&M Lowes. £75 J Fowler. £68 D&P Heppell. £60 £49 GH&RG Stobbs. £52 K&RE Robson. £49 A&R Thompson.
