Darlington Farmers Auction Mart held their weekly sale of cast cattle, store and breeding stock on Monday 9th October 2023. Forward were 254 cattle, 2399 sheep and 15 pigs.
66 Cast Cows & OTM sold to 252ppk or £1689
8 Stock Bulls sold to 226ppk or £2165
6 Breeding Cattle sold to £1680
19 Stirks sold to £1020
32 Young Bulls sold to £1485
51 Store Steers sold to £1600
72 Store Heifers sold to £1425
2187 Store Lambs sold to £125
212 Feeding Ewes sold to £132
15 Store Pigs sold to £45
Cast Cattle – It could be argued that the cows were back a whisker however the seventy-four over the scale today average 165ppk and nicely over £1100 (for what would only be an average show of quality) on paper looks remarkably similar. Topping the sale at 252ppk was an excellent Limousin cow from G C & K J White & Son, Rigg Farm; the same good home produced another cow to be top gross valued female reaching £1689. Galloway OTM’s impressed from R T & P M Kirkbride, Lealhom topping at 230ppk whilst the dairy cow trade peaked at 174ppk for a Fleckveih from Deerness Valley Dairy or £1456 for a Holstein Friesian from T H Mace & Sons, Esh. Stabiliser’s from Skelton Farming Ltd, Stanghow ruled the stock bull trade when they topped at 226ppk and £2165.
Cast Cows – Top prices ppk 252 218 184 GC&KJ White & Son. 242 W Tindale. 216 178 172 DW Humphrey. 214 JW Richardson. 210 MG&JT Betney. 208 JR Calvert. 208 MW Reed. 196 166 Wilsons. 192 P Tindale. 182 B&L Wilkinson. 174 166×3 Deerness Valley Dairy. 174 M Gallon. 172 TH Mace & Sons. 170×2 W Love Ltd. 170 RN Foord & Son. 166×2 FJ Hugill. 164 JR Allan. 162 160 GP&E Lillie.
Lead Grossing Cast Cows £1689 £1564 £1142 GC&KJ White & Son. £1581 £1240 £1088 Wilsons. £1568 JR Calvert. £1466 £1339 £1322 DW Humphrey. £1456 £1192 TH Mace & Sons. £1450 RN Foord & Son. £1449 MW Reed. £1414 JW Richardson. £1371 £1237 W Love Ltd. £1350 W Tindale. £1296 P Tindale. £1253 MG&JT Betney. £1221 FJ Hugill. £1206 £1184 Deerness Valley Dairy. £1158 M Gallon. £1139 GW Chapman.
Cast Bulls – Top prices ppk 226 200 Skelton Farming Ltd. 206 BR Lawson. 190 JC Thwaite & Son. 172 MW Cook & Son. 166 JR Addison & Son. 150 TW Thompson. 146 P Tindale.
Lead Grossing Cast Bulls £2165 £1800 Skelton Farming Ltd. £2024 BR Lawson. £1812 JC Thwaite & Son. £1745 MW Cook & Son. £1740 TW Thompson. £1391 JR Addison. £1303 P Tindale.
OTM Clean Cattle – Top prices ppk 230 224 RT&PM Kirkbride. 216 JR Wesson. 194 190 TW Thompson. 158 EW Grieves.
Lead Grossing OTM Cattle £1553 £1366 TW Thompson. £1262 EW Grieves. £1254 JR Wesson. £1248 £1162 RT&PM Kirkbride.
Store Cattle – The feeding beef remains an excellent trade as we head in to the depths of Autumn. Top of the young bulls this week was an excellent Limousin from A R White, Low Staples, Hexham when he sold for £1485; the same good home sold four of the top five bulls with only H S Hutchinson, White House Farm, Eastgate able to prevent a White whitewash. J H Johnson, White Lea Farm, Roddymoor swept the board again with his excellent steers, this week a super packet of Limousin’s led the way with the top pair reaching £1600. Best of the heifers came from local producer G S Bainbridge, Ketton Lodge, Coatham Munderville with a 17-month-old Limousin selling for £1425.
Breeding Cattle – Cows & Calves £1680 £1500 A Swinbank.
Calves & Stirks £1020×5 £910 £830 £785 £700 L Booton. £800 JW&J Collin. £750 £660 £650×2 £620 £600 £555×2 A Wilson.
Store Bulls £1485 £1300 £1220 £1195 AR White. £1390 HS Hutchinson. £985 MW Cook & Son. £975×2 £895×2 £880×3 Wilkinson & Son. £960 G Scott. £900 £850×2 £835×4 R Valks. £895 J Corner. £895 A Wilson. £860 £800 JR Allan.
Store Steers £1600×2 £1550×4 £1495×2 £1490×3 £1460×3 £1445 JH Johnson. £1390 £1330 £1275 GS Bainbridge. £1335 £1300 PT Stephenson & Son. £1180 I Oliver. £1180 £1145×2 W Emerson. £1140×2 D Walker. £1040 N Back. £1015 £915 I Spedding. £1005 S&RT Lowson. £905×2 A Davison. £900×3 G Bolton.
Store Heifers £1425 GS Bainbridge. £1405 £1320×2 £1310×2 £1290 £1255 £1230 £1150 I Oliver. £1370 £1280 HS Hutchinson. £1350×3 £1285×3 B&L Robson. £1315 C Dawson. £1290×4 £1205×2 Wilkinson & Son. £1270 £1230 £1140WO Grix & Partners. £1260×3 £1240 S&RT Lowson. £1235×2 £1190 A&D Heyes. £1235 £1145 D Walker. £1220 PT Stephenson & Son. £1140 £1135 A Davison. £1115 £1110 W Emerson.
Store Sheep – Another good number, average prices similar but a noticeable tightening from top to bottom as the bigger lambs look easier but the smaller sorts were noticeably dearer. Strong Texel lambs from S & J Dent & Son led the way when selling at £125, several others followed beyond £100 however it was an army in the £85-£95 region which ensured the healthy sale average of £82.91. Some 310 Mule lambs were included today with a breed average of £81, the top pen proved to be a ring full of eighty-seven stretchy sorts from J Skidmore & Co Ltd, Red House Farm selling for £87.50. Feeding ewes remain easily sold with plenty of the strong sorts over £100, Mule’s over £80 and Swaledale’s in the £25-£35 bracket.
Store Lambs-
Texel- £125 £95 S&J Dent & Son. £112 J Waters. £106 £100 £91 IR Appleton. £103.50 £96 £88 £83 Foxton Livestock. £103.50 £92.50 x2 £84 A&R Thompson. £100 WB Rutter & Sons. £99.50 £88 P&S Wood. £96 x2 £83.50 J Davis. £95 £88 £86 £85 LJ Daley. £92.50 E Peacock. £91.50 £85.50 D Young. £91 £90.50 RW&C Spry. £91 P&J Carr. £91 B&J Bainbridge. £90.50 £87.50 J Butterfield & Son. £90 H Thompson. £90 HS Hutchinson. £90 Tom Bell. £89.50 IW Cairns. £88 E Cruddas. £87 JD Heavisides. £86 GS Kidd. £86 x3 A Newton. £86 £84 K Buckle. £86 Petch Farms. £83.50 C&I Watson & Sons. £83.50 WM Allison & Son LTD. £83 Josh Henry. £83 M Whorlton.
Beltex- £100 LD Laws. £90 J Skidmore & Co LTD.
Continental- £96 £85 J Davis. £96 E Cruddas & Son. £86.50 £80.50 £78 J Skidmore & Co LTD. £86 £82.50 WM Allison & Son. £86 IR Appleton. £85 RRC Andrew. £79 £65 LJ Daley. £79 Petch Farms. £71 M&G Hodgson. £68 IW Cairns.
Suffolk- £92 IR Appleton. £90 £86.50 x2 A&B Herworth. £89 E Cruddas & Son. £86 F&A Gilchrist. £86 £85 £82.50 J Skidmore & Co LTD. £85 IW Cairns. £82.50 £78 LJ Daley. £80 D Coupland. £70 A Rooke & Sons.
Mule- £87.50 £85 £82 J Skidmore & Co LTD. £83 D Alderson. £77 J Musgrave. £75 JD Heavisides. £72.50 James Burns. £66 HG Spensley & Son. £57 E Anderson.
Charollais- £88 £79.50 £78 J Musgrave. £85 LJ Daley.
Other- £72.50 D Coupland.
Swale- £30 £26 E Anderson.
Feeding Ewes- £132 £130 S&J Dent & Son. £120 Hugh Dent. £110 JE Braithwaite. £109 £74 D Alderson. £104.50 £99 £81 E Cruddas & Son. £100 £82 GW Whittington Livestock. £94 £80 £75 LD Laws. £89 £84 £80 JM Smith. £85 RW Close. £84 Tom Bell. £80 £71 £68 x2 A Rooke & Sons. £79 GS Kidd. £77 WM Bainbridge. £64 IW Cairns.
Store Pigs – Store pigs are still easy to sell however no repeating the scintillating trade witnessed last time of asking.
Pigs – £45 A Dixon.
