Darlington Farmers Auction Mart held their ‘Big Bank Holiday’ show and sale of Store Cattle in conjunction with their weekly sale of cast cattle, store and breeding stock on Monday 30th August 2021. Forward were 311 Cattle and 1578 Sheep.
58 Cast Cows & OTM sold to 196ppk or £1667
94 Store Steers sold to £1610
146 Store Heifers sold to £1355
7 Young Bulls sold to £1440
6 Breeding Cattle sold to £1300
1477 Store Lambs sold to £110
101 Feeding Ewes sold to £106
Show Cattle – Thanks go to Mr R Mitchell for travelling down from Howlett Hall, Morpeth and impeccably carrying out the judging duties at our Bank Holiday pre-sale show of store beast. For today at least the suggestion that Blonde’s have more fun became reality as a superb British Blonde steer scooped the championship; a perfectly presented 17 month old full of scope and style from Lucyland Blondes, Newton Aycliffe proved to be judges choice. A smart British Blue heifer from R L Carter, Woodlands picked up the heifer class red rosette and also the reserve championship, she certainly looks to be a quality butchers beast of the future.
Show Results
Best Steer
1st Lucyland Blondes, Newton Aycliffe sold for £1340 to S Wildman & Son, North Duffield
2nd Lucyland Blondes, Newton Aycliffe sold for £1300 to S Wildman & Son, North Duffield
3rd F Ward, Frosterley sold for £1250 to NP, JR & PN Fulford, Warsilly
Best Heifer
1st RL Carter, Woodland sold for £1335 to BS & TJ Maran, Durham
2nd F Ward, Frosterley sold for £1220 to M Robinson & Sons, Staindrop
3rd F Ward, Frosterley sold for £1215 to PJ & MP Gilhespy, Ponteland
Store Cattle – Away from the show cattle the exceptional store trade continued in terrific form, 15 hefty Charolais steers from J H Johnson, White Lea Farm, Roddymoor set the ring alight when they all sold beyond £1500, peaked at £1610 and averaged £1572. Top priced heifer at £1355 came from a fabulous run shown by N K Forshaw who made the worthwhile trip across the Pennines from Bolton Fold Farm, Longridge; 68 super cattle from the welcome Western visitors levelled up across the board at a very pleasing £1070. Of the yearling cattle a marvellous run from F Ward, Rogerley Hall, Frosterley stood out as the high quality run of 21 Limousin calves saw heifers peak at £1235, steers to £1250 and the packet average a more than healthy £1136.
Calves & Stirks – Friesian £245×4 RG Swinbank.
Cows & Calves £1300 T Ripley & T Ramesar. £1300 SJ Love.
Store Bulls £1440 FM Suddes. £1345 DW Dresser. £790 £780 £705 £640 JLC Welford.
Store Steers £1610×3 £1600×2 £1580 £1570×2 £1550×5 £1540×2 JH Johnson. £1340 GH&RG Stobbs. £1340 £1300×2 G Corner. £1310 £1265×3 £1185 RJ Bradshaw. £1300 DW Dresser. £1250 £1205 £1200 F Ward. £1250×2 S Forshaw. £1230 WB Rutter & Sons. £1205×2 RF Gill & Sons. £1200 NK Forshaw. £1190 PD Shepherd.
Store Heifers £1355 £1250 £1245 £1240 £1200 £1190 £1180×5 £1165 NK Forshaw. £1345×2 £1240 JD&MS Mortimer. £1335 RL Carter. £1300 £1270 £1180 WB Rutter & Sons. £1280×2 JA Scott. £1270 £1250 S Forshaw. £1240 DW Dresser. £1235 £1220 £1215 £1180×2 £1170 F Ward.
Cast Cattle – Another superb trade, a sale average of 142 pence was more than pleasing given that many of the visitors today were certainly in the OAP category. Top price was a mere 11 years old as the sprightly British Blue cross from A E Iceton & Son, High Birk Hatt, Baldersdale sold for a terrific 196 pence per kilo and £1667. Black and white cows this week peaked at £1212 from Little Newsham Farms and a splendid 186 pence per kilo from one of the rare youngsters over the bridge this week consigned by Stainton Hill Farms, Streatlam. The native breeds were again forward in plentiful proportion with the Aberdeen Angus breed leading the charge selling as high as 176ppk or £1412.
Cast Cows – Top prices ppk 196 AE Iceton & Son. 188 168 158 156 150 G Simpson. 186 Stainton Hill Farms. 176 146 R&W Todd. 174 164 162 R Mortimer. 172 160 158 JP&R Ward. 170 I Potts & Sons Ltd. 166 R&A Chapman. 162×2 MW Coverdale & Son. 160×2 148 JA Scott. 158 N&A Hunter. 158 152 R Arthur. 150 EA Martin & Son. 146 GH&RG Stobbs. 142 TT Hall & Son. 142 T Ripley & T Ramesar. 140 Little Newsham Farms.
Lead Grossing Cast Cows £1667 AE Iceton & Son. £1412 £1203 £1137 £1060 G Simpson. £1313 £1161 £1028 R Mortimer. £1311 N&A Hunter. £1303 £1241 £1107JP&R Ward. £1286 £1111 MW Coverdale & Son. £1249 £1224 JA Scott. £1242 I Potts & Sons Ltd. £1212 Little Newsham Farms. £1082 R&A Chapman. £1062 Stainton Hill Farms. £1054 R&W Todd. £1042 £942 R Arthur. £1017 £1000 I Newton & Son. £975 EA Martin & Son.
Store Lambs – A magical trade once again, buyers for all classes resulted in a host of happy vendors. With 22 pens selling at £100 or more the race for the top slot was a close one, winning by a whisker were 9 superb Texel lambs from S J Love, Low Doctor Pasture when the hammer fell they sold for £109 per head. Running lambs as always look the dearest as hill lambs seemed to take a lift, Cheviots today seeing the breed average £69, Scotch Blackface averaged £64 and Swaledale’s £55. No better point of reference to judge the trade than Darlington regulars A & B Herworth of Crake Scar Farm, Hamsterley who’s 1st draw of tremendous Suffolk lambs out of Mule ewes today saw the 100 of them average £99.84. The Herworth 1st draw on the same week last year averaged £19 less than today and unimaginably traded £37 less in the disastrous spell at this time during the 2019 campaign.
Store Lambs – Continental £110 £105 SJ Love. £105 RM Guy. £104 GW Dobson & Son. £104 £102 £101 £93 D Wearmouth.
Beltex £110 £102 £94.50 DJL Livestock. £95 D&JA Teasdale.
Suffolk £109 SJ Love. £104 £96 A&B Herworth. £101 WM Bainbridge. £98 GW Dobson & Son. £95 GH&RG Stobbs. £92 RL Carter.
Texel £106 £98.50 DJL Livestock. £105.50 RL Carter. £103 JN Watson. £101 D Wearmouth. £100 T James. £100 £95 T Bell. £96.50 EG Bulman. £93 TE Dobson.
Cheviot £105 £92 CL I’Anson.
Feeding Ewes £106 £81 £32 Ivanhoe Liovestock Partnership. £96 £95 £71 £50 T Bell. £96 £77 £67 RL Carter. £93 £75 £60 K Borrowdale & A Wearmouth. £90 EG Bulman. £89 £54 JN Watson. £82 £75 £73 L Turnbull. £80 DJL Livestock. £72 WM Bainbridge. £57 J McLaughlin. £48 £46 JP Richardson.
