Darlington Farmers Auction Mart held their weekly sale of Cast Cattle, Store Stock, Breeding Stock, Prime Lambs and Cast Ewes on Monday 9th August 2021. Forward were 245 Cattle and 1015 Sheep.
105 Cast Cows & OTM sold to 236ppk or £1811
5 Stock Bulls sold to 184ppk or £1805
54 Store Steers sold to £1580
63 Store Heifers sold to £1380
18 Young Bulls sold to £1510
91 Shearling Ewes sold to £192
753 Store Sheep sold to £116
97 Prime Lambs sold to 260ppk or £125
74 Cast Sheep sold to £118
Cast Cattle – Another unbelievable trade as the cow trade flies high, a mesmerising sale average of 159 pence per kilo and £1084 was immensely impressive given of the 110 over the scale included 31 native breeds and 25 Holstein Friesians. A memorable day for the Limousin’s of A C Simpson & Son, McNeil Farm as they led the pence per kilo at a whopping 236 with a 39 month old and the goss values at £1811 for a terrific 10 year old; the McNeil trio today averaged an unbelievable 221ppk and £1738. Top priced native breeds today were both Aberdeen Angus as G & J H Tomlinson & Son of Knitsley reached 198ppk with a 34 month old and £1476 was achieved by a 7 year old out of the same good pen; 187ppk and £1369 were the averages for the trio of Angus from the Tomlinson’s. The dairy cow trade was also in big tune with tops of £1419 for a Monbelliarde from J E Holliday & Son, Witton Park and 186ppk for a Holstein Friesian from W E & C A Anderson, Caldwell. Once again the bull trade is buoyant, top of the pile today a miraculous 13 year old Blonde D’Aquitaine from J C & P Tallentire, Richmond at an impressive 184ppk and £1805.
Cast Cows – Top prices ppk 236 228 204 AC Simpson & Son. 218 A&D Proctor. 218 212 184 180 172 DA&MAM Brown. 214 192 174 J Sisterton. 214 190 MJ Hutchinson. 212 L Booton. 202 200 GC&KJ White & Son. 198 188 180 G&JH Tomlinson & Son. 192 176 American Squeeze Crush. 192 HW&M Alderson & Son. 192 RA&M Thompson. 192 190 JD Seymour. 190 High Harbour Farms. 188 C&JC Stephenson. 186 WE&CA Anderson. 184 JD&IW Sayer & Tallentire. 184 Reed & Hill. 182 B&B Kitching & Son.
Lead Grossing Cast Cows £1811 £1758 £1646 AC Simpson & Son. £1587 £1456 £1434 £1244 J Sisterson. £1509 £1389 £1360 £1359 £1260 DA&MAM Brown. £1499 £1236 High Harbour Farms. £1482 £1236 JD Seymour. £1476 £1415 £1217 G&JH Tomlinson & Son. £1459 £1348 American Squeeze Crush. £1419 JE Holiday & Son. £1372 Reed & Hill. £1327 A&D Proctor. £1306 RG Swinbank. £1290 £1222 N Swinbank. £1259 C&JC Stephenson. £1252 GC&KJ White & Son. £1238 L Booton. £1207 FS Sturrock.
Cast Bulls – Top prices ppk 184JC&P Tallentire. 168 B Lowson. 162 RA&M Thompson. 158 High Harbour Farms. 156 R Summerson.
Lead Grossing Cast Bulls £1805 JC&P Tallentire. £1717 High Harbour Farms. £1616 B Lowson. £1589 RA&M Thompson. £1060 R Summerson.
Store Cattle – Even yesterday’s Olympic closing ceremony had nothing on the bright lights and furious bidding witnessed today in the store cattle ring, a genuinely outstanding trade throughout. Twice good bullocks from D W Dresser, Greatham sold for £1490 would certainly have proved worthy winners if it was not for a brilliant 2 year old Limousin from Laing Brothers, Coxhoe at a massive £1580. The heifers were also in high demand as a 17 month old Limousin from C T Gibson, Houghton Bank (£1380) just edged out a 15 month old of the same breed from W A Dinsdale & Son, Grinton (£1375). The young bulls also proved very easy to sell, rounding off a marvellous day for the Limousin breed were A & D Proctor of Swarland Old Hall with an exceptional 10 month old which sold for a breath-taking £1510.
Store Bulls £1510 A&D Proctor. £1260 TT Hall & Son. £1180 £1160 £1050 £810 R Valks. £960 £820×3 WT Hall. £900 £815 £710 £700 JC Close.
Store Steers £1580 Laing Bros. £1490×2 £1380 DW Dresser. £1380 £1340 £1320 ML Tallentire. £1270 £1240 £1180 £1000 A Willey. £1230 £1210×3 £1055 £980 K Metcalfe. £1155×2 WA Dinsdale & Son. £1090 £1085 JW Richardson. £1080 Fristling Hall Farm Ltd. £1035 W&C Iceton. £1030 TT Hall & Son. £990 W Love Ltd. £970 CT Gibson. £970×2 £950×2 N Basey & Son.
Store Heifers £1380 £1090 £1040 CT Gibson. £1375 £1195 WA Dinsdale & Son. £1200×2 O&L Welford. £1200 £1100 £1050 A Willey. £1150 GW&M Singleton & Sons. £1150 £1075 £1060×3 £1010 £990 JW Richardson. £1145×2 £1120 £1095 £1045 DR Smith. £1110 £980×2 W Love Ltd. £1085 F Bainbridge. £1060 £1040×2 £1020 £990 Humbleton Farm. £995 TT Hall & Son.
Store & Breeding Sheep – The shearling ewes looked strong this week and as a result sold well, three pens of Texel’s bred out of Cheviot Mule ewes from Thornton Park, Thirsk led the way selling at £190 and beyond; they were closely followed by a run of sharp Suffolks from S G Harrison & Son, Setterington. The store lambs averaged the same as last week however a lesser quality show suggested to many a faster trade on the day. Leading the way were brilliant Texel’s from G H Lister, Wolsingham which twice sold over £100, strong lambs in general sold £85-£95 with the medium-term keepers £75-£85 and only the long keep types were within sight of £70. Vendors are comfortably up £8-10 on the same week last year.
Store Lambs – Texel £116 £103 £98.50 £88 £83 GH Lister. £98 £95.50 £84 JA&UM Fawcett. £96 £93 GH&RG Stobbs. £95 S Pyebourne. £94 £81 J Wigham. £94 £83.50 EW Grieves. £92 £91 WB Rutter & Sons. £91 £81 M Jopling & Son. £90 T&A Walton. £88 WH Brown. £85 £82 £80.50 CA Spensley. £85 Fletcher & Coates. £84 £82 JW&B Firby. £83×2 JR&J Crowe. £82 G Simpson. £80 J Kelly.
Mule £91 S Beethforth.
Beltex £86 EW Grieves.
Shearlings £192 £190×2 Thornton Park. £188×2 £184SG Harrison & Son. £180 CA&JG Skidmore. £128 EW Grieves.
Feeding Ewes £109 G Simpson. £81 S Pyebourne. £40 G Simpson.
Evening Sheep – A light show of lambs averaged over £100 with the pence per kilo levelling up at 226. Top of the sale was a straight battle between two familiar faces to Darlington; remarkably both good homes are also caravan park proprietors, top per kilo were a lovely trio from I M Maughan, New Hall Farm selling for 260 pence whilst the leading gross valued lambs went to W K M M Lamb, Doe Park at £125. The Doe Park run averaged nicely at £118 and 244ppk. Almost all of the ewes forward were hill sheep with only a scattering of lowland breeds, the top went to D Alderson, Newgate with a Blue Faced Leicester ewe selling for £118, Mule ewes sold to £100, Hill Cheviots to £89 and Swaledale’s to £79.
Lambs – Top prices ppk 260 230 225 220 190 IM Maughan. 246 245 240 W.K M.M Lamb. 235 228 223 D Aladerson. 222 220 P Turnbull. 222 214 198 Emilie Wright. 204 B Williamson.
Lead Grossing Lambs £125 £116 £108 W.K M.M Lamb. £112 £103.50 £101 £99 £97 IM Maughan. £109×2 £90 Emilie Wright. £98 £95 P Turnbull. £96 £94 £89 D Alderson. £90 B Williamson.
Lead Grossing Cast Sheep £118 D Alderson. £110×2 £100 B Williamson. £95 £88 Fletcher & Coates. £89 £58 S Dodsworth. £87 £79 £59 £57 MW Reed. £74 £55 J Lonsdale.
