Darlington Farmers Auction Mart held their weekly sale of cast cattle store and breeding stock on Monday 15th April 2024. Forward were 375 cattle and 748 sheep.
53 Cast Cows/OTN sold to 284ppk or £2016
3 Stock Bulls sold to 208ppk or £2098
16 Breeding Cattle sold to £2420
376 Store Hoggs sold to £193
37 Feeding Ewes/Rams sold to £168
122 Ewes & Lambs sold to £325
Cast Cattle – The cow trade rolls along very nicely indeed, a lighter show of numbers this and without a superstar top ten like last week still averaged a very healthy 191ppk and £1275. Top per kilo at an impressive 284 pence was a brilliant 4-year-old British Blue from Northfield Farms, Bowes; a smart Limousin from the same neck of the woods and J B Luck & Son proved herself as best of the rest at 266ppk. Top gross valued cow came from the consistent A C Simpson & Son, Witton-le-Wear with an excellent 813kg Limousin reaching £2016. Beef Shorthorn’s from the Mayfield herd, Wolsingham led the native breeds topping at 238ppk and £1551 whilst the best milk cow this week was a Holstein Friesian from Little Newsham Farms at 190ppk and £1227. Three stock bulls to choose from, top of the shop was a tidy 7-year-old Limousin from L Booton, Thornton Steward selling for 208ppk and £2098.
Cast Cows – Top prices ppk 284 Northfield Farms. 266 218 200 JB Luck & Son. 262 238 216 DE Stones. 250 248 AC Simpson & Son. 240 M Gallon. 240 HG Lynus & Son. 238 G Te-Lintelo. 234 218 A Rothwell. 222 198 194 Anderson. 222 R Appleton. 206 R Valks. 200 S&RT Lowson. 200 F Watson. 200 JN Swinbank. 198 J Mitchell & Son. 198 194 TW Clark & Son. 192 TA&J Swinbank. 190 Little Newsham Farms. 190 186 TW Brown & Sons. 188 DT&E Whitfield.
Lead Grossing Cast Cows £2016 £1707 AC Simpson & Son. £1896 £1787 £1364 JB Luck & Son. £1826 Northfield Farms. £1649 R Appleton. £1610 M Gallon. £1564 S&RT Lowson. £1551 G Te- Lintelo. £1537 £1381 TW Brown & Sons. £1502 £1388 A Rothwell. £1500 F Watson. £1488 J Mitchell & Son. £1434 Upsall Castle Farms. £1432 JN Swinbank. £1307 Anderson. £1297 £1251 TW Clark & Son. £1277 R Valks. £1274 TA&J Swinbank. £1263 £1247 £1223 DE Stones. £1227 Little Newsham Farms.
Cast Bulls – Top prices ppk 208 L Booton. 200 DT&AM Herdman. 120 TH Mace & Sons.
Lead Grossing Cast Bulls £2098 L Booton. £1920 DT&AM Herdman. £1174 TH Mace & Sons.
Breeding Cattle – A scattering of cows and calves were again in demand, top of the sale came from regular vendors W B Rutter & Sons, Scargill with a smart British Blue heifer suckling a shapely young Limousin crossed heifer calf and selling for £2420.
Breeding Cattle – Heifers & Calves £2420 £2150 WB Rutter & Sons.
Cows & Calves £2150 £1750 £1720×2 £1600 £1500 SE Harrison & Son.
Store Cattle – The store cattle trade is doing what it so often does in April and gaining momentum by the week, excellent prices throughout this week as all classes improve on what previously looked a straight shot. Beginning with the bulls and a bumper show largely thanks to sixty down from Aberdeenshire and the prolific Stephen Allardyce, East Town, Tarland; the trade looked excellent and topped at £1610 for a lovely Simmental yearling from the Aberdonian, the same good home also sold Aberdeen Angus bulls to £1575 and further Simmentals to £1580 and £1540 with a fine run of Limousin’s from J C Thwaite & Son, Lartington placed them as the second most successful vendor sharing half of the top ten spots. Top of the store cattle this week at £1670 was an impressive Limousin heifer from N Wilson, Hill House Farm; other leading females on the day were a 13-month-old Aberdeen Angus from A & A G Moralee, Lowfield Farm and also a Limousin from K B & S Roche, Foulsyke Farm both at £1560. The steer top ten today remarkably contained nine indigenous breeds, the most creative of the natives were a pair from Mayfield Beef Shorthorn’s at £1580.
Store Bulls £1610 £1580 £1575×2 £1540×3 £1520×2 £1500×2 £1480 £1460×5 £1450×3 £1430×2 £1425×3 £1390×2 £1385 S Allardyce. £1600 £1580 £1560×3 JC Thwaite & Son. £1500 £1380 £1360 DW Humphrey. £1380×2 £930×2 HE Jewitt. £970×2 G Te-Lintelo. £865×2 £850 £840 I&RA Watson.
Store Steers £1580×2 G Te-Lintelo. £1460×3 £1420 GW&M Singleton & Sons. £1400 £1310×2 £1300 PT Stephenson. £1360 £1185 DG&PD Ayre. £1340×2 Beckwith. £1305 BJS Farms. £1305 I Newton & Son. £1295 C&M Burnett. £1290×2 Upsall Castle Farms. £1280×3 JS Foster & Son. £1280 V Bowman. £1275×2 TT Hall & Son. £1255 S Collinson. £1250 £1235×3 £1090 G Te-Lintelo. £1220 DH Craig. £1200 £1120×6 R&W Todd.
Store Heifers £1670 £1320×2 N Wilson. £1560 £1470×2 KB&S Roche. £1560 £1540 £1340 £1310×2 £1300 £1240 £1190×2 A&AG Moralee. £1460 £1270 £1200×2 JJ Horn. £1410 £1200 £1155×2 E Parsons. £1370 £1265 JE Holliday & Son. £1360 DG&PD Ayre. £1350 £1210 £1200 £1100 JC Thwaite & Son. £1275 £1185 W Love Ltd. £1240 £1100 JN Swinbank & Son. £1230 C Burnett. £1210 £1160 £1110WB Rutter & Sons. £1170 R Potts. £1125×2 £1100 TW Brown & Sons.
Store Sheep- The Store Hogg trade is yet again on fire. Top price of the day goes to C Longstaff, St James Gardens, with a run of superb Suffolk Gimmer Hoggs. Following behind was a fantastic Continental hogg from JE Holliday & Son, making a great £182. £170 for a terrific Texel hogg followed by P&J Martin, Manor Farm Bungalow, who also had a Mule reach a top price of £138. Also topping at £170 today was J Wood, Manor House Farm Bungalow, with a super Suffolk Hogg. Blackfaced topped at £131 from RI Jones, Biggin House Farm whilst Swales topped at £124 from Northfield Farms, South Thornberry.
Suffolk- £193 C Longstaff. £170 £144 J Wood.
Continental- £182 JE Holliday & Son. £169 £150 £137 £130 £128 £126 £124 £97 £95 D&J Coulson. £150 £125 £96 J Wood. £135 RI Jones. £126 Godschalk Partners. £120 Rose A Farms LTD. £117 A Morton.
Texel- £170 P&J Martin.
Beltex- £140 Northfield Farms.
Mule- £138 £124 P&J Martin. £135 J Wood. £98 GH&RG Stobbs.
Cheviot- £135 £106 £70 GH&RG Stobbs. £124 Godschalk Partners.
Black Faced- £131 £118 RI Jones. £96 J Wood.
Swale- £124 Northfield Farms. £56 A Toward.
Blue Faced Leicester- £100 Godschalk Partners.
Feeding Ewes- £168 £122 £118 S Suddes. £142 £100 JD&MS Mortimer. £130 £70 JD Heavisides. £128 A Morton. £128 LW Richardson. £128 C Longstaff. £128 £120 £73 £70 T&A Walton. £124 £72 S Dodsworth. £118 A&D Heyes. £114 J Burbury. £96 A Toward. £90 £87 GH&RG Stobbs.
Ewes & Lambs- A Terrific show of Ewes and lambs today saw an impressive trade. Top price of the day goes to W Wearmouth & Son, Rose Hill Farm, with two tremendous texel ewes and twin lambs reaching £325. Closely following was N Medd & Son, with a terrific run of strong mules and twin lambs at foot, reaching a top price of £318. Third in the leaderboard for today is S Fenwick, Southwood Farm, with 5 continental ewes and twin lambs making a great £315.
Ewes & Lambs Leading Prices- £325 £306 £254 £220 W Wearmouth & Son. £318 £300 x2 N Medd & Son. £315 £240 S Fenwick. £312 £240 £237 £234 J DeMuschamp. £312 £218 £215 HS Hutchinson. £276 £248 S Suddes. £272 £220 G Williamson. £248 £242 x2 £240 RW Shann & Son. £240 C Longstaff.
