Darlington Farmers Auction Mart held their monthly sale of rearing calves in conjunction with their weekly sale of cast cattle, store and breeding stock. Forward were 334 cattle, 369 sheep and 12 pigs.
65 Cast Cows/OTM sold to 288ppk or £2224
3 Stirks sold to £960
4 Cows & Calves sold to £2400
29 Young Bulls sold to £1585
27 Store Steers sold to £1480
74 Store Heifers sold to £1460
26 Store Hoggs sold to £282
27 Feeding Ewes sold to £148
22 Hoggs & Lambs sold to £302
100 Ewes & Lambs sold to £300
128 Rearing Calves sold to £605
12 Store Pigs sold to £150
Another fantastic calf sale today, with plenty of quality on offer with a great trade to match.
Top priced Bull of the day goes to Wilkinson & Son, Carrsides, with a brilliant British Blue making £570, with all the bull calves from this good home £520 and above. Following closely in second was J Wood, Manor House Farm with a cracking Aberdeen Angus Bull at £560. Top priced Friesian of the day went to JB&LM Knight, Middle Holling Carr, making £510. Whilst Inra 95 Bulls topped at £420 from WL Kitching, Summerfield Farm.
Top priced heifesr of the day go to WL Kitching, Summerfield Farm, with a fantastic pair of Inra 95 which made a great £605 and £600. Following within the heifer section was Wilkinson & Son, Carrsides, making £555 with a British Blue. Aberdeen Angus Heifers topped at £460 from JB&LM Knight, Middle Holling Carr.
Some breed highlights included:
18 British Blue Bulls- Averaged £466
15 Aberdeen Angus Bulls- Averages £369
43 Friesian Bulls- Averaged £326
23 British Blue Heifers- Averaged £447
8 Inra 95 Heifers- Averaged £454
11 Aberdeen Angus Heifers- Averaged £373
Lead Grossing Calves:
Bulls:
British Blue- £570 x2 £530 £520 Wilkinson & Son. £480 x3 £450 £440 £410 x2 Deerness Valley Dairy. £475 £470 x2 £460 £430 £400 Miresdale Dairy Holding LTD.
Aberdeen Angus- £560 J Wood. £450 £440 £430 £415 £395 x2 ME Robinson & Sons. £400 £345 M&RK McKenzie. £350 £345 £320 JT Forster & Son.
Friesian- £510 £390 JB&LM Knight. £450 J Wood. £400 x9 Forbes. £385 £375 £370 £350 Deerness Valley Dairy. £380 x2 £370 x2 SJ Kellett & Son.
Inra 95- £420 £410 £395 WL Kitching.
Limousin- £375 J&A Stevenson & Sons.
Dairy Shorthorn- £340 JB&LM Knight.
Heifers:
British Blue- £555 £510 £490 x2 £480 Wilkinson & Son. £500 £435 ME Robinson & Sons. £495 £460 £450 £410 x2 Deerness Valley Dairy. £480 £455 £440 JB&LM Knight. £470 £435 J Wood. £415 £410 Miresdale Dairy Holding LTD.
Aberdeen Angus- £460 JB&LM Knight. £400 £395 x2 £390 £385 £370 x2 ME Robinson & Sons. £340 Miresdale Dairy Holding LTD. £305 £300 M&RK McKenzie.
Inra 95- £605 £600 £490 £420 £400 £390 £370 £360 WL Kitching. £360 J&A Stevenson & Sons.
Limousin- £310 BA Swallow. £300 AF Smith.
Hereford- £275 £220 JB&LM Knight.
Cast Cattle – A tale of two halves again, some stunning beef bred cows were duly joined what turned out to be a higher than usual percentage of parlour maids, a sharper trade in reality saw however the averages less on paper at 172ppk and £1096 per head. Top price per kilo was a stunning British Blue OTM heifer from W A Dinsdale & Son, Harkerside Place when she sold for 288 pence, the same good home followed at 260ppk with a four-year-old ahead of a wonderful ten-year-old Limousin cow from W I Suddes & Son, South Farm, Cornsay at 238ppk. Top of the gross values was also a ten-year-old Limousin, an absolute tank of a cow from J E Jordon & Son, Longhirst, Morpeth she tipped the scales to 1030kg and sold for an impressive £2224 (216 pence). Between the Jordon’s, Suddes and Dinsdale’s the tremendous top eight today averaged 235ppk and £1864. Native breeds were topped by Aberdeen Angus as Angram Livestock Ltd of Ripon sold a ten-year-old at 200ppk and T W & C Emerson, Hollinside a thirteen-year-old at £1601. No less than thirty-four of this week’s show were pure bred dairy cows; Dairy Shorthorn’s from the Beckwith’s of Brough Castle led the gross values at £1387 whilst top per kilo was shared at 198 pence between Holstein’s from A R & C Booth, Bolton-on-Swale and R & A Chapman, Easby Grange.
Cast Cows – Top prices ppk 288 260 WA Dinsdale & Son. 238 236 230 WI Suddes & Son. 236 216 212 200 JE Jordon & Son. 222182 178 ER&GI Younger. 210 184 DW Dresser. 208 B Lowson. 208 204 JC Thwaite. 204 SJ Bainbridge. 204 TW Brown & Sons. 200 Angram Livestock Ltd. 198 AR&C Booth. 198×2 Taylor Bros. 198 196 190 TW&C Emerson. 198 R&A Chapman. 186 Beckwith. 186 BA Swallow. 184 J Archer. 180 SM Rigg. 178×2 Deerness Valley Dairy. 176 R Peart.
Lead Grossing Cast Cows £2224 £1920 £1827 £1663 JE Jordon & Son. £1949 £1684 WA Dinsdale & Son. £1849 £1800 £1585 WI Suddes & Son. £1601 £1364 £1195 TW&C Emerson. £1554 TW Brown & Sons. £1548 £1505 JC Thwaite & Son. £1450 Angram Livestock Ltd. £1437 £1167 DW Dresser. £1387 Beckwith. £1376 ER&GI Younger. £1372 TH Mace & Sons. £1364 £1312 Taylor Bros. £1291 J Archer. £1291 SJ Bainbridge. £1264 £1184 R&A Chapman. £1209 FS Sturrock. £1166 BR Lowson. £1132 AR&C Booth. £1127 BA Swallow.
Store Cattle – Dearer on the week by some margin as the recent super spurt the grass growers have enjoyed is transferring directly in to the store ring. A trio of 12-month-old British Blonde’s led the young bull trade from J J Horn, Bushy Park, Marske selling twice at £1490 and topping at £1585, eight bulls from three other vendors also sold over £1400. A pair of strong Hereford steers from regular selling G W & M Singleton & Sons, Farlington Grange led the store trade selling at £1480, following at £1460 was a British Blue steer from G T & M A Wearmouth, Stainmore and also at that price were a super pair of dairy bred British Blue heifers from Wilkinson & Son, Carrsides, Rushford.
Stirks £960 £700 £640 WL Kitching.
Cows & Calves £2400 £1600 I Newton & Son. £1020 F&A Gilchrist.
Store Bulls £1585 ££1490×2 £1370 JJ Horn. £1480 £1140 A&AG Moralee. £1470×2 £1430×2 £1360 E Parsons. £1440×3 £1360×2 JK Gregory. £1210 £1170×3 £1160×2 Wilkinson & Son. £1180 £1070 Durrant Agricultural Services. £1080×2 £1040 ER&GI Younger. £960 N Basey & Son. £800 DW Dresser.
Store Steers £1480×2 £1365 GW&M Singleton & Sons. £1460 £1450 £1400×2 £1300 GT&MA Wearmouth. £1410 RW Ridley. £1400 £1370 C&N Waters. £1360×3 £1310 J&EM Lawson. £1290 £1090 £1010 TT hall & Son. £1290 £1230×2 JC Smith. £1290 £1090 BJS Farms. £1160 WB Rutter & Sons. £1085 Deerness Valley Dairy.
Store Heifers £1460×2 £1360 £1350 £1190×2 £1140 Wilkinson & Son. £1430 RW Ridley. £1430 J&EM Lawson. £1410 £1260 £1130 WB Rutter & Sons. £1310×2 £1205×2 T Metcalfe & Son. £1310 GW&M Singleton & Sons. £1260 C&M Burnett. £1245×3 Deerness Valley Dairy. £1220×2 G&EM Nixon. £1180×2 JC Smith. £1180 JB Hutchinson. £1150×2 £1090×10 BJS Farms. £1120×3 W&C Iceton. £1120 £1110 HG Lynas & Son.
Store Sheep – The store hoggs are almost over and out, if today was the last shot, then it went out with quite some bang as Peter Tindale of Preston Tilery sold two delightful Dutch Spotted gimmer hoggs at a massive £282 apiece. Feeding ewes a nice trade with Suffolk’s to £148, Texel’s to £146 and Mules to £117.
Store Hoggs:
Dutch Spotted Texel £282 PJ Tindale.
Zwarbtles £175 PJ Tindale.
Texel £137 £90 J McLaughlin & E Colling. £114 £108 £80 JE Lee. £108 BR&S Fell.
Mule £120 J Wood.
Beltex £111 CH Tindale.
Continental £81 £72 J Wood.
Swale £ 74 J McLaughlin.
Feeding Ewes £148 £136 £134 £121 £117 L Turnbull. £146 £91 £86 J McLaughlin. £142 £100 CH Tindale. £128 £84 BR&S Fell. £98 JE Lee.
Breeding Sheep – Dearer again, as with the store cattle nothing does for trade quite what an abundance of the magic green stuff can do. Top of the day were excellent Texel hoggs and lambs from F Watson, Beacon Hill at £302, close behind at £300 was a Mule ewe with strong Suffolk twins from J W & J Collin, Intake Farm at £300 with Texel ewes and twins from both B R Lawson, Buddle House and R G & G Rutter, High House in close attendance in the high £290’s. Blue texel ewes with pure bred single tup lambs from M Lindlay, Willowdene sold at £280 and £255 as once again the ewe and lamb trade looked buoyant throughout.
Hoggs & Lambs:
Texel £302 F Watson.
Suffolk £258 £252 G Sedgewick.
Mule £235 J Bolton.
Ewes & Lambs:
Mule £300 JW&J Collin. £265 J Burns. £250 £242 £230×2 GS Dixon. £222 £215 G Williamson. £210 D Wearmouth.
Continental £298 £288 £268 £225 BR Lawson. £295 RG&G Rutter. £240 £232 J Wood. £200 G Williamson.
Texel £280 £255 M Lindley. £218 JW&J Collin. £200 D Wearmouth. £170 G Williamson.
Blue Face Leicester £195 D Wearmouth.
Store Pigs – It’s Bank Holiday Monday, the sun is shining, everything (even the pigs) has been a very tidy trade today. Happy days, make the little things in life count, I’m rushing away to teach some dwarves mathematics.
Prices – £150 £140 £120 £110 £90 C Weightman.
