Darlington Farmers Auction Mart held a special sale of breeding cattle in conjunction with their weekly sale of cast cattle and store stock on Monday 3rd June 2024. Forward were 325 cattle and 323 sheep.
67 Cast Cows/OTM sold to 248ppk or £2135
4 Stock Bulls sold to 190ppk or £2046
4 Bulling Heifers sold to £1300
31 Cows & Calves sold to £2600
23 Young bulls sold to £1660
71 Store Steers sold to £1650
94 Store Heifers sold to £1670
116 Ewes with Lambs sold to £342
10 Store Sheep sold to £150
Breeding Cattle – A super days trading for the breeding cattle with all vendors exceeding expectations as a full gallery of buyers bid freely to fill their summer grazing. The top five prices all came from J Sisterton, Newlands Haugh with a super run of Aberdeen Angus, Hereford and Simmental heifers and second calvers suckling young Parthenais and Charolais calves and selling away between £2500 and £2600. Next in line at £2180 were two vendors; firstly, R B Watson, Strand Foot sold a Limousin heifer with her April born bull calf at that price before a remarkable 9-year-old Stabiliser cow from P Prudom & Son Ltd, Northfield Farm matched her with her 3-month-old bull calf at foot. A great day for the Prudom cows and calves as the twenty Stabilisers cleared to average £1915.
Leading Prices
Bulling Heifers £1300(x3) £1280 R Simpson & Sons.
Cows/Heifers with Calves – £2600(x2) £2550 £2500(x2) J Sisterton. £2180 £2150 £2120 £2100 £1980 £1920(x6) £1900(x2) £1880 £1820(x3) £1800(x2) P Prudom & Son. £2180 £2000 R B Watson. £1850 S Crossland. £1800(x2) J B Luck & Son.
Cast Cattle – A better show than in recent weeks and an improved trade to go with it leaving impressive sale averages of 188ppk and a whopping £1274 per head. Some classy sorts from W I Suddes & Son, Cornsay Limousin’s took the spoils this week with a fabulous 4-year-old reaching 248 pence per kilo and a super 7-year-old top of the gross values at £2135. The same good home topped the stock bulls at 190ppk and £2046, top of the natives was an excellent Aberdeen Angus from B & L Robson, Gawen House at 206ppk and £1693 whilst the dairy girls were led over the line by Little Newsham Farms at 176ppk and £1281.
Cast Cows/OTM Leading PPK – 248 226 218 W I Suddes & Son. 238 216 B & J D Beadle. 230 K B & S Roche. 230 Ian Potts & Sons Limited. 230 214 202 S G Dent. 230 D K Barker. 226 216 J R Fell. 224 J R P Vickers & Sons. 224 212 R A & S Darling Farms. 218 E Wilson. 214 208 N White. 212 T T Hall & Son. 210 P & C M Graham. 208 Hughes Bros Farms. 206 J C Johnson. 206 B & L Robson. 200 Skelton Farming Ltd.
Stock Bulls Leading PPK – 190 W I Suddes & Son. 186 R A & S L Wearmouth. 154 L Ridley. 142 B Cave.
Cast Cows/OTM Leading Gross – £2135 £1778 £1763 W I Suddes & Son. £1844 E Wilson. £1827 J C Johnson. £1796 £1733 J R P Vickers & Sons. £1693 £1431 B & L Robson. £1669 £1611 J R Fell. £1614 B Cave. £1577 K B & S Roche. £1548 £1493 £1443 £1430 Skelton Farming Ltd. £1523 R A & S Darling Farms. £1511 T N Callender. £1506 Ian Potts & Sons Limited. £1506 D K Barker. £1490 C Moffett. £1463 S G Dent. £1427 B & J D Beadle. £1411 Hughes Bros Farms.
Stock Bulls Leading Gross – £2046 W I Suddes & Son. £1700 R A & S L Wearmouth. £1529 B Cave.
Store Cattle – Still plenty of steam in the feeding trade as we head in to June; top of the young bulls was an excellent Limousin from B Watson, Baal Hill Farm when he sold for £1660 holding off a strong challenge from another Limousin at £1610 from E Penty, Oak Tree. The successful Limousin breed followed favourably topping the store cattle also as M Robinson & Sons, East Alwent Farm sold heifers to £1670 and A P & E Procter, Hillcrest sold steers to £1650. Top of the native breeds came from G A & C Jopling, Eastgate House who sold Aberdeen Angus steers to a top of £1630 with three Hereford’s from G W & M Singleton & Sons, Farlington Grange impressing at £1455.
Store Bulls- £1660 £1210 B Watson. £1610 E Penty. £1520 £1360 JR&AR Wall. £1490 E Wilson. £1300 x2 £980 £940 x2 HE Jewitt. £1245 £1120 £1070 £990 WB Rutter & Sons. £1170 £1140 £830 CG Robinson. £1120 x2 £1070 £990 Hughes Bros Farms LTD. £1020 RJ&R Greenbank.
Store Steers- £1650 £1390 AP&E Procter. £1630 £1340 x3 £1270 £1160 GA&C Jopling. £1600 £1210 M Robinson & Sons. £1455 x3 £1270 GW&M Singleton & Sons. £1360 £1300 GL&M Steel. £1350 £1280 x2 £1190 £1185 A Gregg. £1330 £1160 £1160 D Walker. £1295 £1230 GT&MA Wearmouth. £1280 TT Hall & Son. £1210 x3 S&P Brogden. £1200 B Watson. £1190 x2 RG Swinbank. £1185 £1160 HW&M Alderson & Son.
Store Heifers- £1670 £1610 £1480 £1460 £1420 £1400 £1370 £1320 £1280 £1245 M Robinson & Sons. £1580 £1430 E Penty. £1435 £1405 £1370 RJ&R Greenbank. £1390 x2 £1360 x3 £1350 GW&M Singleton & Son. £1360 £1350 SJ Love. £1285 x3 GT&MA Wearmouth. £1280 RA&S Darling Farms. £1280 £1260 AP&E Procter. £1260 x2 JS Wiper. £1220 x3 CG Robinson. £1205 C Moffett.
Ewes & Lambs – The season might be coming to a close but the trade remains every bit as good as it was in its prime, the ewes with lambs today averaged £91.73 per life. A dozen super Texel ewes with strong twins from Joe Beal, Auckland Park led the way when they sold for £342, top of the prices per life were thirteen Texel’s from R G & G Rutter, Hamsterley with single lambs at £265. Thirty-four Mule and continental ewes with eighty-five lambs from J H Johson, Roddymoor filled the ring and in doing so enjoyed possibly the trade of the day when selling at £318 per family.
Ewes & Lambs – £342 Joe Beal. £318 J H Johnson. £265 £262 £255 £235 G S Dixon. £265 R G & G Rutter. £222 £175 £172 W Burton. £200 £198 £194 £192 £170 G Williamson. £175 Petch Farms.
Store Hoggs – £150 £132 Phil Schellhorne.
Feeding Ewes – £146 M Lindley. £100 W Burton. £70 Petch Farms.
