Darlington Farmers Auction Mart held their monthly sale of rearing calves in conjunction with their weekly sale of cast cattle, store and breeding stock on Monday 24th June 2024. Forward were 316 cattle and 25 pigs.
74 Cast Cattle/OTM sold to 278ppk or £2176
103 Rearing Calves sold to £660
2 Cows & Calves sold to £1900
7 Young Bulls sold to £1195
49 Store Steers sold to £1595
79 Store Heifers sold to £1455
25 Store Pigs sold to £90
Rearing Calves – The calf trade remains firm to see them average £412.04 with a real premium remaining on the lively sorts which have had their bellies chock full of colostrum. Top price of the day went to a very strong British Blue bull calf from R W Raper & Sons, High Mulberry when he sold for £660, behind him at £590 followed another British Blue bull, this one from an excellent run of young calves produced by Deerness Valley Dairy, Tow Law. The Deerness Valley herd followed again at £555 just in front of a great run of British Blue calves from regular supporters Wilkinson & Son, Carrsides Farm who sold both bulls and heifers to a top of £550. More calves are needed for the next monthly sale which will be held on 29th July 2024.
Averages
67 Bull Calves average £406
36 Heifer Calves average £422
British Blue Bull Calves average £473
British Blue Heifer Calves average £446
Leading Prices
Bulls
British Blue – £660 £540 R W Raper & Sons. £590 £555 £540 £530(x2) £505 £500 £490 Deerness Valley Dairy. £550 £545 £515 £510(x2) £490(x3) Wilkinson & Son. £510 £495 £490 Shepherd Orchard Green.
Limousin – £530 £400 A Wilson.
Charolais – £525 A Wilson.
Friesian – £450 R W Raper & Sons. £340 £330 £300 Deerness Valley Dairy. £250 £245 M & R K McKenzie.
Inra95 – £430 Kitchings of Summerfield. £410 £405 J & A Stevenson & Sons.
Aberdeen Angus – £405 A Wilson. £390(x2) £385 £350 M E Robinson & Sons. £295 £270 J T Forster & Son.
Parthenais – £365 H M Dent.
Heifers
British Blue – £550 £530(x2) Wilkinson & Son. £530 A Wilson. £510 £490 £465 Deerness Valley Dairy. £500 £490 £465 £460(x3) Shepherd Orchard Green. £460 R W Raper & Sons. £460(x2) £455 £450 £440 Deerness Valley Dairy. £440 M E Robinson & Sons.
Inra95 – £430(x2) Kitchings of Summerfield.
Charolais – £405 A Wilson.
Aberdeen Angus – £380 M E Robinson & Sons. £370 M & R K McKenzie.
Limousin – £275 R W Raper & Sons. £270 A Wilson.
Cast Cattle – The cow trade continues in terrific form as the super summer of sport keeps the barbeques burning brightly. This week’s offering averaged 187ppk and £1205 per head. Some sensational sorts up at the top end this week saw a marvellous nine reach beyond £1700 and no less than twenty-eight sell over 200ppk. Pick of the pack was a delightful 783kg Limousin OTM heifer from J E Jordon & Son, The Brocks, Longhirst when she sold for 278ppk and £2176. Other impressive returns went to a Hereford OTM from A P Taylor, Ox Close at 256ppk and at the same price per kilo and amounting to £2099 came an excellent 8-year-old Limousin cow from M Barker Farms, Ellerton Abbey. Of the twenty dairy cows included this week it was a superb nine-year-old Montbeliarde from A Willey, Broomfield Farm, Chopwell out in front when she sold for 198ppk and £1576, a quartet of Holstein Friesian OTM heifers, three from Deerness Valley Dairy and the other from J T Forster & Son, Killerby, also impressed selling between 206ppk and 228ppk.
Cast Cattle/OTM Leading PPK – 278 246 238 230 J E Jordon & Son. 256 230 A P Taylor. 256 M Barker Farms. 252 228 G C & K J White & Son. 242 228 224 220 218 A C Simpson & Son. 228 216(x2) 196 Deerness Valley Dairy. 222 220 206 Stevens & Son. 218 196 P Foster. 216 G S Bainbridge. 212 M J Hutchinson. 212 210(x2) D F & E J Nicholson. 206 J T Forster & Son. 200 F W Hodgson & Son. 198 A Willey. 198 T & R Quinn.
Cast Cattle/OTM Leading Gross Values – £2176 £1911 £1758 £1711 J E Jordon & Son. £2099 M Barker Farms. £1868 £1790 £1669 £1658 £1582 A C Simpson & Son. £1758 £1594 G S Bainbridge. £1743 £1577 A P Taylor. £1645 £1606 £1478 D F & E J Nicholson. £1617 M J Hutchinson. £1612 £1443 Stevens & Son. £1581 £1571 £1449 P Foster. £1576 A Willey. £1566 £1517 G C & K J White & Son. £1532 £1484 F W Hodgson & Son. £1406 Deerness Valley Dairy.
Store & Breeding Cattle – A reduced show as folk make hay whilst the sun shines, trade remains on point with those in attendance keen to buy leaving plenty of life in the prices for all shapes and sizes. Top of the day at £1595 was an excellent 18-month-old Limousin steer from G S Bainbridge, Ketton Lodge; behind him came some superb 2-year-old Longhorn steers from A Willey, Broomfield Farm selling one at £1545 and three more at £1530. The Broomfield Farm pen also took the accolade of top priced heifer with a well grown Limousin reaching £1455 whilst the top young bulls were a stretchy pair of British Blue’s from Wilkinson & Son, Carrsides Farm at £1195.
Cows & Calves – £1900 £1720 J Brearley.
Young Bulls – £1195(x2) £1140(x2) £1000 Wilkinson & Son. £970 G W & L Marsay. £970 N Basey & Son.
Store Steers £1595 £1460 GS Bainbridge. £1545 £1530×3 £1525 £1510 £1265 £1175 £1135 £1095 A Willey. £1525 £1380 Mill Pond Farm. £1465 I Newton & Son. £1370 £1315 £1260 GW&M Singleton & Sons. £1370 GH&RG Stobbs. £1230 R Errington. £1190 £1180×4 £1170×3 £1145×2 £1130×2 £1070 BJS Farms. £1180 N&A Hunter. £1040 £965 B&J Bainbridge. £1020 R Arthur. £995 TT Hall & Son. £990×2 I Spedding.
Store Heifers £1455 £1220×4 A Willey. £1360 £1265 £1225 £1185×2 £1130×2 W Love Ltd. £1360 £1235×2 I Oliver. £1355 W Tindale. £1310 £1260 R Errington & Son. £1310 N&A Hunter. £1295 Wilkinson & Son. £1290 GW&M Singleton & Sons. £1260 A Tindale. £1190 DM McClurg. £1175×2 £1165×3 Wilkinson & Son. £1175 P Tindale. £1170×2 Durrant Agricultural Services. £1160 £1100 I Newton & Son.
Store Pigs – An astounding twenty-five swine on offer this week, that’s a total of fifty pig’s ears which is almost makes as much of a pig’s ear of things as the Scotland football team managed in Stuttgart last night.
Leading Prices – £90 £55 R H Frater. £56 £52 M & A Gaskin.
