Darlington Farmers Auction Mart held their weekly sale of cast cattle. Store and breeding stock on Monday 30th September 2024. Forward were 291 cattle and 2302 sheep.
63 Cast Cows/OTM sold to 270ppk or £2160
3 Stock Bulls sold to 218ppk or £1844
1 Stirk sold for £410
1 Cow & Calf sold for £1400
2 Store Bulls sold to £1600
97 Store Steers sold to £1830
123 Store Heifers sold to £1640
1913 Store Lambs sold to £130
389 Store Ewes sold to £150
44 Bales of Straw sold to £44
Cast Cattle – A largely plain show mattered little to a full complement of buyers as trade remained superb to see them all in average 184ppk and £1253 with no less than twenty fresh from the parlour included in those figures. The top three per kilo were all fantastic Limousin’s from A C Simpson & Son, McNeil Farm with a best of 270 pence for a 41-month-old followed at 262ppk and 254 ppk by a pair of 5-year-olds. Despite two of the McNeil three selling over £2000 they were outdone in the gross value race by a superb Parthenais cow from M Barker Farms, Ellerton weighing 900kg and selling at 240ppk, an impressive £2160. Native breed cows were led by an Aberdeen Angus from G & J H Tomlinson, Sunniside Farm when selling at 206ppk and £1755 whilst the host of dairy cows were topped by a Swedish Red & White from A Willey, Broomfield Farm at 212ppk and £1600; Montbeliarde cows sold to 200ppk and £1504 from H M Dent, East Farm whilst Holstein’s topped at 206ppk from the Willey’s of Broomfield once again or £1496 from WE & CA Anderson, Layton Fields. Stock bull prices were led by a tidy Hereford from F J Forrest, Barforth Hall at 218ppk and £1844.
Cast Cows – Top prices ppk 270 262 254 AC Simpson & Son. 246 IR Appleton. 244 218 196 D&B Harding. 240 M Barker Farms. 228 200 W&J Herbert. 228 188 A Crowder. 222 AC Walton. 214 190 JP&R Ward. 212 208 206 A Willey. 206 196 G&JH Tomlinson & Son. 200×2 198×3 192 S Jackson. 200 B Watson. 200 HM Dent. 198 188 W&R Kemp & Son. 198 188 JJ Dowson & Son. 190 186 I Newton & son. 188 WE&CA Anderson. 188 G Beadle.
Lead Grossing Cast Cows £21600 M Barker Farms. £2116 £2057 £1803 AC Simpson & Son. £1908 IR Appleton. £1755 G&JH Tomlinson & Son. £1737 £1352 W&J Herbert. £1664 £1447 JP&R Ward. £1603 W&R Kemp & Son. £1600 £1468 £1412 A Willey. £1580 A Crowder. £1524 £1472 £1386 £1376 £1363 £1328 £1332 £ S Jackson. £1504 HM Dent. £1496 WE&CA Anderson. £1481 D&B Harding.
Cast Bulls – Top prices ppk 218 FJ Forrest. 162 J Elliott. 140 JP Burrells.
Lead Grossing Cast Bulls £1844 FJ Forrest. £1563 J Elliott. £1111 JP Burrells.
Store Cattle – The weekly sale of store cattle again did not disappoint sellers at Darlington; with a damp day forecast the ringside was brim full of buyers from start to finish. The sale got off to a flyer with J Dent, East Farm selling bulls to £1600. This continued throughout with a leading price of £1830 for a pen of four wonderful Charolais bullocks from Messrs B & L Robson, Gawen House. This consignment of fifteen strong stores averaged a mind blowing £1735.33. The ladies “heifers’ section” was not to be outdone. Trade was led by a lovely red Limousin heifer which made £1640 with plenty of others nicely north of £1500.
Leading Sale Averages
Robson, Gawen House sold 15 @ £1753.33
Dalton, Stanghow sold 4 @ £1645
Denham, Dent Gate sold 4 @ £1560
Hodgson, East Greystones sold 4 @ £1560
Stirks £410 WSI Anderson.
Cows & Calves £1400 WSI Anderson.
Store Bulls £1600 J Dent. £830 C&I Watson & Sons.
Store Steers £1830×4 £1750×4 £1690×3 £1660×4 B&L Robson. £1780 NL Dalton. £1730 £1610 £1490 £1410 W Denham. £1590 £1410×2 JW&B Firby. £1560×4 MH Hodgson. £1530 £1470 S Fawell. £1500×4 W&J Herbert. £1490 £1290 GW&L Marsay. £1420 £1390 £1370 £1340×3 £1300 B Storey. £1410 AE Barker. £1390 PT Stephenson & Son. £1370 C&N Waters. £1320×2 £1250 £1230 RJ Bradshaw. £1310 L Claughan. £1240 V Bowman. £1220 Plews.
Store Heifers £1640 £1550 £1540 £1480 T Walker. £1570 £1540 £1500 £1300 £1260×2 £1240×3 Hughes Bros Ltd. £1600×3 £1570 Hunter. £1560×2 £1540 £1460×2 £1440 £1430 £1360 £1300×2 B Storey. £1560 AE Barker. £1540×2 £1510 £1260 J Forster. £1510 NL Dalton. £1500 £1490×2 DG&PD Ayre. £1490×3 £1480×3 T Taylor. £1420 L Claughan. £1380 £1340 £1320 JB Capstick. £1370 £1310 I Newton & Son. £1370 £1320 N Basey.
Store Sheep – Healthy numbers of lambs in attendance this week and with that came an extra buyer or two keeping trade at the wonderful levels which we are now accustomed to. The whole sale averaged £94 today with plenty of Mule and hill bred lambs now coming forward prices would be every bit as good throughout. Top of the pops were half a dozen humongous North of England Mule lambs from T E Dobson, Unthank Farm, Stanhope; with their sisters enjoying a sale topping average last week the brothers didn’t disappoint today at £130 and the run of fifty-two averaging £116.73. Stacks of the stronger lambs continue to sell beyond £115 whilst £100 plus is very achievable for the mid-term keepers and £85 to £100 the going rate for the longer-term projects. Feeding ewes continue to get a good kick of the ball, tops this week came from Charles Eden Smith with sixteen strong Texel’s out of Cheviot Mule’s at £150. One hundred Mule ewes averaged £75 and topped at £116 whilst eighty-one Swaledale’s averaged £36 and topped at £52.
Store Lambs-
Mule- £130 £115 TE Dobson. £96 £95 HS Hutchinson. £87 S Straughan. £86 JD Heavisides. £81 WH Brown.
Continental- £129 PW Logistics LTD. £121.50 £114 M Gallon. £116 W&M Knaggs & Son. £111 £95 N Back. £106 £91 WH Brown. £105 x2 £94 K Cator. £100 HS Hutchinson. £98.50 £97 MR Souter. £95 JP Richardson. £91.50 K Buckle. £90 £83 N&LL Brown & Son. £88.50 £82 D Johnson. £86 K Mowbray.
Suffolk- £114 £109 £106 JW&GP Furness. £110 F&A Gilchrist. £110 GW Dobson & Son. £107 K Mowbray. £105 A&B Herworth. £104 CG Barraclough. £89 GH&RG Stobbs.
Texel- £127 £121 Tom Bell. £120 T Grix. £119 £106 S Coote. £114.50 £110 £109 A Tunstall. £113.50 GP Addison. £113 £110 x2 JD&MS Mortimer. £112 K Sayer. £110 HS Hutchinson. £110 WB Rutter & Sons. £110 AJ Addison. £109 Ouston Farms LTD. £109 £101 M Metcalfe. £108 JR Mann. £106 K Mowbray. £105 Petch Farms. £104 £103 T James. £101 GP Addison.
Cheviot- £109 £104 R Peart. £90 WH Brown.
Beltex- £100 W&M Knaggs & Son.
Feeding Ewes- £150 £110 CE Smith. £134 £116 K Buckle. £130 £90 £84 HS Hutchinson. £128 £99 Dorothy Watson. £118 £88 D Rutter. £116 £115 S Straughan. £112 £84 GW Dobson & Son. £112 K Cator. £110 C Harle & Sons. £105 £100 £86 LF&HC Wood. £98 GH&RG Stobbs. £96 D Johnson. £95 M Metcalf. £94 Gerard Te-Lintelo. £92 x2 T James. £91 £86 GN&V Bayles. £90 £86 £81 S Richardson. £86 Allison Devereux. £86 JD Heavisides.
Fodder – Some nice quality Heston bales of wheat straw found an increased interest and sold for £44 per bale. All fodder can be sold advantageously, please contact Megan on 07471 823606.
