Darlington Farmers Auction Mart held their weekly sale of cast cattle, store and breeding stock on Monday 25th November 2024. Forward were 288 cattle, 1136 sheep and 4 pigs.
62 Cast Cows/OTM sold to 306ppk or £2090
6 Stock Bulls sold to 304ppk or £3298
21 Young Bulls sold to £1680
94 Store Steers sold to £1810
105 Store Heifers sold to £1860
974 Store Lambs sold to £146
162 Feeding Ewes sold to £190
4 Pigs sold to £140
125 Round Bales of Barley Straw sold to £30
Cast Cattle/OTM – The fast trade rolls on as arguably a plainer show still managed to average 194ppk and £1353 per head. Top per kilo at a super 306 pence was a smart OTM Limousin heifer from T W Clark & Son, Frankland Farm; following her at 304ppk was arguably the star turn of the day as a stunning 34-month-old Limousin bull from JL & JA Sunter, Downholme Manor tipped the scales to 1085kg and in doing so amassed a monumental gross value of £3298. The stand out older cow this week was a brilliant British Blue which hailed from G Sedgewick, Ricknall Grange and sold for a healthy 260ppk and £2090. Top of the natives was a lovely Aberdeen Angus OTM heifer from Jack Henshaw, Mainsgill Farm when she sold at 292ppk and £2061 whilst dairy cow trade was led by a 5-year-old Montbeliarde from J E Holliday & Son, Woodland House Farm at £1537 and 188ppk.
Cast Cows/OTM Leading PPK – 306 274 248 238 T W Clark & Son. 292 Jack Henshaw. 272 248 212 202 C Harle & Sons. 266 T H Mace & Sons. 260 G Sedgewick. 254 J V Hodgson & Son. 242 G C & K J White & Son. 240 198 194 A P Greenshields. 232 226 J E Jordon & Son. 232 J Norman. 222 R Bradley & Son. 214 G H Farms Ltd. 198 190 M R Souter. 194 A C M Spalding. 192 C & M Atkinson. 192 S & D Ferrie.
Stock Bulls Leading PPK – 304 J L & J A Sunter. 266 A & M J Henshaw. 222 T & C Smith. 206 K O Stones. 192 176 F Hare & Sons.
Cast Cows/OTM Leading Gross – £2090 G Sedgewick. £2061 Jack Henshaw. £1950 J V Hodgson & Son. £1925 £1872 £1649 £1490 T W Clark & Son. £1897 G C & K J White & Son. £1852 £1657 £1650 A P Greenshields. £1825 £1746 M R Souter. £1816 £1760 J E Jordon & Son. £1720 R Bradley & Son. £1694 W & R Kemp & Son. £1610 S & D Ferrie. £1537 J E Holliday & Son. £1463 C Harle & Sons. £1436 T H Mace & Sons. £1410 J Norman.
Stock Bulls Leading Gross – £3298 J L & J A Sunter. £2870 A & M J Henshaw. £2082 T & C Smith. £1903 K O Stones. £1791 £1679 F Hare & Sons.
Store Cattle – The supersonic store trade easily followed last week’s fabulous fat trade as prices continued to soar. Top this week were a superb pair of 21-month-old Aberdeen Angus heifers from B & B Kitching & Son, Elstob Cottage Farm when they sold for a marvellous £1860 apiece. Next in line at £1810 was our top steer, a 20-month-old Hereford from G L & M Steel, Bunker Hill Farm which was in turn closely followed by a great pair of Charolais steers from Rose A Farms, Low Houselop Farm at £1800. Not large numbers of younger cattle on offer this week however mention must go to a great pen of 11-month-old Limousin’s from J C Thwaite & Son, Crag Hill Farm which topped at £1590 with others to £1560 and £1500. British Blonde’s led the way in the young bulls as a superb trio from G Corner, Rye Close Farm set the bar high selling two at £1680 and one at £1650.
Store Bulls £1680 x2 £1650 G Corner. £1440×2 C Moffett. £1300×2 £1280×2 £1210 £1050 E Taylor & Son. £950 £890 £800 £670×3 JR Allan. £830 S&D Ferrie.
Store Steers £1810 £1740 GL&M Steel. £1800×2 Rose A Farms. £1630 £1390 AP Greenshields. £1590 £1560 £1500 £1490 £1480 JC Thwaite & Son. £1580 £1570 £1550 W Emerson. £1520 JT&M Atkinson. £1510 C&JC Stephenson. £1490×2 E Peacock. £1470 £1460 £1370 K James. £1410 S Linsley. £1370 £1350 C&N Waters. £1350×3 £1320×3 BJS Farms. £1350 A Gregg. £1340×2 A Davison. £1340 K Sayer. £1320 D&JA Teasdale.
Store Heifers £1860×2 £1570×4 B&B Kitching & Son. £1610 £1460 L Claughan. £1510 L&BM Kidd & Son. £1500 £1490 DG&PD Ayre. £1490 £1450 R Valks. £1490 £1360×3 £1340 C Harle & Sons. £1460×2 GH&RG Stobbs. £1460 £1370 GS Bainbridge. £1460×3 £1440 £1380 E Parsons. £1450×2 BJS Farms. £1430 £1420 HM Dent. £1370 AC Walton. £1360 JT&M Atkinson. £1340×2 A Gregg.
Store Sheep – The brake pedal on the sheep trade isn’t working as the store vendors enjoyed another marvellous day’s trading to see the sale average return at £105.64. Topping the day at a marvellous £146 was the pick from a super run from A W Dixon, West Heddon Farm; the same good home followed at £143 and £141 to see the Northumberland based firms forty-two crackers average a pleasing £131.79. The eighty Mule lambs included today averaged an excellent £98.17 to a top of £102 from N Medd & Son, West Whorley Hill whilst Suffolk’s sold to £127 and Blue Faced Leicester’s to £116. Feeding ewes were also in fine form and sold to a top of £190 from B Lowson, Podge Hole with a strapping Texel. Mule ewes topped at £119 from J R Mann, High Goosepool whilst some excellent Blackface from B & R Dixon, Rigg Hall also impressed selling to a top of £95 and an average of £79.78.
Store Lambs
Continental – £146 £143 £141 £136 £135 £130 £128 £126 AW Dixon. £133 J Atkinson. £132 £114 G E Raw. £130(x2) £119 £118 S Fenwick. £130 R G Richardson. £130 £110 D E Stones. £130 £113 P Wilson. £127 £121 L F & H C Wood. £126 £113 W Love Ltd. £123 J & R A Speed. £121 £119 £114 J G Atkinson. £121 Charlotte Newton. £120 £118 G & L Wood. £118 Pear Tree Projects. £114 £113 W B Rutter & Sons. £114 C E Smith. £112 B & R Dixon. £110 C & M Burnett.
Suffolk – £127 J G Atkinson. £126 £104 Rachel Valks. £116 £103 G W Dobson & Son. £103 K Buckle.
Blue Faced Leicester – £116 G & L Wood.
Mule – £102 N Medd & Son. £98 W B Rutter & Sons. £97 J J M Lonsdale.
Feeding Ewes
Continental – £190 £157 £101(x2) B Lowson. £148 £110 B & R Dixon. £142 Alderslade & Mulley. £140 W B Rutter & Sons. £130 K & R E Robson. £130 J R Mann. £129 C E Smith. £124 R G Richardson. £116 G W Dobson & Son. £113 Adam Lowson.
Mule – £119 J R Mann. £101 £100 £69 A & B Herworth. £81 £69 K & R E Robson.
Blackface – £95 £70 B & R Dixon.
Jacob – £90(x2) S Teasdale.
Swaledale – £51 P Schellhorne.
Badger Face Welsh – £56 A Toward.
Store Pigs – Sadly every ounce of energy that was reserved for writing the pig report was expended trying to get them off their trailer this morning.
Prices – £140 £130 £110 £100 C Weightman.
