Darlington Farmers Auction Mart held their weekly sale of cast cattle, store and breeding stock on Monday 27th November 2023. Forward were 374 cattle, 1538 sheep and 11 pigs.
138 Cast Cows/OTM sold to 270ppk or £1892
3 Stock Bulls sold to 200ppk or £1976
1 Stirk sold for £210
7 Breeding Cattle sold to £1300
5 Young Bulls sold to £1000
110 Store Steers sold to £1575
110 Store Heifers sold to £1620
1412 Store Lambs sold to £110.50
126 Feeding Ewes/Rams sold to £98
11 Store Pigs sold to £134
Cast Cattle – A big show of numbers containing perhaps more with youth on their side than usual averaged a superb 172ppk and £1121 per head. Top per kilo at an excellent 270 pence was a well fleshed Aberdeen Angus OTM heifer from D A & M A M Brown, Agglethorpe Hall; two followed at 260ppk as a British Blue OTM heifer from Northfield Farms, Bowes joined a Hereford OTM steer from Whitehall Farm, Rowley. A mesmerising forty cattle sold over 200 pence per kilo; this remarkable list contained no less than four Holstein Friesian OTM heifers from the Thompson Family of Softley Farm with a best of 228ppk. Another excellent Hereford OTM steer from Whitehall Farm led the gross values (aside from stock bulls) when he sold for £1892, just a whisker away came a super Limousin from K B & S Roche, Foulsyke Farm at £1891. Top gross valued milk cow was another Friesian, this one a remarkable 11-year-old from J & G Clark, Fleetshot Farm sold for £1553. Final mention to the stock bulls, this week’s pick was a brilliant 988kg Salers from Rigel Pedigree, Leven Fields selling for 200ppk and £1976.
Cast Cattle & OTM Leading PPK – 270 208 206 D A & M A M Brown. 260 Northfield Farms. 260 258 256 254 248(x2) 246 244(x2) 240 238 236 234 222 204 Whitehall Farm. 258 T W Hutchinson. 248 236 228 204 G A Rogerson & Son. 244(x2) 226 208 K B & S Roche. 236 A Watson. 230 Allison Devereux Farms. 228 P Weightman & Sons. 228 224 G Thompson & Sons. 228 G K, K N & G J Hird. 216 202 A J Thompson. 210 A N Greenwell. 208 W A Dinsdale & Son. 208 M W Reed.
Stock Bulls Leading PPK – 200 Rigel Pedigree. 180 G C & K J White & Son. 156 A & A G Moralee.
Lead Grossing Cast Cows & OTM – £1892 £1776 £1766 £1757 £1594 £1571 £1568 £1557 ££1497£1457 £1439 £1318 D Blake. £1891 £1611 £1505 £1503 £1418 KB&S Roche. £1859 A Watson. £1824 TW Hutchinson. £1817 Northfield Farms. £1741 £1436 £1433 £1380 £1365 £1318 £1274 DA&MAM Brown. £1646 P Weightman & Sons. £1553 J&G Clark. £1522 £1283 WA Dinsdale & Son. £1510 £1476 MW Reed. £1443 GKKN&GJ Hird. £1395 A&AG Moralee. £1386 £1268 D&HM Hodgson. £1361 JRP Vickers & Sons. £1360 £1273 Tennant. £1336 £1274 GA Rogerson & Son. £1310 K&MM Henderson. £1302 GS Bainbridge. £1301 G Thompson & Sons.
Lead Grossing Cast Bulls – £1976 Rigel Pedigree. £1424 A&AG Moralee. £1148 GC&KJ White & Son.
Store Cattle – The fast-moving store cattle juggernaut just keeps on rolling forward, no let up at all as the super trade we have become accustomed to in recent times if anything just got better. Top today a brilliant 19-month-old Limousin heifer from A C Walton, Yiewsley Drive selling for £1620; R W Ridley of Tongue Hill, Hurst sold Limousin heifers to £1580 and £1555. Top of the steers at £1575 and £1560 were British Blue’s from J E Holliday & Son, Woodland House Farm, strong Charolais from J H Johnson chipped in between £1520 and £1560 ahead of the Holliday’s again with well grown Montbelliarde’s selling at £1505. Only a scattering of young bulls to report on today, best of all at £1000 was a sweet 7-month-old British Blue from J Brannen, Moorsley Banks.
Breeding Cattle – £1300 £1250 £1220 £960 J H Johnson.
Store Bulls- £1000 J Brannen. £920 R Valks. £900 WSI Anderson. £880 TT Hall & Son.
Store Steers- £1575 £1560 £1505 x2 JE Holliday & Sons. £1560 £1520 x2 £1430 £1340 £1325 x3 £1310 x3 £1305 x2 £1300 x2 £1290 x2 JH Johnson. £1405 x2 £1400 £1290 GH&RG Stobbs. £1400 D Forrest. £1390 £1250 x2 Tennant. £1390 x2 JS Brougham. £1370 £1265 CM Smith. £1350 x2 B Needham. £1350 WA Armstrong. £1320 x3 PD Shepherd Farm. £1250 I Newton & Son. £1250 x2 ME&TD Tailford. £1240 x3 T Coulthard & Son.
Store Heifers- £1620 £1440 £1420 £1280 AC Walton. £1580 £1555 £1510 £1475 RW Ridley. £1490 £1350 £1330 £1235 x2 CD Timm. £1380 £1360 £1230 £1170 x2 £1120 £1095 A&AG Moralee. £1380 £1225 £1170 JS Wiper. £1270 x5 £1180 x3 Wilkinson & Son. £1260 x2 £1140 J Dent. £1240 £1200 x2 £1170 £1110 E Parsons. £1195 JN Swinbank. £1120 JS Foster & Son. £1100 W Love LTD.
Store Sheep – The weather might be hammering the lambs lately but the rewards remain unbelievably high, a plainer showing than witnessed recently sold probably dearer on the week despite a reduced average price of £81.29 on paper. Fourteen fabulous Charollais lambs from C Wise, Manor Farm, Little Stainton led the way when they sold for £110.50 apiece, closest behind were Texel’s from S Henderson, Felton at £110 with plenty of other better bred or stronger lambs selling frequently over £100. Top of the Mule’s this week were a sharp pen from P Turnbull, Kildale at £87 with an impressive breed average today of £77.34 across the board. Fewer feeding ewes this week continued at a sharp price with Texel’s to £98, Lleyn’s to £85, Mule’s to £83 and Swaledale’s to £52.
Store Lamb Leading Prices
Texel- £110 £97 £94 £90.50 £88 £83 S Henderson. £109 £101.50 CE Smith. £105 £97 GH Lister. £104 £92.50 £86 £83 G&L Wood. £103 £100 £97 JR&J Crowe. £102 Adam Mason. £100.50 £91 £90.50 £88 £81 JH Johnson. £97 £82 MR Madrell. £96.50 Castlewood Farm. £95.50 P Turnbull. £94.50 D Alderson. £90 NM Peacock. £88 JA Robinson. £87 J Walton. £87 £85 J Dixon. £86 HS Hutchinson. £86 TB Walton. £83 JM Sayer. £82.50 M Whorlton. £82 K Buckle. £81 A&R Thompson. £81 I Newton & Son.
Beltex- £106 £97 MR Madrell. £102 S Henderson. £94 £79 GP Addison. £83 JE Stobbs.
Continental- £106.50 £84 £79 £65 K Cator. £105 £98 £89 £84 JF Harland. £95 Adam Mason. £90 £77 £71 J&S Ford. £90 GW Dobson & Son. £86 A Naisbitt. £86 JT Wilson. £80 £58 £49 JP&R Ward. £78 James Burns. £76 A&R Thompson. £75 C&I Watson & Sons. £72 J Walton. £68 M Whorlton. £64 J&J Clark & Sons.
Mule- £87 P Tunrbull. £86 JM Sayer. £80 M Whorlton. £80 NM Peacock. £76.50 HS Hutchinson. £75 D Alderson. £66.50 Petch Farms.
Charolais- £110.50 £107.50 £92 C Wise.
Suffolk- £94.50 GW Dobson & Son. £85 £82 D Alderson. £78 GH Lister. £74 K Buckle.
Other- £70 £60 JT Wilson.
Feeding Ewes- £96 £40 GH Lister. £92 £50 £42 JE Braithewaite & Sons. £87 James Burns. £85 £80 £65 £51 JP&R Ward. £83 Adam Mason. £82 F&A Gilchrist. £82 TB Walton. £71 x2 58 A&R Thompson. £61 J Walton. £52 P Turnbull. £48 £47 C&I Watson & Sons.
Store Pigs – Pigs on a Monday, whatever next. Don’t look a gift boar in the mouth, this could be the big break needed to push our pig report readership above three, maybe even, in time, towards double figures. The little store pigs enjoyed the trade of the day as an unscheduled buying spree from the landed gentry of the Hambleton district ensured we had a flyer.
Breeding Sows & Boars – £134 £132 £118 A Dixon.
Store Pigs – £68 £65 £37 A Dixon
