Darlington Farmers Auction Mart held their weekly sale of cast cattle, store and breeding stock on Monday 11th December 2023. Forward were 291 and 1258 sheep.
97 Cast Cows/OTM sold to 266ppk or £2024
3 Stock Bulls sold to 206ppk or £2146
6 In Calf Cows/Heifers sold to £1620
10 Cows & Calves sold to £2400
45 Young Bulls sold to £1220
43 Store Steers sold to £1600
77 Store Heifers sold to £2030
958 Store Lambs sold to £135
300 Feeding Ewes sold to £91
Cast Cattle – The sharp trade continued as today’s offering averaged a pleasing 172ppk and £1134 per head. Top per kilo at 266 pence was a fabulous four-year-old Limousin cow from R W Ridley, Tongue Hill, Hurst; three Limousin OTM heifers followed between 250ppk and 260ppk with twenty cattle in total surpassing 200ppk. Top gross valued female was a wonderful 896kg pure Limousin cow from J E Jordon & Son, The Brocks, Morpeth when she sold for £2024, behind her came a well-fed Limousin from D K Barker, Little Ketton at £1844 and a shapely British Blue from G W Dent at £1744. Top native breed of the day was an excellent Aberdeen Angus steer from J H & C Oulton Ltd, Newlands Hall when he sold for 258ppk and £1684 whilst Shorthorn OTM steers topped at 238ppk and £1520 from G A Rogerson & Son, Thistleton Farm. Native bred cows topped at 186ppk from D A & M A M Brown, Agglethorpe Hall and £1481 from R Bradley & Son, North Crane Row; both vendors with Aberdeen Angus. Friesian trade peaked for an OTM steer from G Bolton, Pea F;latts Farm at 220ppk with cows to £1286 from J & G Clark, Fleetshot Farm. Last but by no means least comes news of a terrific six-year-old Limousin stock bull from A & R Thompson, Dimmingdale Farm which led the way today selling for 206ppk and £2146.
Cast Cows & OTM- Leading PPK- 266 RW Ridley. 260 RA&SL Wearmouth. 258 JH&C LTD Oulton. 256 186 JA&UM Fawcett. 250 242 176 DK Barker. 242 GW Dent. 238 226 220 212 GA Rogerson & Son. 236 190 WH Brown. 226 JE Jordon & Son. 220 210 204 190 G Bolton. 218 216 206 194 192 186 182 180 174 170 DA&MAM Brown. 202 176 M Gallon. 196 174 M Eagle. 194 T Metcalfe & Son. 192 180 T&DI Allen & Son. 190 J Curry. 184 JJ Horn. 178 B&B Kitching & Son. 176 D&J Hunnam & Son. 176 W Swinbank & Sons. 174 D&D Lovegreen.
Leading Gross Cast Cows & OTM- £2024 £JE Jordon & Son. £1844 £1638 £1490 DK Barker. £1744 GW Dent. £1684 JH&C LTD Oulton. £1595 £176 M Gallon. £1578 £1394 £1389 £1359 £1306 £1255 £1229 £1215 £1212 DA&MAM Brown. £1520 £1385 £1342 £1229 GA Rogerson & Son. £1481 £1297 R Bradley & Son. £1466 £1200 M Eagle. £1458 RA&SL Wearmouth. £1439 RW Ridley. £1390 £1268 JA&UM Fawcett. £1371 W Swinbank & Sons. £1337 D Barron. £1286 J&G Clark. £1276 B&B Kitching & Son. £1259 A Hollings. £1259 £1206 Reveley Farms. £1249 LR Welsh & Co. £1207 D&J Hunnam & Son. £1207 JB Fletcher. £1126 £1060 £1010 £986 G Bolton.
Stock Bulls- Leading PPK- 206 A&R Thompson. 150 A L Knight. 128 x2 MR Ford.
Lead Grossing Stock Bulls- £2146 A&R Thompson. £1719 A L Knight. £574 £430 MR Ford.
Breeding Cattle – An impressive herd reduction from D & J Gawthorpe, Meadow Nook Farm, Denby Dale preceded today’s store cattle sale and found trade buoyant. A tidy seven-year-old British Blue cow with a heifer calf at foot topped proceedings at £2400 selling to T W Dinning, Northumberland. Hereford and Limousin in calf cows sold to £1320 with whilst a pair of in calf Hereford heifers impressed selling for £1620 and £1380.
Cows & Calves- £2400 £1920 £1820 x2 £1780 £1650 £1600 £1520 £1480 £1180 D&J Gawthorpe.
In Calf Heifers- £1620 £1380 D&J Gawthorpe.
In Calf Cows- £1320 x2 £1200 £1000 D&J Gawthorpe.
Store Cattle – The super sharp store trade bounds on relentlessly as the excellent returns for finished beef continue to galvanise the buyers. An increased show of young bulls found plenty of enthusiasm and topped twice at £1220; both the sale leaders were just ten months old as a Charolais from E Parsons, Newstead Farm shared the spoils with a Stabiliser from D L Brown, South View. A good day for M Robinson & Sons of Staindrop as they dominated the top price columns in the clean store cattle; heifers sold to £2030 for a 31-month-old British Blue cross with 2-year-old Limousins checking in at £2000 and £1880. The same home also went on to top the steers selling an excellent 30-month-old Limousin for £1600 with G W & L Marsay, Manor Farm closest behind in the steers at £1580.
Store Bulls – £1220 £1100×3 £970 E Parsons. £1220 £1100×3 DL Brown. £1160×3 £1140 £1090 £1020 £1010×3 £105×2 £910 M Eagle. £995×2 £960 £915 £885 £875 S Waggott. £960 £890×3 £870 G&J Gawthorpe. £760×2 RW Raper & Sons. £715 GA Swinbank.
Store Steers – £1600 M Robinson & Sons. £1580 £1400×2 GW&L Marsay. £1460 £1230×4 K Sayer. £1050 £1030 K Sayer. £1270×2 £1020 £1000×2 M Eagle. £1250 £1195 £1095 TW Brown & Sons. £1195 £1035 £950×3 BJS Farms. £1175 £1150 JJM Lonsdale. £1090 Angram Livestock Ltd. £1000 I Newton. £980 £910×2 TH Mace & Sons.
Store Heifers £2030 £2000 £1880 £1420 M Robinson & Sons. £1580 £1450 £1355 AC Walton. £1500 £1260 £1240 £1220 T Metcalfe & Son. £1390 £1170 £1090 RA&S Darling. £1340 £1275 £1265 £1100 JS Wiper. £1315×3 £1225×2 £1170×2 £1115×5 Wilkinson & Son. £1300 M Eagle. £1235 Heathcote. £1170 £1035×5 BJS Farms. £1155×2 Angram Livestock Ltd. £1145 Heathcote. £1090 £1080 Duell Partners. £1060 JJM Lonsdale. £1060 GA Swinbank. £1060 I Newton & Son.
Store Sheep – A plainer show forward and trade a shade easier as many of the root crops sit saturated after the recent flooding. Six superb Texel lambs from K Mitchelson, Dene House Farm stole a march on the rest of the field when they rightly topped the sale at £135. A single Beltex lamb was next best, selling to £127 from F Kearton, Thackholme with N Gill of Moory Lea Farm following with Texel crosses at £115. Pick of the Mule lambs were half a dozen short keep sorts from T E Dobson, Unthank Farm at £99. Feeding ewes topped at £91 for a strong pen of forty Aberfield’s.
Texel- £135 K Mitchelson. £115 £95 N Gill. £110 £88 JR&J Crowe. £109 £101 P Swinburne. £108 £106 GE Raw. £108 F Kearton. £101 £100 £86.50 CN Whitaker. £100 TE Dobson. £94 S Henderson. £92.50 GH&RG Stobbs. £90 WJ Readshaw. £88 DE Stones. £88 T Walton. £87 Raby Home Farm. £86 JE Braithwaite & Sons. £85 J Walton. £85 SC Brown. £84.50 x2 WB Rutter & Sons.
Beltex- £127 F Kearton. £102 JE Braithwaite & Sons. £94 S Henderson. £86 £73 N Gill.
Continental- £105 £102 £85 x2 £84 S Henderson. £96 £55 £50 GA&C Jopling. £90 T Walton. £83 J&S Thompson. £79.50 N Gill. £79 £67 PA Stacey. £77 £73 Raby Home Farm. £67 RG McNeal. £66 £60 A Elliot. £61 WJ Readshaw. £60 B&J Bainbridge.
Charollais- £101 S Henderson. £96 £86 F Shield.
Mule- £99 TE Dobson. £77 £60 W&C Iceton. £74 GH&RG Stobbs. £72.50 WB Rutter & Sons.
Suffolk- £85 S Henderson. £79 WJ Readshaw. £75 LJ Daley. £70 GA&C Jopling.
Blue Faced Leicester- £71 B&J Bainbridge.
Cheviot- £60 N Gill. £51 E Walsh.
Herdwick- £74 £40 E Walsh.
Southdown – £78 £69 £64 Godschalk Partners.
Feeding Ewes- £91 £73 £68 £60 £51 T&AE Miller. £89 £79 B&J Bainbridge. £87.50 £68 S Henderson. £86 F Kearton. £86 WJ Readshaw. £81 £75 £71 TB Walton. £79 CN Whitaker. £78 T Walton. £78 £70 £60 £57 £52 A Elliot. £76 TE Dobson. £74 £59 JR&J Crowe. £66 RG McNeal.
