Darlington Farmers Auction Mart held their weekly sale of cast cattle, store and breeding stock on Monday 16th September 2024. Forward were
63 Cast Cows/OTM sold to 276ppk or £2010
3 Stock Bulls sold to 226ppk or £2206
3 Stirks sold to £585
10 Breeding Cattle sold to £1920
48 Young Bulls sold to £1865
87 Store Steers sold to £1835
141 Store Heifers sold to £1625
1321 Store Lambs sold to £148
414 Feeding Ewes sold to £139
5 Breeding Ewes sold to £165
Cast Cattle – Cows every bit as dear as witnessed lately, a very ordinary bottom end this week still saw the market average 174ppk and £1139 which is a remarkable return given the increased percentage of leaner and older cows included. Youth was on the side of our topper per kilo, a smart 33-month-old Limousin from F Hickson & Son, Homilton Farm led the way when she sold for 276 pence; Aberdeen Angus claimed the next four top spots with OTM’s to 244 and 240ppk and twice well fleshed 10-year-old cows reached 230ppk. Top gross value went to one of the aforementioned terrific Angus cows as a thumping 874kg sort from G & J H Tomlinson & Son, Sunniside Farm sold for an impressive £2010. Friesian trade this week belonged to a super heifer from Stainton Hill Farms, Streatlam when she sold for 222ppk and £1420 whilst a cracking trio of stock bulls all sold over 200ppk and £2000 to tops of 226ppk from R Valks, Field House Farm and £2206 from Taylor Bros, Belle Isle.
Lead Grossing Cast Cows & OTM- £2010 £1495 £1349 G&JH Tomlinson & Son. £1732 Gerard Te-Lintelo. £1637 £1068 J Norman. £1627 £1488 WA Wardman LTD. £1625 £1562 £1204 F Hickson & Sons. £1550 J Fletcher. £1420 Stainton Hill Farms. £1418 £1354 £1276 £1244 £1172 S&J Dent & Son. £1384 £1251 £1171 £1105 £1058 J Curry. £1353 I Newton & Son. £1313 £1267 £1242 £1205 £1172 £1123 £1105 £1074 JP&R Ward. £1311 P Prudom & Son LTD. £1249 £1185 JD&IW Sayer & Tallentire. £1134 Robert Hickson. £1121 C Hall. £1112 BH&S Hodgson.
Lead Grossing Cast Bulls- £2206 Taylor Bros LTD. £2160 Hughes Bros Farms LTD. £2067 R Valks.
Cast Cows & OTM- Top Prices PPK- 276 210 190 F Hickson & Sons. 244 230 214 G&JH Tomlinson & Son. 240 EA&N Thompson & Son. 230 176 J Norman. 222 Stainton Hill Farms. 216 J Fletcher. 216 Robert Hickson. 210 178 176 WA Wardman LTD. 206 194 186 178 170 J Curry. 198 194 176 x3 S&J Dent & Son. 198 Gerard Te-Lintelo. 190 186 x2 180 x2 178 176 x2 JP&R Ward. 188 I Newton & Son. 184 P Prudom. 182 C Hall. 178 J Brearley. 172 BH&S Hodgson. 170 RN Foord & Son.
Cast Bulls- Top Prices PPK – 226 R Valks. 218 Hughes Bros Farms LTD. 208 Taylor Bros LTD
Store Cattle – An absolutely bouncing bull trade, in particular the further forward feeding bulls would sell to levels as high as anything ever witnessed. Top of the trade at £1865 was a super 30-month-old Limousin from J & F Hartley & Sons, Low Shipley Farm, the same good home sold again at £1695 and in doing so sandwiched a stunning 10-month-old British Blue from E Wilson, White Hills which realised a wonderful £1725. Short keep store cattle continue at full speed with an abundance of buyers creating great demand; cattle in from the grass with their summer bloom still about them are also in big tune, arguably the more weathered looking sorts were perhaps down a smidgen this week following last weeks flyer. Top of the steers at an impressive £1835 was a strong 18-month-old Aberdeen Angus from S Richardson, High Park Wall, Marwood as the short keep bullocks are very regularly north of £1500. Top heifer on the day was a smart 19-month-old Limousin from Hughes Bros Farms Ltd, Sockburn Hall when she sold for £1625, F Hickson & Sons of Homilton Farm and W A Wardman, Thrushwood Farm both followed with 16-month-old Limousin’s in the mid £1500’s. An excellent run of store cattle made the cross Pennine journey worthwhile for D A Teasdale, Doddick Farm, Keswick as the fifty-eight saw steers to £1555 and heifers to £1485 with their forty-four steers and heifers averaging a pleasing £955 apiece. Earlier in the day a handful of breeding cattle sold well to top at £1920 for a 5-year-old Hereford cow with calf at foot from I Newton & Son, Gibbet Hill.
Stirks – £685 £585 £565 BH&S Hodgson.
Cows & Calves £1920 I Newton & Son. £1240 £1210 £1080 T Ripley & T Ramesar.
Store Bulls £1865 £1695×2 £1555 £1525 £1365 J&F Hartley & Sons. £1725 £1695 E Wilson. £1595 £1575 £1545×2 £1535 D Dixon. £1265 £1195 F Bainbridge. £1255 £1005 Hughes Bros Farms Ltd. £1205 T Ripley & T Ramesar. £995 P Foster. £935 £885 £765×2 £755×2 A Wilson. £885×2 Allison Devereux Farms. £815 AG Teasdale.
Store Steers £1835 £1565 £1475 S Richardson. £1615 £1300 WA Wardman Ltd. £1595 £1555 £1345 D&HM Hodgson. £1585×5 £1485 PD Shepherd. £1555 DA Teasdale. £1485 £1445 £1395 AJ Hunter. £1475 £1395 £1245 £1195 AG Teasdale. £1345 £1255 J Atkinson. £1325 £1175×2 A Gregg. £1305 Forster Hall & Sons. £1295 £1185×4 £1095 BJS Farms. £1265 £1255 £1205 GS Bainbridge. £1245 J Brearley. £1200 W&J Herbert. £1175 £1145 G Bolton. £1175 RN Foord & Son. £1125 JD Vipond. £1115 M Churchyard.
Store Heifers £1625 £1435×2 £1425 £1405 £1325 £1295 Hughes Bros Farms Ltd. £1565 £1475 £1425 £1375 F Hickson. £1545 £1485 £1475 £1425 WA Wardman Ltd. £1485×2 DA Teasdale. £1455 £1375 £1365 £1335 I Oliver. £1455 DG&PD Ayre. £1435×2 P Leese. £1395 Cow Close Farm. £1385 £1365 Sanderson & Bell. £1375×2 JS Wiper. £1355 DG&PD Ayre. £1295 RN Foord & Son. £1295 GW&L Marsay. £1285 £1265 S Richardson. £1265 D&HM Hodgson.
Store Sheep – The scintillating store trade keeps rolling along nicely, no question the quality is now sliding and still the average sits very close to three figures. Topping the day at £148 were a strong pair of Texel’s from P J Anderson, Lydgate Avenue, Wolsingham closely followed by two dozen tremendous Suffolk’s from A & B Herworth, Crake Scar Farm at £147. The Mule lambs didn’t disappoint to average £84 with a top of £98 from J J M Lonsdale, Smailes Burn whilst out and out hill lambs peaked at £90 for the Cheviots of R L Dent, Mount Pleasant Farm, Brough. An increased offering of feeding ewes was keenly contested topping at £139 for a dozen Texel’s from W B Mitchell & Sons, Howlett Hall whilst some 270 Mule’s descended on DfAM selling thrice to £108 and with a very lean bottom end still the breed averaged £70.
Store Lambs-
Texel- £148 £125 PJ Anderson & Son. £120 £102 K Mowbray. £116 Rebecca Appleton. £114 £113 £110 £101 A&R Thompson. £113 £110 £103 C&M Burnett. £113 £105 A Newton. £112 £108.50 RW Dalton. £108 K Cator. £107 JD Heavisides. £107 £106 £102 EM&SP Bradley. £107 RL Carter. £107 WM Bainbridge. £106.50 £103 WB Rutter & Sons. £106 V Waite. £105 T Walton. £104 P&AR Jopling. £103 B Lowson. £100 GH&RG Stobbs.
Suffolk- £147 £120 £116 A&B Herworth. £110 £95 JW&GB Furness. £103 £96 WM Bainbridge. £100 K Mowbray. £95 M Radford. £89.50 RL Dent. £86 JJM Lonsdale.
Continental- £130 £119 £112 £111 JG Atkinson. £121 F Hare & Sons. £111 £107 £104.50 £99 £96 £82 G Elliot. £110 £108 K Cator. £105 £104.50 £103 £86 F Myers & Sons. £104 £98 JW&GB Furness. £99.50 C&I Watson & Sons. £99.50 £84 A Swinbank.
Beltex- £111.50 G Elliot.
Mule- £98 £84.50 JJM Lonsdale. £90.50 Rebecca Appleton. £89.50 James Burns. £87.50 £76 JE&AJ Mitchell. £84.50 RL Carter.
Cheviot- £90 RL Dent. £85 JE&AJ Mitchell. £83 S&D Ferrie.
Half Bred- £91.50 £63 Rebecca Appleton.
Blackface- £44 HG Spensley & Son.
Feeding Ewes- £139 £135 £123 £115 WB Mitchell & Sons. £139 £114 £104 £87 DR Smith. £130 £108 PJ Anderson & Son. £128 £110 S&D Ferrie. £110 £95 £89 £86 £85 K Buckle. £108 WM Bainbridge. £108 P&AR Jopling. £106 D Wood. £100 £94 £85 GN&V Bayles. £91 x2 EM&SP Bradley. £88 LF&HC Wood. £86 M Whorlton.
