Monday 13th July – Darlington Auction Mart had forward:
52 Cast Cows sold to 396ppk & £3114
5 Cast Bulls sold to 382ppk & £4698
14 Store Bulls sold to £1980
41 Store Steers sold to £2200
71 Store Heifers sold to £2190
35 Rearing Calves sold to £950
6 Store Sheep sold to £150
Cast Cows & OTM
Today’s Cast Cattle trade has been nothing short of stratospheric, granted there was some exceptional quality forward but feeding & dairy cows were also dearer on the week. A monumental lead grossing price of £4698 for an outstanding British Blue bull from AS&SM Kemp & Son Ltd, was overall top price today, with the same home also making £3758 with a cracking Limousin bull. Top price cow today goes to M Shepherd of Fulthorpe Farm, with a terrific Limousin cow reaching £3114. Following was TN Callender of Ox Eye Farm, with an Angus cow at £2673. Friesian Cows topped at £1932 from AR&C Booth & Son, Village Farm. Overall, the geld cow ring was on fire today at DfAM, with more stock wanted weekly.
Cast Cows & OTM- Top Prices PPK 396 304 WM Reed & Sons. 386 W Ramsay & Sons. 368 292 JF Southgate & Partners. 366 328 M Shepherd. 324 310 TN Callender. 320 HS Hutchinson. 314 D&PH Brown. 312 P Tindale. 310 302 294 W Swinbank & Sons. 308 J Fletcher. 300 D&J Hunnam & Son. 296 CG Robinson. 296 J Corner. 296 Northfield Farms. 294 M&E Webster.
Stock Bulls- Top Prices PPK 382 366 AS&SM Kemp & Son Ltd. 338 F&MP Allinson. 288 D&PH Brown. 264 P Tindale.
Lead Grossing Cast Cows & OTM- £3114 £2486 M Shepherd. £2673 £2582 TN Callender. £2637 £1957 WM Reed & Sons. £2537 D&PH Brown. £2524 £2422 £2232 W Swinbank & Sons. £2498 £2286 JF Southgate & Partners. £2373 CG Robinson. £2269 W Ramsay & Sons. £2208 J Fletcher. £2148 D&J Hunnam & Son. £2112 HS Hutchinson. £2110 Northfield Farms. £2100 P Tindale. £2001 RA&M Thompson.
Lead Grossing Stock Bulls- £4698 £3758 AS&SM Kemp & Son Ltd. £3177 F&MP Allinson. £2952 D&PH Brown. £2394 P Tindale.
Store Cattle – The recent warm spell of weather may have eased in the last couple of days but things were definitely hotting up around the store cattle ring with all types very much in demand, trade was once again on the increase.
A Small but quality show of Store Bulls forward, with the leading entry coming courtesy of The Proctor Family from Zwarland Old Hall. They made the trip down the A1 from Morpeth with 5 outstanding 10-month-old Limousins selling to a top price of £1980 and an average of £1934. 2 Angus Steers sold by The Needhams of Woolhouse Farm Barnard Castle sold to an unsurpassed £2200, they were closely followed by 2 Limousins forward by DM&PM Nelson & Sons, Skelding Grange. DR Smith of East Roughlea Farm, Ferryhill was top of the shop in the females with his Angus heifer going under the hammer for £2190. The Andersons, Dalton Grange took second place with a Charolais Heifer at £2050 part of a run of 7 Dairy Bred Heifers selling to an average of £1970.
Store Bulls £1980 £1940×2 £1910 £1900 A&D Proctor. £1720 £1410 £1310 £1210 G&C Norminton. £1610 TT Hall & Son. £1600 £1490 CN Whitaker.
Store Steers £2200×2 B Needham. £2150×2 £1780×2 DM&PM Nelson & Sons. £2080 £2040 DR Smith. £2000 £1900 £1740 £1680 £1620 £1510 I Newton & Son. £1940 £1740×4 Messrs Ewebank Ltd. £1880×2 £1800 £1600 P Leese. £1800×3 £1710×2 High Mains Partnership. £1700×3 R&RE Everitt. £1590 JD Teasdale.
Store Heifers £2190 £1950 £1800 DR Smith. £2050 £1990×2 £1940×4 WSI Anderson. £1890×2 P Leese. £1880 £1780 £1700 CN Whitaker. £1830 £1810 £1720×2 P Tindale. £1820 £1810 £1710 £1640×2 CG Robinson. £1800 £1720 GW&L Marsay. £1750×2 £1710 High Mains Partnership. £1740 R Wood & Son. £1710 Messrs Ewebank Ltd. £1700×2 £1680 TW Brown & Sons.
Rearing Calves- A much younger show of calves all round today, however trade still booming. Top price calf of the day went to J Fletcher of East Murton Farm, with a shapely Limousin bull calf making £950, whilst the same home had another Limousin bull at £850. AW Sanderson, East Holling Carr Farm, sold a Saler bull calf that reached £750. British Blue bulls topped at £630 from JT Forster & Son, Killerby Farm, whilst the same home topped in the Simmental section at £660. Inra95 bulls reached £630 from Kitchings of Summerfield, and Angus bulls reached £740 from CR McLaren, Grindon Grange.
British Blue heifers topped at £600 from JT Forster & Son, whilst Angus heifers reached the same top price at £600 from G Thompson & Sons, Softley Farm. Inra95 heifers from Kitchings of Summerfield topped at £440.
Bull Calves-
Limousin- £950 £850 J Fletcher
Saler- £750 AW Sanderson.
Angus- £740 CR McClaren. £720 JT Forster & Son. £620 £595 Stockdale Partners. £610 G Thompson & Sons. £600 £595 £560 Kitchings of Summerfield.
Simmental- £660 £630 JT Forster & Son.
Inra95- £630 £620 £610 £600 Kitchings of Summerfield.
British Blue- £630 JT Forster & Son. £620 £600 £590 Stockdale Partners.
Friesian- £190 JT Forster & Son.
Heifer Calves-
Angus- £600 G Thompson & Sons. £520 Kitchings of Summerfield. £500 x2 Stockdale Partners. £500 K Thompson.
British Blue- £600 JT Forster & Son. £560 £520 x2 £490 £440 Stockdale Partners.
Inra95- £570 £550 Kitchings of Summerfield.
Store Lambs- A handful of store lambs on offer today, ahead of next weeks opening sale. Topping at £150 was a texel x lamb from T Hodges, Partridge Hall. 600 lambs already entered for next week’s opening sale. Entries are still open until Wednesday 15th.
