Darlington Farmers Auction Mart held their weekly sale of Cast Cattle, Store and breeding stock and also their fortnightly sale of Calves on Monday 16th December 2024. Forward were 319 Cattle, 1254 Sheep.
124 Cast Cows/OTM sold to 290ppk or £2118
6 Cast Bulls sold to 224ppk or £1991
40 Young Bulls sold to £1960
67 Store Steers Sold to £2110
58 Store Heifers sold to £1860
20 Rearing Calves sold to £440
1053 Store Lambs sold to £153
201 Feeding Ewes sold to £186
The final curtain on DfAM’s Monday store and feeding sales with what can be only described as plenty of festive spirit around the rings with both old and new faces returning both among the vendors and buyers to round off a super year.
Cast cows kicking the day off in fine form with a display even the royal variety show would be pleased with the 130 head offering a sale average of 190p/kg and £1236, with the pick of the day going to the continental bred animal with the Blondes taking the top in the lump with P Weightman & Son ringing the bell at £2118.64, narrowly missing out on doing the double at 284p/kg. The top spot in the pence per kilo goes to the Limousins with C & N Waters topping the day at 290p/kg. It must be said that although there were plenty of suckler bred cows on offer there was the usual show of dairy bred cows mixed amongst the days trading with the Friesian cows topping at 234p/kg and £1753 for Messrs Fisher. Plenty more of the dairy bred cows regularly trading between the 150-170/180p/kg depending on fleshing. Cast cattle can be handled at every sale so please do not hesitate to contact one the team to discuss marketing options.
Cast Cows & OTM- Top Prices PPK 290 222 218 C&N Waters. 284 216 P Weightman & Sons. 268 248 WM Reed & Sons. 250 234 216 A&AG Moralee. 248 236 DL Brown. 246 234 222 K&TK Atkinson. 246 S&RT Lowson. 246 J&E Spry. 244 DF&M Littlefair. 240 228 D Metcalf. 236 218 Messrs TG&K Fisher. 236 RO Gilson. 234 J Dixon. 232 228 Bailey Urwin. 222 Stainton Hill Farms. 216 JG Forster & Partners.
Cast Bulls- Top Prices PPK- 224 J&EM Lawson. 198 M Dowson. 196 C Binks & Son. 182 J Murray. 182 DF&M Littlefair. 180 W Chrystal & Partners.
Lead Grossing Cast Cows & OTM- £2118 £1831 P Weightman & Sons. £2115 S&RT Lowson. £2010 £1530 WM Reed & Sons. £1884 £1634 D Metcalf. £1838 JG Forster & Partners. £1802 £1731 £1520 A&AG Moralee. £1790 £1584 K&TK Atkinson. £1753 £1724 £1632 £1536 Messrs TG&K Fisher. £1751 DF&M Littlefair. £1740 £1653 C&N Waters. £1706 RO Gilson. £1662 F Hare & Sons. £1635 J&E Spry. £1628 J Dixon. £1555 R Bradley & Son. £1543 G&JH Tomlinson & Son.
Lead Grossing Cast Bulls- £1991 J&EM Lawson. £1869 J Murray. £1836 C Binks & Son. £1714 DF&M Littlefair. £1672 W Chrystal & Partners. £1601 M Dowson.
Store cattle seeing a handier offering forward however still plenty of power and shape mixed amongst the cattle today as well as plenty of long-term stores mixed amongst them. Top of the day and taking all the podium places were D W Dresser with a super run of cattle to top at £2110 twice with others to £2070 and £1990 for Limousin steers. Heifers lead the day for S Beeforth at £1860 while G W & L Marsay followed closely behind at £1800. Pick the bulls came from S Jackson at £1960 for an Aberdeen Angus sired bull with another from the same home to £1850. Plenty of forward short keep cattle on offer trading between the £1500-£1800 bracket the younger end of the cattle still well in demand with them trading between the £1000-£1300 depending on the goods. Plenty of store cattle orders are still out there so please do not hesitate to contact one the team to discuss marketing options venturing into the new year.
Store Cattle-
Steers- £2110 x2 £2070 £1990 DW Dresser. £1660 £1600 Rose A Farms LTD. £1590 R Errington & Son. £1580 WB Rutter & Sons. £1550 x3 £1500 £1400 x2 Messrs Shepherd. £1510 £1380 A Gregg. £1500 £1450 £1430 L Claughan. £1480 C&N Waters. £1400 £1310 E Taylor. £1360 x2 £1230 x2 CN Bentley. £1350 RE Dickson. £1320 £1220 G Williamson. £1290 GW&L Marsay. £1260 x2 P Leese.
Heifers- £1860 £1780 S Beeforth. £1800 GW&L Marsay. £1790 M Shepherd. £1750 RE Dickson. £1700 £1690 £1600 x2 £1540 x2 A&AG Moralee. £1620 £1450 £1400 WB Rutter & Sons. £1620 S Beeforth. £1570 £1400 E Peacock. £1550 £1480 x2 R Errington & Son. £1530 £1390 F Fabi. £1480 £1390 A Gregg. £1480 P Leese. £1450 £1220 JT&M Atkinson. £1380 C&N Waters. £1380 I Newton & Son. £1370 CN Bentley. £1370 £1260 JE&S Ward. £1330 x2 G Williamson. £1290 x2 Messrs Shepherd.
Bulls- £1960 £1870 £1850 x2 £1790 £1690 £1680 £1500 £1420 S Jackson. £1890 £1820 £1790 x2 £1560 D Dixon. £1780 £1740 £1600 Williamson. £1410 x2 £1260 x2 £1050 DL Brown. £1200 P Leese. £1150 x2 JK Gregory.
Rearing Calves-
Today’s sale saw rearing calves achieve an impressive average of £360, with calves ranging from ages 2 weeks to 7 weeks old. With today’s show of calves younger and a lighter show on offer, a fantastic trade was had all round. Top price of the day went to H Gibb & Son, Eachwick Red House, with a tremendous British Blue Bull Calf, aged 4 weeks old, making £440, this good home also had Blue Calves priced between £400-£430. Following in the Bull section was Kitchings of Summerfield, with a Fantastic Inra95 Bull Calf, aged 20 days old, reaching £420. Angus Bulls topped at £360 from H Gibb & Son, followed by Kitchings of Summerfield at £320. Top Priced Heifer went to Kitchings of Summerfield with an impressive Inra95, making £410. Whilst Angus Heifers from H Gibb & Son, Eachwick Red House, made £310. A reminder that the next calf sale will now be on Monday 13th January.
Bulls-
Inra 95- £420 £410 £390 £350 £320 £310 Kitchings of Summerfield.
British Blue- £440 £430 £420 £400 £355 £290 H Gibb & Son.
Angus- £360 H Gibb & Son
Heifers-
Inra 95- £410 x2 £300 x3 Kitchings of Summerfield.
Angus- £310 H Gibb & Son. £270 Kitchings of Summerfield.
The Polar Express of sheep trades continues to rumble on forward towards the big day with no let up in the numbers forward or the trade for all grades of sheep placed in front of the buyers. Everyone must have been on the nice list as it was only presents in the sleigh for everyone today with a lamb trade that all in averaged £109.80 which is some £3-£4 a head dearer on the week. It must be said the averages include the good the bad and the ugly, with everything from the very best bonny Beltexs right through to the long term keep lambs that may see easter. Plenty of buyers around the ring for all goods saw a grand days trading. Kicking the final store sale of 2024 off were the feeding ewes which topped with tups at £186 for H Foster and Ewes at £168 for N A Thompson. The best of the best Beltex store lambs saw a roaring trade and topping for J Lovegreen with a pen of £153 and others to £144, £141 and £138. Pen after pen of the shorter keep store lambs regularly £130+. Plenty of grazing and mid term lambs regularly trading between the £110-£125 mark depending on the breeding with the longer term projects selling between £70-£110, again depending how they’re bred. A merry Christmas and happy and prosperous new year to everyone and a big thank you to everyone who supported us this last year vendors and buyers new and old, and here is to the next 12 months.
Store Lambs-
Continental- £153 J Lovegreen. £137 G&L Wood. £133.50 £110 P Swinburne. £124 D Newton. £123 £121 B&J Bainbridge. £122 A Hughes. £119 £109 K&RE Robson. £118 £104 TB Walton. £116 £114 GS Dixon. £111 C&I Watson & Sons. £106 A Newton. £106 WB Rutter & Sons. £104 M Radford. £104 RRC Andrew. £103 LW Richardson. £100 M Gallon. £93 MW Cook & Son.
Texel- £144 £141 £138 £136 £127 £114 J Lovegreen. £135.50 £134 £133.50 KA&V Armstrong. £134 £128 GE Raw. £133 LW Richardson. £132 £128 RW Spry. £131 £115 GS Dixon. £131 JH Johnson. £127 AWSM Farms. £127 D Newton. £127 A Kelly. £126 JR&J Crowe. £125.50 I Newton & Son. £121 K&RE Robson. £120 £117 DE Stones. £120 £115.50 WJ Herbert. £120 I Spedding. £117.50 IR Appleton. £116 C&M Burnett.
Suffolk- £136 LW Richardson. £130 JH Johnson. £127 IR Appleton. £124 I Newton & Son. £99 CG Barraclough.
Beltex- £137 GS Dixon.
Mule- £114.50 D Alderson. £101 WB Rutter & Sons. £97 GS Dixon. £93 J Butterfield & Son. £90 C&JC Stephenson. £84 D Clarke.
Dutch Spotted- £110 J Lovegreen.
Cheviot- £106 £92 GS Dixon. £102 GH&RG Stobbs.
Feeding Ewes- £186 H Foster. £168 £131 NA Thompson. £158 JR&J Crowe. £158 £136 GE Raw. £136 £117 £111 AWSM Farms. £132 £130 £126 £110 £104 £102 RI Jones. £130 £102 A Smith. £126 IR Appleton. £125 WB Rutter & Sons. £115 £114 £100 MR&MRS Tudor. £113 J Atkinson. £110 A Kelly. £102 J Burbury. £100 I Spedding.
