Monday 23rd June – Darlington Auction Mart had forward:
29 Cast Cows sold to 338ppk & £2923
3 Cast Bulls sold to 406ppk & £3674
1 Cow & Calf sold to £1700
10 Stirks sold to £890
11 Store Bulls sold to £1990
50 Store Steers sold to £2370
55 Store Heifers sold to £2060
Cast Cows – A lighter show of cast cattle available for a ringside of eager buyers, resulting in trade being noticeably sharper on the week for all types. The overall sale averaged a superb 269ppk & £1793. The top 4 cows – grossing & ppk were all sold by WJ&AS Bowes & Sons, Stainton Hill House – The super quartet of Limousin & Blue Cows sold to a sensational 338ppk & £2923. WM Allison & Son Ltd, Dunhouse Quarry dominated the Native bred cows with 2 Short Horns going under the hammer at 317ppk & £2415 and 290ppk & £2401. A&AD Brass & Son, Ox Close Farm were top in the dairy section with a Fleckvieh selling for 290ppk & £2409. A magnificent British Blue Bull sold by D&M Lowes, Wilson House was the elite amongst the males today – weighing in at just over 900kg he broke the 400ppk mark finally selling at 406ppk & £3674.
Cast Bulls – 406ppk & £3674 D&M Lowes, Wilson House.
Cast Cows – Top prices ppk 338 318 293×2 WJ&AS Bowes & Sons. 324 300 R Simpson & Sons. 317 290 WM Allison & Son Ltd. 310 230 A Peart & Son. 308 258 S Iceton. 290 250 214 N&AD Brass & Son. 268 WA Wardman Ltd. 262 D Smith. 262 254 243 IR Appleton. 256 243 M Churchyard. 250 D&J Hunnam & Son. 250 234 228 Taylor Bros. 224 AW Sanderson.
Lead Grossing Cast Cows £2923 £2865 £2522 £2502 WJ&AS Bowes & Sons. £2415 £2401 WM Allison & Son Ltd. £2409 £2050£1403 N&AD Brass & Son. £2098 £1274 A Peart & Son. £2013 £1901 R Simpson & Sons. £1776 WA Wardman Ltd. £1740 £1653 S Iceton. £1629 D Smith. £1586 £1577 £1551 IR Appleton. £1538 £1528 M Churchyard. £1537 Taylor Bros. £1535 D&J Hunnam & Son.
Cast Bulls – Top prices ppk 406 317 D&M Lowes. 180 K Cator.
Lead Grossing Cast Bulls £3674 £2466 D&M Lowes. £1389 K Cator.
Due to the good weather and where we are in the calendar, a reduced show of store cattle forward saw trade just as dear – if not a touch sharper than recent weeks.
Just the one breeder presented for sale – a 6-year-old Blonde x cow with a Saler Calf at foot, courtesy of AW Sanderson, East Holling Carr which sold for £1700. A nice packet of 3-month-old Stirks from P Sobota, Wheatley Hill sold to average £740. There was a handful of bulls forward with the best of these being part of a trio sold by KM Norman, Windy Hill selling to £1990. A mixed show of store cattle saw F Crawford, Park Farm sell Angus steers to £2370 and a run of 18 steers courtesy of KM Norman, Windy Hill selling to an average just short of £2000. M Shepherd, Fulthorpe Farm sold a run of 8 Heifers to £2060 average £1858.
Cows & Calves £1700 AW Sanderson.
Stirks & Calves £890 £790×3 £760 3720 £690×2 £680 £600 P Sobota
Store Bulls £1990 £1900 £1790 KM Norman. £1400×3 £1000 E Parsons. £1120 T Ducker. £1040 GH&RG Stobbs. £1010 J Corner.
Store Steers £2370 £2330 £2180 £2160 F Crawford. £2200×2 £2190 £2100 £2050 £2020×2 £2010 £2000×2 £1860×3 £1840 £1820 KM Norman. £1900 £1700 JN Swinbank. £1800×2 Forster Hall & Sons. £1800 £1590 £1540×2 £1360 £1340 R&W Todd. £1620×2 GC&KJ White & Son. £1480 D Ruddock. £1410 £1400 BJS Farms. £1340 £1330 M&E Webster.
Store Heifers £2060 £1970 £1940 £1890 £1850×2 £1740 £1570 M Shepherd. £1960 £1880 F Crawford. £1870 £1810 £1560 T Ducker. £1850 JS Wiper. £1780×3 £1700 £1650 £1630 £1610 £1590×2 £1570 WA Wardman Ltd. £1640×2 Forster Hall & Sons. £1500×4 £1400×4 BJS Farms.
